My 100 ALL-TIME FAVE Movies

As i have been here since early summer i thought the time was right for me to post my list of all time favorite movies..and since i saw a lot of other mofos posting such lists, i got jealous and thought why not post my own.

So these are basically the movies that have been favorites of mine for quite some time now...especially the older ones.

[(Posted in 5 groups of 20) will be posting the original title of the foreign ones next to the english titles...]

I usually renew my list every 6 months or less..so you can be execting a new one in the new year. Usually the positions haven't changed all that much over the years. Especially the top 20.

You will also have to excuse my frequent use of common words such as "Incredible", "Touching" "Amazing" and "Masterpiece" that i have used in most of the comments i have written to describe each movie. I just get really excited whenever i revisit my favorite-movie list, and always run short of more imaginative words.



enjoy











100.BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (1961,Blake edwards)

As far back as i can remember this was THE first movie i ever saw. My
first introduction to movies as an artform. Not necesarilly the movie
that made me love movies in the first place, but after all these years
it still touches a sensitive nerve inside...That final scene with the
cat still makes me reach for the tissue box...That Truman Capote novella
taking a life of its own.Did i forget to mention Moon River?




99.THE CONVERSATION (1974,Francis Ford Coppola)

Maybe Gene Hackman should have received another best actor oscar for
this little diamond. Either way, I dont think he was even nominated that
year. Hats off to Coppola for going for an
Underground/Indie type of flick right after the back to back sucess of
both Godfathers.It was enough for him to win the Palme d'Or at that years
Cannes Film Festival... This movie has one of the greatest endings i have ever
seen in movies.




98.SEVEN (1995,David Fincher)

Fincher's greatest achievement. It was still during the time when i
didnt think much of Brad Pitt as an actor. Still dont think much of him
nowdays either. Although he has shown improvement over the years (in my
eyes at least). In a few words, this isn't his best movie. It is however
Spaceys' greatest performance. And Freeman shines throughout. Fincher
pretty much nailed it with this one. Personally i believe the tone and
style of the rest of his movies are based around this dark classic. I
won't even mention the ending cause it's the stuff great screenplays are
made of.




97.WHITE OLEANDER (2002,Peter Kosminsky)

The movie that introduced me to Alison Lohman. A trully touching story
about lost love, the loss of innocence and the ever continuing questions life raises.
What you actually thought you had in life isnt really
there. Trully touching in every sense of the word.




96.A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984,Wes Craven)

Scared the s*** out of me as a kid. Doesn't today. Still I believe this
is probably the best horror movie ever released in the 80s. Nevermind,
all the Fridays and Halloween sequels, This is the real thing over
here.




95.PAN'S LABYRINTH (EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO) (2006,Guillermo del Toro)

Spanish cinema. I was like WTF by the time this was over. If only more
movies were as imaginative and touching as this one over here.
Incredible effects, nice music, great photography. Marvelous and trully
entertaining.




94.LA HAINE (HATE) (1995,Mathieu Kassovitz)

Vincent Cassel shines throughout, in this. It's incredible how well performed this
movie is. Almost shot like a documentary...One of my more recent
favorites.




93.HIGH AND LOW (TENGOKU TO JIGOKU) (1963,Akira Kurosawa)

My first Kurosawa favorite on the list. There is only one flaw with this
movie. It is too long...True, it is too long, but it is also so well
told and acted throughout, that the first scene in Mifune's house which
is over 50 minutes long makes me want to restart the movie and watch the
whole scene again. The bright and the dark side of Japanese society all
blended into one perfect screenplay.




92.THE BOURNE IDENTITY (2002,Doug Ligman)

Pure action. Excellent direction. One of my recent favorites as well. I
would trade places with Damon anyday to act next to Franka Potente. The
fact that she's in this classic action movie makes me want to watch it
even more every time.




91.ALMOST FAMOUS (2001,Cameron Crowe)

So Cameron Crowe's dream finally came true. An autobiographical story
comes to life. So a lot of people might say , as it is about his
experiences as a young journalist writing for Rolling Stone magazine
back in the 70s. This movie is so funny in places that the excellent
music only comes as a bonus.




90.DIRTY HARRY (1971,Don Siegel)

Clint Eastwood's first true classic character. The villain is totally
comical, but it's the comic and insane side of his character that makes
him even more creepier. A simple cop movie, that in my opinion set the
standard for future cop movies to come.




89.AMELIE (LE FABOULEUX DESTIN D'AMELIE POULAIN) (2001,Jean-Pierre Jeunet)

Feels like watching a comic book coming to life. I cant seem to pick a
favorite scene from this movie as they are all favorites and all
memorable.




88.IRREVERSIBLE (2002,Gaspar Noe)

Yeah, that rape scene comes to mind right away whenever this movie is
mentioned...Mind you, it wasnt the thing that caught my attention the
first time i saw it. More like, trying to figure out wtf is going on
here. Vincent Cassel is a really lucky man indeed. Those last scenes with Monica Belluci,
are really the proof. A more sophisticated Memento in the way it's laid out. Have a Nice
trip...




87.RAIN MAN (1988,Barry Levinson)

I still shed a tear after all these years watching that final moving
scene between the two brothers. Like a critic once said, "Hoffman's
performance in this movie is the "greatest movie performance ever" " I
will have to agree with that.




86.THE MACHINIST (2004,Brad Anderson)

I will be honest here. I didnt like this movie the first time i saw
it. As a matter of fact i thought it was quite average.I was like yeah
ok..Who the hell is Ivan? why Ivan ? Where does he fit in the whole thing?
why did he have to look the way he
did? etc...
However, seeing the movie a second and third time,things changed. I fell in
love with the direction, the tone, and of course with that unexpected
ending. Hats off to Christian Bale for losing so much weight for this.
That alone should have made it enough for an oscar nomination.




85.GLADIATOR (2000,Ridley Scott)

The argument with friends and relatives over this diamond is always
wether or not Crowe really deserved the oscar. Just a single viewing of
this movie can change many peoples minds. It changed mine for sure.
Ancient Rome and the Collosium are made with CGI effects, but damn they
look so real...Let me grab a tissue for that ending once again.




84.REVOLVER (2005,Guy Ritchie)

The thing with this is, all of the people i know who watched it didn't
like it and rate it as Ritchie's worst movie. Why am i the only one who
thinks different? Maybe cause i found the story totally interesting and
original. Yeah this is Guy Ritchies best movie.




83.HEAT (1995,Michael Mann)

The greatness of this movie lies beyond that epic scene with De Niro
and Pacino. it lies beyond Michael Mann's excellent screenplay and
direction. Hell, it lies beyond many things. Pure entertainment
throughout.




82.THE MATRIX (1999,Wachowski Brothers)

As someone once said. "The greatest sci fi movie of the 90s". Yes, it is
that and a lot more. A pure philosophy on modern life and the future.
The matrix is everywhere..beware.




81.TRAINSPOTTING (1996,Danny Boyle)

Choose life, choose a career, choose a fkng big television. i think i
would rather choose a really great movie. For most people this is
Boyle's greatest achievement. I dont know about that, but trully a
movie where almost EvERY single scene is memorable, is right up there.
Not to mention the incredible adaptation of Welsh's novel...oh and
Begbie..fo' fook's saaaaaaaake!!!!!!!

80.DOWNFALL (DER UNTERGANG) (2004,Oliver Hirschbiegel)

The last days of Hitler. This got the oscar for best foreign movie and
rightly so..I am still not sure wether or not they got all the facts and
details right, but this is the closest i have ever seen to a realistic Hitler
on screen.




79.MAD MAX (1979,George Miller)

Was for many years the biggest grossing low budget movie...I just
totally love the pure distopian creepiness and eerie feel of this
movie...I could go as far as calling this a horror movie....Better and
more original than what followed no doubt. Even though The Road Warrior
comes close.




78.GANDHI (1982,Richard Attenborough)

What a man, what a movie. enough said.




77.CAST AWAY (2000,Robert Zemeckis)

Very underrated, but in the long run this was the movie that made me
love Tom Hanks after years of not thinking much of him as an actor.
After this, i appproached his future and past work from a totally different perspective.
Zemeckis really had balls for shooting this movie.




76.THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE (2005,Scott Derrickson)

Yes, this is creepy as hell. Although i dont get really scared with
horror movies nowdays, this scared the s*** out of me ..no joke...and to
be honest, from all the horror movies i have seen this decade this has to
be the best one...excellent acting and direction as well.




75.THE LACEMAKER (LA DENTELLIERE) (1977,Claude Goretta)

Isabelle Huppert shines in this, she is sexy, beautiful and many other
things. I have never felt more sympathy towards someone's pain
as i do for her character in this amazing movie.




74.DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS (1986,Paul Marzusky)

Nick Nolte is one of my favorite actors. Not to mention the fact that he
stars alongside Richard Dreyfuss in this 80's cult classic comedy. A lot
of jokes and other stuff might look dated today , but the story is so
original and timeless, and could definitely happen in real life.




73.THE REMAINS OF THE DAY (1993,James Ivory)

A lot of people find this movie boring. That's the whole point. It s
supposed to be slow, and distant, since it's told from the point of view
of a butler. A lost oscar for Anthony Hopkins here, who gives his
greatest perfomance..Yes he gives a better performance than what he did
in Silence Of the Lambs. Mr.Steven's character is so realistic that you
almost believe that Hopkins was a butler all of his life.




72.THE ELEPHANT MAN (1980,David Lynch)

I am not sure but this could be Lynch's most straightforward movie...Yet
another movie that trully touches my soul and makes me feel sypathy and
compassion for the main character.




71.APOCALYPSE NOW (1979,Francis Ford Coppola)

More like "apocalypse wow".




70.THE WICKERMAN (1973,Robin Hardy)

Yes the remake is nowhere near as good as this but that's not the
point..The point is that this is a 70's classic horror movie.




69.WINGS OF DESIRE (DER HIMMEL UBER BERLIN) (1987,Wim Wenders)

What could quite possibly be the greatest
German movie of all time. Not taking
into account all the classics from the silent era.Win Wender's masterpiece.
Bruno Ganz in one of his many peaks. Simply Wunderbar!





68.THE EXORCIST (1973,William Friedkin)

This isnt scary ...Its rather disturbing and gloomy. For me at least...Everytime i
watch this movie i feel really negative inside and always have to watch
something uplifting afterwards to get out of the gloomy mood...A movie that
has the power of achieving such a thing is a pure classic.




67.LAST TANGO IN PARIS (1973,Bernardo Bertolucci)

Let's make love, lets have sex..but lets do it in an artistic and
sophisticated way (ummmm? yeah whatever)...Wanna watch? i know i
did..and still do.




66.BREAKING THE WAVES (1995,Lars von Trier)

Lars von Trier's directing is more like "breaking the nerves" but that's
not the only thing that makes this movie so original. It s the incredible
acting and the trully touching story.




65.LOST IN TRANSLATION (2002,Sofia Coppola)

Yes i admit it..I fell in love with Johanson with this movie..As did
most people who like her i guess....Yes Sofia, we really need more
movies like this.Especially from you.




64.RAN (1985,Akira Kurosawa)

Kurosawa's take on King Lear...Alright, now this was released in 1985. Am
i still the only one, after all these years who thinks it looks like it
was shot in the mid 90s or afterwards? Probably not...Timeless classic.




63.ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968,Sergio Leone)

Not only is it the most "accessible", but it's also the best western
i have ever seen...I am not a die hard western fan, meaning that,
whenever i wanna watch a movie and have to chose between a western or something else,
i usually go for "something else". Either way this movie keeps me coming back
after all these years.




62.BOOGIE NIGHTS (1997,Paul Thomas Anderson)

If only i could trade places with Wahlberg in this movie, just to star
alongside Julianne Moore in those scenes...If only....Oh and this is
another classic as well....I can never get enough of the whole
experience.




61.THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (EL ANGEL EXTERMINADOR) (1960,Luis Bunuel)

Bunuel's most original and best movie...Hypnotizing indeed!!!!

60.25TH HOUR (2002,Spike Lee)

Edward Norton shines here. His best performance yet.The adaptation is
excellent and the ending always keeps you guessing...what if....Classic
Hollywood cinema in the making.Well done once again Mr.Spike Lee.




59.E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (1982,Steven Spielberg)

I really can't say much about this movie that hasnt already been said.
This was one of my childhood growing experiences like for many people i
would assume. It's really more than just a simple story like most people
will point out. And the fact that it gets me everytime on the tear
department makes it more of a classic than what it already is.




58.DONNIE DARKO (2001,Richard Kelly)

I loved this movie the first time i saw it. The thing with this movie
though, is that i seem to understand it more whenever i am not watching
it....If only Drew Barrymore had more screen time in this.




57.ON THE WATERFRONT (1954,Elia Kazan)

Trully touching, trully amazing. Trully original, trully many things.




56.LA DOLCE VITA (1960,Federico Fellini)

Fellini's take on the lifestyle of the rich in Italian society couldn't
be more correct than it is in this masterpiece. Still rings
true today for other societies as well.




55.TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY (1991,James Cameron)

In a word: Groundbreaking




54.THE SHINING (1980,Stanley Kubrick)

Nicholson arguably gives his greatest performance in this.Yeah Stephen King hated it...
But who cares...Kubrick made that King novel his own, and that's where the whole beauty of this movie lies.




53.THE KING OF COMEDY (1983,Martin Scorsese)

What could quite possibly be Scorsese's darkest movie.




52.CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977,Steven Spielberg)

Spielbergs greatest achievement.




51.A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971,Stanley Kubrick)

Probably the best book adaptation i have ever seen. ARGUABLY Kubricks
greatest achievement.




50.MAGNOLIA (1999,Paul Thomas Anderson)

Another lost oscar for Tom Cruise. He definitely deserved the best
supporting oscar for this, but those retards at the Academy decided that
Michael Caine deserved another one...Oh well, either way i love this movie
to death. Seeing that there are 2 more P.T. Anderson movies in my list,
it seems he's rapidly becoming one of my favorite directors.




49.BRIEF ENCOUNTER (1945,David Lean)

A simple love story. Yet again it s one of those stories where you
totally feel for the main character's pain (Celia Johnson). This has been one
of my favorite movies for more than 15 years now.




48.GHOSTBUSTERS (1984,Ivan Reitman)

Childhood momories. I still cant recall how many times i have seen this.
Some might call it a guilty pleasure...I personally call it a trully
original and mindblowing experience, still to this day.





47.NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959,Alfred Hitchcock)

Ah..the first Hitchcock movie on my list...For many people this is his
best work...I personally love it but rate it a bit lower than the others
i have on the list. So there isnt anything more that i can say about
this movie either that hasn't already been said.




46.THE ICE STORM (1997,Ang Lee)

A study of 70s sexually-liberated society....Everything about this movie is
so true...Those things did happen back then...A great character study as
well...Spot on!




45.ALIEN (1979,Ridley Scott)

Revolutionary.




44.BRAZIL (1985,Terry Gilliam)

Original.




43.THE WRESTLER (2008,Darren Aronofsky)

Another lost oscar. This time for Mickey Rourke..He definitely deserved
the oscar instead of Sean Penn...I dont know if Aronofsky is one of my
favorite directors..Actually he isnt..Even though i have 2 of his movies on my list
(and the other one quite high on the list). Either way, this is an instant
modern classic.




42.THE LORD OF THE RINGS (COMPLETE TRILOGY) (2001-2003,Peter Jackson)

Still to this day i can't sit and watch this movie many times and i dont
think i have seen all parts more than 5 or 6 times. Either way,the fact
that the whole experience is so so memorable, and the fact that all the
money Peter Jackson spent in the making had him deliver something
breathtaking as this makes it a classic in its own right.




41.THE SEVENTH SEAL (DET SJUNDE INSEGLET) (1957,Ingmar Bergman)

I love Ingmar Bergman. A lot of people rate this as his greatest
achievement. Mind you, it's not an easy movie on the first sitting...The
story of a medievel knight taking a journey accorss a creepy and
plague-ridden land, and death with whom he plays chess with, is one of
the most original things i have ever seen in all my life.

40.WALL-E (2008,Andrew Stanton)

My all time favorite Pixar movie...Those first 30 minutes look so
realistic that at times it feels as though you aren't watching an
animated movie at all...Not only was i stunned by all the effects and
animation, but the story itself was also quite original as
well. Unbelievably incredible.




39.BLADE RUNNER (1982,Ridley Scott)

If it wasnt for the Empire Strikes Back, this would rank as the greatest
sci-fi movie in my book...Of course nowdays it's considered a cult
classic, mind you had this type of story been released in this day and
age it would break all box office records. All that aside hats off to
the incredible special effects which still look impossible almost 30 years
after its original release , and a big salute to the
master of filmscores vangelis for his amazing soundtrack.




38.28 DAYS LATER (2002,Danny Boyle)

This isn't a horror movie like most would like to label it...Its more of
an action thriller...Danny Boyle's greatest movie is also his
darkest...If only he made more movies like this instead of mediocre
stuff like The Beach and Slumdog Millionaire....What a ride.




37.REAR WINDOW (1954,Alfred Hitchcock)

Grace Kelly+James Stewart+Alfred Hitchcock=Pure Genius




36.THE GODFATHER (1972,Francis Ford Coppola)

Luca Brassi sleeps with the fishes....And this movie sleeps in movie
heaven every night.




35.PSYCHO (1960,Alfred Hitchcock)

Mrs.Bates????
I wont start the conversation on wether or not this movie did or didnt
start the horror genre. It 's really not that important. This is pure classic cinema.




34.THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980,Irvin Kershner)

Me and this movie go back a loooooong way . One of my first movie
experiences as a kid. This was of course the one i loved the most out of
the original 3. The pure darkness of it and everything else make it an
instant classic to enjoy time and time again. It's also a more complete
story than the other 2. The fact that it ends the way it ends only
makes it even more complete. Just imagine that A New Hope and Return Of
The Jedi had never been released. This would still make for a great movie
in its own right... I dont follow and haven't followed all the Star Wars
cult and mania that has been going on since the wake of these
movies, but, still not taking all of that under consideration, this is trully
the best sci-fi movie of all time...One HELL of a ride!!!




33.THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007,Paul Thomas Anderson)

P.T.Anderson's greatest achievement yet. Daniel Day Lewis's finest 2 hours on
screen..Johnny Greenwood's best original music...And to top all that
off, an incredible adaptation of a story that rings so true and reflects
todays modern society...Modern classic.




32.BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985,Robert Zemeckis)

I should hate this movie but i dont. Some of the acting is extremely
bad. Some of the jokes arent even that funny. And its really dated in
places. Often labelled a sci-fi movie which it isn't really... Like i
said, i really should hate this movie..It's too commercial and
well-planned...But damn, after all these years and for the years to come
i still know that i will never get enough of it and will still keep
coming back to see it over and over again...The only classic whose flaws
i love.




31.CITIZEN KANE (1941,Orson Welles)

Roooosebud!!! Ahead of its time even for todays standards...Just take a
look at the way it was shot...With all of today's technology, very few
directors shoot films this way. Not to mention the trully touching story.




30.THE INSIDER (1999,Michael Mann)

Michael Mann's greatest achievement..Russel Crowe's greatest
performance,...and Al Pacino and Christopher Plummer to give an even bigger spark to the whole
experience....This is some serious and entertaining cinema. This has
been in my top 30 since i first saw it 10 years ago...Once it was in my
top 10 a few years back...Human and Inhuman at the same time.




29.THE PARTY (1968,Blake Edwards)

Bridie num num




28.CASABLANCA (1942,Michael Curtiz)

We'll always have Paris...




27.MATCH POINT (2005,Woody Allen)

If it wasnt for the opening credits i think very few people would notice
that they were watching a Woody Allen movie. Almost everyone i know hates this
movie. For me this is a great character study.Combined with a
Dostoyefskian story...Allen's best movie in a very very long
time...Scarlet Johanson and Jonathan Rhys Meyers shine throughout.




26.THUMBSUCKER (2005,Mike Mills)

Another great character study. I love this movie...Tilda Swinton is
amazing, vicent D'Onofrio is funny, and Keanu Reeves's little screentime
in this movie is what could quite possibly be his greatest performance.
The soundtrack is one of the greatest recent soundtracks i have
heard too. "So Justin, are you ready to let go of your thumb?"...
The dark side of a teenagers life.




25.PULP FICTION (1994,Quentin Tarantino)

Don't get me wrong, I consider Tarantino a true master of directing and writing,
however, i think he went downhill after this movie as far as originality
goes. (Inglurious Basterds did however, bring him back on track again this
year)...Let's hope he's got a few more diamonds like this one under his
belt.




24.WAKING LIFE (2001,Richard Linklater)

Whenever i am too bored to read a psychological book , i put on Waking
Life and all of life's answers are right there before my eyes...
Oh, and how the hell did they make this?
...Still cant figure that one out.




23.WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? (1988,Robert Zemeckis)

This was once my favorite movie af all time...Top of this list..some 15
years ago...To this day it remains one of my favorite movies..As a
kid having seen it on the big screen i was amazed by the whole
experience..Still a breathtaking experience today.




22.ROOM AT THE TOP (1959,Jack Clayton)

The story is quite simple. Young man (Laurence Harvey) moves to a new
town. Falls in love with young rich girl. Young rich girl has an older
female friend (Simone Signoret) who the young man is introduced to.
Older woman falls in love with the young man. Young man is tempted and finds himself in a
crossroad, having to decide what choices he should make for the rest of his life.
Quite a simple story in fact, but one of the most touching love stories i've seen.
Simone Signoret's oscar winning performance for this movie was totaly worth it, cause you
can totally feel all the pain she's going through. A forgotten masterpiece...
Oh and the film score kicks ass.




21.MANHATTAN (1979,Woody Allen)

This was in my top ten quite recently. Still a great story and one of
Allen's best movies...I do not consider him a good actor (more of a genius director and writer)
,but damn this movie is really touching...And doesnt have too much of that trademark
psychoanalizing mumbling (a la Annie Hall) that he's got going on in
almost every character he portrays in his movies, so that's a relief for
a change.
Lost opportunities Mr.Allen??...At least the character you
portray in this little diamond learns from his mistakes

20.MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001,David Lynch)

WOW!...simply WOW!...Yeah it s a David Lynch movie. With a David Lynch
style and a David Lynch storyline and a David Lynch plot..But it's also his only movie
that i "got" the first time i saw ...I won't even mention the fact that i
adore Naomi Watts...And i won't mention that "uh hum"scene...Another nice
trip...And for now.....Silencio!




19.AUTUMN SONATA (HOSTSONATEN) (1978,Ingmar Bergman)

There's character study in almost every Ingmar Bergman movie..And that's one of the main reasons why i also love this movie a lot.One of Ingrid Bergman's last movie performances, so that alone makes this a classic in its own right. Maybe not Bergman's most representative movie for someone who is new to his movies, and definitely not an easy movie to watch. The words of love and hate that mother (Ingrid Bergman) and daughter (Liv Ullman) exchange throughout this masterpiece is like watching two great enemies playing ping-pong...Classic




18.PITFALL (OTOSHIANA)(1962,Hiroshi Teshigahara)

Hiroshi Teshigahara was never as popular as Akira Kurosawa and its not really
hard to see why, judging from his movies. They're more darker and less
"western" that Kurosawa's. This is by far his best movie in my
opinion. Filmed in a time before CGI effects, this is a ghost story that looks nothing
like a ghost story but is still a ghost story...Back in the days when showing less on camera
was more.




17.HIDDEN (CACHE) (2005,Michael Haneke)

Michael Haneke is a great director and this could quite possibly be the best
foreign movie of this decade...A french masterpiece and a study on
colonialism and the feeling of superiority...Juliette Binoche shines,
and so does Daniel Auteuil...Highly recommended.




16.THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE (LA DOUBLE VIE DE VERONIQUE) (1991,Krzysztof Kieslowski)

Kieslowski's greatest movie. Of course there's the 3 colours trilogy as well
but then again this masterpiece is his first movie i trully loved...It really doesn't
get more artistic and deeper than this...Oh and i can't get enough of Irene Jacob.




15.VERTIGO (1958,Alfred Hitchcock)

My second favorite Hitchcock movie is also one of his most psychological
ones...Another masterpice.




14.THIS SPORTING LIFE (1963,Lindsay Anderson)

All you can do in your life is be good at what you do. Still, you try to
prove yourself to other people, but it doesn't work. As is the case with Richard Harris's character in this masterpiece.A man who tries as hard as he can and a woman who is bittered by life.Another forgotten classic. Richard Harris and Rachel Roberts give classic performances...Can too much love actually kill you?




13.NINOTCHKA (1939,Ernst Lubitsch)

East meets West. A satire on Stalin's Soviet Union...To this day
this movie rings so true about so many things concerning Eastern European society,
that i can never get enough of it. The satire in this movie is more interesting than
the actual story itself, and that's what makes the whole experience stand out.
70 years after it was first released, this still remains histerically funny..
Oh, and it stars the incredible Greta Garbo.




12.STRANGER THAN PARADISE (1984,Jim Jarmusch)

Jim Jarmusch's best movie...Such a clever screenplay and such a great
soundtrack that, it is what it is:The best underground movie i have
ever seen..."I PUT A SPELL ON YOUUUUUUU!!....Cause you're MIINE!!"




11.STRAY DOG (NORA INU) (1949,Akira Kurosawa)

Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura in the same movie. Only this time
it's not samurais and chasing thieves.It's pure film noir...Maybe a
heavy statement, but i'm sure that this was one of the movies that
influenced the whole film noir genre that was to come in the following
years..Yet another classic by Akira Kurosawa.High quality Asian cinema.
If it wasn't for Ikiru, this would be my all-time favorite Kurosawa movie.




10.THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998, Joel and Ethan Coen)

The Coen brother's greatest movie. The best movie of the 90s, and quite
simply the kind of movie that Tarantino would have loved to call his own.
"F*** sympathy! I don't need your f****in' sympathy, man, I need my f***ing johnson!"





9.THE BIRDS (1963,Alfred Hitchcock)

Maybe not the best Hitchcock movie (vertigo or Psycho get that vote by
most people), but this is the one i have the fondest memories of, and
that's why to this day it remains my favorite Hitchcock movie. The
scenes in Bodega Bay take me to a completely different
universe every time i watch it.




8.THE KING AND THE MOCKINGBIRD (LE ROI ET L'OISEAU) (1980,Paul Grimault)

An obscure 80's French animated movie that was actually conceived in the
50s. I had seen this around the mid 80s. Then for a really long time i
had forgotten about it and couldn't find it anywhere and couldn't remember its
title (actually was looking for it over here too on "movie questions")...
I finally stumbled upon it at a dvd shop about a month ago (French import) (lucky me )
...And finally i realised once again that it still is one of 10 best movies i
had ever seen then, and still to this day it remains so.
Probably the best animated movie i have ever seen.




7.WILD STRAWBERRIES (SMULTRONSTALLET) (1957,Ingmar Bergman)

Bergman's greatest movie is also his most optimistic one. I wouldnt call it
obscure. Rather straightforward in most parts. There are a lot of images in this
movie that are trully memorable and were groundbreaking for their
time...Every single flashback scene and dream sequence in this movie should be
a reference point for every director...The crowning achievement in Bergman's oevre,
and the best European movie of all time.




6.REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (2000,Darren Aronofsky)

Hubert Selby JR is one of my favorite American writers.This movie isn't
my favorite movie of this decade because i love Selby's book so much.
It's my favorite movie of this decade because it manages to transport me
to another world everytime i watch it.I think i also fell in love with
Coney Island with this movie. Even though i have never visited the place
in my 3 trips to NYC...Either way, i totally relate with the story of
addiction (any kind of addiction), like the movie points out.
Hubert Selby Jr R.I.P.




5.THE LAST DETAIL (1973,Hal Ashby)

"An extremely cute and incredibly funny little movie" as someone once said. Well, this
classic is not only Jack Nicholson's best movie. It's also what
that person once said:Trully an extremely cute and incredibly funny little movie.
"I AM THE F***ING THE SHORE PATROL MOTHER****ER!"





4.SCARFACE (1983,Brian De Palma)

Al Pacino is my favorite actor, and this is the best movie of the
80s. I won't say a lot about this movie cause i'm sure most people have
seen it. I just wanna point out how great his performance is in this
(even though a lot of people say he overacts, etc). I was having
a conversation with someone once about Scarface and told him that, if
someone saw this movie for the first time, not knowing who Pacino was,
they would definitely make him out to be a Cuban.
That's how good his performance in this movie is.




3.TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN (1969,Woody Allen)

To this day i still believe that Woody Allen hasn't bettered this little
masterpiece..Every single joke and scene in this movie is pure
classic.If only he made more movies like this.
"It's "act". A-C-T. Act natural. Please put fifty thousand dollars into this bag and act natural."




2.IKIRU (IKIRU:TO LIVE) (1952,Akira Kurosawa)

I am going to be honest with you here...I have never seen a more human
and touching movie than this one here...And i dont think i ever
will...Kurosawa's masterpiece and Takashi Shimura's greatest performance.
This movie was definitely conceived in heaven.




1.TAXI DRIVER (1976,Martin Scorsese)

Scorsese isn't my favorite director and De Niro isn't my favorite actor,
but for over a decade now, this still remains my favorite movie of all
time for the simple and plain reason that i totally relate with almost
every feeling Travis Bickle is going through in this
classic...Thank you for this Marty

Very nice

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Wow! If I were to sit down and come up with a Top 100 list...it will take me forever.

I salute your efforts, and a very good list it is.

will be posting my comments and feelings for each movie as well...shortly

Good choices.

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Nice list, regnif. There are many true classics, some real disturbing stuff (Irreversible, King of Comedy...) and some movies I´ve never heard of before.

really, really cool list. #8 looks interesting. i've never heard of it before, but i like the picture. i'll be looking into it. thanks!

do check it out ash... it's an obscure french animated movie..to this day i think it stands as the best animated movie i have ever seen.

i couldn't find it on Netflix , but i didn't type in the foreign title yet. i'll check it later!

keep trying ..i m sure you 'll find it

Interesting list. Lots of stuff I like, a few I hate and most exciting of all things I have never seen. Thanks for posting.

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Great list reggie some old favourites of mine I am a big fan of Down and out in Beverly Hills

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Glad you enjoyed it neb

yeah i love that movie...nolte is incredible there..

Great list, some all time favs in there as well as a nice mix of others.

It's astonishing how tastes don't coincide. You have several of my very favourite movies (Breaking the Waves, Lost in Translation, Downfall, Brief Encounter) alongside several of my most hated movies (Match Point, The Exorcist, Close Encounters, Mad Max).

I like that you picked Ninotchka, I liked that film a lot and you don't often see it getting a lot of love.

I'm intrigued, now, by some of the ones I haven't seen. Especially The King and the Mockingbird. I've moved Ikiru and The Wrestler up my to-see list, too