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Number 51 The Wizard of Oz (1939) 45 Points (14 Votes, Avg Score 35.9266) "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas any more." Top 5 Placements: 2 Placements Top 10 Placements: 3 Placements Changes in Rankings Over Time: 2014 (54, +3), 2013 (63, +12), 2012 (39, -12) Tomatometer: 99% Box Office: N/A Most Notable Awards Recognition: Won 2 Oscars IMDb Synopsis: In this charming film based on the popular L. Frank Baum stories, Dorothy and her dog Toto are caught in a tornado's path and somehow end up in the land of Oz. Here she meets some memorable friends and foes in her journey to meet the Wizard of Oz who everyone says can help her return home and possibly grant her new friends their goals of a brain, heart and courage. Critic Opinion: "One of Hollywood's quintessential productions, this musical adaptation of L Frank Baum's classic fable is probably the most beloved fantasy film of all time and the ultimate family picture. It has something for everyone: wonderfully strange lands, fun-scary moments, a dazzling assortment of fairy-tale characters, fabulous songs to take us all somewhere over the rainbow, a peerless Judy Garland performance, and meaningful messages in abundance. Continuously enthralling, this is one hardy perennial you can never tire of watching." User Opinion: "I watched The Wizard of Oz once again last night, and I have to say its one of those movies where you totally understand why it has reached the iconic status it has. The whole movie is just pleasure from start to finish, leaving no dead scenes or awkward, useless moments. Its the real deal. As far as kids movies go it doesn't get much better than The Wizard of Oz: there are likable characters, colorful, detailed environments, fun songs that stay in your head, scary bits and menacing villains and there's always something going on. I bet even the most ADD kid wouldn't be bored watching Oz. The effect Wizard of Oz has had on popular culture can't probably be measured. Every scene in the movie has been referenced at least once in some tv show, movie, podcast or cartoon. All the characters have become iconic images of cinematic history, and the songs still hold up and are well remembered by everyone who has seen the film. Wizard of Oz is actually a movie I'd consider perfect. I cant find a single flaw in it." - Jack Nevada Personal Comment: Coming in at number 51 is another one of our few musicals, The Wizard of Oz. The Wizard of Oz is the first film from the 1930s to appear on our countdown and it is well-earned. This movie is one of my top 5 favorites of all-time, as is it ranked among the top in the hearts of many. The film has a nostalgic sweetness as it's almost like a tradition, similar to It's a Wonderful Life. The movie doesn't lose any of its fun and splendor, despite its age, and the musical numbers and quotes are some that are forever ingrained into pop culture. The movie is one I can never help but to let my heart go and get teary eyed in memory every time I watch it and all of its perfect beauty. If I was to say a certain movie was the most popular movie in America (looking past all age and ethnic demographics) I'd reckon The Wizard of Oz would be right up there at the top.

Oh if you like this one you'll just love number 50. EDIT: Number 50, oops nearly skipped to soon in glee to get to it.

Number 52 Ratatouille (2007) 44 Points (18 Votes, Avg Score 44.7222) " If you focus on what you left behind you will never see what lies ahead!" Top 5 Placements: 1 Placement Top 10 Placements: 1 Placement Changes in Rankings Over Time: 2014 (31, -21), 2013 (62, +10), 2012 (51, -1) Tomatometer: 96% Box Office: 206.45m (257.46m Adjusted) Most Notable Awards Recognition: Won 1 Oscar IMDb Synopsis: A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely - and certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down. Critic Opinion: "Thus, tolerance is the driving theme underpinning Ratatouille, another winning animated adventure from the good folks at Pixar. Not only funny, engaging and entertaining from beginning to end, but a picture which delivers an abundance of heartwarming messages. That rare film which can be heartily recommended for the whole family, except maybe for those tykes who might be scared by its super-realistic depiction of rodents." - Kam Williams User Opinion: "It's beautiful. I loved this magnificent ass movie." - angeldelmito Personal Comment: Pixar comes in with their second movie on our countdown, and also the fourth animated movie so far. Ratatouille also marks the 10th movie from the 2000s decade on our countdown, tying the decade with the 80s for the second most amount of movies on our countdown so far. Ratatouille was one of Pixar's smaller films, and usually not as well remembered as the massive hits like Finding Nemo or Toy Story 3, but the film has garnered a strong fanbase, especially on the internet. Ratatouille is also Brad Bird's first film to make the countdown, Bird being best known for his strong animated works and hit-or-miss record for live action. Ratatouille is an intelligent and clean animation that is very hard to not at the very least admire.

Number 53 Gravity (2013) 44 Points (12 Votes, Avg Score 32.0933) "You've got to learn to let go." Top 5 Placements: 2 Placements Top 10 Placements: 4 Placements Changes in Rankings Over Time: 2014 (42, -11), 2013 (Not Ranked), 2012 (Not Ranked) Tomatometer: 96% Box Office: 274.09m (282.61m Adjusted) Most Notable Awards Recognition: Won 7 Oscars IMDb Synopsis: Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone - tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness. Critic Opinion: "Suddenly, all these two have is each other; tethered together, cut off from Earth, running out of time and oxygen, they search for a way back home and hope to avoid the next wave of debris. “Gravity” often feels the a dazzlingly high-tech play on film, with two expert actors playing off each other brilliantly. And just when it seems as if things couldn’t possibly get any worse … they do. I wouldn’t dream of telling you where “Gravity” goes from here as it evolves and reveals its characters’ resourcefulness and resolve. I will say this is the performance of Bullock’s career, as she rises to the challenge of conveying a history and an arc in the smallest of ways and the tightest of circumstances. Like the film as a whole, it’s a breathtaking thing to behold." - Christy Lemire User Opinion: "Gravity really is remarkable. Although the whole feature really is a grandiose spectacle, there are arguably 3 or 4 money shots that come to mind from the film that left my draw dropped throughout. About 2/3 of the way into the movie, the long sequence where Stone (Sandra Bullock) is detaching a parachute from her escape pod while the next burst of Russian debris hits the ISS is without equal; singularly, it is the most impressive movie sequence ever on the big screen. Those 3 to 5 minutes alone are worth the price of admission to see this. That there are additionally impressive scenes complementing it throughout is a bonus. And then the fuck-you-hollywood-genericism-I'm-a-talanted-director-and-thus-will-include-thought-provoking-artsy-moments shots of Stone floating in the fetal position after entering the womb of the ISS as an oxygen hose behind her is framed as that of an umbilical cord, or the final scene as she weakly emerges from the water reborn with a new lease on life... it's just so gratuitous of Director Alfonso Cuaron to have included so many brilliantly constructed shots into one 91-minute picture. 91 MINUTES!!! I swear this felt longer than The Dark Knight. Every scene mattered and the stakes in this survival story resonate so well with the audience--there was clapping after my showing." - DerekShooster Personal Comment: Alfonso Cuaron makes his second appearance on this list with one of 2013's biggest movies, Gravity. Gravity is the 11th movie from the 2010s decade, putting it in the lead on the decade contest for the countdown. This also does not increase the number of sci-fi films on the list, because Gravity is, of course, not a sci-fi movie. This thriller swept the Oscars all the way up to Best Director, while being snubbed for picture by some other film that did not make the countdown, and it received near universal acclaim. While the movie has gotten its fair share of backlash after its release, it is overall still remembered very fondly as an instant classic among viewers.

Number 54 The Social Network (2010) 43 Points (16 Votes, Avg Score 44.6875) "Did I adequately answer your condescending question?" Number 1 Placements: 1 Placement Top 5 Placements: 2 Placements Top 10 Placements: 2 Placements Changes in Rankings Over Time: 2014 (46, -8), 2013 (30, -24), 2012 (17, -37) Tomatometer: 96% Box Office: 96.96m (103.86m Adjusted) Most Notable Awards Recognition: Won 3 Oscars IMDb Synopsis: On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications. Critic Opinion: "It’s a film that is never less than perfect. It defines a generation just like Network, Rebel Without A Cause and so many films before it did. The storytelling is unparalleled and with precision and flair, Fincher and Sorkin bring us the story of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook. A story that serves as both a metaphor and a snapshot, a snapshot of our time and society. Timberlake’s Sean Parker puts it best when he says “Privacy is a thing of the past! We used to live on farms, then in cities. Now we live on the Internet.” Mr. Parker, you couldn’t be more right." - Matt Joseph User Opinion: "One of the greatest films of all time. An intoxicatingly entertaining movie with some of the snappiest and most intelligent dialogue I've ever heard, amazing performances (especially from the mesmerizing Jesse Eisenberg who deserved an Oscar), great cinematography, slick editing, a fucking fantastic score, a goosebump inducing final scene and overall masterful directing from David Fincher.The Social Network is about as close as you can get to cinematic perfection. It will go down as the best movie of its time." - Jack Nevada Personal Comment: David Fincher hits the list with one of the most acclaimed movies of his career, the Social Network. The Social Network adds to the list of smaller-scale dramas to make the countdown and is also the the 10th film from the 2010s decade to make the list (tying it back up with the 80s). The Social Network can also be seen as a critical highlight of Jesse Eisenberg's acting career that he may never be able to match again (Especially not with "The red capes are coming, the red capes are coming"). The movie has a depth that manages to summarize a new generation within a tightly compact and thrilling drama.

Dang it, I was hoping Angry Birds would be a modest success that doesn't make the top 15 for the sake of my Summer Game

Number 55 Return of the Jedi (1983) 43 Points (15 Votes, Avg Score 37.8667) "It is unavoidable. It is your destiny. You, like your father, are now mine." Top 5 Placements: 1 Placement Top 10 Placements: 3 Placements Changes in Rankings Over Time: 2014 (27, -28), 2013 (43, -12), 2012 (32, -23) Tomatometer: 80% Box Office: 252.58m (694.84m Adjusted) Most Notable Awards Recognition: Nominated for 4 Oscars IMDb Synopsis: Darth Vader and the Empire are building a new, indestructible Death Star. Meanwhile, Han Solo has been imprisoned, and Luke Skywalker has sent R2-D2 and C-3PO to try and free him. Princess Leia - disguised as a bounty hunter - and Chewbacca go along as well. The final battle takes place on the moon of Endor, with its natural inhabitants, the Ewoks, lending a hand to the Rebels. Will Darth Vader and the Dark Side overcome the Rebels and take over the universe? Critic Opinion: ""Jedi," however, is thoroughly touching in its humanism — to his great credit, Lucas invests with wisdom and power the most odd and helpless-looking creatures, making a profound visual statement — and in its wisdom and deep-rooted hope that The Force or the good will prevail. "Jedi" also features the best acting by all principals in the "Star Wars" series. It is a film that demonstrates how a talented and thoughtful filmmaker still can be the champion of the box office by putting quality first and foremost in his work — both in storyline and in the latest special effects. While we'll miss the original characters, thankfully George Lucas, a great cinematic force, will always be with us." - Rena Andrews User Opinion: "The moment Luke enters Jabba's palace you like HE"S A JEDI!!!!!!!!!!!!!! shfsdhfksdhfsdfususg One of my favorite movie moments ever! Its flawed no doubt but its a perfect ending to the Star Wars saga. When that john Williams score kicks in and we see Vader burning in the fire I always want to cry. I can go on and on but I don't want to sit here and type for 12 hours so Im done." - Jay Hollywood Personal Comment: Return of the Jedi marks the first Star Wars film to make the list, because yes, obviously there are a couple more Star Wars movies to come. The movie also puts the 80s back in the lead of the decade with the most films on the countdown. Often viewed as the lesser sibling of the original trilogy, Return of the Jedi closed out the original trilogy with a box office bang (and in the opinion of many including myself, a quality bang as well). The movie features many of famous scenes from the franchise, as well as fully introducing the Emperor as the big villain in the climatic battle between Luke, The Emperor and Darth Vader that many view as the highlight of the movie. Despite often being seen as lesser, Return of the Jedi boasts much to stand on its own as part of the Star Wars Legacy.

Number 56 The Usual Suspects (1995) 43 Points (13 Votes, Avg Score 40.3846) "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist. And like that... he is gone." Number 1 Placements: 1 Placement Top 5 Placements: 2 Placements Top 10 Placements: 2 Placements Changes in Rankings Over Time: 2014 (24, -32), 2013 (85, +29), 2012 (91, +35) Tomatometer: 88% Box Office: 23.34m (46.04m Adjusted) Most Notable Awards Recognition: Won 2 Oscars Critic Opinion: "There is a reason that movies like "The Usual Suspects" don't come down the pike very often. They take discipline to write (and from the looks of McQuarrie's subsequent output, completely drain the creative juices), steadiness to direct, and restraint to act. Everybody does his part here, which is a rare feat when you think about it. After all, even "Pulp Fiction" had Rosanna Arquette braying annoyingly. By comparison, no one is out of place or out of line here, and that is what makes the final payoff so sweet." - David Medsker User Opinion: "One of the all time greats." - ChD Personal Comment: The Usual Suspects comes on the list as another one on the countdown that I actually haven't seen myself, and so I may need to get around to seeing it. This movie moves the 90s decade up to 7 on the random decade tally. I don't know much about this movie, but it has gotten its fair share of love on this forum, as well in the film world as a whole.

Number 57 Inglourious Basterds (2009) 41 Points (16 Votes, Avg Score 40.5) "We got a German here who wants to die for his country! Oblige him!" Top 10 Placements: 1 Placement Changes in Rankings Over Time: 2014 (Not Ranked), 2013 (70, +13), 2012 (58, +1) Tomatometer: 89% Box Office: 120.54m (138.44m Adjusted) Most Notable Awards Recognition: Won 1 Oscar IMDb Synopsis: In Nazi-occupied France, young Jewish refugee Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the slaughter of her family by Colonel Hans Landa. Narrowly escaping with her life, she plots her revenge several years later when German war hero Fredrick Zoller takes a rapid interest in her and arranges an illustrious movie premiere at the theater she now runs. With the promise of every major Nazi officer in attendance, the event catches the attention of the "Basterds", a group of Jewish-American guerrilla soldiers led by the ruthless Lt. Aldo Raine. As the relentless executioners advance and the conspiring young girl's plans are set in motion, their paths will cross for a fateful evening that will shake the very annals of history. Critic Opinion: "A Tarantino film resists categorization. “Inglourious Basterds” is no more about war than “Pulp Fiction” is about — what the hell is it about? Of course nothing in the movie is possible, except that it’s so bloody entertaining. His actors don’t chew the scenery, but they lick it. He’s a master at bringing performances as far as they can go toward iconographic exaggeration. After I saw “Inglourious Basterds” at Cannes, although I was writing a daily blog, I resisted giving an immediate opinion about it. I knew Tarantino had made a considerable film, but I wanted it to settle, and to see it again. I’m glad I did. Like a lot of real movies, you relish it more the next time. Immediately after “Pulp Fiction” played at Cannes, QT asked me what I thought. “It’s either the best film of the year or the worst film,” I said. I hardly knew what the hell had happened to me. The answer was: the best film. Tarantino films have a way of growing on you. It’s not enough to see them once." - Roger Ebert User Opinion: "Saw this yesterday for the first time. Wow. Of the three Tarantino films I've seen (Pulp and Reservoir being the other two), this was easily the best. Thrilling with a very intriguing plotline aided by a sharp script, this is Tarantino's masterpiece. " - Blankments Personal Comment: Tarantino finally makes his way onto our countdown with his WW2 piece, Inglourious Basterds. While there is one other Tarantino film that is often seen as his masterwork, Inglourious Basterds has managed to create a fairly loving audience-base of fans who see it as one of Tarantino's best works. Inglourious Basterds is the 9th movie from the 2000s decade, having the decade tie with the 80s and 2010s for the decade with the highest amount of movies on the countdown.

Number 58 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 41 Points (15 Votes, Avg Score 35.6) "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti." Top 5 Placements: 1 Placement Top 10 Placements: 1 Placement Changes in Rankings Over Time: 2014 (76, +18), 2013 (69, +11), 2012 (80, +24) Tomatometer: 95% Box Office: 130.74m (266.45m Adjusted) Most Notable Awards Recognition: Won 5 Oscars, Including Best Picture IMDb Synopsis: Young FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned to help find a missing woman to save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims. Clarice attempts to gain a better insight into the twisted mind of the killer by talking to another psychopath: Hannibal Lecter, who used to be a respected psychiatrist. FBI agent Jack Crawford believes that Lecter, who is also a very powerful and clever mind manipulator, has the answers to their questions and can help locate the killer. However, Clarice must first gain Lecter's confidence before the inmate will give away any information. Critic Opinion: "The standard against which all other thrillers are judged, The Silence of the Lambs is no common follow-the-clues, get-the-bad-guy movie. Rather, Lambs is an intensely psychological film, exploring the psyche of both killer and hunter, and the guide on this journey is Dr. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter (Hopkins). Few will ever forget Lecter's first appearance. Young FBI Agent Clarice Starling (Foster), walks a gauntlet of criminally insane prisoners to interview him because he may hold the key to solving a series of gruesome murders. When she arrives at the last cell, she finds Lecter waiting for her, the harsh overhead light casting demonic shadows across his face, hollowing his deep-set eyes. He stands motionless, as if locked in the same position for hours, rigid but coiled to strike even from behind the thick plexiglass. Will he will help Starling catch her prey, or is she the prey herself? The essential conflict of Lambs is not the search for the serial killer on the loose, but Starling vs. Lecter, the serial killer already behind bars. That conflict sets Lambs above all other serial killer thrillers, and its feminist dimensions provide extra depth. In a man’s world, Starling is surrounded by predators. Yet she will prevail in the end, and she will do so without the help of any man. Not by choice, not because she has anything to prove, but because she must." - Carlo Cavagna User Opinion: "Off the charts A+++. Off course Sir Anthony was brilliant as Hannibal. Excellent performance. And who could forget Buffalo Bill dancing around naked, lol? The writing was brilliant.But the best part of this for me was Jodie Foster aka Agent Starling. As a woman, I love it when women are representing on screen as women and not some super woman. She played the role of a "green" agent to a tee. When she was alone in the house tracking Buffalo Bill I thought I was gonna come out of my skin. She was fukkin' scared but remained calm and kept moving forward. That was some awesome work by Foster. She gets it right. There are only two other female's work in cinema that are on that level of intensity to me. Linda Hamilton in Terminator and Sigourney Weaver in Alien. The way they played their roles put you right there with them as they were going toward the unknown. It's so funny because Meg Ryan was the front runner for Agent Starling and she turned it down. The director did not want Foster and the studio did not want Hopkins so they reached a compromise. Biography Chanenl did a really nice story on the making of the Silence of the Lambs. They just don't make movies like this anymore." - ecstasy Personal Comment: Silence of the Lambs marks another big horror hit to make our lists, and quite possibly one of the most warmly received and respected horror flicks of all time (all though it would depend on how far you stretch the definition of horror). Silence of the Lambs is the 6th film from the 1990s to make the list, and it is another one of the best picture winners to make it onto the list. The movie is one that manages to haunt as well as offer some meaning, and all of which bolstered by one of Jodie Foster's strongest performances in her career.

Number 59 Die Hard (1988) 40 Points (17 Votes, Avg Score 53.6471) "Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker." Top 10 Placements: 3 Placements Changes in Rankings Over Time: 2014 (35, -24), 2013 (35, -24), 2012 (61, +2) Tomatometer: 92% Box Office: 83.01m (173.29m Adjusted) Most Notable Awards Recognition: Nominated for 4 Oscars IMDb Synopsis: NYPD cop John McClane goes on a Christmas vacation to visit his wife Holly in Los Angeles where she works for the Nakatomi Corporation. While they are at the Nakatomi headquarters for a Christmas party, a group of bank robbers led by Hans Gruber take control of the building and hold everyone hostage, with the exception of John, while they plan to perform a lucrative heist. Unable to escape and with no immediate police response, John is forced to take matters into his own hands. Critic Opinion: "DIE HARD is a classic film. Simply put, every single thing works. With a charismatic leading man, an above-average supporting cast, and a great director at the helm – as well as Jan de Bont’s excellent cinematography - this is what a summer blockbuster should look like. It’s no wonder so many other films copied this in terms of changing the way we look at a modern day action hero. I for one am glad Officer John McClane decided to head to the West Coast and joined the party!" - JimmyO User Opinion: "The most influential movie in Hollywood since Star Wars. By that I mean just as some movies, see Fifth Element(oh the irony), were marketed as the "best sci fi film since SW" so did Hollywood do with Die Hard. It was that impactful. Action movies began being pitched and marketed as "Die Hard on a bus", "Die Hard on a boat", "Die Hard in a hockey arena" and so forth. I rewatch it at least once a year. " - CaptainCraig Personal Comment: Die Hard comes in the list as the 9th movie from the 1980s, tying the decade back up with the 2010s as the decade with the most movies on our countdown. Die Hard is an action movie classic that in many ways spawned and influenced so many of the action movies that followed it. The movie is also often seen as a Christmas classic, simply because it takes place during Christmas, and hosts a large plethora of fun one liners and iconic scenes.

She actually gave it an A, I figure that was a major rave.

Number 60 Batman Begins (2005) 40 Points (14 Votes, Avg Score 43) "And one day, you catch yourself wishing the person you loved had never existed, so you would be spared your pain." Top 5 Placements: 1 Placement Top 10 Placements: 2 Placements Changes in Rankings Over Time: 2014 (51, -9), 2013 (61, +1), 2012 (44, -16) Tomatometer: 85% Box Office: 205.34m (274.86m Adjused) Most Notable Awards Recognition: Nominated for 1 Oscar IMDb Synopsis: When his parents were killed, billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne relocates to Asia when he is mentored by Henri Ducard and Ra's Al Ghul in how to fight evil. When learning about the plan to wipe out evil in Gotham City by Ducard, Bruce prevents this plan from getting any further and heads back to his home. Back in his original surroundings, Bruce adopts the image of a bat to strike fear into the criminals and the corrupt as the icon known as 'Batman'. But it doesn't stay quiet for long. Critic Opinion: "Batman Begins' dark-hued cinematography imbues the film with a relentlessly grim tone, creating a somber pall which adults may appreciate but which might be too scary for kids under the age of ten. Do not expect to have the tension cut by silly asides, since director Nolan has avoided distractions which would undercut the emotional tension. Other features are Batmobile and Batsuit upgrades, state-of-the-art gadgetry, and spectacular chase scenes and fight sequences. Rachel has blossomed into a beautiful woman who is an assistant district attorney, but Bruce Wayne doesn't notice her, and as Batman, he is an obsessed super hero on a mission. No need for such distractions at this point since this story is about the genesis of the legend. The love interest may come in a sequel." - Kam Williams User Opinion: "Spectacular origin story, I love this story of how Bruce Wayne became Batman. Christian Bale plays the best Bruce Wayne. This film easily only superhero movie where I really care about the character." - Dexter of Suburbia Personal Comment: Nolan makes his way back onto the list with his second film so far, how many more will he be able to rack up here? Batman Begins is the first DC film to make the list and also the first Batman movie to make the list. Batman Begins is also the 8th movie from the 2000s decade to make the countdown tying it with the 80s for the second most films on the countdown so far (and just one behind the 2010s for the number one spot). Batman Begins is highly revered on this forum due to its deep worship of Lord Nolan and Comic Book movies, so of course if you take these two idols and combine them you'll receive the result of intense love these Nolan Batflicks have gotten.

Number 61 Vertigo (1958) 39 Points (14 Votes, Avg Score 40.7143) "You shouldn't keep souvenirs of a killing. You shouldn't have been that sentimental." Top 5 Placements: 2 Placements Top 10 Placements: 2 Placements Changes in Ranking Over Time: 2014 (Not Ranked), 2013 (Not Ranked), 2012 (79, +18) Tomatometer: 97% Box Office: N/A Most Notable Awards Recognition: Nominated for 2 Oscars IMDb Synopsis: John "Scottie" Ferguson is a retired San Francisco police detective who suffers from acrophobia and Madeleine is the lady who leads him to high places. A wealthy shipbuilder who is an acquaintance from college days approaches Scottie and asks him to follow his beautiful wife, Madeleine. He fears she is going insane, maybe even contemplating suicide, because she believes she is possessed by a dead ancestor. Scottie is skeptical, but agrees after he sees the beautiful Madeleine. Critic Synopsis: "Why is this movie Hitchcock's masterpiece? Because no movie plunges us more deeply into the dizzying heart of erotic obsession. Because in Jimmy Stewart's fetishtic pursuit of mystery woman Kim Novak--whom he transforms into the image of the dead w oman he loved--Hitchcock created the cinema's most indelible metaphor for the objectification of desire. Because Stewart, playing a man free-falling into love, responds with a performance so harrowing in its ferocity it must have surprised even himself. Because Novak, that great slinky cat, imbues her double role with a mesmerizing poignance. Because the impeccable, dreamlike images of this ghostly Liebestod are so eerily beautiful they stay in your head forever. And because the older you get, and the m ore times you see it, the more strange, chillingly romantic thriller pierces your heart." - David Ansen User Synopsis: "i was wondering how hitchcock's most acclaimed movie would turn out. quite well, apprently. probably is his best." - lisa Personal Comment: Alfred Hitchcock strikes the list again with the third movie on the list from the 1950s, and this is probably my personal favorite Hitchcock movie. Vertigo is often not as well remembered as some of Hitchcock's other works, mostly because it doesn't play as conventionally as some of the other famous films that made the list like Psycho or North by Northwest. The film is a visual powerhouse and a unique experience that I no other film has been able to replicate for me.

That's it for tonight. I'll try to squeeze in another 7-10 films tomorrow.

Number 62 Spirited Away (2001) 38 Points (15 Votes, Avg Score 53) "Once you do something, you never forget. Even if you can't remember." Top 5 Placements: 1 Placement Top 10 Placements: 2 Placements Changes in Ranking Over Time: 2014 (68, +6), 2013 (38, -24), 2012 (64, +2) Tomatometer: 97% Box Office: 10.06m (14.6m Adjusted) Most Notable Awards Recognition: Won 1 Oscar IMDb Synopsis: Chihiro and her parents are moving to a small Japanese town in the countryside, much to Chihiro's dismay. On the way to their new home, Chihiro's father makes a wrong turn and drives down a lonely one-lane road which dead-ends in front of a tunnel. Her parents decide to stop the car and explore the area. They go through the tunnel and find an abandoned amusement park on the other side, with its own little town. When her parents see a restaurant with great-smelling food but no staff, they decide to eat and pay later. However, Chihiro refuses to eat and decides to explore the theme park a bit more. She meets a boy named Haku who tells her that Chihiro and her parents are in danger, and they must leave immediately. She runs to the restaurant and finds that her parents have turned into pigs. In addition, the theme park turns out to be a town inhabited by demons, spirits, and evil gods. At the center of the town is a bathhouse where these creatures go to relax. The owner of the bathhouse is the evil witch Yubaba, who is intent on keeping all trespassers as captive workers, including Chihiro. Chihiro must rely on Haku to save her parents in hopes of returning to their world. Critic Opinion: "The result is nothing less than magical, a throwback to the very best of early Disney. If I can't remember the last time I was this enchanted by an animated film, it's because I was too young. "Spirited Away," which is mostly (and gorgeously) hand-drawn but has computer-generated assists throughout, tells the story of Chihiro (Chase), a 10-year-old who follows her impulsively curious parents into a seemingly abandoned theme park, where the adults scarf down food at an empty midway kiosk and turn into snorting pigs. Alone and frightened, Chihiro is taken under the wing of Haku (Jason Marsden), a mysterious boy with magical powers who explains that she's in a land where humans are not allowed, then advises her on the first step of her great escape. The through-line of the story is Chihiro's attempt to survive this strange world and grab her reconstituted parents on the way out. But the plot, which is rich and rewarding enough, is merely the vehicle that carries you over the film's roller-coaster route and through its surprise-filled funhouse. Miyazaki's kingdom comprises the carnival midway and a cathedral-size bathhouse where the spirits of the world come to replenish themselves in massive tubs of herbal waters. Lording over the baths is Yubaba (Pleshette), a squat, big-headed witch with a face that would deflate Quasimodo's hump. (In a horrible genetic twist, she has an identical twin.) If you don't like the way the characters look, stick around - most will change. While Chihiro keeps her Becky Thatcher figure throughout, Yubaba occasionally turns into an aerodynamically challenged hawk, Haku morphs into a beautiful white dragon and Yubaba's gigantic baby and her favorite watch-bird are downsized to a hummingbird and a mouse, who become Chihiro's hilarious traveling companions. The parallels to "The Wizard of Oz" are pronounced, but Chihiro's adventures may have more resonance for contemporary kids. It's all a metaphor for her dread of a new neighborhood and a new school, and in proving to herself that she has the pluck, ingenuity and determination to get the job done in fantasyland, she overcomes her fears back in the real world. Japanese animation doesn't attempt to match the fluid motion of Disney's best hand-drawn features, and the characters have none of the fine motor skills of an Aladdin or a Simba. But Miyazaki's animation is, in its detail, as rich or richer, and his imagination is something, literally, to behold. Miyazaki uses ancient Japanese superstitions about ubiquitous spirits as his inspiration, and some of the spirits are ghosts behind kabuki masks. But this version of "Spirited Away" has no cultural speed bumps for anyone, and its themes about love and self-esteem are universal. At just over two hours, "Spirited Away" is an epic among children's animated movies, but it flies by, thanks both to Miyazaki's endless inventiveness and his unerring feel for his heroine. Chihiro may be harder to pronounce than Dorothy or Alice, but she deserves her place alongside them as a literary star." - Jack Matthews User Opinion: "The most magical film ever made." - Noctis (Surprise, he thinks it's more magical than Harry Potter ) Personal Comment: Spirited Away is the third animated film to make our countdown, and it's also the only one not to come out of a studio named Disney or Pixar (although it technically was distributed in the US by Disney). It is also the 7th film on our countdown to come from the 2000s decade and it's also one of the few foreign films to make the cut. Spirited Away is a magical animated trip filled with heart and thought. The movie follows suit of much of Japanese anime in being a more mature film, even if it's still accessible to a younger audience, with more mature themes at its heart (despite the mysticism throughout the movie). Watch the movie and let it transport you into its wondrous mythos.

Number 63 Singin' In the Rain (1952) 38 Points (12 Votes, Avg Score 40) "Lina. She can't act, she can't sing, she can't dance. A triple threat." Number 1 Placements: 1 Placement Top 5 Placements: 2 Placements Top 10 Placements: 3 Placements Changes in Ranking Over Time: 2014 (Not Ranked), 2013 (Not Ranked), 2012 (Not Ranked) Tomatometer: 100% Box Office: N/A Most Notable Awards Recognition: Nominated for 2 Oscars IMDb Synopsis: 1927 Hollywood. Monumental Pictures' biggest stars, glamorous on-screen couple Lina Lamont and Don Lockwood, are also an off-screen couple if the trade papers and gossip columns are to be believed. Both perpetuate the public perception if only to please their adoring fans and bring people into the movie theaters. In reality, Don barely tolerates her, while Lina, despite thinking Don beneath her, simplemindedly believes what she sees on screen in order to bolster her own stardom and sense of self-importance. R.F. Simpson, Monumental's head, dismisses what he thinks is a flash in the pan: talking pictures. It isn't until The Jazz Singer (1927) becomes a bona fide hit which results in all the movie theaters installing sound equipment that R.F. knows Monumental, most specifically in the form of Don and Lina, have to jump on the talking picture bandwagon, despite no one at the studio knowing anything about the technology. Musician Cosmo Brown, Don's best friend, gets hired as Monumental's ideas man and musical director. And by this time, Don has secretly started dating Kathy Selden, a chorus girl who is trying to make it big in pictures herself. Don and Kathy's relationship is despite their less than friendly initial meeting. Cosmo and Kathy help Don, who had worked his way up through the movie ranks to stardom, try make the leap to talking picture stardom, with Kathy following along the way. However, they have to overcome the technological issues. But the bigger problem is Lina, who will do anything to ensure she also makes the successful leap into talking pictures, despite her own inabilities and at anyone and everyone else's expense if they get in her way, especially Kathy as Don's off screen girlfriend and possibly his new talking picture leading lady. Critic Opinion: "One of the shining glories of the American musical, this 1952 feature was fabricated (by screenwriters Betty Comden and Adolph Green) around a collection of old songs written by producer Arthur Freed and brought to bright, brash, and exuberant life by directors Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly. The setting is Hollywood's troubled transition to sound, and there is just enough self-reflexive content (on the eternal battle between illusion and reality in the movies) to structure the film's superb selection of numbers. The tone ranges from the lyrical (the title number) to the burlesque ("Moses Supposes") to the epic ("Broadway Melody"), but through it all runs a celebration of movement as emotion." - Dave Kehr User Opinion: "When you look up the word musical this is what you think of. This film is nothing but pure joy, it never fails to put me in a good move. So many memorable songs, the title track, Good Morning, Moses Supposes and Make Em Laugh a sequence where Donald O'Connor never fails to amaze." - DAR Personal Comment: Singin' in the Rain is the first live action musical to make our list, and one of the few musicals to be featured on the list period. Singin' in the Rain is also only the second film from the 1950s to make it onto our countdown. Singin' in the Rain also greatly benefited from how the scoring greatly favored the number 1, then top 5, and top 10 picks, as it managed to make it quite far on the list, while being absent from years past. When you think of musicals, especially for film, Singin' in the Rain is probably one of the first ones you think of. The movie is the essence of what an American Cinematic Musical is and what it should be.

Number 64 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 37 Points (13 Votes, Avg Score 35.0769) "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!" Top 5 Placements: 1 Placement Top 10 Placements: 2 Placements Changes in Ranking Over Time: 2014 (75, +11), 2013 (59, -5), 2012 (71, +7) Tomatometer: 97% Box Office: N/A Most Notable Awards Recognition: Ranked #94 on IMDb Top 250 IMDb Synopsis: History is turned on its comic head when, in 10th century England, King Arthur travels the countryside to find knights who will join him at the Round Table in Camelot. Gathering up the men is a tale in itself but after a bit of a party at Camelot, many decide to leave only to be stopped by God who sends them on a quest: to find the Holy Grail. After a series of individual adventures, the knights are reunited but must face a wizard named Tim, killer rabbits and lessons in the use of holy hand grenades. Their quest comes to an end however when the police intervene - just what you would expect in a Monty Python movie. Critic Opinion: "That Holy Grail is so good is all the more remarkable given how bad it could have been. Made for a pittance by two men who'd never directed a feature film before, Grail also had to overcome the small matter of nominal lead Graham Chapman's raging alcoholism. But while his drinking might have effected the way the film was shot (unable to remember his lines, Chapman's takes were invariably very short), it doesn't detract from a performance that establishes him as the real actor of the group. As for the others, they all have narrow ranges, but this isn't a problem since within their respective fields, there are few better performers. John Cleese is particularly inspired as the blood-hungry Lancelot and the French guard with a unique line in insults. ("Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!") This being a Python product, comedy curmudgeons will hark on about consistency. But while not everything here is 24-carat comedy gold, the fact remains that the very sketches some consider weak are the ones that make the movie for others. And whatever bum notes it might hit, Holy Grail is a film in which the word "Camelot" is rhymed with "push the pram a lot". People have been knighted for less. Just ask Tim Rice." - Richard Luck User Opinion: "Easily one of the best comedies ever made." - CoolioD1 Personal Comment: And here comes my favorite comedy of all-time (and thus easily one of my top 5 movies of all time), Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The Holy Grail marks the 4th movies from the 70s decade. While this comedy may come across as a ridiculous, direct-to-video visual quality film of random vaguely connected comedy sketches lacking a coherent plot beyond getting a grail, that's exactly what makes the movie so spectacularly amazing. The movie is an endlessly quoted and one of the biggest laugh riots ever put to screen. Even the lowpoint sketches of this movie any other comedy would gladly take as a high-point to smear all over all of its marketing material and trailers.

Number 65 Blade Runner (1982) 37 Points (12 Votes, Avg Score 43.2) "All I could do was sit there and watch him die." Top 5 Placements: 1 Placement Top 10 Placements: 2 Placements Changes in Rankings Over Time: 2014 (60, -5), 2013 (Not Ranked), 2012 (Not Ranked) Tomatometer: 89% Box Office: 27.58m (80.49m Adjusted) Most Notable Awards Recognition: Nominated for 2 Oscars IMDb Synopsis: In the futuristic year of 2019, Los Angeles has become a dark and depressing metropolis, filled with urban decay. Rick Deckard, an ex-cop, is a "Blade Runner". Blade runners are people assigned to assassinate "replicants". The replicants are androids that look like real human beings. When four replicants commit a bloody mutiny on the Off World colony, Deckard is called out of retirement to track down the androids. As he tracks the replicants, eliminating them one by one, he soon comes across another replicant, Rachel, who evokes human emotion, despite the fact that she's a replicant herself. As Deckard closes in on the leader of the replicant group, his true hatred toward artificial intelligence makes him question his own identity in this future world, including what's human and what's not human. Critic Opinion: "I go back and forth on the question of whether or not this theme is presented with intelligence and sophistication and grace, or whether it's simply another iteration of one of the most ancient questions in science fiction "what does it mean to be human" given the illusion of depth because of the mind-boggling sophistication of the design. Hauer's work tends to favor the former (as does the shockingly great electronic score by Vangelis, all done up in dreamy minor keys); in the other cuts than the most recent, his confrontation with his creator is easily the most haunting moment in the film, and his final speech to Deckard is so forceful and poetic that I have, for myself, always found it quite easy to forgive how opaque and self-consciously artsy the whole thing is (though the dove that follows, that's a bridge too far). It's strange to think of such an arch, garishly German performance providing the film with its emotional and thematic spine, and yet that's what it comes down to: absent that presence, it's a gorgeous but glum manhunt noir hiding in another genre's clothes, terrific filmmaking but just short of real brilliance. Hauer pushes it over there: his sympathetic inhumanity and undisciplined emoting allow something unique and piercing to enter this exercise in style. That this is all the exact point can be seen, I think, in how Ford's performance changes in the last moments: he plays the final scene of the movie with a peerless kind of ambiguity that is seen nowhere else in his character and reflects, I think, what he has "learned" from Batty about being a person. This all taps into a very dense and nihilistic irony, I suppose, yet there's nothing that can fairly be called ironic about the rush of the last 10 or 15 minutes of the movie, and it takes a particularly weird kind of sincerity to end a movie that has been for its entire running time an exploration of surfaces and pre-packaged thoughts and feelings with its most sublime and humane gesture. And that, my friends, is what makes Blade Runner a masterpiece." - Tim Brayton User Opinion: "My favorite aspect here is how the depth and philosophical musings evolved in the film's run time. The questions posed were so subtle and yet so intoxicating. So many films have attempted these questions but few have worked them to this effect. The memories the replicants had opened up so many different avenues one's brains could ultimately travel down. These are ponderings that I feel should remain private with the viewer. The film presents these questions in a way that feels very personal and subjective. The music is in a way a perfect way to tie up the noir with the sci-fi. it contained the melordramatic musings with noir along with some hints of techno for sci-fi. So many great visuals to be had here with perfectly suited music to bring out emotion. Perfect. I feel like this is a once in a lifetime film. This is very much a film that was made in the perfect time, place, and by the perfect people. If you had the same people attempt to re-create the magic I have no doubt they would be unable to do so. As with all cinema classics, this is what makes them so special. There are so many unique factors besides talent that contribute to a film. This is cinema magic across so many levels. It's Blade Runner...........enough said." - mattmav45 Personal Comment: Harrison Ford returns to our list in one of his more serious and nuanced roles of his career in Blade Runner. Blade Runner moves the 80s number to 8 on our countdown, and it returns after it had previously only been featured in the 2014 countdown. The movie also marks the first movie on our list from Sir Ridley Scott. Blade Runner is a movie that takes time to digest and thus wasn't necessarily completely embraced or well-loved upon release, but it's one that you can always find more complexity and depth each time you re-visit it. The movie is also commonly said to benefit from the full Final Cut, which gives the viewers more to chew on and makes the film feel more complete as a whole. Blade Runner has become a classic dystopian staple into the sci-fi cinematic canon.

Number 66 There Will Be Blood (2007) 37 Points (10 Votes, Avg Score 37.6) "I'm finished." Number 1 Placements: 1 Placement Top 5 Placements: 2 Placements Top 10 Placements: 3 Placements Changes in Rankings Over Time: 2014 (99, +43), 2013 (34, -32), 2012 (27, -39) Tomatometer: 91% Box Office: 40.22m (48.07m Adjusted) Most Notable Awards Recognition: Won 2 Oscars IMDb Synopsis: The intersecting life stories of Daniel Plainview and Eli Sunday in early twentieth century California presents miner-turned-oilman Daniel Plainview, a driven man who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. He works hard but also takes advantage of those around him at their expense if need be. His business partner/son (H.W.) is, in reality, an "acquired" child whose true biological single-parent father (working on one of Daniel's rigs) died in a workplace accident. Daniel is deeply protective of H.W. if only for what H.W. brings to the partnership. Eli Sunday is one in a pair of twins whose family farm Daniel purchases for the major oil deposit located on it. Eli, a local preacher and a self-proclaimed faith healer, wants the money from the sale of the property to finance his own church. The lives of the two competitive men often clash as Daniel pumps oil off the property and tries to acquire all the surrounding land at bargain prices to be able to build a pipeline to the coast, and as Eli tries to build his own religious empire. Critic Opinion: "I've already heard people mumbling about There Will Be Blood's inordinate length (it's over two and a half hours long), about the fact that for long stretches nothing much seems to be happening. They are wrong, of course. Within these beautifully photographed (by Robert Elswit) landscapes, we are witnessing the impact of events (some of them by no means dramatically uninteresting) on an overmatched mind, one that dimly aspires to something more than mere acquisition, but is slowly undone by a universe ineluctably prone to mischance, misunderstanding and just plain mischief. It requires time for Day-Lewis and Anderson to realistically explore the life-long processes of disillusion which is their film's true subject. But the promise their sometimes langorously paced film makes is openly stated in their title — yes, there will be blood. And when it comes it will more than reward whatever patience — and impatience — you have invested in this unique experience, one of the most wholly original American movies ever made." - Richard Shickel User Opinion: "this is what movies are all about. It might be the prettiest movie I've ever seen. just perfection. " - Goffe Personal Comment: Paul Thomas Anderson makes another appearance on our countdown with probably his best known and highly received works, There Will Be Blood. There Will Be Blood is the 6th movies from the 2000s decade to make our list, and it is often viewed as one of the decades very finest. The movie is a very slow work but a very rewarding one for those who are willing to sit down and truly watch it. The movie is able to capitalize on the American Dream and Capitalist System by exploring some of the themes those entail through one of Capitalism's defining products, oil. It is definitely a movie that is able to stand itself apart and not be forgotten.

Number 67 Up (2009) 36 Points (16 Votes, Avg Score 46.5) "That might sound boring, but I think the boring stuff is the stuff I remember the most." Top 10 Placements: 2 Placements Changes in Rankings Over Time: 2014 (62, -5), 2013 (Not Ranked), 2012 (Not Ranked) Tomatometer: 98% Box Office: 293m (336.97m Adjusted) Most Notable Awards Recognition: Won 2 Oscars, and Nominated for Best Picture (as an Animated Film) IMDb Synopsis: Carl Fredrickson is a little boy and a dreamer who idolizes the adventurer Charles Munts. When he meets Ellie, who also worships Munts, they become close friends. However Charles Munts falls into disgrace, accused of forging the skeleton of the monster of Paradise Falls. He travels in his blimp to South America to bring the monster back alive but is never seen again. Eventually Carl grows up and marries Ellie. They promise each other that they would travel together to Paradise Falls and build a house there. Many years later, Ellie dies and Carl, who's lonely, refuses to move from their house despite the offers of the owner of a construction company. When Carl accidentally hits a worker that damaged his mailbox, he is sentenced to move to a retirement home. However, he uses many balloons to float his house in order to travel to Paradise Falls. Adventure ensues. Critic Opinion: "What makes “Up” so rousing is that it appeals to our basic instincts to cling to what makes us feel safe while also feeding our need to explore the unknown. Like Carl, the curmudgeonly septuagenarian at the center of the piece, we often sacrifice one for the other, especially as age and responsibilities mount. So what a thrill it is to see Carl (perfectly voiced by that spunk-hating treasure, Ed Asner) release himself from earth’s chains and suddenly take flight. But as we all know, no one gets away scot-free; there’s always the possibility of the unexpected, the element of surprise that in this instance literally lies on Carl’s doorstep – a thousand feet in the sky. His name is Russell (voiced wonderfully by 7-year-old Jordan Nagai), a lonely, well-meaning Boy Scout obsessed with earning a merit badge for assisting the elderly. In hopes of fulfilling that quest, he has the misfortune of being just outside Carl’s door at the time of liftoff. Thus the stage is set for the beginnings of a beautiful – and contentious – friendship that will grow into something quite special; assuming, of course, they first survive the trip and then the many hidden dangers awaiting them in the wilds of South America. It’s quite a place, too, filled with towering mesas, a mile-high waterfall and enough flora and fauna to stock a botanical garden. In fact, the landscape, gorgeously drawn in luscious 3D (a Pixar first) by a host of animators under the guidance of director Pete Docter (“Monsters, Inc.”), is practically a character onto itself, constantly changing colors and mood. It’s the same level of nuance that fuels a script by Docter and Bob Peterson that maintains a sense of realism despite the fantastical nature of a tale that in addition to a flying house includes a prehistoric bird, talking dogs and a crazed explorer who’s spent far too much time away from civilization." - Al Alexander User Opinion: N/A (I can't find the title is to generic to warrant a forum search, so enjoy a longer critic review excerpt) Personal Comment: Up is the first Pixar film to make our countdown, as well as the second animated film to make it onto our list. Up is one of the three animated movies to ever receive a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars, putting it in elite territory. Up also marks the 5th film from the 2000s decade to make our list (just one year off from adding yet another movie to the 2010s decade). Up is most known for its gorgeous opening sequence, touched with a very melodious and power score, and the powerful wordlessness of the "Married Life" sequence that would leave even the most hard hearted shedding a tear. Up is one of those animations that touches the heart and soul of anyone who watches it (unless they truly are heartless).

Mark Rylance 100% deserved his Oscar over Stallone.

Number 68 Marvel's The Avengers (2012) 36 Points (15 Votes, Avg Score 48.8) "Puny God." Top 5 Placements: 1 Placement Top 10 Placements: 2 Placements Changes in Ranking Over Time: 2014 (11, -57), 2013 (37, -21), 2012 (31, -27) Tomatometer: 92% Box Office: 623.36m (659.64m Adjusted) Most Notable Awards Recognition: Nominated for 1 Oscar IMDb Synopsis: Nick Fury is the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., an international peace-keeping agency. The agency is a who's who of Marvel Super Heroes, with Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When global security is threatened by Loki and his cohorts, Nick Fury and his team will need all their powers to save the world from disaster. Critic Opinion: "The real appeal of "The Avengers" goes far beyond comic book origins. It directly taps into our collective 9/11 memories and transforms them into comic book mythology. Just as a diverse and divided American populace became a unified force following the assault on New York City more than a decade ago, the six Avengers likewise drop their petty differences when faced with a deadly attack against the Big Apple. That's why the movie's most emotional moment occurs not during the final battle, but just before, when the divided superheroes come together to fight for a cause more important than themselves." - Dann Gire User Opinion: "It was amazing. The comedy was perfect. Hulk stole the last half of the movie. It is a shame that they kind of turned Loki into a joke with the Hulk/Iron Man stuff in the 2nd half. Still, he was an amazing villian. The best of these Marvel movies so far. Tom Hiddleston is perfect for this role." - CJohn Personal Comment: And here comes the last of the five Marvel movies to make the list, just barely edging out Guardians of the Galaxy. The Avengers also marks the 9th movie from the 2010s decade to make the list, giving the decade a 2 movie lead over the 80s for most on the countdown so far. The Avengers was the box office smash that turned the MCU into a moderately successful franchise with one big property, to absolute money-making machine that it is now. The movie is beloved by many and is one many people's favorites when it comes to comic book movies.

Number 69 Rocky (1975) 36 Points (13 Votes, Avg Score 38.6154) "Apollo Creed vs. the Italian Stallion. Sounds like a damn monster movie." Top 5 Placements: 2 Placements Top 10 Placements: 2 Placements Changes in Rankings Over Time: 2014 (Not Ranked), 2013 (Not Ranked), 2012 (88, +19) Tomatometer: 93% Box Office: 117.24m (472.24m Adjusted) Most Notable Awards Recognition: Won 3 Oscars, including Best Picture IMDb Synopsis: Rocky Balboa is a struggling boxer trying to make the big time, working as a debt collector for a pittance. When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed visits Philadelphia, his managers want to set up an exhibition match between Creed and a struggling boxer, touting the fight as a chance for a "nobody" to become a "somebody". The match is supposed to be easily won by Creed, but someone forgot to tell Rocky, who sees this as his only shot at the big time. Critic Opinion: "On top of all that came before it, there's the nicely filmed boxing match at the conclusion. We feel every blow and we're rooting for Rocky all the way. Even now after seeing it many, many times, I still found myself in Rocky's corner, hoping he can find it within himself to stand strong and take what's thrown at him. And speaking of emotional moments. If when Rocky is screaming out Adrian's name at the climax, if you don't get a little choked up, then you must be dead inside. Of course this wasn't just Rocky's shot at the big time, it was also Stallone's. Maybe he never quite lived up to the quality that this movie promised, choosing instead to go a more commercial route, but you can't deny that here at least he created a work of art that will stand the test of time. " - Scott Nash User Opinion: "One of my favorites, definitely in my top 10, great performances, great acting and a great story, and the overall feel good tone make it one of the best sports movies ever. This movie also gives me a lot of motivation to go workout and just keep going." - tommycruise Personal Comment: Here comes that other boxing film that I alluded to in my comment on Raging Bull. Rocky marks the third movie to make the list from the 70s, and it marks the highlight of the career of the star actor Sylvester Stallone who has managed to get both of his two Oscar nominations from the character created in this movie. Rocky is the epitome of inspirational feel good movies, and it is a blockbuster classic that very few films are able to match in the minds and hearts of audiences.