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

[rukaio101]

72. Aliens (1986) 17 points- 9 votes

"Get away from her, you bitch!"

 

 

Fifty seven years after Ellen Ripley survived her disastrous ordeal, her escape vessel is recovered after drifting across the galaxy as she slept in cryogenic stasis. Back on earth, nobody believed her story about the "Aliens" on the planet LV-426. After the "Company" orders the colony on LV-426 to investigate, however, all communication with the colony is lost. The Company enlists Ripley to aid a team of tough, rugged space marines on a rescue mission to the now partially terraformed planet to find out if there are aliens or survivors. As the mission unfolds, Ripley will be forced to come to grips with her worst nightmare, but even as she does, she finds that the worst is yet to come.

 

Trivia: When filming the scene with Newt in the duct, Carrie Henn kept deliberately blowing her scene so she could slide down the vent, which she later called a slide three stories tall.James Cameron finally dissuaded her by saying that if she completed the shot, she could play on it as much as she wanted. She did, and he kept his promise.

 

Ruk's Comments

 

"Has any film franchise managed to transfer from horror to action so perfectly, while still keeping its horror roots?

 

 

Okay, that’s one (and I'm still pissed none of the Evil Dead films made it on here). But this is a close second. James Cameron took the slow, grinding tension of the first film, added some explosive action and, surprisingly, it worked. There’s a reason this is as highly appreciated as the first film. Now if only the franchise hadn’t ended at this point…. (which it completely and totally did and anything anyone else tells you is a filthy lie.)"

[rukaio101]

71. L.A. Confidential (1997) 18 points- 7 votes

"Some men get the world. Others get ex-hookers and a trip to Arizona."

 

 

1950's Los Angeles is the seedy backdrop for this intricate noir-ish tale of police corruption and Hollywood sleaze. Three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style: Ed Exley, the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out; Bud White, ready to break the rules to seek justice, but barely able to keep his raging violence under control; and Jack Vincennes, always looking for celebrity and a quick buck until his conscience drives him to join Exley and White down the one-way path to find the truth behind the dark world of L.A. crime.

 

Trivia: Many of the events in the movie were based upon real events. These include the Bloody Christmas scene where drunken police officers brutally beat up Hispanic prisoners suspected of beating up two uniformed cops (the real-life cops involved were named Trojanowski and Brownson -- in the film, they're referred to as Helenowski and Brown); the plot line of real-life gangster Mickey Cohen's arrest touching off a gang war for control of the rackets; the LAPD Goon Squad which would kidnap out-of-town gangsters, beat them up and threaten to kill them if they ever tried to come back to set up their operations; Lana Turner dating gangster Johnny Stompanato (although this movie is set in 1953, and the real Turner and Stompanato didn't start dating until 1957). In real life, Turner's daughter Cheryl Crane stabbed Stompanato to death on April 4, 1958, after catching him beating her mother.

 

Ruk's Comments

 

"This isn't a film I can't talk too much about because I haven't watched it in years but, even in all that time, there's really a lot of good stuff I can remember about it. A great cast, a brilliant, intricate plot, some really sharp twists, it's all just fantastic."

[Goffe]

Aside from Winter Soldier and maybe Frozen, there haven't been a bad movie so far.

[CoolioD1]

Fargo's top ten for me. 

[The Panda]

I'm disappointed now because it's become evident Before Sunset missed the list.

I was hoping it could sneak in

[Ethan Hunt]

many of them are just as bad as, say, armageddon or transformers.

Well Transformers is a god damn masterpiece that deserves to be worshiped and presents such real and likable characters as well as emotionally intense moments, so yeah... Nothing is better than Transformers.

[The Panda]

Well Transformers is a god damn masterpiece that deserves to be worshiped and presents such real and likable characters as well as emotionally intense moments, so yeah... Nothing is better than Transformers.

Ummm, I'd think sarcasm but this is Ethan talking.

[Ethan Hunt]

Ummm, I'd think sarcasm but this is Ethan talking.

There is not one ounce of sarcasm in that statement. Transformers is a perfect movie.

[The Panda]

There is not one ounce of sarcasm in that statement. Transformers is a perfect movie.

That's one of the funniest things I've heard today

[Kvikk Lunsj]

I an sad The Elephant Man will not make it on the list. 

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I think this list needs to go to Sweden, see the lovely lakes.

[DAR]

Aladdin is my favorite animated film ever

[luna]

I think this list needs to go to Sweden, see the lovely lakes.

and bergman.

[luna]

<spoilers below>

 

Well Transformers is a god damn masterpiece that deserves to be worshiped and presents such real and likable characters as well as emotionally intense moments, so yeah... Nothing is better than Transformers.

yeah, there are some pretty emotionally intense moments there, for sure.

 

almost up there with 2001, when, to the background of breathtaking silence, HAL's memory is being slowly destroyed, and we witness the cruel irony of a previously murderous computer experiencing utter terror when disassembled by his emotionally distant human enemy.

 

or perhaps that moment in come and see when the little soviet boy, having gone through earsplitting shellings and tortuous houseburnings, comes upon a photo of hitler, and shoots it. over and over again. each thundering boom heralds a rewind through hitler's past, and the boy thrashes with boundless anger at that photo. until we come to see hitler as a baby. the boy looks. and looks. and stops.

 

i mean, transformers is up there. that part with the robot shitting on the other robot's face for the seventh time. fuck me. it's up there, for sure.

[rukaio101]

and bergman.

My sister was bitten by a Bergman ønce.

[rukaio101]

70. North by Northwest (1959) 18 points- 8 votes

"Now you listen to me, I'm an advertising man, not a red herring. I've got a job, a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives and several bartenders that depend upon me, and I don't intend to disappoint them all by getting myself "slightly" killed."

 

 

Madison Avenue advertising man Roger Thornhill finds himself thrust into the world of spies when he is mistaken for a man by the name of George Kaplan. Foreign spy Philip Vandamm and his henchman Leonard try to eliminate him but when Thornhill tries to make sense of the case, he is framed for murder. Now on the run from the police, he manages to board the 20th Century Limited bound for Chicago where he meets a beautiful blond, Eve Kendall, who helps him to evade the authorities. His world is turned upside down yet again when he learns that Eve isn't the innocent bystander he thought she was. Not all is as it seems however, leading to a dramatic rescue and escape at the top of Mt. Rushmore.

 

Trivia: While filming Vertigo, Alfred Hitchcock described some of the plot of this project to frequent Hitchcock leading man and "Vertigo" star James Stewart, who naturally assumed that Hitchcock meant to cast him in the Roger Thornhill role, and was eager to play it. Actually, Hitchcock wanted Cary Grant to play the role. By the time Hitchcock realized the misunderstanding, Stewart was so anxious to play Thornhill that rejecting him would have caused a great deal of disappointment. So Hitchcock delayed production on this film until Stewart was already safely committed to filming Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder before "officially" offering him the North by Northwest role. Stewart had no choice; he had to turn down the offer, allowing Hitchcock to cast Grant, the actor he had wanted all along.

 

Ruk's Comments

 

"One of the two films on this list directed by the great Alfred Hitchcock (a director who, like quite a few others, I consider somewhat under-represented on this list), North by Northwest is a world-class thriller whose inspiration can even be felt in films today. Let's face it, is there anyone who doesn't recognise that signature shot of a crop-duster chasing Cary Grant?" 

[rukaio101]

69. ET: The Extra Terrestrial (1982) 18 points- 8 votes

"E.T. phone home."

 

 

A group of aliens visit earth and one of them is lost and left behind stranded on this planet. The alien is found by a 10 year old boy, Elliot. Soon the two begin to communicate, and start a different kind of friendship in which E.T learns about life on earth and Elliot learns about some new values for the true meaning of friendship. E.T. wants to go home, but if Elliot helps him, he'll lose a friend...

 

Trivia: The filmmakers had requested that M&M's be used to lure E.T., instead of Reese's Pieces. The Mars company had denied their request and so Reese's Pieces were used instead. As a direct result, Reese's Pieces sales skyrocketed. Because of this, more and more companies began requesting that their products be used in movies - a common practice which was done previously with the James Bond film franchise (the end credits of a Bond film prior to 1982 have had their end credits when contributing companies had their product used in a feature film). Thus, product placement was born.

 

Ruk's Comments

 

"One of the many films that cemented Spielberg as a cinematic great (no matter what lisa might say), I'm slightly embarrassed to admit I've not actually seen this one yet. But obviously, I'm going to have to sooner or later. Because it's ET."

[rukaio101]

68. Spirited Away (2001) 18 points- 8 votes

"I finally get a bouquet and it's a goodbye present. That's depressing."

 

 

Chihiro and her family are on their way to their new house in the suburbs when her father decides to take a shortcut along a lonely-looking dirt road. After getting out of the car and walking along a path for a while, they discover an open-air restaurant filled with food but with no workers or customers present. Mom and Dad don't hesitate to sit down and dig in, but Chihiro senses danger and refuses. As night falls, she is terrified to see the area fill with faceless spirits, but when she runs to find her parents, she discovers that they have been turned into pigs. She is found by a mysterious boy named Haku, who promises to help her. He gets her a job working in a nearby building, which turns out to be a bathhouse for the thousands of Japan's gods and spirits. Though the work is hard and the people strange, she does as well as she can. Her parents, however, are still waiting in the hotel's stockyard, and Chihiro must find a way to break the spell on them before they end up as the main course of some guest's dinner.

 

Trivia: The cleansing of the river spirit is based on a real-life incident in Hayao Miyazaki's life in which he participated in the cleaning of a river, removing, among other things, a bicycle.

 

Ruk's Comments

 

"The only Miyazaki film on this list (a director who, in my opinion, is possibly the most under-represented here), it's hard to deny the charms of this movie. Gorgeous animation, gorgeous soundtrack, fairy-tale story, it's all great. I'll admit, I do prefer Princess Mononoke, Castle in the Sky and Porco Rosso but, in a filmography as strong as Miyazaki's, this is still one of his strongest."

[luna]

so these are my ratings so far.

 

100.

99. A there will be blood

98. B harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban

97. C once upon a time in the west

96.

95. B airplane!

94. B+ children of men

93. D- reservoir dogs

92. C- iron man

91. C- magnolia

90.

89. D+ frozen

88.

87. D casino royale

86. A- no country for old men

85. B+ planet of the apes

84.

83.

82. B citizen kane

81.

80. A- sunset blvd

79. B+ pan's labyrinth

78.

77.

76.

75.

74. A- fargo

73. B- aladdin

72.

71.

70. B- north by northwest

69. D- et the extraterrestrial

68. B spirited away

67. C monsters inc

Edited October 15, 2014 by lisa

[rukaio101]

67. Monsters Inc (2001) 18 points- 11 votes

"Kitty!"

 

 

James P. Sullivan (AKA "Sulley") and Mike Wazowski pick up their paychecks at Monsters Inc., the utility company that generates energy from the goose bumps of children. Sulley, the No. 1 scream-generator at the plant accidentally lets in a little girl into the monster world. Since monsters are actually terrified of children it's a major cause for alarm and a major headache for Sulley and Mike.

 

Trivia: Mary Gibbs was so young that it proved difficult to get her to stand in the recording studio and act her lines. Instead, they simply followed her around with a microphone and cut Boo's lines together from the things she said while she played.

 

Ruk's Comments

 

"The first Pixar entry on this list (but inevitably not the last), Monsters Inc has never exactly been the most memorable of entries for me, but I can't deny it's a fantastic film. A sprawling, intelligent world, some truly impressive visuals (the door chase sequence in particular), it's a real treat."