Author Nathan Bransford posted a challenge on his blog: List your 100 favorite movies of all time. Challenge is the appropriate word here. How can a movie lover narrow it down to 100?
This is actually something my husband and I do every four or five years. We’ve even gotten our girls to get in on the action—although their lists don’t reach 100 just yet. (Their top picks: Super 8 and Clue.) The lists change every time we do them. Movies are added or deleted; some move up or down the list. It’s always a challenge. Always fun.
What are your favorites? How many do we share? Leave me a comment and let me know.
Here goes (I like to start at 100 and work my way to #1):
100. Big Night
99. True Grit (2010)
98. Alien
97. Meet Me in St. Louis
96. Pulp Fiction
95. The Lives of Others
94. Mrs. Miniver
93. The Talented Mr. Ripley
92. Psycho
91. The Fugitive
90. Speed
89. Seven
88. The Exorcist
87. Il Postino
86. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
85. The Birds
84. Chocolat
83. Edward Scissorhands
82. Miracle on 34th Street
81. The Silence of the Lambs
80. Tropic Thunder
79. Fargo
78. Rocky
77. Thelma and Louise
76. E.T.
75. Love, Actually
74. Waking Ned Devine
73. An Officer and a Gentleman
72. Groundhog Day
71. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
70. Saturday Night Fever
69. Inception
68. The Sixth Sense
67. Only You
66. High Noon
65. Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
64. Adam’s Rib
63. Bull Durham
62. Airplane!
61. Grease
60. The Simpsons Movie
59. Big
58. Dances With Wolves
57.Jurassic Park
56.Ocean’s Eleven
55. Shaun of the Dead
54. Glory
53. The King’s Speech
52. All About Eve
51. The Full Monty
50. Harvey
49. L.A. Confidential
48. Inglourious Basterds
47. Gosford Park
46. Singing in the Rain
45. Witness
44. The Pianist
43. Sense and Sensibility
42. The African Queen
41. Toy Story
40. The Breakfast Club
39. Swimming With Sharks
38. Crash
37. Life is Beautiful
36. Rebecca
35. Bringing Up Baby
34. Valley Girl
33. The Sound of Music
32. Jaws
31. Stand By Me
30. Young Frankenstein
29. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
28. Saving Private Ryan
27. The Philadelphia Story
26. American Graffiti
25. A Christmas Story
24. The Great Escape
23. The English Patient
22. You Can’t Take It With You
21. Rain Man
20. It Happened One Night
19. The Usual Suspects
18. The Princess Bride
17. Titanic
16. Schindler’s List
15. The Others
14. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad World
13. Say Anything
12. Raiders of the Lost Ark
11. Shakespeare in Love
10. Finding Nemo
9. Star Wars (IV: A New Hope)
8. Forrest Gump
7. Gone With the Wind
6. Roman Holiday
5. Cinema Paradiso
4. The Shawshank Redemption
3. Casablanca
2. The Wizard of Oz
1. It’s a Wonderful Life
Wow! 100 is just an amazing effort. We do this too but try to keep it to our favorite top 10 and that’s hard enough. I admit I skipped down to see your #1 and was surprised. We are all different! My top 5 are:, Silverado, Victor Victoria, Sound of Music, Love Actually and Notting Hill. The next 5 are always in flux.
Love the blog!
Silverado! Love that one. That was when I first had a crush on a young (ish) Kevin Costner. Everyday I could think of a new movie to add to the list…