101 movies

The other day Chris challenged me to list my 100 favorite movies. Not to be outdone, I did my 101 favorite movies. Please bear in mind that these are just personal favorites, not what I consider to be the best 101 movies ever made. This was tough because I'm almost positive I left out about ten movies that I just didn't remember, and of course the list could change as soon as I go see another movie. But for now, enjoy.



rank. movie / year / director
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1. The Royal Tenenbaums / 2001 / Wes Anderson

2. 12 Angry Men / 1957 / Sidney Lumet

3. The Shawshank Redemption / 1994 / Frank Darabont

4. L.A. Confidential / 1997 / Curtis Hanson

5. House Of Flying Daggers / 2004 / Yimou Zhang

6. Dumb and Dumber / 1994 / Peter Farrelly

7. The Sting / 1973 / George Roy Hill

8. Be Kind, Rewind / 2008 / Michel Gondry

9. Rushmore / 1998 / Wes Anderson

10. No Country for Old Men / 2007 / Ethan Coen Joel Coen

11. Hoop Dreams / 1994 / Steve James

12. Lion King / 1994 / Roger Allers Rob Minkoff

13. Cool Hand Luke / 1967 / Stuart Rosenberg

14. Unforgiven / 1994 / Clint Eastwood

15. Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid / 1969 / George Roy Hill

16. Rocky / 1976 / John G. Avildsen

17. Cool Runnings / 1993 / Jon Turteltaub

18. White Men Can't Jump / 1992 / Ron Shelton

19. Rear Window / 1954 / Alfred Hitchcock

20. The Usual Suspects / 1994 / Bryan Singer

21. The Fellowship of the Ring / 2001 / Peter Jackson

22. Die Hard / 1988 / John McTiernan

23. Field Of Dreams / 1989 / Phil Alden Robinson

24. Big / 1988 / Penny Marshall

25. To Kill a Mockingbird / 1962 / Robert Mulligan

26. A Few Good Men / 1992 / Rob Reiner

27. The Virgin Suicides / 1999 / Sofia Coppola

28. Pulp Fiction / 1994 / Quentin Tarantino

29. When Harry Met Sally... / 1989 / Rob Reiner

30. Casablanca / 1942 / Michael Curtiz

31. The Wrestler / 2008 / Darren Aronofsky

32. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest / 1975 / Milos Forman

33. The Dark Knight / 2008 / Christopher Nolan

34. Slumdog Millionaire / 2008 / Danny Boyle Loveleen Tandan

35. High Fidelity / 2000 / Stephen Frears

36. Street Fighter II The Animated Movie / 1994 / Gisaburo Sugii

37. Fight Club / 1999 / David Fincher

38. Memento / 2000 / Christopher Nolan

39. Sneakers / 1992 / Phil Alden Robinson

40. The Hustler / 1961 / Robert Rossen

41. The Matrix / 1999 / Andy Wachowski Larry Wachowski

42. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button / 2008 / David Fincher

43. Gladiator / 2000 / Ridley Scott

44. American History X / 1998 / Tony Kaye

45. The Lives Of Others / 2006 / Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

46. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind / 2004 / Michel Gondry

47. Se7en / 1995 / David Fincher

48. There Will Be Blood / 2007 / Paul Thomas Anderson

49. Full Metal Jacket / 1987 / Stanley Kubrick

50. Sin City / 2005 / Frank Miller Robert Rodriguez

51. Inherit The Wind / 1960 / Stanley Kramer

52. Braveheart / 1995 / Mel Gibson

53. Annie Hall / 1977 / Woody Allen

54. Into The Wild / 2007 / Sean Penn

55. City Of God / 2002 / Fernando Meirelles Kátia Lund

56. The Bourne Ultimatum / 2007 / Paul Greengrass

57. Sleepy Hollow / 1999 / Tim Burton

58. Back to the Future / 1985 / Robert Zemeckis

59. Snatch. / 2000 / Guy Ritchie

60. Remember The Titans / 2000 / Boaz Yakin

61. Dog Day Afternoon / 1975 / Sidney Lumet

62. V for Vendetta / 2005 / James McTeigue

63. Twelve Monkeys / 1995 / Terry Gilliam

64. Little Miss Sunshine / 2006 / Jonathan Dayton Valerie Faris

65. Good Will Hunting / 1997 / Gus Van Sant

66. The Darjeeling Limited / 2007 / Wes Anderson

67. My Cousin Vinny / 1992 / Jonathan Lynn

68. It's a Wonderful Life / 1946 / Frank Capra

69. The Sandlot / 1993 / David M. Evans

70. Oceans Eleven / 2001 / Steven Soderbergh

71. The Princess Bride / 1987 / Rob Reiner

72. Rambo: First Blood / 1982 / Ted Kotcheff

73. Rocky IV / 1985 / Sylvester Stalone

74. Hoosiers / 1986 / David Anspaugh

75. Mission Impossible / 1996 / Brian De Palma

76. Mighty Ducks / 1992 / Stephen Herek

77. El Mariachi / 1992 / Robert Rodriguez

78. Sleepers / 1996 / Barry Levinson

79. Training Day / 2001 / Antoine Fuqua

80. The Hurricane / 1999 / Norman Jewison

81. Il Postino / 1994 / Michael Radford

82. Casino Royale / 2006 / Martin Campbell

83. 8 Mile / 2002 / Curtis Hanson

84. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? / 1988 / Robert Zemeckis

85. Desperado / 1995 / Robert Rodriguez

86. Finding Neverland / 2004 / Marc Forster

87. Rounders / 1998 / John Dahl

88. The Rainmaker / 1997 / Francis Ford Cappola

89. A Streetcar Named Desire / 1951 / Elia Kazan

90. The Karate Kid / 1984 / John G. Avildsen

91. Dances With Wolves / 1990 / Kevin Costner

92. The Visitor / 2007 / Thomas McCarthy

93. Moulin Rouge! / 2001 / Baz Luhrmann

94. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective / 1994 / Tom Shadyac

95. Better Off Dead / 1985 / Savage Steve Holland

96. A Beautiful Mind / 2001 / Ron Howard

97. Helvetica / 2007 / Gary Hustwit

98. Ray / 2004 / Taylor Hackford

99. Blazing Saddles / 1974 / Mel Brooks

100. Waiting For Guffman / 1996 / Christopher Guest

101. Rocky Balboa / 2006 / Sylvester Stallone