100 of My Favorite Movies

Submitted by Stardust_HR on Wed, 01/15/2003 - 07:09
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  1. Back to the Future
  2. The Terminator
  3. Predator
  4. Aliens
  5. Joe Versus the Volcano
  6. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  7. Romancing the Stone
  8. King Solomon's Mines (J. Lee Thopmson, 1985)
  9. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  10. Big Trouble in Little China
  11. Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976)
  12. Pulp Fiction
  13. Conan the Barbarian
  14. Blade Runner
  15. True Romance
  16. The Lost Boys
  17. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
  18. Basic Instinct
  19. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  20. Stand by Me
  21. The Armour of God
  22. Groundhog Day
  23. The Matrix
  24. Back to the Future Part II
  25. The Spy Who Loved Me
  26. Forrest Gump
  27. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  28. The Lawnmover Man
  29. Another 48 HRS
  30. Octopussy
  31. The Last Boy Scout
  32. Red Rock West
  33. Stealing Beauty
  34. Titanic (James Cameron, 1997)
  35. Red Scorpion
  36. True Lies
  37. Jaws
  38. The Return of the Pink Panter
  39. The Magnificent Seven
  40. Star Wars
  41. Total Recall
  42. Spies Like Us
  43. Once Were Warriors
  44. It's a Wonderful Life
  45. Chasing Amy
  46. The Running Man (Paul Michael Glaser, 1987)
  47. Cherry 2000
  48. Ghostbusters
  49. A Nightmare on Elm Street
  50. Alien
  51. First Blood
  52. La Femme Nikita
  53. Flight of the Navigator
  54. Commando (Mark L. Lester, 1985)
  55. Saturday Night Fever
  56. The Frighteners
  57. The Gods Must Be Crazy
  58. The Silence of the Lambs
  59. Gone With the Wind
  60. Leon - The Professional
  61. Psycho
  62. Some Like It Hot
  63. Lost Highway
  64. Die Hard
  65. Superman
  66. Trading Places
  67. The Birds
  68. Reservoir Dogs
  69. Very Bad Things
  70. Moonraker
  71. Ghost
  72. Ben-Hur (William Wyler, 1959)
  73. The Time Machine (George Pal, 1960)
  74. Batman (Tim Burton, 1989)
  75. Mighty Aphrodite
  76. Doctor Zhivago
  77. Miracle Mile
  78. Desperado (Robert Rodriguez, 1995)
  79. For Your Eyes Only
  80. Threesome (Andrew Fleming, 1994)
  81. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Philip Kaufman, 1978)
  82. Bonnie and Clyde
  83. Planet of the Apes
  84. Things To Do in Denver When You're Dead
  85. Falling Down
  86. The Dead Zone <<<< below this point are my "guilty pleasures" >>>>
  87. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
  88. Three Amigos!
  89. Dumb & Dumber
  90. Ghostbusters II
  91. Hackers
  92. Blind Date (Blake Edwards, 1987)
  93. Flirting With Disaster
  94. Tango & Cash
  95. The Goonies
  96. Top Secret!
  97. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  98. Hudson Hawk
  99. Deadlock
  100. Weird Science
Author Comments: 

Action and Science Fiction movies are my favorites, but there are many others if you look closely enough...

Nick Vane01/19/2003

I take it these are ranked? so good to see all the classic Arnold films on here...makes me happy.

Stardust_HR01/20/2003

Yup, they are ranked and it was a hell of a job Iet me tell you. The first 40 was relatively easy, but after that things started to get tough. :) About Arnold...the man is a walking legend if you ask me. There seemed to be a time when he couldn't do anything wrong. He managed to put together incredible string of movies (in the 80's). But nowadays, (big IMHO) all the movie industry has gone down-hill, and he couldn't help but follow the general trend... Oh well, anyways I'm glad you enjoyed my list. :-)

jim04/08/2003

There are a ton of fun movies on this list! I'd perhaps draw my "guilty" line a touch higher if it was mine, but I've always had an overdeveloped sense of guilt. So are these in order of preference?

Stardust_HR04/09/2003

In order of preference, but also using some guide-lines

1)value best described as "the greatness of the movie"
2)how many times I can see one movie, and NOT get bored
3)number of memorable lines it manages to sneak into my (and my familys) every-day jargon.

About that "guilty" line, I tend to agree with you... :-), will change that in the next version.

jim04/10/2003

I can relate to those criteria. I think our family's all-time winner line for criteria #3 is "Make yourself a sandwich, drink a glass of milk... Do some f__kin' thing." Can you name the movie?

Stardust_HR04/11/2003

Midnight Run. It's been awhile since I saw it, but that is one excellent movie!! That reminds me, must update my list.

It's strange how in some movies one remembers every single line from the entire thing. In that category I would include : Back to the Future, Joe Versus the Volcano, Big Trouble in Little China.

jim04/11/2003

Good one (on the ID)! The list of movies where I can remember most dialog I'd have to include The Princess Bride, A Fish Called Wanda, and Midnight Run. I'm sure there are others but I promised I'd limit myself to the first three that came to mind since I'm trying to clear the decks this evening.

marygabucan12/09/2003

I love Joe versus the Volcano,it's such a feel good movie.

Stardust_HR08/22/2004

I saw this movie more then 20 times... When he manages to escape that tiny office room, and embarks on the journey to open sea, I get this overwhelming sensation of freedom. Very special movie, haven't seen anything quite like it.

192208/22/2004

An interesting list with a lot of great films.
I think that the three best films on your list are: Bonnie and Clyde, Psycho and Alien, even though I have to admit that I haven't seen them all.
However, I am missing one great film that would fit very well in your list: Star Wars.

Stardust_HR08/22/2004

Thanks. I find both Alien and Aliens to be excellent movies. On the other hand Alien 3 and 4 are some of the worst movies I ever saw... They ruined my good memories of first two installments. :-) As for Star Wars, it's already in there at number 40.

192202/15/2007

Hello. :P