Walt Disney Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 (edited) This is a vote to determine the best movie per year from 1930 to 2012. We will not vote for 2013 since the year is not finished yet. Even if everyone else thinks that a movie is horrible, but you feel the movie is the best movie released that year, then vote for it. The Rules: 1) Vote by either PM'ing me your ballot or posting your ballot in this thread. You can do both, but your vote will only be counted once. 2) You can only vote for 1 movie per year. 3) The year of release will be what is listed on IMDB. 4) The movie must be released in the movie theater. No made for TV movies are allowed unless they also had a documented theatrical release. 5) Foreign films are allowed to be voted on. 6) Animated Films are allowed to be voted on. Each movie will get 1 point for each vote. There will only be 1 winner for each year. For any ties, we will have tie-breaker run-offs. Voting ends October 20, 2013 at 11:59 PM Eastern time. Any ballots received at midnight Oct. 21 Eastern or afterwards will not be counted. If you do not want to vote for a movie for certain years, then you don't have to. You can vote for as many or few years as you want to. If you only want to submit a ballot with 1 movie, then that is fine. All votes must be in this format: Year: Movie (ex. 1930: All Quiet on the Western Front). Please use that format for every year you decide to vote for. Edited September 13, 2013 by Walt Disney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rukaio101 Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Here's a full list of the years involved to save people having to type it all out. 1930:1931:1932:1933:1934:19351936:1937:1938:1939:1940:1941:1942:1943:1944:1945:1946:1947:1948:1949:1950:1951:1952:1953:1954:1955:1956:1957:1958:1959:1960:1961:1962:1963:1964:1965:1966:1967:1968:1969:1970:1971:1972:1973:1974:1975:1976:1977:1978:1979:1980:1981:1982:1983:1984:1985:1986:1987:1988:1989:1990:1991:1992:1993:1994:1995:1996:1997:1998:1999:2000:2001:2002:2003:2004:2005:2006:2007:2008:2009:2010:2011:2012: I'll put my own entries down soon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 3) The year of release is the original United States premier of the movie. The film is not eligible to be voted on in other years. 5) Foreign films are allowed. If they were released in the U.S., then they belong to their U.S. premier year. If they were never released in the U.S., then the year used is the year they were released in their country of origin. it can be difficult to figure out release patterns, especially for older movies, so i think it would be easier to simply use whatever IMDB says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 using IMDB release dates, only including years where i have seen a movie worth at least a B: 1922: dr mabuse: the gambler 1925: battleship potemkin 1927: metropolis1928: the passion of joan of arc 1930: all quiet on the western front1931: frankenstein1935: top hat1940: the grapes of wrath1941: citizen kane1942: casablanca1950: rashomon1954: la strada1956: 19841957: the bridge on the river kwai1960: breathless1962: the trial1963: contempt1964: dr strangelove or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb1965: repulsion1966: andrei rublev1967: le samourai1968: 2001: a space odyssey1971: a clockwork orange1972: solaris1973: day for night1974: chinatown1975: nashville1976: taxi driver1977: eraserhead1978: days of heaven1979: apocalypse now1980: city of women1982: fanny and alexander1983: videodrome1984: this is spinal tap1985: ran1986: blue velvet1987: wings of desire1988: akira1989: sex, lies and videotape1990: miller's crossing1992: braindead1993: three colours: blue1997: happy together1998: the big lebowski1999: fight club2000: dancer in the dark2001: moulin rouge!2002: the pianist2003: dogville2004: eternal sunshine of the spotless mind2005: the new world2006: inland empire2007: no country for old men2008: the dark knight2009: dogtooth2010: i'm still here2011: melancholia2012: chronicle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rukaio101 Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Finally finished my own entries. The ones left blank are because I've never seen a film released from that year. I'm using Wikipedia dates, FYI, so it may be less accurate than IMDB. 1930: Animal Crackers 1931: 1932: 1933: Duck Soup 1934: 1935 1936: 1937: 1938: 1939: 1940: The Great Dictator 1941: 1942: Casablanca 1943: 1944: 1945: 1946: It's a Wonderful Life 1947: 1948: 1949: 1950: Rashomon 1951: Strangers on a Train 1952: High Noon 1953: Peter Pan 1954: Rear Window 1955: Lady and the Tramp 1956: 1957: 12 Angry Men 1958: Vertigo 1959: Rio Bravo 1960: Psycho 1961: Yojimbo 1962: To Kill a Mockingbird 1963: The Birds 1964: Dr Strangelove 1965: For a Few Dollars More 1966: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly 1967: In the Heat of the Night 1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey 1969: The Wild Bunch 1970: MASH (tough call between this and Patton) 1971: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 1972: The Godfather 1973: High Plains Drifter 1974: Blazing Saddles 1975: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Very difficult to pick between this, Jaws and One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest) 1976: The Omen 1977: Star Wars 1978: Halloween 1979: Monty Python's Life of Brian 1980: Airplane (Although Blues Brothers, Empire Strikes Back and The Shining made this almost impossible to choose) 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark 1982: The Thing 1983: Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi 1984: Nightmare on Elm Street 1985: Back to the Future 1986: Aliens 1987: Evil Dead II (Hated having to pass over Princess Bride and The Untouchables) 1988: Die Hard 1989: The Killer 1990: Goodfellas 1991: Silence of the Lambs 1992: Braindead (Hard Boiled, Porco Rosso, Reservoir Dogs, Unforgiven, Muppets Christmas Carol (shut up), A Few Good Men, Aladdin and Bram Stoker's Dracula made this one of the most difficult years to pick) 1993: Jurassic Park 1994: Shawshank Redemption 1995: The Usual Suspects 1996: Fargo 1997: Princess Mononoke 1998: Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Honestly had to flip a coin to pick between this and The Big Lebowski) 1999: The Sixth Sense (Why, 1999? Why must you have The Matrix, Fight Club, Toy Story 2 and South Park all in one year? Any of those films would've taken the top spot in 2000 or 2001.) 2000: Chicken Run 2001: Spirited Away 2002: Ice Age 2003: Kill Bill Volume 1 (Passed over Return of the King, Finding Nemo and The Room (*snigger*) because Tarantino needed a mention on this list) 2004: The Incredibles 2005: Wallace and Gromit and the Curse of the Were-Rabbit (yes seriously) 2006: Pan's Labyrinth 2007: Hot Fuzz 2008: The Dark Knight 2009: Summer Wars 2010: How to Train Your Dragon 2011: The Raid: Redemption 2012: The Avengers At the moment, it looks like Pacific Rim will take my 2013 spot but..... actually, no I doubt anything will beat it. I really loved that film. Anyway, some really difficult choices there. 1975, 1980, 1992, 1998 and 1999 were probably the most difficult (as I already pointed out in brackets). Surprised that none of the Wachowski's films made it on the list, since they're one of my favourite directors. I thought Speed Racer was a lock to take 2008 (yes seriously), but then I discovered that Dark Knight was released that year instead of 2009 like I thought and I had to give it to that. Other than that, a pretty good spread. Two Ghibli's, a Tarantino, a John Woo and, to my own surprise, Two Aardmans (although Wallace and Gromit was a deadlock by virtue of being my favourite film (shut up)) all made it on the list despite a lot of them not having a deadlock on their position. The only films that had a deadlock were 1957, 1965, 1966, 1999, 2009 and 2012. Very tempted to give 2012 to Wolf Children (my joint second favourite film with Summer Wars) but I decided not to since it hasn't been released worldwide yet and The Avengers deserved a mention more. Also, I'm very surprised that I'm not the only one to give 1992 to Braindead. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Dang not sure if I could do this...sounds interesting though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Disney Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 (edited) it can be difficult to figure out release patterns, especially for older movies, so i think it would be easier to simply use whatever IMDB says. That's fair enough. I will update my OP to reflect that. If anyone runs into a conflict about the year, just send me a message and I'll clarify which year the movie counts for. Also, don't Edit your list after I have liked it. Instead, just reply with a separate list with the changes that you've made, or the movies that you now have for years that you previously left blank. Edited September 13, 2013 by Walt Disney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Disney Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 (edited) My Ballot: 1930: Animal Crackers 1931: The Public Enemy 1932: Tarzan the Ape Man 1933: King Kong 1934: March of the Wooden Soldiers 1935: Mutiny on the Bounty 1936: Reefer Madness 1937: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1938: A Christmas Carol 1939: Gone with the Wind 1940: Pinocchio 1941: Sergeant York 1942: Casablanca 1943: This is the Army 1944: Meet Me in St. Louis 1945: The Bells of St. Mary's 1946: It's a Wonderful Life 1947: Miracle on 34th Street 1948: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1949: Sands of Iwo Jima 1950: Cinderella 1951: A Streetcar Named Desire 1952: Singin' in the Rain 1953: Peter Pan 1954: Rear Window 1955: Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier 1956: The Ten Commandments 1957: 12 Angry Men 1958: Vertigo 1959: Li'l Abner 1960: Psycho 1961: West Side Story 1962: Dr. No 1963: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1964: Goldfinger 1965: Thunderball 1966: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 1967: The Graduate 1968: Planet of the Apes 1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1970: Tora! Tora! Tora! 1971: Dirty Harry 1972: The Godfather 1973: The Exorcist 1974: The Godfather II 1975: The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1976: Rocky 1977: Star Wars 1978: Superman 1979: Rocky II 1980: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark 1982: Rocky III 1983: Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi 1984: The Karate Kid 1985: Back to the Future 1986: Top Gun 1987: Full Metal Jacket 1988: Die Hard 1989: Back to the Future II 1990: Back to the Future III 1991: Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1992: My Cousin Vinny 1993: Demolition Man 1994: Forrest Gump 1995: The Usual Suspects 1996: Primal Fear 1997: L.A. Confidential 1998: The Truman Show 1999: Fight Club 2000: Memento 2001: Black Hawk Down 2002: Men in Black II 2003: Old School 2004: Anchorman 2005: Munich 2006: The Departed 2007: Mr. Brooks 2008: The Dark Knight 2009: District 9 2010: Iron Man 2 2011: Captain America: The First Avenger 2012: The Avengers Edited October 21, 2013 by Walt Disney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Work in Progress 1930: All Quiet on the Western Front1931:1932:1933:1934:19351936:1937:1938:1939:1940:1941: Citizen Kane1942:1943:1944:1945:1946:1947:1948:1949:1950:1951:1952:1953:1954:1955:1956:1957:1958:1959:1960:1961:1962:1963:1964:1965:1966:1967:1968:1969:1970:1971:1972:1973:1974:1975:1976:1977:1978:1979:1980:1981:1982:1983:1984:1985:1986:1987:1988:1989:1990:1991:1992:1993:1994:1995:1996:1997:1998:1999:2000:2001:2002:2003:2004:2005:2006:2007:2008: 2009: The White Ribbon2010: The King's Speech2011: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy2012: Amour 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 1999 was very hard, somehow had to choose between south park, fight club, american beauty and eyes wide shut, which i've all given 85/100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Disney Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 (edited) Just a reminder that the deadline is October 20 at 11:59 pm Eastern. That means that there is still plenty of time to make a difference by voting. Edited September 14, 2013 by Walt Disney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 (edited) Here's my list. Notable runner-ups (that I would consider worthy of winning the year too) are in parentheses. 1930: Animal Crackers 1931: M 1932: Freaks 1933: Duck Soup (King Kong) 1934: It Happened One Night 1935: A Night at the Opera 1936: My Man Godfrey 1937: The Grand Illusion 1938: Bringing Up Baby (Adventures of Robin Hood) 1939: Stagecoach (Gone with the Wind) 1940: His Girl Friday (The Philadelphia Story) 1941: Citizen Kane (The Maltese Falcon) 1942: Yankee Doodle Dandy 1943: Casablanca 1944: Arsenic and Old Lace (To Have and Have Not) 1945: Spellbound 1946: Beauty and the Beast (The Big Sleep) 1947: The Lady from Shanghai (Black Narcissus) 1948: Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1949: The Third Man 1950: Rashoman (Sunset Boulevard) 1951: The African Queen 1952: Singin' in the Rain (Umberto D) 1953: Beat the Devil 1954: Seven Samurai (On the Waterfront) 1955: Umberto D. 1956: Forbidden Planet 1957: 12 Angry Men (Bridge on the River Kwai) 1958: Touch of Evil 1959: North by Northwest (Some Like It Hot) 1960: Spartacus (Magnificent Seven) 1961: The Guns of Navarone 1962: Lawrence of Arabia 1963: The Great Escape 1964: Dr. Strangelove 1965: Dr. Zhivago 1966: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly (Andrei Rublev) 1967: Point Blank (Bonnie and Clyde) 1968: 2001 (Once Upon a Time in the West) 1969: The Wild Bunch 1970: Patton (Five Easy Pieces) 1971: A Clockwork Orange (Straw Dogs) 1972: The Godfather 1973: The Exorcist (The Sting) 1974: The Godfather Part II (Chinatown) 1975: Jaws (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) 1976: Network 1977: Star Wars (Close Encounters) 1978: Halloween 1979: Stalker (Black Stallion) 1980: Empire Strikes Back 1981: Chariots of Fire (Raiders) 1982: Blade Runner (Tootsie) 1983: The Right Stuff (Trading Places) 1984: The Terminator (Ghostbusters) 1985: Back to the Future 1986: Aliens 1987: RoboCop (Empire of the Sun) 1988: Die Hard 1989: Field of Dreams 1990: Goodfellas 1991: T2 (JFK) 1992: Last of the Mohicans (The Player) 1993: Schindler's List 1994: Shawshank Redemption (Pulp Fiction) 1995: Twelve Monkeys 1996: Jerry Maguire 1997: Sweet Hereafter (The Game) 1998: Out of Sight 1999: The Insider (Fight Club) 2000: Wonder Boys (Gladiator) 2001: Mulholland Drive (FOTR) 2002: LOTR: TTT (About a Boy) 2003: LOTR: ROTK (Master & Commander) 2004: The Return (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) 2005: Batman Begins (The Proposition) 2006: Pan's Labyrinth (Children of Men) 2007: There Will Be Blood 2008: TDK (WALL-E) 2009: District 9 (In the Loop) 2010: Inception (The Social Network) 2011: Warhorse (Tree of Life) 2012: The Grey (Zero Dark Thirty) Edited September 14, 2013 by Telemachos 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Okay, let's have a ruling: CASABLANCA's premiere was in '42, but its general release wasn't until '43... and it was celebrated at the '44 Academy Awards. For the purposes of this list, is it considered a 1942 or 1943 release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Okay, let's have a ruling: CASABLANCA's premiere was in '42, but its general release wasn't until '43... and it was celebrated at the '44 Academy Awards. For the purposes of this list, is it considered a 1942 or 1943 release? I say 43. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I say 43. I agree, and that's how I ordered my list. But I'll adjust if ultimately people decide otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 (edited) 1970:1971:1972: The Godfather1973: The Exorcist (runner-up: Badlands)1974: The Godfather Part II (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre) 1975: Jaws (Dog Day Afternoon & One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)1976: Taxi Driver1977: Star Wars1978: Halloween1979: Alien (Apocalypse Now) 1980: The Empire Strikes Back (The Shining)1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark1982: The Thing (First Blood)1983: Scarface1984: The Terminator (Beverly Hills Cop & Ghostbusters)1985: Back to the Future1986: Blue Velvet (Aliens)1987: Predator (RoboCop)1988: Rain Man1989: Do the Right Thing (Born on the Fourth of July)1990: Goodfellas (Dances With Wolves) 1991: JFK 1992: Reservoir Dogs (Glengarry Glen Ross)1993: Jurassic Park (True Romance)1994: Pulp Fiction (Speed)1995: Seven (12 Monkeys)1996: Fargo (Scream)1997: L.A. Confidential (Boogie Nights & Titanic)1998: The Truman Show (Saving Private Ryan)1999: Fight Club (The Insider & The Matrix)2000: Memento (Requiem for a Dream) Edited September 18, 2013 by The Stingray™ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sims Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 (edited) 1930: All Quiet on the Western Front 1931:1932:1933:1934:19351936:1937:1938:1939:1940:1941: Citizen Kane1942:1943:1944:1945:1946:1947:1948:1949:1950:1951:1952:1953:1954:1955:1956:1957:1958:1959:1960:1961:1962:1963:1964:1965:1966:1967:1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey1969:1970:1971:1972:1973: The Exorcist1974:1975:1976:1977:1978:1979: Apocalypse Now1980: The Shining1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark1982: E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial1983:1984:1985:1986: Blue Velvet1987:1988:1989:1990:1991: Beauty and the Beast1992: 1993: Schindler's List1994: Pulp Fiction1995: Toy Story1996: Breaking the Waves1997: Happy Together1998: The Thin Red Line1999: American Beauty2000: Requiem for a Dream2001: Mulholland Dr.2002: The Pianist2003: LOTR: Return of the King2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2005: Brokeback Mountain (worst year ever)2006: Pan's Labyrinth2007: There Will Be Blood2008: WALL-E2009: Inglourious Basterds2010: Black Swan2011: The Tree of Life 2012: Life of Pi Will finish later Edited September 19, 2013 by Sims 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Okay, let's have a ruling: CASABLANCA's premiere was in '42, but its general release wasn't until '43... and it was celebrated at the '44 Academy Awards. For the purposes of this list, is it considered a 1942 or 1943 release? "3) The year of release will be what is listed on IMDB." Casablanca is a 1942 movie according to IMDb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sims Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 "3) The year of release will be what is listed on IMDB." Casablanca is a 1942 movie according to IMDb. Well that's a dumb rule. Lots of films screened at random festivals one year and weren't released theatrically until one or even two years later. IMO, it should be by the year they were eligible for Academy consideration. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 This is interesting but how can many of us determine what films were the best in years where we have seen 1 or 2 films? Can you guys really give your opinion as to what the best film of 1935 was? Have you really seen that many films from that year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
