Siskel compiled “best of the year” film lists from 1969 to 1998, which helped to provide an overview of his critical preferences. His top choices were:
- 1969: Z
- 1970: My Night at Maud’s
- 1971: Claire’s Knee
- 1972: The Godfather
- 1973: The Emigrants
- 1974: Day for Night
- 1975: Nashville
- 1976: All the President’s Men
- 1977: Annie Hall
- 1978: Straight Time
- 1979: Hair
- 1980: Raging Bull
- 1981: Ragtime
- 1982: Moonlighting
- 1983: The Right Stuff
- 1984: Once Upon a Time in America
- 1985: Shoah
- 1986: Hannah and Her Sisters
- 1987: The Last Emperor
- 1988: The Last Temptation of Christ
- 1989: Do the Right Thing
- 1990: Goodfellas
- 1991: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse
- 1992: One False Move
- 1993: Schindler’s List
- 1994: Hoop Dreams
- 1995: Crumb
- 1996: Fargo
- 1997: The Ice Storm
- 1998: Babe: Pig in the City
From 1969 until his death in February 1999, he and Ebert were in agreement on nine annual top selections: Z, The Godfather, Nashville, The Right Stuff, Do the Right Thing, Goodfellas, Schindler’s List, Hoop Dreams, and Fargo. There would have been a tenth, but Ebert declined to rank the 9+1⁄2-hour documentary Shoah as 1985’s best film because he felt it was inappropriate to compare it to the rest of the year’s candidates.[66] Six times, Siskel’s number one choice did not appear on Ebert’s top ten list at all: Straight Time, Ragtime, Once Upon a Time in America, The Last Temptation of Christ, Hearts of Darkness, and The Ice Storm. Six times, Ebert’s top selection did not appear on Siskel’s; these films were 3 Women, An Unmarried Woman, Apocalypse Now, Sophie’s Choice, Mississippi Burning, and Dark City.
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