Best Year in Movies

[Kane52630]

what year you think was the best for movies
i personally think it was last year, 2008
it was the best times i went to see a movie, there was so many movies i watched in theaters that was either mediocre or very good

what about you guys
heres a list if you need help or cant remember http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_years_in_film

 

[Caped Crusader]

The face of 2008.

Spoiler

Who did you think it would be.. edward cullen?

 

[dude stannis]

1982.

Clubber Lang > Joker.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

For me, that's either 1971 or 1975.

1971:
The French Connection
Dirty Harry
Get Carter
A Clockwork Orange
Straw Dogs
Duck, you Sucker

1975:
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
The Man Who Would be King
Dog Day Afternoon
Jaws
The French Connection II

 

[Laderlappen]

2007 is the greatest year of the decade. 2001 was very good too. 1994 and 1999 and like every year of the 70's were great too.

 

[Evil Twin]

A lot of scholars will argue for 1939. Significant movies of that year are Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Stagecoach, Rules of the Game, Ninotchka, Wuthering Heights, The Women, Gunga Din, Young Mr. Lincoln, Of Mice and Men, Dark Victory, The Roaring Twenties, Destry Rides Again, and Goodbye, Mr. Chips. That's a tough list to argue with.

1975, mentioned earlier, is also ridiculously strong. In addition to the above mentioned films, you have Nashville, Barry Lyndon, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Three Days of the Condor, and Picnic at Hanging Rock, and several smaller but significant movies.

I'm fond of 1976, although it's not quite deep enough. But, at the top, you have Taxi Driver, All the President's Men, Network, The Outlaw Josie Wales, Carrie, Rocky, and Bound for Glory.

If we're talking about the last 20 years or so, 1999 gets my vote. The Matrix, The Iron Giant, The Insider, Fight Club, Being John Malkovich, Toy Story 2, Office Space, Election, Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai, All About My Mother, The Limey, South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut, The Straight Story, The Sixth Sense, Three Kings, and flawed but high profile films like American Beauty, The Green Mile, Notting Hill, Eyes Wide Shut, and The Blair Witch Project.

 

[AgentRed]

1994

Pulp Fiction
Speed
True Lies
Forest Gump
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Leon
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[Asteroid-Man]

2007 is the greatest year of the decade. 2001 was very good too. 1994 and 1999 and like every year of the 70's were great too.

SM3? AWE (don't get me wrong this one was good, but the majority of people didn't like it)? Shrek 3?

2008 for now but 2010 (Iron Man 2, Thor, Prince of Persia, Harry Potter 7 part 1) and 2011 will top that, especially 2011 (Batman 3, SM4, Captain America, Possible Dragonball sequel, Avengers and the last Harry Potter movie)

 

[CelticPredator]

It had MOTHA ****IN TRAAAAANSFORMAS! Yeeeeaah!

But still...2008 kicked ass.

 

[Evil Twin]

SM3? AWE (don't get me wrong this one was good, but the majority of people didn't like it)? Shrek 3?

2008 for now but 2010 (Iron Man 2, Thor, Prince of Persia, Harry Potter 7 part 1) and 2011 will top that, especially 2011 (Batman 3, SM4, Captain America, Possible Dragonball sequel, Avengers and the last Harry Potter movie)

We're talking more than Summer blockbusters here. You know, films like No Country for Old Men, Once, There Will be Blood, count for the year.

There's more to a great year than a big blockbuster in the Summer.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

For me personally, i have to say 1984. I certainly love a lot more movies from the 30's and 40's, but in 1984 i was nineteen, carefree, and actually got to expierience a bunch of cool movies up on the big screen, often on opening night with a packed audience:

Beverly Hills Cop
Ghostbusters
Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
Gremlins
Karate Kid (**** off, the first one rocked)
Romancing The Stone
Star Trek 3


Good times.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

A lot of scholars will argue for 1939. Significant movies of that year are Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Stagecoach, Rules of the Game, Ninotchka, Wuthering Heights, The Women, Gunga Din, Young Mr. Lincoln, Of Mice and Men, Dark Victory, The Roaring Twenties, Destry Rides Again, and Goodbye, Mr. Chips. That's a tough list to argue with.

1975, mentioned earlier, is also ridiculously strong. In addition to the above mentioned films, you have Nashville, Barry Lyndon, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Three Days of the Condor, and Picnic at Hanging Rock, and several smaller but significant movies.

I'm fond of 1976, although it's not quite deep enough. But, at the top, you have Taxi Driver, All the President's Men, Network, The Outlaw Josie Wales, Carrie, Rocky, and Bound for Glory.

If we're talking about the last 20 years or so, 1999 gets my vote. The Matrix, The Iron Giant, The Insider, Fight Club, Being John Malkovich, Toy Story 2, Office Space, Election, Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai, All About My Mother, The Limey, South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut, The Straight Story, The Sixth Sense, Three Kings, and flawed but high profile films like American Beauty, The Green Mile, Notting Hill, Eyes Wide Shut, and The Blair Witch Project.

What was flawed about American Beauty and The Green Mile? I thought both of those films were excellent.

 

[Evil Twin]

If we're limiting it to genre films (horror, science fiction, and fantasy) then 1982 is the year.

Blade Runner
E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial
The Thing
Poltergeist
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Tron
Conan the Barbarian
Creepshow

Along with Swamp Thing, The Dark Crystal, The Sword and the Sorceror, Cat People, The Beastmaster, and, kinda sorta Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid made it a very interesting year.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

If we're limiting it to genre films (horror, science fiction, and fantasy) then 1982 is the year.

Blade Runner
E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial
The Thing
Poltergeist
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Tron
Conan the Barbarian
Creepshow

Along with Swamp Thing, The Dark Crystal, The Sword and the Sorceror, Cat People, The Beastmaster, and, kinda sorta Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid made it a very interesting year.

That's very true. I've seen Bladerunner, Poltergeist, Wrath of Khan, and E.T. a gazillion times since, but the first time on the big screen with any of those films was pure magic!

 

[rnewbz]

2008!

 

[Galactus]

Hard to pick any particular year. Every year you get more or less the same; 1% great movies, 1% horrible and 98% that are just mediocre.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Since I like trippy movies 1999 was the best for me.

American Beauty
Being John Malkovich
Election
Fight Club
The Matrix
Office Space

 

[marvelman2006]

i would say ethier 2005 or 2007 as far as favorite movies go.

2005:

star wars:rots
harry potter
war of the worlds
batman begins
king kong
wedding crashers
robots
fantastic four

2007:

spiderman 3
shrek 3
pirates 3
transformers
i am legend
300
superbad
3:10 to yuma

 

[chaseter]

1993 was a good year:

Hocus Pocus
Jurassic Park
Robin Hood Men in Tights
Mrs. Doubtfire
Wayne's World 2
Matrix
Schindler's List
Groundhog Day

There are a lot more

2008 was also good

 

[chaseter]

i would say ethier 2005 or 2007 as far as favorite movies go.

2005:

star wars:rots
harry potter
war of the worlds
batman begins
king kong
wedding crashers
robots
fantastic four

2007:

spiderman 3
shrek 3
pirates 3
transformers
i am legend
300
superbad
3:10 to yuma

Oh my goodness. 2005 and 2007 were years of suck To each his own.

 

[The Joker]

Oh my goodness. 2005 and 2007 were years of suck

Indeed they were. Alot of missed potential with the movies released in those years.

 

[luke1234]

Oh my goodness. 2005 and 2007 were years of suck To each his own.

2007 was a great year for movies, they werent summer blockbusters but theyll be classics for sure
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
Atonement
Michael Clayton
Eastern Promises.

All of these movies were better then 2008s winner -Slumdog Millionare.

 

[Kane52630]

the only exception in 2005 was Batman Begins

 

[luke1234]

the only exception in 2005 was Batman Begins

and King Kong ( one of the finalist for a best picture nomination.)

 

[Wiseman]

1981 was the best year ever in movies