Some of these I have not seen will surprise you.
√ 2009 – “The Hurt Locker”
√ 2008 – “Slumdog Millionaire”
√ 2007 – “No Country for Old Men”
√ 2006 – “The Departed”
√ 2005 – “Crash”
Δ 2004 – “Million Dollar Baby”
√ 2003 – “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King”
√ 2002 – “Chicago”
√ 2001 – “A Beautiful Mind”
√ 2000 – “Gladiator”
√ 1999 – “American Beauty”
√ 1998 – “Shakespeare in Love”
√ 1997 – “Titanic”
√ 1996 – “The English Patient”
√ 1995 – “Braveheart”
√ 1994 – “Forrest Gump”
√ 1993 – “Schindler’s List”
Δ 1992 – “Unforgiven”
√ 1991 – “The Silence of the Lambs”
Δ 1990 – “Dances with Wolves”
Δ 1989 – “Driving Miss Daisy”
√ 1988 – “Rain Man”
√ 1987 – “The Last Emperor”
√ 1986 – “Platoon”
√ 1985 – “Out of Africa”
√ 1984 – “Amadeus”
√ 1983 – “Terms of Endearment”
√ 1982 – “Gandhi”
Δ 1981 – “Chariots of Fire”
√ 1980 – “Ordinary People”
√ 1979 – “Kramer vs. Kramer”
Robert Redford and Paul Newman in “The Sting”
√ 1978 – “The Deer Hunter”
√ 1977 – “Annie Hall”
√ 1976 – “Rocky”
Δ 1975 – “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
√ 1974 – “The Godfather Part II”
√ 1973 – “The Sting”
√ 1972 – “The Godfather”
√ 1971 – “The French Connection”
√ 1970 – “Patton”
Δ 1969 – “Midnight Cowboy”
Δ 1968 – “Oliver!”
√ 1967 – “In the Heat of the Night”
Δ 1966 – “A Man for All Seasons”
Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn in “My Fair Lady”
√ 1965 – “The Sound of Music”
√ 1964 – “My Fair Lady”
√ 1963 – “Tom Jones”
√ 1962 – “Lawrence of Arabia”
√ 1961 – “West Side Story”
√ 1960 – “The Apartment”
√ 1959 – “Ben-Hur”
√ 1958 – “Gigi”
√ 1957 – “The Bridge on the River Kwai”
√ 1956 – “Around the World in 80 Days”
√ 1955 – “Marty”
√ 1954 – “On the Waterfront”
√ 1953 – “From Here to Eternity”
Ernest Borgnine in “Marty”
√ 1952 – “The Greatest Show on Earth”
√ 1951 – “An American in Paris”
√ 1950 – “All about Eve”
√ 1949 – “All the Kings Men”
√ 1948 – “Hamlet”
√ 1947 – “Gentleman’s Agreement”
√ 1946 – “The Best Years of Our Lives”
√ 1945 – “The Lost Weekend”
√ 1944 – “Going My Way”
√ 1943 – “Casablanca”
√ 1942 – “Mrs. Miniver”
Δ 1941 – “How Green Was My Valley”
√ 1940 – “Rebecca”
√ 1939 – “Gone with the Wind”
√ 1938 – “You Can’t Take It with You”
Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson in “Rebecca”
Δ 1937 – “The Life of Emile Zola”
√ 1936 – “The Great Ziegfeld”
√ 1935 – “Mutiny on the Bounty”
√ 1934 – “It Happened One Night”
Δ 1932/1933 – “Cavalcade”
√ 1931/1932 – “Grand Hotel”
√ 1930/1931 – “Cimarron”
√ 1929/1930 – “All Quiet on the Western Front”
√ 1928/1929 – “The Broadway Melody”
√ 1927/1928 – “Wings”
MacGuffin Movies 
Holy cats Rachel! You haven’t seen Godfather 1 &2!!!
Two of my favorite films of all time! You must see them. So deep in character development and such compelling stories! Many twists and turns. At times shocking.
Your Aunt and I often comment on how much a young Al Pacino as Michael Corleone looked like your grandfather when he was young.
Don’t be scared off by all the parodies about these films. They represent the best of what movies can be.
You must see One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest too!
I warned you there’d be surprises! It’s true, I have shamefully not seen the Godfather movies. I have seen the scene from the first one during the parade when some guy is killed. Otherwise, it’s really hard to commit to such a long movie. I’ll get there one day.
Both films are so compelling, I never noticed their length. Trust me on this!
Greetings! Ryan’s dad told me about your site over the holidays. Looks interesting and will be frequenting it as I continue my goal of finally watching some of the classic movies.
John (Paul’s dad) Shore