Tuesday, July 10, 2007

My Top 100

100. The Sting (1973) directed by George Roy Hill
Starring- Paul Newman & Robert Redford (NEW)

099. All the President’s Men (1976) directed by Alan J. Pakula
Starring- Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, & Jason Robards (NEW)

098. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) directed by Sidney Lumet
Starring- Al Pacino & John Cazale (NEW)

097. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) directed by Woody Allen
Starring- Michael Caine & Diane Weist

096. Edward Scissorhands (1990) directed by Tim Burton
Starring- Johnny Depp & Winona Ryder

095. Rocky (1976) directed by John Schlesinger
Starring- Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, & Burgess Meredith

094. Spartacus (1960) directed by Stanley Kubrick
Starring- Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, & Peter Ustinov

093. Babe (1995) directed by Chris Noonan
Starring- James Cromwell

092. Lost in Translation (2003) directed by Sofia Coppola
Starring- Bill Murray & Scarlett Johansson

091. Nashville (1975) directed by Robert Altman
Starring- Lily Tomlin, Ronee Blakely, & Keith Carradine

090. Witness (1985) directed by Peter Weir
Starring- Harrison Ford & Kelly McGillis (NEW)

089. The Birds (1963) directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Starring- Tippy Hedren, Rod Taylor, & Jessica Taylor

088. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) directed by Milos Foreman
Starring- Jack Nicholson & Louise Fletcher (NEW)

087. The Verdict (1982) directed by Sidney Lumet
Starring- Paul Newman & James Mason (NEW)

086. Ran (1985) directed by Akira Kurosawa
Starring- Tatsuya Nakadai & Akira Terao

085. Blade Runner (1982) directed by Ridley Scott
Starring- Harrison Ford & Rutger Hauer

084. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) directed by David Lean
Starring- Alec Guinness & William Holden

083. The Nun’s Story (1959) directed by Fred Zinneman
Starring- Audrey Hepburn & Peter Finch (NEW)

082. Children of Men (2006) directed by Alfonso Cauron
Starring- Clive Owen & Claire-Hope Ashitey

081. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) directed by Peter Jackson
Starring- Viggo Mortenson & Ian McKellan

080. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring- Harrison Ford & Karen Allen (NEW)

079. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) directed by Sergio Leone
Starring- Peter Fonda & Charles Bronson

078. Monty Python & The Holy Grail (1975) directed by Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones
Starring- Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle

077. Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid (1969) directed by George Roy Hill
Starring- Paul Newman & Robert Redford (NEW)

076. M (1931) directed by Fritz Lang
Starring- Peter Lorre & Otto Wernicke

075. Patton (1970) directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Starring- George C. Scott & Karl Malden

074. In the Heat of the Night (1967) directed by Norman Jewison
Starring- Sidney Poitier & Rod Steiger

073. Rebecca (1940) directed Alfred Hitchcock
Starring- Laurence Olivier & Joan Fontaine

072. Some Like It Hot (1959) directed by Billy Wilder
Starring- Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, & Marilyn Monroe

071. The Wild Bunch (1969) directed by Sam Peckinpah
Starring- Ernest Borgnine & William Holden

070. Victor/Victoria (1982) directed by Blake Edwards
Starring- Julie Andrews, Robert Preston, & James Garner

069. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) directed by Jim Sharman
Starring- Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick

068. Gandhi (1982) directed by Richard Attenborough
Starring- Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, & Martin Sheen

067. North by Northwest (1959) directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Starring- Cary Grant & Eve Marie Saint (NEW)

066. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) directed by Michel Gondry
Starring- Kate Winslet & Jim Carrey

065. The Third Man (1949) directed by Carol Reed
Starring- Orson Welles & Joseph Cotton

064. An American in Paris (1951) directed Vincente Minelli
Starring- Gene Kelly & Leslie Caron (NEW)

063. The Shining (1980) directed by Stanley Kubrick
Starring- Jack Nicholson & Shelly Duvall

062. On the Waterfront (1954) directed by Elia Kazan
Starring- Marlon Brando, Eve Marie Saint, & Karl Malden (NEW)

061. Barry Lyndon (1975) directed by Stanley Kubrick
Starring- Ryan O’Neal & Marisa Berenson

060. Rope (1948) directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Starring- James Stewart & John Dall

059. The Apartment (1960) directed by Billy Wilder
Starring- Jack Lemmon & Shirley MacLaine

058. Airplane! (1980) directed by Jim Abrahams, David & Jerry Zucker
Starring- Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, & Leslie Nielsen

057. The Longest Day (1962) directed by Ken Annakin & Andrew Marton
Starring- John Wayne, Richard Burton, & Sean Connery

056. Zodiac (2007) directed by David Fincher
Starring- Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey, Jr., & Mark Ruffalo

055. Network (1976) directed by Sidney Lumet
Starring- Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch, & William Holden

054. West Side Story (1961) directed by Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins
Starring- Natalie Wood, Rita Moreno, & George Chakiris

053. Jaws (1975) directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring- Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss

052. Ben-Hur (1959) directed by William Wyler
Starring- Charlton Heston & Hugh Griffiths

051. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) directed by Mike Nichols
Starring- Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton

050. Manhattan (1979) directed by Woody Allen
Starring- Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, & Mariel Hemingway

049. The Exorcist (1973) directed by William Friedkin
Starring- Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, & Jason Miller

048. The Departed (2006) directed by Martin Scorsese
Starring- Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, & Mark Wahlberg

047. The Aviator (2004) directed by Martin Scorsese
Starring- Leonardo DiCaprio & Cate Blanchett (NEW)

046. Munich (2005) directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring- Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, and Geoffrey Rush

045. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) directed by Elia Kazan
Starring- Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, and Karl Malden

044. L.A. Confidential (1997) directed by Curtis Hanson
Starring- Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger

043. Cabaret (1972) directed by Bob Fosse
Starring- Liza Minelli, Joel Grey, & Michael York

042. The Sound of Music (1965) directed by Robert Wise
Starring- Julie Andrews & Christopher Plummer

041. The Godfather (1972) directed by Francis Ford Cop
Starring- Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, & James Caan

040. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring- Richard Dreyfuss & Melinda Dillon

039. V for Vendetta (2006) directed by James McTeigue
Starring- Hugo Weaving & Natalie Portman

038. All That Jazz (1979) directed by Bob Fosse
Starring- Roy Scheider & Jessica Lange

037. Taxi Driver (1976) directed by Martin Scorsese
Starring- Robert DeNiro, Jodie Foster, & Harvey Keitel

036. My Fair Lady (1964) directed by George Cukor
Starring- Audrey Hepburn & Rex Harrison

035. Moulin Rouge! (2001) directed by Baz Luhrmann
Starring- Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, & Jim Broadbent

034. Alien (1979) directed by Ridley Scott
Starring- Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, & Tom Skerritt

033. Sunset Boulevard (1950) directed by Billy Wilder
Starring- Gloria Swanson, William Holden, & Erich von Stroheim

032. Schindler’s List (1993) directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring- Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, & Ben Kingsley

031. Platoon (1986) directed by Oliver Stone
Starring- Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, & Willem Dafoe

030. Kill Bill (2003-2004) directed by Quentin Tarantino
Starring- Uma Thurman, David Carradine, & Daryl Hannah

029. Collateral (2004) directed by Michael Mann
Starring- Jamie Foxx & Tom Cruise

028. Raging Bull (1980) directed by Martin Scorsese
Starring- Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, & Cathy Moriarty

027. Heat (1995) directed by Michael Mann
Starring- Al Pacino & Robert DeNiro

026. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) directed by Jonathon Demme
Starring- Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, & Ted Levine

025. Saving Private Ryan (1998) directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring- Tom Hanks & Barry Pepper

024. Chicago (2002) directed by Rob Marshall
Starring- Renee Zellwegger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, & Richard Gere

023. Gladiator (2000) directed by Ridley Scott
Starring- Russell Crowe & Joaquin Phoenix

022. Dr. Strangelove (1964) directed by Stanley Kubrick
Starring- Peter Sellers & George C. Scott

021. The French Connection (1971) directed by William Friedkin
Starring- Gene Hackman & Roy Scheider

020. Apocalypse Now (1979) directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Starring- Martin Sheen & Marlon Brando

019. Empire of the Sun (1998) directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring- Christian Bale & John Malkovich

018. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) directed by Stanley Kubrick
Starring- Keir Dullea & Hal 9000

017. Goodfellas (1990) directed by Martin Scorsese
Starring- Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, & Ray Liotta

016. Bonnie & Clyde (1967) directed by Arthur Penn
Starring- Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, & Gene Hackman

015. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) directed by Frank Darabont
Starring- Morgan Freeman & Tim Robbins

014. Psycho (1960) directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Starring- Janet Leigh & Anthony Perkins

013. Oliver! (1968) directed by Carol Reed
Starring- Ron Moody, Jack Wilde, & Shani Wallis

012. The Truman Show (1998) directed by Peter Weir

Starring- Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, & Laura Linney

011. Annie Hall (1977) directed by Woody Allen

Starring- Woody Allen & Diane Keaton

010. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) directed by David Lean

Starring- Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness

009. The Elephant Man (1980) directed by David Lynch

Starring- John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft

008. Unforgiven (1992) directed by Clint Eastwood

Starring- Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, & Morgan Freeman

007. Chinatown (1974) directed by Roman Polanski
Starring- Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, & John Huston

006. Pulp Fiction (1994) directed by Quentin Tarantino
Starring- John Travolta, Uma Thurman, & Samuel L. Jackson

005. Rear Window (1954) directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Starring- James Stewart, Grace Kelly, & Thelma Ritter

004. A Clockwork Orange (1971) directed by Stanley Kubrick
Starring- Malcolm McDowell

003. Fargo (1996) directed by Joel Coen
Starring- Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, & Steve Buscemi

002. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) directed by Sergio Leone
Starring- Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, & Lee Van Cleef

001. Amadeus (1984) directed by Milos Foreman
Starring- F. Murray Abraham & Tom Hulce

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