The Movie Review and Discussion Thread

[DjMethod]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Here we go, my 100 films everyone needs to see

[Show spoiler]1. (500) Days of Summer
2. 127 Hours
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
4. A Clockwork Orange
5. Alien
6. Aliens
7. American History X
8. Anchorman
9. Apocalypse Now
10. Battle Royale
11. Big Trouble in Little China
12. Black Dynamite
13. Black Swan
14. Blade Runner
15. Brazil
16. Brick
17. Buried
18. Casino Royale
19. Children of Men
20. Citizen Kane
21. City of God
22. Dark City
23. Dead Alive
24. Dead Man's Shoes
25. Die Hard
26. Dirty Harry
27. District 9
28. Dollar Trilogy
29. Donnie Darko
30. Drive
31. Enter the Dragon
32. E.T
33. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
34. Evil Dead 2
35. Exit Through The Gift Shop
36. Fantastic Mr. Fox
37. Fargo
38. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
39. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
40. Fight Club
41. Forrest Gump
42. Four Lions
43. Garden State
44. Goldfinger
45. Goodfellas
46. Gran Torino
47. [Insert any Harry Potter film here] - My choice being Chamber of Secrets
48. Hot Fuzz
49. Hunger
50. In Bruges
51. Inception
52. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
53. Kes
54. Kick-Ass
55. Kill Bill Vol 1
56. Let the Right One In
57. Life is Beautiful
58. Limitless
59. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
60. Memento
61. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
62. Moon
63. Mulholland Drive
64. No Country for Old Men
65. Oldboy
66. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
67. Pan's Labyrinth
68. Rango
69. [REC]
70. Requiem for a Dream
71. Reservoir Dogs
72. Schindler's List
73. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
74. Se7en
75. Sin City
76. Snatch
77. Son of Rambow
78. Submarine
79. Super 8
80. Superbad
81. Taxi Driver
82. Team America: World Police
83. The Artist
84. The Big Lebowski
85. The Descent
86. The Godfather
87. The Goonies
88. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
89. The Room
90. The Shining
91. The Silence of the Lambs
92. The Social Network
93. The Thing
94. The Usual Suspects
95. Tinker Tailor Solider Spy
96. Total Recall
97. Toy Story
98. True Romance
99. Wall.e
100. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Quite a few wildcards in there thrown in for odd reasons, slate it all you like

76/100 I've seen.
18/100 are in my top 100.
Most notable unseen: Battle Royale

[menaceuk]

Originally Posted by Steve46

With my 100 movies series now complete, any comments?

What did you like?

Any unworthy inclusions or glaring omissions?

Here's the full list with my rationale:

Below is an ongoing alphabetical list of movies covered in my 100 movies to see before you die. Each title links to the review. For an explanation of how these titles were picked, please scroll down.

[Show spoiler]1. 12 Angry Men
2. 127 Hours
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
4. The 400 Blows
5. Alien
6. Amelie
7. American Beauty
8. As Good as It Gets
9. Avatar
10. Babel
11. Bambi
12. Baraka
13. Being There
14. Black Swan
15. Blow Out
16. The Bourne Trilogy
17. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
18. The Bicycle Thief / Bicycle Thieves
19. Cache (Hidden)
20. Cast Away
21. Chungking Express
22. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
23. Closer
24. Control
25. The Dark Knight
26. Dead Poets Society
27. The Departed
28. Die Hard
29. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
30. Dog Day Afternoon
31. The Double Life of Veronique
32. Doubt
33. The Elephant Man
34. El Norte
35. Falling Down
36. Fantastic Mr. Fox
37. Fargo
38. Field of Dreams
39. Fight Club
40. Freedom Writers
41. Frost/Nixon
42. Gran Torino
43. Grave of the Fireflies
44. The Great Escape
45. I Am Legend
46. Jaws
47. Juno
48. Kes
49. Kill Bill Vol. 1
50. The King's Speech
51. Leon: The Professional
52. The Lives of Others
53. Lolita
54. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
55. Love Actually
56. The Matrix
57. Memento
58. Midnight in Paris
59. Million Dollar Baby
60. The Mist
61. Moneyball
62. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
63. Moon
64. Mulholland Dr.
65. My Neighbor Totoro
66. Once
67. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
68. Paris, Texas
69. Pay It Forward
70. Play Time
71. The Prestige
72. Psycho
73. Pulp Fiction
74. The Pursuit of Happyness
75. Rabbit Hole
76. Ratatouille
77. The Reader
78. Revanche
79. Seabiscuit
80. The Shawshank Redemption
81. The Shining
82. The Silence of the Lambs
83. Spirited Away
84. Stop Making Sense
85. Sunshine Cleaning
86. Taken
87. Taxi Driver
88. There Will Be Blood
89. Three Colors Red
90. Up in the Air
91. Vertigo
92. Wall Street
93. The Warriors
94. Wings of Desire
95. The World's Fastest Indian

As I was working through my initial list of 100 movies, I found that five titles were no longer as good as I remembered them. For that reason, the final five entries were added after the initial list was exhausted and will not appear in alphabetical order.

96. Bottle Rocket
97. Apollo 13
98. The Descendants
99. No Country for Old Men
100. Broadcast News

Have you ever read a list like this before?

Doesn't it seem a little arrogant to believe that if you like something it should be seen by everyone?

Think about it logically for a moment. Movies appeal to different people for different reasons. If you detest musicals, do you really want to watch The Sound of Music or The Wizard of Oz? If you don't like violence, will you enjoy Casino or Goodfellas? If you can't bear to watch a subtitled film, will you subject yourself to Das Boot or The Bicycle Thief?

Some people will never watch a black and white film. Others will avoid movies in which an animal dies or gets hurt.

Do you avoid movies with nudity, swearing, or extreme sadness? Can you sit down and watch something that runs for three or four hours, or will you only watch shorter movies?

Do you avoid certain genres or find yourself only watching comedy or action movies?

There is so much to consider when recommending a movie to other people. I regularly try to suggest titles to three or four different groups of friends. I want them to enjoy my selections, but I also want to wow them or broaden their horizons. It's enjoyable seeing friends react when they are watching a movie you have seen several times. Well, it's enjoyable if they end up liking it. It's not much fun knowing that you wasted two hours of someone's life. It doesn't matter how well you think you know a person, one tiny little scene can ruin the movie for them.

With all that in mind, it's clearly impossible to make a sweeping statement such as, "Here are 100 movies you must see before you die." That list differs depending on your audience.

How do you even judge which 100 should be on your list? Should you include movies that introduced ideas or techniques which changed the way movies were made? What about just listing your 100 favorites? Could you even determine your 100 favorites, or would your list have changed by the time you finished compiling it?

What is the purpose of such a list anyway? Are you trying to show people that you have a vast amount of film knowledge? Or are you brave enough to list personal favorites that you know will be ridiculed by some of your audience?

Is the list for you, or is it for your audience?

In my case, I have decided to include 100 movies which are important to me in some way. I admire everything on the list, but the reasons for choosing each title vary. I have also decided not to just list 100 movies I love. I'm a fan of certain directors and actors, but including everything they have produced serves very little purpose.

One of the aims of this exercise is to introduce you to new movies. The best way I can think of to do that is to suggest other titles you may like if you like one of the 100 on my list. So, for each movie, I will include suggestions for similar films.

You have probably noticed that if I do that I'll have considerably more films than 100. Not only that, you'll realize that if you don't like 50 of the films on my list, there's very little point in investigating suggestions related to those particular titles. That's the idea.

I hope that my ramblings so far make some kind of sense and that you see what I am trying for here. I'm not an authority on film like Roger Ebert. He's been around a long time and has been reviewing films for a living for over 40 years.

I'm passionate about film and have been around a while too, but I wasn't always the person I am now. The importance of film is still quite a new realization to me and exploring the medium has only been a big part of my life for the past five years.

If I omit one of your favorites, it may mean that I simply haven't seen it. Or it could mean that it's just not my kind of film. Many on the following list will be loved by some of you and despised by others. There probably aren't two people on earth who would list exactly the same 100 films on a list like this.

Now that you know my reasoning, intent and (lack of) qualifications, I'll start the list. It will be in alphabetical order and I'll add to it when I have the time and inspiration.

Originally Posted by surfdude12

my top 100:

[Show spoiler]
1 2001: A Space Odyssey
2 Mulholland Drive
3 Tree of Life
4 Apocalypse Now Redux
5 Eyes Wide Shut
6 Gone With The Wind
7 Lives of Others
8 Last Year at Marienbad
9 Playtime
10 Memento
11 The Fountain
12 There Will be Blood
13 Black Narcissus
14 Howards End
15 Citizen Kane
16 The Thin Red Line
17 Triangle
18 Barry Lyndon
19 Baraka
20 Wings of Desire
21 Revanche
22 A Clockwork Orange
23 The Third Man
24 The Shining
25 28 Up
26 Dark City
27 Psycho
28 Amadeus
29 The 400 Blows
30 The Orphanage
31 The Wizard of Oz
32 Godfather 2
33 Godfather 1
34 Dawn of the Dead (78)
35 Halloween (78)
36 Magnolia
37 El Norte
38 Fish Tank
39 Rear Window
40 Casino
41 The Leopard
42 Monty Python and Holy Grail
43 Seven Samurai
44 Walkabout
45 Pan's Labrynth
46 Black Swan
47 The Ring
48 Casablanca
49 Babel
50 The Seventh Seal
51 Big Fish
52 Vanilla Sky
53 Kingdom of Heaven
54 Vertigo
55 28 Days Later
56 The Others
57 Braveheart
58 Gladiator
59 Unforgiven
60 Cast Away
61 Cinderella Man
62 Corpse Bride
63 Dances With Wolves
64 The Descent
65 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
66 It’s A Wonderful Life
67 Schindler's List
68 Karate Kid
69 The Fall
70 City of God
71 The New World
72 The Blair Witch Project
73 Fargo
74 The Passion of the Christ
75 Requiem for a Dream
76 Summer Hours
77 The Shawshank Redemption
78 The Silence of the Lambs
79 Tell No One
80 Coraline
81 Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
82 Jaws
83 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
84 Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf
85 Gandhi
86 8 1/2
87 Insomnia
88 Groundhog Day
89 Terminator 1
90 Terminator 2
91 LOTR: A Fellowship of the Ring
92 The Last Emperor
93 Sweeney Todd
94 Taxi Driver
95 Paris Texas
96 Bram Stoker's Dracula
97 Everlasting Moments
98 127 Hours
99 King Kong (2005)
100 Repulsion

Originally Posted by Foggy

Here we go, my 100 films everyone needs to see

[Show spoiler]1. (500) Days of Summer
2. 127 Hours
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
4. A Clockwork Orange
5. Alien
6. Aliens
7. American History X
8. Anchorman
9. Apocalypse Now
10. Battle Royale
11. Big Trouble in Little China
12. Black Dynamite
13. Black Swan
14. Blade Runner
15. Brazil
16. Brick
17. Buried
18. Casino Royale
19. Children of Men
20. Citizen Kane
21. City of God
22. Dark City
23. Dead Alive
24. Dead Man's Shoes
25. Die Hard
26. Dirty Harry
27. District 9
28. Dollar Trilogy
29. Donnie Darko
30. Drive
31. Enter the Dragon
32. E.T
33. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
34. Evil Dead 2
35. Exit Through The Gift Shop
36. Fantastic Mr. Fox
37. Fargo
38. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
39. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
40. Fight Club
41. Forrest Gump
42. Four Lions
43. Garden State
44. Goldfinger
45. Goodfellas
46. Gran Torino
47. [Insert any Harry Potter film here] - My choice being Chamber of Secrets
48. Hot Fuzz
49. Hunger
50. In Bruges
51. Inception
52. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
53. Kes
54. Kick-Ass
55. Kill Bill Vol 1
56. Let the Right One In
57. Life is Beautiful
58. Limitless
59. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
60. Memento
61. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
62. Moon
63. Mulholland Drive
64. No Country for Old Men
65. Oldboy
66. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
67. Pan's Labyrinth
68. Rango
69. [REC]
70. Requiem for a Dream
71. Reservoir Dogs
72. Schindler's List
73. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
74. Se7en
75. Sin City
76. Snatch
77. Son of Rambow
78. Submarine
79. Super 8
80. Superbad
81. Taxi Driver
82. Team America: World Police
83. The Artist
84. The Big Lebowski
85. The Descent
86. The Godfather
87. The Goonies
88. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
89. The Room
90. The Shining
91. The Silence of the Lambs
92. The Social Network
93. The Thing
94. The Usual Suspects
95. Tinker Tailor Solider Spy
96. Total Recall
97. Toy Story
98. True Romance
99. Wall.e
100. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Quite a few wildcards in there thrown in for odd reasons, slate it all you like

3 top 100 Lists and not one of you have Take shelter or Winters Bone on there


Good Lists though Guys

[DjMethod]

Originally Posted by surfdude12

my top 100:

[Show spoiler]
1 2001: A Space Odyssey
2 Mulholland Drive
3 Tree of Life
4 Apocalypse Now Redux
5 Eyes Wide Shut
6 Gone With The Wind
7 Lives of Others
8 Last Year at Marienbad
9 Playtime
10 Memento
11 The Fountain
12 There Will be Blood
13 Black Narcissus
14 Howards End
15 Citizen Kane
16 The Thin Red Line
17 Triangle
18 Barry Lyndon
19 Baraka
20 Wings of Desire
21 Revanche
22 A Clockwork Orange
23 The Third Man
24 The Shining
25 28 Up
26 Dark City
27 Psycho
28 Amadeus
29 The 400 Blows
30 The Orphanage
31 The Wizard of Oz
32 Godfather 2
33 Godfather 1
34 Dawn of the Dead (78)
35 Halloween (78)
36 Magnolia
37 El Norte
38 Fish Tank
39 Rear Window
40 Casino
41 The Leopard
42 Monty Python and Holy Grail
43 Seven Samurai
44 Walkabout
45 Pan's Labrynth
46 Black Swan
47 The Ring
48 Casablanca
49 Babel
50 The Seventh Seal
51 Big Fish
52 Vanilla Sky
53 Kingdom of Heaven
54 Vertigo
55 28 Days Later
56 The Others
57 Braveheart
58 Gladiator
59 Unforgiven
60 Cast Away
61 Cinderella Man
62 Corpse Bride
63 Dances With Wolves
64 The Descent
65 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
66 It’s A Wonderful Life
67 Schindler's List
68 Karate Kid
69 The Fall
70 City of God
71 The New World
72 The Blair Witch Project
73 Fargo
74 The Passion of the Christ
75 Requiem for a Dream
76 Summer Hours
77 The Shawshank Redemption
78 The Silence of the Lambs
79 Tell No One
80 Coraline
81 Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
82 Jaws
83 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
84 Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf
85 Gandhi
86 8 1/2
87 Insomnia
88 Groundhog Day
89 Terminator 1
90 Terminator 2
91 LOTR: A Fellowship of the Ring
92 The Last Emperor
93 Sweeney Todd
94 Taxi Driver
95 Paris Texas
96 Bram Stoker's Dracula
97 Everlasting Moments
98 127 Hours
99 King Kong (2005)
100 Repulsion

81/100 I've seen.
26/100 are in my top 100.
Most notable unseen: El Norte

For some reason I figured Veronique would make your list. Really like this list though.

[surfdude12]

Originally Posted by DjMethod

For some reason I figured Veronique would make your list. Really like this list though.

Thanks for pointing that out. It was about 6 months old (before I saw Veronique). I just updated it.

Added: Double Life Veronique, The Artist, 12 Angry Men, Yojimbo, To Kill A Mockingbird and The Notebook.

The first 4 I just watched in the past 6 months for the first time.

new top 100:

[Show spoiler]
1 2001: A Space Odyssey
2 Mulholland Drive
3 Tree of Life
4 Apocalypse Now Redux
5 Eyes Wide Shut
6 Gone With The Wind
7 Lives of Others
8 Last Year at Marienbad
9 Playtime
10 Memento
11 The Fountain
12 There Will be Blood
13 Black Narcissus
14 Howards End
15 Citizen Kane
16 The Thin Red Line
17 Triangle
18 Barry Lyndon
19 Baraka
20 Wings of Desire
21 Revanche
22 A Clockwork Orange
23 The Third Man
24 The Shining
25 28 Up
26 Dark City
27 Psycho
28 Amadeus
29 The 400 Blows
30 The Orphanage
31 The Wizard of Oz
32 Godfather 2
33 Godfather 1
34 Dawn of the Dead (78)
35 Halloween (78)
36 Magnolia
37 El Norte
38 Fish Tank
39 Rear Window
40 Casino
41 Double Life of Veronique
42 Monty Python and Holy Grail
43 Seven Samurai
44 The New World
45 Pan's Labrynth
46 Black Swan
47 The Ring
48 Casablanca
49 Babel
50 The Seventh Seal
51 Big Fish
52 Vanilla Sky
53 Kingdom of Heaven
54 Vertigo
55 28 Days Later
56 The Others
57 Braveheart
58 Gladiator
59 To Kill A Mockingbird
60 The Artist
61 Cinderella Man
62 The Notebook
63 Dances With Wolves
64 The Descent
65 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
66 It’s A Wonderful Life
67 Schindler's List
68 Karate Kid
69 The Fall
70 City of God
71 Walkabout
72 The Blair Witch Project
73 Fargo
74 The Passion of the Christ
75 Requiem for a Dream
76 The Leopard
77 The Shawshank Redemption
78 The Silence of the Lambs
79 Tell No One
80 Coraline
81 Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
82 Jaws
83 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
84 Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf
85 Gandhi
86 8 1/2
87 Insomnia
88 Groundhog Day
89 Yojimbo
90 Terminator 2
91 LOTR: A Fellowship of the Ring
92 12 Angry Men
93 Sweeney Todd
94 Taxi Driver
95 Paris Texas
96 Bram Stoker's Dracula
97 Everlasting Moments
98 127 Hours
99 King Kong (2005)
100 Repulsion

[DjMethod]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

I hated both as well. Not because my personal taste didnt allow me to enjoy them, but because they are objectively confirmed trash. Right down there with Breathless.

[Show spoiler]

[Steve46]

Originally Posted by DjMethod

77/100 I've seen.
26/100 are in my top 100.
Most notable unseen: American Beauty.

I found it interesting that you left out several of the all-time classics, but it's the omissions that make your inclusions stand that much stronger, as recommendations to me or even as films I've never thought twice about after watching (like Freedom Writers).

Like others on here, I've been following your list, posts, and tweets as you made this list over the past few months. I haven't read all of the reviews but it is a solid list in my opinion and definitely has a bunch of unseen movies I've added to my to-watch list. I even listed them in my iPhone notes for a handy reference next time I'm renting. Very unique collection of titles. Well done Steve.



+1

Yep, it was truly my list. I wasn't trying to impress anyone by adding Citizen Kane or The Godfather.

We do seem to agree on a lot, but I am flattered you would place so much significance on my opinion

[Steve46]

Originally Posted by menaceuk

[/spoiler]




3 top 100 Lists and not one of you have Take shelter or Winters Bone on there


Good Lists though Guys

I do own both and have seen them once each. I enjoyed Take Shelter more than Winter's Bone.

[DjMethod]

Originally Posted by Steve46

Yep, it was truly my list. I wasn't trying to impress anyone by adding Citizen Kane or The Godfather.

We do seem to agree on a lot, but I am flattered you would place so much significance on my opinion

I'm going to post my list now in doses, but not as dramatic as you though...

[DjMethod]

Originally Posted by surfdude12

Thanks for pointing that out. It was about 6 months old (before I saw Veronique). I just updated it.

Added: Double Life Veronique, The Artist, 12 Angry Men, Yojimbo, To Kill A Mockingbird and The Notebook.

The first 4 I just watched in the past 6 months for the first time.

new top 100:

[Show spoiler]
1 2001: A Space Odyssey
2 Mulholland Drive
3 Tree of Life
4 Apocalypse Now Redux
5 Eyes Wide Shut
6 Gone With The Wind
7 Lives of Others
8 Last Year at Marienbad
9 Playtime
10 Memento
11 The Fountain
12 There Will be Blood
13 Black Narcissus
14 Howards End
15 Citizen Kane
16 The Thin Red Line
17 Triangle
18 Barry Lyndon
19 Baraka
20 Wings of Desire
21 Revanche
22 A Clockwork Orange
23 The Third Man
24 The Shining
25 28 Up
26 Dark City
27 Psycho
28 Amadeus
29 The 400 Blows
30 The Orphanage
31 The Wizard of Oz
32 Godfather 2
33 Godfather 1
34 Dawn of the Dead (78)
35 Halloween (78)
36 Magnolia
37 El Norte
38 Fish Tank
39 Rear Window
40 Casino
41 Double Life of Veronique
42 Monty Python and Holy Grail
43 Seven Samurai
44 The New World
45 Pan's Labrynth
46 Black Swan
47 The Ring
48 Casablanca
49 Babel
50 The Seventh Seal
51 Big Fish
52 Vanilla Sky
53 Kingdom of Heaven
54 Vertigo
55 28 Days Later
56 The Others
57 Braveheart
58 Gladiator
59 To Kill A Mockingbird
60 The Artist
61 Cinderella Man
62 The Notebook
63 Dances With Wolves
64 The Descent
65 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
66 It’s A Wonderful Life
67 Schindler's List
68 Karate Kid
69 The Fall
70 City of God
71 Walkabout
72 The Blair Witch Project
73 Fargo
74 The Passion of the Christ
75 Requiem for a Dream
76 The Leopard
77 The Shawshank Redemption
78 The Silence of the Lambs
79 Tell No One
80 Coraline
81 Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
82 Jaws
83 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
84 Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf
85 Gandhi
86 8 1/2
87 Insomnia
88 Groundhog Day
89 Yojimbo
90 Terminator 2
91 LOTR: A Fellowship of the Ring
92 12 Angry Men
93 Sweeney Todd
94 Taxi Driver
95 Paris Texas
96 Bram Stoker's Dracula
97 Everlasting Moments
98 127 Hours
99 King Kong (2005)
100 Repulsion

LMAO glad I helped you realize it

[Steve46]

Originally Posted by surfdude12

Thanks for pointing that out. It was about 6 months old (before I saw Veronique). I just updated it.

Added: Double Life Veronique, The Artist, 12 Angry Men, Yojimbo, To Kill A Mockingbird and The Notebook.

The first 4 I just watched in the past 6 months for the first time.

new top 100:

[Show spoiler]
1 2001: A Space Odyssey
2 Mulholland Drive
3 Tree of Life
4 Apocalypse Now Redux
5 Eyes Wide Shut
6 Gone With The Wind
7 Lives of Others
8 Last Year at Marienbad
9 Playtime
10 Memento
11 The Fountain
12 There Will be Blood
13 Black Narcissus
14 Howards End
15 Citizen Kane
16 The Thin Red Line
17 Triangle
18 Barry Lyndon
19 Baraka
20 Wings of Desire
21 Revanche
22 A Clockwork Orange
23 The Third Man
24 The Shining
25 28 Up
26 Dark City
27 Psycho
28 Amadeus
29 The 400 Blows
30 The Orphanage
31 The Wizard of Oz
32 Godfather 2
33 Godfather 1
34 Dawn of the Dead (78)
35 Halloween (78)
36 Magnolia
37 El Norte
38 Fish Tank
39 Rear Window
40 Casino
41 Double Life of Veronique
42 Monty Python and Holy Grail
43 Seven Samurai
44 The New World
45 Pan's Labrynth
46 Black Swan
47 The Ring
48 Casablanca
49 Babel
50 The Seventh Seal
51 Big Fish
52 Vanilla Sky
53 Kingdom of Heaven
54 Vertigo
55 28 Days Later
56 The Others
57 Braveheart
58 Gladiator
59 To Kill A Mockingbird
60 The Artist
61 Cinderella Man
62 The Notebook
63 Dances With Wolves
64 The Descent
65 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
66 It’s A Wonderful Life
67 Schindler's List
68 Karate Kid
69 The Fall
70 City of God
71 Walkabout
72 The Blair Witch Project
73 Fargo
74 The Passion of the Christ
75 Requiem for a Dream
76 The Leopard
77 The Shawshank Redemption
78 The Silence of the Lambs
79 Tell No One
80 Coraline
81 Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
82 Jaws
83 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
84 Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf
85 Gandhi
86 8 1/2
87 Insomnia
88 Groundhog Day
89 Yojimbo
90 Terminator 2
91 LOTR: A Fellowship of the Ring
92 12 Angry Men
93 Sweeney Todd
94 Taxi Driver
95 Paris Texas
96 Bram Stoker's Dracula
97 Everlasting Moments
98 127 Hours
99 King Kong (2005)
100 Repulsion

Good to see The Double Life of Veronique added. I'm curious, have you seen Three Colors (particularly Red). I see so many similarities between Veronique and Red.

[Steve46]

Originally Posted by surfdude12

Thanks for pointing that out. It was about 6 months old (before I saw Veronique). I just updated it.

Added: Double Life Veronique, The Artist, 12 Angry Men, Yojimbo, To Kill A Mockingbird and The Notebook.

The first 4 I just watched in the past 6 months for the first time.

new top 100:

[Show spoiler]
1 2001: A Space Odyssey
2 Mulholland Drive
3 Tree of Life
4 Apocalypse Now Redux
5 Eyes Wide Shut
6 Gone With The Wind
7 Lives of Others
8 Last Year at Marienbad
9 Playtime
10 Memento
11 The Fountain
12 There Will be Blood
13 Black Narcissus
14 Howards End
15 Citizen Kane
16 The Thin Red Line
17 Triangle
18 Barry Lyndon
19 Baraka
20 Wings of Desire
21 Revanche
22 A Clockwork Orange
23 The Third Man
24 The Shining
25 28 Up
26 Dark City
27 Psycho
28 Amadeus
29 The 400 Blows
30 The Orphanage
31 The Wizard of Oz
32 Godfather 2
33 Godfather 1
34 Dawn of the Dead (78)
35 Halloween (78)
36 Magnolia
37 El Norte
38 Fish Tank
39 Rear Window
40 Casino
41 Double Life of Veronique
42 Monty Python and Holy Grail
43 Seven Samurai
44 The New World
45 Pan's Labrynth
46 Black Swan
47 The Ring
48 Casablanca
49 Babel
50 The Seventh Seal
51 Big Fish
52 Vanilla Sky
53 Kingdom of Heaven
54 Vertigo
55 28 Days Later
56 The Others
57 Braveheart
58 Gladiator
59 To Kill A Mockingbird
60 The Artist
61 Cinderella Man
62 The Notebook
63 Dances With Wolves
64 The Descent
65 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
66 It’s A Wonderful Life
67 Schindler's List
68 Karate Kid
69 The Fall
70 City of God
71 Walkabout
72 The Blair Witch Project
73 Fargo
74 The Passion of the Christ
75 Requiem for a Dream
76 The Leopard
77 The Shawshank Redemption
78 The Silence of the Lambs
79 Tell No One
80 Coraline
81 Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
82 Jaws
83 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
84 Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf
85 Gandhi
86 8 1/2
87 Insomnia
88 Groundhog Day
89 Yojimbo
90 Terminator 2
91 LOTR: A Fellowship of the Ring
92 12 Angry Men
93 Sweeney Todd
94 Taxi Driver
95 Paris Texas
96 Bram Stoker's Dracula
97 Everlasting Moments
98 127 Hours
99 King Kong (2005)
100 Repulsion

Owned 58/100

Seen 77/100

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by surfdude12

Thanks for pointing that out. It was about 6 months old (before I saw Veronique). I just updated it.

Added: Double Life Veronique, The Artist, 12 Angry Men, Yojimbo, To Kill A Mockingbird and The Notebook.

The first 4 I just watched in the past 6 months for the first time.

new top 100:

[Show spoiler]
1 2001: A Space Odyssey
2 Mulholland Drive
3 Tree of Life
4 Apocalypse Now Redux
5 Eyes Wide Shut
6 Gone With The Wind
7 Lives of Others
8 Last Year at Marienbad
9 Playtime
10 Memento
11 The Fountain
12 There Will be Blood
13 Black Narcissus
14 Howards End
15 Citizen Kane
16 The Thin Red Line
17 Triangle
18 Barry Lyndon
19 Baraka
20 Wings of Desire
21 Revanche
22 A Clockwork Orange
23 The Third Man
24 The Shining
25 28 Up
26 Dark City
27 Psycho
28 Amadeus
29 The 400 Blows
30 The Orphanage
31 The Wizard of Oz
32 Godfather 2
33 Godfather 1
34 Dawn of the Dead (78)
35 Halloween (78)
36 Magnolia
37 El Norte
38 Fish Tank
39 Rear Window
40 Casino
41 Double Life of Veronique
42 Monty Python and Holy Grail
43 Seven Samurai
44 The New World
45 Pan's Labrynth
46 Black Swan
47 The Ring
48 Casablanca
49 Babel
50 The Seventh Seal
51 Big Fish
52 Vanilla Sky
53 Kingdom of Heaven
54 Vertigo
55 28 Days Later
56 The Others
57 Braveheart
58 Gladiator
59 To Kill A Mockingbird
60 The Artist
61 Cinderella Man
62 The Notebook
63 Dances With Wolves
64 The Descent
65 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
66 It’s A Wonderful Life
67 Schindler's List
68 Karate Kid
69 The Fall
70 City of God
71 Walkabout
72 The Blair Witch Project
73 Fargo
74 The Passion of the Christ
75 Requiem for a Dream
76 The Leopard
77 The Shawshank Redemption
78 The Silence of the Lambs
79 Tell No One
80 Coraline
81 Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
82 Jaws
83 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
84 Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf
85 Gandhi
86 8 1/2
87 Insomnia
88 Groundhog Day
89 Yojimbo
90 Terminator 2
91 LOTR: A Fellowship of the Ring
92 12 Angry Men
93 Sweeney Todd
94 Taxi Driver
95 Paris Texas
96 Bram Stoker's Dracula
97 Everlasting Moments
98 127 Hours
99 King Kong (2005)
100 Repulsion

42 I believe

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

Moneyball

Basic good entertainment. Nothing was WOW, but certainly worth a watch.

Film 3.5/5
PQ 4.5/5
AQ 4.5/5

I had a similar reaction. Hope all is well, my friend.

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by surfdude12

thanks bro, wheres yours?

It'd be very difficult to create one, but I'll try my best!

[Steve46]

Originally Posted by surfdude12

Thanks for pointing that out. It was about 6 months old (before I saw Veronique). I just updated it.

Added: Double Life Veronique, The Artist, 12 Angry Men, Yojimbo, To Kill A Mockingbird and The Notebook.

The first 4 I just watched in the past 6 months for the first time.

new top 100:

[Show spoiler]
1 2001: A Space Odyssey
2 Mulholland Drive
3 Tree of Life
4 Apocalypse Now Redux
5 Eyes Wide Shut
6 Gone With The Wind
7 Lives of Others
8 Last Year at Marienbad
9 Playtime
10 Memento
11 The Fountain
12 There Will be Blood
13 Black Narcissus
14 Howards End
15 Citizen Kane
16 The Thin Red Line
17 Triangle
18 Barry Lyndon
19 Baraka
20 Wings of Desire
21 Revanche
22 A Clockwork Orange
23 The Third Man
24 The Shining
25 28 Up
26 Dark City
27 Psycho
28 Amadeus
29 The 400 Blows
30 The Orphanage
31 The Wizard of Oz
32 Godfather 2
33 Godfather 1
34 Dawn of the Dead (78)
35 Halloween (78)
36 Magnolia
37 El Norte
38 Fish Tank
39 Rear Window
40 Casino
41 Double Life of Veronique
42 Monty Python and Holy Grail
43 Seven Samurai
44 The New World
45 Pan's Labrynth
46 Black Swan
47 The Ring
48 Casablanca
49 Babel
50 The Seventh Seal
51 Big Fish
52 Vanilla Sky
53 Kingdom of Heaven
54 Vertigo
55 28 Days Later
56 The Others
57 Braveheart
58 Gladiator
59 To Kill A Mockingbird
60 The Artist
61 Cinderella Man
62 The Notebook
63 Dances With Wolves
64 The Descent
65 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
66 It’s A Wonderful Life
67 Schindler's List
68 Karate Kid
69 The Fall
70 City of God
71 Walkabout
72 The Blair Witch Project
73 Fargo
74 The Passion of the Christ
75 Requiem for a Dream
76 The Leopard
77 The Shawshank Redemption
78 The Silence of the Lambs
79 Tell No One
80 Coraline
81 Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
82 Jaws
83 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
84 Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf
85 Gandhi
86 8 1/2
87 Insomnia
88 Groundhog Day
89 Yojimbo
90 Terminator 2
91 LOTR: A Fellowship of the Ring
92 12 Angry Men
93 Sweeney Todd
94 Taxi Driver
95 Paris Texas
96 Bram Stoker's Dracula
97 Everlasting Moments
98 127 Hours
99 King Kong (2005)
100 Repulsion

Tell No One was one of the last titles I took out of my original draft for the 100. Wonderful suspense.

[DjMethod]

I've always kept a "top" list of movies for as long as I can remember. It's come in many forms, but I have finally settled on a way to keep a definitive list. Although it's a big list, I've worked hard on it and meticulously. Most importantly, as Steve and others have said before in making lists, I stayed true to myself. After all the different types of lists I've made, I have settled on two general criteria:

1. Personal impact and resonance of the film.
2. The degree of importance/power of the film to enrich or move the viewer.

I'll give the first 50 here in alphabetical order.

201-250:

201. 21 Grams
202. (500) Days of Summer
203. The Apartment (1996)
204. Back to the Future
205. Barren Lives
206. Batman Begins
207. A Beautiful Mind
208. Being There
209. Blood Diamond
210. Blue Velvet
211. Chasing Amy
212. Children of Men
213. Chinatown
214. Cries and Whispers
215. Doubt
216. Fantasia (1940)
217. The Freshman (1925)
218. From Dusk Till Dawn
219. Gattaca
220. Hero
221. High and Low
222. In a Lonely Place
223. Jackie Brown
224. Le Samourai
225. Lucky Number Slevin
226. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
227. Midnight in Paris
228. Miller's Crossing
229. Mother
230. Pinocchio
231. The Prestige
232. A Prophet
233. Revanche
234. Road to Perdition
235. The Rules of the Game
236. Scarface
237. Smiles of a Summer Night
238. Sophie's Choice
239. Star Trek
240. Sword of the Stranger
241. Taxi Driver
242. To Kill a Mockingbird
243. The Tree of Life
244. Up
245. V for Vendetta
246. A Very Long Engagement
247. Waking Life
248. Walk the Line
249. The White Ribbon
250. Yojimbo

[jhiggy23]

My top 100, not in any sort of order whatsoever:

[Show spoiler]

1) Beauty and the Beast
2) The Lion King
3) Ratatouille
4) Up
5) 12 Angry Men
6) Army of Shadows
7) Au Revoir Les Enfants
8) Le Cercle Rouge
9) Le Samourai
10) Days of Heaven
11) Diabolique
12) The Double Life of Veronique
13) Everlasting Moments
14) El Norte
15) Sin Nombre
16) M
17) Last Year at Marienbad
18) Orpheus
19) Paris, Texas
20) Play Time
21) Seven Samurai
22) Solaris (2002)
23) The Thin Red Line
24) Badlands
25) On the Waterfront
26) The Return
27) Sophie Scholl
28) Vivre sa Vie
29) Dr. Zhivago
30) The Abyss
31) The Shawshank Redemption
32) 500 Days of Summer
33) Alien
34) Aliens
35) American Beauty
36) Apocalypse Now
37) Atonement
38) The Assassination of Jesse James
39) Black Hawk Down
40) Braveheart
41) Blood Diamond
42) Titanic
43) Casablanca
44) Children of Men
45) Closer
46) Collateral
47) Contempt
48) Judgment at Nuremberg
49) Crazy Stupid Love
50) The Killing Fields
51) Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
52) Hero
53) House of Flying Daggers
54) Donnie Brasco
55) Downfall
56) Forrest Gump
57) Gattaca
58) The Fountain
59) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the good version)
60) The Godfather
61) The Godfather II
63) Halloween
64) Heat
65) Hotel Rwanda
66) The Illusionist
67) The Burmese Harp
68) King Kong (05)
69) The Last Samurai
70) The Lives of Others
71) Into the Wild
72) Midnight in Paris
73) Vicky Cristina Barcelona
74) My Cousin Vinny
75) The New World
76) The Orphanage
77) A Passage to India
78) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
79) Platoon
80) Psycho
81) Red Cliff
82) Raging Bull
83) Road to Perdition
84) The Shining
85) Taxi Driver
86) Tell No One
87) To Kill a Mockingbird
88) Traffic
89) Triangle
90) Tree of Life
91) Matrix
92) The Breakfast Club
93) The Deer Hunter
94) Dial M for Murder
95) Dog Day Afternoon
96) Werckmeister Harmonies
97) Schindler's List
98) Lolita
99) Mystic River
100) Room in Rome

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

My top 100, not in any sort of order whatsoever:

[Show spoiler]

1) Beauty and the Beast
2) The Lion King
3) Ratatouille
4) Up
5) 12 Angry Men
6) Army of Shadows
7) Au Revoir Les Enfants
8) Le Cercle Rouge
9) Le Samourai
10) Days of Heaven
11) Diabolique
12) The Double Life of Veronique
13) Everlasting Moments
14) El Norte
15) Sin Nombre
16) M
17) Last Year at Marienbad
18) Orpheus
19) Paris, Texas
20) Play Time
21) Seven Samurai
22) Solaris (2002)
23) The Thin Red Line
24) Badlands
25) On the Waterfront
26) The Return
27) Sophie Scholl
28) Vivre sa Vie
29) Dr. Zhivago
30) The Abyss
31) The Shawshank Redemption
32) 500 Days of Summer
33) Alien
34) Aliens
35) American Beauty
36) Apocalypse Now
37) Atonement
38) The Assassination of Jesse James
39) Black Hawk Down
40) Braveheart
41) Blood Diamond
42) Titanic
43) Casablanca
44) Children of Men
45) Closer
46) Collateral
47) Contempt
48) Judgment at Nuremberg
49) Crazy Stupid Love
50) The Killing Fields
51) Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
52) Hero
53) House of Flying Daggers
54) Donnie Brasco
55) Downfall
56) Forrest Gump
57) Gattaca
58) The Fountain
59) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the good version)
60) The Godfather
61) The Godfather II
63) Halloween
64) Heat
65) Hotel Rwanda
66) The Illusionist
67) The Burmese Harp
68) King Kong (05)
69) The Last Samurai
70) The Lives of Others
71) Into the Wild
72) Midnight in Paris
73) Vicky Cristina Barcelona
74) My Cousin Vinny
75) The New World
76) The Orphanage
77) A Passage to India
78) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
79) Platoon
80) Psycho
81) Red Cliff
82) Raging Bull
83) Road to Perdition
84) The Shining
85) Taxi Driver
86) Tell No One
87) To Kill a Mockingbird
88) Traffic
89) Triangle
90) Tree of Life
91) Matrix
92) The Breakfast Club
93) The Deer Hunter
94) Dial M for Murder
95) Dog Day Afternoon
96) Werckmeister Harmonies
97) Schindler's List
98) Lolita
99) Mystic River
100) Room in Rome

30/100 But I liked most your choices

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by Foggy

30/100 But I liked most your choices

Thanks! Of the ones you haven't seen, which is the one you want to see the most, if any?

[DjMethod]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

My top 100, not in any sort of order whatsoever:

[Show spoiler]

1) Beauty and the Beast
2) The Lion King
3) Ratatouille
4) Up
5) 12 Angry Men
6) Army of Shadows
7) Au Revoir Les Enfants
8) Le Cercle Rouge
9) Le Samourai
10) Days of Heaven
11) Diabolique
12) The Double Life of Veronique
13) Everlasting Moments
14) El Norte
15) Sin Nombre
16) M
17) Last Year at Marienbad
18) Orpheus
19) Paris, Texas
20) Play Time
21) Seven Samurai
22) Solaris (2002)
23) The Thin Red Line
24) Badlands
25) On the Waterfront
26) The Return
27) Sophie Scholl
28) Vivre sa Vie
29) Dr. Zhivago
30) The Abyss
31) The Shawshank Redemption
32) 500 Days of Summer
33) Alien
34) Aliens
35) American Beauty
36) Apocalypse Now
37) Atonement
38) The Assassination of Jesse James
39) Black Hawk Down
40) Braveheart
41) Blood Diamond
42) Titanic
43) Casablanca
44) Children of Men
45) Closer
46) Collateral
47) Contempt
48) Judgment at Nuremberg
49) Crazy Stupid Love
50) The Killing Fields
51) Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
52) Hero
53) House of Flying Daggers
54) Donnie Brasco
55) Downfall
56) Forrest Gump
57) Gattaca
58) The Fountain
59) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the good version)
60) The Godfather
61) The Godfather II
63) Halloween
64) Heat
65) Hotel Rwanda
66) The Illusionist
67) The Burmese Harp
68) King Kong (05)
69) The Last Samurai
70) The Lives of Others
71) Into the Wild
72) Midnight in Paris
73) Vicky Cristina Barcelona
74) My Cousin Vinny
75) The New World
76) The Orphanage
77) A Passage to India
78) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
79) Platoon
80) Psycho
81) Red Cliff
82) Raging Bull
83) Road to Perdition
84) The Shining
85) Taxi Driver
86) Tell No One
87) To Kill a Mockingbird
88) Traffic
89) Triangle
90) Tree of Life
91) Matrix
92) The Breakfast Club
93) The Deer Hunter
94) Dial M for Murder
95) Dog Day Afternoon
96) Werckmeister Harmonies
97) Schindler's List
98) Lolita
99) Mystic River
100) Room in Rome

76/100 I've seen.
25/100 are also in my top 100.
Most notable unseen: Sin Nombre

You will always be the guy that opened me up to The Fountain. Great list.