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top 10 movies of the year


1993-2005


2005

  1. Match Point

  2. Good Night, and Good Luck

  3. Pride & Prejudice

  4. Syriana

  5. Walk the Line

  6. The 40-Year-Old Virgin

  7. Junebug

  8. Nine Lives

  9. Millions

  10. Grizzly Man

2004

  1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

  2. Sideways

  3. The Incredibles

  4. Million Dollar Baby

  5. Kill Bill: Vol. 2

  6. Hotel Rwanda

  7. Maria Full of Grace

  8. Before Sunset

  9. Garden State

  10. Spider-Man 2

2003

  1. Lost in Translation

  2. Big Fish

  3. In America

  4. Finding Nemo

  5. American Splendor

  6. Kill Bill: Vol. 1

  7. City of God

  8. The Station Agent

  9. Mystic River

  10. Shattered Glass

 

2002

  1. About Schmidt

  2. Adaptation.

  3. Y Tu Mamá También

  4. Far From Heaven

  5. Minority Report

  6. Roger Dodger

  7. Chicago

  8. About A Boy

  9. Signs

  10. The Good Girl

2001

  1. Vanilla Sky

  2. Mulholland Drive

  3. The Royal Tenenbaums

  4. A Beautiful Mind

  5. In the Bedroom

  6. Ocean's Eleven

  7. Monsters, Inc.

  8. Moulin Rouge!

  9. Waking Life

  10. Black Hawk Down

2000

  1. Requiem for a Dream

  2. Traffic

  3. High Fidelity

  4. Wonder Boys

  5. Almost Famous

  6. One Day in September

  7. O Brother, Where Art Thou?

  8. Chicken Run

  9. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

  10. Ghost World

1999

  1. American Beauty

  2. The Insider

  3. Three Kings

  4. Election

  5. Magnolia

  6. Office Space

  7. Boys Don't Cry

  8. Fight Club

  9. Toy Story 2

  10. The Limey

1998

  1. Out of Sight

  2. The Big Lebowski

  3. Pleasantville

  4. Saving Private Ryan

  5. Shakespeare in Love

  6. The Truman Show

  7. Waking Ned Devine

  8. Life is Beautiful

  9. The Thin Red Line

  10. Gods and Monsters

1997

  1. L.A. Confidential

  2. Boogie Nights

  3. Good Will Hunting

  4. Titanic

  5. As Good As It Gets

  6. The Game

  7. Men In Black

  8. The Apostle

  9. Chasing Amy

  10. Starship Troopers

1996

  1. Fargo

  2. Lone Star

  3. Tin Cup

  4. Jerry Maguire

  5. Big Night

  6. Bottle Rocket

  7. Sling Blade

  8. Swingers

  9. Mother

  10. Scream

1995

  1. Braveheart

  2. The Usual Suspects

  3. Apollo 13

  4. Leaving Las Vegas

  5. Get Shorty

  6. Toy Story

  7. Heat

  8. Seven

  9. Babe

  10. Twelve Monkeys

1994

  1. The Shawshank Redemption

  2. Forrest Gump

  3. Pulp Fiction

  4. The Lion King

  5. Quiz Show

  6. True Lies

  7. Ed Wood

  8. The Paper

  9. Clerks

  10. The Last Seduction

1993

  1. Schindler's List

  2. Groundhog Day

  3. Dazed and Confused

  4. The Fugitive

  5. Jurassic Park

  6. Philadelphia

  7. Dave

  8. The Nightmare Before Christmas

  9. Falling Down

  10. The Firm


I only go back to 1993 because I decided to only include years that I have seen at least 25 movies.  Unfortunately, the further back I go, the fewer movies I've seen, so there might be some surprise movies on these lists due to lack of any real competition.  Also, if you feel like there is an egregious omission, it is probably because I haven't seen it.  So let me know about it.  Finally, because I constantly watch movies, I do need to reserve the right to change these lists in the future if I see a film that I think warrants consideration.