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About Films By Year My 100 Favorites Features

Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
Aliens James Cameron
2.
Hannah and Her Sisters Woody Allen
3.
The Fly David Cronenberg
4.
Blue Velvet David Lynch
5.
She's Gotta Have It Spike Lee
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Films

6.
Something Wild Jonathan Demme
7.
River's Edge Tim Hunter
8.
Ruthless People Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker
9.
Stand by Me Rob Reiner
10.
Crocodile Dundee Peter Faiman
11.
Down by Law Jim Jarmusch
12.
The Color of Money Martin Scorsese
13.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Leonard Nimoy
14.
Mauvais sang
The Night Is Young Leos Carax
15.
Children of a Lesser God Randa Haines
16.
Labyrinth Jim Henson
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Films

17.
Top Gun Tony Scott
18.
Running Scared Peter Hyams
19.
Offret
The Sacrifice Andrei Tarkovsky
20.
About Last Night... Edward Zwick
21.
Parting Glances Bill Sherwood
22.
Tampopo Jûzô Itami
23.
Big Trouble in Little China John Carpenter
24.
Manhunter Michael Mann
25.
The Mosquito Coast Peter Weir
26.
Betty Blue
37°2 le matin Jean-Jacques Beineix
27.
Down and Out in Beverly Hills Paul Mazursky
28.
Salvador Oliver Stone
29.
Little Shop of Horrors Frank Oz
30.
At Close Range James Foley
31.
Back to School Alan Metter
32.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off John Hughes
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Films

33.
The Name of the Rose
Der Name der Rose Jean-Jacques Annaud
34.
Sid and Nancy Alex Cox
35.
Clockwise Christopher Morahan
36.
The Mission Roland Joffé
37.
F/X Robert Mandel
38.
The Hitcher Robert Harmon
39.
Mona Lisa Neil Jordan
40.
That's Life! Blake Edwards
41.
Pretty in Pink Howard Deutch
42.
Tough Guys Jeff Kanew
43.
Crimes of the Heart Bruce Beresford
44.
Platoon Oliver Stone
45.
Three Amigos! John Landis
46.
Jumpin' Jack Flash Penny Marshall
47.
One Crazy Summer Savage Steve Holland
48.
SpaceCamp Harry Winer
49.
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling Richard Pryor
50.
Nothing in Common Garry Marshall
51.
Wildcats Michael Ritchie
52.
House Steve Miner
53.
52 Pick-Up John Frankenheimer
54.
Lucas David Seltzer
55.
The Decline of the American Empire
Le Déclin de l'empire Américain Denys Arcand
56.
Club Paradise Harold Ramis
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Films

57.
Howard the Duck Willard Huyck
58.
True Stories David Byrne
59.
Heartbreak Ridge Clint Eastwood
60.
Heartburn Mike Nichols
61.
Night of the Creeps Fred Dekker
62.
Power Sidney Lumet
63.
Nomads John McTiernan
64.
The Morning After Sidney Lumet
65.
Sweet Liberty Alan Alda
66.
The Money Pit Richard Benjamin
67.
The Great Mouse Detective
Basil the Great Mouse Detective
The Adventures of Tthe Great Mouse Detective Ron Clements, John Musker, Burny Mattinson, and David Michener
68.
Brighton Beach Memoirs Gene Saks
69.
Half Moon Street Bob Swaim
70.
Just Between Friends Allan Burns
71.
Flight of the Navigator Randal Kleiser
72.
Invaders from Mars Tobe Hooper
73.
Armed and Dangerous Mark L. Lester
74.
The Golden Child Michael Ritchie
75.
Peggy Sue Got Married Francis Ford Coppola
76.
Chopping Mall Jim Wynorski
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Films

77.
Soul Man Steve Miner
78.
No Mercy Richard Pearce
79.
Gung Ho Ron Howard
80.
Nine 1/2 Weeks Adrian Lyne
81.
Vamp Richard Wenk
82.
The Clan of the Cave Bear Michael Chapman
83.
Echo Park Robert Dornhelm
84.
Under the Cherry Moon Prince
85.
Youngblood Peter Markle
86.
Quicksilver Tom Donnelly
87.
Off Beat Michael Dinner
88.
The Men's Club Peter Medak
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Films

89.
Short Circuit John Badham
90.
Absolute Beginners Julien Temple
91.
Legal Eagles Ivan Reitman
92.
Wisdom Emilio Estevez
93.
Blue City Michelle Manning
94.
Out of Bounds Richard Tuggle
95.
Poltergeist II: The Other Side Brian Gibson
96.
Maximum Overdrive Stephen King
97.
Haunted Honeymoon Gene Wilder
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Films

98.
Shanghai Surprise Jim Goddard
99.
Pirates Roman Polanski
52 Pick-Up John Frankenheimer 
About Last Night... Edward Zwick 
Absolute Beginners Julien Temple 
Aliens James Cameron 
Armed and Dangerous Mark L. Lester 
At Close Range James Foley 
Back to School Alan Metter 
Betty Blue
37°2 le matin Jean-Jacques Beineix 
Big Trouble in Little China John Carpenter 
Blue City Michelle Manning 
Blue Velvet David Lynch 
Brighton Beach Memoirs Gene Saks 
Children of a Lesser God Randa Haines 
Chopping Mall Jim Wynorski 
Clockwise Christopher Morahan 
Club Paradise Harold Ramis 
Crimes of the Heart Bruce Beresford 
Crocodile Dundee Peter Faiman 
Down and Out in Beverly Hills Paul Mazursky 
Down by Law Jim Jarmusch 
Echo Park Robert Dornhelm 
Ferris Bueller's Day Off John Hughes 
Flight of the Navigator Randal Kleiser 
F/X Robert Mandel 
Gung Ho Ron Howard 
Half Moon Street Bob Swaim 
Hannah and Her Sisters Woody Allen 
Haunted Honeymoon Gene Wilder 
Heartbreak Ridge Clint Eastwood 
Heartburn Mike Nichols 
House Steve Miner 
Howard the Duck Willard Huyck 
Invaders from Mars Tobe Hooper 
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling Richard Pryor 
Jumpin' Jack Flash Penny Marshall 
Just Between Friends Allan Burns 
Labyrinth Jim Henson 
Legal Eagles Ivan Reitman 
Little Shop of Horrors Frank Oz 
Lucas David Seltzer 
Manhunter Michael Mann 
Mauvais sang
The Night Is Young Leos Carax 
Maximum Overdrive Stephen King 
Mona Lisa Neil Jordan 
Night of the Creeps Fred Dekker 
Nine 1/2 Weeks Adrian Lyne 
Nomads John McTiernan 
No Mercy Richard Pearce 
Nothing in Common Garry Marshall 
Off Beat Michael Dinner 
Offret
The Sacrifice Andrei Tarkovsky 
One Crazy Summer Savage Steve Holland 
Out of Bounds Richard Tuggle 
Parting Glances Bill Sherwood 
Peggy Sue Got Married Francis Ford Coppola 
Pirates Roman Polanski 
Platoon Oliver Stone 
Poltergeist II: The Other Side Brian Gibson 
Power Sidney Lumet 
Pretty in Pink Howard Deutch 
Quicksilver Tom Donnelly 
River's Edge Tim Hunter 
Running Scared Peter Hyams 
Ruthless People Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker 
Salvador Oliver Stone 
Shanghai Surprise Jim Goddard 
She's Gotta Have It Spike Lee 
Short Circuit John Badham 
Sid and Nancy Alex Cox 
Something Wild Jonathan Demme 
Soul Man Steve Miner 
SpaceCamp Harry Winer 
Stand by Me Rob Reiner 
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Leonard Nimoy 
Sweet Liberty Alan Alda 
Tampopo Jûzô Itami 
That's Life! Blake Edwards 
The Clan of the Cave Bear Michael Chapman 
The Color of Money Martin Scorsese 
The Decline of the American Empire
Le Déclin de l'empire Américain Denys Arcand 
The Fly David Cronenberg 
The Golden Child Michael Ritchie 
The Great Mouse Detective
Basil the Great Mouse Detective
The Adventures of Tthe Great Mouse Detective Ron Clements, John Musker, Burny Mattinson, and David Michener 
The Hitcher Robert Harmon 
The Men's Club Peter Medak 
The Mission Roland Joffé 
The Money Pit Richard Benjamin 
The Morning After Sidney Lumet 
The Mosquito Coast Peter Weir 
The Name of the Rose
Der Name der Rose Jean-Jacques Annaud 
Three Amigos! John Landis 
Top Gun Tony Scott 
Tough Guys Jeff Kanew 
True Stories David Byrne 
Under the Cherry Moon Prince 
Vamp Richard Wenk 
Wildcats Michael Ritchie 
Wisdom Emilio Estevez 
Youngblood Peter Markle 
Tampopo Jûzô Itami 23 November 1985
The Clan of the Cave Bear Michael Chapman 17 January 1986
Power Sidney Lumet 31 January 1986
Youngblood Peter Markle 31 January 1986
Down and Out in Beverly Hills Paul Mazursky 31 January 1986
Hannah and Her Sisters Woody Allen 07 February 1986
F/X Robert Mandel 07 February 1986
Quicksilver Tom Donnelly 14 February 1986
Wildcats Michael Ritchie 14 February 1986
Parting Glances Bill Sherwood 19 February 1986
Nine 1/2 Weeks Adrian Lyne 21 February 1986
The Hitcher Robert Harmon 21 February 1986
Pretty in Pink Howard Deutch 28 February 1986
House Steve Miner 28 February 1986
Nomads John McTiernan 07 March 1986
Gung Ho Ron Howard 14 March 1986
Just Between Friends Allan Burns 21 March 1986
The Money Pit Richard Benjamin 26 March 1986
Lucas David Seltzer 28 March 1986
Off Beat Michael Dinner 11 April 1986
Absolute Beginners Julien Temple 18 April 1986
At Close Range James Foley 18 April 1986
Salvador Oliver Stone 23 April 1986
Blue City Michelle Manning 02 May 1986
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling Richard Pryor 02 May 1986
Short Circuit John Badham 09 May 1986
Offret
The Sacrifice Andrei Tarkovsky 09 May 1986
Top Gun Tony Scott 16 May 1986
Poltergeist II: The Other Side Brian Gibson 23 May 1986
Invaders from Mars Tobe Hooper 06 June 1986
SpaceCamp Harry Winer 06 June 1986
Ferris Bueller's Day Off John Hughes 11 June 1986
Mona Lisa Neil Jordan 13 June 1986
Back to School Alan Metter 13 June 1986
Legal Eagles Ivan Reitman 20 June 1986
Ruthless People Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker 27 June 1986
Running Scared Peter Hyams 27 June 1986
Labyrinth Jim Henson 27 June 1986
Under the Cherry Moon Prince 02 July 1986
About Last Night... Edward Zwick 02 July 1986
Big Trouble in Little China John Carpenter 02 July 1986
The Great Mouse Detective
Basil the Great Mouse Detective
The Adventures of Tthe Great Mouse Detective Ron Clements, John Musker, Burny Mattinson, and David Michener 02 July 1986
Club Paradise Harold Ramis 11 July 1986
Vamp Richard Wenk 18 July 1986
Aliens James Cameron 18 July 1986
Pirates Roman Polanski 18 July 1986
Heartburn Mike Nichols 25 July 1986
Out of Bounds Richard Tuggle 25 July 1986
Maximum Overdrive Stephen King 25 July 1986
Haunted Honeymoon Gene Wilder 25 July 1986
Echo Park Robert Dornhelm 25 July 1986
Nothing in Common Garry Marshall 30 July 1986
Howard the Duck Willard Huyck 01 August 1986
Flight of the Navigator Randal Kleiser 01 August 1986
She's Gotta Have It Spike Lee 08 August 1986
One Crazy Summer Savage Steve Holland 08 August 1986
The Fly David Cronenberg 15 August 1986
Manhunter Michael Mann 15 August 1986
Armed and Dangerous Mark L. Lester 15 August 1986
Stand by Me Rob Reiner 22 August 1986
Night of the Creeps Fred Dekker 22 August 1986
Sweet Liberty Alan Alda 28 August 1986
Shanghai Surprise Jim Goddard 29 August 1986
The Men's Club Peter Medak 19 September 1986
Blue Velvet David Lynch 19 September 1986
The Name of the Rose
Der Name der Rose Jean-Jacques Annaud 24 September 1986
Down by Law Jim Jarmusch 25 September 1986
Crocodile Dundee Peter Faiman 26 September 1986
Half Moon Street Bob Swaim 26 September 1986
Tough Guys Jeff Kanew 03 October 1986
That's Life! Blake Edwards 10 October 1986
True Stories David Byrne 10 October 1986
Clockwise Christopher Morahan 10 October 1986
Peggy Sue Got Married Francis Ford Coppola 10 October 1986
Jumpin' Jack Flash Penny Marshall 10 October 1986
The Color of Money Martin Scorsese 17 October 1986
Soul Man Steve Miner 24 October 1986
Children of a Lesser God Randa Haines 31 October 1986
The Mission Roland Joffé 31 October 1986
Sid and Nancy Alex Cox 07 November 1986
Something Wild Jonathan Demme 07 November 1986
52 Pick-Up John Frankenheimer 07 November 1986
Betty Blue
37°2 le matin Jean-Jacques Beineix 07 November 1986
The Decline of the American Empire
Le Déclin de l'empire Américain Denys Arcand 14 November 1986
The Mosquito Coast Peter Weir 26 November 1986
Mauvais sang
The Night Is Young Leos Carax 26 November 1986
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Leonard Nimoy 26 November 1986
Heartbreak Ridge Clint Eastwood 05 December 1986
The Golden Child Michael Ritchie 12 December 1986
Three Amigos! John Landis 12 December 1986
Little Shop of Horrors Frank Oz 19 December 1986
No Mercy Richard Pearce 19 December 1986
The Morning After Sidney Lumet 25 December 1986
Brighton Beach Memoirs Gene Saks 25 December 1986
Wisdom Emilio Estevez 02 January 1987
Crimes of the Heart Bruce Beresford 23 January 1987
Platoon Oliver Stone 06 February 1987
Chopping Mall Jim Wynorski 20 March 1987
River's Edge Tim Hunter 08 May 1987
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