Cinema's Greatest Hits
1. "Dawn of the Dead" (1978) - George A. Romero
2. "American Movie" (1999) - Chris Smith
3. "The Story of Ricky" (1991) - Simon Nam Ngai Choi
4. "The Big Lebowski" (1998) - Joel & Ethan Coen
5. "Hard Boiled" (1992) - John Woo
6. "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie" (1996) - Jim Mallon
7. "Touch of Evil" (1958) - Orson Welles
8. "Oldboy" (2003) - Chan-wook Park
9. "Horse Feathers" (1932) - Norman Z. McLeod
10. "The Wild Bunch" (1969) - Sam Peckinpah
11. "Kill Bill" (2003/4) - Quentin Tarantino
12. "The Hills Have Eyes" (1977) - Wes Craven
13. "Memento" (2000) - Christopher Nolan
14. "Once Upon a Time in the West" (1968) - Sergio Leone
15. "The Big Sleep" (1946) - Howard Hawks
16. "The Hudsucker Proxy" (1994) - Joel & Ethan Coen
17. "A Clockwork Orange" (1971) - Stanley Kubrick
18. "Back to the Future Trilogy" (1985/89/90) - Robert Zemeckis
19. "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974) - Tobe Hooper
20. "Fargo" (1996) - Joel & Ethan Coen
21. "Master of the Flying Guillotine" (1975) - Jimmy Wang Yu
22. "Groundhog Day" (1993) - Harold Ramis
23. "North by Northwest" (1959) - Alfred Hitchcock
24. "Miller's Crossing" (1990) - Joel & Ethan Coen
25. "Chinatown" (1974) - Roman Polanski
26. "Reservoir Dogs" (1992) - Quentin Tarantino
27. "Fulltime Killer" (2001) - Johnny To & Ka-Fai Wai
28. "Barton Fink" (1991) - Joel & Ethan Coen
29. "From Dusk Till Dawn" (1996) - Robert Rodriguez
30. "Ed Wood" (1994) - Tim Burton
31. "Blue Velvet" (1986) - David Lynch
32. "Cinemania" (2002) - Stephen Kijak & Angela Christlieb
33. "Jaws" (1975) - Steven Spielberg
34. "The Man Who Wasn't There" (2001) - Joel & Ethan Coen
35. "Day of the Dead" (1985) - George A. Romero
36. "Planet of the Apes" (1968) - Franklin J. Schaffner
37. "Battle Royale" (2000) - Kinji Fukasaku
38. "Redneck Zombies" (1987) - Pericles Lewnes
39. "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966) - Sergio Leone
40. "Versus" (2001) - Ryuhei Kitamura
41. "Duck Soup" (1933) - Leo McCarey
42. "Being John Malkovich" (1999) - Spike Jonze
43. "Night of the Living Dead" (1968) - George A. Romero
44. "Death Wish 3" (1985) - Michael Winner
45. "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994) - Frank Darabont
46. "Ghostbusters 1 & 2" (1984/89) - Ivan Reitman
47. "Pulp Fiction" (1994) - Quentin Tarantino
48. "Beyond the Mat" (1999) - Barry W. Blaustein
49. "Planes, Trains, & Automobiles" (1987) - John Hughes
50. "The Godfather" (1972) - Francis Ford Coppola
51. "Jurassic Park" (1993) - Steven Spielberg
52. "Slaughterhouse" (1987) - Rick Roessler
53. "Bullet in the Head" (1990) - John Woo
54. "For a Few Dollars More" (1965) - Sergio Leone
55. "Night of the Living Dead" (1990) - Tom Savini
56. "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster" (2004) - Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky
57. "Paper Moon" (1973) - Peter Bogdanovich
58. "12 Monkeys" (1995) - Terry Gilliam
59. "Spaceballs" (1987) - Mel Brooks
60. "Taxi Driver" (1976) - Martin Scorsese
61. "A Simple Plan" (1998) - Sam Raimi
62. "Tremors" (1990) - Ron Underwood
63. "American Beauty" (1999) - Sam Mendes
64. "Heat" (1995) - Michael Mann
65. "Document of the Dead" (1989) - Roy Frumkes
66. "The Temple of Doom" (1984) - Steven Spielberg
67. "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels" (1998) - Guy Ritchie
68. "The Devil's Rejects" (2005) - Rob Zombie
69. "A Fistfull of Dollars" (1964) - Sergio Leone
70. "Blood Simple." (1984) - Joel & Ethan Coen
71. "Adaptation." (2002) - Spike Jonze
72. "The Toxic Avenger" (1985) - Lloyd Kaufman & Michael Herz
73. "Frailty" (2001) - Bill Paxton
74. "Almost Heroes" (1998) - Christopher Guest
75. "Land of the Dead" (2005) - George A. Romero
76. "The Assassination of Richard Nixon" (2004) - Niels Mueller
77. "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" (1986) - John McNaughton
78. "Identity" (2003) - James Mangold
79. "The Last Crusade" (1989) - Steven Spielberg
80. "Baadasssss!" (2003) - Mario Van Peebles
81. "Jacob's Ladder" (1990) - Adrian Lyne
82. "A Better Tomorrow 1 & 2" (1987) - John Woo
83. "The Terminator" (1984) - James Cameron
84. "Batman: The Movie" (1966) - Leslie H. Martinson
85. "UHF" - (1989) Jay Levey
86. "Se7en" (1995) - David Fincher
87. "The Elephant Man" (1980) - David Lynch
88. "El Mariachi" (1992) - Robert Rodriguez
89. "Kingpin" (1996) - Peter & Bobby Farrelly
90. "Rio Bravo" (1959) - Howard Hawks
91. "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967) - Arthur Penn
92. "The Goonies" (1985) - Dick Donner
93. "Sin City" (2005) - Robert Rodriguez
94. "The Killer" (1989) - John Woo
95. "Go West" (1940) - Edward Buzzell
96. "Wild at Heart" (1990) - David Lynch
99. "Infernal Affairs" (2002) - Andrew Lau & Alan Mak
89. "Donnie Darko" (2001) - Richard Kelly
98. "Mortal Kombat" (1995) - Paul Anderson
100. "Scarface" (1983) - Brian DePalma
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"The Street Fighter" (1974) - Shigehiro Ozawa
"Minority Report" (2002) - Steven Spielberg
"Dawn of the Dead" (2004) - Zack Snyder
"Terminator 2: Judgement Day" (1991) - Jim Cameron
"Gremlins 2: The New Batch" (1990) - Joe Dante
"Vertigo" (1958) - Alfred Hitchcock
"Ozone" (1993) - J.R. Bookwalter
"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" (1971) - Mel Stuart
"The Running Man" (1987) - Paul Michael Glaser
"Jackie Brown" (1997) - Quentin Tarantino
"Major League II" (1994) - David S. Ward
"Ghosts of Mars" (2001) - John Carpenter
"Glengarry Glen Ross" (1992) - James Foley
"Dumb & Dumber" (1994) - Peter & Bobby Farrelly
"Creepshow" (1982) - George A. Romero
"Bowfinger" (1999) - Frank Oz
"Five Fingers of Death" (1973) - Chang Ho Cheng
"Psycho" (1960) - Alfred Hitchcock
"Forrest Gump" (1994) - Bob Zemeckis
"The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1919) - Robert Wiene
"What's Eating Gilbert Grape" (1993) - Lasse Hallström
"The Sandlot" (1993) - David M. Evans
"Living in Oblivion" (1995) - Tom DiCillo
"Field of Dreams" (1989) - Phil Alden Robinson
"The Garbage Pail Kids Movie" (1987) - Rodney Amateau
"Dark City" (1998) - Alex Proyas
"A Night at the Opera" (1935) - Sam Wood
"Strangers on a Train" (1951) - Alfred Hitchcock
"Christmas Vacation" (1989) - Jeremiah S. Chechik
"Shaun of the Dead" (2004) - Edgar Wright
"Creepshow 2" (1987) - Michael Gornick
"The Last Man on Earth" (1964) - Sidney Salkow
"The Lady from Shanghai" (1947) - Orson Welles
"The Player" (1992) - Robert Altman
"Crash" (2004) - Paul Haggis
"Dirty Work" (1998) - Bob Saget
"Nosferatu" (1922) - F.W. Murnau
"O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (2000) - Joel & Ethan Coen
"The Blob" (1988) - Chuck Russell
"Tommy Boy" (1995) - Peter Segal
"Videodrome" (1983) - David Cronenberg
"Freaks" (1932) - Tod Browning
"Immortal Combat" (1994) - Dan Neira
"Boogie Nights" (1997) - P.T. Anderson
"8 1/2" (1963) - Frederico Fellini
"Commando" (1985) - Mark Lester
"The One" (2001) - James Wong
"Equilibrium" (2002) - Kurt Wimmer
"Duel to the Death" (1982) - Siu-Tung Ching
"Leprechaun: Back 2 that Hood" (2003) - Steven Ayromlooi
"Love Liza" (2002) - Todd Louiso
"Death Wish" (1974) - Michael Winner
"Face/Off" (1997) - John Woo
"Multiplicity" (1996) - Harold Ramis
"Owning Mahowny" (2003) - Richard Kwietniowski
"Anchorman" (2004) - Adam McKay
"A Night in Casablanca" (1946) - Archie Mayo
"Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III" (1990) - Jeff Burr
"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2" (1986) - Tobe Hooper
"Full Contact" (1993) - Ringo Lam
"The Ladykillers" (2004) - Joel & Ethan Coen
"Starship Troopers" (1997) - Paul Verhoeven
"The Fisher King" (1991) - Terry Gilliam
"Blow Out" (1981) - Brian DePalma
"Superman" (1978) - Dick Donner
"Superman II" (1980) - Richard Lester
"Ed Gein" (2000) - Chuck Parello
"Straw Dogs" (1971) - Sam Peckinpah
"Monkey Business" (1931) - Norman Z. McLeod
"Get Shorty" (1995) - Barry Sonnenfeld
"The Matrix Reloaded" (2003) - Andy & Larry Wachowski
"The Matrix Revolutions" (2003) - Andy & Larry Wachowski
"The Matrix" (1999) - Andy & Larry Wachowski
"Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" (1997) - Jay Roach
"Austin Powers in Goldmember" (1999) - Jay Roach
"Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" (2002) - Jay Roach
"Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) - Irvin Kershner
"Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi" (1983) - Richard Marquand
"Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope" (1977) - George Lucas
"Knightriders" (1981) - George A. Romero
"Tremors II: Aftershocks" (1996) - S.S. Wilson
"Hero" (2002) - Zhang Yimou
"The Station Agent" (2003) - Thomas McCarthy
"House of the Dead" (2003) - Uwe Boll
"Raising Arizona" (1987) - Joel & Ethan Coen
"A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984) - Wes Craven
"House of 1000 Corpses" (2003) - Robert Zombie
"My Cousin Vinny" (1992) - Johnathon Lynn
"Mortal Kombat: Annihilation" (1997) - John R. Leonetti
"Gremlins" (1984) - Joe Dante
"The Magnificent Seven" (1960) by John Sturges
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (1990) by Steve Barron
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze" (1991) by Michael Pressman
"Bandits" (2001) - Barry Levinson
"The Quest" (1996) - Jean-Claude Van Damme
"Stand by Me" (1986) - Rob Reiner
"The Color of Money" (1986) - Martin Scorsese
"Happy Gilmore" (1996) - Dennis Dugan
"Fahrenheit 451" (1966) - Francois Truffaut
"The Great Outdoors" (1988) - Howard Deutch
"Con Air" (1997) - Simon West
"Mystic River" (2003) - Clint Eastwood
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - Milos Forman
"Batman" (1989) - Tim Burton
"Casino" (1995) - Martin Scorsese
"Evil Dead 2" (1987) - Sam Raimi
"The Punisher" (2004) - Jonathan Hensleigh
"C.H.U.D." (1984) - Douglas Cheek
"Assault on Precinct 13" (1976) - John Carpenter
"Sideways" (2004) - Alexnder Payne
"The Crazies" (1973) - George A. Romero
KINGS OF THE LIST:
Coens (10)
Romero (7)
Woo (6)
Spielberg (5)
Tarantino (4)
Leone (4)
Hitchcock (4)
Zemeckis (4)
Scorsese (3)
Rodriguez (3)
Wachowskis (3)
Roach (3)
Lynch (3)
Peckinpah(2)
Ramis (2)
Hawks (2)
Hooper (2)
Craven (2)
Gilliam (2)
Farrellys (2)
Reitman (2)
Cameron (2)
Jonze (2)
Raimi (2)
Carpenter (2)
Winner (2)
McLeod (2)
Dante (2)
NOTE: This list is subject to change.
NOTE: This is NOT a "greatest movies of all time" list. This is a list of personal favorites. In other words: I realize that "Redneck Zombies" is NOT a better movie than "The Godfather" so don't bother telling me.
Last Updated: 11/4/05
