johnlink’s official (and NEWLY UPDATED) top 20/20
Here are my brandy new rankings for Top 20 Films and Top 20 Movies of all time. These are incomplete, in that they only include films I have actually watched since starting this ranking project at the beginning of 2009. The FILM categorization is for quality of film on a thematic, visual, and technical standpoint. The MOVIE categorization is pure fun-factor. In both cases, a ranking can be influenced, however slightly, by its counterpart. For example, The Usual Suspects appears so high on each list because, for me the filmmaking and the fun of it go hand-in-hand.
TOP 20 FILMS
(films which also appear on the movie list are in bold, with the ranking on that list in paranthesis)
1. The Ususal Suspects (3)
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. The Last of the Mohicans
4. Shutter Island
5. Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
6. Bronenosets Potyomkin (Battleship Potemkin)
7. Up (19)
8. The Last Samurai
9. Good Will Hunting (13)
10. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
11. Lat den ratte komma in (Le the Right One In)
12. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
13. Syriana
14. The Wrestler
15. It’s a Wonderful Life
16. Inception
17. Up in the Air
18. Le Ballon Rogue (The Red Balloon)
19. The American
20. The Maltese Falcon (15)
TOP 20 MOVIES
(movies which also appear on the film list are in bold, with the ranking on that list in paranthesis)
1. The Princess Bride
2. Ghost Busters
3. The Usual Suspects (1)
4. The Lion King
5. Batman Begins
6. The Thing
7. Aladdin
8. The Sting
9. The Italian Job
10. The Adventures of Robin Hood
11. (500) Days of Summer
12. Scream
13. Good Will Hunting (9)
14. The Fugitive
15. The Maltese Falcon (20)
16. Toy Story
17. Sherlock Jr.
18. Taken
19. Up (7)
20. The General
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