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This a sampling of the movies whose greatness is open for debate and movies that are fun; my guilty pleasures and idiosyncratic favorites. I love them all but might not be able to convince anyone (including myself) of their importance. When it comes to this list, I just won’t listen to reason. Back to main "Best" page.
1) Airplane! & Top Secret! (Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker; 1981, 1984; US)
2) Back to the Future Trilogy (Zemeckis, Robert; US)
3) Batman (Burton, Tim; 1989; US)
4) Big Lebowski, The (Coen, Joel; 1998; US-UK)
5) Blazing Saddles (Brooks, Mel; US)
6) City of Lost Children (Jeneut, Jean-Pierre; 1995; France)
7) Dead Again (Branagh, Kenneth; US)
8) Die Hard Trilogy (McTiernan, John & Renny Harlin; 1987, 1992, 1995; US)
9) Full Metal Jacket (Kubrick, Stanley; 1987; US)
10) Ghostbusters & Ghostbusters II (Reitman, Ivan; 1984, 1989; US)
11) Godfather Part III, The (Coppola, Francis Ford; 1991; US)
12) Great Escape, The (Sturges, John; 1963; US)
13) Killing Zoe (Avery, Roger; 1994; US-France)
14) Lethal Weapon “Legacy” (Donner, Richard; 1987, 1989, 1992, 1998; US)
15) Memento (Nolan, Christopher; 2001; US-UK)
16) Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (Jones, Terry; 1983; UK)
17) National Lampoon’s Animal House (Landis, John; 1978; US)
18) Predator (McTiernan, John; 1987; US)
19) Princess Bride, The (Reiner, Rob; 1987; US)
20) Quigley Down Under (Wincer, Simon; 1992; Australia)
21) Raising Arizona (Coen, Joel; 1987; US)
22) Reservoir Dogs (Tarantino, Quentin; 1992; US)
23) Road Warrior, The (Miller, George; 1981; Australia)
24) Terminator, The & Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Cameron, James; 1984, 1994; US)
25) Indiana Jones Trilogy (Spielberg, Steven; 1981, 1984, 1989; US)
26) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Meyer, Nicholas; 1982; US)
27) Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (Nimoy, Leonard; 1984 US)
28) Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Nimoy, Leonard; 1986; US)
29) Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Meyer, Nicholas; 1992; US)
30) This is Spinal Time (Reiner, Rob; 1980; US)
31) Time Bandits (Gilliam, Terry; 1981; US-UK)
32) Young Frankenstein (Brooks, Mel; 1974; US)