Most Popular Movie by Year (1975-2025)

Can you name the most popular movie from each year of the last fifty years?

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Year	Movie	Director/Actor	# Franchise
1975	Jaws	Steven Spielberg	1
1976	Rocky	Sylvester Stallone	1
1977	Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope	George Lucas	1
1978	Grease	John Travolta	1
1979	Alien	Sigourney Weaver	1
1980	Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back	Mark Hamill	2
1981	Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark	Harrison Ford	1
1982	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Steven Spielberg	1
1983	Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi	Carrie Fisher	3
1984	Ghostbusters	Bill Murray	1
1985	Back to the Future	Michael J. Fox	1
1986	Labyrinth	David Bowie	None
1987	The Princess Bride	Robin Wright	None
1988	Big	Tom Hanks	None
1989	Batman	Michael Keaton	1
1990	Home Alone	Macauley Culkin	1
1991	Terminator 2: Judgement Day	Arnold Schwarzenegger	2
1992	Aladdin	Robin Williams	1
1993	Jurassic Park	Jeff Goldblum	1
1994	Forrest Gump	Robert Zemeckis	None
1995	Toy Story	Tim Allen	1
1996	Independence Day	Will Smith	1
1997	Titanic	James Cameron	None
1998	Saving Private Ryan	Tom Hanks	None
1999	The Matrix	Keanu Reeves	1
2000	Cast Away	Robert Zemeckis	None
2001	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Emma Watson	1
2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Peter Jackson	2
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Elijah Wood	3
2004	Shrek 2	Cameron Diaz	2
2005	Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith	Ewan McGregor	6
2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Johnny Depp	2
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Keira Knightley	3
2008	The Dark Knight	Heath Ledger	6
2009	Avatar	James Cameron	1
2010	Inception	Christopher Nolan	None
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2	Daniel Radcliffe	8
2012	The Avengers	Chris Evans	1
2013	Frozen	Idina Menzel	1
2014	Interstellar	Matthew McConaughey	None
2015	Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens	Daisy Ridley	8
2016	Captain America: Civil War	Chris Evans	3
2017	The Fate of the Furious	Vin Diesel	8
2018	Avengers: Infinity War	Josh Brolin	3
2019	Avengers: Endgame	Robert Downey Jr.	4
2020	Sonic the Hedgehog	Jim Carrey	1
2021	Spider-Man: No Way Home	Tom Holland	9
2022	Top Gun: Maverick	Tom Cruise	2
2023	Barbie	Margot Robbie	None (so far)
2024	Deadpool and Wolverine	Ryan Reynolds	3 and 4

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3 Comments

Level 79

Apr 5, 2025

44, fun quiz

Level 65

Apr 6, 2025

I know this will be a nitpick but

Could you change Josh Brolin to a different actor in 2018? Because he was also in Deadpool 2 that year

Level 92

Apr 6, 2025

Most of these actors were in other movies the same year

Also he was in Deadpool TWO. Not Deadpool THREE that year. He was, however, in Avengers THREE.