People are always comparing me to George Clooney, you know-- my looks, (insert Don Knotts-like sniff here), charm, suaveness (insert one more Don Knotts-like sniff here). For this reason, I choose to follow his lead and create my own list of my 100 favorite movies. His list is comprised of his top 100 films from 1964-1976. He calls this the “the greatest era in filmmaking by far.” I agree with this statement. I, however, unlike Mr. Clooney, do not choose to limit my choices to selections from a specific time frame. I have chosen to open my list to all years in which films were being made. For those interested, here is Clooney’s list: www.parade.com/celebrity/slideshows/editors-pick/george-clooney-top-100-movies.html.
I will divide my list into two groups of fifty, beginning with this here post and ending in a future post which is upcoming soon and which will be posted sometime in the future, which will occur later. These are in no particular order, just like my thought process:
1. Sideways (2004)
2. Slingblade (1998)
3. Magnolia (1999)
4. The Exorcist (1973)
5. Halloween (1978)
6. Beyond the Door (1974)
7. The Visitor (2008)
8. The Visitor (1978)
9. All the President’s Men (1976)
10. Fargo (1995)
11. Oleanna (1994)
12. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
13. Eraserhead (1977)
14. 1776 (1972)
15. Grease (1978)
16. Annie Hall (1977)
17. Leaving Las Vegas (1994)
18. The Music of Chance (1993)
19. Sleeper (1973)
20. White Dog (1982)
21. War Games (1982)
22. No Country For Old Men (2008)
23. Stroszek (1977)
24. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)
25. Roger and Me (1989)
26. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
27. Burden of Dreams (1983)
28. Barry Lyndon (1975)
29. Anguish (1986)
30. Breaking Point (1975-Bo Arne Vibenius)
31. King of Kong (2005)
32. The Passenger (1975)
33. Grindhouse
34. Inglorious Basterds (2008)
35. Pulp Fiction (1994)
36. Superman (1978)
37. Misery (1990)
38. Carnival Magic (1981)
39. Halloween 3---yes, that one (1983)
40. Blade Runner (1982)
41. Alien (1979)
42. Scanners (1980)
43. Akeelah and the Bee (2002)
44. Star Trek 2 (1982)
45. Star Trek 4 (1986)
46. The Room---this is a special film (2003)
47. Die Hard (1988)
48. E.T. (1982)
49. Schindler’s List (1993)
50. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
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