LawrenceA wrote: ↑February 28th, 2023, 2:24 pm
The Most Popular American Movie From Each Year (According to Letterboxd) That I Haven't Seen
1920 -
The Mark of Zorro
1921 -
The Sheik
1922 -
Robin Hood
1923 -
The Pilgrim
1924 -
Girl Shy
1925 -
Lady Windermere's Fan
1926 -
Battling Butler
1927 -
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928 -
Show People
1929 -
Lucky Star
1930 -
Free and Easy
1931 -
The Cheat
1932 -
Jewel Robbery
1933 -
Pilgrimage
1934 -
The Count of Monte Cristo
1935 -
The Good Fairy
1936 -
Craig's Wife
1937 -
Heidi
1938 -
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1939 -
The Flying Deuces
1940 -
Arise My Love
1941 -
Two-Faced Woman
1942 -
The Moon and Sixpence
1943 -
Girl Crazy
1944 -
The Suspect
1945 -
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1946 -
Make Mine Music!
1947 -
Dreams That Money Can Buy
1948 -
The Big Clock
1949 -
Shockproof
1950 -
Treasure Island
1951 -
The Tall Target
1952 -
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
1953 -
I Love Melvin
1954 -
Naked Alibi
1955 -
Wichita
1956 -
Great Day in the Morning
1957 -
The River's Edge
1958 -
Terror in a Texas Town
1959 -
No Name on a Bullet
1960 -
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
1961 -
Too Late Blues
1962 -
Gay Purr-ee
1963 -
The Incredible Journey
1964 -
Nothing But a Man
1965 -
Who Killed Teddy Bear?
1966 -
The Endless Summer
1967 -
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1968 -
Blackbeard's Ghost
1969 -
Model Shop
1970 -
Husbands
1971 -
A New Leaf
1972 -
What's Up Doc?
1973 -
Jesus Christ Superstar
1974 -
The Front Page
1975 -
Cooley High
1976 -
Mikey and Nicky
1977 -
The Serpent's Egg
1978 -
The Silent Partner
1979 -
Hair
1980 -
Times Square
1981 -
My Dinner With Andre
1982 -
Losing Ground
1983 -
Born in Flames
1984 -
Love Streams
1985 -
Desert Hearts
1986 -
Mala Noche
1987 -
Can't Buy Me Love
1988 -
Crossing Delancey
1989 -
All Dogs Go to Heaven
1990 -
Metropolitan
1991 -
My Girl
1992 -
The Muppet Christmas Carol
1993 -
The Sandlot
1994 -
Richie Rich
1995 -
A Little Princess
1996 -
Matilda
1997 -
Anastasia
1998 -
The Parent Trap
1999 -
The Thomas Crown Affair
2000 -
High Fidelity
2001 -
Legally Blonde
2002 -
Scooby-Doo
2003 -
Freaky Friday
2004 -
13 Going on 30
2005 -
The Pacifier
2006 -
She's the Man
2007 -
Alvin & the Chipmunks
2008 -
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
2009 -
17 Again
2010 -
Despicable Me
2011 -
Friends With Benefits
2012 -
Wreck-It Ralph
2013 -
Frozen
2014 -
The Book of Life
2015 -
Minions
2016 -
Moana
2017 -
Paddington 2
2018 -
Love, Simon
2019 -
Toy Story 4
2020 -
Sonic the Hedgehog
2021 -
Malcolm & Marie
2022 -
Avatar: The Way of Water
1920s- I haven't seen any of the 1920s films in the list either, though I want to see "Girl Shy." I know that it has Harold Lloyd who I like.
1930s- "Jewel Robbery" is a fun pre-code with William Powell and Kay Francis. There's a funny scene where Powell's character hands out what are very obviously marijuana joints so that he can carry out his heist unhindered. I did a blind buy of the 1935 "The Good Fairy" during the most recent Kino sale and am looking forward to it.
1940s- I do enjoy "Girl Crazy" even though I'm not a fan of Mickey Rooney. It is my favorite of his and Judy Garland's pairings. I also got "The Suspect" as a blind buy during a Kino sale, because I'm a big fan of Ella Raines and film noir. "The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry" is good if you turn it off ~7 minutes or so from the end before the completely absurd and frankly, idiotic, ending. The ending is so dumb that it really does a disservice to the entire 75 minutes that precedes it.
1950s- "The Tall Target" I know is a Dick Powell film. I started watching it, but I need to finish it. "I Love Melvin" is a silly musical with Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor. Donald does a dance on roller skates. Debbie has a football-themed musical number where she's literally the football. This is not a great movie by any means, but it's charming and I enjoy it. "Naked Alibi" is not the best film noir that I've seen but it features Sterling Hayden and Gloria Grahame who looks sensational in this film. I enjoyed watching it though.
1960s- I haven't seen any of these either.
1970s- "What's Up Doc" is hilarious. It is Peter Bogdanovich's ode to screwball comedy. At the start of the movie, the film feels like a remake of "Bringing Up Baby," but it is definitely its own film by the end. This is Madeline Kahn's film debut and she is hysterical as Eunice, the prissy, uptight and ignored wife of Ryan O'Neal.
1980s- "All Dogs Go to Heaven" is a film I remember watching when I was little. It came out when I was 5. I don't have any nostalgia for it per se, but it was absolutely heartbreaking. I don't know why filmmakers needed to make the saddest children's movies in the 1980s (see "Land Before Time") but they did. 'Heaven' is so depressing that I can't watch it again. It emotionally scarred me for life. What makes this film even sadder is that the 10-year old child actress, Judith Barsi, who voiced the lead character (and voiced a character in "Land Before Time") was murdered by her father shortly after she completed production on 'Heaven.'
1990s- "My Girl." Add another film to the list of the saddest children's films of all time. While it is not a cartoon and not geared toward children per se, the two lead characters were played by child actors Anna Chlumsky (starred in "Veep" as an adult) and Macaulay Culkin. They are tragic and their friendship is a tearjerker. Mind you, this is coming from someone who does not shed a tear at traditional tearjerkers. Even a stone could get choked up watching Chlumsky's big scene in the film. Dan Aykyrod plays Chlumsky's father and Jamie Lee Curtis plays his new girlfriend who has an uphill battle trying to endear herself to Chlumsky's character. "The Muppet Christmas Carol," the definitive telling of Charles Dickens' novel, imo. "The Sandlot" is a children's film that has an inexplicable nostalgia for it that I don't understand. "Richie Rich" is another film that Macaulay Culkin made during his huge career as a child actor in the 1990s. "Matlida" is another 90s film that has nosalgia that I don't understand. I saw this film in middle school and it is a depressing story. The 1990s remake of "The Parent Trap" is what put Lindsay Lohan on the map. However, this film isn't even in the same league as the original. Sadly, some people aren't aware that the Hayley Mills version exists and think that "The Parent Trap" starts and ends with Lohan. "The Thomas Crown Affair," frankly, I think the remake is more interesting than the original as it is faster paced. However, what I like about the original starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway is that the sex is implied. It is NOT implied whatsoever in the remake with Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo. Frankly, I could do without the amount of sex these two people have in this film.
2000s- "High Fidelity" is an interesting film with John Cusack and Jack Black. This film appeals to music nerds (and probably movie nerds) who like to make lists constantly. Throughout the film Cusack and Black make playlists "Top 5 breakup songs," "Top Albums," etc. etc. I hadn't realized that this film had developed such a following. I saw it in high school when it came out. "Scooby Doo," why there is nostalgia for this film, I have no idea. Though it does feature 90s teen stars like Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr, Linda Cardellini, and Matthew Lillard, so that is probably why. I saw this movie also in high school (or maybe just after, it came out the year I graduated) and I thought it was terrible. "Freaky Friday" is another Lindsay Lohan Disney remake. In this film, she swaps bodies with Jamie Lee Curtis. I preferred the original with Jodie Foster. "13 Going on 30" has nostalgia for my generation as well and I have no idea why. This film wasn't that great. The best part was when they did the entirety of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" dance. "She's the Man" starred 90s teen star Amanda Bynes, who made it big on Nickelodeon's "The Amanda Show." This film is based on a Shakespeare play. However, I don't remember it being all that great. "Alvin & the Chipmunks," I didn't know that this film had this big a following. Only the 1980s cartoon version exists in my world.
2010s- "Wreck-it Ralph," this is an entertaining animated film if you're interested in video games. The entire film's premise is based on video game characters interacting. They socialize via the power strip where all the games are plugged in. Wreck-it-Ralph is a villain of the "Fix-It-Felix" game and is part of a villains support group. Bowser from Super Mario, Dr Eggman from Sonic, Clyde one of the ghosts from Pac-Man, and some Street Fighter villains are shown as part of the support group. There are tons of other video game references, including poor Q-Bert who is homeless because his game broke down. My husband and I saw it in the theater and found it amusing. My husband is a big gamer so he enjoyed seeing and identifying all the cameos of various video game characters. "Frozen," this is a good movie, but I am so sick of it, I don't think I ever want to see it again. "Minions," I've never even seen the movie they came from, or their spin-off film and I'm so sick of them. "Moana" was a great film, but it's hardly ever mentioned. I liked it though.
2020s- I haven't seen any of these.