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The Best Movie Released The Year You Were Born

This list only goes back to 1968 so we are sorry if you were born before then. What was the best movie released the year that you were born? Year…

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This list only goes back to 1968 so we are sorry if you were born before then. What was the best movie released the year that you were born?

YearFilmIMDb Rating
1968Once Upon a Time in the West8.5
1969Z8.3
1970Woodstock8.2
1971A Clockwork Orange8.3
1972The Godfather9.2
1973The Sting8.3
1974The Godfather: Part 29
1975One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest8.7
1976Taxi Driver8.3
1977Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope8.6
1978The Last Waltz8.2
1979Apocalypse Now8.4
1980Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back8.7
1981Raiders of the Lost Ark8.4
1982Koyaanisqatsi8.3
1983Scarface8.3
1984Amadeus8.3
1985Back to the Future8.5
1986Aliens8.3
1987Full Metal Jacket8.3
1988Cinema Paradiso8.5
1989Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade8.2
1990Goodfellas8.7
1991The Silence of the Lambs8.6
1992Reservoir Dogs8.3
1993Schindlers List8.9
1994The Shawshank Redemption9.3
1995Se7en8.6
1996Fargo8.1
1997Good Will Hunting8.3
1998Saving Private Ryan8.6
1999Fight Club8.8
2000Gladiator8.5
2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring8.8
2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers8.7
2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King8.9
2004Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind8.3
2005Batman Begins8.2
2006The Departed8.5
2007Like Stars on Earth8.4
2008The Dark Knight9
2009Inglourious Bastards8.3
2010Inception8.8
2011The Intouchables8.5
2012Django Unchained8.4
2013The Wolf of Wall Street8.2
2014Interstellar8.6
2015Inside Out8.1
2016Your Name8.4
2017Coco8.4
2018Avengers: Infinity War8.4
2019Parasite8.6
Donnie Black is the Executive Producer of The Andie Summers Show and the Promotions Director for 92.5 XTU. He has been in the radio business for over 15 years and worked with BEN FM before coming to XTU. As a content creator for 92.5 XTU, Donnie creates contest pages, and concert listings and is known for writing random lists about movies, sports, and music.