big-ag said:

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Tough call between Pulp Fiction or Shawshank.

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1994 also had Forrest Gump, The Lion King, and The Professional.

My choice would be Shawshank Redemption.

Frok said:

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Same!

1981 was the year we got a new kind of hero from the creators of "Jaws" and "Star Wars" -- Indiana Jones in the correctly named "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

October Sky

MuckRaker96 said:

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Same age. Hard to beat.

EOT

2008 was pretty good

Iron Man
Dark Knight
Wall-E
Tropic Thunder

2010 was a good contender...

The Town


Inception


But I gotta go with Fincher's masterpiece...

If anything, judging by all the different years represented, I'm actually kind of surprisedly at the relatively even distribution of both young and "olds" here.

1981

Porkies

History of The World Part I

2006

Devil Wears Prada
Talladega Nights
Stick It
Little Miss Sunshine
Idiocracy
Beerfest
Then Rocky Balboa and We Are Marshall at the end.

hmmm... I'll say Balboa. As flawed as it is, I enjoyed it quite a bit.

That said, if I can cheat the system and say the time frame I was 18 (November 2006-November 2007), it's Hot Fuzz without even thinking. On my comedy Mt. Rushmore

The Bourne Identity
28 Days Later
Minority Report
Gangs of New York

Pretty good year. Initially typed Royal tenenbaums but that came out the year before.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Batman Begins
Waiting
Wedding Crashers

DallasTeleAg said:

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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Batman Begins
Waiting
Wedding Crashers

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As a fellow 2005'er I agree. Wedding Crashers and Batman Begins

DallasTeleAg said:

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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Batman Begins
Waiting
Wedding Crashers

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40 Year Old Virgin

No Casino Royale?

ET

Law-5L said:

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1981 was the year we got a new kind of hero from the creators of "Jaws" and "Star Wars" -- Indiana Jones in the correctly named "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

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You are right between my dad and mom's ages. I always found it interesting that neither of them really cared for Star Wars in their youth, even though they both like movies.

If you don't mind me asking, did you get into Star Wars when it came out, or did it feel like it was for younger kids and thus you weren't interested?

Back to the Future
Witness
Fletch
Breakfast Club

A couple out of left field
Ladyhawke
The Man with One Red Shoe

1989

Say Anything

Every girl that was a teen in the late 80's wants a Lloyd Dobler

Another from 1986

And just cuz 86 rocked and it was the heyday of Reagan and "America, **** YEAH!!!"

Roadhouse!

Or Say Anything

Looking back1989 wasn't a great year for movies. But we had plenty of other things to do!

ElDoradoHillsAg said:

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Roadhouse!

Or Say Anything

Looking back1989 wasn't a great year for movies. But we had plenty of other things to do!

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I saw Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure in the dollar theatre at North Oaks Mall in Houston about a dozen times

My middle sister still loves John Cusack to this day because of Say Anything. She'll give almost any film he is in a chance and then complains if the character he portrays is not Lloyd Dobleresque.

jkag89 said:

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My middle sister still loves John Cusack to this day because of Say Anything. She'll give almost any film he is in a chance and then complains if the character he portrays is not Lloyd Dobleresque.

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Your sister and I are kindred spirits.

I think it is why I like Better Off Dead (even though it was before Say Anything, I didn't see it until after) and Grosse Point Blank

ElDoradoHillsAg said:

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Roadhouse!

Or Say Anything

Looking back1989 wasn't a great year for movies. But we had plenty of other things to do!

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1989 was a great year for a 10 year old. Batman, Indiana Jones, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Ghostbusters 2, Back to the Future 2, Bill and Ted, Major League, Field of Dreams, Kickboxer, Karate Kid 3, Turner and Hootch, The Abyss, Look Who's Talking, All Dogs go to Heaven, Little Mermaid, Christmas Vacation.

Add movies like Born on the 4th of July, Do the Right Thing, When Harry met Sally, Glory and Dead Poets Society, it's one of my favorite movie years ever.

My sister hates that Cusack plays a hitman. If anyone else played the part of Martin Blank she would have probably loved the film in that the humor is right up her alley. Then again if Cusack wasn't in it she would likely not given it a chance.

jkag89 said:

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My sister hates that Cusack plays a hitman. If anyone else played the part of Martin Blank she would have probably loved the film in that the humor is right up her alley. Then again if Cusack wasn't in it she would likely not given it a chance.

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I didn't like Grace is Gone personally

Bruce Almighty said:

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ElDoradoHillsAg said:

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Roadhouse!

Or Say Anything

Looking back1989 wasn't a great year for movies. But we had plenty of other things to do!

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1989 was a great year for a 10 year old. Batman, Indiana Jones, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Ghostbusters 2, Back to the Future 2, Bill and Ted, Major League, Field of Dreams, Kickboxer, Karate Kid 3, Turner and Hootch, The Abyss, Look Who's Talking, All Dogs go to Heaven, Little Mermaid, Christmas Vacation.

Add movies like Born on the 4th of July, Do the Right Thing, When Harry met Sally, Glory and Dead Poets Society, it's one of my favorite movie years ever.

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I guess most of the titles you mentioned didn't appeal to an 18-year old. I saw Batman because of the hype but was disappointed. Born on the 4th of July and Dead Poet's Society were very good movies that I saw later but weren't interesting to me at that time so I didn't go see in theater. Partying and chasing girls were the priority at the time. Oh, to be young again. I think I maybe saw 2-3 movies in College Station the entire time I was in school. Silence of the Lambs was the only one I can remember. The "new" theater on Hwy 6 didn't get built until '92 or '93.

Inglorious Basterds and Taken