The Movies of My Youth (late '70s to late '80s)

The Abyss (1989)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Back to the Future (1985)
Barbarella (1968)
Better Off Dead (1985)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
Blade Runner (1982)
Blind Date (1987)
A Boy and His Dog (1975)
Brazil (1985)
Breaking Away (1979)
The 'Burbs (1989)
Casablanca (1942)
Cinderella (1950)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Die Hard (1988)
Diner (1982)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Far from Home (1989)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Fletch (1985)
Footloose (1984)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Grease (1978)
Gun Crazy (1992)
Heathers (1988)
Highlander (1986)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Ivanhoe (1982)
Labyrinth (1986)
License to Drive (1988)
Mad Max (1979)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Metropolis (1927)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
Near Dark (1987)
Niagara (1953)
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
North by Northwest (1959)
One Crazy Summer (1986)
Paradise (1982)
The Parent Trap (1961)
The Princess Bride (1987)
The Quiet Earth (1985)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Real Genius (1985)
Rear Window (1954)
The Road Warrior (1981)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
Silverado (1985)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Star Wars (1977)
Superman: The Movie (1978)
The Terminator (1984)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
THX 1138 (1971)
Tron (1982)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Uncle Buck (1989)
Vertigo (1958)
WarGames (1983)
The Warriors (1979)
Weird Science (1985)

The Movies of My Late Teens and Twenties (early '90s to early '00s)

Aladdin (1992)
Almost Famous (2000)
Amateur (1994)
Baby Doll (1956)
Battle Royale (2000)
Beautiful Girls (1996)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Before Sunrise (1995)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Bring It On (2000)
Buffalo '66 (1998)
Career Opportunities (1991)
Chinatown (1974)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
The Doom Generation (1995)
Eraserhead (1977)
The Fifth Element (1997)
Fight Club (1999)
The Game (1997)
Ghost World (2001)
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Henry Fool (1997)
High Fidelity (2000)
The Ice Storm (1997)
Joe vs. the Volcano (1990)
Kicking and Screaming (1995)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
The Last Days of Disco (1998)
Léon: The Professional (1994)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001, 2002, 2003)
Lost Highway (1997)
Lost in Translation (2003)
The Lover (1992)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Ms. 45 (1981)
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
My Dinner with Andre (1981)
Poison Ivy (1992)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Rushmore (1998)
School of Rock (2003)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Sneakers (1992)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Surviving Desire (1991)
Swimming Pool (2003)
Swingers (1996)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
That Thing You Do! (1996)
The Thin Man (1934)
Tommy Boy (1995)
Toy Story (1995)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Trust (1990)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
Unforgiven (1992)
Wild at Heart (1990)
Wild Things (1998)
Wonder Boys (2000)

The Movies of My Thirties and Beyond

The Apartment (1960)
The Awful Truth (1937)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Black Snake Moan (2006)
Black Swan (2010)
The Bourne Trilogy (2002, 2004, 2007)
Boyhood (2014)
Brick (2005)
Chronicle (2012)
The Dark Knight (2008)
The First Time (2012)
Fury (2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Gravity (2013)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Her (2013)
Inception (2010)
The Incredibles (2004)
The Lady Eve (1941)
Let the Right One In (2008)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
Melancholia (2011)
Mistress America (2015)
Ned Rifle (2014)
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Pineapple Express (2008)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Sleeping Beauty (2011)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (2012)
Sucker Punch (2011)
Superbad (2007)
Under the Skin (2013)
Up (2009)
WALL-E (2008)
Winter's Bone (2010)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Youth in Revolt (2009)