My current Top 5

My current Top 5

6/17/2011

And then there were 10...


So, the movies from position 83 to 11 have been ranked. Once again, they were:

83. Cavalcade
82. Cimarron
81. Rain Man
80. Going my Way
79. The Broadway Melody
78. The Greatest Show on Earth
77. Terms of Endearment
76. Forrest Gump
75. Grand Hotel
74. Gladiator
73. Rocky
72. A Beautiful Mind
71. Chariots of Fire
70. Crash
69. Braveheart
68. Patton
67. The Sound of Music
66. Around the World in 80 Days
65. Kramer vs. Kramer
64. Marty
63. Mrs. Miniver
62. Gentleman's Agreement
61. The Sting
60. Driving Miss Daisy
59. The Great Ziegfeld
58. Tom Jones
57. An American in Paris
56. A Man for all Seasons
55. The Lost Weekend
54. The French Connection
53. Ben-Hur
52. The Life of Emile Zola
51. Gigi
50. Out of Africa
49. You Can't Take it With You
48. Slumdog Millionaire
47. Wings
46. In the Heat of the Night
45. Dances with Wolves
44. The Departed
43. Mutiny on the Bounty
42. The King's Speech
41. Titanic
40. How Green was my Valley
39. Oliver!
38. Ordinary People
37. Platoon
36. Hamlet
35. All the King's Men
34. My Fair Lady
33. No Country for Old Men
32. Million Dollar Baby
31. From Here to Eternity
30. The Deer Hunter
29. The Best Years of our Lives
28. Chicago
27. The Last Emperor
26. All about Eve
25. Gandhi
24. On the Waterfront
23. The Hurt Locker
22. It happened one Night
21. West Side Story
20. The Silence of the Lambs
19. One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
18. Shakespeare in Love
17. The Apartment
16. Unforgiven
15. The Bridge on the River Kwai
14. Midnight Cowboy
13. Annie Hall
12. Rebecca
11. Amadeus

Here are those still waiting to be ranked:

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Casablanca (1943)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Schindler's List (1993)
The English Patient (1996)
American Beauty (1999)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)


Well, I know that probably many are not quite happy with these movies in my Top 10 but always remember - to each his own!

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, The Return Of The King is still in the game? That's a little shocking.

Louis Morgan said...

I can agree with many of your positions but Return of the King (which I do like), American Beauty, and The English patient being in the top ten is something I really can't see as possible. As well as All Quiet on The Western Front which should have a good position, but it has a few major flaws that I think keep from being top ten material.

Anonymous said...

Well, it's not a terrible top 10 but it could be better (only my opinion of course, and you're absolutely right, to each his own!).

Here's what I think it'll look like:

10. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930).
9. American Beauty (1999).
8. The Godfather: Part II (1974).
7. The English Patient (1996).
6. Schindler's List (1993).
5. Casablanca (1943).
4. Lawrence of Arabia (1962).
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).
2. The Godfather (1972).
1. Gone with the Wind (1939). (HOPEFULLY!!!).

I would obviously never have Lawrence of Arabia in my top 10.

Anonymous said...

A good mix of the usual classics, plus a few (I think) more personal choices, even if one of them is The English Patient. =P

I love seeing American Beauty and Return of the King still in, because both are definitely in my Top 10 (so far) too.

Malcolm said...

Wow! I never thought The English Patient to reach this far! So is American Beauty!

This is really exciting now. I think TEP will be on the top 5, I guess. :)

Alex Constantin said...

fantastic choices, man!!! :) as I always make it clear, Gone is my number 1.
But your Top 10 is fabulous. One thing: I'd easily have All About Eve there, but I know I'm quite subjective on that one.


I definitely agree with your bottom 2. I think most who've actually seen Cavalcade would agree on that!

Fritz said...

Thanks a lot! :-)

I'm very happy that you agree with me!

About All about Eve: I think I'm actually in the minority here. I think everyone has this movie in his/her Top 10 and I am a fan, too, just not as much...