Movies Of The Year: The Big List (3) 1976-2008

Here's how it works: A film's year is determined by what year IMDB says it is. Not because IMDB is especially accurate, but just because I need some easy to use way to figure out what movies I've seen and when they're from, and IMDB's the easiest and most comprehensive resource there is. So, I browse IMDB by year, pick out all the movies I've seen (and the ones I think I should see) and put them in some kind of order.

The order isn't definitive: ranking works of art is not meant to be a hierarchical activity, but rather an organizational one. It gives me a chance to write about some movies. It's interesting trivially and comparatively to see what movies came out at the same time, to see the progression of film history. And lists are just plain fun to argue over. They are meant to be conversation starters, not finishers. I don't have any particular criteria for what ranks above what, it's just my own subjective opinion, informed by a reasonable knowledge of film and film history (though not nearly what it should be, as you can see from the Unseen lists in the individual Movies Of The Year entries).

The rankings change over time: when I see a new movie from a year I've already posted, I add it to The Big List here. Sometimes I'll see a movie again and my opinion of it will change, or my feelings about a film will evolve over time, and so I'll move it up or down its list here as well. The Big List is, and always will be, a work in progress.

This is Part Three, 1976-2006.

1976:

1. Taxi Driver
2. The Outlaw Josey Wales
3. Marathon Man
4. The Bad News Bears
5. All The President's Men
6. Bound For Glory
7. Harlan County, USA
8. The Shootist
9. Carrie
10. That's Entertainment! Part II
11. The Seven Per Cent Solution
12. Rocky
13. Murder By Death
14. The Song Remains The Same
15. Network
16. The Missouri Breaks
17. The Omen


1977:

1. Annie Hall
2. Star Wars
3. New York, New York
4. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
5. Killer Of Sheep
6. A Bridge Too Far
7. Slap Shot
8. The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh
9. The Rescuers
10. Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown
11. Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo
12. Pete's Dragon
13. Saturday Night Fever


1978:

1. Days Of Heaven
2. The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin
3. Animal House
4. The Last Waltz
5. Gates Of Heaven
6. The Deer Hunter
7. Superman
8. Dawn Of The Dead
9. Halloween
10. The Five Deadly Venoms
11. Game Of Death
12. Death On The Nile
13. Grease
14. Interiors
15. Coming Home


1979:

1. Manhattan
2. Apocalypse Now
3. All That Jazz
4. The Life Of Brian
5. Alien
6. Nosferatu, The Vampyre
7. Stalker
8. Last Hurrah For Chivalry
9. The Black Stallion
10. The Jerk
11. Heroes Of The East
12. The China Syndrome
13. Being There
14. The Warriors
15. The Great Train Robbery
16. Kramer Vs. Kramer
17. Tess
18. Rocky II
19. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
20. The Black Hole
21. The Onion Field
22. Moonraker


1980:

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. The Shining
3. Airplane!
4. The Big Red One
5. Heaven's Gate
6. Caddyshack
7. The Blues Brothers
8. Popeye
9. Kagemusha
10. Raging Bull
11. Shogun Assassin
12. Flash Gordon
13. Stardust Memories
14. Superman II
15. Ordinary People
16. Breaker Morant
17. The Stunt Man
18. The Gods Must Be Crazy
19. American Gigolo
20. Herbie Goes Bananas


1981:

1. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
2. The Road Warrior
3. Pennies From Heaven
4. Das Boot
5. Reds
6. Stripes
7. Time Bandits
8. Escape From New York
9. Excalibur
10. The Evil Dead
11. An American Werewolf In London
12. Gallipoli
13. Clash Of The Titans
14. Victory
15. On Golden Pond
16. Body Heat
17. Blow Out
18. Neighbors
19. Taps
20. Chariots Of Fire
21. The Fox And The Hound
22. My Dinner With Andre
23. Dragonslayer
24. Polyester
25. For Your Eyes Only


1982:

1. Fitzcarraldo
2. Passion
3. The Verdict
4. Blade Runner
5. The Atomic Cafe
6. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
7. Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
8. The Secret Of NIMH
9. Legendary Weapons Of China
10. Conan The Barbarian
11. The Thing
12. Fast Times At Ridgemont High
13. Burden Of Dreams
14. Airplane II: The Sequel
15. Sophie's Choice
16. Gandhi
17. An Officer And A Gentleman
18. Tootsie
19. 48 Hrs
20. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
21. The World According To Garp
22. Diner
23. Rocky III
24. Tron
25. First Blood
26. The Dark Crystal
27. Pink Floyd: The Wall

1983:

1. Sans soleil
2. The Right Stuff
3. Zelig
4. Trading Places
5. Return Of The Jedi
6. National Lampoon's Vacation
7. WarGames
8. Strange Brew
9. King Of Comedy
10. The Hunger
11. Never Cry Wolf
12. Scarface
13. Gorky Park
14. Risky Business
15. Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life
16. Twilight Zone: The Movie
17. Terms Of Endearment
18. Something Wicked This Way Comes
19. The Outsiders
20. Octopussy
21. Mr. Mom
22. The Big Chill
23. Superman III
24. Never Say Never Again
25. The High Road To China
26. Sudden Impact
27. Krull
28. Breathless

1984:

1. Stranger Than Paradise
2. Amadeus
3. Ghostbusters
4. This Is Spinal Tap
5. Once Upon A Time In America
6. Blood Simple
7. Paris, Texas
8. The Karate Kid
9. The Natural
10. Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
11. The Terminator
12. Beverly Hills Cop
13. Footloose
14. Purple Rain
15. Gremlins
16. Sixteen Candles
17. Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
18. The Bounty
19. Broadway Danny Rose
20. Repo Man
21. The Killing Fields
22. The Last Starfighter
23. Top Secret!
24. Romancing The Stone
25. Police Academy
26. Cloak & Dagger
27. Red Dawn
28. Dreamscape
29. Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan
30. Starman
31. 1984
32. The Never Ending Story
33. Splash
34. Conan The Destroyer
35. Dune
36. Supergirl
37. Nightmare On Elm Street
38. Tank

1985:

1. Ran
2. The Purple Rose Of Cairo
3. Out Of Africa
4. Police Story
5. Silverado
6. After Hours
7. Fletch
8. Brazil
9. Back To The Future
10. Ladyhawke
11. The Breakfast Club
12. Come And See
13. Clue
14. The Goonies
15. A Room With A View
16. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
17. Rocky IV
18. Witness
19. Weird Science
20. That's Dancing!
21. Real Genius
22. Day Of The Dead
23. Return To Oz
24. Young Sherlock Holmes
25. Lost In America
26. Teen Wolf
27. The Color Purple
28. National Lampoon's European Vacation
29. Rambo: First Blood Part II
30. St. Elmo's Fire
31. The Black Cauldron
32. Commando
33. White Nights
34. Spies Like Us
35. Explorers
36. Legend
37. D.A.R.Y.L.
38. A View To A Kill
39. The Man With One Red Shoe
40. King Solomon's Mines
41. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
42. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
43. The Jewel Of The Nile
44. Red Sonja
45. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

1986:

1. Hannah And Her Sisters
2. The Mission
3. Platoon
4. Aliens
5. Salvador
6. Down By Law
7. Top Gun
8. Hoosiers
9. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
10. A Better Tomorrow
11. The Name Of The Rose
12. The Color Of Money
13. 'Round Midnight
14. Stand By Me
15. Three Amigos
16. The Karate Kid Part II
17. Pretty In Pink
18. The Fly
19. Manhunter
20. The River's Edge
21. She's Gotta Have It
22. Blue Velvet
23. The Great Mouse Detective
24. The Transformers: The Movie
25. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
26. The Golden Child
27. Down And Out In Beverly Hills
28. Sid And Nancy
29. Short Circuit
30. Crocodile Dundee
31. Flight Of The Navigator
32. Jumpin' Jack Flash
33. Labyrinth
34. SpaceCamp
35. Gung Ho
36. Wildcats
37. Police Academy 3: Back In Training
38. Iron Eagle
39. Highlander
40. F/X
41. Gothic

1987:

1. The Princess Bride
2. Broadcast News
3. Empire Of The Sun
4. Full Metal Jacket
5. Raising Arizona
6. Evil Dead II
7. Wings Of Desire
8. Ishtar
9. The Last Emperor
10. RoboCop
11. Predator
12. Wall Street
13. Moonstruck
14. Some Kind Of Wonderful
15. Throw Mama From The Train
16. Radio Days
17. Less Than Zero
18. Babette's Feast
19. Planes, Trains And Automobiles
20. City On Fire
21. The Living Daylights
22. Roxanne
23. Dirty Dancing
24. Lethal Weapon
25. No Way Out
26. A Better Tomorrow II
27. The Untouchables
28. Dragnet
29. The Secret Of My Success
30. Good Morning, Vietnam
31. Adventures In Babysitting
32. La Bamba
33. Spaceballs
34. Beverly Hills Cop II
35. Fatal Attraction
36. The Lost Boys
37. Stakeout
38. The Running Man
39. Innerspace
40. Three Men And A Baby
41. Suspect
42. Batteries Not Included
43. Project X
44. Mannequin
45. Harry And The Hendersons
46. Baby Boom
47. Allan Quartermain And The Lost City Of Gold
48. Ernest Goes To Camp
49. Summer School
50. Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol
51. Back To The Beach
52. Masters Of The Universe
53. Teen Wolf Too
54. Superman IV: The Quest For Peace

1988:

1. Dangerous Liaisons
2. Bull Durham
3. The Last Temptation Of Christ
4. Die Hard
5. Eight Men Out
6. The Naked Gun: From The Files Of Police Squad
7. As Tears Go By
8. Beetlejuice
9. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
10. The Thin Blue Line
11. The Milagro Beanfield War
12. Akira
13. Police Story 2
14. A Fish Called Wanda
15. Stand And Deliver
16. Midnight Run
17. The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen
18. Frantic
19. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
20. Willow
21. Rain Man
22. The Accused
23. Talk Radio
24. Coming To America
25. Gorillas In The Mist
26. Alien Nation
27. License To Drive
28. Hairspray
29. Young Guns
30. Scrooged
31. Big
32. Mississippi Burning
33. Shoot To Kill
34. Working Girl
35. Twins
36. Biloxi Blues
37. The Seventh Sign
38. Beaches
39. Funny Farm
40. The Presidio
41. The Great Outdoors
42. Big Business
43. Red Heat
44. Crocodile Dundee II
45. Rambo III
46. Short Circuit 2
47. Cocktail
48. The Dead Pool
49. Action Jackson
50. Caddyshack II
51. My Stepmother Is An Alien
52. Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach


1989:

1. Do The Right Thing
2. Henry V
3. Crimes And Misdemeanors
4. Glory
5. The Killer
6. Heathers
7. When Harry Met Sally. . .
8. Drugstore Cowboy
9. The Decalogue
10. Mystery Train
11. Say Anything. . .
12. Batman
13. The Abyss
14. Roger & Me
15. Dead Poets Society
16. Field Of Dreams
17. The Fabulous Baker Boys
18. Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
19. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
20. Valmont
21. Major League
22. License To Kill
23. Lonesome Dove
24. Wallace & Grommit: A Grand Day Out
25. Road House
26. Steel Magnolias
27. UHF
28. Back To The Future Part II
29. Lethal Weapon 2
30. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
31. Cinema Paradiso
32. My Left Foot
33. Weekend At Bernie's
34. Parenthood
35. The Burbs
36. Honey, I Shrunk The Kids
37. Look Who's Talking
38. The Little Mermaid
39. Driving Miss Daisy
40. Family Business
41. The Dream Team
42. Three Fugitives
43. Ghostbusters II
44. Her Alibi
45. The Gods Must Be Crazy II
46. Uncle Buck
47. Sex, Lies And Videotape
48. Turner & Hooch
49. See No Evil, Hear No Evil
50. Fletch Lives
51. The Karate Kid Part III
52. The Wizard
53. Troop Beverly Hills
54. We're No Angels
55. K-9
56. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
57. Who's Harry Crumb?
58. Police Academy 6: City Under Siege

1990:

1. Miller's Crossing
2. Goodfellas
3. Days Of Being Wild
4. Dreams
5. Metropolitan
6. Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead
7. Archangel
8. Joe Versus The Volcano
9. Trust
10. White Hunter Black Heart
11. The Godfather: Part III
12. Edward Scissorhands
13. Hamlet
14. The Hunt For Red October
15. Dick Tracy
16. Reversal Of Fortune
17. Presumed Innocent
18. Pump Up The Volume
19. Total Recall
20. Postcards From The Edge
21. Quick Change
22. I Love You To Death
23. Dances With Wolves
24. Europa Europa
25. Awakenings
26. La Femme Nikita
27. The Freshman
28. The Russia House
29. Alice
30. The Grifters
31. Misery
32. Predator 2
33. Pretty Woman
34. Tremors
35. Havana
36. Darkman
37. Vincent & Theo
38. Cry-Baby
39. Wild At Heart
40. Henry & June
41. Young Guns II
42. Back To The Future Part III
43. Home Alone
44. Ghost
45. Narrow Margin
46. Green Card
47. Gremlins 2: The New Batch
48. Die Hard 2: Die Harder
49. My Blue Heaven
50. Lord Of The Flies
51. Flatliners
52. Arachnophobia
53. Days Of Thunder
54. RoboCop 2
55. Another 48 Hrs
56. Internal Affairs
57. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
58. Kindergarten Cop
59. Air America
60. Quigley Down Under
61. Men At Work
62. 3 Men And A Little Lady
63. Bird On A Wire
64. Look Who's Talking Too
65. Nuns On The Run

1991:

1. LA Story
2. Slacker
3. The Double Life Of Veronique
4. Barton Fink
5. Les amants du Pont-Neuf
6. Hearts Of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
7. Raise The Red Lantern
8. Night On Earth
9. JFK
10. My Own Private Idaho
11. Once Upon A Time In China
12. Silence Of The Lambs
13. A Brief History Of Time
14. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
15. Swordsman II
16. Bugsy
17. The Fisher King
18. Night And Day
19. Flirting
20. Hot Shots!
21. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
22. What About Bob?
23. Dead Again
24. Fight Back To School
25. Defending Your Life
26. Little Man Tate
27. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
28. The Addams Family
29. Delicatessen
30. Boyz N The Hood
31. City Of Hope
32. Cape Fear
33. Hook
34. Thelma & Louise
35. Beauty And The Beast
36. New Jack City
37. The Doors
38. City Slickers
39. Soapdish
40. Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves
41. Father Of The Bride
42. The Last Boy Scout
43. The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell Of Fear
44. Point Break
45. Other People's Money
46. Kafka
47. Oscar
48. Backdraft
49. He Said, She Said
50. Ricochet
51. Madonna: Truth Or Dare
52. Until The End Of The World
53. Doc Hollywood
54. The Hard Way
55. My Girl
56. Dutch
57. Sleeping With The Enemy
58. King Ralph
59. Necessary Roughness
60. Toy Soldiers
61. Hudson Hawk
62. Life Stinks
63. Switch
64. Highlander II: The Quickening

1992:

1. Unforgiven
2. The Last Of The Mohicans
3. Hard-Boiled
4. Reservoir Dogs
5. Glengarry Glen Ross
6. Centre Stage
7. Simple Men
8. Orlando
9. Singles
10. Rebels Of The Neon God
11. Bram Stoker's Dracula
12. A Few Good Men
13. The Player
14. Red Rock West
15. Sneakers
16. Wayne's World
17. Bob Roberts
18. Strictly Ballroom
19. Malcolm X
20. El Mariachi
21. The Crying Game
22. Batman Returns
23. Alien 3
24. Bad Lieutenant
25. Howard's End
26. Supercop
27. A Midnight Clear
28. Husbands And Wives
29. The Royal Tramp
30. Once Upon A Time In China II
31. Far And Away
32. Visions Of Light
33. Aladdin
34. Chaplin
35. White Men Can't Jump
36. A League Of Their Own
37. Buffy The Vampire Slayer
38. Royal Tramp II
39. Encino Man
40. Basic Instinct
41. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
42. My Cousin Vinny
43. Peter's Friends
44. Noises Off
45. Shadows And Fog
46. Mr. Saturday Night
47. Scent Of A Woman
48. The Cutting Edge
49. Lethal Weapon 3
50. Candyman
51. Honeymoon In Vegas
52. Boomerang
53. Jennifer 8
54. Of Mice And Men
55. Patriot Games
56. Single White Female
57. Housesitter
58. Toys
59. The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
60. Passenger 57
61. Unlawful Entry
62. Kuffs
63. Shining Through
64. Hero
65. Death Becomes Her
66. Freejack
67. The Distinguished Gentlemen


1993:

1. Three Colors: Blue
2. Dazed And Confused
3. True Romance
4. Searching For Bobby Fischer
5. Groundhog Day
6. Six Degrees Of Separation
7. The Tai-Chi Master
8. The Age Of Innocence
9. Menace II Society
10. Schindler's List
11. The Legend Of Fong Sai-yuk
12. In The Name Of The Father
13. Army Of Darkness
14. Kung Fu Cult Master
15. Shadowlands
16. The Eagle Shooting Heroes
17. Jurassic Park
18. The Remains Of The Day
19. Benny & Joon
20. The Fugitive
21. A Perfect World
22. So, I Married An Axe Murderer
23. The Wedding Banquet
24. The Nightmare Before Christmas
25. Tombstone
26. The War Room
27. The Legend Of Fong Sai-yuk II
28. Short Cuts
29. Latcho Drom
30. In The Line Of Fire
31. And The Band Played On
32. Gettysburg
33. Mad Dog And Glory
34. Much Ado About Nothing
35. Addams Family Values
36. Philadelphia
37. Carlito's Way
38. Little Buddha
39. Faraway, So Close!
40. Once Upon A Time In China III
41. This Boys Life
42. Falling Down
43. Ninja Scroll
44. The Trial
45. What's Eating Gilbert Grape
46. The Last Action Hero
47. The Piano
48. Rudy
49. Sleepless In Seattle
50. Malice
51. Demolition Man
52. Last Hero In China
53. The House Of The Spirits
54. CB4
55. Cliffhanger
56. Robin Hood: Men In Tights
57. The Thing Called Love
58. Hot Shots Part Deux
59. Cool Runnings
60. Grumpy Old Men
61. Point Of No Return
62. Dave
63. The Man Without A Face
64. Indecent Proposal
65. Judgement Night
66. Coneheads
67. Manhattan Murder Mystery
68. Wayne's World 2
69. The Advocate
70. Three Of Hearts
71. The Program
72. Mrs. Doubtfire
73. Posse
74. Another Stakeout
75. The Pelican Brief
76. Sliver
77. National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
78. The Firm
79. Made In America

1994:

1. Chungking Express
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Sátántangó
4. Three Colors: Red
5. Drunken Master II
6. Quiz Show
7. Fist Of Legend
8. Ashes Of Time
9. Eat Drink Man Woman
10. The Shawshank Redemption
11. Clerks
12. Ed Wood
13. The Hudsucker Proxy
14. Wild Reeds
15. Three Colors: White
16. PCU
17. The Last Seduction
18. Exotica
19. To Live
20. Cabin Boy
21. Four Weddings And A Funeral
22. Reality Bites
23. Leon, The Professional
24. Shallow Grave
25. Once Were Warriors
26. Death And The Maiden
27. Hoop Dreams
28. Nobody's Fool
29. Wing Chun
30. That's Entertainment III
31. Heavenly Creatures
32. Before The Rain
33. Crumb
34. The Paper
35. Legends Of The Fall
36. Swimming With Sharks
37. Barcelona
38. Oleanna
39. A Chinese Odyssey
40. Little Women
41. The Madness Of King George
42. Imaginary Crimes
43. Natural Born Killers
44. The Mask
45. The River Wild
46. Star Trek: Generations
47. Clean Slate
48. Blue Chips
49. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
50. True Lies
51. Maverick
52. A Chinese Odyssey II
53. Sleep With Me
54. Forrest Gump
55. When A Man Loves A Woman
56. Killing Zoe
57. Bullets Over Broadway
58. Vanya On 42nd Street
59. Spanking The Monkey
60. Above The Rim
61. The Crow
62. Dumb & Dumber
63. It Could Happen To You
64. Nell
65. What Happened Was
66. Mrs. Parker And The Vicious Circle
67. Interview With The Vampire
68. SFW
69. Sirens
70. Speed
71. Little Odessa
72. Mary Shelly's Frankenstein
73. Immortal Beloved
74. Major League II
75. Nostradamus
76. Priest
77. Blue Sky
78. Speechless
79. Wolf
80. Only You
81. Airheads
82. Timecop
83. The Client
84. Princess Caraboo
85. In the Army Now
86. The Specialist
87. The Next Karate Kid

1995:

1. Dead Man
2. Fallen Angels
3. Kicking And Screaming
4. Seven
5. Heat
6. Party Girl
7. Twelve Monkeys
8. Sense And Sensibility
9. Before Sunrise
10. City Of Lost Children
11. To Die For
12. Smoke
13. The Quick And The Dead
14. The Addiction
15. Braveheart
16. Clueless
17. Ghost In The Shell
18. Desperado
19. Babe
20. Devil In A Blue Dress
21. Tommy Boy
22. Get Shorty
23. Mighty Aphrodite
24. Casino
25. Apollo 13
26. Billy Madison
27. Strange Days
28. Living In Oblivion
29. Dead Presidents
30. Rob Roy
31. Mallrats
32. Toy Story
33. The Usual Suspects
34. Safe
35. Kids
36. Nixon
37. Richard III
38. Bad Boys
39. Crimson Tide
40. The Celluloid Closet
41. Empire Records
42. Jeffrey
43. GoldenEye
44. The Brothers McMullen
45. Don Juan DeMarco
46. Unstrung Heroes
47. The Brady Bunch Movie
48. Blue In The Face
49. Dead Man Walking
50. The American President
51. Dolores Clairborne
52. Outbreak
53. My Father Is A Hero
54. Unzipped
55. Powder
56. Mr. Holland's Opus
57. Leaving Las Vegas
58. Species
59. Friday
60. Georgia
61. The Basketball Diaries
62. Dangerous Minds
63. Circle Of Friends
64. Murder In The First
65. The Prophesy
66. The Last Supper
67. Higher Learning
68. Clockers
69. Die Hard: With A Vengeance
70. Heavy
71. Mortal Kombat
72. Othello
73. Sabrina
74. Canadian Bacon
75. Grumpier Old Men
76. Les Miserables
77. The Doom Generation
78. Welcome To The Dollhouse
79. Copycat
80. Nick Of Time
81. Lord Of Illusions
82. Money Train
83. Showgirls
84. Batman Forever
85. First Knight
86. Just Cause
87. Waterworld
88. Dracula: Dead And Loving It

1996:

1. Trainspotting
2. The English Patient
3. Big Night
4. Bottle Rocket
5. Goodbye South, Goodbye
6. Irma Vep
7. Fargo
8. Bound
9. Mars Attacks!
10. Lone Star
11. Swingers
12. When We Were Kings
13. Hard Eight
14. From Dusk Til Dawn
15. Beautiful Girls
16. Romeo + Juliet
17. Scream
18. Mission: Impossible
19. Happy Gilmore
20. Waiting For Guffman
21. Emma
22. Freeway
23. The Frighteners
24. Michael Collins
25. Rumble In The Bronx
26. The Rock
27. The Cable Guy
28. Kingpin
29. The Typewriter, The Rifle & The Movie Camera
30. Basquiat
31. Chacun cherche son chat
32. Black Mask
33. Prisoner Of The Mountains
34. Hamlet
35. Hype!
36. Dr. Wai And The Scripture With No Words
37. That Thing You Do!
38. Everyone Says I Love You
39. Jerry Maguire
40. Independence Day
41. The Pallbearer
42. The Truth About Cats & Dogs
43. The Ghost And The Darkness
44. She's The One
45. First Strike
46. Shine
47. SubUrbia
48. Get On The Bus
49. Star Trek: First Contact
50. The Birdcage
51. The People Vs. Larry Flynt
52. A Very Brady Sequel
53. Brain Candy
54. Secrets & Lies
55. I Shot Andy Warhol
56. Trees Lounge
57. The Whole Wide World
58. Primal Fear
59. Mother
60. Broken Arrow
61. Phenomenon
62. Beavis & Butt-Head Do America
63. Courage Under Fire
64. The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame
65. Don't Be A Menace
66. Black Sheep
67. Paradise Lost
68. Walking And Talking
69. American Buffalo
70. Schizopolis
71. Dragonheart
72. Space Jam
73. One Fine Day
74. Michael
75. Sling Blade
76. Twister
77. Sleepers
78. Eddie
79. Ghosts Of Mississippi
80. The Crucible
81. Jack
82. Fear
83. Phat Beach
84. Spy Hard
85. Last Dance

1997:

1. Boogie Nights
2. Taste Of Cherry
3. Happy Together
4. Lost Highway
5. Starship Troopers
6. Fireworks
7. Jackie Brown
8. Grosse Point Blank
9. Fast, Cheap & Out Of Control
10. Princess Mononoke
11. Kundun
12. A Life Less Ordinary
13. Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery
14. The Ice Storm
15. Chasing Amy
16. Wag The Dog
17. Titanic
18. Twilight Of The Ice Nymphs
19. Gattaca
20. The Edge
21. The Spanish Prisoner
22. The Sweet Hereafter
23. Abre los ojos
24. Deconstructing Harry
25. Amistad
26. Mr. Jealousy
27. LA Confidential
28. Good Will Hunting
29. The Fifth Element
30. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
31. Henry Fool
32. Prefontaine
33. The Boxer
34. Donnie Brasco
35. Oscar And Lucinda
36. Night Falls On Manhattan
37. The Game
38. The Devil's Advocate
39. Nowhere
40. Alien: Resurrection
41. Private Parts
42. Face/Off
43. U-Turn
44. Wings Of The Dove
45. Smilla's Sense Of Snow
46. House Of Yes
47. Volcano
48. Marius And Jeanette
49. I Know What You Did Last Summer
50. In The Company Of Men
51. Life Is Beautiful
52. As Good As It Gets
53. Men In Black
54. Contact
55. Year Of The Horse
56. Mimic
57. Clockwatchers
58. Scream 2
59. GI Jane
60. Liar Liar
61. The Myth Of Fingerprints
62. Inventing The Abbotts
63. Tomorrow Never Dies
64. Trojan War
65. The Relic
66. The Full Monty
67. Telling Lies In America
68. Cop Land
69. Lolita
70. Spice World
71. Absolute Power
72. Two Girls And A Guy
73. Romy And Michele's High School Reunion

1998:

1. The Big Lebowski
2. Rushmore
3. The Thin Red Line
4. Histoire(s) du cinema
5. Pi
6. April Story
7. New Rose Hotel
8. The Flowers Of Shanghai
9. The Last Days Of Disco
10. After Life
11. Run Lola Run
12. Rounders
13. Pleasantville
14. The Zero Effect
15. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
16. Buffalo '66
17. Armageddon
18. There's Something About Mary
19. He Got Game
20. Meet Joe Black
21. Out Of Sight
22. Ronin
23. The Wedding Singer
24. Dark City
25. The Mask Of Zorro
26. Small Soldiers
27. A Bug's Life
28. A Simple Plan
29. The Siege
30. What Dreams May Come
31. The Newton Boys
32. Croupier
33. Elizabeth
34. Bulworth
35. Primary Colors
36. Sliding Doors
37. Wild Things
38. Shakespeare In Love
39. Enemy Of The State
40. Smoke Signals
41. Slums Of Beverly Hills
42. Little Voice
43. The Truman Show
44. Next Stop Wonderland
45. Saving Private Ryan
46. A Civil Action
47. The Faculty
48. Can't Hardly Wait
49. The Opposite Of Sex
50. The Waterboy
51. The Replacement Killers
52. Without Limits
53. No Looking Back
54. American History X
55. Mulan
56. Pecker
57. Permanent Midnight
58. The X-Files
59. Safe Men
60. Disturbing Behavior
61. Celebrity
62. Lethal Weapon 4
63. Star Trek: Insurrection
64. Psycho
65. Your Friends & Neighbors
66. Godzilla
67. Snake Eyes
68. 54

1999:

1. Eyes Wide Shut
2. The Matrix
3. Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai
4. Magnolia
5. The Wind Will Carry Us
6. South Park
7. Fight Club
8. Office Space
9. The Road Home
10. The Iron Giant
11. Existenz
12. Topsy-Turvy
13. Toy Story 2
14. Time Regained
15. Sweet And Lowdown
16. The Blair Witch Project
17. 6ixtynin9
18. Election
19. The Talented Mr. Ripley
20. Three Kings
21. The Insider
22. Cradle Will Rock
23. Cruel Intentions
24. American Pie
25. Bowfinger
26. Summer Of Sam
27. Go
28. The Virgin Suicides
29. The Sixth Sense
30. Galaxy Quest
31. 10 Things I Hate About You
32. Varsity Blues
33. Dick
34. The Ninth Gate
35. Man On The Moon
36. The Mummy
37. The Phantom Menace
38. The Messenger
39. The 13th Warrior
40. Dogma
41. Bringing Out The Dead
42. Beyond The Mat
43. Being John Malkovich
44. Mystery Men
45. Anna And The King
46. But I'm A Cheerleader
47. She's All That
48. Anywhere But Here
49. American Beauty
50. Big Daddy
51. The Limey
52. Any Given Sunday
53. 200 Cigarettes
54. Teaching Mrs. Tingle
55. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
56. Meeting People Is Easy
57. The Woman Chaser
58. Sleepy Hollow
59. Audition
60. Payback

2000:

1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2. In The Mood For Love
3. The Heart Of The World
4. Yi yi
5. Platform
6. Almost Famous
7. Unbreakable
8. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
9. Wonder Boys
10. State And Main
11. George Washington
12. Hamlet
13. Best In Show
14. High Fidelity
15. The Beach
16. Chicken Run
17. Bring It On
18. Battle Royale
19. X-Men
20. Jeff Buckley: Live In Chicago
21. Memento
22. American Psycho
23. Traffic
24. Romeo Must Die
25. Chunhyang
26. The Tao Of Steve
27. Where The Heart Is
28. Gladiator
29. Charlie's Angels
30. Erin Brockovich
31. Dancer In The Dark
32. The Perfect Storm
33. Escaflowne: The Movie
34. Mission: Impossible 2
35. Loser

2001:

1. Millennium Mambo
2. The Royal Tenenbaums
3. Mulholland Dr.
4. The Fellowship Of The Ring
5. AI: Artificial Intelligence
6. What Time Is It There?
7. Spirited Away
8. All About Lily Chou-Chou
9. Wet Hot American Summer
10. Amélie
11. Shaolin Soccer
12. Moulin Rouge!
13. If I Should Fall From Grace
14. The Others
15. Waking Life
16. Black Hawk Down
17. The Man Who Wasn't There
18. Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone
19. Vanilla Sky
20. Zoolander
21. Y tu mamá también
22. Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back
23. 61*
24. Knocking On Heaven's Door
25. Metropolis
26. Monsters, Inc.
27. The Cat's Meow
28. Pootie Tang
29. Gosford Park
30. Ocean's Eleven
31. Pearl Harbor
32. Musa
33. Ghost World
34. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
35. A Beautiful Mind
36. Spy Kids
37. Not Another Teen Movie
38. Shrek
39. American Pie 2
40. Legally Blonde
41. Bridget Jones's Diary
42. Hannibal
43. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

2002:

1. Punch-Drunk Love
2. Hero
3. The Two Towers
4. Blissfully Yours
5. Morvern Callar
6. Infernal Affairs
7. Talk To Her
8. Far From Heaven
9. 8 Women
10. The 25th Hour
11. City Of God
12. Signs
13. Minority Report
14. Friday Night
15. Zhou Yu's Train
16. Unknown Pleasures
17. Russian Ark
18. Bowling For Columbine
19. 24 Hour Party People
20. Catch Me If You Can
21. Adaptation
22. The Bourne Identity
23. Spellbound
24. Gangs Of New York
25. Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind
26. Spider-Man
27. 8 Mile
28. Attack Of The Clones
29. About Schmidt
30. 28 Days Later
31. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
32. The Business Of Fancydancing
33. The Slow Century
34. Woody Allen: A Life In Film
35. Frida
36. The Trials Of Henry Kissinger
37. Resident Evil
38. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
39. Ice Age
40. Austin Powers: Goldmember
41. Sweet Home Alabama
42. Red Dragon 2

2003:

1. Kill Bill Vol. 1
2. Last Life In The Universe
3. Goodbye, Dragon Inn
4. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter. . . And Spring
5. Café Lumière
6. Master And Commander
7. Return Of The King
8. Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior
9. Down With Love
10. Coffee and Cigarettes
11. Masked And Anonymous
12. Pirates Of The Caribbean
13. Hulk
14. School Of Rock
15. The Saddest Music In The World
16. The Fog Of War
17. Finding Nemo
18. Wheel Of Time
19. Once Upon A Time In Mexico
20. Lost In Translation
21. Gods And Generals
22. Oldboy
23. X-Men 2
24. The Animatrix
25. A Decade Under The Influence
26. Matrix Reloaded
27. Old School
29. Angels In America
30. Underworld
31. The Corporation
32. Shattered Glass
33. A Mighty Wind
34. Intolerable Cruelty
35. Daredevil
36. Matrix Revolutions
37. American Wedding

2004:

1. House Of Flying Daggers
2. 2046
3. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
4. Tropical Malady
5. The World
6. Kill Bill Vol. 2
7. Kings And Queen
8. Anchorman
9. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
10. The Incredibles
11. Howl's Moving Castle
12. Kung Fu Hustle
13. Henri Langlois: Phantom Of The Cinematheque
14. Woman Is The Future Of Man
15. A Very Long Engagement
16. Dodgeball
17. The Village
18. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
19. Collateral
20. I Heart Huckabees
21. Shaun Of The Dead
22. Mean Girls
23. Hellboy
24. In Good Company
25. Before Sunset
26. Friday Night Lights
27. Primer
28. The Aviator
29. Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow
30. The Bourne Supremacy
31. Team America: World Police
32. Night Watch
33. Fahrenheit 9/11
34. Garden State
35. Spider-Man 2
36. Million Dollar Baby
37. Spartan
38. Incident At Loch Ness
39. Napoleon Dynamite
40. Closer
41. Lollilove
42. Be Here To Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt
43. Starsky & Hutch
44. Win A Date With Tad Hamilton
45. Ray
46. Melinda And Melinda
47. Crash
48. The Hunting Of The President
49. Bush's Brain
50. Outfoxed
51. Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral On A Moving Train
52. Jersey Girl

2005:

1. The New World
2. Three Times
3. A History Of Violence
4. The Death Of Mr. Lazarescu
5. Grizzly Man
6. Munich
7. My Dad Is 100 Years Old
8. Dave Chappelle's Block Party
9. Me & You & Everyone We Know
10. Princess Raccoon
11. No Direction Home
12. The 40 Year Old Virgin
13. Good Night And Good Luck
14. Tristram Shandy: A Cock And Bull Story
15. Serenity
16. Man Push Cart
17. Sin City
18. Broken Flowers
19. Revenge Of The Sith
20. Mutual Appreciation
21. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
22. Shopgirl
23. The Proposition
24. Brick
25. The Protector
26. Elizabethtown
27. King Kong
28. Brokeback Mountain
29. Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
30. The Squid And The Whale
31. Batman Begins
32. War Of The Worlds
33. The Aristocrats
34. Unleashed
35. Land Of The Dead
36. Kingdom Of Heaven
37. Match Point
38. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
39. V For Vendetta
40. Capote
41. Walk The Line
42. Cache
43. Mr. And Mrs. Smith
44. Thank You For Smoking
45. Memoirs Of A Geisha
46. Syriana
47. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
48. Brothers Grimm
49. Why We Fight
50. Reel Paradise
51. Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
52. Cry Wolf
53. The Dukes Of Hazzard
54. Aeon Flux
55. Fever Pitch
56. The Chronicles Of Narnia
57. Fantastic Four
58. The Legend Of Zorro

2006:

1. The Wind That Shakes The Barley
2. The Departed
3. Still Life
4. Miami Vice
5. Climates
6. Syndromes And A Century
7. I Don't Want To Sleep Alone
8. A Prairie Home Companion
9. Woman On The Beach
10. Rescue Dawn
11. Election 2
12. Once
13. Flags Of Our Fathers
14. A Scanner Darkly
15. Southland Tales
16. Inland Empire
17. Superman Returns
18. The Host
19. Paprika
20. Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
21. United 93
22. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
23. The Lady In The Water
24. Letters From Iwo Jima
25. The Fall
26. Fearless
27. The Fountain
28. The Break-Up
29. Marie Antoinette
30. Curse Of The Golden Flower
31. Children Of Men
32. Borat
33. Paris je t'aime
34. Casino Royale
35. Inside Man
36. The Lives Of Others
37. Talladega Nights
38. The Prestige
39. Clerks II
40. Snakes On A Plane
41. Pan's Labyrinth
42. Mission: Impossible III
43. The Banquet
44. Cars
45. The TV Set
46. The Namesake
47. The Good Shepherd
48. I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With
49. This Film Is Not Yet Rated
50. Little Miss Sunshine
51. Nacho Libre
52. Friends With Money
53. X-Men: The Last Stand
54. The DaVinci Code
55. The Black Dahlia

2007:

1. I'm Not There
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Ratatouille
4. No Country For Old Men
5. My Winnipeg
6. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, And 2 Days . . .
7. Flight Of The Red Balloon
8. Grindhouse
9. My Blueberry Nights
10. Mad Detective
11. Paranoid Park
12. Chop Shop
13. The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
14. Silent Light
15. Wonderful Town
16. Zodiac
17. The Darjeeling Limited
18. Boarding Gate
19. The Mist
20. Encounters At The End Of The World
21. Helvetica
22. The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
23. Lust, Caution
24. The Simpsons Movie
25. Margot At The Wedding
26. Waitress
27. Knocked Up
28. Stardust
29. Sukiyaki Western Django
30. Lars And The Real Girl
31. The King Of Kong
32. Rocket Science
33. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
34. Eastern Promises
35. Superbad
36. Sunshine
37. Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End
38. Hilary Hahn: A Portrait
39. The Rest Is Silence
40. Across The Universe
41. Hot Rod
42. No End In Sight
43. The Ten
44. Juno
45. Becoming John Ford
46. Michael Clayton
47. 300
48. Hot Fuzz
49. 3:10 To Yuma
50. Into The Wild
51. American Gangster
52. Val Lewton: Man In The Shadows
53. Snow Angels
54. Sicko
55. Mongol
56. Bienvenue a Cannes
57. The Bourne Ultimatum
58. Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix
59. In The Mood For Doyle
60. Atonement
61. Transformers
62. Spielberg On Spielberg
63. Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer
64. Spiderman 3
65. Beowulf

2008:

1. WALL-E
2. Sita Sings The Blues
3. A Christmas Tale
4. Summer Hours
5. Waltz With Bashir
6. Sparrow
7. Ashes of Time Redux
8. Happy Go Lucky
9. Rachel Getting Married
10. Two Lovers
11. Cloverfield
12. Ballast
13. Wendy And Lucy
14. Synecdoche, New York
15. Let The Right One In
16. In Bruges
17. Milk
18. The Equation Of Love And Death
19. Che
20. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
21. Hellboy II
22. Slumdog Millionaire
23. Iron Man
24. Bigger, Stronger, Faster*
25. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
26. Roman Polanski: Wanted & Desired
27. The Happening
28. The Dark Knight
29. Speed Racer
30. Redbelt
31. Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
32. Recount
33. Good Cats
34. Pineapple Express
35. Man On Wire
36. Zack And Miri Make A Porno
37. Tropic Thunder
38. Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
39. Dakota Skye
40. The Brothers Bloom
41. Kung Fu Panda
42. Baby Mama
43. Australia
44. Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist
45. The Forbidden Kingdom
46. Gran Torino
47. Burn After Reading
48. Thriller In Manilla
49. The Order Of Myths
50. Of Time And The City
51. W.
52. Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
53. Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
54. Frost/Nixon
55. Valkyrie
56. The Incredible Hulk
57. Quantum Of Solace
58. The Mummy 3