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

[Bill J]

Hey, I count 101 titles on that list. What's up with that?

 

[Justin_S]

This was an extremely hard list to make, as I have much more favorites than just 100, so this list changes all the time, but here is the one I wrote down. Remember, it changes as I have many, many more favorites:

EDIT: I am in the process of redoing my list.

 

[Rob P S]

Adaptation (2002)
Air Force One (1997)
Airheads (1994)
Animal House (1978)
Antwone Fisher (2002)
Apollo 13 (1995)
The Apostle (1997)
Armageddon (1998)
Avalon (1990)
Awakenings (1990)
Bad Boys (1983)
Badlands (1973)
Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
Big Night (1996)
Billy Madison (1995)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Boyz N the Hood (1991)
Brassed Off (1997)
The Bread, My Sweet (2001)
Breakdown (1997)
Chill Factor (1999)
A Christmas Story (1983)
Clay Pigeons (1998)
Cliffhanger (1993)
Con Air (1997)
Courage Under Fire (1996)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
Deliverance (1972)
Die Hard (1988)
The Dish(2000)
Dominick & Eugene (1988)
The Edge (1997)
The Emperor's Club (2002)
Escape From Alcatraz (1979)
A Family Thing (1996)
Fargo (1996)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Forrest Gump (1994)
The Full Monty (1997)
Ghostbusters (1984)
The Green Mile (1999)
Happy Gilmore (1996)
Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
A Home of Our Own (1993)
Hoosiers (1986)
In the Line of Fire (1993)
The Insider (1999)
Insomnia (2002)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
King of the Hill (1993)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Lock Up (1989)
Lone Star (1996)
Lucas (1986)
Mask (1985)
Memento (2000)
Memphis Belle (1990)
A Midnight Clear (1992)
The Mighty (1998)
Monster's Ball (2001)
Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
Mutant Aliens (2001)
My Bodyguard (1980)
My Dog Skip (2000)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
October Sky (1999)
Office Space (1999)
One False Move (1992)
One Hour Photo (2002)
A Perfect World (1993)
Pleasantville (1998)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Road to Perdition (2002)
The Rookie (2002)
Rudy (1993)
The Sandlot (1993)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shining (1980)
Shoot to Kill (1988)
A Simple Plan (1998)
Smoke (1995)
Smoke Signals (1998)
Speed (1994)
Spider-Man (2002)
10 to Midnight (1983)
Three Kings (1999)
Ulee's Gold (1997)
Unstrung Heroes (1995)
Untamed Heart (1993)
Waking Ned Devine (1998)
The Waterboy (1998)
We Were Soldiers (2002)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)

 

[Dome Vongvises]

Animal House

Army of Darkness

Back to the Future

Back to the Future Part II

Back to the Future Part III

Better Off Dead

Blazing Saddles

The Blues Brothers

Braveheart

The Breakfast Club

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Bull Durham

Casablanca

Chasing Amy

Citizen Kane

Clerks

A Clockwork Orange

Conan the Barbarian

Dawn of the Dead

Dazed and Confused

Die Hard

Die Hard 2: Die Harder

Die Hard with a Vengeance

Dumb and Dumber

The Empire Strikes Back

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

The Exorcist

The Evil Dead

Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Field of Dreams

Fight Club

First Blood

Forrest Gump

Full Metal Jacket

Ghostbusters

Glory

The Godfather

The Godfather Part II

Goodfellas

The Goonies

Halloween

Heat

High Noon

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Jaws

Jurassic Park

The Karate Kid

The Karate Kid Part II

Kentucky Fried Movie

L.A. Confidential

Lawrence of Arabia

Lethal Weapon

Lethal Weapon 2

Lethal Weapon 3

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Major League

Mallrats

The Matrix

Maverick

The Monster Squad

The Natural

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Patton

Psycho (1960)

Pulp Fiction

Raging Bull

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Rambo: First Blood Part II

Rear Window

Reservoir Dogs

Return of the Jedi

Revenge of the Nerds

Rocky

Rocky II

Rocky IV

Saving Private Ryan

Scent of a Woman

Schindler’s List

The Shawshank Redemption

Se7en

The Shining

The Silence of the Lambs

This Is Spinal Tap

Spaceballs

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Star Wars

Superman: The Movie

The Terminator

Terminator 2: Judgement Day

The Thing (1982)

The Third Man

Tombstone

Top Gun

Unforgiven

Wayne’s World

Young Frankenstein

This was hard. Very hard to do.

 

[Brian Lawrence]

I made a few minor tweaks to my list which is on page 1 of this thread.

 

[Angelo.M]

about a boy

alien

almost famous

annie hall

austin powers: international man of mystery

being there

the big lebowski

black hawk down

blade runner

the blues brothers

bottle rocket

bound

braveheart

the bridge on the river kwai

bullets over broadway

casablanca

clerks

the conversation

crimes and misdemeanors

crimson tide

days of heaven

the dirty dozen

do the right thing

double indemnity

dr. no

dumb and dumber

the empire strikes back

the english patient

fargo

fight club

from russia with love

the game

gladiator

glengarry glenn ross

glory

the godfather

the godfather part 2

goldfinger

the good, the bad and the ugly

goodfellas

heat

hi fidelity

hoop dreams

house of games

jackie brown

l.a. confidential

the last waltz

lawrence of arabia

lost in america

the magnificent seven

the maltese falcon

the manchurian candidate

manhattan

map of the human heart

marry poppins

the matrix

the matrix reloaded

memento

miller’s crossing

monty python and the holy grail

moulin rouge

north by northwest

once upon a time in america

once upon a time in the west

planes, trains and automobiles

the princess bride

pulp fiction

the purple rose of cairo

raiders of the lost ark

rear window

the remains of the day

reservoir dogs

the road warrior

ronin

saving private ryan

schindler’s list

seven

the shawshank redemption

sixteen candles

the spanish prisoner

stop making sense

the taking of pelham 1, 2, 3

the thin red line

the third man

this is spinal tap

tombstone

touch of evil

twelve angry men

twelve monkeys

unbreakable

unforgiven

unstrung heroes

the untouchables

the usual suspects

vertigo

west side story

the wild bunch

young frankenstein

zelig

 

[john davies]

In chronological order. Asterisks denote favourites

1919 Broken Blossoms

1924 Sherlock jnr

1925 The Gold Rush

1926 The General

1927 Sunrise**

1933 King Kong

Duck Soup

1934 It Happened one Night

The Scarlet Empress

1935 Top Hat*

The 39 Steps

David Copperfield

The Devil is a Woman

Bride of Frankenstein

1936 Swing Time

1938 Bringing up Baby

1940 The Thief of Baghdad

Fantasia

1941 Citizen Kane**

The Maltese Falcon

Dumbo

The Lady Eve

1942 Casablanca**

To Be or Not to Be*

The Magnificent Ambersons

1944 Double Indemnity

1946 The Big Sleep*

It's a Wonderful Life

A Matter of Life and Death

1948 Letter from an Unknown Woman**

The Red Shoes

1949 Kind Hearts and Coronets

The Third Man

1950 Sunset Boulevard

1952 Singin in the Rain**

The Quiet Man

1953 The Band Wagon*

1954 Rear Window

Johnny Guitar

1955 Night of the Hunter**

Kiss me Deadly*

East of Eden

1956 The Searchers*

The Court Jester

1957 Funny Face

1958 Vertigo**

Touch of Evil

1959 North by Northwest**

Some Like it Hot**

1960 The Apartment

1961 El Cid*

One-Eyed Jacks

The Innocents

1962 Lawrence of Arabia*

1963 The Great Escape

1964 Dr Strangelove

Marnie

Goldfinger

1967 The Graduate

Bonnie and Clyde

1968 2001: A Space Odyssey**

1969 The Wild Bunch

1972 Deliverance

The Godfather

1973 The Wicker Man

The Day of the Jackal

1974 The Godfather 2

Chinatown

1975 Barry Lyndon

1976 The Outlaw Josey Wales

1978 The Deer Hunter

1979 Apocalypse Now*

Manhattan*

1980 The Shining*

Raging Bull*

1982 Blade Runner

The Draughtsman's Contract

1983 Once Upon a Time in America*

1984 Paris, Texas**

Street of Crocodiles

1985 Brazil*

1986 Blue Velvet*

1987 The Untouchables

Hope and Glory

1988 A Fish Called Wanda

1990 Miller's Crossing

The Sheltering Sky

Goodfellas

Edward Scizzorhands

1991 Silence of the Lambs

1993 The Age of Innocence*

Schindler's List

Groundhog Day

The Wrong Trousers

1994 Pulp Fiction

1996 The English Patient

1998 The Thin Red Line

2000 The Claim

2001 Mulholland Drive*

2002 Far from Heaven

 

[Arman]

Work in Progress 5/1/05

 

[Steve Christou]

John after seeing your 100 favorite films in the other thread it must have taken quite an effort for you to come up with 100 favorite 'English-language' films in this thread, and btw you missed out 1977 (Star Wars? wink wink].
I haven't counted mine but I think there's close to 100 here, and like all lists subject to change. I'm sure I've missed a few good favorites.
The Abyss
Adventures of Robin Hood
Alien
Aliens
An American in Paris
Animal House
Apocalypse Now
Back to the Future
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Big Country
Blade Runner
Blazing Saddles
Brazil
Bride of Frankenstein
Bridge on the River Kwai
Casablanca
Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind
Day The Earth Stood Still
The Devil Rides Out
Die Hard
Dr.Strangelove
Dracula (1958)
Duck Soup
Dune (1984)
El Cid
Enter the Dragon
The Exorcist
Fantasia
Final Fantasy
Forbidden Planet
Ghostbusters
The Godfather
The Godfather P.II
Goldfinger
Goodfellas
The Great Escape
Horse Feathers
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The Innocents
Jason and the Argonauts
Jaws
King Kong (1933)
Lawrence of Arabia
The Living Daylights
Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring
Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
The Magnificent Seven
The Matrix
Monkey Business (1931)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
A Night at the Opera
Night of the Demon (1958)
North by Northwest
The Omen
On the Town
Pinocchio
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Psycho (1960)
Quatermass and the Pit
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Rear Window
Rebecca
Red River
Rio Bravo
Robocop
Scarface (1983)
Shrek
Singin' in the Rain
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs
Some Like it Hot
Spartacus
The Spy Who Loved Me
Star Trek The Motion Picture
Star Trek II-The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek First Contact
Star Wars (1977)
Star Wars V-The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars VI-Return of the Jedi
Superman the Movie
Taxi Driver
The Terminator
Terminator 2-Judgement Day
Tomorrow Never Dies
Total Recall
The Towering Inferno
Toy Story
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
2001 A Space Odyssey
The Untouchables
War of the Worlds
West Side Story
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The Wind and the Lion
You Only Live Twice
Young Frankenstein
Zulu

 

[Arman]

Finally completed my list somewhere in this page.

 

[Adam_S]

Doing this without foreign language films was tough. But actually I ended up with two extras, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Back to the Future (haven't seen both recently enough to allow them on the list). This IS favorites of course, which means George Kaplan entertainment/rewatchability scale (which is how I judge most of my film watching anyway). So for that reason you won't find films I respect but don't care for, like 2001, Citizen Kane and some of the other sacred cows. Give me David Lean over Welles anyday!

A.I. – Artificial Intelligence

Adventures of Robin Hood, The

All About Eve

Almost Famous

Apartment, The

Apocalypse Now

Beauty and the Beast

Big Lebowski, The

Braveheart

Bridge on the River Kwai, The

Bringing up Baby

Casablanca

Chasing Amy

Christmas Story, A

City Lights

Dances with Wolves

Die Hard

Dr. Strangelove

Doctor Zhivago

Dogma

Donnie Darko

Empire Of the Sun

Empire Strikes Back, The

E.T. – the Extra-Terrestrial

Fantasia

Fight Club

Forget Paris

Forrest Gump

Gangs of New York

Godfather, The

Godfather Part II, The

Grapes of Wrath, The

Great Escape, The

Great Outdoors, The

His Girl Friday

How Green Was My Valley

Hudsucker Proxy, The

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Iron Giant, The

It’s a Wonderful Life

Jaws

King Kong

L.A. Confidential

Lady Vanishes, The

Lawrence of Arabia

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Magnolia

Man for All Seasons, A

Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, The

Miller’s Crossing

Missing, The

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Monsters, Inc.

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

North By Northwest

O Brother Where Art Thou?

Of Mice and Men

Old Yeller

Oliver Twist

One Two Three

Out of Sight

Parent Trap, The

Paths of Glory

Pollyanna

Princess Bride, The

Psycho

Raging Bull

Raiders of the Lost Ark, The

Raising Arizona

Red Shoes, The

Rocky

Se7en

Searchers, The

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Shawshank Redemption, The

Shop Around the Corner, The

Silence of the Lambs, The

Singin’ in the rain

Sixth Sense

Some Like it Hot

Spartacus

Stage Door

Stagecoach

Stand By Me

Star Wars

Swiss Family Robinson, The

Taxi Driver

Ten Commandments, The

Terminator 2: Judgement day

Thin Man, The

To Kill a Mockingbird

Traffic

Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Unbreakable

Unforgiven

Walkabout

What About Bob?

You Can’t Take it With you

 

[MartinTeller]

In the year and a half since I made my list, I've seen a lot more movies. So here's some new additions:
Donnie Darko
Kill Bill, Vol. 1
Lawrence of Arabia
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (haven't seen it yet, but it's a pretty safe bet)
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Picnic at Hanging Rock
River's Edge
Singin' in the Rain
Then of course 8 have to be scratched off the original list, which I found surprisingly easy:
Army of Darkness
Gaslight
Night of the Living Dead
Office Space
Rumble Fish
The Children's Hour
The Dark Backwards
UHF
Gaslight and Rumble Fish could return, been too long since I've seen them.