The June List (2006)
by Rusty W. Spell

I haven’t seen every movie or heard every album. What follows is what I consider the best album, best new artist, best movie, and sometimes worst movie of what I know (see above links for what I know). That’s why some years don’t have items listed, and it’s why sometimes mediocre movies and albums sometimes win the best award (though it doesn’t happen that often). As suggested in the title, I update this list every June.

As asterisk (*) represents a choice new or different from last year's list.
The June Lists: 2005 2004 2003

1919
Best Movie -- Robert Weine: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari *

1922
Best Movie -- F.W. Murnau: Nosferatu *

1925
Best Movie -- Rupert Julian: The Phantom of the Opera *

1927
Best Movie -- Buster Keaton: The General *

1931
Best Movie -- Tod Browning: Dracula *

1932
Best Movie -- Tod Browning: Freaks

1933
Best Movie -- James Whale: The Invisible Man *

1934
Best Movie -- Leni Riefenstahl: Triumph of the Will *

1936
Best Movie -- Lambert Hillyer: Dracula's Daughter *

1937
Best Movie – Walt Disney: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

1939
Best Movie – Frank Capra: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1940
Best Movie – Walt Disney: Fantasia

1941
Best Movie – Orson Welles: Citizen Kane

1942
Best Move – Walt Disney: Bambi

1943
Best Movie – Walt Disney: Victory Through Air Power

1945
Best Movie – Walt Disney: The Three Caballeros

1946
Best Movie – Frank Capra: It’s a Wonderful Life

1947
Best Movie – Walt Disney: Fun and Fancy Free

1948
Best Movie – Walt Disney: Melody Time

1949
Best Movie – Walt Disney: The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

1950
Best Movie – Walt Disney: Cinderella

1951
Best Movie – Walt Disney: Alice in Wonderland

1953
Best Movie – Ed Wood: Glen or Glenda?

1954
Best Movie -- Alfred Hitchcock: Rear Window *

1955
Best New Artist -- Fats Domino *
Best Movie – Walt Disney: Lady and the Tramp

1956
Best New Artist -- Jim Reeves *
Best Movie – Stanley Kubrick: The Killing

1957
Best New Artist -- Johnny Cash
Best Album -- Elvis Presley: Christmas Album
Best Movie – Stanley Kubrick: Paths of Glory

1958
Best Movie – Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo

1959
Best New Artist -- The Chipmunks *
Best Movie – Walt Disney: Sleeping Beauty

1960
Best Movie – Alfred Hitchcock: Psycho

1961
Best Movie – Robert Stevenson: The Absent-Minded Professor

1962
Best New Artist -- Bob Dylan *
Best Album – Bob Dylan: Bob Dylan
Best Movie – Stanley Kubrick: Lolita

1963
Best New Artist -- The Beatles *
Best Album – Phil Spector: A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
Best Movie – Federico Fellini: 8 1/2

1964
Best New Artist -- Simon and Garfunkel *
Best Album – The Beatles: A Hard Day’s Night
Best Movie – Stanley Kubrick: Dr. Strangelove—Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

1965
Best New Artist -- Paul Simon *
Best Album – The Beatles: Help!
Best Movie -- Ján Kadár: The Shop on Main Street *

1966
Best Album – The Beatles: Revolver
Best Movie – Mike Nichols: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? *

1967
Best New Artist -- The Velvet Underground *
Best Album – The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground and Nico
Best Movie – Arthur Penn: Bonnie and Clyde

1968
Best New Artist -- Jerry Jeff Walker *
Best Album – The Beatles: The Beatles
Best Movie – Stanley Kubrick: 2001—A Space Odyssey

1969
Best New Artist -- Led Zeppelin *
Best Album – The Beatles: Abbey Road
Best Movie – Woody Allen: Take the Money and Run

1970
Best New Artist -- Paul McCartney *
Best Album – Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice: Jesus Christ Superstar
Best Movie – Robert Altman: M*A*S*H

1971
Best New Artist -- Billy Joel *
Best Album – Led Zeppelin: IV (Zoso)
Best Movie – Steven Spielberg: Duel *

1972
Best New Artist -- Michael Jackson *
Best Album -- Paul Simon: Paul Simon
Best Movie – Werner Herzog: Aguirre, the Wrath of God *

1973
Best New Artist -- ABBA *
Best Album – ABBA: Ring Ring *
Best Movie – Paul Morrissey: Blood for Dracula *

1974
Best New Artist -- Andrew Lloyd Webber *
Best Album -- ABBA: Waterloo
Best Movie – Francis Ford Coppola: The Godfather Part II

1975
Best Album -- ABBA: ABBA
Best Movie – Steven Spielberg: Jaws

1976
Best New Artist -- The Ramones *
Best Album -- ABBA: Arrival
Best Movie – Sydney Lumet: Network

1977
Best New Artist -- The Sex Pistols *
Best Album -- ABBA: The Album
Best Movie – Steven Spielberg: Close Encounters of the Third Kind *

1978
Best New Artist -- Prince *
Best Album – The Ramones: Road To Ruin
Best Movie – George A. Romero: Dawn of the Dead
Worst Movie -- Michael Schultz: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band

1979
Best New Artist -- The B-52's *
Best Album -- ABBA: Voulez-Vous
Best Movie – Ridley Scott: Alien

1980
Best New Artist -- Jad Fair *
Best Album – ABBA: Super Trouper *
Best Movie – Irvin Kirshner: The Empire Strikes Back

1981
Best New Artist -- Depeche Mode *
Best Album -- ABBA: The Visitors *
Best Movie – Errol Morris: Vernon, Florida

1982
Best New Artist -- R.E.M. *
Best Album – Yaz: Upstairs at Eric's *
Best Movie – Don Bluth: The Secret of NIMH

1983
Best New Artist -- The Violent Femmes *
Best Album – R.E.M.: Murmur
Best Movie -- Sam Raimi: The Evil Dead

1984
Best New Artist -- Fine Young Cannibals *
Best Album – Prince and the Revolution: Purple Rain
Best Movie -- Jim Jarmusch: Stranger Than Paradise

1985
Best New Artist -- Enya *
Best Album – Prince and the Revolution: Around the World in a Day
Best Movie – Robert Zemeckis: Back To the Future
Worst Movie -- Teen Wolf *

1986
Best New Artist -- They Might Be Giants *
Best Album – They Might Be Giants: They Might Be Giants
Best Movie – David Lynch: Blue Velvet

1987
Best New Artist -- Rheostatics *
Best Album – R.E.M.: Document
Best Movie -- Rob Reiner: The Princess Bride *

1988
Best New Artist -- The Frogs *
Best Album – R.E.M.: Green
Best Movie – Martin Scorsese: The Last Temptation of Christ

1989
Best New Artist -- The Magnetic Fields *
Best Album – The Magnetic Fields: Distant Plastic Trees
Best Movie – Robert Zemeckis: Back to the Future Part II *
Worst Movie -- Tetsuo: The Iron Man *

1990
Best New Artist -- Pavement *
Best Album – They Might Be Giants: Flood
Best Movie – John Patrick Shanley: Joe Versus the Volcano
Worst Movie – Dennis Dugan: Problem Child

1991
Best New Artist -- DJ Laz *
Best Album – The Magnetic Fields: The Wayward Bus
Best Movie – Oliver Stone: JFK
Worst Movie -- Brian Levant: Problem Child 2 *

1992
Best New Artist -- Morphine *
Best Album – Rheostatics: Whale Music
Best Movie – David Lynch: Twin Peaks—Fire Walk With Me
Worst Movie – Ralph Bakshi: Cool World

1993
Best New Artist -- Frank Black *
Best Album – The Breeders: Last Splash
Best Movie – James Ivory: The Remains of the Day
Worst Movie – Jennifer Lynch: Boxing Helena

1994
Best New Artist -- Weezer *
Best Album – The Magnetic Fields: The Charm of the Highway Strip
Best Movie – Peter Jackson: Heavenly Creatures
Worst Movie – Oliver Stone: Natural Born Killers

1995
Best New Artist -- Modest Mouse *
Best Album – Rheostatics: Introducing Happiness
Best Movie – Amy Heckerling: Clueless *
Worst Movie – Walt Disney: Pocahontas

1996
Best New Artist -- Belle and Sebastian *
Best Album – Weezer: Pinkerton
Best Movie – Lars Von Trier: Breaking the Waves *
Worst Movie – Tim Burton: Mars Attacks!

1997
Best New Artist -- Future Bible Heroes *
Best Album – Radiohead: OK Computer
Best Movie – P.T. Anderson: Boogie Nights
Worst Movie – Joel Schumacher: Batman and Robin

1998
Best New Artist -- System of a Down *
Best Album – Neutral Milk Hotel: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Best Movie – Sam Raimi: A Simple Plan *
Worst Movie – Terry Gilliam: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1999
Best New Artist -- The Gentle Waves *
Best Album – The Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs
Best Movie – David Fincher: Fight Club *
Worst Movie – David Cronenberg: eXistenZ

2000
Best New Artist -- McLusky *
Best Album – Modest Mouse: The Moon and Antarctica
Best Movie -- Lars Von Trier: Dancer in the Dark *
Worst Movie – Ron Howard: Dr. Suess’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas

2001
Best New Artist -- Martin Tielli *
Best Album – They Might Be Giants: Mink Car *
Best Movie – Peter Jackson: The Lord of the Rings—The Fellowship of the Ring
Worst Movie -- Richard Kelly: Donnie Darko

2002
Best New Artist -- Ugly Casanova *
Best Album – The Mountain Goats: Tallahassee *
Best Movie – P.T. Anderson: Punch-Drunk Love
Worst Movie -- Rob Zombie: House of 1000 Corpses

2003
Best New Artist -- The Arcade Fire *
Best Album -- OutKast: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Best Movie – Quentin Tarantino: Kill Bill Vol. 1
Worst Movie – Vincent Gallo: The Brown Bunny *

2004
Best New Artist -- Jens Lekman *
Best Album: Gwen Stefani: Love.Angel.Music.Baby. *
Best Movie -- Quentin Tarantino: Kill Bill Vol. 2
Worst Movie -- Mel Gibson: The Passion of the Christ

2005
Best New Artist -- The Violet Archers *
Best Album -- System of a Down: Mezmerize *
Best Movie -- Robert Rodriguez: Sin City *
Worst Movie -- David Cronenberg: A History of Violence *