Temporal Top Ten

Hey guys,

 

I decided to start a new series on my site.

Because I’ve seen thousands (literally) of movies in my 41+ years, I’ve decided to try and help you all discover (or rediscover) movies of years past that I feel are the best movies of any given year. (yes, some are guilty pleasures, but we are all entitled to our opinions here) 🙂

The idea is simple – I’m gonna randomly choose a year each time and present you all with my favorite movies from that year.

In addition, I will also list (based on a very educated guess) how many movies I’ve seen that came out during that year along with the names of EVERY one of the titles.

I will be using the IMDB release year in order to remain consistent even if the movie was held back a year before wide release like The Hurt Locker or Crash.

This new series will mainly be used on days when I don’t usually post or when I don’t have a regular movie review to post, but being that I plan to be away for the next week and a half with very limited access to the web, I will present u with a new list every day from tomorrow 1st April until the 12th of April.

I hope to present new lists every Friday and Saturday afterwards.

My research has shown me that I’ve seen on an average around 100 movies from each year since 1980 plus a lot less from years beforehand, so currently, I only plan to do this from 1980 until 2013.  Perhaps when I finish this list, I’ll venture into pre-1980 where maybe I’ll only do a top 5, but I have a long way to go to get there.

This page itself will be used as a starting point with links to each year’s list and as I watch new movies or review previously viewed movies that I have only now started to review.

Hope you all enjoy this new feature!

Thanks again for all your support and encouragement!

I’d also like to than and give a shoutout to my good friend (the MIA) Josh over at JJames Reviews for his help in shaping this feature but most especially for his suggestion of this awesome series name.  Thanks Josh (Hope u come back soon)!!!

 

Updated 21 Apr 2024

Year	# of movies watched	# of movies reviewed	Favorite Movie
1930	24	24	Animal Crackers
1931	27	29	City Lights
1932	28	29	If I Had A Million
1933	26	26	King Kong
1934	27	28	Imitation of Life
1935	22	23	Captain Blood
1936	24	25	Modern Times
1937	22	24	The Grand Illusion
1938	28	30	You Can’t Take it With You
1939	34	36	Goodbye Mr. Chips
1940	30	36	The Great Dictator
1941	28	33	The Maltese Falcon
1942	27	33	Casablanca
1943	41	43	Sahara
1944	36	44	Lifeboat
1945	29	29	Death Mills
1946	29	44	The Best Years of Our Lives
1947	45	48	Gentleman’s Agreement
1948	33	36	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1949	33	36	Battleground
1950	45	48	Sunset Blvd
1951	34	34	The African Queen
1952	37	39	High Noon
1953	44	49	Stalag 17
1954	45	50	Suddenly
1955	49	52	Rififi
1956	54	66	The Killing
1957	44	61	The Bridge on the River Kwai
1958	42	47	The Naked and the Dead
1959	50	55	Rio Bravo
1960	43	51	The Apartment
1961	33	41	Judgement at Nuremberg
1962	42	51	Advise & Consent
1963	44	58	The Great Escape
1964	52	61	Seven Days in May
1965	43	48	Ship of Fools
1966	41	44	The Sand Pebbles
1967	38	39	The Dirty Dozen
1968	45	52	Yours, Mine & Ours
1969	47	49	Z
1970	45	51	M*A*S*H*
1971	57	67	Fiddler on the Roof
1972	62	63	The Godfather
1973	66	74	Executive Action
1974	69	72	The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1975	58	59	Jaws
1976	54	57	Network
1977	51	65	Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
1978	66	66	The Deer Hunter
1979	70	69	Time After Time
1980	68	75	Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
1981	86	79	Raiders of The Lost Ark
1982	85	84	E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial
1983	105	122	Star Wars Episode VI: The Return of the Jedi
1984	129	125	Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom
1985	140	172	Back to the Future
1986	124	116	Stand By Me
1987	152	150	The Princess Bride
1988	159	149	Die Hard
1989	159	151	When Harry Met Sally
1990	138	147	Europa, Europa
1991	147	137	Grand Canyon
1992	151	123	Reservoir Dogs
1993	149	143	Schindler’s List
1994	167	143	Forrest Gump
1995	147	147	Mr. Holland’s Opus
1996	134	115	Fargo
1997	147	135	Titanic
1998	166	149	Saving Private Ryan
1999	154	138	The Green Mile
2000	142	135	Cast Away
2001	140	136	Band of Brothers
2002	125	128	The Rookie
2003	137	109	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004	124	129	Sideways
2005	127	134	Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
2006	141	150	United 93
2007	171	164	The War
2008	160	140	The Dark Knight
2009	144	155	Taking Chance
2010	156	170	Inception
2011	171	187	Source Code
2012	159	186	Les Miserables
2013	199	264	Gravity
2014	217	267	Guardians of the Galaxy
2015	194	239	Inside Out
2016	204	255	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2017	215	252	Dunkirk
2018	204	231	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2019	211	242	1917
2020	213	223	Father, The
2021	224	239	Come From Away
2022	270	279	The Fabelmans
2023	235	249	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2024	18	18	Masters of the Air
Total	8818	9308
Yearly Average	93.81	99.02