I saw someone on my Facebook page do this and it intrigued me enough to think about what were my favorite films since he year I was born. Basically, you go year by year since the year you were born all the way up to the present day and you pick a film. I had a hard time choosing films where there are four of my favorite films all released in the same year, but like a true trooper I only chose one film for each year and left no two or three way ties. I also want you to note that when you look at the list, I didn’t choose what I thought were the top films of each year, but films that I loved from each year. These are films that made an impact on me that I will never forget where I was the first time I watched them. Now obviously, there are some years (like the year you were born and probably the first three years of your life) that you obviously did’t watch the films when they came out, but you do remember seeing them later on and they changed you. Here is my list:
1982- Fast Times At Ridgemont High
1983- Return Of The Jedi
1984- A Nightmare On Elm Street
1985- The Goonies
1986- Stand By Me
1987- Spaceballs
1988- Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
1989- Batman
1990- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1991- Terminator 2: Judgement Day
1992- Malcolm X
1993- Schindler’s List
1994- The Crow
1995- Empire Records
1996- Fear
1997- Private Parts
1998- American History X
1999- American Pie
2000- Gladiator
2001- Blow
2002- Catch Me If You Can
2003- Once Upon A Time In Mexico
2004- The Passion Of The Christ
2005- Star Wars Episode III
2006- The Departed
2007- Knocked Up
2008- The Dark Knight
2009- The Hangover
2010- The Social Network
2011- Moneyball
2012- The Avengers
2013- Prisoners
2014- Guardians Of The Galaxy- this is my current favorite film of this year
Honorable Mention
The Breakfast Club was one of my choices for 1985, but The Goonies had a bigger impact on me at the time. Dazed And Confused is still one of my all time favorite films from 1993, but nothing beats the impact Schindler’s List had on me at the time that I had watched that film. For 1983, it was between Jedi and The Outsiders which is another of my all time favorite films, but Return Of The Jedi is my favorite of the Star Wars series. For 1992, it was between Malcolm X and My Cousin Vinny (which is still hilarious), but Denzel blew me away as Malcolm X and I researched the man for a school project because of the film. So, that was my list and now I challenge everyone that has a blog and covers movies to do the same as me. If I was born before 1974, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween would be on this list as well. Let’s see the lists bloggers!!!
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