The Panda

Also, before I go to bed, here are some other misses in the Top 250 215. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest 216. (500) Days of Summer 217. Tremors 218. Big Fish 219. Jurassic World 220. Ocean’s Eleven 221. Office Space 222. Duck Soup 223. Slumdog Millionare 224. Raising Arizona

Number 91 Good Will Hunting (1997) Miramax, Directed by Gus van Sant (47 Points, 13 Votes) "I have to go see about a girl." Top 10 Placements: 1 Top 25 Placements: 4 Previous Rankings: 2016 (Not Ranked), 2014 (96, +5), 2013 (Not Ranked), 2012 (Not Ranked) Awards Count: Won 2 Oscars during the year Titanic sweeped Tomatometer: 97% (8.1 Avg) Box Office: 138.4m (270.4m Adjusted) Synopsis: Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life. Critic Opinion: "The best thing about Good Will Hunting is not in its well-crafted, psychological symmetries but in the just-plain messiness of its humanity. It's rowdy, it's funny, it's heartbreaking — it rings of life. Director Van Sant (To Die For, My Own Private Idaho) has distilled the personal stories to breath-gasping dimension and he has layered in the philosophical themes in correct perspective — as subsets to the human stories." - Duane Byrge User Opinion: "AMAZING script and great performances from everyone. Good Will Hunting made me cry my ass off, and I consider it a masterpiece." - @Jack Nevada "Very good movie. Brilliant script and performances from every single actor involved. Wish Damon and Affleck would write a script together again." - @ChD Commentary: Good Will Hunting is our first straight, contemporary and conventional drama to make it onto the list but don't let that sound like it's a knock on the film. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck crafted a script that has really cemented itself into pop culture, back in a time when films could be box office hits without including a ten minute action sequence, men in spandex or CGI spaceships. The film is an authentic look at learning to move past grief and pain, and it does so in a way that manages to avoid the line of ever being to sentimental or cheese laden. On average, this film received a ranking score of 3.6 from members who voted for it, while it was included on around 20% of the lists submitted. Decade Count: 10s (4), '00s (2), 90s (1), 80s (1), 70s (1), 50s (1) Director Count: Paul Thomas Anderson (1), Alfonso Cuaron (1), Stanley Donen (1) Terry Gillam (1), Rian Johnson (1), Terry Jones (1), Gene Kelly (1), Ang Lee (1), Richard Linklater (1), Katia Lund (1), Fernando Meirelles (1), Gus van Sant (1), Isao Takahata (1) Franchise Count: Monty Python (1), Star Wars (1), Studio Ghibli (1) Genre Count: Drama (4), Epic (2), Sci-Fi (2), Fantasy (2), Action (2), Adventure (1). Animation (1), Comedy (1), Crime/Noir (1), Period Piece (1), Musical (1), Thriller (1), Tragedy (1), War (1), Western (1)

Number 92 Gravity (2013) Warner Brothers, Directed by Alfonso Cuaron (46 Points, 13 Votes) "You've got to learn to let go." Top 5 Placements: 1 Top 10 Placements: 2 Top 25 Placements: 4 Previous Rankings: 2016 (53, -39), 2014 (42, -50) Awards Count: Won 7 Oscars, including Best Director Tomatometer: 96% (9 Avg Rating) Box Office: 274.1m (301.7m Adjusted) Synopsis: Two astronauts work together to survive after an accident which leaves them stranded in space. Critic Opinion: "“Gravity” does everything right in ways that are both big and small. It’s beautiful and horrifying, detailed yet enormous, specific yet universally relatable. Yes, it’s about how space can be a wondrous and unforgiving place but it’s also about earthly human truths: love and loss, perseverance and redemption. You’re sure to find yourself reacting viscerally in some way, perhaps in many ways. I was surprised to find myself on the verge on tears nearly the whole time, so moved was I by the awesomeness of the images, then by the intimate, dreamlike way in which these two characters reveal themselves to each other, and ultimately by the sheer force of will in the face of impossible peril. But “Gravity” is primarily an incredibly intense experience: 90 minutes of tight jaw, crossed legs and clenched fists. The story itself, which director Cuaron wrote with his son, Jonas, may strike you as formulaic at first, but it will startle you again and again." - Christy Lemire User Opinion: "In an age when so many films, both big- and small-budgeted, suffer from bloatedness and their creators' inability to say "enough" before it's too late, Gravity is truly a breath of fresh air, a film that works as well as it does precisely because Cuaron never stretches out any moment for more than is needed. He takes the few essential elements of his premise - three astronauts, a shuttle, some debris, the ISS, the Chinese station - and gradually gets rid of each one, until all that's left is Bullock on a beach, slowly rising and walking as if taking her first ever steps. Indeed, considering what she's just gone through, you might as well say she is reborn. Cuaron doesn't linger for too long on her triumph, either - allowing the audience to experience and share just enough of it, he cuts to black at the earliest affordable opportunity. Doing that, he cements his own triumph." - @Jake Gittes "This movie!Holy shit!!Cuarón, you magnificent bastard!!" - @Deep Wang Commentary: Gravity is a science fiction spectacle that manages to cut down to a simple human perseverance vs. nature story, yet tell it in such a real and authentic way that it's able to transform the plot cliches into a memorable cinematic experience. It's one of the few visual effects driven movies that moved me beyond from going "Wow, that's pretty" and instead left me in awe at the entire thing. Between this and Children of Men, Alfonso Cuaron continually proves himself as a true auteur in the sci-fi genre. As with Singin' in the Rain, the average score this movie received from lists submitted was a 3.5, indicating the users tended to place it well in their upper half. Decade Count: 10s (4), '00s (2), 80s (1), 70s (1), 50s (1) Director Count: Paul Thomas Anderson (1), Alfonso Cuaron (1), Stanley Donen (1) Terry Gillam (1), Rian Johnson (1), Terry Jones (1), Gene Kelly (1), Ang Lee (1), Richard Linklater (1), Katia Lund (1), Fernando Meirelles (1), Isao Takahata (1) Franchise Count: Monty Python (1), Star Wars (1), Studio Ghibli (1) Genre Count: Sci-Fi (2), Fantasy (2), Animation (1), Comedy (1), Crime (1), Period Drama (1), Musical (1)

Number 93 Singin' in the Rain (1952) MGM, Directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly (46 Points, 13 Votes) "Lina. She can't act, she can't sing, she can't dance. A triple threat." Top 10 Placements: 2 Top 25 Placements: 5 Previous Rankings: 2016 (64, -29), 2014 (Unranked), 2013 (Unranked), 2012 (Unranked) Awards Count: Nominated for 2 Oscars Tomatometer: 100% (9.2 Avg Rating) Box Office: 1.8m Synopsis: A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound. Critic Opinion: "Here’s the power of Singin’ in the Rain: I’ve been told of fourth-grade boys, after seeing clips from the film in class, spending their recess trying to replicate some of the dance steps. Any movie that can conquer the sort of male mockery that sets in at that age is wielding a powerful form of magic. I have to think it’s the sheer exuberance of the picture – and star, choreographer and co-director Gene Kelly in particular – to which they’re responding. The title number, in which Kelly strolls among raindrops, should by all accounts be an exercise in cheery cheese, but darn if it doesn’t make you feel like tossing a spin into your next step. Kelly’s delight – not in his own movements, but in the sheer joy of being able to move – is that contagious." - Josh Larsen User Opinion: "The movie is pure joy. One of my all time favorites." - @TalismanRing "this was wayy too fun, the most famous musical number is just phenomenal, like seriously amazing." - @Goffe Commentary: Any musical that can get a forum filled with male comic book geeks to faun over it is definitely a musical to watch out for. Singin' in the Rain is a Gene Kelly classic that manages to bolster some of the most iconic golden age Hollywood tunes of all times. Beyond the joy of watching the movie, the film is also acclaimed for its look at an industry in transition, and how the transition from silent to sound could mirror many other changes in the industry. This film scored an average of 3.5 points from each list it was on, and it was placed on 21% of the lists submitted for contention. Decade Count: 10s (3), '00s (2), 80s (1), 70s (1), 50s (1) Director Count: Paul Thomas Anderson (1), Stanley Donen (1) Terry Gillam (1), Rian Johnson (1), Terry Jones (1), Gene Kelly (1), Ang Lee (1), Richard Linklater (1), Katia Lund (1), Fernando Meirelles (1), Isao Takahata (1) Franchise Count: Monty Python (1), Star Wars (1), Studio Ghibli (1)

Number 94 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) Python Pictures, Directed by Terry Gillam and Terry Jones (46 Points, 12 Votes) "It's just a flesh wound!" Top 5 Placements: 1 Top 10 Placements: 2 Top 25 Placements: 4 Previous Rankings: 2016 (-30, 64), 2014 (-19, 75), 2013 (-35, 59), 2012 (-24, 71) Awards Count: Ranked #104 on IMDb's Top 250 Tomatometer: 97% (8.5 Avg Rating) Box Office: N/A Synopsis: King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles. Critic Opinion: "Of course, the Python brand of humor is something of an acquired taste, and is not for everyone. I have known people who can sit through the "Dead Parrot Sketch" episode of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" and not once crack a smile. The first time I saw The Holy Grail, I was convulsed with laughter for practically the entire running length. Now, six or seven viewings later, I still smile and chuckle. Regardless of where an individual's comedy zone lies, it's impossible to deny the intelligence of the script, and the movie's willingness to take chances and be different. Those qualities alone should be enough for even a humor-impaired viewer to find something to like about Monty Python and the Holy Grail. And, for those who "get" the jokes, this motion picture represents one of the best and brightest comedies ever to shine from the silver screen." - James Beradanelli User Opinion: "My favorite movie. It's absolutely riotous every time." - @Hunt for the Wilderpasta "I saw this in a theater either last year or the year before and the whole crowd loved it. I completely forgot about one scene because it was so long since I have seen it and I was almost literally on the floor laughing. I couldn't breathe. Just a great comedy film" - @75Live Commentary: I'll admit, I was definitely disappointed when I ended up seeing how low this film placed compared to previous years, as it's my favorite comedy of all-time (right next to Life of Brian). Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a silly adventure, but one of the most renowned films about the King Arthur legend that manages to be fairly sophisticated and full of wit under its dry, ridiculous cover. Users who voted for this film on average placed it on the top half of their lists, with an average score of 3.8, the film also appeared on nearly 20% of the lists that were submitted. Monty Python is partially an acquired taste, but once you get on board you'll not only watch the troupes films, but their show, broadway play and oratorio as well. Decade Count: 10s (3), '00s (2), 80s (1), 70s (1) Director Count: Paul Thomas Anderson (1), Terry Gillam (1), Rian Johnson (1), Terry Jones (1), Ang Lee (1), Richard Linklater (1), Katia Lund (1), Fernando Meirelles (1), Isao Takahata (1) Franchise Count: Monty Python (1), Star Wars (1), Studio Ghibli (1)

There’s plenty of more misery porn to come! I should be able to get in a few more when I get back home before the night is over

More to come at some point later tonight!

Number 95 There Will Be Blood (2007) Paramount, Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (46 Points, 12 votes) "Did you think your song and dance and your superstition would help you, Eli? I am the Third Revelation! I am who the Lord has chosen!" Top 10 Placements: 2 Top 25 Placements: 4 Previous Rankings: 2016 (66, -39), 2014 (99, +3), 2013 (34, -51), 2012 (27, -58) Awards Count: Won 2 Oscars, nominated for Best Picture Tomatometer: 91% (8.4 Avg Rating) Box Office: 40.2m (51.3m Adjusted) Synopsis: A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business. Critic Opinion: "With his fifth film, There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage), Paul Thomas Anderson goes from the brainy poet of new American cinema to its deranged visionary. Even those of us who've always admired Anderson's work (for me, Boogie Nights was one of the best films of the '90s) never suspected he had anything like this in him. This two-and-a-half-hour saga of frontier capitalism resembles the parched Western landscape in which it takes place: a vast, craggy, forbidding expanse, rife with potential danger. It was shot in Marfa, Texas, the location of George Stevens' 1956 oil epic Giant. Elsewhere, Anderson has cited The Treasure of the Sierra Madre as his favorite film, and no portrait of an isolated, half-mad American tycoon can escape the shadow of Citizen Kane. But influences be damned: There Will Be Blood looks and, especially, sounds like no movie you've seen before." - Dana Stevens User Opinions: "Seriously, is there a way I can frame like every shot and put them on my wall?" - @acsc1312 "this is what movies are all about. It might be the prettiest movie I've ever seen. just perfection. 100/100" - @Goffe Commentary: Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day Lewis are always a powerhouse when they work together, but this film is often seen by many as the highlight of both the director's and the actor's careers. There Will Be Blood is a sweeping epic about the Capitalism, the West and American Idealism. The film is maddening and unlike any other film that came before it. Users who placed this film on their list on average gave this film 3.8 points, so just outside of their top 35 films of all time, and it was on 19.8% of the lists that were submitted. Decade Count: 10s (3), '00s (2), 80s (1) Director Count: Paul Thomas Anderson (1), Rian Johnson (1), Ang Lee (1), Richard Linklater (1), Katia Lund (1), Fernando Meirelles (1), Isao Takahata (1) Franchise Count: Star Wars (1), Studio Ghibli (1)

Number 96 Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Lucasfilm, Directed by Rian Johnson (46 Points, 11 Votes) "Amazing. Every word of what you just said was wrong." Top 5 Placements: 1 Top 10 Placements: 3 Top 25 Placements: 6 Previous Rankings: N/A Awards Count: Nominated for 4 Oscars Tomatometer: 91% (8.1 Avg Rating) Box Office: 620.2m Synopsis: Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares for battle with the First Order. Critic Opinion: "It’s such undercurrents that anchor “The Last Jedi” to today and, if you’re of a mind, can even prompt gratitude for a pop entertainment aware of how fragile simple decency can be. The film may seem especially resonant to younger audiences who feel the world currently coming down around their ears like a destroyed planet. I have this on good authority: That 6-year-old daughter, now in her early 20s, who sat beside me in the screening and, to no one’s greater shock than her own, found herself in tears. “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” is a thrill ride and a great good time, but it’s also about finding inspiration among the embattled and the principled, no matter how outnumbered they or we may feel. In short, it feels like a new hope." - Ty Burr User Opinion: "Yeah. I pretty much loved that. There was a part in the middle where it got really emotionally complex for me, because it looked like it was about to go down a road I would have absolutely hated, but then it switched it up on me. There were multiple moments where I was drawn in to the point of getting a nice emotional punch. Rollicking ride." - @A Roc in Time "Uuuuuuugh, man this movie was SO GOOD. I could literally rant so much more about it but I doubt anyone will read all this shit lmao. I'm just so happy they did such an amazing job. I'll be seeing it like......legit 9 more times......I'm not going to rank this exactly now till I see it at least one more time, but I do know it's in my top 3 SW films." - @K1stpierre Commentary: Star Wars: The Last Jedi is the 9th entry into the Star Wars franchise, and the 8th episode movie of the saga. Every franchise that runs for as long as Star Wars does at some point needs a little shake up, and The Last Jedi was the movie to do that for Star Wars. It's either been loved to death or cursed to no end by fans, but few would likely say this film isn't bold and original the direction it does dare to take. Like City of God, Star Wars: The Last Jedi averaged 4.2 points from each member that voted for it, meaning despite how new it was, members who loved this film already had it among their all-time favorites, and it was on the lists of 18% of the members who sent in a list. Decade Count: 10s (3), '00s (1), 80s (1) Director Count: Rian Johnson (1), Ang Lee (1), Richard Linklater (1), Katia Lund (1), Fernando Meirelles (1), Isao Takahata (1) Franchise Count: Star Wars (1), Studio Ghibli (1)

First real franchise movie is incoming ... what could it be?

Oops, sorry I forgot to do the commentary for Boyhood, I'll go and edit that in (as well as edit in award counts for the other three movies) Number 97 Cidade de Deus (2002) 02 Films, Directed by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund (46 points, 11 votes) "Why return to the City of God, where God forgets about you?" Top 10 Placements: 2 Top 25 Placements: 6 Previous Rankings: 2016 (New), 2014 (New), 2013 (-40, 58), 2012 (-17, 81) Awards Notices: Nominated for 4 Oscars, including Best Director Tomatometer: 91% (8.2 Avg Rating) Box Office: 7.6m (11.4m) Synopsis: Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer. Critic Opinion: "At its heart, City of God is a gangster film, and a great one: epic in scope, powerful in conception, brilliant in execution. That it is set against a backdrop of Third World poverty and privation is almost secondary; details aside, the film could as easily have been a story about La Cosa Nostra or the Russian mob. Directed by Fernando Meirelles from a book by real-life City of God escapee Paulo Lins, the movie spans three generations of hoodlums--if "generations" is the proper term for boys separated by only a few years, few of whom make it out of their teens alive. The film is narrated by Rocket, a would-be photographer and bystander in the gang wars, but its main character is the Li'l Ze, a psychotic thug who aspires to be the boss of City of God. When we first meet Li'l Ze (then going by the name Li'l Dice) he is a boy with baby fat and dead eyes tagging along on heists with his older brother and two partners in crime, a juvenile gang who call themselves the Tender Trio. The first sign that he is destined for bigger things comes after a brothel robbery gone awry, when he laughingly executes the building's occupants for the sheer joy of it. As a consequence of the crime, the Tender Trio splits up, its members flying toward their individual fates. Flash forward a few years, and the next generation of hoods has come into its own: Li'l Ze--who has lost the baby fat but not the blood lust--his friend Benny, and assorted rivals and hangers-on. The rest of the film follows a series of challenges to Li'l Ze's rule, including a costly war with straight-arrow-turned-gang-boss Knockout Ned and the eventual rise of a still-younger, still-more-desensitized generation of lethal children." - Christopher Orr User Opinion: "I remember when I first saw this I was simply blown away. Taking us into the crime world of Rio De Janeiro it belongs up there with the great crime films, like the Godfather, Goodfellas, Mean Streets, etc. It's an epic film that spins three decades. It's got great performances from mostly non actors. It's brutal and violent and very harrowing. And the ending of this movie is scarier than anything I've seen in a horror movie. If you haven't seen it please do." - @DAR "We just watched this in my film class today; such a treat! I knew City of God was on a lot of Top Movies lists from the last decade, but finally I can see why. Everything about the film--the cinematography, the music, the acting, the violence--felt authentic and real, which I suppose adds to the "horror" of it." - @Andy Stitzer Commentary: City of God takes a Scorsese like approach to crime and gangster while blending it with a documentary feeling narrative that enwraps you into the world of Latin American slums, and the experience of growing up in a violent, third world poverty environment. City of God is the second foreign language film to make the list, and it isn't the last one. The voters for this one, similar to the last three movies, voted this movie highly on their lists as it averaged 4.2 points from each member who voted for it and 18% of users who submitted a list included this movie on their own list. Decade Count: 10s (2), '00s (1), 80s (1) Director Count: Ang Lee (1), Richard Linklater (1), Katia Lund (1), Fernando Meirelles (1), Isao Takahata (1) Franchise Count: Studio Ghibli (1)

Number 98 Boyhood (2014) IFC Productions, Directed by Richard Linklater (46 Points, 10 votes) "I just thought there would be more." Number 1 Placements: 1 Top 5 Placements: 2 Top 25 Placements: 5 Previous Rankings: 2016 (-25, 73), 2014 (N/A), 2013 (N/A), 2012 (N/A) Awards Count: Won 1 Oscar, nominated for 6 including Best Picture Tomatometer: 97% (9.1 avg rating) Box Office: 25.3m (28.7m Adjusted) Synopsis: The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college. Critic Opinion: "Richard Linklater's Boyhood, both a fictional drama about growing up and a wonder-rousing cinema experiment, deserves all the accolades it has been receiving since its appearances at the Sundance and Berlin film festivals earlier this year. Presented in 143 scenes shot in 39 days over a dozen years with the same cast, the film explores that permeable border between drama and documentary in a way that evokes recognition, melancholy and joy, while sticking to the mundane experiences of one boy's life. The subject of Boyhood is played by Texas actor Ellar Coltrane, and we see him travel from the age of six to 18, from a cherubic child, to a pudgy, uncertain adolescent, to a bony, deep-voiced man. His head and body pop and lengthen over the years along with the length and complexity of his sentences. It's like a time-lapse photo of an expanding consciousness." - Liam Lace User Opinion: "More generally, there were moments during the first hour of Boyhood when I became concerned. This wasn't the peerless masterpiece I had been reading about. In fact it was often messy and clumsy, with scenes that felt awkward and unnecessary. However, looking back on the film several hours later, those clumsy and awkward moments feel every bit as pivotal as anything else. Boyhood is a celebration of life, of each moment lived, of the clumsy and awkward as well as the profound and beautiful. Life is a miracle, all of it, and this miracle of a film exists to remind us of that indisputable, higher truth." - @yads "The film doesn't have any grand statements to say on childhood or becoming a man or whatever, but it kinda shows what makes Linklater one of my favourites right now. the way he can make me uber invested in the little moments." - @CoolioD1 Commentary: Boyhood is another epic to make our list, only it's an epic of a more personal and intimate nature, as it's Linklater's look at watching a boy grow up. What makes Boyhood so special is the fact that it was shot over 13 years by Linklater with the same actors, and so the film feels not only authentic but it manages to truly capture each year in the moment that it's in. This film managed to average 4.6 points from each member who voted for it, and it landed on 16.4% of the lists that were submitted. Decade Count: '10s (2), 80s (1) Director Count: Ang Lee (1), Richard Linklater (1), Isao Takahata (1) Franchise Count: Studio Ghibli (1)

Also, while I’m just sitting here on my phone, there’s a movie that just barely missed the list that shocked me. It’s very popular on these forums and in the past has finished fairly close to 1st (much closer to 1st than 100) Just want to plant that seed

Going to watch a graduation so more will come in a few hours!

Number 99 Hotaru No Haka or Grave of the Fireflies (1988) Studio Ghibli, Directed by Isao Takahata (46 points, 10 votes) "September 21, 1945... that was the night I died." Top 5 Placements: 2 Top 10 Placements: 3 Top 25 Placements: 4 Previous Rankings: 2016 (N/A), 2014 (N/A), 2013 (N/A), 2012 (N/A) Awards Count: Rated #57 on IMDb Top 250 Tomatometer: 97% (9.1 Avg) Box Office: N/A Synopsis: A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II. Critic Opinion: "“Grave of the Fireflies” (1988) is an animated film telling the story of two children from the port city of Kobe, made homeless by the bombs. Seita is a young teenager, and his sister Setsuko is about 5. Their father is serving in the Japanese navy, and their mother is a bomb victim; Seita kneels beside her body, covered with burns, in an emergency hospital. Their home, neighbors, schools are all gone. For a time an aunt takes them in, but she’s cruel about the need to feed them, and eventually Seita finds a hillside cave where they can live. He does what he can to find food, and to answer Setsuko’s questions about their parents. The first shot of the film shows Seita dead in a subway station, and so we can guess Setsuko’s fate; we are accompanied through flashbacks by the boy’s spirit. “Grave of the Fireflies” is an emotional experience so powerful that it forces a rethinking of animation. Since the earliest days, most animated films have been “cartoons” for children and families. Recent animated features such as “The Lion King,” “Princess Mononoke” and “The Iron Giant” have touched on more serious themes, and the “Toy Story” movies and classics like “Bambi” have had moments that moved some audience members to tears. But these films exist within safe confines; they inspire tears, but not grief. “Grave of the Fireflies” is a powerful dramatic film that happens to be animated, and I know what the critic Ernest Rister means when he compares it to “Schindler’s List” and says, “It is the most profoundly human animated film I’ve ever seen.”" - Roger Ebert User Opinion: "The only film that has ever made me sob. I could not stop crying for ten minutes after watching it. A masterpiece, and definitely one of, if not the best war film ever made. A stunningly beautiful work, and one of the most emotionally wrenching. You're going to want to watch this. It'll make you cry, but you'll be a slightly better person for it." - @Noctis "It's a beautiful, poignant, and gut-wrenching film." - @Telemachos Commentary: Completely new to these top 100 lists is a movie that isn't so new, Grave of the Fireflies is a human war drama and animation that works to tug at the heartstrings and causes people to contemplate the effects of World War 2 from the perspective of people simply trying to survive. This is another film that made it onto the list with a few members who were passionate about voting for it, as each member on average gave it 4.6 points, indicating the average member who voted for it had in their top 35 (closer to the top 25), overall it was on the lists of 16.4% of the members who sent one in. Also, as for franchises I'll be counting Ghibli as its own franchise (as with Pixar and WDAS) so we can see how those animation giants stack up against each other. Decade Count: '10s (1), 80s (1) Director Count: Ang Lee (1), Isao Takahata (1) Franchise Count: Studio Ghibli (1)

Number 100 Life of Pi (2012) 20th Century Fox, Directed by Ang Lee (46 Points, 9 Votes) "And so it is with God." Number 1 Placements: 1 Top 10 Placements: 3 Top 25 Placements: 5 Previous Rankings: 2016 (N/A), 2014 (-12, 88), 2013 (-2, 98), 2012 (N/A) Awards Count: Won 4 Oscars, including Best Director Tomatometer: 87% Box Office: 125m Synopsis: A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger. Critic Opinion: "Every once in a long while, the right director comes across the right project at just the right moment, and things so often discordant fall into perfect harmony. The director has mastered the shiny technology the story needs – without that mastery, the book could never make the transition from page to screen. Just as important, the story offers the director the deeper themes he craves – without such depth, the film could never make its own leap from entertainment to art. When this happens, this rare confluence, the cinematic bar seems to wiggle free from its fixed notch. And the bar gets raised, along with our spirits, because we're reminded of how joyous movie-watching can be, the sheer and transporting wonder." - Rick Groen, The Globe and Mail User Opinion: "Cannot believe how much I liked this movie. It may not be my favorite of the year, but it's definitely the most substantial movie I've seen this year. A very unique experience as well. Loved it." - @Blankments "I hate 3D, I consider it a headache and giant waste of time, but for this film I was actually blown away. For the opening credits alone I almost feel like the OScars need a new category for best use of 3D so that the highest stage can acknowledge how stunning this is.The film is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen on screen and I can't believe just how well everything was handled. It's perfect filmmaking in my eyes.I haven't seen Lincoln or Les Mis, but if this doesn't win the Best Picture and Director and Actor Oscars they better be goddamn awesome films.Really happy I got to see this finally." - @chasmmi Commentary: Ang Lee starts off our top 100 list with his spiritual epic about a boy and a tiger he gets trapped on a boat with. This movie comes in as the only film in the top 100 to get less than 10 votes, and it scraped through mostly from passion votes from a few members. It's average points per member who voted for it was 5.11 (indicating on average each member that voted for it placed it in their top 25), and it ended up on 14.75% of all the lists submitted. It's a transporting film, and one that was considered a visual wonder on its release. Decade Count: '10s (1) Director Count: Ang Lee (1)

Oh yeah that was about a franchise that’s bigger than 1 trilogy

There were a few more

Yet you voted for Roman J Israel Esq, so? Also, I’ll be able to start on the list in a few hours I believe. I have some graduations and such I have to go to, so I reckon today will be a slower pace getting started compared to Sunday and Monday

Alright guys, welcome to BOT's Top 100 Movies of All-Time! It took a lot of time to score, so first here are some statistics! 61 lists in total were sent in and calculated! That is 14 more lists than the time we did this in 2016, which is actually quite a bit when you consider how much time it takes to make your own top 100 list! In total, 1588 movies were submitted for contention Out of the movies in the top 100, the mode score was 46, 9 different movies scored exactly 46 points (and movie 101 missed out by scoring only 45, that'll be revealed in time!) Outside of the top 4, most movies were only a point or two away from placing quite a bit higher on the list. Superhero movies both overperformed and underperformed compared to the 2016 list, does that mean the highest ranking superhero movie placed higher than last years, or does that mean there are movie superhero movies than 2016? We'll have to find out! The movie with least amount of votes was 9, then there were four movies with 10 votes, the movie with the most votes was 38 then there were 3 movies that had 36. In order to place highly, a movie ended up needing both passion and vote quantity. I did a rough calculation of the top 250 (and will be providing these 150 misses as we go), there was one franchise that managed to place every single one of its movies within the top 200. Some reminders of how scoring worked. A movie with more points ranked higher than one with less points, if points were tied I went with which movie had more votes, if votes were tied I went with which movie had more number 1 votes, then top 3 votes, then top 5 votes, etc. This system ensured that no movie tied with another movie. Here's the running list with the write up linked to each name! 1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2. The Dark Knight 3. The Empire Strikes Back 4. Raiders of the Lost Ark 5. 12 Angry Men 6. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 7. Star Wars 8. Titanic 9. The Godfather 10. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 11. The Matrix 12. Pulp Fiction 13. Back to the Future 14. Terminator 2: Judgement Day 15. Schindler's List 16. GoodFellas 17. The Lion King 18. Jaws 19. Jurassic Park 20. Inside Out 21. Mad Max: Fury Road 22. Saving Private Ryan 23. Casablanca 24. Inception 25. The Shawshank Redemption 26. The Silence of the Lambs 27. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly 28. Spirited Away 29. The Godfather, Part II 30. Alien 31. Finding Nemo 32. Forrest Gump 33. Toy Story 34. Return of the Jedi 35. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 36. The Incredibles 37. Aliens 38. Gladiator 39. Fight Club 40. Beauty and the Beast 41. Princess Mononoke 42. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 43. Aladdin 44. Toy Story 3 45. Pan's Labyrinth 46. Se7en 47. Toy Story 2 48. The Shining 49. The Wizard of Oz 50. Vertigo 51. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 52. Seven Samurai 53. The Usual Suspects 54. Rocky 55. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 56. Apocalypse Now 57. Once Upon a Time in the West 58. Groundhog Day 59. Whiplash 60. 2001: A Space Odyssey 61. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 62. Wall-E 63. Taxi Driver 64. Rear Window 65. Star Wars: The Force Awakens 66. The Truman Show 67. Die Hard 68. The Terminator 68. The Sound of Music 70. Memento 71. Get Out 72. Fargo 73. Psycho 74. Inglourious Basterds 75. Heat 76. Footloose Captain America: The Winter Soldier 77. Logan 78. La La Land 79. Do the Right Thing 80. Predator 81. The Departed 82. It's a Wonderful Life 83. Citizen Kane 84. Before Sunrise 85. The Princess Bride 86. Unforgiven 87. Lawrence of Arabia 88. Avatar 89. Blade Runner 90. Chinatown 91. Good Will Hunting 92. Gravity 93. Singin' in the Rain 94. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 95. There Will Be Blood 96. Star Wars: The Last Jedi 97. City of God 98. Boyhood 99. Grave of the Fireflies 100. Life of Pi 101. The Avengers (2012) 102. L.A. Confidential 103. No Country for Old Men 104. The Big Lebowski 105. Spider-Man 2 106. The Thing 107. Before Sunset 108. Guardians of the Galaxy 109. The Sixth Sense 110. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 111. Captain America: Civil War 112. Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 113. Batman Begins 114. American Beauty 115. Amadeus 116. Raging Bull 117. Blazing Saddles 118. RoboCop 119. District 9 120. Your Name 121. Halloween 122. A Clockwork Orange 123. The Apartment 124. Up 125. Ratatouille 126. Children of Men 127. Blade Runner 2049 128. Amelie 129. Zootopia 130. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl 131. To Kill a Mockingbird 132. Birdman or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance 133. Ghosbusters 134. Bridge on the River Kwai 135. My Neighbor Totoro 136. Before Midnight 137. Frozen 138. The Bourne Ultimatum 139. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 140. Airplane! 141. North by Northwest 142. Braveheart 143. The Green Mile 144. Shrek 145. The Room 146. Ferris Beuller’s Day Off 147. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 148. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Chimera 149. The Breakfast Club 150. Casino Royale (2006) 151. The Social Network 152. Arrival 153. Thor: Ragnarok 154. Star Trek (2009) 155. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 156. Ben-Hur 157. Iron Man 158. Her (2013) 159. Scream 160. South Park – Bigger, Longer and Uncut 161. Black Swan 162. Dead Poet’s Society 163. Oldboy (2003) 164. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 165. The Grand Budapest Hotel 166. Edge of Tomorrow 167. Bicycle Thieves 168. Manchester by the Sea 169. Kill Bill Vol 1 170. Hot Fuzz 171. Who Framed Roger Rabbit 172. Deadpool 173. Django Unchained 174. Interstellar 175. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 176. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 177. Network 178. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe 179. Pinocchio 180. Spider-Man 181. The Prestige 182. How to Train Your Dragon 183. The Life of Brian 184. Gone With the Wind 185. Cinema Paradiso 186. City Lights 187. Modern Times 188. Brokeback Mountain 189. Apollo 13 190. Ex Machina 191. The Big Short 192. Gone Girl 193. The Grapes of Wrath 194. X-Men: Days of Future Past 195. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 196. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 197. The Wolf of Wall Street 198. Batman (1989) 199. Young Frankenstein 200. Reservoir Dogs 201. Texas Chainsaw Massacure 202. The Dark Knight Rises 203. Roman Holiday 204. Starship Troopers 205. Arsenic and the Old Lace 206. Leon: The Professional 207. Almost Famous 208. JFK 209. Mulholland Drive 210. The Exorcist 211. The Last of the Mohicans 212. Stand By Me 213. Scarface 214. The Searchers 215. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest 216. (500) Days of Summer 217. Tremors 218. Big Fish 219. Jurassic World 220. Ocean’s Eleven 221. Office Space 222. Duck Soup 223. Slumdog Millionare 224. Raising Arizona 225. The Producers 226. American Psycho 227. Batman Returns 228. The Quiet Man 229. Skyfall 230. The Hunger Games 231. Independence Day 232. Zodiac 233. Paths of Glory 234. Perks of Being a Wallflower 235. The Royal Tenenbaums 236. The Great Escape 237. Wonder Woman 238. 12 Years a Slave 239. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 240. Hunt for the Wilderpeople 241. The LEGO Movie 242. The Jungle Book (1964) 243. Rashomon 244. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 245. Das Boot 246. Prisoners 247. Dredd 248. Notorious 249. Men in Black 250. Kung Fu Panda

The stomach bug has kept me up from sleeping so I have the top 100 fully compiled (as well as a rough version of the top 250), I'll start the real countdown tomorrow, but I'll go ahead and put up the thread and give you guys a small taste of what's to come

The countdown won’t be ready by tonight have a nasty stomach bug. I’ll try to at least start it tomorrow though.

I mean a few people ignored the 2018 rules and put IW in their lists anyways (and don’t worry the 2018 rule is strict)

Hoping to either start it tonight or tomorrow morning. I have a few real life things today that may slow me down and cause a Saturday start.

I'll throw his list in last and I'll monitor closely how it changes things. If it appears to be altering the list in major way (which given the current list, I don't believe it will) I'll come in and ask for second opinions. Either way, this whole list compilation is for fun, and I do want it to be a measurement of this forums opinions. He is apart of the forum, and it does appear like it is his opinion.