michaelcorleone 100 Favorite Flicks

This is a completely subjective list - to hear my objective opinion, all you need to do is ask. These are the 100 movies I enjoy the most. My list does tend to change every now and then, but this is the current order:

100. North by Northwest - 1959, Alfred Hitchcock


99. Scarlet Street - 1945, Fritz Lang


98. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? - 1962, Robert Aldrich


97. Ferris Bueller's Day Off - 1986, John Hughes


96. This Boy's Life - 1993, Michael Caton-Jones


95. Collateral - 2004, Michael Mann


94. Hannah and Her Sisters - 1986, Woody Allen


93. The Shining - 1980, Stanley Kubrick


92. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - 2002, Peter Jackson


91. Days of Heaven - 1978, Terrence Malick


90. What's Eating Gilbert Grape - 1993, Lasse Hallström

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89. Reservoir Dogs - 1992, Quentin Tarantino


88. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - 2003, Peter Jackson


87. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 1989, Steven Spielberg


86. Double Indemnity - 1944, Billy Wilder


85. From Here to Eternity - 1953, Fred Zinnemann


84. Vertigo - 1958, Alfred Hitchcock


83. Touch of Evil - 1958, Orson Welles


82. Saving Private Ryan - 1998, Steven Spielberg


81. Strangers on a Train - 1951, Alfred Hitchcock


80. Wild Strawberries - 1957, Ingmar Bergman

79. Trainspotting - 1996, Danny Boyle


78. Last Tango in Paris - 1972, Bernardo Bertolucci


77. Rear Window - 1954, Alfred Hitchcock


76. Don's Plum - 2001, R.D. Robb


75. Rope - 1948, Alfred Hitchcock


74. Dead Poets Society - 1989, Peter Weir


73. It's a Wonderful Life - 1946, Frank Capra


72. The Green Mile - 1999, Frank Darabont


71. The New World - 2005, Terrence Malick


70. An Affair to Remember - 1957, Leo McCarey

69. About Schmidt - 2002, Alexander Payne


68. Gangs of New York - 2002, Martin Scorsese


67. The Shawshank Redemption - 1994, Frank Darabont


66. Glengarry, Glen Ross - 1992, James Foley


65. The Maltese Falcon - 1941, John Huston


64. Garden State - 2004, Zach Braff


63. The Thin Red Line - 1998, Terrence Malick


62. Once Upon a Time in the West - 1968, Sergio Leone


61. Sideways - 2004, Alexander Payne


60. Dial M for Murder - 1954, Alfred Hitchcock

59. M - 1931, Fritz Lang


58. Half Nelson - 2006, Ryan Fleck


57. The Basketball Diaries - 1995, Scott Kalvert


56. 2001: A Space Odyssey - 1968, Stanley Kubrick


55. Kill Bill: Volume 1 - 2003, Quentin Tarantino


54. Pulp Fiction - 1994, Quentin Tarantino


53. The Last Picture Show - 1971, Peter Bogdanovich


52. Full Metal Jacket - 1987, Stanley Kubrick


51. Scarface - 1983, Brian De Palma

50. The Godfather Part III - 1990, Francis Ford Coppola
"Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in."

Stars: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton

49. Closer - 2004, Mike Nichols
"Thank you. Thank you for your honesty. Now f*ck off and die, you f*cked up slag."

Stars: Jude Law, Natalie Portman

48. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - 1939, Frank Capra
"...I'm going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause. Even if the room gets filled with lies like these, and the Taylors and all their armies come marching into this place."

Stars: James Stewart, Jean Arthur

47. Casablanca - 1942, Michael Curtiz
"Here's lookin' at you, kid."

Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman

46. Once Upon a Time in America - 1984, Sergio Leone
"I hope the investigation turns out to be nothing; it'd be a shame to see a lifetime of work go to waste."

Stars: Robert De Niro, James Woods

45. The Dreamers - 2003, Bernardo Bertolucci
"In this big epic movie, everybody's an extra. That's scary to me. That gives me the creeps."

Stars: Michael Pitt, Eva Green, Louis Garrell

44. Call Northside 777 - 1948, Henry Hathaway
"That's the trouble with being innocent - you don't know what really happened."

Stars: James Stewart, Richard Conte

43. Rebel without a Cause - 1955, Nicholas Ray
"You're tearing me apart!"

Stars: James Dean, Natalie Wood

42. Lawrence of Arabia - 1962, David Lean
"Do you think I'm just anyone?"

Stars: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif

41. Annie Hall - 1977, Woody Allen
"'I would never want to belong to any club that would have someone like me for a member.' That's the key joke of my adult life, in terms of my relationships with women."

Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton

40. Badlands - 1973, Terrence Malick
"...And what's the man I'll marry gonna look like? What's he doing right this minute? Is he thinking about me now, by some coincidence, even though he doesn't know me? Does it show on his face?"

Stars: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek

39. Mean Streets - 1973, Martin Scorsese
"You don't f*ck around with the infinite."

Stars: Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro

38. Fight Club - 1999, David Fincher
"This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time."

Stars: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt

37. Pi - 1998, Darren Aronofsky
"Something's going on. It has to do with that number. There's an answer in that number."

Stars: Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis

36. Casino - 1995, Martin Scorsese
"In Vegas, everybody's gotta watch everybody else."

Stars: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci

35. The Exorcist - 1973, William Friedkin
"What an excellent day for an exorcism."

Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair

34. Punch-Drunk Love - 2002, Paul Thomas Anderson
"Sometimes I cry for no reason."

Stars: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson

33. Donnie Darko - 2001, Richard Kelly
"I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to."

Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone

32. Dog Day Afternoon - 1975, Sidney Lumet
"I'm a f*ckup, and an outcast, and that's it."

Stars: Al Pacino, John Cazale

31. Catch Me If You Can - 2002, Steven Spielberg
"Stop chasing me."

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks

30. The Deer Hunter - 1978, Michael Cimino
"See this? This is this. This ain't something else. This is this. From now on, you're on your own."

Stars: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken

29. East of Eden - 1955, Elia Kazan
"Man has a choice and it's a choice that makes him a man."

Stars: James Dean, Julie Harris

Scarface is a much better movie than 51 in my opinion but I respect those who didn't like it as much as me

It's a subjective list, man, not the best... these are my 100 favorites in order by personal preference. Having said that, I wouldn't even put De Palma's Scarface on a list of the 100 best films ever made. The Howard Hawks original is definitely a far better film, in my humble opinion.

28. Heat - 1995, Michael Mann
"Told you I'm never going back."

Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro

27. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - 2004, Michael Gondry
"Sand is overrated. It's just tiny little rocks."

Stars: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet

26. American Beauty - 1999, Sam Mendes
"Spec...tac...ular."

Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening

25. Raiders of the Lost Ark - 1981, Steven Spielberg
"You want to talk to God? Let's go see him together, I've got nothing better to do."

Stars: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen

24. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - 2001, Peter Jackson
"I made a promise, Mr Frodo. A promise: 'Don't you leave him Samwise Gamgee'. And I don't mean to. I don't mean to."

Stars: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin

23. The Aviator - 2004, Martin Scorsese
"Don't talk down to me! Don't you ever talk down to me! You are a movie star, nothing more!"

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett

22. Eyes Wide Shut - 1999, Stanley Kubrick
"No dream is ever just a dream."

Stars: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman

21. The Graduate - 1967, Mike Nichols
"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me."

Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft

20. Citizen Kane - 1941, Orson Welles
"I'm Charles Foster Kane! I'm no cheap, crooked politician!"

Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten

19. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - 1975, Milos Forman
"Which one of you nuts has got any guts?"

Stars: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher

18. Manhattan - 1979, Woody Allen
"I think people should mate for life, like pigeons or Catholics."

Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton

17. Pscyho - 1960, Alfred Hitchcock
"A boy's best friend is his mother."

Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh

16. 12 Angry Men - 1957, Sidney Lumet
"I'm not trying to change your mind. It's just that... we're talking about somebody's life here. We can't decide it in five minutes. Supposing we're wrong?"

Stars: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb

15. Apocalypse Now - 1979, Francis Ford Coppola
"Never get out of the boat. Absolutely ******* right. Unless you were going all the way."

Stars: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando

14. Carnal Knowledge - 1971, Mike Nichols
"Is this an ultimatum?"

Stars: Jack Nicholson, Arthur Garfunkel

13. A Clockwork Orange - 1971, Stanley Kubrick
"What we were after now was the old surprise visit. That was a real kick and good for laughs and lashings of the old ultraviolence."

Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee

12. The Departed - 2006, Martin Scorsese
"What, are you f*ckin deliverin' cannolis or somethin'?"

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson

11. Titanic - 1997, James Cameron
"I'm the king of the world!"

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet

Nice.

There's a lot of stuff I stuck in my own Greatest Hits thread and, of course, the ranking of something is incidental because if you're a movie fan anything in your top 100 is close to your heart.

Or should be.

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"Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how the Tatty 100 is done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves." - Brendan Behan

Well of course. Glad you dig the list. The top 10 is coming...

yes

10. GoodFellas - 1990, Martin Scorsese
"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster."

Stars: Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci

9. Lost in Translation - 2003, Sofia Coppola
"For relaxing times, make it Suntory time."

Stars: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson

8. On the Waterfront - 1954, Elia Kazan
"I coulda been a contender, instead of a bum, which is what I am."

Stars: Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint

7. To Kill a Mockingbird - 1962, Robert Mulligan
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it."

Stars: Gregory Peck, Mary Badham

6. Raging Bull - 1980, Martin Scorsese
"I'm not an animal!"

Stars: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci

5. The Godfather Part II - 1974, Francis Ford Coppola
"I don't feel I have to wipe everybody out, Tom. Just my enemies, that's all."

Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro

4. The Godfather - 1972, Francis Ford Coppola
"A man that doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man."

Stars: Al Pacino, Marlon Brando

3. Requiem for a Dream - 2000, Darren Aronofsky
"You are beautiful. You're the most beautiful girl in the world."

Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto

2. Taxi Driver - 1976, Martin Scorsese
"Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There's no escape. I'm God's lonely man."

Stars: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster

1. THE FOUNTAIN - 2006, Darren Aronofsky
"All these years, all these memories, there's been you. You pull me through time."

Stars: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz

Great list. Glad to see To Kill A Mockingbird in your top ten. It's in mine too.

Good choice. It's about as good as films get, as far as I'm concerned.

I like your list, although I don't agree with The Fountain, but it's a good list.

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Great list, really good choices.

I guess I missed it earlier, but it seems you have a LEO fix.

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lol. Well, he's my favorite actor. Hard guy not to like, in my opinion.