Friday, March 31, 2006
After doing the research for the 9/11 post I have really wanted to take a break and have some fun. So now I have been compiling lists of my favorite films and talking about these with my co workers.
My criteria for this document was how the film looks today and not how it looked when it opened. So this is a living document and changes from month to month or year to year. An example is that in 1977 I am positive Star Wars would have been a number one, but today it does not look good compared with the newer films so it tumbled down the list. Some of my co workers built their list on how the movie opened and did not factor age into the equation. There is no right and wrong; your opinion is all that matters.
In my opinion movies like Patton and 12 Angry Men still look good today. In fact, you could probably put Patton in the theatres today and people would not know it was made over thirty years ago unless you already knew it was made thirty years ago. On the other hand, some films I enjoy less as they aged; like Star Wars IV, Star Wars I. Anyway here are my favorite films:
1. Gladiator
2. Lord of the Rings-Return of the King
3. Batman Begins
4. Lord of the Rings-Two Towers
5. Lord of the Rings-Fellowship of the Ring
6. V For Vendetta
7. War of The Worlds – 2005
8. Chronicles of Narnia – The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
9. Shawshank Redemption
10. Man in The Iron Mask
11. King Kong-2005
12. Patton
13. Les Miserables
14. Star Wars III
15. Legends of The Fall
16. Underworld
17. Star Wars VI
18. 12 Angry Men
19. Star Wars II
20. Star Wars V
21. Aliens
22. Goodfellas
23. Titanic
24. Matrix
25. Raiders of the Lost Ark
26. Gangs of New York
27. The Pianist
28. Dawn of The Dead - 2003
29. Godfather 2
30. We Were Soldiers
31. Scent of A Woman
32. Godfather
33. Terminator 2-Judgement Day
34. Jurassic Park
35. Silence of The Lambs
36. Matrix Revolutions
37. The Thirteenth Warrior
38. Ghost and The Darkness
39. First Blood
40. Star Trek II-The Wrath of Khan
41. Last Samurai
42. Silverado
43. Prophecy
44. Jaws
45. Shindler’s List
46. Total Recall
47. Top Gun
48. The Rock
49. Unforgiven
50. Outbreak
51. Sixth Sense
52. Terminator
53. Casino
54. Star Wars IV
55. American History X
56. Razor's Edge
57. Bridge on The River Kwai
58. Avalon
59. Bourne Identity
60. Forrest Gump
61. Rob Roy
62. Signs
63. Primal Fear
64. Platoon
65. Master And Commander
66. Conan The Barbarian
67. Cool Hand Luke
68. Dirty Harry
69. Star Wars I
70. Black Hawk Down
71. Rocky
72. No Way Out
73. Ed Wood
74. Eight Men Out
75. Vision Quest
76. Elephant Man
77. Falling Down
78. Fatal Attraction
79. Highlander
80. Con Air
81. Casualties of War
82. Judgment At Nuremberg
83. Kelley's Heroes
84. Lonely Are The Brave
85. Road Warrior
86. Marathon Man
87. Uncommon Valor
88. Miller's Crossing
89. Monte Walsh
90. Good Bad Ugly
91. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
92. Natural
93. Omen
94. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
95. Pale Rider
96. Poltergeist
97. Predator
98. Presumed Innocent
99. Regarding Henry
100. The River’s Edge
101. Rocky 3
102. Roger & Me
103. The Corporation
104. Bowling For Columbine
105. A Christmas Story
106. Shoot To Kill
107. Exorcist
108. Unbreakable
109. Spiderman
110. Stand By Me
111. Taxi Driver
112. A Time To Kill
113. To Kill A Mockingbird
114. Tron
115. The Untouchables
116. The Vanishing
117. Walk In The Clouds
118. War of The Worlds
119. The Wild Bunch
120. Sting, The
121. Treasure of Sierra Madre
What are your favorites? Post them on your blog and let me know.
My criteria for this document was how the film looks today and not how it looked when it opened. So this is a living document and changes from month to month or year to year. An example is that in 1977 I am positive Star Wars would have been a number one, but today it does not look good compared with the newer films so it tumbled down the list. Some of my co workers built their list on how the movie opened and did not factor age into the equation. There is no right and wrong; your opinion is all that matters.
In my opinion movies like Patton and 12 Angry Men still look good today. In fact, you could probably put Patton in the theatres today and people would not know it was made over thirty years ago unless you already knew it was made thirty years ago. On the other hand, some films I enjoy less as they aged; like Star Wars IV, Star Wars I. Anyway here are my favorite films:
1. Gladiator
2. Lord of the Rings-Return of the King
3. Batman Begins
4. Lord of the Rings-Two Towers
5. Lord of the Rings-Fellowship of the Ring
6. V For Vendetta
7. War of The Worlds – 2005
8. Chronicles of Narnia – The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
9. Shawshank Redemption
10. Man in The Iron Mask
11. King Kong-2005
12. Patton
13. Les Miserables
14. Star Wars III
15. Legends of The Fall
16. Underworld
17. Star Wars VI
18. 12 Angry Men
19. Star Wars II
20. Star Wars V
21. Aliens
22. Goodfellas
23. Titanic
24. Matrix
25. Raiders of the Lost Ark
26. Gangs of New York
27. The Pianist
28. Dawn of The Dead - 2003
29. Godfather 2
30. We Were Soldiers
31. Scent of A Woman
32. Godfather
33. Terminator 2-Judgement Day
34. Jurassic Park
35. Silence of The Lambs
36. Matrix Revolutions
37. The Thirteenth Warrior
38. Ghost and The Darkness
39. First Blood
40. Star Trek II-The Wrath of Khan
41. Last Samurai
42. Silverado
43. Prophecy
44. Jaws
45. Shindler’s List
46. Total Recall
47. Top Gun
48. The Rock
49. Unforgiven
50. Outbreak
51. Sixth Sense
52. Terminator
53. Casino
54. Star Wars IV
55. American History X
56. Razor's Edge
57. Bridge on The River Kwai
58. Avalon
59. Bourne Identity
60. Forrest Gump
61. Rob Roy
62. Signs
63. Primal Fear
64. Platoon
65. Master And Commander
66. Conan The Barbarian
67. Cool Hand Luke
68. Dirty Harry
69. Star Wars I
70. Black Hawk Down
71. Rocky
72. No Way Out
73. Ed Wood
74. Eight Men Out
75. Vision Quest
76. Elephant Man
77. Falling Down
78. Fatal Attraction
79. Highlander
80. Con Air
81. Casualties of War
82. Judgment At Nuremberg
83. Kelley's Heroes
84. Lonely Are The Brave
85. Road Warrior
86. Marathon Man
87. Uncommon Valor
88. Miller's Crossing
89. Monte Walsh
90. Good Bad Ugly
91. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
92. Natural
93. Omen
94. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
95. Pale Rider
96. Poltergeist
97. Predator
98. Presumed Innocent
99. Regarding Henry
100. The River’s Edge
101. Rocky 3
102. Roger & Me
103. The Corporation
104. Bowling For Columbine
105. A Christmas Story
106. Shoot To Kill
107. Exorcist
108. Unbreakable
109. Spiderman
110. Stand By Me
111. Taxi Driver
112. A Time To Kill
113. To Kill A Mockingbird
114. Tron
115. The Untouchables
116. The Vanishing
117. Walk In The Clouds
118. War of The Worlds
119. The Wild Bunch
120. Sting, The
121. Treasure of Sierra Madre
What are your favorites? Post them on your blog and let me know.
Labels: Movie Review, Rant
posted by DarthImmortal at 8:50 AM
5 Comments:
Sorry, commented on the wrong post.
The Shawshank Redemption would be my top FILM, not necessarily score.
No matter how hard I tried I still forgot one. Shawshank is also one of my favorites and definitley in the top 20. Now i have to revise my list.
Mimi,
I would be honored if you were to post a link to my blog. Thanks for the comments; you are always welcome here.
Check out the four stories under the heading "From The Heart" They are my personal favorites.
Gladiator is a great choice for #1. I even bought the soundtrack which was awesome.
As far as the music goes: the Gladiator battle sequence is the finest piece of movie music ever. I think it is track 3. Crank that on your stereo; it will give you chills.
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