11.13.2009

100 Greatest Movies All-Time Pt. 2: 75 - 50


Hey all, so I'm back with part 2 of my choices for the 100 greatest movies all-time. Basically, I'm going to be counting them down 25 at a time until the top 25 which will get posted 5 at a time with full descriptions for why they are ranked there. Again, I'm picking these movies based on the rationale of that there are good, quality-made films and there are really entertaining, or awesome, films. In my list, both kinds of movies are given equal weight. Let's get to the list shall we? Hit the jump.

Honorable Mentions: Up, No Country for Old Men, Pan's Labyrinth, Shaun of the Dead, Inside Man, Spider-man.

75.) Road to Perdition
 -"In our life there is only one guarantee. That none of us will ever see Heaven."
  "Michael could."

74.) 12 Monkeys



73.) Kill Bill (1 & 2)
 -I admit it, I'm cheating here. But only because I could not pick between the two films, and if you look at they really are meant to be the same movie, so I'm including it as one movie.

72.) V for Vendetta


71.) Beauty and the Beast
 - This was originally going to be the Lion King, but I had to make the choice and I think that this is the better movie, despite the fact that Lion King is Hamlet. With lions.

70.) The Shining
 -Have to give horror movies their due, plus I'm a sucker for Kubrick movies.

69.) Casablanca
 - I know, everybody else puts this way higher. But while I think it is a good movie, I do not personally like it more than any of the movies higher than it. Not a good excuse, but it is the truth.

68.) The Maltese Falcon


67.) Lawrence of Arabia




66.) District 9
 - I'm going to defend this with this: Do you remember the last time that you went in and saw a movie and was deeply affected personally where you couldn't get the movie out of your head? That was District 9 for me.

65.) Some Like it Hot


64.) Casino Royale
 -I think that Daniel Craig is a great Bond, but more than that I think that this take on Bond is probably the best, most accurate version of all time.

63.) Scarface
 -"In America first you get the money, then you get the power, THEN you get the women."


62.) Harvey


61.) The French Connection


60.) Sin City


59.) Finding Nemo


58.) Any Given Sunday

 -  ''You find out life's this game of inches...so is football. Because in either game — life or football — the margin for error is so small... On this team we tear ourselves and everyone else around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch. Because we know when add up all those inches, that's gonna make the fucking difference between winning and losing! Between living and dying! I'll tell you this, in any fight it's the guy whose willing to die whose gonna win that inch. And I know, if I'm gonna have any life anymore it's because I'm still willing to fight and die for that inch, because that's what living is, the six inches in front of your face."

57.) Terminator 2: Judgement Day


56.) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid


55.) Spider-man 2
 -The train fight against Doc Ock. 'Nuff Said.

54.) The Big Lebowski
 -"Jackie Treehorn treats objects like women man."

53.) Se7en
 -Reason?  The box and what is inside of it. One of the best endings to a thriller in history.

52.) On the Waterfront
 -"I could have been somebody! I could have been a contender! Instead of just a bum!"

51.) Back to the Future
 -"Who's President in 1985?"
  "Ronald Reagan"
  "Ronald Reagan?! The actor? And who's Vice President, Jerry Lewis?"

Back tomorrow with 50 through 26.

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