My Favorite Films Part 1 (100-76)

A common topic of discussion among ‘movie-buffs’ is the idea of top films of all-time list. The American Film Institute’s list, (AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Movies) is probably the most famous of such rankings.  I’ve been writing this blog for a few years and this is a topic that I have often thought about covering but, compiling my own list of 100 films always seemed like a pretty daunting task. The question was always ‘how do I pick just 100 when there are so many films I love?’ Well, I finally decided to take a swing at it. Now, this isn’t necessarily the all-time 100 best films in my opinion, just my 100 favorites. These are the films that have stuck with me, the ones I find myself going back to time and time again, and the ones I’ll regularly find myself quoting or thinking about. Consider it more as “100 Movies I Recommend” rather than a true “Top 100 Best Ever Made” list. Obviously, new films are being released in theaters all the time and I’m constantly finding something I’ve never seen before, so this isn’t a definitive ranking and will almost certainly change a little over time. 

#100 Re-Animator (1985)

Directed By: Stuart Gordon

Starring: Jeffery Combs, Bruce Abbott, and Barbara Crampton

#99 My Cousin Vinny (1992)

 Directed By: Johnathan Lynn 

Starring: Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio, and Fred Gwynne

#98 Torn Curtain (1966) 

Directed By: Alfred Hitchcock 

Starring: Paul Newman and Julie Andrews

#97 City Slickers (1991) 

Directed By: Ron Underwood 

Starring: Billy Crystal, Bruno Kirby, Daniel Stern, Helen Slater, and Jack Palence

#96 Total Recall (1990)

Directed By: Paul Verhoeven 

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox and Michael Ironside

#95 Highlander (1986)

Directed By: Russell Mulcahy 

Starring: Christopher Laambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, and Roxanne Hart

#94 Birdman (2014)

Directed By: Alejandro González Iñárritu

Starring: Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Emma Stone and Andrea Riseborough

#93 Casino Royale (2006)

Directed By: Martin Campbell

Starring: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, and Mads Mikkelsen

#92 Moon (2009)

Directed By: Duncan Jones

Starring: Sam Rockwell and Kevin Spacey

#91 Grease (1978)

Directed By: Randal Kleiser

Starring: John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

#90 Hot Fuzz (2007)

Directed By: Edgar Wright

Starring: Simon Pegg and Nick Frost

#89 The French Connection (1971)

Directed By: William Friedkin

Starring: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, and Fernando Rey

  #88 The Usual Suspects (1995)
Directed By: Bryan Singer
Starring: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Chazz Palminteri, Pete Postlethwaite, and Kevin Spacey. 

#87 The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Directed By: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: James Stewart and Doris Day

  #86 Stripes (1981)

Directed By: Ivan Reitman

Starring: Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P. J. Soles, Sean Young, and John Candy

#85 The Firm (1993)

Directed By: Sydney Pollack

Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman

#84 High Anxiety (1977)

Directed By: Mel Brooks

Starring: Mel Brooks, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman, and Madeline Kahn

#83 The Hustler (1961)

Directed By: Robert Rossen

Starring: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, and Piper Laurie

#82 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) 

Directed By: Shane Black

Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, and Michelle Monaghan

#81 The Naked Gun (1988)

Directed By: David Zucker

Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalbán, George Kennedy, and O. J. Simpson

  #80 Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

Directed By: Doug Liman

Starring: Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt

#79 The Magnificent Seven (1960)

Directed By: John Sturges

 Starring: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, James Coburn and Horst Buchholz

#78 Frankenstein (1931)

Directed By: James Whale

Starring: Colin Clive, Boris Karloff, Mae Clarke, and Dwight Frye

#77 The Sting (1973)

Directed By: George Roy Hill

Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Robert Shaw

#76 The Godfather (1972)

Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola

Starring: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, and Robert Duvall

Tomorrow I'll post Part 2 #75-#51