My Favorite Movies for Every Year I’ve Been Alive

There’s a meme (don’t you love them?) asking people to choose their favorite movies from every year they were born. I decided to get in on the action. You can too.

This list was a test of conviction for me.

1985 and 1987, as well as 1997-2001 (coincidentally, my high school years), were the most difficult, only because they had some excellent flicks. 2011 was impossible. I couldn’t find anything I liked. I had to go back through the list a few times before I found my choice.

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• ’83: The Big Chill
• ’84: Purple Rain (paid link)
• ’85: Back to the Future (paid link)
• ’86: An American Tail (paid link)
• ’87: Dirty Dancing (paid link)
• ’88: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (paid link)
• ’89: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (paid link)
• ’90: The Witches (paid link)
• ’91: Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead (paid link)
• ’92: Aladdin
• ’93: The Sandlot (paid link)
• ’94: Forrest Gump (paid link)
• ’95: Clueless (paid link)
• ’96: Independence Day (paid link)
• ’97: The Fifth Element (paid link)
• ’98: The Parent Trap (paid link)
• ’99: Galaxy Quest (paid link)
• ’00: Chocolat
• ’01: Monsters, Inc. (paid link)
• ’02: The Count of Monte Cristo (paid link)
• ’03: Finding Nemo (paid link)
• ’04: Shaun of the Dead (paid link)
• ’05: Sky High (paid link)
• ’06: Children of Men (paid link)
• ’07: Stardust
• ’08: Step Brothers (paid link)
• ’09: Zombieland
• ’10: Tron: Legacy (paid link)
• ’11: The Three Musketeers
• ’12: Pitch Perfect (paid link)
• ’13: Pacific Rim (paid link)
• ’14: Guardians of the Galaxy (paid link)
• ’15: Cinderella
• ’16: Hidden Figures (paid link)
• ’17: Spider-Man: Homecoming
• ’18: Black Panther (paid link)
• ’19: Always Be My Maybe (Netflix exclusive)

I tried to choose those I would watch and have happily watched many times over to the point where I can recite the dialogue. Or, in the case of The Big Chill, singing along with the music. You can choose your own limitations. See what you come up with!