Wow. So, when I first set out to do this blog three years ago, the plan was to write one post a day. That, of course was a bit much for someone with a full time job and a family. I then decided to cut it down to a couple of posts per week. Well, it's turned into couple of posts per year, but who's counting?
My 30th birthday is coming up, so with a feeling of a sense of my own mortality, I decided today to rehash my annual "Best Movies Ever" list. I think that I was feeling a little nostalgic this year, since a bunch of older classics either moved up or made the list for the first time (e.g. 'Return of the Jedi', 'The Silence of the Lambs', 'Butch Cassidy', 'The Godfather', etc.). Also, the comedies were a bit less inspiring for me, with films like 'Superbad' and 'The Hangover' taking big plunges, and 'Dumb and Dumber', 'American Pie', and 'Borat' falling off the list completely. 2012 was also not a great year for new movies, in my opinion. Only two films that I saw ('The Dark Knight Rises' and 'Wreck-it-Ralph') made the list, and the Top 4 remained unchanged.
All-in-all, I really love movies, and I hope that you all appreciate my feelings on this list. If I've left anything out that you feel should be included, I'd love to hear about it. And if you think that my opinion just totally sucks when it comes to movies, then feel free to find your nearest cliff, stand four paces away from the edge, and walk five paces forward. Enjoy and have a wonderful day!
(Movies that moved up are notated in GREEN, ones that moved down are in RED, previously unranked are in BLUE, and those that remained unchanged from the past year are in BLACK.)
1. The
Last of the Mohicans (1992) [-]
2. Fight
Club (1999) [-]
3.
Inception (2010) [-]
4. The
Dark Knight (2008) [-]
5. Pulp
Fiction (1994) [UP 2]
6. Star
Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983) [UP 3]
7.
Inglourious Basterds (2009) [DOWN 1]
8.
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) [-]
9. The
Shawshank Redemption (1994) [UP 4]
10. Lord
of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) [-]
11. Se7en
(1995) [-]
12. The
Usual Suspects (1995) [-]
13. The
Big Lebowski (1998) [UP 1]
14. Heat
(1995) [UP 8]
15.
Snatch (2000) [-]
16. The
Fifth Element (1997) [UP 9]
17. Warrior
(2011) [DOWN 12]
18. Jerry
Maguire (1996) [DOWN 2]
19.
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) [DOWN 1]
20. The
Departed (2006) [UP 1]
21. V for
Vendetta (2006) [UP 2]
22. The
Lion King (1994) [DOWN 3]
23. 300
(2006) [UP 1]
24. The
Matrix (1999) [DOWN 7]
25.
Forrest Gump (1994) [DOWN 5]
26.
American History X (1998) [-]
27.
Saving Private Ryan (1998) [-]
28. Raiders
of the Lost Ark (1981) [-]
29. The
Incredibles (2004) [-]
30.
Braveheart (1995) [UP 5]
31. L.A.
Confidential (1997) [DOWN 1]
32. The
Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) [-]
33.
Reservoir Dogs (1992) [-]
34.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) [DOWN 3]
35. The
Prestige (2006) [DOWN 1]
36. Kill
Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) [-]
37. Star Wars:
A New Hope (1977) [-]
38. Wreck-It-Ralph
(2012) [UNR]
39. The
Princess Bride (1987) [UNR]
40. Gangs
of New York (2002) [UP 9]
41.
Mission: Impossible (1996) [DOWN 2]
42. Black
Hawk Down (2001) [UP 8]
43. Lord
of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) [DOWN 5]
44. The
Silence of the Lambs (1991) [UP 19]
45. O
Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) [UP 53]
46. Kung
Fu Panda (2008) [DOWN 6]
47.
Transformers (2007) [DOWN 6]
48.
Jurassic Park (1993) [DOWN 6]
49. Iron
Man (2008) [DOWN 5]
50. Top
Gun (1986) [DOWN 7]
51. The
Rock (1996) [DOWN 6]
52.
Ocean's Eleven (2001) [DOWN 5]
53.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) [UP 5]
54. Leon:
The Professional (1994) [UNR]
55.
Collateral (2004) [DOWN 4]
56. Die
Hard (1988) [UP 3]
57.
Tropic Thunder (2008) [DOWN 9]
58.
Batman Begins (2005) [DOWN 5]
59. Shrek
(2001) [DOWN 3]
60.
Aladdin (1992) [-]
61.
Terminator (1984) [UP 7]
62.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) [UP 7]
63. How
to Train Your Dragon (2010) [DOWN 11]
64. X-Men
(2000) [DOWN 7]
65.
Aliens (1986) [DOWN 11]
66. Robin
Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) [DOWN 4]
67.
Batman (1989) [DOWN 3]
68. The Dark
Knight Rises (2012) [UNR]
69. A Few
Good Men (1992) [UP 2]
70. Butch
Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) [UP 15]
71. Sherlock
Holmes (2009) [UNR]
72. First
Blood (1982) [DOWN 7]
73. The
Kingdom (2007) [DOWN 7]
74. The
Bourne Identity (2002) [DOWN 13]
75. The
Last Samurai (2003) [DOWN 5]
76. Lock,
Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) [UP 7]
77. Full
Metal Jacket (1987) [UNR]
78. The
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) [DOWN 6]
79. The
Hunt for Red October (1990) [DOWN 5]
80. Good
Will Hunting (1997) [DOWN 7]
81.
Interview With a Vampire (1994) [UP1]
82.
Shakespeare in Love (1998) [UP 4]
83. The
Sixth Sense (1999) [DOWN 37]
84. Big
Daddy (1999) [DOWN 8]
85.
Superbad (2007) [DOWN 18]
86. The
Hangover (2009) [DOWN 31]
87.
Traffic (2000) [DOWN 12]
88.
Apollo 13 (1995) [DOWN 8]
89. The Transformers:
The Movie (1986) [DOWN 2]
90.
Gladiator (2000) [UP 1]
91.
Predator (1987) [UP 4]
92. Law
Abiding Citizen (2009) [-]
93.
Munich (2005) [-]
94.
Master and Commander (2003) [-]
95. True
Grit (1969) [UP 2]
96. The
Godfather (1972) [UNR]
97. Schindler’s List (1993)
[UNR]
98. Star Wars: The Empire
Strikes Back (1980) [UNR]
99. Ratatouille (2007) [UNR]
100. Monty Python and the
Holy Grail (1975) [UNR]
Honorable Mentions (with previous year’s rank where applicable)
Hook
(1991)
Kill
Bill: Vol II (2004) [previously #88]
King Kong
(2005) [previously #89]
Beauty
and the Beast (1991) [previously # 96]
Memento
(2000) [previously #99]
We Were Soldiers
(2002) [previously #90]
Enter the
Dragon (1973) [previously #100]
Dazed and
Confused (1993)
Moulin
Rouge (2001)
Ace
Ventura (1994)
Dumb
& Dumber (1994) [previously #78]
American
Pie (1999) [previously #84]
American
Beauty (1999)
Borat
(2006) [previously #79]
The biggest increase for the year came from 'Wreck-it-Ralph', being previously unranked and coming in this year at #38, making it the best movie to come out in 2012 in my opinion. The biggest drop came from 'The Sixth Sense', which fell 37 spots from #46 to #83. So, there it is! I hope that you enjoyed it, and stayed tunes for next year's version!
