I was looking at the list, seeing who I needed to tap on the shoulder, and I turned around and looked at myself! Well, it's time for a new list, then!
This time I've put together the
Top 100 Films I Wish Everyone Would SeeI'm taking out the strictly personal choices and leaving the films I love that I think almost everyone could get something out of. No Tideland or Mary Poppins for you! And no Empire Strikes Back because if you haven't seen it yet, my list won't get you to see it.
Top film of all time: Spirited Away
The rest of my top 10:
The Double Life of Veronique
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Rear Window
Red Beard
Princess Mononoke
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Amelie
A Serious Man
The Tree of Life
The rest of my list see here. Here's some double features you might want to consider:Deep sensuality:The Scent of Green Papaya
The Double Life of Veronique
Uncentered entertainment:Stormy Weather
Hellzapoppin'
Unique visual beauty:Pina
Alamar
Homelessness:Vagabond
Wendy and Lucy
The Man without a Past
Sympathetic view of the "disabled"The Elephant Man
Freaks
The House is Black
Amazing Adaptations:To Kill a Mockingbird
Les Miserables (1934)
War is Hell and Artistic:Paths of Glory
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
The Mortal Storm
Musical Biographies:Amadeus
I'm Not There
Walk Through History:12 Years a Slave
Andrei Rublev
Pilgrimages:The Mirror
A Canterbury Tale
Fictional Biographies:Vera Drake
The Apostle
Assassins:The Assassin
Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai
Leon
The Life of Compassion:Red Beard
Tokyo Godfathers
The Human Condition
After the Wedding
Not your Father's Animation:A Scanner Darkly
World of Tomorrow
Show, Don't Tell:Three Colors: Blue
3-Iron
Unique Documentary Approaches:Exit Through the Gift Shop
The Gleaners and I
For All Mankind
What is going on at this party anyway?Fanny and Alexander
The Dead
Horrible people we look at againThe Selfish Giant
In a Lonely Place
Bitter, clever satire:The Exterminating Angel
Sweet Secret of Success
Brazil
Heck, just watch Spirited Away again. You know you want to. We could make this the Spirited Away Appreciation Thread.