going thru this list made me think of a fun game:
pick a film from each year that is your fav film you think no one else/very few ppl have seen.
would make a cool SHEEP or PEEHS game imo (it will be very easy to tell at what point in my list i came up with this idea).
1980:
the shining
1981:
raiders of the lost ark
1982:
fast times at ridgemont high
1983:
trading places
1984:
blood simple
1985:
back to the future (tough choice between this and brazil)
1986:
platoon
1987:
raising arizona
(holy **** what a loaded year, full metal jacket, princess bride, planes trains and automobiles, good morning vietnam)
1988:
coming to america
(another amazing year i was certain midnight run and roger rabbit would be my fav films for whatever year they were made till i saw they were released same year as coming to america. not to mention dirty rotten scoundrels and a fish called wanda)
1989:
the dream team
(ok obv its indiana jones and the last crusade, but im gonna just pretend that taking raiders of the lost ark covers the trilogy and same deal with back to the future 2 so i don't have to pass over the dream team which i absolutely LOVED growing up and im pretty sure im the only one who's ever seen it)
1990:
goodfellas
(you know what screw this game and screw you too dominac. wtf kindv world do we live in where i have to choose between goodfellas and miller's crossing??? also, presumed innocent and quick change are 2 great underrated fllms from 1990)
1991:
JFK
(dead again is my #1 underrated film of 91)
1992:
a few good men
(diggstown is my sleeper and last of the mohicans was really close behind a few good men. my cousin vinny would've won a lot of other years. OH MY ****ING GOD ARE YOU KIDDING ME I JUST GOT TO WHERE IT SAYS UNFORGIVEN WAS MADE IN 1992 AS WELL??? FUUUUUUUUUUUU I PICK THEM BOTH I DONT CARE ABOUT THE RULES IM AN ANARCHIST)
1993:
groundhog day
(i thought this game was gonna be fun but its just torture, i mean how the **** am i supposed to choose between groundhog day, true romance and the fugitive? 3 of my all time fav films)
1994:
dumb and dumber
1995:
get shorty and 12 monkeys ya i cheated wtf are you going to do about it?
(canadian bacon is my sleeper)
1996:
fargo
(im just going to stop reading the list of films from this year so i don't have an aneurism but the great white hype is my sleeper pick)
1997:
the game
(cop land and the edge are my sleepers)
1998:
the big lebowski
(not even gonna look at the list of what other films were released this year)
1999:
south park bigger longer uncut
**** DO I REALLY HAVE 18 MORE YEARS TO GO?????
2000:
sexy beast
2001:
training day
2002:
3 guesses what im gonna take here...
2003:
the cooler
2004:
man on fire
2005:
the 40yr old virgin
2006:
children of men
2007:
sophie's choice
2008:
WALL-E
2009:
inglorious basterds
2010:
true grit (really close between this and winter's bone)
2011:
moneyball (was really close betwen killer joe and moneyball, tho my heart says winnie the pooh)
2012:
zero dark thirty
2013:
her
2014:
nightcrawler and the drop i refuse to choose between them
2015:
ex machina
2016:
nocturnal animals
2017: haven't seen nearly enough films to make a selection for this year.