So last year I listed my Top 5 Films Per Year from 1977-2022, and figured that now it made sense to try to expand each list from a Top 5 to a Top 10 (yes, I know I am crazy). This time around I was only able to make it as far back as 1996 because, believe it or not, even I haven’t seen every movie ever. Speaking of which, I will admit that some of these films are only on here by default because I didn’t get a chance to see any more than ten in certain years anyways…
As I like to say, here we go again:
2023
6.The Super Mario Bros. Movie
7.A Haunting in Venice
8.Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
9.The Flash
10.The Marvels
2022
6.Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
7.Elvis
8.Nope
9.Batman: The Long Halloween - Deluxe Edition
10.A Christmas Story Christmas
2021
6.Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
7.Spider-Man: No Way Home
8.No Time to Die
9.Lamb
10.The Green Knight
2020
6.Hamilton
7.Birds of Prey
8.Nomadland
9.Tenet (so bad that it’s good)
10.Wonder Woman 1984 (so bad that it’s good)
2019
6.Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
7.Shazam!
8.Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
9.Avengers: Endgame
10.Captain Marvel
2018
6.Feast of the Seven Fishes
7.Black Panther
8.Deadpool 2 (any version)
9.Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
10.Blackkklansman
2017
6.Coco
7.The Foreigner
8.The Lego Batman Movie
9.Baby Driver
10.Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
2016
6.Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
7.Doctor Strange
8.Moonlight
9.Jason Bourne (guilty pleasure)
10.Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (so bad that it’s good)
2015
6.The Revenant
7.Furious 7
8.Star Wars: The Force Awakens
9.Ant-Man
10.Jurassic World
2014
6.The Imitation Game
7.The Lego Movie
8.Edge of Tomorrow
9.John Wick
10.Ex Machina
2013
6.Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
7.White House Down
8.The Heat
9.Frozen
10.Fast & Furious 6
2012
6.Argo
7.Wreck-It Ralph
8.Looper (it’s grown on me)
9.Brave
10.The Amazing Spider-Man
2011
6.Horrible Bosses
7.50/50
8.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
9.Source Code
10.Paul
2010
6.Tangled
7.Knight and Day
8.Shutter Island
9.Iron Man 2
10.Due Date
2009
6.Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
7.2012
8.The Princess and the Frog
9.Sherlock Holmes
10.Public Enemies
2008
6.Kung Fu Panda
7.Pineapple Express
8.Gran Torino
9.The Wackness
10.The Rocker (guilty pleasure)
2007
6.Live Free or Die Hard
7.Superbad
8.The Simpsons Movie
9.Balls of Fury
10.Bee Movie (for the memes)
2006
6.Nacho Libre
7.The Prestige
8.The Devil Wears Prada
9.Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
10.Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
2005
6.Sky High
7.King Kong
8.Kicking & Screaming
9.War of the Worlds
10.Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2004
6.Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
7.The Day After Tomorrow
9.Dodgeball
9.Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
10.Napoleon Dynamite
2003
6.Holes
7.Love Actually
8.Once Upon a Time in Mexico
9.Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
10.Freaky Friday
2002
6.Austin Powers in Goldmember
7.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
8.Ice Age
9.8 Mile
10.Scooby-Doo
2001
6.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
7.Spy Kids
8.Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase
9.Serendipity
10.Legally Blonde
2000
6.Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
7.Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders
8.Me, Myself & Irene
9.High Fidelity
10.How the Grinch Stole Christmas
1999
6.Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
7.Dick
8.The Iron Giant
9.The Sixth Sense
10.Stuart Little
1998
6.Can’t Hardly Wait
7.You’ve Got Mail
8.Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
9.Hard Rain
10.The Wedding Singer
1997
6.Air Force One
7.Men in Black
8.Tomorrow Never Dies
9.Vegas Vacation (guilty pleasure)
10.Amistad
1996
6.Happy Gilmore
7.Twister
8.The Crucible
9.Romeo + Juliet
10.A Time to Kill
…Peace!
PS: You’ve probably noticed that I include a lot of superhero films on this film list, even though I once said that I agree with Martin Scorsese that MCU films are just “theme park rides” and not “cinema.” You can admit something is just a “theme park ride,” and still enjoy it. Just saying…
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