Favorite Movies By Release or Premiere Year

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I have had a favorite rookie shows by calendar year they premiered list for awhile. Now it's time for a movie version. For TV movie premieres I will list the network it premiered on. Unlike my top 150 list I will not include productions from Broadway here.

1933- 1. King Kong (Fay Wray)
1934- 1. The Gay Divorcee
1935- 1. Broadway Melody of 1936 2. Top Hat
1937- 1. Shall We Dance 2. Broadway Melody of 1938
1938- 1. Bringing Up Baby
1939- 1. The Wizard of Oz 2. Gone With the Wind 3. Broadway Melody of 1940
1940- 1. The Shop Around the Corner
1943- 1. Shadow of a Doubt
1944- 1. Arsenic and Old Lace 2. Meet Me in St. Louis
1945- 1. The Horn Blows at Midnight
1946- 1. It's a Wonderful Life 2. Holiday in Mexico 3. Humoresque 4. The Postman Always Rings Twice
1947- 1. Miracle on 34th Street (Natalie Wood and Edmund Gwenn)
1948- 1. Three Daring Daughters 2. A Date with Judy 3. Sitting Pretty 4. Rope
1950- 1. Nancy Goes to Rio 2. Two Weeks With Love
1951- 1. Royal Wedding 2. Strangers on a Train
1952- 1. Singin' in the Rain
1953- 1. Three Sailors and a Girl
1954- 1. White Christmas 2. A Star is Born (Judy Garland) 3. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 4. Rear Window 5. Brigadoon 6. Dial M for Murder
1955- 1. Guys and Dolls 2. Oklahoma!
1956- 1. The Man Who Knew Too Much (James Stewart and Doris Day)
1957- 1. A Face in the Crowd 2. 12 Angry Men 3. Jailhouse Rock 4. The Girl Most Likely
1958- 1. South Pacific 2. Kings Go Forth 3. Houseboat
1959- 1. North by Northwest 2. The Diary of Anne Frank 3. Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston)
1960- 1. Psycho
1961- 1. West Side Story (Natalie Wood) 2. Breakfast at Tiffany's 3. Splendor in the Grass
1962- 1. The Music Man (Robert Preston and Shirley Jones) 2. The Manchurian Candidate (Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey) 3. To Kill a Mockingbird 4. Cape Fear (Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum)
1963- 1. Charade 2. Bye Bye Birdie (Dick Van Dyke) 3. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1964- 1. Mary Poppins 2. My Fair Lady 3. Robin and the Seven Hoods 4. Viva Las Vegas
1965- 1. The Sound of Music (Julie Andrews)
1966- 1. The Trouble with Angels
1967- 1. Up the Down Staircase 2. Camelot 3. Wait Until Dark 4. Bonnie and Clyde
1968- 1. Oliver! (Mark Lester) 2. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 3. Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
1970- 1. Airport 2. The Cross and the Switchblade
1971- 1. Fiddler on the Roof 2. Flight of the Doves 3. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
1972- 1. 1776 2. What's Up, Doc? (Barbra Streisand) 3. Butterflies Are Free 4. Man of La Mancha
1974- 1. Airport '75 2. Young Frankenstein (Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle)
1976- 1. The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
1977- 1. The Goodbye Girl 2. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1978- 1. Grease 2. The Cat from Outer Space 3. The Cheap Detective
1979- 1. Kramer vs. Kramer 2. Norma Rae
1980- 1. 9 to 5 2. Airplane! 3. Coal Miner's Daughter 4. Somewhere in Time
1982- 1. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1983- 1. High School U.S.A. (NBC) 2. The Pirates of Penzance
1984- 1. Footloose (Lori Singer and Kevin Bacon) 2. Splash 3. A Nightmare on Elm Street
1985- 1. Clue 2. Back to the Future 3. Ladyhawke
1986- 1. Little Shop of Horrors (Rick Moranis) 2. Top Gun 3. Ferris Bueller's Day Off 4. The Canterville Ghost (John Gielgud and Alyssa Milano) 5. Three Amigos!
1987- 1. The Princess Bride 2. Dirty Dancing (Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze) 3. Overboard (Goldie Hawn) 4. Moonstruck 5. Roxanne
1988- 1. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
1989- 1. The Little Mermaid 2. Dead Poets Society 3. Back to the Future Part II 4. Troop Beverly Hills
1990- 1. Back to the Future Part III 2. Mermaids 3. My Girl 4. Edward Scissorhands 5. Home Alone 6. Joe Versus the Volcano 7. Dances With Wolves 8. Turner and Hooch
1991- 1. Father of the Bride (Steve Martin and Kimberly Williams) 2. Beauty and the Beast
1992- 1. A Few Good Men 2. Sister Act 3. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 4. Straight Talk 5. A Killer Among Friends (CBS) 6. Beethoven 7. Aladdin
1993- 1. Gettysburg 2. Sleepless in Seattle 3. The Nightmare Before Christmas 4. Rigoletto 5. Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 6. The Pelican Brief 7. Mrs. Doubtfire
1994- 1. The Lion King 2. The Santa Clause 3. Guarding Tess 4. Forrest Gump 5. It Could Happen to You
1995- 1. Babe 2. Jumanji (Robin Williams) 3. Mr. Holland's Opus 4. Father of the Bride Part II 5. Clueless 6. While You Were Sleeping 7. Magic in the Water 8. Something to Talk About 9. The Net
1996- 1. Evita 2. Twister 3. 101 Dalmatians (live action- Glenn Close) 4. Fly Away Home
1997- 1. My Best Friend's Wedding 2. The Beautician and the Beast 3. Air Bud 4. Borrowed Hearts (CBS) 5. Men in Black
1998- 1. Cats 2. Paulie 3. You've Got Mail 4. I'll Be Home for Christmas (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) 5. My Date With the President's Daughter (ABC) 6. The Parent Trap (Lindsay Lohan) 7. Ever After: a Cinderella Story 8. Stepmom
1999- 1. Runaway Bride 2. Double Jeopardy 3. Music of the Heart 4. The Sixth Sense 5. True Heart
2000- 1. Left Behind: The Movie (Kirk Cameron) 2. Return to Me 3. Air Bud: World Pup 4. Miss Congeniality
2001- 1. Legally Blonde 2. Captain Corelli's Mandolin 3. Rat Race 4. Thir13en Ghosts (Tony Shalhoub)
2002- 1. Left Behind II: Tribulation Force 2. Mr. St. Nick 3. A Walk to Remember 4. Two Weeks Notice
2003- 1. The Music Man (ABC) (Matthew Broderick and Kristin Chenoweth) 2. Runaway Jury 3. Cheaper by the Dozen (Steve Martin) 4. Elf 5. Girl With a Pearl Earring 6. Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde 7. Secondhand Lions 8. School of Rock 9. Freaky Friday (Lindsay Lohan)
2004- 1. A Christmas Carol: the Musical (NBC) (Kelsey Grammer) 2. The Passion of the Christ 3. The Terminal 4. Garfield: the Movie 5. Mean Girls
2005- 1. Flightplan 2. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 3. The Pacifier 4. Herbie: Fully Loaded 5. Sky High 6. Yours, Mine, and Ours (Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo) 7. Cheaper by the Dozen 2 8. Kicking and Screaming 9. Nanny McPhee
2006- 1. The Santa Clause 3: the Escape Clause 2. The Pink Panther (Steve Martin) 3. The Holiday 4. The Shaggy Dog (Tim Allen) 5. Akeelah and the Bee 6. RV 7. The Devil Wears Prada
2007- 1. August Rush 2. Fred Claus 3. Enchanted
2008- 1. Mamma Mia! 2. Fireproof 3. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 4. Beverly Hills Chihuahua 5. Swing Vote 6. Nim's Island
2009- 1. The Blind Side 2. The Pink Panther 2
2010- 1. Ice Castles (Taylor Firth) 2. Alice in Wonderland (Mia Wasikowska) 3. The King's Speech
2011- 1. The Help 2. Courageous 3. Change of Plans (FOX) 4. Soul Surfer
2012- 1. Christmas Oranges
2013- 1. Oz the Great and Powerful 2. The Book Thief
2014- 1. Into the Woods 2. God's Not Dead 3. Grace Unplugged 4. Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever (Lifetime)
2015- 1. Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors (NBC) 2. The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music 3. War Room 4. Cinderella (Lily James)
2016- 1. God's Not Dead 2 2. Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love (NBC) 3. La La Land 4. Hidden Figures 5. Mr. Church
2017- 1. The Case for Christ
2018- 1. Mary Poppins Returns 2. I Can Only Imagine 3. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
2019- 1. Judy 2. Yesterday
2020- 1. I Still Believe
2021- 1. Cruella 2. Annie Live! (NBC) 3. Encanto
2022- 1. Pardoned by Grace
2023- 1. Jesus Revolution 2. Reba McEntire's The Hammer (Lifetime)
2024- 1. Wicked 2. The Forge 3. Reagan 4. The Boarding School Murders (Lifetime)
2025- 1. Wicked: For Good 2. Song Sung Blue 3. Killing the Competition (Lifetime)
2026- 1. The Sheep Detectives 2. Remarkably Bright Creatures (Netflix) 3. Kidnapped in Her Own Home: The Martha Carelli Story (Lifetime)

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I finally saw Wicked and it was amazing, looking forward to part 2 this year.