Empire's Top films of the past 30 years

[Copalis]

Couldn’t be arsed to search IMDB so these are from Wiki

1989 - The Abyss
1990 - Ghost
1991 - The Commitments
1992 - Last of the Mohicans
1993 - Groundhog Day
1994 - Shawshank Redemption
1995 - Apollo 13
1996 - The English Patient
1997 - The Full Monty
1998 - You’ve got Mail - pretty poor year.
1999 - The Talented Mr Ripley
2000 - Cast Away
2001 - A Beautiful Mind
2002 - The Pianist
2003 - Master & Commander - The Far Side of the World
2004 - Hotel Rwanda
2005 - Capote
2006 - Casino Royale
2007 - The Bucket List
2008 - Cassandra’s Dream or In Bruges, I can’t decide
2009- The Soloist
2010 - The King’s Speech - a pretty barren year
2011 - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012 - Searching For Sugarman
2013 - Saving Mr Banks
2014 - Imitation Game
2015 - The 33
2016 - Lion
2017 - Get Out, or The Post
2018 - BlackkKlansman
2019 - so far: Yesterday

Good shout for the English Patient, somewhat enhanced by the sight of Juliette Binoche fingering a Sunderland scarf.

 

[Keawyeds]

you like bloke in costumes with tights and leather it seems.

Do we scratch off 1989 and put in 2020 if we want to play along now?

And LEGO.
Batman is brilliant.

Nah, keep 1989 and stick your 2020 pick in.

 

[Football Dinosaur]

Wouldn't do if we were all the same!
I'd probably watch Goodfellas over Home Alone these days, but as Christmas films go, it's a belter albeit probably a bit dated now

When I take over conformaty will be mandatory or you'll be sent to camps or exicuted! You have been warned!

 

[Keawyeds]

When I take over conformaty will be mandatory or you'll be sent to camps or exicuted! You have been warned!

Is that murdered by a South African?

 

[Iceman97]

1989 - Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
1990 - Goodfellas
1991 - The Silence of the Lambs
1992 - Unforgiven
1993 - Jurassic Park
1994 - Pulp Fiction
1995 - Toy Story
1996 - Fargo
1997 - L.A. Confidential
1998 - Saving Private Ryan
1999 - American Beauty
2000 - O Brother, Where Art Thou
2001 - LOTR: The Fellowship of The Ring
2002 - LOTR: The Two Towers
2003 - LOTR: The Return of the King
2004 - Kill Bill Vol. 2
2005 - Batman Begins
2006 - The Departed
2007 - There Will Be Blood
2008 - The Dark Knight
2009 - Inglorious Basterds
2010 - Inception
2011 - Moneyball
2012 - Django Unchained
2013 - The Wolf of Wall Street
2014 - Interstellar
2015 - Sicario
2016 - Captain America: Civil War
2017 - Dunkirk
2018 - Avengers: Infinity War
2019 - Parasite
2020 - I'm Thinking of Ending Things

 

[Drexl]

1989 - Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
1990 - Goodfellas
1991 - The Silence of the Lambs
1992 - Unforgiven
1993 - Jurassic Park
1994 - Pulp Fiction
1995 - Toy Story
1996 - Fargo
1997 - L.A. Confidential
1998 - Saving Private Ryan
1999 - American Beauty
2000 - O Brother, Where Art Thou
2001 - LOTR: The Fellowship of The Ring
2002 - LOTR: The Two Towers
2003 - LOTR: The Return of the King
2004 - Kill Bill Vol. 2
2005 - Batman Begins
2006 - The Departed
2007 - There Will Be Blood
2008 - The Dark Knight
2009 - Inglorious Basterds
2010 - Inception
2011 - Moneyball
2012 - Django Unchained
2013 - The Wolf of Wall Street
2014 - Interstellar
2015 - Sicario
2016 - Captain America: Civil War
2017 - Dunkirk
2018 - Avengers: Infinity War
2019 - Parasite
2020 - I'm Thinking of Ending Things

Toy Story over Heat in 95? Flair would not approve

 

[Motor City Cobra]

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!

Fuck me, stopped reading at batman 1989 Minging.

 

[HABA87]

2007 Superbad

Changed 2007 to No Country For Old Men.

Cheers.

 

[Iceman97]

Toy Story over Heat in 95? Flair would not approve

Yeah I wasn't really a lover of Heat. Unlike a few of the other ones mentioned it really does feel like every minute of its runtime.

 

[Keawyeds]

Fuck me, stopped reading at batman 1989 Minging.

Tim Burton's classic interpretation? What's wrong with it?

 

[Motor City Cobra]

Tim Burton's classic interpretation? What's wrong with it?

It’s f***ing shit

 

[Clean Bristow]

Train spotting got to be in there.

 

[Keawyeds]

It’s f***ing shit

What a balanced well rounded argument

 

[Big Duke Six]

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!

Why the batman wankfest? Awful films.

 

[Keawyeds]

Why the batman wankfest? Awful films.

Not true.
Batman and Robin and Batman Forever are awful.
The others are not.