Top 100 Movies of All-Time Countdown
The list for
my top 100 movies was a lot more difficult to come up with than
my list of songs or TV shows. There are a ton of really popular movies
I've neglected to see over the years, and a lot of obscure ones I have seen.
Hopefully I didn't forget any favorites, though that seems very likely.
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MOVIES #21-40 June 12, 2007 |
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21 Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) Starring: Miranda July, John Hawkes First Saw It: Found it in a pile of luggage Jason neglected to take with him when he moved out of our apartment. Memorable Moment: It appeared Richard was the loser and this attractive woman was oddly going after him, but she was kinda crazy and he was weirded out. |
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22 My Cousin Vinny (1992) Starring: Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei First Saw It: At the Colchado residence in Tucson in 2003. Memorable Moment: Joe Pesci wearing a ridiculous suit from the local thrift store to court. |
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23 Throw Mama from the Train (1987) Starring: Billy Crystal, Danny DeVito First Saw It: I think we rented it on video in the late 80s. Memorable Moment: Owen's many attempts to kill his mama, Mrs. Lift. |
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24 The Naked Gun (1988) Starring: Leslie Nielsen First Saw It: Must have been on TV in the early-to-mid 90s. Memorable Moment: Leslie Nielsen at the Angels game was insane, including the baseball bloopers playing on the video board. |
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25 Windy City Heat (2004) Starring: Perry Caravello, Don Barris First Saw It: Around Thanksgiving 2004 alone in Madison. Memorable Moment: At the time, and still perhaps today, it was the single funniest movie I had ever seen. And it was made for TV! |
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26 Napoleon Dynamite (2004) Starring: Jon Heder First Saw It: On DVD at DSU. I bought it hoping I would like it. Memorable Moment: There had never been another movie like it. It was such a dull town and nothing really riveting happened, but it was all laughs all the way through. |
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27 Office Space (1999) Starring: Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston First Saw It: Might have been at school for a holiday movie or something. Memorable Moment: How happy Tom is to be in a body cast after getting in a terrible car accident. |
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28 Thirteen (2003) Starring: Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood First Saw It: In 2004 in St. Louis Park, again from Jason's collection. Memorable Moment: I don't know why, but something about those troublemaking teenage girls was so entertaining. |
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29 Citizen Ruth (1996) Starring: Laura Dern First Saw It: On VHS, straight out of the Jason LaPlant collection at DSU. Memorable Moment: Harley using the kitchen towel to wipe his arm pits, then putting it back by the sink. |
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30 Matchstick Men (2003) Starring: Nicholas Cage, Alison Lohman First Saw It: In Madison on DVD. I rented it over Christmas I think. Memorable Moment: When Nicholas Cage realizes he's being duped while duping people. |
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31 Frequency (2000) Starring: Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel First Saw It: Alone at the Huron theater with my free movie pass from KOKK. Memorable Moment: The moment the father and son realize they're talking to each other thirty years apart. |
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32 LA Confidential (1997) Starring: Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger First Saw It: Rented it on DVD and watched it on my laptop at KOKK. Memorable Moment: There are very few movies of this genre that hold my interest. All-star cast and an intriguing story. |
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33 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Pakistan (2006) Starring: Sasha Baron Cohen First Saw It: In the EP theater early this year. Memorable Moment: Borat driving around in an ice cream truck with a bear roaring at innocent children. |
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34 The Rookie (2002) Starring: Dennis Quaid First Saw It: In the Huron theater with Guy LaMont, over a college break of some sort. Memorable Moment: Jim Morris striking out Royce Clayton in his first major league appearance. |
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35 Erin Brockovich (2000) Starring: Julia Roberts First Saw It: At the Bryant theater with Brandon Hanson. Memorable Moment: I think I got a tear in my eye at the very end when Erin received her huge check. |
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36 The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Starring: Tim Curry, Meat Loaf First Saw It: On my laptop while working a late night shift at KOKK in 1999. Memorable Moment: Meat Loaf's entrance as Eddie the delivery boy. Great music throughout, also. |
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37 Kill Bill (1 and 2) (2003/2004) Starring: Uma Thurman First Saw It: Saw both 1 & 2 in the Sioux Falls theater with Jason. Memorable Moment: My favorite scenes involved Uma Thurman's visit to Mark Madsen in the desert, including the buried alive scene. |
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38 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Starring: Johnny Depp First Saw It: In the theater before work at VF in 2005. Memorable Moment: The Oompa Loompa songs were pretty hilarious. |
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39 Field of Dreams (1989) Starring: Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones First Saw It: Saw it in its entirety for the first time on TBS a few years ago. Memorable Moment: Kevin Costner getting James Earl Jones to believe while at the Red Sox game. |
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40 Best in Show (2000) Starring: Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy First Saw It: Chris Ahrendt recommended it to me in college. Memorable Moment: Fred Willard as the play-by-play announcer at the dog show was hilarious. |
RyanGlanzer.com 2007