Sunday, December 9, 2007

My 100 Favourite Films of All-Time

I wanted to blog this list to welcome comments. This is the first Top films list I am thoroughly satisfied with, as I believe it accurately represents the 100 films I've enjoyed, respected and admired most over the course of my young film history. Ranked in order of personal adulation, the 100 greatest:

1.
Casablanca (1942, Michael Curtiz)
2. Before Sunrise/Sunset (1995/2004, Richard Linklater)
3. Titanic (1997, James Cameron)
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, Stanley Kubrick)
5. Citizen Kane (1941, Orson Welles)
6. It's a Wonderful Life (1946, Frank Capra)
7. Amadeus (1984, Milos Forman)
8.
Grave of the Fireflies (1988, Isao Takahata)
9. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964, Jacques Demy)
10. Contact (1997, Robert Zemeckis)
11. Pulp Fiction (1994, Quentin Tarantino)
12.
Cinema Paradiso (1988, Giuseppe Tornatore)
13. Raging Bull (1980, Martin Scorsese)
14. Red (1994, Krzysztof Kieslowski)
15.
Lost in Translation (2003, Sofia Coppola)
16. The Godfather/II (1972/1974, Francis Ford Coppola)
17. Love Me If You Dare (2003, Yann Samuell)
18. Schindler's List (1993, Steven Spielberg)
19.
City Lights (1931, Charles Chaplin)
20. The Fountain (2006, Darren Aronofsky)
21.
A.I. (2001, Steven Spielberg)
22.
Memento (2000, Christopher Nolan)
23.
The Usual Suspects (1995, Bryan Singer)
24. Annie Hall (1977, Woody Allen)
25.
Minority Report (2002, Steven Spielberg)
26.
The Apartment (1960, Billy Wilder)
27.
All About Eve (1950, Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
28.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954, Stanley Donen)
29.
Waking Life (2001, Richard Linklater)
30.
Fight Club (1999, David Fincher)
31. No Country for Old Men (2007, Joel & Ethan Coen)
32.
Some Like It Hot (1959, Billy Wilder)
33.
Wings of Desire (1987, Wim Wenders)
34.
Vertigo (1958, Alfred Hitchcock)
35.
Chinatown (1974, Roman Polanski)
36. Happy Feet (2006, George Miller)
37.
The Lord of the Rings (2001/02/03, Peter Jackson)
38.
Requiem for a Dream (2000, Darren Aronofsky)
39. Patton (1970, Franklin J. Schaffner)
40. Mulholland Dr. (2001, David Lynch)
41.
Whisper of the Heart (1995, Yoshifumi Kondo)
42.
Goodfellas (1990, Martin Scorsese)
43. Stand by Me (1986, Rob Reiner)
44.
Leaving Las Vegas (1995, Mike Figgis)
45. United 93 (2006, Paul Greengrass)
46.
High Noon (1952, Fred Zinnemann)
47.
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962, Robert Mulligan)
48. Gone with the Wind (1939, Victor Fleming)
49.
The Philadelphia Story (1940, George Cukor)
50. The Grapes of Wrath (1940, John Ford)
51. Platoon (1986, Oliver Stone)
52. L’Avventura (1960, Michelangelo Antonioni)
53.
Summer Interlude (1951, Ingmar Bergman)
54. Bye Bye Birdie (1963, George Sidney)
55.
Do the Right Thing (1989, Spike Lee)
56. Blade Runner (1982, Ridley Scott)
57. Pinocchio (1940, Hamilton Luske)
58. The New World (2005, Terrence Malick)
59.
The Princess Bride (1987, Rob Reiner)
60. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992, James Foley)
61.
Amelie (2001, Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
62.
Raise the Red Lantern (1991, Yimou Zhang)
63. Seven (1995, David Fincher)
64. Fantasia (1940, James Algar)
65. Match Point (2005, Woody Allen)
66. In the Mood for Love (2000, Kar Wai Wong)
67. Sin City (2005, Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez)
68. Swimming Pool (2003, François Ozon)
69. Casino Royale (2006, Martin Campbell)
70. Gladiator (2000, Ridley Scott)
71. The Spanish Prisoner (1998, David Mamet)
72. The Departed (2006, Martin Scorsese)
73.
Rebecca (1940, Alfred Hitchcock)
74.
Psycho (1960, Alfred Hitchcock)
75. A Clockwork Orange (1971, Stanley Kubrick)
76. A Fish Called Wanda (1988, Charles Crichton)
77. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, Michel Gondry)
78. Identity (2003, James Mangold)
79. Fargo (1996, Joel & Ethan Coen)
80. Hilary and Jackie (1998, Anand Tucker)
81. An Affair to Remember (1957, Leo McCarey)
82. Munich (2005, Steven Spielberg)
83. The Sixth Sense (1999. M. Night Shyamalan)
84. Almost Famous (2000, Cameron Crowe)
85. Reservoir Dogs (1992, Quentin Tarantino)
86. As Good As It Gets (1997, James L. Brooks)
87. American Beauty (1999, Sam Mendes)
88. Dead Man Walking (1995, Tim Robbins)
89. Moulin Rouge! (2001, Baz Luhrmann)
90. Unbreakable (2000, M. Night Shyamalan)
91. He Loves Me… He Loves Me Not (2002, Laetitia Colombani)
92. Olivier, Olivier (1992, Agnieszka Holland)
93. House of Games (1987, David Mamet)
94. Cast Away (2000, Robert Zemeckis)
95. A Few Good Men (1992, Rob Reiner)
96.
The Wizard of Oz (1939, Victor Fleming)
97. Spider-Man 2 (2004, Sam Raimi)
98. Rear Window (1954, Alfred Hitchcock)
99.
Sweet Smell of Success (1957, Alexander Mackendrick)
100. Double Indemnity (1944, Billy Wilder)

1 comment:

  1. Odd list. I love LiT at #19. But then... Identity is higher than ACO and ESOTSM? Taxi Driver is number 98? Contact is not only on your list, but it's also in the top ten?

    You're a strange one, gotta give ya that.

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