Best Movies of All Time

Everyone makes lists of "Best Movies of All Time" and I thought that it was only appropriate that I make one too. Mind you, my list is about my favorite films...the ones I think go above and beyond anything else. And while it does include some classics, not all of them are considered cinematic masterpieces by most. Okay. So here goes:

1. Star Wars: A New Hope (George Lucas)

2. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner)

3. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa)

4. Garden State (Zach Braff)

5. Hero / 英雄 (Zhang Yimou)

6. Inception (Christopher Nolan)

7. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz)

8. City of God (Fernando Meirelles)

9. The Matrix (The Wachowski Brothers)

10. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)

11. Chungking Express (Wong Kar-Wai)

12. Raise the Red Lantern (Zhang Yimou)

13. Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan)

14. My Big Fat Greek Wedding (Joel Zwick)

15. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan)

16. Wall-E (Andrew Stanton)

17. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)

18. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Gore Verbinski)

19. Sleep Dealer (Diego Rivera)

20. Metropolis (Fritz Lang)

21. Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa)

22. The Motorcycle Diaries (Walter Salles)

23. Man with a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov)

24. Toy Story (John Lasseter)

25. The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)

26. Sabrina (Sydney Pollack)

27. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen)

28. The Day the Earth Stood Still (Robert Wise)

29. The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky)

30. The Breakfast Club (John Hughes)

31. Deep Impact (Mimi Ledger)

32. All the President's Men (Alan J. Pakula)

33. Lost in Translation (Sophia Coppola)

34. The Manchurian Candidate (John Frankenheimer)

35. Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks)

36. Spaceballs (Mel Brooks)

37. Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise)

38. Qué Tan Lejos (Tania Hermida)

39. The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont)

40. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson)

41. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson)

42. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson)

43. Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg)

44. Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder)

45. E.T. (Steven Spielberg)

47. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry)

48. The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan)

49. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky)

50. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis)

51. The Green Mile (Frank Darabont)

52. Distict 9 (Neil Blomkamp)

53. High Noon (Fred Zinneman)

54. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón)

55. Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly)

56. Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayon, Valerie Faris)

57. Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis)

58. Tesis (Pedro Almodóvar)

59. Star Wars: The Revenge of the Sith (George Lucas)

60. Shrek (Adam Adamson, Vicky Jenson)

61. Juno (Jason Reitman)

62. Amelie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet)

63. Signs (M. Night Shyamalan)

I have a feeling I might have forgotten a few...oh well...

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