The Semi-Annual Top 25 Films of All Time
Aug. 15th, 2006 11:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jetpack_monkey_ljarchiveYes, argue the point that it can't really be of all time if I change it every 6 months, but it doesn't change the fact that I'm posting a large list of films I consider awesome. It's something I do every February and August. Tradition.
Oh, and I've officially named slot 25, which is where I put one film that I absolutely love, despite the fact that there's others out there that I think are better. A film that taps into my own personal brainpan for reasons that science cannot fathom. It is now called the Geekgasm slot.
The format is
#) Film (Director, Year) [place it took 6 months ago]
1) Amelie (Jeunet, 2001) [3]
2) Harold and Maude (Ashby, 1971) [2]
3) Brazil (Gilliam, 1985) [1]
4) Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [4]
5) The Third Man (Reed, 1949) [n/a]
6) Sunset Boulevard (Wilder, 1950) [n/a]
7) Psycho (Hitchcock, 1960) [n/a]
8) Singin' in the Rain (Kelly/Donen, 1952) [5]
9) Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) [9]
10) North by Northwest (Hitchcock, 1959) [6]
11) His Girl Friday (Hawks, 1940) [10]
12) When Harry Met Sally (Reiner, 1989) [12]
13) The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) [7]
14) The Big Lebowski (Coen, 1998) [14]
15) Dawn of the Dead (Romero, 1978) [8]
16) Touch of Evil (Welles, 1958) [n/a]
17) Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994) [20]
18) The Princess Bride (Reiner, 1986) [15]
19) Hellraiser (Barker, 1987) [n/a]
20) Almost Famous (Crowe, 2000) [17]
21) Trainspotting (Boyle, 1996) [19]
22) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975) [22]
23) High Fidelity (Frears, 2000) [23]
24) Raiders of the Lost Ark (Spielberg, 1981) [n/a]
25) Josie and the Pussycats (Kaplan/Elfont, 2001) [n/a] (geekgasm slot)
New to the list: The Third Man, Sunset Boulevard, Psycho, Touch of Evil, Hellraiser, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Josie and the Pussycats.
Dropped since last time: Rashomon [11], The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp [13], My Man Godfrey [16], Manhattan [18], A Face in the Crowd [21], Heavenly Creatures [24] and Re-Animator [25].
Biggest drop: Dawn of the Dead, 7 slots.
Biggest gain: Pulp Fiction, 3 slots.
Directors with most films on list: Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho, North by Northwest), Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment), and Terry Gilliam (Brazil, Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
Oh, and I've officially named slot 25, which is where I put one film that I absolutely love, despite the fact that there's others out there that I think are better. A film that taps into my own personal brainpan for reasons that science cannot fathom. It is now called the Geekgasm slot.
The format is
#) Film (Director, Year) [place it took 6 months ago]
1) Amelie (Jeunet, 2001) [3]
2) Harold and Maude (Ashby, 1971) [2]
3) Brazil (Gilliam, 1985) [1]
4) Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [4]
5) The Third Man (Reed, 1949) [n/a]
6) Sunset Boulevard (Wilder, 1950) [n/a]
7) Psycho (Hitchcock, 1960) [n/a]
8) Singin' in the Rain (Kelly/Donen, 1952) [5]
9) Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) [9]
10) North by Northwest (Hitchcock, 1959) [6]
11) His Girl Friday (Hawks, 1940) [10]
12) When Harry Met Sally (Reiner, 1989) [12]
13) The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) [7]
14) The Big Lebowski (Coen, 1998) [14]
15) Dawn of the Dead (Romero, 1978) [8]
16) Touch of Evil (Welles, 1958) [n/a]
17) Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994) [20]
18) The Princess Bride (Reiner, 1986) [15]
19) Hellraiser (Barker, 1987) [n/a]
20) Almost Famous (Crowe, 2000) [17]
21) Trainspotting (Boyle, 1996) [19]
22) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975) [22]
23) High Fidelity (Frears, 2000) [23]
24) Raiders of the Lost Ark (Spielberg, 1981) [n/a]
25) Josie and the Pussycats (Kaplan/Elfont, 2001) [n/a] (geekgasm slot)
New to the list: The Third Man, Sunset Boulevard, Psycho, Touch of Evil, Hellraiser, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Josie and the Pussycats.
Dropped since last time: Rashomon [11], The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp [13], My Man Godfrey [16], Manhattan [18], A Face in the Crowd [21], Heavenly Creatures [24] and Re-Animator [25].
Biggest drop: Dawn of the Dead, 7 slots.
Biggest gain: Pulp Fiction, 3 slots.
Directors with most films on list: Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho, North by Northwest), Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment), and Terry Gilliam (Brazil, Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
