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#169 - Elvis (257 points, 7 lists) #168 - Troy (258 points, 5 lists) #167 - Magic Mike XXL (259 points, 6 lists) #166 - The Animatrix (266 points, 4 lists) #165 - Captain Blood (267 points, 5 lists) #164 - Giant (269 points, 6 lists) #163 - Letters from Iwo Jima (270 points, 7 lists) #162 - I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang (271 points, 5 lists) #161 - The Conjuring 2 (274 points, 8 lists) #160 - The Lego Batman Movie (277 points, 10 lists)

#48 L.A. Confidential 786 points, 15 lists "Go back to Jersey, sonny. This is the City of the Angels, and you haven't got any wings." Box Office: 126.2M Rotten Tomatoes: 99% Metacritic: 90 Awards: 2 Academy Awards and 7 nominations, 2 BAFTA Film Awards and 10 nominations, 1 Golden Globe Award and 4 nominations, Its Legacy: One of three films to sweep the "Big Four" critics awards circles. Considered the best film set in Los Angeles according to the Los Angeles Times. A contender for the Palme D'Or. Made Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe, then unknowns, into household names. Popularized the James Ellroy novel. Joined the National Film Registry in 2015. Gave David Straithairn a paycheck. Commentary: This famed throwback to the days of classic film noir, this 1997 classic is an absolute perfect package. A fantastic screenplay that masterfully adapts the dense novel written by James Ellroy, what made the film so effective were its three main characters, all of whom fit a specific archetype of a classic noir story. Guy Pearce as Shotgun Ed, the straight arrow cop who just wants to climb up the ladder. Russell Crowe as Bud, the enforcer who is all about action first. Kevin Spacey as Hollywood Jack, the guy who is both a technical advisor on TV shows and is desperate for that celebrity fame. All three do exemplary work in a story that contains tons of double-crossing and high-intensity drama, while also being a gorgeous love letter to old-school Los Angeles. Add on Kim Basinger as the always necessary femme fatale, where she won an Academy Award, and we have one of 1997’s best films. A movie that was both a tribute to great noirs of old, while also serving as its own unique and wonderful beast. It made Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe huge movie stars, continued Kevin Spacey’s unfortunate rise in popularity, and a cornerstone of Los Angeles-set cinema. And while we sadly never got that proposed sequel that would have starred Chadwick Boseman (true story, look it up), we still got one all-timer we can all cherish.

#49 The Searchers 746 points, 14 lists "Let's go home, Debbie." Box Office: 3.75M Rotten Tomatoes: 94% Metacritic: 94 Awards: 1 Golden Globe Award, 1 DGA Award nomination Its Legacy: Considered one of the greatest and most influential films ever created. The greatest Western of all time by the American Film Institute and Entertainment Weekly. Ranked #7 on Sight & Sound's 2012 list of Greatest Films of All Time. Ranked #10 on Cahiers du Cinema's Greatest Films of All Time. #4 on Jean-Luc Godard's favorite Hollywood sound movies. The first major film to have a making-of documentary. Influenced filmmakers like David Lean, Sam Peckinpah, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, John Milius, Paul Schrader, Wim Wenders, Vince Gilligan, and George Lucas. Inspired a Buddy Holly song. Joined the National Film Registry in 1989. Gave Natalie Wood a paycheck. Commentary: Yes indeed. The Western to end all Westerns. The pinnacle of the entire genre. The film that redefined what a Western could and should be. The film that subverted the tropes of the genre while laying the groundwork for today’s more modern Western releases. The greatest film John Ford ever created, the film that influenced everything from Lawrence of Arabia to Star Wars, the film that is the reason John Wayne is still a household name. It’s of course visually gorgeous and full of heart-pounding action, but it’s the subtleties in its themes and ideas that make this so resonant. Despite being a product of the 1950s, this is a film that serves as both a celebration and a slam against the concept and history of the Western. Within the usual “savage natives” archetypes is a unique scenario where, in fact, the most savage one of all is our brave white hero. Ethan Edwards’ determination to rescue his daughter leads to him becoming more brutal towards the Native Americans and, in a way, being the true villain of the story Ford hypes up Edwards under this heroic image that slowly withers away as the film goes on. It’s a slam against the racism of these movies and the period itself, leading to one of the most iconic final images in cinematic history. The kind of final image that is still studied, analyzed, and discussed decades later. It’s the one film that is the reason a supposedly dead genre keeps on coming back again and again stronger than before. Without this, there's no Unforgiven, no 3:10 to Yuma, no True Grit by the Coens, no nothing.

#50 A Streetcar Named Desire 742 points, 13 lists "Hey, STELLA!" Box Office: 8M Rotten Tomatoes: 97% Metacritic: 97 Awards: 4 Academy Awards and 8 nominations, 1 BAFTA Award and 1 nomination, 1 Golden Globe Award and 2 nominations Its Legacy: Marlon Brando's grand debut to cinema. Vivien Leigh's second Oscar win. Marlon Brando's first of four consecutive Oscar nominations. The first of four films to win 3 out of 4 acting Oscars. First Warner Bros. movie to win four Oscars since 1936's Anthony Adverse. One of Akira Kurosawa's all time favorites. Popularized the original Tennessee Williams play. #45 on AFI's Top 100 Movies and #47 on the 2007 edition. Features two entries in AFI's Top 100 Quotes. Joined the National Film Registry in 1999. Gave Karl Malden a paycheck. Commentary: If there’s anything people know about this movie for today, it’s Marlon Brando’s performance as the physically and emotionally abusive Stanley Kowalski. And I mean...yeah, it’s obvious why if you’ve seen the movie. He’s a terrifying threat, his brutish personality and appearance is well-defined, he does well portraying such a patronizing, pigheaded asshole, and his tank top outfit is iconic. Yet for me, when I think about this Elia Kazan classic, I’m more drawn towards Vivien Leigh and her phenomenal work as Blanche DuBois. An insecure, mentally ill woman who craves validation and comfort, yet must deal with the abuse of her family and the world itself for not understanding what she's going through. It's utterly devastating and depressingly relatable. The fear of being judged and hated for your mistakes and past life, having to hide under a mask that makes you seem better than what you really are. And Leigh handles all of this with incredible delivery and expression. She is helped by her great chemistry with Brando. Yet Kazan knew that these are the two most important performances to nail down. And with him being such a talent, again my favorite director, he perfectly captures Tennesee Williams’ words into a story that is beautiful, heartbreaking, yet also triumphant, even if that last part was due to Hays Code silliness. It’s a powerful story of abuse and toxic masculinity done to absolute perfection.

Moderation We're done with this "go woke go broke" discourse. Have no idea what we're going on about, but it's clearly not leading anywhere.

Yes. Now like I said, we're not doing this "well she's supposed to be white" stuff. They'll likely give another reason why she has her name, most of the time people's complaints about race-bending is nonsensical. We're done. If you want to argue with me further on this, you can speak with me privately.

Well yes. This forum is biased AF towards racist dog whistles like “go woke go broke” that are just vessels for people to act like racist assholes. Sorry if you are not fond of the fact you can’t act wreck havoc like this, but this is how the forum rolls. And the staff is more than fine with that. Feel free to find another forum more your speed. We aren’t the only place on the Internet where you can talk box office.

Moderation @hasanahmad we aren’t doing this schtick. This goes to everybody else here. There can be other reasons the name Snow White can happen. Don’t use your racist dog whistles here.

Quorum Updates Back on the Strip T-11: 20.91% Awareness Golda T-18: 15.22% Awareness The Equalizer 3 T-25: 48.03% Awareness Expend4bles T-46: 31.97% Awareness Next Goal Wins T-102: 9.41% Awareness The Book of Clarence T-158: 13.74% Awareness The Last Voyage of the Demeter T-4: 29.29% Awareness Final Awareness: 16% chance of 10M Horror Awareness: 40% chance of 10M Blue Beetle T-11: 36.06% Awareness Final Awareness: 33% chance of 10M, 2% chance of 20M My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 T-32: 35.09% Awareness T-30 Awareness: 87% chance of 10M, 61% chance of 20M Original - Low Awareness: 100% chance of 10M A Haunting in Venice T-39: 19.29% Awareness T-30 Awareness: 13% chance of 10M Sequel Awareness: 0% chance of 10M

#179 - THX 1138 (231 points, 4 lists) #178 - Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (RIP) (232 points, 7 lists) #177 - Constantine (232 points, 5 lists) #176 - I Am Legend (235 points, 4 lists) #175 - You've Got Mail (237 points, 4 lists) #174 - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (241 points, 6 lists) #173 - Godzilla vs. Kong (249 points, 8 lists) #172 - Crazy, Stupid, Love. (250 points, 8 lists) #171 - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (251 points, 6 lists) #170 - The Matrix Resurrections (252 points, 8 lists)

#189 - Mystic River (215 points, 6 lists) #188 - Kong: Skull Island (225 points, 7 lists) #187 - Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (225 points, 5 lists) #186 - Superman II (226 points, 8 lists) #185 - Interview with the Vampire (227 points, 7 lists) #184 - Contagion (228 points, 8 lists) #183 - Now, Voyager (228 points, 4 lists) #182 - Man of Steel (229 points, 6 lists) #181 - Good Night, and Good Luck (230 points, 4 lists) #180 - The Lost Boys (231 points, 7 lists)

#199 - The Public Enemy, Klute (194 points, 4 lists, avg. ranking #48) #198 - In the Heights (198 points, 6 lists) #197 - The Devils (200 points, 3 lists) #196 - Chariots of Fire (201 points, 4 lists) #195 - Aquaman (207 points, 5 lists) #194 - Space Jam (208 points, 5 lists) #193 - National Lampoon's Vacation (210 points, 7 lists) #192 - Scooby-Doo (2002) (210 lists, 6 lists) #191 - Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (210 points, 4 lists) #190 - Yankee Doodle Dandy (210 points, 3 lists)

Then just don't respond to them. It's really not that hard to ignore people when they reply to your posts. Do you have to argue with people over a silly Pixar movie? Will the universe implode if you don't? Last I checked, that's not the case. And yes, because I know you will say it, this also applies to people who respond to you. But if you don't like people arguing with a "clear bias", why can't you take action and just not respond? Trust me, you don't have to reply to every post. It's okay.

I thought your last post was the last you would say on this.

You're a spectacle movie.

Moderation Yeah we're not doing this. Please do not spout such trollish hyperbole.

Dude it’s just a kids movie lmao. Relax

Moderation @kayumanggi @Issac Newton there is no need to start fighting with each other. If you have problems with each other you want to hash out, do it privately. If you continue this fight publicly, you will leave me with no other choice but to threadban you.

#51 A Star is Born 726 points, 14 lists "Hello, everybody. This is Mrs. Norman Maine." Box Office: 6M Rotten Tomatoes: 98% Metacritic: 89 Awards: 6 Academy Award nominations, 1 BAFTA Award nomination, 2 Golden Globe Awards Its Legacy: The most iconic iteration of A Star is Born. Judy Garland's famed comeback vehicle after leaving MGM. Garland's Best Actress snub oft-considered one of the worst in Academy history. Would see a restoration featuring all available deleted footage in 1983. #43 on AFI's Top 100 Passions, #7 on AFI's Top 25 Musicals, and #11 on AFI's Top 100 Movie Songs. Joined the National Film Registry in 2000. Gave Jack Carson a paycheck. Commentary: Yep. Bradley Cooper found dead in a ditch. George Cukor reigns supreme. And you all voted for it even though 5 minutes of the movie are just still photos. The hell is wrong with y’all? Okay, I’m just being silly here. Trust me, I get it. Cukor’s film is an utterly dazzling melodrama that contains incredible music, groundbreaking cinematography (CinemaScope was the fucking best y’all), and the incredible story of a rising star and a falling star we all know and love and cry over, with jabs and slams at the Hollywood system and how easily it can chew and spit out its incredible performers and stars. James Mason is of course in top form as Norman Maine, but this isn’t his movie. This is the Judy Garland show. And as a Garland fan, my favorite actor of all time in fact, this is her best work yet. Easily her second-most iconic work, this shows Garland’s incredible skills as a musical performer. Her voice, her dances, her mannerisms, her expressions. It’s all wonderful. And her emotionally devastating moments through this film not only hits just on her tears and voice delivery (impossible not to cry during certain moments with her), but are even more tragic from a metatextual perspective. Judy Garland, during this time, was Norman Maine. Somebody who was struggling with her life and her mental health and the abuse she had gone through. Somebody who Hollywood chewed up and spat out. Seeing her play somebody who is just starting out, rising as the person who got her there life falls apart, knowing she could suffer that same fate...it’s awful. But also necessary. A call to remind us that what we see in the movies can happen in real life if we don’t pay attention. And sadly, we still have got a long way to go, despite this movie being almost 70 years old. The Cooper movie may be what today’s generations grab onto, but this is and always will be the best. Because like I said, you can’t beat the classics.

#52 The Adventures of Robin Hood 723 points, 10 lists "It's injustice I hate, not the Normans." Box Office: 4M Rotten Tomatoes: 100% Metacritic: 97 Awards: 3 Academy Awards and 1 nomination Its Legacy: Considered the greatest Robin Hood adaptation, one of the greatest family films, and one of the greatest films of all time. Boasts a rare 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. The benchmark for all future Robin Hood adaptations. Solidified the dream team of Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. Errol Flynn's most iconic role. Spoofed by the Looney Tunes and Mel Brooks. Inspired Prince of Persia, Star Wars, and Disney's Tangled. #84 in Channel 4's Best Films of All Time, #100 on AFI's Top 100 Thrills, #18 for Top 100 Heroes, and #11 for Top 100 Film Scores. Joined the National Film Registry in 1995. Gave Basil Rathbone a paycheck. Commentary: Let’s be real here. Michael Curtiz and Errol Flynn are the best of the best when it comes to Robin Hood. Some of us are likely fond of the Disney movie with that sexy fox. Some of us probably dug Prince of Thieves back in the 90s. You’re probably a sicko who thinks the Mel Brooks parody is the best there's ever been. But honestly, Robin Hood as a movie character peaked in 1938. Your faves could never. Here we have a masterclass of director and actor. Flynn was already known for being an utterly suave and charming swashbuckling hero, while Curtiz was a master at pacing, storytelling, and art direction. So these two taking one of the most iconic literary characters ever? You have a recipe for an amazing adventure chock full of great action, lavish sets, and utterly astounding Technicolor cinematography that makes this one of the most lush and beautiful movies ever made. You add on a great supporting cast featuring Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, and Claude Rains, as well as tons of that classic swashbuckling charm and adventure, and you have one of the greatest adventure movies and greatest family movies ever made. And while they will continue to make Robin Hood movies long after we are all dead, you can’t beat the classics.

#53 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 704 points, 15 lists "It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends." Box Office: 1.017B Rotten Tomatoes: 81% Metacritic: 65 Awards: 3 Academy Award nominations, 7 BAFTA Award nominations, 2 Empire Award nominations, 2 Grammy Award nominations, 1 MTV Movie Award nomination Its Legacy: Kickstarted one of the most successful movie franchises in history. Made TERF Queen J. K. Rowling a billionaire and a household name (sadly). Turned Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson into superstars. Made the book series bigger than ever. Chris Columbus' most successful movie ever. Gave Warwick Davis a paycheck. Commentary: Yep. It’s the very film that started a global phenomenon that is still alive and kicking more than 20 years later, despite its creator being a transphobic asshole. And while it can be hard to acknowledge our enjoyment of the franchise these days, it’s easy to forget just how effective that first movie was. Director Chris Columbus captured the magic and whimsy of that first story, while also making sure there were plenty of darker elements that would gradually become more common as the series progresses. And really, it’s the fantasy that captivates us all. To be in a magical world where we can be free from the drama of the real world, take part in a place full of magic and mystery, and meet fantastical creatures and figures our imaginations can only dream of. Columbus understood that and gave us a movie franchise that made us laugh, cry, and be inspired. Inspire our own stories, inspire our own ideas, and inspire us to become better than the evils in our world. And without this movie, we wouldn’t have had such a beloved movie franchise, have had so many iconic actors who have formed their own strong careers, and, frankly, a great place like Box Office Theory. Please donate to the Human Rights Campaign. Trans rights are human rights. https://www.hrc.org/