If you know me, you know that I love sharing movie recommendations, and these reviews are just another method to steer you towards some great films… without the spoilers.
Make sure to check in weekly for new recommendations and the latest top 5 lists.
Just like my opinion on anything, these rankings are always evolving.
My Biased take on…
Top 5 Horror Films
Psycho
The Exorcist
The Shining
The Silence of the Lambs
Let the Right One In
Top 5 Comedy Films
City Lights
The Big Lebowski
Dr. Strangelove
Superbad
Playtime (1967)
Top 5 Rom-Coms
When Harry Met Sally…
Harold and Maude
The Philadelphia Story
Annie Hall
The Apartment
the Top 5 Best Films By Year
Top 5 Films of 1970
Kes
The Conformist
Gimme Shelter
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
El Topo
Top 5 Films of 1971
A Clockwork Orange
Straw Dogs
Walkabout
The French Connection
Harold and Maude
Honorable Mention
The Last Picture Show
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Top 5 Films of 1972
The Godfather
Solaris
Deliverance
Frenzy
The Way of the Dragon
Top 5 Films of 1973
Paper Moon
The Exorcist
Badlands
Don’t Look Now
The Holy Mountain
Top 5 Films of 1974
The Godfather Part II
Chinatown
A Woman Under the Influence
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Honorable Mention
Young Frankenstein
Lenny
Top 5 Films of 1975
Barry Lyndon
Jaws
Dog Day Afternoon
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Nashville
Honorable Mention
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Tommy
Top 5 Films of 1976
All the President's Men
Network
Taxi Driver
Carrie
The Omen
Honorable Mention
Rocky
Top 5 Films of 1977
Three Women
Suspiria
Annie Hall
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Star Wars
Top 5 Films of 1978
The Deer Hunter
Days of Heaven
The Last Waltz
Autumn Sonata
Halloween
Top 5 Films of 1979
Being There
Alien
Kramer vs Kramer
Breaking Away
The Jerk
Top 5 Films of 1980
The Shining
Kagemusha
The Elephant Man
The Empire Strikes Back
Ordinary People
Top 5 Films of 1981
Possession
Thief
An American Werewolf in London
Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior
Blow Out
Top 5 Films of 1982
Fanny and Alexander
Missing
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Koyaanisqatsi
The Thing
Top 5 Films of 1983
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
The Big Chill
Nostalghia
Sans Soleil
Videodrome
Top 5 Films of 1984
Amadeus
Paris, Texas
This is Spinal Tap
Once Upon a Time in America
Stop Making Sense
Top 5 Films of 1985
Ran
Back to the Future
The Breakfast Club
Brazil
Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
Top 5 Films of 1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
Platoon
Stand By Me
Blue Velvet
Manhunter
Top 5 Films of 1987
Full Metal Jacket
The Last Emperor
Raising Arizona
Broadcast News
The Princess Bride
Honorable Mention
Wings of Desire
Top 5 Films of 1988
My Neighbor Totoro
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Akira
The Vanishing
Die Hard
Top 5 Films of 1989
Do The Right Thing
When Harry Met Sally
Field of Dreams
Kiki’s Delivery Service
Dead Poets Society
Top 5 Films of 1990
Goodfellas
Misery
Cinema Paradiso
The Exorcist III
Home Alone
Top 5 Films of 1991
The Silence of the Lambs
Raise the Red Lantern
Barton Fink
Terminator 2
Point Break
Top 5 Films of 1992
Baraka
Malcolm X
Reservoir Dogs
Hard Boiled
Aladdin
Top 5 Films of 1993
Schindler's List - Spielberg’s nuts
Jurassic Park - Spielberg’s nuts
Three Colors: Blue
Dazed and Confused
Farewell My Concubine
Honorable Mention
The Fugitive
The Piano
Top 5 Films of 1994
Pulp Fiction
Chungking Express
The Lion King
Leon The Professional
Three Colors: White
Honorable Mention
Shawshank Redemption
Quiz Show
Top 5 Films of 1995
Heat
Se7en
Before Sunrise
Toy Story
La haine
Honorable Mention
Babe
Kids
Top 5 Films of 1996
Fargo
Jerry Maguire
Trainspotting
Scream
Mission: Impossible
Top 5 Films of 1997
Boogie Nights
Good Will Hunting
Life is Beautiful
Princess Mononoke
Titanic
Honorable Mention
Men in Black
Perfect Blue
Top 5 Films of 1998
The Truman Show
The Big Lebowski
Pleasantville
There’s Something About Mary
Rushmore
Honorable Mention
Saving Private Ryan
The Thin Red Line
Buffalo '66
Top 5 Films of 1999 - what a year
The Matrix
The Sixth Sense
American Beauty
Magnolia
Office Space
Honorable Mention
Eyes Wide Shut
Being John Malkovich
The Blair Witch Project
Three Kings
Man on the Moon
The Insider
Election
Top 5 Films of 2000
In the Mood for Love
Almost Famous
Yi Yi
Gladiator
Unbreakable
Honorable Mention
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Dancer in the Dark
Chicken Run
Billy Elliot
Top 5 Films of 2001
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Spirited Away
The Royal Tenenbaums
Y tu mamá también
Amelie
Honorable Mention
Oceans 11
Donnie Darko
The Others
Top 5 Films of 2002
City of God
Adaptation
Hero
Infernal Affairs
Punch-Drunk Love
Top 5 Films of 2003
Memories of Murder
Kill Bill: Vol 1
Elephant
Tokyo Godfathers
Lost in Translation
Honorable Mention
Oldboy
Top 5 Films of 2004
Birth
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Before Sunset
Finding Neverland
Sideways
Top 5 Films of 2005
Caché
The New World
The Squid and the Whale
Syriana
Grizzly Man
Top 5 Films of 2006
Children of Men
The Departed
The Lives of Others
Casino Royale
Pan's Labyrinth
Top 5 Films of 2007
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
Hot Fuzz
The Darjeeling Limited
Zodiac
Honorable Mention
Superbad
Ratatouille
Top 5 Films of 2008
In Bruges
The Dark Knight
Let the Right One In
Slumdog Millionaire
Synecdoche, New York
Honorable Mention
Wall-E
The Wrestler
Top 5 Films of 2009
Inglourious Basterds
Mother
District 9
The White Ribbon
A Prophet
Honorable Mention
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Secret in Their Eyes
Up In the Air
Up
Top 5 Films of 2010
The Social Network
I Saw the Devil
Incendies
The King's Speech
Inception
Top 5 Films of 2011
The Tree of Life
Drive
Samsara
The Descendants
Hugo
Honorable Mention
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Beginners
Take Shelter
Top 5 Films of 2012
The Master
Skyfall
The Hunt
Amour
The Place Beyond the Pines
Top 5 Films of 2013
The Great Beauty
Her
Prisoners
Gravity
The Way Way Back
Top 5 Films of 2014
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gone Girl
Whiplash
The Raid 2
Top 5 Films of 2015
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Sicario
Room
Top 5 Films of 2016
Moonlight
Manchester by the Sea
Nocturnal Animals
Hell or High Water
Sing Street
Top 5 Films of 2017
The Florida Project
Get Out
Phantom Thread
Lady Bird
The Square
Honorable Mention
Dunkirk
You Were Never Really Here
Columbus
Top 5 Films of 2018
The Favourite
Eighth Grade
If Beale Street Could Talk
First Reformed
Upgrade
Honorable Mention
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Free Solo
Widows
Top 5 Films of 2019
Parasite
Marriage Story
The Farewell
Anima
Jojo Rabbit
Top 5 Films of 2020
Minari
Soul
Another Round
Sound of Metal
The Invisible Man
Top 5 Films of 2021
Licorice Pizza
Pig
King Richard
C’mon C’mon
Bergman Island
Top 5 Films of 2022
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Aftersun
Top Gun: Maverick
The Banshees of Inisherin
TÁR
Top 5 Films of 2023
Poor Things
The Holdovers
Godzilla Minus One
The Zone of Interest
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Top 5 Films of 2024
The Wild Robot
Flow
Anora
Nosferatu
A Complete Unknown