From photo editing software to productivity apps and games, these are the TIME technology team’s favourite apps of the year so far.
Super Mario Run
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A new kind of Mario game that you can play with one hand. Super Mario Run has received some big...
Microsoft To-Do
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Microsoft To-Do is a simple and intelligent to-do list that makes it easy to plan your day. Whether...
A Normal Lost Phone
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A Normal Lost Phone is a game about exploring the intimacy of an unknown person whose phone was...
The Great Courses Plus
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Over 8,000 college level videos and lectures at your fingertips! Learn from the top college...
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1982 stands out as a fantastic year for movies in general, but especially for those of us who are fans of the sci-fi fantasy genre. Which is your favorite?
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
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A lonely child named Elliott befriends an alien stranded on Earth, which he calls "E.T.", and he and...
Speak & Spell Reese's Pieces Telekinesis
The Thing (1982)
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A research station in Antarctica is infiltrated by a parasitic alien lifeform that assimilates other...
Blade Runner (1982)
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In a dystopian Los Angeles in 2019, an ex-Blade Runner named Rick Deckard is called back on the...
Cyberpunk Tech noir Neo-noir
Poltergeist (1982)
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Within suburbia, an average family starts seeing signs of the paranormal within their home. The...
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
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Formerly exiled foe, Khan Noonien Singh, reemerges and challenges Admiral Kirk and crew to a deadly...
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Some real classics here. Weird Pulp Fiction, Shawshank and Forrest Gump all nominated for Best Picture and have endured over the years.
Pulp Fiction (1994)
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The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in...
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
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From a novella by best-selling author Stephen King comes this poignant tale of the human spirit. ...
Forrest Gump (1994)
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The second half of the 20th century, from Elvis Presley and JFK to the Vietnam War and the Watergate...
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Stargate (1994)
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In modern-day Egypt, professor Daniel Jackson (James Spader) teams up with retired Army Col. Jack...
True Lies (1994)
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An international secret agent has to deal with terrorists smuggling weapons into the United States...
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Holy cow. It is hard to believe these movies are now over 40 years old and still very memorable. This was a great year for film. Check these out.
Taxi Driver (1976)
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An unstable Vietnam veteran named Travis Bickle works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City....
Neo-noir Psychological thriller Vigilante
All the President's Men (1976)
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Journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein investigate the Watergate hotel break-in. Through dogged...
Carrie (1976)
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Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother,...
Carrie Stephen King Brian De Palma Sissy Spacek Piper Laurie
Rocky (1976)
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Rocky Balboa is a working-class boxer with a heart of gold, who reluctantly works as a debt...
Boxing Rocky
Logan's Run (1976)
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In a futuristic society, one man decides to challenge the systematic execution of human beings at...
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The last year of the 20th century produced some great classic films (including my all-time fave). Which is your favorite?
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
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Imaginatively evoking the inner landscape of human beings longing to connect, to love and feel...
X-Men (2000)
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They are children of the atom, homo superior, the next link in the chain of evolution. Each was born...
Gladiator (2000)
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A man robbed of his name and his dignity strives to win them back, and gain the freedom of his...
Almost Famous (2000)
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Set in 1973, it chronicles the funny and often poignant coming of age of 15-year-old William, an...
Memento (2000)
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Leonard, a man with short-term memory and the inability to create new memories, is searching for the...
Thriller
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Wow, going through this list is a lot of fun. So many great films released in one year. We certainly don't have years like this any more. Which is your favorite?
The Blues Brothers (1980)
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The Blues Brothers Unrated Version stars comic icons John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in the...
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
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After the rebels are overpowered by the Empire on their newly established base, Luke Skywalker...
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The Shining (1980)
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The winter caretaker for the Overlook Hotel brings his wife and child—the latter of whom...
Friday the 13th (1980)
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A group of camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a...
Camp Slasher
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Thought I would do a more recent one of these since all my old lists make me feel like an old man. Lots of good films too.
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
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In German-occupied France during the Second World War, a team of Jewish-American soldiers and a...
Moon (2009)
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Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint...
Avatar (2009)
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A hybrid human-alien called an Avatar is created to facilitate communication with the indigenous...
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When you look at this list, it's hard to believe all these great movies came out the same year. There sure aren't years like this any more. Time to revisit one of these classics!
Ladyhawke (1985)
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In medieval times, a youthful pickpocket befriends a strange knight who is on a mysterious quest....
Brazil (1985)
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Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce) escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through...
Spies Like Us (1985)
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Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd star in this Cold War farce as two complete misfits who aspire to spy...
Brewster's Millions (1985)
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Richard Pryor is Montgomery Brewster, a minor league baseball pitcher who discovers he has to blow...
A View to a Kill (1985)
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James Bond is sent to Siberia, where he finds 003 buried by an avalanche and recovers a microchip...
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You may not remember, but 1996 had some great film releases. Here are some of my favorites. Which one is your favorite?
Courage Under Fire (1996)
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During the 1991 Gulf War, Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling (Denzel Washington) accidentally...
The Birdcage (1996)
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In this remake of the classic French farce "La Cage aux Folles," engaged couple Val Goldman (Dan...
Evita (1996)
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Eva Duarte Peron rises from poverty to become an Argentinian actress and the wife of powerful...