Year

Best Film of the Year (So Far)

H

D

Worst Film of the Year (So Far)

H

D

1919

J'Accuse

7

Back to God's Country

4

1920

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari

7

Stolen Moments

2

1921

The Kid

7

The Boat

4

1922

Tess of the Storm Country

7

My Wife's Relations

2

1923

Safety Last!

7

Oranges and Lemons

4

1924

Sherlock, Jr

7

April Fool

3

1925

The Gold Rush

7

7

The Caretaker's Daughter

2

1926

Flesh and the Devil

7

Enough to Do

2

1927

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

7

7

Old San Francisco

3

1928

The Passion of Joan of Arc

7

7

The Cowboy and the Girl

2

1929

Pandora's Box

7

My Bag o' Trix

2

1930

Westfront 1918

7

Anna Christie

2

1931

M

7

6

Ghost Parade

1

1932

Freaks

7

7

Strange Interlude

1

1

1933

King Kong

7

7

Going Hollywood

2

1934

It Happened One Night

7

7

We're Not Dressing

1

1

1935

Mutiny on the Bounty

7

7

Murder By Television

3

1936

My Man Godfrey

7

7

The Invisible Ray

2

3

1937

Grand Illusion

7

7

Parnell

2

1938

The Lady Vanishes

7

The Adventures of Marco Polo

2

2

1939

Goodbye, Mr Chips

7

The Return of Doctor X

2

3

1940

The Philadelphia Story

7

7

One Million BC

3

3

1941

Citizen Kane

7

7

Spooks Run Wild

3

1942

Casablanca

7

7

Once Upon a Honeymoon

2

1943

The Ox-Bow Incident

7

The Ape Man

1

1944

Double Indemnity

7

7

The Return of the Vampire

1

1

1945

Brief Encounter

7

7

The Adventures of Kitty O'Day

2

1946

The Big Sleep

7

7

The Notorious Lone Wolf

2

2

1947

Black Narcissus

7

6

The Sea of Grass

2

2

1948

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

7

7

Rope

3

5

1949

The Third Man

7

7

Bagdad

2

2

1950

Rashomon

7

7

Please Believe Me

3

1951

The Day the Earth Stood Still

7

7

The Man from Planet X

2

2

1952

Singin' in the Rain

7

7

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

1

1

1953

Mr Hulot's Holiday

7

6

Mesa of Lost Women

2

2

1954

Rear Window

7

7

The Black Knight

2

1955

Kiss Me Deadly

7

The Beast with a Million Eyes

1

1

1956

The Killing

7

7

Earth vs The Flying Saucers

3

3

1957

12 Angry Men

7

7

The Incredible Petrified World

1

1958

Touch of Evil

7

6

It! The Terror from Beyond Space

1

1

1959

Some Like It Hot

7

7

Plan 9 from Outer Space

1

1

1960

Psycho

7

7

Atom Age Vampire

3

1961

The Hustler

7

7

The Beast of Yucca Flats

1

1962

To Kill a Mockingbird

7

7

Reptilicus!

1

1963

The Great Escape

7

7

Blood Feast

2

1

1964

Dr Strangelove

7

7

The Creeping Terror

1

1

1965

The Shop on Main Street

7

Monster a Go-Go

1

1

1966

A Man for All Seasons

7

Billy the Kid Versus Dracula

1

1

1967

In the Heat of the Night

7

7

In the Year 2889

2

2

1968

2001: A Space Odyssey

7

7

Witchcraft Through the Ages

2

1969

The Italian Job

7

7

It's Alive!

2

2

1970

The Cheyenne Social Club

7

7

Hercules in New York

2

1971

Two-Lane Blacktop

7

Slaughter Hotel

1

1

1972

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

7

Night of the Lepus

1

1

1973

The Sting

7

7

Santo vs Black Magic Woman

2

2

1974

Chinatown

7

6

Return of the Street Fighter

3

3

1975

Jaws

7

7

Terror of Mechagodzilla

3

1976

Network

7

7

Dr Black, Mr Hyde

2

2

1977

Annie Hall

7

6

High Anxiety

4

4

1978

Dawn of the Dead

7

5

Death of a Snowman

2

2

1979

Nosferatu the Vampyre

7

Meteor

3

4

1980

Inferno

6

Humanoids from the Deep

2

2

1981

Das Boot

7

7

Frankenstein Island

3

1982

Blade Runner

7

7

The Impossible Kid

2

1983

Educating Rita

7

7

The Big Chill

4

1984

This is Spinal Tap

7

7

Crackers

4

1985

Brazil

7

6

Ninja Terminator

2

1986

Manhunter

7

6

The Ninja Squad

1

1987

Hope and Glory

7

7

Tales from the Quadead Zone

1

1

1988

Wings of Desire

7

7

Another Woman

4

1989

Santa Sangre

7

5

Puppet Master

4

5

1990

Tremors

7

6

Miller's Crossing

4

5

1991

Dead Again

7

7

Highlander II: The Quickening

1

1

1992

Reservoir Dogs

7

7

The Guyver

2

2

1993

The Piano

7

6

Leprechaun

4

4

1994

The Last Seduction

7

Dumb & Dumber

2

1995

Dead Man

7

7

Mortal Kombat

3

4

1996

Fargo

7

7

Iron Monkey 2

3

3

1997

The Whole Wide World

7

7

Rebirth of Mothra II

3

1998

Gods and Monsters

7

7

Rebirth of Mothra III

2

1999

October Sky

7

7

The Boondock Saints

2

5

2000

Requiem for a Dream

7

6

Battlefield Earth

1

4

2001

Amelie

7

7

The Happiness of the Katakuris

2

2002

Infernal Affairs

7

7

On the Edge

2

2

2003

Big Fish

7

7

House of the Dead

1

1

2004

The Incredibles

7

7

Skeleton Man

1

1

2005

Sin City

7

7

Alone in the Dark

2

2

2006

Pan's Labyrinth

7

7

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

1

4

2007

Stardust

7

7

Revelation Nine

2

4