Okay, I could not make a list of the 100 BEST movies because I know movies are considered great for reasons other than a happy ending or suprising twists and turns. "Critical acclaim" seems almost synonomous with "really depressing". Finally, in some movies (Gone With the Wind for instance) the racism or sexism is just too distracting for me to include it as a favorite.
So here it is, in no particular order. Someday, I'll make a list of all the movies I recommend, but after much hard work and agonizing (really just an hour and a half of loafing around) here is the list of "My 100 Favorite Movies".
1. Casablanca
2. The Godfather/Godfather II
3. The Departed
4. Michael Clayton
5. Blood Diamond
6. Inception
7. It’s a Wonderful Life
8. Kate and Leopold
9. The Sting
10. Avatar
11. The Wizard of Oz
12. The Shawshank Redemption
13. The African Queen
14. North By Northwest
15. Say Anything
16. The Maltese Falcon
17. Some Like It Hot
18. The Philadelphia Story
19. It’s Complicated
20. Shrek
21. An Ideal Husband
22. A Streetcar Named Desire
23. Rear Window
24. Jaws
25. The Silence of the Lambs
26. Tootsie
27. Ben-Hur
28. Fargo
29. A Night at the Opera
30. Pride and Prejudice (All four versions including Bride and Prejudice)
31. The Usual Suspects
32. The Sixth Sense
33. All the President’s Men
34. Swing Time
35. Singin’ In the Rain
36. The Sound of Music
37. Meet Me In St. Louis
38. Enchanted
39. Monster-In-Law
40. The Notebook
41. Overboard
42. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
43. The Big Sleep
44. Witness
45. National Velvet
46. The Lion In Winter
47. Mulan
48. Aladdin
49. Sense and Sensibility
50. Groundhog Day
51. To Have and Have Not
52. Notorious
53. To Catch a Thief
54. Roxanne
55. Spy Game
56. Holiday
57. Heaven Can Wait
58. You Can’t Take It With You
59. The Pride of the Yankees
60. The Adventures of Robin Hood
61. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
62. Hotel Rwanda
63. The Talented Mr. Ripley
64. Jane Austen Book Club
65. The Hunt for Red October
66. When We Were Kings
67. The Young Lions
68. A Christmas Story
69. Clueless
70. The Right Stuff
71. Atlantic City
72. When Harry Met Sally
73. Moonstruck
74. The Verdict
75. Halloween
76. Grease
77. Fiddler On the Roof
78. Mary Poppins
79. The Bridge on the River Kwai
80. Rebecca
81. Miracle on 34th Street
82. The Parent Trap (both versions)
83. Gaslight
84. Anastasia
85. Sunset Boulevard
86. Top Hat
87. Ray
88. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
89. The Thin Man (whole series)
90. Ball of Fire
91. A Christmas In Connecticut
92. Boys Town
93. Meet the Parents
94. Remember the Titians
95. Hairspray (the musical)
96. One True Thing
97. Fresh
98. Suspicion
99. Regarding Henry
100. ?????????
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