This past year on Facebook, I had a countdown of my 101 favorite films. Each entry was accompanied by my review of the film. The list is below. If you're interested in reading the review for the picture, just click the film's title. With the top ten, make sure to click the title, not the poster image.
To start, here's my favorite film:
The rest of my top ten, listed alphabetically:
L'avventura (1960) |
Carlito's Way (1993) |
The Godfather (1972) |
Jaws (1975) |
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) |
The Rules of the Game (1939) |
Tootsie (1982) |
The Wizard of Oz (1939) |
And finally, in alphabetical order, here are the 91 films that make up the rest of my 101 favorites:
- Ballet mécanique (1924)
- Band of Outsiders (1964)
- The Band Wagon (1953)
- The Battleship Potemkin (1925)
- Before Sunrise (1995)
- Before Sunset (2004)
- Black Sunday (1960)
- Blow Out (1981)
- Blow-Up (1966)
- Blue Velvet (1986)
- Les Bonnes femmes (1960)
- The Bourne Identity (2002)
- The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
- Breathless (1960)
- Brief Encounter (1945)
- The Candidate (1972)
- Casablanca (1942)
- Casualties of War (1989)
- Cat People (1942)
- Children of Men (2006)
- Children of Paradise (1945)
- Chinatown (1974)
- Citizen Kane (1941)
- City Lights (1931)
- The Conformist (1970)
- Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
- Deep End (1970)
- The Deer Hunter (1978)
- Do the Right Thing (1989)
- Dr. Strangelove (1964)
- Duck Amuck (1953)
- General Hospital (1978-1987)
- The Godfather, Part II (1974)
- The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
- Great Expectations (1998)
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- The Matrix (1999)
- Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
- Ménilmontant (1926)
- Mildred Pierce [TV mini-series] (2011)
- Mulholland Dr. (2001)
- Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
- Pandora's Box (1929)
- The Paper Chase [TV series] (1978-1979, 1983-1986)
- The Practice: The Final Season (2003-2004)
- Ran (1985)
- Rashomon (1950)
- The Red Balloon (1956)
- The Red Shoes (1948)
- Robin Williams: A Night at the Met (1986)
- RoboCop (1987)
- Round Midnight (1986)
- Rust and Bone (2012)
- The Scarlet Empress (1934)
- The Servant (1963)
- The Seventh Seal (1957)
- Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
- Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
- Singin' in the Rain (1952)
- A Star Is Born (1954)
- Stormy Weather (1943)
- Summer Stock (1950)
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- The Third Man (1949)
- Throne of Blood (1957)
- Tokyo Story (1953)
- Top Hat (1935)
- The Tree of Life (2011)
That's all, folks!