A couple weeks ago I got a sudden desire to form a list of my personal Top 100 films. Then I did that. I don’t think it was worth the trouble. But the list is here for your perusal, feel free to let me know in the comments what films I’m a complete idiot for omitting, or you could also be a decent person for once… jerk. Oh, and one more note, this is not a list of what I think are the 100 best films, these are my 100 favorite films, so shut up already (this intro was mean-spirited).
- It’s A Wonderful Life
- 12 Angry Men
- Trouble In Paradise
- The Dark Knight
- Chinatown
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Double Indemnity
- The Godfather
- Star Wars (Original trilogy)
- The Big Lebowski
- Sunset Blvd.
- Beauty and the Beast
- Dr. Strangelove
- High Noon
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Psycho
- Groundhog Day
- His Girl Friday
- Singin’ In The Rain
- High Fidelity
- No Country for Old Men
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Ghostbusters
- Wall*E
- Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
- Wet Hot American Summer
- The Godfather part II
- Fargo
- The Thin Man
- Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
- Blues Brothers
- On The Town
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Grosse Point Blank
- Dog Day Afternoon
- Paths of Glory
- Rebecca
- Up
- It Happened One Night
- Clerks
- Big
- Die Hard
- Ratatouille
- Shaun of the Dead
- Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Brick
- The Muppet Movie
- Back to the Future
- The Lady Vanishes
- Pulp Fiction
- Nightmare Before Christmas
- Fight Club
- City Lights
- Wizard of Oz
- Empire Records
- The Incredibles
- Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
- The Sting
- Memento
- The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
- Serenity
- Brazil
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Young Frankenstein
- The Iron Giant
- Before Sunset
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
- Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind
- The Apartment
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Halloween
- Goodfellas
- Beetlejuice
- Amelie
- Toy Story (Trilogy)
- Gremlins
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
- Tommy Boy
- Let the Right One In
- The Thing
- La Dolce Vita
- Jaws
- The Deer Hunter
- The Princess Bride
- Lars and the Real Girl
- Wild Strawberries
- The Mummy (1999)
- Adaptation
- Rushmore
- Manhattan
- Paris, Texas
- Rashomon
- Grindhouse
- Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- Metropolis
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
- Rear Window
- Uncle Buck
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall
- Marty
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This post was written by Kyle on June 6, 2011
Umm…Where is Remember Me!?
I love that you have Lars and the Real Girl = love that movie! Very good list. Do you own most of these?
My dear nephew…for two people who hardly know each other, we sure have similar tastes in movies. Thrilled that The Big Lebowski made #10…hooray for the dude!! Where is ‘The Big Chill’? It would appall you but I would have to add ‘The Way We Were’…for all it’s schmaltz, I still love. Saw it only a few months ago and blubbed all the way through it!! Am I seeing you in November?
Also…please see Super 8 and give me a review. It looks pretty good in the trailers and I love JJ Abrahms.
1. Shut up, Kevin.
2. I don’t even own half of these.
3. I’m planning on being there in November.
4. Don’t you worry.
Wow! Good taste! I’m especially impressed with how many you picked that are “Pre-Kyle” — you know — produced before 1985!
BTW — our best 100 movie list universes overlap by about a dozen…I’m SURE you MEANT to include The Seven Samurai, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Game, Galaxy Quest, The Return of the King, and Kick Ass?
I’m pretty sure The Seven Samurai was considered as a candidate, but I couldn’t make it fit, Rashomon’s there so Kurosawa is represented.
I honestly haven’t seen To Kill A Mockingbird in a very long time, so I can’t say for sure where it would land.
I like The Game and Galaxy Quest as much as the next guy, but they’re not in my top 100.
I absolutely did not forget Kick Ass.