Top 25 Films From Last 25 Years - By Year

[tonydal]

1986--Platoon
1987--Hope and Glory
1988--Scrooged
1989--Do the Right Thing
1990--Goodfellas
1991--The Man in the Moon
1992--Unforgiven
1993--Schindler's List
1994--Pulp Fiction
1995--Get Shorty
1996--A Moment of Innocence
1997--Donnie Brasco
1998--Sliding Doors
1999--Analyze This
2000--Meet the Parents
2001--God Is Great, I'm Not
2002--Bend It Like Beckham
2003--Sounder
2004--Shaun of the Dead
2005--Crash
2006--10th & Wolf
2007--Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2008--Be Kind Rewind
2009--Taking Woodstock
2010--[turns out I haven't seen any movies from then]

[Bandy]

2010 Marwencol
2009 The Exploding Girl
2008 Love Exposure
2007 You, the Living
2006 Children of Men
2005 The Proposition
2004 The Taste of Tea
2003 Lost in Translation
2002 Friday Night
2001 Mulholland Dr.
2000 Werckmeister Harmonies
1999 Eyes Wide Shut
1998 The Big Lebowski
1997 Jackie Brown
1996 Fargo
1995 Safe
1994 Three Colors: Red
1993 Naked
1992 Brother's Keeper
1991 The Double Life of Veronique
1990 Wild at Heart
1989 Visitor of a Museum
1988 A Short Film About Love
1987 Ironweed
1986 Sherman's March

[JooJoo]

Any year that only shows a single candidate is something I expect to change in the future. In fact, in the coming months my opinion will probably go back-and-forth multiple times so it's best I just leave this and never think of it again. The 'movie of the year' collection I maintain is bad enough.

Hannah and Her Sisters / Blue Velvet (1986)
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987)
My Neighbor Totoro / Let's Get Lost / Alice (1988)
Vampire's Kiss / Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
A Tale of Springtime / The Exorcist III / Goodfellas / Close-Up [& possibly Hidden Agenda] (1990)
Barton Fink (1991)
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Sonatine (1993)
Crumb / Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
Underground (1995)
Fargo / Breaking the Waves / Secrets & Lies (1996)
Deconstructing Harry / Happy Together / Funny Games (1997)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
The Talented Mr. Ripley / American Movie / Ratcatcher (1999)
Yi Yi (2000)
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
Irreversible (2002)
All the Real Girls (2003)
The White Diamond / Shaun of the Dead (2004)
The New World (2005)
Everything Will Be Okay [but if I have to pick a non-short movie, Still Life] (2006)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Treeless Mountain (2008)
Bright Star (2009)
The Illusionist (2010)
Rango (2011)

I've seen basically nothing of this year, but with Woody Allen, Terrence Malick, Werner Herzog, Lars von Trier, Abbas Kiarostami, Yimou Zhang & the Dardenne brothers all with work out that I probably won't see till much later, my last pick can only change. Either that or a more likely scenario like the world exploding into a skittle rainbow.

[by Devol]

Major correction on 1998 - that should be The Thin Red Line instead of There's Something About Mary.

#3 now on my most recent films list to be filed under "oops - shouldn't have overlooked that"

Before brutally paring it down, my original top 25 list had several movies for almost every year, with (if I remember right) 1994 listing six films above an 80 score, and a couple other years with four or five movies above 80. Only one year - 1989 - had one above-80 film - Santa Sangre, which so powerfully deserves to stand on its own - a beacon of aesthetically mindfucking power.

[AAAutin]

1986: DOWN BY LAW
1987: TIN MEN
1988: THE BEAST
1989: ROGER & ME
1990: GOODFELLAS
1991: THE DOORS
1992: GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
1993: A BRONX TALE
1994: CLERKS
1995: CASINO
1996: SUBURBIA
1997: L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
1998: FEAR & LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS
1999: FIGHT CLUB
2000: DARK DAYS
2001: MEMENTO
2002: CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND
2003: CITY OF GOD
2004: CONTROL ROOM
2005: THE PROPOSITION
2006: THE PRESTIGE
2007: THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES [...]
2008: WALTZ WITH BASHIR
2009: BRONSON
2010: INCEPTION

[MmzHrrdb]

Year - Movie (Tier, Score)
1986 - Kong bu fen zi (T10, 10)
1987 - The Man Who Planted Trees (T9, 9)
1988 - Grave of the Fireflies (T10, 10)
1989 - Do The Right Thing (T10, 10)
1990 - Goodfellas (T10, 10)
1991 - Only Yesterday (T10, 10)
1992 - Malcolm X (T9, 9)
1993 - The Thief and the Cobbler (T10, 10) <--- Rated the Recobbled Cut.
1994 - Sátántangó (T10, 10)
1995 - Seven (T9, 9)
1996 - Fargo (T10, 10)
1997 - Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (T10, 10)
1998 - The Hole (T10, 10)
1999 - Julien Donkey-Boy (T10, 10)
2000 - Werckmeister Harmonies (T10, 10)
2001 - Mulholland Drive (T10, 10)
2002 - The Pianist (T9, 9)
2003 - Lost in Translation (T10, 10)
2004 - Mind Game (T10, 10)
2005 - The Devil and Daniel Johnston (T10, 10)
2006 - Pan's Labyrinth (T9, 9)
2007 - No Country for Old Men (T10, 10)
2008 - WALL·E (T9, 9)
2009 - Mary and Max (T10, 10)
2010 - The Illusionist (2010) (T9, 9)

[Weafdog]

The Color of Money (1986)
Wall Street (1987)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Glory (1989)
Dances With Wolves (1990)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
A Few Good Men (1992)
Schindler's List (1993)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Heat (1995)
Fargo (1996)
Titanic (1997)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
The Insider (1999)
Almost Famous (2000)
Amelie (2001)
28 Days Later (2002)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Garden State (2004)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
Half Nelson (2006)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Inception (2010)

[DougCollins]

86 Highlaner
87 Empire of the Sun
88 Who Frammed Roger Rabbit
89 Glory
90 Godfather 3
91 Star Trek 6
92 Last of the Mohicans
93 Schindler's List
94 Santa Clause
95 Braveheart
96 Independence Day
97 Titanic
98 Saving Private Ryan
99 Star Wars : Phantom Menace
00 The Patriot
01 Lord of the Rings : Fellowship
02 Lord of the Rings :Two Towers
03 Lord of the Rings : Return
04 Passion of the Christ
05 Chronicle of the Narnia : Lion
06 Prestige
07 3:10 to Yuma
08 Dark Knight
09 Blind Side
10 Inception

I had to go through each year and pick between multiple movies to see which one I would still want to watch and this very moment the most.
By the way, I love this web-site, no hating on others reviews and so far I haven't found too much anti-christian rheteric (unlike Flixster, which I just couldn't deal with all the hating so I don't post on anymore)
Thanks Everyone, and don't forget to enjoy your movie.

[jal90]

1986 - The Name Of The Rose (98)
1987 - Fullmetal Jacket (89)
1988 - Grave Of The Fireflies (100)
1989 - Crimes And Misdemeanors (96) / My Left Foot (96)
1990 - Edward Scissorhands (96)
1991 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (94)
1992 - Aladdin (98)
1993 - Groundhog Day (98)
1994 - The Shawshank Redemption (100) / Pulp Fiction (100)
1995 - Whisper Of The Heart (98) / The Bridges Of Madison County (98) / Babe (98)
1996 - Trainspotting (99)
1997 - Princess Mononoke (98)
1998 - Perfect Blue (98)
1999 - American Beauty (98)
2000 - Amores Perros (96) / Gladiator (96)
2001 - Monsters, Inc (98)
2002 - Spirited Away (99)
2003 - Big Fish (98)
2004 - Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (99)
2005 - Match Point (97)
2006 - Little Miss Sunshine (99)
2007 - Once (97) / Ratatouille (97)
2008 - Wall-E (98)
2009 - Mary And Max (97)
2010 - Toy Story 3 (99)

Not counting short films here.

[svenerik]

1986 Jean de Florette
1987 Wings of Desire
1988 They Live
1989 The Burbs
1990 Trust
1991 The Double Life of Veronique
1992 Bitter Moon
1993 Dazed and Confused
1994 Three Colors: Red
1995 Safe
1996 Waiting for Guffman
1997 Lost Highway
1998 Happiness
1999 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
2000 You Can Count on Me
2001 Ghost World
2002 The Pianist
2003 Saraband
2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005 Cache
2006 Pan's Labyrinth
2007 Waitress
2008 Synecdoche, New York
2009 Up
2010 Dogtooth