Top 50 Movies of All-Time
50. The Warriors (1979)
Directed by: Walter Hill
Starring: Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright
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In 'The Warriors' version of New York, there's apparently only two things to do: join a gang and cause chaos, or be a sexy-lipped radio DJ giving pointers as to where said gangs may be.
The movie follows one particular gang (The Warriors) as they brawl their way through one hellish night in NYC in order to get back safely to Coney Island, their home turf, after being framed for killing a guy with a seriously awesome catch-phrase. Because everyone knows that even though hundreds of gang members are chasing down just a few rag-tag punks, nobody would dare enter the horrific smelling turf of Coney Island, even for revenge.
The Warriors is one of those timeless movies that not only provide some kick-ass Halloween costumes, but takes you deep into a punk-filled world where mob mentality rules.
Starring: Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright
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In 'The Warriors' version of New York, there's apparently only two things to do: join a gang and cause chaos, or be a sexy-lipped radio DJ giving pointers as to where said gangs may be.
The movie follows one particular gang (The Warriors) as they brawl their way through one hellish night in NYC in order to get back safely to Coney Island, their home turf, after being framed for killing a guy with a seriously awesome catch-phrase. Because everyone knows that even though hundreds of gang members are chasing down just a few rag-tag punks, nobody would dare enter the horrific smelling turf of Coney Island, even for revenge.
The Warriors is one of those timeless movies that not only provide some kick-ass Halloween costumes, but takes you deep into a punk-filled world where mob mentality rules.
49. Spaceballs (1987)
Directed by: Mel Brooks
Starring: Bill Pullman (not Paxton), John Candy, Mel Brooks, Rick Moranis
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As someone who isn't a major fan of the Star Wars franchise (we'll just get this out of the way now, there will be no Star Wars movies in this list, sorry fanboys), Spaceballs struck a nerve with me even when I was very young. Where as at a young age I may have found the movie hilarious because one of the characters was named "Barf" (come on, I was 7), I can still watch the movie today and crack up knowing that a main character is named "Barf".
For many, Blazing Saddles is the ultimate Mel Brooks movie, and to them I say "What you never saw Robin Hood: Men in Tights?!?!" Also, I personally enjoyed Spaceballs more. If the list went to 75 instead of 50, you can bet your ass Blazing Saddles would be on there. But since it doesn't, those who are looking for Blazing Saddles can honestly say that they "ain't found shit".
Starring: Bill Pullman (not Paxton), John Candy, Mel Brooks, Rick Moranis
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As someone who isn't a major fan of the Star Wars franchise (we'll just get this out of the way now, there will be no Star Wars movies in this list, sorry fanboys), Spaceballs struck a nerve with me even when I was very young. Where as at a young age I may have found the movie hilarious because one of the characters was named "Barf" (come on, I was 7), I can still watch the movie today and crack up knowing that a main character is named "Barf".
For many, Blazing Saddles is the ultimate Mel Brooks movie, and to them I say "What you never saw Robin Hood: Men in Tights?!?!" Also, I personally enjoyed Spaceballs more. If the list went to 75 instead of 50, you can bet your ass Blazing Saddles would be on there. But since it doesn't, those who are looking for Blazing Saddles can honestly say that they "ain't found shit".
48. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Directed by: Ronald Neame
Starring: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelly Winters, Red Buttons
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To date, one of the greatest disaster movies ever created. It's so disastrous that Leslie Nielson is in it and he didn't even make me laugh!!! The movie follows a wide range of characters including: a priest, a couple of bratty kids, a fat old lady and her shell of a husband, a trophy wife, some creepy ginger who's chasing a girl way out of his league, and a horny Ernest Borgnine. Put them all in a boat, turn it upside down, and strap in for 2 hours of escaping action!
Just be sure to never...EVER...watch the shitty Josh Lucas remake.
Starring: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelly Winters, Red Buttons
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To date, one of the greatest disaster movies ever created. It's so disastrous that Leslie Nielson is in it and he didn't even make me laugh!!! The movie follows a wide range of characters including: a priest, a couple of bratty kids, a fat old lady and her shell of a husband, a trophy wife, some creepy ginger who's chasing a girl way out of his league, and a horny Ernest Borgnine. Put them all in a boat, turn it upside down, and strap in for 2 hours of escaping action!
Just be sure to never...EVER...watch the shitty Josh Lucas remake.
47. The Karate Kid (1984)
Directed by: John Avildsen
Starring: Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, William Zabka
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"Wax on, wax off". "Put 'em in a body bag, yeahhh!". "Banzai!"."Strike first, strike hard, no mercy!" If you still don't love the Karate Kid, there's something wrong with you. Ok, let's try two more things: an absolutely adorable Elisabeth Shue, and the ultimate 80's icon William Zabka. Throw in the quintessential 80's movie montage with the impossibly awesome "You're the Best Around" by Joe Esposito and a soundtrack just as awesome?? If you still don't love the Karate Kid, well, then how the hell are you reading this because you're obviously both deaf and blind.
Starring: Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, William Zabka
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"Wax on, wax off". "Put 'em in a body bag, yeahhh!". "Banzai!"."Strike first, strike hard, no mercy!" If you still don't love the Karate Kid, there's something wrong with you. Ok, let's try two more things: an absolutely adorable Elisabeth Shue, and the ultimate 80's icon William Zabka. Throw in the quintessential 80's movie montage with the impossibly awesome "You're the Best Around" by Joe Esposito and a soundtrack just as awesome?? If you still don't love the Karate Kid, well, then how the hell are you reading this because you're obviously both deaf and blind.
46. Nosferatu (1922)
Directed by: F.W. Murnau
Starring: Max Schrek, Greta Schroder, Gustav von Wangenheim
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When a movie almost 90 years old still has the capacity to freak you out, you know you're watching something special. This silent masterpiece by acclaimed German director F.W. Murnau almost disappeared completely when the Bram Stoker estate tried to sue it's existence away.
In addition to creating a whole world of vampires not named "Dracula", Nosferatu also spawned the 2000 movie "Shadow of the Vampire", in which Willem Dafoe and John Malkovich recount the filming of the movie, only if Max Schrek were an actual vampire, not an actor. However, perhaps the most important piece of art that Nosferatu has since influenced comes by way of a Criss Angel loving emo kid.
Starring: Max Schrek, Greta Schroder, Gustav von Wangenheim
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When a movie almost 90 years old still has the capacity to freak you out, you know you're watching something special. This silent masterpiece by acclaimed German director F.W. Murnau almost disappeared completely when the Bram Stoker estate tried to sue it's existence away.
In addition to creating a whole world of vampires not named "Dracula", Nosferatu also spawned the 2000 movie "Shadow of the Vampire", in which Willem Dafoe and John Malkovich recount the filming of the movie, only if Max Schrek were an actual vampire, not an actor. However, perhaps the most important piece of art that Nosferatu has since influenced comes by way of a Criss Angel loving emo kid.
45. Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
Directed by: Gregor Jordan
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Scott Glen, Anna Paquin, Ed Harris
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Probably my most "controversial" in the top 50, mainly because the majority of people that I know that have seen this thought it sucked. I, however, thought it was a great look at life in a boring, non-combative US military base in pre-fall of Berlin Wall Germany. Got it?
Joaquin Phoenix plays a drug peddling supply specialist who just happens to get his jolly's by boinking his new CO's daughter. To counteract the boinking, he's forced to kill his prized car by the protective daddy Glen. Things escalate a bit from there, but all in all, it's a great piece about every day life on a military base, including a drug-induced, Blues Brothers-inspired chase scene...involving a tank.
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Scott Glen, Anna Paquin, Ed Harris
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Probably my most "controversial" in the top 50, mainly because the majority of people that I know that have seen this thought it sucked. I, however, thought it was a great look at life in a boring, non-combative US military base in pre-fall of Berlin Wall Germany. Got it?
Joaquin Phoenix plays a drug peddling supply specialist who just happens to get his jolly's by boinking his new CO's daughter. To counteract the boinking, he's forced to kill his prized car by the protective daddy Glen. Things escalate a bit from there, but all in all, it's a great piece about every day life on a military base, including a drug-induced, Blues Brothers-inspired chase scene...involving a tank.
44. Casino (1995)
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Sharon Stone, James Woods
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The 8th time that De Niro and Scorsese collaborated created a classic gangster film with one dynamic duo. Throw in a pre-crazy, still hot Sharon Stone and a little James Woods and you've got an all-time great.
You can talk all you want about the head in a vice or Tommy's cornstalk beatdown, but for me, the quintessential moment of the movie is one that everyone who has ever visited a casino has wished they could get away with: hit me.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Sharon Stone, James Woods
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The 8th time that De Niro and Scorsese collaborated created a classic gangster film with one dynamic duo. Throw in a pre-crazy, still hot Sharon Stone and a little James Woods and you've got an all-time great.
You can talk all you want about the head in a vice or Tommy's cornstalk beatdown, but for me, the quintessential moment of the movie is one that everyone who has ever visited a casino has wished they could get away with: hit me.
43. The Usual Suspects (1995)
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Pollack
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The ultimate "whodunnit" caper film written by the brilliant Christopher McQuarrie (more on him later). It's tough to find a crime movie in the past 10 years that hasn't been influenced by this film in one way or another. It also has Kevin Spacey sporting what will ultimately be my haircut within 10 years should my hairline continue to recede.
It's movies like this one that makes me wish that I had crime-friends. But sadly, unlike Stephen Baldwin's badass character McManus (who also sports one of my favorite lines in movie history: "1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Oswald was a fag."), my friends are actually just more like Stephen Baldwin.
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Pollack
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The ultimate "whodunnit" caper film written by the brilliant Christopher McQuarrie (more on him later). It's tough to find a crime movie in the past 10 years that hasn't been influenced by this film in one way or another. It also has Kevin Spacey sporting what will ultimately be my haircut within 10 years should my hairline continue to recede.
It's movies like this one that makes me wish that I had crime-friends. But sadly, unlike Stephen Baldwin's badass character McManus (who also sports one of my favorite lines in movie history: "1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Oswald was a fag."), my friends are actually just more like Stephen Baldwin.
42. Back to the Future (1985)
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover
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What's not to love? If you can find me 5 people that have not seen this movie, I'll give you my 60 foot yacht. Well, that's a little ridiculous, but I will give you my 40 footer. Ok, I'll give you a high-five.
Marty McFly is still the only person who can pull off "cool" while wearing a vest, and without this movie, Lea Thompson would have never gone on to make "Howard the Duck" (note: this is the only picture found of Lea Thompson in "Howard the Duck". At least that's what I'm telling myself...).
Now make like a tree....and get outta here.
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover
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What's not to love? If you can find me 5 people that have not seen this movie, I'll give you my 60 foot yacht. Well, that's a little ridiculous, but I will give you my 40 footer. Ok, I'll give you a high-five.
Marty McFly is still the only person who can pull off "cool" while wearing a vest, and without this movie, Lea Thompson would have never gone on to make "Howard the Duck" (note: this is the only picture found of Lea Thompson in "Howard the Duck". At least that's what I'm telling myself...).
Now make like a tree....and get outta here.
41. This is Spinal Tap (1985)
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Starring: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner
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Derek Smalls. Nigel Tufnel. David St. Hubbins. "Eleven". Small Bread. I could go on, and on, and on. The infinitely quotable mockumentary that started them all.
It's hard to even imagine having a conversation about a band's drummer, and not having someone bring up spontaneous combustion.
Starring: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner
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Derek Smalls. Nigel Tufnel. David St. Hubbins. "Eleven". Small Bread. I could go on, and on, and on. The infinitely quotable mockumentary that started them all.
It's hard to even imagine having a conversation about a band's drummer, and not having someone bring up spontaneous combustion.