100 Favorite Films by hapax_legomena

Salutations! After a jolly good time creating a list of the 75 worst films I have seen, I have decided to tackle a best/favorite list. This time around I figured I would do 100. My only gripe with creating a best/favorite list, is that it is constantly subject to change, at least for me. I watch movies very regularly, and it's not rare that any new film can find it's place in my "best" list. For the sake of this, I will try to stay on top of this list by posting any films I see in the future that would crack the Top 50. Seems tedious, but fair to those films. Without any further ado, I present to thee my current standing 100 Favorite Films

100. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom


99. Funny Games (1997)


98. House


97. Ghost in the Shell


96. Blue Velvet


95. Hunger


94. The Time of the Wolf


93. The Squid and the Whale


92. Annie Hall


91. Caché

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90. Being John Malkovich


89. Another Year


88. The Double Life of Veronique


87. Adaptation.


86. Brazil


85. Pi


84. Dead Man


83. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans


82. Oddsac


81. Weekend (2011)

Blue Velvet, Annie Hall and The Double Life Of Veronique.

I have The Squid and the Whale, Cache and Dead Man on dvd, but have yet to watch them.

Being John Malkovich is ok, but I don't love it and I've never understood the 'cool' factor it seems to have about it with cinephiles.

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The Squid and the Whale has really great acting all around, and also tells a really personal story with great success. Cache is one of the films that really creeps under your skin, but with no real effort. Dead Man is Johnny Depp's best film, and unfortunately the only Jim Jarmusch film I have seen.

Being John Malkovich has a really funny script written by one of the best in the business in Charlie Kaufman, and under Spike Jonze's direction, the film is very dreamlike and surreal. I'm a sucker for Kaufman/Jonze/surrealism. The three Charlie Kaufman written films I have seen are on this list. (#87 Adaptation. is another one)

80. The Spirit of the Beehive


79. A Serious Man


78. Paprika


77. Knife in the Water


76. Kuroneko


75. A Prophet


74. Fallen Angels


73. El Topo


72. 3 Women


71. Shame

shame better than double life of veronique and hausu?

horrible list, consider retirement from film.



(shame is really good obv but still. retire)

Lots of really great inclusions but they're awfully low....which makes me wonder what's coming up...

Whatever bro

I hope (but don't expect) it to lighten up a bit.

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70. Stroszek


69. Dogtooth


68. The Shining


67. No Country For Old Men


66. Barton Fink


65. People on Sunday


64. Cries and Whispers


63. The Element of Crime


62. Mulholland Dr.


61. Before Sunset

Dude, your tastes do not define what others should think of film. I mean my God, were not all gonna have uniformity in our tastes, thankfully. BTW Double Life of Veronique is in my worst movies list.

Enjoyable list so far Hapax, a lot of good choices.

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60. Un Chien Andalou


59. The Master


58. Amour


57. Samsara


56. Walkabout


55. Tokyo Drifter


54. M


53. Koyaanisqatsi


52. Last Year At Marienbad


51. Blue

Haha learn to read sarcasm, donnie.

50. Drive Angry


49. Akira


48. Tetsuo: The Iron Man


47. Vampyr


46. Repulsion


45. A Separation


44. Aguirre, The Wrath of God


43. La Jetée


42. La Haine


41. Man Bites Dog

It is harder to read sarcasm on the internet.

+ Rep for Aguirre

Noticed you like mind-bending movies.

Dear Snuff, if only you knew how many hoops I jumped through trying to force Drive Angry onto this list.

Interesting list. I haven't seen quite a few of them, but most of the ones I have seen I think are great films.

After your first fifty, however, I wasn't expecting Drive Angry to show up. What is it about the film that makes you hold it in such high regard?

Looking forward to the rest. Keep it up!

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Because it defies logic and makes me question my existence.

+ Nicolas Cage sex scene while drinking whiskey and killing mofo's

40. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind


39. The Piano Teacher


38. Vivre sa Vie


37. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb


36. Diabolique


35. Ratcatcher


34. The Sacrifice


33. The Face of Another


32. Ordet


31. Hour of the Wolf