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.
ANY FUTURE ENTRIES WILL BE EXCLUSIVE TO PATREON...
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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