the 100 greatest movies of all-time....

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I've seen 38.... most on the list are too artsy-fartsy for me

[gh]

Yes, my 6 greatest movies

Animal House
Caddyshack
Blazing Saddles
There's Something About Mary
Trading Places
The Hangover

I go to movies to enjoy myself - and if possible, to laugh. I guarantee there were plenty of laughs at all the above. I also suspect all of you have heard of all 6 of these.

where's Duck Soup?!

[79]

Bicycles thieves is a pure marvel.
Sunrise, Raging Bull, Tokyo story, Marathon man and The piano too.

[Davidokun]

Have seen 22 of the movies on the directors' list, and another 56 were already in my queue.

Similarly, have seen 23 of the movies on the critics' list, and another 53 were already in my queue.

[Davidokun]

The differences between a directors' list and a critics' list might be interesting.

70 films made both lists. The top twenty by average rank:

Rank	Title	Directors' Rank	Critics' Rank	Average
1	Citizen Kane	2	3	2.5
1	Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles	4	1	2.5
3	2001: A Space Odyssey	1	6	3.5
4	Tokyo Story	4	4	4
4	Vertigo	6	2	4
6	In the Mood for Love	9	5	7
7	The Godfather	3	12	7.5
8	Beau travail	14	7	10.5
9	Close-up	9	17	13
10	Persona	9	18	13.5
11	Mulholland Dr.	22	8	15
12	Seven Samurai	14	20	17
13	8½	6	31	18.5
13	Apocalypse Now	18	19	18.5
15	Man with a Movie Camera	30	9	19.5
15	Mirror	8	31	19.5
17	Taxi Driver	12	29	20.5
18	Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans	33	11	22.0
19	La Règle du jeu	38	13	25.5
19	The Passion of Joan of Arc	30	21	25.5

[Trickstat]

70 films made both lists. The top twenty by average rank:

Rank	Title	Directors' Rank	Critics' Rank	Average
1	Citizen Kane	2	3	2.5
1	Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles	4	1	2.5
3	2001: A Space Odyssey	1	6	3.5
4	Tokyo Story	4	4	4
4	Vertigo	6	2	4
6	In the Mood for Love	9	5	7
7	The Godfather	3	12	7.5
8	Beau travail	14	7	10.5
9	Close-up	9	17	13
10	Persona	9	18	13.5
11	Mulholland Dr.	22	8	15
12	Seven Samurai	14	20	17
13	8½	6	31	18.5
13	Apocalypse Now	18	19	18.5
15	Man with a Movie Camera	30	9	19.5
15	Mirror	8	31	19.5
17	Taxi Driver	12	29	20.5
18	Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans	33	11	22.0
19	La Règle du jeu	38	13	25.5
19	The Passion of Joan of Arc	30	21	25.5

Given the sheer number of films there are that is quite a lot of overlap.

I think some people might be able to come up with 2 top 10s:

10 films they just really enjoy
10 films they do enjoy that they feel would be considered of 'artistic merit' by a critic or a director.

[dukehjsteve]

My top 12

in alpha order:

American Flyers
Animal House
Breaking Away
Chariots of Fire
Fargo
Godfather
Gone With the Wind
Hoosiers
Marathon Man
No Country For Old Men
Pulp Fiction
Roadhouse

[DoubleRBar]

Some good movies on the list, however many great movies are not on this list. Movies, like art, food, etc., are a personal thing. My favorite movie didn't even make this list of 100.

[scottmitchell74]

Well I'll give it a try off the top:

A Christmas Story
As Good as it Gets
The Highlander
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
No Country for Old Men
Groundhog Day
It's A Wonderful Life
Long Gone
LOTR - Fellowship of the Ring
The Empire Strikes Back
Field of Dreams
There Will Be Blood

[Davidokun]

Given the sheer number of films there are that is quite a lot of overlap.

I agree. Surprising. It seems unlikely, but I wonder if both the directors and critics were selecting films from the same master list.

[Conor Dary]

My top 8:

in alpha order:

American Flyers
Animal House
Breaking Away
Chariots of Fire
Godfather
Gone With the Wind
Hoosiers
Roadhouse

Interesting!

Animal House was filmed when I was at Oregon. Saw a lot of the filming.

And I was an extra in American Flyers....

far right....

[Davidokun]

My top 8:

in alpha order:

American Flyers
Animal House
Breaking Away
Chariots of Fire
Godfather
Gone With the Wind
Hoosiers
Roadhouse

Includes two of three from what I call the Indiana sports trilogy: Breaking Away, Hoosiers, Rudy.

[Davidokun]

For what it's worth, here's a list of films that have not been previously mentioned in this thread, but I have rated five of five stars.

Year	Director	Title
1939	Frank Capra	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1952	John Ford	The Quiet Man
1961	Robert Rossen	The Hustler
1962	Robert Mulligan	To Kill a Mockingbird
1963	Ralph Nelson	Lilies of the Field
1967	Mike Nichols	The Graduate
1973	George Roy Hill	The Sting
1974	Paul Mazursky	Harry and Tonto
1974	Mel Brooks	Young Frankenstein
1983	Bill Forsyth	Local Hero
1985	Juzo Itami	Tampopo
1989	Joel Schumacher	Cousins
1989	Steven Spielberg	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1990	John McTiernan	The Hunt for Red October
1995	Mel Gibson	Braveheart
1996	Joel Coen	Fargo
1996	John Sayles	Lone Star
1997	Steven Spielberg	Amistad
2001	Jean-Pierre Jeunet	Amélie
2002	Aki Kaurismäki	The Man Without a Past
2004	Zach Braff	Garden State
2006	Jonathan Dayton Valerie Faris	Little Miss Sunshine
2008	Tomas Alfredson	Let the Right One In
2015	Steven Spielberg	Bridge of Spies
2016	David Mackenzie	Hell or High Water
2016	Denis Villeneuve	Arrival

[gm]

Some good movies on the list, however many great movies are not on this list. Movies, like art, food, etc., are a personal thing. My favorite movie didn't even make this list of 100.

Bingo. I have never understood how movies/music/food can be rated. There's no objectivity involved, just whatever a particular person enjoys.

In my world, a list without Caddyshack and The Deer Hunter is a list I cannot agree with, at all.

Also, as I'm sure I have said before (maybe more than once), Apocalypse Now was the worst movie I have ever watched.

[jeremyp]

Interesting!

Animal House was filmed when I was at Oregon. Saw a lot of the filming.

And I was an extra in American Flyers....

far right....

And it was written by a fellow alumni from Dartmouth College...about Dartmouth College.