Empire's Top films of the past 30 years



I read the Empire's article and thought of doing this - but I absolutely hate making a definitive choice for 'best film' as a lot of the time it depends on my mood! :)
*Also I hate a lot of 'popular' films - eg Titanic, Forrest Gump, Love Actually, Saving Private Ryan etc etc.
 
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chriswallace85 said:
1989 - Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade
1990 - Goodfellas
1991 - Terminator 2 or Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1992 - The Last of the Mohicans or Unforgiven
1993 - The Fugitive (bit of a shit year 93)
1994 - Dumb & Dumber
1995 - Toy Story (another naff year)
1996 - Independence Day
1997 - Austin Powers (yet another crap year)
1998 - Saving Private Ryan
1999 - South Park
2000 - Gladiator
2001 - The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 - The Two Towers
2003 - Pirates of the Caribbean or Love Actually
2004 - Anchorman
2005 - Revenge of the Sith or Wedding Crashers
2006 - The Departed
2007 - Ratatouille
2008 - Step Brothers
2009 - Inglorious Basterds
2010 - The Other Guys (not much to pick from)
2011 - and I thought 2010 was bad... Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2
2012 - Django Unchained
2013 - The Wolf of Wall Street
2014 - terrible year... The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2015 - The Revenant
2016 - Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
2017 - Sing (even though it's probably 2016 technically)
2018 - Dinnar yet. Maybe Solo, Crimes of Grindlewald or summit I haven't seen.
2019 - Dinnar yet, but definitely not Star Wars unless Chewie wakes up to find Han in the shower and the last few years have all been a bad dream.
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1990 - Goodfellas
1991 - Terminator 2 (tied with Silence of the Lambs)
2006 - The Departed
2009 - Inglorious Basterds
2013 - The Wolf of Wall Street

Agree with these, probably.
 
Keawyeds said:
Empire 30: Vote For Your Favourite Films Of The Last 30 Years

Pick your favourite film for each year. By all means put them in here too so we can all belittle your choices or praise you for being a film aficionado.

Don't feel like you have to put them all in but if you can nail down one per year you've don well.
So far I'm on...

1989 - Batman
1990 - Home Alone
1991 - The Silence of the Lambs
1992 - Batman Returns
1993 - Jurassic Park
1994 - The Lion King (tough year to pick from)
1995 - Seven (tough year to pick from)
1996 - Scream (tough year to pick from) - Purely for Wes Craven creating the "Teen Slasher" genre
1997 - LA Confidential - I couldn't vote for Titanic
1998 - Saving Private Ryan
1999 - The Matrix - Still an incredible film. I refuse to believe there are sequels.
2000 - Gladiator - Predictable shout, but still a great film.
2001 - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 - 28 Days Later
2003 - Monster - It would be easy to pick Kill Bill Pt 1
2004 - SAW - I wouldn't usually pick a horror film, but the twist in SAW was very well done. It's just a shame they've ruined it by doing a ton more
2005 - Batman Begins
2006 - V for Vendetta (UK release 2006)
2007 - Stardust - Neil Gaiman does quality work. I thought No Country for Old Men was good, but I enjoyed that more.
2008 - The Dark Knight
2009 - Zombieland
2010 - The King's Speech
2011 - Captain America: The First Avenger
2012 - The Avengers
2013 - 12 Years A Slave (tough year to pick from)
2014 - The LEGO Movie (really tough year to pick from) - I make absolutely no apologies for this.
2015 - The Hateful Eight
2016 - Deadpool
2017 - Thor Ragnarok
2018 - Avengers: Infinity War
2019 - Joker - I have a good feeling about it. Not easy to pick as it's only July but there's my shouts!
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1989 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1990 - Goodfellas
1991 - Terminator 2 Judgement Day
1992 - A Few Good Men
1993 - Jurassic Park
1994 - Forrest Gump (Don't rate pulp fiction to the same level others do, I know shawshank is quality but I still prefer Gump)
1995 - Toy Story (but braveheart is a close 2nd)
1996 - The Rock
1997 - The full Monty (Fuck Titanic)
1998 - Saving Private Ryan
1999 - The Matrix
2000 - Gladiator
2001 - Training Day
2002 - LOTR: The Two Towers
2003 - LOTR: The Return of the King
2004 - Team America
2005 - Lord of War (Incredibly underrated)
2006 - Casino Royale
2007 - American Gangster
2008 - The Dark Knight
2009 - Inglorious Basterds
2010 - Inception
2011 - Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Best one of the entire series imo)
2012 - Skyfall (Django a very close 2nd)
2013 - The Wolf of Wall Street
2014 - The Edge of Tomorrow (Unreal and underrated)
2015 - Mad Max: Fury Road
2016 - Deadpool
2017 - Logan
2018 - Avengers: Infinity War
2019 - Avengers: Endgame
 
Older ones I've gone with things I've watched and rewatched time and time again and still enjoy. Gets harder with recent years, there's a lot of films I just haven't seen yet (no chance 2018 and 19 will be there if I'm asked the question in a couple of years)

1989 - Indian a Jones and the Last Crusade
1990 - Tremors (fuck off, I loved it as a kid)
1991 - Terminator 2
1992 - A few good men
1993 - Groundhog Day (if it was best film. I'd be saying Schindler's List)
1994 - Natural born killers (OP is right, tough year to pick from)
1995 - Casino
1996 - Happy Gilmore
1997 - Gattica
1998 - The Big Lebowski
1999 - South Park Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (tough call, fight club was the same year)
2000 - High Fidelity
2001 - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 - The Count of Monte Cristo (piss off :lol:)
2003 - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (great film came out of nowhere, shame they didn't leave it there)
2004 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005 - Sin City
2006 - Thank You for Smoking
2007 - 300
2008 - In Bruges
2009 - Inglourious Basterds
2010 - Four Lions
2011 - The Inbetweeners (honourable mention to The Muppets)
2012 - The Avengers
2013 - The Wolf of Wall Street
2014 - Guardians of the Galaxy
2015 - The Big short
2016 - Kubo and the two strings
2017 - Thor Ragnarok
2018 - Tag
2019 - Endgame
 
HABA87 said:
From my IMDB scores. A few the same as the OP. :lol:

1989 Lethal Weapon 2
1990 Tremors
1991 Point Break
1992 The Muppets Christmas Carol
1993 Cliffhanger
1994 Shallow Grave
1995 Se7en
1996 Trainspotting
1997 LA Confidential
1998 The Truman Show
1999 The Matrix
2000 Gladiator
2001 Monsters Inc.
2002 Minority Report :eek:
2003 Lost in Translation
2004 Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind
2005 Lord of War
2006 The Prestige
2007 Superbad
2008 In Bruges
2009 Moon
2010 Animal Kingdom
2011 Warrior
2012 The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2013 Short Term 12
2014 Whiplash
2015 Mad Max Fury Road
2016 La La Land
2017 Paddington 2
2018 Spider-Man Into The Spiderverse
2019 Avengers Endgame
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Can't remember anything about it but I definitely watched it as a kid.

Cockney Mackem said:
:eek: :lol:
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Would the last jedi make your list? ;)

chriswallace85 said:
Shite year to be fair.
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The Numbers - Top-Grossing Movies of 2005

*Shudders*
 
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MackneyHackem said:
I was well up for filling it in until I realised each year didn't have a shortlist.
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Aye... I was expecting the same

Had to search best movies of 199_ and then change every year to get through it like.

Probably missed a few.

Cockney Mackem said:
I would struggle to name a Star Wars prequel as the best of a year where no other films were released
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:lol:

Revenge of the sith was alright..... you have got a point tbf
 
chriswallace85 said:
I like it. It's a good yarn - as most Dumas tales are. I forget what year it was but I always enjoy The Man In The Iron Mask anarl.

They should do a proper Three Musketeers I reckon. One that isn't Charlie Sheen & Chris O'Donnell, or that god awful steam punk mess.
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Don't disagree.

When I flicked through the list of films released that year I was surprised that was my pick. I've easily watched it half a dozen times over the years.
 

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