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Nice list. I did a double take on Erik the Viking. While I'd not pick it as my favorite I *do* like the movie. Based on most reviews I'd guess we're among a very small handful of people who do. Almost every movie you selected prior to 1970 is among my favorites for those years.

I'll admit to never having heard of it before it was mentioned in this thread. However, I'm not much of a Hitchcock fan, mostly due to some of his filming techniques which I find incredibly distracting*, and primarily know of his more well known releases from the 50s and 60s. I'm the guy who...

I read the Victor Hugo novel in HS - long before I saw the film - and really liked it - enough so that I read several other works from Hugo and liked them all (the 1935 filmed version of "Les Miserables" another excellent adaptation and I shake my head in bewilderment that the story was turned...

Yeah, 1941 was tough. My choice of Buck Privates won out over The Wolf Man by the slimmest of margins, and like many other choices could easily flip the next time I make such a list. I, too, like The Wolf Man best of all the Universal Monster flicks and chose Abbott & Costello over it simply...

I've purchased 3 copies of Schindler's List - the "Plain Jane" DVD which was my first viewing, an upgrade SE DVD version, and the 20th Anniversary LE BR edition. I've never watched the upgrade SE DVD, purchased ~8 years ago, or the BR, purchased almost exactly 3 years ago, simply because of how...

I avoided the silent era simply because I truly do not own many silents with most years having only one or two choices. There are a few I greatly enjoy but they rarely get viewed because I absolutely have to be in the right frame of mind for a silent movie. My hands down favorite version of...

I had much the same decision process with Schindler's List. I like the film and consider it to be one of the best films Spielberg's ever made, but, due to the subject matter, I can't say I enjoy the film. It was a quite odd experience when it came down to, essentially, those two. I'd also...

There were more than a few times when that "snob factor" threatened to derail my list. I then resolved myself, took the thread title to heart, and made mine my *favorite* films from each year. Those films I flat out enjoy watching over and over. The ones that bring me joy and happiness...

I *really* wanted to like 2017's Dunkirk. It's well made but suffers from music where none would be more appropriate and visuals that look like CGI and go on and on and on turning scenes that should be exiting and tense into repetitious boredom. It's the film that finally convinced me I just...

I stopped at 2017 as I've just not seen many films past that year, frankly I'd just barely seen enough from 2015 on to make somewhat valid choices. Any of you who've read my past posts know I tend to eschew the majority of films nominated for "Best Picture" as most just are not in genres I...

I did mine in a few hours that day using mostly wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_by_year When I got to the mid-90s or so I switched to IMDB advance search as it showed the films from "most to least popular" and I'd look through the first 200-300 or so. That was due to...

I'm sure! It was another tough year as that one also has On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Easy Rider, The Wild Bunch, Take the Money and Run, and several other favorites. As it's one of a handful of musicals I actually like and will watch without someone else making the selection I felt it had...

Here's mine - and it was an incredibly tough list to make. For many years I struggled with what I'd call my "favorite" as there were many. Other years I struggled to actually *find* a "favorite" as I just didn't consider them to be very good years. As always, I totally ignored popularity...