My Top 100 Movies [current]

My Top 100 Movies [current]

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  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. La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc Carl Dreyer
  7. The Fisher King Terry Gilliam
  8. The Strawberry Statement Stuart Hagmann
  9. Buffalo ‘66 Vincent Gallo
  10. Pieces of April Peter Hedges
  11. Uptown Girls Boaz Yakin
  12. Tarzan Kevin Lima, Chris Buck
  13. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Jacques Demy
  14. Cinema Paradiso Giuseppe Tornatore
  15. Magnolia Paul Thomas Anderson
  16. The Ninth Configuration William Peter Blatty
  17. The Rules of Attraction Roger Avary
  18. Punch-Drunk Love Paul Thomas Anderson
  19. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Kelly Asbury, Lorna Cook
  20. Once Upon a Time in America Sergio Leone
  21. Schindler’s List Steven Spielberg
  22. V for Vendetta James McTeigue
  23. Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee
  24. Tideland Terry Gilliam
  25. Whistle Down the Wind Bryan Forbes
  26. Artificial Intelligence: AI Steven Spielberg
  27. The Iron Giant Brad Bird
  28. A Home at the End of the World Michael Mayer
  29. Vol. 2 Quentin Tarantino
  30. Man on Fire Tony Scott
  31. The Innocents Jack Clayton
  32. Moulin Rouge! Baz Luhrmann
  33. Palindromes Todd Solondz
  34. Millions Danny Boyle
  35. Fahrenheit 9/11 Michael Moore
  36. The End of the Affair [1999] Neil Jordan
  37. Felicia’s Journey Atom Egoyan
  38. Girl, Interrupted James Mangold
  39. Marnie Alfred Hitchcock
  40. Carrie Brian De Palma
  41. The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane Nicholas Gessner
  42. Heavenly Creatures Peter Jackson
  43. Mandy aka Crash of Silence Alexander Mackendrick
  44. Two for the Road Stanley Donen
  45. Robin and Marian Richard Lester
  46. Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle Eric Rohmer
  47. Niagara Niagara Bob Gosse
  48. Show Me Love/ Fucking Åmål Lukas Moodysson
  49. May Lucky McKee
  50. Limelight Charlie Chaplin
  51. The Big Sleep [1946] Howard Hawks
  52. Citizen Kane Orson Welles
  53. Vertigo Alfred Hitchcock
  54. The Godfather Part II Francis Ford Coppola
  55. Les Yeux Sans Visage Georges Franju
  56. Pink Floyd The Wall Alan Parker
  57. A Clockwork Orange Stanley Kubrick
  58. The Truman Show Peter Weir
  59. Moonlight Mile Brad Silberling
  60. Run Lola Run Tom Tykwer
  61. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Peter Jackson
  62. Edward Scissorhands Tim Burton
  63. Ed Wood Tim Burton
  64. The Girl on the Bridge Patrice Leconte
  65. Bringing Out the Dead Martin Scorsese
  66. The Ninth Gate Roman Polanski
  67. Fight Club David Fincher
  68. Vanilla Sky Cameron Crowe
  69. The Prestige Christopher Nolan
  70. The Fountain Darren Aronofsky
  71. Shame Ingmar Bergman
  72. Yentl Barbra Streisand
  73. Easy Rider Dennis Hopper
  74. Once Upon a Time in the West Sergio Leone
  75. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Stanley Kubrick
  76. The Wizard of Oz Victor Fleming
  77. Dawn of the Dead [1978] George Romero
  78. Léon: The Professional Luc Besson
  79. All That Jazz Bob Fosse
  80. The Hudsucker Proxy Joel Coen
  81. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Michel Gondry
  82. Breaking the Waves Lars Von Trier
  83. I Am Sam Jessie Nelson
  84. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut Trey Parker
  85. In America Jim Sheridan
  86. Basquiat Julian Schnabel
  87. Spirited Away Hiyao Miyazaki
  88. Donnie Darko [Theatrical Cut] Richard Kelly
  89. Riding in Cars with Boys Penny Marshall
  90. Strictly Ballroom Baz Luhrmann
  91. Silent Hill Christophe Gans
  92. City Lights: A Comedy Romance in Pantomime Charlie Chaplin
  93. Torch Song Trilogy Paul Bogart
  94. Clerks. Kevin Smith
  95. Flashdance Adrian Lyne
  96. Scarface [1983] Brian De Palma
  97. Natural Born Killers Oliver Stone
  98. Dancer in the Dark Lars Von Trier
  99. Little Children Todd Field
  100. The Misfits John Huston
  101. Once John Carney
  102. Mischief Night Penny Woolcock
  103. Aliens James Cameron
  104. Castle in the Sky Hayao Miyazaki
  105. A Little Princess [1995] Alfonso Cuaron
  106. The Fox and the Hound Ted Berman, Richard Rich, and Art Stevens
  107. Casper Brad Silberling
  108. His Girl Friday Howard Hawks
  109. Network Sidney Lumet
  110. Into the Wild Sean Penn
  111. Control”:http://ambival.net/movies/control-2007 [2007] Anton Corbijn
  112. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Tim Burton
  113. The Nightmare Before Christmas Henry Selick
  114. Lilo & Stitch Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
  115. Bubba Ho-Tep Don Coscarelli
  116. Shoot the Moon Alan Parker
  117. The Bad News Bears [1976] Michael Ritchie
  118. Marathon Man John Schlesinger
  119. The Karate Kid John G. Avildsen
  120. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Colin Higgins
  121. My Life Without Me Isabel Coixet
  122. The School of Rock Richard Linklater
  123. Dogville Lars Von Trier
  124. Finding Nemo Andrew Stanton
  125. Frantic Roman Polanski
  126. The Thomas Crown Affair [1999] John McTiernan
  127. Man on the Moon Milos Forman
  128. Frankie and Johnny Garry Marshall
  129. Dog Day Afternoon Sidney Lumet
  130. Jurassic Park Steven Spielberg
  131. Addams Family Values Barry Sonnenfeld
  132. The Piano Jane Campion
  133. The Doors Oliver Stone
  134. The Night of the Hunter Charles Laughton
  135. A Star is Born [1937] William A. Wellmann
  136. The Red Shoes Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell
  137. The Silence of the Lambs Jonathan Demme
  138. Terminator 2: Judgment Day James Cameron
  139. Fargo The Coen Brothers
  140. Back to the Future Robert Zemeckis
  141. Lolita [1962] Stanley Kubrick
  142. The Breakfast Club John Hughes
  143. Finding Neverland Marc Forster
  144. Blow Ted Demme
  145. Zoolander Ben Stiller
  146. The Shipping News Lasse Hallström
  147. Gone With the Wind Victor Fleming
  148. Amélie Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  149. Monsters, Inc. Pete Docter
  150. Pay it Forward Mimi Leder
  151. The Nines John August
  152. The Golden Compass Chris Weitz
  153. 30 Days of Night David Slade
  154. Sunshine [2007] Danny Boyle
  155. From Hell Hughes Brothers
  156. Bubble Boy Blair Hayes
  157. The Assassination of Richard Nixon Niels Mueller
  158. The Martins Tony Grounds
  159. The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Stephen Hopkins
  160. The Downfall: Hitler and the End of the Third Reich Oliver Hirschbiegel
  161. A Very Long Engagement Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  162. Jersey Girl Kevin Smith
  163. Napoleon Dynamite Jared Hess
  164. Say Anything … Cameron Crowe
  165. Darwin’s Nightmare Hubert Sauper
  166. Innocence Lucile Hadzihalilovic
  167. Kung Fu Hustle Stephen Chow
  168. Spider-Man 2 Sam Raimi
  169. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Alfonso Cuaron
  170. Night Watch Timur Bekmambetov
  171. The Incredibles Brad Bird
  172. Crash [2004] Paul Haggis
  173. Shaun of the Dead Edgar Wright
  174. 28 Days Betty Thomas
  175. The Last House on the Left Wes Craven
  176. Casualties of War Brian De Palma
  177. Straw Dogs Sam Peckinpah
  178. Sling Blade Billy Bob Thornton
  179. Hamlet Kenneth Branagh
  180. Dirty Pretty Things Stephen Frears
  181. Equilibrium Kurt Wimmer
  182. Panic Room David Fincher
  183. Cannibal Holocaust Ruggero Deodato
  184. The Battleship Potemkin Sergei Eisenstein
  185. Ever After Andy Tennant
  186. Drop Dead Fred Ate De Jong
  187. Jungle Fever Spike Lee
  188. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back Irvin Kershner
  189. The Shining Stanley Kubrick
  190. The Sandpiper Vincente Minnelli
  191. Pocahontas Eric Goldberg, Mike Gabriel
  192. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles Neil Jordan
  193. Home for the Holidays Jodie Foster
  194. Twelve Monkeys Terry Gilliam
  195. A Woman is a Woman (Une Femme est Une Femme) Jean-Luc Godard
  196. West Side Story Robert Wise
  197. Being There Being There
  198. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Andrew Dominik
  199. Paths of Glory Stanley Kubrick
  200. Proof John Madden
  201. Rent Chris Columbus
  202. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix David Yates
  203. Nanny McPhee Kirk Jones
  204. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith George Lucas
  205. Lord of War Andrew Niccol
  206. Rebel Without a Cause Nicolas Ray
  207. The Third Man Carol Reed
  208. Strangers on a Train Alfred Hitchcock
  209. The Age of Innocence Martin Scorsese
  210. The Champ Franco Zefferelli
  211. The Wicker Man Robin Hardy
  212. Bonnie and Clyde Arthur Penn
  213. Amistad Steven Spielberg
  214. The Ice Storm Ang Lee
  215. Titanic [1997] James Cameron
  216. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Milos Forman
  217. Week End Jean-Luc Godard
  218. Chaplin Richard Attenborough
  219. Heathers Michael Lehman
  220. Roger and Me Michael Moore
  221. The Fabulous Baker Boys Steve Kloves
  222. Kiki’s Delivery Service Hiyao Miyazaki
  223. The Hours Stephen Daldry
  224. Corrina, Corrina Jessie Nelson
  225. Nine Lives [2005] Roderigo Garcia
  226. Annie [1999] Rob Marshall
  227. Toy Story 2 John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich
  228. Junebug Phil Morrison
  229. Boogie Nights Paul Thomas Anderson
  230. ... And Justice for All Norman Jewison
  231. Dirty Dancing Emile Ardolino
  232. Godspell David Greene
  233. Paper Moon Peter Bogdanovich
  234. Sky West and Crooked aka Gypsy Girl John Mills
  235. The Brave One [2007] Neil Jordan
  236. Meet the Robinsons Stephen J. Anderson
  237. The Bad Seed Mervyn LeRoy
  238. The Family Way Roy Boulting
  239. My Name is Nobody Tonino Valerii
  240. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Sergio Leone
  241. Unforgiven Clint Eastwood
  242. The Shawshank Redemption Frank Darabont
  243. To Kill a Mockingbird Robert Mulligan
  244. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance John Ford
  245. The Sixth Sense M. Night Shyamalan
  246. Dodson’s Journey Gregg Champion
  247. The Princess Diaries Garry Marshall
  248. Candleshoe Norman Tokar
  249. The English Patient Anthony Minghella
  250. It Happened One Night Frank Capra

3 Responses to “My Top 100 Movies [current]”

  1. Ambival.net » Movies » Moulin Rouge! Says:

    [...] It’s not a movie I could watch with any real frequency, there’s too much here, it could drive a person crazy, as I said earlier there are so many ways to view it and take it in, it’s the kind of movie it would take me a whole fan commentary to cover fully; but there is simply no other movie like it, the use of sound is completely arresting, it takes my breath away, the range of creative ideas almost rivals Citizen Kane, and I’d be a fool not to force it into my top 100 list. If anyone else out there has been holding off a repeat viewing like I was, trust me: now’s the time. [...]

  2. Ambival.net » Movies » The Misfits Says:

    [...] There’s just too much here for me to even know where to start writing so I’ll just scatter my thoughts in rough. It’s yet another in my current spate of movies I know I loved the last time I saw them but the fact is, “last time” is getting to be nearly a decade ago in some cases, lol, so I’m just checking. My bulletproof defence of this movie as an entry in my Top 100 list, and a good place to start, is that, hey, if you’re gonna make a list of the best movies ever, you have to have a Marilyn Monroe movie in there; and while this movie ain’t exactly Marilyn (that would be Some Like It Hot, if you wanna go in that direction), it is without a doubt the best work she did. [...]

  3. Ambival.net » Movie Reviews » Uptown Girls Says:

    [...] I’m sure my opinion will lose a lot of respect when I say this (lol like it has a lot to lose) ... but this is now one of my ten favourite movies ever, and it damn near tops the bunch. There’s just so much in this movie that hits me in the places I want movies to hit me. The Dakota tea-cup ride scenes hit me in a really personal place so hard, that look on her face that’s just like, typical, one week early to ride, pulling the glasses down over her eyes so Brittany Murphy can’t see her tearing up; and later when they finally ride it, both of them working out years of frustration on the wheel and each other; and like, I guess I can’t deny that where I am in life right now makes the whole “grow up” theme resonate deeper too, Murphy’s response to somebody telling her, “But this isn’t you!” – “I can’t afford ‘me’ anymore …”. [...]

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