25 of My Favorite Movies From the First 25 Years of My Life

Since I'm nearly 26 years old, I decided to compose a list of movies which have been released during each year of my life. I figured I would have a little fun here.

I'll go ahead, and tell you right now that Action-Adventure, and Romantic movies are generally not my cup of tea. My favorite genres tend to be Horror, and Comedy.

My Favorite Movie for the first 25 Years of My Life.

1990: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Who didn't like this original cartoon? This movie has my childhood heart to this day. I've still never seen the newer movie releases, and I don't care to.

25 of My Favorite Movies From the First 25 Years of My Life

1991: The Silence of the Lambs

In 1991, Anthony Hopkins decided to play one of the creepiest villains in movie history. This movie still gives me goosebumps.

There's no crying! There's no crying in baseball!

1992: A League of Their Own

Based on the historical "war era" of Major League Baseball, it was pretty awesome watching a bunch of women play ball just as good as the men did. Surprisingly, there still hasn't been a female Major League Baseball player.

Mario, I have a feeling we're not in Brooklyn anymore.

1993: Super Mario Bros.

Yes, I didn't pick Dazed, and Confused for 1993, and yes, I know this movie is hated by many. Why are the Goombas gigantic? Why is Koopa/Bowser a short, blonde Caucasian guy? Why did a human give birth to Yoshi? Why is Toad a musician? Who the hell are Iggy, and Spike, and since when did Koopa have cousins? And where are the other enemies? Nobody knows. So even though this movie is nothing like the Super Mario Brothers video game series, I still cherish it to this day.

Life is like a box of chocolates: You never know what you're gonna get.

1994: Forrest Gump

This may have been the obvious choice for this year(or even all time), but this movie is epic beyond proportions. It's one of the only movies I can think of which has potential to make people laugh, cry, become bored, confused, and suspenseful all in the same movie.

25 of My Favorite Movies From the First 25 Years of My Life

1995: Seven

A movie about a murderer who kills people based on which deadly sin they're guilty of? Why not? Not only is the plot genius, and the ending is twisted, the entire movie is very disturbing, and gruesome.

25 of My Favorite Movies From the First 25 Years of My Life

1996: Happy Gilmore

I think this is Adam Sandler's best movie, and there will never be a scene as awesome as Bob Barker getting in a fist fight on a golf course.

25 of My Favorite Movies From the First 25 Years of My Life

1997: Liar Liar

You may have expected Titanic in this slot, but in arguably the best comedy of all time, Jim Carrey shows us why he's a comedic genius.

Good morning, and in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!

1998: The Truman Show

This was a close battle with The Waterboy, but this movie is extremely underrated, and is the perfect pilot movie for introducing people to the basic principals of Sociology(I first saw this movie in my high school Sociology class). Not only does this show exploit reality television, it makes you wonder: Are we ACTUALLY a product of our environment?

Please, remove my blinfold. I'm afraid of the dark.

1999: The Green Mile

1999 was a tough pick, since there were so many amazing movies released that year. However, the most heart-wrenching Stephen King adaption takes the cake for this slot.

25 of My Favorite Movies From the First 25 Years of My Life

2000: Meet the Parents

This movie proves that you don't need "slapstick" behavior to have a hilarious movie which has key dramatic, and romantic moments as well. Robert Di Nero in this movie is amazing.

25 of My Favorite Movies From the First 25 Years of My Life

2001: Jeepers Creepers

The movie to spur off the soon-to-be series(soon to be released third installment) stills scares the fecal-matter out of us to this day!

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to my submarine lair. It's long, hard and full of seamen!

2002: Austin Powers in Goldmember

The third movie of the spoof of the James Bond: 007 series may have been the best one of them all. The addition of Goldmember is too rich.

You better get used to it Stanley, you're going to be thirsty the next eighteen months.

2003: Holes

2003 was another awesome year for movies, so the competition was immense, but I had to pick the best movie adaption of one of the best teen novels of all time.

I have a nephew named Anfernee, and I know how mad he gets when I call him Anthony. Almost as mad as I get when I think about the fact that my sister named him Anfernee.

2004: Mean Girls

While I'm still very very very skeptical to even begin watching the made-for-TV sequel to this movie, it's so fetch to pick this movie for 2004. Or maybe it's only okay if someone else says that?

25 of My Favorite Movies From the First 25 Years of My Life

2005: Saw II

The entire Saw series had possibly the most creative storyline in movie history, but I still rank the second movie in this epic slugfest the best one of them all!

25 of My Favorite Movies From the First 25 Years of My Life

2006: Little Miss Sunshine

There are two types of people in this world: Those who like this movie, and those who don't. It also helps that 2006 was a very weak year for movies.

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2007: 1408

Another movie adaption based off the works of Stephen King proved to be the freakiest, and most thrilling movies of the decade.

25 of My Favorite Movies From the First 25 Years of My Life

2008: Cloverfield

Not to be confused with the semi-sequel which just recently came out, 10 Cloverfield Lane, this movie left you on the edge with the first-person point of view filming, and I enjoyed going into the movie theater not knowing what the movie revolved around.

It's like masturbation on an airplane. It's not illegal, it's just frowned upon.

2009: The Hangover

2009 was an ironic year for the filming industry. It is one of the worst years for movies(in recent history), but it also piloted one of the most popular, and well-liked movie series': The Hangover triology. We'll still never know what tigers dream of.

25 of My Favorite Movies From the First 25 Years of My Life

2010: Toy Story 3

While we all hated Mr. Lotso, there is no denying this movie was a huge rebound from the second one, and had possibly the saddest movie ending in animated history. We all related to Andy in this movie.

25 of My Favorite Movies From the First 25 Years of My Life

2011: Cabin in the Woods

This might be the most bizarre, unique, and mind-blowing movie I've ever seen. The brilliant element in this movie is: The fact it's actually satirical of the entire Horror movie genre. It's so creative, and better than what people give it credit for.

And may the odds be ever in your favor!

2012: The Hunger Games

I guess it's impossible for me not to pick this movie, especially in another dull movie year such as 2012.

I just got rocked by the cast of "Annie."

2013: We're the Millers

It's a good thing the world didn't end in 2012, because we would have never seen one of the best comedies in recent history, and it restored my faith in 2010's comedies.

My name is Jeff!

2014: 22 Jump Street

The sequel is probably funnier than the first one. Cue the split action screen of Jonah Hill versus Channing Tatum.

25 of My Favorite Movies From the First 25 Years of My Life

2015: Goosebumps

2015 was a terrible year for movies. Just terrible(probably the worst on this list), but the nostalgic overload of this movie adaption from a television series of the same title is just...epic. I felt like a kid again. Thankfully, this spared 2015 of being a complete, an utter disaster in the filming industry.

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  • >>>>>>"1990: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"

    To this day that movie is still among my favorite comic book movie adaptations. :D It spawned a trilogy, but only the first 1990 movie still holds up today, in my opinion.

    There are even aspects of it that you appreciate more as an adult. At the time of the movie's release, the world was just coming out of the 80s, and New York City had been through AT LEAST 2 decades with a fairly dark reputation as a crime-ridden place. In the US in general, there was a lot of discussion going on about bad influences on America's youth with gang culture and all that, and about what would become of their futures. So the original Ninja Turtles movie's story and themes were actually pretty relevant for the times.

    • Spot on! I agree with everything you said. You're right, it WAS relevant for the time being, although New York City still has a reputation for being crime-ridden.

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  • It was fun going through this list. Good job! I have missed a few of these movies, def wanna check them out. The Ninja Turtles will always have a special place in my heart. I also loved the movies A Goofy Movie, Hercules, and Honey We Shrunk Ourselves

    • I LOVED "Honey I Shrunk Ourselves."

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  • Coool list, great movies! :) When i read super Mario brothers on the list, I was like "omg" I was just thinking about that movie not too long ago! :) I'm going to have to find it & Watch it now. :)

    • YES! There is actually someone else who likes that movie besides me.

    • Haha Yeah, it's cool! :) I haven't seen it in years & I don't remember the storyline but I just remember liking it. :)

    • I would recommend watching it again.

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  • I love your mytake, I'm envious I didn't come up with this!

    • Thanks! I love this idea myself.

  • I watched A League of Their Own yesterday. It's the best movie ever. Tom Hanks is funny in this movie.

    • It's such a great movie!

    • It is.

  • 2014: The year that gave us Cap 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy, only to also give us the Nic Cage version of "Left Behind" - which was so awful, it made the Kirk Cameron version look good. (I'd call the Cameron version "just okay," certainly not great.)

    It was a year we got Big Hero 6, but also the year we got The Amazing Spider-Man 2. The year we got some good, and a lot of bad. It sure beat 2013 though. Almost nothing good happened in 2013.

    • Really, since the 2010's, everything has gone downhill (Not just movies).

    • Visuals have improved. But writers have gotten lazier. Nobody has time to write good stuff anymore. Gotta churn out cheap crap to keep the pace. This has been a trend since the 1980s, however. Case in point: Secret of Nimh 2. Need I say more?

    • I agree writers have gotten lazier. I've never seen "The Secret of Nimh" movies.

  • UHHHH fucking goosebumps 2015 did you not go to the cinema there was: Ex-machina, spotlight, the revenant, the hateful eight, inside out, anomalisa, steve jobs and beasts of no nation.

    Also Jeepers fucking creepers instead of the fellowship of the ring FOR SHAME, and GTFO with super mario bros.

    • If you read the first paragraph, I mentioned not being a big fan of Action-Adventure movies, and none of the movies you listed sound interesting at all to me. I loved "The Ring", but I liked "Jeepers Creepers" much better, and I'll always love the "Super Mario Bros." movie.

    • ex-machina, the hateful eight, anomalise, steve jobs and inside out are not action adventure in anyway and they are all 10x better than fucking goosebumps, I'd rather just not put anything.

    • The main reason why you're having a hard time relating to "Goosbumps" is due to your age. You have to remember, I grew up as a 90's kid, so "Goosebumps" was the perfect nostalgia flashback for me.

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  • The three oeiginal turtle movies are a must, obviously lol, mario bros is cheesy as can be and they failed the goombas and koopa but still an awesome movie, you forgot the princess bride

    • I actually HATED "The Princess Bride." I never did see why people liked that movie so much.

    • Originally* hate this tiny button phone lol, as for the princess bride, mostly because it was clean fun but i mostly like it because of its cheesiness and Andre Rousimoff was my favorite actor as a kid, him and Chris Farley and John Cleese

  • Where the hell is Fight Club?

    • I've never seen that movie, but since it's an Action style movie, I probably wouldn't like it.

  • Jeepers Creepers? WTF man?

    • I love it!

  • I like some of those movies, but Jeepers Creepers is my favorite :D