So I thought it was time for an update.
These are 101 of my favorite films, in no particular order but they are films that have moved me or impacted me emotionally.
I left out obvious franchise films that I love - Harry Potter, LOTR, MCU because I didn’t want to choose individual films but those all had those moments where I’d get goosebumps or tear up a little (yes I cry even when I’m happy) and to me they speak to the collective power of film - especially when seen in a theater.
I respect and admire the depth of knowledge we have here so understand that it’s a little intimidating posting lists like these among you very fine and learned people.
Top 101 Films
1. Lost In Translation
2. Before Sunrise
3. Jaws
4. Star Wars
5. The Matrix
6. Trainspotting
7. Pulp Fiction
8. Alien
9. Boogie Nights
10. Blade Runner
11. Chungking Express
12. The Big Lebowski
13. No Country For Old Men
14. Se7en
15. Swingers
16. Shaun of the Dead
17. Crybaby
18. Goodfellas
19. Playtime
20. Godfather II
21. JoJo Rabbit (I know it’s early, but I think it’s got staying power)
22. The Grand Budapest Hotel
23. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
24. Forrest Gump
25. 8 1/2
26. Bend It Like Beckham
27. Millennium Mambo
28. L.A. Confidential
29. Silence of the Lambs
30. Reservoir Dogs
31. Casablanca
32. Amadeus
33. The Prestige
34. Young Frankenstein
35. Gladiator
36. Brick
37. Amelie
38. Jurassic Park
39. Fargo
40. The Princess Bride
41. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
42. Back to the Future
43. Raiders of the Lost Ark
44. Goonies
45. The Wizard of Oz
46. Apocalypse Now
47. La Dolce Vita
48. Dr Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
49. Fight Club
50. Bull Durham
51. Baraka
52. Children of Men
53. Dog Day Afternoon
54. Buffalo 66
55. Ghost in the Shell (1995)
56. The Double Life of Veronique
57. Scream
58. The Exorcist
59. Melancholia
60. Hot Fuzz
61. Brokeback Mountain
62. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
63. Aliens
64. Beautiful Girls
65. Reality Bites
66. Gattaca
67. Training Day
68. House of Flying Daggers
69. Galaxy Quest
70. Saving Private Ryan
71. Platoon
72. Beetlejuice
73. Midnight in Paris
74. Paris is Burning
75. Until the End of World
76. The Hurt Locker
77. Cloud Atlas
78. Speed Racer
79. King Kong (2005)
80. Waiting for Guffman
81. Dazed and Confused
82. Muriel’s Wedding
83. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
84. Die Hard
85. Let the Right One In
86. Eastern Promises
87. My Blueberry Nights
88. The Sound of Music
89. Hairspray (1988)
90. Full Metal Jacket
91. The Last Days of Disco
92. The Empire Strikes Back
93. That Thing You Do
94. Arrival
95. Tremors
96. Rushmore
97. The Bad News Bears (1976)
98. Bound
99. Lolita (1962)
100. Vertigo
101. Titanic