My ~100 Favorite Movies (Roughly In Order)

Please note that the title of this post says “favorite” and not “best”. A film’s staying power is the most influential criteria for making this list. If I can watch a movie over and over again without getting tired of it — it becomes a favorite.

1. Jaws
2. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
3. Lost In Translation
4. The Big Lebowski
5. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
6. Saving Private Ryan
7. Shawshank Redemption
8. Apollo 13
9. Ocean’s 11
10. Star Wars: A New Hope
11. The Pianist
12. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
13. WarGames
14. Zero Dark Thirty
15. Fargo
16. The Revenant
17. Grosse Point Blank
18. The Grand Budapest Hotel
19. The Descendants
20. The Three Amigos
21. Real Genius
22. Little Miss Sunshine
23. Sexy Beast
24. Fight Club
25. Wonder Boys
26. Caddyshack
27. Ghostbusters
28. Bourne Identity
29. The Fugitive
30. The Social Network
31. Munich
32. Sicario
33. Pulp Fiction
34. Groundhog Day
35. In The Bedroom
36. 40 Year Old Virgin
37. Back to the Future
38. The Shining
39. The Dark Crystal
40. National Lampoon’s Vacation
41. The Godfather
42. Top Gun
43. My Cousin Vinny
44. A Few Good Men
45. Casino Royale
46. Ratatouille
47. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
48. The Hunt for Red October
49. 1917
50. Spotlight
51. Vertigo
52. Drive
53. Swingers
54. Cast Away
55. Spaceballs
56. Spies Like Us
57. The Fisher King
58. Anchorman
59. Napoleon Dynamite
60. Best In Show
61. Chef
62. Baby Driver
63. Groundhog Day
64. What About Bob
65. The Hangover
66. Trading Places
67. Zombieland
68. Slapshot
69. Scent of a Woman
70. Air Force One
71. Uncle Buck
72. Parasite
73. Skyfall
74. Rain Man
75. Amélie
76. Innerspace
77. The Sandlot
78. Lars and the Real Girl
79. Dumb and Dumber
80. Office Space
81. The Dark Knight
82. Raiders of the Lost Ark
83. American Psycho
84. The Power of the Dog
85. E.T. — The Extra-Terrestrial
86. Catch Me If You Can
87. Jurassic Park
88. Juno
89. Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
90. True Romance
91. Punch-Drunk Love
92. Everything Must Go
93. Pig
94. The Goonies
95. Inglourious Basterds
96. La La Land
97. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
98. Old School
99. Cedar Rapids
100. Whiplash
101. Nocturnal Animals
102. Reservoir Dogs
103. Big Night
104. The Big Short
105. Win Win
106. I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore
107. Garden State
108. Donnie Darko
109. Full Metal Jacket
110. Hoosiers
111. The Usual Suspects
112. The Help
113. Enemy
114. Gifted
115. Leave No Trace

Movies that I haven’t seen yet that could make this list…

• Mudbound
• Happiness
• Carol
• The Hate U Give
• The Sisters Brothers
• The Old Man and the Gun
• JoJo Rabbit
• Joker
• Sound of Metal
• Ford v Ferrari
• Another Round
• The Father
• Don’t Look Up
• The Green Knight
• The French Dispatch
• Coda
• C’mon C’mon
• The Card Counter
• Belfast
• Red Rocket
• Prisoners
• The Worst Person in the World