2016: Green Room (dir. Jeremy Saulnier)
2015: The Lobster (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)
2014: Buzzard (dir. Joel Potrykus)
2013: The Act of Killing (dir. Joshua Oppenheimer & Anonymous)
2012: Rust and Bone (dir. Jacques Audiard)
2011: Martha Marcy May Marlene (dir. Sean Durkin)
2010: I Saw the Devil (dir. Kim Jee-woon)
2009: A Prophet (dir. Jacques Audiard)
2008: Let the Right One In (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
2007: There Will Be Blood (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
2006: Children of Men (dir. Alfonso Cuarón)
2005: The Squid and the Whale (dir. Noah Baumbach)
2004: Calvaire (dir. Fabrice du Welz)
2003: American Splendor (dir. Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini)
2002: Adaptation (dir. Spike Jonze)
2001: In The Mood for Love (dir. Wong Kar-wai)
2000: Dancer in the Dark (dir. Lars Von Trier)
1999: Ratcatcher (dir. Lynne Ramsay)
1998: Rushmore (dir. Wes Anderson)
1997: The Ice Storm (dir. Ang Lee)
1996: Breaking the Waves (dir. Lars Von Trier)
1995: Safe (dir. Todd Haynes)
1994: Chungking Express (dir. Wong Kar-wai)
1993: Naked (Mike Leigh)
1992: Man Bites Dog (dir. Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel & Benoît Poelvoorde)
1991: The Double Life of Veronique (dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski)
1990: Miller's Crossing (dir. Joel & Ethan Coen)
1989: Major League (dir. David S. Ward)
1988: Alice (dir. Jan Svankmajer)
1987: Wings of Desire (dir. Wim Wenders)
1986: Maximum Overdrive (dir. Stephen King)
I'm going to list both my favorite (most times watched) and also the one that I consider to be the best film.
80s- Favorite: Back to the Future
Best film: Once Upon a Time in America
90s- Favorite: Pulp Fiction
Best film: Schindlers List
00s- Favorite and Best Film: There Will Be Blood
10s- Favorite: Django Unchained
Best film: Grand Budapest Hotel
I can't make these types of lists either they give me anxiety, but i just saw Get Out the other day and it was incredible