Gohan's Top 100

100. Dracula (1931)
“Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.”



Bela Lugosi's brilliant Count remains one of my favorite depictions. The lack of music remains a brilliant, if seemingly insignificant, change.


99. Akira (1988)
“Something seemed strange the second I saw his face. It's odd. He was wearing what looked like a white hospital gown. He acted like a different person.”


Akira was the first anime I had seen. It totally blew my mind. It was the greatest thing I had ever seen. In the ten years since then, I have seen animes--among other films--which I like much more, but for the visceral reaction it forced from me at the age of 13, it belongs on this list.

98. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn (1982)
“Of my friend, I can only say this: of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most... human.”


So I'm a bit of a Star Trek geek, so sue me. However, Wrath of Kahn is the best of the films, and contains one of the best space fights ever between the Reliant and the Enterprise. Plus, there's this

97. The Incredibles (2004)
“Of course I have a secret identity. I don't know a single superhero without one. I mean, who wants the pressure of being super all the time?”


A great film about the nature of heroics.

96. Clue (1985)
“This is war Peacock. Casualties are inevitable. You can not make an omelet without breaking some eggs, every cook will tell you that.”
“But look what happened to the cook!”


One of my favorite board game, and one of my favorite films. The dialogue is brilliant, and the acting is superb. And with that cast, what else could you expect?

95. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
“Now I'll draw up the complaint, take care of all the legal details, but you do have jurisdiction. Says so right there. So next time he sets foot in this town you'll arrest him.”


One of only two John Wayne films I like, and it's quite possible it's only for James Stewart. This is a great movie about justice, and the law.

94. Batman Begins (2005)
“Bats frighten me. It’s time my enemies shared my fear.”


Christian Bale is my favorite Batman.

93. Jaws (1975)
“You’re gonna’ need a bigger boat.”


A classic horror flick. It set the standard, good or bad, for the summer blockbuster.

92. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
“…very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament.”


Sorry for the long quote, but I love that monologue, and I love this movie. Unbelievably well-performed, well-written, and directed. The sequels decreased in quality, but this remains one of my favorite films. It's shag-a-delic baby, yeah.

91. The Usual Suspects
“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist”


One of my all time favorite mysteries with a twist ending that would stand to some of the greatest twists around. Great acting (Kevin Spacey is God)

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Well done for sorting out your top 100 Gohansrage. Love your choice of Dracula - Bela Lugosi was great in that

Cool start.... gotta love Lugosi... he was kinda spooky even without makeup....

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90. Naked
"You think you can recapture your youth by ****ing it? You don't want to **** me. You'll catch something cruel."

A great dark film. Just superb.

89. West Side Story (1961)
"When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way! from you first cigarette your last dyin' days. "

A classic story with great music and great performances all around.

88. King Kong (1933)
"Throw your arms across your eyes and scream, Ann. Scream for your life! "

Remade twice, but only wonderful once. This thrilling spectacle was years ahead of its time, and oddly prophetic in its views on American interest and entertainment.

87. Rear Window (1954)
"A woman never goes anywhere but the hospital without packing makeup, clothes, and jewelry. "

A great performance by Stewart and Kelly. Plus it gave us the great parody on the Simpsons, with Bart spying Jimmy Stewart spying on him, only for Stewart to say, "Come here Grace, there's some strange looking kid I want you to see." Brilliant.

86. Garden State (2004)
"Don't judge me for my hobbies. I don't judge you for being an *******."

A cute, if somewhat pretentious, film I cannot bring myself to dislike. Braff and Portman have great chemistry.

85. Se7en (1995)
"It's more comfortable for you to label me as insane."

A terrifying film about limits of good and evil. Great performances all around. Plus, once again, Kevin Spacey is God.

84. Spider-Man (2002)
"I chose my path, you chose the way of the hero. And they found you amusing for a while, the people of this city. But the one thing they love more than a hero is to see a hero fail, fall, die trying. In spite of everything you've done for them, eventually they will hate you."

One of the best comic book adaptations. Willem Dafoe is amazing as the Green Goblin.

83. Return of the Jedi (1983)
"You've failed you're highness. I'm a Jedi, like my father before me."

The conclusion to one of the greatest trilogies of all time. The Battle of Endor was a childhood favorite, and sometimes I still dream of piloting Wedge's X-wing into the Death Star's core...

82. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
" Hey, I'm sorry, excuse me... when you two fellas are done blowing each other, maybe Davy Crockett could tell us the deal here? "

I know I will get blasted for including this version, and not Romero's. However, I simply enjoyed this movie more. The sprinting zombies, the callousness. The great deaths. The Hollywood Squares scene: "I got Jay Leno" That's awesome.

81. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
"A man who tells lies, like me, merely hides the truth. But a man who tells half-lies has forgotten where he put it."

Classic film. Epic from the first shot to the last. Set the bar high for epics afterwards.

Well I'm not going to blast you, I do think the original Dawn of the Dead is better though. But hey what do I know? We're talking Zombie movies here! Great start so far.

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We are both the source of the problem and the solution, yet we do not see ourselves in this light...

Very interesting so far. I like.

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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

I love the original King Kong...

Top marks

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I love these top 100 lists and yours is no exception

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I love West Side Story. You've reminded me I need to see it again

Sorry for the delay, but I have been in Europe for two weeks, and I was slacking off before that...

80. Groundhog's Day( 1993)
This is pitiful. A thousand people freezing their butts off waiting to worship a rat. What a hype.

I like Bill Murray a ton. I like this movie a ton. There I said it.

79. Mean Girls (2004)
"What are marijuana tablets?"

This is one of my most oft quoted movies. Tina Fey's writing is just spectacular.

78. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
"Let me tell you what 'Like a Virgin' is about. It's all about a girl who digs a guy with a big dick. The entire song. It's a metaphor for big dicks."

Really shows Tarantino's penchant for dialogue and storytelling.

77. Donnie Darko (2001)

You're right, actually. I am pretty- I'm, I'm pretty troubled and I'm, I'm pretty confused. But I... and I'm afraid. Really, really afraid. Really afraid. But I... I... I think you're the ****ing Antichrist.

Great dark film. Amazing visuals and a bit of a mind ****. Like Garden State, it's a bit played out, but every time I watch it I like it all over again.

76. Little Giants (1994)
"INTIMIDATION"

The premise of kids that small beating kids that big, regardless of motivation or coaching, is just plum ridiculous. The lines are cheesy and the jokes corny. That being said: I LOVE this movie.

75. Slapshot (1977)
"Johnny always says you can just drink so much and screw so much."

Hockey is a great sport, and no movie does it justice like Slapshot.

74. Altered States (1980)
"The tank itself was unusual in that it was vertical, and looked like an old boiler."

Very strange movie I bought in the bargain bin. William Hurt is basically brilliant, and the movie really forced me to think, although I am unsure about what.

73. Bowling for Columbine (2002)
"The media, the corporations, the politicians... have all done such a good job of scaring the American public, it's come to the point where they don't need to give any reason at all. "

Whether or not you agree with Moore's politics, you'd have to admit this documentary is brilliant. it is fun when it needs to be, and serious when it needs to be. And to be honest with you, John Nichols is terrifying.

72. Saw (2004)
"Let's play a game"

Although a terrible slew of sequels followed, Saw is one of the most innovative movies I had seen. Just fantastic with a great twist.

71. Toy Story (1995)
"To infinity, and beyond!"

Revolutionary animation. Fantastic voice cast. Amazing story. What more could someone ask?

All is forgiven interesting list

My girlfriend threw away me top 100 list. I am working on a new one and I hope to have it ready by tomorrow. That's all.

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70. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
"Maybe you can find yourself a nice antique rocking chair to die in."

Charlie Kaufman's finest (and most popular) work. It has all of his incomparable wit and shameless weirdness, yet remains enitrely accesible. Winslet and Carey are brilliant, and the supporting cast is equally great. Great work all around.

69. Hoosiers
"Sun don't shine on the same dog's ass everyday, but, mister you ain't seen a ray of light since you got here. "

Just edges out He Got Game as the best basketball movie of all time.

68. Jurassic Park
"We've made living biological attractions so astounding that they'll capture the imagination of the entire planet. "

Groundbreaking film. Fifteen years of significant technological advancements and the movie still looks great. One of Spielberg's best films.

67. Some Like It Hot
"Story of my life. I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop. "

Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon are hilarious. The movie gets me laughing every time--and that ending! Even after multiple viewings I still gaffaw.

66. Silence of the Lambs
"It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again"

Spooky movie with the greatest on-screen villain. Hopkin's Lecter is extraordinary in how unsympathetic and unremorseful he is. Great movie.

65. Psycho
"A boy's best friend is his mother"

The horror movie which revolutionized the genre. Before Psycho, horror movies had Vincent Price narrting monster stories. After Psycho, Mike Myers terrorizes small towns. When Norman bates swung his knife in that iconic shower scene, he reshaped the genre.

64. Casino
" If you had any ****ing heart at all you'd be out ****in' stealing for a living. "

A great mob movie. DeNiro and Pesci have great chemistry. This is one of Scorcese's best.

63. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
"Don't get strung out, by the way I look/Don't judge a book by it's cover/I'm not much of a man, by the light of day/but by night I'm one hell of a lover"

The definition of a cult classic. Campy and brilliant and iconic. Attending a midnight show of Rocky Horror is still one of my favorite memories.

62. Aladdin
"They cut off your ear if they don't like your face, it's barbaric, but hey it's home!"

Seems a bit silly, but my absolute favorite movie as a child. (I may claim that a lot on this list, but it's true about Alladdin) . I think I had my first ever crush on Jasmine--as creepy as that is...

61. The Dark Knight
"Why so serious?"


It feels strange to put a new release on this list, but i have seen it twice and was floored both times. I did not think Ledger could be as good as his hype, but it was better. Looking at his work as the Joker and his work on Brokeback Mountain and we really did lose a great artist too early. A shame.