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About Films By Year My 100 Favorites Features

Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
Die Hard John McTiernan
2.
Midnight Run Martin Brest
3.
Crossing Delancey Joan Micklin Silver
4.
The Vanishing
Spoorloos George Sluizer
5.
Bull Durham Ron Shelton
6.
Working Girl Mike Nichols
7.
Tucker: The Man and His Dream Francis Ford Coppola
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Films

8.
Cinema Paradiso
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso Giuseppe Tornatore
9.
Running on Empty Sidney Lumet
10.
Another Woman Woody Allen
11.
Rain Man Barry Levinson
12.
A Fish Called Wanda John Cleese and Charles Crichton
13.
Hairspray John Waters
14.
Dead Ringers David Cronenberg
15.
Chocolat Claire Denis
16.
Big Penny Marshall
17.
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! David Zucker
18.
High Hopes Mike Leigh
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Films

19.
The Accidental Tourist Lawrence Kasdan
20.
Frantic Roman Polanski
21.
Talk Radio Oliver Stone
22.
The Thin Blue Line Errol Morris
23.
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios" Pedro Almodóvar
24.
Mystic Pizza Donald Petrie
25.
The Accused Jonathan Kaplan
26.
Clean and Sober Glenn Gordon Caron
27.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit Robert Zemeckis
28.
Pascali's Island James Dearden
29.
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie Marcel Ophüls
30.
They Live John Carpenter
31.
Scrooged Richard Donner
32.
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Robert Altman
33.
A Short Film About Killing
Krótki film o zabijaniu Krzysztof Kieslowski
34.
My Neighbor Totoro
Tonari no Totoro Hayao Miyazaki
35.
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey Vincent Ward
36.
Coming to America John Landis
37.
Tokyo Pop Fran Rubel Kuzui
38.
Dangerous Liaisons Stephen Frears
39.
U2: Rattle and Hum Phil Joanou
40.
Child's Play Tom Holland
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Films

41.
Eight Men Out John Sayles
42.
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wes Craven
43.
Big Business Jim Abrahams
44.
The Big Blue
Le grand bleu Luc Besson
45.
Evil Angels
A Cry in the Dark Fred Schepisi
46.
Anguish
Angustia Bigas Luna
47.
Beetlejuice Tim Burton
48.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Frank Oz
49.
Willow Ron Howard
50.
Tequila Sunrise Robert Towne
51.
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka Keenen Ivory Wayans
52.
Brain Damage Frank Henenlotter
53.
Torch Song Trilogy Paul Bogart
54.
As Tears Go By
Wong Gok ka moon Kar Wai Wong
55.
Sunset Blake Edwards
56.
The Blob Chuck Russell
57.
Bird Clint Eastwood
58.
Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey Michael Apted
59.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Philip Kaufman
60.
Twins Ivan Reitman
61.
Vice Versa Brian Gilbert
62.
Biloxi Blues Mike Nichols
63.
Without a Clue Thom Eberhardt
64.
Apartment Zero Martin Donovan
65.
The House on Carroll Street Peter Yates
66.
Mississippi Burning Alan Parker
67.
Clara's Heart Robert Mulligan
68.
Night of the Demons Kevin Tenney
69.
She's Having a Baby John Hughes
70.
Beaches Garry Marshall
71.
Stand and Deliver Ramón Menéndez
72.
Earth Girls Are Easy Julien Temple
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Films

73.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Terry Gilliam
74.
School Daze Spike Lee
75.
Punchline David Seltzer
76.
The Milagro Beanfield War Robert Redford
77.
Vampire's Kiss Robert Bierman
78.
The Last Temptation of Christ Martin Scorsese
79.
Married to the Mob Jonathan Demme
80.
Mr. North Danny Huston
81.
Hellbound: Hellraiser II Tony Randel
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Films

82.
The Lair of the White Worm Ken Russell
83.
The Good Mother Leonard Nimoy
84.
Pumpkinhead Stan Winston
85.
Drowning by Numbers Peter Greenaway
86.
D.O.A. Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton
87.
The Dead Pool Buddy Van Horn
88.
Bright Lights, Big City James Bridges
89.
Funny Farm George Roy Hill
90.
The Great Outdoors Howard Deutch
91.
Stealing Home Steven Kampmann and William Porter
92.
Big Top Pee-wee Randal Kleiser
93.
The Presidio Peter Hyams
94.
Red Heat Walter Hill
95.
Masquerade Bob Swaim
96.
Monkey Shines George A. Romero
97.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space Stephen Chiodo
98.
Fright Night Part 2 Tommy Lee Wallace
99.
Moon Over Parador Paul Mazursky
100.
High Spirits Neil Jordan
101.
Alien Nation Graham Baker
102.
Crocodile Dundee II John Cornell
103.
Cocktail Roger Donaldson
104.
A New Life Alan Alda
105.
Switching Channels Ted Kotcheff
106.
Young Guns Christopher Cain
107.
The Bear Jean-Jacques Annaud
108.
Akira Katsuhiro Ôtomo
109.
License to Drive Greg Beeman
110.
Vibes Ken Kwapis
111.
The Boost Harold Becker
112.
On the Silver Globe
Na srebrnym globie Andrzej Zulawski
113.
My Stepmother Is an Alien Richard Benjamin
114.
Puss in Boots Eugene Marner
115.
Peacock King
Hung cheuk wong ji Ngai Choi Lam and Biao Yuen
116.
Homeboy Michael Seresin
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Films

117.
Caddyshack II Allan Arkush
118.
Memories of Me Henry Winkler
119.
Two Moon Junction Zalman King
120.
Fresh Horses David Anspaugh
121.
1969 Ernest Thompson
122.
And God Created Woman Roger Vadim
123.
The Couch Trip Michael Ritchie
124.
Spookies Genie Joseph, Thomas Doran, and Brendan Faulkner
125.
Tapeheads Bill Fishman
126.
Oliver & Company George Scribner
127.
Monstrosity Andy Milligan
128.
FleshEater
Revenge of the Living Zombies S. William Hinzman
129.
Arthur 2: On the Rocks Bud Yorkin
130.
Hot to Trot Michael Dinner
1969 Ernest Thompson 
A Fish Called Wanda John Cleese and Charles Crichton 
Akira Katsuhiro Ôtomo 
Alien Nation Graham Baker 
And God Created Woman Roger Vadim 
A New Life Alan Alda 
Anguish
Angustia Bigas Luna 
Another Woman Woody Allen 
Apartment Zero Martin Donovan 
Arthur 2: On the Rocks Bud Yorkin 
A Short Film About Killing
Krótki film o zabijaniu Krzysztof Kieslowski 
As Tears Go By
Wong Gok ka moon Kar Wai Wong 
Beaches Garry Marshall 
Beetlejuice Tim Burton 
Big Penny Marshall 
Big Business Jim Abrahams 
Big Top Pee-wee Randal Kleiser 
Biloxi Blues Mike Nichols 
Bird Clint Eastwood 
Brain Damage Frank Henenlotter 
Bright Lights, Big City James Bridges 
Bull Durham Ron Shelton 
Caddyshack II Allan Arkush 
Child's Play Tom Holland 
Chocolat Claire Denis 
Cinema Paradiso
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso Giuseppe Tornatore 
Clara's Heart Robert Mulligan 
Clean and Sober Glenn Gordon Caron 
Cocktail Roger Donaldson 
Coming to America John Landis 
Crocodile Dundee II John Cornell 
Crossing Delancey Joan Micklin Silver 
Dangerous Liaisons Stephen Frears 
Dead Ringers David Cronenberg 
Die Hard John McTiernan 
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Frank Oz 
D.O.A. Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton 
Drowning by Numbers Peter Greenaway 
Earth Girls Are Easy Julien Temple 
Eight Men Out John Sayles 
Evil Angels
A Cry in the Dark Fred Schepisi 
FleshEater
Revenge of the Living Zombies S. William Hinzman 
Frantic Roman Polanski 
Fresh Horses David Anspaugh 
Fright Night Part 2 Tommy Lee Wallace 
Funny Farm George Roy Hill 
Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey Michael Apted 
Hairspray John Waters 
Hellbound: Hellraiser II Tony Randel 
High Hopes Mike Leigh 
High Spirits Neil Jordan 
Homeboy Michael Seresin 
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie Marcel Ophüls 
Hot to Trot Michael Dinner 
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka Keenen Ivory Wayans 
Killer Klowns from Outer Space Stephen Chiodo 
License to Drive Greg Beeman 
Married to the Mob Jonathan Demme 
Masquerade Bob Swaim 
Memories of Me Henry Winkler 
Midnight Run Martin Brest 
Mississippi Burning Alan Parker 
Monkey Shines George A. Romero 
Monstrosity Andy Milligan 
Moon Over Parador Paul Mazursky 
Mr. North Danny Huston 
My Neighbor Totoro
Tonari no Totoro Hayao Miyazaki 
My Stepmother Is an Alien Richard Benjamin 
Mystic Pizza Donald Petrie 
Night of the Demons Kevin Tenney 
Oliver & Company George Scribner 
On the Silver Globe
Na srebrnym globie Andrzej Zulawski 
Pascali's Island James Dearden 
Peacock King
Hung cheuk wong ji Ngai Choi Lam and Biao Yuen 
Pumpkinhead Stan Winston 
Punchline David Seltzer 
Puss in Boots Eugene Marner 
Rain Man Barry Levinson 
Red Heat Walter Hill 
Running on Empty Sidney Lumet 
School Daze Spike Lee 
Scrooged Richard Donner 
She's Having a Baby John Hughes 
Spookies Genie Joseph, Thomas Doran, and Brendan Faulkner 
Stand and Deliver Ramón Menéndez 
Stealing Home Steven Kampmann and William Porter 
Sunset Blake Edwards 
Switching Channels Ted Kotcheff 
Talk Radio Oliver Stone 
Tapeheads Bill Fishman 
Tequila Sunrise Robert Towne 
The Accidental Tourist Lawrence Kasdan 
The Accused Jonathan Kaplan 
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Terry Gilliam 
The Bear Jean-Jacques Annaud 
The Big Blue
Le grand bleu Luc Besson 
The Blob Chuck Russell 
The Boost Harold Becker 
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Robert Altman 
The Couch Trip Michael Ritchie 
The Dead Pool Buddy Van Horn 
The Good Mother Leonard Nimoy 
The Great Outdoors Howard Deutch 
The House on Carroll Street Peter Yates 
The Lair of the White Worm Ken Russell 
The Last Temptation of Christ Martin Scorsese 
The Milagro Beanfield War Robert Redford 
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! David Zucker 
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey Vincent Ward 
The Presidio Peter Hyams 
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wes Craven 
The Thin Blue Line Errol Morris 
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Philip Kaufman 
The Vanishing
Spoorloos George Sluizer 
They Live John Carpenter 
Tokyo Pop Fran Rubel Kuzui 
Torch Song Trilogy Paul Bogart 
Tucker: The Man and His Dream Francis Ford Coppola 
Twins Ivan Reitman 
Two Moon Junction Zalman King 
U2: Rattle and Hum Phil Joanou 
Vampire's Kiss Robert Bierman 
Vibes Ken Kwapis 
Vice Versa Brian Gilbert 
Who Framed Roger Rabbit Robert Zemeckis 
Willow Ron Howard 
Without a Clue Thom Eberhardt 
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios" Pedro Almodóvar 
Working Girl Mike Nichols 
Young Guns Christopher Cain 
Anguish
Angustia Bigas Luna 08 January 1988
The Couch Trip Michael Ritchie 15 January 1988
Spookies Genie Joseph, Thomas Doran, and Brendan Faulkner 22 January 1988
Monstrosity Andy Milligan 01 February 1988
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wes Craven 05 February 1988
She's Having a Baby John Hughes 05 February 1988
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Philip Kaufman 05 February 1988
School Daze Spike Lee 12 February 1988
Frantic Roman Polanski 26 February 1988
Hairspray John Waters 26 February 1988
And God Created Woman Roger Vadim 04 March 1988
Switching Channels Ted Kotcheff 04 March 1988
The House on Carroll Street Peter Yates 04 March 1988
Vice Versa Brian Gilbert 11 March 1988
Masquerade Bob Swaim 11 March 1988
Stand and Deliver Ramón Menéndez 11 March 1988
The Milagro Beanfield War Robert Redford 18 March 1988
D.O.A. Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton 18 March 1988
Biloxi Blues Mike Nichols 25 March 1988
A New Life Alan Alda 25 March 1988
Beetlejuice Tim Burton 30 March 1988
Bright Lights, Big City James Bridges 01 April 1988
Brain Damage Frank Henenlotter 22 April 1988
Sunset Blake Edwards 29 April 1988
Two Moon Junction Zalman King 29 April 1988
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Robert Altman 08 May 1988
Chocolat Claire Denis 18 May 1988
Willow Ron Howard 20 May 1988
Crocodile Dundee II John Cornell 25 May 1988
Killer Klowns from Outer Space Stephen Chiodo 27 May 1988
Big Penny Marshall 03 June 1988
Funny Farm George Roy Hill 03 June 1988
Big Business Jim Abrahams 10 June 1988
The Presidio Peter Hyams 10 June 1988
Puss in Boots Eugene Marner 10 June 1988
Bull Durham Ron Shelton 15 June 1988
Red Heat Walter Hill 17 June 1988
The Great Outdoors Howard Deutch 17 June 1988
Who Framed Roger Rabbit Robert Zemeckis 22 June 1988
Coming to America John Landis 29 June 1988
License to Drive Greg Beeman 06 July 1988
Arthur 2: On the Rocks Bud Yorkin 08 July 1988
The Dead Pool Buddy Van Horn 13 July 1988
Akira Katsuhiro Ôtomo 16 July 1988
Die Hard John McTiernan 20 July 1988
Midnight Run Martin Brest 20 July 1988
Caddyshack II Allan Arkush 22 July 1988
Mr. North Danny Huston 22 July 1988
Pascali's Island James Dearden 22 July 1988
Big Top Pee-wee Randal Kleiser 22 July 1988
Monkey Shines George A. Romero 29 July 1988
Cocktail Roger Donaldson 29 July 1988
A Fish Called Wanda John Cleese and Charles Crichton 29 July 1988
The Blob Chuck Russell 05 August 1988
Vibes Ken Kwapis 05 August 1988
Clean and Sober Glenn Gordon Caron 10 August 1988
Young Guns Christopher Cain 12 August 1988
Tucker: The Man and His Dream Francis Ford Coppola 12 August 1988
The Last Temptation of Christ Martin Scorsese 12 August 1988
Married to the Mob Jonathan Demme 19 August 1988
The Big Blue
Le grand bleu Luc Besson 19 August 1988
The Thin Blue Line Errol Morris 25 August 1988
Stealing Home Steven Kampmann and William Porter 26 August 1988
Hot to Trot Michael Dinner 26 August 1988
Running on Empty Sidney Lumet 09 September 1988
Moon Over Parador Paul Mazursky 09 September 1988
Drowning by Numbers Peter Greenaway 10 September 1988
Homeboy Michael Seresin 15 September 1988
Crossing Delancey Joan Micklin Silver 16 September 1988
Dead Ringers David Cronenberg 23 September 1988
Bird Clint Eastwood 30 September 1988
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie Marcel Ophüls 06 October 1988
Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey Michael Apted 07 October 1988
Memories of Me Henry Winkler 07 October 1988
Punchline David Seltzer 07 October 1988
Alien Nation Graham Baker 07 October 1988
Clara's Heart Robert Mulligan 07 October 1988
Night of the Demons Kevin Tenney 14 October 1988
The Accused Jonathan Kaplan 14 October 1988
Mystic Pizza Donald Petrie 21 October 1988
Without a Clue Thom Eberhardt 21 October 1988
Tapeheads Bill Fishman 21 October 1988
The Lair of the White Worm Ken Russell 21 October 1988
The Vanishing
Spoorloos George Sluizer 27 October 1988
They Live John Carpenter 04 November 1988
U2: Rattle and Hum Phil Joanou 04 November 1988
The Good Mother Leonard Nimoy 04 November 1988
Tokyo Pop Fran Rubel Kuzui 05 November 1988
Child's Play Tom Holland 09 November 1988
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios" Pedro Almodóvar 11 November 1988
Evil Angels
A Cry in the Dark Fred Schepisi 11 November 1988
Oliver & Company George Scribner 18 November 1988
High Spirits Neil Jordan 18 November 1988
1969 Ernest Thompson 18 November 1988
Fresh Horses David Anspaugh 18 November 1988
Another Woman Woody Allen 18 November 1988
Scrooged Richard Donner 23 November 1988
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! David Zucker 02 December 1988
Tequila Sunrise Robert Towne 02 December 1988
Twins Ivan Reitman 09 December 1988
My Stepmother Is an Alien Richard Benjamin 09 December 1988
Peacock King
Hung cheuk wong ji Ngai Choi Lam and Biao Yuen 10 December 1988
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Frank Oz 14 December 1988
Torch Song Trilogy Paul Bogart 14 December 1988
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey Vincent Ward 15 December 1988
Rain Man Barry Levinson 16 December 1988
Working Girl Mike Nichols 21 December 1988
Hellbound: Hellraiser II Tony Randel 23 December 1988
The Boost Harold Becker 23 December 1988
The Accidental Tourist Lawrence Kasdan 06 January 1989
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka Keenen Ivory Wayans 11 January 1989
Talk Radio Oliver Stone 13 January 1989
Beaches Garry Marshall 13 January 1989
Pumpkinhead Stan Winston 13 January 1989
Mississippi Burning Alan Parker 27 January 1989
On the Silver Globe
Na srebrnym globie Andrzej Zulawski 10 February 1989
Dangerous Liaisons Stephen Frears 24 February 1989
High Hopes Mike Leigh 26 February 1989
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Terry Gilliam 10 March 1989
FleshEater
Revenge of the Living Zombies S. William Hinzman 25 March 1989
Earth Girls Are Easy Julien Temple 12 May 1989
Fright Night Part 2 Tommy Lee Wallace 19 May 1989
Vampire's Kiss Robert Bierman 16 June 1989
Eight Men Out John Sayles 29 June 1989
Apartment Zero Martin Donovan 15 September 1989
The Bear Jean-Jacques Annaud 27 October 1989
Cinema Paradiso
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso Giuseppe Tornatore 23 February 1990
My Neighbor Totoro
Tonari no Totoro Hayao Miyazaki 13 July 1990
A Short Film About Killing
Krótki film o zabijaniu Krzysztof Kieslowski 11 August 1995
As Tears Go By
Wong Gok ka moon Kar Wai Wong 02 May 2008
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