My Favorite Films Part 4: #41 - 70

First off, happy New Year everyone.

So I guess it’s been a while since I’ve updated my list of 100 favorite films. I’ve chronicled enough about my writing and playing catch up. Now with the end of the year and already beginning on those year end and decade end list, I figure I should try to finish this first. So let’s just get this out there. Here is an update of the films I’ve already covered so far to refresh your memory.

#100) His Girl Friday
#99) 2001: A Space Odyssey
#98) Adaptation
#97) Being John Malkovich
#96) Groundhog Day
#95) Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
#94) Boogie Nights
#93) Apocalypse Now
#92) Barton Fink
#91) The Big Lebowski
#90) Breathless
#89) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
#88) Glengarry Glen Ross
#87) Apollo 13
#86) Rashomon
#85) Pink Floyd’s the Wall
#84) Outlaw Josey Wales
#83) Rope
#82) Good Night and Good Luck
#81) Wild Bunch
#80) Do the Right Thing
#79) Dr. Strangelove
#78) Unbreakable
#77) Miller’s Crossing
#76) Matrix
#75) There Will Be Blood
#74) Fargo
#73) This Is Spinal Tap
#72) Toy Story
#71) The Sixth Sense

And now let’s just get back into it shall we? I’ll just present the titles and leave my comments for my top ten films.

#70) Dogma (1999)

#69) Die Hard (1988)

#68) Equilibrium (2002)

#67) Some Like it Hot (1959)

#66) Jurassic Park (1993)

#65) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2003)

#64) The Fountain (2006)

#63) Young Frankenstein (1974)

#62) Children of Men (2006)

#61) North by Northwest (1959)


#60) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

#59) Braveheart (1996)

#58) Unforgiven (1992)

#57) Three Kings (1999)

#56) Rounders (1998)

#55) The Prestige (1996)

#54) South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (1999)

#53) Garden State (2004)

#52) Office Space (1999)

#51) Once (2007)

#50) A Few Good Men (1992)

#49) Saving Private Ryan (1998)

#48) Galaxy Quest (1999)

#47) Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

#46) Rushmore (1998)

#45) Blazing Saddles (1974)

#44) The Thin Red Line (1998)

#43) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkhaban (2004)

The whole Harry Potter series really, but the third film directed by Alfonso Cuaron is by far my favorite. He added a new fresh visual element that brought real life to the franchise. He also introduced an element of darkness to the series that eventually needed to come, but he made it his own. I really wish the other directors would have continued with what he started. The third film stands out from all the others because of Cuaron’s influence. I know that fans of the books were unhappy with the third film, but it is because of the third film that finally got me interested in the series and lead me to read the books. Forget the books or the adaptation, strictly as a film The Prisoner of Azkhaban is the best in the series.

#42) To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

#41) The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Just forty more to go. I'll be back soon with the rest. Stay tuned guys and gals.