With apologies to the Campion Ver contingent, these were my restrictions: no
documentaries (integrated list
here), no performance films, no
shorts.
Now, prepare to tremble at how staggeringly middlebrow one man's taste can be:
1. FIGHT CLUB
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2. MEMENTO
3. CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND
4. APOCALYPSE NOW
5. CASINO
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6. GODFATHER, THE
7. L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
8. HEAT
9. CLERKS
10. TRAFFIC
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11. FEAR & LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS
12. 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE
13. DOORS, THE
14. SUBURBIA
15. RULES OF ATTRACTION, THE
16. BLOW
17. WAY OF THE GUN, THE
18. LA HAINE
19. ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD, THE
20. BRONSON
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21. SEVEN
22. BARTON FINK
23. SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE
24. SNATCH
25. PRESTIGE, THE
26. CITY OF GOD
27. RAGING BULL
28. WALTZ WITH BASHIR
29. TRAINSPOTTING
30. REAL LIFE
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31. INCEPTION
32. GATTACA
33. WONDERLAND
34. BOILER ROOM
35. SEXY BEAST
36. SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK
37. WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY, THE
38. PULP FICTION
39. ADAPTATION
40. PROPOSITION, THE
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41. BLINDNESS
42. EXPERIMENT, DAS
43. THERE WILL BE BLOOD
44. TAPE
45. STING, THE
46. HIGHBALL
47. SQUID & THE WHALE, THE
48. LOCK, STOCK, & TWO SMOKING BARRELS
49. CQ
50. GAME, THE
51. ROYAL TENENBAUMS, THE
52. BUFFALO '66
53. TRISTRAM SHANDY: A COCK & BULL STORY
54. TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE, THE
55. THIS IS ENGLAND
56. QUIET AMERICAN, THE
57. JCVD
58. GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
59. RKO 281
60. LENNY
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61. DREAMERS, THE
62. INSIDER, THE
63. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
64. RAVENOUS
65. UNDER SUSPICION
66. Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN
67. INSOMNIA
68. KONTROLL
69. I HEART HUCKABEES
70. OLDBOY
71. ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
72. THE RETURN
73. FITZCARRALDO
74. RUSSIAN ARK
75. SCUM
76. BRICK
77. LAST MINUTE, THE
78. FOLLOWING
79. IMMORTAL BELOVED
80. LIFE & DEATH OF PETER SELLERS, THE
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81. HIGHER LEARNING
82. INTACTO
83. STRAIGHT TIME
84. THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
85. ED WOOD
86. SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE
87. AMORES PERROS
88. HURRICANE, THE
89. SUGAR
90. STANDER
91. LIVES OF OTHERS, THE
92. HOTEL RWANDA
93. AUTO FOCUS
94. NINE QUEENS
95. SWINGERS
96. LIVING IN OBLIVION
97. AMERICAN HISTORY X
98. LÉON: THE PROFESSIONAL
99. DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS
100. LOLITA