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[taerowyn]

From starrai:

Pick your favorite film from each year you've been around. Please note that the operative word here is favorite--not necessarily best. Wikipedia makes it easier. Fair warning...I like my fluff. This is definitely a list of faves, not best

1978 - Superman: The Movie

1979 - Monty Python's Life of Brian

1980 - Hopscotch (and yes, I realize this means I lose all sci-fi street cred since I din't choose Empire)

1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark

1982 - The Secret of NIMH This was the first really, really tough pic...I mean Annie and Victo/Victoria and E.T. and...I finally had to decide based on which one would I be able to (note, not WAS able to) watch over and over again in a single day.

1983 - War Games

1984 - The NeverEnding Story I seem to be trending towards the kids movies when it comes to the tough decisions...maybe cause I've loved them longer?

1985 - Real Genius

1986 - Labyrinth It was very hard to pass up "Duckie" Dale, but again, kid flick won out...and it was a tight squeeze between two of them, but in the end went with fantasy vs sci-fi (Flight of the Navigator)

1987 - The Princess Bride

1988 - Die Hard Barely beats out Big...and mostly cause of repeat watching (and quoting) Die Hard with my dad

1989 - Say Anything...

1990 - Edward Scissorhands

1991 - Soapdish I'm glad starrai mentioned it as it wasn't listed on wikipedia, but trumps the two I was deciding between

1992 - Sneakers But Buffy was close...

1993 - Benny & Joon

1994 - The Shawshank Redemption

1995 - French Kiss

1996 - The Truth About Cats & Dogs

1997 - Grosse Pointe Blank

1998 - Ever After

1999 - Galaxy Quest Squeezing out The Matrix by not having any less than stellar sequels and Dogma cause...well, if the choice of mockery is religion or Star Trek, I'm going to choose the one that's had more presence in my life ;-)

2000 - Erin Brockovich Yay environmental activism with snark!

2001 - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Amelie was up there...but I still remember seeing this in the theater the first time (and yes, I went multiple times) and just being so very, very blown away

2002 - Minority Report The last time I liked Tom Cruise

2003 - Love Actually Pirates was yet another movie squeezed out for having disappointing sequels

2004 - The Incredibles I though for sure I'd pick Eternal Sunshine when I got to that year, and yet...

2005 - Serenity Was there ever any doubt?

2006 - V for Vendetta

2007 - Death at a Funeral Just barely edging out Juno...and doing so basically on Alan Tudyk's performance

2008 - Iron Man So far....

Comments

[underwhelm.livejournal.com]

The 80s were clearly a golden decade of film.