Lucian's Top 10 Movies By Year

2. Joker 3. Avengers: Endgame 4. Ford v Ferrari 5. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood 6. Jojo Rabbit 7. 1917 8. The Gentlemen 9. The Irishman 10. Marriage Story

Special mentions (unranked): Dark Waters Doctor Sleep Motherless Brooklyn John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum Rocketman Dolemite Is My Name Uncut Gems Aladdin The Lighthouse Knives Out

2. Avengers: Infinity War 3. Mission: Impossible - Fallout 4. Hereditary 5. Ready Player One 6. Bohemian Rhapsody 7. Vice 8. Deadpool 2 9. Upgrade 10. Searching

Special mentions (unranked): Bad Times at the El Royale Annihilation Dragged Across Concrete Andhadhun BlacKkKlansman First Man Christopher Robin The Ballad of Buster Scruggs A Quiet Place Game Night

2. Blade Runner 2049 3. Kong: Skull Island 4. Logan 5. War for the Planet of the Apes 6. It 7. I, Tonya 8. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 9. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 10. Get Out

Special mentions (unranked): The Disaster Artist Papillon T2 Trainspotting Downsizing Kingsman: The Golden Circle The Shape of Water Justice League Spider-Man: Homecoming Mother! Dunkirk

2. Rogue One 3. Deadpool 4. The Jungle Book 5. Hacksaw Ridge 6. Warcraft 7. Train to Busan 8. Doctor Strange 9. 10 Cloverfield Lane 10. The Wailing

Special mentions (unranked): Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice The Nice Guys The Invisible Guest Sully Snowden Don't Breathe Arrival Hunt for the Wilderpeople Fences Nocturnal Animals

2. Spotlight 3. The Martian 4. The Revenant 5. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation 6. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens 7. Bridge of Spies 8. Sicario 9. Avengers: Age of Ultron 10. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Special mentions (unranked): Straight Outta Compton Beasts of No Nation The Lobster The Big Short Bone Tomahawk Eye in the Sky Ex Machina The Gift He Never Died The Hateful Eight

2. X-Men: Days of Future Past 3. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 4. Nightcrawler 5. The Grand Budapest Hotel 6. Gone Girl 7. Captain America: The Winter Soldier 8. Birdman 9. Kingsman: The Secret Service

Special mentions (unranked): Predestination What We Do in the Shadows Whiplash Fury Foxcatcher The Maze Runner The Theory of Everything The Imitation Game The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Edge of Tomorrow

2. Pacific Rim 3. Rush 4. Man of Steel 5. Now You See Me 6. Dallas Buyers Club 7. Captain Phillips 8. Star Trek Into Darkness 9. Prisoners 10. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Special mentions (unranked): Iron Man 3 Snowpiercer Saving Mr. Banks Her The Secret Life of Walter Mitty August: Osage County American Hustle 12 Years a Slave The Great Gatsby Oblivion

2. Argo 3. Cloud Atlas 4. The Dark Knight Rises 5. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 6. Prometheus 7. Life of Pi 8. Django Unchained 9. Looper 10. Les Miserables

Special mentions (unranked): The Expendables 2 The Master Flight Dredd Silver Linings Playbook Skyfall Zero Dark Thirty Kon-Tiki Lincoln The Impossible

Reason: A so-so year for movies, yet out of all those below I chose Moneyball as my top movie for 2011. It's not a usual sports movie, yes it starts as an underdog like many other and ends up champion, but using brain, statistics and math rather than the talent of a one-man-show. Time will tell if Moneyball were remain no.1.

2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 3. Rise of the Planet of the Apes 4. X-Men: First Class 5. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol 6. A Separation 7. Midnight in Paris 8. Take Shelter 9. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 10. Hugo

Special mentions (unranked): The Artist The Intouchables The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Drive We Need to Talk About Kevin Source Code The Help Sleep Tight Thor Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Reason: No doubt the most original film of that year, Inception was Christopher Nolan's next project after the acclaimed The Dark Knight. Shutter Island would be a close second, but after seeing Inception the second time (a year before my first watch) it remained my number one choice.

2. Shutter Island 3. The King's Speech 4. True Grit 5. 127 Hours 6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 7. Black Swan 8. I Saw the Devil 9. The Man from Nowhere 10. The Fighter

Special mentions (unranked): Buried The Book of Eli TRON: Legacy In a Better World The Expendables The Town Kick-Ass Robin Hood Scott Pilgrim vs. the World The Social Network

Reason: Maybe the script was imperfect and not that original, but I have to give credit where credit is due and that's to James Cameron's groundbreaking technology, which was used heavily in the years to follow.

2. Inglourious Basterds 3. Star Trek 4. District 9 5. Sherlock Holmes 6. Zombieland 7. The Secret in Their Eyes 8. Moon 9. The Road 10. The Hangover

Special mentions (unranked): The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus A Prophet State of Play Mother The Damned United Invictus Watchmen 3 Idiots Exam In the Loop

Reason: Probably the best superhero movie, both critically and commercially successful, "The Dark Knight" ignited the superhero genre.

2. Iron Man 3. Slumdog Millionaire 4. Tropic Thunder 5. Cloverfield 6. The Chaser 7. Gran Torino 8. Hellboy II: The Golden Army 9. Ip Man 10. Red Cliff

Special mentions (unranked): The Wrestler Doubt Departures Synecdoche, New York Defiance Milk Revolutionary Road Changeling Frost/Nixon The Hurt Locker

Reason: One of the most fascinating mystery films of the past decade is "Zodiac", based on a notorious serial killer. The production of the film is interesting, Fincher and his crew spending more than an year conducting their own investigations on the case, getting closer to solving the riddle, but ultimately creating more questions.

2. No Country for Old Men 3. Hot Fuzz 4. I Am Legend 5. 3:10 to Yuma 6. American Gangster 7. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 8. The Orphanage 9. Stardust 10. Into the Wild

Special mentions (unranked): Sunshine Eastern Promises Atonement Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Timecrimes The Counterfeiters There Will Be Blood Superbad The Mist La vie en rose

Reason: A rare case when a remake tops the original, with Scorsese's excellent handling and outstanding cast. "Infernal Affairs" is great too, but "The Departed" is better in my opinion.

2. The Prestige 3. Pan's Labyrinth 4. Children of Men 5. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 6. Blood Diamond 7. Letters from Iwo Jima 8. The Fountain 9. The Painted Veil 10. The Lives of Others

Special mentions (unranked): Stranger Than Fiction Rescue Dawn Inside Man The Host The Illusionist Apocalypto Tell No One This Is England The Queen Casino Royale

Reason: Another great outcome from the Howard-Crowe pair, "Cinderella Man" is a well-told underdog story that combines drama, romance and sport in a beautiful manner.

2. Batman Begins 3. King Kong 4. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 5. Walk the Line 6. V for Vendetta 7. Lady Vengeance 8. Capote 9. Munich 10. Kingdom of Heaven

Special mentions (unranked): War of the Worlds The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy A History of Violence The Brothers Grimm The Island Thank You for Smoking A Bittersweet Life Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Constantine The Proposition

Reason: One of the best movies from the last ten years, in my opinion. I believe this film will move everybody, a perfect balance of drama and heart accompanied by a pleasant soundtrack.

2. Downfall 3. The Machinist 4. Crash 5. Spider-Man 2 6. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 7. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 8. Dawn of the Dead 9. Kung Fu Hustle 10. Ray

Special mentions (unranked): Saw Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War Million Dollar Baby The Merchant of Venice The Butterfly Effect A Very Long Engagement Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Shaun of the Dead Collateral The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Reason: A modern swashbuckler that makes the kid in you want to become a pirate and together with an insanely funny Johnny Depp molds itself into a unforgettable crowd-pleaser. There were some really terrific movies in 2003, entertaiment-wise, and that makes it one of the best years of that decade in my book.

2. *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 3. Big Fish 4. Memories of Murder 5. X2 6. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 7. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 8. The Last Samurai 9. Lost in Translation 10. House of Sand and Fog

Special mentions (unranked): Bruce Almighty Cold Mountain Monster Good Bye Lenin! Identity Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring Oldboy The Motorcycle Diaries Mystic River American Splendor

Reason: Polanski sure knew what he was doing when he made The Pianist. It's one of those movies that puts you in the main characters point of view and you're able to witness the struggles he has been through.

2. *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 3. Gangs of New York 4. City of God 5. Spider-Man 6. Signs 7. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance 8. Infernal Affairs 9. 28 Days Later... 10. Minority Report

Special mentions (unranked): The Bourne Identity Adaptation. Hero Phone Booth Road to Perdition Blade II The Ring The Hours 25th Hour Insomnia

Reason: As a kid I used to play a lot of fantasy-type games and it's no surprise that Lord of the Rings captured me from the very beginning. If I were to choose one movie(/trilogy) to take with be on a deserted island I would the The Lord of the Rings hands down, even though I've been re-watching it every year since '05 and probably know it by heart. *The next two movies would normally be on the number one spot for 2002, 2003, but I chose not to include the whole trilogy this time.

2. A Beautiful Mind 3. A.I. Artificial Intelligence 4. Black Hawk Down 5. The Others 6. Amelie 7. Mulholland Dr. 8. Shaolin Soccer 9. Donnie Darko 10. A Knight's Tale

Special mentions (unranked): Das Experiment No Man's Land Training Day The Devil's Backbone Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India Ali Ocean's Eleven Rush Hour 2 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Gosford Park

Reason: Ridley Scott revived the historical epic genre with Gladiator featuring a Russell Crowe who means business and a very devious Joaquin Phoenix.

2. Cast Away 3. O Brother, Where Art Thou? 4. X-Men 5. Snatch. 6. Memento 7. Unbreakable 8. Amores Perros 9. Requiem for a Dream 10. In the Mood for Love

Special mentions (unranked): J.S.A. Chocolat The Cell Traffic Battle Royale Almost Famous Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon High Fidelity American Psycho The Beach

Reason: The Matrix was the perfect film to start a franchise, with an original script and technically superb action sequences, unfortunately the other two movies weren't at the same height as the first one.

2. Sleepy Hollow 3. The Green Mile 4. Fight Club 5. American Beauty 6. Magnolia 7. The Sixth Sense 8. Galaxy Quest 9. Being John Malkovich 10. eXistenZ

Special mentions (unranked): Man on the Moon The Hurricane The Talented Mr. Ripley Three Kings The Boondock Saints The Cider House Rules Dogma Office Space 10 Things I Hate About You The Insider

Reason: My all time favourite war film, it just took me by the hand and left me in the middle of the war.

2. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 3. The Big Lebowski 4. American History X 5. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 6. The Truman Show 7. The Thin Red Line 8. Rush Hour 9. Pi 10. Dark City

Special mentions (unranked): Ring SLC Punk! Shakespeare in Love Run Lola Run Gods and Monsters Pleasantville A Simple Plan Armageddon Elizabeth There's Something About Mary

Reason: One of the best mixtures of science-fiction and comedy out there. Great and colorful characters, funny one-liners, good costumes and Gary Oldman!

2. L.A. Confidential 3. Men in Black 4. Open Your Eyes 5. The Game 6. Starship Troopers 7. Donnie Brasco 8. Gattaca 9. Cube 10. Children of Heaven

Special mentions (unranked): Funny Games Amistad Life Is Beautiful Good Will Hunting Con Air The Ice Storm Contact Titanic As Good as It Gets The Devil's Advocate

Reason: I don't really know how Ben Stiller did it, but it worked for me. Out of such great movies like Trainspotting, Fargo or Shine I still had no trouble putting The Cable Guy on the top of my list. This is Jim Carrey's best performance, in my opinion.

2. Trainspotting 3. Fargo 4. Sling Blade 5. Primal Fear 6. Independence Day 7. Shine 8. Tesis 9. The English Patient 10. Kingpin

Special mentions (unranked): Space Jam Hamlet From Dusk Till Dawn Mission: Impossible The Frighteners Jerry Maguire Scream Secrets & Lies Happy Gilmore Star Trek: First Contact A Time to Kill

Reason: Maybe not by-the-book on historical facts, Braveheart delivers a remarkable impact with great action, and well-choreographed battle scenes. It's one of my favourite movies set during the middle ages.

2. The Usual Suspects 3. Twelve Monkeys 4. Se7en 5. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls 6. La Haine 7. Apollo 13 8. Heat 9. Sense and Sensibility 10. Mortal Kombat

Special mentions (unranked): Casino The City of Lost Children Dead Man Crimson Tide La Ceremonie Copycat Leaving Las Vegas Die Hard: With a Vengeance Strange Days GoldenEye

Reason: For a long time I've been debating between Pulp Fiction and Shawshank Redemption, but ultimately I went with the first. Tarantino mastered the pop-culture dialog and made easily the most recognizable and the most quotable movie of the 90's.

2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Ed Wood 4. Forrest Gump 5. Leon: The Professional 6. Dumb & Dumber 7. Chungking Express 8. Three Colors: Red 9. Shallow Grave 10. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Special mentions (unranked): Maverick Quiz Show The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert The Mask Swimming with Sharks Death and the Maiden The Hudsucker Proxy Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles True Lies Immortal Beloved

Reason: Bill Murray is the perfect one-man-show for Groundhog Day. This movie never ceases to make me laugh.

2. Schindler's List 3. Jurassic Park 4. Robin Hood: Men in Tights 5. Tombstone 6. In the Name of the Father 7. Falling Down 8. Les visiteurs 9. Philadelphia 10. The Remains of the Day

Special mentions (unranked): Stalingrad The Sandlot Carlito's Way Demolition Man Mrs. Doubtfire Gettysburg The Fugitive What's Eating Gilbert Grape True Romance Much Ado About Nothing

Reason: Tarantino brought something else to the table, changing the status of independent films.

2. Unforgiven 3. Army of Darkness 4. The Last of the Mohicans 5. Hard Boiled 6. Glengarry Glen Ross 7. Scent of a Woman 8. Dracula 9. A Few Good Men 10. My Cousin Vinny

Special mentions (unranked): Dead Alive Alien 3 Malcolm X The Player Howards End A League of Their Own Wayne's World Chaplin White Men Can't Jump Batman Returns

Reason: One of those movies that you've seen as a kid and knew everything revolving around it at that time, even going as far as finishing the NES videogame. *Two Arnie movies on the number one spot? I guess I'm gonna have a few critics on my back...

2. The Silence of the Lambs 3. Delicatessen 4. JFK 5. Barton Fink 6. The Addams Family 7. The Double Life of Veronique 8. Raise the Red Lantern 9. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 10. Naked Lunch

Special mentions (unranked): What About Bob? The Fisher King Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Boyz n the Hood Thelma & Louise City Slickers Night on Earth Hot Shots! Cape Fear