*Top 100 Favourite Movies Of All-Time

Submitted by Rushmore on Sat, 08/09/2008 - 07:45
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  1. Die Hard
  3. "I wanted this to be professional, efficient, adult, cooperative. Not a lot to ask. Alas, your Mr. Takagi did not see it that way... so he won't be joining us for the rest of his life"
  5. Shattered Glass
  7. "Are you mad at me?"
  9. The Royal Tenenbaums
  11. "I'm very sorry for your loss. Your mother was a terribly attractive woman. "
  13. Rushmore
  15. "She's My Rushmore"
  17. Wayne's World
  19. "Wow! What a totally amazing, excellent discovery...NOT!"
  21. Batman Returns
  23. "Burn baby, burn!"
  25. Austin Powers
  27. "You know, a lot's changed since 1967....No doubt, love, but as long as people are still having promiscuous sex with many anonymous partners without protection while at the same time experimenting with mind-expanding drugs in a consequence-free environment, I'll be sound as a pound! "
  29. Bottle Rocket
  31. "How did an asshole like bob get such a great kitchen?"
  33. Terminator 2
  35. " I swear I will not kill anyone"
  37. Dumb & Dumber
  39. "We got no food, no jobs... our PET'S HEADS ARE FALLING OFF!"
  41. South Park : Bigger Longer & Uncut
  43. "That movie has warped my fragile little mind"
  45. Aliens
  47. "We'd better get back, 'cause it'll be dark soon, and they mostly come at night... mostly"
  49. Pulp Fiction
  51. "I'm sorry, did I break your concentration?"
  53. Inglourious Basterds
  55. "I'm gonna give you a little somethin' you can't take off"
  57. Sideways
  59. "Did you drink and dial?"
  61. Toy Story
  63. "You are a sad, strange little man, and you have my pity"
  65. WALL·E
  67. " Eeeeeva! "
  69. Cloverfield
  71. "I had a good day"
  73. Fantastic Mr Fox
  75. "Badger? ... Demolitions expert...what since when??"
  77. The Dark Knight
  79. "You'll see, I'll show you, when the chips are down, these uh... civilized people, they'll eat each other"
  81. Liar Liar
  83. "Jerry, enjoy my wife"
  85. The Truman Show
  87. "We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented"
  89. Slumdog Millionaire
  91. " What can a slumdog possibly know?"
  93. Brick
  95. "Throw one at me if you want, hash head. I've got all five senses and I slept last night, that puts me six up on the lot of you"
  97. The Naked Gun
  99. "Just think, next time I shoot someone, I could be arrested"
  101. Batman (1989)
  103. "Tell me something, my friend. You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight? "
  105. Groundhog Day
  107. "I'm a god. I'm not *the* God... I don't think"
  109. Predator
  111. "If it bleeds, we can kill it"
  113. Reservoir Dogs
  115. "You shoot me in a dream, you better wake up and apologize"
  117. Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers
  119. "They're techno-trousers, ex-NASA, fantastic for walkies!"
  121. Uncle Buck
  123. [About someone's Mole] "Take this quarter, go downtown, and have a rat gnaw that thing off your face! Good day to you, madam"
  125. Juno
  127. "Silencio, Old Man!"
  129. Se7en
  131. "What's in the box?"
  133. The 'Burbs
  135. "I Love this Street"
  137. The Darjeeling Limited
  139. "We haven't located us yet"
  141. Donnie Darko
  143. "Sometimes, I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion"
  145. Lost In Translation
  147. "For relaxing times, make it Suntory time"
  149. Jackass Number 2
  151. "Dude, are you crying?....Yeah"
  154. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
  156. "Can you hear me? I don't want this any more! I wanna to call it off!"
  158. Ghost Busters
  160. "NOBODY steps on a church in my town. "
  162. Smokin Aces
  164. "You with me, baby? We're almost home"
  166. Saw II
  168. "You think cancer is an excuse for what you do?"
  170. Saw
  172. "GAME OVER!"
  174. Almost Famous
  176. "Your mom kinda freaked me out"
  178. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
  180. " That's an endangered species at most. What would be the scientific purpose of killing it?......Revenge."
  182. True Romance
  184. "Heeeellloooo baaabbbyyyy... "
  186. Bowling For Columbine
  188. "Well, here's my first question. Do you think it's kind of dangerous handing out guns at a bank?"
  190. Grosse Pointe Blank
  192. "Ten Years!"
  194. Inside Man
  196. "What are you doing? This ain't no bank robbery!"
  198. Thank You For Smoking
  200. "We don't sell Tic Tacs, we sell cigarettes. And they're cool, available, and *addictive*. The job is almost done for us
  202. Forrest Gump
  204. "Mama always said, dying was a part of life"
  206. Zodiac
  208. "I am not the Zodiac. And if I were, I certainly wouldn't tell you"
  210. Beetlejuice
  212. "Let's turn on the juice and see what shakes loose"
  214. Jackie Brown
  216. "Half a million dollars will always be missed"
  218. There Will Be Blood
  220. "I'm Finished"
  222. No Country For Old Men
  224. "O.K., I'll be part of this world"
  226. Home Alone
  228. "When i grow up and get married, I'm living alone "
  230. Anchorman
  232. "I'm in a glass case of emotion "
  234. Finding Nemo
  236. "You think you can do these things, but you just can't, Nemo."
  238. La Haine
  240. "Heard about the guy who fell off a skyscraper? On his way down past each floor, he kept saying to reassure himself: So far so good... so far so good... so far so good. How you fall doesn't matter. It's how you land"
  242. The Empire Strikes Back
  244. "Right now I feel like I could take on the whole Empire myself "
  247. Back to the Future
  249. " If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit"
  251. Wayne's World 2
  253. "Take me, Garth!....Where? I'm low on gas and you need a jacket
  255. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
  257. "The hammer is my penis"
  259. Alien
  261. "I admire its purity. A survivor... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality"
  263. Goodfellas
  265. "How the fuck am i funny?"
  267. Sweeney Todd
  269. " I can guarantee the closest shave you'll ever know "
  271. Kingpin
  273. "It's a small world when you've got unbelievable tits Roy"
  275. Stand By Me
  277. "You guys wanna see a dead body?"
  279. Eulogy
  281. "Oh-oh. She's adding ingredients to her personality"
  283. Mean Creek
  285. "If you could snap your fingers right now and he would drop dead in his tracks, would you do it?"
  287. Children Of Men
  289. "As the sound of the playgrounds faded, the despair set in. Very odd, what happens in a world without children's voices"
  291. Shaun Of The Dead
  293. " Ohh, for God's sake! He's got an arm off! "
  295. Scrooged
  297. "The bitch hit me with a toaster"
  299. 16 Blocks
  301. "Days change, seasons change, people don't change"
  303. School Of Rock
  305. "And we're gonna start a revolution ok? And You're gonna be a funny little footnote on my epic ass!"
  307. Cool Runnings
  309. "Sanka... you dead?"
  311. Pineaplle Express
  313. "What’s down there, a fucking Rancor?"
  315. Hot Fuzz
  317. "Shit just got real! "
  319. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
  321. "When life gives you lemons, just say 'Fuck the lemons,' and bail"
  323. Futurama : Bender's Big Score
  325. "Finished. I've managed to save the universe and forty percent of your rectum..........That's all you need!"
  327. High Fidelity
  329. "Well, that's unfortunate, because it sucks ass"
  331. Fight Club
  333. "This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time"
  335. Crash
  337. "Something else funny?.....People, man... people "
  339. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
  341. "What a photo op: The city councilman and his wacky pal! "
  344. Toy Story 2
  346. "And this is the Buzz Lightyear aisle. Back in 1995, short-sighted retailers did not order enough dolls to meet demand"
  348. The Nightmare Before Christmas
  350. "And I, Jack... THE PUMPKIN KING!"
  352. The Bourne Ultimatum
  354. "Issue a standing kill order on Jason Bourne, effective immediately"
  356. The Others
  358. "Sometimes the world of the living gets mixed up with the world of the dead"
  360. Frost/Nixon
  362. "Why didn't you burn the tapes?"
  364. Brotherhood
  366. "I wish this was all just a dream. I want to wake up in my bed, and over breakfast, I'd tell you that I had a strange dream. Then I would go to school, and you and mom would go to work"
  368. The Big Lebowski
  370. "That rug really tied the room together"
  372. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  374. "Which one of you nuts has got any guts?"
  376. Office Space
  378. "I'll be honest with you, I love his music, I do, I'm a Michael Bolton fan. For my money, I don't know if it gets any better than when he sings "When a Man Loves a Woman"
  380. Man on the Moon
  382. "You're insane, but you might also be brilliant"
  384. Funny People
  386. "If you don't have sex with Daisy in 10 days, I will!"
  388. Batman Begins
  390. "You must become more than just a man in the mind of your opponent"
  392. Sexy Beast
  394. " I love you, Gal. You're lovable. Big lovable bloke"
  396. 25th Hour
  398. "I need you to make me ugly"
  400. Elephant
  402. "Most importantly, have fun"
Author Comments: 

I've tried to be really harsh on myself and only include movies i know i could watch again again and again

ghostbusters i missed but its in there!

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My Top 40 Movies Of All-Time
twoprinces2708/30/2008

Yay! Your a Wayne's World fan!! That movie rocks! All of the other movies you listed are awesome too!

Rushmore08/30/2008

Totally! It's one of those films i saw when i was younger, and still love to this day, in fact i've seen it twice this year already, no idea how many over my life time, but a lot !

Wezzo10/15/2008

Nice list!

BrotherReed11/27/2008

I love this list. It's a lot of fun.

Rushmore11/27/2008

cheers dude! i enjoyed sorting them in order and picking the quotes

CaptMal11/28/2008

Awesome top 100, man!

Dr. Horrible! Yay!

Also glad to see that someone else loves Men in Black.

Rushmore11/29/2008

Oh totally with the expection of Hancock, i always enjoy Will Smith movies. He has so much charisma, Men In Black is his best movie IMO, but i also loved I Am Legend, I,Robot, & The Pursuit of Happyness

karan12902/18/2009

Why Slumdog Millionaire? I find it to be average. I'm Indian, and I've seen enough Bollywood films to be slightly jaded by the melodramatic, requiring-suspension-of-belief plot set midst the poverty and the gangsters.

Rushmore02/18/2009

Thats fair enough, i will admit to having not seen any bollywood movies (not that i wouldn't be open to it) however thought yes it does require a lot of suspension of belief but once i got into it, i personally found it too be very moving.

karan12902/19/2009

I felt it was an average movie adapting Bollywood formulas for a western audience. If you want to see a piece of true Indian genius, watch the Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray, the first movie especially. Also try Rang de Basanti by Aamir Khan.

Maybe this will make my point clearer.
Matthew Schneeberger states: "Say an Indian director travelled to New Orleans for a few months to film a movie about Jamal Martin, an impoverished African American who lost his home in Hurricane Katrina, who once had a promising basketball career, but who -- following a drive-by shooting -- now walks with a permanent limp, whose father is in jail for selling drugs, whose mother is addicted to crack cocaine, whose younger sister was killed by gang-violence, whose brother was arrested by corrupt cops, whose first born child has sickle cell anaemia, and so on. The movie would be widely panned and laughed out of theatres."

AJDaGreat02/20/2009

Sorry for jumping in, but I think that quote actually makes your point far less clearly than you were making it, and I was wondering if you wouldn't mind explaining it. The quote seems to imply that Slumdog Millionaire is nothing but an endless string of melodramatic things that are associated with happening to impoverished Indians. Is that how you actually felt about the film? I think that actually might apply better to the Apu trilogy to be honest. I thought for all its faults, Slumdog was nothing if not varied in tone. Bad things happen, good things happen, neutral things happen, Jamal is victimized, Jamal avoids being victimized, Jamal uses his street smarts to get ahead, etc. etc.

Not that I'm saying the Apu trilogy is a bad series, but I don't think that the film that Schneeberger describes would necessarily be bad either. I mean, the film Push is about an overweight African-American teen girl named Precious who is living in Harlem, illiterate, impoverished, bitter, abused by both her parents, pregnant with her father's child for the second time, and so on. The film garnered massive acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival, becoming one of very few films to win both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the festival, and also did I mention that it co-stars Mariah Carey... and Lenny Kravitz? So it's all how the film is made.

karan12902/20/2009

Ok, maybe it didn't get my point across.

I feel SM has covered ground that has been covered before. Hasn't India's poverty been talked about enough?

In SM we see Jamal being tortured by policemen and given shocks, his mother killed by Hindus in riots, him eking out an existence at a huge garbage dump living under a tent, gangsters masquerading as running an adoption center picking up vulnerable children and forcing them to beg, blinding them and selling them into prostitution, the elder brother getting into a life of crime, getting drunk on power....

Yeah, it does sure Jamal and Salim making money by being tour guides and this and that, and Jamal ends up being a chai-wallah and then he wins the game show. Isn't that like Precious winning American Idol? Is the storyline plausible?

Yes, I felt the film was melodramatic, designed to tug at heart strings. Its sort of a Bollywood formula, to have all these emotional, crazy twists and turns in the plot, like Jamal finding the love of his life, his brother Salim doing one last good deed, and her falling into his arms at the end of the film. So the whole good things-bad things twists and turns is, atleast I feel, a sort of formula. Also, maybe what you see in the film, the slums and the life there is new for you, its novel, for me it isn't.

This is minor, but it feels rather weird, when the film suddenly shifts from Hindi to English. Hearing perfect English from Jamal and Salim feels odd.

My point is, the film is ok, its average, but whatever it is, it definitely does not deserve the attention and awards it has garnered.

AJDaGreat02/20/2009

Thank you, that was much more clear than the quote.

I don't even necessarily disagree with anything you're saying. I just think the film wasn't meant to be taken at such face value. The film is a commentary on - and tribute to - Bollywood and so it should be everything that the Bollywood formulas are. It's the ultimate Bollywood movie wrapped up with scenes of violence that are far more harrowing than most Indian film ever shows (correct me if I'm wrong about this) and scenes that comment on the role of such escapist entertainment in the characters' lives. I'm sorry if that's a bit of a cop-out.

karan12902/20/2009

Always glad to have an intelligent discussion :)

If it is a tribute to Bollywood, shouldn't the Bollywood films that are being paid tribute be honoured instead?

I suppose its just that the film has novelty value, and that its adapted to western audiences? For example with much of the dialogue in English. If an Indian director had directed the film instead of Danny Boyle and the entire film was in Hindi, would it have got less attention?

The scenes of violence are definitely more harrowing than those in most Indian films.