Monday 24 September 2012

*Guest Post* Toms Top 101 Films!


TOM BAYNTON- TOP 101 FILMS OF ALL TIME


So, after compiling my own list of my top 101 films of all time, I challenged a friend of mine to do his.

I must say, he has come up with a very interesting selection. Eclectic, and certainly widespread in terms of origin, genre and style. I have seen 68 of his 101 listed here, so I have some catching up to do.

Here's the list.



101. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985 dir. Woody Allen)
100. Metropolis (1927 dir. Fritz Lang)
99. Good Will Hunting (1997 dir. Gus Van Sant)
98. Jurassic Park (1993 dir. Steven Spielberg)
97. All About My Mother (1999 dir. Pedro Almodovar)
96. The Silence of the Lambs (1991 dir. Jonathan Demme)
95. Dead Man (1995 dir. Jim Jarmusch)
94. The Graduate (1967 dir Mike Nichols)
93. Blue Velvet (1986 dir. David Lynch)
92. City Lights (1931 dir. Charlie Chaplin)
91. Rear Window (1954 dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
90. An American Werewolf in London (1981 dir. John Landis)
89. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988 dir. Philip Kaufman)
88. In The Mood For Love (2000 dir. Wong Kar-Wai)
87. Days of Heaven (1978 dir. Terrence Malick)
86. There Will Be Blood (2007 dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
85. Unforgiven (1992 dir. Clint Eastwood)
84. Donnie Darko (2001 dir. Richard Kelly)
83. The Third Man (1949 dir. Carol Reed)
82. The Departed (2006 dir. Martin Scorsese)
81. The Apartment (1960 dir. Billy Wilder)
80. The Big Lebowski (1998 dir. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen)
79. Talk To Her (2002 dir. Pedro Almodovar)
78. Ikiru (1952 dir. Akira Kurosawa)
77. RoboCop (1987 dir. Paul Verhoeven)
76. Mauvais Sang (1986 dir. Leos Carax)
75. OldBoy (2003 dir. Park Chan-Wook)
74. A Clockwork Orange (1971 dir. Stanley Kubrick)
73. Morvern Callar (2002 dir. Lynne Ramsay)
72. Annie Hall (1977 dir. Woody Allen)
71. Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid (1973 dir. Sam Peckinpah)
70. Superman: The Movie (1978 dir. Richard Donner)
69. Fargo (1996 dir. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen)
68. West Side Story (1961 dir. Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise)
67. 8 ½ (1963 dir. Federico Fellini)
66. Trainspotting (1995 dir. Danny Boyle)
65. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964 dir. Jacques Demy)
64. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 dir. Steven Spielberg)
63. Alien (1979 dir. Ridley Scott)
62. Lost In Translation (2003 dir. Sofia Coppola)
61. Swingers (1997 dir. Doug Liman)
60. Spirited Away (2001 dir. Hayao Miyazaki)
59. Psycho (1960 dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
58. Airplane! (1980 dir. Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker)
57. Stalker (1979 dir. Andrey Tarkovsky)
56. Halloween (1977 dir. John Carpenter)
55. Toy Story (1995 dir. John Lassetter)
54. Jaws (1975 dir. Steven Spielberg)
53. Akira (1988 dir. Katsuhiro Ohtomo)
52. Raging Bull (1980 dir. Martin Scorsese)
51. Three Colours: Blue (1993 dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski)
50. WALL.E (2008 dir. Andrew Stanton)
49. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1998 dir. Terry Gilliam)
48. Batman (1989 dir. Tim Burton)
47. Tokyo Story (1953 dir. Yasujito Ozu)
46. Vertigo (1958 dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
45. GoodFellas (1990 dir. Martin Scorsese)
44. L.A. Confidential (1997 dir. Curtis Hanson)
43. Amores Perros (2000 dir. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)
42. Breaking The Waves (1996 dir. Lars Von Trier)
41. Apocalypse Now (1979 dir. Frances Ford Coppola)
40. My Own Private Idaho (1991 dir. Gus Van Sant)
39. Heat (1995 dir. Michael Mann)
38. The Straight Story (1999 dir. David Lynch)
37. Fantasia (1940 dir. Various)
36. Happy Together (1997 dir. Wong Kar-Wai)
35. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975 dir. Milos Forman)
34. Lawrence of Arabia (1962 dir. David Lean)
33. The Seven Samurai (1954 dir. Akira Kurosawa)
32. JFK (1992 dir. Oliver Stone)
31. Stand By Me (1986 dir. Rob Reiner)
30. Fight Club (1999 dir. David Fincher)
29. La Dolce Vita (1960 dir. Federico Fellini)
28. 25th Hour (2002 dir. Spike Lee)
27. Magnolia (1999 dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
26. Evil Dead II (1987 dir. Sam Raimi)
25. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981 dir. Steven Spielberg)
24. Amadeus (1984 dir. Milos Forman)
23. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966 dir. Sergio Leone)
22. The Shining (1980 dir. Stanley Kubrick)
21. Les Amants Du Pont-Neuf (1991 dir. Leos Carax)
20. The Thin Red Line (1998 dir. Terrence Malick)
19. The Motorcycle Diaries (2004 dir. Walter Salles)
18. Ghostbusters (1984 dir. Ivan Reitman)
17. Amelie (2001 dir. Jean Pierre-Jeunet)
16. Blade Runner (1982 dir. Ridley Scott)
15. Chungking Express (1994 dir. Wong Kar-Wai)
14. Do The Right Thing (1989 dir. Spike Lee)
13. The Godfather Part II (1974 dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
12. Almost Famous (2000 dir. Cameron Crowe)
11. Mulholland Drive (2001 dir. David Lynch)
10. Pulp Fiction (1994 dir. Quentin Tarantino)
09. Into The Wild (2007 dir. Sean Penn)
08. The Godfather (1972 dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
07. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968 dir. Stanley Kubrick)
06. Once Upon A Time In America (1984 dir. Sergio Leone)
05. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982. dir. Steven Spielberg)
04. Taxi Driver (1976 dir. Martin Scorsese)
03. Paris, Texas (1984 dir. Wim Wenders)
02. Manhattan (1979 dir. Woody Allen)
01. Once Upon A Time In The West (1968 dir. Sergio Leone)



Looking down the list I was surprised and pleased to see stuff like Robocop and Ghostbusters, glad to see Tim Burtons' 'Batman' and Mike Nichols' classic, 'The Graduate', and very pleased to see my favorite film,  'The Godfather', in the Top Ten.

Very cool list Tom, no obvious stinkers that I can see, and a wonderful Number 1. Had I seen Once Upon A Time In The West before making my list, it would almost certainly have made an appearance somewhere in my top 101.

Any more friends who think they might be up to the challenge of publishing their list? Send it to me here, or on facebook, and I will happily post it up and-good or ill- give you my opinion...



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