Best Year for Movies

Black Irish · Mar 25, 2014

Bogtrotter07 said:
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The late eighties were the best for action adventure, weren't they?

Yep. The late 80s to the early-mid 90s were the golden age of action flicks.

Bogtrotter07 · Mar 25, 2014

Black Irish said:
Yep. The late 80s to the early-mid 90s were the golden age of action flicks.

Yeah, I like that! Golden Age of Action Flicks

48 Hours
Die Hard
Beverly Hills Cop
Behind the Green Door
Lethal Weapon
F/X
Rambo Franchise
Fliers : Iron Eagle, Top Gun
And everything else from Delta force to Big Trouble in Little China

ShawneeIrish · Mar 25, 2014

Had this same debate in facebook. I think 94 is the best but 84 is best for entertaining blockbuster types. Gaves us Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Beverly Hills Cop, Karate Kid, Revenge of the Needs, Tenple of Doom, Red Dawn, Sixteen Candles, The Terminator, The Natural, Nightmare on Elm St, Never Ending Story, Romancing the Stone, and more!

zelezo vlk · Mar 25, 2014

I think it really comes down to personal preference of films.

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Buster Bluth · Mar 26, 2014

BGIF said:
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.

Don't point that finger at me! 1994 has three movies considered to be among the best ever made.

Bogtrotter07 · Mar 26, 2014

American Film Institute

# MOVIE YEAR
1 CITIZEN KANE 1941
2 CASABLANCA 1942
3 THE GODFATHER 1972
4 GONE WITH THE WIND 1939
5 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 1962
6 THE WIZARD OF OZ 1939
7 THE GRADUATE 1967
8 ON THE WATERFRONT 1954
9 SCHINDLER'S LIST 1993
10 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN 1952
11 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE 1946
12 SUNSET BLVD. 1950
13 THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI 1957
14 SOME LIKE IT HOT 1959
15 STAR WARS 1977
16 ALL ABOUT EVE 1950
17 THE AFRICAN QUEEN 1951
18 PSYCHO 1960
19 CHINATOWN 1974
20 ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST 1975
21 THE GRAPES OF WRATH 1940
22 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 1968
23 THE MALTESE FALCON 1941
24 RAGING BULL 1980
25 E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL 1982
26 DR. STRANGELOVE 1964
27 BONNIE AND CLYDE 1967
28 APOCALYPSE NOW 1979
29 MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON 1939
30 THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE 1948
31 ANNIE HALL 1977
32 THE GODFATHER PART II 1974
33 HIGH NOON 1952
34 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 1962
35 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT 1934
36 MIDNIGHT COWBOY 1969
37 THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES 1946
38 DOUBLE INDEMNITY 1944
39 DOCTOR ZHIVAGO 1965
40 NORTH BY NORTHWEST 1959
41 WEST SIDE STORY 1961
42 REAR WINDOW 1954
43 KING KONG 1933
44 THE BIRTH OF A NATION 1915
45 A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 1951
46 A CLOCKWORK ORANGE 1971
47 TAXI DRIVER 1976
48 JAWS 1975
49 SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
1937
50 BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID 1969

Sherm Sticky · Mar 26, 2014

Orsen Wells was a genius, great movie.

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Buster Bluth · Mar 27, 2014

Bogtrotter07 said:
American Film Institute

# MOVIE YEAR
1 CITIZEN KANE 1941
2 CASABLANCA 1942
3 THE GODFATHER 1972
4 GONE WITH THE WIND 1939
5 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 1962
6 THE WIZARD OF OZ 1939
7 THE GRADUATE 1967
8 ON THE WATERFRONT 1954
9 SCHINDLER'S LIST 1993
10 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN 1952
11 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE 1946
12 SUNSET BLVD. 1950
13 THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI 1957
14 SOME LIKE IT HOT 1959
15 STAR WARS 1977
16 ALL ABOUT EVE 1950
17 THE AFRICAN QUEEN 1951
18 PSYCHO 1960
19 CHINATOWN 1974
20 ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST 1975
21 THE GRAPES OF WRATH 1940
22 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 1968
23 THE MALTESE FALCON 1941
24 RAGING BULL 1980
25 E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL 1982
26 DR. STRANGELOVE 1964
27 BONNIE AND CLYDE 1967
28 APOCALYPSE NOW 1979
29 MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON 1939
30 THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE 1948
31 ANNIE HALL 1977
32 THE GODFATHER PART II 1974
33 HIGH NOON 1952
34 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 1962
35 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT 1934
36 MIDNIGHT COWBOY 1969
37 THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES 1946
38 DOUBLE INDEMNITY 1944
39 DOCTOR ZHIVAGO 1965
40 NORTH BY NORTHWEST 1959
41 WEST SIDE STORY 1961
42 REAR WINDOW 1954
43 KING KONG 1933
44 THE BIRTH OF A NATION 1915
45 A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 1951
46 A CLOCKWORK ORANGE 1971
47 TAXI DRIVER 1976
48 JAWS 1975
49 SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
1937
50 BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID 1969

I bolded the movies made after 1980 that made the list. Seems a bit slanted to older movies...

Buster Bluth · Mar 27, 2014

imdb's continuous poll of best movies. Of course slanted towards modern movies.

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4. The Dark Knight (2008)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
6. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
7. Schindler's List (1993)
8. 12 Angry Men (1957)
9. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
10. Fight Club (1999)
11. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
12. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
13. Inception (2010)
14. Forrest Gump (1994)
15. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
16. Goodfellas (1990)
17. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
18. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
19. The Matrix (1999)
20. Seven Samurai (1954)
21. City of God (2002)
22. Se7en (1995)
23. The Usual Suspects (1995)
24. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
25. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
26. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
27. Léon: The Professional (1994)
28. Casablanca (1942)
29. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
30. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
31. Rear Window (1954)
32. Psycho (1960)
33. American History X (1998)
34. City Lights (1931)
35. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
36. Spirited Away (2001)
37. The Intouchables (2011)
38. Memento (2000)
39. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
40. Modern Times (1936)
41. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
42. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
43. Apocalypse Now (1979)
44. The Pianist (2002)
45. The Green Mile (1999)
46. The Departed (2006)
47. Gladiator (2000)
48. Back to the Future (1985)
49. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
50. Alien (1979)

1994 stand up!

BGIF · Mar 27, 2014

BGIF said:
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.

Buster Bluth said:
Don't point that finger at me! 1994 has three movies considered to be among the best ever made.

IMDb Charts Top 250
"As voted by regular IMDb users"

What, no People's Choice awards?

Q.E.D.

Bogtrotter07 · Mar 27, 2014

As I think the American Film Institute List is skewed, as Buster maintains, I cannot give any credibility to a list that puts Dark Knight and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly ahead of Citizen Kane and Casablanca.

Buster's list still does bring up another weakness, in my opinion, about the AFI list. No Chaplin in the top 50?

Cackalacky · Mar 27, 2014

I probably have seen all of the movies listed so far, and as far as it goes for me, when I watch an old hollywood movie, such as the one's Bogs and BGIF have discussed, I find it very hard to put into true context. Several of those I have had to watch discussions (from critics or movie buffs) about them for proper context and I do get an appreciation for them but I find I am mostly biased towards the movies that are more modern. For the most part I have to accept the fact that Gone with the Wind and Citizen Kane are regarded as great movies, even though I don't think I could ever watch them again because I just fail to grasp what makes them great. My significant other makes me watch old hollywood movies regularly so I will keep trying.

Further those lists have a significant hollywood bias as well. I actually really love old martial arts/samurai movies more than I do old hollywood movies. Aru kengo no shogai (1959) was absolutely wonderful.

dshans · Mar 27, 2014

Buster Bluth said:
1994 stand up!

DOWN IN FRONT!

ulukinatme · Mar 27, 2014

1976:
Taxi Driver
Carrie
The Bad News Bears
Network
King Kong
The Omen
All the President's Men
Marathon Man
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Murder by Death (Best title ever?)
Midway
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (Okay, maybe not this)
The Enforcer
Silver Streak
Mother, Jugs & Speed
Cannonball!
......and of course, the greatest movie ever made, Rocky.

The year I was born, '82, wasn't terrible either:
Blade Runner
Annie
ET
The Thing
Rocky III (I've got a prediction...pain)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Poltergeist
Ghandi
Rambo First Blood
Conan the Barbarian!
TRON
Dark Crystal
Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan!
Pink Floyd The Wall
An Officer and a Gentleman
Sophie's Choice
The Beastmaster (Okay, maybe not)
Porky's
Airplane II
Night Shift
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Trail of the Pink Pather (j/k)
Fitzcarraldo

If you throw out the ones that were added for humor, '82 was a pretty good year.

PLACforever · Mar 27, 2014

ulukinatme;1252007[/QUOTE said:
Unrelated to your post, but I just wanted to let you know that every time I see your screen name, I read "ukulele time"

ulukinatme · Mar 27, 2014

PLACforever said:
Unrelated to your post, but I just wanted to let you know that every time I see your screen name, I read "ukulele time"

Are you the reason that "PA ND fan" become "PandaFan?" Are you saying I need to Photoshop a ukelele into Lou's hands now?

I've seen a lot of interpretations of my screenname over the years, but never "ukulele time." I came up with it almost 20 years ago as an AOL screen name in high school, it's supposed to be "You Lookin' At Me?" It's probably time I change it.

PLACforever · Mar 27, 2014

ulukinatme said:
Are you the reason that "PA ND fan" become "PandaFan?" Are you saying I need to Photoshop a ukelele into Lou's hands now?

I've seen a lot of interpretations of my screenname over the years, but never "ukulele time." I came up with it almost 20 years ago as an AOL screen name in high school, it's supposed to be "You Lookin' At Me?" It's probably time I change it.

Cant take credit for Panda, wish I could, but I 100% read it that way too.
Definitely photoshop Lou.

dshans · Mar 27, 2014

PLACforever said:
Unrelated to your post, but I just wanted to let you know that every time I see your screen name, I read "ukulele time"

Bogtrotter07 · Mar 27, 2014

dshans said:
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Cackalacky · Mar 27, 2014

Bogtrotter07 · Mar 27, 2014

ulukinatme · Mar 27, 2014

That's pretty awesome, Bogs. I dig the Bohemian Rhapsody.

Bogtrotter07 · Mar 27, 2014

ulukinatme said:
That's pretty awesome, Bogs. I did the Bohemian Rhapsody.

My gift to you, now ready for the best I may ever have heard?

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I<3 the Uke, I used to play it when I was a kid. Funny (looking.)

ulukinatme · Mar 27, 2014

They were certainly good, but I still prefer the Bohemian Rhapsody. I'm biased though, my parents raised me on music from the 60s, 70s, and some 80s. Queen, Aerosmith, Led Zepplin, and anything else from that era was all the music that was allowed in our house and car.

Bogtrotter07 · Mar 27, 2014

Henges24 · Mar 27, 2014

I was just mind blown that Fight Club is from 99'.

WOW

ulukinatme · Mar 27, 2014

Bogtrotter07 said:
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This is really sad for a happy instrument!

This guy, he has taste in music. His Don't Stop Believin' is pretty good too. I'm listening to "Hallelujah" right now.

Black Irish · Mar 28, 2014

Okay, so what was the best year for ukeleles movies?

woolybug25 · Mar 28, 2014

You guys are crazy. The answer is 1984… and it's not even close.

- Purple Rain
- Ghostbusters
- Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom
- The Karate Kid
- The Terminator
- The Neverending Story
- The Nightmare on Elm Street
- Footloose
- Sixteen Candles
- This is Spinal Tap
- Red Dawn
- Gremlins
- The Natural
- Beverly Hills Cop
- Revenge of The Nerds
- Children of The Corn
- Romancing The Stone
- Star Trek III
- Friday The 13th - The Final Chapter

Bogtrotter07 · Mar 28, 2014

Black Irish said:
Okay, so what was the best year for ukeleles movies?

Some Like it Hot 1959
The Jerk 1979
Monsters Inc 2002
Blue Hawaii 1961
Go For Broke 1951

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