1. Citizen Kane, 1941 *
2. Casablanca, 1942 *
3. The Godfather, 1972 *
4. Gone With the Wind, 1939 *
5. Lawrence of Arabia, 1962 *
6. The Wizard of Oz, 1939 *
7. The Graduate, 1967 *
8. On the Waterfront, 1954 *
9. Schindler's List, 1993 *
10. Singin' in the Rain, 1952 *
11. It's a Wonderful Life, 1946 *
12. Sunset Boulevard, 1950
13. The Bridge on the River Kwai, 1957 *
14. Some Like it Hot, 1959
15. Star Wars, 1977 *
16. All About Eve, 1950
17. The African Queen, 1951 *
18. Psycho, 1960 *
19. Chinatown, 1974 *
20. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975
21. The Grapes of Wrath, 1940
22. 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968 *
23. The Maltese Falcon, 1941 *
24. Raging Bull, 1980
25. E.T. -- the Extra-Terrestrial, 1982 *
26. Dr. Strangelove, 1964 *
27. Bonnie and Clyde, 1967 *
28. Apocalypse Now, 1979
29. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 1939 *
30. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 1948 *
31. Annie Hall, 1977 *
32. The Godfather Part II, 1974 *
33. High Noon, 1952 *
34. To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962 *
35. It Happened One Night, 1934
36. Midnight Cowboy, 1969
37. The Best Years of Our Lives, 1946
38. Double Indemnity, 1944
39. Doctor Zhivago, 1965 *
40. North by Northwest, 1959 *
41. West Side Story, 1961 *
42. Rear Window, 1954 *
43. King Kong, 1933
44. The Birth of a Nation, 1915
45. A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951
46. A Clockwork Orange, 1971 *
47. Taxi Driver, 1976
48. Jaws, 1975 *
49. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937 *
50. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1969 *
51. The Philadelphia Story, 1940
52. From Here to Eternity, 1953 *
53. Amadeus, 1984 *
54. All Quiet on the Western Front, 1930
55. The Sound of Music, 1965 *
56. M*A*S*H, 1970 *
57. The Third Man, 1949
58. Fantasia, 1940 *
59. Rebel Without a Cause, 1955
60. Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981 *
61. Vertigo, 1958 *
62. Tootsie, 1982 *
63. Stagecoach, 1939
64. Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1977 *
65. The Silence of the Lambs, 1991 *
66. Network, 1976 *
67. The Manchurian Candidate, 1962
68. An American in Paris, 1951
69. Shane, 1953
70. The French Connection, 1971 *
71. Forrest Gump, 1994 *
72. Ben-Hur, 1959 *
73. Wuthering Heights, 1939
74. The Gold Rush, 1925
75. Dances With Wolves, 1990 *
76. City Lights, 1931
77. American Graffiti, 1973
78. Rocky, 1976 *
79. The Deer Hunter, 1978
80. The Wild Bunch, 1969
81. Modern Times, 1936
82. Giant, 1956
83. Platoon, 1986
84. Fargo, 1996 *
85. Duck Soup, 1933
86. Mutiny on the Bounty, 1935
87. Frankenstein, 1931
88. Easy Rider, 1969
89. Patton, 1970 *
90. The Jazz Singer, 1927
91. My Fair Lady, 1964 *
92. A Place in the Sun, 1951
93. The Apartment, 1960
94. Goodfellas, 1990
95. Pulp Fiction, 1994 *
96. The Searchers, 1956
97. Bringing Up Baby, 1938
98. Unforgiven, 1992
99. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, 1967 *
100. Yankee Doodle Dandy, 1942 *
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My Favorite Movies
These are not necessarily the movies I would consider to be the best
movies. They are simply the movies that I like the best.
They are pretty much in order, although if I were to "ungroup"
them, then some of the ordering might change slightly. Good Will
Hunting is definitely first.
1. Good Will Hunting; Dead Poets Society; A Beautiful Mind; October Sky
2. The original Star Wars trilogy: Star Wars (now called A New Hope),
The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi
3. Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
4. It's a Wonderful Life; An Unfinished Life
5. Casablanca
6. Field of Dreams; Dances with Wolves
7. M*A*S*H (the movie, not the TV Show); Catch-22; Cold Mountain; Saving Private Ryan;
Sergeant York
8. Jason Bourne trilogy: The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum
9. Coal Miners Daughter; Walk the Line; Songcatcher
10. An Affair to Remember; Sleepless in Seattle; 50 First Dates; The Cutting Edge;
Pride and Prejudice (2005 with Keira Knightly and Matthew Macfadyen, although
the BBC mini-series with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth
is even better)
The Shop Around The Corner; In the Good Old Summertime; You've Got Mail;
The American President; Jerry Maguire;
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 with Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo)
11. Chocolat; Pleasantville; The Full Monty; Brassed Off;
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain;
The Truth About Cats and Dogs; Forest Gump; Fried Green Tomatoes;
The Princess Bride
12. 2001: A Space Odyssey; Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (the one with the whales);
Contact; The Wizard of Oz
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Movies I Really Like, Honorable Mention For Being Some Of My Favorites
These are not in any particular order, nor are they grouped.
A Few Good Men; Bull Durham; Gone With the Wind; Groundhog Day;
The Hunt For Red October; Days of Thunder; Chariots of Fire;
To Kill a Mockingbird; Doctor Zhivago; Bambi; Old Yeller;
Top Gun; The Graduate; Patton; Terminator; Terminator II; Terminator 3;
The Notebook; The Jane Austen Book Club;
Ghostbusters; The Holiday; The Pelican Brief; The Pride of the Yankees;
Good Morning, Vietnam; My Big Fat Greek Wedding; Awakenings;
L.A. Confidential; Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves; One Fine Day;
Avatar; Airport; High Noon; The Sting; Rocky; Superman; Inherit the Wind
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