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[Vulcano's assistant]

maybe provide some variety? instead of just a good year of FPS...

Mario Galaxy and Mask of the Betrayer came out that year as well. But yeah, overall it is the best year for fps of last gen for sure.

 

[Kallor]

Sorry you are wrong

1984
Splash
Footloose
This is Spinal Tap
Indiana Jones 2
Once upon a time in America
Star Trek 3
Top Secret
Gremlins
Karate Kid
Conan 2 (ok)
Ghostbusters
Gods Must be Crazy
Purple Rain
Revenge of the Nerds
Red Dawn
Amadeus
Buckaroo Banzai
Terminator
Nightmare on Elm Street
Beverly Hills Cop
Johnny Dangerously
Dune
Last Starfighter
Sixteen Candles

Lol no. Thats not even the best year for making nostalgia lists.

 

[Unison]

Where is Zoo?

 

[WickedLaharl]

It's either 1997 with Titanic or 2009 with Avatar

 

[Jigorath]

It's either 1997 with Titanic or 2009 with Avatar

Didn't know Sculli had an alt.

 

[Darksol]

Nothing in the 2000s is the greatest in any art medium

 

[Jigorath]

Nothing in the 2000s is the greatest in any art medium

Best television ever.

 

[vulva]

Simpsons movie, Live Free or Die Hard, 300, Orphanage. Yeah, awesome year.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Simpsons movie, Live Free or Die Hard, 300, Orphanage. Yeah, awesome year.

Just OP being generous, the list could be just the top 15 film or so he listed and the argument would be about the same.

 

[Moff]

I don't know about best year but the top3 alone make 2007 a remarkable year

 

[WickedLaharl]

Didn't know Sculli had an alt.

I waited in line at my local hastings to grab a vhs copy of Titanic at midnight. But seriously 2014 wins it with interstellar.

 

[GavinGT]

I hate opinions.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Didn't know Sculli had an alt.

Don't know about Sculli, but seems like an alt is involved indeed.

 

[vulva]

Just OP being generous, the list could be just the top 15 film or so he listed and the argument would be about the same.

Missing the best movies from 2007 though. Stuff like Funny Games, Boarding Gate, Flight of the Red Balloon, My Blueberry Nights etc

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Missing the best movies from 2007 though. Stuff like Funny Games, Boarding Gate, Flight of the Red Balloon, My Blueberry Nights etc

and Surf's Up too. (well I remember really liking it)

 

[Jigorath]

I waited in line at my local hastings to grab a vhs copy of Titanic at midnight. But seriously 2014 wins it with interstellar.

Well, Titanic is really good.

Don't know about Sculli, but seems like an alt is involved indeed.

Hmm?

 

[snaffles]

As far as movies I actually like in one year, for me 1987 is hard to top. There is a bunch more these are just ones I have seen.

• Robocop
• The Untouchables
• The Lost Boys
• Predator
• Full Metal Jacket
• The Princess Bride
• Lethal Weapon
• Fatal Attraction
• Dirty Dancing
• Wall Street
• Spaceballs
• Good Morning Vietnam
• Beverley Hills Cop 2
• The Living Daylights
• The Running Man
• Mannequin
• La Bamba
• Roxanne
• Over the Top
• Some Kind of Wonderful
• Empire of the Sun
• Evil Dead 2
• Broadcast News
• Less Than Zero
• Raising Arizona
• Harry and the Hendersons
• Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
• Masters of the Universe
• Adventures in Babysitting

 

[reelbigtink]

It's 1984. The only thing making 2007 "great" is There Will Be Blood because it's a perfect movie.

 

[FTF]

Missing the best movies from 2007 though. Stuff like Funny Games, Boarding Gate, Flight of the Red Balloon, My Blueberry Nights etc

All those are coming up as 2008 movies when I search. Funny Games possibly 2007, but we didn't get it here in the US until 2008. I would have listed Funny Games though.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Well, Titanic is really good.



Hmm?

bah, too late he/she fixed it. Just a joke about quoting oneself by mistake.

 

[Floridian]

Everything media-related was better in 2007.

 

[EBE]

I just want to say that I think the Bourne Ultimatum is really, REALLY good.

 

[not psycho]

2001 is the only year with 2 of my top 10, so I'll go with that:

Spirited Away
Mulholland Drive
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Royal Tenenbaums
Millenium Actress
Shaolin Soccer
Ghost World
The Man Who Wasn't There
Amélie
Monsters Inc
A Beautiful Mind
Black Hawk Down
In the Bedroom
Waking Life
Monster's Ball
Gosford Park
Moulin Rouge!
Donnie Darko

 

[Discotheque]

2001 is the only year with 2 of my top 10, so I'll go with that:

Spirited Away
Mulholland Drive
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Royal Tenenbaums
Millenium Actress
Shaolin Soccer
Ghost World
The Man Who Wasn't There
Amélie
Monsters Inc
A Beautiful Mind
Black Hawk Down
In the Bedroom
Waking Life
Monster's Ball
Gosford Park
Moulin Rouge!
Donnie Darko

damn yeah. mulholland drive and fellowship are top 10 of all time for me. i never watched the former in theaters though since I was only 11 lol

 

[vulva]

All those are coming up as 2008 movies when I search. Funny Games possibly 2007, but we didn't get it here in the US until 2008. I would have listed Funny Games though.

I always go by initial release since that means the movie was completed and shown then. Even if it's just for something like Cannes, it's still a finished product that's been publicly shown even if it's not widespread

 

[Dr.Acula]

A lot of good films came out in 1959

The Human Condition
Some Like it Hot
North By Northwest
Ben-Hur
Anatomy of a Murder
The 400 Blows
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Black Orpheus
Shadows
The World of Apu

'79 was also great.

Mad Max
Alien
Apocalypse Now
The Warriors
Stalker
Life of Brian
Manhattan
The Jerk
...And Justice for All
Being There
Breaking Away
Quadrophenia
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro

 

[Retrocore9]

Sorry you are wrong

1984
Splash
Footloose
This is Spinal Tap
Indiana Jones 2
Once upon a time in America
Star Trek 3
Top Secret
Gremlins
Karate Kid
Conan 2 (ok)
Ghostbusters
Gods Must be Crazy
Purple Rain
Revenge of the Nerds
Red Dawn
Amadeus
Buckaroo Banzai
Terminator
Nightmare on Elm Street
Beverly Hills Cop
Johnny Dangerously
Dune
Last Starfighter
Sixteen Candles

Quoting for truth, 1984 was the best year

1982 honorable mention

E.T.
The Thing
Star Trek 2 The Wrath of Kahn
Tron
Blade Runner
Conan 1
First Blood
Rocky 3
The Dark Crystal
The King of Comedy
Megaforce!

 

[Newtype-001]

Hot Fuzz came out then so thats 👍 from me.

 

[Jimrpg]

Nobody likes 1994?

Forest Gump
Shawshank Redemption
Quiz Show
Pulp Fiction
Four Weddings and a Funeral

and that's just the Academy Award Nominees for best film for starters!

Three Colours: Red!
Speed
The Lion King
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
True Lies
Interview With The Vampire
Legends of the Fall
Dumb and Dumber
Leon: The Professional
The Mask

Spoiler

Street Fighter

 

[Rogan]

There Will Be Blood is my favorite movie of all time!

Great year indeed.

 

[DOWN]

I think of it as the best year in gaming. Halo 3, BioShock, Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, Modern Warfare, the Orange Box

 

[Twilight Gap]

I do not care for about 95% of those movies.

i feel the same. nothing i'd watch more than once.

2010 easily beats it

 

[Striker]

2007 has nothing on 1998 when it comes to games.

And 2004.

 

[TP-DK]

There will be blood, No country for old men and Zodiac are all perfect movies. I'm amazed that they came out the same year.

 

[PayOffWizard]

88 is pretty darn good as well..

- Rain Man
- Die Hard
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Beetlejuice
- Cocktail
- Big
- Coming to America
- They Live
- A Fish Called Wanda
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- Scrooged (Best Christmas movie ever)
- Young Guns
- Mississippi Burning
- Midnight Run
- Bloodsport
- Twins

And also so of the best animated films.

- Akira
- My Neighbor Totoro
- Grave of the Fireflies

 

[Maengun1]

2007 was AMAZING. It's between that and 1999 for my favorite year in film of my lifetime, but I think 2007 miiiight take it. In particular:

• Zodiac
• The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
• Into The Wild
• No Country For Old Men
• There Will Be Blood
• Ratatouille
• Superbad (lol, this one sticks out in the group but I don't care)

are all among my absolute favorite movies of all time. I was happy to see NCFOM win Best Picture at the Oscars that year. IMO the top 5 movies on that list are ALL better than EVERY other Best Picture winner since 2000.

 

[Hektor]

But Oldboy came 2003.

 

[theusedversion]

I was going to do a post similar to this (which is why I had the cover art handy). My favorite year is 1998. In no particular order....

Edit: I realize a lot of people will shit on these movies but I'm not overly critical like most of GAF. I enjoy a lot of what I watch.

 

[xbhaskarx]

I feel like we've already had this thread once or twice, specifically about 2007.

Yes it was a great year, even without padding the list:

There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
Zodiac
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Gone Baby Gone
Into the Wild
The Darjeeling Limited
Michael Clayton

But of course there are other great years as well, some that have been mentioned here, and others that haven't (eg 1973)....

 

[A-V-B]

1999 would like to have a word with you.

Yup. Fucking ridiculous year. But it was merely the peak a part of a global superstorm of gobsmacking artistic quality in both film and games that started in about 97 and went until 2004.

 

[Mr. Sam]

1982 deserves a mention. This guy beat me to it:

E.T.
The Thing
Star Trek 2 The Wrath of Kahn
Tron
Blade Runner
Conan 1
First Blood
Rocky 3
The Dark Crystal
The King of Comedy
Megaforce!

 

[Currygan]

a list made of mostly mediocre movies? Nope disagree

 

[HelloMeow]

Don't forget about The Man from Earth.

 

[Fancy Clown]

It's definitely the best of the 2000's thus far, not sure about all time. But seriously, soooo great movies came out in 07.

Roger Deakins shot both No Country for Old Men, and Assassination of Jesse James, got nominated for academy awards for both, and then didn't win for either!

 

[Freewheelin']

No year has ever had this quality and vastness:

• There Will Be Blood
• No Country for Old Men
• Zodiac
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• Ratatouille
• The Bourne Ultimatum
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• The Counterfeiters
• 3:10 to Yuma
• Juno
• Hot Fuzz
• Gone Baby Gone
• Into the Wild
• Eastern Promises
• Once
• Rescue Dawn
• Persepolis
• Sunshine
• Away from Her
• La Vie en rose
• Atonement
• Charlie Wilson's War
• Paris, je t'aime
• The Mist
• Sweeney Todd
• I'm Not There
• The Darjeeling Limited
• Grindhouse
• Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
• Michael Clayton
• Knocked Up
• The Wind That Shakes the Barley
• Superbad
• The Lookout
• American Gangster
• The Host
• Lars and the Real Girl
• The Savages
• The Orphanage

There are other years with perhaps a better top 5 or top 10, but 2007 is the most impressive compilation of films from one year of all time. If I could only watch movies from one year for the rest of my life, it'd be 2007.

Yep. Deleted a few from your list but all of those films are at least good, with maybe 15/20 of them legitimately great.

 

[Woody Invincible]

None of my favorite movies are there. Lars and the Real Girl is good, but nah.

2004 true best:
Eternal Sunshine
KILL BILL
Shaun of the dead
Harry Potter 3
Mean girls
Primer
Life aquatic
Machinist
Incredibles
Anchorman
Dodgeball
Crash
Howl's moving castle
Kung fu hustle
Chronicles of Riddick
Garden state
The terminal
Team America
I heart huckabees
It's all gone Pete Tong

The Life Aquatic makes it the best year by default.

 

[maxcriden]

Man. I like 4 of those and have seen 22 of them. :/

 

[marrec]

I mean, 2007 has Hot Fuzz so that kinda has to win.

 

[Vincent Grayson]

I wonder how long this discussion can go before you guys realize you can make this list for almost every year.

Surprise! Tons of great stuff is constantly coming out every single year.

 

[maquiladora]

Live Free or Die Hard

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