100 Best / Favorite Movies of All Time
Submitted by Daryl on Sun, 12/30/2007 - 12:11
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- 1.Dinner Rush - Good ol’ Italianos doing what they do best!
- 2.Breaker Morant - Terrific acting, story line, and cinematography. Everything fit.
- 3.A Man For All Seasons - Best Actor for Paul Scofield, probably best ever!
- 4.The Third Man - A total masterpiece.
- 5.North By Northwest - Hitchock at his best, Cary Grant WAS Roger Thornhill.
- 6.The Maltese Falcon - The Continental Op was a natural for Bogie.
- 7.The Pope Of Greenwich Village (tie) - The lighter side of the mob.
- Goodfellas (tie) - The almost lighter side of the mob.
- 8.Taxi Driver (tie) - Still Scorcese’s best work.
- The Ninth Configuration (tie) - Dark humor and irony.
- 9.Macaroni - A delightful little slice of life with 2 of the best - Lemmon & Mastroianni.
- 10.Casablanca (tie) - An all time favorite full of cliches.
- The Ipcress File (tie) - The epitomy of spy flicks.
- THE REST (in no particular order)
- Notorious - Grant & Bergman, that’s enough!
- DOA - Skillfully done thriller with a twist.
- The Old Man & The Sea - Spencer Tracy’s signature role.
- Zulu - Extraordinary epic tastefully depicted with a relatively new Michael Caine.
- Raging Bull - A meaty part for DeNiro.
- Rocky - A real “feel good” movie.
- Diner - Sometime too true-to-life comedy/drama.
- Silence Of The Lambs - An edge of your seat thriller.
- Warlock - Psychological western action flick with Fonda and Quinn.
- The Magnificant Seven - The good guys win.
- High Noon - The good guy wins.
- Shane - The standard for all westerns.
- A Thousand Clowns - Two Academy Awards, but none for Jason Robards.
- A Fish Called Wanda - ROTFL.
- Paths Of Glory - Mans cruelty vs man.
- Duck Soup - ROTFLMAO.
- Invasion Of The Body Snatchers - Can horror be this enjoyable?
- Gallipoli - Tragedy at it’s worst (best?).
- The Parallax View - A sleeper full of political intrigue starring a surprisingly convincing Warren Beatty.
- Saboteur - Early Hitchcock classic with an early Bob Cummings (the Statue of Liberty finale?).
- Mean Streets - Down and dirty look at small time hoods.
- Becket - Undoubtedly Burton’s best role.
- The Manchurian Candidate - The advent of the “mind-bender” movies, shocking for it’s time.
- Mirage - Amnesiac Gregory Peck attracts murder and intrigue.
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I classify movies as to genre and while some of my entries are what I consider "Best Works," others are "Most Enjoyable." I have Top 20 movies in each of 7 categories, so naturally that would exceed 100.