Filmy Lister

Mon frere and associates are doing their Top 200 films list, and I've been invited to contribute. But, there's a problem: I don't think I can come with even 50 notable films off the top of my head. I know I can look at something like the New York Times' Top 1000 films for inspiration, but looking at a ranked list would probably influence my own rankings (ie. I'd be tempted to put films that rate high on their list high on my own list), so that's right out. Or, I could browse through the IMBD, looking for things I've seen before, but that could take years.

So, I'll just list as many as I can. Here are my favorite movies:

1. Star Wars - George Lucas
   
2. Alien - Ridley Scott
   
3. The Godfather - Francis Ford Coppola
   
4. The Outlaw Josey Wales - Clint Eastwood
   
5. Blazing Saddles - Mel Brooks
   
6. The Wizard Of Oz - Victor Fleming
   
7. The Wall - Pink Floyd, et al
   
8. Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Gilliam, Jones
   
9. Fight Club - David Fincher
   
10. Fellowship of the Ring - Peter Jackson
    
11. The Hudsucker Proxy - Joel Coen
    
12. Ferris Beullers Day Off - John Hughes
    
13. A Clockwork Orange - Stanley Kubrick
    
14. Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino
    
15. Full Metal Jacket - Stanley Kubrick
    
16. Edward Scissorhands - Tim Burton
    
17. Blue Velvet - David Lynch
    
18. Animal House - John Landis
    
19. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind - Steven Spielberg
    
20. To Kill a Mockingbird - Robert Mulligan
    
21. Streets of Crocodiles - The Brothers Quay
    
22. Easy Rider - Dennis Hopper
    
23. Goodfellas - Martin Scorsese
    
24. The Matrix - Wachowski Brothers
    
25. Nightmare Before Christmas - Tim Burton
    
26. Reservoir Dogs - Quentin Tarantino
    
27. Rushmore - Wes Anderson
    
28. Slingblade - Billy Bob Thornton
    
29. Heathers - Michael Lehmann
    
30. The Straight Story - David Lynch
    
31. The Sixth Sense - M. Night Shyamalan
    
32. City Of Lost Children - Jean-Pierre Jeunet
    
33. Fast Times at Ridgemont High - Amy Heckerling
    
34. Leaving Las Vegas - Mike Figgis
    
35. Amélie - Jean-Pierre Jeunet
    

(I reserve the right to modify this list at any time)

Looking at that, I think there are a lot of entries and positions that need justification. But, I'm not going to do it. I'll just say this: I'm into music much much more than I'm into movies.