Movies

G’day Erik

This is the list of your Mum and Dad’s favourite movies of all time. The aim is to bore you by showing them to you as you grow up, so that you can see the movies we loved while we were growing up. I might come back to this post and provide comments on particular movies later and maybe even separate them into individual years. Until then, you can view the complete list of our favourite movies below or view by decade.

Lotsa Love Dad

Favourite Movies – 2000s
Favourite Movies – 1990s
Favourite Movies – 1980s
Favourite Movies – 1970s
Favourite Movies – 1960s
Favourite Movies – 1950s
Favourite Movies – 1940s
Favourite Movies – 1930s

2010

Scott Pilgrim vs The World | 2010
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Robin Hood | 2010
Sherlock Holmes (2010)
The Green Zone (2010)

2009

Angels & Demons (2009)
Avatar (2009)
Funny People (2009)
Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince (2009)
Invictus (2009)
Knowing (2009)
Love The Beast (2009)
Star Trek (2009)
The Hangover (2009)
Transformers 2 – Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

2008

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
You Don’t Mess with the Zohan (2008)
Australia (2008)
Yes Man (2008)
Mamma Mia! (2008
Slumdog Millionaire (2008

2007

Juno (2007)
Music and Lyrics (2007)
Grindhouse (2007)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Ratatouille (2007)
Dan in Real Life (2007)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

2006

The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Cars (2006)
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
The Departed (2006)
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Clerks II (2006)
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
El Laberinto del fauno (2006) - Pan’s Labyrinth

2005

War of the Worlds (2005)
The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
The World’s Fastest Indian (2005)
V for Vendetta (2005)
Walk the Line (2005)
Sin City (2005)
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Serenity (2005)

2004

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
50 First Dates (2004)
Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
National Treasure (2004)
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
The Incredibles (2004)
Garden State (2004)
Sideways (2004)
Spanglish (2004)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

2003

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2003)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Stuck on You (2003)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Love Actually (2003)

2002

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Adaptation (2002)
Whale Rider (2002)
Mr Deeds (2002)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Insomnia (2002)
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

2001

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Donnie Darko (2001)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
The Beach (2001)
The Shipping News (2001)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
Gosford Park (2001)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

2000

Memento (2000)
Cast Away (2000)
Almost Famous (2000)
Gladiator (2000)
Meet the Parents (2000)
Frequency (2000)
Erin Brockovich (2000)
The Patriot (2000)
The Dish (2000)
Scream 3 (2000)

1999

Fight Club (1999)
American Beauty (1999)
Dogma (1999)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
The 13th Warrior (1999)
Two Hands (1999)
Run Lola Run (1999)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
The Green Mile (1999)
The Sixth Sense (1999)

1998

The Wedding Singer (1998
Ever After (1998
The Truman Show (1998
There’s Something About Mary (1998
Pleasantville (1998
The X Files (1998
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998
Ronin (1998
The Big Lebowski (1998
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998

1997

Good Will Hunting (1997)
Titanic (1997)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Chasing Amy (1997)
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Private Parts (1997)
The Game (1997)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Liar Liar (1997)
Scream 2 (1997)

1996

Fargo (1996)
Twister (1996)
Independence Day (1996)
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Happy Gilmore (1996)
That Thing You Do! (1996)
The Truth About Cats and Dogs (1996)
Jerry Maquire (1996)
Scream (1996)
The City of Lost Children (1996)

1995

Braveheart (1995)
Se7en (1995)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Die Hard: With a Vengence (1995)
First Knight (1995)
Mr Holland’s Opus (1995)
Rob Roy (1995)
Mallrats (1995)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
While You Were Sleeping (1995)

1994

The Usual Suspects (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Leon (1994)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Clerks (1994)
Legends of the Fall (1994)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Dumb & Dumber (1994)
Forrest Gump (1994)

1993

True Romance (1993)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Kalifornia (1993)
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993)
Schindler’s List (1993)
The Firm (1993)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Three Muskateers (1993)
The Piano (1993)

1992

Resevoir Dogs (1992)
Unforgiven (1992)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Wayne’s World (1992)
Singles (1992)
A League of Their Own (1992)
A River Runs Through It (1992)
Far and Away (1992)
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Poison Ivy (1992)

1991

Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Point Break (1991)
Hook (1991)
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
City Slickers (1991)
Dont’ Tell Mum the Babysitters Dead (1991)
LA Story (1991)
Backdraft (1991)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

1990

Days of Thunder (1990)
Pretty Woman (1990)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Back to the Future III (1990)
Goodfellas (1990)
Awakenings (1990)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Hamlet (1990)
Ghost (1990)
Die Hard 2 (1990)

1989

Parenthood (1989) - this movie made me wanna be a Dad
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) - one of Dad’s childhood heroes
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Dead Poet’s Society (1989)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Field of Dreams (1989) - if you build it, they will come
Erik the Viking (1989) - who Erik is named after
Back to the Future II (1989)
Valmont (1989)
The Abyss (1989)

1988

Big (1988
Die Hard (1988
Rain Man (1988
Cocktail (1988
Young Einstein (1988
Coming to America (1988
Crocodile Dundee II (1988
The Dead Pool (1988
Willow (1988
Beaches (1988

1987

Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Can’t Buy Me Love (1987)
The Year My Voice Broke (1987)
Roxanne (1987)
Good Morning Vietnam (1987)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
The Untouchables (1987)
The Princess Bride (1987) - your Mum LOVES this movie
The Lost Boys (1987)
Empire of the Sun (1987)

1986

The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
The Karate Kid II (1986)
Stand By Me (1986)
The Money Pit (1986)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) - absolute classic
Top Gun (1986) - for a short time, Dad’s nickname at Laverton Secondary College was ‘Goose’ there’s a story behind that
Crocodile Dundee (1986)
The Fly (1986)
Labyrinth (1986) – your Mum LOVES this movie
Aliens (1986)

1985

The Goonies (1985) - absolute classic
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
Back to the Future (1985) – featuring the awesome DMC Dolorian
Weird Science (1985)
Cocoon (1985)
The Colour Purple (1985)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
St Elmo’s Fire (1985)
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (1985)

1984

The Karate Kid (1984)
Electric Dreams (1984)
Firestarter (1984)
The Terminator (1984)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Splash (1984)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Ghost Busters (1984)
Dune (1984)
The Neverending Story (1984)

1983

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
War Games (1983)
Christine (1983)
The Meaning of Life (1983)
Scarface (1983)
Rumble Fish (1983)
Krull (1983)
Trading Places (1983)
Risky Business (1983)
Cujo (1983)

1982

ET: The Extra Terrestrial (1982)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
The Pirate Movie (1982)
The Man From Snowy River (1982)
Ghandi (1982)
Tron (1982)
The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
The Thing (1982)
Annie (1982)

1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Max Max 2 (1981)
Gallipoli (1981) - makes you proud to be Australian – your Great, Great Grandfather went to Gallipoli and made it out alive – your Mum and Dad went to Anzac Day in Gallipoli (1999)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Stripes (1981)
The Cannonball Run (1981)
Excalibur (1981)
Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
Puberty Blues (1981)
Time Bandits (1981)

1980

Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Shining (1980)
Breaker Morant (1980)
The Blues Brothers (1980) - awesome car chase
Xanadu (1980)
Caddyshack (1980)
Alligator (1980)
The Blue Lagoon (1980)
Private Benjamin (1980)
Flash Gordon (1980)

1979

The Life of Brian (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Max Max (1979)
Alien (1979)
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
10 (1979)
Kramer vs Kramer (1979)
The Odd Angry Shot (1979)
Tim (1979)
The China Syndrome (1979)

1978

Superman (1978
Grease (1978
The Deer Hunter (1978
Heaven Can Wait (1978
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978
The Swarm (1978
Big Wednesday (1978
Piranha (1978
Every Which Way But Loose (1978
International Velvet (1978

1977

Star Wars (1977) - one of the best movies of all time
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Eraserhead (1977)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Pete’s Dragon (1977)
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

1976

Rocky (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Carrie (1976)
Freaky Friday (1976)
Don’s Party (1976)
Storm Boy (1976)

1975

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Jaws (1975)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (1975)
Sunday Too Far Away (1975)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

1974

The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)
Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
Huckleberry Finn (1974)

1973

The Sting (1973)
Exorcist, The (1973)
Serpico (1973)
American Graffiti (1973)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
The Wicker Man (1973)
The Way We Were (1973)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
High Plains Drifter (1973)
Papillon (1973)
Magnum Force (1973)

1972

The Godfather (1972)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

1971

Clockwork Orange (1971)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Play Misty for Me (1971)
Vanishing Point (1971)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Le Mans (1971)
Black Beauty (1971)
The Zodiac Killer (1971)

1970

Catch-22 (1970)
Scrooge (1970)

1969

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Easy Rider (1969)
Italian Job, The (1969)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Goodbye, Mr Chips (1969)
Paint Your Wagon (1969)

1968

Planet of the Apes (1968
Rosemary’s Baby (1968 – people used to say that your Grandma (Narelle) looked like Mia Farrow. People used to say that your Dad looked like Richard Branson too, but that’s another story
Oliver! (1968
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968
Bullitt (1968
Funny Girl (1968
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968

1967

Cool Hand Luke (1967)
The Graduate (1967)
The Jungle Book (1967)
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
To Sir, with Love (1967)
Doctor Dolittle (1967)

1966

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Born Free (1966)
The Endless Summer (1966)
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Grand Prix (1966)
Thunderbirds Are GO (1966)
One Million Years B.C. (1966)
Alfie (1966)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
El Dorado (1966)

1965

Dr Zhivago (1965) - Dad’s parents all-time favourite movie
The Sound of Music (1965)
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
The Great Race (1965)

1964

Mary Poppins (1964)
Zulu (1964)
Goldfinger (1964)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Fistful of Dollars, A (1964)
Viva Las Vegas (1964)
Paris – When It Sizzles (1964)

1963

The Great Escape (1963) – cool motorbike jump
From Russia with Love (1963)
Charade (1963)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
The Birds (1963)
Lord of the Flies (1963)
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Cleopatra (1963)
The Pink Panther (1963)
The Nutty Professor (1963)

1962

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - based on the classic novel
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Dr No (1962)
Cape Fear (1962)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Lolita (1962)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
The 300 Spartans (1962)
The Road to Hong Kong (1962)

1961

The Guns of Navarone (1961)
The Hustler (1961)
West Side Story (1961)
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
The Parent Trap (1961)
Lover Come Back (1961)
The Comancheros (1961)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)

1960

Psycho (1960) - the original thriller from Alfred Hitchcock
Spartacus (1960)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
Pollyanna (1960)
The Time Machine (1960)
Ocean’s Eleven (1960)
The Bellboy (1960)
North to Alaska (1960)
The Alamo (1960)

1959

North by Northwest (1959)
Ben Hur (1959)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Nun’s Story (1959)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
Pillow Talk (1959)
On the Beach (1959)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
Gidget (1959)

1958

Vertigo (1958
South Pacific (1958
The Vikings (1958
Defiant Ones (1958
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958
Dracula (1958
The Old Man and the Sea (1958
A Night to Remember (1958
The Fly (1958
The Blob (1958

1957

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - the song that Dad whistles while we’re hiking, that drives you kids nuts, comes from this movie
12 Angry Men (1957)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Old Yeller (1957)
Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Funny Face (1957)
An Affair to Remember (1957)
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)

1956

The Searchers (1956)
The King and I (1956)
Ten Commandments (1956)
Ten Wrong Man, The (1956)
Ten Killing (1956)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Ten Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
High Society (1956) – Grace Kelly
Moby Dick (1956)

1955

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Oklahoma! (1955)
Queen Bee (1955)
Mr Arkadin (1955)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
Land of the Pharaohs (1955)

1954

Rear Window (1954) – Dad loves Grace Kelly (and your Mum)
Dial M for Murder (1954) – Grace Kelly is in this one too
The Seven Samurai (1954)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Star Is Born, A (1954)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Sabrina (1954)
Animal Farm (1954)
The Long, Long Trailer (1954)

1953

Roman Holiday (1953) – your Mum loves Audrey Hepburn
From Here to Eternity (1953)
The Big Heat (1953)
Stalag 17 (1953)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Peter Pan (1953)
Julius Caesar (1953)
The Wild One (1953)
The Glenn Miller Story (1953)
Calamity Jane (1953)

1952

Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
High Noon (1952)
The Quiet Man (1952)
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
Rancho Notorious (1952)
Pat and Mike (1952)
The Big Trees (1952)
Ivanhoe (1952)
Hans Christian Andersen (1952)

1951

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) - classic remade in 2008
Strangers on a Train (1951)
The African Queen (1951)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Scrooge (1951)
Death of a Salesman (1951)
No Highway (1951)
Angels in the Outfield (1951)
My Favorite Spy (1951)
A Place in the Sun (1951)

1950

All About Eve (1950)
The Third Man (1950)
Treasure Island (1950)
Father of the Bride (1950)
King Solomon’s Mines (1950)
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
The Gunfighter (1950)
Destination Moon (1950)
Broken Arrow (1950)
Armored Car Robbery (1950)

1949

The Rocking Horse Winner (1949)

1948

Rope (1948

1947

To Be Updated…

1946

It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) - your great-grandad’s favourite movie (Edward Standford)
Notorious (1949)
Great Expectations (1949)

1945

To Be Updated…

1944

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Gaslight (1944)