The List You Have All Been Waiting For

[PTAhole]

1. Star Wars (George Lucas; 1977)
2. Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe; 2000)
3. Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki; 1997)
4. Chungking Express (Wong Kar Wai; 1994)
5. Rushmore (Wes Anderson; 1998)
6. Jaws (Steven Spielberg; 1975)
7. Clerks. (Kevin Smith; 1994)
8. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa; 1950)
9. Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater; 1993)
10. Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman; 1984)

11. Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock; 1951)
12. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg; 1981)
13. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino; 1994)
14. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis; 1985)
15. Annie Hall (Woody Allen; 1977)
16. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese; 1980)
17. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick; 1968)
18. Planet of the Apes (Franklin J. Schaffner; 1968)
19. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa; 1954)
20. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Nicholas Meyer; 1982)

21. Toy Story (John Lasseter; 1995)
22. Dawn of the Dead (George A. Romero; 1978)
23. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles; 1941)
24. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar Wai; 2000)
25. Talk to Her (Pedro Almadovar; 2002)
26. Kiki's Delivery Service (Hayao Miyazaki; 1989)
27. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock; 1954)
28. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson; 2001)
29. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese; 1976)
30. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola; 1979)

31. Kids (Larry Clark; 1995)
32. Fargo (Joel and Ethan Coen; 1996)
33. The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola; 1999)
34. Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson; 1997)
35. Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby; 1971)
36. That Obscure Object of Desire (Luis Bunel; 1977)
37. Brazil (Terry Gilliam; 1985)
38. Down By Law (Jim Jarmusch; 1986)
39. Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa; 1952)
40. Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee; 1989)

41. George Washington (David Gordon Green; 2000)
42. Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater; 1995)
43. American Graffiti (George Lucas; 1973)
44. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick; 1971)
45. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino; 1978)
46. The Graduate (Mike Nichols; 1967)
47. Stardust Memories (Woody Allen; 1980)
48. Barton Fink (Joel and Ethan Coen; 1992)
49. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (Stephen Herek; 1989)
50. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Steve Barron; 1990)

[criterionmaster]

I think your list is a little too conventional, while there are many good films, there are films that shouldn't be on here in my mind.

[agentknight]

Johnny, my address is...

*snore*

[PTAhole]

Yeah, whatever.

[captainofbeef]

Great list Tim, dont listen to the critics.

[mixed]

Is this a, make the most cliche and overrated films list?

[mixed]

But man, some of these films are shit! Star wars, aliens, hahaha, but some of them are good...

[PTAhole]

Thanks, Beed. Sorry Dan, Agentknight, and Mixed, it's what I like. Anyway, added posters for all of them.

[criterionmaster]

I know you have seen much better films than these, even if you don't like them more, which is why you should expand it so you people can at least see you have seen more than just this standard/plain group of films.

Obviously can't argue against Untitled though. *I would insert a winking smilie if YMDB forum hadn't turned me off from using them FOREVER!*

Nice posters by the way!

[blackmoses]

Aliens above Dawn of the Dead?? You have always had Dawn on your list and it was used to be number 10 on your list! It is also your FAVORITE horror film. But you have Aliens above it?

[PTAhole]

Christ, Joel, shut up. I do not care what you guys think of my list. These are my favorites.

[misterbalco]

Obviously this guy has a different standard of picking his favorite movies. Ya, I guarantee he has seen "better" films, but these are the ones he loves. At least he isn't like the people I know, loving the latest Marlon Wayans movie. Get off his nuts.

[blackmoses]

I just don't see how you put Aliens over your favorite horror film ever.

[captainofbeef]

Top 3:
1. Seven Samurai
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Star Wars

Bottom 3: (Still like 'em)
1. Army of Darkness
2. Almost Famous
3. Back to the Future

[kiddo]

The 3 best:
Taxi Driver - The atmosphere, the acting, the powerful filmatic expression; a fantastic, brilliant piece of filmmaking which manage to hit you hard in the stomach.
Dawn of the Dead - So much fun, so much it lets you think about, so much to throughoutly enjoy. I love this film.
2001: A Space Odyssey/The Empire Strikes Back - 2001: Visually one of the most beautiful films ever, and it's also highly interesting in terms of what's behind the pictures. Empire: One of the greatest films in the "category" sci-fi-adventure.

The 3 "worst":
Lord of the Rings; FOTR or TT - Ok films, but nothing great.
Back to the Future - Pretty enjoyable film with some nice elements put into it, and it kind of have something to say. I like it very much, but not top 20 material for me, as you probably already have guessed.
Pulp Fiction/Aliens - Both excellent films, but from what's on the list, and from what I have seen, these are the third "worst films".


Not seen: Chungking Express, 3-Iron, Army of Darkness, Dazed and Confused, The Fountain, Princess Mononoke, Clerks and Clerks II, Almost Famous.

[blackmoses]

Best:
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Star Wars
3. Clerks./Cerks II
I wish I could pick Princess Mononoke too.

Worst:
1. Pulp Fiction
2. Aliens
3. Rear Window(sorry)

[The Anti-Snob]

Tim, don't listen to criticisms; I want to have your list's babies.

-Dan

[PTAhole]

Yes, my list makes me want to go into the Orgasmatron

[captainofbeef]

Hey, isn't that a Motorhead record?

[PTAhole]

Yes, it is, but I was referencing Sleeper.

[PTAhole]

Added 21-30. Easily could be changed.

[criterionmaster]

ptahole said:

21. Jaws (75; Spielberg)
22. Sleeper (73; Allen)
23. A Clockwork Orange (71; Kubrick)
24. Magnolia (99; Anderson)
25. The Graduate (67; Nichols)
26. Rashomon (50; Kurosawa)
27. Kill Bill (03-04; Tarantino)
28. Halloween (78; Carpenter)
29. The Royal Tennenbaums (01; Anderson)
30. The Virgin Spring (59; Bergman)
That is all for now...

Some great movies added!

Clockwork Orange, Magnolia, The Graduate, Rashomon are all for sure on my list somewhere. I am also dying to see Virgin Spring.

Don't feel Sleeper is worthy of being so high on your list. All the other Allen films I have seen (Stardust, Hall, Point, among others) are better.

[The Anti-Snob]

It's your list, man, and I don't care too much, but I probably would stick Rashomon a little higher than that. Truth be told, I actually prefer Rashomon to Seven Samurai.

Let the Dan-bashing commence.

-Dan

[captainofbeef]

Nah, a lot of people prefer Rashomon to Seven Samurai because Rashomon has a suppsosedly deeper meaning or something. I personally feel it doesn't but the point is you won't get bashed.

[Clark Nova]

don't listen to those snobs who call it "too conventional"...so there's some mainstream stuff there, so what?

Top 3:

- Seven Samurai (my choice for the greatest film ever made)
- Taxi Driver
- Blade Runner

Bottom 3:

- Clerks
- Royal Tenenbaums
- Return of the Jedi (the one loose cog of the star wars trilogy)...and just a suggestion, i'd separate the 3 star wars and lotr...kinda cheapens a list to put an entire series in one slot IMO...unless you consider them all exactly equal in quality, which i just couldn't bring myself to do

[eatawiiner]

"Game over man, GAME OVER!"

Top3:
7Sam
Blade Runner
The Royal Tenenbaums

Bottom3:
Aliens (WTF SERIAL!)
Indiana Jones
Lord of the Faggitrons ("Even the tree's walked in that fucking movie!")

[PTAhole]

I'm really starting to dislike ranking movies like this. I'm only really sure of what my numbers one and two are. Everything else could really mix up depending on the mood. I'm thinking about just bulleting these, and putting them in no order. Then I can add tons of movies, without fools like Joel complaining about Aliens being above Dawn of the Dead.

[blackmoses]

Yes, do that so I don't have to throw up every time I see your list.

[PTAhole]

Added some movies. No longer is the list in order other than the top ten or so, and ripped off Andrew, except I used posters.

[kiddo]

Your list looks very good. I like your inlusion of Dawn of the Dead, Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket and Junfrukällan very much. Great choices!

I really want to see Dark City and Brick, among others, btw.