The Year in Film: 1987

If you killed his father, you should probably prepare to die.

My Top 20:

1. The Princess Bride
2. Au revoir les enfants
3. Hope and Glory
4. Empire of the Sun
5. Broadcast News
6. Manon of the Spring
7. The Dead
8. The Last Emperor
9. Matewan
10. Full Metal Jacket
11. Jean de Florette
12. House of Games
13. The Untouchables
14. Roxanne
15. Radio Days
16. My Life as a Dog
17. River’s Edge
18. The Big Easy
19. Raising Arizona
20. Evil Dead II

 

The Year in Film: 1945

My Top 10:

Ray Milland drinking himself to a clean sweep of Best Actor for his performance in The Lost Weekend: Oscar, Golden Globe, NBR, NYFC, Nighthawk

1. The Lost Weekend
2. Spellbound
3. To Have and Have Not
4. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
5. The Story of G.I. Joe
6. The Southerner
7. Anchors Aweigh
8. The Body Snatcher
9. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
10. And Then There Were None