From an article in Entertainment Weekly: He spent 46 years at the Chicago Sun-Times, where he won at Pulitzer Prize and became the most celebrated film critic in America. Every year until his death in 2013, he chose a No. 1 movie. Here they all are.

• ✔ Bonnie and Clyde 1967
• The Battle of Algers 1968
• Z 1969
• Five Easy Pieces 1970
• ✔ The Last Picture Show 1971
• ✔ The Godfather 1972
• Cries and Whispers 1973
• Scenes from a Marriage 1974
• Nashville 1975
• Small Change 1976
• 3 Women 1977
• An Unmarried Woman 1978
• Apocalypse Now 1979
• The Black Stallion 1980
• My Dinner with Andre 1981
• Sophie's Choice 1982
• The Right Stuff 1983
• Amadeus 1984
• ✔ The Color Purple 1985
• Platoon 1986
• House of Games 1987
• Mississippi Burning 1988
• Do the Right Thing 1989
• GoodFellas 1990
• JFK 1991
• Malcolm X 1992
• Schindler's List 1993
• Hoop Dreams 1994
• Leaving Las Vegas 1995
• ✔ Fargo 1996
• Eve's Bayou 1997
• Dark City 1998
• ✔ Being John Malkovich 1999
• ✔ Almost Famous 2000
• ✔ Monster's Ball 2001
• ✔ Minority Report 2002
• ✔ Monster 2003
• ✔ Million Dollar Baby 2004
• ✔ Crash 2005
• Pan's Labyrinth 2006
• ✔ Juno 2007
• Synecdoche, New York 2008
• ✔ The Hurt Locker 2009
• ✔ The Social Network 2010
• A Separation 2011
• ✔ Argo 2012