The 12 Best Movies from the Last 12 Decades!

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Jonathan H. Kantor, at Listverse, took on the Herculean task of coming up with the Top 10 Best Movies Of The Last 10 Decades.  I decided I would compare my list to Kantor’s but I also included two decades that he didn’t.  I also decided I would choose the film that best resonated with me for each decade rather than the “best”.  The films picked are the ones I return to watch most often (in most cases… more on that later) Here is how our lists compared and then my thoughts after…

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1900s The Great Train Robbery (1903)
1910s Shoulder Arms (1918) Charlie Chaplin
1920s Metropolis The Unknown (1928) Lon Chaney
1930s The Wizard of Oz The Wizard of Oz (1939)
1940s Citizen Kane Casablanca (1942)
1950s Sunset Blvd. North by Northwest (1959)
1960s Psycho Night of the Living Dead (1968)
1970s The Godfather Rocky (1976)
1980s Raiders of the Lost Ark Die Hard (1988)
1990s The Shawshank Redemption The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
2000s Spirited Away Pitch Black (2000)
2010s Boyhood John Wick (2014)

Choosing one film to represent the best of each decade was nearly impossible.  I was forced to leave out many of my favorite movies since I could only select one per decade.  Hats off to Kantor for coming up with such a list and for making me think about the films I love.  I’m sure if I did this again I would in some cases select different films.  I’ve been thinking for a while now I would like to post a list of my top three favorite films for each year, taking them one year at a time.  Perhaps I will get to that one day.  For now I need to give my brain a rest.