Rauldc14's Top 119 Films

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After going back and forth on doing my third "Top 100", I decided I couldn't do it and it will be a top 119 instead.

119. The Lucky Ones
118. Terminator 2
117. The General
116. Moonrise Kingdom
115. Arrival
114. Porco Rosso
113. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
112. The Bridge on the River Kwai
111. E.T.
110. The Lion King
109. L'Avventura
108. It's a Wonderful Life
107. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
106. Stalag 17
105. The Quiet Man
104. Sunrise
103. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
102. Barton Fink
101. Late Spring
100. The Virgin Spring
99. Fantastic Planet
98. My Neighbor Totoro
97. East of Eden
96. Fargo
95. The Gold Rush
94. Jackie Brown
93. 12 Angry Men
92. Witness for the Prosecution
91. The Best Years of Our Lives
90. The Last Picture Show
89. Hitch
88. Red Eye
87. Schindler's List
86. The Killers
85. Good Will Hunting
84. Night of the Living Dead
83. Ed Wood
82. Pursuit of Happyness
81. L.A. Confidential
80. Sunset Boulevard
79. Back to the Future
78. The Ring
77. Spiderman 2
76. Independence Day
75. No Country for Old Men
74. American Gangster
73. Disturbia
72. Alice in Wonderland
71. High Noon
70. Antwone Fisher
69. Ratatouille
68. Remember the Titans
67. Once Upon a Time in the West
66. Se7en
65. Signs
64. The Avengers
63. Casino Royale
62. The Departed
61. Inception
60. Lost in Translation
59. Take Shelter
58. Her
57. Boyhood
56. Laura
55. Saving Private Ryan
54. 21 Grams
53. Deja Vu
52. Sideways
51. Tokyo Story
50. The Hurricane
49. Wall E
48. Rain Man
47. Iron Man
46. Flight
45. Dial M for Murder
44. After Hours
43. Gravity
42. Halloween
41. Crash
40. Up
39. Hangover
38. V For Vendetta
37. Goodfellas
36. The Bucket List
35. Inside Man
34. Double Indemnity
33. Goldfinger
32. Braveheart
31. Finding Nemo
30. Spirited Away
29. The Dark Knight
28. American Hustle
27. The Grapes of Wrath
26. The Prestige
25. State of Play
24. Psycho
23. Gladiator
22. Gran Torino
21. Silence of the Lambs
20. Sansho the Bailiff
19. It Happened One Night
18. Some Like It Hot
17. The Wizard of Oz
16. A Beautiful Mind
15. Million Dollar Baby
14. Wedding Crashers
13. North by Northwest
12. On the Waterfront
11. Unforgiven
10. Gone Baby Gone
9. Manchester by the Sea
8. La La Land
7. Forrest Gump
6. Mystic River
5. The Descendants
4. Man on Fire
3. Casablanca
2. Rear Window
1. Shawshank Redemption



Because you like to go twenty steps above, and then one step below.



Nice. You seem to have great taste, I'm curious to see what's on there. I've been thinking of making a list myself. It's so hard narrowing it down.



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119. The Lucky Ones



Obviously one of my favorite films that is below the radar for many film buffs. It's not a masterpiece, but a film that is a favorite and rather personal.

Here's my post from the 10th Hall of Fame:
The Lucky Ones

This was my nomination and as I said previously nominating it was against the normal type of things I would nominate. It isn't technically a great piece of filmmaking and it certainly has flaws but it is a movie that I made a huge connection to with its characters. None of the characters resemble who I am but I often could sympathize with their situations. Colee is the type of character that seems not to know where her next move in life may be. I can often feel this way. The thing I like about her character is her adventurous spirit and her bend but don't break attitude. I thought that Rachel McAdams performance was one of the best I've seen from an actress in the past 15 years. I was touched when she arrived at Randy's families house and found out that her plans didn't work out the way she saw them. She is a very genuine person who has just got lost on the ropes of life. I absolutely loved this character because I see in life how people can cast a shadow on good people such as Colee. I've been in situations such as Colee's myself where you feel as if you are alone. But it's in those minutes that you find yourself and make the most of your life. I love how she decides to see her Mom and patch things up at the end of the film. And I love how she uses the guitar to better her life (or so I am led to believe, even though at the end she says she didn't sell it, I still think it happens down the road).

Tim Robbins character goes through a lot, including an immediate divorce request upon his arrival home. He becomes a broken man but realizes that there is still important things in his life such as his son Scott. So he goes on a crazy adventure to Vegas to attempt to win money for his son to go to Stanford. He realizes the consequences attached to such a decision and changes his mind to find an alternative way of helping his son out.

And then there is Michael Pena's character, a character who on the front side is confident and stubborn, but realizes his life may not be going the way he had intended it to either.

I like the comparison to The Best Years of Our Lives as far as the characters go. The story is obviously different but there are parallels to the characters. Which is unintentional since Berger has never seen that movie.

I understand that there are a lot of quirky scenes that I lot of people find as problems in this film, but it is a film full of adventure and finding yourself in the moments where hope can be close to lost. It is heartwarming and funny all at the same time. I feel like I've been in situations like this so that's why I connect so much to this movie.




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118. Terminator 2



A movie that oozes coolness and one of those situations where the sequel builds and becomes even stronger than its predecessor. A truly great movie in an era where there were tons of great movies, but this is an action movie that goes above and beyond what a true popcorn flick really is.