Most Popular Movies 1975-Present

Can you name the most popular movie of each year?

Only including animated movies.

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Year

Main Genre

Rating

Movie

Director

Main Actor

1975

Horror

Jaws

Steven Spielberg

Robert Shaw

1976

Sports

Rocky

John G. Avildsen

Sylvester Stallone

1977

Sci-Fi

Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope

George Lucas

Mark Hamill

1978

Superhero

Superman: The Movie

Richard Donnor

Christopher Reeve

1979

Horror

Alien

Ridley Scott

Sigourney Weaver

1980

Sci-Fi

Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Irvin Kershner

Mark Hamill

1981

Adventure

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

Steven Spielberg

Harrison Ford

1982

Sci-Fi

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Steven Spielberg

Henry Thomas

1983

Sci-Fi

Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Richard Marquand

Mark Hamill

1984

Horror

Ghostbusters

Ivan Reitman

Bill Murray

1985

Sci-Fi

Back to the Future

Robert Zemekis

Michael J. Fox

1986

Action

Top Gun

Tony Scott

Tom Cruise

1987

Action

Lethal Weapon

Richard Donnor

Mel Gibson

1988

Action

Die Hard

John McTiernan

Bruce Willis

1989

Superhero

Batman

Tim Burton

Michael Keaton

1990

Comedy

Home Alone

Chris Columbus

Macauley Culkin

1991

Action

Terminator 2: Judgement Day

James Cameron

Arnold Schwarzenegger

1992

Superhero

Batman Returns

Tim Burton

Michael Keaton

1993

Horror

PG-13

Jurassic Park

Steven Spielberg

Sam Neill

1994

Drama

PG-13

Forrest Gump

Robert Zemekis

Tom Hanks

1995

Drama

PG-13

Apollo 13

Ron Howard

Tom Hanks

1996

Sci-Fi

PG-13

Independence Day

Roland Emmerich

Will Smith

1997

Romance

PG-13

Titanic

James Cameron

Leonardo Di Caprio

1998

War

Saving Private Ryan

Steven Spielberg

Tom Hanks

1999

Sci-Fi

Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace

George Lucas

Liam Neeson

2000

Drama

PG-13

Cast Away

Robert Zemekis

Tom Hanks

2001

Fantasy

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Chris Columbus

Daniel Radcliffe

2002

Superhero

Spider-Man

Sam Raimi

Tobey Maguire

2003

Fantasy

PG-13

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Peter Jackson

Elijah Wood

2004

Superhero

Spider-Man 2

Sam Raimi

Tobey Maguire

2005

Sci-Fi

Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

George Lucas

Ewan McGregor

2006

Musical

High School Musical

Kenny Ortega

Zac Efron

2007

Musical

High School Musical 2

Kenny Ortega

Zac Efron

2008

Superhero

PG-13

The Dark Knight

Christopher Nolan

Christian Bale

2009

Fantasy

PG-13

Avatar

James Cameron

Zoe Saldana

2010

Sci-Fi

PG-13

Inception

Christopher Nolan

Leonardo Di Caprio

2011

Drama

Hugo

Martin Scorsese

Asa Butterfield

2012

Fantasy

PG-13

The Hunger Games

Gary Ross

Jennifer Lawrence

2013

Fantasy

PG-13

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Francis Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence

2014

Sci-Fi

PG-13

Interstellar

Christopher Nolan

Matthew McConaughey

2015

Horror

PG-13

Jurassic World

Colin Trevorrow

Chris Pratt

2016

Superhero

PG-13

Captain America: Civil War

The Russo Brothers

Chris Evans

2017

Musical

The Greatest Showman

Michael Gracey

Hugh Jackman

2018

Superhero

PG-13

Avengers: Infinity War

The Russo Brothers

Robert Downey Jr.

2019

Superhero

PG-13

Avengers: Endgame

The Russo Brothers

Robert Downey Jr.

2020

War

PG-13

Mulan

Niki Caro

Liu Yifei

2021

Superhero

PG-13

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Jon Watts

Tom Holland

2022

Superhero

PG-13

The Batman

Matt Reeves

Robert Pattinson

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2 Comments

Level 90

Aug 19, 2022

Interesting quiz, but I feel like we need more type-ins.

Level 57

Oct 25, 2024

Good idea, yet unplayable. Those Sci-Fi films are almost impossible to get, unless you type in the perfect title from Wikipedia. Author needs to fix it.