Your top 100 favorte movies (1 Viewer)

[Leroy Hoard]

I really liked "Being There" when it first came out at the theaters, but I watched it again about a year ago and it wasn't as good as I remembered.

I'm just the opposite. It got better with each viewing for me.

My favorite part: when first confronted by a jerk on the street, Chauncy points his tv remote at him and tries to change the channel.

 

[wholligans]

OK, here are my Top 100 - not in order.

Clockwork Orange

Shining

Mean Streets

Once Upon a Time in America

The Good, Bad, and Ugly

Spinal Tap

Caddyshack

Empire Strikes Back'

Return of the Jedi

Zack and Miri Make A Porno

Dazed and Confused

Quadrophenia

Inception

The Dark Knight

Rocky

Memento

Godfather

Godfather II

Schindlers List

The Thin Red Line

Amadeus

Animal House

Office Space

Boogie Nights

Slap Shot

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Full Metal Jacket

Dr. Strangelove

Goodfellas

Gangs of New York

Taxi Driver

Raging Bull

Casino

The Departed

The Color of Money

Echoes: Pink Floyd

The Wall

Donnie Brasco

Heat

Glengarry Glen Ross

Scarface

Dog Day Afternoon

The Untouchables

The Deerhunter

Casablanca

The Wizard of Oz

Seven Samurai

Citizen Kane

Terminator 2

Lawrence of Arabia

Bridge on the River Kwai

Apocalypse Now

Saving Private Ryan

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Leaving Las Vegas

LA Confidential

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Bladerunner

On the Waterfront

Evil Dead

High Noon

Annie Hall

Manchurian Candidate

Patton

The Graduate

Grease

King Kong (original)

Letters from Iwo Jima

Planet of the Apes

Field of Dreams

Dances with Wolves

Blue Velvet

Stripes

Duck Soup

Airplane

Blazing Saddles

The Producers

The Gold Rush

Young Frankenstein

Take the Money and Run

Bananas

Sleeper

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Austin Powers

So I Married an Axe Murderer

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

The Great Dictator

Waynes World

Ran

Metropolis

Downfall

Easy Rider

Papillion

The Hunter

Bulitt

The Sand Pebbles

Rumble Fish

Birdy

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

The French Connection

 

[Abrantes]

So I Married an Axe Murderer

Yes!

 

[wholligans]

So I Married an Axe Murderer

Yes!

I love that movie. Whenever it's on TV, I know I can't pass it up.

 

[jdoggydogg]

It's possible you and I are the only two people on the board that have seen Barbarian Invasions. Excellent movie.

Au contraire, bien chien. The NFBC has been responsible for half the great small media I've taken in over the last 40 yrs (even my favorite TV show is Canadian - DaVinci's Inquest). Ever since the wonderful Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz with RDreyfuss and RQuaid ive kept a close eye on their wonderful, very human stories & BI was one of the best. Vive les Quebecois!!

 

[wikkidpissah]

It's possible you and I are the only two people on the board that have seen Barbarian Invasions. Excellent movie.

Au contraire, bien chien. The NFBC has been responsible for half the great small media I've taken in over the last 40 yrs (even my favorite TV show is Canadian - DaVinci's Inquest). Ever since the wonderful Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz with RDreyfuss and RQuaid ive kept a close eye on their wonderful, very human stories & BI was one of the best. Vive les Quebecois!!

And I have no idea why BI's Marie-Josee Croze is not a huge star. Just caught her for the 3rd time in a tiny role on PBS Mystery's new "Orient Express" and my heart explodes every time i see her. Dont think ive ever fallen in love as quickly with a movie character as i did her speech therapist in "Diving Bell & Butterfly". Her English is as perfect as her French, so that's not it....

 

[jdoggydogg]

It's possible you and I are the only two people on the board that have seen Barbarian Invasions. Excellent movie.

Au contraire, bien chien. The NFBC has been responsible for half the great small media I've taken in over the last 40 yrs (even my favorite TV show is Canadian - DaVinci's Inquest). Ever since the wonderful Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz with RDreyfuss and RQuaid ive kept a close eye on their wonderful, very human stories & BI was one of the best. Vive les Quebecois!!

And I have no idea why BI's Marie-Josee Croze is not a huge star. Just caught her for the 3rd time in a tiny role on PBS Mystery's new "Orient Express" and my heart explodes every time i see her. Dont think ive ever fallen in love as quickly with a movie character as i did her speech therapist in "Diving Bell & Butterfly". Her English is as perfect as her French, so that's not it....

She was great in Diving Bell. You're right: instantly lovable.

 

[HellToupee]

no one else here is as smitten with Let The Right One In as me . I thought it was briliant

I really enjoyed that movie, but top 100 of all time??? Really????

Roxanne? Really???

 

[Mr. Mojo]

OK, here are my Top 100 - not in order.Clockwork OrangeShiningMean StreetsOnce Upon a Time in AmericaThe Good, Bad, and UglySpinal TapCaddyshackEmpire Strikes Back'Return of the JediLA ConfidentialMonty Python and the Holy GrailBladerunnerOn the WaterfrontEvil DeadHigh NoonAnnie HallManchurian CandidatePattonThe GraduateGreaseKing Kong (original)Letters from Iwo JimaPlanet of the ApesField of DreamsDances with WolvesBlue VelvetStripesDuck SoupAirplaneBlazing SaddlesThe ProducersEasy RiderPapillionThe HunterBulittThe Sand PebblesRumble FishBirdyClose Encounters of the Third KindThe French Connection

I shortened it for space in my reply but think's it's a heck of a good list.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Little late to the party, and probably not the best run through, but here we go. I think I am a little more pathetic about the 80s cheese than the rest of the lists so far:

fight club

full metal jacket

pulp fiction

12 monkeys

aliens

american history x

audition

back to the future

austin powers

batman begins

boys don't cry

cable guy

clerks

dead poets society

donnie darko

fargo

ferris bueller's day off

ghost world

harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban

heat

high fidelity

karate kid

kingpin

love, actually

memento

minority report

monster

mulholland drive

no country for old men

the prestige

old school

star wars

the empire strikes back

romeo + juliet

schindler's list

shawshank redemption

the shining

sideways

silence of the lambs

swingers

syriana

to kill a mockingbird

T2

die hard

top gun

there's something about mary

the usual suspects

pineapple express

toy story

kung fu panda

the secret of NIMH

the goonies

ghostbusters

eyes wide shut

the killing

psycho

casablanca

saving private ryan

super troopers

into the wild

the sweet hereafter

boogie nights

one flew over the cuckoo's nest

searching for bobby fischer

seven

slingblade

before sunrise

american beauty

apocalypse now

boyz in the hood

shadow of the vampire

eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

jaws

texas chainsaw massacre

starship troopers

good will hunting

the bourne identity

the professional

jurassic park

JFK

Scream

Shine

Planet of the Apes

Big Fish

Almost Famous

North by Northwest

Traffic

Reservior Dogs

From dusk 'til dawn

about a boy

aladdin

16 candles

diving bell and the butterfly

the iron giant

the basketball diaries

monsters, inc

chasing amy

halloween

a tale of two sisters

I think I lost track somewhere there. Comedies would probably be edited, as well as a couple more horror movies would sneak in there.

 

[jdoggydogg]

shadow of the vampire

Love this movie. Shadow of the Vampire was released with little fanfare, and the film was too quirky to earn any real money at the box office. The first time I saw Shadow of the Vampire, I was amused by the weird humor and thought it was pretty decent. Watching Shadow of the Vampire for a second time, I realize that I vastly under-appreciated this film. Shadow of the Vampire is stunning. This film is a loving homage to silent filmmaking. Though I haven't seen all of the original silent film "Nosferatu", I've seen enough to know that Shadow of the Vampire did a great job of recreating the art direction in Nosferatu. The humor in Shadow of the Vampire is obvious, but subtler is Willem Dafoe's sad portrayal of bizarre actor Max Schreck. Dafoe's performance can be overlooked because of his makeup and his amusing facial expressions. However, underneath the humor is a sad, lonely man. "How can you hurt me when I don't even know how to hurt myself?" asks Max. Max is a tortured soul that has no way to end his suffering. The ending of Shadow of the Vampire is questionable. Did the film need to end in such a dark manner? Maybe not. But even if one questions the choices of director E. Elias Merhige and writer Steven Katz, the first 70 minutes of Shadow of the Vampire should not be dismissed. Shadow of the Vampire is simultaneously touching, funny, bizarre, and tragic - and well worth seeing more than once.

 

[Iraqi Information Minister]

Just came across another one of my favorites that I left off the list:

The Last Starfighter

Alex Rogan: Hold it! There's no fleet? No Starfighters, no plan? One ship, you, me, and that's it?

Grig: Exactly! Xur thinks you're still on Earth. Classic military strategy, surprise attack.

Alex Rogan: It'll be a slaughter!

Grig: That's the spirit!

Alex Rogan: No, *my* slaughter!

 

[jdoggydogg]

It's possible you and I are the only two people on the board that have seen Barbarian Invasions. Excellent movie.

Au contraire, bien chien. The NFBC has been responsible for half the great small media I've taken in over the last 40 yrs (even my favorite TV show is Canadian - DaVinci's Inquest). Ever since the wonderful Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz with RDreyfuss and RQuaid ive kept a close eye on their wonderful, very human stories & BI was one of the best. Vive les Quebecois!!

 

[mon]

My updated list. Had to extend it to 150.

1. Three Seasons (99)

2. American Beauty (99)

3. Magnolia (99)

4. Pulp Fiction (94)

5. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (00)

6. The English Patient (96)

7. Chocolat (00)

8. Cool Hand Luke (67)

9. Garden State (04)

10. Amelie (01)

11. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (04)

12. Beautiful Girls (96)

13. The Deer Hunter (78)

14. Leon (The Professional) (94)

15. Lost in Translation (03)

16. Natural Born Killers (94)

17. Million Dollar Hotel (00)

18. Man on Fire (04)

19. As Good As It Gets (97)

20. Dead Poets Society (89)

21. Braveheart (95)

22. Sideways (04)

23. Apocalypse Now (79)

24. Juno (07)

25. Donnie Darko (01)

26. Beasts of the Southern Wild (12)

27. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (05)

[SIZE=11pt]28. Runaway Train (85)[/SIZE]

29. Gladiator (00)

30. Glengarry Glen Ross (92)

31. Hannah and Her Sisters (86)

32. Crash (04)

33. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (12)

34. The Apartment (60)

[SIZE=11pt]35. The World According to Garp (82)[/SIZE]

36. Annie Hall (77)

37. Million Dollar Baby (04)

38. Mighty Aphrodite (95)

39. Crimes and Misdemeanors (89)

40. Kill Bill Vol. II (04)

41. Kill Bill Vol. I (03)

42. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (00)

43. Inglourious Basterds (09)

44. Dances With Wolves (90)

45. Jackie Brown (97)

46. Ikiru (52)

47. Bad Santa (03)

48. Amadeus (84)

49. Full Metal Jacket (87)

50. 25th Hour (02)

51. Saving Private Ryan (98)

52. Trainspotting (96)

53. Traffic (00)

54. Raising Arizona (87)

55. Brazil (85)

56. Platoon (86)

57. V For Vendetta (05)

58. Gran Torino (08)

59. The Jerk (79)

60. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (75)

61. The Meaning of Life (83)

62. Life of Brian (79)

63. Breaking Away (79)

64. Ferris Beuller's Day Off (86)

65. Groundhog Day (93)

66. Dogma (99)

67. Fried Green Tomatoes (91)

68. Sleeper (73)

69. Whale Rider (02)

70. Good Night and Good Luck (05)

71. Midnight in Paris (11)

72. Gangs of New York (02)

73. Zoolander (01)

74. Moonrise Kingdom (12)

75. Manhattan (79)

76. Reservoir Dogs (92)

77. Scarface (83)

78. Once (06)

79. Deconstructing Harry (97)

80. There Will Be Blood (07)

81. True Romance (93)

82. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (69)

83. Jurassic Park (93)

84. Rushmore (98)

85. 300 (06)

86. Seven (95)

87. Napoleon Dynamite (04)

88. Pay It Forward (00)

89. The Fifth Element (97)

90. Four Weddings and a Funeral (94)

91. The Big Lebowski (98)

92. Open Range (03)

93. Mad Max (79)

94. Lolita (62)

95. Hook (91)

96. The Crying Game (92)

97. Shopgirl (05)

98. And Justice For All (79)

99. Big Fish (03)

100. Sea of Love (89)

101. Deliverance (72)

102. Grand Canyon (91)

103. Road Warrior (81)

104. Fargo (96)

105. Chasing Amy (97)

106. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (08)

107. Titanic (97)

108. Rocky (76)

109. Election (99)

110. One Flew Over The Cookoo's Nest (75)

111. Pan's Labyrinth (06)

112. The Graduate (67)

113. The King of Comedy (83)

114. Platoon (86)

115. The Big Chill (83)

116. The Royal Tenenbaums (01)

117. Blue Velvet (83)

118. 2001: A Space Odyssey (68)

119. The Darjeeling Limited (07)

120. Blazing Saddles (74)

121 Office Space (99)

122. Planet of the Apes (68)

123. A Clockwork Orange (71)

124. No Country for Old Men (07)

125. City of God (02)

126. The Silence of the Lambs (91)

127. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (07)

128. Children Of Men (06)

129. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (04)

130. 21 Grams (03)

131. Leaving Las Vegas (95)

132. The Tree of Life (11)

133. The Waking Life (01)

134. Melancholia (11)

135. Running with Scissors (06)

136. The Master (12)

137. Slums of Beverly Hills (98)

138. To Rome with Love (12)

139. The Pink Panther (64)

140. Bananas (71)

141. The Bounty (84)

142. The Last Samurai (03)

143. Scent of a Woman (92)

144. The Mission (86)

145. The Great Escape (63)

146. What Planet Are You From? (00)

147. Angel Heart (87)

148. Broken Flowers (05)

149. L.A. Story (91)

150. Roxanne (87)

 

[Hastur]

Here is a page with the '1,000 Greatest Films' type list. Bonus: The list includes all nations, not just USA.

http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000_all1000films_table.php

It's hard to swallow some of these rankings. Raiders of the Lost Ark at #261? Shawshank Redemption at #607? I know it's international, but come on!

 

[RJS113]

I'm sure I'm forgetting some of my favorites, and I know most people will disagree with a few of these, but here's my top 10 off the top of my head:

1. Harold and Kumar go to White Castle

2. Usual Suspects

3. Shawshank Redemption

4. Pulp Fiction

5. Taken

6. My Cousin Vinny

7. Goodfellas

8. Sin City

9. Office Space

10. Running Scared (Paul Walker version)

 

[Chaka]

Just watched Cool Hand Luke for the first time this past year. It would be on my list. 100 is way too many to name.

I so need to see this.

Run, don't walk. Top of the queue. Seriously.

I enjoy Paul Newman immensely, so I'm looking forward to it.

Update?

 

[jdoggydogg]

Just watched Cool Hand Luke for the first time this past year. It would be on my list. 100 is way too many to name.

I so need to see this.

Run, don't walk. Top of the queue. Seriously.

I enjoy Paul Newman immensely, so I'm looking forward to it.

Update?

Thanks for the reminder.

 

[Touchdown Syndrome]

Top 20 faves, as of today (subject to change every couple of days, haha)

1. Goodfellas

2. The Empire Strikes Back

3. 2001 : A Space Odyssey

4. Psycho

5. Vertigo

6. Star Wars

7. Pulp Fiction

8. The Godfather Part 2

9. Magnolia

10. The Dark Knight

11. The Departed

12. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

13. Inception

14. The Godfather

15. The Usual Suspects

16. Raising Arizona

17. Memento

18. Fargo

19. Jaws

20. Dr. Strangelove

 

[Keith R]

Here is a page with the '1,000 Greatest Films' type list. Bonus: The list includes all nations, not just USA.

http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000_all1000films_table.php

It's hard to swallow some of these rankings. Raiders of the Lost Ark at #261? Shawshank Redemption at #607? I know it's international, but come on!

Odd. I never thought of Mulholland Dr. as a French movie.

 

[Keith R]

Here is a page with the '1,000 Greatest Films' type list. Bonus: The list includes all nations, not just USA.

http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000_all1000films_table.php

It's hard to swallow some of these rankings. Raiders of the Lost Ark at #261? Shawshank Redemption at #607? I know it's international, but come on!

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre placed above both of these at #197.

 

[Apple Jack]

Garden State makes me angry.

 

[Scoresman]

how do you sit down and list out 100 movies like that. Christ.

 

[El Floppo]

The Third Man

Blade Runner

Seven Samuraii

Dr Stangelove

Raising Arizona

The Lives of Others

Days of Heaven

...

Jesus.

I'm with Scoresman- and also have brain damage. I'm blanking on all the ones I love. But the list above is a slam dunk for me.

 

[jdoggydogg]

how do you sit down and list out 100 movies like that. Christ.

The way I like to formulate these lists is to look at other lists. Roger Ebert, Pauline Kael, a lot of good film critics have "best films of the decade" lists you can look at. I find it helps me remember films that might not have occurred to me otherwise.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I can't remember if we've done this before, but I'm always interested in seeing people's favorite movie lists. You don't have to come up with 100. You can list as few or as many as you want. My top 100: A Day at the Races Amadeus A Simple Plan Aliens American Beauty American Movie American Splendor Annie Hall Apocalypse Now Beauty and the Beast (1947) Blue Valentine Boogie Nights Bottle Rocket Braveheart Casino Citizen Kane Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Dangerous Liasons Dead Man Walking Death and The Maiden The Departed Diabolique (1955) Die Hard The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Do The Right Thing Donnie Brasco Donnie Darko Downfall Dr. Strangelove Drugstore Cowboy Duck Soup Ed Wood Election Elizabeth Fail Safe Fight Club Ghost World Gladiator Glengarry Glen Ross The Godfather The Godfather, Part 2 Goodfellas Hannah and Her Sisters The Ice Storm Inglourious Basterds Jackie Brown The Kid Stays in the Picture L.A. Confidential Leon: The Professional Life of Brian The Lives of Others Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels Lost Highway Love and Death Magnolia The Man With Two Brains The Matrix Midnight Run Miller's Crossing Monty Python and the Holy Grail My Left Foot Night Of The Hunter No Country For Old Men Office Space One Flew Over The Cookoo's Nest Owning Mahoney Pan's Labyrinth The People vs. Larry Flynt The Pink Panther Planes, Trains, and Automobiles The Pledge Predator Pulp Fiction Raging Bull Requiem For A Dream The Ref Reservoir Dogs Scarface The Seven Samurai SE7EN The Silence of the Lambs 16 Candles Sleeper Sling Blade Star Wars Episode IV The Sweet Hereafter Swingers Talk Radio Taxi Driver There Will Be Blood The Thin Blue Line The Thing (1982) To Die For Topsy-Turvy True Romance The Usual Suspects When We Were Kings The Wrestler You Can Count On Me Y Tu Mama Tambien

Ugh, that's bad formatting. Weird that the text all clumped up like that.

Amadeus

A Simple Plan

Aliens

American Beauty

American Movie

American Splendor

Annie Hall

Apocalypse Now

Beauty and the Beast (1947)

Boogie Nights

Bottle Rocket

Braveheart

Casino

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Dangerous Liasons

Dead Man Walking

Death and The Maiden

The Departed

Diabolique (1955)

Die Hard

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Do The Right Thing

Donnie Brasco

Donnie Darko

Downfall

Dr. Strangelove

Drugstore Cowboy

Duck Soup

Ed Wood

Election

Elizabeth

Fail Safe

Fight Club

Ghost World

Gladiator

Glengarry Glen Ross

The Godfather

The Godfather, Part 2

Goodfellas

The Great Escape

Hannah and Her Sisters

The Ice Storm

The Illusionist

Inglourious Basterds

Jackie Brown

The Kid Stays in the Picture

L.A. Confidential

Leon: The Professional

Life of Brian

The Lives of Others

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels

Lost Highway

Love and Death

Magnolia

The Man With Two Brains

The Matrix

Midnight Run

Miller's Crossing

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

My Left Foot

Night Of The Hunter

No Country For Old Men

Office Space

One Flew Over The Cookoo's Nest

Owning Mahowny

Pan's Labyrinth

The People vs. Larry Flynt

The Revenge of the Pink Panther

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

The Pledge

Predator

Pulp Fiction

Raging Bull

Requiem For A Dream

The Ref

Reservoir Dogs

Scarface

The Seven Samurai

SE7EN

The Silence of the Lambs

16 Candles

Sleeper

Sling Blade

The Sweet Hereafter

Swingers

Talk Radio

Taxi Driver

There Will Be Blood

The Thin Blue Line

The Thing (1982)

The Third Man

To Die For

Topsy-Turvy

Tree of Life

True Grit (2010)

True Romance

The Usual Suspects

When We Were Kings

The Wrestler

Y Tu Mama Tambien

 

[rockaction]

Top ten, from memory: These are movies that left an impression on me. Not sure I even remember all the ins and outs of them

1) Chinatown

2) Vivre Sa Vie

3) Pulp Fiction

4) Magnolia

5) Requiem For a Dream

6) Band Of Outsiders

7) On The Waterfront

8) Last Year At Marienbad

9) Vertigo

10) L.A. Confidential

 

[rockaction]

Also, jdogg, 16 Candles is probably the best teen movie I've ever seen. Did a term paper on Hughes movies in the 90's. Easily swapped Fast Times for my friend's copy of Sixteen Candles. He thought I got robbed. I say no.

eta* Clueless is also up there for teen flicks, all things considered. Too bad Heckerling utterly ruined me with that movie with Pfieffer, whatever that was. It was awful.

 

[Abrantes]

The Third Man

Seven Samurai

Chinatown

These three are all good bets for my top ten, but man...top 100 is a lot of work. I might try a little later.

 

[jdoggydogg]

3) Pulp Fiction

4) Magnolia

5) Requiem For a Dream

Your ideas are intriguing, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Also, jdogg, 16 Candles is probably the best teen movie I've ever seen. Did a term paper on Hughes movies in the 90's. Easily swapped Fast Times for my friend's copy of Sixteen Candles. He thought I got robbed. I say no.

eta* Clueless is also up there for teen flicks, all things considered. Too bad Heckerling utterly ruined me with that movie with Pfieffer, whatever that was. It was awful.

Yes to all that. Loved Clueless. And 16 Candles is probably one of the only perfect teen films. Awesome flick.

 

[rockaction]

3) Pulp Fiction

4) Magnolia

5) Requiem For a Dream

Your ideas are intriguing, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

I tried to go with movies that viscerally affected me when I first saw them. Lump in throat type of stuff. Pulp Fiction was so...radical, but it just made so much sense. I remember the local theater down in my college town showed it right when it came out. When **** Dale came on, I freaked. Everyone walked out of there amazed. I guess the 90's weren't so bad for cinema, huh? As for Magnolia and Requiem, they're starting to pejoratively call them "message movies," which is fine, but I think underestimates them as movies. P.T. Anderson seemed to want to make an autobiographical/Biblical personal statement. Aranofsky wanted to make a "punk rock" film, in his words. I think they both succeeded.

 

[jdoggydogg]

3) Pulp Fiction

4) Magnolia

5) Requiem For a Dream

Your ideas are intriguing, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

I tried to go with movies that viscerally affected me when I first saw them. Lump in throat type of stuff. Pulp Fiction was so...radical, but it just made so much sense. I remember the local theater down in my college town showed it right when it came out. When **** Dale came on, I freaked. Everyone walked out of there amazed. I guess the 90's weren't so bad for cinema, huh? As for Magnolia and Requiem, they're starting to pejoratively call them "message movies," which is fine, but I think underestimates them as movies. P.T. Anderson seemed to want to make an autobiographical/Biblical personal statement. Aranofsky wanted to make a "punk rock" film, in his words. I think they both succeeded.

I didn't get to see Pulp Fiction in the theater the first time. So seeing the 20th anniversary showing was fun.

The 90s could be my favorite film decade.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Got this link from wikkid  in the top 3-5 list.  Too many to drill down to that amount.  I didn't want to invade Tim's list.  I have a top 100 non-comedies and made a quick list of top 75 comedies.  Probably forgot some on both accounts - but this includes a good many of them.  Comedies in next post.

ETA:  List is in order of "like" though that gets pretty loose after a bit.  


1


Good Fellas


2


Glengarry Glen Ross


3


The Usual Suspects


4


Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolffe?


5


Being There


6


Fargo


7


Pulp Fiction


8


Resevoir Dogs


9


Godfather I


10


A Hard Day's Night


11


Godfather II


12


Casino


13


Apocolyspe Now


14


A Clockwork Orange


15


The Deer Hunter


16


One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest


17


The King of Comedy


18


Donnie Brasco


19


Chinatown


20


Raging Bull


21


On the Waterfront


22


Scarface


23


Taxi Driver


24


Leaving Las Vegas


25


Five Easy Pieces


26


A Bronx Tale


27


A Streetcar Named Desire


28


In the Heat of the Night


29


Schindler's List


30


The French Connection


31


Midnight Cowboy


32


Rain Man


33


Apollo 13


34


Easy Rider


35


The Shawshank Redemption


36


Jackie Brown


37


King of New York


38


True Romance


39


Fight Club


40


Once Upon a Time in America


41


Full Metal Jacket


42


Cool Hand Luke


43


Dog Day Afternoon


44


Wall Street


45


Platoon


46


Bad Lieutenant


47


North Dallas Forty


48


Rounders


49


Miller's Crossing


50


2001:  A Space Odyssey


51


The Wrestler


52


Blade Runner


53


Blue Velvet


54


Rosemary's Baby


55


The Hustler


56


Silence of the Lambs


57


M*A*S*H


58


Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid


59


Mean Streets


60


Mulholland Dr.


61


The Sting


62


Matchstick Men


63


Gangs of New York


64


Swingers


65


Good Morning Vietnam


66


Rocky


67


The Departed


68


ET The Extra-Terrestrial


69


Diner


70


Sling Blade


71


The Social Network


72


Kelley's Heroes


73


Body Heat


74


LA Confidential


75


End of Watch


76


Saturday Night Fever


77


To Live & Die in LA


78


Training Day


79


No Country For Old Men


80


Death Wish


81


American Psycho


82


The Omen


83


The Great Escape


84


Bridge Over the River Kwai


85


American Splendor


86


Bullit


87


The Dirty Dozen


88


Almost Famous


89


12 Angry Men


90


Days of Wine & Roses


91


Dirty Harry


92


Cape Fear (Deniro)


93


The Last Detail


94


Carlito's Way


95


Sid & Nancy


96


Leon: the professional


97


The Bourne Supremacy


98


American Hustle


99


Boogie Nights


100


Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

 

[El Floppo]

Got this link from wikkid  in the top 3-5 list.  Too many to drill down to that amount.  I didn't want to invade Tim's list.  I have a top 100 non-comedies and made a quick list of top 75 comedies.  Probably forgot some on both accounts - but this includes a good many of them.  Comedies in next post.

fantastic list... lots of overlap with mine. love to see Being There, 5 Easy Pieces, King of Comedy as high as they are.

 

[wikkidpissah]

We would be great movie pals, Bink. Only Matchstick Men havent i seen and only American Psycho and Almost Famous (used to be rather famous 'round here for my hate rant on this total misrepresentation of 70's rock road) didnt i love.

 

[El Floppo]

We would be great movie pals, Bink. Only Matchstick Men havent i seen and only American Psycho and Almost Famous (used to be rather famous 'round here for my hate rant on this total misrepresentation of 70's rock road) didnt i love.

Matchstick Men is the nick cage thing? con men?

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Matchstick Men is the nick cage thing? con men?

Yeah, con men - really loved that movie

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Top 75 comedies - probably could come up with a more complete list but enough for these purposes.


1


Caddyshack


2


Shakes the Clown


3


Animal House


4


This is Spinal Tap


5


The Big Lebowski


6


National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation


7


Step Brothers


8


Raising Arizona


9


Stripes


10


Fast Times at Ridgemont High


11


Best in Show


12


What About Bob


13


Monty Python and the Holy Grail


14


Dr. Strangelove


15


Anchorman:  The Legend of Ron Burgundy


16


Arthur


17


Old School


18


Napoleon Dynamite


19


Kingpin


20


Groundhog Day


21


Monty Python The Meaning of Life


22


Office Space


23


Waiting for Guffman


24


The Return of the Pink Panther


25


Elf


26


Pee Wee's Big Adventure


27


Meet the Parents


28


Fletch


29


Tommy Boy


30


Ferris Bueller's Day Off


31


Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back


32


Blazing Saddles


33


Airplane


34


Slap Shot


35


Sleeper


36


Everything You wanted to know about sex


37


Talladega Nights


38


The Naked Gun


39


Hollywood Knights


40


Monty Python - And Now For Something Completely Different


41


Annie Hall


42


Monty Python - Life of Brian


43


Mr. Mom


44


Zoolander 


45


Night Shift


46


Sixteen Candles


47


Dazed & Confused


48


Cheech and Chong's up in Smoke


49


The Hangover


50


A Shot in the Dark


51


Blades of Glory


52


Help!


53


Manhattan


54


What About Mary?


55


A Mighty Wind


56


Planes, Trains & Automobiles


57


Zelig


58


American Graffiti


59


Death to Smoochy


60


Major League


61


Clerks


62


The Groove Tube


63


Lost in America


64


The Breakfast Club


65


Beverly Hills Cop


66


BASEketball


67


Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle


68


Superbad


69


Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery


70


Smokey & the Bandit


71


Ace Ventura


72


Revenge of the Nerds


73


O' Brother Where Art Thou?


74


Beetlejuice


75


48 Hrs.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

We would be great movie pals, Bink. Only Matchstick Men havent i seen and only American Psycho and Almost Famous (used to be rather famous 'round here for my hate rant on this total misrepresentation of 70's rock road) didnt i love.




 

I missed the Almost Famous rants.  

If you like grifter movies, Cage is great as a neurotic, OCD con-man.  

 

[wikkidpissah]

I missed the Almost Famous rants.  

If you like grifter movies, Cage is great as a neurotic, OCD con-man.  

tried a search, couldnt find it, think it was part of one of the drafts. AF represented 70s rock tours about as realistically as Cinderella did charwomen. I do remember my critique included a rather filthy rewrite of "Tiny Dancer" to give a truer picture of bus groupies.

will def check Matchstick.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Got this link from wikkid  in the top 3-5 list.  Too many to drill down to that amount.  I didn't want to invade Tim's list.  I have a top 100 non-comedies and made a quick list of top 75 comedies.  Probably forgot some on both accounts - but this includes a good many of them.  Comedies in next post.

ETA:  List is in order of "like" though that gets pretty loose after a bit.  


1


Good Fellas


2


Glengarry Glen Ross


3


The Usual Suspects


4


Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolffe?


5


Being There


6


Fargo


7


Pulp Fiction


8


Resevoir Dogs


9


Godfather I


10


A Hard Day's Night


11


Godfather II


12


Casino


13


Apocolyspe Now


14


A Clockwork Orange


15


The Deer Hunter


16


One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest


17


The King of Comedy


18


Donnie Brasco


19


Chinatown


20


Raging Bull


21


On the Waterfront


22


Scarface


23


Taxi Driver


24


Leaving Las Vegas


25


Five Easy Pieces


26


A Bronx Tale


27


A Streetcar Named Desire


28


In the Heat of the Night


29


Schindler's List


30


The French Connection


31


Midnight Cowboy


32


Rain Man


33


Apollo 13


34


Easy Rider


35


The Shawshank Redemption


36


Jackie Brown


37


King of New York


38


True Romance


39


Fight Club


40


Once Upon a Time in America


41


Full Metal Jacket


42


Cool Hand Luke


43


Dog Day Afternoon


44


Wall Street


45


Platoon


46


Bad Lieutenant


47


North Dallas Forty


48


Rounders


49


Miller's Crossing


50


2001:  A Space Odyssey


51


The Wrestler


52


Blade Runner


53


Blue Velvet


54


Rosemary's Baby


55


The Hustler


56


Silence of the Lambs


57


M*A*S*H


58


Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid


59


Mean Streets


60


Mulholland Dr.


61


The Sting


62


Matchstick Men


63


Gangs of New York


64


Swingers


65


Good Morning Vietnam


66


Rocky


67


The Departed


68


ET The Extra-Terrestrial


69


Diner


70


Sling Blade


71


The Social Network


72


Kelley's Heroes


73


Body Heat


74


LA Confidential


75


End of Watch


76


Saturday Night Fever


77


To Live & Die in LA


78


Training Day


79


No Country For Old Men


80


Death Wish


81


American Psycho


82


The Omen


83


The Great Escape


84


Bridge Over the River Kwai


85


American Splendor


86


Bullit


87


The Dirty Dozen


88


Almost Famous


89


12 Angry Men


90


Days of Wine & Roses


91


Dirty Harry


92


Cape Fear (Deniro)


93


The Last Detail


94


Carlito's Way


95


Sid & Nancy


96


Leon: the professional


97


The Bourne Supremacy


98


American Hustle


99


Boogie Nights


100


Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

I heartily endorse this list.

Have you seen To Live & Die in LA recently? I remember liking it the first time, but seeing it more recently and thinking it didn't hold up well.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Top 75 comedies - probably could come up with a more complete list but enough for these purposes.


1


Caddyshack


 


 

Now, I know this is beloved. But I think most of the movies on your list have more laughs than Caddyshack.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I heartily endorse this list.

Have you seen To Live & Die in LA recently? I remember liking it the first time, but seeing it more recently and thinking it didn't hold up well.




 

Good point, I need to check it out.  Wasn't familiar with William Peterson when I saw it and thought he crushed it.  And, of course, Dafoe is almost always good.  

 

[jdoggydogg]

I heartily endorse this list.

Have you seen To Live & Die in LA recently? I remember liking it the first time, but seeing it more recently and thinking it didn't hold up well.

Good point, I need to check it out.  Wasn't familiar with William Peterson when I saw it and thought he crushed it.  And, of course, Dafoe is almost always good.  

Always liked William Peterson in Manhunter.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Always liked William Peterson in Manhunter.

Both To Live and Die in LA and Manhunter are on my top whatever list.

To Live and Die in LA didn't hold up great, but the care chase was iconic and I still think it is a visually stunning movie.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Always liked William Peterson in Manhunter.




 

Thanks. Will put it on my watch list.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Thanks. Will put it on my watch list.

Far better than Red Dragon, in my opinion. 

But I am also a bit of a Michael Mann enthusiast.

 

[El Floppo]

Big fan of Manhunter

 

[KarmaPolice]

Now, I know this is beloved. But I think most of the movies on your list have more laughs than Caddyshack.

I think Schindler's List has more laughs than Caddyshack.