My Top 100 Movies

[CureTheSane]

So here's my list.

As I said, it got to 200, so hopefully the ones that people see as being omitted were in the 100 to 200 section.

I actually did this for my kids so they'd be able to pick a flick when they are bored and hopefully enjoy it as much as I did.

I didn't bother breaking up the sequel movies so Star Wars becomes Star Wars (s)

 

1. Shawshank Redemption

2. Goodfellas

3. Forrest Gump

4. Django Unchained

5. John Wick (s)

6. Edge Of Tomorrow

7. Law Abiding Citizen

8. Wanted

9. The Wolf Of Wall Street

10. Swordfish

11. Seven Years In Tibet

12. Interview With The Vampire

13. From Dusk Till Dawn

14. Troy

15. Limitless

16. The Italian Job (remake)

17. Catch Me If You Can

18. Kingsmen

19. Cast Away

20. Kill Bill (s)

21. Die Hard (s)

22. Young Guns (s)

23. Mission Impossible (s)

24. Point Break

25. The Interview

26. War Of The Worlds (remake)

27. Legends Of The Fall

28. Tucker And Dale Vs Evil

29. Star Trek (s)

30. Cliffhanger

31. Star Wars (s)

32. Final Destination (s)

33. Rocky (s)

34. Everly

35. Taken

36. The Equalizer

37. Fool’s Gold

38. Salt

39. Jumper

40. Four Weddings And A Funeral

41. Dumb And Dumber

42. Lost Boys

43. A Few Good Men

44. Hot Tub Time Machine

45. Guardians Of The Galaxy (s)

46. Envy

47. The Long Kiss Goodnight

48. Indiana Jones (s)

49. Jurassic Park (s)

50. Love Actually

51. Gone Girl

52. Knowing

53. Planet Of The Apes (remake)

54. Bill & Teds Bogus Journey

55. Knight And Day

56. Ford Fairlane

57. The Day After Tomorrow

58. Runner Runner

59. Galaxy Quest

60. Crank

61. Pulp Fiction

62. Jack Reacher

63. There’s Something About Mary

64. The Last Samurai

65. 2012

66. The Taking Of Phelam 1 2 3 (remake)

67. Less Than Zero

68. Now You See Me

69. The Hangover

70. Machete (s)

71. Deep Impact

72. Why Him

73. 50 First Dates

74. Dances With Wolves

75. Grease

76. National Treasure (s)

77. From Paris With Love

78. Harold & Kumar (s)

79. Highlander

80. Ocean’s Eleven (s)

81. Piranha 3DD

82. Road Trip (s)

83. The Butterfly Effect

84. The Firm

85. The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty

86. Flash Gordon

87. Titanic

88. Wolf Creek

89. The Slaton Sea

90. Mad Max (s)

91. Broken Arrow

92. Tropic Thunder

93. Lucy

94. Nick Of Time

95. Independence Day

96. Baseketball

97. First Blood (s)

98. Predator

99. The Untouchables

100. They Live

 

[Darkstone]

Great idea mate.

Glad to see "The adventures of Ford Fairlane" at #56.

[CureTheSane]

It was a fair job getting the list together.

I own all the movies I like, so I scanned through my collection and plucked out the best ones
I need to watch Ford Fairlane again. Tried to get the kids in to it a few times but they just don't seem to get it

[Glen]

Wow. Is John Wick that Good???

 

By the way I love Edge of Tomorrow as well. Great movie.

[Geoff]

This'd be impossible to do. Wide range of films there.

 

I think Donnie Darko is probably still my favourite movie. 'Revolutionary Road,' 'The Box,' and something like 'Into the Blue' would probably be part of my top 5. I wouldn't be surprised if my whole top 50 wouldn't even be in your list!

 

I thought this'd be a hell of a task, but you have me kind of interested now. It'd be cool to do. Biggest issue is I haven't seen more than a dozen movies over the past four years.

[zacharyamelie]

Shawshank Redemption, Back To The Future and The Princess Bride are probably my top 3.

[Glen]

by the way #52 The Knowing ...............got 34% on Rotten Tomatoes lol. Must be a good one

[Glen]

It would an almost impossible task for me too - out of your list I could see these possible making the top 100 -

 

1. Shawshank Redemption

 

2. Goodfellas

 

6. Edge Of Tomorrow

 

19. Cast Away

 

21. Die Hard - the first one

 

23. Mission Impossible - the 2nd one

 

24. Point Break

 

26. War Of The Worlds (remake)

 

29. Star Trek - first contact

 

31. Star Wars - A new Hope / ESB

 

33. Rocky - 1st one

 

42. Lost Boys

 

45. Guardians Of The Galaxy (s)

 

48. Indiana Jones - raiders/ temple

 

49. Jurassic Park - 1st one

 

55. Knight And Day

 

57. The Day After Tomorrow

 

61. Pulp Fiction

 

71. Deep Impact

 

74. Dances With Wolves

 

75. Grease

 

79. Highlander

 

86. Flash Gordon

 

87. Titanic

 

95. Independence Day

 

97. First Blood

 

98. Predator

 

Wow, that only about 30.

 

You seem to have a lot of action films in your list - a few I would add would be -

 

Matrix

Alien 1 & 2

Gladiator

True Lies

Bourne series

Lethal Weapon

The Raid 1 & 2

[CureTheSane]

Yes, John Wick is pretty damn killer (pun). I love revenge movies, and John Wick is cold revenge in a very cool way.

 

Never saw The Raid. Will have to check it out.

 

Edge Of Tomorrow 2 is said to be in the works

Top Gun 2 just got the green light.

 

I hated Donnie Darko. Same with another 'cult' movie Fargo

 

Many of the Arnie movies were/are cool, but seem a bit lollypoppy now. True Lies is one of the best. Also like Running Man etc

[Geoff]

Okay, I gave this a go. Looked through all my DVDs and picked my faves and tried to put them in some order. I look through the list and know if I re-did it, most of it would be a different order, so don't read too much into the numbers. It's such a hard thing to do, ranking a comedy alongside a horror movie etc. It's tricky, so just take this as a rough order. Oh, and 100 was too many.

 

1 . Donnie Darko

2 . American Psycho

3 . Revolutionary Road

4 . Frailty

5 . Rock Star

6 . The Departed

7 . Premonition

8 . Identity

9 . The Beach

10 . Ace Ventura Pet Detective (1 & 2)

11 . The Box

12 . Blood Diamond

13 . Next

14 . Seven Pounds

15 . Requiem For A Dream

16 . Memento

17 . I Know What You Did Last Summer (1 & 2)

18 . Naked Gun (and sequels)

19 . Shutter Island

20 . Into The Blue

21 . Vacancy

22 . Inception

23 . Wonderland

24 . Point Break

25 . The Sixth Sense

26 . Gone Baby Gone

27 . Wild Things

28 . After The Sunset

29 . One Hour Photo

30 . The Pledge

31 . Scream (and sequels)

32 . The Butterfly Effect (& sequels)

33 . Roadkill

34 . Final Destination (& sequels)

35 . Catch Me If You Can

36 . Kalifornia

37 . Braveheart

38 . Pulp Fiction

39 . The Pursuit Of Happiness

40 . Borat

41 . Ali

42 . Castaway

43 . Black Hawk Down

44 . Cruel Intentions

45 . Fool's Gold

46 . Jurassic Park (and sequels)

47 . Cloverfield

48 . American Sniper

49 . Gia

50 . The Island

51 . The Glass House

52 . Focus

53 . 21 Jump Street (and sequel)

54 . City Of Angels

55 . What Lies Beneath

56 . In The Mouth Of Madness

57 . Stir Of Echoes

58 . Stigmata

59 . Mulholland Drive

60 . The Ring

61 . Wrongfully Accused

62 . Spy Hard

63 . There's Something About Mary

64 . The Virgin Suicides

65 . Interstellar

66 . Disturbing Behaviour

67 . The Craft

68 . American Gangster

69 . Jeepers Creepers (1 & 2)

[KarpetRydOFunk]

Never saw The Raid. Will have to check it out.

The Raid is phenomenal. Indonesian martial arts action flick. Have you seen the new Dredd? That was pretty much a ripoff of The Raid.

[Glen]

I would love to rate my top movies but I would end up with at least 50 I love equally so pointless really.

[Silverkin]

Oooh i might do mine too. Surprised Cape Fear isn't on anyone's list -i loved the original and the remake of that.

Zodiac was pretty good and the Mothman - i think that's what it was called. (Was based on the story of this giant moth like creature that appeared to people just before major disasters). I'd need to resee them tho to see if i'd class them as favorites.

 

I'm a big fan of classic movies+film noir too

[KarpetRydOFunk]

I don't know if I could even pick 50. The problem is I often only watch a film once. Even if I love it. So it would be difficult to judge how much I loved one film over the other.

 

To be honest, I selfishly asked Cure to post his list just to see if there were a few I need to watch. And to be even more honest, I'm a bit disappointed. Most I've seen. ;}

[CureTheSane]

I liked Dredd.
Also liked the Stallone version a few years back.

 

My daughter is pissed that Cape Fear didn't make the cut. Same with Shutter Island

[KarpetRydOFunk]

I liked Dredd.

Also liked the Stallone version a few years back.

 

Dredd was awesome! I wish it had done well. A sequel is needed.

 

But The Raid is so much better.

[CureTheSane]

I think a series is planned with the same cast.

[Glen]

 

I liked Dredd.

Also liked the Stallone version a few years back.

Dredd was awesome! I wish it had done well. A sequel is needed.

 

But The Raid is so much better.

The Raid >>> 4 light years >>> Dredd

 

The Raid is pure brutality.

[simo]

What makes Forrest Gump so great? I never understood the ''hype'' although I've seen it a few times myself

[Glen]

What makes Forrest Gump so great? I never understood the ''hype'' although I've seen it a few times myself

 

Nope, did very little for me....much better Hanks movies out there -

 

Philadelphia

Green Mile

Saving Private Ryan

Apollo 13

Cast Away

 

No name a few......

[Silverkin]

 

To be honest, I selfishly asked Cure to post his list just to see if there were a few I need to watch.

Teee heee, that's why I loved the thread too

[Silverkin]

I liked Dredd.

Also liked the Stallone version a few years back.

 

My daughter is pissed that Cape Fear didn't make the cut. Same with Shutter Island

Your daughter has good taste

[CureTheSane]

 

I liked Dredd.

Also liked the Stallone version a few years back.

 

My daughter is pissed that Cape Fear didn't make the cut. Same with Shutter Island

Your daughter has good taste

 

She thinks so...

 

FWIW, some movies off my list that aren't all that well known, but I obviously think are worth a look are

 

The Salton Sea - Val Kilmer in a movie with a few twists and turns

Nick Of Time - Johnny Depp plays a businessman who must obey his daughters captors to ensure she survived

They Live - Rowdy Roddy Piper isn't a great actor, but the premise of this movie is. About aliens infiltrating earth.

Less Than Zero - Robert Downey Jr is the movie that has Poisons version of Kiss's RNR All Nite. About how drugs screw up youth etc

Runner Runner - Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck about drug running and getting caught up in that world.

Everly - Salma Hyeck gets caught up with the Russian mob and has to kick some ass to get out alive

[Silverkin]

 

 

I liked Dredd.

Also liked the Stallone version a few years back.

 

My daughter is pissed that Cape Fear didn't make the cut. Same with Shutter Island

Your daughter has good taste

 

She thinks so...

 

FWIW, some movies off my list that aren't all that well known, but I obviously think are worth a look are

 

The Salton Sea - Val Kilmer in a movie with a few twists and turns

Nick Of Time - Johnny Depp plays a businessman who must obey his daughters captors to ensure she survived

They Live - Rowdy Roddy Piper isn't a great actor, but the premise of this movie is. About aliens infiltrating earth.

Less Than Zero - Robert Downey Jr is the movie that has Poisons version of Kiss's RNR All Nite. About how drugs screw up youth etc

Runner Runner - Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck about drug running and getting caught up in that world.

Everly - Salma Hyeck gets caught up with the Russian mob and has to kick some ass to get out alive

 

Yaaay thanks, will check them out

[KarpetRydOFunk]

Everly was awesome!!