Top 3 FAVORITE Films of Each Decade: 40-present

[jhiggy23]

Glad to see people are continuing this thread!

[mars396]

1930s:
#1 The Three Stooges in Men in Black (1934)
#2 The Three Stooges in Hoi Polloi (1935)
#3 The Three Stooges in The Sitter Downers (1937)

1940s:
#1 The Three Stooges in A Plumbing We Will Go (1940)
#2 The Three Stooges in Three Pests in a Mess (1945)
#3 The Three Stooges in Sing a Song of Six Pants (1947)

1950s:
#1 The War of the Worlds (1953)
#2 Forbidden Planet (1956)
#3 The Ten Commandments (1956)

1960s:
#1 Planet of the Apes (1968)
#2 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
#3 Fantastic Voyage (1966)

1970s:
#1 Alien (1979)
#2 Dawn Of The Dead (1978)
#3 The Towering Inferno (1974)

1980s:
#1 Aliens (1986)
#2 Back to the Future (1985)
#3 The Road Warrior (1981)

1990s:
#1 Apollo 13 (1995)
#2 Total Recall (1990)
#3 Volcano (1997)

2000s:
#1 Moon (2009)
#2 The Dark Knight (2008)
#3 Star Trek (2009)

2010s (so far):
#1 Kick-Ass
#2 Inception
#3 Iron Man 2

[Al_The_Strange]

Here's an update for the 2010s so far. Still subject to change.

[Show spoiler]
1920s
"Metropolis"
"Battleship Potemkin"
"The Gold Rush"

1930s
"M"
"King Kong"
"The Wizard of Oz"

1940s
"The Third Man"
"The Grapes of Wrath"
"The Maltese Falcon"

1950s
"North by Northwest"
"The Seven Samurai"
"The Day the Earth Stood Still"

1960s
"Lawrence of Arabia"
"Goldfinger"
"Psycho"

1970s
"Star Wars: A New Hope"
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail"
"A Clockwork Orange"

1980s
"Raiders of the Lost Ark"
"Akira"
"Dune"

1990s
"The Matrix"
"Terminator 2: Judgment Day"
"Braveheart"

2000s
"Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (all three should qualify, but then I'd be snubbing out the following)
"Kill Bill"
"Star Trek" 2009

2010s
"Inception"
"Kick Ass"
"Toy Story 3"

[TheZoof]

1930s
The Wizard of Oz
Gone with the Wind
King Kong

1940s
It's a Wonderful Life
Citizen Kane
Casablanca

1950s
Vertigo
Ben Hur
Roman Holiday

1960s
For a Few Dollars More
Goldfinger
The Graduate

1970s
Godfather
Superman
Jaws

1980s
Empire Strikes Back
Aliens
Die Hard

1990s(tough to pick only 3)
Braveheart
Shawshank Redemption
The Fugitive

2000s
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Dark Knight
Star Trek

2010s
The Town
True Grit
Unstoppable

[ANDYBALLINA]

1930's
The Wizard of Oz

1940's
Great Expectations

1950's
Day The Earth Stood Still
Forbidden Planet
Earth vs The Flying Saucers

1960's
Planet of the Apes
Psycho
The Sound of Music

1970's
Halloween
Alien
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1980's
E.T
The Goonies
Last Starfighter

1990's
The War
Terminator 2
Get Real

2000's
A Single Man
Zodiac
Pans Labyrinth

2010
The Karate Kid

[cinemaphile]

Ugh... another reminder of a thread I posted many comments in... all of which are now non-existent
I just don think I have the energy to bother reposting any of my stuff in these threads

with no search function did you just go back page by page all the way back to February looking for this?

[ACMutd]

Here is my list, enjoy.
1930

1. The 39 Steps
2. The Lady Vanishes
3. Gone with the Wind

1940

1. The Grapes of Wrath
2. Citizen Kane
3. Casablanca

1950

1. 12 Angry Men
2. The Bridge on the River Kwai
3. Paths of Glory

1960

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Once Upon a Time in the West
3. Lawrence of Arabia

1970

1. Alien
2. Apocalypse Now
3. The Godfather

1980

1. Blade Runner
2. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. The Shining

1990

1. American Beauty
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. Fargo

2000

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2010

1. Drive
2. Inception
3. Black Swan

Honorable Mentions
Band of Brothers*
Planet Earth*
Seven Samurai
Vertigo
Anatomy of a Murder
Barry Lyndon
Full Metal Jacket
Gladiator
Kingdom of Heaven - Director's Cut
The Dark Knight
Fanny and Alexander
Psycho
Rear Window
Shadow of a Doubt
*TV shows, but still.

[ACMutd]

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

with no search function did you just go back page by page all the way back to February looking for this?

I think you can use the search function now.

[Hucksta G]

40s
1. Citizen Kane
2. The Bicycle Thief
3. Great Expectations

50s
1. Paths of Glory
2. Ben-Hur
3. Vertigo

60s
1. Easy Rider
2. The Good, the Bad and Ugly
3. Once Upon a Time in the West

70s
1. The Godfather
2. The Godfather Part II
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

80s
1. Raging Bull
2. Stand By Me
3. Amadeus

90s
1. Fight Club
2. American Beauty
3. Goodfellas

00s
1. Donnie Darko
2. Almost Famous
3. Gangs of New York

10s
1. Take Shelter
2. Blue Valentine
3. Black Swan

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by ACMutd

I think you can use the search function now.

sure enough.. it's back up! Thanks!

[Voltaire53]

Not necessarily in any order...

40s
1. Kind Hearts and Coronets
2. The Sea Hawk
3. Casablanca

50s
1. Night of the Demon
2. Day the Earth Stood Still
3. Ice Cold in Alex

60s
1. The Great Escape
2. The Good, the Bad and Ugly
3. The Magnificent Seven

70s
1. Alien
2. Star Wars
3. Vampire Circus

80s
1. Blade Runner
2. Lethal Weapon
3. The Killer (Die xue shuang xiong)

90s
1. The Last Seduction
2. The Rock
3. Terminator 2

00s
1. 300
2. X-Men 2
3. Lord of the Rings

10s
1. The Avengers
2. Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows
3. Kick-Ass