Not really a blog, more a list for Ken Armstrong (who does some of that there writing here.) A twitter conversation led to him asking if I had a list of favourite films of each year. I did, but it was in an old fashioned book. Never one to pass up the opportunity to make a list, I’ve transcribed it below. The list is of course subject to change should I see another film from a particular year that I prefer to the one currently listed.
(and yes, it did hurt having to leave out Rashomon and It’s a Wonderful Life). Some years just had too many great films.
2010 Inception
2009 Moon
2008 Let the Right One In
2007 No Country For Old Men
2006 The Lives of Others
2005 Good Night and Good Luck
2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2003 The Station Agent
2002 Adaptation
2001 No Man’s Land
2000 In The Mood For Love
1999 Fight Club
1998 Gods and Monsters
1997 L.A. Confidential
1996 Fargo
1995 Secrets and Lies
1994 The Shawshank Redemption
1993 Groundhog Day
1992 Unforgiven
1991 JFK
1990 Millers Crossing
1989 Crimes and Misdemeanors
1988 Cinema Paradiso
1987 Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1986 Jean de Florette
1985 Ran
1984 Broadway Danny Rose
1983 Local Hero
1982 The King of Comedy
1981 An American Werewolf in London
1980 Airplane
1979 Being There
1978 Superman
1977 Annie Hall
1976 Taxi Driver
1975 Jaws
1974 The Conversation
1973 Don’t Look Now
1972 What’s Up Doc?
1971 Duel
1970 MASH
1969 The Wild Bunch
1968 The Odd Couple
1967 In the Heat of the Night
1966 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1965 The Battle of Algiers
1964 Dr Strangelove
1963 Charade
1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1961 The Hustler
1960 The Apartment
1959 Some Like it Hot
1958 Vertigo
1957 12 Angry Men
1956 The Searchers
1955 The Lady Killers
1954 Rear Window
1953 Tokyo Story
1952 Singin’ in the Rain
1951 Strangers on a Train
1950 Harvey
1949 Kind Hearts and Coronets
1948 The Bicycle Thief
1947 Monsieur Verdoux
1946 A Matter of Life and Death
1945 Rome, Open City
1944 Double Indemnity
1943 Shadow of a Doubt
1942 Casablanca
1941 Citizen Kane
1940 The Shop Around the Corner
1939 His Girl Friday
1938 Le Grand Illusion
1937 Way Out West
1936 Modern Times
1935 Bride of Frankenstein
1934 It Happened One Night
1933 Duck Soup
1932 Freaks
1931 M
1930 All Quiet on the Western Front
