Below is a list of my
all-time favorite movies. It is sorted alphabetically by
movie title. As of today, there are 210 movies listed.
As of December 2022,
the list is brand new. I expect it to go through many edits and
revisions over the next few months, as I add (and possibly remove)
titles.
I don't have any special
criteria as to how or why a movie makes the list. However, if I've
seen a movie several times, that must almost certainly indicate
it belongs on the list. (Otherwise, why would I bother to watch it
so many times?) Likewise, if I've only seen a movie once, it
almost certainly should not (yet) belong on this list.
Movies listed with an asterisk
(*) in the second column
indicate this movie is a
Top 50 Favorite!
The current breakdown of movies by
decade
looks like this:
1950s |
5 |
2.4% |
1960s |
14 |
6.7% |
1970s |
30 |
14.3% |
1980s |
68 |
32.4% |
1990s |
47 |
22.4% |
2000s |
36 |
17.1% |
2010s |
8 |
3.8% |
2020s |
2 |
1.0% |
|
210 |
100.0% |
The genre for
each movie is the genre as designated from the Internet Movie
Database website.
I'm not sure if I agree with all of their designations. For
example...
...I don't consider Phantom of the Paradise to be a COMEDY.
...I don't consider Rounders to be CRIME.
...Silverado should almost certainly be listed as a WESTERN and
not CRIME.
...I don't consider Private Lessons to be an ADULT film.
etc.
Here's the genre
breakdown:
Action |
75 |
13.7% |
Adult |
1 |
0.2% |
Adventure |
49 |
9.0% |
Animation |
1 |
0.2% |
Biography |
8 |
1.5% |
Comedy |
45 |
8.2% |
Crime |
62 |
11.4% |
Documentary |
0 |
0.0% |
Drama |
122 |
22.3% |
Family |
3 |
0.5% |
Fantasy |
9 |
1.6% |
History |
3 |
0.5% |
Horror |
11 |
2.0% |
Music |
3 |
0.5% |
Musical |
4 |
0.7% |
Mystery |
25 |
4.6% |
Romance |
29 |
5.3% |
Science Fiction |
18 |
3.3% |
Sport |
9 |
1.6% |
Thriller |
55 |
10.1% |
War |
4 |
0.7% |
Western |
10 |
1.8% |
|
546 |
100.0% |
Finally, here's
the top 15 actors based
upon the number of occurrences
of each actor's name in the ACTOR column.
Tom Cruise |
14 |
Clint Eastwood |
9 |
Paul Newman |
7 |
Morgan Freeman |
7 |
Ed Harris |
6 |
Mel Gibson |
6 |
Charles Bronson |
6 |
Harrison Ford |
5 |
Burgess Meredith |
5 |
John Travolta |
5 |
Daniel Craig |
5 |
Tom Hanks |
5 |
Sylvester Stallone |
5 |
Nicolas Cage |
5 |
Julia Roberts |
5 |
Bruce Willis |
5 |
Enjoy the list!!
# |
* |
MOVIE |
YEAR |
ACTOR |
GENRE |
1 |
|
21 |
2008 |
Kevin Spacey, Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Laurence Fishburne |
CRI, DRA, HIS |
2 |
|
3000 Miles To Graceland |
2001 |
Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox, Christian Slater |
ACT, COM, CRI |
3 |
* |
48 HRS |
1982 |
Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, David Patrick Kelly |
ACT, COM, CRI |
4 |
|
5 Card Stud |
1968 |
Dean Martin, Inger Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Robert Mitchum |
MYS, ROM, WES |
5 |
|
Absence of Malice |
1981 |
Paul Newman, Sally Field |
DRA, ROM, THR |
6 |
|
Abyss, The |
1989 |
Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn |
ADV, DRA, MYS |
7 |
|
Air Force One |
1997 |
Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, William H. Macy, Wendy
Crewson |
ACT, DRA, THR |
8 |
|
Airplane! |
1980 |
Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Lloyd
Bridges |
COM |
9 |
* |
An American Werewolf in London |
1981 |
David Naughton, Jenny Agutter |
COM, HOR |
10 |
|
An Officer and a Gentleman |
1982 |
Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith, Louis Gossett Jr., Lisa
Blount |
DRA, ROM |
11 |
* |
Back to the Future |
1985 |
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover |
ADV, COM, SCI |
12 |
|
Bad Boys |
1983 |
Sean Penn, Reni Santoni, Esai Morales, Clancy Brown, Ally Sheedy |
CRI, DRA, THR |
13 |
|
Basic Instinct |
1992 |
Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Wayne Knight |
DRA, MYS, THR |
14 |
|
Batman Begins |
2005 |
Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Katie Holmes, Liam Neeson, Gary
Oldman, Morgan Freeman |
ACT, CRI, DRA |
15 |
|
Beautiful Mind, A |
2001 |
Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer |
BIO, DRA |
16 |
|
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead |
2007 |
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei |
CRI, DRA, THR |
17 |
|
Bell, Book and Candle |
1958 |
James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon |
COM, FAN, ROM |
18 |
* |
Beverly Hills Cop |
1984 |
Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold |
ACT, COM, CRI |
19 |
|
Big Hand for the Little Lady, A |
1966 |
Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards, Burgess Meredith |
WES |
20 |
* |
Billy Jack |
1971 |
Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor |
ACT, DRA |
21 |
|
Blazing Saddles |
1974 |
Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder |
COM, WES |
22 |
* |
Blood Simple |
1984 |
Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh |
CRI, DRA, THR |
23 |
* |
Blue Thunder |
1983 |
Roy Scheider, Daniel Stern, Warren Oates |
ACT, CRI, DRA |
24 |
* |
Body Heat |
1981 |
William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Mickey Rourke |
CRI, DRA, ROM |
25 |
|
Bound |
1996 |
Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano |
CRI, THR |
26 |
* |
Braveheart |
1995 |
Mel Gibson, Patrick McGoohan |
BIO, DRA, HIS |
27 |
|
Breakfast Club, The |
1985 |
Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson,
Anthony Michael Hall |
COM, DRA |
28 |
|
Breaking Away |
1979 |
Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle
Haley |
COM, DRA, SPO |
29 |
|
Broken Arrow |
1996 |
John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Howie Long,
Bob Gunton |
ACT, ADV, THR |
30 |
|
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
1969 |
Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross |
BIO, CRI, DRA |
31 |
|
Casino Royal |
2006 |
Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, Mads
Mikkelsen, Giancarlo Giannini |
ACT, ADV, THR |
32 |
|
Cast Away |
2000 |
Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt |
ADV, DRA, ROM |
33 |
|
Caveman |
1981 |
Ringo Starr, Dennis Quaid, Shelley Long, Jack Gilford, Barbara
Bach |
COM, ROM |
34 |
|
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
1968 |
Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Benny Hill |
ADV, FAM, FAN |
35 |
|
Christmas Story, A |
1983 |
Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin |
COM, FAM |
36 |
|
Cincinnati Kid, The |
1965 |
Steve McQueen, Ann-Margret, Edward G. Robinson, Karl Malden,
Tuesday Weld |
DRA |
37 |
|
Cliffhanger |
1993 |
Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker, Janine Turner |
ACT, ADV, THR |
38 |
|
Coach |
1978 |
Cathy Lee Crosby, Michael Biehn |
COM, SPO |
39 |
|
Cocktail |
1988 |
Tom Cruise, Elisabeth Shue, Bryan Brown, Gina Gershon |
COM, DRA, ROM |
40 |
* |
Collateral |
2004 |
Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith |
ACT, CRI, DRA |
41 |
* |
Color of Money, The |
1986 |
Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio |
DRA, SPO |
42 |
|
Con Air |
1997 |
Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Ving Rhames, Steve
Buscemi |
ACT, CRI, THR |
43 |
|
Congo |
1995 |
Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Tim Curry |
ACT, ADV, MYS |
44 |
|
Conspiracy Theory |
1997 |
Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Julia Roberts |
ACT, MYS, THR |
45 |
|
Cool Hand Luke |
1967 |
Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin |
CRI, DRA |
46 |
|
Dark Knight Rises, The |
2012 |
Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman, Morgan
Freeman, Michael Caine |
ACT, DRA |
47 |
|
Dark Knight, The |
2008 |
Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal,
Morgan Freeman |
ACT, CRI, DRA |
48 |
|
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid |
1982 |
Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Alan Ladd, Carl Reiner |
COM, CRI, MYS |
49 |
|
Death Wish |
1974 |
Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia |
ACT, CRI, DRA |
50 |
|
Death Wish II |
1982 |
Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Vincent Gardenia |
ACT, CRI, DRA |
51 |
|
Deep, The |
1977 |
Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte, Robert Shaw, Louis Gossett Jr.,
Eli Wallach |
ADV, MYS.THR |
52 |
* |
Die Hard |
1988 |
Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia |
ACT, THR |
53 |
|
Die Hard 2 |
1990 |
Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, William Sadler,
John Amos, Dennis Franz |
ACT, THR |
54 |
* |
Diner |
1982 |
Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Daniel Stern, Kevin Bacon,
Ellen Barkin |
COM, DRA |
55 |
|
Dog Day Afternoon |
1975 |
Al Pacino, John Cazale |
BIO, CRI, DRA |
56 |
|
Double Jeopardy |
1999 |
Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Greenwood |
CRI, DRA, MYS |
57 |
|
Escape from Alcatraz |
1979 |
Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan |
ACT, BIO, CRI |
58 |
|
Escape From New York |
1981 |
Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Adrienne Barbeau |
ACT, ADV, SCI |
59 |
|
Excalibur |
1981 |
Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicol Williamson |
ADV, DRA, FAN |
60 |
|
Eyes Wide Shut |
1999 |
Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Todd Field, Sydney Pollack |
DRA, MYS, THR |
61 |
|
Face/Off |
1997 |
John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Gina Gershon |
ACT, CRI, SCI |
62 |
|
Fargo |
1996 |
William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi |
CRI, DRA, THR |
63 |
* |
Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
1982 |
Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Phoebe Cates, Judge Reinhold |
COM, DRA |
64 |
|
Fatal Attraction |
1987 |
Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer |
DRA, THR |
65 |
|
Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
1986 |
Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer
Grey |
DRA. THR |
66 |
|
Final Countdown, The |
1980 |
Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, Charles Durning |
ACT, ADV, SCI |
67 |
|
Firm, The |
1993 |
Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Holly
Hunter |
DRA, MYS, THR |
68 |
* |
First Blood |
1982 |
Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy, Richard Crenna |
ACT, ADV, THR |
69 |
|
Fistful of Dollars, A |
1964 |
Clint Eastwood |
ACT, DRA, WES |
70 |
|
Flashdance |
1983 |
Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Sunny Johnson |
DRA, MUS, ROM |
71 |
|
Fly, The |
1958 |
Vincent Price, David Hedison, Patricia Owens |
DRA, HOR, SCI |
72 |
|
Footloose |
1984 |
Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow, Chris Penn, Dianne Wiest |
DRA, MUS, ROM |
73 |
|
For a Few Dollars More |
1965 |
Clint Eastwood |
WES |
74 |
|
Forrest Gump |
1994 |
Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field |
DRA, ROM |
75 |
|
Fracture |
2007 |
Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, Rosamund Pike |
CRI, DRA, THR |
76 |
|
Frequency |
2000 |
Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel |
CRI, DRA, MYS |
77 |
|
Fugitive, The |
1993 |
Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Julianne Moore, Joe
Pantoliano |
ACT, CRI, DRA |
78 |
|
G.I. Jane |
1997 |
Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft |
ACT, DRA, WAR |
79 |
|
Gauntlet, The |
1977 |
Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke |
ACT, CRI, THR |
80 |
|
Gladiator |
2000 |
Russell Crowe, Oliver Reed, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris |
ACT, ADV, DRA |
81 |
* |
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, The |
1966 |
Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef |
ADV, WES |
82 |
|
Grease |
1978 |
John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John |
COM, MSL, ROM |
83 |
|
Grease 2 |
1982 |
Michelle Pfeiffer, Maxwell Caulfield, Adrian Zmed, Didi Conn |
COM, MSL, MUS |
84 |
* |
Great Escape, The |
1963 |
Steve McQueen, James Garner, Charles Bronson, James Coburn |
ADV, DRA, HIS |
85 |
|
Green Mile, The |
1999 |
Tom Hanks, David Morse, Michael Clarke Duncan |
CRI, DRA, FAN |
86 |
|
Hannibal |
2001 |
Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Ray Liotta,
Giancarlo Giannini |
CRI, DRA, THR |
87 |
* |
Hard Times |
1975 |
Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland, Strother Martin |
CRI, DRA, SPO |
88 |
* |
History of Violence, A |
2005 |
Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Maria Bello, William Hurt |
ACT, CRI, DRA |
89 |
|
Hostel |
2005 |
Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson |
HOR |
90 |
|
House of Games |
1987 |
Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna |
CRI, THR |
91 |
|
House of Wax |
1953 |
Vincent Price, Carolyn Jones, Phyllis Kirk, Charles Bronson |
HOR |
92 |
|
In The Line of Fire |
1993 |
Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo |
ACT, CRI, DRA |
93 |
|
Incredibles, The |
2004 |
Craig T. Nelson, Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter |
ACT, ADV, ANI |
94 |
* |
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark |
1981 |
Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies |
ACT, ADV |
95 |
|
Jack Reacher |
2012 |
Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Robert Duvall |
ACT, MYS, THR |
96 |
|
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back |
2016 |
Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders |
ACT, CRI, DRA |
97 |
* |
Jaws |
1975 |
Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss |
ADV, THR |
98 |
|
Jurassic Park |
1993 |
Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough |
ACT, ADV, SCI |
99 |
|
Karate Kid, The |
1984 |
Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue |
ACT, DRA, FAM |
100 |
* |
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 |
2003 |
Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, Lucy
Liu |
ACT, CRI, DRA |
101 |
* |
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 |
2004 |
Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, Lucy
Liu |
ACT, CRI, THR |
102 |
|
Kramer vs. Kramer |
1979 |
Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander |
DRA |
103 |
|
Last American Virgin, The |
1982 |
Diane Franklin, Lawrence Monoson, Steve Antin |
COM, DRA, ROM |
104 |
* |
Last Seduction, The |
1994 |
Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, Bill Pullman |
CRI, DRA, ROM |
105 |
|
Lethal Weapon |
1987 |
Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey |
ACT, CRI, THR |
106 |
|
Lethal Weapon 2 |
1989 |
Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Patsy Kensit |
ACT, CRI, THR |
107 |
|
Life of David Gale, The |
2003 |
Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney |
CRI, DRA, THR |
108 |
* |
Logan's Run |
1976 |
Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Farrah Fawcett |
ACT, ADV, SCI |
109 |
|
Longest Yard, The |
1974 |
Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, James Hampton, Anitra Ford |
COM, CRI, DRA |
110 |
|
Man Who Would Be King, The |
1975 |
Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer |
ADV, WAR |
111 |
|
Mask |
1985 |
Cher, Eric Stoltz, Sam Elliott, Laura Dern, Lawrence Monoson |
BIO, DRA |
112 |
|
Mechanic, The |
1972 |
Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Jill Ireland |
ACT, CRI, THR |
113 |
|
Midnight Run |
1988 |
Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton |
ACT, COM, CRI |
114 |
|
Million Dollar Baby |
2004 |
Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman |
DRA, SPO |
115 |
|
Misery |
1990 |
James Caan, Kathy Bates |
DRA, THR |
116 |
|
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation |
2015 |
Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca
Ferguson |
ACT, ADV, THR |
117 |
|
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol |
2011 |
Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Léa Seydoux |
ACT, ADV, THR |
118 |
|
Mission: Impossible III |
2006 |
Tom Cruise, Michelle Monaghan, Ving Rhames, Philip Seymour
Hoffman, Maggie Q |
ACT, ADV, THR |
119 |
|
Mister Roberts |
1955 |
Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon |
COM, DRA, WAR |
120 |
|
Murphy's Romance |
1985 |
Sally Field, James Garner |
COM, DRA, ROM |
121 |
|
Mystic Pizza |
1988 |
Julia Roberts, Annabeth Gish, Lili Taylor |
COM, DRA, ROM |
122 |
|
Mystic River |
2003 |
Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevni Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Laura
Linney |
CRI, DRA, MYS |
123 |
|
National Treasure |
2004 |
Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Sean Bean, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel |
ACT, ADV, MYS |
124 |
|
National Treasure: Book of Secrets |
2007 |
Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Ed Harris, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel |
ACT, ADV, MYS |
125 |
* |
No Country For Old Men |
2007 |
Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson,
Kelly Macdonald |
CRI, DRA, THR |
126 |
|
No Time To Die |
2021 |
Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie
Harris, Jeffrey Wright |
ACT, ADV, THR |
127 |
|
Notebook, The |
2004 |
Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, James Garner |
DRA, ROM |
128 |
|
Open Water |
2003 |
Blanchard Ryan, Daniel Travis |
ADV, DRA, HOR |
129 |
|
Orca |
1977 |
Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Bo Derek |
ADV, DRA, HOR |
130 |
|
Pacific Heights |
1990 |
Michael Keaton, Melanie Griffith |
THR |
131 |
|
Pale Rider |
1985 |
Clint Eastwood, Richard Kiel, Michael Moriarty, Fran Ryan,
Carrie Snodgress |
DRA, WES |
132 |
|
Paper Moon |
1973 |
Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn |
COM, CRI, DRA |
133 |
|
Patriot, The |
2000 |
Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Chris Cooper, Joely Richardson, Leon
Rippy |
ACT, DRA, MYS |
134 |
* |
Perfect Murder, A |
1998 |
Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen |
CRI, DRA, THR |
135 |
|
Phantom of the Paradise |
1974 |
Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper |
COM, DRA, FAN |
136 |
|
Phenomenon |
1996 |
John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, Robert Duvall |
DRA, FAN, ROM |
137 |
* |
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl |
2003 |
Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley |
ACT, ADV, FAN |
138 |
|
Planet of the Apes |
1968 |
Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Linda Harrison |
ADV, SCI |
139 |
* |
Poltergeist |
1982 |
JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke |
HOR, THR |
140 |
|
Poseidon Adventure, The |
1972 |
Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Roddy McDowall, Shelley Winters,
Carol Lynley |
ACT, ADV, DRA |
141 |
|
Postman Always Rings Twice, The |
1981 |
Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange |
CRI, DRA, ROM |
142 |
|
Pretty Woman |
1990 |
Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Jason Alexander |
COM, ROM |
143 |
|
Private Lessons |
1981 |
Sylvia Kristel, Eric Brown, Howard Hesseman |
ADU, COM |
144 |
* |
Psycho |
1960 |
Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, Simon Oakland |
HOR, MYS, THR |
145 |
|
Pulp Fiction |
1994 |
John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tim
Roth |
CRI, DRA |
146 |
* |
Quantum of Solace |
2008 |
Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Mathieu Amalric, Jeffrey Wright,
Giancarlo Giannini |
ACT, ADV, MYS |
147 |
|
Rain Man |
1988 |
Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino |
DRA |
148 |
* |
Rear Window |
1954 |
James Stewart, Grace Kelly |
MYS, THR |
149 |
|
Reservoir Dogs |
1992 |
Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Steve
Buscemi |
CRI, THR |
150 |
* |
Road Warrior, The |
1981 |
Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence |
ACT, ADV, SCI |
151 |
* |
Rob Roy |
1995 |
Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth, Eric Stoltz, Brian Cox |
ADV, BIO, DRA |
152 |
|
Rock, The |
1996 |
Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, David Morse, Michael
Biehn |
ACT, ADV, THR |
153 |
|
Rocky |
1976 |
Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith,
Carl Weathers |
DRA, SPO |
154 |
|
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The |
1975 |
Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien |
COM, HOR, MSL |
155 |
|
Rocky II |
1979 |
Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith,
Carl Weathers |
DRA, SPO |
156 |
* |
Rocky III |
1982 |
Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith,
Carl Weathers |
DRA, SPO |
157 |
|
Rounders |
1998 |
Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Gretchen Mol, John Malkovich |
CRI, DRA |
158 |
* |
Runaway Train |
1985 |
Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay, John P. Ryan |
ACT, ADV, DRA |
159 |
|
Se7en |
1995 |
Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, Gwyneth Paltrow |
CRI, DRA, MYS |
160 |
|
Sea of Love |
1989 |
Al Pacino, Ellen Barkinm, John Goodman |
CRI, DRA, MYS |
161 |
|
Searching For Bobby Fischer |
1993 |
Joe Mantegna, Ben Kingsley, Max Pomeranc, Joan Allen, Laurence
Fishburne |
BIO, DRA, SPO |
162 |
|
Shakiest Gun in the West, The |
1968 |
Don Knotts, Barbara Rhoades, Jackie Coogan |
COM, WES |
163 |
* |
Sharky's Machine |
1981 |
Burt Reynolds, Rachel Ward, Charles Durning |
ACT, CRI, DRA |
164 |
* |
Shawshank Redemption, The |
1994 |
Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, Clancy Brown |
DRA |
165 |
* |
Silence of the Lambs, The |
1991 |
Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn |
CRI, DRA, THR |
166 |
* |
Silverado |
1985 |
Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover |
ACT, CRI, DRA |
167 |
|
Six Days Seven Nights |
1998 |
Harrison Ford, Anne Heche, David Schwimmer, Jacqueline Obradors |
ACT, ADV, COM |
168 |
|
Sixth Sense, The |
1999 |
Bruce Willis, Toni Collette, Haley Joel Osment |
DRA, MYS, THR |
169 |
|
Skyfall |
2012 |
Daniel Craig, Naomie Harris, Judi Dench, Ben Whishaw, Javier
Bardem |
ACT, ADV, THR |
170 |
|
Sleeping with the Enemy |
1991 |
Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Anderson |
DRA, THR |
171 |
|
Sleepless in Seattle |
1993 |
Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger |
COM, DRA, ROM |
172 |
|
Sling Blade |
1996 |
Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter |
DRA |
173 |
|
Something's Gotta Give |
2003 |
Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Amanda Peet, Frances
McDormand |
COM, DRA, ROM |
174 |
|
Spectre |
2015 |
Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Naomie
Harris |
ACT, ADV, THR |
175 |
|
Speedway |
1968 |
Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra, Bill Bixby, Gale Gordon |
COM, MSL, ROM |
176 |
|
Splash |
1994 |
Ton Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, Eugene Lefy |
COM, FAN, ROM |
177 |
* |
Spy Who Loved Me, The |
1977 |
Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Caroline Munro, Richard Kiel |
ACT, ADV, THR |
178 |
|
Stanley & Iris |
1990 |
Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro, Swoosie Kurtz |
DRA, ROM |
179 |
|
Star Trek |
2009 |
Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban,Eric Bana,
Zoe Saldana |
ACT, ADV, SCI |
180 |
|
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn |
1982 |
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan,
Walter Koenig |
ACT, ADV, SCI |
181 |
|
Star Trek III: The Search For Spock |
1984 |
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James
Doohan,Robin Curtis |
ACT, ADV, SCI |
182 |
|
Star Trek Into Darkness |
2013 |
Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban,Benedict
Cumberbatch, Zoe Saldana |
ACT, ADV, SCI |
183 |
* |
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home |
1986 |
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James
Doohan,Catherine Hicks |
ACT, ADV, COM |
184 |
* |
Sting, The |
1973 |
Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning,
Harold Gould |
COM, CRI, DRA |
185 |
|
Stripes |
1981 |
Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, John Candy, Warren Oates, P.J. Soles,
Sean Young |
COM, WAR |
186 |
|
Suspect |
1987 |
Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson, Joe Mantegna, John Mahoney |
CRI, DRA, THR |
187 |
|
Taps |
1981 |
George C. Scott, Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Tom Cruise |
DRA |
188 |
|
Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
1991 |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert
Patrick |
ACT, SCI |
189 |
|
Terminator, The |
1984 |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn |
ACT, SCI |
190 |
|
Thelma & Louise |
1991 |
Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Brad Pitt, Michael
Madsen |
ADV, CRI, DRA |
191 |
|
There Was a Crooked Man… |
1970 |
Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Burgess Meredith, Warren Oates, Alan
Hale Jr. |
COM, WES |
192 |
|
Thing, The |
1982 |
Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David |
HOR, MYS, SCI |
193 |
|
Top Gun |
1986 |
Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony
Edwards, Tom Skerritt |
ACT, DRA |
194 |
|
Top Gun: Maverick |
2022 |
Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Val Kilmer |
ACT, DRA |
195 |
|
Towering Inferno, The |
1974 |
Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred
Astaire |
ACT, DRA, THR |
196 |
|
Troy |
2004 |
Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Eric Bana, Brian Cox, Diane Kruger |
DRA |
197 |
|
Turner & Hooch |
1989 |
Tom Hanks, Mare Winningham, Craig T. Nelson, Reginald VelJohnson |
COM, CRI, DRA |
198 |
|
Twins |
1988 |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston, Chloe Webb |
COM, CRI |
199 |
|
Unbreakable |
2000 |
Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright |
DRA, MYS, SCI |
200 |
* |
Under the Tuscan Sun |
2003 |
Diane Lane, Sandra Oh |
COM, DRA, ROM |
201 |
* |
Unfaithful |
2002 |
Richard Gere, Diane Lane |
DRA, ROM, THR |
202 |
|
Unforgiven |
1992 |
Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris |
DRA, WES |
203 |
|
Vanishing, The |
1993 |
Jeff Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland, Nancy Travis, Sandra Bullock |
DRA, HOR, MYS |
204 |
|
Verdict, The |
1982 |
Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason |
DRA |
205 |
* |
Walkabout |
1971 |
Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg |
ADV, DRA |
206 |
* |
WarGames |
1983 |
Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Dabney Coleman |
ACT, DRA, SCI |
207 |
|
When Harry Met Sally |
1989 |
Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher |
COM, DRA, ROM |
208 |
|
Witness |
1985 |
Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Alexander Godunov, Danny Glover |
DRA, ROM, THR |
209 |
|
Wonder Woman |
1974 |
Cathy Lee Crosby, Ricardo Montalban, Anitra Ford |
FAN |
210 |
|
World According to Garp, The |
1982 |
Robin Williams, Glenn Close, Mary Beth Hurt, John Lithgow, Hume
Cronyn, Jessica Tandy |
COM, DRA |
ACT = Action, ADU = Adult, ADV = Adventure,
ANI = Animation, BIO = Biography, COM =
Comedy, CRI = Crime,
DOC = Documentary, DRA
= Drama, FAM = Family, FAN = Fantasy, HIS =
History, HOR = Horror, MSL = Musical, MUS =
Music,
MYS = Mystery, ROM = Romance, SCI = Science
Fiction, SPO = Sport, THR = Thriller, WAR =
War, WES = Western |
The following list of moves are movies
that were either once on the list and I've removed, or were at
one time
considered for the list. However, at this time I don't feel
any of the following movies should be considered an Ed's All-Time
Favorite:
MOVIE |
YEAR |
ACTOR |
GENRE |
12 Angry Men |
1957 |
Henry Fonda, Jack Klugman, Martin Balsam, Jack Warden, Robert
Webber |
CRI, DRA |
A Force of One |
1979 |
Chuck Norris, Jennifer, O'Neil, Ron O'Neal |
ACT, CRI, DRA |
Airport |
1970 |
Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, George Kennedy, Jacqueline Bisset,
Jean Seberg |
ACT, DRA, THR |
An Eye for an Eye |
1981 |
Chuck Norris, Christopher Lee, Richard Roundtree, Mako, Maggie
Cooper, Rosalind Chao |
ACT, ADV, CRI |
Another 48 Hrs. |
1990 |
Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Kevin Tighe |
ACT, COM, CRI |
Back to the Future Part II |
1989 |
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Tom Wilson,
Elisabeth Shue |
ADV, COM, SCI |
Back to the Future Part III |
1990 |
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Lea
Thompson, Tom Wilson, Elisabeth Shue |
ADV, COM, SCI |
Batman |
1989 |
Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Pat Hingle, Billy
Dee Williams |
ACT, ADV |
Battle for the Planet of the Apes |
1973 |
Roddy McDowall, Claude Akins, Natalie Trundy, Paul Williams |
ACT, SCI |
Beneath the Planet of the Apes |
1970 |
James Franciscus, Linda Harrison, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans,
Natalie Trundy |
ACT, SCI |
Blame It In Rio |
1984 |
Michael Caine, Michelle Johnson, Demi Moore, Joseph Bologna,
Valerie Harper |
COM, ROM |
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
1969 |
Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin,
Henry Jones |
BIO, CRI, DRA |
Central Station |
1998 |
Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira |
DRA |
Commando |
1985 |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya, David Patrick
Kelly |
ACT, ADV, THR |
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes |
1972 |
Roddy McDowall, Don Murray, Ricardo Montalban, Natalie Trundy |
ACT, SCI |
Dances With Wolves |
1990 |
Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene |
ADV, DRA, WES |
Die Hard with a Vengeance |
1995 |
Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson, Graham Greene |
ACT, ADV, THR |
Dirty Harry |
1971 |
Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Harry Guardino, John Vernon |
ACT, CRI, THR |
Disclosure |
1994 |
Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland, Dennis Miller |
DRA, THR |
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial |
1982 |
Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace |
ADV, FAM, SCI |
Empire Strikes Back, The |
1980 |
Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Billy Dee Williams,
Alec Guinness |
ACT, ADV, FAN |
Enforcer, The |
1976 |
Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman,
DeVeren Bookwalter |
ACT, CRI, THR |
Escape from the Planet of the Apes |
1971 |
Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, William Windom, Natalie Trundy |
ACT, SCI |
Goldengirl |
1979 |
Susan Anton, James Coburn, Michael Lerner |
DRA, SCI-FI, SPO |
Good Guys Wear Black |
1978 |
Chuck Norris, Anne Archer, James Franciscus, Jim Backus |
ACT |
Good Will Hunting |
1997 |
Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck |
DRA, ROM |
Incredibles 2 |
2018 |
Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Huck Milner, Samuel
L. Jackson |
ACT, ADV, ANI |
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade |
1989 |
Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody, John Rhys-Davies |
ACT, ADV |
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
1984 |
Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan |
ACT, ADV |
Lethal Weapon 3 |
1992 |
Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo |
ACT, CRI, THR |
Lethal Weapon 4 |
1998 |
Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo |
ACT, CRI, THR |
Mad Max |
1979 |
Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence |
ACT, ADV, SCI |
Magnum Force |
1973 |
Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, David Soul, Tim Matheson, Robert
Urich |
ACT, CRI, MYS |
Mission Impossible |
1996 |
Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Ving Rhames |
ACT, ADV, THR |
My Super Ex-Girlfriend |
2006 |
Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, Anna Faris |
COM, ROM, SCI |
Octagon, The |
1980 |
Chuck Norris, Karen Carlson, Lee Van Cleef |
ACT, DRA, ROM |
People That Time Forgot, The |
1977 |
Doug McClure, Sarah Douglas |
ADV, SCI-FI |
Red Dragon |
2002 |
Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Emily Watson,
Mary-Louise Parker |
CRI, DRA, THR |
Sharky's Machine |
1981 |
Burt Reynolds, Rachel Ward, Charles Durning, Earl Holliman |
ACT, CRI, DRA |
Silent Rage |
1982 |
Chuck Norris, Ron Silver, William Finley |
ACT, CRI, HOR |
Sky High |
2005 |
Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston, Michael Angarano, Danielle
Panabaker, Lynda Carter |
ACT, COM, FAM |
Star Wars |
1977 |
Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness |
ACT, ADV, FAN |
Striptease |
1996 |
Demi Moore, Burt Reynolds, Armand Assante, Ving Rhames |
COM, CRI, DRA |
Sudden Impact |
1983 |
Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Bradford Dillman |
ACT, CRI, THR |
The Dead Pool, The |
1988 |
Clint Eastwood, Liam Neeson, Patricia Clarkson, Evan C. Kim |
ACT, CRI, MYS |
Thomas Crown Affair, The |
1968 |
Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Jack Weston |
CRI, DRA, ROM |
U.S. Marshals |
1998 |
Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey Jr., Joe
Pantoliano, Tom Wood |
ACT, CRI, THR |
Wizard of Oz, The |
1939 |
Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley,
Margaret Hamilton |
ADV, FAM, FAN |
Wonder Woman |
2017 |
Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright |
ACT, ADV, FAN |
|