Here’s a bunch of top five lists for the many years I’ve been watching movies. They are based on US theatrical release (unless it’s extremely limited/DVD/Blu-ray only, in which case it’ll be based on home country release) and will be continually updated overtime.
2023
1. The Boy and The Heron
2. The First Slam Dunk
3. Godzilla: Minus One
4. Oppenheimer
5. Suzume
2022
1. RRR
2. One Piece: Film Red
3. Everything Everywhere All At Once
4. The Batman
5. Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
2021
1. Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time
2. Violet Evergarden: The Movie
3. Demon Slayer: Mugen Train
4. West Side Story
5. Zack Snyder’s Justice League
2020
1. Ride Your Wave
2. Weathering With You
3. Red Post on Escher Street
4. Soul
5. Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
2019
1. Parasite
2. John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
3. Promare
4. Joker
5. Jojo Rabbit
2018
1. Mission Impossible: Fallout
2. Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse
3. BlackKkKlansman
4. Liz and the Blue Bird
5. Annihilation
2017
1. In This Corner of the World
2. Your Name
3. War for the Planet of the Apes
4. A Silent Voice
5. Dunkirk
2016
1. The Nice Guys
2. The Handmaiden
3. Shin Godzilla
4. Antiporno
5. Rurouni Kenshin: Movie Trilogy
2015
1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
3. What We Do In The Shadows
4. Inside Out
5. The Boy and the Beast
2014
1. The Wind Rises
2. Tokyo Tribe
3. Interstellar
4. The Raid 2
5. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2013
1. Why Don’t You Play in Hell?
2. Snowpiercer
3. Her
4. Man of Steel
5. Pain & Gain
2012
1. The Raid
2. Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo
3. Dredd
4. Django Unchained
5. 21 Jump Street
2011
1. Sunny
2. Guilty of Romance
3. Drive
4. I Saw The Devil
5. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2010
1. Black Swan
2. The Social Network
3. Inception
4. True Grit
5. The Town
2009
1. Watchmen
2. Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance
3. Where The Wild Things Are
4. Inglorious Basterds
5. Antichrist
2008
1. Departures
2. Love Exposure
3. The Dark Knight
4. Wall-E
5. Speed Racer
2007
1. There Will Be Blood
2. No Country For Old Men
3. Superbad
4. Persepolis
5. 5 Centimeters Per Second
2006
1. Tekkonkinkreet
2. The Fountain
3. Children of Men
4. Borat
5. Miami Vice
2005
1. Good Night and Good Luck
2. Stars Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
3. One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island
4. Sympathy For Lady Vengeance
5. Sin City
2004
1. Kung Fu Hustle
2. Mind Game
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. Collateral
5. The Incredibles
2003
1. Lost In Translation
2. Oldboy
3. A Tale of Two Sisters
4. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
5. Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl
2002
1. City of God
2. Suicide Club
3. Adaptation
4. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
5. Hero
2001
1. Spirited Away
2. Ichi the Killer
3. My Sassy Girl
4. Mulholland Drive
5. Amelie
2000
1. Battle Royale
2. Titus
3. In The Mood For Love
4. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
5. Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust
1999
1. Eyes Wide Shut
2. Toy Story 2
3. Audition
4. The Matrix
5. Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai
1998
1. Dark City
2. The Big Lebowski
3. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
4. The Truman Show
5. Blade
1997
1. Princess Mononoke
2. Perfect Blue
3. Jackie Brown
4. Face/Off
5. L.A. Confidential
1996
1. Hamlet
2. From Dusk Til Dawn
3. Executive Decision
4. The Rock
5. Mission Impossible
1995
1. Whisper of the Heart
2. Heat
3. The City of Lost Children
4. Se7en
5. Strange Days
1994
1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. Ed Wood
3. Chungking Express
4. Leon the Professional
5. True Lies
1993
1. Patlabor 2: The Movie
2. Hot Shots Part Deux
3. The Nightmare Before Christmas
4. Groundhog Day
5. Ninja Scroll
1992
1. Reservoir Dogs
2. Batman Returns
3. Hard Boiled
4. Police Story 3: Supercop
5. Bram Stoker’s Dracula
1991
1. Delicatessen
2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
3. Point Break
4. Hot Shots
5. Armour of God II: Operation Condor
1990
1. La Femme Nikita
2. Total Recall
3. Goodfellas
4. Die Hard 2
5. The Rescuers Down Under
1989
1. Batman
2. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
3. Kiki’s Delivery Service
4. Weekend at Bernie’s
5. Tetsuo: The Iron Man
1988
1. Die Hard
2. Akira
3. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
4. Grave of the Fireflies
5. Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter
1987
1. Spaceballs
2. Lethal Weapon
3. Predator
4. Evil Dead II
5. Robocop
1986
1. Blue Velvet
2. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
3. Castle in the Sky
4. Top Gun
5. Aliens
1985
1. Back to the Future
2. Brazil
3. Commando
4. The Breakfast Club
5. Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love
1984
1. Nausicaa: Valley of the Wind
2. Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer
3. The Toxic Avenger
4. Amadeus
5. Once Upon a Time In America
1983
1. National Lampoon’s Vacation
2. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
3. Risky Business
4. Scarface
5. Trading Places
1982
1. Blade Runner
2. The Secret of Nimh
3. First Blood
4. Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie
5. The Thing
1981
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. The Road Warrior
3. The Great Muppet Caper
4. Escape From New York
5. Stripes
1980
1. The Blues Brothers
2. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
3. Airplane!
4. Caddyshack
5. The Shining
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