• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

2007 is the greatest year in film history

Status
Not open for further replies.
C

cacildo

Member
The Simpsons Movie
Click to expand...

2edz0v5.jpgcqkkz.gif
 
A

Amentallica

Unconfirmed Member
Bishop89 said:
I disagree, only 2 movies in that list I liked.

Hell, it's just over halfway 2015 and I like more movies this year than how many I like in that year, and I haven't even see mission impossible, star wars or spectre yet..
Click to expand...

Two movies out of that entire list? You're questionable.
 
M

Menome

Member
tearsintherain said:
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
Click to expand...

And Police Academy. Screw the haters.
 
S

Sojgat

Member
1999

Fight Club
Eyes Wide Shut
The Matrix
Office Space
The Sixth Sense
The Mummy
Magnolia
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Being John Malkovich
Notting Hill
The Iron Giant
Galaxy Quest
The Insider
Three Kings
South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut
The Thomas Crown Affair
Any Given Sunday
Toy Story 2
The 13th Warrior
Ghost Dog
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
The Mission
 
S

Sephzilla

Member
1980 is the real winner, it had

Empire Strikes Back
Airplane
Raging Bull
Caddyshack
The Shining
The Blues Brothers
Superman 2
Stir Crazy
Flash Gordon
Friday the 13th
The Elephant Man

But really, you can pick almost any year from the 80s and it was a fantastic year. The 1980s was a golden era
 
D

Doc Holliday

SPOILER: Columbus finds America
Amazing year! But my personal favorite 1994

Pulp Fiction
Forrest Gump
Shawshank redemption
True Lies
Wolf
New nightmare
Quiz Show
Natural born killers
The lion king
Leon the professional
Interview with a vampire
Hudsucker proxy
Hoop dreams
Heavenly creatures
Fist of legend
Ed wood
Drunken master II
The crow
Clear and present danger
Clerks
Blue chips
Ace Ventura
Above the rim

There are at least 4 movies there that I can watch forever
 
T

Toa TAK

Banned
theusedversion said:
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.
Click to expand...

Where's Godzilla?
 
C

Chmpocalypse

Blizzard
FTF said:
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
  • Reign Over Me
  • 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
  • Fracture
  • Transformers
  • American Gangster
  • Ocean's Thirteen
  • The Simpsons Movie
  • Breach
  • 300
  • The Host
  • Lars and the Real Girl
  • The Savages
  • The Orphanage
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  • Live Free or Die Hard
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.
Click to expand...

Listed Juno, instantly disqualified.

Seriously, fuck that pretentious piece of self-important garbage.

But yeah, quite a lot of great movies otherwise.
 
T

theusedversion

Member
PsychBat! said:
Overly critical? Sounds like you like to generalize too.

I like The Big Hit. I miss China Chow.
Click to expand...

I take it you have never ventured into any review thread on GAF? Games, movies, etc are either shit or amazing. Generalizing of course like you said and as well as being snarky. But yes, I generally like most of the media I consume. I quite enjoy many "shit" movies.

impact said:
There's just a lot of bad movies ITT
Click to expand...

And perhaps a few hyperbolic posters *cough cough*

Toa TAK said:
Where's Godzilla?
Click to expand...

Where it belongs. XD I kid, I kid. I had to draw the line somewhere. I think I will watch it again. I guess I haven't watched it since 1998.
 
T

True Savior

Member
A list with only 4-5 movies produced outside of US , one which includes Transformers....are you really trying to convince anyone of this insanity ?

Just no. Probably not even in the Top 20.
 
M

Maninthemirror

Banned
FTF said:
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
  • Reign Over Me
  • 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
  • Fracture
  • Transformers
  • American Gangster
  • Ocean's Thirteen
  • The Simpsons Movie
  • Breach
  • 300
  • The Host
  • Lars and the Real Girl
  • The Savages
  • The Orphanage
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  • Live Free or Die Hard
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.
Click to expand...

Compare this with 1999

  1. Toy Story 2
    [*]The Iron Giant
  2. The Insider
  3. 3 Kings
  4. American beauty
  5. Princess Monoke
  6. Run Lola Run
  7. The Blair Witch Project
    [*]The matrix
  8. october sky
  9. the sixth sense
  10. Magnolia
  11. The Talented Mr Ripley
  12. The Hurricane
  13. Tarzane
  14. Boys Dont Cry
    [*]Fight Club
  15. the green mile
  16. Office Space


The Bolded movies alone blow away all of 2007
 
O

Ovid

Member
theusedversion said:
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.
Click to expand...

Enemy of the State is probably the most underrated movie of all time.
 
E

equippedwithtowel

Member
2007 also has two of my favourite movies about musicians of all time. Anton Corbjin's Ian Curtis biopic Control and Julian Temple's Joe Strummer documentary The Future is Unwritten.
 
B

billy beane

Banned
Zodiac man, that movie came out of nowhere for me. I barely knew that movie existed before I saw it, and it instantly became one of my all time favorite films.
 
K

Kallor

Member
I've yet to see a list beat that 2007 list, OP. The next best lists are steeped in nostalgia.

2007 is certainly the best year for Cowboy/Western movies in decades.
 
J

jmizzal

Member
For one year there are a lot of very good movies, another year may have more great movies but not as many very good movies
 
F

FTF

Member
The Lamonster said:
2007 was the year my personal favorite movie came out, yet the OP failed to mention it:

Planet Terror
Click to expand...

I listed Grindhouse, which when I saw it in theaters combined with Death Proof and the fake trailers was an awesome experience.

True Savior said:
A list with only 4-5 movies produced outside of US , one which includes Transformers....are you really trying to convince anyone of this insanity ?

Just no. Probably not even in the Top 20.
Click to expand...

lol come on now

Maninthemirror said:
Compare this with 1999

  1. Toy Story 2
    [*]The Iron Giant
  2. The Insider
  3. 3 Kings
  4. American beauty
  5. Princess Monoke
  6. Run Lola Run
  7. The Blair Witch Project
    [*]The matrix
  8. october sky
  9. the sixth sense
  10. Magnolia
  11. The Talented Mr Ripley
  12. The Hurricane
  13. Tarzane
  14. Boys Dont Cry
    [*]Fight Club
  15. the green mile
  16. Office Space


The Bolded movies alone blow away all of 2007
Click to expand...

Please, those are great movies but they don't blow away all of 07.

Hip Hop said:
Why did you leave off I am Legend. Wtf
Click to expand...

well, had to draw the line somewhere. But yeah, throw alt ending IAL in there, sure.
 
K

KevinCow

Banned
I can't think of a year that I particularly liked over other years.

I guess 2008 was pretty cool. The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Speed Racer, Wall-E, Tropic Thunder, plus some guilty pleasures like Cloverfield and Wanted.

But most years only have like 2-4 movies that I loved. Even on the OP's list, I didn't care for most of it.
 
T

True Savior

Member
FTF said:
lol come on now


.
Click to expand...

I think a top 20 in an history that encompasses 100+ years is nothing to be ashamed.

With such a vast catalogue of movies produced anywhere in time and in any part of the globe , i dont see how 2007 can be seen as particularly amazing.. Persepolis might enter a top 100-200 of all time. The rest doesn't seem very likely.
 
F

Foggy

Member
Virtually any year from the 70's would blow it out of the water. Unless this is only considering American films, but even then...
 
The Scrivener

The Scrivener

Member
FTF said:
No year has ever had this quality and vastness:


  • There Will Be Blood
  • No Country for Old Men
  • Ratatouille
  • The Bourne Ultimatum
  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  • 3:10 to Yuma
  • Juno
  • Into the Wild
  • Once
  • La Vie en rose
  • The Darjeeling Limited
  • Knocked Up
  • Transformers
  • Ocean's Thirteen
  • The Simpsons Movie
  • 300
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  • Live Free or Die Hard
Click to expand...

I have seen these and another half I have in backlog. Impressive I must say. I am inclined to agree with you.
 
P

Plinko

Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
OP is joking, right? Because that list is dreadful compared to numerous other years.
 
T

the black pearl

Member
What do you guys think of 2006? I thought it was great.

Shorthand list

The Departed
The Prestige
Mission Impossible 3
Casino Royale
The Lives of Others
Dead Man's Chest
Apocalypto
Blood Diamond
Perfume
Crank
The Fountain
The Hills have Eyes
Once
Last King of Scotland
Rescue Dawn

Not trying to say its the best of all time or anything like that, but I thought it was a satisfying year.
 
B

bomma_man

Member
Bishop89 said:
The mist and transformers.

I'll give an answer to which year I think is the best once I'm home from work
Click to expand...

Brah....


NCFOM, Blood, Zodiac and Jessie James are all A+ films. It was a pretty good year.

80s were best for popcorn happy blockbusters though.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

  • Locked
A lot of good movies turn 10 this year
18
2K
Famassu replied
Let's talk about the *other* films of 2007
42
3K
Krev replied
The 21st Century's 100 Greatest Films (BBC Poll, 177 worldwide critics)
3 4 5 6 7
327
27K
karmaforgotme replied
  • Locked
Was 2007 one of the best years for "entertainment" (movies/games/music)?
2
69
4K
whitehawk replied
  • Locked
NeoGAF's Best Films of All-Time: Results Thread
2 3 4 5 6
264
28K
kinoki replied
Top Bottom