In the spring of 2018, I randomly stumbled across a tweet that doesn't even exist anymore. The author invited people to look at Letterboxd's lists of most popular films for every year and share the top title they hadn't seen. I was so interested in
my own results that I ended up carrying on for a full century; glancing down the list afterwards, the idea for a series began to emerge. I wanted not only to finally catch up with these movies (some of which, I suspected, would be more worthwhile than others) but also to analyze them against the spirit of their times. Moving backwards, further and further into the past, using these films as a kind of time machine...
The series began a year and a half later, with one entry per month, pausing after six months to resume (without stopping again) at a then-unknown future date. All entries are listed (and illustrated) here ahead of time, and linked here as soon as they are available. When a publication date is known, it will be listed here too.
I hope you enjoy this journey as much as I plan to.
to be published Wednesday, December 28, 2022 at 8am
THE SERIES IS ON HIATUS AS OF EARLY 2023.
If it continues, the directory will be updated with links for the following...
2009 • Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
2008 • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2006 • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2005 • V for Vendetta
2004 • Shaun of the Dead
2003 • The Room
2002 • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2001 • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2000 • O Brother Where Art Thou?
1999 • The Iron Giant
1998 • Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
1997 • Perfect Blue
1996 • From Dusk to Dawn
1995 • Die Hard with a Vengeance
1994 • The Crow
1993 • Cronos
1992 • Army of Darkness
1991 • Barton Fink
1990 • Pretty Woman
1989 • Kiki's Delivery Service
1988 • Heathers
1987 • Raising Arizona
1986 • Big Trouble in Little China
1985 • Re-Animator
1984 • Paris, Texas
1983 • Christine
1982 • Tron
1981 • Escape from New York
1980 • The Blues Brothers
1979 • Life of Brian
1978 • Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1977 • The Spy Who Loved Me
1976 • Assault on Precinct 13
1975 • The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1974 • Black Christmas
1973 • Fantastic Planet
1972 • Pink Flamingos
1971 • The Devils
1970 • The Aristocats
1969 • On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1968 • Barberella
1967 • You Only Live Twice
1966 • Django
1965 • For a Few Dollars More
1964 • Blood and Black Lace
1963 • It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
1962 • What Ever Happened to Baby Jane
1961 • Splendor in the Grass
1960 • The Magnificent Seven
1959 • Plan 9 from Outer Space
1957 • Curse of the Demon
1956 • The Bad Seed
1955 • Rififi
1954 • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1953 • The Band Wagon
1952 • The Life of Oharu
1951 • Tales of Hoffmann
1950 • Los Olvidados
1949 • The Heiress
1948 • Key Largo
1947 • Dark Passage
1946 • Duel in the Sun
1945 • Dead of Night
1944 • Gaslight
1943 • Le Corbeau
1942 • Holiday Inn
1941 • Ball of Fire
1940 • Night Train to Munich
1939 • Son of Frankenstein
1938 • Vivacious Lady
1937 • Stella Dallas
1936 • The Only Son
1935 • Ruggles of Red Cap
1934 • Cleopatra
1933 • She Done Him Wrong
1932 • White Zombie
1931 • La Chienne
1930 • A propos de nice
1929 • Cocoanuts
1928 • The Docks of New York
1927 • Underworld
1926 • Flesh and the Devil
1925 • Master of the House
1924 • The Great White Silence
1923 • A Woman of Paris
1922 • Phantom
1921 • The Goat
1920 • The Scarecrow
1919 • The Doll
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