TLDR: Pick your favorite year of movies in a tournament style until we have a winner. FAQ for all your inane questions at the end of this post.
Today's picks: Region #1 and Region #4, Round of 64
Voting Window: Now until tomorrow at around 8 a.m. The other two regions will go live at 9 a.m. CDT Friday and be open all weekend.
VOTE HERE (Google Forms, no email required)
Today's Matchups:
What's In The Box? Region
#1 1995: Braveheart, Toy Story, Se7en, The Usual Suspects, Heat, Casino, Apollo 13, 12 Monkeys, Leaving Las Vegas, Sense & Sensibility
vs.
#16 1970: Patton, Woodstock, MASH, The Aristocats, Little Big Man, Kelly's Heroes, Catch 22, Ryan's Daughter, Five Easy Pieces, Colossus: The Forbin Project
#2 2008: Slumdog Millionaire, The Dark Knight, Gran Torino, iron Man, Wall-E, In Bruges, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Taken, the Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The Reader
vs.
#15 1961: West Side Story, Judgement: Nuremberg, The Misfits, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Knife in the Water, 101 Dalmatians (shout out, TC!), Birth Certificate, Splendor in the Grass, Mother Joan of the Angels, The Hustler
#3 2015: Spotlight, The Force Awakens, Inside Out, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, The Martian, Room, The Big Short, The Hateful Eight, Straight Outta Compton
vs.
#14 1965: The Sound of Music, For a Few Dollars More, Dr. Zhivago, The Naked Prey, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Thunderball, The Great Race, War and Peace, Von Ryan's Express, The Hill
#4 1997: Titanic, Life is Beautiful, Good Will Hunting, LA Confidential, The Fifth Element, Donnie Brasco, Boogie Nights, As Good as it Gets, The Game, Gattaca
vs.
#13 1990: Dances with Wolves, Home Alone, Goodfellas, Edward Scissorhands, Misery, The Hunt For Red October, Awakenings, Pretty Woman, Total Recall, Back to the Future 3
#5 1960: The Apartment, Psycho, The Mag, The Hole, Innocent Sorcerers, Butterfield, The Virgin Spring, La Dolce Vita, Breathless, Goodbye, See You Tomorrow
vs.
#12 1971: The French Connection, A Clockwork Orange, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, Fiddler on the Roof, Dirty Harry, The Last Picture Show, Straw Dogs, The Andromeda Strain, Harold & Maude, Walkabout
#6 1998: Shakespeare in Love, Saving Private Ryan, American History X, The Truman Show, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, The Big Lebowski, There's Something About Mary, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Dark City, The Thin Red Line
vs.
#11 1972: The Godfather, Solaris, Sleuth, What's Up, Doc?, Deliverance, Cabaret, The Poseidon Adventure, Jeremiah Johnson, The Getaway, The Way of the Dragon
#7 2016: Moonlight, Rogue One, Hacksaw Ridge, LaLa Land, Deadpool, Arrival, Manchester by the Sea, Hidden Figures, Zootopia, Captain America: Civil War
vs.
#10 1988: Rain Man, Cinema Paradiso, Die Hard, Beetlejuice, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? The Naked Gun, A Fish Called Wanda, Mississippi Burning, The Last Temptation of Christ, Midnight Run
#8 2017: The Shape of Water, The Last Jedi, Coco, 3 Billboards Outside Ebbings, Missouri, Logan, Blade Runner 2049, Get Out, Dunkirk, Thor: Ragnarok, Wonder
vs.
#9 1974: The Godfather, Part II, Chinatown, Blazing Saddles, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Young Frankenstein, The Longest Yard, The Taking of Pelham 123, A Woman Under the Influence, Lenny, The Conversation
You Must Be The Other Guy Region
#1 2006: The Departed, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Prestige, The Lives of Others, Pan's Labyrinth, The Pursuit of Hapyness, Blood Diamond, Casino Royale, Little Miss Sunshine, Children of Men
vs.
#16 1977: Annie Hall, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Smokey & The Bandit, Slap Shot, Sorcerer, the Spy Who Loved Me, A Bridge Too Far, Suspira, The Duelists
#2 2019: Parasite, Avengers; Endgame, Joker, 1917, Ford vs. Ferrari, The Gentleman, The Irishman, Little Women, Knives Out, JoJo Rabbit
vs.
#15 1978: The Deer Hunter, Grease, Animal House, Superman, Halloween, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Dawn of the Dead, Death on the Nile, The Midnight Express, 14 Days in Heaven
#3 2012: Argo, The Avengers, Django Unchained, The Dark Knight Rises, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Wreck-it Ralph, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Skyfall, Silver Linings Playbook, The Life of Pi
vs.
#14 1987: The Last Emperor, Three Men and a Baby, Full Metal Jacket, The Princess Bride, Robocop, Predator, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, The Untouchables, Empire of the Sun, Lethal Weapon
#4 2018: Green Book, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Deadpool 2, Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse, Bohemian Rhapsody, Mission Impossible: Fallout, The Incredibles 2, A Star is Born, Won't You Be My Neighbor?
vs.
#13 2021: CODA, Spider-man: No Way Home, Dune, The Mitchells vs. The Machines, No Time to Die, Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Zach Snyder's Justice League, The Lady Duel, Nobody, King Richard
#5 2013: 12 Years a Slave, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Her, The Wolf of Wall Street, Prisoners, Captain Phillips, Rush, Dallas Buyers' Club, Gravity, Star Trek: Into Darkness
vs.
#12 2000: Gladiator, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Erin Brokovich, Memento, Snatch, Castaway, American Psycho, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, Billy Elliot
#6 1975: One Flew Over the ****oo's Nest, Monty Python's Holy Grail, Barry Lyndon, Jaws, the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Dog Day Afternoon, 3 Days of the Condor, The Man Who Would Be King, The Passenger, Nashville
vs.
#11 2007: No Country for Old Men, Spider-Man 3, There Will Be Blood, Ratatouille, Into the Wild, Superbad, Zodiac, Atonement, American Gangster, Hot Fuzz
#7 2023: Oppenheimer, Barbie, Spider-man: Across the Spiderverse, Poor Things, Anatomy of a Fall, John Wick: Chapter 4, Mission Impossible; Dead Reckoning, Part I, The Iron Claw, The Holdovers, Guardians of the Galaxy 3
vs.
#10 2005: Crash, Revenge of the Sith, Batman Begins, V for vendetta, Pride & Prejudice, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Brokeback Mountain, Sin City, A History of Violence, Serenity
#8 1962: Lawrence of Arabia, To Kill a Mockingbird, Dr. No, The Manchurian Candidate, Lolita, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Longest Day, Cape Fear, The Trial
vs.
#9 1959: Ben Hur, North by Northwest, Some LIke it Hot, Anatomy of a Murder, Odds Against Tomorrow, The 400 Blows, Compulsion, Shadows, Pickpocket, Imitation of Life
FAQ
Q: Don't you have anything better to do?
A: Apparently not.
Q: You left off my favorite movie from (year)! Why did you do that, you idiot?
A: I picked 10 movies to represent each year. The Oscar Winner, the box office champ (starting in 1977), and the 8 movies beyond that with the highest user ratings on IMDB.
Q: I still think that's stupid.
A: That wasn't a question.
Q: So what about my favorite movie?
A: All movies from that year count. The 10 listed are just a guide. Vote however you want to.
Q: How come you didn't include 1939, the best year of movies ever?
A: Because then I would have had to include every other year that somebody told me needed to be included, and this way was easier for me.
Q: Oh, so you'd rather do it easy than correct?
A: Yes.
Today's picks: Region #1 and Region #4, Round of 64
Voting Window: Now until tomorrow at around 8 a.m. The other two regions will go live at 9 a.m. CDT Friday and be open all weekend.
VOTE HERE (Google Forms, no email required)
Today's Matchups:
What's In The Box? Region
#1 1995: Braveheart, Toy Story, Se7en, The Usual Suspects, Heat, Casino, Apollo 13, 12 Monkeys, Leaving Las Vegas, Sense & Sensibility
vs.
#16 1970: Patton, Woodstock, MASH, The Aristocats, Little Big Man, Kelly's Heroes, Catch 22, Ryan's Daughter, Five Easy Pieces, Colossus: The Forbin Project
#2 2008: Slumdog Millionaire, The Dark Knight, Gran Torino, iron Man, Wall-E, In Bruges, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Taken, the Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The Reader
vs.
#15 1961: West Side Story, Judgement: Nuremberg, The Misfits, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Knife in the Water, 101 Dalmatians (shout out, TC!), Birth Certificate, Splendor in the Grass, Mother Joan of the Angels, The Hustler
#3 2015: Spotlight, The Force Awakens, Inside Out, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, The Martian, Room, The Big Short, The Hateful Eight, Straight Outta Compton
vs.
#14 1965: The Sound of Music, For a Few Dollars More, Dr. Zhivago, The Naked Prey, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Thunderball, The Great Race, War and Peace, Von Ryan's Express, The Hill
#4 1997: Titanic, Life is Beautiful, Good Will Hunting, LA Confidential, The Fifth Element, Donnie Brasco, Boogie Nights, As Good as it Gets, The Game, Gattaca
vs.
#13 1990: Dances with Wolves, Home Alone, Goodfellas, Edward Scissorhands, Misery, The Hunt For Red October, Awakenings, Pretty Woman, Total Recall, Back to the Future 3
#5 1960: The Apartment, Psycho, The Mag, The Hole, Innocent Sorcerers, Butterfield, The Virgin Spring, La Dolce Vita, Breathless, Goodbye, See You Tomorrow
vs.
#12 1971: The French Connection, A Clockwork Orange, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, Fiddler on the Roof, Dirty Harry, The Last Picture Show, Straw Dogs, The Andromeda Strain, Harold & Maude, Walkabout
#6 1998: Shakespeare in Love, Saving Private Ryan, American History X, The Truman Show, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, The Big Lebowski, There's Something About Mary, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Dark City, The Thin Red Line
vs.
#11 1972: The Godfather, Solaris, Sleuth, What's Up, Doc?, Deliverance, Cabaret, The Poseidon Adventure, Jeremiah Johnson, The Getaway, The Way of the Dragon
#7 2016: Moonlight, Rogue One, Hacksaw Ridge, LaLa Land, Deadpool, Arrival, Manchester by the Sea, Hidden Figures, Zootopia, Captain America: Civil War
vs.
#10 1988: Rain Man, Cinema Paradiso, Die Hard, Beetlejuice, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? The Naked Gun, A Fish Called Wanda, Mississippi Burning, The Last Temptation of Christ, Midnight Run
#8 2017: The Shape of Water, The Last Jedi, Coco, 3 Billboards Outside Ebbings, Missouri, Logan, Blade Runner 2049, Get Out, Dunkirk, Thor: Ragnarok, Wonder
vs.
#9 1974: The Godfather, Part II, Chinatown, Blazing Saddles, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Young Frankenstein, The Longest Yard, The Taking of Pelham 123, A Woman Under the Influence, Lenny, The Conversation
You Must Be The Other Guy Region
#1 2006: The Departed, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Prestige, The Lives of Others, Pan's Labyrinth, The Pursuit of Hapyness, Blood Diamond, Casino Royale, Little Miss Sunshine, Children of Men
vs.
#16 1977: Annie Hall, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Smokey & The Bandit, Slap Shot, Sorcerer, the Spy Who Loved Me, A Bridge Too Far, Suspira, The Duelists
#2 2019: Parasite, Avengers; Endgame, Joker, 1917, Ford vs. Ferrari, The Gentleman, The Irishman, Little Women, Knives Out, JoJo Rabbit
vs.
#15 1978: The Deer Hunter, Grease, Animal House, Superman, Halloween, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Dawn of the Dead, Death on the Nile, The Midnight Express, 14 Days in Heaven
#3 2012: Argo, The Avengers, Django Unchained, The Dark Knight Rises, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Wreck-it Ralph, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Skyfall, Silver Linings Playbook, The Life of Pi
vs.
#14 1987: The Last Emperor, Three Men and a Baby, Full Metal Jacket, The Princess Bride, Robocop, Predator, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, The Untouchables, Empire of the Sun, Lethal Weapon
#4 2018: Green Book, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Deadpool 2, Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse, Bohemian Rhapsody, Mission Impossible: Fallout, The Incredibles 2, A Star is Born, Won't You Be My Neighbor?
vs.
#13 2021: CODA, Spider-man: No Way Home, Dune, The Mitchells vs. The Machines, No Time to Die, Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Zach Snyder's Justice League, The Lady Duel, Nobody, King Richard
#5 2013: 12 Years a Slave, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Her, The Wolf of Wall Street, Prisoners, Captain Phillips, Rush, Dallas Buyers' Club, Gravity, Star Trek: Into Darkness
vs.
#12 2000: Gladiator, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Erin Brokovich, Memento, Snatch, Castaway, American Psycho, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, Billy Elliot
#6 1975: One Flew Over the ****oo's Nest, Monty Python's Holy Grail, Barry Lyndon, Jaws, the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Dog Day Afternoon, 3 Days of the Condor, The Man Who Would Be King, The Passenger, Nashville
vs.
#11 2007: No Country for Old Men, Spider-Man 3, There Will Be Blood, Ratatouille, Into the Wild, Superbad, Zodiac, Atonement, American Gangster, Hot Fuzz
#7 2023: Oppenheimer, Barbie, Spider-man: Across the Spiderverse, Poor Things, Anatomy of a Fall, John Wick: Chapter 4, Mission Impossible; Dead Reckoning, Part I, The Iron Claw, The Holdovers, Guardians of the Galaxy 3
vs.
#10 2005: Crash, Revenge of the Sith, Batman Begins, V for vendetta, Pride & Prejudice, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Brokeback Mountain, Sin City, A History of Violence, Serenity
#8 1962: Lawrence of Arabia, To Kill a Mockingbird, Dr. No, The Manchurian Candidate, Lolita, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Longest Day, Cape Fear, The Trial
vs.
#9 1959: Ben Hur, North by Northwest, Some LIke it Hot, Anatomy of a Murder, Odds Against Tomorrow, The 400 Blows, Compulsion, Shadows, Pickpocket, Imitation of Life
FAQ
Q: Don't you have anything better to do?
A: Apparently not.
Q: You left off my favorite movie from (year)! Why did you do that, you idiot?
A: I picked 10 movies to represent each year. The Oscar Winner, the box office champ (starting in 1977), and the 8 movies beyond that with the highest user ratings on IMDB.
Q: I still think that's stupid.
A: That wasn't a question.
Q: So what about my favorite movie?
A: All movies from that year count. The 10 listed are just a guide. Vote however you want to.
Q: How come you didn't include 1939, the best year of movies ever?
A: Because then I would have had to include every other year that somebody told me needed to be included, and this way was easier for me.
Q: Oh, so you'd rather do it easy than correct?
A: Yes.
