BOT in the Multi-Verse of Madness: Countdown of the DEFINITIVE Top 250 Movies of All-Time (2022 Edition)

[Potiki]

Spirited Away in the top 5 is pretty crazy! I'm not mad though, Studio Ghibli is one of the greatest creative groups of all time and Spirited Away is their most known work. 

[The Panda]

 

Number 4

 

 

"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."

 

 

About the Film

 

Synopsis

 

"Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge."

 

 

Its Legacy

 

"Like millions of other people around the world, I have been obsessed by The Godfather trilogy. I wanted to write about that. And, then, as I started writing about the films, I realized that I also wanted to write about other films depicting Italian-Americans and how horrible the stereotypes were. That made me start thinking about the journey that immigrants had made coming to America, the whys behind the journey and really the history of the mob. I started thinking about my own life, and I thought, I want to make this, in part, a memoir because I am half-Italian and half-English. There was a pull, because I had a very Italian name growing up in a very Anglo world.

 

When I saw The Godfather: Part II, and when ten minutes into the film there is the image of the young Vito on board the ship coming to America and passing by the Statue of Liberty, all of a sudden the light bulb went off. That image brought home to me my grandfather’s journey and how brave, at age 13, he was arriving here alone. At age 13, I was in a private school running around wearing my uniform and school tie, so removed from his experience. So it became not just a movie I loved as a movie lover, but a very personal depiction of the American journey for me.

 

The film changed Hollywood because it finally changed the way Italians were depicted on film. It made Italians seem like more fully realized people and not stereotypes. It was a film in Hollywood made by Italians about Italians. Previously, it had not been Italians making the mobster films featuring Italian gangsters.

 

I feel it helped Italianize American culture. All of a sudden, everyone was talking about Don Corleone and making jokes about, “I am going to make you an offer you can’t refuse.” I think it helped people see that in this depiction of Italian-Americans was a reflection of their own immigrant experience, whether they were Irish or Jews from Eastern Europe. They found that common ground. Then, of course, it changed me because when I saw what I felt was my grandfather on that ship coming to America, it was as if I was fully embracing my Italian-ness. I had never really felt Italian until then.

 

 

Italian-Americans are very sensitive about their image in movies because it has traditionally been so negative, as either mobsters or rather simple-minded peasants who talk-a like-a this-a. I don’t like these stereotypical images, and yet, I love these films so much. I think the vast majority of Italians have come to accept and actually embrace the film because I think the genius of the film, besides the fact that it is so beautifully shot and edited, is that these are mobsters doing terrible things, but permeating all of it is the sense of family and the sense of love. Where I feel that is completely encapsulated is in the scene toward the end of the first film when Don Corleone [Marlon Brando] and Michael Corleone [Al Pacino] are in the garden. It is really the transfer of power from father to son. Don Corleone has that speech: “I never wanted this for you.” I wanted you to be Senator Corleone. They are talking about horrible deeds. They are talking about transferring mob power. The father is warning the son about who is going to betray him. But you don’t even really remember that is what the scene is about. What you remember is that it is a father expressing his love for his son, and vice versa. That is what comes across in that crucial scene, and that is why I feel that overrides the stereotypical portrayal that others object to.

 

I think it squashed the idea that Italians were uneducated and that Italians all spoke with heavy accents. Even though Michael is a gangster, you still see Michael as the one who went to college, pursued an education and that Italians made themselves a part of the New World. These were mobsters, but these were fully developed, real human beings. These were not the organ grinder with his monkey or a completely illiterate gangster. It is an odd thing. I think to this day there are still some people who view the Italian as the “other”—somebody who is not American, who is so foreign. In films like Scarface [1932], the Italians are presented almost like creatures from another planet. They are so exotic and speak so terribly and wear such awful clothes. The Godfather showed that is not the case. In the descendant of The Godfather, which is of course “The Sopranos,” once again the characters are mobsters. But they are the mobsters living next door in suburban New Jersey, so it undercuts a bit that sense of Italian as the “other.”"

- Tom Santopietro, author of the Godfather Effect

 

From the Filmmaker

 

 

Why It's Great

 

Critic Opinion

 

"The artistic achievements of both the literary and the movie version of the "Saga" seem therefore more uneven and nebulous than its social ones. It is true that they brought to the foreground for the first time the indisputable fact that the Mafia could never have gathered the strength it needed to prosper without the connivance of the political and financial structures of the system, showing that in this country it developed into a new institution modeled on the organizational statutes of the big corporation. But as long as the analysis is not brought deep into the heart of the structures sustaining both the corporation and the Mafia as oppressive and alienating institutions, we are bound to remain in an ambiguous zone in which condemnation and exaltation are confused and confusing.

 

 

In this zone, the Mafia receives a patina of luster that makes the mark of infamy that relentlessly smeared a whole ethnic group in the country of self-determination look tolerable and even acceptable. What I find disconcerting about The Godfather is its portrayal of a world totally pessimistic regarding human nature and society. Even though the work has to be seen, as I pointed out before, as genetically justified by the deep crisis which made it possible, it was also generated in a moment when a new American conscience seemed to be on the rise. At the instant when Michael Corleone decides to become the new "don," any possible alternative was wiped out. Along with this alternative, Puzo (and consequently Coppola) lost the only vehicle that would have  allowed him to get out of the grey zone of ambiguous alibis and attain truth instead of certainty; a vehicle that would have allowed him to give us a dispassionate and courageous analysis of both the Mafia and the corporation, instead of a fresco glorifying the family "gestes." Puzo refused to go that far; as I said, he simply did not have the guts. He knew very well that in order to give us the truth about the Mafia and the whole brotherhood of its associates, he would have to go beyond the New York police force and beyond the occasional judge and the occasional politician. Thus the Mafia, even elevated to the rank of a corporation, remains as mysterious as ever. The mystery will never be solved as long as we do not have the guts to go and uncover its true origins in this country, back to that Little Italy which was not as idyllic as Coppola's Mulberry Street and San Gennaro's fireworks would like us to believe a Little Italy that was much more monstrous and infinitely more tender, as was the untold life of Vito Corleone."

- Giovanni Sinicropi, Italian Americana

 

Public Opinion

 

"Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather is regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, and it truly deserves this title. Although long, at almost three hours, it keeps you engrossed through its entirety. Personally, I am not a huge fan of mafia films and television (although maybe I just haven't watched the right ones). The likes of Goodfellas and Boardwalk Empire were kind of a drag for me and the long running times of most of the "greats" really put me off. But The Godfather was an excellent experience. Marlon Brando steals every scene he is in, which is impressive considering the talent of the cast surrounding him. Micheal's turn towards the family business is engrossing and the weight it puts on his shoulders make him an enormously interesting character, supported by a great performance by Al Pacino. John Cazale is also a delight. His portrayal of Fredo is, again, excellent and his arc away from the family contrasts the arc of Michael towards it. The film is shot beautifully and the sets are rich with character.

 

 

I think the US Film Registry sums it up best; The Godfather is "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Overall, I would give the movie an A+." - @aabattery

 

The Poetic Opinion

 

the godfather

"This is the tale of the greatest gangster on earth.
A price on his head from even before birth.
As a child he taught teachers, as a man he cursed the church.
He left his hometown in turmoil, when he started his walk.
Astonishing many by who he called to his flock.
You heard the term curse like a sailor? Most came from the dock.
Even a tax collector joined the crew.
One dozen heavy hitters guarding the talking Jew.
Who said he was of the father and his father made the rules.
"Your body is your temple" he said the church is a house of fools".
Word traveled quickly, even faster was their fame.
Warrants in every kingdom for every member of The gang.
He spoke against money and churches and taught us to be l eary of kings.
Sometimes you've got to defy the authorities and do the right thing.
To yourself always be honest because he watches above,
the greatest gangster in history
"The Godfather of Love"."

- barberhead

 

 

Factoids

 

Previous Rankings

 

#6 (2020), #9 (2018), #4 (2016), #6 (2014), #8 (2013) #16 (2012)

 

Director Count

 

Steven Spielberg (7), James Cameron (4), Christopher Nolan (4), Martin Scorsese (4), Francis Ford Coppola (3), Alfred Hitchcock (3), Stanley Kubrick (3),  Hayao Miyazaki (3), Ridley Scott (3), Brad Bird (2), John Carpenter (2), David Fincher (2), Spike Lee (2), Sergio Leone (2), The Russos (2), Robert Zemeckis (2), Andrew Stanton (2), Peter Weir (2), Billy Wilder (2), Roger Allers (1), Paul Thomas Anderson (1), John G. Avildsen (1), Frank Capra (1), Charlie Chaplin (1), Brenda Chapman (1), Joel Coen (1), Wes Craven (1), Michael Curtiz (1), Frank Darabont (1), Jonathan Demme (1), Pete Doctor (1), Stanley Donan (1), Clint Eastwood (1), Victor Fleming (1), William Friedkin (1), Terry Gillam (1), Michel Gondry (1), Steve Hickner (1), Peter Jackson (1), Rian Johnson (1), Terry Jones (1), Bong Joon Ho (1), Gene Kelly (1), Akira Kurosawa (1), John Lasseter (1), David Lean (1), Richard Linklater (1), George Lucas (1) Sydney Lumet (1), Katia Lund (1), David Lynch (1), Michael Mann (1), Richard Marquand (1), Fernando Meirelles (1), George Miller (1), Rob Minkoff (1), Katsuhiro Otomo (1), Jan Pinkava (1), Makoto Shinkai (1), Vittorio de Sica (1), Isao Takahata (1), Quentin Tarantino (1), Guillermo Del Torro (1), Gary Trousdale (1), Lee Unkrich (1), Gore Verbinski (1), Orson Welles (1), Simon Wells (1), Kirk Wise (1), Kar-Wai Wong (1)

 

Decade Count

 

1930s (2), 1940s (4), 1950s (6), 1960s (7), 1970s (11), 1980s (12), 1990s (21), 2000s (21), 2010s (10)

 

 

Country Count

 

Japan (7), Italy (3), UK (2), Australia (1), Brazil (1), China (1), Mexico (1), Spain (1), South Korea (1)

 

Franchise Count

 

Pixar (6), Ghibli (5), Star Wars (3), Alien (2), The Godfather (2), The MCU (2), WDAS (2), Avatar (1), Back to the Future (1), Batman (1) Before (1), Blade Runner (1), Dollars (1), E.T. (1), The Exorcist (1), Finding Nemo (1), Hannibal (1), Halloween (1), Incredibles (1), Indiana Jones (1), Jaws (1), Jurassic Park (1), The Lion King (1), Mad Max (1), Middle Earth (1), Pirates of the Caribbean (1), Rocky (1), Scream (1), The Shining (1), Terminator (1), Thing (1), Toy Story (1), The Wizard of Oz (1)

 

Re-Weighted Placements

 

#11 Fanboy Ranking, #2 Cinema Ranking

#1 Old Farts Ranking, #7 Damn Kids Ranking

#3 Ambassador Ranking, #4 All-American Ranking

#6 Cartoon Ranking, #4 Damn Boomer Ranking

[The Panda]

 

 

Number 3

 

 

"White shores... and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise."

 

 

About the Film

 

Synopsis

 

"Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron’s forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam take the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark lord’s realm."

 

 

Its Legacy

 

Ending 1

 

Ending 2

 

 

 

ending 3

 

 

ending 4

 

 

ending 5

 

 

ending 6

 

 

And so on!

 

From the Filmmaker

 

 

Why It's Great

 

Critic Opinion

 

"At last the full arc is visible, and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy comes into final focus. I admire it more as a whole than in its parts. The second film was inconclusive, and lost its way in the midst of spectacle. But "Return of the King" dispatches its characters to their destinies with a grand and eloquent confidence. This is the best of the three, redeems the earlier meandering, and certifies the "Ring" trilogy as a work of bold ambition at a time of cinematic timidity.

 

That it falls a little shy of greatness is perhaps inevitable. The story is just a little too silly to carry the emotional weight of a masterpiece. It is a melancholy fact that while the visionaries of a generation ago, like Coppola with "Apocalypse Now," tried frankly to make films of great consequence, an equally ambitious director like Peter Jackson is aiming more for popular success. The epic fantasy has displaced real contemporary concerns, and audiences are much more interested in Middle Earth than in the world they inhabit.

 

 

Still, Jackson's achievement cannot be denied. "Return of the King" is such a crowning achievement, such a visionary use of all the tools of special effects, such a pure spectacle, that it can be enjoyed even by those who have not seen the first two films. Yes, they will be adrift during the early passages of the film's 200 minutes, but to be adrift occasionally during this nine-hour saga comes with the territory; Tolkien's story is so sweeping and Jackson includes so much of it that only devoted students of the Ring can be sure they understand every character, relationship and plot point.

 

The third film gathers all of the plot strands and guides them toward the great battle at Minas Tirith; it is "before these walls, that the doom of our time will be decided." The city is a spectacular achievement by the special- effects artisans, who show it as part fortress, part Emerald City, topping a mountain, with a buttress reaching out over the plain below where the battle will be joined. In a scene where Gandalf rides his horse across the drawbridge and up the ramped streets of the city, it's remarkable how seamlessly Jackson is able to integrate computer-generated shots with actual full-scale shots, so they all seem of a piece."

- Roger Ebert

 

Public Opinion

 

"The film has never hit me as hard as it did tonight. Seeing this on the biggest screen possible, with the grandest audio I can get was wonderful. Yes, it's long, and takes a long time to end. But those emotional beats hit so hard." - @SchumacherFTW

 

The Poetic Opinion

 

the road goes ever on

"The Road goes ever on and on,
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say."

- JRR Tolkien

 

 

Factoids

 

Previous Rankings

 

#17 (2020), #6 (2018), #8 (2016), #4 (2013), #15 (2013), #9 (2013)

 

Director Count

 

Steven Spielberg (7), James Cameron (4), Christopher Nolan (4), Martin Scorsese (4), Francis Ford Coppola (3), Alfred Hitchcock (3), Stanley Kubrick (3),  Hayao Miyazaki (3), Ridley Scott (3), Brad Bird (2), John Carpenter (2), David Fincher (2), Peter Jackson (2),  =Spike Lee (2), Sergio Leone (2), The Russos (2), Robert Zemeckis (2), Andrew Stanton (2), Peter Weir (2), Billy Wilder (2), Roger Allers (1), Paul Thomas Anderson (1), John G. Avildsen (1), Frank Capra (1), Charlie Chaplin (1), Brenda Chapman (1), Joel Coen (1), Wes Craven (1), Michael Curtiz (1), Frank Darabont (1), Jonathan Demme (1), Pete Doctor (1), Stanley Donan (1), Clint Eastwood (1), Victor Fleming (1), William Friedkin (1), Terry Gillam (1), Michel Gondry (1), Steve Hickner (1), Rian Johnson (1), Terry Jones (1), Bong Joon Ho (1), Gene Kelly (1), Akira Kurosawa (1), John Lasseter (1), David Lean (1), Richard Linklater (1), George Lucas (1) Sydney Lumet (1), Katia Lund (1), David Lynch (1), Michael Mann (1), Richard Marquand (1), Fernando Meirelles (1), George Miller (1), Rob Minkoff (1), Katsuhiro Otomo (1), Jan Pinkava (1), Makoto Shinkai (1), Vittorio de Sica (1), Isao Takahata (1), Quentin Tarantino (1), Guillermo Del Torro (1), Gary Trousdale (1), Lee Unkrich (1), Gore Verbinski (1), Orson Welles (1), Simon Wells (1), Kirk Wise (1), Kar-Wai Wong (1)

 

Decade Count

 

1930s (2), 1940s (4), 1950s (6), 1960s (7), 1970s (11), 1980s (12), 1990s (21), 2000s (22), 2010s (10)

 

Country Count

 

Japan (7), Italy (3), UK (2), Australia (1), Brazil (1), China (1), Mexico (1), Spain (1), South Korea (1)

 

 

Franchise Count

 

Pixar (6), Ghibli (5), Star Wars (3), Alien (2), The Godfather (2), The MCU (2), Middle Earth (2), WDAS (2), Avatar (1), Back to the Future (1), Batman (1) Before (1), Blade Runner (1), Dollars (1), E.T. (1), The Exorcist (1), Finding Nemo (1), Hannibal (1), Halloween (1), Incredibles (1), Indiana Jones (1), Jaws (1), Jurassic Park (1), The Lion King (1), Mad Max (1), Pirates of the Caribbean (1), Rocky (1), Scream (1), The Shining (1), Terminator (1), Thing (1), Toy Story (1), The Wizard of Oz (1)

 

Re-Weighted Placements

 

#2 Fanboy Ranking, #4 Cinema Ranking

#18 Old Farts Ranking, #2 Damn Kids Ranking

#5 Ambassador Ranking, #3 All-American Ranking

#2 Cartoon Ranking, #3 Damn Boomer Ranking

 

Edited August 9, 2022 by The Panda

[Ozymandias]

24 minutes ago, The Panda said:

 

 

Number 3

 

 

"White shores... and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise."

 

 

About the Film

 

Synopsis

 

"Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron’s forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam take the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark lord’s realm."

 

 

Its Legacy

 

Ending 1

 

Ending 2

 

 

 

ending 3

 

 

ending 4

 

 

ending 5

 

 

ending 6

 

 

And so on!

 

From the Filmmaker

 

 

Why It's Great

 

Critic Opinion

 

"At last the full arc is visible, and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy comes into final focus. I admire it more as a whole than in its parts. The second film was inconclusive, and lost its way in the midst of spectacle. But "Return of the King" dispatches its characters to their destinies with a grand and eloquent confidence. This is the best of the three, redeems the earlier meandering, and certifies the "Ring" trilogy as a work of bold ambition at a time of cinematic timidity.

 

That it falls a little shy of greatness is perhaps inevitable. The story is just a little too silly to carry the emotional weight of a masterpiece. It is a melancholy fact that while the visionaries of a generation ago, like Coppola with "Apocalypse Now," tried frankly to make films of great consequence, an equally ambitious director like Peter Jackson is aiming more for popular success. The epic fantasy has displaced real contemporary concerns, and audiences are much more interested in Middle Earth than in the world they inhabit.

 

 

Still, Jackson's achievement cannot be denied. "Return of the King" is such a crowning achievement, such a visionary use of all the tools of special effects, such a pure spectacle, that it can be enjoyed even by those who have not seen the first two films. Yes, they will be adrift during the early passages of the film's 200 minutes, but to be adrift occasionally during this nine-hour saga comes with the territory; Tolkien's story is so sweeping and Jackson includes so much of it that only devoted students of the Ring can be sure they understand every character, relationship and plot point.

 

The third film gathers all of the plot strands and guides them toward the great battle at Minas Tirith; it is "before these walls, that the doom of our time will be decided." The city is a spectacular achievement by the special- effects artisans, who show it as part fortress, part Emerald City, topping a mountain, with a buttress reaching out over the plain below where the battle will be joined. In a scene where Gandalf rides his horse across the drawbridge and up the ramped streets of the city, it's remarkable how seamlessly Jackson is able to integrate computer-generated shots with actual full-scale shots, so they all seem of a piece."

- Roger Ebert

 

Public Opinion

 

"The film has never hit me as hard as it did tonight. Seeing this on the biggest screen possible, with the grandest audio I can get was wonderful. Yes, it's long, and takes a long time to end. But those emotional beats hit so hard." - @SchumacherFTW

 

The Poetic Opinion

 

the road goes ever on

"The Road goes ever on and on,
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say."

- JRR Tolkien

 

 

Factoids

 

Previous Rankings

 

#17 (2020), #6 (2018), #8 (2016), #4 (2013), #15 (2013), #9 (2013)

 

Director Count

 

Steven Spielberg (7), James Cameron (4), Christopher Nolan (4), Martin Scorsese (4), Francis Ford Coppola (3), Alfred Hitchcock (3), Stanley Kubrick (3),  Hayao Miyazaki (3), Ridley Scott (3), Brad Bird (2), John Carpenter (2), David Fincher (2), Peter Jackson (2),  =Spike Lee (2), Sergio Leone (2), The Russos (2), Robert Zemeckis (2), Andrew Stanton (2), Peter Weir (2), Billy Wilder (2), Roger Allers (1), Paul Thomas Anderson (1), John G. Avildsen (1), Frank Capra (1), Charlie Chaplin (1), Brenda Chapman (1), Joel Coen (1), Wes Craven (1), Michael Curtiz (1), Frank Darabont (1), Jonathan Demme (1), Pete Doctor (1), Stanley Donan (1), Clint Eastwood (1), Victor Fleming (1), William Friedkin (1), Terry Gillam (1), Michel Gondry (1), Steve Hickner (1), Rian Johnson (1), Terry Jones (1), Bong Joon Ho (1), Gene Kelly (1), Akira Kurosawa (1), John Lasseter (1), David Lean (1), Richard Linklater (1), George Lucas (1) Sydney Lumet (1), Katia Lund (1), David Lynch (1), Michael Mann (1), Richard Marquand (1), Fernando Meirelles (1), George Miller (1), Rob Minkoff (1), Katsuhiro Otomo (1), Jan Pinkava (1), Makoto Shinkai (1), Vittorio de Sica (1), Isao Takahata (1), Quentin Tarantino (1), Guillermo Del Torro (1), Gary Trousdale (1), Lee Unkrich (1), Gore Verbinski (1), Orson Welles (1), Simon Wells (1), Kirk Wise (1), Kar-Wai Wong (1)

 

Decade Count

 

1930s (2), 1940s (4), 1950s (6), 1960s (7), 1970s (11), 1980s (12), 1990s (21), 2000s (22), 2010s (10)

 

Country Count

 

Japan (7), Italy (3), UK (2), Australia (1), Brazil (1), China (1), Mexico (1), Spain (1), South Korea (1)

 

 

Franchise Count

 

Pixar (6), Ghibli (5), Star Wars (3), Alien (2), The Godfather (2), The MCU (2), Middle Earth (2), WDAS (2), Avatar (1), Back to the Future (1), Batman (1) Before (1), Blade Runner (1), Dollars (1), E.T. (1), The Exorcist (1), Finding Nemo (1), Hannibal (1), Halloween (1), Incredibles (1), Indiana Jones (1), Jaws (1), Jurassic Park (1), The Lion King (1), Mad Max (1), Pirates of the Caribbean (1), Rocky (1), Scream (1), The Shining (1), Terminator (1), Thing (1), Toy Story (1), The Wizard of Oz (1)

 

Re-Weighted Placements

 

#2 Fanboy Ranking, #4 Cinema Ranking

#18 Old Farts Ranking, #2 Damn Kids Ranking

#5 Ambassador Ranking, #3 All-American Ranking

#2 Cartoon Ranking, #3 Damn Boomer Ranking

 

 

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[The Panda]

 

Number 2

 

 

 

Number 1

 

 

 

About the Films

 

Synopsis: Empire

 

"The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair."

 

 

Synopsis: Fellowship

 

"Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed."

 

 

Dueling Legacies

 

 

"Shortly after the release of the final installment of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, the film critic Caryn James pondered in these very pages whether women were “just bored” when it came to Peter Jackson’s blockbuster films.

 

“Any movie so popular has to grab an audience across all lines of age and sex,” James wrote. “But both demographic and empirical evidence suggests that the trilogy is still primarily a boys’ toy.” Whether women at that time felt enthralled or bored with these films, which began 20 years ago this month with “The Fellowship of the Ring,” isn’t for me to say. But I know that I, then a 13-year-old girl, and my 12-year-old sister, loved the story of Sam and Frodo and their quest to destroy the One Ring. And we weren’t alone.

 

“I was obsessed with the DVDs,” Karen Han, 29, a TV and film writer based in Los Angeles, said. “I think it was pretty much every holiday, I would watch all three movies in a day and do a marathon, and I would do that pretty much every year.”

 

For a certain subset of Millennial women, the “Lord of the Rings” film trilogy occupies the same role that “Star Wars” might for those who grew up from the late ’70s into the ’80s: It’s become a treasured part of the comfort-watch genre for women in their late 20s and 30s. In the years after the films came out, rewatching them felt like a ritual only my sister and I observed. (My parents saw them with us in theaters, then never watched them again.) Through college, I met the occasional “Lord of the Rings” girl — a few friends in graduate school, and strangers on drunken nights out. And, of course, there were the memes and the accompanying meme accounts.

 

“I was absolutely obsessed with reading gay hobbit erotica,” said Chelsea McCurdy, 35, who works for a nonprofit based in Conway, Ark. “And I think that was a huge deal for me as far as my queer journey and the love for these movies.” McCurdy, who is married to a transgender man and estimates that they watch at least one of the films every two to three weeks, said her fascination went beyond being “a horny teenager,” adding, “Nothing feels unsafe because the good guys are all actually good. And there’s no rape, there’s nothing that makes you feel uncomfortable as a woman in the entire trilogy.”

 

 

Indeed, the films’ most toxic male characters often meet satisfying ends. They’re stabbed in the back and impaled (Saruman), shot with arrows (Grima Wormtongue), or fall to their deaths after setting themselves on fire (Denethor). Twenty years later, McCurdy remains especially moved by the female characters — Arwen, Galadriel (Cate Blanchett) and Eowyn (Miranda Otto) — whose roles were enhanced in the screenplays by Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson’s longtime partner, and their writing collaborator Philippa Boyens.

 

“My all-time favorite No. 1 scene is ‘I am no man,’” said McCurdy, referring to the pivotal scene in which Eowyn kills Sauron’s most terrifying servant, the Witch-king of Angmar. “That whole scene just makes me have goose bumps, and baby feminist Chelsea just ate that up.”"

- How the Lord of the Rings became Star Wars for millennial women, The New York Times

 

From the Filmmaker

 

 

 

 

Why They're Great: Star Wars vs Lord of the Rings

 

Critic Opinion

 

"The road goes ever on”, wrote Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. But the esteemed Oxford don and creator of the high fantasy genre probably wasn’t expecting it to lead to a billion dollar multimedia franchise to rival Marvel and Star Wars. But that, it seems, is what Tolkien’s Middle-earth tales are slowly morphing into, almost 70 years after he completed work on The Lord of the Rings, which was originally published in 1954 and 1955. This week, Deadline reports that a new anime movie, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, is moving into production – and it all looks surprisingly legit. Brian Cox will play Helm Hammerhand, legendary defender of the Rohirrim, with Miranda Otto returning from Peter Jackson’s turn-of-the-century Lord of the Rings trilogy as Eowyn (now the story’s narrator). That triptych’s producer and screenwriter, Philippa Boyens, is executive producing, along with conceptual designer Alan Lee and visual effects expert Richard Taylor of Weta Digital.

 

Altogether this makes up a decent portion of the dream team that gave us Jackson’s multiple Oscar-winning trilogy. But of course, this isn’t the only Tolkien project heading to screens. On TV, Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is also imminent. Where will this all lead, one has to ask? And do we really need all these tales of Middle-earth?

 

 

There are fundamental differences between Marvel and Star Wars and Tolkien’s fantasy world, and not just the fact that the Oxford professor backed up his world-building with entirely new fantasy languages and mythic pre-histories, wonderfully imagining himself as creating an entire missing mythology for the English people. The two Disney-owned franchises boast mythologies that have grown gradually over the decades: hundreds of different creators have built on the work of Stan Lee since the 1960s, while dozens of directors have now taken on George Lucas’ space fantasy saga and begun to build it into something new with TV shows such as The Mandalorian. Middle-earth on the other hand, despite Jackson’s clumsy tinkerings during the middling Hobbit trilogy – elf/dwarf romances anyone? – remains resolutely Tolkien’s creation.

 

The War of the Rohirrim will expand on stories told in the original Lord of the Rings about a time centuries before, when Helm saved his people. The idea of filming a fantasy battle as an anime is particularly appealing, but otherwise this isn’t the most obvious LOTR subplot that Warner and New Line might have plucked. It does have the benefit of a positive ending, however, whereas many of Tolkien’s other tales of Middle-earth (as the producers of The Rings of Power may be about to find out) are ultimately tragic and bleak in nature. I imagine few people would want to view a movie all about the early life of Gollum, or sit up until 3am binge-streaming the latest series of Saruman’s Fall.

 

Let’s face it though: the inevitable place that this is all going, provided there are no contractual disputes with the Tolkien estate, is new stories set in Middle-earth not based on Tolkien’s writings. Perhaps producers can learn something from Marvel and Star Wars here: the former has gone so far beyond its source material that it now represents the definitive media form for the superhero saga, while suits for the latter have only recently worked out that continuing to regurgitate Lucas-era stories in only vaguely new forms is probably not the way forward when you have a proposition as masterfully fresh and new as The Mandalorian up your Jedi robe.

 

 

Surely we’ll get there in time with Lord of the Rings, too. It just might take a decade or two before we get a show about the two blue Istari (wizards) who travelled south and east into parts of Middle-earth we’ve never even heard of – now that would be a story. And in the meantime, most of us will be perfectly happy chowing down as Hollywood and Amazon microwave every last ounce of content out of Tolkien’s remaining writings. I’m especially looking forward to the episode of The Rings of Power in which Sauron falls on his arse after being kicked out of Lindon by Elrond and Gil-galad. Secretly, you probably are too."

- Ben Child, "Is The Lord of the Rings becoming a Never-Ending Franchise like Marvel and Star Wars?" The Guardian

 

Public Opinion

 

"Watched the Extended Edition. I had a shitty day today, so I figured I'd throw on a comfort film to distract me from everything going on in life. God, I love this trilogy so much; it's probably the main reason I'm pursuing a career in film, to begin with. For that reason alone, I owe so much gratitude to Peter Jackson. Happy 20th to one of the best films ever made." - @Rorschach

 

"Far and away the best film of the franchise, this entry was probably my first introduction to the series as a young kid and I still find it to be the most infinitely re-watchable Star Wars film out of all 10 currently released live-action films.

 

It far surpasses A New Hope in quality, doubling down on everything that already made that film so great and adding so much more: the drama, humor, action scenes, worlds, etc. are all heightened up here. The Dagobah scenes here are by far the most interesting and powerful stuff in the entire franchise. The scene with Yoda lifting the X-Wing out of the swamp is incredible. Easily the highlight of the entire film. Darth Vader feels like a far more compelling antagonist in this film, where we finally get to see him interacting off of the heroes where we really didn't get any of that in A New Hope." - @Rorschach

 

 

The Poetic Opinion

 

“Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
Then world behind and home ahead,
We'll wander back and home to bed.
Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
Away shall fade! Away shall fade!”

-  JRR Tolkien

 

 

 

Some Final Factoids

 

Previous Rankings

 

Fellowship

 

#5 (2020), #1 (2018), #3 (2016), #7 (2014), #5 (2013), #2 (2012)

 

Empire

 

#2 (2020), #3 (2018), #1 (2016), #1 (2014), #1 (2013), #3 (2012)

 

Director Count

 

Steven Spielberg (7), James Cameron (4), Christopher Nolan (4), Martin Scorsese (4), Francis Ford Coppola (3), Alfred Hitchcock (3), Stanley Kubrick (3),  Hayao Miyazaki (3), Peter Jackson (3),  Ridley Scott (3), Brad Bird (2), John Carpenter (2), David Fincher (2), Spike Lee (2), Sergio Leone (2), The Russos (2), Robert Zemeckis (2), Andrew Stanton (2), Peter Weir (2), Billy Wilder (2), Roger Allers (1), Paul Thomas Anderson (1), John G. Avildsen (1), Frank Capra (1), Charlie Chaplin (1), Brenda Chapman (1), Joel Coen (1), Wes Craven (1), Michael Curtiz (1), Frank Darabont (1), Jonathan Demme (1), Pete Doctor (1), Stanley Donan (1), Clint Eastwood (1), Victor Fleming (1), William Friedkin (1), Terry Gillam (1), Michel Gondry (1), Steve Hickner (1), Rian Johnson (1), Terry Jones (1), Bong Joon Ho (1), Gene Kelly (1), Irvin Kershner (1), Akira Kurosawa (1), John Lasseter (1), David Lean (1), Richard Linklater (1), George Lucas (1) Sydney Lumet (1), Katia Lund (1), David Lynch (1), Michael Mann (1), Richard Marquand (1), Fernando Meirelles (1), George Miller (1), Rob Minkoff (1), Katsuhiro Otomo (1), Jan Pinkava (1), Makoto Shinkai (1), Vittorio de Sica (1), Isao Takahata (1), Quentin Tarantino (1), Guillermo Del Torro (1), Gary Trousdale (1), Lee Unkrich (1), Gore Verbinski (1), Orson Welles (1), Simon Wells (1), Kirk Wise (1), Kar-Wai Wong (1)

 

 

Decade Count

 

1930s (2), 1940s (4), 1950s (6), 1960s (7), 1970s (11), 1980s (13), 1990s (21), 2000s (23), 2010s (10)

 

Country Count

 

Japan (7), Italy (3), UK (2), Australia (1), Brazil (1), China (1), Mexico (1), Spain (1), South Korea (1)

 

Franchise Count

 

Pixar (6), Ghibli (5), Star Wars (4), Middle Earth (3), Alien (2), The Godfather (2), The MCU (2), WDAS (2), Avatar (1), Back to the Future (1), Batman (1) Before (1), Blade Runner (1), Dollars (1), E.T. (1), The Exorcist (1), Finding Nemo (1), Hannibal (1), Halloween (1), Incredibles (1), Indiana Jones (1), Jaws (1), Jurassic Park (1), The Lion King (1), Mad Max (1), Pirates of the Caribbean (1), Rocky (1), Scream (1), The Shining (1), Terminator (1), Thing (1), Toy Story (1), The Wizard of Oz (1)

 

 

 

 

[IronJimbo]

3 hours ago, baumer said:

I happen to agree that Kathyrn Bigelow is an outstanding action director and if anyone should be given a massive budget to do a huge action movie it should be her. Point break hits all the right beats and yet it really wasn't made with a massive budget....24 million according to IMDb. 

stole Avatars oscar though didn't she

[IronJimbo]

You have to be happy Fellowship one, Peter Jackson is a legend for doing that trilogy.
Good thread @The Panda

[The Panda]

Now, what everyone has been waiting for. All of the multiversal alternative versions of the list (although I am not reformatting them because that's too much)

 

First thing is first!

 

The Official List (I will update with links on the main page of this later, please do not archive until after I do that, which may be next week! @Cap)

Spoiler

1.       The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2.       The Empire Strikes Back

3.       The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

4.       The Godfather

5.       Spirited Away

6.       Raiders of the Lost Ark

7.       Jaws (1975)

8.       The Matrix (1999)

9.       GoodFellas (1990)

10.   Titanic (1997)

11.   The Dark Knight (2008)

12.   The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

13.   Star Wars (1977)

14.   Casablanca (1942)

15.   The Godfather Part II (1974)

16.   Schindler’s List (1993)

17.   Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

18.   Jurassic Park (1993)

19.   Parasite (2019)

20.   Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

21.   Back to the Future (1985)

22.   Vertigo (1958)

23.   The Apartment (1960)

24.   12 Angry Men (1954)

25.   Heat (1995)

26.   The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

27.   T2: Judgement Day (1991)

28.   E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

29.   Inception (2010)

30.   Taxi Driver (1976)

31.   Saving Private Ryan (1998)

32.   Apocalypse Now (1979)

33.   Alien (1979)

34.   Beauty and the Beast (1991)

35.   Citizen Kane (1941)

36.   Seven Samurai (1954)

37.   Pulp Fiction (1994)

38.   Psycho (1960)

39.   Rear Window (1954)

40.   The Lion King (1994)

41.   The Thing (1982)

42.   Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

43.   Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

44.   It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

45.   Inside Out (2015)

46.   2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

47.   Silence of the Lambs (1991)

48.   Do the Right Thing (1989)

49.   Princess Mononoke (1997)

50.   The Truman Show (1998)

51.   Wall-E (2008)

52.   Once Upon a Time in the West (1966)

53.   The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (1964)

54.   Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

55.   Sunset Boulevard (1950)

56.   Dr Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

57.   Toy Story (1995)

58.   The Shining (1980)

59.   Mulholland Drive (2001)

60.   Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

61.   Halloween (1978)

62.   Silence (2016)

63.   Your Name (2016)

64.   The Wizard of Oz (1939)

65.   Gladiator (2000)

66.   Ratatouille (2007)

67.   Avengers: Endgame (2019)

68.   Se7en (1995)

69.   Aliens (1984)

70.   Return of the Jedi (1983)

71.   Memento (2000)

72.   A.I. Artificial intelligence (2001)

73.   The Incredibles (2004)

74.   The Social Network (2010)

75.   In the Mood for Love (2000)

76.   Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

77.   The Prince of Egypt (1998)

78.   Finding Nemo (2003)

79.   Before Sunset (2004)

80.   My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

81.   Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

82.   Fargo (1996)

83.   The Departed (2006)

84.   Interstellar (2014)

85.   Scream (1996)

86.   Rocky (1976)

87.   Forrest Gump (1994)

88.   Akira (1988)

89.   Magnolia (1991)

90.   Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)

91.   Blade Runner (1982)

92.   Avatar (2009)

93.   Bicycle Thieves (1948)

94.   The Exorcist (1973)

95.   Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

96.   Malcolm X (1992)

97.   City Lights (1931)

98.   City of God (2002)

99.   Master and Commander: The Far Side of the Sea (2003)

100.                       Unforgiven

101.                       Toy Story 2

102.                       The Prestige

103.                       Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

104.                       Coco (2017)

105.                       Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

106.                       The Sixth Sense (1999)

107.                       Spider-Man 2 (2004)

108.                       Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001)

109.                       Die Hard (1988)

110.                       Aladdin (1992)

111.                       Some Like it Hot

112.                       Duck Soup (1993)

113.                       Before Sunrise (1995)

114.                       Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

115.                       Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

116.                       Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

117.                       Dunkirk (2017)

118.                       All About Eve (1950)

119.                       The Terminator (1984)

120.                       The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

121.                       North by Northwest (1959)

122.                       Arrival (2017)

123.                       Toy Story 3 (2010)

124.                       The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

125.                       Blazing Saddles (1974)

126.                       The Intouchables (2011)

127.                       Ghostbusters (1984)

128.                       The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

129.                       Nashville (1975)

130.                       Get Out (2017)

131.                       Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)

132.                       Inglourious Basterds (2009)

133.                       Rashomon (1950)

134.                       Ran (1985)

135.                       Whisper of the Heart (1995)

136.                       The Age of Innocence (1993)

137.                       Batman Begins (2005)

138.                       Zodiac (2007)

139.                       The Princess Bride (1987)

140.                       The Big Lebowski (1998)

141.                       The 400 Blows (!959)

142.                       Stalker (1979)

143.                       The Handmaiden (2016)

144.                       Children of Men (2006)

145.                       Amadeus (1984)

146.                       A Clockwork Orange (1971)

147.                       Face/Off (1997)

148.                       Memories of Murder (2003)

149.                       One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

150.                       Up (2009)

151.                       Knives Out (2019)

152.                       Good Will Hunting (1997)

153.                       Dazed and Confused (1993)

154.                       1917 (2019)

155.                       Bambi (1942)

156.                       Whiplash (2013)

157.                       Oldboy (2003)

158.                       Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

159.                       The Sound of Music (1965)

160.                       Modern Times (1936)

161.                       Guardians of the Galaxy (2013)

162.                       Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)

163.                       Candyman (1992)

164.                       Fight Club (1999)

165.                       The Great Escape (1963)

166.                       La La Land (2016)

167.                       Come and See (1985)

168.                       Brokeback Mountain (2005)

169.                       Fanny and Alexander (1982)

170.                       A Star is Born (1954)

171.                       A Silent Voice (2016)

172.                       The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

173.                       Margaret (2011)

174.                       The Searchers (1956)

175.                       There Will Be Blood (2007)

176.                       Chinatown (1974)

177.                       Life of Pi (2012)

178.                       Cabaret (1972)

179.                       Call Me By Your Name (2017)

180.                       RoboCop (1987)

181.                       Das Boot (1992)

182.                       The Blair Witch Project (1999)

183.                       Amelie (2001)

184.                       The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

185.                       Catch Me if You Can (2002)

186.                       Lady Bird (2017)

187.                       Eraserhead (1977)

188.                       Mary Poppins (1964)

189.                       The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

190.                       Doctor Zhivago (1965)

191.                       Arsenic and the Old Lace (1944)

192.                       A Beautiful Mind (2001)

193.                       Notorious (1946)

194.                       When Harry Met Sally (1989)

195.                       Gone Girl (2014)

196.                       Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

197.                       Cinema Paradiso (1988)

198.                       High and Low (1967)

199.                       Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

200.                       Paddington 2 (2017)

201.                       Belle (2021)

202.                       Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

203.                       Paper Moon (1973)

204.                       All That Jazz (1979)

205.                       Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

206.                       Ferris Beuller’s Day Off (1986)

207.                       Hard Boiled (1992)

208.                       Pinocchio (1940)

209.                       The Martian (2015)

210.                       Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)

211.                       A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

212.                       District 9 (2009)

213.                       The Iron Giant (1999)

214.                       JFK (1991)

215.                       Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)

216.                       Wild Strawberries (1957)

217.                       Cruel Intentions (1999)

218.                       Gravity (2013)

219.                       The LEGO Movie (2014)

220.                       Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)

221.                       No Country for Old Men (2007)

222.                       Captain America: Civil War (2015)

223.                       Braveheart (1995)

224.                       The Big Short (2015)

225.                       The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

226.                       L.A. Confidential (1997)

227.                       How Green Was My Valley (1939)

228.                       Black Swan (2010)

229.                       Once (2006)

230.                       Spider-Man (2002)

231.                       Caddyshack (1980)

232.                       Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

233.                       The Sting (1977)

234.                       Short Term 12 (2013)

235.                       The Right Stuff (1983)

236.                       Ikiru (1952)

237.                       Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

238.                       Speed (1994)

239.                       Little Women (2019)

240.                       The Graduate (1967)

241.                       Mean Girls (2004)

242.                       The Third Man (1949)

243.                       Evil Dead 2 (1987)

244.                       Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

245.                       Raging Bull (1980)

246.                       Shrek (2001)

247.                       The Avengers (2012)

248.                       The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

249.                       The Young Girls of Rochefort (1968)

250.                       Almost Famous (2000)

 

[The Panda]

The Fanboy List

Lists which ahd more franchise films given more weight.

 

Spoiler

1.       fellowship of the ring

2.       return of the king

3.       the empire strikes back

4.       the two towers

5.       star wars: a new hope

6.       titanic

7.       parasite

8.       the dark knight

9.       the matrix

10.   jurassic park

11.   the godfather

12.   raiders of the lost ark

13.   spirited away

14.   t2: judgement day

15.   jaws

16.   back to the future

17.   goodfellas

18.   casablanca

19.   star wars: the last jedi

20.   the godfather part II

21.   inception

22.   schindlers list

23.   mad max: fury road

24.   the shawshank redemption

25.   the lion king (1994)

26.   beauty and the beast (1991)

27.   star wars: return of the jedi

28.   saving private ryan

29.   et the extra-terrestrial

30.   alien

31.   12 angry men

32.   vertigo

33.   taxi driver

34.   lawrence of arabia

35.   inside out

36.   avengers: endgame

37.   heat

38.   avengers: infinity war

39.   apocalypse now

40.   pulp fiction

41.   citizen kane

42.   silence of the lambs

43.   the apartment

44.   toy story

45.   wall-e

46.   gladiator

47.   the truman show

48.   2001: a space odyssey

49.   psycho

50.   star wars: revenge of the sith

51.   it's a wonderful life

52.   the thing

53.   the incredibles

54.   coco

55.   pirates of the caribbean: dead man's chest

56.   interstellar

57.   finding nemo

58.   seven samurai

59.   the good, the bad, and the ugly

60.   your name

61.   ratatouille

62.   princess mononoke

63.   harry potter and the sorcerer's stone

64.   halloween (1978)

65.   harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban

66.   the social network

67.   pirates of the caribbean: curse of the black pearl

68.   aliens

69.   captain america: the winter soldier

70.   avatar

71.   the shining

72.   singin' in the rain

73.   do the right thing

74.   sunset boulevard

75.   monty python and the holy grail

76.   grave of the fireflies

77.   the intouchables

78.   se7en

79.   rear window

80.   silence

81.   pan's labyrinth

82.   the prince of egypt

83.   knives out

84.   star wars: attack of the clones

85.   forrest gump

86.   the prestige

87.   scream (1996)

88.   rocky

89.   guardians of the galaxy

90.   toy story 2

91.   akira

92.   batman begins

93.   the wizard of oz

94.   spider-man: into the spider-verse

95.   aladdin (1992)

96.   mulholland drive

97.   indiana jones and the last crusade

98.   star wars: the force awakens

99.   up (2009)

100.                       die hard

101.                       star wars: the phantom menace

102.                       eternal sunshine of a spotless mind

103.                       get out

104.                       harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2

105.                       1917 (2019)

106.                       memento

107.                       my neighbor totoro

108.                       the dark knight rises

109.                       toy story 3

110.                       dunkirk

111.                       captain america: civil war

112.                       malcolm x

113.                       bicycle thieves

114.                       the departed

115.                       spider-man 2

116.                       dr strangelove

117.                       the exorcist

118.                       once upon a time in the west

119.                       the terminator

120.                       fargo

121.                       arrival

122.                       magnolia

123.                       the sixth sense

124.                       the wolf of wall street

125.                       life of pi

126.                       ghostbusters (1984)

127.                       the avengers (2012)

128.                       hunger games: catching fire

129.                       das boot

130.                       iron man

131.                       catch me if you can

132.                       inglourious basterds

133.                       the handmaiden

134.                       memories of murder

135.                       blade runner

136.                       braveheart

137.                       before sunset

138.                       the 400 blows

139.                       the martian

140.                       whisper of the heart

141.                       blazing saddles

142.                       city of god

143.                       brokeback mountain

144.                       unforgiven

145.                       paddington 2

146.                       in the mood for love

147.                       oldboy

148.                       ai artificial intelligence

149.                       whiplash

150.                       before sunrise

151.                       cruel intentions

152.                       once

153.                       spaceballs

154.                       the big short

155.                       good will hunting

156.                       call me by your name

157.                       who framed roger rabbit

158.                       rogue one: a star wars story

159.                       the sound of music

160.                       nashville

161.                       the passion of the christ

162.                       rashomon

163.                       some like it hot

164.                       belle

165.                       a nightmare on elm street

166.                       all about eve

167.                       bambi

168.                       duck soup

169.                       sympathy for lady vengeance (2005)

170.                       ex machina

171.                       joint security area

172.                       kal ho naa ho

173.                       city lights

174.                       the princess bride

175.                       harry potter and the goblet of fire

176.                       the bridge on the river kwai

177.                       gone girl

178.                       spider-man: no way home

179.                       slumdog millionaire

180.                       master and commander

181.                       the big lebowski

182.                       a silent voice

183.                       a beautiful mind

184.                       casino royale (2006)

185.                       love exposure

186.                       de zaak alzhheimer (the memory of the killer)

187.                       cinema paradiso

188.                       dune (2021)

189.                       dan in real life

190.                       thor: ragnarok

191.                       the matrix reloaded

192.                       spider-man (2002)

193.                       shrek

194.                       la la land

195.                       there will be blood

196.                       zodiac

197.                       king kong (2005)

198.                       guardians of the galaxy vol 2

199.                       one flew over the cuckoos nest

200.                       the conjuring

201.                       fantastic mr fox

202.                       when harry met sally

203.                       mulan (1998)

204.                       ferris bueller's day off

205.                       the lego movie

206.                       robocop

207.                       amadeus

208.                       zootopia

209.                       the age of innocence

210.                       kiki's delivery service

211.                       monsters inc

212.                       stalker

213.                       senna

214.                       fight club

215.                       moana

216.                       the last samurai

217.                       candyman (1992)

218.                       kill bill vol 1

219.                       all that jazz

220.                       ben-hur

221.                       north by northwest

222.                       pinocchio

223.                       kingdom of heaven (directors cut)

224.                       mean girls

225.                       the end of evangelion

226.                       scream 2

227.                       the blair witch project

228.                       no country for old men

229.                       mary poppins

230.                       almost famous

231.                       ran

232.                       ocean's eleven

233.                       star wars: the rise of skywalker

234.                       robin hood (1973)

235.                       jfk (1991)

236.                       face/off

237.                       high and low

238.                       amelie

239.                       the jungle book (1967)

240.                       modern times

241.                       argo

242.                       the emperor's new groove

243.                       tenet

244.                       raging bull

245.                       fiddler on the roof

246.                       children of men

247.                       the texas chainsaw massacre (1974)

248.                       the hunger games

249.                       tangled

250.                       caddyshack

 

Edited August 9, 2022 by The Panda

[WrathOfHan]

Thank god Fellowship reclaimed #1.

[The Panda]

The Cinema List

Lists which had less franchise films given more weight

 

Spoiler

1.       fellowship of the ring

2.       the godfather

3.       the empire strikes back

4.       return of the king

5.       jaws

6.       spirited away

7.       goodfellas

8.       raiders of the lost ark

9.       lawrence of arabia

10.   casablanca

11.   the matrix

12.   the godfather part II

13.   schindlers list

14.   titanic

15.   the dark knight

16.   the apartment

17.   vertigo

18.   heat

19.   12 angry men

20.   mad max: fury road

21.   star wars: a new hope

22.   the shawshank redemption

23.   back to the future

24.   et the extra-terrestrial

25.   the two towers

26.   jurassic park

27.   apocalypse now

28.   taxi driver

29.   parasite

30.   inception

31.   alien

32.   saving private ryan

33.   t2: judgement day

34.   rear window

35.   singin' in the rain

36.   citizen kane

37.   beauty and the beast (1991)

38.   psycho

39.   seven samurai

40.   the thing

41.   pulp fiction

42.   it's a wonderful life

43.   2001: a space odyssey

44.   do the right thing

45.   once upon a time in the west

46.   silence of the lambs

47.   princess mononoke

48.   dr strangelove

49.   inside out

50.   the lion king (1994)

51.   the truman show

52.   wall-e

53.   monty python and the holy grail

54.   mulholland drive

55.   sunset boulevard

56.   the good, the bad, and the ugly

57.   pan's labyrinth

58.   the shining

59.   the wizard of oz

60.   star wars: the last jedi

61.   silence

62.   ai artificial intelligence

63.   in the mood for love

64.   halloween (1978)

65.   your name

66.   toy story

67.   before sunset

68.   memento

69.   se7en

70.   master and commander

71.   eternal sunshine of a spotless mind

72.   city lights

73.   fargo

74.   ratatouille

75.   blade runner

76.   aliens

77.   the departed

78.   my neighbor totoro

79.   magnolia

80.   unforgiven

81.   gladiator

82.   city of god

83.   the prince of egypt

84.   the exorcist

85.   bicycle thieves

86.   scream (1996)

87.   the social network

88.   rocky

89.   akira

90.   forrest gump

91.   grave of the fireflies

92.   malcolm x

93.   the incredibles

94.   some like it hot

95.   duck soup

96.   finding nemo

97.   the sixth sense

98.   before sunrise

99.   avengers: endgame

100.                       toy story 2

101.                       the prestige

102.                       north by northwest

103.                       interstellar

104.                       avatar

105.                       captain america: the winter soldier

106.                       spider-man 2

107.                       all about eve

108.                       spider-man: into the spider-verse

109.                       pirates of the caribbean: dead man's chest

110.                       the matrix reloaded

111.                       ran

112.                       die hard

113.                       a clockwork orange

114.                       the age of innocence

115.                       aladdin (1992)

116.                       nashville

117.                       blazing saddles

118.                       rashomon

119.                       children of men

120.                       zodiac

121.                       face/off

122.                       stalker

123.                       the wolf of wall street

124.                       indiana jones and the last crusade

125.                       star wars: return of the jedi

126.                       coco

127.                       the big lebowski

128.                       ghostbusters (1984)

129.                       the princess bride

130.                       the terminator

131.                       arrival

132.                       dunkirk

133.                       margaret

134.                       amadeus

135.                       dazed and confused

136.                       whisper of the heart

137.                       inglourious basterds

138.                       a star is born (1954)

139.                       one flew over the cuckoos nest

140.                       the great escape

141.                       toy story 3

142.                       the dark knight rises

143.                       chinatown

144.                       harry potter and the sorcerer's stone

145.                       come and see

146.                       cabaret

147.                       the 400 blows

148.                       the best years of our lives

149.                       fanny and alexander

150.                       the searchers

151.                       modern times

152.                       arsenic and the old lace

153.                       candyman (1992)

154.                       the handmaiden

155.                       lady bird

156.                       pirates of the caribbean: curse of the black pearl

157.                       bambi

158.                       fight club

159.                       good will hunting

160.                       amelie

161.                       doctor zhivago

162.                       get out

163.                       harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban

164.                       the blair witch project

165.                       memories of murder

166.                       the manchurian candidate

167.                       notorious

168.                       eraserhead

169.                       avengers: infinity war

170.                       la la land

171.                       robocop

172.                       a silent voice

173.                       there will be blood

174.                       the bridge on the river kwai

175.                       paper moon

176.                       the sound of music

177.                       mary poppins

178.                       whiplash

179.                       who framed roger rabbit

180.                       oldboy

181.                       sunrise: a song of two humans

182.                       the intouchables

183.                       once upon a time in america

184.                       fiddler on the roof

185.                       district 9

186.                       high and low

187.                       batman begins

188.                       call me by your name

189.                       the young girls of rochefort

190.                       how green was my valley

191.                       hard boiled

192.                       only angels have wings

193.                       wild strawberries

194.                       the third man

195.                       brokeback mountain

196.                       the iron giant

197.                       when harry met sally

198.                       a beautiful mind

199.                       la confidential

200.                       clueless

201.                       gone girl

202.                       gravity

203.                       all that jazz

204.                       cinema paradiso

205.                       body double (1984)

206.                       the right stuff

207.                       jfk (1991)

208.                       black swan

209.                       pinocchio

210.                       fantastic mr fox

211.                       collateral

212.                       ikiru

213.                       life of pi

214.                       bringing up baby

215.                       up (2009)

216.                       speed

217.                       kiki's delivery service

218.                       the sting

219.                       das boot

220.                       1917 (2019)

221.                       a separation

222.                       ferris bueller's day off

223.                       portrait of a lady on fire

224.                       the black stallion

225.                       the usual suspects

226.                       the rock (1996)

227.                       slumdog millionaire

228.                       evil dead 2

229.                       apollo 13

230.                       caddyshack

231.                       catch me if you can

232.                       no country for old men

233.                       the graduate

234.                       brief encounter

235.                       short term 12

236.                       belle

237.                       eyes wide shut

238.                       it happened one night

239.                       persona

240.                       the lego movie

241.                       chariots of fire

242.                       the master

243.                       little women (2019)

244.                       dear john

245.                       dumb and dumber

246.                       knives out

247.                       india song

248.                       the grapes of wrath

249.                       toni erdmann

250.                       jeanne dielman 23, quai du commerce 1080 bruxelles

 

Edited August 9, 2022 by The Panda

[The Panda]

The Old Farts List

Lists with more movies from pre-1980 given more weight

 

Spoiler

1. the godfather uncle drew
2. the apartment
3. the empire strikes back
4. lawrence of arabia
5. casablanca
6. fellowship of the ring
7. the godfather part II
8. raiders of the lost ark
9. jaws
10. star wars: a new hope
11. spirited away
12. citizen kane
13. goodfellas
14. 12 angry men
15. vertigo
16. schindlers list
17. singin' in the rain
18. return of the king
19. rear window
20. it's a wonderful life
21. back to the future
22. alien
23. beauty and the beast (1991)
24. seven samurai
25. the matrix
26. sunset boulevard
27. dr strangelove
28. mad max: fury road
29. psycho
30. heat
31. the dark knight
32. et the extra-terrestrial
33. taxi driver
34. the wizard of oz
35. the shawshank redemption
36. 2001: a space odyssey
37. once upon a time in the west
38. in the mood for love
39. do the right thing
40. all about eve
41. apocalypse now
42. jurassic park
43. the thing
44. some like it hot
45. the two towers
46. titanic
47. t2: judgement day
48. star wars: the last jedi
49. pulp fiction
50. wall-e
51. inception
52. saving private ryan
53. toy story
54. princess mononoke
55. city lights
56. silence of the lambs
57. master and commander
58. halloween (1978)
59. monty python and the holy grail
60. the best years of our lives
61. the shining
62. the good, the bad, and the ugly
63. north by northwest
64. notorious
65. mulholland drive
66. pan's labyrinth
67. the exorcist
68. parasite
69. the searchers
70. bicycle thieves
71. star wars: return of the jedi
72. the lion king (1994)
73. captain america: the winter soldier
74. sunrise: a song of two humans
75. before sunset
76. duck soup
77. a star is born (1954)
78. blade runner
79. inside out
80. fargo
81. arsenic and the old lace
82. cabaret
83. the princess bride
84. avengers: endgame
85. the great escape
86. silence
87. the truman show
88. toy story 2
89. rocky
90. se7en
91. die hard
92. rashomon
93. the sixth sense
94. the manchurian candidate
95. before sunrise
96. ran
97. ai artificial intelligence
98. gladiator
99. blazing saddles
100. the age of innocence
101. the big parade
102. 7th heaven
103. napoleon
104. the student prince in old heidelberg
105. amadeus
106. wild strawberries
107. only angels have wings
108. aladdin (1992)
109. my neighbor totoro
110. star wars: revenge of the sith
111. hard boiled
112. fiddler on the roof
113. mary poppins
114. aliens
115. modern times
116. akira
117. memento
118. dazed and confused
119. avatar
120. chinatown
121. malcolm x
122. unforgiven
123. ratatouille
124. stalker
125. city of god
126. bringing up baby
127. it happened one night
128. la la land
129. the social network
130. the quiet man
131. forrest gump
132. star wars: attack of the clones
133. grave of the fireflies
134. magnolia
135. your name
136. pinocchio
137. one flew over the cuckoos nest
138. once upon a time in america
139. the 400 blows
140. the bridge on the river kwai
141. the departed
142. the incredibles
143. the big lebowski
144. robocop
145. double indemnity
146. come and see
147. howl's moving castle
148. high and low
149. brief encounter
150. paper moon
151. spider-man 2
152. nashville
153. eternal sunshine of a spotless mind
154. pirates of the caribbean: dead man's chest
155. the graduate
156. the third man
157. breaking away
158. good will hunting
159. eraserhead
160. zodiac
161. whisper of the heart
162. star wars: the phantom menace
163. bambi
164. la confidential
165. the prince of egypt
166. touch of evil
167. a night at the opera
168. indiana jones and the last crusade
169. caddyshack
170. the right stuff
171. the adventures of robin hood
172. the general
173. the sting
174. a clockwork orange
175. spaceballs
176. margaret
177. apollo 13
178. random harvest
179. the grapes of wrath
180. interstellar
181. the terminator
182. rebecca
183. the black stallion
184. call me by your name
185. ghostbusters (1984)
186. the blair witch project
187. young frankenstein
188. persona
189. who framed roger rabbit
190. toy story 3
191. the music man
192. children of men
193. evil dead 2
194. spider-man: into the spider-verse
195. how green was my valley
196. the wolf of wall street
197. harry potter and the sorcerer's stone
198. paths of glory
199. when harry met sally
200. doctor zhivago
201. chariots of fire
202. dumb and dumber
203. finding nemo
204. gone with the wind
205. barry lyndon
206. candyman (1992)
207. ikiru
208. blue velvet
209. face/off
210. oldboy
211. the young girls of rochefort
212. the matrix reloaded
213. eyes wide shut
214. lucky star
215. a matter of life and death
216. snow white and the seven dwarfs
217. fantasia
218. superman (1978)
219. my man godfrey
220. star wars: the force awakens
221. the passion of joan of arc
222. the master
223. little women (2019)
224. dawn of the dead
225. inglourious basterds
226. there will be blood
227. fight club
228. brazil (1985)
229. possession (1981)
230. fanny and alexander
231. raging bull
232. amelie
233. ocean's eleven
234. the handmaiden
235. the iron giant
236. ferris bueller's day off
237. black swan
238. harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban
239. network
240. the deer hunter
241. the sound of music
242. young adult
243. deep red profundo russo
244. love exposure
245. high noon
246. stagecoach
247. suspiria (1977)
248. west side story (1961)
249. the usual suspects
250. arrival
      

 

Edited August 9, 2022 by The Panda

[The Panda]

The Damn Kids List

Lists with more films from 1980 and on were given more weight

 

Spoiler

1. fellowship of the ring
2. return of the king
3. the empire strikes back
4. titanic
5. the matrix
6. the two towers
7. the godfather
8. the dark knight
9. spirited away
10. jaws
11. raiders of the lost ark
12. parasite
13. goodfellas
14. jurassic park
15. star wars: a new hope
16. schindlers list
17. mad max: fury road
18. t2: judgement day
19. inception
20. casablanca
21. the shawshank redemption
22. heat
23. the godfather part II
24. back to the future
25. vertigo
26. saving private ryan
27. et the extra-terrestrial
28. lawrence of arabia
29. 12 angry men
30. apocalypse now
31. taxi driver
32. the lion king (1994)
33. inside out
34. alien
35. beauty and the beast (1991)
36. pulp fiction
37. star wars: the last jedi
38. silence of the lambs
39. the thing
40. the truman show
41. the apartment
42. psycho
43. princess mononoke
44. 2001: a space odyssey
45. wall-e
46. your name
47. seven samurai
48. citizen kane
49. do the right thing
50. the good, the bad, and the ugly
51. silence
52. rear window
53. singin' in the rain
54. monty python and the holy grail
55. gladiator
56. ratatouille
57. mulholland drive
58. it's a wonderful life
59. the shining
60. pan's labyrinth
61. scream (1996)
62. aliens
63. finding nemo
64. toy story
65. the incredibles
66. se7en
67. the prince of egypt
68. avengers: endgame
69. eternal sunshine of a spotless mind
70. halloween (1978)
71. memento
72. the social network
73. interstellar
74. once upon a time in the west
75. ai artificial intelligence
76. the prestige
77. coco
78. avengers: infinity war
79. the departed
80. grave of the fireflies
81. pirates of the caribbean: dead man's chest
82. star wars: return of the jedi
83. forrest gump
84. my neighbor totoro
85. magnolia
86. akira
87. avatar
88. spider-man: into the spider-verse
89. rocky
90. dr strangelove
91. city of god
92. unforgiven
93. before sunset
94. malcolm x
95. fargo
96. pirates of the caribbean: curse of the black pearl
97. harry potter and the sorcerer's stone
98. dunkirk
99. sunset boulevard
100. harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban
101. spider-man 2
102. blade runner
103. toy story 2
104. the wizard of oz
105. captain america: the winter soldier
106. the intouchables
107. bicycle thieves
108. indiana jones and the last crusade
109. the exorcist
110. arrival
111. the dark knight rises
112. the sixth sense
113. aladdin (1992)
114. get out
115. the wolf of wall street
116. the terminator
117. the matrix reloaded
118. die hard
119. toy story 3
120. ghostbusters (1984)
121. batman begins
122. inglourious basterds
123. before sunrise
124. knives out
125. in the mood for love
126. master and commander
127. memories of murder
128. city lights
129. nashville
130. 1917 (2019)
131. the handmaiden
132. up (2009)
133. guardians of the galaxy
134. whisper of the heart
135. duck soup
136. face/off
137. zodiac
138. children of men
139. life of pi
140. blazing saddles
141. whiplash
142. a clockwork orange
143. brokeback mountain
144. the big lebowski
145. a silent voice
146. the 400 blows
147. star wars: revenge of the sith
148. gone girl
149. lady bird
150. the sound of music
151. star wars: the force awakens
152. oldboy
153. rashomon
154. the age of innocence
155. stalker
156. ran
157. slumdog millionaire
158. fanny and alexander
159. cruel intentions
160. candyman (1992)
161. fight club
162. cinema paradiso
163. das boot
164. good will hunting
165. a beautiful mind
166. there will be blood
167. who framed roger rabbit
168. the martian
169. catch me if you can
170. bambi
171. one flew over the cuckoos nest
172. amelie
173. a nightmare on elm street
174. hunger games: catching fire
175. call me by your name
176. belle
177. margaret
178. captain america: civil war
179. the blair witch project
180. harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2
181. paddington 2
182. amadeus
183. fantastic mr fox
184. once
185. gravity
186. all that jazz
187. the big short
188. doctor zhivago
189. collateral
190. the princess bride
191. north by northwest
192. braveheart
193. dazed and confused
194. the lego movie
195. come and see
196. tenet
197. mean girls
198. when harry met sally
199. the rock (1996)
200. the avengers (2012)
201. some like it hot
202. the bridge on the river kwai
203. district 9
204. kiki's delivery service
205. robocop
206. speed
207. sympathy for lady vengeance (2005)
208. jfk (1991)
209. la la land
210. eraserhead
211. shrek
212. ferris bueller's day off
213. ex machina
214. modern times
215. halloween II (2009)
216. casino royale (2006)
217. dear john
218. almost famous
219. spider-man (2002)
220. the iron giant
221. the texas chainsaw massacre (1974)
222. no country for old men
223. chinatown
224. kingdom of heaven (directors cut)
225. short term 12
226. joint security area
227. kal ho naa ho
228. manchester by the sea
229. clueless
230. iron man
231. the general's daughter
232. django unchained
233. argo
234. high and low
235. chloe (2009)
236. black swan
237. galaxy quest
238. senna
239. the conjuring
240. the passion of the christ
241. monsters inc
242. kill bill vol 1
243. ocean's twelve
244. moana
245. demolition man
246. the bourne identity
247. paper moon
248. dan in real life
249. how green was my valley
250. mulan (1998)
      

 

[The Panda]

The Ambassador List

Lists with more non-English language films were given more weight

 

Spoiler

1. spirited away
2. lawrence of arabia
3. the godfather
4. the empire strikes back
5. return of the king
6. fellowship of the ring
7. titanic
8. the matrix
9. vertigo
10. casablanca
11. taxi driver
12. goodfellas
13. raiders of the lost ark
14. parasite
15. seven samurai
16. schindlers list
17. jurassic park
18. the apartment
19. the godfather part II
20. your name
21. princess mononoke
22. silence
23. singin' in the rain
24. heat
25. jaws
26. apocalypse now
27. once upon a time in the west
28. t2: judgement day
29. beauty and the beast (1991)
30. psycho
31. the dark knight
32. star wars: a new hope
33. 12 angry men
34. rear window
35. back to the future
36. et the extra-terrestrial
37. the lion king (1994)
38. the thing
39. dr strangelove
40. the shawshank redemption
41. alien
42. mad max: fury road
43. monty python and the holy grail
44. do the right thing
45. saving private ryan
46. in the mood for love
47. 2001: a space odyssey
48. sunset boulevard
49. the two towers
50. grave of the fireflies
51. pirates of the caribbean: dead man's chest
52. inside out
53. ai artificial intelligence
54. my neighbor totoro
55. pan's labyrinth
56. star wars: the last jedi
57. it's a wonderful life
58. citizen kane
59. face/off
60. inception
61. city of god
62. wall-e
63. finding nemo
64. a silent voice
65. unforgiven
66. toy story 2
67. the prince of egypt
68. mulholland drive
69. avatar
70. silence of the lambs
71. ratatouille
72. bicycle thieves
73. the wizard of oz
74. the truman show
75. master and commander
76. before sunset
77. city lights
78. fanny and alexander
79. duck soup
80. the handmaiden
81. blade runner
82. stalker
83. fargo
84. malcolm x
85. akira
86. the matrix reloaded
87. eternal sunshine of a spotless mind
88. memento
89. the good, the bad, and the ugly
90. toy story
91. magnolia
92. pulp fiction
93. love exposure
94. sunrise: a song of two humans
95. ran
96. clueless
97. the shining
98. children of men
99. halloween (1978)
100. before sunrise
101. some like it hot
102. the exorcist
103. the social network
104. north by northwest
105. rashomon
106. high and low
107. memories of murder
108. whisper of the heart
109. portrait of a lady on fire
110. farewell my concubine
111. the young girls of rochefort
112. toni erdmann
113. jeanne dielman 23, quai du commerce 1080 bruxelles
114. the sixth sense
115. india song
116. arrival
117. come and see
118. body double (1984)
119. lady bird
120. blazing saddles
121. the best years of our lives
122. margaret
123. the age of innocence
124. modern times
125. the killer
126. spider-man: into the spider-verse
127. the big parade
128. 7th heaven
129. napoleon
130. the student prince in old heidelberg
131. forrest gump
132. only yesterday
133. gladiator
134. a clockwork orange
135. amour
136. the end of evangelion
137. up (2009)
138. the black stallion
139. the third man
140. all about eve
141. inglourious basterds
142. only angels have wings
143. captain america: the winter soldier
144. the incredibles
145. innocence
146. a separation
147. rocky
148. aladdin (1992)
149. zodiac
150. dunkirk
151. ghostbusters (1984)
152. amelie
153. se7en
154. bambi
155. the big lebowski
156. robocop
157. aliens
158. the great escape
159. spider-man 2
160. the searchers
161. toy story 3
162. oldboy
163. ikiru
164. chariots of fire
165. belle
166. amarcord
167. the 400 blows
168. the manchurian candidate
169. coco
170. how green was my valley
171. the iron giant
172. a star is born (1954)
173. frozen (2013)
174. the right stuff
175. the edge of seventeen
176. cabaret
177. die hard
178. shaolin soccer
179. amadeus
180. brief encounter
181. life of pi
182. mulan (1998)
183. mary poppins
184. desperately seeking susan
185. reassemblage
186. whiplash
187. the princess bride
188. moana
189. the prestige
190. cinema paradiso
191. indiana jones and the last crusade
192. celine and julie go boating
193. dragon inn
194. candyman (1992)
195. wild strawberries
196. the wolf of wall street
197. harry potter and the sorcerer's stone
198. fantastic mr fox
199. kingdom of heaven (directors cut)
200. there will be blood
201. promising young woman
202. nashville
203. all the president's men
204. arsenic and the old lace
205. the big short
206. chinatown
207. district 9
208. kiki's delivery service
209. hard boiled
210. paddington 2
211. double indemnity
212. pirates of the caribbean: curse of the black pearl
213. persepolis
214. slumdog millionaire
215. get out
216. one flew over the cuckoos nest
217. fiddler on the roof
218. shrek
219. extreme job
220. a better tomorrow
221. kung fu huste
222. 5 centimetres per second
223. the passion of joan of arc
224. das boot
225. my man godfrey
226. snow white and the seven dwarfs
227. notorious
228. three colors: red
229. gravity
230. gone girl
231. the raid (2011)
232. the grand budapest hotel
233. cameraperson
234. the hurt locker
235. eraserhead
236. 25th hour
237. goodbye, dragon inn
238. a perfect world
239. green snake
240. celine
241. le bonheur
242. pather panchali
243. interstellar
244. 2046 (2004)
245. dazed and confused
246. young mr lincoln
247. doctor zhivago
248. the blair witch project
249. the intouchables
250. the farewell
      

 

[The Panda]

The All-American List

Movies with more English language films were given more weight

 

Spoiler

1. fellowship of the ring
2. the empire strikes back
3. return of the king
4. the godfather
5. jaws
6. raiders of the lost ark
7. the dark knight
8. the matrix
9. the two towers
10. goodfellas
11. star wars: a new hope
12. titanic
13. spirited away
14. casablanca
15. the godfather part II
16. schindlers list
17. mad max: fury road
18. jurassic park
19. lawrence of arabia
20. back to the future
21. parasite
22. 12 angry men
23. the shawshank redemption
24. the apartment
25. vertigo
26. heat
27. inception
28. t2: judgement day
29. et the extra-terrestrial
30. saving private ryan
31. alien
32. apocalypse now
33. beauty and the beast (1991)
34. taxi driver
35. citizen kane
36. pulp fiction
37. the lion king (1994)
38. rear window
39. star wars: the last jedi
40. psycho
41. the thing
42. it's a wonderful life
43. silence of the lambs
44. singin' in the rain
45. inside out
46. 2001: a space odyssey
47. seven samurai
48. the truman show
49. do the right thing
50. wall-e
51. the good, the bad, and the ugly
52. princess mononoke
53. toy story
54. the shining
55. halloween (1978)
56. once upon a time in the west
57. monty python and the holy grail
58. sunset boulevard
59. avengers: endgame
60. mulholland drive
61. dr strangelove
62. gladiator
63. pan's labyrinth
64. star wars: return of the jedi
65. se7en
66. the wizard of oz
67. aliens
68. ratatouille
69. the incredibles
70. the departed
71. silence
72. memento
73. scream (1996)
74. your name
75. interstellar
76. the social network
77. eternal sunshine of a spotless mind
78. rocky
79. forrest gump
80. ai artificial intelligence
81. avengers: infinity war
82. the prince of egypt
83. captain america: the winter soldier
84. before sunset
85. fargo
86. finding nemo
87. the exorcist
88. magnolia
89. in the mood for love
90. akira
91. the prestige
92. coco
93. my neighbor totoro
94. blade runner
95. grave of the fireflies
96. bicycle thieves
97. avatar
98. malcolm x
99. city lights
100. master and commander
101. harry potter and the sorcerer's stone
102. spider-man: into the spider-verse
103. pirates of the caribbean: dead man's chest
104. spider-man 2
105. die hard
106. the sixth sense
107. unforgiven
108. harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban
109. city of god
110. toy story 2
111. aladdin (1992)
112. pirates of the caribbean: curse of the black pearl
113. indiana jones and the last crusade
114. some like it hot
115. the dark knight rises
116. before sunrise
117. the terminator
118. duck soup
119. the intouchables
120. dunkirk
121. the wolf of wall street
122. all about eve
123. star wars: revenge of the sith
124. batman begins
125. toy story 3
126. nashville
127. arrival
128. ghostbusters (1984)
129. get out
130. blazing saddles
131. north by northwest
132. inglourious basterds
133. the matrix reloaded
134. the age of innocence
135. the princess bride
136. rashomon
137. zodiac
138. knives out
139. the 400 blows
140. whisper of the heart
141. the big lebowski
142. ran
143. amadeus
144. 1917 (2019)
145. one flew over the cuckoos nest
146. good will hunting
147. guardians of the galaxy
148. dazed and confused
149. star wars: the force awakens
150. a clockwork orange
151. brokeback mountain
152. the sound of music
153. children of men
154. up (2009)
155. memories of murder
156. stalker
157. call me by your name
158. la la land
159. who framed roger rabbit
160. fight club
161. the bridge on the river kwai
162. bambi
163. the handmaiden
164. whiplash
165. candyman (1992)
166. oldboy
167. catch me if you can
168. the blair witch project
169. chinatown
170. there will be blood
171. a beautiful mind
172. a star is born (1954)
173. das boot
174. the searchers
175. life of pi
176. the great escape
177. cabaret
178. modern times
179. eraserhead
180. robocop
181. margaret
182. doctor zhivago
183. come and see
184. when harry met sally
185. amelie
186. notorious
187. face/off
188. arsenic and the old lace
189. gone girl
190. the best years of our lives
191. mary poppins
192. the martian
193. fiddler on the roof
194. the manchurian candidate
195. paper moon
196. captain america: civil war
197. jfk (1991)
198. a nightmare on elm street
199. cinema paradiso
200. lady bird
201. harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2
202. all that jazz
203. ferris bueller's day off
204. once upon a time in america
205. the lego movie
206. fantastic mr fox
207. pinocchio
208. fanny and alexander
209. cruel intentions
210. no country for old men
211. hunger games: catching fire
212. slumdog millionaire
213. paddington 2
214. braveheart
215. once
216. hard boiled
217. kiki's delivery service
218. speed
219. mean girls
220. belle
221. spider-man (2002)
222. collateral
223. spaceballs
224. district 9
225. the avengers (2012)
226. gravity
227. high and low
228. a silent voice
229. wild strawberries
230. black swan
231. tenet
232. caddyshack
233. the sting
234. the texas chainsaw massacre (1974)
235. the iron giant
236. the rock (1996)
237. little women (2019)
238. la confidential
239. almost famous
240. short term 12
241. ex machina
242. evil dead 2
243. manchester by the sea
244. casino royale (2006)
245. the big short
246. ocean's eleven
247. raging bull
248. the usual suspects
249. eyes wide shut
250. the graduate

 

[The Panda]

The Cartoon List

Lists with more animated movies were given more weight

 

Spoiler

1. spirited away
2. return of the king
3. fellowship of the ring
4. the empire strikes back
5. parasite
6. the godfather
7. jurassic park
8. the two towers
9. titanic
10. beauty and the beast (1991)
11. the lion king (1994)
12. princess mononoke
13. the dark knight
14. vertigo
15. lawrence of arabia
16. the matrix
17. silence
18. your name
19. back to the future
20. raiders of the lost ark
21. casablanca
22. apocalypse now
23. star wars: a new hope
24. mad max: fury road
25. schindlers list
26. wall-e
27. taxi driver
28. goodfellas
29. inside out
30. citizen kane
31. akira
32. star wars: the last jedi
33. the godfather part II
34. coco
35. singin' in the rain
36. whisper of the heart
37. jaws
38. ratatouille
39. pirates of the caribbean: dead man's chest
40. seven samurai
41. grave of the fireflies
42. inception
43. t2: judgement day
44. the incredibles
45. et the extra-terrestrial
46. the truman show
47. my neighbor totoro
48. monty python and the holy grail
49. toy story
50. do the right thing
51. 12 angry men
52. the prince of egypt
53. the social network
54. 2001: a space odyssey
55. the shawshank redemption
56. it's a wonderful life
57. finding nemo
58. alien
59. spider-man: into the spider-verse
60. saving private ryan
61. the 400 blows
62. rear window
63. psycho
64. the intouchables
65. pirates of the caribbean: curse of the black pearl
66. malcolm x
67. the wizard of oz
68. the apartment
69. bicycle thieves
70. aladdin (1992)
71. heat
72. magnolia
73. avengers: infinity war
74. toy story 2
75. sunset boulevard
76. silence of the lambs
77. avengers: endgame
78. avatar
79. a silent voice
80. up (2009)
81. the handmaiden
82. mulholland drive
83. toy story 3
84. the prestige
85. belle
86. duck soup
87. fargo
88. get out
89. spider-man 2
90. before sunset
91. gladiator
92. the shining
93. life of pi
94. captain america: the winter soldier
95. forrest gump
96. au hasard balthasar
97. blazing saddles
98. pan's labyrinth
99. who framed roger rabbit
100. all that jazz
101. memories of murder
102. pulp fiction
103. arrival
104. indiana jones and the last crusade
105. the thing
106. bambi
107. dr strangelove
108. se7en
109. whiplash
110. the iron giant
111. das boot
112. fantastic mr fox
113. oldboy
114. knives out
115. zootopia
116. star wars: return of the jedi
117. the lego movie
118. eternal sunshine of a spotless mind
119. in the mood for love
120. paddington 2
121. once upon a time in the west
122. the exorcist
123. kiki's delivery service
124. mulan (1998)
125. cruel intentions
126. the sixth sense
127. inglourious basterds
128. aliens
129. dunkirk
130. joint security area
131. kal ho naa ho
132. harry potter and the sorcerer's stone
133. harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban
134. the wolf of wall street
135. rashomon
136. shrek
137. only yesterday
138. ai artificial intelligence
139. pinocchio
140. senna
141. ferris bueller's day off
142. moana
143. king kong (2005)
144. interstellar
145. fanny and alexander
146. cinema paradiso
147. memento
148. amelie
149. guardians of the galaxy
150. some like it hot
151. high and low
152. de zaak alzhheimer (the memory of the killer)
153. nashville
154. casino royale (2006)
155. sympathy for lady vengeance (2005)
156. nausicaa of the valley of the wind
157. iron man
158. city of god
159. halloween (1978)
160. the sound of music
161. mary poppins
162. 1917 (2019)
163. short term 12
164. catch me if you can
165. the big short
166. raging bull
167. rocky
168. spider-man (2002)
169. all about eve
170. harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2
171. die hard
172. lady bird
173. monsters inc
174. the bridge on the river kwai
175. captain america: civil war
176. blade runner
177. the last samurai
178. children of men
179. modern times
180. harry potter and the goblet of fire
181. unforgiven
182. lilo and stitch
183. the martian
184. ran
185. shaolin soccer
186. a knight's tale
187. slumdog millionaire
188. city lights
189. amadeus
190. once
191. call me by your name
192. hunger games: catching fire
193. the emperor's new groove
194. the conjuring
195. the jungle book (1967)
196. la la land
197. the princess bride
198. the good, the bad, and the ugly
199. master and commander
200. there will be blood
201. before sunrise
202. jojo rabbit
203. ghostbusters (1984)
204. the passion of the christ
205. portrait of a lady on fire
206. gone girl
207. persepolis
208. when harry met sally
209. face/off
210. zodiac
211. the terminator
212. 22 jump street
213. ocean's eleven
214. the rocky horror picture show
215. she's gotta have it
216. extreme job
217. a better tomorrow
218. kung fu huste
219. 5 centimetres per second
220. fiddler on the roof
221. dawn of the planet of the apes
222. star wars: revenge of the sith
223. guardians of the galaxy vol 2
224. young frankenstein
225. north by northwest
226. good will hunting
227. dune (2021)
228. the big lebowski
229. spider-man: no way home
230. the farewell
231. notorious
232. tangled
233. clueless
234. batman begins
235. braveheart
236. gravity
237. the searchers
238. the avengers (2012)
239. stalker
240. scream (1996)
241. kingdom of heaven (directors cut)
242. creed
243. moonlight
244. the raid (2011)
245. a night at the opera
246. men in black
247. the departed
248. the matrix reloaded
249. django unchained
250. farewell my concubine
      

 

[The Panda]

And last (and potentially least)

 

The Damn Boomer List

Lists with less animated movies were given more weight

 

Spoiler

1. fellowship of the ring
2. the empire strikes back
3. return of the king
4. the godfather
5. jaws
6. raiders of the lost ark
7. the matrix
8. goodfellas
9. the dark knight
10. titanic
11. star wars: a new hope
12. spirited away
13. casablanca
14. the godfather part II
15. the two towers
16. schindlers list
17. lawrence of arabia
18. the apartment
19. mad max: fury road
20. heat
21. jurassic park
22. 12 angry men
23. back to the future
24. the shawshank redemption
25. vertigo
26. parasite
27. t2: judgement day
28. et the extra-terrestrial
29. inception
30. saving private ryan
31. alien
32. taxi driver
33. apocalypse now
34. beauty and the beast (1991)
35. citizen kane
36. pulp fiction
37. the thing
38. psycho
39. rear window
40. singin' in the rain
41. seven samurai
42. it's a wonderful life
43. silence of the lambs
44. star wars: the last jedi
45. 2001: a space odyssey
46. the lion king (1994)
47. inside out
48. do the right thing
49. the good, the bad, and the ugly
50. once upon a time in the west
51. the truman show
52. wall-e
53. dr strangelove
54. princess mononoke
55. sunset boulevard
56. halloween (1978)
57. the shining
58. pan's labyrinth
59. monty python and the holy grail
60. mulholland drive
61. toy story
62. gladiator
63. the wizard of oz
64. aliens
65. se7en
66. avengers: endgame
67. star wars: return of the jedi
68. memento
69. ai artificial intelligence
70. your name
71. silence
72. in the mood for love
73. ratatouille
74. eternal sunshine of a spotless mind
75. the departed
76. scream (1996)
77. interstellar
78. rocky
79. before sunset
80. blade runner
81. the incredibles
82. fargo
83. the social network
84. forrest gump
85. the prince of egypt
86. the exorcist
87. master and commander
88. city lights
89. finding nemo
90. unforgiven
91. city of god
92. captain america: the winter soldier
93. magnolia
94. avatar
95. my neighbor totoro
96. grave of the fireflies
97. bicycle thieves
98. the prestige
99. toy story 2
100. malcolm x
101. avengers: infinity war
102. pirates of the caribbean: dead man's chest
103. akira
104. the sixth sense
105. die hard
106. harry potter and the sorcerer's stone
107. before sunrise
108. some like it hot
109. spider-man 2
110. coco
111. spider-man: into the spider-verse
112. harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban
113. aladdin (1992)
114. duck soup
115. indiana jones and the last crusade
116. the dark knight rises
117. the terminator
118. all about eve
119. north by northwest
120. the matrix reloaded
121. dunkirk
122. pirates of the caribbean: curse of the black pearl
123. ghostbusters (1984)
124. the age of innocence
125. the wolf of wall street
126. star wars: revenge of the sith
127. nashville
128. arrival
129. batman begins
130. blazing saddles
131. ran
132. zodiac
133. rashomon
134. toy story 3
135. inglourious basterds
136. the big lebowski
137. stalker
138. the princess bride
139. a clockwork orange
140. the intouchables
141. get out
142. face/off
143. amadeus
144. one flew over the cuckoos nest
145. children of men
146. dazed and confused
147. good will hunting
148. robocop
149. the great escape
150. star wars: the force awakens
151. memories of murder
152. margaret
153. 1917 (2019)
154. the handmaiden
155. candyman (1992)
156. knives out
157. a star is born (1954)
158. fight club
159. brokeback mountain
160. come and see
161. the 400 blows
162. the searchers
163. cabaret
164. chinatown
165. modern times
166. the sound of music
167. la la land
168. whisper of the heart
169. the blair witch project
170. the best years of our lives
171. the bridge on the river kwai
172. bambi
173. there will be blood
174. guardians of the galaxy
175. call me by your name
176. up (2009)
177. the manchurian candidate
178. fanny and alexander
179. arsenic and the old lace
180. oldboy
181. whiplash
182. eraserhead
183. doctor zhivago
184. a beautiful mind
185. amelie
186. notorious
187. who framed roger rabbit
188. lady bird
189. catch me if you can
190. when harry met sally
191. gone girl
192. mary poppins
193. das boot
194. fiddler on the roof
195. life of pi
196. jfk (1991)
197. a silent voice
198. once upon a time in america
199. paper moon
200. hard boiled
201. sunrise: a song of two humans
202. high and low
203. cinema paradiso
204. district 9
205. slumdog millionaire
206. a nightmare on elm street
207. wild strawberries
208. caddyshack
209. the martian
210. black swan
211. no country for old men
212. gravity
213. how green was my valley
214. la confidential
215. only angels have wings
216. the right stuff
217. fantastic mr fox
218. ferris bueller's day off
219. pinocchio
220. paddington 2
221. the sting
222. the texas chainsaw massacre (1974)
223. harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2
224. the graduate
225. mean girls
226. speed
227. braveheart
228. the young girls of rochefort
229. evil dead 2
230. the third man
231. kiki's delivery service
232. body double (1984)
233. halloween II (2009)
234. captain america: civil war
235. ikiru
236. tenet
237. all that jazz
238. little women (2019)
239. collateral
240. hunger games: catching fire
241. spaceballs
242. once
243. cruel intentions
244. the rock (1996)
245. the usual suspects
246. kingdom of heaven (directors cut)
247. the big short
248. the iron giant
249. eyes wide shut
250. the lego movie
      

 

[Plain Old Tele]

God they all seem pretty dire, lmao

[baumer]

27 minutes ago, IronJimbo said:

stole Avatars oscar though didn't she

 

Honestly I wasn't that broken up about James not winning best director that year. I enjoyed Avatar but shockingly I didn't love it.

[baumer]

A pretty worthy one-two punch to end the countdown. I love both of those films and they are both in my top 10 so very nice to see.