# Movie of the Year **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 23, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780 "2016-11-23T01:02:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/102 "2016-12-29T23:53:24Z")
2016: Deadpool ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/103 "2016-12-30T04:38:23Z")
Wanna do another round? Here’s the movie from 1916 I meant to post the first time around: **1916: _Intolerance_** ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/104 "2016-12-30T04:40:36Z")
Here’s a 1917 movie as well, to help get over the hump of the early silents: _Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm_ the Mary Pickford version, and still the best one, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/105 "2016-12-30T05:38:58Z")
1918: The Romance of Tarzan. The second Tarzan movie ever made; currently lost. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/106 "2016-12-30T08:54:24Z")
1919: Daddy Long Legs Mary Pickford grows up in an orphanage, and is helped by a mysterious stranger. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/107 "2016-12-30T16:17:15Z")
1920: Way Down East ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/108 "2016-12-30T16:26:30Z")
1921: The Sheik, Rudolph Valentino ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/109 "2016-12-30T16:59:06Z")
Here’s all the picks from the first round: 1916: Birth of a Nation 1917: Cleopatra 1918: Tarzan of the Apes 1919: Broken Blossoms 1920: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1921: The Kid 1922: Nosferatu 1923: The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1924: The Thief of Bagdad 1925: The Phantom of the Opera 1926: Flesh and the Devil 1927: The Jazz Singer 1928: The Wind 1929: The Broadway Melody 1930: Soup to Nuts 1931: Dracula & Frankenstein 1932: Freaks 1933: King Kong 1934: It Happened One Night 1935: A Night at the Opera 1936: Things to Come 1937: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood 1939: You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man 1940: The Grapes of Wrath 1941: Citizen Kane 1942: Casablanca 1943: Shadow of a Doubt 1944: The Fighting Seabees 1945: Children of Paradise 1946: The Best Years of Our Lives 1947: Miracle on 34th Street 1948: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1949: The Fountainhead 1950: Harvey 1951: The Day the Earth Stood Still 1952: High Noon 1953: From Here to Eternity 1954: 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea 1955: The Seven Year Itch 1956: The Searchers 1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai 1958: Vertigo 1959: Plan 9 From Outer Space 1960: The Apartment 1961: Yojimbo 1962: The Miracle Worker 1963: Cleopatra 1964: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1965: A Patch of Blue 1966: Batman 1967: The Graduate 1968: Night of the Living Dead 1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1970: Kelly’s Heroes 1971: The French Connection 1972: The Godfather 1973: The Exorcist 1974: Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein 1975: Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1976: Rocky 1977: Annie Hall 1978: Grease 1979: Being There 1980: Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears 1981: Time Bandits 1982: E.T. 1983: The Big Chill 1984: Amadeus 1985: Back to the Future 1986: Aliens 1987: The Lost Boys 1988: Die Hard 1989: Batman 1990: Edward Scissorhands 1991: The Doors 1992: Unforgiven 1993: Schindler’s List 1994: Pulp Fiction 1995: Toy Story 1996: The People vs. Larry Flynt 1997: Titanic 1998: Saving Private Ryan 1999: American Beauty 2000: Requiem for a Dream 2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2002: Chicago 2003: Lost In Translation 2004: The Incredibles 2005: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Wererabbit 2006: The Prestige 2007: No Country For Old Men 2008: Iron Man 2009: Avatar 2010: Black Swan 2011: Midnight in Paris 2012: Argo 2013: American Hustle 2014: Interstellar 2015: Shaun the Sheep: the Movie 2016: Deadpool ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/110 "2016-12-30T17:01:56Z")
1922: Nanook of the North ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/111 "2016-12-30T19:46:44Z")
1923: Safety Last! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/112 "2016-12-30T23:01:55Z")
1924: Greed ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/113 "2016-12-31T23:51:48Z")
1925: The Gold Rush ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/114 "2017-01-01T09:30:12Z")
1926: The General ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/115 "2017-01-01T15:08:48Z")
1927: It Clara Bow’s breakout role. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/116 "2017-01-01T16:44:16Z")
1928: The Crowd ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/117 "2017-01-01T19:45:21Z")
1929: Gold Diggers of Broadway ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/118 "2017-01-01T20:07:44Z")
1930: All Quiet on the Western Front ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/119 "2017-01-02T10:27:44Z")
1931: City Lights ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/120 "2017-01-02T14:58:40Z")
1932: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-of-the-year/772780/121 "2017-01-03T14:58:01Z")
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