The Top 100 Films You've Ever Seen

Okay, this is a long process, so here's my list so far for movies from 1990-2006.

A lot of good movies I haven't seen for a long time and barely remember them (like Schindler's List), and a lot of good movies I just don't enjoy as much as others, so that's why there's a lot of comedies and action films over movies that are objectively a lot better. Also, the rankings aren't exactly perfect, but when I get my full list I'll be able to move them around better. Oh, and I put Jules and jim on there because Wiki's movie lists (which I'm using for this) doesn't have it and I didn't want to forget. Anyway.

1. The Royal Tenenbaums
2. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
4. Rushmore
5. Princess Mononoke
6. Amelie
7. Ghost World
8. Fight Club
9. Adaptation
10. Election
11. The Big Lebowski
12. Office Space
13. Se7en
14. Fargo
15. Forrest Gump
16. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
17. Punch-Drunk Love
18. Kill Bill Vol. 1
19. Being John Malkovich
20. Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest
21. Mystic River
22. 40-Year-Old Virgin
23. Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
24. Edward Scissorhands
25. Spirited Away
26. Lilo and Stitch
27. Wonder Boys
28. Deconstructing Harry
29. Memento
30. Boogie Nights
31. American Psycho
32. LA Confidential
33. The Usual Suspects
34. 12 Monkeys
35. American Beauty
36. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
37. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
38. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
39. Chicago
40. Finding Neverland
41. Incredibles
42. American Splendor
43. Ocean's 11 (2001)
44. Saving Private Ryan
45. Grosse Point Blank
46. Lost in Translation
47. Garden State
48. Jules and Jim
49. Gangs of New York
50. I Heart Huckabees
51. Rservoir Dogs
52. Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith
53. The Cable Guy
54. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
55. Elephant
56. The Fifth Element
57. Crash
58. Before Sunset
59. Weather Man
60. Little Miss Sunshine
61. The Aviator
62. Closer
63. Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
64. Magnolia
65. Napoleon Dynamite
66. Bottle Rocket
67. Million Dollar Baby
68. The Departed
69. Donnie Darko
70. Bad Santa
71. Heavenly Creatures
72. Falling Down
73. High Fidelity
74. Ed Wood
75. Super Troopers
76. The Matrix
77. The Sixth Sense
78. About Schmidt
79. Almost Famous
80. Dances With Wolves
81. Waiting For Guffman
82. The City of Lost Children
83. Sideways
84. Catch Me If You Can
85. Pulp Fiction
86. Down With Love
87. A Mighty Wind
88. Full Frontal
89. Spy Kids
90. Wayne's World
91. Pleasantville
92. Dark City
93. Waking Life
94. Bram Stoker's Dracula
95. Goodfellas
96. A Perfect World
97. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
98. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
99. Spider-Man 2
100. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
 
That's a pretty cool List Joe some of those I've not seen e.g Ghost World. But the ones i have seen on your list most I love
 
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I got up to 75 and realised I was beginning to list movies I didn't actually care about... I don't want to do that.
 
ProjectX2 said:
I got up to 75 and realised I was beginning to list movies I didn't actually care about... I don't want to do that.
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Then don't. That's why I didn't.

Any list of the 100 Greatets Movies ever made will be eerily similar to someone else's. So just do your favorite movies.
 
Joe Kalicki said:
Then don't. That's why I didn't.

Any list of the 100 Greatets Movies ever made will be eerily similar to someone else's. So just do your favorite movies.
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But that's what I'm saying. I don't have 100 favourite movies.
 
Dr.Strangefate said:
But its still a damn good movie... I hope djf is thinking of Addam's Family Reunion which makes me want to set my hair on fire... but the original is one of my favorite movies...

(I meant to swap it with Hook, but forgot, now Hook is 45 and AFV is 85)

But then again, anyone who dislikes Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a Skrull.

*gives Ultimatedjf a suspicious look*
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I liked Kiss Kiss Bang Bang; I just can't see it in my Top 100 or heck, even in my Top 300.


And yes, it was the first Addams Family sequel that I saw 10 minutes of, and it was atrocious.


Joe Kalicki, I like what you've done. When I have a free few hours, I'll do a 100 list of films from 1990 to 2007.
 
ultimatedjf said:
Joe Kalicki, I like what you've done. When I have a free few hours, I'll do a 100 list of films from 1990 to 2007.
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I just used Wiki's lists and went back from 2006 each year until 1990. It's fairly time consuming, but better than doing it by memory. I'll probably add the 80s later today or tomorrow.

I'm still debating whether or not I should put 2007 in there yet.
 
Addams Family Values has decent parts but is just far too horrific for me. The first one understood the balance between horror and comedy better. The second was like a slightly funnier version of The Omen. Part of it is the cat thing in the very first scene. I tell ya, I wasn't up for much laughing right after that.:cry: Even the eagle thing at the camp... directly killing animals on-screen was just too much. The villain's fate was also way too corny.

The first one is a great film. The second took it way too far. Bring back the babushka!

Oh, and Joe: Office Space in the Top 20?:rockon::rockon:
 
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just noticed there are a few films on both mine and DSF's list
 
I made this entire list before I saw SSJmole's.


1. Requiem For a Dream
2. Raging Bull
3. American History X
4. American Psycho
5. The Matrix
6. Fight Club
7. The Departed
8. Pulp Fiction
9. The Prestige
10. Reservoir Dogs
11. Batman Begins
12. Pi
13. Akira
14. A Clockwork Orange
15. Interview With the Vampire
16. Evil Dead II
17. Platoon
18. GoodFellas
19. Serpico
20. Taxi Driver
21. Spider-Man 2
22. Desperado
23. Star Wars
24. Boondock Saints
25. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
26. 2001: A Space Odyssey
27. Citizen Kane
28. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
29. Shawshank Redemption
30. Flags of Our Fathers
31. Gangs of New York
32. Raiders of the Lost Ark
33. This is Spinal Tap
34. Donnie Darko
35. Rocky Horror Picture Show
36. Letters from Iwo Jima
37. Silence of the Lambs
38. Insomnia
39. Enter the Dragon
40. Apocalypto
41. Blade Runner
42. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
43. Schindler's List
44. The Shining
45. Apocalypse Now
46. Full Metal Jacket
47. Pan's Labyrinth
48. Alien
49. The Breakfast Club
50. Casino Royale
51. Seven Samurai
52. Psycho
53. The Exorcist
54. Carlito's Way
55. The Big Lebowski
56. The Warriors
57. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
58. Die Hard
59. 28 Days Later
60. Predator
61. Lost in Translation
62. The Fifth Element
63. A Time to Kill
64. The Usual Suspects
65. Memento
66. To Kill a Mockingbird
67. American Beauty
68. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
69. Rear Window
70. Dazed and Confused
71. Ghost World
72. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
73. George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead
74. Last of the Mohicans
75. Braveheart
76. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
77. Dirty Harry
78. Lord of the Rings
79. Bullitt
80. The Goonies
81. The French Connection
82. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
83. 300
84. Six-String Samurai
85. The Lost Boys
86. Highlander
87. Kill Bill
88. Reign Over Me
89. Kingdom of Heaven
90. The Lion King
91. Yojimbo
92. Escape From New York
93. Bram Stoker's Dracula
94. Munich
95. Rambo: First Blood
96. The Fountain
97. The Crow
98. Bubba Ho-tep
99. Titanic
100. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
101. Manos: Hands of Fate


Just joking about Manos.

Oh yeah, btw, P.S. - I HATE THE GODFATHER! The Godfather, along with Scarface, is the most overrated movie of all time! Yes, Godfather and Scarface BOTH are the most overrated!

GoodFellas is superior to Godfather. Godfather experts claim that the Godfather is an accurate depiction of the mob, when in fact it simply IS NOT!! It's too romanticized, and as a film, extremely freaking boring. All of the Godfathers suck. Thank you for your time.
 
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Planet-Man, I don't understand... What's the big deal about killing lots and lots of animals? I totally do that every weekend. Gotta tell you, man, there's nothing like warm seal blood on your hands on a cold winter night.

But the first Addams Family lags in a lot of places, and the second one always makes me happy... Wednesday Addams is one of the greatest characters ever... Also: Gomez... I honestly don't care that you guys didn't like it (and I understand why), but its a movie that i loved as a kid and therefore still love today and I'm not going to try to justify it any further than that.

Also, Joe... Your list is great... Grosse Pointe Blank, Wonder Boys, Finding Neverland and I <3 Huckabees really ought to be on my list... I'll have to figure it out
 
Dr.Strangefate said:
Also, Joe... Your list is great... Grosse Pointe Blank, Wonder Boys, Finding Neverland and I <3 Huckabees really ought to be on my list... I'll have to figure it out
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Well, I've still got at least 60 years worth of good movies to put on there, so some of those may be dropped from mine as well.
 
Anybody like my list? Requiem For a Dream? Raging Bull? It's not really finished, but for the most part, it's all there.
 
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Updated to include 1970-1989. A lot of great movies I barely remember (the Godfathers, Chinatowns, etc) so I can't in good consience put them on the list, though I fully intend to watch them again soon. Also, my list is pretty top heavy with newer films and hopefully when I narrow down my Top 100 I'll be able to do some more juggling.

1. The Royal Tenenbaums
2. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
4. Rushmore
5. Princess Mononoke
6. A Clockwork Orange
7. Amelie
8. Ghost World
9. Fight Club
10. Adaptation
11. Election
12. The Big Lebowski
13. Office Space
14. Se7en
15. Fargo
16. Forrest Gump
17. Apocalypse Now
18. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
19. Punch-Drunk Love
20. Kill Bill Vol. 1
21. Being John Malkovich
22. Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest
23. Mystic River
24. 40-Year-Old Virgin
25. Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
26. Edward Scissorhands
27. Spirited Away
28. The Neverending Story
29. Lilo and Stitch
30. Wonder Boys
31. Dog Day Afternoon
32. Being There
33. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
34. Deconstructing Harry
35. Memento
36. Boogie Nights
37. American Psycho
38. LA Confidential
39. The Usual Suspects
40. The Princess Bride
41. The Empire Strikes Back
42. 12 Monkeys
43. American Beauty
44. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
45. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
46. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
47. Chicago
48. Finding Neverland
49. Incredibles
50. American Splendor
51. Ocean's 11 (2001)
52. Saving Private Ryan
53. Catch-22
54. Grosse Point Blank
55. Batman
56. Lost in Translation
57. Garden State
58. Jules and Jim
59. The Departed
60. I Heart Huckabees
61. Rservoir Dogs
62. Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith
63. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
64. Star Wars
65. The Cable Guy
66. Elephant
67. The Fifth Element
68. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
69. Crash
70. Before Sunset
71. Weather Man
72. Little Miss Sunshine
73. The Aviator
74. Closer
75. Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
76. Magnolia
77. Napoleon Dynamite
78. A Christmas Story
79. Bottle Rocket
80. Million Dollar Baby
81. Gangs of New York
82. Donnie Darko
83. Bad Santa
84. Heavenly Creatures
85. Falling Down
86. Back to the Future
87. High Fidelity
88. Ed Wood
89. Ghostbusters
90. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
91. The Jerk
92. M*A*S*H*
93. Time After Time
94. Raiders of the Lost Ark
95. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
96. Harold and Maude
97. Super Troopers
98. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
99. American Graffiti
100. Annie Hall
 
HOnestly I haven't seen all of the "greatest movies ever" like Godfather and Gone With the Wind so that's why they're not there. These are the 100 movies that I think impressed and entertained me the most. They're just my favorites.

1. Forrest Gump
2. Jurassic Park
3. Lion King
4. Batman Begins
5. The Ten Commandments
6. Fight Club
7. Indiana Jones and the Arc of the Covenant
8. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
9. Lord of the Rings the Return of the King
10. Back to the Future
11. Saving Private Ryan
12. Shawshank Redemption
13. The Shining
14. Blazing Saddles
15. Apollo 13
16. Silence of the Lambs
17. ET: The Extra Terrestrial
18. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
19. Spider-Man 2
20. The Matrix
21. Star Wars: A New Hope
22. Wizard of Oz
23. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
24. The Incredibles
25. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
26. The Departed
27. Animal House
28. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
29. To Kill a Mockingbird
30. Ali
31. Aladdin
32. X2: X-Men United
33. Glory
34. The Green Mile
35. Superman: The Movie
36. Gladiator
37. Back to the Future 2
38. Caddyshack
39. Rudy
40. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
41. Sixth Sense
42. Dazed and Confused
43. Cinderella Man
44. Halloween
45. Goldfinger
46. Office Space
47. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
48. Clerks
49. 300
50. Zoolander
51. Toy Story
52. Jerry Maguire
53. Napoleon Dynamite
54. Superman II
55. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
56. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
57. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
58. Bourne Identity
59. Spider-Man
60. Truman Show
61. Sin City
62. Old School
63. The Jungle Book
64. Big
65. Airplane!
66. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
67. Fantasia
68. The Prestige
69. American Pie
70. Sandlot
71. The Addams Family
72. Indian Jones and the Last Crusade
73. Hellfighters
74. Ghostbusters
75. Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
76. Unbreakable
77. Beetlejuice
78. Groundhog Day
79. Beauty and the Beast
80. Wedding Crashers
81. Speed
82. A League of Their Own
83. The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
84. Nightmare Before Christmas
85. Dogma
86. Ocean's Eleven
87. There's Something About Mary
88. Dumb and Dumber
89. Romeo + Juliet
90. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
91. Shrek
92. The Majestic
93. Monsters, Inc.
94. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
95. Casino Royale
96. 40 Year Old Virgin
97. Finding Nemo
98. Bruce Almighty
99. Liar Liar
100. Beerfest
 
bluebeast said:
HOnestly I haven't seen all of the "greatest movies ever" like Godfather and Gone With the Wind so that's why they're not there.
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Yeah that's cool . There are films I've heard are amazing e.g 2001: A Space Odyssey. That I've not seen :( . Nearly all my list I have on dvd. But i know what you mean. From what I've heard 2001: A Space Odyssey should be on my list but it's not :(
 
I've seen 2001: A Space Odyssey once and it was possibly the best thing I've ever seen and the worst thing I've ever seen. I don't know if it was good or bad. But it did make me think, so that's a positive.
 
ProjectX2 said:
I've seen 2001: A Space Odyssey once and it was possibly the best thing I've ever seen and the worst thing I've ever seen. I don't know if it was good or bad. But it did make me think, so that's a positive.
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Cool , I'm going to get it eventually. Just don't know when.
 
ProjectX2 said:
I've seen 2001: A Space Odyssey once and it was possibly the best thing I've ever seen and the worst thing I've ever seen. I don't know if it was good or bad. But it did make me think, so that's a positive.
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IMO, 2001: A Space Oddysey might be the most overrated movie ever made.*

A significant portion of it is good(the HAL plot, mainly), and the effects and technique are very impressive when you consider that it was made the same year as Planet of the Apes, which seems a lot older to me, but on the whole, I found it sooooo pretentious and boring. It was total Kubrickian overkill, and as mentioned earlier, he completely missed the point of the story, while Arthur C. Clarke nailed it in his novel, which really is one of the greatest science-fiction stories ever told.

*Schindler's List would be up there as well. It's a great movie and everything, but it usually gets a spot in the Top 5 of most 100-movie lists, and I think that's a bit much.
 
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