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Another of those pointless, self-indulgent lists that clutter up the Internet? You bet! This time it's Favorite Movies From 1929 to the Present. ¶ Keep in mind that these are personal favorites and, while most are recognizably good movies (some are even great classics), there are also a few stinkers. And there are some you might never have heard of. ¶ A start date of 1929 corresponds to the opening of the "all-talkie" floodgate and this unfortunately means gems such as Matching Dreams (1916), The Sea Hawk (1924), Don Juan (1926), Napoleon (1927), Sunrise (also 1927), & Show People (1928) are omitted. ¶ Each year is limited to ten but, as you will see, the numbers do vary. Some particularly lean years can only muster a single favorite & some come up a big fat zero. ¶ As the banner indicates, I'm neither apologizing for nor explaining my choices, but you are welcome to send me an e-mail if you have questions or comments. | ||
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| 1929 | 1930 | 1931 |
| The Cocoanuts Rio Rita |
Animal Crackers Good News King of Jazz Love in the Rough Whoopee! |
Local Boy Makes Good Palmy Days The Public Enemy |
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| 1932 | 1933 | 1934 |
| The Divorcee Girl Crazy Horse Feathers Love Me Tonight The Mummy |
Duck Soup Footlight Parade 42nd Street Gold Diggers of 1933 Lady Killer Mystery of the Wax Museum Roman Scandals She Done Him Wrong |
The Gay Divorcée Good Morning, Eve Hollywood Party It Happened One Night The Thin Man |
| 1935 | 1936 | 1937 |
| The Bride of Frankenstein Captain Blood China Seas A Midsummer Night's Dream The Phantom Empire The 39 Steps Top Hat |
After the Thin Man Follow the Fleet My Man Godfrey Show Boat Sitting on the Moon |
The Awful Truth Charlie Chan on Broadway Easy Living |
| 1938 | 1939 | 1940 |
| Adventures of Robin Hood Jezebel The Lady Vanishes Mysterious Mr. Moto |
The Mikado | Brother Orchid Northwest Passage The Sea Hawk Torrid Zone |
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| 1941 | 1942 | 1943 |
| All That Money Can Buy Citizen Kane Dead Men Tell The Maltese Falcon The Strawberry Blonde |
Holiday Inn Kings Row The Magnificent Ambersons Shadow of a Doubt Yankee Doodle Dandy |
Casablanca The Life & Death of Col. Blimp Thank Your Lucky Stars |
| 1944 | 1945 | 1946 |
| Arsenic & Old Lace Cover Girl Meet Me In St. Louis To Have and Have Not |
The Harvey Girls I Know Where I'm Going! Mildred Pierce |
The Big Sleep Notorious |
| 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
| Black Narcissus Good News The Ghost & Mrs. Muir Song of the Thin Man |
Key Largo | The Third Man |
| 1950 | 1951 | 1952 |
| Three Little Words | Alice in Wonderland | Singin' in the Rain |
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| 1953 | 1954 | 1955 |
| Seven Samurai 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea |
Guys and Dolls The Ladykillers Oklahoma! |
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| 1956 | 1957 | 1958 |
| The Pajama Game | Paths of Glory Sweet Smell of Success |
The Hidden Fortress A Night to Remember Vertigo |
| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
| North by Northwest Plan 9 from Outer Space |
Barefoot Adventure Inherit the Wind The Magnificent Seven Spartacus |
Yojimbo |
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| 1962 | 1963 | 1964 |
| Dr. No Lawrence of Arabia The Longest Day The Manchurian Candidate The Music Man Sanjuro |
Charade From Russia With Love The Great Escape It's a Mad...World The Pink Panther Seven Days in May |
The Comedy of Terrors Dr. Strangelove Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow Goldfinger Lemonade Joe Marnie My Fair Lady Topkapi The Train Zulu |
| 1965 | 1966 | 1967 |
| Kwaidan Orgy of the Dead The Saragossa Manuscript |
Alice in Wonderland A Funny Thing Happened... Come Drink With Me Harper |
War & Peace |
| 1968 | 1969 | 1970 |
| Bullitt Where Eagles Dare |
The Italian Job Z |
Airport M*A*S*H |
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| 1971 | 1972 | 1973 |
| The Boy Friend Dirty Harry The French Connection |
Cabaret 1776 What's Up, Doc? |
American Graffiti Lady Snowblood The Long Goodbye The Night Strangler The Sting |
| 1974 | 1975 | 1976 |
| Chinatown The Conversation Monty Python & the Holy Grail Murder on the Orient Express |
Barry Lyndon Dog Day Afternoon |
All the President's Men Network |
| 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
| Big Wednesday The Great Train Robbery Invasion of the Body Snatchers Superman |
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| 1980 | 1981 | 1982 |
| Airplane! The Blues Brothers The Stunt Man |
Das Boot Cutter's Way Pennies from Heaven Raiders of the Lost Ark |
Chan is Missing The Evil Dead Hammett The Thing |
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| 1983 | 1984 | 1985 |
| A Christmas Story Local Hero The Right Stuff |
Amadeus The Cotton Club Ghostbusters The Terminator This is Spinal Tap |
Brazil Crimewave Mr. Vampire Re-Animator Return to Oz |
| 1986 | 1987 | 1988 |
| Aliens Big Trouble in Little China Hoosiers Peking Opera Blues Platoon Sherman's March Star Trek IV |
A Chinese Ghost Story Evil Dead 2 Lethal Weapon Radio Days |
Beetlejuice Die Hard Mr. Vampire Saga 4 Tanner '88 Tucker Wings of Desire |
| 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Do the Right Thing Henry V When Harry Met Sally... |
A Chinese Ghost Story II The Hunt for Red October Love at Large My Twentieth Century A Shock to the System Total Recall |
The Commitments Dead Again JFK The Rocketeer |
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| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 |
| Army of Darkness Bram Stoker's Dracula Centre Stage City Hunter Dragon Inn The Player Red Rock West Royal Tramp Strictly Ballroom Under Siege |
A Chinese Ghost Story III Dave Demolition Man The Eagle Shooting Heroes The Fugitive Gettysburg Groundhog Day Iron Monkey The Pelican Brief True Romance |
Bullets Over Broadway Chungking Express Clerks Ed Wood Exotica Four Weddings & a Funeral The Hudsucker Proxy The Mystery of Rampo Quiz Show The Shawshank Redemption |
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 |
| The American President Apollo 13 Before Sunrise Citizen X Crimson Tide Get Shorty Goldeneye Living in Oblivion MST3K: The Movie The Usual Suspects |
The Craft Executive Decision The Frighteners From Dusk till Dawn Mother The Rock A Time to Kill |
Air Force One Chasing Amy Con Air Contact The Fifth Element Grosse Pointe Blank L.A. Confidential The Matchmaker Starship Troopers Wag the Dog |
| 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
| After Life The Big Lebowski Croupier Mr. Nice Guy The Negotiator Out of Sight Pleasantville Primary Colors The Quiet Family Wildthings |
American Movie Attack the Gas Station Election House on Haunted Hill Magnolia The Mummy RKO 281 Topsy Turvy The Winslow Boy Wisconsin Death Trip |
Battle Royale Best in Show The Dish The Duel Final Destination In the Mood for Love O Brother, Where Art Thou Snatch State & Main What's Cooking? |
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| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
| Amelie The Cat's Meow Conspiracy Gosford Park The Harmonists Jay & Silent Bob... Moulin Rouge Ocean's Eleven The Royal Tenenbaums Session 9 |
The Bourne Identity Chinese Odyssey 2002 Dark Water The Eye Monsoon Wedding The Quiet American Russian Ark Spellbound The Sum of All Fears Sunshine State |
American Splendor Azumi Bayside Shakedown 2 Kill Bill Vol. 1 Lost in Translation The Return of the King A Tale of Two Sisters The Triplets of Belleville |
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| Before Sunset The Bourne Supremacy Downfall Fahrenheit 9/11 Kung Fu Hustle The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra Night Watch Shaun of the Dead A Very Long Engagement |
Batman Begins The Call of Cthulhu Crash Everything is Illuminated Good Night, and Good Luck Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Serenity She's On Duty Sin City Syriana |
As You Like It Breach Casino Royale For Your Consideration The Good Shepherd Inside Man The Lives of Others Thank You for Smoking |
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| The Bourne Ultimatum In Bruges Live Free or Die Hard Michael Clayton The Queen Sunshine 300 Trick 'r Treat Zodiac |
The Bank Job The Dark Knight Iron Man Quantum of Solace Transsiberian WALL-E Wanted |
In the Loop Taken |
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| Tombstone (1993), True Lies (1994), Circle of Friends (1995), Clueless (1995), Heat (1995), Cousin Bette (1998), Dark City (1998), Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Storm Riders (1998) Deep Blue Sea (1999), Dogma (1999), An Ideal Husband (1999), Mystery Men (1999), Notting Hill (1999), Sleepy Hollow (1999), High Fidelity (2000), Pitch Black (2000), Shrek (2001), The Constant Gardener (2005) have been removed . . . . . . and there's no room to add Talking Head (1992), Casino (1995), Jackie Brown (1997), Flowers of Shanghai (1998), Ringu (1998), Cookie's Fortune (1999), Spaceman (1999), Black Hawk Down (2001), Donnie Darko (2001), Ghost World (2001), My Little Eye (2001), Waking Life (2001). |