See Which Movie Was The Most Popular The Year You Were Born ~ Daily Viral feed stories

Movies do an incredible job at bringing people together, creating memories, and providing entertainment for generations of people. Over the years, we've been able to see which movies absolutely rock it at the box office, and are named the top movies of the year (based on ticket sales). We decided to put together a list of the top movies for each year, and it's pretty cool to look back and see what everybody was watching when you were young. Starting with all those kiddos born in 2016, get ready for a trip down memory lane!

2016: Finding Dory.

Not surprisingly, this movie was the best of this year. It had a budget of $200 million and ended up bringing in $1.027 billion. Yes, BILLION.

2015: Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens.

The hype was REAL for this movie, and it definitely lived up to its really high standards!

2014: American Sniper.

Bradley Cooper really stepped out of his comfort zone for this one, and it paid off. This heart-wrenching movie definitely deserved the best movie of the year title.

2013: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

With a series this popular, it's no surprise that it earned a top spot for 2013.

2012: The Avengers.

You'll quickly notice that superhero movies tend to do really well at the box office, making this movie a pretty obvious choice for 2012.

2011: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II.

Seeing as this was the final movie for the Harry Potter franchise, we're happy that it was such a success. Even if we do miss them all terribly.

2010: Toy Story 3.

The entire Toy Story franchise is insanely popular and always gets astounding reviews. Plus this one made me cry like a baby, so it deserves this.

2009: Avatar.

Director James Cameron delayed this movie for years because he wasn't impressed with the technology for special effects available at the time. Clearly, it was worth the wait.

2008: The Dark Knight.

Another superhero movie that slayed the box office. No surprise there. Plus everybody was really excited to see Heath Ledger's performance as The Joker.

2007: Spider-Man 3.

Ticket sales for this movie were six times higher than the second movie in the series, and many theatres had to add 3am showings to accommodate everybody who wanted to see the movie.

2006: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

Johnny Depp, duh.

2005: Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith.

You can pretty much count on any of the Star Wars movies doing better than any other movie that year.

2004: Shrek 2.

In my opinion, every Shrek movie should have made the list.

2003: Finding Nemo.

This movie is perfect. It even beat out The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, what does that tell you?

2002: Spider-Man.

People are all suckers for a good upside-down kiss in the rain.

2001: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

This was all anyone would talk about, and still is.

2000: How The Grinch Stole Christmas.

The fact that a Christmas movie was the most popular movie of the year says a lot about how amazing it was.

1999: Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace.

Need I say more?

1998: Saving Private Ryan.

This movie is noted for being graphically accurate in depicting war and was universally acclaimed. If you haven't seen this movie, do yourself a favor and get on that.

1997: Titanic.

This is seriously a classic. It earned $1.84 billion in the box office and became the first movie in history to reach that billion dollar mark.

1996: Independence Day.

This movie was actually only out on limited release, but due to the high demand, became widely available to audiences who praised its visual effects.

1995: Toy Story.

Probably one of the best works to ever come from Disney/Pixar. You can't go wrong with a Tim Allen and Tom Hanks combo.

We know how amazing this story is, but let's just take a second and talk about the soundtrack. More than 20 years later and every song is still ingrained in my brain.