I recently had a debate about the best decade for movies with me saying tongue in cheek "movies and music sucks nowadays" as I shook my fist at the sky. I decided to make these lists rather than go by my memory which is clouded in bias and nostalgia to really give me the ammo to win this debate Well, clearly I was wrong about movies as Hollywood has been providing us a steady stream of great movies since the 70s, never letting up. Every decade brings it! But I'm not wrong about music though!!! That's been dead to me since the late 90s! I put movies I genuinely think are great. Every single one. If you haven't seen a movie on this list, you should! ***I made this entire list with the intention of leaving most comic book movies and animation off. But I now believe that was a mistake. Some of these movies are seriously incredible and belong in top 20 lists or even higher and might very well change the order of my rankings. ***As I'm typing this BEFORE adding these movies, my rankings are: 90s>80>00s>70s>10s. Let's revisit my possibly revised rankings at the bottom. The following lists are in no particular order. Top tens (imho) are found after. 1970s 1. Midnight Cowboy 2. The Godfather 3. The Godfather: Part II 4. The Sting 5. Rocky 6. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 7. Superman 8. Jaws 9. Kramer vs. Kramer 10. Annie Hall 11. Apocalypse Now 12. Network 13. The Deer Hunter 14. The French Connection 15. Alien 16. Patton 17. A Clockwork Orange 18. Saturday Night Fever 19. Taxi Driver 20. Grease 21. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 22. Blazing Saddles 23. The Exorcist 24. All the President's Men 25. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 26. Young Frankenstein 27. Deliverance 28. The Conversation 29. Serpico 30. Dog Day Afternoon 31. Mash 32. The Last Picture Show 33. Dirty Harry 34. Harold and Maude 35. Jeremiah Johnson 36. American Graffiti 37. Enter the Dragon 38. A Woman Under the Influence 39. Chinatown 40. The Towering Inferno 41. The Longest Yard 42. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 43. Barry Lyndon 44. The Sunshine Boys 45. A Star is Born 46. King Kong 47. Bad News Bears 48. The Omen 49. Rocky Horror Picture Show 50. Julia 51. The Goodbye Girl 52. Smokey and the Bandit 53. Animal House 54. Every Which Way but Loose 55. Midnight Express 56. Coming Home 57. Heaven Can Wait 58. Star Trek: The Motion Picture 59. Oh God 60. The Amityville Horror 61. Being There 62. The Rose 63. Rocky II 64. Tommy 65. Catch-22 66. Love Story 67. A Man Called Horse 68. Fiddler on the Roof 69. Klute 70. Last Tango in Paris 71. Solaris 72. The Poseidon Adventure 73. Mean Streets 74. The Wicker Man 75. Papillon 76. The Way We Were 77. Badlands 78. Sugarland Express 79. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 80. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 81. Nashville 82. Picnic at Hanging Rock 83. Murder by Death 84. Marathon Man 85. The Outlaw Josey Wales 86. Carrie 87. Suspiria 88. Pumping Iron 89. Midnight Express 90. Halloween 91. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 92. Escape From Alcatraz 93. All That Jazz 94. Orca 95. Breaking Away 96. Monty Python The Life of Brian 97. The Black Stallion 98. All That Jazz 99. Rocky 2 100. The Black Hole 101. Cabaret 102. Sounder 103. Watership Down 104. The Hobbit 105. The Waterbabies 106. The Aristocrats 107. The Muppet Movie 1980s 1. The Empire Strikes Back 2. E.T. 3. Raiders of the Lost Ark 4. Platoon 5. Poltergeist 6. Trading Places 7. The Color Purple 8. Raging Bull 9. Scarface 10. Aliens 11. Ghandi 12. Full Metal Jacket 13. The Right Stuff 14. Working Girl 15. Tootsie 16. Hoosiers 17. Die Hard 18. Rain Man 19. Hannah and Her Sisters 20. On Golden Pond 21. The Color of Money 22. Das Boot 23. Good Morning Vietnam 24. Chariots of Fire 25. Wallstreet 26. When Harry Met Sally 27. Back to the Future 28. The Last Emperor 29. An Officer and a Gentleman 30. Stand By Me 31. The Karate Kid 32. Fast Times at Ridgemont High 33. Ferris Bueller's Day Off 34. The Breakfast Club 35. The Thing 36. Top Gun 37. Airplane! 38. Caddyshack 39. Ghostbusters 40. The Terminator 41. The Shining 42. The Princess Bride 43. This is Spinal Tap 44. Purple Rain 45. The Natural 46. Sixteen Candles 47. Vision Quest 48. The Fly 49. Little Shop of Horrors 50. Three O'Clock High 51. Spaceballs 52. The Lost Boys 53. Dirty Dancing 54. The Predator 55. Empire of the Sun 56. Moonstruck 57. Raising Arizona 58. Revenge of the Nerds 59. Broadcast News 60. Robocop 61. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 62. Beetlejuice 63. Big 64. Young Guns 65. Coming to America 66. Bull Durham 67. Born on the 4th of July 68. Dead Poets Society 69. Glory 70. Field of Dreams 71. Do the Right Thing 72. Driving Miss Daisy 72. Lean on Me 73. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 74. My Left Foot 75. The War of the Roses 76. Blue Valentine 77. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn 78. 9 to 5 79. Stir Crazy 80. The Blues Brothers 81. The Gods Must be Crazy 82. Pink Floyd: The Wall 83. Porky's 84. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 85. WarGames 86. Terms of Endearment 87. Gremlins 88. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 89. Beverly Hills Cop 90. Out of Africa 91. Rocky IV 92. Rocky III 93. Crocodile Dundee 94. Batman 95. Highlander 96. Coal Miner's Daughter 97. Ordinary People 98. The Blue Lagoon 99. Friday the 13th 100. Popeye 101. Arthur 102. The Cannonball Run 103. Reds 104. Annie 105. Conan the Barbarian 106. First Blood 107. The Big Chill 108. A Christmas Story 109. Mr. Mom 110. The Outsiders 111. Silkwood 112. Nightmare on Elm Street 113. Yentl 114. Splash 115. Amadeus 116. Short Circuit 117. Better Off Dead 118. Peggy Sue Got Married 119. Tin Men 120. Gardens of Stone 121. The Witches of Eastwick 122. *batteries not included 123. Colors 124. Eight Men Out 125. The Accused 126. The Naked Gun 127. Twins 128. Dangerous Liaisons 129. Beachers 130. The Accidental Tourist 131. The Abyss 132. The Little Mermaid 133. Transformers: The Movie 134. The Dark Crystal 135. The Fox and the Hound 136. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 137. Castle in the Sky 138. My Neighbor Totoro 139. Kiki's Delivery Service 140. Grave of the Fireflies 141. The Secret of NIMH 142. Heavy Metal 143. The Last Unicorn 144. Superman II 1990s 1. Life is Beautiful 2. American Beauty 3. Pulp Fiction 4. Schindler's List 5. The Matrix 6. There's Something About Mary 7. Braveheart 8. Casino 9. Home Alone 10. Jurassic Park 11. Titanic 12. Forrest Gump 13. The Sixth Sense 14. Trainspotting 15. Magnolia 16. The Usual Suspects 17. Se7en 18. The Shawshank Redemption 19. Heat 20. Boogie Nights 21. Pretty Woman 22. The Silence of the Lambs 23. Good Will Hunting 24. Fargo 25. Boyz in the Hood 26. The Unforgiven 27. Saving Private Ryan 28. Goodfellas 29. Terminator 2 30. Fight Club 31. Ghost 32. Dances with Wolves 33. Total Recall 34. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 35. JFK 36. Basic Instinct 37. A Few Good Men 38. The Bodyguard 39. Mrs. Doubtfire 40. The Fugitive 41. Philadelphia 42. True Lies 43. The Mask 44. Speed 45. Interview with the Vampire 46. Independence Day 47. Twister 48. Jerry Maguire 49. The English Patient 50. Shine 51. Primal Fear 52. Men in Black 53. As Good as it Gets 54. The Full Monty 55. My Best Friend's Wedding 56. L.A. Confidential 57. Good Will Hunting 58. Amistad 59. 12 Monkeys 60. The Birdcage 61. Happy Gilmore 62. Mullholland Falls 63. Kingpin 64. Sling Blade 65. Jacob's Ladder 66. Gladiator 67. The Player 68. A League of their Own 69. Reservoir Dogs 70. Malcolm X 71. The Crying Game 72. Groundhog Day 72. Searching for Bobby Fisher 73. Dazed and Confused 74. A Bronx Tale 75. Tombstone 76. In the Name of the Father 77. What's Eating Gilbert Grape 78. True Lies 79. Quiz Show 80. Ed Wood 81. Clerks 82. Leon: The Professional 83. Legends of the Fall 84. The Madness of King George 85. Dumb and Dumber 86. Apollo 13 87. Clueless 88. Nixon 89. Dead Man Walking 90. The Fifth Element 91. Face/Off 92. The Game 93. The Devil's Advocate 94. Jackie Brown 95. The Wedding Singer 96. Armageddon 97. American History X 98. The Thin Red Line 99. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 100. Cruel Intentions 101. Election 102. American Pie 103. The Red Violin 104. Arlington Road 105. The Blair Witch Project 106. Eyes Wide Shut 107. The Green Mile 108. Man on the Moon 109. Any Given Sunday 110. Talented Mr. Ripley 111. The Hurricane 112. American Beauty 113. Cadillac Man 114. A River Runs Through It 115. Dark City 116. Blade 117. Spawn 118. Iron Giant 119. The Lion King 120. Princess Mononoke 121. Dick Tracy 122. The Crow 123. The Nightmare Before Christmas 124. A Bug's Life 125. Toy Story 126. Mulan 127. Ghost in the Shell 128. SpaceJam 129. The Prince of Egypt 130. Hercules 131. The Hunchback of Notre Dame 132. Antz 133. Pocahontas 134. Aladdin 135. South Park 136. Tarzan 137. Hook 138. Beauty and the Beast 139. Toy Story 2 140. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 2000s 1. 300 2. American Psycho 3. Gangs of New York 4. Black Hawk Down 5. Gladiator 6. Sin City 7. Ray 8. O' Brother, Where Art Thou? 9. Walk The Line 10. Kill Bill 11. Avatar 12. Training Day 13. Almost Famous 14. Million Dollar Baby 15. Inglorious Basterds 16. There Will Be Blood 17. The Hurt Locker 18. Minority Report 19. The Departed 20. Django Unchained 21. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 22. Master & Commander 23. Slumdog Millionaire 24. Irreversible 25. No Country for Old Men 26. Pan's Labyrinth 27. Lord of The Rings Trilogy 28. The Dark Knight 29. Traffic 30. Castaway 31. Wonderboys 32. Erin Brokovitch 33. High Fidelity 34. The Patriot 35. Men of Honor 36. Miss Congeniality 37. Memento 38. Moulin Rouge 39. The Fast and the Furious 40. A.I. Artificial Intelligence 41. Legally Blonde 42. Mulholland Drive 43. Donnie Darko 44. Amelie 45. Ocean's Eleven 46. Vanilla Sky 47. Ali 48. Monster's Ball 49. Collateral Damage 50. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 51. Signs 52. Frida 53. 8 Mile 54. Adaptation 55. 25th Hour 56. Catch Me If You Can 57. The Pianist 58. Bend It Like Beckham 59. A Mighty Wind 60. Whale Rider 61. 28 days Later 62. Seabiscuit 63. Lost in Translation 64. Intolerable Cruelty 65. Mystic River 66. Elf 67. The Last Samurai 68. Sideways 69. Ray 70. Passion of the Christ 71. The Aviator 72. War of the Worlds 73. Cinderella Man 74. Hustle and Flow 75. Brokeback Mountain 76. Kung Fu Hustle 77. Borat 78. Dreamgirls 79. V for Vendetta 80. Inside Man 81. The Devil Wears Prada 82. Little Miss Sunshine 83. The Queen 84. The Prestige 85. The Fountain 86. Blood Diamond 87. Children of Men 88. Letters from Iwo Jima 89. The Pursuit of Happyness 90. Zodiac 91. Transformers 92. 3:10 to Yuma 93. Gone Baby Gone 94. American Gangster 95. The Bucket List 96. I Am Legend 97. Tropic Thunder 98. Gran Torino 99. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 100. Revolutionary Road 101. The Hangover 102. A Serious Man 103. Precious 104. Moon 105. Oldboy 106. Spirited Away 107. Howl's Moving Castle 108. Shrek 109. Atlantis 110. Coraline 111. Ratatouille 112. Up 113. Ponyo 114. Ice Age 115. Kung Fu Panda 116. Madagascar 117. Enchanted 118. Wall-E 119. Fantastic Mr. Fox 120. Treasure Planet 121. 9 122. Monster Inc. 123. Cars 124. Meet the Robinsons 125. Corpse Bride 126. Lilo & Stitch 127. The Emperor's New Groove 128. The Princess & the Frog 129. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 130. The Incredibles 131. Shrek 2 132. Happy Feet 133. Horton Hears a Who 134. Iron Man 135. Batman Begins 136. X-Men 137. Spider-Man 138. Spider-Man 2 139. Hellboy 140. Hulk 141. Watchmen 142. The Incredible Hulk 143. Spider-Man 3 144. Hellboy II 145. Superman Returns 146. Blade II 147. Holes 148. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl 149. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 150. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 151. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 152. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 153. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 154. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 155. Twilight 156. Twilight Saga: New Moon 157. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 158. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 159. Finding Nemo 160. Shrek 2 161. Chicken Little 162. Ice Age: The Meltdown 163. Shrek The Third 164. Madagascar 2 165. Bolt 166. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 167. Monsters vs. Aliens 168. A Christmas Carol 169. Star Wars: Attack of the Clones 170. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith 2010s 1. A Star is Born 2. Parasite 3. Moonlight 4. Inception 5. Portrait of a Lady on Fire 6. The Grand Budapest Hotel 7. The Social Network 8. Wolf of Wall Street 9. Mad Max: Fury Road 10. Interstellar 11. John Wick 12. Spotlight 13. Prisoners 14. The Shape of Water 15. Gone Girl 16. 12 Years a Slave 17. One Upon a Time in Hollywood 18. The Handmaiden 19. Whiplash 20. Ex-Machina 21. Nightcrawler 22. Black Swan 23. Dunkirk 24. The Florida Project 25. Uncut Gems 26. Drive 27. Manchester By the Sea 28. The Master 29. The Martian 30. The Hateful Eight 31. Let Me In 32. Four Lions 33. The King's Speech 34. True Grit 35. Bridesmaids 36. The Tree of Life 37. The Artist 38. Super 8 39. The Help 40. Contagion 41. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 42. The Descendants 43. War Horse 44. Argo 45. Moonrise Kingdom 46. Lincoln 47. Silver Linings Playbook 48. Les Miserables 49. Frances Ha 50. World War Z 51. Pacific Rim 52. Captain Phillips 52. Dallas Buyer's Club 53. Nebraska 54. American Hustle 55. Gravity 56. Her 57. Foxcatcher 58. Edge of Tomorrow 59. Snowpiercer 60. Lucy 61. Birdman 62. Love & Mercy 63. Inherent Vice 64. Fury 65. American Sniper 66. Unbroken 67. Selma 68. The Water Diviner 69. Beasts of No Nation 70. Room 71. Bridge of Spies 72. Carol 73. The Big Short 74. The Revenant 75. Star Wars: The Force Awakens 76. Mother! 77. The Nice Guys 78. La La Land 79. Life of Pi 80. Sully 81. Snowden 82. The Accountant 83. Hacksaw Ridge 84. Arrival 85. Silence 86. Hidden Figures 87. The Big Sick 88. John Wick: Chapter 2 89. Get Out 90. Baby Driver 91. Okja 92. Atomic Blonde 93. Good Time 94. Lady Bird 95. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 96. It 97. Brad's Status 98. Bladerunner 2049 99. Call Me By Your Name 100. Phantom Thread 101. The Post 102. Hostiles 103. Annihilation 104. Ready Player One 105. A Quiet Place 106. Hereditary 107. Sicario: Day of the Soldado 108. Sicario 109. Sorry to Bother You 110. BlackKklansman 111. First Man 112. Bohemian Rhapsody 113. Roma 114. Green Book 115. Vice 116. Joker 117. 1917 118. Ad Astra 119. Ford v Ferrari 120. Jo Jo Rabbit 121. Secret of the Kells 122. How to Train Your Dragon 123. The Adventures of Tintin 124. Rango 125. The Wind Rises 126. Big Hero 6 127. The Princess Kaguya 128. The Lego Movie 129. The Lego Batman Movie 130. Kubo and the Two Strings 131. Moana 132. Frozen 133. Coco 134. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse 135. Your Name 136. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 137. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 138. Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 139. Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 140. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 141. Tangled 142. Winnie The Poo 143. Wreck it Ralph 144. Zootopia 145. Frozen 2 146. Toy Story 3 147. Shrek Forever After 148. Despicable Me 149. Megamind 150. Legends of the Guardians 151. Kung Fu Panda 2 152. Cars 2 153. Ice Age: Continental Drift 154. Madagascar 2 155. Hotel Transylvania 156. The Lorax 157. Brave 158. Despicable Me 2 159. Monsters University 160. The Croods 161. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 162. How to Train Your Dragon 2 163. Rio 164. Rio 2 165. Hotel Transylvania 2 166. Minions 167. Inside Out 168. Home 169. The Good Dinosaur 170. Spongebob Movie 171. Finding Dory 172. Secret Life of Pets 173. Sing 174. Angry Birds Movie 175. Trolls 176. Despicable Me 3 177. The Boss Baby 179. Incredibles 2 180. Ralph Breaks the Internet 181. Hotel Transylvania 3 184. Toy Story 4 185. How to Train Your Dragon 3 186. Kingsman: The Secret Service 187. Shazam 188. Dredd 189. Kick Ass 190. The Avengers 191. Deadpool 192. Spider-Man: Homecoming 193. Spider-Man: Far From Home 194. Wonde Woman 195. Captain America: Civil War 196. Guardians of the Galaxy 197. Thor: Ragnarok 198. Iron Man 3 199. The Dark Night Rises 200. Black Panther 201. Avengers: Endgame 202. Avengers: Infinity War 203. Scott Pilgrim 204. X-Men: Days of Future Past 205. Captain America: The Winter Soldier 206. Logan 207. Captain America: The First Avenger 208. Ant-Man 209. Captain Marvel 210. Ant-Man and the Wasp 211. Avengers: Age of Ultron 212. Doctor Strange 213. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 214. Man of Steel 215. Batman v. Superman 216. Suicide Squad 217. Aquaman 218. Justice League 219. Birds of Prey 220. Star Wars: A Force Awakens 221. Star Wars: The Last Jedi 222. Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker I arrived at my Top Ten lists using box office, critical success and lasting appeal. Clearly this is subjective and one or even a few could be interchangeable with any of a dozen movies. 1970s Top 10 (in no order) 1. The Godfather 2. The Godfather: Part II 3. Rocky 4. Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory 5. Star Wars: A New Hope 6. Jaws 7. A Clockwork Orange 8. Apocalypse Now 9. Superman: The Movie 10. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1980s Top 10 (in no order) 1. Raiders of the Lost Ark 2. E.T. 3. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 4. Platoon 5. Scarface 6. Aliens 7. Back to The Future 8. Airplane! 9. Die Hard 10. Wallstreet 1990s Top 10 (in no order) 1. Braveheart 2. The Matrix 3. Pulp Fiction 4. Saving Private Ryan 5. Jurassic Park 6. Forrest Gump 7. Schindler's List 8. Dances with Wolves 9. Titanic 10. Goodfellas 2000s Top 10 (in no order) 1. There Will Be Blood 2. Avatar 3. Kill Bill (Vol 1 & 2) 4. Training Day 5. 300 6. Inglorious Basterds 7. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 8. Gladiator 9. American Psycho 10. The Departed 2010s Top 10 (in no order) 1. The Wolf of Wall Street 2. John Wick 3. Inception 4. The Social Network 5. Manchester By The Sea 6. Mad Max: Fury Road 7. 12 Years a Slave 8. Moonlight 9. Parasite 10. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood As a remind, before I added animation and comic book movies my rankings were: 90s>80s>00s>70s>10s I only added a handful, albeit incredible, movies from these genres to the 1980s, slightly strengthening that already stellar decade. Pixar came out guns blazing with its first few offerings and Disney started to bring it as well so I added even more to the 90s than I did to the 80s making this a considerably stronger decade than it already was. Pixar, Disney, and other animation studios were at their peaks, we got some excellent comic book movies, most of the Harry Potters, the first few Pirates of the Caribbean, Hunger Games and the first two Star Wars prequels. These additions completely transformed this decade. At this point Hollywood completely embraced animation and super hero movies making them a priority. Wow what a difference!!! While the animated movies kept coming in droves, though at the cost of some quality, almost the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe and the complete DCEU was added. Of all the decades, this was the most dramatic change. Fuck! Unbelievable. Adding those two genres completely transforms my rankings. You simply can't ignore how much longer the list of quality movies gets for the 00s and 10s. It's astounding. I could make a case for a variety of different rankings. I think if I had to make a new top 100 for each decade and use that as my basis for my rankings, my new definitive rankings after adding the two genres is: 90s>80s>10s>00s>70s Phew. To the few who bother reading all of this thank you and please vote so we can put this debate to rest