Title |
Year |
Rating |
Rank |
Review |
Almost Famous | 2000 | 99 | 1 | - Just a brilliantly-executed movie. It's so grand in scope and yet pencils in every character with unbelievable detail. |
Godfather, The | 1972 | 96 | 2 | - An incredible crime saga told with so much detail and conviction, you question just how fictional it really is. |
Star Wars V: Empire Strikes Back | 1980 | 94 | 3 | - The battle of Hoth is probably my favorite part of any Star Wars movie. This would be the best of them had there been a stronger ending. |
Gladiator | 2000 | 90 | 4 | - It's an action flick, it's an epic. It's one very awesome movie. |
Little Miss Sunshine | 2006 | 89 | 5 | - It's an oddball, dark, and indiecomedy all rolled into a strangely heartwarming package. |
Airplane! | 1980 | 87 | 6 | - When it flies, it soars. |
Shining, The | 1980 | 87 | 6 | - It's a mind-melting horror show, and might've been darn near perfect had it been about 30 minutes shorter. |
Skyfall | 2012 | 86 | 8 | - For such a landmark film, plot-wise, in the James Bond series, Skyfall is a little lacking in the traditional things we've come to love about James Bond. It's a dark time for 007, a theme that will play to mixed results with the audience. |
Sandlot | 1993 | 84 | 9 | - Set in the '50's, it's hard to call 'The Sandlot' a tale of nostalgia. Then again, as the movie so eloquently points out, some things just never change. |
AVENGERS, The | 2012 | 80 | 10 | - Your typical superhero blockbuster. The movie juggles such a large cast somewhat cumbersomely and resorts to cheeky humor when it doesn't know what else to do. |
Ferris Beuller's Day Off | 1986 | 80 | 10 | - A step or two behind other "instant classics", it successfully captures every teenagers dream of having a day devoid of the monotony of high school work. |
Pulp Fiction | 1994 | 80 | 10 | - An instant cult classic, but be warned: it's trendier to pretend to like this movie than it is to actually like it. |
Star Wars IV: A New Hope | 1977 | 80 | 10 | - It initially had to set up the story for three movies, which explains the long, somewhat slow beginning. The end is the stuff of film legend, though. |
Chronicle | 2012 | 79 | 14 | (full review) - Holds it own even in the ubiquitous 'Found Film' genre. A film that sort of came out of nowhere that is definitely worth your time. |
Thing, The | 1982 | 77 | 15 | - Scarier than the alien that wants so desperately to become them is everyone's willingness to submit authority to a boozing helicopter pilot when things go awry. |
Clerks | 1994 | 74 | 16 | - A filmmaker's film. Movie snobs and hipsters will swear by it the most. |
Fargo | 1996 | 70 | 17 | - The Coen brothers' 'Fargo' is an enigma: not funny enough to be a real comedy, not serious enough to be a decent drama, and nowhere close to neatly fitting into any other genre. |
Amazing Spider-Man, The | 2012 | 67 | 18 | - Why, WHY was this made? Was the superhero genre not saturated enough let alone Spiderman as a franchise itself? |
10 Things I Hate About You | 1999 | 65 | 19 | - A rather watchable chick flick. |
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | 2003 | 63 | 20 | - Make no mistake: this is really more of a kids movie. Not that it was intended that way, but its over-the-top acting and simpleton plot makes it so. |
Varsity Blues | 1999 | 57 | 21 | - The direction and production value is decidedly second-string, but that doesn't mean you can't have some fun with 'Varsity Blues' in its own naive, immature way. |
Slumdog Millionaire | 2008 | 55 | 22 | - Boyle's high-adrenaline, psychedellic vision for the film gets in the way of what would have otherwise been a fairly impressive script. |
Serenity | 2005 | 50 | 23 | - Joss Whedon's initial transition from television to film is tacky, unpolished, and rife with poor acting. Ironically, it comes across as a TV movie. |