A bunch of us have, from time to time, built up Top 20 Movies lists. These are a person's favourite 20 films, in order. The description I always use is: these are the movies you'd choose if you could only watch 20 movies for the rest of your life. Obviously not necessarily the same list you might make if asked to pick what you think are the 20 best movies of all time.
Anyway, here are a couple of my lists.
2001's List
20. Manhattan
19. Seven Samurai
18. Vertigo
17. Cider House Rules
16. Stand By Me
15. Birdy
14. John Carpenter's The Thing From Another Planet
13. The Wizard of Oz
12. Rear Window
11. Schindler's List
10. Psycho
9. Lone Star
8. Field of Dreams
7. 12 Monkeys
6. Young Frankenstein
5. The Day the Earth Stood Still
4. Alien
3. The Sixth Sense
2. Citizen Kane
1. Casablanca
2005's List
20. Best in Show
19. The Ring
18. Dark City
17. Wonder Boys
16. Exotica
15. The Contender
14. Fearless
13. The Matrix
12. Apocalypse Now
11. 12 Monkeys
10. Cider House Rules
9. Schindler's List
8. Young Frankenstein
7. The Day the Earth Stood Still
6. The Sixth Sense
5. Alien
4. Lone Star
3. The Lord of the Rings
2. Citizen Kane
1. Casablanca
It's interesting (to me, at least) to see how much change there was on my list in just four short years. Field of Dreams and Psycho both fell from the Top 10 in 2001 to right off the list in 2005. And yet they're both films I still really love, even today. But with so many newcomers to the list in 2005, including Exotica, and The Ring (scariest movie I've seen in years), something had to give. And just look at Lone Star, John Sayles' masterpiece, climbing up the chart from # 9 to # 4! Not to mention Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy (which, by common agreement, we decided to treat as one 12+ hour film since it's all one story) debuting in the coveted # 3 spot. First and second place will likely never change for me, as there have never been any other films that have such a hypnotic effect on me as the great Citizen Kane and Casablanca.
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3 comments:
I remember doing these together... fun. Time for a new one. I STILL can't believe the Ring made this list... sigh!
No Birdy anymore....No Hitchcock. It is hard with all the years of movies. Might have to become a top 25 list and keep on growing each year!
My top 20 from 2005
20. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
19. The African Queen
18. Star Wars: Episode IV (A New Hope)
17. Citizen Kane
16. In the Name of the Father
15. Cider House Rules
14. Resevoir Dogs
13. The Sixth Sense
12. The Wizard of Oz
11. Planet of the Apes (Original)
10. The Empire Strikes Back
9. The Green Mile
8. Spider-man
7. Spider-man II
6. The Shawshank Redemption
5. Forrest Gump
4. Pulp Fiction
3. Airplane!
2. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1. Casablanca
Since then, most of those movies would be rearranged as the list is created as a "point in time" which is subject to mood and other things. Considering it's ME, and NEITHER of the Spider-man movies cracked the Top 5 is a crime against nature.
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