Kidding aside. Fantastic list. Thanks for doing this!

Anyone want to throw out a feasible idea for a tie-breaker for an individual matchup before tomorrow morning comes and I'm stuck?

Choose whatever movie has the closest relation to Big Trouble in Little China, be it by release year, by actor or actress, screenwriter, etc.

Chipotlemonger said:

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Choose whatever movie has the closest relation to Big Trouble in Little China, be it by release year, by actor or actress, screenwriter, etc.

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Outstanding.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Last Crusade is all he had in 89 as a director.

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Wrong.

Always came out in December 1989.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_(1989_film)

Yoda said:

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How come you didn't include 1939, the best year of movies ever?

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This,

The Porkchop Express said:

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Anyone want to throw out a feasible idea for a tie-breaker for an individual matchup before tomorrow morning comes and I'm stuck?

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The easiest thing to do would be to just average out the imdb scores. You could create a "sudden death" poll that was only open for a few hours where people could vote again.

Bruce Almighty said:

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The Porkchop Express said:

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Anyone want to throw out a feasible idea for a tie-breaker for an individual matchup before tomorrow morning comes and I'm stuck?

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The easiest thing to do would be to just average out the imdb scores. You could create a "sudden death" poll that was only open for a few hours where people could vote again.

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Uh Chipoltemonger already provided the perfect solution, bro

Bruce Almighty said:

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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Last Crusade is all he had in 89 as a director.

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Wrong.

Always came out in December 1989.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_(1989_film)

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While this is true, Always should never be compared to Jurassic Park and Schindler's List in 93 or Brooks with Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein in 74.

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Where did I compare Always to his 1993 works? I was just correcting a factually incorrect statement.

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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Bruce Almighty said:

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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Last Crusade is all he had in 89 as a director.

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Wrong.

Always came out in December 1989.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_(1989_film)

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While this is true, Always should never be compared to Jurassic Park and Schindler's List in 93 or Brooks with Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein in 74.

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Where did I compare Always to his 1993 works? I was just correcting a factually incorrect statement.

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From MSFC: "There should be a special accomplishment for Brooks putting out both Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein in the same year."

From BES: "Spielberg, 93"

From you: "As well as 89"

You were comparing Spielberg in 89 to Spielberg in 93 and Brooks in 74.

Just voted!

There are some really solid movie years posted here. Where does the year 1984 fit in?

Edit for spelling

The Porkchop Express said:

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Anyone want to throw out a feasible idea for a tie-breaker for an individual matchup before tomorrow morning comes and I'm stuck?

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Wait until the tie gets broken.

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Last Crusade is all he had in 89 as a director.

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Wrong.

Always came out in December 1989.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_(1989_film)

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I stand corrected (never even heard of that movie), but are you actually suggesting that year is even comparable to the other two mentioned?

Unless your post was just years with two movies from one director, which is rare, but not that rare.

By the way, both Spielberg and Brooks are fighting it out for second behind Victor Fleming, who did both Gone with the Wind and Wizard of Oz.

marcel ledbetter said:

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There are some really solid movie years posted here. Where does the year 1984 fit in?

Edit for spelling

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I ranked all years (except 2020) from 1959-2023 and made 4 regions. The other two regions will go live at 9 AM CDT tomorrow. 1984 is an 11th seed in one of tomorrow's regions. Its average score was 7.76.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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By the way, both Spielberg and Brooks are fighting it out for second behind Victor Fleming, who did both Gone with the Wind and Wizard of Oz.

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Ah yes, but this from the infamous 1939 year that someone decided to leave off.

Atreides Ornithopter said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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By the way, both Spielberg and Brooks are fighting it out for second behind Victor Fleming, who did both Gone with the Wind and Wizard of Oz.

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Ah yes, but this from the infamous 1939 year that someone decided to leave off.

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Tell you what, when we get to the Final 4, we'll put 1939 against all four of them so you can watch it get systematically destroyed four times in one day, deal?

If you haven't voted, you've got about 30-45 minutes left before Day 1 closes.

Poll are closed! Results for Day 1 in a few minutes, Day 2 pick'em coming after that. 99 votes cast on Day 1.

Bruce Almighty said:

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Bruce Almighty said:

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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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Bruce Almighty said:

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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Last Crusade is all he had in 89 as a director.

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Wrong.

Always came out in December 1989.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_(1989_film)

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While this is true, Always should never be compared to Jurassic Park and Schindler's List in 93 or Brooks with Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein in 74.

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Where did I compare Always to his 1993 works? I was just correcting a factually incorrect statement.

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From MSFC: "There should be a special accomplishment for Brooks putting out both Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein in the same year."

From BES: "Spielberg, 93"

From you: "As well as 89"

You were comparing Spielberg in 89 to Spielberg in 93 and Brooks in 74.

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Also, his 2002 with Catch Me If You Can and Minority Report is better than 89.

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Note how you left out the statement where I was told that Spielberg only directed 1 movie in 1989, to which I responded Wrong. I didn't even consider the Mel Brooks statement when I simply pointed out that Spielberg had another year where he did 2 movies. And had completely forgotten Minority Report + Catch Me If You Can. Great movies, but even combined do not reach the greatness that is Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Last Crusade is all he had in 89 as a director.

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Wrong.

Always came out in December 1989.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_(1989_film)

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I stand corrected (never even heard of that movie), but are you actually suggesting that year is even comparable to the other two mentioned?

Unless your post was just years with two movies from one director, which is rare, but not that rare.

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Apparently pointing out a fact is making a comparison? I only commented because the statement that Spielberg only had 1 movie in 1989 was incorrect.

I get that you haven't heard of Always. It was not one of Spielberg's finest.

If anyone wants a comparison, both of Mel Brooks movies are superior to Always. As is all of the other Spielberg movies. Always is a remake of a 1943 movie called "A Guy Named Joe" (which has brief footage on the TV in the Freelings' bedroom in the original Poltergeist movie). Always was updated from WWII to fire bombing using WWII aircraft - one of the characters dies and returns as a ghost to lead a young pilot and his former girlfriend toward one another. What the movie has going for it is some great cinematography, John Goodman, a good score by John Williams, and a cameo by Audrey Hepburn.

Day 1 Results!

Two lessons were learned on Day 1 of the tournament.
1. Seeding doesn't mean jack squat.
2. The passion for the years 2015 and 1965 is almost exactly even.

99 votes were cast in the last 24 hours and that resulted in the utter destruction of the You Must Be the Other Guy Region, as the top three seeds, and four of the top five, were ambushed and knocked out. I thought it was a fluke of my fellow early-rising Star Wars nerds when 16th seeded 1977 took 4 of the first 5 votes against #1 2006, but it was never even close. 1977 got almost exactly two-thirds of the vote in pulling the upset.

The oft-predicted upset of 1978 over 2019 happened as well, by a slimmer margin, while #14 1987 blew out #3 2012 and #12 2000 crushed #5 2013 with 86% of the votes.

Things were a bit more stable in the What's In The Box? Region, until you got to the 4/13 and 5/12 matchups. #13 1990 whipped #4 1997 with 70% of the vote, and #12 1971 destroyed #5 1960 with 95%.

The 3/14 matchup between 2015 and 1965 was never separated by more than 2 votes the entire day from the multiple times I checked in. Whomever voted between 6:50-7:05 this morning ended up being the deciding vote for 2015 to take the win. 50.5%-49.5%.

Had it remained tied, 2015 would have won on The Official Chipoltemonger Tie-Breaker System which states that the year with a film with the closest ties to cinema's greatest all-time masterpiece, Big Trouble in Little China, would advance. 2015's list of movies includes Hateful 8, which stars Mr. Jack Burton himself.

Here's all the numbers, you nerds! These two regions will resume on Monday.

What's In The Box? Region


#1 1995 def. #16 1970, 96%-4%
#1 1995: Braveheart, Toy Story, Se7en, The Usual Suspects, Heat, Casino, Apollo 13, 12 Monkeys, Leaving Las Vegas, Sense & Sensibility
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#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 def. #15 1961 88.9%-11.1%
#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
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#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 def. #14 1965, 50.5%-49.5%
#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
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#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

#13 1990 def. #4 1997, 69.7%-30.3%
#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
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#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

#12 1971 def. #5 1960, 94.8%-5.2%
#5 1960: The Apartment, Psycho, The Mag, The Hole, Innocent Sorcerers, Butterfield, The Virgin Spring, La Dolce Vita, Breathless, Goodbye, See You Tomorrow
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#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 def. #11 1972, 79.6%-20.4%
#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
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#11 1972: The Godfather, Solaris, Sleuth, What's Up, Doc?, Deliverance, Cabaret, The Poseidon Adventure, Jeremiah Johnson, The Getaway, The Way of the Dragon

#10 1988 def. #7 2016, 74.5%-25.5%
#7 2016: Moonlight, Rogue One, Hacksaw Ridge, LaLa Land, Deadpool, Arrival, Manchester by the Sea, Hidden Figures, Zootopia, Captain America: Civil War
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#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

#9 1974 def. #8 2017, 87.8%-12.2%
#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
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#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

#16 1977 def. #1 2006, 65.7%-34.3%
#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
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#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

#15 1978 def. #2 2019, 53.5%-46.5%
#2 2019: Parasite, Avengers; Endgame, Joker, 1917, Ford vs. Ferrari, The Gentleman, The Irishman, Little Women, Knives Out, JoJo Rabbit
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#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

#14 1987 def. #3 2012, 68.7%-31.3%
#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
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#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 def. #13 2021, 83.8%-16.2%
#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?
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#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

#12 2000 def. #5 2013, 85.9%-14.1%
#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
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#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 def. #11 2007, 56.6%-43.4%
#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
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#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 def. #10 2005, 62.6%-37.4%
#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
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#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 def. #9 1959, 89.9%-10.1%
#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
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#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

Day 2 matchups coming in the next hour.

Day 2 has arrived! This round will stay open from Friday morning until Monday morning. We've got two new regions that will square off against each other in the Final Four. The "I Just Shot Marvin in The Face" bracket is led by 1994, the overwhelming choice to win the whole thing, while the "Mr. Anderson" bracket is led by 1999.

Based on yesterday' results, I'd say no year is safe today, and I expect this to be an incredible dialogue because there are some tremendous matchups in there.

VOTE HERE!

I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Region


#1 1994: Forrest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, The Lion King, The Professional, True Lies, Dumb & Dumber, Speed, Interview with the Vampire, Legends of the Fall
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#16 1985: Out of Africa, Back to the Future, The Goonies, The Breakfast Club, Clue, Return of the Living Dead, The Color Purple, Silverado, Witness, Mask


#2 2014: Birdman, American Sniper, Interstellar, Whiplash, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Gone Girl, Boyhood, Imitation Game, Guardians of the Galaxy, X-Men: Days of Future Past
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#15 1963: Tom Jones, High and Low, The Great Escape, Hud, The Birds, The Haunting, Lilies of the Field, The Servant, 8-1/2, Lord of the Flies


#3 2003: Return of the King, Kill Bill Volume 1, Finding Nemo, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, The Last Samurai, Master & Commander, Lost in Translation, X-Men 2, Mystic River, Big Fish.
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#14 1983: Terms of Endearment, Return of the Jedi, Scarface, Trading Places, Local Hero, War Games, National Lampoon's Vacation, The Right Stuff, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, A Christmas Story


#4 2004: Million Dollar Baby, Shrek 2, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Howl's Moving Castle, Hotel Rwanda, Before Sunset, The Incredibles, The Notebook, Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban, Man on Fire
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#13 1976: Rocky, Network, The Omen, Carrie, Taxi Driver The Bad News Bears, All the President's Men, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Marathon Man, The Shootist


#5 1991: The Silence of the Lambs, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Requiem for a Dream, Fried Green Tomatoes, Point Break, Boyz in the Hood, Cape Fear, Beauty and the Beast, Thelma and Louise, JFK
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#12 1986: Platoon, Top Gun, Aliens, Stand by Me, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Hannah and her Sisters, Blue Velvet, The Fly, The Name of the Rose, Hoosiers


#6 1968: Oliver, Once Upon a Time in the West, 2001, Planet of the Apes, Rosemary's Baby, Night of the Living Dead, The Lion in Winter, The Odd Couple, The Great Silence, The Swimmer
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#11 1984: Amadeus, Beverly Hills Cop, Once Upon a Time in America, The Karate Kid, The Terminator, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Ghostbusters, Blood Simple, This is Spinal Tap, A Nightmare on Elm Street


#7 1992: Unforgiven, Aladdin, Reservoir Dogs, Malcolm X, Chaplin, My Cousin Vinny, Last of the Mohicans, Scent of a Woman, Glengarry Glen Ross, A Few Good Men
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#10 1980: Ordinary People, The Empire Strikes Back, The Shining, The Elephant Man, Raging Bull, Airplane!, The Blues Brothers, The Long Good Friday, Caddyshack, The Gods Must be Crazy


#8 1964: My Fair Lady, Dr. Strangelove, Fail Safe, Mary Poppins, A Fistful of Dollars, Point of Order, Woman in the Dunes, The Best Man, The Naked Kiss, Dead Ringer
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#9 2002: Chicago, Spider-Man, The Two Towers, The Pianist, Catch Me If You Can, Minority Report, Gangs of New York, The Bourne Identity, Road to Perdition, 28 Days Later



Mr. Anderson Region

#1 1999: American Beauty, The Phantom Menace, Fight Club, The Matrix, The Green Mile, The Sixth Sense, The Iron Giant, Magnolia, Toy Story 2, The Boondock Saints
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#16 1969: Midnight Cowboy, Easy Rider, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, True Grit, The Wild Bunch, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Women in Love, Kes, Hello Dolly!, The Italian Job


#2 1993: Schindler's List, Jurassic Park, In the Name of the Father, Groundhog Day, Tombstone, Philadelphia, The Fugitive, True Romance, The Sandlot, The Nightmare Before Christmas
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#15 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Chariots of Fire, Mad Max 2, The Evil Dead, An American Werewolf in London, Das Boot, Body Heat, On Golden Pond, The Fox & The Hound, Quest for Fire


#3 2010: The King's Speech, Toy Story 3, Inception, Shutter Island, How to Train Your Dragon, The Town, Black Swan, The Social Network, The Fighter, True Grit
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#14 1996: The English Patient, Independence Day, Trainspotting, Fargo, Sling Blade, The Rock, Primal Fear, Shine, Sleepers, A Time to Kill


#4 2001: A Beautiful Mind, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Monsters Inc., Fellowship of the Ring, Donnie Darko, Ocean's 11, Mulholland Drive, Blackhawk Down, Shrek, Training Day
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#13 1989: Driving Miss Daisy, Batman, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Dead Poets Society, The Abyss, Do The Right Thing, Field of Dreams, Glory, When Harry Met Sally, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation



#5 2009: The Hurt Locker, Avatar, Moon, Inglourious Basterds, The Hangover, Star Trek, District 9, Up, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Coraline
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#12 2022: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, Top Gun: Maverick, The Batman, Avatar: The Way of Water, Elvis, The Whale, The Banshees of Inisherin, Puss in Boots: Judgment Day, A Man Called Otto, All Quiet on the Western Front



#6 1967: In The Heat of the Night, Cool Hand Luke, The Samurai, The Graduate, Bonnie & Clyde, The Jungle Book, The Dirty Dozen, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?, In Cold Blood, Wait Until Dark
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#11 1973: The Sting, American Graffiti, The Day of the Jackal, Papillon, The Exorcist, Paper Moon, The Last Detail, Mean Streets, The Wicker Man



#7 1979: Kramer vs. Kramer, Alien, Apocalypse Now, The Warriors, The Jerk, Life of Brian, Breaking Away, Being There, Escape from Alcatraz, All That Jazz
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#10 1966: A Man for All Seasons, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, The Battle of Algiers, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Fahrenheit 451, The Face of Another, Seconds, The Sand Pebbles, El Dorado, The Big Gundown


#8 2011: The Artist, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, Warrior, The Help, Drive, X-Men: First Class, Moneyball, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Midnight in Paris
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#9 1982: Gandhi, ET, The Thing, Blade Runner, First Blood, The Verdict, Sophie's Choice, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Secret of NIMH, The King of Comedy

This is gonna be tough!

rhutton125 said:

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This is gonna be tough!

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5 votes in, and there's only one year with 100%.