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. 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
  101. Strictly Ballroom Baz Luhrmann
  102. Silent Hill Christophe Gans
  103. The Last Temptation of Christ Martin Scorsese
  104. City Lights: A Comedy Romance in Pantomime Charlie Chaplin
  105. Torch Song Trilogy Paul Bogart
  106. Clerks. Kevin Smith
  107. Flashdance Adrian Lyne
  108. Scarface [1983] Brian De Palma
  109. Dancer in the Dark Lars Von Trier
  110. Little Children Todd Field
  111. The Misfits John Huston
  112. Paris, Je T’aime Collective
  113. Mischief Night Penny Woolcock
  114. Aliens James Cameron
  115. Castle in the Sky Hayao Miyazaki
  116. A Little Princess [1995] Alfonso Cuaron
  117. The Fox and the Hound Ted Berman, Richard Rich, and Art Stevens
  118. Casper Brad Silberling
  119. His Girl Friday Howard Hawks
  120. Network Sidney Lumet
  121. Into the Wild Sean Penn
  122. There Will Be Blood Paul Thomas Anderson
  123. Grace is Gone James C. Strouse
  124. La Môme Olivier Dahan
  125. [Rec] Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
  126. Atonement Joe Wright
  127. Across the Universe Julie Taymor
  128. Control [2007] Anton Corbijn
  129. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Tim Burton
  130. The Nightmare Before Christmas Henry Selick
  131. Addams Family Values Barry Sonnenfeld
  132. Lilo & Stitch Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
  133. Bubba Ho-Tep Don Coscarelli
  134. Shoot the Moon Alan Parker
  135. The Bad News Bears [1976] Michael Ritchie
  136. Marathon Man John Schlesinger
  137. The Karate Kid John G. Avildsen
  138. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Colin Higgins
  139. My Life Without Me Isabel Coixet
  140. The School of Rock Richard Linklater
  141. Dogville Lars Von Trier
  142. Finding Nemo Andrew Stanton
  143. Frantic Roman Polanski
  144. The Thomas Crown Affair [1999] John McTiernan
  145. Man on the Moon Milos Forman
  146. Frankie and Johnny Garry Marshall
  147. Dog Day Afternoon Sidney Lumet
  148. Jurassic Park Steven Spielberg
  149. The Piano Jane Campion
  150. The Doors Oliver Stone
  151. The Night of the Hunter Charles Laughton
  152. A Star is Born [1937] William A. Wellmann
  153. The Red Shoes Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell
  154. The Silence of the Lambs Jonathan Demme
  155. Terminator 2: Judgment Day James Cameron
  156. Fargo The Coen Brothers
  157. Back to the Future Robert Zemeckis
  158. Lolita [1962] Stanley Kubrick
  159. The Breakfast Club John Hughes
  160. Finding Neverland Marc Forster
  161. Blow Ted Demme
  162. Zoolander Ben Stiller
  163. The Shipping News Lasse Hallström
  164. Gone With the Wind Victor Fleming
  165. Amélie Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  166. Monsters, Inc. Pete Docter
  167. Pay it Forward Mimi Leder
  168. The Nines John August
  169. The Golden Compass Chris Weitz
  170. Bridge to Terabithia Gabor Csupo
  171. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Julian Schnabel
  172. Have Dreams, Will Travel Brad Isaacs
  173. 30 Days of Night David Slade
  174. Sunshine [2007] Danny Boyle
  175. From Hell Hughes Brothers
  176. Hannibal Ridley Scott
  177. Bubble Boy Blair Hayes
  178. The Assassination of Richard Nixon Niels Mueller
  179. The Martins Tony Grounds
  180. The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Stephen Hopkins
  181. The Downfall: Hitler and the End of the Third Reich Oliver Hirschbiegel
  182. A Very Long Engagement Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  183. Jersey Girl Kevin Smith
  184. Napoleon Dynamite Jared Hess
  185. Say Anything … Cameron Crowe
  186. Darwin’s Nightmare Hubert Sauper
  187. Innocence Lucile Hadzihalilovic
  188. My Date With Drew Jon Gunn, Brian Herzlinger
  189. Kung Fu Hustle Stephen Chow
  190. Spider-Man 2 Sam Raimi
  191. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Alfonso Cuaron
  192. Team America: World Police Trey Parker
  193. Night Watch Timur Bekmambetov
  194. The Incredibles Brad Bird
  195. Crash [2004] Paul Haggis
  196. Shaun of the Dead Edgar Wright
  197. 28 Days Betty Thomas
  198. The Last House on the Left Wes Craven
  199. Casualties of War Brian De Palma
  200. Straw Dogs Sam Peckinpah
  201. Sling Blade Billy Bob Thornton
  202. Hamlet Kenneth Branagh
  203. The English Patient Anthony Minghella
  204. Dirty Pretty Things Stephen Frears
  205. Equilibrium Kurt Wimmer
  206. Panic Room David Fincher
  207. Cannibal Holocaust Ruggero Deodato
  208. The Battleship Potemkin Sergei Eisenstein
  209. Ever After Andy Tennant
  210. Drop Dead Fred Ate De Jong
  211. Jungle Fever Spike Lee
  212. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back Irvin Kershner
  213. The Shining Stanley Kubrick
  214. The Sandpiper Vincente Minnelli
  215. Pocahontas Eric Goldberg, Mike Gabriel
  216. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles Neil Jordan
  217. Home for the Holidays Jodie Foster
  218. Twelve Monkeys Terry Gilliam
  219. A Woman is a Woman (Une Femme est Une Femme) Jean-Luc Godard
  220. West Side Story Robert Wise
  221. Being There Being There
  222. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Andrew Dominik
  223. Paths of Glory Stanley Kubrick
  224. Proof John Madden
  225. Rent Chris Columbus
  226. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix David Yates
  227. Nanny McPhee Kirk Jones
  228. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith George Lucas
  229. Lord of War Andrew Niccol
  230. Rebel Without a Cause Nicolas Ray
  231. The Third Man Carol Reed
  232. Strangers on a Train Alfred Hitchcock
  233. The Age of Innocence Martin Scorsese
  234. The Champ Franco Zefferelli
  235. Bonnie and Clyde Arthur Penn
  236. Amistad Steven Spielberg
  237. The Ice Storm Ang Lee
  238. Titanic [1997] James Cameron
  239. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Milos Forman
  240. Week End Jean-Luc Godard
  241. Chaplin Richard Attenborough
  242. Heathers Michael Lehman
  243. Roger and Me Michael Moore
  244. The Fabulous Baker Boys Steve Kloves
  245. Kiki’s Delivery Service Hiyao Miyazaki
  246. The Hours Stephen Daldry
  247. Gran Torino Clint Eastwood
  248. Corrina, Corrina Jessie Nelson
  249. Phoebe in Wonderland Daniel Barnz
  1. Nine Lives [2005] Roderigo Garcia

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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