2005

Viewed/Ranked

1. Munich
2. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
4. Batman Begins
5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
6. The New World
7. Sin City
8. Rent
9. Kingdom of Heaven
10. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
11. Fun with Dick and Jane
12. Walk the Line
13. The Constant Gardener
14. The Producers
15. Elizabethtown
16. The Legend of Zorro
17. Brokeback Mountain
18. Fever Pitch
19. The Brothers Grimm
20. Syriana
21. Be Cool
22. Lords of Dogtown
23. Crash
24. Hitch
25. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
26. Corpse Bride
27. Casanova
28. The Dukes of Hazzard
29. Serenity
30. Into the Blue
31. The Island
32. Fantastic Four
33. Mr. & Mrs. Smith
34. Cinderella Man
35. Chicken Little
36. A History of Violance
37. Saw II
38. Domino
39. Bewitched
40. Elektra
41. Red Eye
42. Derailed
43. Doom
44. Hostage

Other Notable Releases

1. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
2. Because of Winn-Dixie
3. Capote
4. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
5. Constantine
6. Diary of a Mad Black Woman
7. Good Night, and Good Luck
8. Hustle & Flow
9. Jarhead
10. Madagascar
11. March of the Penguins
12. Memoirs of a Geisha
13. The Pacifier
14. Pride and Prejudice
15. Robots
16. Rumor Has It
17. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
18. Son of the Mask
19. Waiting...
20. War of the Worlds
21. Wedding Crashers
22. Zathura

2004

Viewed/Ranked

1. Alexander
2. Kill Bill Vol. 2
3. Troy
4. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
5. The Passion of the Christ
6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
7. The Manchurian Candidate
8. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
9. The Aviator
10. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
11. I, Robot
12. Shrek 2
13. Club Dread
14. Shaun of the Dead
15. Sidways
16. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
17. The Alamo
18. The Village
19. King Arthur
20. Million Dollar Baby
21. National Treasure
22. Garden State
23. Finding Neverland
24. The Terminal
25. Collateral
26. Layer Cake
27. Alfie
28. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
29. Dawn of the Dead
30. EuroTrip
31. DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
32. The Ladykillers
33. Ladder 49
34. Hellboy
35. Meet the Fockers
36. Saw
37. Spider-Man 2
38. The Incredibles
39. Van Helsing
40. Catwoman
41. The Stepford Wives
42. The Chronicles of Riddick
43. Walking Tall
44. The Big Bounce
45. 50 First Dates
46. Man on Fire

Other Notable Releases

1. Alien vs. Predator
2. The Bourne Supremacy
3. Closer
4. Exorcist: The Beginning
5. Friday Night Lights
6. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
7. Hidalgo
8. I Heart Huckabees
9. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
10. Mr. 3000
11. Mean Girls
12. Napoleon Dynamite
13. The Notebook
14. Ocean's Twelve
15. The Polar Express
16. Ray
17. Shark Tale
18. Taxi

2003

Viewed/Ranked

1. Kill Bill Vol. 1
2. Phone Booth
3. Finding Nemo
4. The Matrix Reloaded
5. S.W.A.T.
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
7. The Matrix Revolutions
8. Daredevil
9. Shattered Glass
10. The Rundown
11. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
12. The Human Stain
13. American Splendor
14. Elf
15. Cold Mountain
16. Lost in Translation
17. Seabiscuit
18. Bruce Almighty
19. Peter Pan
20. 2 Fast 2 Furious
21. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
22. X2: X-Men United
23. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
24. Once Upon a Time in Mexico
25. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
26. Big Fish
27. Ned Kelly
28. The Gospel of John
29. Head of State
30. Open Range
31. The Recruit
32. The Last Samurai
33. The Missing
34. Timeline
35. Beyond Borders
36. Hulk
37. Underworld
38. Mystic River
39. Out of Time
40. Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
41. The Order
42. Gigli
43. Basic
44. Gods and Generals
45. Tears of the Sun
46. Identity

Other Notable Releases

1. 21 Grams
2. Agent Cody Banks
3. American Wedding
4. Anger Management
5. Anything Else
6. Bad Boys II
7. Bad Santa
8. Brother Bear
9. Bulletproof Monk
10. Cabin Fever
11. The Core
12. Daddy Day Care
13. Dreamcatcher
14. Freaky Friday
15. Freddy vs. Jason
16. Girl with a Pearl Earring
17. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
18. The Hunted
19. Intolerable Cruelty
20. Johnny English
21. Love Actually
22. Masked and Anonymous
23. Matchstick Men
24. Monster
25. Old School
26. Party Monster
27. School of Rock
28. Shanghai Knights
29. Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
30. Something's Gotta Give
31. The Station Agent
32. Sylvia

2002

Viewed/Ranked

1. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2. Star Trek Nemesis
3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
5. Chicago
6. Big Trouble
7. Gangs of New York
8. Catch Me If You Can
9. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
10. Signs
11. Insomnia
12. 25th Hour
13. Minority Report
14. Road to Perdition
15. Hart's War
16. Men in Black II
17. Whale Rider
18. Narc
19. Adaptation
20. Red Dragon
21. Ice Age
22. The Quiet American
23. Solaris
24. Punch-Drunk Love
25. Die Another Day
26. Sweet Home Alabama
27. The Four Feathers
28. S1MONE
29. I Spy
30. K-19: The Widowmaker
31. Spider-Man
32. The Scorpion King
33. John Q
34. The Good Girl
35. Reign of Fire
36. The Count of Monte Cristo
37. Dog Soldiers
38. Slackers
39. Equilibrium
40. Analyze That
41. One Hour Photo
42. The Mothman Prophecies
43. The Ring
44. Infernal Affairs
45. 8 Mile

Other Notable Releases

1. 28 Days Later
2. 40 Days and 40 Nights
3. A Walk to Remember
4. About a Boy
5. Austin Powers in Goldmember
6. Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
7. Bend It Like Beckham
8. Big Fat Liar
9. Blue Crush
10. The Bourne Identity
11. Bubba Ho-Tep
12. Death to Smoochy
13. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
14. Frida
15. Full Frontal
16. Hollywood Ending
17. The Hours
18. Igby Goes Down
19. Impostor
20. Jason X
21. Lilo & Stitch
22. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
23. National Lampoon's Van Wilder
24. The New Guy
25. Orange County
26. The Pianist
27. Queen of the Damned
28. Return to Never Land
29. Resident Evil
30. Russian Ark
31. The Santa Clause 2
32. Scooby-Doo
33. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
34. The Sum of all Fears
35. The Transporter
36. Treasure Planet
37. The Truth About Charlie
38. Unfaithful
39. We Were Soldiers
40. Windtalkers
41. xXx

2001

Viewed/Ranked

1. Memento
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. Shrek
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
5. Training Day
6. Monsters, Inc.
7. Black Hawk Down
8. The Majestic
9. A Beautiful Mind
10. The Score
11. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
12. Zoolander
13. 15 Minutes
14. A Knight's Tale
15. The Fast and the Furious
16. Ali
17. American Outlaws
18. Planet of the Apes
19. The Mummy Returns
20. Gosford Park
21. Rat Race
22. K-PAX
23. Rush Hour 2
24. Moulin Rouge!
25. Super Troopers
26. Monster's Ball
27. Wet Hot American Summer
28. Enemy at the Gates
29. Buffalo Soldiers
30. The Princess Diaries
31. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
32. The Musketeer
33. American Pie 2
34. The Others
35. Evolution
36. Bridget Jones's Diary
37. The Animal
38. The One
39. Shallow Hal
40. Scary Movie 2
41. The Glass House

Other Notable Releases

1. 3000 Miles to Graceland
2. Along Came a Spider
3. Amelie
4. America's Sweethearts
5. Atlantis: The Lost Empire
6. Behind Enemy Lines
7. Black Knight
8. Blow
9. Captain Corelli's Mandolin
10. The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
11. The Devil's Backbone
12. Donnie Darko
13. From Hell
14. Ghost World
15. Hannibal
16. Hearts in Atlantis
17. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
18. Iris
19. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
20. Jeepers Creepers
21. Joy Ride
22. Jurassic Park III
23. Kate & Leopold
24. Legally Blonde
25. Life as a House
26. The Man Who Wasn't There
27. The Mexican
28. Monkeybone
29. Not Another Teen Movie
30. O
31. Ocean's Eleven
32. Original Sin
33. Osmosis Jones
34. Pearl Harbor
35. Rock Star
36. The Royal Tenenbaums
37. The Shipping News
38. Spy Game
39. Spy Kids
40. Swordfish
41. The Tailor of Panama
42. Tape
43. Town & Country
44. Vanilla Sky
45. Waking Life
46. Y Tu Mama Tambien

2000

Viewed/Ranked

1. Gladiator
2. Tigerland
3. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
4. Unbreakable
5. The Patriot
6. Cast Away
7. The Perfect Storm
8. Thirteen Days
9. The Cell
10. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
11. X-Men
12. Almost Famous
13. The Way of the Gun
14. All the Pretty Horses
15. 28 Days
16. Pitch Black
17. Me, Myself & Irene
18. The Family Man
19. Mission: Impossible II
20. Dude, Where's My Car?
21. The Emperor's New Groove
22. Screwed
23. Road Trip
24. The Million Dollar Hotel
25. The Legend of Bagger Vance
26. Gone in 60 Seconds
27. Finding Forrester
28. Proof of Life
29. Pollock
30. Traffic
31. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
32. Erin Brockovich
33. Remember the Titans
34. Meet the Parents
35. Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
36. Pay It Forward
37. Vertical Limit
38. The Gift
39. Keeping the Faith
40. High Fidelity
41. Small Time Crooks
42. Highlander: Endgame
43. Dungeons & Dragons
44. The Replacements
45. Coyote Ugly
46. The 6th Day
47. Space Cowboys
48. Best in Show
49. Red Planet
50. Fantasia 2000
51. Battlefield Earth
52. Scary Movie

Other Notable Releases

1. American Psycho
2. Amores perros
3. An Everlasting Piece
4. Bamboozled
5. The Beach
6. Bedazzled
7. Before Night Falls
8. Big Momma's House
9. The Big Tease
10. Billy Elliot
11. Boiler Room
12. Bring It On
13. Charlie's Angels
14. Chicken Run
15. Chocolat
16. The Contender
17. Dr. T & the Women
18. Dinosaur
19. Dracula 2000
20. Final Destination
21. Frequency
22. Godzilla 2000
23. Hollow Man
24. The House of Mirth
25. The Ladies Man
26. The Legend of Drunken Master
27. Little Nicky
28. Miss Congeniality
29. Mission to Mars
30. My Dog Skip
31. The Original Kings of Comedy
32. Quills
33. Ready to Rumble
34. The Road to El Dorado
35. Romeo Must Die
36. Rules of Engagement
37. Saving Grace
38. Scream 3
39. Sexy Beast
40. Shadow of the Vampire
41. Shaft
42. Shanghai Noon
43. The Skulls
44. Snatch
45. Snow Day
46. Titan A.E.
47. What Lies Beneath
48. What Women Want
49. The Whole Nine Yards
50. Woman on Top
51. Wonder Boys

Notes: And actually, I don't think Battlefield Earth is all that bad.

1999

Viewed/Ranked

1. Man on the Moon
2. The Matrix
3. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
4. Office Space
5. The Sixth Sense
6. Galaxy Quest
7. Instinct
8. The End of the Affair
9. The Green Mile
10. Cradle Will Rock
11. Fight Club
12. The Virgin Suicides
13. The Insider
14. The Mummy
15. Three Kings
16. The 13th Warrior
17. Any Given Sunday
18. Toy Story 2
19. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
20. American Pie
21. 10 Things I hate About You
22. Bowfinger
23. Mystery, Alaska
24. Liberty Heights
25. Topsy-Turvy
26. The Talented Mr. Ripley
27. The Hurricane
28. Two Hands
29. The Thomas Crown Affair
30. American Beauty
31. Life
32. Bringing Out the Dead
33. A Midsummer Night's Dream
34. The Buena Vista Social Club
35. Muppets from Space
36. Wing Commander
37. The World Is Not Enough
38. Entrapment
39. Dogma
40. Go
41. The Limey
42. Fantasia 2000
43. Bicentennial Man
44. Mansfield Park
45. For Love of the Game
46. The General's Daughter
47. Mystery Men
48. Sunshine
49. End of Days
50. Wild Wild West
51. Tarzan
52. But I'm a Cheerleader
53. Stigmata
54. 8mm
55. The Blair Witch Project

Other Notable Releases

1. 200 Cigarettes
2. Analyze This
3. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
4. The Bachelor
5. Being John Malkovich
6. The Best Man
7. Big Daddy
8. The Bone Collector
9. The Boondock Saints
10. Boys Don't Cry
11. The Cider House Rules
12. Dick
13. EDtv
14. Election
15. eXistenZ
16. Eyes Wide Shut
17. Flawless
18. Forces of Nature
19. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
20. Girl, Interrupted
21. Idle Hands
22. The Iron Giant
23. Jakob the Liar
24. Light It Up
25. Magnolia
26. Message in a Bottle
27. The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
28. Mickey Blue Eyes
29. Mumford
30. The Muse
31. Notting Hill
32. October Sky
33. Play It to the Bone
34. Pushing Tin
35. Ravenous
36. Runaway Bride
37. Sleepy Hollow
38. Snow Falling on Cedars
39. The Straight Story
40. Stuart Little
41. Summer of Sam
42. Sweet and Lowdown
43. The Thirteenth Floor
44. Titus
45. Universal Soldier: The Return
46. The War Zone

1998

Viewed/Ranked

1. The Truman Show
2. American History X
3. The Mask of Zorro
4. Shakespeare in Love
5. Star Trek: Insurrection
6. There's Something About Mary
7. The Avengers
8. The Negotiator
9. Patch Adams
10. Lethal Weapon 4
11. Rush Hour
12. Saving Private Ryan
13. Meet Joe Black
14. Snake Eyes
15. Mulan
16. Elizabeth
17. Celebrity
18. The Thin Red Line
19. Lost in Space
20. The Odd Couple II
21. Primary Colors
22. Wide Awake
23. Pleasantville
24. Blues Brothers 2000
25. Rounders
26. Earth
27. Apt Pupil
28. Species II
29. Return to Paradise
30. Ronin
31. A Night at the Roxbury
32. Simon Birch
33. The Big Hit
34. A Bug's Life
35. The Waterboy

Other Notable Releases

1. A Civil Action
2. An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
3. Antz
4. Armageddon
5. Beloved
6. The Big Lebowski
7. Blade
8. Bride of Chucky
9. Bulworth
10. Croupier
11. Dark City
12. Dirty Work
13. Dr. Dolittle
14. Enemy of the State
15. Ever After
16. The Faculty
17. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
18. Gods and Monsters
19. Godzilla
20. Great Expectations
21. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
22. He Got Game
23. The Horse Whisperer
24. How Stella Got Her Groove Back
25. Jack Frost
26. Les Miserables
27. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
28. The Man in the Iron Mask
29. The Mighty
30. The Newton Boys
31. Out of Sight
32. The Parent Trap
33. Pi
34. Practical Magic
35. The Prince of Egypt
36. Psycho
37. Run Lola Run
38. Rushmore
39. The Siege
40. Sphere
41. U.S. Marshals
42. Velvet Goldmine
43. Very Bad Things
44. The Wedding Singer
45. What Dreams May Come
46. Wild Things
47. The X-Files: Fight the Future
48. You've Got Mail

Notes: A few films in the Other Notable Releases that I've semi-seen but would very much like to see again for a proper evaluation: Dark City, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Out of Sight, and What Dreams May Come.  The Truman Show was for a while my favorite movie.  This was a pretty darn good year at the movies.

1997

Viewed/Ranked

1. Amistad
2. Out to Sea
3. The Fifth Element
4. Men in Black
5. Liar Liar
6. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
7. Conspiracy Theory
8. Good Will Hunting
9. Jackie Brown
10. Grosse Pointe Blank
11. Titanic
12. Rosewood
13. U Turn
14. Batman & Robin
15. L.A. Confidential
16. Gattaca
17. Anastasia
18. Flubber
19. Cop Land
20. Hercules
21. In & Out
22. Scream 2
23. The Postman
24. Donnie Brasco
25. G.I. Jane
26. Face/Off
27. Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
28. Princess Mononoke
29. The Butcher Boy
30. Masterminds
31. Dante's Peak
32. Starship Troopers
33. Kull the Conqueror
34. Steel
35. Spawn

Other Notable Releases

1. A Life Less Ordinary
2. Absolute Power
3. Air Bud
4. Air Force One
5. Alien Resurrection
6. Anaconda
7. As Good as It Gets
8. Bean
9. Boogie Nights
10. Chasing Amy
11. Con Air
12. Contact
13. Deconstructing Harry
14. The Devil's Own
15. Eve's Bayou
16. Event Horizon
17. Fierce Creatures
18. Fools Rush In
19. The Full Monty
20. The Game
21. Gone Fishin'
22. Good Burger
23. I Know What You Did Last Summer
24. The Ice Storm
25. The Jackal
26. Kiss the Girls
27. Kundun
28. Life is Beautiful
29. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
30. The Man Who Knew Too Little
31. Mimic
32. Money Talks
33. My Best Friend's Wedding
34. Nothing to Lose
35. The Peacemaker
36. Private Parts
37. The Rainmaker
38. Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
39. The Saint
40. Selena
41. Seven Years in Tibet
42. Soul Food
43. Speed 2: Cruise Control
44. Tomorrow Never Dies
45. Ulee's Gold
46. Vegas Vacation
47. Wag the Dog
48. Waiting for Guffman

Notes: A tough year to rank.  I like a lot of 1997 movies, but as for loving any of them...Amistad gets the top spot because it's awesome in a lot of ways, but I've never particularly thought of it among my all-time favorites.  The next five I would watch ahead of it just because they're so enjoyable, but being enjoyable isn't always the best way to determine which film is best.  The age-old dilemma...Rosewood started out as the film to beat, but aside from out-and-out bad-assery from Ving Rhames, I wondered if it was really better than some of the other contenders.  Hence it slipped pretty far down the list.  Batman & Robin is a historic stinker for a lot of people, but I've always liked it, hence a pretty high ranking, considering.  Other Notable Releases has a ton of movies I'd love to catch, and as always a few thrown in for strictly contextual purposes, although there will always be some omissions I simply don't feel like listing.