Your favorite movies of the past few decades (1 Viewer)

[RalphR]

Mine would be

1960's: The Valley of Gwangi/Sound of Music (a tie...sheesh what a contrast!)

1970's: Jaws

1980's: The Empire Stikes back

1990's: Jurassic Park

2000's: Gladiator

What's your list?

 

[Ryan L B]

1960's psycho

1970's dirty hary/star wars

1980's fast times/friday the 13th part 4.

1990's dumb and dumber

200's moulin rouge/gladiator

 

[Tim RH]

25 FILMS:
1960's: Lawrence of Arabia / 2001 / To Kill a Mockingbird / The Graduate
1970's: Star Wars / Apocalypse Now / The Godfather I & II / Taxi Driver / Jaws
1980's: E.T. / The Empire Strikes Back / Empire of the Sun / Raiders of the Lost Ark / Blade Runner
1990's: Schindler's List / Forrest Gump / JFK / Saving Private Ryan / Pulp Fiction
2000's: The Lord of the Rings: TFOTR / Moulin Rouge / Gladiator / Traffic / A.I.

 

[Patrick McCart]

1950's: North By Northwest

1960's: Lawrence of Arabia & 8 1/2

1970's: Monty Python and the Holy Grail

1980's: Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and Amadeus

1990's: Mystery Science Theater 3000

2000-2002: Moulin Rouge, Fellowship of the Ring, O Brother Where Art Thou?

I could go on forever, but that's what came to my mind.

 

[Bill J]

I'll list one per decade.

1960s- 2001: A Space Odyssey

1970s- Apocalypse Now

1980s- The Right Stuff

1990s- JFK

2000s- Black Hawk Down

 

[Matt Stone]

1950s - 12 Angry Men

1960s - To Kill A Mockingbird/The Graduate

1970s - Godfather I/Godfather II

1980s - Do The Right Thing

1990s - Bottle Rocket/JFK/L.A. Confidential

2000s - Traffic/Memento

 

[Jack Briggs]

The little grammar guru chimes in: Bill and Matt have appropriately ommitted the apostrophes from the decade listings; use an apostrophe only when indicating a possessive:

1940s: Citizen Kane

1950s: Paths of Glory

1960s: 2001: A Space Odyssey

1970s: too much from which to choose vis. 1971-1975...

1980s: none (except for Full Metal Jacket, and I'm fully aware of the pattern developing here)

1990s: Eyes Wide Shut, Goodfellas (though released in 1990), Thin Red Line, etc.

 

[Simon Massey]

To choose one film from each decade was impossible, so I had to go for 2, with great difficulty

1950s : North by Northwest

1960s : Vertigo/Rear Window

1970s : The Godfather Part II/Star Wars

1980s : ET/The Empire Strikes Back

1990s : JFK/Braveheart

2000s : AI/Moulin Rouge

 

[Terrell]

1940s - Citizen Kane

1950s - Ben-Hur

1960s - To Kill A Mockingbird

1970s - Star Wars

1980s - The Empire Strikes Back/Return of the Jedi

1990s - Jurassic Park

2000s - Gladiator

 

[george kaplan]

Very tough to pick just one, but here goes:

1920s - The Gold Rush

1930s - The Thin Man

1940s - Casablanca

1950s - Rear Window

1960s - The Apartment

1970s - The Godfather

1980s - Planes, Trains & Automobiles

1990s - Toy Story

2000s - Meet the Parents

 

[Steve Christou]

1930s: King Kong, Bride of Frankenstein, Duck Soup, Adventures of Robin Hood.
1940s: Rebecca, Casablanca, Red River, Fantasia.
1950s: Ben-Hur, North by Northwest, Rear Window, Some Like it Hot, Singin' in the Rain, Bridge on the River Kwai, Day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet, Rio Bravo (too many to list)
1960s: 2001, Lawrence of Arabia, Spartacus, El Cid, Psycho, West Side Story, Jason and the Argonauts, The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, The Longest Day, Dr.Strangelove, Goldfinger, You Only Live Twice, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Planet of the Apes.
1970s: The Godfather, The Godfather II, Taxi Driver, The Exorcist, Enter The Dragon, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Animal House, Jaws, Star Wars, Superman The Movie, Alien, The Spy Who Loved Me, Apocalypse Now
I've definitely left out many favorites, I'll post recent faves tomorrow, I'm knackered.

 

[Ches Campbell]

40's- It's a Wonderul Life
50's- Rear Window/North By Northwest
60's- Psycho, To Kill a Mockingbird
70's- Godfather
80's- Ferris Beuller's Day Off, Die Hard
90's- Shawshank Redemption, Usual Suspects, Silence of the Lambs, Se7en
00's- Traffic, Memento, Gladiator

 

[LukeB]

2000s: Monsters, Inc.

90s: The Lion King

80s: Ghostbusters

70s: Star Wars

60s: To Kill a Mockingbird

50s: Bridge on the River Kwai

40s: Pinocchio

30s: The Wizard of Oz

 

[RalphR]

Thanks for the awesome replies (and for the grammar lesson )! You gave me a fantastic list of movies I need to either rent or own. Some I haven't seen before.

 

[SteveGon]

Okay, just sticking with the last couple of decades:

1980s: The Accidental Tourist, Brazil, The Empire Strikes Back, Fitzcarraldo, Ghostbusters, The Ninth Configuration, Once Upon a Time in America, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ran, The Road Warrior, Santa Sangre, Where the Green Ants Dream

1990s: Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, Before the Rain, The Commitments, The English Patient, Gettysburg, Men With Guns, Once Were Warriors, One False Move, Pulp Fiction, Schindler's List, The Thin Red Line, Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, The Three Colors Trilogy (Blue, White, Red), Voyager

I'll probably think of some more later...

 

[Brook K]

10s: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

20s: The Passion of Joan of Arc

30s: The Blue Angel

40s: Sullivan's Travels

50s: Ikiru

60s: 2001: A Space Odyssey

70s: Taxi Driver

80s: The Decalogue

90s: Eyes Wide Shut

2000s: Requiem For A Dream/Yi Yi/Dancer In The Dark/In The Mood For Love/A.I.

 

[Evan Case]

The first ones are my picks for the decade. The rest are just a sampling of those that deserved mention.
10s: The Immigrant/Intolerance/One A.M./Cabiria
20s: Sunrise/Sherlock, Jr./Big Business/The General
30s: City Lights/Gone With the Wind/Mr. Smith Goes to Washington/Hog Wild
40s: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre/Citizen Kane/Great Expectations/Fantasia
50s: Seven Samurai/Rear Window/High Noon/La Strada
60s: 2001: A Space Odyssey/Lawrence of Arabia/Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid/Playtime
70s: Star Wars/The Godfathers I & II/Mean Streets
80s: The Empire Strikes Back/Raging Bull/Raiders of the Lost Ark/Glory
90s: Saving Private Ryan/Schindler's List/The Truman Show/Three Kings
00s: A.I./Lord of the Rings/Gladiator/Almost Famous
Evan

 

[Jefe Noche]

1960s: 2001: A Space Odessey / The Graduate / Dog Day Afternoon
1970s: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest / Taxi Driver / The Godfather
1980s: Platoon / Rain Man / The Untouchables
1990s: American Beauty / Se7en / Natural Born Killers
2000s: A Beautiful Mind / Almost Famous / Requiem for a Dream

 

[Brian Lawrence]

My pick for best of the decades is in bold text
30-All Quiet on the Western Front
31-City Lights
32-Red Dust
33-King Kong
34-It Happened One Night
35-David Copperfield
36-San Francisco
37-Snow White
38-Angels with Dirty Faces
39-Gone With the Wind
40-His Girl Friday
41-Citizen Kane
42-Sullivan's Travels
43-Song of Bernadette
44-Double Indemnity
45-Body Snatcher
46-It's A Wonderful Life
47-Black Narcissus
48-Bicycle Thief
49-Orpheus
50-Harvey
51-Strangers on a Train
52-Umberto D
53-Roman Holiday
54-Them!
55-Lady and the Tramp
56-Fordidden Planet
57-Nights of Cabiria
58-Hidden Fortess
59-Ben-Hur
60-Psycho
61-One, Two, Three
62-Ivan's Childhood
63-From Russia With Love
64-My Fair Lady
65-Slendor Thread
66-Persona
67-Jungle Book
68-Night of the Living Dead
69-Andrei Rublev
70-Claire's Knee
71-Walkabout
72-Cries and Whispers
73-Exorcist
74-Texas Chainsaw Massacre
75-Picnic at Hanging Rock
76-Network
77-Star Wars
78-Halloween
79-Manhattan
80-Empire Strikes Back
81-Road Warrior
82-Blade Runner
83-Terms of Endearment
84-Blood Simple
85-Anne of Green Gables
86-Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring
87-Housekeeping
88-Accidental Tourist
89-Crimes and Misdemeanors
90-Edward Scissorhands
91-Double Life of Veronique
92-Howards End
93-Piano
94-Red
95-A Little Princess
96-Fargo
97-Eve's Bayou
98-Big Lebowski
99-Blair Witch Project
00-Virgin Suicides
01-Ghost World

 

[Nick Sievers]

Very hard to just pick one.
1950's - Rear Window
1960's - Lawrence of Arabia
1970's - The Godfather Part II
1980's - Platoon
1990's - Pulp Fiction (Favorite film)
2000's - Traffic
I'm still debating if I should put Van Wilder in the 2000's.