75. The Exorcist
(William Friedkin, 1973)
Just hitting the Top 75,
The Exorcist is a dark, frightening horror with an intriguing story (the Devil possessing an innocent young girl) and a spectacular cast (Linda Blair and Lee J. Cobb of
12 Angry Men which you'll see...later on in the list
). Perhaps it doesn't quite live up to its praise as "the scariest film of all time," in my opinion, but it comes damn close.
74. Clue
(Jonathan Lynn, 1985)
Like
Private Resort, Clue is a tremendously silly comedy filled with clever humor and delightfully wacky performances. The three different alternate endings add further to the already high rewatchability.
73. Unfaithful
(Adrian Lyne, 2002)
A tense story of one woman's infidelity and her husband's reaction once he makes the heart-breaking and world-shattering discovery of lies, deceit, and aldertury formally concealed by his wife. There's a bit of a slow start here, but the second half is a pure thrill-ride, and had it not been for the slow start--if both halves were equel--
Unfaithful would have cracked the Top 50.
72. The Punisher
(Jonathan Hensleigh, 2004)
The Punisher is among my favorite super/anti-hero films, thanks primarily to an excellent performance by Thomas Jane as the vengeful vigilante and a deeply interconnected plot that kept me on the edge of my seat.
71. Pulp Fiction
(Quinten Tarantino, 1994)
There's no other film quite like
Pulp Fiction; its story is a deep, interconnected web of several different characters' individual stories who all tie in together in some way. The action is phenomenal and the cast pretty much speaks for itself: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Uma Therman, et cetera.
[Will Be Continued...]