The first year I did this (“locking” my “top movies of all time” list at the end of the year) it seemed a little pointless, but this is the fifth time now and it’s proving to be as good a snapshot as any of who I was at a particular point in time – the number one has changed every time, just for instance, but tons have dropped out the bottom too, lol. I still don’t have reviews of all these, for shame, but it’s one of the lamer things on my personal “stuff to do before you’re 30” list so hopefully when I lock it up next year I’ll be able to fully explain my decisions

1. Harold and Maude Hal Ashby
2. The Rocky Horror Picture Show Jim Sharman
3. Almost Famous: Untitled Cameron Crowe
4. The Exorcist: The Version You’ve Never Seen William Friedkin
5. The Birds Alfred Hitchcock
6. The Bad Seed Mervyn LeRoy
7. La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc Carl Dreyer
8. Schindler’s List Steven Spielberg
9. The Fisher King Terry Gilliam
10. The Strawberry Statement Stuart Hagmann
11. The Wizard of Oz Victor Fleming
12. Buffalo ’66 Vincent Gallo
13. Pieces of April Peter Hedges
14. Uptown Girls Boaz Yakin
15. Tarzan Kevin Lima, Chris Buck
16. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Jacques Demy
17. Cinema Paradiso Giuseppe Tornatore
18. Magnolia Paul Thomas Anderson
19. The Ninth Configuration William Peter Blatty
20. The Rules of Attraction Roger Avary
21. Punch-Drunk Love Paul Thomas Anderson
22. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Kelly Asbury, Lorna Cook
23. Once Upon a Time in America Sergio Leone
24. Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee
25. Natural Born Killers Oliver Stone
26. War of the Worlds Steven Spielberg
27. V for Vendetta James McTeigue
28. Whistle Down the Wind Bryan Forbes
29. Artificial Intelligence: AI Steven Spielberg
30. Lawn Dogs John Duigan
31. Tideland Terry Gilliam
32. Riding in Cars with Boys Penny Marshall
33. The Iron Giant Brad Bird
34. Once Upon a Time in the West Sergio Leone
35. A Home at the End of the World Michael Mayer
36. Man on Fire Tony Scott
37. The Innocents Jack Clayton
38. Moulin Rouge! Baz Luhrmann
39. Vol. 2 Quentin Tarantino
40. Palindromes Todd Solondz
41. Millions Danny Boyle
42. Fahrenheit 9/11 Michael Moore
43. The End of the Affair [1999] Neil Jordan
44. Felicia’s Journey Atom Egoyan
45. Girl, Interrupted James Mangold
46. Marnie Alfred Hitchcock
47. Carrie Brian De Palma
48. The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane Nicholas Gessner
49. Heavenly Creatures Peter Jackson
50. Mandy aka Crash of Silence Alexander Mackendrick
51. Lolita Adrian Lyne
52. Two for the Road Stanley Donen
53. Robin and Marian Richard Lester
54. Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle Eric Rohmer
55. Niagara Niagara Bob Gosse
56. Show Me Love/ Fucking Åmål Lukas Moodysson
57. May Lucky McKee
58. Limelight Charlie Chaplin
59. The Big Sleep [1946] Howard Hawks
60. Citizen Kane Orson Welles
61. Vertigo Alfred Hitchcock
62. The Godfather Part II Francis Ford Coppola
63. Les Yeux Sans Visage Georges Franju
64. Pink Floyd The Wall Alan Parker
65. A Clockwork Orange Stanley Kubrick
66. The Truman Show Peter Weir
67. The Big Lebowski Joel Coen
68. The Opposite of Sex Don Roos
69. The Horse Whisperer Robert Redford
70. Moonlight Mile Brad Silberling
71. Run Lola Run Tom Tykwer
72. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Peter Jackson
73. Edward Scissorhands Tim Burton
74. Ed Wood Tim Burton
75. The Girl on the Bridge Patrice Leconte
76. Bringing Out the Dead Martin Scorsese
77. The Ninth Gate Roman Polanski
78. Fight Club David Fincher
79. Vanilla Sky Cameron Crowe
80. Babel Alejandro González Iñárritu
81. Once John Carney
82. The Prestige Christopher Nolan
83. The Fountain Darren Aronofsky
84. Shame Ingmar Bergman
85. Yentl Barbra Streisand
86. Easy Rider Dennis Hopper
87. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Stanley Kubrick
88. Dawn of the Dead [1978] George Romero
89. Léon: The Professional Luc Besson
90. All That Jazz Bob Fosse
91. The Hudsucker Proxy Joel Coen
92. The Wicker Man Robin Hardy
93. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Michel Gondry
94. Breaking the Waves Lars Von Trier
95. I Am Sam Jessie Nelson
96. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut Trey Parker
97. In America Jim Sheridan
98. Basquiat Julian Schnabel
99. Spirited Away Hiyao Miyazaki
100. Donnie Darko [Theatrical Cut] Richard Kelly

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