🍿 Chris’ Top 25 Favorite Movies (Updated June 2020)

My revised list requested by Cleat (left of me).

1. Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
3. The War of the Worlds (1953)
4. An American in Paris (1951)
5. Charade (1963)
6. Seven Chances (1925)
7. Metropolis (1927)
8. The Bellboy (1960)
9. This Gun For Hire (1942)
10. Test Pilot (1938)
11. A Christmas Story (1983)
12. Midnight Run (1988)
13. Dear Heart (1964)
14. Blade Runner (1982)
15. Powaqqatsi (1988)
16. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
17. White Christmas (1954)
18. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
19. La Jetee (1962)
20. Singin’ In the Rain (1952)
21. The Paleface (1922)
22. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)
23. The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
24. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
25. La La Land (2016)

The Group's Top 10

The lists are in. The trophies have been handed out.

And I've tallied how many times certain titles appear on 100 lists and came up with our OFFICIAL TOP 10.

In the case of a tie, I awarded extra points for a film that appears in one or more TOP 20s and extra, extra points if it was deemed a #1 film. You want to know what film scored the highest? Well, throw me the idol and I'll throw you the whip...

Here's THE OFFICIAL TOP 10:

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark: Listed on 7 Lists ~ John (Top 20), Chris (Top 20), Peter, Rich, Eric, Jason, Phil
2. Jaws: Listed on 6 Lists ~ John (#1), Chris (Top 20), Phil (Top 20), Jason, Peter, Eric
3. The Incredibles: Listed on 6 Lists ~ Jason (#1), Eric, John, CJ, Peter, Rich
4. Star Wars: Listed on 5 Lists ~ Chris (#1), Peter (Top 20), Jason, John, Rich
5. Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Listed on 5 Lists ~ Jason (Top 20), Phil (Top 20), Chris (Top 20), Peter (Top 20), John
6. A Christmas Story: Listed on 5 Lists ~ Chris (Top 20), Rich (Top 20), Eric (Top 20), Peter, John
7. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: Listed on 5 Lists ~ John (Top 20), Jason (Top 20), Chris, Phil, Peter
8. Goodfellas: Listed on 5 Lists ~ CJ (Top 20), Jason, Eric, John, Phil
9. Fight Club: Listed on 5 Lists ~ Rich (Top 20), Jason, Eric, John, CJ
10. Planes, Trains and Automobiles: Listed on 5 Lists ~ Peter, Rich, Eric, Phil, Chris

Who won what in the #21-100 awards?

Here's a list of the awards:

• THE IRINA SPALKO AWARD: PETER (for first chap to agree to do the list, first list completed AND first TOP 20 sent to presenter)
• SECOND PRIZE - A SET OF STEAK KNIVES: ERIC (for the only other Top 100 lister [besides Chris] who had Glengarry Glen Ross in their Top 100)
• THE CHRISTOPHER NOLAN AWARD: JOHN (for the guy that had the most Nolan films in his 100)
• THE MATT DAMON AWARD: RICH (for the guy with the most Damon pix)
• THE MOST SUPERHERO MOVIES AWARD: PHIL (most Marvel, DC, etc.)
• AWARD FOR MOST ANIMAL RELATED MOVIE TITLES: JASON (with 13!)
• BY THE NUMBERS AWARDS: CJ (for the guy with the most titles with a number IN THE TITLE)
• 2 PASSES to COLONIAL THEATER and a CARDBOARD COFFEE CUP HOLDER with PHIL COLLINS FACE ON IT: CHRIS (a very nice thank you gift from Peter for the "guy that organized this mess")

Thanks again for participating, gang. This was fun. ~ Chris

Jason's Top 100

1. The Incredibles
2. The Shining
3. Apocalypse Now
4. Primer
5. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
6. Alien
7. Empire Strikes Back
8. Raising Arizona
9. Pan's Labyrinth
10. District 9
11. Blade Runner
12. Airplane
13. Animal House
14. Monty Python & the Holy Grail
15. Being There
16. Take the Money and Run
17. The Muppet Christmas Carol (Original)
18. Monty Python's Life of Brian
19. Leon: The Professional
20. Parents
21. A Fish Called Wanda
22. Aliens
23. Amadeus
24. American Graffiti
25. American Psycho
26. American Werewolf in London
27. Anchorman
28. Annie Hall
29. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
30. Barton Fink
31. Best in Show
32. Birdman
33. Black Swan
34. Blazing Saddles
35. Blue Velvet
36. Bolt
37. Boogie Nights
38. Boondock Saints
39. Bottle Rocket
40. Brazil
41. Caddyshack
42. City of God
43. Dirty Harry
44. Dog Day Afternoon
45. Donnie Darko
46. Elf
47. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
48. Ex Machina
49. Fargo
50. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
51. Fellowship of the Ring (LOTR)
52. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
53. Fight Club
54. Ghostbusters (Original)
55. Goldfinger
56. Goodfellas
57. Grand Budapest Hotel
58. Harold and Maude
59. Jaws
60. Jurassic Park
61. Kickass
62. King Kong (Original)
63. Life Aquatic
64. M*A*S*H
65. Miller's Crossing
66. Moonrise Kingdom
67. Napolean Dynamite
68. Office Space
69. Princess Bride
70. Pulp Fiction
71. Raging Bull
72. Raiders of the Lost Ark
73. Reservoir Dogs
74. Return of the Pink Panther
75. Rosemary's Baby
76. Royal Tannenbaums
77. Silence of the Lambs
78. Sleeper
79. Spinal Tap
80. Star Wars ( A New Hope)
81. Swingers
82. Taxi Driver
83. The Babadook
84. The Big Lebowski
85. The Blues Brothers
86. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
87. The Deer Hunter
88. The Exorcist
89. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
90. The Jerk
91. The Matrix
92. The Producers
93. The Shawshank Redemption
94. The Terminator
95. The Usual Suspects
96. There's Something About Mary
97. Toy Story
98. Trainspotting
99. What's New Pussycat?
100. Young Frankenstein

Eric's Top 100

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Adaptation
3. There Will Be Blood
4. Trainspotting
5. O Brother Where Art Thou
6. The Nightmare Before Christmas
7. A Christmas Story
8. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
9. The Royal Tanenbaums
10. North by Northwest
11. Dogma
12. The Proposition (2005)
13. Pulp Fiction
14. The Terminator
15. The Silence of the Lambs
16. District 9
17. Apocalypse Now
18. Momento
19. Miller's Crossing
20. Inside Out
21. 12 Angry Men
22. Sin City
23. Up
24. Rear Window
25. Toy Story 3
26. Unforgiven
27. The Fugitive
28. Contact
29. Children of Men
30. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
31. Desperado (1995 - Robert Rodriguez)
32. Tombstone
33. Interstellar
34. Christmas Vacation
35. Die Hard
36. Say Anything
37. Sling Blade
38. Seven
39. Sexy Beast
40. Living in Oblivion
41. Ant-Man
42. Rope
43. Cool Hand Luke
44. The Straight Story
45. Twin Peaks
46. The Gruffalo
47. The Grand Budapest Hotel
48. Raiders of the Lost Ark
49. The Hudsucker Proxy
50. Goodfellas
51. Hugo
52. The Princess Bride
53. Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels
54. Guardians of the Galaxy
55. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
56. Apocalypto
57. Moonrise Kingdom
58. Reservoir Dogs
59. The Life Aquatic
60. Road to Perdition
61. Midnight Run
62. Glengarry Glen Ross
63. City of God
64. Waiting for Guffman
65. Bottle Rocket
66. The Big Lebowski
67. Saving Private Ryan
68. Cast Away
69. American History X
70. Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
71. Gladiator
72. Inception
73. The Usual Suspects
74. Jaws
75. The Incredibles
76. The Devil's Backbone
77. 12 Monkeys
78. Best in Show
79. Black Swan
80. Fantasia
81. Fargo
82. Full Metal Jacket
83. Platoon
84. The Shawshank Redemption
85. A Clockwork Orange
86. Pan's Labyrinth
87. Fight Club
88. To Kill a Mockingbird
89. Little Miss Sunshine
90. The Pursuit of Happiness
91. Stranger Than Fiction
92. Stand by Me
93. A Beautiful Mind
94. Superbad
95. Office Space
96. A Fish Called Wanda
97. Rushmore
98. Trading Places
99. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
100. Avatar