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Kick Ass Films
In a discussion with friends over the problems with the AFI's list of the best 100 films of the 20th century, I was challenged to come up with a list of my own. Here it is. Of course, my criteria is far different than the AFI's and I could never narrow it down to just 100 films. I have no doubt that Citizen Kane is one of the best films ever made, but it is not one that I could watch every day for a month. These films are.
Some choices are mainstream (Braveheart, Goodfellas, American Beauty), others are more indie (Chuck & Buck, Box Of Moonlight, The Rachel Papers) while others, to some people, may seem ridiculous (Under The Cherry Moon, Rockula, Summer School). Keep in mind, they must stand up under a withering number of viewings and still be enjoyable. Yes, some are "bad films" - but I love them and that's why they are here while Academy Award winning garbage like Chariots Of Fire was never considered to begin with.
If you agree with many of the choices, trust my overall judgment and go rent the ones you haven't seen yet. Better yet, if your taste is similar to mine, send me an email and suggest some films I might like. I am, after all, a movie whore.
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Year
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1971 |
200 Motels |
1986 |
84 Charing Cross Road |
1971 |
A Clockwork Orange |
1992 |
A Few Good Men |
1988 |
A Fish Called Wanda |
1988 |
Accidental Tourist, The |
1980 |
Airplane! |
1986 |
Aliens |
1950 |
All About Eve |
1999 |
All About My Mother |
1979 |
All That Jazz |
2001 |
Amelie |
1999 |
American Beauty |
1999 |
An Ideal Husband |
1987 |
Angel Heart |
1978 |
Animal House |
1979 |
Apocalypse Now |
1997 |
As Good As It Gets |
1971 |
Bedknobs & Broomsticks |
1999 |
Being John Malkovich |
1985 |
Better Off Dead |
1989 |
Bill And Teds Excellent Adventure |
1974 |
Blazing Saddles |
1986 |
Blue Velvet |
1980 |
Blues Brothers, The |
1996 |
Bound |
1996 |
Box Of Moonlight |
1995 |
Braveheart |
1985 |
Brazil |
1985 |
Breakfast Club, The |
1996 |
Breaking The Waves |
1998 |
Buffalo 66 |
1976 |
Bugsy Malone |
1987 |
Cant Buy Me Love |
1997 |
Career Girls |
1993 |
Carlitos Way |
1995 |
Carrington |
1995 |
Casino |
1958 |
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof |
1998 |
Celebration, The |
1997 |
Chasing Amy |
2002 |
Chicago |
2000 |
Chuck & Buck |
1990 |
Cinema Paradiso |
1998 |
Coming Home |
1985 |
Creator |
2000 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
1992 |
Crying Game, The |
1992 |
Damage |
1991 |
Dances With Wolves |
2000 |
Dancing At The Blue Iguana |
1988 |
Dangerous Liaisons |
1985 |
Das Boot |
1995 |
Daytrippers, The |
1983 |
Dead Zone, The |
1986 |
Death Of A Salesman |
1988 |
Die Hard |
1990 |
Die Hard 2 |
2001 |
Donnie Darko |
2002 |
Door To Door |
1991 |
Doors, The |
1980 |
Elephant Man, The |
1992 |
Enchanted April |
1940 |
Fantasia |
1996 |
Fargo |
1982 |
Fast Times At Ridgemont High |
1986 |
Ferris Buellers Day Off |
1999 |
Fight Club |
1993 |
Firm, The |
1991 |
Fisher King, The |
1970 |
Five Easy Pieces |
1984 |
Footloose |
1956 |
Forbidden Planet |
1994 |
Forrest Gump |
1987 |
From The Hip |
1993 |
Fugitive, The |
1999 |
Gods And Monsters |
1988 |
Good Morning, Viet Nam |
1990 |
Goodfellas |
1988 |
Gorillas In The Mist |
1978 |
Grease |
1988 |
Hairspray |
1984 |
Hardbodies |
1971 |
Harold & Maude |
1950 |
Harvey |
1988 |
Heathers |
1994 |
Heavenly Creatures |
1981 |
Heavy Metal |
1990 |
Henry & June |
1986 |
Highlander |
1998 |
Hilary & Jackie |
1942 |
Holiday Inn |
1987 |
Hollywood Shuffle |
1993 |
Howards End |
1983 |
Hunger, The |
1994 |
Il Postino |
1985 |
Jagged Edge |
1980 |
Jazz Singer, The |
1997 |
Jerry Maguire |
1938 |
Jezebel |
1984 |
Johnny Dangerously |
1985 |
Just One Of The Guys |
1977 |
Kentucky Fried Movie, The |
1996 |
Kolya |
1962 |
L-Shaped Room, The |
1986 |
Labyrinth |
2000 |
Last Of The Blonde Bombshells, The |
1988 |
Last Temptation Of Christ, The |
1995 |
Leaving Las Vegas |
1998 |
Legend Of 1900, The |
1979 |
Life Of Brian |
1998 |
Little Voice |
1998 |
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels |
1976 |
Logans Run |
1997 |
Lolita |
2003 |
Love Actually |
1992 |
Lover, The |
1999 |
Magnolia |
1993 |
Malice |
1964 |
Mary Poppins |
1985 |
Mask |
1988 |
Masquerade |
1999 |
Matrix, The |
1988 |
Mississippi Burning |
1981 |
Mommie Dearest |
1974 |
Monty Python And The Holy Grail |
1979 |
Muppet Movie, The |
1994 |
Muriels Wedding |
1982 |
My Favorite Year |
1989 |
My Left Foot |
1994 |
Natural Born Killers |
1991 |
New Jack City |
1984 |
No Small Affair |
1992 |
Of Mice And Men |
1986 |
One Crazy Summer |
1975 |
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest |
1990 |
Pacific Heights |
1989 |
Parenthood |
2000 |
Pauline & Paulette |
1985 |
Pee Wees Big Adventure |
1974 |
Phantom Of The Paradise |
1973 |
Pippi Goes On Board |
1970 |
Pippi In The South Seas |
1970 |
Pippi On The Run |
1982 |
Poltergeist |
1986 |
Pretty In Pink |
1969 |
Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie |
1987 |
Princess Bride, The |
1995 |
Priscilla: Queen Of The Desert |
1960 |
Psycho |
1994 |
Pulp Fiction |
1990 |
Pump Up The Volume |
1984 |
Purple Rain |
1989 |
Rachel Papers, The |
1981 |
Raiders Of The Lost Ark |
1988 |
Rain Man |
1987 |
Raising Arizona |
1985 |
Real Genius |
1993 |
Remains Of The Day |
2000 |
Requiem For A Dream |
1991 |
Reservoir Dogs |
1984 |
Revenge Of The Nerds |
1986 |
Riverss Edge |
1989 |
Road House |
1952 |
Road To Bali |
1942 |
Road To Morocco |
1947 |
Road To Rio |
1940 |
Road To Singapore |
1945 |
Road To Utopia |
1941 |
Road To Zanzibar |
1973 |
Robin Hood (animated) |
1990 |
Rockula |
1976 |
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The |
1984 |
Romancing The Stone |
1968 |
Romeo & Juliet |
1948 |
Rope |
1972 |
Ruling Class, The |
1999 |
Run Lola Run |
1989 |
Say Anything |
1995 |
Sense And Sensibility |
1994 |
Shawshank Redemption, The |
1980 |
Shining, The |
1993 |
Short Cuts |
1991 |
Silence Of The Lambs, The |
1984 |
Sixteen Candles |
2000 |
Snatch |
1991 |
Soapdish |
1965 |
Sound Of Music, The |
1999 |
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut |
1985 |
St. Elmos Fire |
1986 |
Stand By Me |
1982 |
Star Trek 2: The Wrath Of Khan |
1984 |
Star Trek 3: The Search For Spock |
1986 |
Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home |
1977 |
Star Wars |
1995 |
Stargate |
1973 |
Sting, The |
1999 |
Straight Story, The |
1981 |
Stripes |
1987 |
Summer School |
1950 |
Sunset Boulevard |
1988 |
Talk Radio |
2000 |
Tao Of Steve, The |
1976 |
Taxi Driver |
1991 |
Terminator 2 |
1991 |
Thelma & Louise |
1983 |
This Is Spinal Tap |
1994 |
Threesome |
1979 |
Time After Time |
1981 |
Time Bandits |
1960 |
Time Machine, The |
1983 |
To Be Or Not To Be |
1982 |
Tootsie |
1984 |
Top Secret |
1988 |
Torch Song Trilogy |
1982 |
Tron |
1994 |
True Lies |
1986 |
Under The Cherry Moon |
1987 |
Untouchables, The |
1995 |
Usual Suspects, The |
1983 |
Vacation |
1987 |
Wall Street |
1982 |
Wall, The |
1984 |
Weird Science |
1962 |
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? |
1993 |
Whats Eating Gilbert Grape? |
1988 |
Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
1990 |
Wild At Heart |
1957 |
Wild Strawberries |
1971 |
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory |
1987 |
Witches Of Eastwick |
1939 |
Wizard Of Oz, The |
1988 |
Working Girl |
1938 |
You Cant Take It With You |
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