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(Off Topic) - My Top 100 Films of All Time

Ok, ok, this is a music blog, I know. I thought it might be fun to share my favorite movies as an "off-topic" post. While I do listen to far more music than I watch t.v. or movies, there are films I consider incredibly important to me on a personal level. You'll notice a definite trend in which kinds of films I'm into; I apologize for nothing.

Comment below on what movies are your favorites. Hope you enjoy the list!

100. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) ||  Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu  ||  Psychological Drama, Black Comedy, Satire  ||  2014  ||  4/5

99. Citizen Kane  ||  Dir. Orson Welles  ||  Drama  ||  1941  ||  4/5

98. The Grand Budapest Hotel  ||  Dir. Wes Anderson  ||  Comedy, Adventure  ||  2014  ||  4/5

97. Schindler's List  ||  Dir. Steven Spielberg  ||  Biopic, War, Period Drama  ||  1993  ||  4/5

96. Anomalisa  ||  Dir. Charlie Kaufman  ||  Psychological Drama, Puppet Animation, Romance, Surrealism  ||  2015  ||  4/5

95. Heat  ||  Dir. Michael Mann  ||  Thriller, Heist Film, Drama, Crime, Police Procedural  ||  1995  ||  4/5

94. Dark City  ||  Dir. Alex Proyas  ||  Tech-Noir, Dystopian, Thriller, Mystery, Science Fiction  ||  1998  ||  4/5

93. Inside Out  ||  Dir. Peter Docter  ||  Computer Animation, Family, Coming-of-Age, Adventure, Comedy, Low Fantasy  ||  2015  ||  4/5

92. Jaws  ||  Dir. Steven Spielberg  ||  Natural Horror, Thriller, New Hollywood  ||  1975  ||  4/5

91. Joker  ||  Dir. Todd Phillips  ||  Psychological Drama, Crime  ||  2019  ||  4/5

90. The Matrix  ||  Dir. Lana Wachowski / Lilly Wachowski  ||  Action, Dystopian, Cyberpunk, Virtual Reality, Science Fiction  ||  1999  ||  4/5

89. The VVitch  ||  Dir. Robert Eggers  ||  Supernatural Horror, Psychological Horror, Folk Horror, Family Drama  ||  2015  ||  4/5

87. Lawrence of Arabia  ||  Dir. David Lean  ||  Biopic, Adventure, War, Period Drama, Epic  ||  1962  ||  4/5

86. Terminator 2: Judgement Day  ||  Dir. James Cameron  ||  Action, Science Fiction, Time Travel, Artificial Intelligence  ||  1991  ||  4/5

85. The Big Lebowski  ||  Dir. Joel Coen  ||  Comedy, Buddy, Crime, Mystery, Stoner Film, Neo-Noir, Postmodernism  ||  1998  ||  4/5

84. Jagten [The Hunt]  ||  Dir. Thomas Vinterberg  ||  Drama  ||  2012  ||  4/5

83. Leave No Trace  ||  Dir. Debra Granik  ||  Family Drama, Psychological Drama  ||  2018  ||  4/5

82. The Lion King  ||  Dir. Roger Allers / Rob Minkoff  ||  Animation, Musical, Family, Adventure, Coming-of-Age, Fable  ||  1994  ||  4/5

81. Fargo  ||  Dir. Joel Coen  ||  Black Comedy, Crime, Police Procedural  ||  1996  ||  4/5

80. Jacob's Ladder  ||  Dir. Adrian Lyne  ||  Psychological Horror, Psychological Thriller, Psychological Drama  ||  1990  ||  4/5

79. The Sixth Sense  ||  Dir. M. Night Shyamalan  ||  Mystery, Psychological Thriller, Drama, Supernatural Horror  ||  1999  ||  4/5

78. Jurassic Park  ||  Dir. Steven Spielberg  ||  Science Fiction, Adventure, Action  ||  1993  ||  4/5

77. Sunshine  ||  Dir. Danny Boyle  ||  Science Fiction, Thriller, Space Exploration  ||  2007  ||  4/5

76. Kubo and the Two Strings  ||  Dir. Travis Knight  ||  Adventure, Fairy Tale, Family, Puppet Animation  ||  2016  ||  4/5

75. Black Christmas  ||  Dir. Bob Clark  ||  Slasher, Christmas, Canuxploitation  ||  1974  ||  4/5

74. GoodFellas  ||  Dir. Martin Scorsese  ||  Gangster Film, Biopic, Drama  ||  1990  ||  4/5

73. Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door  ||  Dir. 渡辺信一郎 [Shinichiro Watanabe]  ||  Anime, Action, Tech-Noir, Cyberpunk  ||  2001  ||  4/5

72. Enemy  ||  Dir. Denis Villeneuve  ||  Psychological Thriller, Surrealism, Mystery, Postmodernism  ||  2013  ||  4/5

71. The Iron Giant  ||  Dir. Brad Bird  ||  Animation, Family, Science Fiction, Artificial Intelligence  ||  1999  ||  4/5

70. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse  ||  Dir. Bob Persichetti / Peter Ramsey / Rodney Rothman  ||  Superhero, Computer Animation, Action, Comedy, Family, Coming-of-Age, Portal Fantasy  ||  2018  ||  4/5

69. The Evil Dead  ||  Dir. Sam Raimi  ||  Splatter, Supernatural Horror, Haunted House  ||  1981  ||  4/5

68. The Blackcoat's Daughter  ||  Dir. Oz Perkins  ||  Supernatural Horror, Psychological Drama, Psychological Horror, Hyperlink Cinema  ||  2015  ||  4/5

67. 千と千尋の神隠し [Spirited Away]  ||  Dir. 宮崎駿 [Hayao Miyazaki]  ||  Anime, Fantasy, Coming-of-Age, Adventure, Isekai  ||  2001  ||  4/5

66. Chicken Run  ||  Dir. Nick Park / Peter Lord  ||  Claymation, Comedy, Family, Prison Film, Fable  ||  2000  ||  4/5

65. Kill Bill: Vol. 1  ||  Dir. Quentin Tarantino  ||  Martial Arts, Action, Vigilante  ||  2003  ||  4/5

64. No Country for Old Men  ||  Dir. Joel Coen / Ethan Coen  ||  Thriller, Crime, Neo-Western  ||  2007  ||  4/5

63. Searching for Bobby Fischer  ||  Dir. Steven Zaillian  ||  Biopic, Coming-of-Age  ||  1993  ||  4/5

62. 2001: A Space Odyssey  ||  Dir. Stanley Kubrick  ||  Science Fiction, Space Exploration, Slow Cinema, Experimental  ||  1968  ||  4/5

61. Evil Dead II  ||  Dir. Sam Raimi  ||  Black Comedy, Splatter, Haunted House, Supernatural Horror, Horror Comedy  ||  1987  ||  4/5

60. Monty Python and the Holy Grail  ||  Dir. Terry Gilliam / Terry Jones  ||  Absurdist Comedy, Adventure, Parody, Medieval  ||  1975  ||  4/5

59. Nope  ||  Dir. Jordan Peele  ||  Alien Invasion, Comedy, Horror, Neo-Western, Cosmic Horror, Thriller, Satire, Mystery  ||  2022  ||  4/5

58. L.A. Confidential  ||  Dir. Curtis Hanson  ||  Neo-Noir, Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Police Procedural  ||  1997  ||  4/5 

57. Dune: Part One  ||  Dir. Denis Villeneuve  ||  Space Opera, Epic  ||  2021  ||  4/5

56. Sicario  ||  Dir. Denis Villeneuve  ||  Thriller, Crime, Police Procedural  ||  2015  ||  4/5

55. Mikey and Nicky  ||  Dir. Elaine May  ||  Drama, New Hollywood, Gangster Film, Buddy, Black Comedy  ||  1976  ||  4/5

54. Annihilation  ||  Dir. Alex Garland  ||  Science Fiction, Mystery, Psychological Thriller, Cosmic Horror  ||  2018  ||  4/5

53. Whiplash  ||  Dir. Damien Chazelle  ||  Music, Psychological Drama  ||  2014  ||  4/5

52. Breaking the Waves  ||  Dir. Lars von Trier  ||  Psychological Drama, Romance, Melodrama  ||  1996  ||  4/5

51. Blade Runner  ||  Dir. Ridley Scott  ||  Tech-Noir, Cyberpunk, Dystopian, Artificial Intelligence, Science Fiction  ||  1982  ||  4/5

50. Mysterious Skin  ||  Dir. Gregg Araki  ||  Coming-of-Age, LGBTQ, Psychological Drama, Queer Cinema  ||  2004  ||  4/5

49. Watership Down  ||  Dir. Martin Rosen  ||  Animation, Drama, Adventure, Fable, Natural Horror  ||  1978  ||  4/5

48. Сталкер [Stalker]  ||  Dir. Андрей Тарковский [Andrei Tarkovsky]  ||  Psychological Drama, Slow Cinema, Science Fiction, Magical Realism, Post-Apocalyptic  ||  1979  ||  4/5

47. Freddy Got Fingered  ||  Dir. Tom Green  ||  Absurdist Comedy, Gross-Out Comedy, Surrealism, Black Comedy  ||  2001  ||  4/5

46. The Empire Strikes Back  ||  Dir. Irvin Kershner  ||  Space Opera, Epic, Action  ||  1980  ||  4.5/5

45. WALL·E  ||  Dir. Andrew Stanton  ||  Computer Animation, Science Fiction, Family, Adventure, Romance, Dystopian, Artificial Intelligence, Post-Apocalyptic, Comedy  ||  2008  ||  4.5/5

44. Le locataire [The Tenant]  ||  Dir. Roman Polański  ||  Psychological Thriller, Mystery  ||  1976  ||  4.5/5

43. 12 Monkeys  ||  Dir. Terry Gilliam  ||  Science Fiction, Dystopian, Time Travel, Post-Apocalyptic, Epidemic  ||  1995  ||  4.5/5

42. Taxi Driver  ||  Dir. Martin Scorsese  ||  Psychological Drama, New Hollywood, Crime  ||  1976  ||  4.5/5

41. Hot Fuzz  ||  Dir. Edgar Wright  ||  Parody, Action, Buddy Cop, Black Comedy, Crime, Whodunit  ||  2007  ||  4.5/5

40. The Shining  ||  Dir. Stanley Kubrick  ||  Psychological Horror, Haunted House  ||  1980  ||  4.5/5

39. Ratatouille  ||  Dir. Brad Bird  ||  Computer Animation, Family, Comedy, Fable  ||  2007  ||  4.5/5

38. The Fly  ||  Dir. David Cronenberg  ||  Body Horror, Science Fiction, Psychological Drama, Romance  ||  1986  ||  4.5/5

37. ハウス (House)  ||  Dir. 大林宣彦 [Nobuhiko Obayashi]  ||  Haunted House, Absurdist Comedy, Surrealism, Horror Comedy  ||  1977  ||  4.5/5

36. They Live  ||  Dir. John Carpenter  ||  Dystopian, Satire, Action, Science Fiction, Alien Invasion  ||  1988  ||  4.5/5

35. Synecdoche, New York  ||  Dir. Charlie Kaufman  ||  Psychological Drama, Surrealism, Postmodernism, Magical Realism  ||  2008  ||  4.5/5

34. Se7en  ||  Dir. David Fincher  ||  Crime, Neo-Noir, Thriller, Mystery, Police Procedural, Psychological Thriller  ||  1995  ||  4.5/5

33. Rear Window  ||  Dir. Alfred Hitchcock  ||  Mystery, Thriller  ||  1954  ||  4.5/5

32. Raw  ||  Dir. Julia Ducournau  ||  New French Extremity, Cannibal, Body Horror, Coming-of-Age  ||  2016  ||  4.5/5

31. Alien  ||  Dir. Ridley Scott  ||  Science Fiction, Horror, Extraterrestrial  ||  1979  ||  4.5/5

30. La montaña sagrada (The Holy Mountain)  ||  Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky  ||  Surrealism, Satire, Adventure, Postmodernism  ||  1973  ||  4.5/5

29. Coraline  ||  Dir. Henry Selick  ||  Puppet Animation, Fantasy, Gothic, Stop-Motion, Surrealism  ||  2009  ||  4.5/5

28. Martyrs  ||  Dir. Pascal Laugier  ||  New French Extremity, Sadistic Horror, Psychological Horror  ||  2008  ||  4.5/5

27. Pulp Fiction  ||  Dir. Quentin Tarantino  ||  Crime, Black Comedy, Hyperlink Cinema  ||  1994  ||  4.5/5

26. The Shawshank Redemption  ||  Dir. Frank Darabont  ||  Prison Film, Drama, Period Drama  ||  1994  ||  4.5/5

25. Léon: The Professional  ||  Dir. Luc Besson  ||  Crime, Drama, Action, Thriller  ||  1994  ||  4.5/5

24. The Dark Knight  ||  Dir. Christopher Nolan  ||  Superhero, Action, Thriller, Crime  ||  2008  ||  4.5/5

23. The Godfather  ||  Dir. Francis Ford Coppola  ||  Gangster Film, Drama, New Hollywood  ||  1972  ||  4.5/5

22. Videodrome  ||  Dir. David Cronenberg  ||  Body Horror, Surrealism, Science Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Digital Horror  ||  1983  ||  4.5/5

21. To Kill a Mockingbird  ||  Dir. Robert Mulligan  ||  Legal Drama, Coming-of-Age, Period Drama  ||  1962  ||  4.5/5

20. Oldboy  ||  Dir. Park Chan-wook  ||  Mystery, Thriller, Drama, Action, Neo-Noir  ||  2003  ||  4.5/5

19. Psycho  ||  Dir. Alfred Hitchcock  ||  Psychological Thriller, Mystery, Horror, Southern Gothic  ||  1960  ||  4.5/5

18. 12 Angry Men  ||  Dir. Sidney Lumet  ||  Legal Drama  ||  1957  ||  4.5/5

17. Ex Machina  ||  Dir. Alex Garland  ||  Science Fiction, Psychological Drama, Artificial Intelligence, Psychological Thriller  ||  2014  ||  4.5/5

16. Audition  ||  Dir. 三池崇史 [Takashi Miike]  ||  Psychological Horror, Drama, Mystery, Romance  ||  1999  ||  5/5

15. Låt den rätte komma in  ||  Dir. Tomas Alfredson  ||  Vampire, Drama, Romance, Coming-of-Age, Horror  ||  2008  ||  5/5

14. Her  ||  Dir. Spike Jonze  ||  Romance, Science Fiction, Drama, Artificial Intelligence, Comedy  ||  2013  ||  5/5

13. A Clockwork Orange  ||  Dir. Stanley Kubrick  ||  Dystopian, Crime, Satire, Black Comedy, Psychological Drama, Science Fiction, Psychological Thriller  ||  1971  ||  5/5

12. The Lobster  ||  Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos  ||  Dystopian, Satire, Black Comedy, Drama  ||  2015  ||  5/5

11. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy  (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King)  ||  Dir. Peter Jackson  ||  High Fantasy, Epic, Adventure  ||  2001, 2002, 2003  ||  5/5

10. Akira  ||  Dir. 大友克洋 [Katsuhiro Otomo]  ||  Cyberpunk, Anime, Dystopian, Action  ||  1988  ||  5/5

9. Donnie Darko  ||  Dir. Richard Kelly  ||  Mystery, Psychological Drama, Low Fantasy, Time Travel, Surrealism, Black Comedy  ||  2001  ||  5/5

8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest  ||  Dir. Miloš Forman  ||  Drama, New Hollywood, Prison Film  ||  1975  ||  5/5

7. There Will Be Blood  ||  Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson  ||  Period Drama  ||  2007  ||  5/5

6. Mulholland Dr.  ||  Dir. David Lynch  ||  Mystery, Surrealism, Psychological Thriller, Psychological Drama, LGBTQ, Neo-Noir  ||  2001  ||  5/5

5. The Thing  ||  Dir. John Carpenter  ||  Body Horror, Science Fiction, Psychological Horror, Alien Invasion, Cosmic Horror  ||  1982  ||  5/5

4. Arrival  ||  Dir. Denis Villeneuve  ||  Science Fiction, Psychological Drama, Alien Invasion  ||  2016  ||  5/5

3. Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb  ||  Dir. Stanley Kubrick  ||  Satire, Black Comedy, War, Political Thriller  ||  1964  ||  5/5

2. Everything Everywhere All At Once  ||  Dir. Dan Kwan / Daniel Scheinert  ||  Absurdist Comedy, Portal Fantasy, Family Drama, Science Fiction, Action  ||  2022  ||  5/5

1. The Truman Show  ||  Dir. Peter Weir  ||  Satire, Drama, Comedy, Psychological Drama  ||  1998  ||  5/5

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  1. AnonymousDecember 15, 2022 at 7:20 AM

    Extremely useful list :-) Thanks for sharing!

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    1. camusunderDecember 15, 2022 at 9:42 AM

      No problem :) I had fun making the list, glad someone else got use out of it!

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  2. ASJune 29, 2023 at 9:08 AM

    Amazing!! The Thing at #5? Should be top 3. Love that you put Martyrs at 28. Nice list, a lot of great movies..good taste.

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