Directors Your 100 favorite English Language films of all time. (1 Viewer)

[george kaplan]

"Does that mean this guy thinks Son of Flubber is actually greater than Citizen Kane?" then allow me to say "Indeed I do."

I don't think it's as odd that you prefer Son of Flubber as it is that you don't think Citizen Kane is even in the top 100 of greatest films of all time.

 

[Gabe D]

...you don't think Citizen Kane is even in the top 100 of greatest films of all time.

Citizen Kane is a great movie, I don't dispute that. It was on my list of about 150 that I slowly whittled down to a hundred. There are other movies that were harder to cut, including Some Like it Hot, Jaws, The Thin Man and Sullivan's Travels. Holding myself to a hundred was a lot harder than I thought it would be.

 

[David Dennison]

Okay, I'll take a shot at my top 100 favorite movies. I am sure I forgot something, and it would probably look slightly different if I tried it again next week.

12 Angry Men

39 Steps, The

African Queen

Aliens

All About Eve

All Quiet on the Western Front

All the President's Men

Amadeus

Apollo 13

Arsenic and Lace

Babe

Back to the Future

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Ben-Hur

Best Years of Our Lives, The

Big

Braveheart

Bridge on the River Kwai, The

Bringing up Baby

Casablanca

Christmas Story, A

City Lights

Contact

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Dances with Wolves

Dave

Die Hard

Doctor Zhivago

Double Indemnity

Dr. Strangelove

Empire Strikes Back, The

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

Fargo

Fellowship of the Ring, The

Few Good Men, A

Forrest Gump

Gladiator

Glory

Godfather, The

Godfather Part II, The

Gone with the Wind

Good Will Hunting

Groundhog Day

Great Escape, The

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Hoosiers

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

It Happened One Night

It's a Wonderful Life

Jaws

King Kong

Kramer vs. Kramer

Lady Vanishes, The

Last of the Mohicans, The

Lawrence of Arabia

Lethal Weapon

Lorenzo's Oil

Man for All Seasons, A

Matrix, The

Modern Times

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Moulin Rouge

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

My Fair Lady

My Man Godfry

Network

Neverending Story, The

North by Northwest

On the Waterfront

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Pinocchio

Princess Bride, The

Psycho

Pulp Fiction

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Rain Man

Rear Window

Rebecca

Return of the Jedi

Rocky

Saving Private Ryan

Schindler's List

Sense and Sensibility

Shawshank Redemption, The

Shrek

Silence of the Lambs, The

Spartacus

Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs

Some Like it Hot

Sound of Music, The

Star Wars

Sting, The

Superman The Movie

To Kill a Mockingbird

Toy Story

Toy Story 2

Traffic

Vertigo

Wild Bunch, The

Wizard of Oz, The

 

[Andrew_Sch]

Well, I haven't really been alive long enough to watch enough movies to amass a top 100, so I'll just spout out about 25 or so of my top ones, starting with my elite top five, in no particular order:

Fight Club

Gladiator

Terminator 2

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

And some others that don't quite make the top five:

The Godfather

Office Space

Black Hawk Down

Saving Private Ryan

Apocolypse Now

Platoon

Rear Window

Orgazmo

LOTR:FOTR

Patton

To Kill A Mockingbird

The Rock

Men In Black

Unforgiven

Forrest Gump

Braveheart

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

The Big Lebowski

Blazing Saddles

National Lampoon's Vacation

American Beauty

Austin Powers: Internation Man of Mystery

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

Happy Gilmore(some things just can't be explained)

Falling Down

Jaws

A Christmas Story

Die Hard

Dr. Strangelove

Toy Story 2

That's my top 35, keep in mind I have yet to see such supposed classics as Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, On The Waterfront, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Se7en, The Usual Suspects, I could go on like this all night.

 

[Jay E]

Bump

I knew this would happen with all the tournaments going on, which is why I tried to place this in the movie section.

In the event this thread dies again, I just want to thank everyone for contributing their lists.

 

[Scott Weinberg]

Jay,
I don't think it has anything to do with the tourneys. Putting together a Top 100 is a doozy of a project, particularly to the more active HTFers, who I assume would not dream of offering a lazy, half-assed effort.
I enjoyed putting my list together, although even now I'd like to make about 17 alterations!

 

[Jay E]

I don't think it has anything to do with the tourneys. Putting together a Top 100 is a doozy of a project, particularly to the more active HTFers, who I assume would not dream of offering a lazy, half-assed effort.

You're right Scott on that point. I myself love the tournaments, it's just that a thread such as this will get lost quicker with such competition. I hate bumping threads, and I know the administrators are not crazy about it either, I was just hoping for some more lists so that I would have enough to tally.
And I also would like to change a few of my picks but I'm holding off on it. Maybe a 200 favorite movies list would be a good...

 

[Kirk Tsai]

Yes, this sounds insane, but who says we're sane?

12 Angry Men

A Bug's Life

Age of Innocence, The

Amadeus

Apocalypse Now

Back to the Future

Bamboozled

Being John Malkovich

Best Years of Our Lives, The

Big Sleep, The

Billy Elliot

Body Heat

Braveheart

Brief Encounter

Bulworth

Casino

Chinatown

Citizen Kane

Contact

Conversation, The

Crimson Tide

Die Hard

Dog Day Afternoon

Double Indemnity

Dr. Strangelove

Edward Scissorhands

Election

Emperor's New Groove, The

Empire Strikes Back, The

E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial

Fight Club

Fly Away Home

The Fugitive

The General

The Godfather

The Godfather, Part II

GoodFellas

Great Expectations (Lean)

Groundhog Day

Heat

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

High Fidelity

In The Bedroom

Jaws

JFK

Jurassic Park

Killing, The

LA Confidential

Lawrence of Arabia

Limey, The

Malcom X

Man Who Wasn't There, The

Mask of Zorro, The

The Matrix

Memento

Moulin Rouge

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

North By Northwest

Notorious

On The Waterfront

Ordinary People

Paths of Glory

Philadelphia

Primal Fear

Primary Colors

Psycho

Pulp Fiction

Quiz Show

Raging Bull

Rebecca

Remains of the Day

Reservoir Dogs

Return of the Jedi

Roger and Me

Rudy

Schindler's List

Se7en

Searchers, The

The Shawshank Redemtion

Sherlock Jr.

Silence of the Lambs

Singin' in the Rain

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

Speed

Star Wars: A New Hope

Steamboat Bill Jr.

Sunrise

Superman: The Movie

Talented Mr. Ripley, The

Third Man, The

Three Kings

Titus

Touch of Evil

Toy Story

Toy Story 2

Traffic

Unbreakable

Vertigo

Viva Zapata!

What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

 

[Brian Lawrence]

Come on folks. With so many opinionated people on these forums we should be able to get a few more top 100 lists than this.

 

[Jefe Noche]

Here's a list of films that I'm sure are in my Top 100 (taken from my dvd collection):

12 Monkeys

2001: A Space Odyssey

Almost Famous

American Beauty

Apocalypse Now

Apollo 13

Boogie Nights

Braveheart

Carlitos' Way

Casino

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Cider House Rules

A Clockwork Orange

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Dead Man Walking

Do The Right Thing

The Exorcist

Fargo

Forrest Gump

Full Metal Jacket

Girl, Interupted

Glory

Go

The Godfather

The Godfather, part 2

Goodfellas

Good Will Hunting

The Green Mile

Heat

In the Line of Fire

Jacobs' Ladder

JFK

LA Confidential

Leaving Las Vegas

Leon, The Professional

Matrix

Murder in the First

Natural Born Killers

One Flew Over the Cuckoos' Nest

The People vs Larry Flynt

Platoon

Pulp Fiction

Rain Man

Requiem for a Dream

Rocky

Saving Private Ryan

Scarface

Se7en

The Shawshank Redemption

The Shining

The Silence of the Lambs

Stand By Me

Taxi Driver

T2: Judgement Day

Tombstone

True Romance

Traffic

Unforgiven

The Untouchables

Wall Street

When Harry Met Sally

Movies that I don't own that are in my Top 100:

Schindlers' List

The Empire Strikes Back

Wild at Heart

Amadeus

A Beautiful Mind

There is 66 "for sures".

 

[Rob Tomlin]

Reading everyone else's list gives me motivation to do mine!
Where do you guys get the time to do these lists?

 

[Jay E]

Where do you guys get the time to do these lists?

I did mine on the subway while coming to work. I know it's not an easy task but I appreciate everyone's effort.

 

[LisaH]

English language only is harder than I thought!

Adventures of Robin Hood

After The Thin Man

Aliens*

All About Eve*

Almost Famous

Apartment, The*

Arsenic and Old Lace*

Awful Truth, The (all time #2)

Being John Malkovich*

Best Years of Our Lives*

Brief Encounter*

Bringing Up Baby

Chicken Run*

Crucible, The

Dangerous Liaisons*

Empire Strikes Back, The

Fabulous Baker Boys

Fight Club*

Godfather Part 2, The*

Godfather, The*

Harvey*

His Girl Friday*

Holiday

It Happened One Night*

L.A.Confidential*

Laura

Lavender Hill Mob, The

Libeled Lady

Life of Brian*

Lion in Winter, The*

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring

Maltese Falcon, The*

Moulin Rouge (2001)* (Current #3)

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

My Man Godfrey

Ninotchka

North by Northwest*

Oscar and Lucinda

Philadelphia Story* (#4)

Piano, The

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Rear Window*

Red Shoes, The

Rebecca*

Red Dust

Roman Holiday

Sense & Sensibility*

Shakespeare in Love*

Some Like it Hot*

Streecar Named Desire, A* (all time #1)

Suspicion

Thin Man, The (#5)

To Kill A Mockingbird

Topsy Turvy*

When Harry Met Sally*

Withnail and I

Witness

Woman in Black, The*

Women, The

* I have on dvd

Okay, that's 58 so far. More to come...

 

[Josh_Hill]

I will reply to this when I get more time.

 

[Jon_W]

This is my list. The top thirty are pretty much in order, however as you go further down the list it gets less accurate .

The Thin Red Line

2001: A Space Odyssey

Lawrence of Arabia

The Godfather

The English Patient

West Side Story

Apocalypse Now

Patton

Vertigo

Schindler's List

Dances With Wolves

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Godfather, Part II

Casablanca

The Last Emperor

The Silence of the Lambs

Gone with the Wind

Doctor Zhivago

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

Citizen Kaine

Fight Club

L.A. Confidential

Taxi Driver

Ben-Hur

Spartacus

An American in Paris

The Maltese Falcon

JFK

Braveheart

A Clockwork Orange

American Beauty

Rear Window

My Fair Lady

Fargo

Gattaca

Amadeus

North By North West

Sing'in the Rain

Some Like it Hot

Galliopoli

Pulp Fiction

Oliver!

Star Trek IV: The Unidiscovered Country

The Sound of Music

Ghandi

The Dear Hunter

Back to the Future

Contact

Born on the Fourth of July

Moulin Rouge

All Quiet on the Western Front

Planet of the Apes

Were Eagles Dare

Star Wars

The Shining

Cabaret

Psycho

Dr. NO

From Russia With Love

Goldfinger

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Star Trek: First Contact

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Boogie Nights

Magnolia

Alien

Seven

Gigi

Raider of the Lost Ark

Annie Hall

Return of the Jedi

Empire Strikes Back

Apocalypse Now Redux

Austin Powers: International Manm of Mystery

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Platoon

Saving Private Ryan

Titanic

Forest Gump

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

12 Monkeys

Aliens

Barry Lyndon

The Longest Day

A Bridge Too Far

Legends of the Fall

Rocky

Bent

Full Metal Jacket

Eyes Wide Shut

Paths of Glory

The Wizard of Oz

Out of Africa

Yankee Doodle Dandy

In the Heat of the Night

Chariots of Fire

Four Wedings and a Funeral

 

[Brian Lawrence]

Let's see if we can at least get 2 or 3 more people to post their top 100

 

[JohnRice]

I genuinely do plan to give it a go.

 

[Dome Vongvises]

It's going to take a lot of time. What about films that contain a significant chunk of foreign language, like The Godfather Part II?

 

[Jay E]

The Godfather II or any other film that contains large segments of foreign language is fine.

 

[JessV]

I really need to catch up on watching older movies. My list is so limited because I'm only 22, and I haven't had cable or satellite since I was about 7.
Top 3:
1. All About Eve
1. Pulp Fiction
3. Fight Club
The rest:
10 Things I Hate About You
Adventures in Babysitting
Almost Famous
American Beauty
American History X
American Psycho
The Apostle
Army of Darkness
Back to the Future
Back to the Future Part 2
Beautiful Girls
Beetlejuice
The Big Sleep
Boogie Nights
Bowfinger
Bringing Up Baby
The Cell
Clueless
Dark City
The Daytrippers,
Dazed and Confused
Dead Again
Dick
Dr. T and the Women
Emma
Ever After
Everyone Says I Love You
Evita
Forrest Gump
The Game
Get Shorty
Go
Good Will Hunting
The Grapes of Wrath
The Green Mile
Grosse Pointe Blank
Groundhog Day
House of Yes
Jackie Brown
Jerry Maguire
LA Confidential
The Labyrinth
The Limey
Lone Star
Mallrats
Mars Attacks!
The Matrix
Memento
Moulin Rouge
The Neverending Story
Nurse Betty
O Brother Where Art Thou
The Opposite of Sex
The Others
Out of Sight
Panic Room
Parenthood
The Player
Playing By Heart
The Princess Bride
Pump Up the Volume
John Grisham's The Rainmaker
Real Genius
Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
Rounders
The Royal Tenebaums
Rushmore
Ruthless People
Saving Private Ryan
The Secret of Nimh
Sense and Sensibility
sex, lies, and videotape
Shakespeare in Love
The Shawshank Redemption
The Silence of the Lambs
The Sixth Sense
Sliding Doors
Sling Blade
Snatch
Stand By Me
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
There’s Something About Mary
Titanic
To Die For
To Have and Have Not
Traffic
Trainspotting
The Truman Show
Unbreakable
The Usual Suspects
Vanilla Sky
The Watcher in the Wood
When Harry Met Sally
While You Were Sleeping
Wonder Boys
Edited Apr. 7th to add The Grapes of Wrath.