top 100 movies

The following belong in my top 100 movies of all time (in alphabetical order by title) and I suspect there are some titles that I'm forgetting. As I think of more, I am forced to peruse those already chosen and with regret, shunt some off the edge. Incidentally, it is not a mistake that "The Godfather" is missing from this list. While I thought it was a very good movie, it just doesn't begin to make it into my top 100....

• The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - Australia, 1994
• Alfie - UK, 1966
• An American Werewolf in London - USA, 1981
• As Good As It Gets - USA, 1997
• Babettes Gæstebud (Babette's Feast) - Denmark, 1987
• Being John Malkovich - USA, 1999
• Bella Martha (Mostly Martha) - Germany, 2001
• Big Night - USA, 1996
• Biloxi Blues - USA, 1988
• Blade Runner - USA, 1982

• Blood Simple - USA, 1984
• Body Heat - USA, 1981
• Das Boot - Germany, 1981
• Breaker Morant - Australia, 1979
• The Bridge on the River Kwai - USA, 1957
• The Brother From Another Planet - USA, 1984
• Casablanca - USA, 1942
• Cast Away - USA, 2000
• La Cage aux Folles - France, 1978
• The Caine Mutiny - USA, 1954

• The Castle - Australia, 1997
• Central do Brasil (Central Station) - Brazil, 1998
• The Commitments - UK, 1991
• The Conversation - USA, 1974
• The Crying Game - UK, 1992
• Die Hard - USA, 1988
• Double Indemnity (Fred McMurray version) - USA, 1944
• Driving Miss Daisy - USA, 1989
• Eat Drink Man Woman - Taiwan, 1994
• Elmer Gantry - USA, 1960

• Empire of the Sun - USA, 1987
• Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amelie) - France, 2001
• Fargo - USA, 1996
• La Femme Nikita - France, 1990
• Fried Green Tomatoes - USA, 1991
• Gallipoli - Australia, 1981
• Good Will Hunting - USA, 1997
• The Graduate - USA, 1967
• The Great Escape - USA, 1963
• Gregory's Girl - UK, 1981

• House of Sand and Fog - USA, 2003
• Howards End - UK, 1992
• The Hustler - USA, 1961
• In the Heat of the Night - USA, 1967
• It Happened One Night - USA, 1934
• I've Heard the Mermaids Singing - Canada, 1987
• Jaws - USA, 1975
• Jean de Florette - France, 1986
• The Joy Luck Club - USA, 1993
• Jumanji - USA, 1995

• The Killing Fields - UK, 1984
• The Legend of 1900 - UK, 1998
• The Lion in Winter - UK, 1968
• Lost in Translation - USA, 2003
• The Maltese Falcon - USA, 1941
• The Man Who Wasn't There - USA, 2001
• Manon de la Source (Manon of the Spring) - France, 1987
• Memento - USA, 2001
• Mitt liv som hund (My Life as a Dog) - Sweden, 1985
• Monsters, Inc. - USA, 2001

• Moonstruck - USA, 1987
• Mr. Roberts - USA, 1955
• My Beautiful Laundrette - UK, 1985
• My Cousin Vinnie - USA, 1992
• The Night of the Hunter - USA, 1955
• Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere in Africa) - Germany, 2001
• Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (Cinema Paradiso) - Italy, 1989
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - USA, 1975
• A Passage to India - UK, 1984
• The Princess Bride - USA, 1987

• Pulp Fiction - USA, 1994
• Raiders of the Lost Ark - USA, 1981
• Rain Man - USA, 1988
• Raising Arizona - USA, 1987
• Rear Window - USA, 1954
• Road to Perdition - USA, 2002
• Roman Holiday - USA, 1953
• A Room with a View - UK, 1986
• A River Runs Through It - USA, 1992
• Salaam Bombay - India, 1988

• Schindler's List - USA, 1993
• Secrets and Lies - UK, 2002
• Shakespeare In Love - UK, 1998
• The Shawshank Redemption - USA, 1994
• Shrek - USA, 2001
• Sleuth - UK, 1972
• Sling Blade - USA, 1996
• Stand by Me - USA, 1986
• The Talented Mr. Ripley - USA, 1999
• Topkapi - USA, 1964

• Toy Story - USA, 1995
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - USA, 1948
• The Trip to Bountiful - USA, 1985
• Truly, Madly, Deeply - UK, 1992
• Turtle Diary - UK, 1986
• Unforgiven - USA, 1992
• The Usual Suspects - USA, 1995
• La Vita è Bella (Life is Beautiful) - Italy, 1997
• Wait Until Dark - USA, 1967
• War Games - USA, 1983

After a lot of deliberation, the following were ousted from the original list to bring the number down to 100:

• Brazil - USA, 1985
• Bull Durham - USA, 1988
• Catch Me If You Can - USA, 2002
• Comfort and Joy - UK, 1984
• Croupier - UK, 1998
• Down By Law - USA, 1986
• Election - USA, 1999
• The Flight of the Phoenix - USA, 1965
• Ghostbusters - USA, 1984
• The Goodbye Girl - USA, 1977

• The Grifters - USA, 1990
• A Hard Day's Night - UK, 1964
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Charles Laughton version) - USA, 1939
• Ladri di biciclette (The Bicycle Thief) - Italy, 1948
• Little Voice - UK, 1998
• Local Hero - UK, 1983
• Madame Rosa - France, 1977
• Matchstick Men - USA, 2003
• Miller's Crossing - USA, 1990
• Mona Lisa - UK, 1986

• My Dinner With Andre - USA, 1981
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? - USA, 2000
• Papillon - USA, 1973
• The Philadelphia Story - USA, 1940
• The Pianist - UK/France/Germany/Poland/Netherlands, 2002
• Pleasantville - USA, 1998
• The Quiet Man - USA, 1952
• The Rainmaker - USA, 1956
• Romeo and Juliet (the Zephirelli version) - UK, 1968
• Shall We Dance? - Japan, 1996

• Silent Movie - USA, 1976
• Subway France, 1985
• Tender Mercies - USA, 1983
• Trois Hommes et un Couffin (Three Men and a Cradle) - France, 1985
• Zuckerbaby (Sugar Baby) - Germany, 1985

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