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Seen: 98 (21.7%)
See Again: 1 (0.2%)
Unseen: 353 (78.1%)

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My Top 5 Films by Year

1915

 
1. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
2. Les Vampires (1915)

1916

 
1. Intolerance (1916)

1917

 
1. The Immigrant (1917)

1918

 

1919

 
1. Broken Blossoms (1919)

1920

 
1. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
2. The Scarecrow (1920)
3. Neighbors (1920)

1921

 
1. Orphans of the Storm (1921)

1922

 
1. Nanook of the North (1922)
2. Nosferatu (1922)
3. Haxan (1922)

1923

 
1. Safety Last (1923)
2. Our Hospitality (1923)

1924

 
1. Greed (1924)
2. The Last Laugh (1924)
3. Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
4. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
5. The Navigator (1924)

1925

 
1. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
2. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
3. The Gold Rush (1925)
4. Strike (1925)
5. The Freshman (1925)

1926

 
1. Faust (1926)

1927

 
1. Metropolis (1927)
2. The Kid Brother (1927)
3. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
4. The Jazz Singer (1927)
5. The General (1927)

1928

 
1. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
2. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
3. The Man Who Laughs (1928)
4. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)

1929

 
1. Un Chien Andalou (1929)
2. Man With the Movie Camera (1929)
3. Blackmail (1929)
4. Pandora's Box (1929)

1930

 
1. All Quiet On the Western Front (1930)
2. L'Age D'Or (1930)
3. The Blood of a Poet (1930)

1931

 
1. City Lights (1931)
2. M (1931)
3. A Nous La Liberte (1931)
4. The Public Enemy (1931)
5. Dracula (1931)

1932

 
1. Love Me Tonight (1932)
2. Boudu Saved From Drowning (1932)
3. I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)
4. Trouble In Paradise (1932)
5. The Music Box (1932)

1933

 
1. Duck Soup (1933)
2. Sons of the Desert (1933)
3. King Kong (1933)
4. 42nd Street (1933)
5. Land Without Bread (1933)

1934

 
1. It Happened One Night (1934)
2. It's a Gift (1934)
3. L'Atalante (1934)
4. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
5. The Thin Man (1934)

1935

 
1. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
2. Top Hat (1935)
3. The 39 Steps (1935)
4. A Night At the Opera (1935)
5. Triumph of the Will (1935)

1936

 
1. Modern Times (1936)
2. Swing Time (1936)
3. Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936)
4. Dodsworth (1936)
5. A Day In the Country (1936)

1937

 
1. The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
3. Grand Illusion (1937)
4. Way Out West (1937)

1938

 
1. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
2. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
3. Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)
4. Alexander Nevsky (1938)
5. Bringing Up Baby (1938)

1939

 
1. Gone With the Wind (1939)
2. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
3. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
4. Destry Rides Again (1939)
5. The Rules of the Game (1939)

1940

 
1. Rebecca (1940)
2. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
3. Fantasia (1940)
4. The Bank Dick (1940)
5. The Great Dictator (1940)

1941

 
1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
3. The Lady Eve (1941)
4. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
5. Sullivan's Travels (1941)

1942

 
1. Casablanca (1942)
2. Cat People (1942)
3. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
4. Bambi (1942)
5. To Be Or Not To Be (1942)

1943

 
1. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
2. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
3. Le Corbeau (1943)
4. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
5. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

1944

 
1. Double Indemnity (1944)
2. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
3. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
4. Ivan the Terrible, Part One (1944)
5. Laura (1944)

1945

 
1. Spellbound (1945)
2. Children of Paradise (1945)
3. Mildred Pierce (1945)
4. Detour (1945)
5. Rome, Open City (1945)

1946

 
1. Beauty and the Beast (1946)
2. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
3. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
4. Notorious (1946)
5. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

1947

 
1. Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
2. Out of the Past (1947)

1948

 
1. The Red Shoes (1948)
2. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
3. The Bicycle Thief (1948)
4. Rope (1948)
5. Red River (1948)

1949

 
1. The Heiress (1949)
2. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
3. White Heat (1949)
4. The Third Man (1949)
5. On the Town (1949)

1950

 
1. Orpheus (1950)
2. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
3. All About Eve (1950)
4. Gun Crazy (1950)
5. Los Olvidados (1950)

1951

 
1. Strangers On a Train (1951)
2. Ace In the Hole (1951)
3. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
4. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
5. A Place In the Sun (1951)

1952

 
1. Singin' In the Rain (1952)
2. Umberto D (1952)
3. Ikiru (1952)
4. High Noon (1952)
5. Forbidden Games (1952)

1953

 
1. Tokyo Story (1953)
2. Shane (1953)
3. Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)
4. The Big Heat (1953)
5. Stalag 17 (1953)

1954

 
1. Rear Window (1954)
2. On the Waterfront (1954)
3. La Strada (1954)
4. The Seven Samurai (1954)
5. A Star Is Born (1954)

1955

 
1. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
2. Pather Panchali (1955)
3. East of Eden (1955)
4. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
5. Rififi (1955)

1956

 
1. Aparajito (1956)
2. The Searchers (1956)
3. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
4. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
5. Giant (1956)

1957

 
1. The Seventh Seal (1957)
2. The Bridge On the River Kwai (1957)
3. Wild Strawberries (1957)
4. 12 Angry Men (1957)
5. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

1958

 
1. Vertigo (1958)
2. Mon Oncle (1958)
3. The Defiant Ones (1958)
4. Ivan the Terrible, Part Two (1958)
5. Gigi (1958)

1959

 
1. The 400 Blows (1959)
2. North By Northwest (1959)
3. Some Like It Hot (1959)
4. The World of Apu (1959)
5. Ben-Hur (1959)

1960

 
1. Psycho (1960)
2. Peeping Tom (1960)
3. Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
4. Spartacus (1960)
5. Breathless (1960)

1961

 
1. West Side Story (1961)
2. Viridiana (1961)
3. The Hustler (1961)
4. Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
5. Last Year At Marienbad (1961)

1962

 
1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
2. What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)
3. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
4. Cleo From 5 To 7 (1962)
5. La Jetee (1962)

1963

 
1. 8 1/2 (1963)
2. The Great Escape (1963)
3. Hud (1963)
4. Contempt (1963)
5. The Leopard (1963)

1964

 
1. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
2. My Fair Lady (1964)
3. The Gospel According To St. Matthew (1964)
4. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
5. A Hard Day's Night (1964)

1965

 
1. Repulsion (1965)
2. Chimes At Midnight (1965)
3. The Sound of Music (1965)
4. Pierrot Le Fou (1965)
5. Alphaville (1965)

1966

 
1. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
2. Persona (1966)
3. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
4. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
5. Andrei Rublev (1966)

1967

 
1. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
2. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
3. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
4. Week End (1967)
5. Playtime (1967)

1968

 
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2. The Producers (1968)
3. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
4. Once Upon a Time In the West (1968)
5. Planet of the Apes (1968)

1969

 
1. Satyricon (1969)
2. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
3. Easy Rider (1969)
4. Army of Shadows (1969)
5. Midnight Cowboy (1969)

1970

 
1. Woodstock (1970)
2. Patton (1970)
3. El Topo (1970)
4. Little Big Man (1970)
5. The Conformist (1970)

1971

 
1. The Last Picture Show (1971)
2. Murmur of the Heart (1971)
3. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
4. The French Connection (1971)
5. Dirty Harry (1971)

1972

 
1. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. Frenzy (1972)
4. Last Tango In Paris (1972)
5. Fat City (1972)

1973

 
1. Don't Look Now (1973)
2. The Exorcist (1973)
3. American Graffiti (1973)
4. Sleeper (1973)
5. The Long Goodbye (1973)

1974

 
1. The Conversation (1974)
2. Chinatown (1974)
3. The Godfather, Part II (1974)
4. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
5. Young Frankenstein (1974)

1975

 
1. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
2. Jaws (1975)
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
5. Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975)

1976

 
1. Network (1976)
2. Taxi Driver (1976)
3. Carrie (1976)
4. Rocky (1976)
5. All the President's Men (1976)

1977

 
1. Star Wars (1977)
2. Suspiria (1977)
3. Annie Hall (1977)
4. Stroszek (1977)
5. 3 Women (1977)

1978

 
1. The Deer Hunter (1978)
2. Animal House (1978)
3. Days of Heaven (1978)
4. Superman (1978)
5. Gates of Heaven (1978)

1979

 
1. Alien (1979)
2. Life of Brian (1979)
3. Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979)
4. Breaking Away (1979)
5. The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)

1980

 
1. Raging Bull (1980)
2. The Shining (1980)
3. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
4. The Big Red One (1980)
5. Atlantic City (1980)

1981

 
1. Das Boot (1981)
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
3. Diva (1981)
4. Chariots of Fire (1981)
5. My Dinner With Andre (1981)

1982

 
1. E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
2. Gandhi (1982)
3. Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
4. The King of Comedy (1982)
5. Tootsie (1982)

1983

 
1. The Right Stuff (1983)
2. Return of the Jedi (1983)
3. Videodrome (1983)
4. Terms of Endearment (1983)
5. L'Argent (1983)

1984

 
1. Amadeus (1984)
2. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
3. Once Upon a Time In America (1984)
4. The Terminator (1984)
5. Paris, Texas (1984)

1985

 
1. Ran (1985)
2. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
3. Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters (1985)
4. The Color Purple (1985)
5. Prizzi's Honor (1985)

1986

 
1. Platoon (1986)
2. Hoosiers (1986)
3. The Fly (1986)
4. Sherman's March (1986)
5. Blue Velvet (1986)

1987

 
1. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987)
2. Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987)
3. The Princess Bride (1987)
4. Raising Arizona (1987)
5. Broadcast News (1987)

1988

 
1. Rain Man (1988)
2. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
3. The Vanishing (1988)
4. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
5. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

1989

 
1. The Decalogue (1989)
2. Do the Right Thing (1989)
3. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
4. My Left Foot (1989)
5. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)

1990

 
1. Goodfellas (1990)
2. Jacob's Ladder (1990)
3. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
4. Total Recall (1990)
5. Reversal of Fortune (1990)

1991

 
1. Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
2. Boyz N the Hood (1991)
3. Thelma & Louise (1991)
4. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
5. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

1992

 
1. The Player (1992)
2. Unforgiven (1992)
3. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
4. Dracula (1992)
5. Man Bites Dog (1992)

1993

 
1. Schindler's List (1993)
2. Groundhog Day (1993)
3. Blue (1993)
4. Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
5. Farewell My Concubine (1993)

1994

 
1. Hoop Dreams (1994)
2. Red (1994)
3. Forrest Gump (1994)
4. White (1994)
5. Natural Born Killers (1994)

1995

 
1. Strange Days (1995)
2. Clueless (1995)
3. Dead Man (1995)
4. Apollo 13 (1995)
5. Seven (1995)

1996

 
1. Fargo (1996)
2. Breaking the Waves (1996)
3. Shine (1996)
4. Irma Vep (1996)
5. The English Patient (1996)

1997

 
1. Open Your Eyes (1997)
2. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
3. L.A. Confidential (1997)
4. Funny Games (1997)
5. Princess Mononoke (1997)

1998

 
1. Dark City (1998)
2. Pleasantville (1998)
3. The Red Violin (1998)
4. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
5. Festen (1998)

1999

 
1. Being John Malkovich (1999)
2. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
3. Three Kings (1999)
4. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
5. American Beauty (1999)

2000

 
1. Dancer In the Dark (2000)
2. Amores Perros (2000)
3. Memento (2000)
4. You Can Count On Me (2000)
5. Gladiator (2000)

2001

 
1. Moulin Rouge! (2001)
2. Amelie (2001)
3. Monster's Ball (2001)
4. In the Bedroom (2001)
5. Mulholland Drive (2001)

2002

 
1. City of God (2002)
2. Minority Report (2002)
3. Hero (2002)
4. The Pianist (2002)
5. Talk To Her (2002)

2003

 
1. American Splendor (2003)
2. In America (2003)
3. Mystic River (2003)
4. Lost In Translation (2003)
5. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

2004

 
1. Sideways (2004)
2. The Incredibles (2004)
3. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
4. The Aviator (2004)
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

2005

 
1. Munich (2005)
2. Tsotsi (2005)
3. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
4. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
5. Paradise Now (2005)

2006

 
1. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
2. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
3. Children of Men (2006)
4. Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
5. The Departed (2006)

2007

 
1. No Country For Old Men (2007)
2. Ratatouille (2007)
3. Into the Wild (2007)
4. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
5. Atonement (2007)

2008

 
1. Revolutionary Road (2008)
2. Gran Torino (2008)
3. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
4. WALL*E (2008)
5. Iron Man (2008)

2009

 
1. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
2. The Hurt Locker (2009)
3. District 9 (2009)
4. Up In the Air (2009)
5. Inglourious Basterds (2009)

2010

 
1. Inception (2010)
2. Black Swan (2010)
3. The Social Network (2010)
4. Winter's Bone (2010)
5. Certified Copy (2010)

2011

 
1. The Artist (2011)
2. Midnight In Paris (2011)
3. The Descendants (2011)
4. Moneyball (2011)
5. The Tree of Life (2011)

2012

 
1. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
2. Django Unchained (2012)
3. The Cabin In the Woods (2012)
4. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
5. Argo (2012)

2013

 
1. Gravity (2013)
2. Her (2013)
3. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
4. Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
5. Nebraska (2013)