These might not be the most impressive movies of all time but they are movies that I love so much that I can watch over and over. This list is an ongoing work in progress.
In alphabetical order:
- Absolute Beginners (1986)
- After Hours (1985)
- Airplane! (1980)
- Alice’s Restaurant (1969)
- American Graffiti (1973)
- American Werewolf in London (1981)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- Bagdad Cafe (1987)
- Batman Returns (1992)
- Being Human (1994)
- Blues Brothers (1980)
- Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
- Boy and His Dog (1975)
- Breakfast Club (1985)
- Captain America: Winter Soldier (2014)
- Christmas Story (1983)
- Christmas Vacation (1989)
- Clockwork Orange (1971)
- Cry Baby (1990)
- Curdled (1996)
- Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
- Deadpool 1 & 2 (2016 & 2018)
- Deliverance (1972)
- Dirty Harry & Magnum Force (1971 & 1973)
- Don’t Look Up (2021)
- Dumb and Dumber (1994)
- Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)
- Escape from New York (1981)
- Forrest Gump (1994)
- Freeway (1996)
- Game Night (2018)
- Gauntlet (1977)
- Godfather I & II (1972 & 1974)
- Graduate (1967)
- Grease (1978)
- Groundhog Day (1993)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
- Halloween I & II (1978 & 1981)
- Hangover (2009)
- Harold and Maude (1971)
- Highlander (1986)
- History of the World Pt. 1 (1981)
- Hitcher (1986)
- How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
- Hudson Hawk (1991)
- Insignificance (1985)
- Iron Man (2008)
- It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
- Jaws (1975)
- Jerk (1979)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- King Creole (1958)
- King Kong (1976)
- Kingsmen, the (2014)
- Ladyhawke (1985)
- Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Less Than Zero (1987)
- Little Darlings (1980)
- Lords of Flatbush (1974)
- Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
- Matrix (1999)
- Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
- Metropolitan (1990)
- Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
- Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)
- Near Dark (1987)
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
- Old School (2003)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
- One Hour Photo (2002)
- Outsiders (1983)
- Party, the (1968)
- Pennies from Heaven (1981)
- Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
- Planet of the Apes (1968)
- Poseidon Adventure (1972)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Quadrophenia (1979)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Reservoir Dogs (1992)
- Robocop (1987)
- Rocky & Rocky II (1976 & 1979)
- Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
- Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead (1990)
- Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
- Ruling Class (1972)
- Scarface (1983)
- Shining (1980)
- Stand By Me (1986)
- Star Wars Trilogy (1977, 1980 & 1983)
- Stigmata (1999)
- Strangers on a Train (1951)
- They Live (1988)
- This is Spinal Tap (1984)
- Track 29 (1988)
- Vampire’s Kiss (1988)
- Viva Las Vegas (1964)
- Warriors (1979)
- World According to Garp (1982)
Eddie and the Cruisers! World According to Garp! Oh, man, I think I need to revise my list
Hooper? Hooper?
Really…. Hooper?
Wait, Hooper?
Hey Bill, I bumped Hooper for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, how’s that for marrying up? I might add that After Hours replaced Desperately Seeking Susan and the Star Wars Trilogy replaced the individual films (that isn’t cheating, really). With the two free spaces, I added the awesome Hudson Hawk (only Mathew Growden and myself love that film!) as well as wonderful How to Get Ahead in Advertising.
Amendment noted.
Ladyhawke and Christmas Story in. Brazil and East of Eden out.
Dark Backward out. Groundhog Day in. I stand by my decision to remove Brazil and if I hear anything else about it, it may come your lists and be replaced with How to Lose a Guy…
The Champ and One Crazy Summer out and Scarface and Deathtrap in. This Top 100 list is hard to maintain.