My Favorite Movies 1930 – 2022

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1930 – Animal Crackers – All Quiet on the Western Front

1931 – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – M – Frankenstein – The Public Enemy  

1932 – The Most Dangerous Game – I Am a Fugitive of a Chain Gang – Horse Feathers

1933 – King Kong – The Invisible Man – Duck Soup

1934 – Tarzan and his Mate – March of the Wooden Soldiers  

1935 – The Bride of Frankenstein – Les Misérables – Mutiny on the Bounty  

1936 – Flash Gordon – The Charge of the Light Brigade – Captain January  

1937 – A Day at the Races – Heidi – The Good Earth

1938 – The Adventures of Robin Hood – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

1939 – The Wizard of Oz – Son of Frankenstein – Dodge City – Gunga Din

1940 – The Mark of Zorro – Go West – Foreign Correspondent – Dr. Cyclops

1941 – Citizen Kane – The Wolf Man – Blood and Sand – They Died with Their Boots On – Here Comes Mr. Jordan – The Big Store

1942 – I Married a Witch – Saboteur  

1943 – Arsenic and Old Lace – Shadow of a Doubt  

1944 – Double Indemnity – Lifeboat – Between Two Worlds

1945 – The Lost Weekend – Leave Her to Heaven – The Horn Blows at Midnight – The Picture of Dorian Gray

1946 – The Postman Always Rings Twice – My Darling Clementine – The Best Years of Our Life – It’s a Wonderful Life

1947 – Nightmare Alley – Kiss of Death – Miracle on 34th Street

1948 – Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein – The Three Musketeers – The Treasure of the Sierra Madre – Adventures of Don Juan

1949 – Samson and Delilah – It Happens Every Spring 

1950 – Sunset Boulevard – Quicksand 

1951 – The Thing From Another World – The Day the Earth Stood Still – Ace in the Hole – A Place in the Sun – Lost Continent  

1952 – The Iron Mistress – The Bad and the Beautiful – The Greatest Show on Earth

1953 – War of the Worlds – It Came from Outer Space – Shane

1954 – 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – Demetrius and the Gladiators – Seven Samurai – Rear Window – Them – Prince Valiant

1955 – This Island Earth – The Man with the Golden Arm – Marty   

1956 – The Ten Commandments – Invasion of the Body Snatchers – Forbidden Planet – Giant – Around the World in 80 Days – The Fastest Gun Alive – Trapeze – A Kiss Before Dying 

1957 – The Bridge on the River Kwai – 12 Angry Men – The Incredible Shrinking Man – Witness for the Prosecution – Sayonara – Jailhouse Rock – The Land Unknown

1958 – Vertigo – The Vikings – The 7th Voyage of Sinbad – The Horror of Dracula 

1959 – Ben Hur – Rio Bravo – North by Northwest – Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure – The Trap – Journey to the Center of the Earth – House on Haunted Hill – The Hound of the Baskervilles  

1960 – The Time Machine – Psycho – Flaming Star – The Magnificent 7 – The Alamo – The Swiss Family Robinson – The Lost World – North to Alaska 

1961 – One Eyed Jacks – West Side Story – The Hustler – Yojimbo  

1962 – The Manchurian Candidate – Taras Bulba – Mutiny on the Bounty – Sanjuro – Hatari! – Dr. No – How the West Was Won – State Fair  

1963 – It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World – From Russia with Love – Hud – The Birds – Jason and the Argonauts – The Man with the X-Ray Eyes 

1964 – Goldfinger – Three Outlaw Samurai – Seven Days in May – Viva Las Vegas  

1965 – Sword of Doom – The Satan Bug – Tickle Me – The Great Race – The Cincinnati Kid – Thunderball 

1966 – The Good, the Bad and The Ugly – Grand Prix – The Sand Pebbles – Our Man Flint 

1967 – Point Blank – The Graduate – You Only Live Twice – Hombre – Camelot 

1968 – Stay Away, Joe – Planet of the Apes – The Power – Dark of the Sun – Where Eagles Dare – Ice Station Zebra – Rosemary’s Baby – Coogan’s Bluff – The Scalphunters – Charly – The Detective –Bandolero – Madigan 

1969 – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service – The Wild Bunch – Midnight Cowboy – Goodbye Columbus 

1970 – Little Big Man – Catch 22 – Ryan’s Daughter – Colossus The Forbin Project 

1971 – Big Jake – A Gunfight – Billy Jack 

1972 – Deliverance – The Cowboys – The Getaway – The Hot Rock 

1973 – Enter the Dragon – High Plans Drifter – Soylent Green – Day of the Jackal – The Way We Were – Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid – Charley Varrick 

1974 – The Yakuza – The Gambler – The Godfather Part ll – The Longest Yard – McQ – Blazing Saddles – Phantom of the Paradise – The Odessa File  

1975 – Death Machines (mine) – Hard Times – Jaws – Three Days of the Condor – Rollerball – The Eiger Sanction – Posse  

1976 – Obsession – Taxi Driver – Carrie – Rocky – Network – Marathon Man – A Star is Born – The Shootist – Family Plot  

1977 – Capricorn One – Slap Shot – Sorcerer – The Other Side of Midnight  

1978 – Grease – The Silent Partner – Big Wednesday – Superman – Boys From Brazil – The Fury – Straight Time – The Buddy Holly Story – The Betsy  

1979 – Alien – Apocalypse Now – The Warriors – Time After Time  

1980 – The Shinning – Altered States – The Idolmaker  

1981 – Weapons of Death (mine) – Body Heat – The Road Warrior – Thief – American Werewolf in London – Blowout – Eye of the Needle – Sharky’s Machine  

1982 – Rocky 3 – Star Trek 2 – The Verdict – Night Shift – Death Trap – The Thing

1983 – The Dead Zone – Scarface – Risky Business  

1984 – Once Upon a Time in America – The Terminator – The Natural – The Pope of Greenwich Village – The Razor’s Edge  

1985 – Ninja Busters (mine) – Back to the Future – Lifeforce – Runaway Train – Year of the Dragon 

1986 – Aliens – The Color of Money – Back to School – Psycho 3 

1987 – The Lost Boys – Angel Heart – La Bamba – Extreme Prejudice  

1988 – Die Hard – Coming to America – Twins – Scrooged – Miracle Mile 

1989 – Sea of Love – Back to the Future 2 – Great Balls of Fire – Let it Ride – Road House – Parenthood – Johnny Handsome 

1990 – Total Recall – Goodfellows – Ghost – Back to the Future 3 – The Two Jakes 

1991 – Terminator 2 – Cape Fear – Dogfight – A Kiss Before Dying 

1992 – Unforgiven – Reservoir Dogs – My Cousin Vinny – The Player – The Public Eye

1993 – In the Line of Fire – Jurassic Park – True Romance – A Bronx Tale – Groundhog Day – Carlito’s Way – The Firm – Matinee 

1994 – Pulp Fiction – Wolf – Interview with the Vampire – True Lies – Ed Wood – Quiz Show  

1995 – Heat – Casino – Braveheart – Nick of Time – Rob Roy – Kiss of Death 

1996 – Fargo – Hard Eight – Mulholland Falls – Jerrie Maguire – Ransom – Lone Star – Jingle All The Way  

1997 – Titanic – The Devil’s Advocate – Donnie Brasco – Jackie Brown – The Game – Contact – Absolute Power   

1998 – Rounders – A Perfect Murder – Meet Joe Black – Snake Eyes – Wild Things – A Simple Plan – Ronin – The Mighty  

1999 – The Sixth Sense – Sleepy Hallow – Fight Club – Any Given Sunday – The Matrix – The Mummy – Galaxy Quest – Payback – True Crime 

2000 – Unbreakable – Lucky Numbers – What Lies Beneath – Bedazzled – Mission Impossible 2 – Frequency – Reindeer Games   

2001 – Blow – Vanilla Sky – Jurassic Park 3 – The Score – The Man Who Wasn’t There – Angel Eyes  

2002 – Signs – Road To Perdition – Blood Work  

2003 – Kill Bill – Mystic River – Identity – Terminator 3

2004 – Troy – Million Dollar Baby – Sideways – Van Helsing – Collateral – Kill Bill 2 – Alien vs. Predator – The Alamo 

2005 – War of the Worlds – King Kong – Walk the Line – Match Point  

2006 – Casino Royale – Rocky Balboa – The Omen  

2007 – Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead – Cassandra’s Dream – Michael Clayton – The Mist 

2008 – The Dark Knight – Taken – Rambo – Gran Torino – Journey to the Center of the Earth – Changeling   

2009 – Inglourious Basterds – The Hangover – Knowing  

2010 – The Wolfman – The Social Network – The Ghost Writer  

2011 – Limitless – In Time – Unknown – The Cabin in the Woods – Midnight in Paris – Moneyball – Source Code – The Thing – Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol  

2012 – Hitchcock – Django Unchained – Skyfall – Jack Reacher – Battleship – Flight – Trouble with the Curve – Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter – Arbitrage  

2013 – The Wolf of Wall Street – World War Z – Gravity – Jack the Giant Slayer – Hangover 3 – Redemption  

2014 – Lucy – Gone Girl – John Wick – Nightcrawler  

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2015 – Spectre – The Hateful Eight – Mad Max Fury Road – Jurassic World – The Big Short – The Reverent – Crimson Peak  

2016 – Nocturnal Animals – Passengers – The Founder – Allied 

2017 – Kong Skull Island – Downsizing – Brawl in Cell Block 99  

2018 – Forbidden Power (mine) – The Mule – Dragged Across Concrete  

2019 – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – The Irishman – Doctor Sleep – Joker   

2020 – The Invisible Man – Mank

2021 – Nightmare Alley – Nobody – The Last Duel – Old Henry  

2022 – I’m waiting for: Elvis – Bullet Train – Killers of the Flower Moon – MI 7 Dead Reckoning 

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My Favorite Movies By Year 1948 -1972

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1948 – Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein – The Three Musketeers – The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1949 – Samson and Delilah – It Happens Every Spring 

1950 – Sunset Boulevard – Quicksand 

1951 – The Thing From Another World – The Day the Earth Stood Still – Ace in the Hole – A Place in the Sun – Lost Continent  

1952 – The Iron Mistress – The Bad and the Beautiful – The Greatest Show on Earth

1953 – War of the Worlds – It Came from Outer Space

1954 – 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – Demetrius and the Gladiators – Seven Samurai – Rear Window – Them 

1955 – This Island Earth – The Man with the Golden Arm – Marty   

1956 – The Ten Commandments – Invasion of the Body Snatchers – Forbidden Planet – Giant – Around the World in 80 Days – The Fastest Gun Alive – Trapeze – A Kiss Before Dying 

1957 – The Bridge on the River Kwai – 12 Angry Men – The Incredible Shrinking Man – Witness for the Prosecution – Sayonara – Jailhouse Rock – The Land Unknown

1958 – Vertigo – The Vikings – The 7th Voyage of Sinbad – The Horror of Dracula 

1959 – Ben Hur – Rio Bravo – North by Northwest – Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure – The Trap – Journey to the Center of the Earth – House on Haunted Hill – The Hound of the Baskervilles  

1960 – The Time Machine – Psycho – Flaming Star – The Magnificent 7 – The Alamo – The Swiss Family Robinson – The Lost World – North to Alaska 

1961 – One Eyed Jacks – West Side Story – The Hustler – Yojimbo  

1962 – The Manchurian Candidate – Taras Bulba – Mutiny on the Bounty – Sanjuro – Hatari! – Dr. No – How the West Was Won – State Fair  

1963 – It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World – From Russia with Love – Hud – The Birds – Jason and the Argonauts – The Man with the X-Ray Eyes 

1964 – Goldfinger – Three Outlaw Samurai – Seven Days in May – Viva Las Vegas  

1965 – Sword of Doom – The Satan Bug – Tickle Me – The Great Race – The Cincinnati Kid  – Thunderball

1966 – The Good, the Bad and The Ugly – Grand Prix – The Sand Pebbles – Our Man Flint 

1967 – Point Blank – The Graduate – You Only Live Twice – Hombre – Camelot 

1968 – Stay Away, Joe – Planet of the Apes – The Power – Dark of the Sun – Where Eagles Dare – Ice Station Zebra – Rosemary’s Baby – Coogan’s Bluff – The Scalphunters – Charly – The Detective –Bandolero – Madigan 

1969 – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service – The Wild Bunch – 100 Rifles – Goodbye Columbus 

1970 – Little Big Man – Catch 22 – Ryan’s Daughter – Colossus The Forbin Project 

1971 – Big Jake – A Gunfight – Billy Jack 

1972 – Deliverance – The Cowboys – The Getaway – The Hot Rock 

I’ll end it here, as these are the movies that first inspired me to continue creatively. 

I love Robert Redford’s success walk to happy jazz music in The Hot Rock. I walk it after every completed project, tough as those projects might have been.

I wish you lots of success walks.