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Lone Star's Top 100 Movies of All-Time

I am a movie junkie. Okay, so maybe I don’t see quite as many movies as I did during my heyday. After all, at one point, I was averaging more than 180 movies per year! I’ve since calmed down, but my love of film has in no way been diminished. Admittedly, I do have a slight bias towards the 1990s, but can you blame me?! That being said, I offer to you, the reader, this list of my Top 100 Movies of All-Time.

  1.  Die Hard (1988)
  2.  The Godfather (1972)
  3.  A Few Good Men (1992)
  4.  Star Wars (1977)
  5.  The American President (1995)
  6.  Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  7.  Dead Poets Society (1989)
  8.  Hoosiers (1986)
  9.  Batman (1989)
  10.  Good Will Hunting (1997)
  11.  Braveheart (1995)
  12.  Aliens (1986)
  13.  Alien (1979)
  14.  Seven (1995)
  15.  The Godfather: Part II (1974)
  16.  The Untouchables (1987)
  17.  The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  18.  The Usual Suspects (1995)
  19.  Gladiator (2000)
  20.  The Terminator (1984)
  21.  Tombstone (1993)
  22.  Backdraft (1991)
  23.  Memento (2001)
  24.  Heat (1995)
  25.  Armageddon (1998)
  26.  True Lies (1994)
  27.  Bad Boys (1995)
  28.  Silverado (1985)
  29.  The Magnificent Seven (1960)
  30.  The Exorcist (1973)
  31.  X-Men (2000)
  32.  The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  33.  Titanic (1997)
  34.  Dark City (1998)
  35.  12 Monkeys (1995)
  36.  The Thin Red Line (1998)
  37.  The Phantom Menace (1999)
  38.  Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
  39.  Remember the Titans (2000)
  40.  The Matrix (1999)
  41.  Crimson Tide (1995)
  42.  Predator (1987)
  43.  The Insider (1999)
  44.  Shakespeare In Love (1998)
  45.  Speed (1994)
  46.  Dave (1993)
  47.  T2: Judgment Day (1991)
  48.  Die Harder (1990)
  49.  The Hunt for Red October (1990)
  50.  Ghostbusters (1984)
  51.  Back to the Future (1985)
  52.  Primal Fear (1996)
  53.  The Quick and the Dead (1995)
  54.  The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
  55.  Air Force One (1997)
  56.  The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
  57.  The Natural (1984)
  58.  The Highlander (1986)
  59.  There's Something About Mary (1998)
  60.  Groundhog Day (1993)
  61.  The Three Amigos (1986)
  62.  Where Eagles Dare (1969)
  63.  Return of the Jedi (1983)
  64.  Lethal Weapon (1987)
  65.  Unforgiven (1992)
  66.  Les Miserables (1997)
  67.  The Sixth Sense (1999)
  68.  Jaws (1975)
  69.  Spaceballs (1987)
  70.  Rain Man (1988)
  71.  Home Alone (1990)
  72.  The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  73.  Army of Darkness (1993)
  74.  The Fugitive (1993)
  75.  The Wedding Singer (1998)
  76.  Black Hawk Down (2001)
  77.  Mystic River (2003)
  78.  Airplane! (1980)
  79.  Maverick (1994)
  80.  Last Crusade (1989)
  81.  High Plains Drifter (1972)
  82.  Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
  83.  Rocky (1976)
  84.  Pulp Fiction (1994)
  85.  Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
  86.  Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  87.  Arlington Road (1999)
  88.  Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
  89.  The Road Warrior (1981)
  90.  Jurassic Park (1993)
  91.  Temple of Doom (1984)
  92.  Fight Club (1999)
  93.  12 Angry Men (1957)
  94.  Miller's Crossing (1990)
  95.  Lost in Translation (2003)
  96.  Field of Dreams (1989)
  97.  Gangs of New York (2002)
  98.  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
  99.  Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  100.  The Shining (1980)

See Also: Julio's Top 100 Movies

Submitted 1/29/05.

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