CRITERION

You may ask—- why 1987? Well, that was the year that I decided I was gonna direct movies. So I thought it was only fitting I’d start that year.

  • Artistic Value = the film that I loved that was the most creative, most ground breaking in the history of cinema.

  • Entertainment = the film that I loved that I think is most entertaining and is great for mass audiences.

  • Personal Taste = The movie I would watch over and over again!

ALL TIME BEST MOVIES

BEST ARTISTIC VALUE OF ALL TIME:

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

BEST ENTERTAINMENT OF ALL TIME:

THE MATRIX

BEST PERSONAL TASTE OF ALL TIME:

SAVING MR. BANKS

1987

  • Artistic Value: Empire of the Sun

  • Entertainment: Dirty Dancing

  • Personal Taste: Princess Bride

1988

  • Artistic Value: Rain Man

  • Entertainment: Coming to America

  • Personal Taste: Beaches

1989

  • Artistic Value: The Abyss

  • Entertainment: Always

  • Personal Taste: Dead Poets Society

1990

  • Artistic Value: Dances with Wolves

  • Entertainment: Home Alone

  • Personal Taste: Ghost

1991

  • Artistic Value: Terminator 2

  • Entertainment: Hook

  • Personal Taste: Regarding Henry

1992

  • Artistic Value: The Crying Game

  • Entertainment: A League of Their Own

  • Personal Taste: My Cousin Vinny

1993

  • Artistic Value: Schindler’s List

  • Entertainment: Mrs. Doubtfire

  • Personal Taste: Groundhog Day

1994

  • Artistic Value: Forrest Gump

  • Entertainment: True Lies

  • Personal Taste: Interview with the Vampire

1995

  • Artistic Value: Babe

  • Entertainment: Braveheart

  • Personal Taste: American President

1996

  • Artistic Value: Romeo & Juliet

  • Entertainment: Scream

  • Personal Taste: The Birdcage

1997

  • Artistic Value: As Good As it Gets

  • Entertainment: Good Will Hunting

  • Personal Taste: Contact

1998

  • Artistic Value: The Truman Show

  • Entertainment: A Bug’s Life

  • Personal Taste: Shakespeare in Love

1999

  • Artistic Value: Fight Club

  • Entertainment: Matrix

  • Personal Taste: The Green Mile

2000

  • Artistic Value: Cast Away

  • Entertainment: What Women Want

  • Personal Taste: Bring it On

2001

  • Artistic Value: Amélie

  • Entertainment: Harry Potter & The Sorcerer’s Stone

  • Personal Taste: Moulin Rouge!

2002

  • Artistic Value: Minority Report

  • Entertainment: My Big Fat Greek Wedding

  • Personal Taste: Chicago

2003

  • Artistic Value: Elf

  • Entertainment: Finding Nemo

  • Personal Taste: The Last Samurai

2004

  • Artistic Value: The Terminal

  • Entertainment: 50 First Dates

  • Personal Taste: Finding Neverland

2005

  • Artistic Value: Brokeback Mountain

  • Entertainment: The Legend of Zorro

  • Personal Taste: Pride & Prejudice

2006

  • Artistic Value: Children of Men

  • Entertainment: The Devil Wears Prada

  • Personal Taste: Stranger Than Fiction

2007

  • Artistic Value: Hot Fuzz

  • Entertainment: Enchanted

  • Personal Taste: P.S. I Love You

2008

  • Artistic Value: In Bruges

  • Entertainment: Kung Fu Panda

  • Personal Taste: Tropic Thunder

2009

  • Artistic Value: Inglorious Basterds

  • Entertainment: Sherlock Holmes

  • Personal Taste: Star Trek

2010

  • Artistic Value: Inception

  • Entertainment: Tangled

  • Personal Taste: The King’s Speech

2011

  • Artistic Value: The Artist

  • Entertainment: Bridesmaids

  • Personal Taste: The Help

2012

  • Artistic Value: Argo

  • Entertainment: Brave

  • Personal Taste: Les Misérables

2013

  • Artistic Value: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

  • Entertainment: The Wolf of Wall Street

  • Personal Taste: Saving Mr. Banks

2014

  • Artistic Value: Interstellar

  • Entertainment: Into the Woods

  • Personal Taste: Whiplash

2015

  • Artistic Value: The Danish Girl

  • Entertainment: Ant-Man

  • Personal Taste: Inside Out

2016

  • Artistic Value: Zootopia

  • Entertainment: Zoolander 2

  • Personal Taste: Moana

2017

  • Artistic Value: Get Out

  • Entertainment: Wonder Woman

  • Personal Taste: Coco

2018

  • Artistic Value: Hereditary

  • Entertainment: Crazy Rich Asians

  • Personal Taste: The Favourite

2019

  • Artistic Value: Rocketman

  • Entertainment: Knives Out

  • Personal Taste: Little Women

2020

  • Artistic Value: Emma

  • Entertainment: Bill & Ted Face the Music

  • Personal Taste: Emma

2021

  • Artistic Value: King Richard

  • Entertainment: In the Heights

  • Personal Taste: Cruella

2022

  • Artistic Value: Everything Everywhere All at Once

  • Entertainment: Elvis

  • Personal Taste: The Banshees of Inisherin

2023

  • Artistic Value: Poor Things

  • Entertainment: Barbie

  • Personal Taste: Nyad