Greatest Films - By Year

Greatest Films - By Year

Greatest Films

by Year

Greatest Films - by Year: Select an individual year within a decade for a listing of the greatest films for that particular year. Each of the films is labeled with Film Genre icons.

See also the extensive year-by-year Timeline of Influential Film History Milestones and Turning Points, and this site's Film History - by Decade.

Additional supplementary articles include Film Milestones in Visual and Special Effects (illustrated), History of Sex in Cinema (illustrated), Academy Awards History, and The Most Controversial Films of All-Time (illustrated).

The Greatest Films - by Year
These are the greatest or best films of each year, sometimes called the 'essential' films, the 'must-see' films 'before you die', the all-time best films, the 'A-list' films, or the top films, including a strong mix of foreign-language films - although not all award-winning or notable films could be listed or described. There is also a sampling of some independent and cult films.
	The Greatest Films of the Pre-1920s: 1902 \| 1903 \| 1914 \| 1915 \| 1916 \| 1919
	The Greatest Films of the 1920s: 1920 \| 1921 \| 1922 \| 1923 \| 1924 \| 1925 \| 1926 \| 1927 \| 1928 \| 1929
	The Greatest Films of the 1930s: 1930 \| 1931 \| 1932 \| 1933 \| 1934 \| 1935 \| 1936 \| 1937 \| 1938 \| 1939
	The Greatest Films of the 1940s: 1940 \| 1941 \| 1942 \| 1943 \| 1944 \| 1945 \| 1946 \| 1947 \| 1948 \| 1949
	The Greatest Films of the 1950s: 1950 \| 1951 \| 1952 \| 1953 \| 1954 \| 1955 \| 1956 \| 1957 \| 1958 \| 1959
	The Greatest Films of the 1960s: 1960 \| 1961 \| 1962 \| 1963 \| 1964 \| 1965 \| 1966 \| 1967 \| 1968 \| 1969
	The Greatest Films of the 1970s: 1970 \| 1971 \| 1972 \| 1973 \| 1974 \| 1975 \| 1976 \| 1977 \| 1978 \| 1979
	The Greatest Films of the 1980s: 1980 \| 1981 \| 1982 \| 1983 \| 1984 \| 1985 \| 1986 \| 1987 \| 1988 \| 1989
	The Greatest Films of the 1990s: 1990 \| 1991 \| 1992 \| 1993 \| 1994 \| 1995 \| 1996 \| 1997 \| 1998 \| 1999
	The Greatest Films of the 2000s: 2000 \| 2001 \| 2002 \| 2003 \| 2004 \| 2005 \| 2006 \| 2007 \| 2008 \| 2009
	The Greatest Films of the 2010s: 2010 \| 2011 \| 2012 \| 2013 \| 2014 \| 2015 \| 2016 \| 2017 \| 2018 \| 2019
	The Greatest Films of the 2020s: 2020

Film Genre Types - Icons
Action	Adventure	Animated	Biopics/ Historical	British/ UK	'Chick' Flicks	Childrens/ Family	Classic Films	Comedy
Courtroom Dramas	Crime/ Gangster	Cult	Disaster	Documentary/ Docu-drama	Drama	Epics	Fantasy	Film Noir
'Guy' Films	Horror	Melodrama	Musicals/ Dance	Road Films	Romantic	Science Fiction	Serials	Sexual/ Erotic
Silent Films	Sports	Superhero	Supernatural	Thriller/ Suspense	War	Western	Zombie