Tuesday, January 4, 2011

My TOP 100 FILMS

The following list is my Top 100 Films of All-Time. I started this list when I was about 12 and I've kept updating it for the past 14 years or so. It's meaning has changed a bit with each incarnation. Right now, it's an interesting blend of films that I feel are the greatest, in a more objective way, and films that are personal favorites of mine, more subjectively. Enjoy!

AlexanderKhan's TOP 100 FILMS

1. Apocalypse Now (1979, F. Coppola)
2. Lawrence of Arabia (1962, D. Lean)
3. The Thin Red Line (1998, T. Malick)
4. 8 ½ (1963, F. Fellini)
5. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, S. Kubrick)
6. Mulholland Dr. (2001, D. Lynch)
7. Raging Bull (1980, M. Scorsese)
8. The Godfather Part II (1974, F. Coppola)
9. Heat (1995, M. Mann)
10. Alien (1979, R. Scott)

11. Lost in Translation (2003, S. Coppola)
12. Amadeus (1984, M. Forman)
13. The Empire Strikes Back (1980, I. Kershner)
14. The Insider (1999, M. Mann)
15. Goodfellas (1990, M. Scorsese)
16. Blade Runner [Final Cut] (1982, R. Scott)
17. Once Upon A Time in the West (1968, S. Leone)
18. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007, A. Dominik)
19. Seven Samurai (1954, A. Kurosawa)
20. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003, P. Jackson)

21. Malcolm X (1992, S. Lee)
22. The Shawshank Redemption (1994, F. Darabont)
23. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000, A. Lee)
24. Magnolia (1999, P.T. Anderson)
25. There Will Be Blood (2007, P.T. Anderson)
26. The Silence of the Lambs (1991, J. Demme)
27. City of God (2002, F. Meirelles)
28. The Godfather (1972, F. Coppola)
29. Network (1976, S. Lumet)
30. The New World (2005, T. Malick)

31. Dances With Wolves (1990, K. Costner)
32. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993, H. Selick)
33. Vertigo (1958, A. Hitchcock)
34. Aliens (1986, J. Cameron)
35. La Dolce Vita (1960, F. Fellini)
36. Ali (2001, M. Mann)
37. Field of Dreams (1989, P.A. Robinson)
38. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001, P. Jackson)
39. Das Boot (1981, W. Petersen)
40. Fargo (1996, J. Coen)

41. The Aviator (2004, M. Scorsese)
42. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004, A. Cuaron)
43. The Big Lebowski (1998, J. Coen)
44. Persona (1966, I. Bergman)
45. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939, F. Capra)
46. Kingdom of Heaven [Director’s Cut] (2005, R. Scott)
47. In The Bedroom (2001, T. Field)
48. The Graduate (1967, M. Nichols)
49. Schindler’s List (1993, S. Spielberg)
50. Star Wars (1977, G. Lucas)

51. Bringing Up Baby (1938, H. Hawks)
52. Pulp Fiction (1994, Q. Tarantino)
53. Apollo 13 (1995, R. Howard)
54. Taxi Driver (1976, M. Scorsese)
55. The Lives of Others (2006, F.H. von Donnersmark)
56. 25th Hour (2002, S. Lee)
57. The Constant Gardener (2005, F. Meirelles)
58. Shaun of the Dead (2004, E. Wright)
59. Stranger Than Fiction (2006, M. Forster)
60. Blue Velvet (1986, D. Lynch)

61. Adventureland (2009, G. Mattola)
62. Cache (2005, M. Haneke)
63. Wild Strawberries (1957, I. Bergman)
64. Donnie Darko (2001, R. Kelly)
65. (500) Days of Summer (2009, M. Webb)
66. Synecdoche, New York (2008, C. Kaufman)
67. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006, G. del Toro)
68. Sling Blade (1996, B. Thornton)
69. The Prestige (2006, C. Nolan)
70. Days of Heaven (1978, T. Malick)

71. The Road (2009, J. Hillcoat)
72. Requiem For A Dream (2000, D. Aronofsky)
73. Gattaca (1997, A. Niccol)
74. WALL-E (2008, A. Stanton)
75. I’m Not There. (2007, T. Haynes)
76. Inland Empire (2006, D. Lynch)
77. 21 Grams (2003, A.G. Inarritu)
78. In Bruges (2008, M. McDonagh)
79. Lenny (1974, B. Fosse)
80. Moon (2009, D. Jones)

81. Coraline (2009, H. Selick)
82. The Fountain (2006, D. Aronofsky)
83. The Reader (2008, S. Daldry)
84. Brokeback Mountain (2005, A. Lee)
85. Traffic (2000, S. Soderbergh)
86. Moulin Rouge! (2001, B. Luhrmann)
87. Die Hard (1988, J. McTiernan)
88. Dazed and Confused (1993, R. Linklater)
89. Trainspotting (1996, D. Boyle)
90. Rear Window (1954, A. Hitchcock)

91. The Virgin Suicides (1999, S. Coppola)
92. Dogville (2003, L. von Trier)
93. The Matrix (1999, A. Wachowski/L. Wachowski)
94. Twelve Monkeys (1995, T. Gilliam)
95. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007, J. Schnabel)
96. On The Waterfront (1954, E. Kazan)
97. Fight Club (1999, D. Fincher)
98. Chinatown (1974, R. Polanski)
99. American Beauty (1999, S. Mendes)
100. The 400 Blows (1959, F. Truffaut)

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