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Number 67

Die Hard (1988)

20th Century Fox, Directed by John McTiernan (53 Points, 17 Votes)

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"Yippee-ki-yay motherfucker!"

 

Top 10 Placements: 1

Top 25 Placements: 6

Previous Rankings: 2016 (59, -8), 2014 (35, -32), 2013 (35, -32), 2012 (61, -6)

Awards Count: Nominated for 4 Oscars

Tomatometer: 93% (8.4 Avg Rating)

Box Office: 83m (185m Adjusted)

Synopsis: John McClane, officer of the NYPD, tries to save his wife Holly Gennaro and several others that were taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

Critic Opinion: "It's fluid, entirely momentum-based audio-visual storytelling at its very finest; there's not an ounce of fat on the movie, and the character-based material and the strictly action-oriented stunt and effects work are balanced so perfectly that it's hard to say whether this is a light drama about a man trying to be a better husband, incidentally punctuated by enormously loud gunshots; or if it's an action thriller that gets an unusual amount of mileage from the broad but insightful character sketches living inside of it. Either way, it's a masterpiece of populist filmmaking: every foot set right in order to make the most entertaining, immediately accessible film that the genius of McTiernan and company could manage to scrounge up. It's shallow in its goals, sure, but if every shallow film were this confident in the execution of all details from the smallest grace notes in lighting to the broadest scope of design and setting, and this rich in the iconic, almost mythic simplicity of its characters, I don't suppose that "shallow" would have much bite as a complaint." - Tim Brayton

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." - @Captain Craig

 

"Remarkably tight movie.  Excellent character defining moments with minimal exposition.  My favorite McTiernan film after Hunt for Red October.

 

Really feels like McClane is making it up as he goes, is in over his head from the get-go, and shows fear and injury throughout.  Makes him an excellent audience surrogate in the same way Indiana Jones is in Raiders." - @BiffMan

Commentary: Die Hard is a classic action film that manages to focus in and deliver exactly what it promises to do.  There are plenty of films on this list with wide ambitions, a large array casts, and weaving plot points.  Die Hard cuts through all of this and simply delivers a great, clean movie, and it's for that reason that it's managed to endure so long as a classic (despite never really re-inventing the wheel).  Die Hard got a fairly large bolster of support from the members, as it appeared on 28% of the lists that were submitted.

Decade Count: 10s (8), 80s (7), '00s (6), 90s (5), 60s (3), 70s (2), 40s (2), 50s (1)

Director Count: James Cameron (2), Richard Linklater (2), John McTiernan (2), Paul Thomas Anderson (1), Frank Capra (1), Damien Chazelle (1), Joel and Ethan Coen (1), Alfonso Cuaron (1), Stanley Donen (1), Clint Eastwood (1), Terry Gillam (1), Alfred Hitchcock (1), Rian Johnson (1), Terry Jones (1), Gene Kelly (1), David Lean (1), Ang Lee (1), Spike Lee (1), Katia Lund (1), James Mangold (1), Michael Mann (1), Fernando Meirelles (1), Christopher Nolan (1), Jordan Peele (1), Roman Polanski (1), Rob Reiner (1), Russo Brothers (1), Gus van Sant (1), Martin Scorsese (1), Ridley Scott (1), Isao Takahata (1), Quentin Tarantino (1), Orson Welles (1), Robert Wise (1)

Franchise Count: Best Picture Winner (4), James Cameron (2), Marvel (2), 'Before' (1), Blade Runner (1), Monty Python (1), Star Wars (1), Studio Ghibli (1), Alien and Predator (1), X-Men (1), MCU (1), Captain America (1), Terminator (1), Die Hard (1)

Genre Count: Thriller (11), Drama (10), Sci-Fi (8), Action (8), Crime/Noir (6), Adventure (5), Epic (4), Fantasy (4), Comedy (4), Period Piece (4), Horror (4), Western (3), Tragedy (3), Family/Children (3), Musical (3), Romance (3), War (3), Superhero (2), Comic Book (2), Bio-Pic (2), Christmas (2), Animation (1), Remake (1)

 

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The Truman Show (1998)

Paramount Pictures, Directed by Peter Weir (53 Points, 17 Votes)

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"Good morning, and in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!"

 

Number 1 Placement: 1

Top 5 Placements: 2

Previous Rankings: 2016 (49, -17), 2014 (38, -28), 2013 (52, -14), 2012 (49, -17)

Awards Count: Nominated for 3 Oscars

Tomatometer: 94% (8.4 Avg Rating0

Box Office: 125.6m (245.3m Adjusted)

Synopsis: An insurance salesman/adjuster discovers his entire life is actually a television show.

Critic Opinion: ""The Truman Show" is "Candid Camera" run amok, a sugar-spun nightmare of pop paranoia that addresses the end of privacy, the rise of voyeurism and the violation of the individual. Not that there's anything wrong with that.


This show-within-the-show makes for a parody all by itself, but it is couched in an even more subversively entertaining satire. One of the smartest, most inventive movies in memory, it manages to be as endearing as it is provocative." - Rita Kempley

User Opinion: "A classic film with great acting, a great idea, and a character you could feel bad for." - @CaptainJackSparrow

 

"My favorite movie of all time. No joke." - @Blankments

Commentary: What's often seen as the two highlights of Jim Carrey's career are his two attempts at drama, one being Eternal Sunshine and the other film being The Truman Show.  The Truman Show is a high concept film that manages to almost predict the coming storm of reality TV, as well the effects of having your life being played out for you in front of camera.  It is a film that looks at how the loss of privacy could also lead to the loss of control over your own life, and there's a few religious metaphors sprinkled in as well.  The film got quite a bit of a vote spread, with two members in particular boosting this one up high onto our list.

Decade Count: 10s (8), 80s (7), '00s (6), 90s (6), 60s (3), 70s (2), 40s (2), 50s (1)

Director Count: James Cameron (2), Richard Linklater (2), John McTiernan (2), Paul Thomas Anderson (1), Frank Capra (1), Damien Chazelle (1), Joel and Ethan Coen (1), Alfonso Cuaron (1), Stanley Donen (1), Clint Eastwood (1), Terry Gillam (1), Alfred Hitchcock (1), Rian Johnson (1), Terry Jones (1), Gene Kelly (1), David Lean (1), Ang Lee (1), Spike Lee (1), Katia Lund (1), James Mangold (1), Michael Mann (1), Fernando Meirelles (1), Christopher Nolan (1), Jordan Peele (1), Roman Polanski (1), Rob Reiner (1), Russo Brothers (1), Gus van Sant (1), Martin Scorsese (1), Ridley Scott (1), Isao Takahata (1), Quentin Tarantino (1), Orson Welles (1), Peter Weir (1), Robert Wise (1)

Franchise Count: Best Picture Winner (4), James Cameron (2), Marvel (2), 'Before' (1), Blade Runner (1), Monty Python (1), Star Wars (1), Studio Ghibli (1), Alien and Predator (1), X-Men (1), MCU (1), Captain America (1), Terminator (1), Die Hard (1)

Genre Count: Thriller (11), Drama (11), Sci-Fi (9), Action (8), Crime/Noir (6), Adventure (5), Comedy (5), Epic (4), Fantasy (4), Period Piece (4), Horror (4), Western (3), Tragedy (3), Family/Children (3), Musical (3), Romance (3), War (3), Superhero (2), Comic Book (2), Bio-Pic (2), Christmas (2), Animation (1), Remake (1)

 

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