Movie Lists

Updated 5/29/12

Best Movies of 2011
1. Drive
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
3. Warrior
4. 50/50
5. Super 8
6. Hugo
7. The Adventures of Tintin
8. The Tree of Life
9. Attack the Block
10. Bridesmaids

Best Movies of 2010
1. Inception
2. Toy Story 3
3. The Social Network
4. Shutter Island
5. The King's Speech
6. True Grit
7. The Fighter
8. Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World
9. 127 Hours
10. Black Swan

Best Movies of the 00s
1. Memento
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. Amélie
5. Spider-Man 2
6. Tokyo Godfathers
7. City of God
8. Oldboy
9. Gangs of New York
10. Let the Right One In
11. Pan's Labyrinth
12. Minority Report
13. Wall-E
14. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
15. Children of Men
16. Juno
17. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
18. Adaptation.
19. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
20. There Will Be Blood
21. Ratatouille
22. Snatch
23. The Incredibles
24. No Country for Old Men
25. The Dark Knight

Best Movies of 2009
1. Inglourious Basterds
2. A Serious Man
3. Up in the Air
4. (500) Days of Summer
5. The Messenger
6. Moon
7. Star Trek
8. Up
9. Sherlock Holmes
10. District 9

Best Movies of 2008
1. Let the Right One In
2. Wall-E
3. The Dark Knight
4. Milk
5. The Hurt Locker
6. Slumdog Millionaire
7. Taken
8. In Bruges
9. Iron Man
10. Quantum of Solace

Best Movies of 2007
1. Juno
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Ratatouille
4. No Country for Old Men
5. The Bourne Ultimatum
6. Knocked Up
7. Superbad
8. 3:10 to Yuma
9. I Am Legend
10. Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone

Best Movies of 2006
1. Pan's Labyrinth
2. Children of Men
3. The Prestige
4. The Lives of Others
5. The Departed
6. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
7. Casino Royale
8. Blood Diamond
9. Thank You for Smoking
10. Paprika

Best Movies of 2005
1. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
3. A History of Violence
4. Batman Begins
5. Sin City
6. Serenity
7. Syriana
8. Capote
9. The Weather Man
10. Constantine

Best Movies of 2004
1. Spider-Man 2
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. The Incredibles
4. Primer
5. Collateral
6. Shaun of the Dead
7. Kill Bill Volume 2
8. Downfall
9. Sideways
10. Layer Cake

Best Movies of 2003
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2. Tokyo Godfathers
3. Oldboy
4. The Station Agent
5. Kill Bill Volume 1
6. X2: X-Men United
7. Finding Nemo
8. Matchstick Men
9. Rolling Kansas
10. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Best Movies of 2002
1. City of God
2. Gangs of New York
3. Minority Report
4. Adaptation.
5. The Pianist
6. Spider-Man
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
8. The Bourne Identity
9. Equilibrium
10. Hero

Best Movies of 2001
1. Amélie
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. The Man Who Wasn't There
4. Donnie Darko
5. Spirited Away
6. Mulholland Drive
7. Millennium Actress
8. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
9. Monsters, Inc.
10. Wet Hot American Summer

Best Movies of 2000
1. Memento
2. Snatch
3. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
4. Requiem for a Dream
5. Gladiator
6. In the Mood for Love
7. Ah! My Goddess: The Movie
8. Werckmeister Harmonies
9. Battle Royale
10. Drowning Mona

Best Movies of the 90s
1. The Matrix
2. Fight Club
3. The Big Lebowski
4. The End of Evangelion
5. Princess Mononoke
6. L.A. Confidential
7. Pulp Fiction
8. Magnolia
9. The Usual Suspects
10. The Silence of the Lambs
11. Casino
12. The Shawshank Redemption
13. Se7en
14. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
15. Fargo
16. Saving Private Ryan
17. American Beauty
18. Unforgiven
19. Trainspotting
20. The Thin Red Line
21. Eyes Wide Shut
22. Schindler's List
23. Porco Rosso
24. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
25. Being John Malkovich

Best Movies of 1999
1. The Matrix
2. Fight Club
3. Magnolia
4. American Beauty
5. Eyes Wide Shut
6. Being John Malkovich
7. All About My Mother
8. The Iron Giant
9. The Green Mile
10. Office Space

Best Movies of 1998
1. The Big Lebowski
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. The Thin Red Line
4. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
5. American History X
6. Perfect Blue
7. Rounders
8. The Truman Show
9. Mulan
10. Ronin

Best Movies of 1997
1. The End of Evangelion
2. Princess Mononoke
3. L.A. Confidential
4. Chasing Amy
5. Good Will Hunting
6. The Game
7. The Fifth Element
8. Contact
9. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
10. Jackie Brown

Best Movies of 1996
1. Fargo
2. Trainspotting
3. Bottle Rocket
4. Mission: Impossible
5. Mars Attacks!
6. Kingpin
7. James and the Giant Peach
8. Jerry Maguire
9. Star Trek: First Contact
10. From Dusk Till Dawn

Best Movies of 1995
1. The Usual Suspects
2. Casino
3. Se7en
4. Braveheart
5. 12 Monkeys
6. Heat
7. Kicking and Screaming
8. Die Hard with a Vengeance
9. Toy Story
10. Desperado

Best Movies of 1994
1. Pulp Fiction
2. The Shawshank Redemption
3. Léon
4. Forrest Gump
5. Chungking Express
6. Ed Wood
7. The Hudsucker Proxy
8. Clerks
9. Satantango
10. True Lies

Best Movies of 1993
1. Schindler's List
2. The Nightmare Before Christmas
3. True Romance
4. Dazed and Confused
5. Groundhog Day
6. Manhattan Murder Mystery
7. Gettysburg
8. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
9. Jurassic Park
10. The Age of Innocence

Best Movies of 1992
1. Unforgiven
2. Porco Rosso
3. Reservoir Dogs
4. Hard Boiled
5. Aladdin
6. A League of Their Own
7. Dead Alive
8. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
9. A Few Good Men
10. My Cousin Vinny

Best Movies of 1991
1. The Silence of the Lambs
2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
3. Raise the Red Lantern
4. Barton Fink
5. Only Yesterday
6. JFK
7. Beauty and the Beast
8. Once Upon a Time in China
9. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
10. New Jack City

Best Movies of 1990
1. Miller's Crossing
2. Goodfellas
3. La Femme Nikita
4. Edward Scissorhands
5. Dreams
6. Total Recall
7. Home Alone
8. Alice
9. Jacob's ladder
10. The Godfather: Part III

Best Movies of the 80s
1. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
2. Akira
3. Raging Bull
4. The Princess Bride
5. Back to the Future
6. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
7. Aliens
8. Once Upon a Time in America
9. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
10. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
11. Blue Velvet
12. The Verdict
13. Amadeus
14. Kiki's Delivery Service
15. Das Boot
16. The Land Before Time
17. Predator
18. This Is Spinal Tap
19. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
20. Come and See
21. Raising Arizona
22. Laputa: Castle in the Sky
23. The Thing
24. Airplane!
25. Do the Right Thing

Best Movies of 1989
1. Kiki's Delivery Service
2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
3. Do the Right Thing
4. Batman
5. Crimes and Misdemeanors
6. Uncle Buck
7. Ghostbusters II
8. When Harry Met Sally...
9. My Left Foot
10. UHF

Best Movies of 1988
1. Akira
2. The Land Before Time
3. My Neighbor Totoro
4. Die Hard
5. The Last Temptation of Christ
6. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
7. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
8. Cinema Paradiso
9. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
10. Big

Best Movies of 1987
1. The Princess Bride
2. Predator
3. Raising Arizona
4. Full Metal Jacket
5. Planes, Trains & Automobiles
6. Evil Dead II
7. Wings of Desire
8. The Brave Little Toaster
9. Moonstruck
10. Lethal Weapon

Best Movies of 1986
1. Aliens
2. Blue Velvet
3. Laputa: Castle in the Sky
4. Hannah and Her Sisters
5. Stand By Me
6. Little Shop of Horrors
7. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
8. Hoosiers
9. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
10. True Stories

Best Movies of the 70s
1. The Godfather
2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
3. Annie Hall
4. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
5. A Clockwork Orange
6. The Godfather: Part II
7. Stalker
8. Blazing Saddles
9. Taxi Driver
10. The Sting
11. Manhattan
12. Young Frankenstein
13. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
14. The Last Picture Show
15. Network
16. Chinatown
17. The Conformist
18. All the President's Men
19. Alien
20. Barry Lyndon
21. The Deer Hunter
22. The Conversation
23. Patton
24. Jaws
25. MASH

Best Movies of the 60s
1. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
2. Harakiri
3. The Producers
4. The Graduate
5. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
6. High and Low
7. The Apartment
8. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
9. The Hustler
10. Army of Shadows
11. Rosemary's Baby
12. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
13. Le Trou
14. Bonnie and Clyde
15. The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
16. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
17. Persona
18. Goldfinger
19. 2001: A Space Odyssey
20. Yojimbo
21. The Sound of Music
22. Play Time
23. The Wild Bunch
24. The Battle of Algiers
25. To Kill a Mockingbird

Best Movies of the 50s
1. 12 Angry Men
2. The Wages of Fear
3. Rear Window
4. Vertigo
5. Wild Strawberries
6. North by Northwest
7. High Noon
8. Anatomy of a Murder
9. Witness for the Prosecution
10. Rio Bravo
11. All About Eve
12. Paths of Glory
13. Seven Samurai
14. Sunset Boulevard
15. The Killing
16. A Man Escaped
17. Some Like It Hot
18. Roman Holiday
19. The 400 Blows
20. The Seventh Seal
21. Ikiru
22. Ben-Hur
23. The Bridge on the River Kwai
24. Singin' in the Rain
25. Written on the Wind

Best Movies of the 40s
1.Casablanca
2. Double Indemnity
3. The Big Sleep
4. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
5. Citizen Kane
6. It's a Wonderful Life
7. Rebecca
8. The Grapes of Wrath
9. The Bicycle Thief
10. The Third Man
11. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
12. His Girl Friday
13. Children of Paradise
14. Notorious
15. White Heat
16. Sullivan's Travels
17. Rome, Open City
18. The Philadelphia Story
19. Yankee Doodle Dandy
20. The Best Years of Our Lives
21. The Lady Eve
22. To Be or Not to Be
23. The Maltese Falcon
24. The Great Dictator
25. Miracle on 34th Street

Best Movies Year by Year
1940. Rebecca
1941. Citizen Kane
1942. Casablanca
1943. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1944. Double Indemnity
1945. Children of Paradise
1946. The Big Sleep
1947. Miracle on 34th Street
1948. The Bicycle Thief
1949. The Third Man
1950. All About Eve
1951. A Streetcar Named Desire
1952. High Noon
1953. The Wages of Fear
1954. Rear Window
1955. The Night of the Hunter
1956. The Killing
1957. 12 Angry Men
1958. Vertigo
1959. North by Northwest
1960. The Apartment
1961. The Hustler
1962. Harakiri
1963. High and Low
1964. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1965. The Sound of Music
1966. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1967. The Graduate
1968. The Producers
1969. Army of Shadows
1970. The Conformist
1971. A Clockwork Orange
1972. The Godfather
1973. The Sting
1974. The Godfather: Part II
1975. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1976. Taxi Driver
1977. Annie Hall
1978. The Deer Hunter
1979. Stalker
1980. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
1981. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982. The Verdict
1983. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1984.Once Upon a Time in America
1985. Back to the Future
1986. Aliens
1987. The Princess Bride
1988. Akira
1989. Kiki's Delivery Service
1990. Miller's Crossing
1991. The Silence of the Lambs
1992. Unforgiven
1993. Schindler's List
1994. Pulp Fiction
1995. The Usual Suspects
1996. Fargo
1997. The End of Evangelion
1998. The Big Lebowski
1999. The Matrix
2000. Memento
2001. Amélie
2002. City of God
2003. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004. Spider-Man 2
2005. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2006. Pan's Labyrinth
2007. Juno
2008. Let the Right One In
2009. Inglourious Basterds
2010. Inception
2011. Drive