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Tropic Thunder - A Inside Llewyn Davis - A- Pacific Rim - B+ Catch Me If You Can - B- Wreck-It Ralph - C The Dark Knight Rises - A Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - B Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 - B+ Frozen - C Life of Pi - A- Way too many that I haven't seen but need to.

I agree in principle, but imo it's exceptionally rare to find a tentpole that's as good as good "artsy-fartsy boring films". For instance, of the blockbusters released in 2014, there are maybe 2 or 3 that have the intelligence of many of the best smaller films from the year.

I like Arrow but Amell simply cannot act. Worse still, he has no charisma. I really wish both popular movies and popular TV shows would stop casting people for their looks. I know it'll never happen but I can dream.

I'll let you into a secret: (don't tell anyone! )

Ethan, you might be waiting a while. #79 28.84% Director: Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn & Anonymous We begin the #70s with a documentary so provocative and dangerous that 49 crew members (including a co-director) refused to reveal their names, and are accredited under the name 'Anonymous'. RT Consensus: "Raw, terrifying and painfully difficult to watch, The Act of Killing offers a haunting testament to the edifying, confrontational power of documentary cinema." Predictions Please: Is The Act of Killing the only documentary on the list, or will there be more?

I couldn't possibly say if BitWC made it...

#80 28.80% Director: Asghar Farhadi Written by: Asghar Farhadi One of few foreign language films on our list, A Separation comes in at #80. RT Consensus: "Morally complex, suspenseful, and consistently involving, A Separation captures the messiness of a dissolving relationship with keen insight and searing intensity." Was just a joke about how obsessed with ranks this forum is.

Sure, as long as it's men who get assfucked this time.

#81 28.61% Director: Darren Aronofsky Written by: Darren Aronofsky & Hubert Selby, Jr. The first film from Darren Aronofsky to appear on our list is 2000's Requiem for a Dream. RT Consensus: "Though the movie may be too intense for some to stomach, the wonderful performances and bleak imagery are hard to forget."

DH2 was at #103. It still did very well. Where do you think ROTK will end up? (roughly) I really need to re-emphasise just how hard it was for any film to get on to the list. Some of the most popular films from Marvel, Nolan, Spielberg, WDAS, Star Wars, Middle-earth, Pixar, Potter, Hunger Games, Twilight, etc. If a film is on this list at all then the forum genuinely loves it.

^ rank them, then combine their 100 list rankings with your own rankings and rank them again.

Films I have seen / intend on watching: Taken 3 - F Whiplash - A American Sniper - D- Kingsman: The Secret Service - D+ Selma - C+ Fifty Shades of Grey - F SpongeBob Squarepants: Sponge Out of Water Still Alice - A- Chappie Wild Tales Serena The Tale of The Princess Kaguya - A+ Cinderella Home - D Divergent: Insurgent Fast and Furious 7 The Riot Club - D- While We're Young White God Ex Machina - A Child 44 Monkey Kingdom Monsters: Dark Continent True Story The Water Diviner Avengers: Age of Ultron The D Train Maggie Mad Max: Fury Road Pitch Perfect 2 Poltergeist Tomorrowland Aloha San Andreas Spy Love & Mercy Jurassic World Inside Out The Transporter Refuelled Infinitely Polar Bear Ted 2 Magic Mike XXL Terminator: Genisys Minions Ant-Man Mr. Holmes Pan Paper Towns Pixels Irrational Man The Gift Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation Southpaw Beyond the Brick Fantastic Four Masterminds Hitman: Agent 47 Jane Got a Gun Triple Nine Everest Maze Runner: Scorch Trials London Has Fallen Victor Frankenstein The Walk The Finest Hours Steve Jobs Bridge of Spies Crimson Peak Goosebumps Scouts vs. Zombies The Peanuts Movie Spectre Trumbo The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 The Good Dinosaur The Martian The Danish Girl In the Heart of the Sea Star Wars: The Force Awakens Joy Snowden The Revenant

Nor are American Sniper, Whiplash, Tale of Princess Kaguya, Selma or Still Alice technically. But they released this year in my country so they're on my list. k?

#82 28.43% Director: Ang Lee Written by: David Magee The first of several beautiful films from Ang Lee (no prizes for guessing which ones) on the list is Life of Pi. RT Consensus: "A 3D adaptation of a supposedly unfilmable book, Ang Lee's Life of Pi achieves the near impossible -- it's an astonishing technical achievement that's also emotionally rewarding."

38. Duncan Jones' SOURCE CODE Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga Box office: $54.7M Rotten Tomatoes: 92% "Any soldier I've ever served with would say that one death is service enough." In 2009, Duncan Jones made his directorial debut with the terrific Moon. In 2011, he upped his box office game with this stylish and intelligent thriller. It might not be as hardcore in its science fiction nature as the former film, but it's thoroughly engaging and packs plenty of ideas, like any proper science fiction narrative should. Its compact physical setting means Jones can write heaps of detail into every aspect of the film. It's grounded by strong performances by Michelle Monaghan and the always-great Gyllenhaal, who play two confused characters on a train, and so too is the audience: we're not quite sure what is going on, and just as Gyllenhaal's dead marine is desperate to find the bomber, we are as well. Every time he fails, we get just as frustrated as he does, and it's this ability to connect the audience to the on screen characters that makes Jones show off his talent here. The film deals with the ethics of our technological advancements, as well as what it means to be human - a recurring theme in Jones's films (and should be a theme of his upcoming Warcraft), but above all it is an enjoyable, perfectly put together thriller.

#83 28.24% Director: Wes Anderson Written by: Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola Another quirky film from Wes Anderson makes it on to the list at #83. RT Consensus: "Warm, whimsical and poignant, the immaculately framed and and beautifully acted Moonrise Kingdom presents Anderson at his idiosyncratic best."

#84 27.98% Director: Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee Written by: Jennifer Lee WDAS's biggest box office hit drifts into place at #84. RT Consensus: "Beautifully animated, smartly written and stocked with singalong songs, Frozen adds another worthy entry to the Disney canon."

Prediction time: is Deathly Hallows 1 the highest-rated young-adult film in our top 100, or might there be a Hunger Games further on?

#85 27.83% Director: David Yates Written by: Steve Kloves The other half of the Potter movies here, Deathly Hallows - Part 1 is BOT's 85th best film since 2000. RT Consensus: "It can't help but feel like the prelude it is, but Deathly Hallows: Part I is a beautifully filmed, emotionally satisfying penultimate installment for the Harry Potter series."

#86 27.30% Note: Not a film about vaginas. Director: Guy Ritchie Written by: Guy Ritchie The lowest Brad Pitt movie of the 100 is Guy Ritchie's second film, snatch. RT Consensus: Though perhaps a case of style over substance, Guy Ritchie's second crime caper is full of snappy dialogue, dark comedy, and interesting characters."

#87 26.62% Director: Alfonso Cuarón Written by: Steve Kloves Unsurprisingly, there are a couple of Harry Potter movies on the list. Prisoner of Azkaban makes up one half of them. RT Consensus: "Under the assured direction of Alfonso Cuaron, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban triumphantly strikes a delicate balance between technical wizardry and complex storytelling."

I really think TDKR is an A grade film. The best of the trilogy.

One for the fanbois: #88 26.62% Director: Lord Nolan Written by: Christopher & Jonathan Nolan This Batman sequel might not be quite as well liked as its predecessor, but that's not enough to keep The Dark Knight Rises off our list. RT Consensus: "An ambitious, thoughtful and potent action film that concludes Christopher Nolan's franchise in spectacular fashion."

And another film starring Mr. Bateman coming right up...

67% on RT, apparently the film "polarised audiences and critics" (Wikipedia). Sorry if I'm wrong about that! I haven't seen the film, I don't know huge amounts about it.