The following belong in my top 100 movies of all time (in alphabetical order by title) and I suspect there are some titles that I'm forgetting. As I think of more, I am forced to peruse those already chosen and with regret, shunt some off the edge. Incidentally, it is not a mistake that "The Godfather" is missing from this list. While I thought it was a very good movie, it just doesn't begin to make it into my top 100....
- 84 Charing Cross Road - UK/USA, 1987
- The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - Australia, 1994
- Alfie - UK, 1966
- An American Werewolf in London - USA, 1981
- As Good As It Gets - USA, 1997
- Babettes Gæstebud (Babette's Feast) - Denmark, 1987
- Bikur Ha-Tizmoret (The Band's Visit) - Israel, 2007
- Being John Malkovich - USA, 1999
- Bella Martha (Mostly Martha) - Germany, 2001
- Big Night - USA, 1996
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- Biloxi Blues - USA, 1988
- Blade Runner - USA, 1982
- Blood Simple - USA, 1984
- Body Heat - USA, 1981
- Das Boot - Germany, 1981
- Breaker Morant - Australia, 1979
- Breaking Away - USA, 1979
- The Bridge on the River Kwai - USA, 1957
- The Brother From Another Planet - USA, 1984
- Casablanca - USA, 1942
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- Cast Away - USA, 2000
- La Cage aux Folles - France, 1978
- The Caine Mutiny - USA, 1954
- The Castle - Australia, 1997
- Central do Brasil (Central Station) - Brazil, 1998
- The Commitments - UK, 1991
- The Conversation - USA, 1974
- The Crying Game - UK, 1992
- Die Hard - USA, 1988
- Double Indemnity (Fred McMurray version) - USA, 1944
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- Driving Miss Daisy - USA, 1989
- Eat Drink Man Woman - Taiwan, 1994
- Elmer Gantry - USA, 1960
- Empire of the Sun - USA, 1987
- Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amelie) - France, 2001
- Fargo - USA, 1996
- La Femme Nikita - France, 1990
- Fried Green Tomatoes - USA, 1991
- Gallipoli - Australia, 1981
- The Graduate - USA, 1967
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- The Great Escape - USA, 1963
- Gregory's Girl - UK, 1981
- Harold and Maude - USA, 1971
- Howards End - UK, 1992
- The Hustler - USA, 1961
- In Bruges - UK, 2008
- In the Heat of the Night - USA, 1967
- It Happened One Night - USA, 1934
- Jaws - USA, 1975
- Jean de Florette - France, 1986
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- The Joy Luck Club - USA, 1993
- Jumanji - USA, 1995
- The Killing Fields - UK, 1984
- The Legend of 1900 - UK, 1998
- The Lion in Winter - UK, 1968
- Little Miss Sunshine - USA, 2006
- Lost in Translation - USA, 2003
- The Maltese Falcon - USA, 1941
- Manon de la Source (Manon of the Spring) - France, 1987
- Memento - USA, 2001
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- Million Dollar Baby - USA, 2004
- Mitt liv som hund (My Life as a Dog) - Sweden, 1985
- Monsters, Inc. - USA, 2001
- Moonstruck - USA, 1987
- Mr. Roberts - USA, 1955
- My Beautiful Laundrette - UK, 1985
- My Cousin Vinnie - USA, 1992
- The Night of the Hunter - USA, 1955
- Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (Cinema Paradiso) - Italy, 1989
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - USA, 1975
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- A Passage to India - UK, 1984
- The Princess Bride - USA, 1987
- Pulp Fiction - USA, 1994
- Raiders of the Lost Ark - USA, 1981
- Rain Man - USA, 1988
- Raising Arizona - USA, 1987
- Rear Window - USA, 1954
- Road to Perdition - USA, 2002
- Roman Holiday - USA, 1953
- A Room with a View - UK, 1986
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- A River Runs Through It - USA, 1992
- Salaam Bombay - India, 1988
- Schindler's List - USA, 1993
- Secrets and Lies - UK, 2002
- Shakespeare In Love - UK, 1998
- The Shawshank Redemption - USA, 1994
- Sleuth - UK, 1972
- Sling Blade - USA, 1996
- Stand by Me - USA, 1986
- The Talented Mr. Ripley - USA, 1999
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- Topkapi - USA, 1964
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - USA, 1948
- The Trip to Bountiful - USA, 1985
- Truly, Madly, Deeply - UK, 1992
- Turtle Diary - UK, 1986
- Unforgiven - USA, 1992
- Untouchable - France, 2011 (dir: Olivier Nakache)
- The Usual Suspects - USA, 1995
- Wait Until Dark - USA, 1967
- War Games - USA, 1983
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After a lot of deliberation, the following were ousted from the original list to bring the number down to 100:
- Amadeus - USA, 1984
- Billy Elliot - UK, 2000
- Brazil - USA, 1985
- Catch Me If You Can - USA, 2002
- Les choristes (The Chorus) - France, 2004
- Comfort and Joy - UK, 1984
- Croupier - UK, 1998
- Doubt - USA, 2008
- Down By Law - USA, 1986
- Election - USA, 1999
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- Field of Dreams - USA, 1989
- The Flight of the Phoenix - USA, 1965
- Ghostbusters - USA, 1984
- Good Will Hunting - USA, 1997
- The Goodbye Girl - USA, 1977
- The Grifters - USA, 1990
- A Hard Day's Night - UK, 1964
- House of Sand and Fog - USA, 2003
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Charles Laughton version) - USA, 1939
- I've Heard the Mermaids Singing - Canada, 1987
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- Kill Bill vol.1&2 - USA, 2003/2004
- Ladri di biciclette (The Bicycle Thief) - Italy, 1948
- Little Voice - UK, 1998
- Local Hero - UK, 1983
- Madame Rosa - France, 1977
- The Man Who Wasn't There - USA, 2001
- Matchstick Men - USA, 2003
- Miller's Crossing - USA, 1990
- Mona Lisa - UK, 1986
- My Dinner With Andre - USA, 1981
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- Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere in Africa) - Germany, 2001
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? - USA, 2000
- Papillon - USA, 1973
- The Philadelphia Story - USA, 1940
- The Pianist - UK/France/Germany/Poland/Netherlands, 2002
- Pleasantville - USA, 1998
- The Quiet Man - USA, 1952
- The Rainmaker - USA, 1956
- Romeo and Juliet (the Zephirelli version) - UK, 1968
- Shrek - USA, 2001
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- Shall We Dance? - Japan, 1996
- Silent Movie - USA, 1976
- The Station Agent - USA, 2003
- Subway - France, 1985
- Tender Mercies - USA, 1983
- Thelma and Louise - USA, 1991
- Toy Story - USA, 1995
- Trois Hommes et un Couffin (Three Men and a Cradle) - France, 1985
- La Vita è Bella (Life is Beautiful) - Italy, 1997
- Withnail and I - UK, 1986
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- Witness - USA, 1985
- Zuckerbaby (Sugar Baby) - Germany, 1985
And the ten scariest movies (for me) of all time? Actually, I can't list ten. I can only list one:
- The Blair Witch Project - USA, 1999
I don't think I can go camping ever again....
Incidentally, I haven't seen "The Exorcist" OR "The Shining" because the posters for them were too scary... if I had managed to sit through them though, I suspect that they would be tying for first place in the scariest movie category.
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