Just for fun I thought I would go through and pretend I was doing a movie festival where I had to pick out a movie made in every year of my life.  These are not nececssarily the Oscar winners or most highly praised, just which one’s stand out for me.  Some years there are strong honorable mentions like 2012 and 2007 and others it was easy like 1990.

Here goes:

1981- Raiders of the Lost Ark

1982- ET

1983- A Christmas Story

HM- Return of the Jedi

1984- Amadeus

HM- Ghostbusters

1985- Back to the Future

HM- Goonies

1986- Ferris Buellers Day Off

HM- The Mission

1987- Princess Bride

HM- Moonstruck

1988- Who Framed Roger Rabbit

HM- My Neighbor Totorro

1989- The Little Mermaid

HM- When Harry Met Sally, Indiana Jones and Last Crusade, Dead Poets Society

1990- Home Alone

1991- Beauty and the Beast

HM- What About Bob?

1992- Howards End

HM- Aladdin

1993- Schindler’s List

HM- Jurassic Park

1994- Lion King

HM- Shawshank Redemption, Hoop Dreams

1995- Clueless

HM- Toy Story, Sense and Sensibility

1996- Fargo

HM- Jerry Mcguire

1997- Gattaca

HM- My Best Friends Wedding, Princess Mononoke

1998- Saving Private Ryan

HM- Truman Show, Mulan, You’ve Got Mail

1999- The Matrix

HM- Office Space

2000- Best in Show

HM- Cast Away

2001- Spirited Away

HM- A Beautiful Mind, Harry Potter 1, Lord of the Rings 1

2002- About a Boy

HM- My Big Fat Greek Wedding

2003- Lord of the Rings 3

HM- Finding Nemo, Love Actually

2004- The Incredibles

HM- Mean Girls

2005- Walk the Line

HM- Pride and Prejudice

2006- Casino Royal

HM- Pan’s Labyrinth, Devil Wears Prada

2007- Juno

HM- There Will be Blood, Bourne Ultimatum, Rataouille

2008- Slumdog Millionaire

HM- Wall-e

2009- 500 Days of Summer

2010- Inception

HM- Toy Stoyr 3, HTTYD, Tangled

2011- Harry Potter 7 pt 2

HM- Warrior

2012- Perks of Being a Wallflower

HM- Les Miserables, Argo, Skyfall, Silver Linings Playbook, Avengers

2013- Gravity

HM- Frozen

2014- Boyhood

HM- Lego Movie, Dawn of Planet of the Apes, Guardians of the Galaxy

2015- Selma

So for the festival you’d have Raiders of the Lost Arc, ET, A Christmas Story, Amadeus, Back to the Future Ferris Buellers Day Off, Princess Bride, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Little Mermaid, Home Alone, Beauty and the Beast, Howards End, Schindler’s List, Lion King, Clueless, Fargo, Gattaca, Saving Private Ryan, The Matrix, Best in Show, Spirited Away, About a Boy, Lord of the Rings 3, The Incredibles, Walk the Line, Casino Royal, Juno, Slumdog Millionaire, 500 Days of Summer, Inception, Harry Potter 7 pt 2, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Gravity, Boyhood and Selma

Not too shabby a festival! We’d have 4 action, 6 drama, 3 family dramas, 6 animation, 4 historical fiction, 2 romcom, 3 sci-fi, 2 fantasy, 5 comedies.

I’d go to that festival! Sign me up!