Top 100 Greatest Films Of All Time (w.i.p.)

[Cpt Wolfox]

1. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
2. The Graduate
3. It's A Wonderful Life
4. The Exorcist
5. Gone With The Wind
6. Bridge Over The River Kwai
7. The Godfather
8. Planet Of The Apes (1968)
9. Rocky
10. The Wizard Of Oz
**. Apocalypse Now
**. Star Wars New Hope
**. Animal House
**. Street Car Named Desire
**. Raging Bull
**. Clockwork Orange
**. Taxi Driver
**. Godfather 2
**. The Color Of Money
**. Wall Street
**. Platoon
**. Hannah and Her Sisters
**. Fargo
**. Casa Blanca
**. Raiders Of The Lost Arch
**. Unforgiven
**. The Big Lebowski
**. Pulp Fiction
**. Jaws
**. Saturday Night Fever
**. Psycho
**. The African Queen
**. Boogie Nights
**. Alien
**. Silence Of The Lambs
**. Full Metal Jacket
**. The Jerk
**. Thelma & Loise
**. The Talented Mr Ripley
**. Citizen Kane
**. On The Waterfront
**. Grease
**. To Kill A Mockingbird
**. Cool Hand Luke
**. Bad News Bears
**. Giant
**. The Husler
**. The Cain Mutiny
**. The Road Warrior
**. An Officer & A Gentleman
**. Terminator
**. Old Yeller
**. Goodbye Girl (Version w/o CC song in the end)
**. Vacation
**. Kelley's Heros
**. The Dirty Dozen
**. E.T.
**. Trading Places
**. Operation Petticoat
**. The Wrath Of Khan
**. West Side Story
**. Logan's Run
**. Easy Rider
**. Shawshank Redemtion
**. Good Morning Vietnam
**. Patton
**. Willy Wonka
**. Good Fellas
**. Stalag 17
**. Sound Of Music
**. Witness
**. Brave Heart
**. Clash Of The Titans (1981)
**. M*A*S*H
**. Rush
**. The Right Stuff
**. The Bounty
**. Cady Shack
**. Ammityville Horror
**. Scarface
**. Deer Hunter (Wolfox Cut)
**. A Soldier's Story
**. A Christmass Story
**. Empire Strikes Back
**. Eight Men Out
**. Midnight Run
**. Eye's Wide Shut
**. The Man In The Iron Mask (1998)
**. Fatal Attraction
**. The Aviator
**. The Longest Yard (1974)
**. Ghandi
**. Twilight Zone The Movie

Three films I've never seen and am waiting for the perfect setting: The Apartment, Lawrence of Arabia, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

BTW: This list is all jacked-the-fuck-up and when you consider how much time I put into it. I'm leaning strongly towards Top 100 Greatest English speaking films of all time presented in alphabetical order. I figure if you were to do a Top 100 greatest songs of all time, you'd definitely want to do that in alphabetical order. Also, there's these huge blocks or steps where there's not a whole lot of difference in greatness or quality in the film.



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[nietzsche]

yeah, that's pretty much imdb.com's list.


changes in the positions only.

[nietzsche]

shawshank redemption is too low in the list

[maxfaraday]

shawshank redemption is too low in the list

M*A*S*H is too low in the list, and that's an understatement.

[TA1LGUNN3R]

Yeah! Score two for the Coen bros.

-TG

[Army of GOD]

meh. I thought the Graduate was over-rated. Granted, it came out like 20 years before I was born, but even then it doesn't compare to the better late 60s, early 70s films.

Also, I liked The Great Escape more than The Bridge Over the River Kwai for WW2 POW movies. Then again that might be because I saw the Great Escape more as a kid.

I've never heard of "w.i.p." before...how does it decide it's top 100 films? I like IMDB's everyone gets to vote strategy, though that definitely favors later films (like, The Dark Knight is 8 and even though it's a good film, there are a lot of films that have greater legacies...I think it's because more young people use the internet and are more likely to vote for their generation's films).

[Army of GOD]

Though, I like this list a LOT more than AFI's top 100. That seems to favor older movies a lot more.

[Army of GOD]

oh and I HATED Raging Bull. Way to slow for my tastes.

And Dr. Strangelove being left out kind of hurts. My favorite Kubrick film.

[nietzsche]

I've never heard of "w.i.p." before...how does it decide it's top 100 films?

work in progress?

[Army of GOD]

I've never heard of "w.i.p." before...how does it decide it's top 100 films?

work in progress?

haha oh, I thought it was a film rating company or something.

Put the Spongebob movie at 1

[aad0906]

Raiders of The Lost Arch? Hmmm don't think I've seen that one yet. What's it about?

j/k. Patton isn't really a great film. He was a great general and I like watching the movie but it's not that good.

[nietzsche]

Shawshank Redemption is one of those movies that I wished it was not in my top favorites. But every time I watch it I say to myself that this is if not the best, one of the top 5, or top 3 movies of all time.

Also, I hate Andy here, so it sucks that he chose his name from that movie.


Does anyone feel that way? I wished that I could say Pulp Fiction or The Godfather I & II were better than Shawshank Redemption.

[maxfaraday]

Shawshank Redemption is one of those movies that I wished it was in my top favorites. But every time I watch it I say to myself that this is if not the best, one of the top 5, or top 3 movies of all time.

Also, I hate Andy here, so it sucks that he chose his name from that movie.


Does anyone feel that way? I wished that I could say Pulp Fiction or The Godfather I & II were better than Shawshank Redemption.

I don't know what I think about this film.

I guess the problem is that I had read the book before I saw the movie, so I had to be disappointed...

It's still good, but not in my top 5.

[nietzsche]

Shawshank Redemption is one of those movies that I wished it was in my top favorites. But every time I watch it I say to myself that this is if not the best, one of the top 5, or top 3 movies of all time.

Also, I hate Andy here, so it sucks that he chose his name from that movie.


Does anyone feel that way? I wished that I could say Pulp Fiction or The Godfather I & II were better than Shawshank Redemption.

I don't know what I think about this film.

I guess the problem is that I had read the book before I saw the movie, so I had to be disappointed...

It's still good, but not in my top 5.

After reading your post, I realized i left a not out.


I'm hiring an editor for my posts. Or an English teacher. Pays well.

[Army of GOD]

Alien (or Aliens, which is as good) should be higher than The Exorcist. They perfect horror.

[ManBungalow]

I was seriously let down by the Exorcist.

Otherwise, nice list.

[ManBungalow]

Also, here's the same list with numbers, courtesy of notepad find/replace:

1. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
2. The Graduate
3. The Exorcist
4. It's A Wonderful Life
5. Gone With The Wind
6. Bridge Over The River Kwai
7. The Godfather
8. Planet Of The Apes
9. Rocky
10. Raging Bull
11. Taxi Driver
12. Street Car Named Desire
13. Animal House
14. Apocalypse Now (redux or other)
15. The Wizard Of Oz
16. The Godfather 2
17. Starwars
18. The Unforgiven
19. Clockwork Orange
20. The Color Of Money
21. Wallstreet
22. Pulp Fiction
23. The Big Lebowski
24. Cape Fear (1962)
25. Platoon
26. Hannah and Her Sisters
27. Fargo
28. The African Queen
29. Jaws
30. The Jerk
31. The Goodbye Girl
32. Saturday Night Fever
33. Psycho
34. Raiders Of The Lost Arch
35. Boogie Nights
36. Alien
37. Shawshank Redemtion
38. Thelma & Loise
39. Silence Of The Lambs
40. Vacation
41. Full Metal Jacket
42. The Talented Mr Ripley
43. The Road Warrior
44. Citizen Kane
45. On The Waterfront
46. Kelley's Heros
47. E.T.
48. Grease
49. Trading Places
50. To Kill A Mockingbird
51. Terminator
52. Cool Hand Luke
53. Casa Blanca
54. Good Fellas
55. The Dirty Dozen
56. An Officer and A Gentleman
57. Operation Petticoat
58. Bad News Bears
59. Giant
60. The Hustler
61. M*A*S*H
62. The Longest Yard
63. Easy Rider
64. The Wrath Of Khan
65. Scarface
66. Forrest Gump
67. Ammityville Horror
68. Caddy Shack
69. On Golden Pond
70. Logan's Run
71. The Cain Mutiny
72. Witness
73. The Hunt For Red October
74. Sixteen Candles
75. Good Morning Vietnam
76. Midnight Run
77. Patton
78. Rush
79. Mutiny On The Bounty (Mel Gibson)
80. A Soldier's Story

[Army of GOD]

>top 100
>only goes to 80

[pancakemix]

>top 100
>only goes to 80

Hence "a work in progress".

Going to have to disagree with you on The Graduate, AoG. It's in my top 2-3.

[nagerous]

Shawshank Redemption is one of those movies that I wished it was not in my top favorites. But every time I watch it I say to myself that this is if not the best, one of the top 5, or top 3 movies of all time.

Also, I hate Andy here, so it sucks that he chose his name from that movie.


Does anyone feel that way? I wished that I could say Pulp Fiction or The Godfather I & II were better than Shawshank Redemption.

Shawshank does seem to get better with every viewing.

Also, this list needs The Deer Hunter and Dog Day Afternoon!

[aad0906]

Where is "Leon" on this list??

[maxfaraday]

Where is "Leon" on this list??

Yeah, Léon...

Also Little Big Man, Once upon a time in the west, and others.

And The Monty Pythons.

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No cartoons? Not even Spirited Away?
For older movies, Airplane! is hilarious. For a more modern movie that really stands out to me, I would say Gran Torino.

[DoomYoshi]

Not a single silent movie on the list?
How about the Crowd?

Also, film noir is underrepresented. The French poetic realists are displeased.

You need to specify which Scarface. Both scarfaces are extremely popular cult classics which have appeared on best movie lists before.

Trading places should trade places with boogie nights.

[DoomYoshi]

No cartoons? Not even Spirited Away?
For older movies, Airplane! is hilarious. For a more modern movie that really stands out to me, I would say Gran Torino.

I am a big fan of Gran Torino as well, but I understand why it wouldn't make the list as it doesn't appeal to many people - movie snobs alike.