My Top 50 Movies of All Time (Blog post)

1. Taxi Driver (1976) 
2. The Big Lebowski (1998) 
3. Midnight Express (1978) 
4. Star Wars Episode V: The Empires Strikes Back (1980)
5. Rocky (1976)
6. Platoon (1986)
7. Straw Dogs (1971) 
8. Cube (1997) 
9. Full Metal Jacket (1987) 
10.  Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) 
11.  Night of the Living Dead (1968)
12.  2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
13.  Jason & The Argonauts  (1963) 
14.  The Graduate (1967) 
15.  Ghostbusters (1984) 
16.  Forrest Gump (1994) 
17.  Battle Royale (2000) 
18.  Saving Private Ryan (1998) 
19.  Fight Club (1999) 
20.  The Matrix (1999) 
21.  The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 
22.  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 
23.  Goldfinger (1964) 
24.  King Kong (1933) 
25.  Escape from Sobibor (1987) 
26.  The Elephant Man (1980) 
27.  The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly (1966) 
28.  Paths of Glory (1957) 
29.  Good Will Hunting (1997) 
30.  Shaun of the Dead (2004) 
31.  The Shining (1980) 
32.  The Deer Hunter (1978) 
33.  The Thing (1982) 
34.  Schindler's List (1993) 
35.  Office Space (1999) 
36.  The Lion King (1994)  
37.  South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut (1999)  
38.  Bowling for Columbine (2002) 
39.  Roger & Me (1989) 
40.  E.T. (1982) 
41.  Predator (1987)  
42.  Manic (2001) 
43.  Glory (1989) 
44.  Apocalypse Now (1979) 
45.  Born on the 4th of July (1989) 
46.  12 Angry Men (1957) 
47.  Jaws (1975) 
48.  American History X (1998)
49.  Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) 
50.  Bloodsport (1988) 
  

Feedback?

@BubbleBobble:

Big props for having Jason and Argonauts on the list. It's one of my all time favorites as well.

That's a long freaking list.

Fuck yeah, Cube!

I remember Cube.

Fine movie.

That list isn't anywhere near as shit as I expected it to be.

Very good list, but I see a distinct lack of Back to the Future, Dawn of the Dead (1978), and Pulp Fiction.

this is a really good list but pulp fiction and goodfellas should be on this list

                    Very good list, but I see a distinct lack of Back to the Future, Dawn of the Dead (1978), and Pulp Fiction.

                   

               

I am fully aware that this is your list and I'm in no way criticizing it. I'm just curious why The Lion King  makes the list but not Aladdin.

hmmmm many of those i never heard off...need to see more movies! ._.

It's a good list and I was gonna ask what your opinion of John Carpenter's The Thing was but then I saw it, fucking love that movie!

                    I am fully aware that this is your list and I'm in no way criticizing it. I'm just curious why The Lion King  makes the list but not Aladdin.

                   

               

That's a solid list.

You have some great movies on that list, man.

That's a very acceptable list.  Not nearly as many classic films as I would have on mine, but I can't fault you for having quality alternatives.  I have to ask, are these your favorite  movies or movies that you believe to be the finest films made?  There can be crossover, but one doesn't necessarily mean the other.

^------- You're missing a film.

                    That's a very acceptable list.  Not nearly as many classic films as I would have on mine, but I can't fault you for having quality alternatives.  I have to ask, are these your favorite  movies or movies that you believe to be the finest films made?  There can be crossover, but one doesn't necessarily mean the other.

                   

               

@BubbleBobble:   One Flew Over is such a good movie.

I haven't seen all of the movies you've listed, but the ones I have were really good. A respectable selection.

I don't like 2001 a space Odyssey.  I watched it for like an hour and most of the time all that was on screen was flashing colors and I thought I was just tripping balls.  

Only film that sticks out as bad is Forrest Gump.

@HandsomeDevil said:

Only film that sticks out as bad is Forrest Gump.

Forrest Gump is not a bad movie. Not Best Picture good but not a bad movie at all. I approve this list, despite no BTTF.

Cube is a terrible movie. Other than that, a solid list.

Wait, where is The Godfather?

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for not being a fag and filling your list with "BAD BOYS II, COBRA, COMMANDO, AND CONAN ARE THE MOST AWESOMEST MOVIES EVARRRAWESOME COBRABACON"

Great list bro :)

@MariachiMacabre said:

@HandsomeDevil said:

Only film that sticks out as bad is Forrest Gump.

Forrest Gump is not a bad movie. Not Best Picture good but not a bad movie at all. I approve this list, despite no BTTF.

Forrest Gump is in fact a bad movie.

That's a very good, very American list of films.

@HandsomeDevil said:

@MariachiMacabre said:

@HandsomeDevil said:

Only film that sticks out as bad is Forrest Gump.

Forrest Gump is not a bad movie. Not Best Picture good but not a bad movie at all. I approve this list, despite no BTTF.

Forrest Gump is in fact a bad movie.

Why? What makes it bad?

@MariachiMacabre said:

@HandsomeDevil said:

@MariachiMacabre said:

@HandsomeDevil said:

Only film that sticks out as bad is Forrest Gump.

Forrest Gump is not a bad movie. Not Best Picture good but not a bad movie at all. I approve this list, despite no BTTF.

Forrest Gump is in fact a bad movie.

Why? What makes it bad?

Several things:

• Nothing really happens.
• Forrest is a completely unlikable, uninteresting character.
• The characters he surrounds himself with are much more interesting in theory, but they don't get nearly enough screen time to be fully developed.
• The portrayal of major historical events, some of which were very tragic, is downright insulting at times.
• The message of the movie, if there even is one, is confused and half baked.
• The structure of the film is very poor. Scenes and events happen, then end. I'm left wondering what the point of any of it was.

Where is V for Vendetta? I'd put it on my list of favorite ever films. I'm not sure about Taxi Driver though. From what I saw of it, it looked a bit shit really. I'm sure it was good when it was relativel new though.

@HandsomeDevil said:

@MariachiMacabre said:

@HandsomeDevil said:

@MariachiMacabre said:

@HandsomeDevil said:

Only film that sticks out as bad is Forrest Gump.

Forrest Gump is not a bad movie. Not Best Picture good but not a bad movie at all. I approve this list, despite no BTTF.

Forrest Gump is in fact a bad movie.

Why? What makes it bad?

Several things:

• Nothing really happens.
• Forrest is a completely unlikable, uninteresting character.
• The characters he surrounds himself with are much more interesting in theory, but they don't get nearly enough screen time to be fully developed.
• The portrayal of major historical events, some of which were very tragic, is downright insulting at times.
• The message of the movie, if there even is one, is confused and half baked.
• The structure of the film is very poor. Scenes and events happen, then end. I'm left wondering what the point of any of it was.

While I disagree (though yeah they did make some historical events more lighthearted than they should have been and I disliked that), I appreciate that you fleshed your opinion out.

I like some of the movies you have in there, but it's disappointing to see no Alien/Aliens or Blade Runner.

@MariachiMacabre said:

@HandsomeDevil said:

@MariachiMacabre said:

@HandsomeDevil said:

@MariachiMacabre said:

@HandsomeDevil said:

Only film that sticks out as bad is Forrest Gump.

Forrest Gump is not a bad movie. Not Best Picture good but not a bad movie at all. I approve this list, despite no BTTF.

Forrest Gump is in fact a bad movie.

Why? What makes it bad?

Several things:

• Nothing really happens.
• Forrest is a completely unlikable, uninteresting character.
• The characters he surrounds himself with are much more interesting in theory, but they don't get nearly enough screen time to be fully developed.
• The portrayal of major historical events, some of which were very tragic, is downright insulting at times.
• The message of the movie, if there even is one, is confused and half baked.
• The structure of the film is very poor. Scenes and events happen, then end. I'm left wondering what the point of any of it was.

While I disagree (though yeah they did make some historical events more lighthearted than they should have been and I disliked that), I appreciate that you fleshed your opinion out.

That's really all I can ask for.

Wait, where is The Godfather?