My Favorite Movie For Each Year Since I Was Born

1982

Runners Up: John Carpenter's The Thing, Creepshow

Though it saw a small release in Iceland in December of 1982, the film was widely released in 1983

Runner Up: Videodrome

1984

Runners Up: Ghostbusters, Amadeus

1985

Runner Up: Lifeforce, The Stuff

1986

Runners Up: Stand By Me, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Aliens

1987

Runners Up: Evil Dead 2, Predator

1988

Runners Up: Beetlejuice, Pumpkinhead

1989

Runner Up: The Bear

1990

Runners Up: Goodfellas, Misery, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

1991

Runner Up: Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1992

Runner Up: Candyman

1993

Runners Up: Dead Alive (aka Braindead), El Mariachi

1994

Runners Up: Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption, Ed Wood

1995

Runners Up: Seven, In The Mouth of Madness

1996

Runners Up: From Dusk Till Dawn, Scream

1997

Runners Up: Event Horizon, The Fifth Element, U Turn

1998

Runners Up: Saving Private Ryan, Dark City, Blade

1999

Runners Up: Ravenous, Man on the Moon, Audition

2000

Runners Up: Gladiator, Unbreakable, O Brother Where Art Thou?

2001

Runners Up: Memento, Ghost World

2002

Runner Up: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2003

Runners Up: Kill Bill Vol. 1, Big Fish, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

2004

Runners Up: House of Flying Daggers, The Passion of the Christ, Kung Fu Hustle

2005

Runners Up: Batman Begins, A History of Violence

2006

Runners Up: Borat, Casino Royale, Children of Men

2007

Runners Up: There Will Be Blood, The Mist, Pan's Labyrinth

2008

Runners Up: Martyrs, The Dark Knight

2009

Runners Up: Inglourious Basterds, District 9, Orphan

2010

Runners Up: Scott Pilgrim vs the World, Kick-Ass

2011

Runner Up: Drive

2012

Runners Up: Django Unchained, Dredd

2013

Runners Up: Man of Steel, Don Jon

2014

Runners Up: The Babadook, As Above So Below

2015

Runners Up: Mad Max: Fury Road, Room

2016

Runners Up: The Untamed, La La Land

2017

Runners Up: Dunkirk, Brawl in Cell Block 99, A Dark Song, Get Out, The Ritual

2018

Runners Up: Hereditary, Gaia

2019

Runners Up: Doctor Sleep, Midsommar, The Lighthouse, Joker

2020

Runner Up: The Hunt

2021

Runners Up: Candyman, The King's Man

2022

Runners Up: The Northman, X, The Batman