Saturday, August 08, 2020

My favorite movies (2020 edition)

Most of the changes are after rewatches. Lots of new entries on the list overall.

Rank Title Notes
1 E.T.
2 2001: A Space Odyssey
3 Star Wars
4 My Neighbor Totoro
5 Singin' in the Rain
6 Raiders of the Lost Ark -5
7 It's a Wonderful Life
8 Mad Max: Fury Road +10
9 What We Do In The Shadows +22
10 Alien -7
11 The Empire Strikes Back
12 Jaws
13 The Adventures of Robin Hood
14 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -6
15 Nights of Cabiria +6
16 Touch of Evil
17 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -5
18 All About Eve
19 Little Women new
20 Parasite new

Dropped out of top 20:
  • The Sound of Music, from 9 to 30
  • Out of Sight: from 10, to off list
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail: was 11, now 57
  • Rear Window: was 13, now 38
Comments: 
  • Seeing 2001 in IMAX was a revelatory experience. As was reading this book.
  • Role of John's favorite comedy now played by What We Do In The Shadows, unless you count Singin' in the Rain, which to me is a musical comedy ... a different beast.

21 Out of the Past
22Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Versenew
23The Right Stuff
24Mulholland Drive
25Sunset Blvd.
26Children of Menup
27Malcolm Xup
28Double Indemnity
29Babe
30The Sound of Musicdown
31Hausunew
32Arrivalup
33Fargoup
34Your Name.new
35Amadeusup
36Vertigoup
37Monty Python and the Holy Graildown
38Rear Windowdown
39Short Term 12
40The Death of Stalinnew
41Three Colors: Blueup
42The Night of the Hunter
43Akiranew
44Wings of Desire
45Dunkirk
46The Unbearable Lightness of Being
47Get Outup
48Blade Runner 2049new
49Do The Right Thingup
50Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdownnew
51All About My Mother
52Casablanca
53La Dolce Vitanew
54Amelie
55No Country For Old Mennew
56The Godfather
57Dr. Strangelove
58Goodfellas
59Rebeccadown
60Raising Arizonanew
61Topsy-Turvyup
62Blade Runnerdown
63The Grand Budapest Hoteldown
64The Man Who Shot Liberty Valancedown
65The Third Man
66Toy Storynew
67First Mannew
68To Kill A Mockingbirdup
69The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
70The Wizard of Oz
71Rushmoredown
72The Exorcistnew
73Dead Alivedown
74The Lives Of Othersdown
75Strictly Ballroomdown
76Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
77Won't You Be My Neighbor?new
78The Maltese Falcon
79The Insider
80Apollo 11 new
81L.A. Confidential
82John Wick
83La La Landnew
84Gravity
85Inherent Viceup
86Schindler's List
87Rashomonup
88Zero Dark Thirtynew
89Hell or High Waternew
90The Road Homenew
91The Aviator
92Princess Mononokedown
93Ed Wood
94The Conversation
95Logan
96The Umbrellas of Cherbourgup
97You Can Count On Medown
98North By Northwestdown
99A Very Long Engagementnew
100Inglorious Basterdsnew
101Duck Soupup
102The Raid: Redemptionup
103In A Lonely Place
104Magnoliadown
105Lady Birdnew
10612 Monkeys
107The Best Years Of Our Lives
108Quiz Shownew
109Once Upon a Time in Hollywoodnew
110The Shape of Waterdown
111Watership Down
112Inception
113The Killing Fieldsnew
114BlacKkKlansmannew
115The Muppet Movie
116Henry V (1989)down
117Greasedown
118The Visitordown
119There Will Be Blood
120Moonrise Kingdom
121Being John Malkovich
122Captain Phillipsdown
123Calvarynew
124The Guardnew
125The Limey
126The Manchurian Candidate
127Heavenly Creatures
128The Three Musketeers
129The Legend of Drunken Masterdown
130Reservoir Dogs
131The Damned Unitednew
132The Wind Risesnew
133Volvernew
134Sorry to Bother Younew
135The Griftersnew
136Close Encounters of the Third Kind
137Gone Girlnew
138Amazing Gracenew
139The Last Emperornew
140Laura
141In The Bedroomnew
142Adaptation.new
143Hairspray
144The Searchers
145Roman Holiday
146The Othersnew
147The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttonnew
148Fearlessnew
149Eyes Wide Shut
150Good Bye Lenin!

Movies that dropped off top 150:
Out of Sight
Guardians of the Galaxy
Tender Mercies
Toy Story 3
Time Bandits 
Traffic
The Man On The Train
The Matrix
Baby Driver
The Force Awakens
Ronin
The Wrath of Khan


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