Ranking Only the Best (and the Very Worst) of a Movie Year Project

[LawrenceA]

1933

Favorites
King Kong
Duck Soup
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Dragnet Girl
Footlight Parade
42nd Street
The Invisible Man
Queen Christina
Wild Boys of the Road

Least Favorites
The Flaming Signal
The Shadow
The Avenger
The Intruder
Jungle Bride
The World Gone Mad

[kingrat]

1933: A good year for comedy, drama, and musicals. A really good year if you are a fan of some or all of these actresses (alphabetical order): Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow, Katharine Hepburn, Miriam Hopkins, Barbara Stanwyck, and Loretta Young.

Favorites:

Duck Soup
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Little Women
Counsellor-at-Law
Design for Living
Dinner at Eight
Baby Face
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Queen Christina
Employees' Entrance
Bombshell
Bed of Roses
42nd Street
Gold Diggers of 1933
The Story of Temple Drake
Man's Castle

[CinemaInternational]

Now it is time for 2003 and 2019. Next up will be 1940.

2003


The Best:


1 Finding Nemo
2 Lost in Translation
3 In the Cut
4 Big Fish
5 All the Real Girls
6 Mystic River
7 A Mighty Wind
8 House of Sand and Fog
9 Open Range
10 Down with Love
11 My Life Without Me
12 Love Actually
13 The Cooler
14 Under the Tuscan Sun
15 Something's Gotta Give
16 The Dreamers
17 The Station Agent
18 Calendar Girls
19 Looney Tunes: Back in Action
20 The Company
21 Secondhand Lions
22 Monster
23 Intolerable Cruelity
24 The Last Samurai
25 The Human Stain
26 Peter Pan
27 Piglet's Big Movie
28 Shattered Glass

The Worst:


1 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
2 The Jungle Book 2
3 Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde
4 Thirteen
5 Freaky Friday
6 The Triplets of Belleville
7 Cold Mountain


2019



The Best:


1 Little Women
2 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
3 Motherless Brooklyn
4 The Farewell
5 1917
6 Dark Waters
7 Harriet
8 Just Mercy
9 Pain and Glory
10 Ford v Ferrari
11 Toy Story 4
12 Where'd You Go, Bernadette?
13 Richard Jewell
14 The Truth
15 Yesterday
16 After the Wedding
17 Clemency
18 Doctor Sleep
19 The Good Liar
20 A Hidden Life
21 Downton Abbey
22 Frankie
23 Judy
24 Sound of Metal


The Worst:


1 Jojo Rabbit
2 Joker
3 Bombshell
4 The Two Popes
5 Late Night
6 Knives Out

[Feinberg]

2003

Of the 85 films that I have seen from this year these are my favourites ranked in order ...

Kill Bill Vol. 1
Lost In Translation
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Something's Gotta Give
Monsieur Ibrahim
Touching the Void
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Mystic River
Seabiscuit
Identity
American Splendor
Intolerable Cruelty
A Mighty Wind
Monster
The Far Side of the Moon
I'm Not Scared
Peter Pan
The Barbarian Invasions
Oldboy
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2LDK
The Return

and here are some that I did not care for at all ...

Big Fish
Once Upon a Time In Mexico
Bad Santa
In the Cut
The Hours of the Day

[Feinberg]

2019

Of the 117 films that I have seen from this year these are my favourites ranked in order ...

The Irishman
Marriage Story
The Rifleman
Knives Out
Les Miserables
Bombshell
1917
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story
The Cave
Parasite
Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan
Bacurau
The Report
Two of Us
The Endless Trench
The Traitor
Collective
Little Monsters
Joker
Booksmart

and here are some that I did not care for at all ...

I Lost My Body
Family Romance, LLC
Joan of Arc
The Antenna

[LawrenceA]

2003

Favorites
Kill Bill, Vol.1
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Last Samurai
Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World
Oldboy
X-Men 2
Best of Youth
Big Fish
Cold Mountain
Finding Nemo
Lost in Translation
A Mighty Wind
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring
21 Grams

Favorite Documentaries
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
The Fog of War
Touching the Void
Festival Express
Wheel of Time
The Yes Men

Least Favorites
Marci X
House of the Dead
The Cat in the Hat
In the Cut
Kangaroo Jack
Spy Kids 3D: Game Over


2019

Favorites
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Ford V. Ferrari
1917
Ad Astra
Bacurau
Bad Education
Booksmart
Dark Waters
Doctor Sleep
Dolemite Is My Name
The Farewell
The Gentlemen
A Hidden Life
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Marriage Story
Midsommar
Motherless Brooklyn
Parasite
Queen & Slim
The Report
Sound of Metal
The Two Popes
Uncut Gems

Favorite Documentaries
American Factory
Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Love, Antosha
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
One Child Nation
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story
David Bowie: Finding Fame
David Crosby: Remember My Name
Devil at the Crossroads
Fyre
Master of Dark Shadows
Mike Wallace Is Here
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story
Mystify: Michael Hutchence
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas

Least Favorites
Among the Shadows
Clown
Verotika
Black Christmas
The Fanatic
Glass
K-12
6 Underground

[Detective Jim McLeod]

2003 films seen-64

The Best

Kill Bill Vol.1
Shattered Glass
A Mighty Wind
Mystic River
Oldboy
Finding Nemo
American Splendor
Control
A Decade Under The Influence

The Worst

The Brown Bunny
Rhinoceros Eyes
Levity
Goodbye Dragon Inn
Camp
The United States Of Leland

[Detective Jim McLeod]

2019 films seen-21

The Best

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Parasite
Sorry We Missed You
63 Up
The Irishman
Marriage Story
Swallow
David Crosby Remember My Name

The Worst- but not too bad

Knives Out
SpiderMan Far From Home

[CinemaInternational]

It's now time for 1940. No worst films list from me this year. The next year up will be 1967.

1 The Shop Around the Corner
2 Remember the Night
3 His Girl Friday
4 All This and Heaven Too
5 Pride and Prejudice
6 The Grapes of Wrath
7 Kitty Foyle
8 Dance, Girl, Dance
9 Rebecca
10 Waterloo Bridge
11 My Little Chickadee
12 Broadway Melody of 1940
13 My Favorite Wife
14 The Bank Dick
15 The Great Dictator
16 The Letter
17 Our Town
18 Pinocchio
19 Fantasia
20 Edison the Man
21 Foreign Correspondent
22 Christmas in July
23 Primrose Path
24 The Philadelphia Story
25 The Westerner
26 Tin Pan Alley
27 Knute Rockne All American
28 Little Nellie Kelly
29 The Thief of Bagdad
30 I Love You Again
31 The Ghost Breakers
32 They Drive by Night
33 Lillian Russell
34 City for Conquest
35 The House of the Seven Gables
36 We Who Are Young
37 Third Finger Left Hand
38 Brother Orchid
39 Beyond Tomorrow
40 The Earl of Chicago

[Feinberg]

1940

Of the 98 films that I have seen from this year these are my favourites ranked in order ...

The Grapes of Wrath
The Long Voyage Home
His Girl Friday
The Philadelphia Story
The Great Dictator
Pinocchio
Rebecca
Gaslight
Foreign Correspondent
The Shop Around the Corner
The Bank Dick
The Westerner
Pride and Prejudice
The Letter
Fantasia
The Great McGinty
The Mark of Zorro
I Love You Again
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
The Biscuit Eater
Abe Lincoln In Illinois

and here are some that I did not care for at all ...

Torrid Zone
Go West (but I would watch it again)
Northwest Mounted Police
Sante Fe Trail
Castle on the Hudson
You'll Find Out
Seven Sinners
Down Argentine Way
Broadway Melody of 1940
Knute Rockne, All American
Beyond Tomorrow
Under Your Hat

[LawrenceA]

1940

Favorites
The Grapes of Wrath
Foreign Correspondent
The Philadelphia Story
Rebecca
The Bank Dick
Christmas in July
The Great Dictator
His Girl Friday
I Love You Again
The Letter
The Long Voyage Home
The Mark of Zorro
The Westerner

Least Favorites
Son of Ingagi
The Ape
Half a Sinner
Laddie
Sky Bandits

[Swithin]

1940

Favorites
The Grapes of Wrath
Foreign Correspondent
The Philadelphia Story
Rebecca
The Bank Dick
Christmas in July
The Great Dictator
His Girl Friday
I Love You Again
The Letter
The Long Voyage Home
The Mark of Zorro
The Westerner

Least Favorites
Son of Ingagi
The Ape
Half a Sinner
Laddie
Sky Bandits

Lawrence, I've noticed of late that you seem to eschew ape movies. I thought you were their champion! Son of Ingagi has a lot to recommend it!

[Swithin]

1940: Ten Favorites in alphabetical order:

All This, and Heaven Too
City for Conquest
Down Argentine Way
Foreign Correspondent
The Grapes of Wrath
His Girl Friday
The Mortal Storm
The Mummy’s Hand
Night Train to Munich
Pride and Prejudice


Best line of 1940:
"Now rub it on the tender part of your neck." -- The Devil Bat

Two great Karloff secondary films which I can never tell apart:
Before I Hang
The Man with Nine Lives

A movie that I like but which is the most annoying film of 1940:
Arise, My Love

[kingrat]

Favorites from 1940:

Rebecca
The Letter
The Grapes of Wrath
His Girl Friday
Remember the Night
The Great McGinty
The Great Dictator
The Philadelphia Story
The Ghost Breakers
The Mortal Storm
Gaslight
Waterloo Bridge
City for Conquest
Foreign Correspondent
The Long Voyage Home
The Bank Dick
My Little Chickadee
The Mark of Zorro
It All Came True

[skimpole]

I've seen at least 32 movies from 1940. Here are my favorites:

1. His Girl Friday
2. Fantasia
3. The Philadelphia Story
4. Pinocchio
5. The Grapes of Wrath
6. The Shop Around the Corner
7. The Great Dictator
8. The Thief of Bagdad
9. The Broadway Melody of 1940
10. The Bank Dick
11. Contraband
12. The Sea Hawk
13. The Mortal Storm

Overrated:

Kitty Foyle
Rebecca
Our Town

I've seen at least 68 movies from 2019. Here are my favorites:

1. A Hidden Life
2. The Irishman
3. Collective
4. Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
5. Parasite
6. Weathering with You
7. Vitalina Varela
8. Toy Story 4
9. Beanpole
10. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
11. Varda by Agnes
12. The Truth
13. Martin Eden
14. The Personal History of David Copperfield
15. First Love
16. Us
17. An Easy Girl
18. Bacurau
19. Sorry We Missed You
20. Saturday Fiction
21. Queen & Slim
22. The Whistlers
23. Ad Astra
24. Atlantics
25. Richard Jewell
26. The Dead Don’t die
27. Uncut Gems
28. Frankie

I definitely did not like these movies:

Joker
Jojo Rabbit
Star Wars: the Rise of Skywalker