Top 12 (and 250) Films List

Recently I’ve been seeing loads of top or terrible film lists and I generally disagree with most of them. I checked out IMDb’s and Rotten Tomatoes top films of all time, and although I don’t disagree, it isn’t the list I would make… so I made a list, or two.

I first made a ginormous list of about 1000 films. Basically, I listed all the films I could remember seeing. Then I whittled at it over the course of a week and got it down to 250. It was tough, so I cheated a little. I counted some films with parts as one film, and I did not include my top 12 in the big list.

For many years now I’ve kept a top 10 list of films in my head. I’ve allowed films to be knocked off the list as the years went by and kept the list current on a film by film basis. Since it even gave me room for a few additional films, so, it was pretty easy to make a top 12.

You may not agree with my choices, but I wasn’t making a top film of all time list, I was making a “my favorites” list. Please bear that in mind! Also, I’ve not seen every film ever made. Hard to believe I know! I am a little embarrassed to say I’ve not seen any of the Godfathers, Gone with the Wind, Casablanca or several other older classics. I’ve also not seen a lot of the newer films that have come out in the last few years. I used to watch a crapton of films. On average, about 10 a week or so, then in the last few years, I’ve slowed down to just a few a month. Why? Live in general. Maybe I’ll increase my film intake, and maybe I won’t. Either way, here is my current list and my mega list. They are both in alphabetical order.

My Top 12 Films

Always – This has been my on my favorites list since the first time I saw it when it was released in theaters. It makes me laugh, cry and keeps me genuinely entertained.
Amelie – I think it’s stupid that people will pass on a great film because they can’t be bothered with subtitles. This is such a wonderful film, funny, interesting and different.
Donnie Darko – I knew from the first time that I saw it that it would make my list. It’s such an excellent story, and it’s so well done. Creepy and entertaining, what’s not to love?
Hellraiser – I knew this film was going on the list before I even finished watching it! I love Doug Bradley, Pinhead, the puzzle box, the story and even it’s many sequels.
Jacob’s Ladder – I was in just the right place, with just the right person and had just the right state of mind to really enjoy this film the first time I saw it. Yes, I was high with one of my best friends. But still, even sober I still love it.
Pink Floyd The Wall – I have seen this soooo many times! At least a thousand, no seriously, not an outrageous estimate at all. My brother had it on Betamax back in the 80s and we watched the crap out of it!
Room Service –
I love the Marx Brothers. I love their films, their sense of humor and how they come across on screen. This just happens to be my favorite of all of them.
The Fisher King – Another “love at first sight” film. had no expectations for it to even be good. I was pleasantly surprised at just how good it was, and how long it stayed with me.
The Future – This is the newest film to join my list. An unexpectedly good film, that I thought about for weeks after I saw it.
The Green Mile – One of two blockbusters on my list, this is also one of my favorite books. I was so glad that the film adaptation was so true to the book,
The Matrix – I never seem to get tired of this film. I don’t love the sequels, but this one is definitely one that will stay on my list for a long time.
Tin Men – This is the only film on my list to share a star with another film on the list. Richard Dreyfus just makes damn good films, doesn’t he? By the way, the other film is Always.

Here is an IMDb link to a list of My Top 12 Films

I’m not going to spend the time to over explain this list or why I’ve chosen the films on it. They might not be the best films ever made, or the most popular, but I like them, I just do…

My top 250 Films

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40 Year Old Virgin
A Clockwork Orange
A Fish Called Wanda
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Scanner Darkly
A Simple Plan
Across the Universe
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Alien
Aliens
All of Me
Altered States
American Beauty
American Graffiti
American Psycho
An American Werewolf in London
Angels with Dirty Faces
Army of Darkness
As Good as It Gets
Audrey Rose
Awakenings
Back to the Future I, II & III
Be Kind Rewind
Beatle Juice
Being John Malkovich
Benny & June
Bicentennial Man
Big
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures
Blade Runner
Blazing Saddles
Blues Brothers
Body Double
Brainstorm
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Breakfast at Tiffanys
Broken Flowers
Bruce Almighty
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Caddyshack
Carrie (1976)
Cast Away
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Child’s Play
Chocolat
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Coal Miner’s Daughter
Communion
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Coraline
Corpse Bride
Corrina, Corrina
Creepshow
Crocodile Dundee
Crossroads (1986)
Dances with Wolves
Dangerous Liaisons
Deadzone
Desperately Seeking Susan
Die Hard
Diner
Dirty Dancing
Dirty Rotton Scoundrels
Dumb & Dumber
E.T.
Eddie and the Cruisers
Enemy Mine
Evil Dead
Evil Dead 2
Explorers
Falling Down
Fame
Fargo
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Fletch
Flight of the Navagator
Footloose (1984)
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Freddy Got Fingered
Frequency
Friday the 13th
Fright Night (1985)
Full Metal Jacket
Gates of Hell
Ghost
Ghost Dog
Ghostbusters
Good Morning, Vietnam
Good-Bye Girl
Goodfellas
Grand Canyon
Grease
Gremlins
Groundhog Day
Halloween
Happy Feet
Happy Gilmore
Harold and Maude
Harper Valley P.T.A.
Harry and the Hendersons
He Loves Me… He Loves Me Not
Heathers
Heaven Can Wait
Heavy Metal
Hellraiser II: Hellbound
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
House
Iceman
Innerspace
Jaws
Joe Dirt
Johnny Dangerously
Kill Bill(s): Vol. 1 & 2
Kramer vs. Kramer
La Femme Nikita
Late for Dinner
Legend
Let It Ride
Life Is Beautiful
Life of Brian
Little Man Tate
Little Voice
Little Women (1933)
Lost Boys
Lost in Translation
Man on the Moon
Men in Black
Men in Black 2
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Mr. Holland’s Opus
Mr Mom
Mrs Doubtfire
My Own Private Idaho
Mystery Men
Naked Gun
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
National Lampoon’s Vacation
Natural Born Killers
Night of the Living Dead
Nightbreed
Nil By Mouth
Nine 1/2 Weeks
Nine to Five
Norma Ray
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Oh, God!
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Overboard
Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure
Peggy Sue Got Married
Pet Sematary
Planet of the Apes
Pleasantville
Poltergeist (1982)
Predator
Prelude to a Kiss
Pretty Baby
Pretty in Pink
Pretty Woman
Project X
Pulp Fiction
Rain Man
Re-Animator
Reservoir Dogs
Robocop (1987)
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Romeo’s Bleeding
Run Lola Run
Say Anything…
Seven
Shaun of the Dead
She-Devil
Sid and Nancy
Singin’ in the Rain
Sister Act
Sixteen Candles
Sleeping with the Enemy
Sliding Doors (1998)
Sling Blade
Some Like It Hot
Sophie’s Choice
Stand by Me
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Wars
Stargate
Starman
Steel Magnolias
Stir Crazy
Stir of Echoes
Stop Making Sense
Stranger Than Fiction
Sybil
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Big Chill
The Blues Brothers
The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Breakfast Club
The Butterfly Effect
The Color Purple
The Crying Game
The Doors
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Exorcist III
The Gate
The Goonies
The Green Mile
The Grifters
The Jacket
The Jerk
The Karate Kid (1984)
The Last Starfighter
The Last Unicorn
The Lawnmower Man
The Lion King
The Little Prince (1974)
The Little Princess (1939)
The Lost Boys
The Man Who Would Be King
The Man with Two Brains
The Mummy
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Ninth Gate
The Number 23
The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
The Pink Panther (1964)
The Princess Bride
The Professionals (Leon)
The Prophecy
The Purple Rose of Cairo
The Shawshank Redemption
The Silence of the Lambs
The Terminator
The Thing (1982)
The Three Amigos
The Truman Show
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Thelma and Louise
Time After Time
Tootsie
Trainspotting
Twelve Monkeys
Wargames
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
When Harry Met Sally
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Witches of Eastwick
You, Me, and Everyone We Know
Young Frankenstein

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My Top 12 Films

Here is an IMDb link to a list of My Top 12 Films

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