Box Office.com's Top 100 films of All Time (2014 edition)- List Complete! Everyone is Disappointed!

[Wrath]

Once I'd finalized my list, Magnolia might have been the movie I most regretted excluding.  Huge and sprawling and seriously all over the place, but when it worked it really worked.  Also, its the movie, along with Boogie Nights, that really put Philip Seymour Hoffman on the map.

Edited October 2, 2014 by Wrath

[Empire]

Magnolia is such a great film! Glad it made the list.

[DAR]

Eh

[rukaio101]

Sorry it's taken a while for this next entry, but I was sidetracked by something incredibly important. By which I mean I was playing the new Smash Bros all day. 

 

90. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 15 points- 7 votes

"There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible."

 

 

Based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning book of 1961. Atticus Finch is a lawyer in a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s. He agrees to defend a young black man who is accused of raping a white woman. Many of the townspeople try to get Atticus to pull out of the trial, but he decides to go ahead. How will the trial turn out - and will it change any of the racial tension in the town ?

 

Trivia: The first scene that Gregory Peck shot showed him returning home from his character's law office while his children ran to greet him. Harper Lee was a guest on the set that day, and Peck noticed her crying after the scene was filmed. "Why are you crying?" Peck asked. Peck had looked just like her late father, the model for Atticus, Lee explained; Peck even had a little round pot belly like her father's. "That's not a pot belly, Harper," Peck told her, "That's great acting."

 

Ruk's Comments

 

"I'll admit, I have the same problem with this film that I do with All Quiet on the Western Front, in that I read the book first and, quite frankly, don't think anything could live up to it. But, even if I think it's inferior to the book, there is a lot to love and respect about this film. The acting is top notch, especially from Gregory Peck and the children. And the guy who played Boo Radley who managed to be one of the most memorable things about the film despite I don't think saying a single word in the film. And, considering the book is my favourite book of all time, there's no denying the story is quality. So yeah, even if I don't think it quite reaches the heights of the book, there's no denying it's a top notch adaptation."

[rukaio101]

89. Frozen (2013) 15 points- 7 votes

"Oh, look at that. I've been impaled."

 

 

Anna, a fearless optimist, sets off on an epic journey - teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven - to find her sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olaf, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom. From the outside Anna's sister, Elsa looks poised, regal and reserved, but in reality, she lives in fear as she wrestles with a mighty secret-she was born with the power to create ice and snow. It's a beautiful ability, but also extremely dangerous. Haunted by the moment her magic nearly killed her younger sister Anna, Elsa has isolated herself, spending every waking minute trying to suppress her growing powers. Her mounting emotions trigger the magic, accidentally setting off an eternal winter that she can't stop. She fears she's becoming a monster and that no one, not even her sister, can help her.

 

Trivia: While Arendelle is covered in snow, two townsmen are seen arguing over the correct way to stack firewood, bark up, or bark down. This refers to a heated debate in Norway (part of Scandinavia, where the film is believed to be set) that was sparked in 2013, after a 12-hour TV program on firewood aired. It included 8 hours of a live fireplace, and the network received dozens of texts complaining about how the firewood was stacked. The complaints were split evenly between people who were upset about bark facing up, and those who were complaining about bark facing down.

 

Ruk's Comments

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TABLgtIZdhk

 

"Okay, I’m not really that pissed that Frozen is on here. I just wanted to use that joke. Hell, if we’d done this poll 6 months earlier, it probably would’ve reached the top 10, so I’m just happy with the victories I can get at this point. And it is a good movie. Maybe not the golden orgasmic masterpiece some people like to present it as, but it has some interesting characters, top-notch animation, funny jokes and songs ranging from 'great' (Let it Go) to… 'at least it’s not the gargoyles song from Hunchback' (That troll song). So yeah, overexposed and overrated as I may find it, there’s no denying Frozen is a lot of fun."

[The Panda]

Frozen is great and all, but no place on a top 100 of all time list.

[DAR]

Mockinbird is such a great film. I remember growing watching it in school. I hope teachers still use it in class

[DAR]

And I liked Frozen a lot but for me it lacks the one thing missing from a truly great Disney animated film, a truly memorable villain

[The Panda]

And I liked Frozen a lot but for me it lacks the one thing missing from a truly great Disney animated film, a truly memorable villain

 

For me, Frozen is a perfect Disney film all the way up to Let it Go, after that it's just a fun and inventive animation.

[Empire]

Frozen is great and all, but no place on a top 100 of all time list.

Yeah, it isn't even close to a top 100 film all-time.

[Ethan Hunt]

Mockinbird is such a great film. I remember growing watching it in school. I hope teachers still use it in class

Mockinbird is such a great film. I remember growing watching it in school. I hope teachers still use it in class

Sadly they do still use it in class. The book is so many miles better than the movie.

[luna]

frozen is definitely closer to my bottom 100 of all-time

[The Futurist]

We had a great list of the best animation films on this forum, maybe next time, it would be interesting to make a list with only live action pictures to avoid Pixar Disney renaissance over bearing presence ...

[MovieMan89]

Frozen is great and all, but no place on a top 100 of all time list.

Thank god here is about the only place in the whole world it would ever make a top 100 all time films list.

[TalismanRing]

And the guy who played Boo Radley who managed to be one of the most memorable things about the film despite I don't think saying a single word in the film.

 

 

Just a little known actor making his film debut - Robert Duvall

Edited October 4, 2014 by TalismanRing

[rukaio101]

88. Life of Pi (2012) 15 points- 8 votes

"I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go, but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye."

 

 

An aspiring Canadian author interviews the Indian storyteller Pi Patel to hear the firsthand account of his adventures. Pi recounts his upbringing in French-occupied India, where his father owned a zoo. When Pi's family business fails, they embark on a sea voyage to Canada to begin a new life. One night aboard their Japanese cargo ship in the middle of the ocean, a deadly storm hits and sinks nearly all that Pi holds dear. He survives in a lifeboat with several of their zoo animals, including a fearsome Bengal tiger. In a struggle to survive, Pi and the tiger forge an unexpected connection that gives him daily motivation to live.

 

Trivia: First movie in 7 years to receive the Oscar for Best Director without winning the Oscar for Best Motion Picture. The previous movie was Brokeback Mountain (2005), also directed by Ang Lee.

 

Ruk's Comments

 

"Fuck Argo, this should’ve won Best Picture in 2012. Fantastic visuals mixed with a fantastic story and characters (or character singular if you don't count the tiger). I was often left wondering where the film was going and some of the philosophy really made an impact. While I did like Argo, that film (like a decent number of Best Picture winners) really hasn’t stuck with me through time. This one has and I think it’s going to stick with me for years to come."

[rukaio101]

87. Casino Royale (2006) 15 points- 8 votes

"I'm sorry. That last hand... nearly killed me."

 

 

Recently promoted to 00 status, James Bond takes over his first mission, in which he faces a mysterious private banker to world terrorism and poker player, Le Chiffre. Along with a beautiful Treasury agent and the MI6 man in Montenegro, Bond takes part in a high stakes poker game set up by Le Chiffre in order to recover a huge sum of his clients' money he lost in a failed plot that the British spy took down. 007 will not only discover the threatening organization behind his enemy, but the worst of all truths: to not trust on anyone.

 

Trivia: Daniel Craig is the first actor to play James Bond who is younger than the series itself.

 

Ruk's Comments

 

"Daniel Craig’s first outing as James Bond and, quite frankly, he couldn’t have gotten a better one. I’ll admit I’ve not watched all that many Bond films but, out of those I have, this is my favourite by a long shot. What really makes this film, in my opinion, are the fantastic performances from Daniel Craig, Eva Green and a pre-Hannibal Mads Mikkelsen and excellent directorial work from Martin Campbell (who went on to do Green Lantern so I have no idea what happened there). It’s easy to see why this Bond is considered one of the best. "

[luna]

frozen, life of pi, casino royale.

 

i didn't do a very good job of advertising to the cinema cult.

[Jake Gittes]

Casino Royale is one of the better films revealed so far

[The Panda]

Life of Pi is fantastic, I loved the movie and it's one of the few fictional pieces of literature I've been able to enjoy reading within the last few years.

It's so hard for me to read anything that isn't just straight up journalism, commentary, etc or such nowadays and I was thoroughly engaged with Life of Pi.