# I want to assemble a library of the Top 100 movies- I need your top 10 suggestions **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-assemble-a-library-of-the-top-100-movies-i-need-your-top-10-suggestions/188200 "2003-07-13T18:18:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-assemble-a-library-of-the-top-100-movies-i-need-your-top-10-suggestions/188200/41 "2003-07-14T19:52:10Z")
Here are mine, in no particular order: - Breakfast Club - Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - The Truman Show - Forest Gump - 2001: A Space Odyssey - The Cube - Airplane! - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - Metropolis - Jurassic Park (1st) I have pretty eclectic tastes 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-assemble-a-library-of-the-top-100-movies-i-need-your-top-10-suggestions/188200/42 "2003-07-14T21:07:25Z")
General faves: Amadeus Casablanca Chinatown Citizen Kane Henry V The Maltese Falcon On the Waterfront Psycho The Seven Samurai & The Magnificent Seven The Silence of the Lambs The Wizard of Oz Best musical: The Sound of Music Favorite Hitch: The 39 Steps, Dial M for Murder Favorite comedies: This Is Spinal Tap, The Gods Must be Crazy Best westerns: Unforgiven, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence I may not agree with the choices of others, but I will defend…uh, they can say what they want. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-assemble-a-library-of-the-top-100-movies-i-need-your-top-10-suggestions/188200/43 "2003-07-14T21:59:28Z")
- Specifically trying to chose films not yet mentioned… The Beast of War,(1988) : Horrific tale of the Russian Invasion of Afghanistan. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligaro : Very early black and white horror film, with incredible artistic flare. Pink Floyd The Wall : Dark and painful film. Amelie : One of the most endeering films ever made The Red Violin : An amazing film played out over many centuries. Donnie Darko : Complex questions arrise from this coming of age yarn. Trainspotting : Realistic drug story (imho) Clerks : Still the strongest of the Kevin Smith films The Fifth Eliment (SuperBit version) : Very good sci-fi, and an excellent film to show off your dvd system ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-assemble-a-library-of-the-top-100-movies-i-need-your-top-10-suggestions/188200/44 "2003-07-14T22:05:41Z")
– looking back it seems I have a slot left. Jesus of Montreal : A passion play for artistic freedom. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-assemble-a-library-of-the-top-100-movies-i-need-your-top-10-suggestions/188200/45 "2003-07-15T03:59:31Z")
I’ll confine myself to 10 _American_ films since 1960: (in random order) 1. Goodfellas (Pesci shines - Scorcese sets a new, supreme standard for the use of popular music in films) 2. Taxi Driver (DeNiro _is_ Travis Bickel) 3. Dr. Strangelove (Sellers is magnificent, thrice - the film gets better with age) 4. Raging Bull (DeNiro, Pesci, Scorcese - need I say more) 5. The Wild Bunch (IMO, the most infuential film of the 60’s) 6. The Godfather (the consummate movie) 7. The Godfather II (the consummate movie II) 8. JFK (whether it’s fantasy is irrelevant - Stone creates a new Universe) 9. Schindler’s List (proving that films can tear the heart) 10. Midnight Cowboy (along with DeNiro’s Bickel, Hoffman’s Ratso is the _greatest_ American acting performance ever [IMHO, of course]) ---
**Author:** ![Flowerchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@Flowerchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flowerchild)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-assemble-a-library-of-the-top-100-movies-i-need-your-top-10-suggestions/188200/46 "2003-07-15T04:27:36Z")
Clerks The Godfather Psycho This is Spinal Tap Animal House The Breakfast Club Halloween Rope Jaws A Clockwork Orange Most of mine have already been mentioned, but their great movies ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-assemble-a-library-of-the-top-100-movies-i-need-your-top-10-suggestions/188200/47 "2003-07-15T04:46:53Z")
- Mulholland Drive - Requiem for a Dream - Platoon - Welcome to the Dollhouse - Unforgiven - The Godfather - Apollo 13 - Magnolia - Midnight Cowboy - Psycho - Raising Arizona - Butch Casidy and the Sundance Kid - The Sting - Barton Fink - Five Easy Pieces - Apocalypse Now - Midnight Express - Adaptation ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-assemble-a-library-of-the-top-100-movies-i-need-your-top-10-suggestions/188200/48 "2003-07-15T10:53:58Z")
Rashomon Yojimbo The Godfather The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly The Jerk Fight Club 12 Monkeys Samurai Fiction The Atomic Cafe Raising Arizona ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-assemble-a-library-of-the-top-100-movies-i-need-your-top-10-suggestions/188200/49 "2003-07-17T00:38:27Z")
I wanted to thank eyeryone for their suggestions. There are some great movies listed here to get me started on my quest for movie mavendom. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-assemble-a-library-of-the-top-100-movies-i-need-your-top-10-suggestions/188200/50 "2003-07-17T00:56:40Z")
Whisky Galore M Badlands Goodbye Mr. Chips Zulu Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Brief Encounter A Matter Of Life And Death The Battle Of Britain This Is Spinal Tap Natural Born Killers Death Race 2000 Rebecca Brighton Rock A Clockwork Orange Maths was never my strong point… ---
**Author:** ![maleinblack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@maleinblack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maleinblack)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-assemble-a-library-of-the-top-100-movies-i-need-your-top-10-suggestions/188200/51 "2003-07-17T20:34:04Z")
**1. The Star Wars Series (Strictly no prequels) 2. The Indiana Jones Series 3. The Godfather Series 4. Dumb And Dumber 5. The Untouchables 6. Mackenna`s Gold 7. Bridge on the river Kwai 8. Top Gun 9. Terminator 2 10.Ben Hur** ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-assemble-a-library-of-the-top-100-movies-i-need-your-top-10-suggestions/188200/52 "2003-07-17T21:05:53Z")
There’s too many to pick just ten. We should be able to do this by genre. 😛 And in no particular order… ~ **Apocalypse Now** ~ **Frances** ~ **A Clockwork Orange** ~ **Harold and Maude** ~ **The Exorcist** ~ **The Godfather** , Parts I & II ~ **The Usual Suspects** ~ **You Can Count on Me** ~ **Pink Floyd’s The Wall** ~ **Magnolia** There’s also SO many honorable mentions, but the absolute most favorite of mine would have to go to **Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory**. Whee! ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-assemble-a-library-of-the-top-100-movies-i-need-your-top-10-suggestions/188200/53 "2003-07-26T15:00:10Z")
Harold & Maude The Day the Earth Stood Still Inside Daisy Clover The Glass Menagerie Leaving Norman Fantasia King of Hearts Fantastic Planet M.A.S.H (the movie) The Hospital ---
**Author:** ![Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_A_Tame_Lion)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-assemble-a-library-of-the-top-100-movies-i-need-your-top-10-suggestions/188200/54 "2003-07-26T16:12:27Z")
I direct your attention to my personal version of the [Good Stuff](http://geocities.com/malchats/gsfilm.html) wherein you may pick any ten you like and you’ll be golden. There’s plenty of overlap with titles which have been listed before, but there are a few which may be unique to my list. Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-assemble-a-library-of-the-top-100-movies-i-need-your-top-10-suggestions/188200/55 "2003-07-26T17:10:31Z")
Deep Throat The Devil and Miss Jones Behind the Green Door I am Curious Yellow Faster Pussycat Kill Kill The Stud a.k.a. A Party at Kitty and Stud’s Debbie Does Dallas Inside Misty Beethoven 9 1/2 Weeks ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-assemble-a-library-of-the-top-100-movies-i-need-your-top-10-suggestions/188200/56 "2003-07-26T18:06:25Z")
A while back the American Film Institute released its Top 100 American-made films of all time: [AFI Top 100](http://www.afi.com/tv/movies.asp) You might find it helpful in rounding out your collection. We’ve got it posted on the 'fridge and are slowly working our way through the list. Here’s my picks (in no particular order): Casablanca Gone With The Wind Wizard of Oz Fantasia Raising Arizona Das Boot Dances With Wolves The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly The Godfather The Godfather Part 2 My honourable mention list would include stuff like Bull Durham, Jerry MaGuire, Star Wars, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Lawrence of Arabia, Psycho, This Is Spinal Tap, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Truman Show, The Princess Bride, The Terminator, Blade Runner, Blazing Saddles, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, etc… ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-assemble-a-library-of-the-top-100-movies-i-need-your-top-10-suggestions/188200/57 "2003-07-26T20:22:22Z")
_ **Koyaanisqatsi** _ _ **For All Mankind** _ _ **Gladiator** _ _ **Bladerunner** _ _ **Patton** _ _ **Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn** _ (even if you’re _not_ a Trekkie, you’ll enjoy the director’s commentary [he’s not a Trekkie either]) _ **Henry and June** _ _ **Crimes of Passion** _ _ **Blackhawk Down** _ _ **Apollo 13** _ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-assemble-a-library-of-the-top-100-movies-i-need-your-top-10-suggestions/188200/58 "2003-07-26T22:16:45Z")
1.) **Casablanca** 2.) **M A S H** 3.) **Dr. Strangelove** 4.) **The Seventh Seal** 5.) **The Wizard of Oz** 6.) **The Year of Living Dangerously** 6.) **The Mask of Zorro** 7.) **It’s a Wonderful Life** 8.) **The Wicker Man** 9.) **Educating Rita** 10.) **Terminator 2** ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-assemble-a-library-of-the-top-100-movies-i-need-your-top-10-suggestions/188200/59 "2003-07-26T23:00:36Z")
ok… here goes my picks… _Trainspotting_ Instead of _Casablanca_ , which I never liked (sorry), I love Alfred Hitchcocks \*Notorious \* with Ingrid Bergman & Cary Grant. Maybe its because Humphrey Bogart doesn’t really do it for me 🙂 _Godfather- 1 & 2_ never tired of those two movies \*Gone With the Wind and _Star Wars- A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back_ go without saying. Just for Robert Duvall’s outstanding performance and the fact that its based on one of my favorite books of all time- despite being a tv movie: _Lonesome Dove_ _A Clockwork Orange_ - didn’t see this until a couple of years ago \*Persuasion \* and **Pride & Prejudice** - the newer BBC versions. _Say Anything_ - the ultimate teen movie _Best in Show_ for laughs and because I’m a dog person and I get it. _The Princess Bride_ - for being truly original and great writing ok… I can never keep it to 10… _Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas_ one of the few movies that stuck to the spirit of the book. _The Shining_ which wasn’t true to the book entirely but damn those creepy twins and Jack Nicholson- great shivers… ---
**Author:** ![UperCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c0e974/32.png) [@UperCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UperCow)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-assemble-a-library-of-the-top-100-movies-i-need-your-top-10-suggestions/188200/60 "2003-07-27T00:19:38Z")
Requim for a Dream Trainspotting A Clock work orange (books is still better) Amelie My first Mister Magnolia Memento I never promised you a Rose garden Ocean’s 11 Pet sematary [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-assemble-a-library-of-the-top-100-movies-i-need-your-top-10-suggestions/188200.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-assemble-a-library-of-the-top-100-movies-i-need-your-top-10-suggestions/188200.md?page=4)