A Personal Film Festival

The other day, one of the bloggers I follow, smilingldsgirl, did a post called “Movie for Every Year of My Life“, creating an imaginary film festival by picking a favourite film for every year of her life. With permission, I’ve decided to give this idea a go myself!

First, some honourable mentions for a few more difficult years:

1987 – The Princess Bride

1990 – Memphis Belle

1991 – Beauty and the Beast

1992 – Home Alone 2: Lost in New York; The Muppet Christmas Carol

1994 – The Lion King; The Shawshank Redemption

1995 – Braveheart; Toy Story

1998 – The Prince of Egypt

1999 – The Matrix

2004 – The Incredibles

2005 – Batman Begins

2010 – My Name Is Khan

2011 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

2013 – Gravity

Now, the final list:

1987 – Planes, Trains & Automobiles

1988 – The Land Before Time

1989 – Batman

1990 – Home Alone

1991 – Terminator 2: Judgement Day

1992 – Bram Stoker’s Dracula

1993 – Jurassic Park

1994 – Forrest Gump

1995 – Apollo 13

1996 – Romeo + Juliet

1997 – Titanic 

1998 – The Mask of Zorro

1999 – Toy Story 2

2000 – Cast Away

2001 – Amelie

2002 – Minority Report

2003 – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2004 – Spider-Man 2

2005 – Sin City

2006 – V For Vendetta

2007 – Ratatouille

2008 – The Dark Knight

2009 – Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

2010 – Inception

2011 – The Artist

2012 – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2013 – Frozen

2014 – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

The total running time (for the main list) is 63 hours and 27 minutes – or 2 days and 15.5 hours of film-watching if you don’t sleep.