So awhile ago I did a list of my favorite films per year from 1960 to 2022. Recently I got bored and thought it’d be fun to expand that list into a Top 5 for each year. That said, I decided to only go as far back as 1977 this time around, as I haven’t seen enough films prior to that to make Top 5’s for 1960-1976.
This is a long-ass list, so let’s get going!
2022
1.The Batman
2.Top Gun: Maverick
3.Avatar: The Way of Water
4.Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
5.Death on the Nile
2021
1.Dune
2.The Suicide Squad
3.Spider-Man: No Way Home
4.Free Guy
5.The Mitchells vs. the Machines
2020
1.Onward
2.Star Wars: Siege of Mandalore*
3.Soul
4.Hamilton
5.Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
*I consider it a film
2019
1.Feast of the Seven Fishes
2.Knives Out
3.Jojo Rabbit
4.1917
5.Ford v Ferrari
2018
1.Avengers: Infinity War
2.Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
3.Mission: Impossible - Fallout
4.Solo: A Star Wars Story
5.Game Night
2017
1.War for the Planet of the Apes
2.Logan
3.Thor: Ragnarok
4.Wonder Woman
5.Coco
2016
1.Arrival
2.Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
3.Star Trek Beyond
4.The Founder
5.Hidden Figures
2015
1.Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
2.The Martian
3.Mad Max: Fury Road
4.Inside Out
5.The Revenant
2014
1.Guardians of the Galaxy
2.Captain America: The Winter Soldier
3.Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
4.22 Jump Street
5.X-Men: Days of Future Past
2013
1.The Wolf of Wall Street
2.Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
3.Snowpiercer
4.Despicable Me 2
5.Gravity
2012
1.Django Unchained
2.Skyfall
3.The Avengers
4.21 Jump Street
5.Ted
2011
1.Midnight in Paris
2.Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
3.Rise of the Planet of the Apes
4.The Muppets
5.Arthur Christmas
2010
1.Inception
2.Toy Story 3
3.Despicable Me
4.The Other Guys
5.The Social Network
2009
1.Up
2.Star Trek
3.Nowhere Boy
4.The Road
5.Avatar
2008
1.Wall-E
2.The Dark Knight
3.Tropic Thunder
4.Iron Man
5.Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2007
1.No Country for Old Men
2.The Bourne Ultimatum
3.Ratatouille
4.There Will Be Blood
5.Live Free or Die Hard
2006
1.The Departed
2.Casino Royale
3.Borat
4.Idiocracy
5.Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
2005
1.Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2.Batman Begins
3.Serenity
4.Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
5.Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2004
1.Team America: World Police
2.Spider-Man 2
3.The Bourne Supremacy
4.Shrek 2
5.Sideways
2003
1.School of Rock
2.The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
3.Finding Nemo
4.The Room
5.Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
2002
1.The Bourne Identity
2.Spider-Man
3.Minority Report
4.The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
5.Austin Powers in Goldmember
2001
1.The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2.Zoolander
3.Shrek
4.A Beautiful Mind
5.Ocean’s Eleven
2000
1.Gladiator
2.Chicken Run
3.X-Men
4.Cast Away
5.Memento
1999
1.Office Space
2.Toy Story 2
3.Fight Club
4.The Matrix
5.The Iron Giant
1998
1.The Big Lebowski
2.Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
3.Enemy of the State
4.The Truman Show
5.Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
1997
1.The Fifth Element
2.Good Will Hunting
3.Liar Liar
4.Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
5.Titanic
1996
1.That Thing You Do!
2.Matilda
3.Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
4.From Dusk till Dawn
5.Mission: Impossible
1995
1.Toy Story
2.GoldenEye
3.Apollo 13
4.Heat
5.Die Hard with a Vengeance
1994
1.Pulp Fiction
2.True Lies
3.Speed
4.The Lion King
5.Dumb and Dumber
1993
1.The Fugitive
2.Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
3.Jurassic Park
4.Groundhog Day
5.Cool Runnings
1992
1.My Cousin Vinny
2.Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
3.Batman Returns
4.A Few Good Men
5.Patriot Games
1991
1.Terminator 2: Judgment Day
2.Silence of the Lambs
3.The Commitments
4.Point Break
5.Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey
1990
1.Goodfellas
2.Home Alone
3.Back to the Future Part III
4.Total Recall
5.Dances with Wolves
1989
1.National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
2.Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
3.Back to the Future Part II
4.Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
5.Honey I Shrunk the Kids
1988
1.Die Hard
2.Funny Farm
3.Beetlejuice
4.Stand and Deliver
5.My Neighbor Totoro
1987
1.The Princess Bride
2.Moonstruck
3.Lethal Weapon
4.The Living Daylights
5.Robocop
1986
1.Aliens
2.Platoon
3.Crocodile Dundee
4.Pretty in Pink
5.Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
1985
1.Back to the Future
2.Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
3.Clue
4.The Goonies
5.Ladyhawk
1984
1.Amadeus
2.The Terminator
3.Ghostbusters
4.Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
5.Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1983
1.Scarface
2.Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
3.National Lampoon’s Vacation
4.A Christmas Story
5.WarGames
1982
1.E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
2.The Thing
3.Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
4.Blade Runner
5.The Dark Crystal
1981
1.Raiders of the Lost Ark
2.Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
3.Escape from New York
4.For Your Eyes Only
5.The Fox and the Hound
1980
1.The Shining
2.Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
3.The Blues Brothers
4.Airplane
5.Superman II
1979
1.Alien
2.Mad Max
3.Apocalypse Now
4.The Warriors
5.Hardcore
1978
1.National Lampoon’s Animal House
2.Superman: The Movie
3.Grease
4.Halloween
5.The Lord of the Rings
1977
1.Star Wars
2.Saturday Night Fever
3.Wizards
4.Close Encounters of the Third Kind
5.The Hobbit
…Well that was fun!
Peace!
Related: 2023 Pop Culture Review
Related: My Top 10 Films Per Year, 1996-2023
