Best/Favorite Movie Each Year of the Past Decade

[Fud 9,552]

This was a prompt on film twitter on Monday, although it turned into best of the last 12 years because these idiots can't count

Anyway, here's my 2022-2013 in bold, with runners up in order. I've yet to have seen most of the bigger movies of 2023 so far, so I'll leave that choice off for now. 

2023: When Evil Lurks, The Holdovers John Wick 4, The Killer, Infinity Pool

2022: Top Gun: Maverick, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Terrifier 2, Banshees, Deadstream

2021: Mad God, Old Henry, Dune, The Green Knight

2020: Possessor, Palm Springs, The Empty Man, Anything for Jackson

2019: Parasite, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Doctor Sleep, JoJo Rabbit 

2018: Hereditary, Burning, Under the Silver Lake, Climax, The Favourite 

2017: Atomic Blonde, Get Out, You Were Never Really Here, Revenge, Tigers are not Afraid

2016: The Handmaiden, Neon Demon, A Dark Song

2015: Ex Machina, Sicario, The Witch, Fury Road, The Blackcoat's Daughter. Probably four of my favorite five or six movies of this timeframe.

2014: Whiplash, Phoenix, Leviathan, Grand Budapest Hotel, Gone Girl, Guardians of the Galaxy, Edge of Tomorrow

2013: The Great Beauty, Her, Stoker, New World, V/H/S, Borgman, Blue Ruin, Holy Motors, Prisoners

Mostly horror, sci-fi, and South Korean. Sounds about right 

What do you got?

 

[Reynolds Woodcock 4,799]

Excellent thread. Changes by the day, but best shot:

2023: KOTFM, Zone of Interest, Past Lives, When Evil Lurks, Passages

2022: Aftersun, Tar, Speak No Evil, Decision To Leave, X

2021: Drive My Car, Licorice Pizza, Worst Person in the World, Memoria, Saint Maude (shout out Souvenir Pt II, Benedetta and Malignant)

2020: The Empty Man, The Vast of Night, Possessor, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Mangrove 

2019: Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood, Midsommar, Parasite, Marriage Story, Lighthouse (such a great year, shout out Souvenir, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, etc.)

2018: First Reformed, Minding the Gap, Hereditary, Roma, Burning

2017: Phantom Thread, Good Time, Get Out, Lady Bird, Florida Project

2016: The Invitation, Everybody Wants Some, Train to Busan, Green Room, Arrival

2015: Ex Machina, The Witch, Sicario, Mad Max, Hateful 8,

2014: Under The Skin, Phoenix, Whiplash, Nightcrawler, Inherent Vice 

2013: Wolf of Wall Street, Frances Ha, VHS, Inside Llewyn Davis, Before Midnight (Holy Motors would be 2 if it qualifies, I thought it was 2012)

[Fud 9,552]

Looks like Holy Motors is 2012, oops

[Carl Spackler 3,502]

 

These were my favorites (at least as much as I can recall), not necessarily the "best" as works of art.

 

2023 -- Oppenheimer

2022 -- Emily the Criminal [Banshees is a close second.  2022 generally sucked in terms of movies, IMO.]

2021 -- Belfast [2021 was pretty bad as well]

2020 -- Nomadland

2019 -- OUATIH/Ford v. Ferrari

2018 -- The Favourite

2017 -- The Post

2016 -- Hell or High Water  [really enjoyed La La Land as well]

2015 -- Sicario

2014 --  Whiplash/The Homesman

2013 -- American Hustle

Edited February 7 by Carl Spackler

[someguy 1,509]

2023 - Past Lives, Anatomy of a Fall, Zone of Interest

2022 - EEAAO, Banshees, Tar, Master Gardner

2021 - Nine Days, The Green Knight, The Card Counter

2020 - Sound of Metal, The Killing of Two Lovers, Promising Young Woman

2019 - A Hidden Life, Parasite, Knives Out, The Two Popes, Ad Astra 

2018 - Phantom Thread, First Reformed, Ash is the Purest White, Leave No Trace

2017 - Florida Project, Dunkirk, A Ghost Story

2016 - La La Land, Manchester By the Sea, Silence

2015 - Ex Machina, Mad Max Fury Road, Inside Out

2014 - Whiplash, Force Majeure, Leviathan, Two Days One Night, The Lego Movie

2013 - Her, Locke, Frances Ha, Inside Llewyn Davis

[Reynolds Woodcock 4,799]

Shit, I forgot about Force Majeure and Silence. Great movies

[MagicSoccerSpray 1,732]

No Nice Guys?

[DDD Dad 14,347]

So far I've got:

2023 - American Fiction, Holdovers, Oppenheimer (still need to see Past Lives, Zone of Interest, Poor Things)

2022 - Banshees (and nothing else came close)

2021 - French Dispatch (but didn't see CODA, tick tick Boom, West Side Story, or Licorice Pizza)

2020 - Nomadland, Da 5 Bloods, Promising Young Woman (didn't see Minari, Sound of Metal, or Mank)

2019 - Jojo Rabbit, 1917, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

2018 - Roma, Isle of Dogs, Ballad of Buster Scruggs, BlacKkKlansman, 

2017 - Three Billboards, Dunkirk, Get Out  (didn't see Darkest Hour, Lady Bird, or Phantom Thread; Shape of Water was stupid).

2016 - Arrival, Hell or High Water, Lion, Hidden Figures (didn't see Moonlight, La La Land, or Manchester by the Sea)

2015 - The Revenant, The Martian, Spotlight (didn't see Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Room, Brooklyn, Mad Max)

2014 - Grand Budapest Hotel, Fury, Birdman, Imitation Game (didn't see Boyhood or Selma)

 

[Carl Spackler 3,502]

I probably should have at least mentioned The Revenant for 2015.  Great movie.  It got a little too metaphysical at times, but just the bear mauling scene and fight scene between Leo and Tom Hardy by themselves made it worth the price of admission, IMO.

[Helobious 9,464]

3 hours ago, someguy said:

2023 - Past Lives, Anatomy of a Fall, Zone of Interest

2022 - EEAAO, Banshees, Tar, Master Gardner

2021 - Nine Days, The Green Knight, The Card Counter

2020 - Sound of Metal, The Killing of Two Lovers, Promising Young Woman

2019 - A Hidden Life, Parasite, Knives Out, The Two Popes, Ad Astra 

2018 - Phantom Thread, First Reformed, Ash is the Purest White, Leave No Trace

2017 - Florida Project, Dunkirk, A Ghost Story

2016 - La La Land, Manchester By the Sea, Silence

2015 - Ex Machina, Mad Max Fury Road, Inside Out

2014 - Whiplash, Force Majeure, Leviathan, Two Days One Night, The Lego Movie

2013 - Her, Locke, Frances Ha, Inside Llewyn Davis

Florida Project is probably in my top 5 of worst movies I’ve ever seen 

[someguy 1,509]

Sean Baker must be thrilled.

[Reynolds Woodcock 4,799]

13 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Florida Project is probably in my top 5 of worst movies I’ve ever seen 

This guy truly delivers, no matter the topic. It’s an impressive skill.

[Helobious 9,464]

16 minutes ago, Reynolds Woodcock said:

This guy truly delivers, no matter the topic. It’s an impressive skill.

Uhm, have you ever seen it? The girl’s mom is one of the most unlikeable movie characters in film history. 

[Michael Knight 12,994]

Best of the year and honorable mentions

2023 - Poor Things , Barbie, Oppenheimer , Killers of the Flower Moon 

2022 - Top Gun: Maverick , Everything Everywhere All At Once, Fabelmans

2021 - Dune , Fucking pandemic

2020 - Promising Young Woman, Trial of the Chicago 7, One Night in Miami

2019 - Parasite, 1917, Joker, Jojo Rabbit, Little Women, Knives Out, Avengers End Game

2018 - Roma, The Favourite, BlacKkKlansman, Mission Impossible - Fallout

2017 - Lady Bird , The Post, Three Billboards, Dunkirk, Thor:Ragnarok

2016 - Arrival, Hell or High Water, Manchester by the Sea, Moonlight

2015 -  Mad Max, Spotlight, Bridge of Spies, The Martian, The Revenant, The Big Short, Inside Out

2014 -  Birdman, Gone Girl, Nightcrawler, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Captain America : Winter Soldier, Interstellar

[BigOrange1 6,470]

My favorites from each year (including 2013 because that is my favorite movie on the entire list)

 

2023 - Oppenheimer

2022 - Pearl (this one is almost by default as I have not seen hardly any 2022 movies, but I did like it)

2021 - Cruella

2020 - The Invisible Man

2019 - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

2018 - BlacKkKlansman

2017 - Wind River

2016 - War Dogs

2015 - Sicaro

2014 - Boyhood

2013 - The Wolf of Wall Street

[kingkoopa6 8,377]

2024 - Dune 2 prolly 

2023 - Past Lives. Oppenheimer 

2022 - Batman. Maverick 

2021 - Dune. Coda 

2020 - sound of metal. Tenet 

2019 - the king. Once Upon  

2018 - a star is born. 

2017 - coco. The Big SICK

2016 - rogue one. 

2015 - sicario. The Big SHORT

2014 - interstellar. Whiplash 

Edited February 8 by kingkoopa6

[Dbeasy 15,087]

Still haven’t seen a lot of the contenders

2023 Oppenheimer
2022 Top Gun Maverick
2021 Don’t Look Up
2020 Greyhound (terrible year)
2019 OUTH
2018 Vice
2017 Baby Driver
2016 La La Land
2015 The Big Short
2014 Whiplash
2013 American hustle

[henrygandorf 29,194]

2015 was a great movie year lost in a sea of not-so-great movie years.

also, the more i see american hustle, the more i think it might be the best american movie of the 2010's.  i said what i said.

[Neonmoon 38,130]

 

2023 - Oppenheimer, Indiana Jones, Barbie

2022 - Banshees, All Quiet on the Western Front, Thirteen Lives

2021 - Dune, Coda, Don’t Look Up

2020 - Greyhound, Tenet, Palm Springs

2019 - Jojo Rabbit, Sound of Metal, 1917

2018 - The Favourite, Leave No Trace, A Quiet Place

2017 - Dunkirk, Blade Runner 2049, Thor: Ragnarok 

2016 - Hell or High Water, Deadpool, The Nice Guys

2015 - The Revenant, The Big Short, Mad Max: Fury Road

2014 - Interstellar, Fury, The Drop

2013 - Dallas Buyers Club, Wolf of Wall Street, Blue is the Warmest Colour

[DDD Dad 14,347]

21 hours ago, kingkoopa6 said:

2017 - coco. The Big SICK

Ooh.  Forgot about the Big Sick.  I really liked that.

[DDD Dad 14,347]

On 2/7/2024 at 4:12 PM, BigOrange1 said:

2017 - Wind River

Also overlooked this one.  It would have been a close second to Three Billboards.

[Carl Spackler 3,502]

19 minutes ago, DDD Dad said:

Also overlooked this one.  It would have been a close second to Three Billboards.

Yeah, Wind River was up there in '17 for me as well, as was Three Billboards.

[bschoolprof 6,272]

1990: Goodfellas

1991: Silence of the lambs

1992: Tie: A few good men/Unforgiven

1993: Schindler's list

1994: Tie: Shawshank / Pulp Fiction

1995: Braveheart

1996: Fargo

1997: LA Confidential

1998: Saving Private Ryan

1999: 6th sense

2000: Traffic

I didn't follow directions because movies today are total fucking shit.  

[kingkoopa6 8,377]

Damn  cycling through the 90s list of movies. Good god  so many good flicks 

93- rudy 

94 - gump 

95 - braveheart

96 - the rock 

97 - titanic

98 - saving ryans private 

99 - matrix 

00 - gladiator 

[gofuckyourself 8,377]

10 hours ago, Erin Dalton said:

This is such a fun topic! Here’s my list of favorite movies from the past decade:

• 2013: Gravity – Stunning visuals and a gripping story.
• 2014: Interstellar – Mind-blowing sci-fi with an emotional core.
• 2015: Mad Max: Fury Road – Non-stop action and incredible cinematography.
• 2016: La La Land – A beautiful mix of music, romance, and dreams.
• 2017: Get Out – A unique thriller with a powerful message.
• 2018: Avengers: Infinity War – Epic storytelling and unforgettable moments.
• 2019: Parasite – A masterpiece blending humor, drama, and suspense.
• 2020: Soul – A heartfelt exploration of life and purpose.
• 2021: Dune – Visually stunning and faithful to the novel.
• 2022: Top Gun: Maverick – A perfect mix of nostalgia and action.

Movies are such a great way to reflect on each year! For those looking to publish their creative content or reviews, Harvard Publications Hub is a fantastic platform for sharing your ideas.

Would agree with several of these.

But I'm surprised how few times Edge of Tomorrow was listed for 2014.

Interstellar was great, but for pure entertainment, comedy, thrills etc. it's Edge of Tomorrow for me hands down. I can re-watch it about every 4 months and each time I'm enthralled with the story, acting, editing, pace and overall work.

[Rimbo 26,059]