She sounds smart

There's nothing difficult or challenging about it... and frankly, seeing the second choice is enlightening in that it helps to demonstrate "the range".

My 1960's post has a single pick, and it's only one for each year.

I've had to google a lot of picks from a lot of posters and have added a bunch of new finds to my 'must see' list. That's one of the most enjoyable things about these threads.

Yeah, it's supposed to be one film, you cheaters

I want to play too!

1974 - Chinatown
1975 - En kille och en tjej
1976 - Rocky
1977 - Slap Shot
1978 - Revenge of the Pink Panther
1979 - Apocalypse Now
1980 - Sällskapsresan
1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 - Blade Runner
1983 - Eddie Murphy Delirious
1984 - Blood Simple
1985 - Back to the Future
1986 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1987 - Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1988 - Midnight Run
1989 - The Abyss
1990 - Narrow Margin
1991 - Barton Fink
1992 - Strictly Ballroom
1993 - The Fugitive
1994 - Muriel's Wedding
1995 - Heat
1996 - Pusher
1997 - L.A. Confidential
1998 - Six Days Seven Nights
1999 - Office Space
2000 - O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2001 - Bridget Jones's Diary
2002 - The Bourne Identity
2003 - Out of Time
2004 - Collateral
2005 - An Unfinished Life
2006 - Inside Man
2007 - Ratatouille
2008 - Jumper
2009 - Extract
2010 - The Ghost Writer
2011 - Drive
2012 - Pitch Perfect
2013 - Tracks
2014 - Edge of Tomorrow
2015 - Mad Max: Fury Road
2016 - The Nice Guys

I'm one of those that hate Punch-Drunk Love. But you have Bleu on your list so you get a :thumbsup: from me.

It did make me laugh that you have Heat on your list - just because it seems like such a non-John Cole type of movie. I would never have guessed that one for you.

No love for Roger Corman's The Raven?

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Lady Snowblood double feature will play on TCM this month starting at 1:45 AM CDT, 4-30-2017. 06:45z. At the least, watch the first one.

http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/559728/Lady-Snowblood/

They actually showed a snippet in a promo. This is the 2nd time they've shown this in the last 12 months.

Will crosspost to current film thread.

It's been about a month since we got your initial picks from 1962-1969. Still contemplating on the rest?

LOL. I'm still working my way through everybody's picks in this and in the characters thread.

Let's not rush things.

Non John Cole choices (I, too, alas, was born in 1953):
1953 Shane
1954 On the Waterfront
1955 Les Diaboliques
1956 The Searchers
1957 A Face in the Crowd
1958 The Young Lions
1959 Some Like It Hot
1960 The Bellboy
1961 The Misfits
1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1963 Charade
1964 Dr. Strangelove
1965 Cat Ballou
1966 The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
1967 Cool Hand Luke
1968 The Odd Couple
1969 Z
1970 I Never Sang For My Father
1971 A Clockwork Orange
1972 The Godfather
1973 The Sting
1974 Blazing Saddles
1975 Dog Day Afternoon
1976 Next Stop Greenwich Village
1977 Star Wars
1978 Almost Summer [written by a poker buddy of mine]
1979 Being There
1980 Raging Bull
1981 Body Heat
1982 Missing
1983 Trading Places
1984 This is Spinal Tap
1985 Prizzi's Honor
1986 Ruthless People
1987 The Witches of Eastwick
1988 Rain Man
1989 Scandal
1990 Goodfellas
1991 Bugsy
1992 Aladdin
1993 Mrs. Doubtfire
1994 Quiz Show
1995 The Usual Suspects
1996 Fargo
1997 L.A. Confidential
1998 Life is Beautiful
1999 Analyze This
2000 Traffic
2001 Amelie
2002 The Hours
2003 Owning Mahowney
2004 Finding Neverland
2005 The Constant Gardener
2006 United 93
2007 There Will Be Blood
2008 In Bruges
2009 In The Loop
2010 The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
2011 The Artist
2012 Lincoln
2013 The Wolf of Wall Street
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015 I'll See You In My Dreams
2016 Hell Or High Water

Andy, nice to see you again. We did both pick In the Loop.

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Good to hear from Andy again. The Artist is a good pick for 2011.

Andy should have picked at least one movie with a Resurrection theme. Back from the dead. Been a bit more than three days but speaking for myself; I forgive you. Can't speak for others and wouldn't dare to. There are all still a surly bunch of lads. Glad to see you In The Loop again, Andy.

Ditto. I'll switch 2009 to Me And Orson Welles

Back at you.

None surlier than you, one would suspect . Hope all is well.

I'll have a crack at this.

1963 The Birds
1964 Oni Baba
1965 Dr Zhivago
1966 Blowup
1967 The Graduate
1968 2001: A Space Odyssey
1969 Midnight Cowboy
1970 Performance
1971 A Clockwork Orange
1972 The Godfather
1973 Don't Look Now
1974 Chinatown
1975 One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
1976 Taxi Driver
1977 Annie Hall
1978 The Deer Hunter
1979 Apocalypse Now
1980 Raging Bull
1981 Christiane F.
1982 Come Back To The Five And Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
1983 The King Of Comedy
1984 Paris, Texas
1985 Witness
1986 Blue Velvet
1987 Withnail & I
1988 High Hopes
1989 The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
1990 Goodfellas
1991 The Silence Of The Lambs
1992 Reservoir Dogs
1993 Short Cuts
1994 Pulp Fiction
1995 Heat
1996 Trainspotting
1997 L.A. Confidential
1998 The Big Lebowski
1999 Being John Malkovich
2000 Memento
2001 Mulholland Drive
2002 The Pianist
2003 Lost In Translation
2004 Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
2005 Brokeback Mountain
2006 The Prestige
2007 No Country For Old Men
2008 In Bruges
2009 Moon
2010 Another Year
2011 The Artist
2012 Looper
2013 Gravity
2014 Whiplash
2015 Ex Machina

980 Blues Brothers
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 Conan The Barbarian
1983 Strange Brew
1984 The Karate Kid
1985 The Goonies
1986 Ferris Beuller's Day Off
1987 Adventure's in Babysitting
1988 Bloodsport
1989 Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
1990 Total Recall
1991 Terminator 2: Judgement Day
1992 Wayne's World
1993 Army of Darkness
1994 Shawshank Redemption
1995 Toy Story
1996 Fargo
1997 Jackie Brown
1998 Rounders
1999 Payback
2000 Snatch
2001 Shrek
2002 Catch Me If You Can
2003 Secondhand Lions
2004 Kill Bill:Vol 2
2005 Sin City
2006 Rocky Balboa
2007 Grindhouse-mostly, Planet Terror
2008 Gran Torino
2009 Up
2010 Scott Pilgrim vs The World
2011 Super 8
2012 Cabin in the Woods
2013 We're The Millers
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy
2015 Mad Max:Fury Road
2016 Deadpool
2017 Lego Batman(haven't seen a ton this year, and its early yet)

So, I found it very difficult to choose for 80s and early 90s movies, with the lone exception of 83, which was somehow a weak year. 88/89 were TOUGH. Had to choose between Bloodsport/Diehard and Last Crusade/Road House.

I understand Back to the Future is amazing, but I absolutely love The Goonies.

There seemed to be less good movies to pick from as the timeline moved further up. This might be just cause I've seen all the 80s movies a ton, so I love and am familiar with them all, whereas even though I'm still seeing a fair amount of movies now, I'm not continually watching them again and again on TV like I was when I was a kid.

Of course, Hollywood is cranking out more sequels these days, and there's less original content, so that might have something to do with it. Interesting thread. I like the "favorite" aspect instead of 'best".

Wayne's World a great pick for 92.

Really? I find that comment surprising. There are quite a few iconic, classic 80s movies that were released in 1983:

The Big Chill (my pick for the year)
Risky Business
National Lampoon's Vacation
Flashdance
Trading Places
Scarface
Return of the Jedi

And my runner-up for 1983, albeit probably not thought of as an iconic '80s movie, The Right Stuff.

The Right Stuff runs laps around those other films

Chalk it up to me never having gotten around to seeing some of those(The Big Chill, Scarface) and the fact I didn't overly love the comedies that much. Risky Business, Trading Places, and National Lampoon were funny movies, but none of em feel into the "favorite" category.

I actually feel that way about a lot of late 70s/80s comedies-Porkies, Stripes, Animal House, Caddyshack, Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Its not that they're not funny-they definitely are, but they just don't bridge that gap from good to great for me.

Oh, I agree completely that The Right Stuff is a much better film that the rest. However, keep in mind that the subject of this thread is favorite movie of the year, not best.

Again, the thread isn't about great movies, it's about favorite movies. So one might even pick a shockley, guilty pleasure as their favorite movie from a given year.

I guess the comment was made more even in terms of how much I enjoyed the movie, not in how "good" those comedies are. Trust me, if you look at my list, its full of clearly not the "best" movies. Can I rephrase my comment to say most comedies don't bridge the gap from like to love?