Favorite and least favorite year for films?

Favourite: 1999

I was in my late teens in 1999, which helped matters. It was also an exciting year for films from modern classics to plenty of good and very good films:

Fight Club
The Matrix
The Sixth Sense
American Beauty
The Green Mile
Toy Story 2
Galaxy Quest
The Talented Mr Ripley
Three Kings
South Park Movie
Arlington Road
Being John Malkovich
Magnolia
The Iron Giant
The Blair Witch Project

Even though it turned out to be crap, The Phantom Menace created a lot of hype back then, as did The Blair Witch for that matter. It made it all the more exciting to be around.

On a separate note, The Sopranos and Spaced came out in that year.

As for least favourite, I've no idea. Don't think last year was that great for films was it?

Favorite years are hands down 1999 (the year I became a big movie buff). So many great films to choose from.
Then there is 2007. Absolutely loaded year for film as well.

The least favorite? Hmmm not sure tbh. Maybe 2014 cause nothing particularly sticks out for me .

They say 1939 was Hollywood's greatest year and I think I would agree. There were even some fantastic British films that year. I would have to pick 1939 as my personal favorite. Worst by far, though was 1966. Next to nothing that year.

Favorite: 1998

Vampires - 10/10
Blade - 9/10
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later - 8/10
Deep Impact - 8/10

Least favorite: 1997

Favorite Year: 2005 ; 2008 would be my #2 spot with 2006 taking my #3 ; with that said... it's really close between 2005 and 2008 as i post my favorite movies from these two years below and explain my reasoning in why i ultimately went with 2005 over 2008, although 2008 is really close.

2005 vs 2008...

2005...
1.Lord of War - 10/10
2.Angel-A - 8.5-9/10
3.Munich - 8-8.5/10
4.Thank You For Smoking - 8/10
-.The Matador
6.War of The Worlds - 7.5-8/10
7.The Worlds Fastest Indian - 6.5-7/10

2008...
1.Gran Torino - 10/10
2.Felon - 9/10
3.Street Kings - 8/10
4.JCVD
5.Mesrine Part 1: Killer Instinct - 7.5-8/10
-.Taken
7.Appaloosa - 7/10
-.The Bank Job
9.Restraint - 6.5-7/10
10.Valkyrie

so as you can see... if i look at the first three movies from each year that roughly cancels each other out (but possible slight edge to 2005 because of Angel-A for variety sake), so it's about even at this point. but when you then compare 4th/5th/6th spots from 2005 and 2008, this is where 2005 pulls ahead (and also has an added edge on variety). but when you compare 7th and lower... 2008 has the obvious edge here with with four 7's vs 2005's one 7 (although 2005 i would give a little bonus on the variety side). but even with that said... there is no way one movie (even if it's a bit more unique/outside of the norm for me etc) can outweigh four others scoring pretty much the same which is still a clear win for 2008 on my 7 scored movies.

so knowing all of that info in my paragraph above... it's just a question of whether those three additional 7 scored movies are enough to give 2008 the edge over 2005. but what i think made me ultimately choose 2005 over 2008 is 2005's got a higher volume of higher tier movies for me along with the variety are enough to overcome 2008 going deeper before things fall below the 7/10 standard. but i think if 2008 had some more 7/10 rated movies (maybe a few more or something like that) that might have been enough to swing things back into it's favor. but as is... i got to go with 2005 overall.

p.s. both (2005/2008) have one 6-6.5/10 level movie which i did not bother to post since it pretty much cancels each other out as this stuff would only become a factor once other areas become hard to determine etc.

Least Favorite Year: pre-1960's (you can pretty much take your pick). but if i want to make it a bit more interesting... ill stick to 1990+ (which covers a large portion of My Favorite Movies in general) and in that regard 1998 would be my worst overall year from 1990 to date.

p.s. in terms of overall decades i rank like this... 2000's/1990's/2010's/1980's/1960's/1970's. after those six decades it pretty much drops off a cliff.

come to think of it... i might spend a bit of time ranking the years in the 1990's and 2000's and 2010's like a 1st/2nd/3rd/4th and so on in each decade in the near future.

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My favorite year overall of the following decades...

1990's = 1995 (this is also the only year of the 1990's that contains a 10/10 level movie for me. but it's not that the 10/10 made this my choice it's that it goes the deepest before the quality drops off etc. 1994 would be my alternate choice.)

2000's = 2005 (but 2008 is damn close(as between 2005/2008 i have some hesitation on picking my #1 year), with 2006 taking the 3rd spot. these are my Top 3 years of the 2000's overall)

2010's = 2010 (2016 and 2017 (so far) have been pretty weak overall)

7+ Ratings by Year GREEN=GOOD RED=BAD
42 --- 2013
32 --- 2016 / 2014
31 --- 1948
30 --- 2012
28 --- 2010 / 2009 / 1950 / 1941 / 1938
27 --- 1940 / 1936
26 --- 1939
25 --- 2008 / 1937
24 --- 1955 / 1951 / 1947 / 1946
23 --- 1957 / 1949 / 1942
22 --- 2011 / 1997 / 1943
21 --- 2007
20 --- 1959 / 1944 / 1935
19 --- 2015 / 2004
18 --- 1958 / 1956 / 1954 / 1933 / 1931
17 --- 2006 / 1998 / 1993 / 1953
16 --- 2002 / 1999 / 1989 / 1932
15 --- 1996 / 1994 / 1973 / 1964 / 1962 / 1945 / 1934
14 --- 2001 / 2000 / 1991 / 1987 / 1967 / 1965 / 1963
13 --- 1976 / 1961
12 --- 2017 / 1968
11 --- 2005 / 2003 / 1995 / 1992 / 1974 / 1952
10 --- 1990
09 --- 1988
08 --- 1984 / 1983 / 1980 / 1979 / 1978 / 1971 / 1966 / 1960
07 --- 1985 / 1972 / 1929
06 --- 1982 / 1981 / 1975 / 1970
05 --- 1986 / 1977 / 1969 / 1927
04 --- 1928 / 1926 / 1925
03 --- 1930
02 --- 1924 / 1923 / 1920
01 --- 1922 / 1921

i don't much pay attention to release dates (although i tend to double check and denote them when i mention something by title to avoid confusion) so i'm maybe overlooking something.

but 1978, 1987, and 1999 stick out to me as having clusters of exceptional pictures.

tangentially, 2017 has been stellar for superhero fans specifically.