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The Filmspotter Forum Top 100 (2014 edition)
« on: August 31, 2014, 01:58:42 PM »
Well, it's been two years since our last annual Top 100, so we might expect to see some differences.  Thanks to Wilson for all the years of organizing this.  I can't promise to do as well as he, but with all the help I got, I think we'll have a good time.  Thanks to Bondo, 1SO and Verite for making this happen!

#1 Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
#2 Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
#3 Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
#4 The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
#5 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
#6 Once Upon the Time in the West (Sergio Leone,1968)
#7 Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
#8 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet, 1957)
#9 There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
#10 It’s a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946)
#11 Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
#12 The Big Lebowski (Coen Bros., 1998)
#13 Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
#14 City Lights (Charles Chaplin, 1931)
#15 Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
#16 Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
#17 Fargo (Coen Bros., 1996)
#18 Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)
#19 Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
#20 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, Stanley Kubrick)
#21 Singin’ in the Rain (Stanley Donen, 1952)
#22 The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 1960)
#23 Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
#24 Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950)
#25 Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978)
#26 Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
#27 The Double Life of Veronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1991)
#28 The Shining [Stanley Kubrick, 1980]
#29 Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)
#30 Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
#31 The Matrix (Andy and Lana Wachowski, 1999)
#32 Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
#33 Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999)
#34 Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch, 2001)
#35 Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)
#36 Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)
#37 The Night of the Hunter (1955, Charles Laughton)
#38 Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985)
#39 A Serious Man (Ethan and Joel Coen, 2009)
#40 A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
#41 Amelie  (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
#42 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Sergio Leone,1966)
#43 Star Wars (George Lucas, 1977)
#44 Lost in Translation (2003)
#45 Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992)
#46 Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
#47 Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron, 2006)
#48 Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982)
#49 Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957)
#50 Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988)
#51 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron, 1991)
#52 The Godfather: Part II (1974, Francis Ford Coppola)
#53 Lawrence of Arabia  (David Lean  1962)
#54 The Red Shoes (1948, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)
#55 Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
#56 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Milos Forman,1975)
#57 Sunrise (F.W. Murnau, 1927)
#58 The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)
#59 Modern Times (Charles Chaplin, 1936)
#60 In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2001)
#61 Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927)
#62 Amadeus (Milos Foreman, 1984)
#63 The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
#64 Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa, 1952)
#65 Sweet Smell of Success [Alexander Mackendrick, 1957]
#66 The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939)
#67 In a Lonely Place (Nicholas Ray, 1950)
#68 Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)
#69 Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977)
#70 The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994)
#71 Three Colors: Blue (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993)
#72 Barton Fink (The Coen Brothers, 1991)
#73 The General (1926, Buster Keaton)
#74 The New World (2005, Terrence Malick)
#75 The Tree of Life (2011, Terrence Malick)
#76 M (Fritz Lang, 1931)
#77 Do the Right Thing (1989, Spike Lee)
#78 The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, 1980)
#79 The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928)
#80 Take Shelter [Jeff Nichols, 2011]
#81 My Neighbor Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki, 1988)
#82 In Bruges (Martin McDonagh, 2008)
#83 Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985)
#84 Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998)
#85 Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
#86 The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1997)
#87 The Terminator (James Cameron, 1984)
#88 Night and Fog (1955, Alain Resnais)
#89 Boogie Nights (1997)
#90 Life of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)
#91 Chungking Express (Wong Kar Wai, 1994)
#92 Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002)
#93 Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992)
#94 Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)
#95 Rashomon (Kurosawa, 1950)
#96 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam, 1975)
#97 The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)
#98 No Country for Old Men (Coen Bros., 2007) 
#99  To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan, 1962) (tie)
#99  The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2001) (tie)
#99  Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000) (tie)
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Re: The Filmspotter Forum Top 100 (2014 edition)
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2014, 04:01:50 PM »
#99

To Kill a Mockingbird
(Robert Mulligan, 1962)


#99

The Royal Tenenbaums
(Wes Anderson, 2001)


 
#99

Almost Famous
(Cameron Crowe, 2000)
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Re: The Filmspotter Forum Top 100 (2014 edition)
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2014, 04:04:44 PM »
#98

No Country For Old Men
(Joel & Ethan Coen, 2007)
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Re: The Filmspotter Forum Top 100 (2014 edition)
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2014, 04:06:52 PM »
#97

The Searchers
(John Ford, 1956)
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Re: The Filmspotter Forum Top 100 (2014 edition)
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2014, 04:09:06 PM »
#96

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam, 1975)
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Re: The Filmspotter Forum Top 100 (2014 edition)
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2014, 04:10:16 PM »
#95

Rashômon
(Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
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Re: The Filmspotter Forum Top 100 (2014 edition)
« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2014, 04:11:49 PM »
#94

Requiem For a Dream
(Darren Aronofsky, 2000)
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Re: The Filmspotter Forum Top 100 (2014 edition)
« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2014, 04:13:08 PM »
 
#93

Unforgiven
(Clint Eastwood, 1992)
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Re: The Filmspotter Forum Top 100 (2014 edition)
« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2014, 04:15:11 PM »
#92

Punch-Drunk Love
(Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002)
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Re: The Filmspotter Forum Top 100 (2014 edition)
« Reply #9 on: August 31, 2014, 04:16:25 PM »
 
#91

Chungking Express
(Wong Kar Wai, 1994)
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