These are my personal favorite top 100 films of all time. Now first of all, I do not necessarily consider these to be the "best" films of all time. They are simply my favorites. Recently a friend made a list of 100 films he'd want with him on a desert island. A good idea I thought. This is sort of my version of that list.
     The list was put together fairly simply. In the fall of 1999, I created a list of all the films that I could remember seeing in my lifetime using "Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever" book. By going through that list (of about 2000 films at the time), I created a sublist of possible contenders for the all time 100 list. I came up with about 160 films, I then weeded out the extra sixty films (which included "Sixth Sense," "E.T.," "Blade Runner," "Wall Street," "Good Night and Good Luck," "Blazing Saddles," "The Game" and many others), and proceeded to rank the remaining 100, which is the list you see here. I try to update the list about every year and a half or so to account for new films I've seen and older ones that I've lost some interest in.
     Lastly, realize that these are my favorites of all time; therefore, there may be some films that are included in this list simply for nostalgic reasons or because they remind me of my childhood. Also realize that aside from maybe the top 20 films, the others could move up or down a few spots on any given day, depending on my mood.
     Lastly, lastly, this list does not include the Star Wars saga; which is automatic, as the greatest story ever put to film. And no, I did not forget The Godfather, I just don't see the greatness in it; or Taxi Driver for that matter. So, without any further ado....I give you...Andrew's favorite 100 films...see them all!!!!

~Andrew James (editor)


UPDATED 9/26/07: also added an additional 10 films...
110) Johnny Dangerously
109) The Game
108) Open Range
107) Basic Instinct
106) The Squid and the Whale
105) Secret of NIMH
104) The Matrix
103) Sneakers
102) Top Gun
101) High Fidelity

100) Natural Born killers
99) The Abyss
98) Face/Off
97) Dazed and Confused
96) Glory
95) Silence of the Lambs
94) Starship Troopers
93) Snatch
92) Desperado
91) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
90) Breakfast Club
89) Back to the Future
88) Terminator 2
87) Weird Science
86) Black Hawk Down
85) Titanic
84) Multiplicity
83) Mr. Mom
82) Fantasia 2000
81) Braveheart
80) Forrest Gump
79) Napolean Dynamite
78) Ocean's 11
77) This is Spinal Tap
76) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
75) The Shawshank Redemption
74) The Beastmaster
73) Oldboy
72) Rounders
71) Romancing the Stone
70) Groundhog Day
69) Clerks
68) Me and You and Everyone We Know
67) From Dusk til Dawn
66) City of Lost Children
65) Shaun of the Dead
64) Office Space
63) Pitch Black
62) Half Nelson
61) Funky Forest
60) Monsters Inc
59) JFK
58) Jurassic Park
57) The Pianist
56) The 'burbs
55) Mask (not the Jim Carrey movie)
54) A Fish called Wanda
53) Independence Day (ID4)
52) Ferris Bueller's Day Off
51) Eyes Wide Shut
50) Best in Show
49) Apollo 13
48) Alien Reserrection
47) Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
46) O Brother, Where Art Thou
45) Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
44) My Life
43) Crash
42) Night of the Living Dead (1968)
41) American Splendor
40) Dawn of the Dead (1978)
39) Once
38) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
37) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
36) Little Children
35) Magnolia
34) Interview with the Vampire
33) Dances with Wolves
32) Big Trouble in Little China
31) Garden State
30) 28 Days Later
29) Royal Tenenbaums
28) Bottle Rocket
27) United 93
26) Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
25) Tombstone
24) American Psycho
23) Traffic
22) American History X
21) The Shining
20) Sideways
19) Cinema Paradiso
18) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
17) National Lampoon's Vacation
16) Airplane!
15) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
14) Almost Famous
13) A Christmas Story
12) Contact
11) Fargo
10) American Beauty
9) Die Hard
8) The Big Lebowski
7) Leaving Las Vegas
6) Raiders of the Lost Ark
5) Dr. Strangelove
4) A Clockwork Orange
3) Saving Private Ryan
2) Boogie Nights
1) Pulp Fiction

That's it....Hooray!! Why is "Schindler's List" not here you might ask. I am asking myself that very question right now.