Boxoffice.com's Top 100 Films -- 2013 THREAD TO START SOON! POSSIBLE RULE CHANGES ON PG. 50

[Sims]

Here we go! 34 lists sent in and over 900 movies received votes, but these are the final 100! I'll try to keep this as quick as possible. I may have to take a break at some point though (dinner, other pesky life necessities).#100-98 coming up in a minute or two.FINAL LIST (don't look if you want the countdown experience):

1. Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994)2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Jackson, 2001)3. The Empire Strikes Back (Kershner, 1980)4. The Godfather (Coppola, 1972)5. Titanic (Cameron, 1997)6. Star Wars (Lucas, 1977)7. The Dark Knight (Nolan, 2008)8. The Godfather: Part II (Coppola, 1974)9. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003)10. The Matrix (Wachowski & Wachowski, 1999)11. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Jackson, 2002)12. The Lion King (Allers & Minkoff, 1994)13. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Spielberg, 1981)14. Inception (Nolan, 2010)15. Forrest Gump (Zemeckis, 1994)16. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Cameron, 1991)17. The Social Network (Fincher, 2010)18. Fight Club (Fincher, 1999)19. Back to the Future (Zemeckis, 1985)20. Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990)21. Schindler’s List (Spielberg, 1993)22. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968)23. The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012)24. The Shawshank Redemption (Darabont, 1994)25. Memento (Nolan, 2000)26. Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976)27. There Will Be Blood (Anderson, 2007)28. The Terminator (Cameron, 1984)29. Saving Private Ryan (Spielberg, 1998)30. Apocalypse Now (Coppola, 1979)31. The Avengers (Whedon, 2012)32. Return of the Jedi (Marquand, 1983)33. Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942)34. Toy Story (Lasseter, 1995)35. 12 Angry Men (Lumet, 1957)36. Jaws (Spielberg, 1975)37. Se7en (Fincher, 1995)38. Jurassic Park (Spielberg, 1993)39. The Wizard of Oz (Fleming, 1939)40. American Beauty (Mendes, 1999)41. The Big Lebowski (Coen & Coen, 1998)42. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (Spielberg, 1982)43. Avatar (Cameron, 2009)44. Batman Begins (Nolan, 2005)45. A Clockwork Orange (Kubrick, 1971)46. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Gondry, 2004)47. WALL-E (Stanton, 2008)48. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Forman, 1975)49. The Truman Show (Weir, 1999)50. Alien (Scott, 1979)51. Ratatouille (Bird, 2007)52. Psycho (Hitchcock, 1960)53. Citizen Kane (Welles, 1940)54. Aliens (Cameron, 1986)55. Fargo (Coen & Coen, 1996)56. Aladdin (Clements & Musker, 1992)57. Finding Nemo (Stanton & Unkrich, 2003)58. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino, 2009)59. Gladiator (Scott, 2000)60. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Tarantino, 2003)61. Die Hard (McTiernan, 1988)62. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Lucas, 2005)63. Pan’s Labyrinth [El laberinto del fauno] (del Toro, 2006)64. Spirited Away [sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi] (Miyazaki, 2003)65. Iron Man (Favreau, 2008)66. Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962)67. Toy Story 3 (Unkrich, 2010)68. Star Trek (Abrams, 2009)69. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly [il buono, il brutto, il cattivo] (Leone, 1966)70. The Shining (Kubrick, 1980)71. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam & Jones, 1975)72. Rear Window (Hitchcock, 1954)73. Toy Story 2 (Lasseter, Brannon & Unkrich, 1999)74. Batman (Burton, 1989)75. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Kubrick, 1964)76. How to Train Your Dragon (DeBlois & Sanders, 2010)77. Beauty and the Beast (Trousdale & Wise, 1991)78. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Spielberg, 1989)79. Vertigo (Hitchcock, 1958)80. The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991)81. City of God [Cidade de Deus] (Meirelles, 2002)82. It’s A Wonderful Life (Capra, 1946)83. Unforgiven (Eastwood, 1992)84. My Neighbor Totoro [Tonari no Totoro] (Miyazaki, 1988)85. L.A. Confidential (Hanson, 1997)86. Network (Lumet, 1976)87. Ghostbusters (Reitman, 1984)88. Rocky (Avildsen, 1976)89. The Incredibles (Bird, 2004)90. Full Metal Jacket (Kubrick, 1987)91. The Usual Suspects (Singer, 1995)92. The Hunger Games (Ross, 2012)93. Black Swan (Aronofsky, 2010)94. Slumdog Millionaire (Boyle, 2008)95. Halloween (Carpenter, 1978)96. Requiem for a Dream (Aronofsky, 2000)97. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (Verbinski, 2003)98. 8 ½ (Fellini, 1963)99. The Bourne Ultimatum (Greengrass, 2008)100. Trainspotting (Boyle, 1996)

EDIT: If you're looking for the list of films that just missed the cut, it's on page 37.

Edited June 30, 2013 by Sims

[baumer]

Nice. No need to pin this right now as I think there will be a lot of activity in here....but I'll pin it anyway.

[Sims]

#100

100. Trainspotting

Danny Boyle, 1996

"Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suit on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourselves."

Nominated for 1 Oscar, won 0

267 points

IMDB Synopsis: Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.

Trivia: For its American release, the first 20 minutes had to be re-dubbed to make the Scottish accents more intelligible.

#99

99. The Bourne Ultimatum

Paul Greengrass, 2007

"Now I want everyone to sit down, strap in, and turn on all you've got. That would mean now. "

Nominated for and won 3 Oscars

271 points

IMDB synopsis: Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless CIA official and his agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer.

Trivia: Jason Bourne never smiles in the movie

#98

98. 8 1/2

Federico Fellini, 1963

"When did I go wrong? I really have nothing to say, but I want to say it all the same."

Nominated for 5 Oscars, won 2

272 points

IMDB synopsis: A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies

Trivia: Was the basis for the Broadway Musical "Nine", which they turned into a terrible movie.

[baumer]

I don't think you need to put spoilers around them. We're all here to see the list.

[baumer]

Wow! I'm thrilled that Ultimatum made the list (same with 8 1/2). BU is perhaps the greatest action film of all time. To me not quite, as that would be Raiders, but it is so fucking good. Good job BOC!!

[rockNrollaDIM]

Nice Trainspotting and TBU! Now if only I had taken the time to rank my list, those could be higher up.That quote from Trainspotting is legendary. I had it on a poster at college.

[Sims]

#97

97. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

Gore Verbinski, 2003

"You best start believing in ghost stories Miss Turner. You're in one. "

Nominated for 5 Oscars, won 0

275 points

IMDB Synopsis: Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.

Trivia: The title was originally just "Pirates of the Caribbean" but the name was changed in the hope that it would do well at the box office and a sequel could be made.

#96

96. Requiem for a Dream

Darren Aronofsky, 2000

"In the end it's all nice."

Nominated for 1 Oscar

280 points

Synopsis: The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island individuals are shattered when their addictions become stronger.

Trivia: In an interview with Charlie Rose, Ellen Burstyn stated that in her opinion playing Sara Goldfarb was her best acting achievement.

#95

95.Halloween

John Carpenter, 1978

"Death has come to your little town, sheriff. "

No Oscar nominations

286 points

Synopsis: A psychotic murderer institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets.

Trivia: Halloween was shot in 21 days in April of 1978. Made on a budget of $320,000, it became the highest-grossing independent movie ever made at that time.

[CoolioD1]

I'm pretty sure I forgot BU on my list. Poo. Ah well, at least it made it anyway.

[JarJarBinks]

Glad to see 8 1/2 and Requiem for a Dream (which is just outside of my top 100) both make it.

[baumer]

Sims, those aren't spoilers. We all want to know what the list is.

[baumer]

Very happy to see Halloween make it as well. I wish it would have been higher as it is in my top 5.

[CoolioD1]

Sims, those aren't spoilers. We all want to know what the list is.

It's for dramatic effect!

[baumer]

It's for dramatic effect!

Ok.

[Sims]

#94

94. Slumdog Millionaire

Danny Boyle, 2008

" I thought we'd be together only in death. "

Nominated for 10 Oscars, won 8

288 points

Synopsis: A Mumbai teen who grew up in the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" He is arrested under suspicion of cheating, and while being interrogated, events from his life history are shown which explain why he knows the answers.

Trivia: One of two Best Picture Oscar winners to show a child jumping into the waste pool under a toilet. The other is Schindler's List.

#93

93. Black Swan

Darren Aronofsky, 2010

"I felt it. Perfect. I was perfect. "

5 Oscar noms, 1 win

295 points

Synopsis: A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.

Trivia: The script took around ten years to make it to the screen.

#92 (LOL)

92. The Hunger Games

Gary Ross, 2012

"Let the games begin!"

297 points

Synopsis: Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister's place for the latest match.

Trivia: Elizabeth Banks spent 45 minutes every day having manicures done on her fingers.

#91

91. The Usual Suspects

Bryan Singer, 1995

"Who is Keyser Soze?"

Nominated for 2 Oscars

301 points

Synopsis: A boat has been destroyed, criminals are dead, and the key to this mystery lies with the only survivor and his twisted, convoluted story beginning with five career crooks in a seemingly random police lineup.

Trivia: The idea for this movie started only with the concept of a movie poster of five of guys in a lineup.

[4815162342]

Spoiler tags make it more exciting (aka, what Coolio just said)

[4815162342]

EPIC LOL at #92What the fuck happened there

[CoolioD1]

Lmao, Hunger Games fanboys...Also Slumdog Millionaire over Danny Boyle's masterpiece, Trainspotting, isn't good.

Edited August 28, 2012 by CoolioD1

[The Futurist]

Snobs.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

92 the biggest Surprise yet.

[4815162342]

Snobs.

The barrage of Jennifer Lawrence gifs in the THG box office thread must have brainwashed you