Favorite Film from Every Year Starting from Birth

[Kaseykockroach]

It's very simple, begin at the year you were born, and list your favorite movie for each year all the way to 2010 and who directed it.
1992: Hard Boiled-John Woo
1993: Matinee-Joe Dante
1994: Clerks-Kevin Smith
1995: Toy Story- John Lasseter
1996: Mst3k The Movie- Jim Mallon
1997: Anaconda-Luis Llosa
1998: The Big Lebowski-Joel Coen
1999: South Park Bigger Longer Uncut- Trey Parker
2000: Cast Away-Robert Zemeckis
2001: Monsters Inc-Pete Doctor
2002: Lilo & Stitch- Chris Sanders
2003: Lost in Translation- Sofia Coppola
2004: The Incredibles-Brad Bird
2005: Wallace & Gromit Curse of the Were-rabbit- Nick Park
2006: Snakes on a Plane- David R. Ellis
2007: Juno-Jason Reitman
2008: Sita Sings the Blues- Nina Paley
2009: Up- Pete Doctor
2010: Piranha-Alexandre Aja
Though for me, most of these cases were a matter of "which is the least repulsive" rather than the "best". :P

[Psycho Circus]

1986: Cobra - George P. Cosmatos
1987: Robocop - Paul Verhoeven
1988: Die Hard - John McTiernan
1989: Weekend At Bernie's - Ted Kotcheff
1990: Miami Blues - George Armitage
1991: Point Break - Kathryn Bigelow
1992: Death Becomes Her - Robert Zemeckis
1993: Groundhog Day - Harold Ramis
1994: Forrest Gump - Robert Zemeckis
1995: Seven - David Fincher
1996: Happy Gilmore - Dennis Dugan
1997: Grosse Point Blank - George Armitage
1998: Still Crazy - Brian Gibson
1999: The Blair Witch Project - Daniel Myrick/Eduardo Sánchez
2000: American Psycho - Mary Harron
2001: Rock Star - Stephen Herek
2002: Dark Blue - Ron Shelton
2003: Matchstick Men - Ridley Scott
2004: Anchorman - Adam McKay
2005: Batman Begins - Christopher Nolan
2006: ......
2007: 1408 - Mikael Håfström
2008: Rambo - Sylvester Stallone
2009: ......
2010: ......
2011: Bridesmaids - Paul Feig

[Flick James]

OOh, how fun! I'm going with mostly more mainstream "good" movie choices, but I'm sticking in the occasional more under-the-radar title here and there.

1967 - The Graduate (tough one because I also love The Dirty Dozen)
1968 - Rosemary's Baby
1969 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1970 - Patton with both barrels
1971 - A Clockwork Orange
1972 - The Godfather
1973 - Papillon
1974 - It's a tie, both Mel Brooks. Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles
1975 - Another tie. Jaws and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1976 - Taxi Driver
1977 - Annie Hall
1978 - Halloween
1979 - Apocalypse Now
1980 - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
1981 - Tie. Arthur and Time Bandits
1982 - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1983 - Mr. Mom
1984 - Amadeus
1985 - Better Off Dead
1986 - Hannah and Her Sistersi]
1987 - The Untouchables
1988 - The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad
1989 - Glory
1990 - Goodfellas
1991 - Barton Fink
1992 - Unforgiven
1993 - In the Name of the Father
1994 - Ed Wood
1995 - Toy Story
1996 - Fargo
1997 - Crappy year. I'll go with Jackie Brown
1998 - Saving Private Ryan
1999 - Another crappy year. Being John Malkovich
2000 - Cast Away
2001 - Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 - Gangs of New York
2003 - Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004 - The Incredibles
2005 - Walk the Line
2006 - The Departed
2007 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2008 - In Bruges
2009 - Inglorious Basterds
2010 - Inception
2011 - The jury is still out

WHEW!

[JaseSF]

1973- Soylent Green - Richard Fleischer
1974- Young Frankenstein- Mel Brooks
1975- Jaws- Steven Spielberg
1976- Logan's Run- Michael Anderson
1977- Close Encounters of the Third Kind- Steven Spielberg
1978- Halloween- John Carpenter
1979- Alien- Ridley Scott
1980- The Empire Strikes Back- Irvin Kershner
1981- Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior- George Miller
1982- Blade Runner- Ridley Scott
1983- A Christmas Story- Bob Clark
1984- Ghostbusters- Ivan Reitman
1985- Back to the Future- Robert Zemeckis
1986- Big Trouble in Little China- John Carpenter
1987- RoboCop- Paul Verhoeven
1988- They Live- John Carpenter
1989- Patlabor: The Movie- Mamoru Oshii
1990- Jacob's Ladder- Adrian Lyne
1991- Kafka- Steven Soderbergh
1992- Batman Returns- Tim Burton
1993- Groundhog Day- Harold Ramis
1994- Ed Wood- Tim Burton
1995- Twelve Monkeys- Terry Gilliam
1996- Star Trek: First Contact - Jonathan Frakes
1997- Princess Mononoke- Hayao Miyazaki
1998- The Thin Red Line- Terrence Malick
1999- The Iron Giant - Brad Bird
2000- Unbreakable- M. Night Shyamalan
2001- Shrek- Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
2002- The Ring- Gore Verbinski
2003- Kill Bill Volume 1 - Quentin Tarantino
2004- Spider-Man 2- Sam Raimi
2005- The 40 Year Old Virgin- Judd Apatow
2006- V For Vendetta- James McTeigue
2007- Planet Terror- Robert Rodriguez
2008- Forgetting Sarah Marshall- Nicholas Stoller
2009- Zombieland- Ruben Fleischer
2010- Kick-Ass- Matthew Vaughn
2011- ?????

Actually most of my favourite films predate my birth.

[Rev. Powell]

What a fantastic way to waste time!  

1968 -  2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, Stanley Kubrick
1969 -  MIDNIGHT COWBOY, John Schlesinger
1970 -  FIVE EASY PIECES, Bob Rafelson
1971 -  A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, Stanley Kubrick
1972 -  THE GODFATHER, Francis Ford Coppola
1973 -  THE WICKER MAN, Robin Hardy
1974 -  CHINATOWN, Roman Polanski
1975 -  ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, Milos Forman
1976 -  NETWORK, Sidney Lumet
1977 -  ERASERHEAD, David Lynch
1978 -  THE DAWN OF THE DEAD, George Romero
1979 -  APOCALYPSE NOW, Francis Ford Coppola
1980 -  THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, Irvin Kershner
1981 -  RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, Steven Spielberg
1982 -  BLADE RUNNER, Ridley Scott
1983 -  A CHRISTMAS STORY, Bob Clark
1984 -  AMADEUS, Milos Forman
1985 -  BRAZIL, Terry Gilliam
1986 -  BLUE VELVET, David Lynch
1987 -  EVIL DEAD 2, Sam Raimi
1988 -  ALICE, Jan Svankmajer
1989 -  SANTA SANGRE, Alejandro Jodorowsky
1990 -  JACOB'S LADDER, Adrian Lynne
1991 -  BARTON FINK, The Coen Brothers
1992 -  UNFORGIVEN, Clint Eastwood
1993 -  SCHINDLER'S LIST, Steven Speilberg
1994 -  PULP FICTION, Quentin Tarantino
1995 -  THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN,  Marc Caro/Jean-Pierre Jeunet
1996 -  FARGO, the Coen Brothers
1997 -  CUBE, Vincenzo Natali
1998 -  PI, Darren Aronofsky
1999 -  FIGHT CLUB, David Fincher
2000 - MEMENTO, Christopher Nolan
2001 - THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, Peter Jackson
2002 - THE TWO TOWERS, Peter Jackson
2003 - THE RETURN OF THE KING, Peter Jackson
2004 - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, Michel Gondry
2005 -  CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT, Nick Park (this was by far the most difficult year to pick, I didn't love anything that came out in 2005!)
2006 -  PAN'S LABYRINTH, Guillermo del Toro
2007 -  ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, Julie Taymor (weak year)
2008 -  BRONSON, Nicolas Winding Refn
2009 - A SERIOUS MAN, The Coen Brothers
2010 - INCEPTION, Christopher Nolan
2011 - THE TREE OF LIFE, Terrence Malick

Wow, I matched 11.5 with Flick!

[bob]

1983 - Trading Places
1984 - The Terminator
1985 - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
1986 - Highlander
1987 - Lethal Weapon/Bad Taste
1988 - The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1989 - Field of Dreams
1990 - Goodfellas
1991 - The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
1992 - Wayne's World
1993 - Groundhog Day/Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1994 - Pulp Fiction
1995 - Golden Eye
1996 - Happy Gilmore
1997 - Tomorrow Never Dies
1998 - The Big Lebowski
1999 - Fight Club/The Matrix
2000 - Gone in 60 Seconds
2001 - Ocean's 11
2002 - The Pianist
2003 - The Room
2004 - Ed Wood
2005 - Batman Begins
2006 - The Da Vinci Code
2007 - No Country For Old Men
2008 - The Dark Knight
2009 - The Hangover
2010 - Inception
2011 - The Mechanic (it's the only thing I've seen this year)

[Doggett]

1987 - Robocop
1988 - Beetlejuice
1989 - Batman
1990 - Gremlins 2
1991 - T2
1992 - Batman Returns
1993 - Jurassic Park
1994 - Heavenly Creatures
1995  -Se7en
1996 - Fargo
1997 - Boogie Nights
1998 - The Truman show
1999 - Run Lola Run
2000
2001 - Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 - Dog Soldiers
2003 - American Splendor
2004 - Shaun of the Dead
2005 - Batman Begins
2006 - M:I III
2007 - The Orphange ('Lars and the Real Girl' a close second...)
2008 -
2009 - Star Trek
2010 - Toy Story 3
2011

- Gotta go! I'll fill the rest in later. -

[Hammock Rider]

 This is a great idea.These are my favorites for the year, but not necessarily the best of the year. Some years I just couldn't decide between several great movies, so I scored a tie.

1965-Flight of the Phoenix, Robert Aldrich
1966-One Million Years B.C., Don Chaffey (although Naked Prey was soo close)
1967 - Cool Hand Luke, Stuart Rosenberg
1968 - Planet of the Apes, Franklin Schaffner
1969 - True Grit, Henry Hathaway (although Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid was really close. Pretty much a toss up)
1970 - M*A*S*H, Robert Altman
1971 - Dirty Harry, Don Siegel
1972 - The Godfather, F.F. Coppola
1973 - The Sting, George Roy Hill
1974 - Blazing Saddles( Mel Brooks) and/ or Chinatown.(Roman polanski)
1975 - Jaws, Stevie Spielberg
1976 - A ton of great movies this year, but I'm going with Network, Sidney Lumet
1977 - A tie between Star Wars(You Know Who) and Slapshot, George Roy Hill
1978 - Midnight Express, Alan Parker edges out Five Deadly Venoms
1979 - a tie between The Jerk, Carl Reiner and Alien, Ridley Scott
1980 - Blues Brother, John Landis
1981 - It begins and ends with Raiders of the Lost Ark, Stevie Spielberg
1982 - a tie between The Thing(John Carpenter) and Blade Runner(Ridley Scott)
1983 - The Right Stuff, Phillip Kaufman
1984 - Ghost Busters, Ivan Reitman
1985 - Back to the Future(Zemeckis) Brazil(Gilliam) and Commando(Lester)
1986 - Aliens, James Cameron & The Three Amigos, John Lanids There were a lot of great movies out this year.
1987 - Princess Bride(Reiner) RoboCop(Verhoeven) & Adventures in Babysitting(Chris Columbus)
1988 - Die Hard, John McTiernan
1989 - Yet another tie, between Uncle Buck(John Hughes) & Road House(Rowdy Herrington)
1990 - Goodfellas
1991 - Barton Fink
1992 - Unforgiven
1993 - True Romance (Tony Scott) and Tombstone(George Cosmatos)
1994 - Pulp Fiction
1995 - Twelve Monkeys, Gilliam
1996 - Fargo
1997 - A tie between Fifth Element(Luc Besson) and As Good As It gets(James L. Brooks)
1998 - Saving Private Ryan & The Big Lebowski
1999 - Office Space(Mike Judge)
2000 - Gladiator(Ridley Scott) and O Brother Where Art Though?
2001 - Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring & Amelie(Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
2002 - Gangs of New York & The Transporter(Louis Leterrier)
2003 - Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King & love Actually(Richard Curtis)
2004 - The Incredibles
2005 - Walk the Line & Hard Candy(David Slade)
2006 - Casino Royale(Martin Campbell) & Stranger Than Fiction(Marc Forster)
2007 - No Country for old Men
2008 - A 3 Way Tie between In Bruges(Martin McDonagh) Taken (Pierre Morel) & Iron Man
2009 - Up(Pete Docter) and Sherlock Holmes(Guy Ritchie)
2010 - The A-Team(Joe Carnahan) & Despicable Me(Pierre Coffin)
2011 - So far Bridesmaids(Paul Feig)

[Flick James]

This is a great idea.These are my favorites for the year, but not necessarily the best of the year. Some years I just couldn't decide between several great movies, so I scored a tie.

1965-Flight of the Phoenix, Robert Aldrich
1966-One Million Years B.C., Don Chaffey (although Naked Prey was soo close)
1967 - Cool Hand Luke, Stuart Rosenberg
1968 - Planet of the Apes, Franklin Schaffner
1969 - True Grit, Henry Hathaway (although Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid was really close. Pretty much a toss up)
1970 - M*A*S*H, Robert Altman
1971 - Dirty Harry, Don Siegel
1972 - The Godfather, F.F. Coppola
1973 - The Sting, George Roy Hill
1974 - Blazing Saddles( Mel Brooks) and/ or Chinatown.(Roman polanski)
1975 - Jaws, Stevie Spielberg
1976 - A ton of great movies this year, but I'm going with Network, Sidney Lumet
1977 - A tie between Star Wars(You Know Who) and Slapshot, George Roy Hill
1978 - Midnight Express, Alan Parker edges out Five Deadly Venoms
1979 - a tie between The Jerk, Carl Reiner and Alien, Ridley Scott
1980 - Blues Brother, John Landis
1981 - It begins and ends with Raiders of the Lost Ark, Stevie Spielberg
1982 - a tie between The Thing(John Carpenter) and Blade Runner(Ridley Scott)
1983 - The Right Stuff, Phillip Kaufman
1984 - Ghost Busters, Ivan Reitman
1985 - Back to the Future(Zemeckis) Brazil(Gilliam) and Commando(Lester)
1986 - Aliens, James Cameron & The Three Amigos, John Lanids There were a lot of great movies out this year.
1987 - Princess Bride(Reiner) RoboCop(Verhoeven) & Adventures in Babysitting(Chris Columbus)
1988 - Die Hard, John McTiernan
1989 - Yet another tie, between Uncle Buck(John Hughes) & Road House(Rowdy Herrington)
1990 - Goodfellas
1991 - Barton Fink
1992 - Unforgiven
1993 - True Romance (Tony Scott) and Tombstone(George Cosmatos)
1994 - Pulp Fiction
1995 - Twelve Monkeys, Gilliam
1996 - Fargo
1997 - A tie between Fifth Element(Luc Besson) and As Good As It gets(James L. Brooks)
1998 - Saving Private Ryan & The Big Lebowski
1999 - Office Space(Mike Judge)
2000 - Gladiator(Ridley Scott) and O Brother Where Art Though?
2001 - Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring & Amelie(Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
2002 - Gangs of New York & The Transporter(Louis Leterrier)
2003 - Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King & love Actually(Richard Curtis)
2004 - The Incredibles
2005 - Walk the Line & Hard Candy(David Slade)
2006 - Casino Royale(Martin Campbell) & Stranger Than Fiction(Marc Forster)
2007 - No Country for old Men
2008 - A 3 Way Tie between In Bruges(Martin McDonagh) Taken (Pierre Morel) & Iron Man
2009 - Up(Pete Docter) and Sherlock Holmes(Guy Ritchie)
2010 - The A-Team(Joe Carnahan) & Despicable Me(Pierre Coffin)
2011 - So far Bridesmaids(Paul Feig)

You and I share a good number of movies here. And we were born in the same generation.

[Mofo Rising]

This is going to take a bit of research. I'm just using Wikipedia's list, so a lot of obscure stuff is going to get passed over, along with the straight-to-video (this gets worse as the list enters the 2000s).

My list is clearly my favorites, not necessarily the best. As I went along, it became clear that what I was leaving out was generally just as good as my "favorite." Generally why I avoid lists like these. But, in the spirit of wasting time:

1978 - Dawn of the Dead, Romero - I was born the same year Dawn of the Dead was released. The stars, they shape my destiny.
1979 - Apocalypse Now, Coppola
1980 - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Kershner - Sorry, Herbie Goes Bana... I mean, The Shining. The Empire wins again!
1981 - Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, Miller
1982 - Blade Runner, Scott
1983 - Videodrome, Cronenberg - A bad year for movies, but Cronenberg beats out Scarface and Jedi.
1984 - Ghostbusters, Reitman - Much better year.
1985 - Return of the Living Dead, O'Bannon - Sorry, Back to the Future.
1986 - One Crazy Summer, Holland - I'm probably the only one going to ever pick that movie for 1986.
1987 - The Princess Bride, Reiner - Holy cow, 1987 was an amazing year! Tough choice.
1988 - Akira, Ohtomo - Although I've watched Scrooged way more.
1989 - UHF, Levey - Wow. That was a terrible year.
1990 - Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Dante - Although Miller's Crossing is a close second.
1991 - Naked Lunch, Cronenberg - Would have been Terminator 2, if not for Edward Furlong's role.
1992 - Brain Dead (aka Dead Alive), Jackson - Special mention: Unforgiven and Twin Peaks.
1993 - A Bronx Tale, De Niro
1994 - Pulp Fiction, Tarantino - Whew! Thought I'd have to pick Forrest Gump for a second.
1995 - Dead Man, Jarmusch - Can not recommend this highly enough. (Sorry, 12 Monkeys.)
1996 - Fargo, Coen - Beats out The Stupids, but only by a little.
1997 - Men in Black, Sonnenfeld - Sorry, Lost Highway.
1998 - The Big Lebowski, Coen - Tough year for favorites, but a great year for movies.
1999 - The Matrix, Wachowski - Another good year. Still my favorite, although it seems dated now. I must be old.
2000 - O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Coen - Followed by a terrible year for movies.
2001 - The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, Jackson - Blew me away. Stunningly good.
2002 - Blade II, del Toro - Nobody understands genre like Guillermo del Toro.
2003 - Kill Bill Vol. 1, Tarantino
2004 - Shaun of the Dead, Wright - Pegg/Wright, killing me violently with their hilarious movie.
2005 - Sin City, Rodriguez/Miller
2006 - The Departed, Scorsese - Blech. Terrible year until the burst of a few good movies at the end.
2007 - Grindhouse, Rodriguez/Tarantino - But only the double-billing. Otherwise it was No Country for Old Men.
2008 - The Dark Knight, Nolan
2009 - Inglourious Basterds, Tarantino
2010 - Inception, Nolan - I also liked True Grit.
2011 - Hanna, Wright - From what I've seen so far, which isn't much.

[Nightowl]

1987-Overboard(Nightmare On Elm Street 3:Dream Warriors is a close second)
1988-Die Hard
1989-Road House(Also worth mentioning The Burbs/Back To The Future Part II)
1990-Tremors/Men At Work
1991-Dutch
1992-Reservoir Dogs
1993-Groundhog Day
1994-Pulp Fiction
1995-Tommy Boy
1996-Fargo
1997-Nothing To Lose
1998-The Big Lebowski
1999-The Blair Witch Project
2000-Cast Away
2001-The Royal Tenenbaums
2002-Auto Focus
2003-Kill Bill Vol.1
2004-Kill Bill Vol.2
2005-The Protector/Wolf Creek
2006-The Departed
2007-Death Sentence
2008-The Wrestler
2009-The Hangover
2010-Faster
2011-?

[RCMerchant]

boy...this is gonna take a while....

1962-Lawrence of Arabia (though the Haunting ran a close 2nd)
1963-the Birds
1964-Dr.Strangelove
1965-Repulsion
1966-the Good,the Bad,and the Ugly
1967-Bonnie and Clyde (Cool Hand Luke was close!)
1968-Night of the Living Dead and 2001: A Space Oddessy-(I couldn't choose...)
1969-Midnight Cowboy
1970-Tora! Tora! Tora!
1971-A Clockwork Orange
1972-Deliverance
1973-the Exorcist
1974-the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1975-Jaws
1976-Taxi Driver
1977-Martin
1978-Halloween
1979-Rock and Roll High School and Apocolypse Now
1980-the Shining
1981-the Evil Dead
1982-the Thing
1983-Videodrome
1984-the Killing Fields
1985-Day of the Dead
1986-Blue Velvet
1987-Full Metal Jacket
1988-Rain Man
1989-Sonny Boy
1990-Goodfellas
1991-Cape Fear
1992-Bad Lieutenant
1993-Matinee
1994-Pulp Fiction and Ed Wood
1995-Braveheart
1996-Sling Blade
1997-Jackie brown
1998-Saving Private Ryan
1999-American Beauty
2000-American Psycho
2001-Training Day ( a lousy year for movies...)
2002-We Were Soldiers
2003-Monster
2004-Kill Bill 2
2005-the Devil's Rejects
2006-Letters from Iwo Jima
2007-Grindhouse
2008-Gran Torino
2009-Bad Lietenant:Port of Call New Orleans
2010-none...! seen none!
2011-again...none.

[InformationGeek]

I have an odd taste in favorite movies, but I do like that.  It makes me feel different and unique among all of you.

1991 – Beauty and the Beast
1992 – The Muppet Christmas Carol
1993 – Groundhog Day
1994 – Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1995 – Jumanji
1996 – Tremors 2: Aftershocks
1997 – Perfect Blue
1998 – Small Soldiers
1999 – Toy Story 2
2000 – The Emperor’s New Groove
2001 – Atlantis: The Lost Empire
2002 – Signs
2003 – The Haunted Mansion
2004 – Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
2005 – Star Wars Episode III
2006 – Paprika
2007 – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2008 – The Dark Knight
2009 – Coraline
2010 – Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World
2011 – Currently, Rango

[Hammock Rider]

This is a great idea.These are my favorites for the year, but not necessarily the best of the year. Some years I just couldn't decide between several great movies, so I scored a tie.

1965-Flight of the Phoenix, Robert Aldrich
1966-One Million Years B.C., Don Chaffey (although Naked Prey was soo close)
1967 - Cool Hand Luke, Stuart Rosenberg
1968 - Planet of the Apes, Franklin Schaffner
1969 - True Grit, Henry Hathaway (although Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid was really close. Pretty much a toss up)
1970 - M*A*S*H, Robert Altman
1971 - Dirty Harry, Don Siegel
1972 - The Godfather, F.F. Coppola
1973 - The Sting, George Roy Hill
1974 - Blazing Saddles( Mel Brooks) and/ or Chinatown.(Roman polanski)
1975 - Jaws, Stevie Spielberg
1976 - A ton of great movies this year, but I'm going with Network, Sidney Lumet
1977 - A tie between Star Wars(You Know Who) and Slapshot, George Roy Hill
1978 - Midnight Express, Alan Parker edges out Five Deadly Venoms
1979 - a tie between The Jerk, Carl Reiner and Alien, Ridley Scott
1980 - Blues Brother, John Landis
1981 - It begins and ends with Raiders of the Lost Ark, Stevie Spielberg
1982 - a tie between The Thing(John Carpenter) and Blade Runner(Ridley Scott)
1983 - The Right Stuff, Phillip Kaufman
1984 - Ghost Busters, Ivan Reitman
1985 - Back to the Future(Zemeckis) Brazil(Gilliam) and Commando(Lester)
1986 - Aliens, James Cameron & The Three Amigos, John Lanids There were a lot of great movies out this year.
1987 - Princess Bride(Reiner) RoboCop(Verhoeven) & Adventures in Babysitting(Chris Columbus)
1988 - Die Hard, John McTiernan
1989 - Yet another tie, between Uncle Buck(John Hughes) & Road House(Rowdy Herrington)
1990 - Goodfellas
1991 - Barton Fink
1992 - Unforgiven
1993 - True Romance (Tony Scott) and Tombstone(George Cosmatos)
1994 - Pulp Fiction
1995 - Twelve Monkeys, Gilliam
1996 - Fargo
1997 - A tie between Fifth Element(Luc Besson) and As Good As It gets(James L. Brooks)
1998 - Saving Private Ryan & The Big Lebowski
1999 - Office Space(Mike Judge)
2000 - Gladiator(Ridley Scott) and O Brother Where Art Though?
2001 - Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring & Amelie(Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
2002 - Gangs of New York & The Transporter(Louis Leterrier)
2003 - Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King & love Actually(Richard Curtis)
2004 - The Incredibles
2005 - Walk the Line & Hard Candy(David Slade)
2006 - Casino Royale(Martin Campbell) & Stranger Than Fiction(Marc Forster)
2007 - No Country for old Men
2008 - A 3 Way Tie between In Bruges(Martin McDonagh) Taken (Pierre Morel) & Iron Man
2009 - Up(Pete Docter) and Sherlock Holmes(Guy Ritchie)
2010 - The A-Team(Joe Carnahan) & Despicable Me(Pierre Coffin)
2011 - So far Bridesmaids(Paul Feig)

You and I share a good number of movies here. And we were born in the same generation.

  That's interesting. There isn't a movie you chose that I didn't at least like a lot. In a few cases my choices would be a toss up with some of yours. Does that make me the 2nd Most Interesting Man in the World?

 

[Mr. DS]

1977 -  Star Wars
1978 -  Dawn Of The Dead
1979 -  The Muppet Movie
1980 -  THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
1981 -  Clash Of The Titans
1982 -  Halloween 3 Season Of The Witch
1983 -  A Christmas Story
1984 -  The Karate Kid
1985 -  (tied) Back To The Future/Return Of The Living Dead
1986 -  The Fly

TBC...