Top 5 films each decade

1970's

- The French Connection
- The Godfather
- Chinatown
- Apocalypse Now
- Rocky

Damn that was hard.

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1980's

- Raging Bull
- Platoon
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Terms of Endearment
- The Right Stuff

1920s: 1) The General, 2) Sherlock Jr. (I'm afraid I haven't seen enough silents)


1930s: 1) King Kong, 2) Alexandr Nevskiy (those were the only ones that really grabbed me. Again, I haven't seen enough)


1940s: 1) Rope (ditto)


1950s: 1) H-8..., 2) War of the Worlds, 3) North by Northwest, 4) Forbidden Planet, 5) Ikiru


1960s: 1) An Event, 2) The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, 3) Dr. Strangelove, 4) Liberty Valance, 5) Viy


1970s: 1) Siberiade, 2) uhh... I'll get back to you on this (I should leave Fritz out because it's more of a guilty pleasure)


1980s: 1) Conan the Barbarian, 2) Excalibur, 3) Brazil, 4) Das Boot, 5) Come and See, 6) Heavy Metal (yes, it's worth the exception. I wish adult animation stuck to that direction.)


1990s: 1) The Taste of Cherry, 2)Fight Club, 3)The Truman Show, 4) Gattaca, 5) idk


2000s: 1) Apocalypto, 2) War, 3) The Return, 4) A Wonderful Night in Split, 5) Fantastic Mr. Fox


2010s: 1) Whiplash, 2) The World's End, 3) those were the only two that really stuck with me, barring Pain and Gain which is again, more of a guilty pleasure.


2020s: maybe Everything Everywhere All At Once, but even that's a stretch.

For the 2020s, I like Aftersun (2022) and Palm Springs (2020).
Palm Springs though is very much a matter of taste (it doesn't have much).

It's impossible to narrow it down, so I'll just throw 5 that I would recommend from each decade. They might be the "best", my favorites, or just ones that I would like to call attention to...

2020s
The Zone of Interest (2023)
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
The Mitchells vs. The Machines (2021)
Palm Springs (2020)
Another Round (2020)
HM: The Block Island Sound (2020)

2010s
Moonlight (2016)
Us (2019)
A Ghost Story (2017)
Phantom Thread (2017)
Aniara (2018)
HM: Ida (2013)

2000s
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Conspiracy (2001)
The Lord of the Rings (2001)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
HM: Syriana (2005)

1990s
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Seven (2005)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Fargo (1996)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
HM: Election (1999)

1980s
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Back to the Future (1985)
Aliens (1986)
The Terminator (1984)
Ran (1985)
HM: Parenthood (1989)

1970s
Alien (1979)
The Godfather (1972)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Eraserhead (1977)
Chinatown (1974)
HM: Last Hurrah for Chivalry (1979)

1960s
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Psycho (1960)
Persona (1966)
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
The Apartment (1960)
HM: Black Girl (1966)

1950s
Vertigo (1958)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
HM: The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

1940s
Casablanca (1942)
Late Spring (1949)
Out of the Past (1947)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
HM: The Heiress (1949)

1930s
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
M (1931)
Freaks (1932)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Le Jour se Leve (1939)
HM: Captain Blood (1935)

1920s
The Last Laugh (1924)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Kid (1921)
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
HM: One Week (1920)

1910s
Suspense. (1913)
Dante's Inferno (1911)
The Girl and Her Trust (1912)
A Dog's Life (1918)
The Rough House (1917)
HM: The Insects' Christmas (1913)

1900s
A Trip to the Moon (1902)
A Panicky Picnic (1909)
The Great Train Robbery (1903)
Fantasmagorie (1908)
The Consequences of Feminism (1907)
HM: Bluebeard (1901)

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I award you 2000 points.


1000 for Us, and another 1000 for Picnic at Hanging Rock.

2020's


Barbie
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Encanto
Green Knight, The
Invisible Man, The


2010's


Inside Out
Mad Max: Fury Road
Knives Out
Get Out
Us
HM: Inception

2000s

Spirited Away
Lord of the Rings the Two Towers
Howl's Moving Castle
Iron Man
Black Swan
HM: Oh Brother Where Art Thou


90s
Toy Story 2
Beauty and the Beast
Nightmare Before Christmas,The
Scream
Groundhog Day
HM: Muppet Christmas Carol, The

80s

My Neighbor Totoro
Labyrinth
Blade Runner
Shining, The
Die Hard

HM: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

70s

Jaws
Alien
Halloween
Star Wars
Godfather pt 2

HM: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
HM: Picnic at Hanging Rock

60s

Persona
Dr. Strangelove
Psycho
Birds, The
Point Blank

HM: Yellow Submarine

1990's

- Goodfellas
- Silence of the Lambs
- Unforgiven
- Forrest Gump
- Schindler's List

We can have 10 in one, and 6 in another right? That's how I read the rule. Anyway, these are mine :

2020s so far...
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Quiet Girl
Triangle of Sadness
Moonage Daydream
Never Rarely Sometimes Always

2010s
Inside Llewyn Davis
Hereditary
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Amour
The Death of Stalin

2000s
No Country For Old Men
Memento
A Serious Man
The Hours
The White Ribbon

1990s
Reservoir Dogs
The Big Lebowski
Se7en
Glengarry GlenRoss
Fargo
The Blair Witch Project

1980s
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Gloria
Das Boot
The Long Good Friday
Come and See

1970s
Jaws
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Harold and Maude
Phantom of the Paradise
Dog Day Afternoon
Don't Look Now
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Alien
Chinatown
The Conversation

1960s
A Man For All Seasons
Woman in the Dunes
Marketa Lazarová
Repulsion
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1950s
High Noon
Umberto D.
In a Lonely Place
Seven Samurai
Wild Strawberries

1940s
The Red Shoes
Double Indemnity
The Third Man
The Maltese Falcon
The Heiress

1930s
The Wizard of Oz
All Quiet on the Western Front
M
Stagecoach
Make Way For Tomorrow

1920s
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Man With a Movie Camera
Metropolis
Safety Last!
The Gold Rush

1900s/1910s
A Trip to the Moon
A Dog's Life
Dante's Inferno
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
Robinson Crusoe

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I approve! You have a lot of movies that almost made my lists, like Memento, Harold and Maude, Fargo, and Blair Witch Project. Blair Witch doesn't get nearly as much credit as it deserves (hamstrung by terrible sequels, adaptations, and reboots).

50s


In a Lonely Place

Sunset Boulevard
High Noon
Seven Samurai
Sleeping Beauty
HM: Singing in the Rain
HM: Rashomon


40s


Laura
Third Man, The
Lost Weekend, The
Great Dictator, The
Maltese Falcon
HM: Murder My Sweet



30s


Wizard of Oz
M
A Night at the Opera
King Kong
Island of Lost Souls
HM: Thin Man, The


20s


Metropolis
Nosferatu
A Page of Madness
Passion of Joan of Arc, The
Phantom of the Opera
HM: Sherlock Jr

1930s
La Grand Illusion
City Lights
Make Way for Tomorrow
The Wizard of Oz
Bringing Up Baby

1940s
Pinocchio
The Third Man
A Matter of Life and Death
Double Indemnity
Rebecca

1950s
Rear Window
Roman Holiday
Alice in Wonderland
Wild Strawberries
Seven Samurai

1960s
The Apartment
Persona
Lawrence of Arabia
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1970s
Apocalypse Now
Aguirre: the Wrath of God
Chinatown
Dog Day Afternoon
The Exorcist

1980s
Blade Runner
Aliens
E.T.
Videodrome
Dawn by Law

1990s
L.A Confidential
The Lion King
Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
Miller's Crossing

2000s
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Dark Knight
There Will Be Blood
The Incredibles
Before Sunset

2010s
The Social Network
A Separation
Drive
The Wolf of Wall Street
The Grand Budapest Hotel

That was hard and changes daily.

1920s
Weary River
Un Chien Andalou
The Wizard of Oz
Battleship Potemkin
The General


1930s
The Grand Illusion
Mr. Deeds Goes To Town
Dodsworth
M
You Can't Take It With You


1940s
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Bicycle Thieves
The Grapes of Wrath
Shoeshine
La Tera Trema


1950s
La Strada
Umberto D
On The Waterfront
The Seventh Seal
Ace In The Hole


1960s
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
The Battle of Algiers
The Swimmer
Birdman of Alcatraz
A Child Is Waiting
An Autumn Afternoon
The Happy Ending
The Misfits
Ladybug, Ladybug
Midnight Cowboy


1970s
Harry and Tonto
Nashville
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
A Woman Under The Influence
Network
The Godfather
Harold and Maude
The Godfather: Part 2
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Mikey and Nicky


I couldn't only name five from the 70s. The top 20 would beat the 80s stuff, so I'll just skip those decades.

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Some great choices.

This one, I personally don't get:

Aguirre: the Wrath of God

70s


Godfather
One flew over the Cuckoos Nest
Jaws
Rocky
The Exorcist

It hit me as the most singular thing I had watched until that point, honestly.... It's definitely rough-around-the-edges but I find it raw and wickedly-funny and historically terrifying at the same time. Atmospheric as hell, too.

I'm working on the list but limiting myself to just 5 a decade makes for a very boring and obvious list of certified masterpieces from each decade.