BoxOffice.com's Best Movie for Each Year from 1930-2012

[CaptainJackSparrow]

I'm sorry, guys, but how in the blue hell did The Jungle Book beat The Graduate? Credibility: lost.Otherwise, not a bad list.

Because we think the Jungle Book is a better film.

[Walt Disney]

Golden Age of Hollywood

 

1930

Animal Crackers -5

All Quiet on the Western Front -6

 

1931

The Public Enemy -1

City Lights -4

Frankenstein -2

M -3

 

1932

Tarzan the Ape Man -1

Trouble in Paradise -2

Freaks -1

Scarface –Shame of a Nation -1

Horse Feathers -1

 

1933

King Kong -5

Duck Soup -3

42^nd Street -1

 

1934

March of the Wooden Soldiers -1

It Happened One Night -4

 

1935

Mutiny on the Bounty -1

A Night at the Opera -3

Top Hat -1

Captain Blood -1

David Copperfield -1

 

1936

Reefer Madness -1

My Man Godfrey -2

Swing Time -1

Modern Times -3

 

1937

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs -7

Grand Illusion -2

A Day at the Races -1

 

1938

A Christmas Carol -2

Port of Shadows -1

Bringing Up Baby -3

Pygmalion -1

 

1939

Gone with the Wind -4

Stagecoach -1

The Wizard of Oz -5

Edited November 5, 2013 by Walt Disney

[Walt Disney]

The War, Post War, and  the Beginning of Film Noir

 

1940

Pinocchio -5

The Grapes of Wrath -3

Rebecca -1

The Great Dictator -1

His Girl Friday -1

Fantasia -1

The Shop Around the Corner -1

 

1941

Sergeant York -1

Dumbo -4

Citizen Kane -9

 

1942

Casablanca -13

 

1943

This is the Army -1

Lassie Come Home -1

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp -1

Shadow of Doubt -3

Day of Wrath -1

 

1944

To Have and Have Not -2

Meet Me in St. Louis -1

Laura -1

Arsenic and Old Lace -1

National Velvet -1

Double Indemnity -1

 

1945

Spellbound -2

The Bells of St. Mary’s -1

Son of Lassie -1

Children of Paradise -1

The Lost Weekend -1

Scarlet Street -1

Brief Encounter -1

 

1946

It’s a Wonderful Life -5

Beauty and the Beast -3

The Big Sleep -2

 

1947

Miracle on 34^th Street -4

Black Narcissus -2

The Lady from Shanghai -2

 

1948

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre -3.5

Bicycle Thieves -3

Oliver Twist -1

Rope -1

Red River -1

Key Largo -1

 

1949

Sands of Iwo Jima -1

The Third Man -6

[Walt Disney]

The Post-Classical Era and the Era of Epic Films

 

1950

Cinderella -2

All About Eve -2

Sunset Boulevard -3

Rashomon -6

 

1951

A Streetcar Named Desire -5

Diary of a County Priest -1

Alice in Wonderland -1

Strangers on a Train -1

The African Queen -1

The Day the Earth Stood Still -1

 

1952

Singin’ in the Rain -5

Forbidden Games -1

High Noon -1

The Quiet Man -1

 

1953

Peter Pan -5

The Big Heat -1

Beat the Devil -1

Roman Holiday -2

I confess -1

Tokyo Story -1

 

1954

Rear Window -7

Seven Samurai -3

Robinson Crusoe -1

On the Waterfront -1

La Strada -1

 

1955

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier -1

Lady and the Tramp -3

Rebel Without a Cause -2

The Night of the Hunter -1

To Catch a Thief -1

Les Diaboliques -1

Pather Panchali -1

Umberto D -1

Lola Montes -1

 

1956

The Ten Commandments -3

Invasion of the Body Snatchers -1

The Killing -2

The Burmese Harp -1

Forbidden Planet -1

1984- 1

 

1957

12 Angry Men -6

Nights of Cabiria -1

The Bridge on the River Kwai -4

Paths of Glory -1

 

1958

Vertigo -8

Ashes and Diamonds -1

Touch of Evil -2

 

1959

North by Northwest -3

Some Like it Hot -2

Li’l Abner -1

Sleeping Beauty -1

Ben-Hur -1

Rio Bravo -1

Hiroshima Mon Amour -1

Les Quatre Cents Coups -1

Anatomy of a Murder -1

 

[Walt Disney]

The End of the Hollywood Studio System and the Era of Independent, Underground Cinema

 

1960

Psycho -6

Spartacus -4

La Dolce Vita -1

Breathless -1

The Apartment -2

 

1961

West Side Story -2

101 Dalmatians -3

Breakfast at Tiffany’s -1

The Guns of Navarone -1

Yojimbo -1

Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer -1

The Hustler -1

Placido -1

La Notte -1

 

1962

Dr. No-1

To Kill a Mockingbird -3

Lawrence of Arabia -5

Birdman of Alcatraz -1

The Trial -1

Harakiri -1

The Man who Shot Liberty Valance -1

 

1963

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World -1

The Birds -3

The Great Escape -2

From Russia with Love -1

Lord of the Flies -1

Sword in the Stone -1

Contempt -1

The Leopard -1

El Verdugo -1

Hud -1

 

1964

Goldfinger -1

Mary Poppins -3

Dr. Strangelove -8

A Fistful of Dollars -1

 

1965

Thunderball -1

Dr. Zhivago -4

The Sound of Music -2

Repulsion -1

For a Few Dollars More -2

Darling -1

 

1966

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly -7

The Battle of Algiers -1

1 Million Years BC -1

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf - 2

Andre Rublev -1

The Chase -1

 

1967

The Jungle Book -3.5

The Graduate -3

In the Heat of the Night -1

The Dirty Dozen -1

Cool Hand Luke -2

Point Blank -1

Le Samourai -1

Playtime- 1

 

1968

Planet of the Apes -3

2001: A Space Odyssey -10

The Love Bug -1

Once Upon a Time in the West -2

 

1969

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -4

The Wild Bunch -2

Easy Rider -2

The Italian Job -1

Army of Shadows -1

Z -1

[Walt Disney]

The American New Wave

 

1970

Patton -5

The Aristocats -2

Five Easy Pieces -2

Tora! Tora! Tora! -1

MASH -1

Le Cercle Rouge -1

Ryan’s Daughter -1

 

1971

Dirty Harry -3

A Clockwork Orange -8

The French Connection -1

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory -1

Play misty for Me -1

Walkabout -1

Straw Dogs -1

 

1972

The Godfather -11

Solaris -3

Frenzy -1

Cabaret -1

Way of the Dragon -1

Last House on the Left -1

 

1973

The Exorcist -6

Robin Hood -1

The Sting -3

Enter the Dragon -2

High Planes Drifter -1

Day for Night -1

Badlands -1

Westworld -1

The Spirit of the Beehive -1

Mean Streets -1

 

1974

The Godfather II -8

Chinatown -5

Blazing Saddles -2

Texas Chainsaw Massacre -2

The Conversation -1

Murder on the Orient Express -1

 

1975

The Rocky Horror Picture Show -1

Jaws -9

Nashville -1

Monty Python and the Holy Grail -4

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest -2

Grey Gardens -1

Barry Lyndon -1

 

1976

Rocky -5

Taxi Driver -8

Network -3

The Omen -1

Silver Streak -1

 

1977

Star Wars -15

Annie Hall -1

The Rescuers -1

Eraserhead -1

Hausu -1

 

1978

Halloween -7

Days of Heaven -4

Superman -3

The Deer Hunter -3

Every Which Way but Loose -1

 

1979

Alien -7.5

Apocalypse Now -7

Rocky II -2

Stalker -1

Monty Python’s Life of Brian -1

The Muppet Movie -1

And Justice for All -1

Manhattan -1

[Walt Disney]

The Dawn of the Sequel

 

1980

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back -10

The Shining -3

The Elephant Man -2

Airplane! -2

Superman II -1

City of Women -1

Raging Bull -1

 

1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark -16

Fox and the Hound -1

Chariots of Fire -1

Das Boots -1

 

1982

Rocky III -2

E.T. -9

Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan -1

The Thing -3

Blade Runner -2

Koyaanisqatsi -1

The Plague Dogs -1

Fanny and Alexander -1

The Draughtman’s Contract -1

 

1983

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi -8

Videodrome -3

The Right Stuff -2

Scarface -2

The meaning of Life – Monty Python -2

A Christmas Story -2

Sans Soleil -1

 

1984

The Karate Kid -2

The Terminator -3

Ghostbusters -2

Amadeus -4

This is Spinal Tap -1

A Nightmare on Elm Street -2

Beverly Hills Cop -1

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom -2

Children of the Corn -1

Once Upon a Time in America -2

 

1985

Back to the Future -11

The Breakfast Club -2

The Goonies -2

Come and See -1

Ran -1

The Purple Rose of Cairo -1

Witness -1

 

1986

Top Gun -1

Aliens -6

Blue Velvet -3

Stand By Me -3

Platoon -1

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off -1

The Fly -1

Crocodile Dundee -1

A Better Tomorrow -1

Hannah and her Sisters -1

Hoosiers -1

 

1987

The Princess Bride -2.5

Full Metal Jacket -2

Predator -2

Wings of Desires -2

The Untouchables -2

Robocop -1

Brave Little Toaster -1

Fatal Attraction -1

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3- Dream Warriors -1

Angel Heart -1

Evil Dead II -1

Broadcast News -1

Withnail & I -1

 

1988

Die Hard -5

Grave of the Fireflies -4

My Neighbor Totoro -1

Rain Man -3

Who Framed Roger Rabbit -3

Crocodile Dundee -2

The Land Before Time -1

Akira -1

Mississippi Burning -1

 

1989

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade -4

Back to the Future II -1

Sex, Lies, and Videotape -3

The Little Mermaid -2

Do the Right Thing -2

When Harry Met Sally -2

Kiki’s Delivery Service -1

Dead Poets Society -1

Field of Dreams -1

The Killer -1

Batman -1

Monsieur Hire -1

[Walt Disney]

The Era of Mainstream Films and Alternative of Independent Cinema

 

1990

Back to the Future III -2

Goodfellas -9

Edward Scissorhands -2

Home Alone -1

Miller’s Crossing -1

Dances with Wolves -1

Kindergarten Cop -1

Total Recall -1

Presumed Innocent -1

Tremors -1

 

1991

Terminator 2: Judgment Day -2

The Silence of the Lambs -8

Beauty and the Beast -6

Boys N the Hood -1

JFK -2

Naked Lunch -1

 

1992

My Cousin Vinny -2

Unforgiven -4

Reservoir Dogs -3

Braindead -2

Last of the Mohicans -1

A Few Good Men -2

Baraka -1

Aladdin -2

Batman Returns -1

The Mighty Ducks -1

Alien 3 -1

 

1993

Demolition Man -1

Jurassic Park -6

Schindler’s List -8

Three Colors: Blue -2

Tombstone -2

Ground Hog Day -2

 

1994

Forrest Gump -3

The Shawshank Redemption -4

Pulp Fiction -6

The Lion King -4

Three Colors: Red -1

Ed Wood -2

Dumb and Dumber -1

 

1995

The Usual Suspects- 2

Toy Story -6

Seven -5

Heat -2

Pocahontas -1

Casino -1

Braveheart -1

Twelve Monkeys -1

Before Sunrise -1

Whisper of the Heart -1

 

1996

Primal Fear -1

Fargo -7

Independence Day -3

Jerry Maguire -1

Scream -2

Secret and Lies -1

Trainspotting -2

Mission Impossible -1

Tin Cup -1

Breaking Waves -1

 

1997

L.A. Confidential -4

Titanic -7

Princess Mononoke -2

Men in Black -1

Jurassic Park: The Lost World -1

Boogie Nights -1

Taste of Cherry -1

Happy Together -2

Sweet Hereafter -1

As Good as it Gets -1

Lost Highway -1

 

1998

The Truman Show -4

Saving Private Ryan -6

Rounders -1

The Big Lebowski -2

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels -1

The Man in the Iron Mask -1

Lola Rennt -1

Out of Sight -1

Gods and Monsters -1

Godzilla -1

The Dinner Game -1

The Thin Red Line -1

 

1999

American Beauty -3

Fight Club -5

Toy Story 2 -3

The Sixth Sense -2

Cruel Intentions -1

The Matrix -1

The Insider -1

South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut -1

Tarzan -1

Magnolia -1

The Green Mile -1

Eyes Wide Shut -1

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace -1

[Walt Disney]

2000

Memento -5

Gladiator -4

Almost Famous -1

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon -1

Requiem for a Dream -2

Plata Quemada -1

Chicken Run -2

Cast Away -2

Dinosaur -2

Dancer in the Dark -1

Wonder Boys -1

Joint Security Area -1

 

2001

Black Hawk Down -1

Spirited Away -3

LOTR: Fellowship of the Rings -8

Moulin Rouge -1

Shrek -3

Mulholland Drive -4

Jurassic Park 3 -1

Training Day -1

Monsters Inc. -1

 

2002

City of God -5.5

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers -5

Men in Black II -1

Catch Me If You Can -1

The Pianist -2

Ice Age -2.5

The Ring -2

Signs - .5

Lilo & Stitch -1

Minority Report -1

Spirited Away -1

Star Wars Episode II: The Clone Wars -1

 

2003

Old School -1

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King -9

Finding Nemo -2

Kill Bill Volume 1 -2

Oldboy -3

Looney Tunes Back in Action -1

Lost in Translation -1

Dogville -1

Mystic River -2

Shara -1

 

2004

The Incredibles -6

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -5

Anchorman -1

The Polar Express -1

Spider-Man 2 -2

Million Dollar Baby -2

Before Sunset -2

Shrek 2 -1

The Return -1

Scooby Doo 2 -1

Man on Fire -1

 

2005

Batman Begins -5

Brokeback Mountain -5

Munich -1

Wallace and Gromit and the Curse of the Were-Rabbit -1

Sin City -1

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory -1

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith -2

Grizzly Man -1

The New World -2

Sympathy for Lady Vengeance -1

King Kong -1

The Proposition -1

 

2006

The Departed -3

Pan’s Labyrinth -5

Little Miss Sunshine -2

Apocalypto -1

Rocky Balboa -2

Cars -1

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest -1

The Host - 1

Inland Empire -1

Happy Feet -1

The Lives of Others -1

Children of Men -1

Blood Diamond -1

Ice Age the Meltdown -1

Night at the Museum -1

 

2007

Mr. Brooks -1

There will be Blood -5

No Country for Old Men -4

The Bourne Ultimatum -2

Juno -1

Hot Fuzz -1

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End -2

Alvin and the Chipmunks -1

Persepolis -1

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford -1

The Simpsons Movie -1

Stardust -1

American Gangster -1

I Am Legend -1

 

2008

The Dark Knight -10

Wall E -3

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -1

Tropic Thunder -2

Cloverfield -1

Gran Torino -1

Marley & Me -1

Slumdog Millionaire -1

Okuribito -1

The Hurt Locker -1

 

2009

District 9 -2

Inglorious Bastards -6

Avatar -3

Sherlock Holmes -1

Up -1

Watchmen -1

Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 -1

The White Ribbon -2

Summer Wars -2

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs -1

Dogtooth -1

In the Loop -1

Moon -1

Thirst -1

[Walt Disney]

2010

Inception -5

Toy Story 3 -4

The Social Network -4

How to Train Your Dragon -3

Iron Man 2 -1

Tangled -1

Incendies -1

I’m Still Here -1

127 Hours -1

Buried -1

The King’s Speech -1

Black Swan -1

 

2011

The Intouchables -2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 -2.5

The Tree of Life -2

The Turin Horse -2

Captain America: The First Avenger -1

The Help -1

Warhorse -1

Rise of the Planet of the Apes -1

The Raid: Redemption -1

Melancholia -1

Happy Feet 2 -1

Puss in Boots -1

Crazy Stupid Love -1

Le Gamin au vélo -1

A Separation -1

Drive -1

Source Code -1

Insidious -1

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy -1

 

2012

The Avengers -3.5

Life of Pi -3

Amour -2

Chronicle -1

The Hunger Games -2

Perks of Being a Wallflower -2

The Grey -2

Django Unchained -2

Prometheus -1

The Master -1

Cloud Atlas -1

The Dark Knight Rises -2

Zero Dark Thirty -1

[The Stingray]

Out of curiosity, who voted for The Sweet Hereafter in '97?

[Walt Disney]

Out of curiosity, who voted for The Sweet Hereafter in '97?

 

Telemachos . His vote is public so I don't think he'll mind me revealing that.

[Films]

Nice to see someone else voted for chicken run

[rukaio101]

Can't believe I was the only one who voted for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Great Dictator, High Noon, In the Heat of the Night, The Omen, Monty Python's Life of Brian, Evil Dead II, The Killer and Hot Fuzz.......

 

Also, fess up. Who voted for Alien 3. And the Jurassic Park sequels. And the Star Wars prequels. And the Alvin and the Chipmunk movies. And Godzilla 1998.

 

Also massive massive props to the other guy who voted Summer Wars for 2009. I was convinced I'd be the only one.

[Films]

I voted for the ALVIN movies. I forgot about hot fuzz/Simpsons movie and shaun of the dead which would have beaten AATC and polar express. 2009 it was between ALVIN 2 and blind side

Edited November 5, 2013 by IceAgeFilms

[CaptainJackSparrow]

I voted for the ALVIN movies. I forgot about hot fuzz/Simpsons movie and shaun of the dead which would have beaten AATC and polar express. 2009 it was between ALVIN 2 and blind side

I love the first Alvin movie, have yet to see the others.

[Goffe]

damn TDKR, almost there, I should have made this list

Edited November 5, 2013 by Goffe

[Blankments]

Just read through it all. Good work, Walt Disney!