Best Year for Movies

[PLACforever]

Came across an article stating that 1993 was the best year for movies, and personally, it's hard to disagree.

What do you guys think?
If anyone has another nominee or two, I'll add a poll to the thread.

"Rudy"
"Jurassic Park"
"The Fugitive"
"The Sandlot"
"Schindler’s List"
"Groundhog Day"
"Mrs. Doubtfire"
"Robin Hood: Men In Tights"
"So I Married an Axe Murderer"
"Dazed and Confused"
"Coneheads"
"Cool Runnings"
"The Nightmare Before Christmas"


From:
1993 Was Seriously The Best Year For Movies

 

[Buster Bluth]

1994

Pulp Fiction
The Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump

Accoring to imbd, that's the #1, #5, and #14 in the same year.

1999 was incredible too, with Fight Club, The Matrix, The Green Mile, American Beauty, etc.

 

[gkIrish]

1994

Pulp Fiction
The Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump

Lion King
The Mask
Dumb and Dumber
Interview with a Vampire
Leon
Natural Born Killers
and

Little Giants!

 

[gkIrish]

1994

Pulp Fiction
The Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump

Accoring to imbd, that's the #1, #5, and #14 in the same year.

1999 was incredible too, with Fight Club, The Matrix, The Green Mile, American Beauty, etc.

Also 1999

Sixth Sense
Magnolia
The Mummy
Toy Story 2

 

[IrishSteelhead]

1989, case closed:

 

[no.1IrishFan]

1989, case closed:

/ Thread.

 

[Buster Bluth]

Also 1999

Sixth Sense
Magnolia
The Mummy
Toy Story 2

 

[gkIrish]

That's an entertaining movie!

Half of the movies that have OP listed aren't "good" ---just entertaining

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Beau Geste
Destry Rides Again
Gunga Din
Dodge City
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Intermezzo
Only Angels Have Wings
Private Life of Elizabeth and Essex
The Roaring Twenties
The Women
The Rules of the Game
Dark Victory
Gone With the Wind
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Love Affair
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Ninotchka
Of Mice and Men
Stagecoach
The Wizard of Oz
Wuthering Heights

Bold nominated for Academy Award - Best Picture

What year without cheating?

 

[Bogtrotter07]

'77 Was really up there. '94 and '99 were top flight, too.

'77 had Star Wars, Close Encounters, Annie Hall, A Star is Born, The Deep, Saturday Night Fever, and Slap Shot!

'99 had Matrix, Magnolia, Three Kings, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Being John Malkovich, The Insider, and Star Wars Episode 1:TPM.

 

[koonja]

I started 'Mud' 5 minutes ago. Anyone seen?

 

[woolybug25]

I started 'Mud' 5 minutes ago. Anyone seen?

I really enjoyed it. Good flick.

You might have to sit your phone down and actually watch it though. Lol

 

[notredomer23]

Beau Geste
Destry Rides Again
Gunga Din
Dodge City
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Intermezzo
Only Angels Have Wings
Private Life of Elizabeth and Essex
The Roaring Twenties
The Women
The Rules of the Game
Dark Victory
Gone With the Wind
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Love Affair
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Ninotchka
Of Mice and Men
Stagecoach
The Wizard of Oz
Wuthering Heights

Bold nominated for Academy Award - Best Picture

What year without cheating?

either 1933 or 1939

 

[GoIrish41]

Yearly Top Ten Movies by Year

 

[NOLAIrish]

1974

Godfather Part II
Young Frankenstein
The Conversation
Blazing Saddles
Chinatown
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Lenny
Scent of a Woman (Italian original)
Murder on the Orient Express

 

[gkIrish]

1974

Godfather Part II
Young Frankenstein
The Conversation
Blazing Saddles
Chinatown
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Lenny
Scent of a Woman (Italian original)
Murder on the Orient Express

Wow some of my all-time favorites. What a year...

 

[phork]

Whatever year The Crying Game came out,...

 

[koonja]

Too many great years for movies. If you break them up by 'best year for comedy', might be able to find some common ground IMO.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

'74-'75 With a '73 chaser! Great time to be young and at the movies!

# 48 Nashville 1975 1 Altman, Robert USA BDS
# 50 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 2 Forman, Milos USA BD
# 93 Jaws 1975 3 Spielberg, Steven USA BDS
# 181 Dog Day Afternoon 1975 4 Lumet, Sidney USA BD
# 239 Barry Lyndon 1975 5 Kubrick, Stanley UK BD
# 487 The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser 1975 6 Herzog, Werner West Germany Y
# 589 Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975 7 Weir, Peter Australia Y
# 684 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 8 Gilliam, Terry / Jones, Terry UK BD
# 859 Smile 1975 9 Ritchie, Michael USA Y
# 897 The Man Who Would Be King 1975 10 Huston, John UK / USA BDS

# 13 Chinatown 1974 1 Polanski, Roman USA BDS
# 30 The Godfather Part II 1974 2 Coppola, Francis Ford USA BDS
# 86 The Conversation 1974 3 Coppola, Francis Ford USA BD
# 347 Celine and Julie Go Boating 1974 4 Rivette, Jacques France Y
# 481 Young Frankenstein 1974 5 Brooks, Mel USA BDS
# 552 Lacombe Lucien 1974 6 Malle, Louis France / West Germany / Italy D
# 584 A Woman Under the Influence 1974 7 Cassavetes, John USA D
# 605 Blazing Saddles 1974 8 Brooks, Mel USA BD
# 711 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 1974 9 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany Y
# 799 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1974 10 Scorsese, Martin USA Y

# 125 The Spirit of the Beehive 1973 1 Erice, Víctor Spain D
# 133 Day for Night 1973 2 Truffaut, François France / Italy DS
# 145 American Graffiti 1973 3 Lucas, George USA BD
# 172 The Exorcist 1973 4 Friedkin, William USA BDS
# 178 Mean Streets 1973 5 Scorsese, Martin USA BD
# 201 Badlands 1973 6 Malick, Terrence USA BD
# 266 Amarcord 1973 7 Fellini, Federico Italy / France BDS
# 294 Don't Look Now 1973 8 Roeg, Nicolas Italy / UK Y
# 333 The Sting 1973 9 Hill, George Roy USA BD
# 573 The Long Goodbye 1973 10 Altman, Robert USA Y

 

[koonja]

If the movies you guys are listing are legit, man, I have a ton to watch. I've seen about 5% of them, if that.

 

[Irishnuke]

2013

 

[PLACforever]

enough said!

 

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

Honestly, 2013 should go down as one of these all-time great years. Watching the Academy Awards was a good reminder of all the good stuff that came out this year.

 

[phillyirish]

1998

Find a big three better than that.
Then you also have the Truman Show, There's something about Marry, The Enemy of the State, Armageddon, The Thin Red Line among others.

Plus can't forget these classics:

 

[Cackalacky]

1974

Godfather Part II
Young Frankenstein
The Conversation
Blazing Saddles
Chinatown
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Lenny
Scent of a Woman (Italian original)
Murder on the Orient Express

This is a great year. Many different genres represented. THe best movie ever plus two classic comedies, a classic horror flick, classic drama... damn. good. call.

 

[Black Irish]

Beau Geste
Destry Rides Again
Gunga Din
Dodge City
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Intermezzo
Only Angels Have Wings
Private Life of Elizabeth and Essex
The Roaring Twenties
The Women
The Rules of the Game
Dark Victory
Gone With the Wind
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Love Affair
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Ninotchka
Of Mice and Men
Stagecoach
The Wizard of Oz
Wuthering Heights

Bold nominated for Academy Award - Best Picture

What year without cheating?

1939. You beat me to it. Reps.

 

[Black Irish]

Man, I can really see myself getting stuck in this thread. Time for a quick exit. I'll just leave a little something here from 1988.

"Welcome to the party, pal."

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Man, I can really see myself getting stuck in this thread. Time for a quick exit. I'll just leave a little something here from 1988.

"Welcome to the party, pal."

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The late eighties were the best for action adventure, weren't they?

 

[Bogtrotter07]

You know I forgot Stagecoach from the '39 list. Forty and forty one are phenomenal too. Plenty of WC Fields, Citizen Kayne, Maltese Falcon, Wolfman; had to love that stuff!

 

[BGIF]

Beau Geste
Destry Rides Again
Gunga Din
Dodge City
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Intermezzo
Only Angels Have Wings
Private Life of Elizabeth and Essex
The Roaring Twenties
The Women
The Rules of the Game
Dark Victory
Gone With the Wind
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Love Affair
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Ninotchka
Of Mice and Men
Stagecoach
The Wizard of Oz
Wuthering Heights

Bold nominated for Academy Award - Best Picture

What year without cheating?

1939 has repeatedly been acknowledged as Hollywood's best year. I started to post this yesterday but figured it was pointless. Most of the posts here are along the lines of those in the thread for Best Athlete, etc, those with limited reach only think as far as their own experience.