Film Club
As a bit of a film buff, I feel I should have seen the films that are regarded as the best ever. I have used the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) for many years now to see upcoming trailers, get information on upcoming films and to get recommendations.As the top 250 films change on a regular basis, I decided to take a snap shot to focus on making sure I have watched the top films, and then I can do a mop up later.
There are films in this list that I have never heard of, never thought of watching, never had any intention of watching and then there are those which I have seen many times over. My goal at the end of this is to try to broaden my film knowledge and be open to new ideas, styles and directors.
Are the films listed here worthy of being regarded the top 250 films? I will be putting a tiny "Pondo Quick Review" after each film when I have seen it to portray my thoughts.
The first rule of film club.....
Top 10 - Seen: 9
Top 50 - Seen: 49
Top 100 - Seen: 95
Top 150 - Seen: 141
Top 200 - Seen: 187
Top 250 - Seen: 232
Rank Title
1 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) awesome
film…but is it number 1?
2 The Godfather (1972)
Fantastic
3 The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Don
4 Pulp Fiction (1994) One of Tarantino's best films
5 The Good, the Bad and the
Ugly (1966) the best of the Leone spaghetti
westerns
6 12 Angry Men (1957) Need
to make more films like this
9 LOTR The Return of the King(2003)
There is only one return of….the Jedi
10 Fight Club (1999) I am
Tyler Durden
11 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes
Back(1980) The greatest part of the Holy Trilogy
12 LOTR: The Fellowship of the
Ring(2001) the start of a great trilogy
13 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's
Nest (1975) Great Film
14 Inception (2010) Visually impressive, not as amazing as hyped to be
15 Goodfellas (1990) Love this
film
16 Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
Need I Comment?
17 Seven Samurai (1954) Preferred the remake....all of them! 3 Hours!!!
17 Seven Samurai (1954) Preferred the remake....all of them! 3 Hours!!!
18 Forrest Gump (1994) Terrible film
19 The Matrix (1999) This was
good, the sequels were terrible
20 LOTR The Two Towers (2002)Mid
way through a decent trilogy
21 City of God (2002) Bro
made me watch this…I Enjoyed
22 Se7en (1995) Whats in the
box? Great film
23 Once Upon a Time in the
West (1968) Great intro, enjoyable film
24 The Silence of the
Lambs (1991) good to watch with a bottle of Chianti
25 Casablanca (1942) One of the most quoted films, reasonable
26 The Usual Suspects (1995)
who is Keyser Soze? Awesome film
27 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Han Solo's other superb role
28 Rear Window (1954) great
film, shame it spawned 400 crap remakes
29 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Lovely, Christmas Carol-esque, feel good film
30 Psycho (1960) mother?
31 Leon (1994) Luc Besson's best film
32 Sunset Boulevard (1950) Enjoyed this, Billy Wilder films entertaining...so far
33 Memento (2000) revelc yrev
,mlif siht evol
34 American History X (1998)
great film, great ending
35 Apocalypse Now (1979) I
love the smell of napalm in a morning
36 Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) He came back, and
this time it was ace!
37 Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Sucks
38 Dr. StrangeLove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the
Bomb (1964) it's ok....Vader's first film!
39 Alien (1979) Best horror
movie ever
40 City Lights (1931) Usual Chaplin crap
41 Django Unchained (2012) Sergio Leone meets Blazing Saddles - Awesome Film
42 North by Northwest (1959) Who is George Kaplan, enjoyed...but probably wouldn't watch again
43 Spirited Away (2001) So this must be what it is like to be on drugs! what is this crap?
44 Modern Times (1936) repeat offender sponges off the system, modern times indeed. Usual Chaplin
45 The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Nolan finished of the trilogy well
46 Citizen Kane (1941) Really? That's it? Rosebud is the name of his.....? Really?
47 The Shining (1980) WTF is this about? Still enjoyed it
48 Back to the Future (1985)
The DeLorean!!!
Great film
49 The Pianist (2002) Very moving film, more poignant after visiting Poland
50 The Departed (2006) Jack
is Back! Awesome
51 Vertigo (1958) Not Hitchcock's best
52 M (1931) Can't get over the fact that the child murderer whistles the Alton Towers theme tune!
53 Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Not what I expected, very good film
54 American Beauty (1999)
Fantastic - Sam Mendes' best
55 Taxi Driver (1976) time to
clean up the streets - gritty
56 Paths of Glory (1957) quite a strong film
57 Double Indemnity (1944) Good Film Noir - more of a how-dunnit than a who-dunnit.
58 Aliens (1986) James
Cameron's Best - Game Over Man!
59 Toy Story 3 (2010) The
only trilogy which I don’t mind Tom Hanks
64 The Green Mile (1999)
again, an over hyped film (Tom Hanks)
65 A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Weird Film
66 Amelie (2001) Reasonable -
but French
67 The Great Dictator (1940)
should have stayed silent! hardly Duck Soup
68 The Prestige (2006) good
film - better than the illusionist
69 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Boring and pompous! good to see Obi Wan though
70 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Another excellent courtroom drama! Wake up Boo!
73 The Third Man (1949) film
Noir as is should be
74 Requiem for a Dream (2000)
weird weird film
75 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) We don't need no stinkin' badges!
76 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless
Mind (2004) superb film - Jim Carrey can act!
77 Cinema Paradiso (1988) A bit of blue!
77 Cinema Paradiso (1988) A bit of blue!
78 Once Upon a Time in
America (1984) great film - long film
79 The Lion King (1994) Hakuna Matata
81 Full Metal Jacket (1987)
best Vietnam
film
83 L.A. Confidential (1997)
enjoyed - a little over hyped
84 Braveheart (1995) FreeeeeeeDom
85 Oldboy (2003) sick
86 Monty Python and the Holy
Grail (1975) Its only a flesh wound - awesome
87 Singin' in the Rain (1952) didn't think I would enjoy, I did
88 Some Like It Hot (1959) Not tonight Josephine, boo-boop-a-doop
89 Metropolis (1927) Meh-Tripe-Olis - Good start, but went on.....and on
90 Amadeus (1984) better than I thought, but still not very good
90 Amadeus (1984) better than I thought, but still not very good
91 Rashomon (1950) More Jap Crap
94 Unforgiven (1992) good
film, Clint trying to redo Blondie
95 All About Eve (1950) I love DeWitt's voice, ending was ok
95 All About Eve (1950) I love DeWitt's voice, ending was ok
96 The Sting (1973) Paul Newmans best- soundtrack awesome
97 Indiana Jones and the Last
Crusade (1989) not the best of the bunch, but still fun....junior
98 The Apartment (1960) I like Billy Wilder's films, been good to see these
98 The Apartment (1960) I like Billy Wilder's films, been good to see these
100 The
Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Obi Wan? Is that you? Watched this with Grandad
101 Witness
for the Prosecution (1957) Great Film - Although I will not divulge the secret of the ending
102 Die
Hard (1988) great start, each sequel gets weaker
103 Grave
of the Fireflies (1988) very sad - poor Setsuko
108 Downfall (2004)
not seen
109 For
a Few Dollars More (1965) great trilogy
111 Inglorious Basterds (2009) a great take
on WW2
112 The Great Escape (1963)
awesome film.
113 Mr. Smith Goes to
Washington (1939) Could have been good, but I wasn't a fan
114 Up (2009) Pixar excelled with this one - emotional
start
115 On the Waterfront (1954) So Marlon Brando stood up to the mob and won!
116 Toy Story (1995) great
film - start of a fun trilogy (even Tom Hanks)
119 Heat (1995) great film,
gripping
120 The General (1926) bored!
121 The Maltese Falcon (1941) Enjoyable Film Nior
122 Blade Runner (1982) Ridley Scott does it again
- great
123 Rebecca (1940) didn't think I would enjoy this one at the start, but I did
126 Scarface (1983) say hello
to my little friend
127 The Kid (1921) Chaplin fanatics put this here - doesn't belong. Gimme Marx Brothers any day
129 The Big Lebowski(1998) the dude rocks
132 The Deer Hunter (1978)
reasonable
133 Cool Hand Luke (1967) "What we got here is, failure to communicate"
134 The Gold Rush (1925) The last Chaplin film I will ever see! All crap!
135 Sin City (2005) frank
millers strange mind - good film
136 It Happened One Night (1934)
not the best - but can see how it inspired many films of the future
137 Avengers Assemble (2012) Good bit of fun, but nothing fancy
139 No Country for Old Men (2007)
reasonable
140 Strangers on a Train (1951) Good start, but got boring
141 Jaws (1975) should be
number 1 in my opinion
142 The Sixth Sense (1999) I
see dead people
144 Casino (1995) De Niro is
back
145 The Thing (1982) the
original - great
146 Hotel Rwanda (2004) can't believe this actually happened! Film is ok
146 Hotel Rwanda (2004) can't believe this actually happened! Film is ok
147 High Noon (1952) not a great western film
148 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) good film, but years since I have seen it
148 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) good film, but years since I have seen it
149 Trainspotting (1996) Over Hyped
150 The Wizard of Oz (1939) camp
camp camp
151 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) crap
crap crap
152 Warrior (2011) The Rocky film of the 21st Century - Superb!
153 Good Will Hunting (1997) its Ok
154 Annie Hall (1977) not the
best Woody Allen film (although, is there one?)
155 The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) not seen
155 The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) not seen
156 Gone with the Wind (1939) Frankly My Dear, this is a boring film
157 Notorious (1946) Good spy thriller
157 Notorious (1946) Good spy thriller
158 The Grapes of Wrath (1940) The Clampetts road trip
159 The Hobbit: An Unexpected
Journey (2012) loved it! What will the next two bring?
160 Into the Wild (2007) Inspirational, but a little too long
161 Life of Brian (1979) he's
not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy
162 V for Vendetta (2005) it's OK -
Bald Portman is good
163 The King's Speech (2010) not worth all the hype, but enjoyable
163 The King's Speech (2010) not worth all the hype, but enjoyable
164 My Neighbour Totoro (1988) Why? Absolute Tripe! Who votes for this crap?
166 How to Train Your Dragon (2010) Absolutely fantastic! great film!
167 Dial M for Murder (1954) If only he had the right key!
168 The Big Sleep (1946) I like a good film noir, shame this isn't any good!
169 Network (1976) could have been 30 mins shorter, and more interesting
170 Ben-Hur (1959) Enjoyed, but it was an hour too long, the bit after the Chariot Race was just filler
170 Ben-Hur (1959) Enjoyed, but it was an hour too long, the bit after the Chariot Race was just filler
171 The Terminator (1984) Sarah
Connor? I'll be back
172 There Will Be Blood (2007)
long long long film
173 The Night of the Hunter (1955) pretty evil bad guy, ok film
174 Million Dollar Baby (2004) Much better than I thought...but no Rocky
175 Stand by Me (1986) great
film - loved it
176 Donnie Darko (2001) you think The Shining is confusing?
177 Groundhog Day (1993) very
enjoyable, very enjoyable, very enjoyable
179 Black Swan (2010) interesting, but a little confusing
180 Dog Day Afternoon (1975) good
film
181 Amores Perros (2000) Enjoyed it to start with, but it is too long
181 Amores Perros (2000) Enjoyed it to start with, but it is too long
182 The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) brilliant
trilogy
185 Life of Pi (2012) Enjoyable, Richard Parker was brill
186 Persona (1966) not seen
187 Gandhi (1982) Long, but enjoyable
188 The Graduate (1967) Mrs Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?
188 The Graduate (1967) Mrs Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?
189 Howl's Moving Castle (2004) Jap Crap - absolute tosh!
190 The Killing (1956) Great heist movie
194 Sulmdog Millionaire (2008) good film,
great story
195 The Hustler (1961) Started well, the just dragged
196 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Richard Burton is excellent, but just an hour too long
197 The Manchurian
Candidate (1962) Fancy a game of solitaire?
200 The Artist (2011/I) Rubbish, Singin' in the Rain did it far better!
201 Anatomy of a Murder (1959) Quickest ending ever! not the best courtroom drama in this list
202 The Wild Bunch (1969) That's one big shoot out at the end!
203 The Exorcist (1973) not as
spooky as everyone says
204 Stalag 17 (1953) not seen
205 Rope (1948) enjoyed the story, great idea
206 Sleuth (1972) brilliant
film
207 Barry Lyndon (1975) Poor Barry - chuff film
208 The Man Who Shot Liberty
Valance (1962) 22 Pilgrim's
209 Infernal Affairs (2002) watched
one late night after the pub - action packed
210 Stalker (1979) not seen
211 Memories of Murder (2003) Fun, Dark and really weird police investigation
212 District 9 (2009) Brilliant - really enjoyed
213 The Truman Show (1998) Makes
you think
214 In the Name of the
Father (1993) Brilliant film - very interesting
215 Roman Holiday (1953) Just like when I took my Princess to Rome
216 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse
of the Black Pearl (2003) fun start, shame about the sequels
217 Monsters, Inc. (2001) Boo!
So cute, reminds me of my niece, Ella
218 The Diving Bell and the
Butterfly (2007) Emotional film, very well acted...Max Von Sydow?
219 IP Man (2008) Bruce Lee's trainer - good film
220 The Perks of Being a
Wallflower (2012) Great soundtrack - and Emma Watson CAN act.....in this
221 A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
again, great trilogy
223 Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows: Part 2 (2011) Can imagine it being a great closure for Potter fans....for me, just glad I don't have to watch all the other Potter films.
224 Star Trek (2009) Better than I thought it would be, hopefully JJ can do something better with SW
225 A Streetcar Named
Desire (1951) The Simpson's episode was rubbish too! STELLA!
226 La Haine(1995) watched in
college - sick...and French
228 Rosemary's Baby (1968) mad
film
229 All Quiet on the Western
Front (1930) bit boring, longest fades EVER! Unluckiest boots EVER!
230 Shutter Island (2010) great
film - messes with your mind
231 Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984) Another Jap Crap Pokemon film
232 Rain Man (1988) good
film
233 Harvey (1950) that’s one
big rabbit
234 Incendies(2010) not seen
235 Mystic River (2003) not
seen
236 Manhattan (1979) Waffle, Waffle, Blah, Blah, sanctimonious crap
237 Like Stars on Earth (2007) 30 mins of story and 2 hours of dance!
238 The Wrestler (2008) Average
239 Jurassic Park (1993) Yay!
love this film!
240 Papillon (1973) preferred Cool Hand Luke, good though
241 Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter...
and Spring(2003) my 200th Film of the list
242 3 Idiots (2009) not seen
243 Nosferatu (1922) Your wife has a beautiful neck!
244 The Help (2011) Poo Pie - Bleurgh!
245 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) Far too much shouting - not a bad film, not great though
246 Big Fish (2003) Made me think of Spud, and how things should have been. Great Film
248 In the Heat of the
Night (1967) They call me Mr Tibbs! Like a Jack Reacher novel
249 Bringing Up Baby (1938) Katherine Hepburn is just annoying all the way through this!
250 Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Herbie and Joseph's conversations are the highlight of this film
There are some cracking movies on that list but I really could not sit through all of them. Good luck with that task....
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