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Favourite movies 1917 - 1947

1917 -
1918 -
1919 -
1920 - The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
1921 -
1922 - Nosferatu the Vampire
1923 -
1924 -
1925 - The Lost World, The Battleship Potemkin
1926 -
1927 - Metropolis
1928 - The Man Who Laughs (Joker!)
1929 -
1930 -
1931 - Frankenstein, Dracula
1932 - Freaks
1933 - King Kong, The Invisible Man
1934 -
1935 - Bride of Frakenstein, The 39 Steps, Triumph of the Will
1936 - Reefer Madness, Things to Come
1937 -
1938 -
1939 - The Wizard of Oz
1940 - Pinocchio
1941 - Dumbo, The Wolf Man
1942 - Bambi, The Cat People
1943 -
1944 - Lifeboat
1945 -
1946 - Great Expectations
1947 -

Favourite movies 1948 - 1978

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1949 - Samson and Delilah, The Fountainhead, Mighty Joe Young
1950 -
1951 - Alice in Wonderland, The Day the Earth Stood Still
1952 - Singin' in the Rain
1953 - House of Wax, The War of the Worlds
1954 - Animal Farm, Creature from the Black Lagoon
1955 - Rebel Without A Cause, Tarantula
1956 - The Ten Commandments, Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers, Forbidden Planet, Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1957 - Bridge on the River Kwai
1958 - The Horror of Dracula, The Fly
1959 - Ben Hur, Some Like it Hot, North by Northwest, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Plan 9 from Outer Space
1960 - Psycho, Spartacus, The Time Machine
1961 - 101 Dalmations
1962 - Lawrence of Arabia, The Longest Day, Cape Fear
1963 - The Birds, Jason and the Argonauts, 7 Faces of Dr Lao
1964 -
1965 - Dr. Who and the Daleks
1966 - Batman, The Good The Bad & The Ugly
1967 - One Million Years B.C.
1968 - Night of the Living Dead, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, Rosemary's Baby
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1970 -
1971 - A Clockwork Orange, Dirty Harry, Play Misty for Me, THX 1138, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
1972 -
1973 - The Exorcist, American Grafitti, Live and Let Die, Sleeper, The Wicker Man
1974 - Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1975 - Jaws, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Dog Day Afternoon, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Death Race 2000, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Picnic at Hanging Rock
1976 - The Omen, Taxi Driver
1977 - Star Wars, Eraserhead
1978 - The Deer Hunter, Halloween, The Lord of the Rings

Favourite movies 1979-2009

These are my favourite movies by year, over the last 30 years. It's far from an exhaustive list, their may be some I have forgotten that I will later add to. They're not the only movies I like from that year, but these are just my absolute favourites:

1979 - Alien, Mad Max, Monty Python's Life of Brian, Time After Time
1980 - The Empire Strikes Back, The Shining, The Elephant Man, Altered States
1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark, Time Bandits, Mad Max 2, An American Werewolf in London, Clash of the Titans, Excalibur
1982 - Tron, The Thing, Blade Runner
1983 - Return of the Jedi, Scarface
1984 - Ghostbusters, Dune, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Neverending Story, The Terminator
1985 - Brazil, Commando, Day of the Dead
1986 - Aliens, The Fly
1987 - Predator, The Running Man, Robocop, Full Metal Jacket
1988 - Beetlejuice, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Blob, Child's Play, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, They Live!, Willow, PIN
1989 - Society, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Batman, Ghostbusters II
1990 - Home Alone, Ghost, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Total Recall, Arachnophobia, Edward Scissorhands, The Witches
1991 - Terminator 2, Hook, The Doors, What about Bob?, The Silence of the Lambs
1992 - Aladdin, Batman Returns, Alien 3, Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Crying Game
1993 - Jurassic Park, In the Line of Fire, The Fugitive, Mrs Doubtfire, Cliffhanger, Demolition Man, Falling Down, Fire in the Sky, Groundhog DAy
1994 - Forrest Gump, The Lion King, The Mask, The Crow, Leon, The Shawshank Redemption, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, Wolf
1995 - Batman Forever (when it was released I was a huge fan, now not so much), Jumanji, Se7en, The Young Poisoner's Handbook, Braveheart, La Cité des enfants perdus, Dead Man, A Goofy Movie (yeah I loved it back then and still remember it so sue me), Heat, In the Mouth of Madness, Judge Dredd, Powder, Rob Roy, Twelve Monkeys
1996 - Independence Day, Mars Attacks!, Star Trek: First Contact
1997 - The Fifth Element, Alien Resurrection, Cube, Event Horizon, The Game, Starship Troopers,
1998 - Dark City
1999 - The Matrix, Bicentennial Man, The Blair Witch Project, Existenz, End of Days, Fight Club, The Sixth Sense
2000 - Memento, Malena
2001 - LOTR: FOTR, Jurassic Park 3, A.I., Amelie, Black Hawk Down, Donnie Darko, Earth Vs. The Spider, Enemy at the Gates, From Hell, The Score
2002 - 28 Days Later, One Hour Photo, The Ring, S1m0ne, They
2003 - The Matrix Reloaded, The Dreamers, Willard
2004 - The Passion of the Christ, I, Robot, The Machinist, Saw
2005 - Revenge of the Sith, Batman Begins, The Brothers Grimm, Serenity, Sin City, Wolf Creek
2006 - V for Vendetta, Silent Hill, Pan's Labyrinth, A Scanner Darkly, United 93
2007 - 300, Bridge to Terabithia, 28 Weeks Later, Sunshine, The Mist, Earth (documentary)
2008 - The Dark Knight, Cloverfield, Rambo, Iron Man
2009 -