Top 100 Favourite Films

Submitted by Bastardo! on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 06:04
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  1. Chung Hing sam lam (Chungking Express) (1994) --- Wong Kar Wai
  2. Apocalypse Now (1979) --- Francis Ford Coppola
  3. The Godfather (1972) --- Francis Ford Coppola
  4. A Clockwork Orange (1971) --- Stanley Kubrick
  5. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) --- Stanley Kubrick
  6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) --- Stanley Kubrick
  7. Lost in Translation (2003) --- Sofia Coppola
  8. Magnolia (1999) --- Paul Thomas Anderson
  9. Reservoir Dogs (1992) --- Quentin Tarantino
  10. Blade Runner (1982) --- Ridley Scott
  11. The Shining (1980) --- Stanley Kubrick
  12. The Usual Suspects (1995) --- Bryan Singer
  13. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) --- Terry Gilliam
  14. Ghost World (2001) --- Terry Zwigoff
  15. Koroshi no rakuin (Branded to Kill) (1967) --- Seijun Suzuki
  16. Punch-Drunk Love (2002) --- Paul Thomas Anderson
  17. The French Connection (1971) --- William Friedkin
  18. Clerks (1994) --- Kevin Smith
  19. Lung fu fong wan (City on Fire) (1987) --- Ringo Lam
  20. Heathers (1989) --- Michael Lehmann
  21. Touch of Evil (1958) --- Orson Welles
  22. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) --- Milos Forman
  23. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) --- Wes Anderson
  24. American Psycho (2000) --- Mary Harron
  25. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Michel Gondry
  26. Ging chaat goo si (Police Story) (1985) --- Jackie Chan
  27. Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) (1966) --- Sergio Leone
  28. Shichinin no samurai (Seven Samurai) (1954) --- Akira Kurosawa
  29. Dawn Of The Dead (1978) --- George A. Romero
  30. Fight Club (1999) --- David Fincher
  31. Léon (1994) --- Luc Besson
  32. Memento (2000) --- Christopher Nolan
  33. Citizen Kane (1941) --- Orson Welles
  34. The Dreamers (2003) --- Bernardo Bertolucci
  35. Alien (1979) --- Ridley Scott
  36. Chinatown (1974) --- Roman Polanski
  37. Jaws (1975) --- Steven Spielberg
  38. Oldboy (2003) --- Park Chan-wook
  39. Goodfellas (1990) --- Martin Scorsese
  40. Full Metal Jacket (1987) --- Stanley Kubrick
  41. The Big Lebowski (1998) --- Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
  42. Mou gaan dou (Infernal Affairs) (2002) --- Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
  43. Pulp Fiction (1994) --- Quentin Tarantino
  44. Fa yeung nin wa (In the Mood for Love) (2000) --- Wong Kar Wai
  45. Swingers (1996) --- Doug Liman
  46. The Godfather: Part II (1974) --- Francis Ford Coppola
  47. C'era una volta il West (Once Upon a Time in the West) (1968) --- Sergio Leone
  48. À bout de souffle (Breathless) (1960) --- Jean-Luc Godard
  49. The Lady from Shanghai (1947) --- Orson Welles
  50. Hana-bi (1997) --- Takeshi Kitano
  51. 2046 (2004) --- Wong Kar Wai
  52. Jackie Brown (1997) --- Quentin Tarantino
  53. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) --- Sidney Lumet
  54. Koroshiya 1 (Ichi the Killer) (2001) --- Takashi Miike
  55. Taxi Driver (1976) --- Martin Scorsese
  56. Blue Velvet (1986) --- David Lynch
  57. Zatôichi (2003) --- Takeshi Kitano
  58. Paths of Glory (1957) --- Stanley Kubrick
  59. Nora inu (Stray Dog) (1949) --- Akira Kurosawa
  60. Evil Dead II (1987) --- Sam Raimi
  61. Yojimbo (1961) --- Akira Kurosawa
  62. Duo luo tian shi (Fallen Angels) (1995) --- Wong Kar Wai
  63. Barry Lyndon (1975) --- Stanley Kubrick
  64. Akira (1988) --- Katsuhiro Ôtomo
  65. Raging Bull (1980) --- Martin Scorsese
  66. The Driver (1978) --- Walter Hill
  67. Schindler's List (1993) --- Steven Spielberg
  68. Miller's Crossing (1990) --- Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
  69. Cidade de Deus (City of God) (2002) --- Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund
  70. Per un pugno di dollari (A Fistful of Dollars) (1964) --- Sergio Leone
  71. The Killing (1956) --- Stanley Kubrick
  72. Lat sau san taam (Hard-Boiled) (1992) --- John Woo
  73. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) --- Robert Rodriguez
  74. Where the Buffalo Roam (1980) --- Art Linson
  75. Get Shorty (1995) --- Barry Sonnenfeld
  76. Lolita (1962) --- Stanley Kubrick
  77. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) --- Steven Spielberg
  78. Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) --- George Armitage
  79. The Matrix (1999) --- Andy Wachowski & Larry Wachowski
  80. Se7en (1995) --- David Fincher
  81. Unforgiven (1992) --- Clint Eastwood
  82. Salinui chueok (Memories of Murder) (2003) --- Joon-ho Bong
  83. True Romance (1993) --- Tony Scott
  84. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999) --- Trey Parker
  85. Alien 3 (1992) --- David Fincher
  86. Chasing Amy (1997) --- Kevin Smith
  87. Gwoemul (The Host) (2006) --- Joon-ho Bong
  88. Rushmore (1998) --- Wes Anderson
  89. Ringu (Ring) (1998) --- Hideo Nakata
  90. The Trial (1962) --- Orson Welles
  91. Eyes Wide Shut (1999) --- Stanley Kubrick
  92. Sin City (2005) --- Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller
  93. The Great Dictator (1940) --- Charles Chaplin
  94. Heat (1995) --- Michael Mann
  95. Bound (1996) --- Andy Wachowski & Larry Wachowski
  96. Casino (1995) --- Martin Scorsese
  97. Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) --- Steven Spielberg
  98. Requiem for a Dream (2000) --- Darren Aronofsky
  99. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) --- Steven Spielberg
  100. Hung faan aau (Rumble in the Bronx) (1995) --- Stanley Tong
Author Comments: 

So after much thought, I present this list of my 100 favourite films (plus a few additions). Not that they are technically the best films ever made per se, just ones I find personably enjoyable.

Feel free to discuss my choices and offer up any titles you feel I've missed. I'm open to adding any reasonable suggestion.

Honourable mentions:

NOTE: Following titles listed alphabetically only, not ranked

Code 46 (2003) --- Michael Winterbottom
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) --- George Clooney
Cradle Will Rock (1999) --- Tim Robbins
The Crow (1994) --- Alex Proyas
Election (1999) --- Alexander Payne
Ghostbusters (1984) --- Ivan Reitman
Go (1999) --- Doug Liman
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) --- George Clooney
Heist (2001) --- David Mamet
High Fidelity (2000) --- Stephen Frears
Jackass: The Movie (2002) --- Jeff Tremaine
Jurassic Park (1993) --- Steven Spielberg
Kaubôi bibappu: Tengoku no tobira (Cowboy Bebop: The Movie) (2001) --- Shinichirô Watanabe
The Matrix Reloaded (2003) --- Andy Wachowski & Larry Wachowski
The Ninth Gate (1999) --- Roman Polanski
Star Trek: First Contact (1996) --- Jonathan Frakes
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) --- Irvin Kershner
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) --- Anthony Minghella
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) --- Tobe Hooper
The Thing (1982) --- John Carpenter
The Village (2004) --- M. Night Shyamalan
Wonder Boys (2000) --- Curtis Hanson
X-Men 2 (2003) --- Bryan Singer