The New AND Improved MoFo Top 100 Films of All-Time

[genesis_pig]

/\ that was good too.. I liked the way each brother was associated with one of the seven deadly sins... Youngest one was gluttony, the other was speed & the other one sportsmanship or something, I think!

& don't forget themes of interracial infatuation.. & how bad guy's bad guy turns against him.

[ash_is_the_gal]

i remember having a huge crush on the youngest brother in 3 Ninjas. that little boy was hawwwt.

[Brodinski]

Well, I have a good idea of the numerous types of stats I want to post but I want to make sure I don't leave anything off that you all will want to see...

So what I'm saying is request what sort of stats or info you want. ????

I'd like to see director appearences on the list. It would be nice to see which directors are really well represented on the MoFo top 100.

[MadMikeyD]

I'd like to see director appearences on the list. It would be nice to see which directors are really well represented on the MoFo top 100.

I agree. Seeing which directors appear how often would be interesting.

[rauldc14]

How many best pictures made the list/ which ones were close to making it

[Caitlyn]

Not at all surprised by the top two... nor the order... :cool:


Great job Badger! Ready to go again? :D

[The Dame]

This must have been loads of work, Badge. It turned out great :)

Solid list, MoFos

[The Dame]

I was just thinking, maybe actors/actresses that appear the most. The top 5 of each or something would be an interesting stat.

[DexterRiley]

Not that it matters quite as much as it used to, but how about appearances by The studios?

Also the 10 that were just outside the top 100 might be interesting.

[Harry Lime]

Badger, can you post the full top 100?

By the way, great job on the presentation of this list. Thanks.

[WBadger]

MoFo Top 100, Summer/Fall 2010

100. The Crow
99. Mystic River
98. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
97. Being John Malkovich
96. Double Indemnity
95. Spirited Away
94. Million Dollar Baby
93. Black Hawk Down
92. Moulin Rouge!
91. Leon (The Professional)
90. Good Will Hunting
89. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
88. American Beauty
87. Raging Bull
86. Schindler's List
85. Signs
84. Sonatine
83. Magnolia
82. Requiem for a Dream
81. Titanic
80. The Royal Tenenbaums
79. Cabaret
78. Quills
77. Cool Hand Luke
76. The Breakfast Club
75. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
74. Midnight Cowboy
73. To Kill a Mockingbird
72. Dances with Wolves
71. Lawrence of Arabia
70. Superman: The Movie
69. Dark City
68. Psycho
67. Back to the Future
66. The Princess Bride
65. Naked
64. All About Eve
63. The Wild Bunch
62. In the Mood for Love
61. The Shining
60. Fargo
59. The Blues Brothers
58. The Searchers
57. Withnail & I
56. It's a Wonderful Life
55. Aliens
54. City of God
53. North By Northwest
52. Singin' in the Rain
51. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
50. Silence of the Lambs
49. The Third Man
48. Heat
47. Reservoir Dogs
46. The Dark Knight
45. Seven Samurai
44. Rear Window
43. Lost in Translation
42. The Last of the Mohicans
41. Sense and Sensibility
40. Die Hard
39. 12 Angry Men
38. Once Upon a Time in the West
37. Saving Private Ryan
36. Ghostbusters
35. Memento
34. Amelie
33. Forrest Gump
32. American History X
31. Gladiator
30. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
29. Vertigo
28. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
27. Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
26. A Clockwork Orange
25. The Lord of the Rings
24. Se7en
23. Star Wars: Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back
22. Citizen Kane
21. Braveheart
20. Blade Runner
19. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
18. Chinatown
17. Casablanca
16. 2001: A Space Odyssey
15. Goodfellas
14. Apocalypse Now
13. Unforgiven
12. The Godfather, Part II
11. The Shawshank Redemption
10. The Matrix
9. Jaws
8. The Big Lebowski
7. The Departed
6. Fight Club
5. Taxi Driver
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. Star Wars
2. Pulp Fiction
1. The Godfather

[Harry Lime]

Thanks buddy.

[WBadger]

Not that it matters quite as much as it used to, but how about appearances by The studios?

Also the 10 that were just outside the top 100 might be interesting.

Sorry, but appearances by the studios is pretty pointless in my opinion and I'm not sure anybody would care all that much about it. Just doesn't seem all that interesting.

However, I will gladly put the ten movies that just barely missed the cut. :yup:

[Iroquois]

I've seen 90% of the movies.

[rauldc14]

99. Mystic River 10/10
94. Million Dollar Baby 9.5/10
93. Black Hawk Down 6/10
88. American Beauty 7/10
86. Schindler's List 8/10
85. Signs 8/10
82. Requiem for a Dream 5/10
80. The Royal Tenenbaums 6/10
75. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 7/10
74. Midnight Cowboy 5.5/10
68. Psycho 8/10
63. The Wild Bunch 6/10
60. Fargo 8/10
56. It's a Wonderful Life 7/10
53. North By Northwest 8.5/10
51. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 8/10
50. Silence of the Lambs 9/10
48. Heat 8/10
46. The Dark Knight 8.5/10
44. Rear Window 9.5/10
39. 12 Angry Men 8/10
37. Saving Private Ryan 8/10
33. Forrest Gump 8.5/10
31. Gladiator 8/10
30. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 8.5/10
29. Vertigo 7.5/10
27. Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 6/10
25. The Lord of the Rings 7/10
24. Se7en 8/10
17. Casablanca 8.5/10
15. Goodfellas 8/10
13. Unforgiven 9/10
11. The Shawshank Redemption 10/10
9. Jaws 7/10
7. The Departed 9/10
6. Fight Club 2/10 ( I hate this film, strangely enough)
5. Taxi Driver 7.5/10
2. Pulp Fiction 6.5/10

I've only seen 38 of the 100 movies, so looks like I have a lot of great films to look forward to. Overall, I did enjoy the list.

[Thursday Next]

A great job, WBadger!

I've seen 84 of these movies, and have recorded Naked and Unforgiven to watch in an attempt to catch up on the rest.

[The Prestige]

I've seen 79 of these flicks, which is pretty much what I thought I would get. There are some I will most certainly check out and others I just won't bother with.

[wintertriangles]

I've seen 79 of these flicks, which is pretty much what I thought I would get. There are some I will most certainly check out and others I just won't bother with.That's how I feel about almost every list I see :laugh:

[Yoda]

I think I've seen 87 of the 100, but that's just skimming through it. I'll be adding it as an official list sometime fairly soon, though, so we can formalize all these numbers then. :)

[genesis_pig]

I have seen 85 of the movies.
Only plan to watch few of the remaining 15.

Especially these:
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Sonatine
Withnail & I
In the Mood for Love

As of now, the rest aren't a priority. But I am hoping to see them in the near future.
If MoFos have them as favorites, it's definitely worth watch watching.

[rauldc14]

Adding it as a real list seems like a sweet idea to me Chris. We can always update the list as we continue to get newer versions of the list.

[wintertriangles]

Especially these:
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Sonatine
Withnail & I
In the Mood for Loveall great

[Yoda]

It's up in the Lists (http://www.movieforums.com/lists) area:

Movie Forums Top 100 (2010) (http://www.movieforums.com/lists/movie_forums_top_100_2010.html)

[spudracer]

Oooh, just went through and updated the movie's I've seen. Guess I need to get crackin' and get the others on the list watched.

[WBadger]

Stats will be here eventually. Just been busy.

[honeykid]

Cool. Looking forward to seeing them. :)

[Gunny]

Glad to see Unforgiven got a fair spot on the list. #13 isn't too shabby. It's hands down my all-time favorite movie.

[Powdered Water]

Going back and rereading this list, I really think it's a travesty that only one animated film made this list. I haven't seen it, but I plan to pretty soon. But man, nobody is going to convince me that Spirited Away is the best animated film of all time. Or, even the most popular, I think it just happened to pick up more than one vote and that was just enough to get it on this list.

[Yoda]

Huh; I hadn't noticed that. That's pretty weird.

[genesis_pig]

I thought Beauty & The Beast was on it, Just saw that it isn't..
Weird.

[Thursday Next]

Going back and rereading this list, I really think it's a travesty that only one animated film made this list.

Maybe so. But hang on, you don't have any animated films in your top ten - which (if any) would be in your top 25 (and therefore list eligible)?

Spirited Away was the only animated movie I had in my top 25 (I think, can't quite remember if Nightmare Before Christmas made the cut)


I haven't seen it, but I plan to pretty soon. But man, nobody is going to convince me that Spirited Away is the best animated film of all time.

Watch it before you decide that, Miyazaki might convince you ;)

Or, even the most popular, I think it just happened to pick up more than one vote and that was just enough to get it on this list.

Very true. But then again, that's true of a lot of the films on this list, especially in the lower half.

Personally I was a bit disappointed not to see more foreign-language films in the list...

[Gunny]

Only animated film to make my Top 100 List was Beauty and the Beast.

[wintertriangles]

Then you need to see more animated films

[honeykid]

:nope:

[The Dame]

I've got to hand it to ya, Badger. Looking back through, I never would've had the patience to set this up as well as you did. Take your time on those stats. You deserve a break!

[Powdered Water]

@Thursday.

I've only got one in my top 100 and that's The Incredibles. It isn't in my top 25 though so yeah... If I ever redo mine I could see Wall*E making it pretty high up there next time around. I love that film dearly. I don't doubt that Spirited Away is good I'm just surprised, more than anything that there wasn't a single Pixar or Disney film. Pretty surprising to be honest. And yeah, as a person that has two really excellent foreign films in his top ten, I was also surprised at the lack of foreign films.

[Thursday Next]

I think a lot of people like animated films, but don't necessarily have them in their top 25, so they didn't make it into this list.

[dargofargo]

nice movie picks :-)

[rauldc14]

I think Finding Nemo should have somehow made its way onto the list, but other than that I'm not too disappointed with the lack of animated movies on it.

[planet news]

Spirited Away is hardly the best Ghibli (Princess Mononoke, Naussica, and Grave of the Fireflies, Totoro), but it is still a great film.

[rauldc14]

Stats? or no Stats.

Also, just as a side note, I wouldn't mind being in charge of our next list if nobody would mind.

[WBadger]

Sorry about the stats. I do plan on releasing them at some point. :o

Also, hope you don't mind but I was planning on organizing the next list.

[rauldc14]

I'm cool with it. I was just volunteering in case you didn't want to.

I'll be looking forward to seeing some of the stats. Not trying to rush you, but i get antsy some times.

[shahrukhcine]

I will add it to my ever growing list. It looks since I even have joined this website my list to visualize movies is growing and growing.

[WBadger]

Top Directors (Most Films on List):

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STEVEN SPIELBERG
(Schindlers List, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Jaws, Saving Private Ryan, Raiders of the Lost Ark)

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MARTIN SCORSESE
(Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, The Departed, Raging Bull)

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STANLEY KUBRICK
(2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Dr. Strangelove, The Shining)

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ALFRED HITCHCOCK
(Rear Window, Vertigo, North By Northwest, Psycho)


Best Picture Winners That Made the List:

Casablanca (1942, Curtiz)
All About Eve (1950, Mankiewicz)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962, Lean)
Midnight Cowboy (1969, Schlesinger)
The Godftaher (1972, Coppola)
The Godfather, Part II (1974, Coppola)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975, Forman)
Dances with Wolves (1990, Costner)
Silence of the Lambs (1991, Demme)
Unforgiven (1992, Eastwood)
Schindler's List (1993, Spielberg)
Forrest Gump (1994, Zemeckis)
Braveheart (1995, Gibson)
Titanic (1997, Cameron)
American Beauty (1999, Mendes)
Gladiator (2000, Scott)
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003, Jackson)
Million Dollar Baby (2004, Eastwood)
The Departed (2006, Scorsese)


Top 5 Actors/Actresses (Most FIlms on List):

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ROBERT DENIRO
(Taxi Driver, The Godfather: Part II, Goodfellas, Heat, Raging Bull)

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HARRISON FORD
(Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Tmple of Doom, Blade Runner)

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JACK NICHOLSON
(One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, The Departed, Chinatown)

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MORGAN FREEMAN
(The Shawshank Redemption, Se7en, Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby)

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KATE WINSLET
(Titanic, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Sense and Snesiblity, Quills)


TOP TEN FILMS THAT JUST MISSED THE LIST:

1. Alien (1979, Scott) http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1979/posters/DF0ECE2B18-5ed4.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=Alien+1979)

2. Donnie Darko (2001, Kelly) http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/2002/posters/19A3194E9C-0058.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=Donnie+Darko+2002)

3. The Goonies (1985, Donner) http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1985/posters/1ED3C6D02E-9115.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=The+Goonies+1985)

4. GIngersnaps (2000, Fawcett) http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/2001/posters/67A3F1940E-a376.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=Ginger+Snaps+2001)

5. Star Wars Episode VI: The Return of the Jedi (1983, Marquand) http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1983/posters/32435A77AB-27bc.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=Return+of+the+Jedi+1983)

6. Zodiac (2007, Fincher) http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/2007/posters/zodiac_ver3.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=Zodiac+2007)

7. Crouching Tiger, HIdden Dragon (2000, Lee) http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/2000/posters/crouching_tiger_hidden_dragon_ver3.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=Crouching+Tiger%2c+Hidden+Dragon+2000)

8. Scarface (1983, De Palma) http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1983/posters/scarface_ver6.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=Scarface+1983)

9. The Graduate (1967, Nichols) http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1968/posters/10C3482E68-d731.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=The+Graduate+1968)

10. On the Waterfront (1954, Kazan) http://www.flickchart.com/Assets/Posters/1954/posters/7D87DF3EBE-42bd.jpg (http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=2096&adID=79&opt1=TI&str1=On+the+Waterfront+1954)

[Yoda]

Awesome breakdown! Very cool; shame On the Waterfront didn't make it (I'm pretty sure I had it quite high), but maybe next time. :)

[rauldc14]

It's good to see that On the Waterfront was oh so close. It would probably get my vote the next go around as well. I love the statistics. Love the love that Hitchcock got as well. Great job!

[rauldc14]

In a weird sense, Clint Eastwood was a part of 4 movies in the MOFO Top 100. He acted in Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. He also directed Mystic River (as well as the previously mentioned Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby).

[HollyG]

Poor Donnie Darko:(

[Brodinski]

Ehh, I know it's only mid April, but when can you start sending in your Top 100 list for the 2011 MoFo Top 100? I'm asking, because I'll actually send in a list this time. Will the countdown start late July - early August again or...?

[Tyler1]

I will send in a top 30 only. Ive tried top 100 film lists but i was never satisfied with them.

[mark f]

You only send in a Top 25, but I don't think there is any scheduled redo planned as of yet.

[JayDee]

Great list and great thread. Since arriving here I've been reading a few pages at a time and just got through it. I was particularly entertained by the fact that after every reveal it sparked a big arguement and a back and forth of "Too high!" and "Too low." :D

I've only seen just over half of the films on the list (still lots to catch up on! :eek:), and have another 20-25 available to watch either on DVD or recorded from TV so will hopefully get a lot more seen soon


Have begun very early work on a top 100 list, not sure if I'll be ready to submit a top 25 for the next list or not. Would like to see a lot more 'classic' films first

Just out of interest has there ever been any talk of having something like a veto vote? As well as your 25 top movies you can choose a movie or two you don't like and they lose a couple of points or 5 points from their score.

Perhaps it doesn't represent the celebration and love of film this list appears to be but could be fun.

[ItsTheAgentofChaos]

Great list and great thread

[makdnite]

Indiana Jones of course! That movie was so good! But now, i would say they're not good anymore! Resident evil is my choice and that's final :)

[HitchFan97]

I can send in as many as 50, no more than that though. Still, I kinda love the way the list is right now.

[Tyler1]

I can send in as many as 50, no more than that though. Still, I kinda love the way the list is right now.

I am in the process of extending my list to 75 movies. Looking back at my old list, which i made a year ago, i realised my movie taste has changed quite a lot. For instance, the new list has fewer 'classic hollywood' movies and more foreign ones.

[HitchFan97]

I really should make a new one, in just a few months the bottom 15 of my old one has basically dropped off and a lot of films have moved down in favor of ones that i've seen recently. I think i'll wanna rewatch the top 5 or so first, though.

[makdnite]

thanks... this post is great! Thanks... my prob is solve now :) thnx everyone

[ninorost]

The Matrix is such a great flick. Already 11 years later and we're still talking about it. What a buzz I had the first night I went to see it.

[gandalf26]

I ve seen only 61 films on the list, although the 39 I havent seen from start to finish I have caught bits and bobs on TV and what not.

I will try to get a couple of the 39 next time I go DVD shopping.

[cinemaafficionado]

On The Waterfront should have made the list. Besides A Sreet Car Named Desire, it's my favorite Brando performance.

[ChuckDee]

Some thoughts....
The top 10 was mind blowing....The Departed? Not even Marty's best movie. Grossly overrated. The Big Lewbowski? Funny, but top 10?
Where is "No Country For Old Men"? A million times better then The Departed and had my favorite villain of all time.
I'm new here so I'll be sure to do a list if you roll this out again.
It was also interesting that not too many comedies made the top 100.

[gandalf26]

Some thoughts....
The top 10 was mind blowing....The Departed? Not even Marty's best movie. Grossly overrated. The Big Lewbowski? Funny, but top 10?
Where is "No Country For Old Men"? A million times better then The Departed and had my favorite villain of all time.
I'm new here so I'll be sure to do a list if you roll this out again.
It was also interesting that not too many comedies made the top 100.

Yeah, The Departed is a good yarn, but to finish above the likes of Goodfellas, Unforgiven, Matrix, Blade Runner, Godfather 2 and Shawshank Redemption is just meh!

[Miss Vicky]

Some thoughts....
The top 10 was mind blowing....The Departed? Not even Marty's best movie. Grossly overrated. The Big Lewbowski? Funny, but top 10?
Where is "No Country For Old Men"? A million times better then The Departed and had my favorite villain of all time.
I'm new here so I'll be sure to do a list if you roll this out again.
It was also interesting that not too many comedies made the top 100.


See, I found No Country to be vastly overrated. I hated it actually. I honestly couldn't care less what happened to a single one of those characters and I still don't know how I managed to even get through the entire thing. Whereas I think The Departed earned its praise. I went into it expecting to hate it (a mob movie starring a Baldwin, Marky Mark and Matt Damon? No thanks!) but came out absolutely loving it.

And Lebowski? Best comedy ever made, IMO.

[TylerDurden99]

The Departed is a great movie, and I love it, but I was also pretty shocked it made the top ten. If it made the top ten here, I have a feeling it will make the top 5 for the next top 100.

[rauldc14]

Well I think the thing is that it was in a lot of people's 25, not necessarily that it was that high up on a lot of people's lists

[gandalf26]

Maybe because it was new around the time of voting and people rated it higher than it should be. Probably drop down the rankings into the 30-40s next time around.

[VaporNation]

return to paradise and goodfellas

[Sexy Celebrity]

GASP. There's not ONE post in here from me (except this) and I DIDN'T EVEN SEND IN A LIST FOR THIS.

We definitely need to redo this list ASAP.