I'm not sure I agree with the recency bias. It may have played a small part, but I actively try to cancel it out whenever I write reviews, make lists, etc. There are a lot of factors that go into a Top 100 list and choices for the KJ awards. I may have ranked it higher at the KJ awards for many reasons, mainly which had the best/worst chance to win, so I wanted to support one more than the other. And with regards to the Top 100 list, it's fucking hard ranking movies from different eras and genres, but here I felt that while Three Billboards is much more watchable, Dunkirk is the bigger achievement in cinema, and the experience I had watching it at the cinema was unreal. And still, position 95 to position 80 in a Top 100 list is not even that big, considering I've seen thousands of films.

Ocean's Eleven was on my "others" list, but didn't get in this time. But it's no where near as good as its sequel. If it got in at any time before it was around the 90th mark.

Yeah, I went to see La La Land many times, and just fell in love. It is not often that a film has that perfect mix of beautiful visuals, quotable dialogue, and a soundtrack that you play over and over again.

Yeah, well, it's not very often that masterpieces are made, so most of the changes on my list are not inclusions, but rankings. I did move a few out, most notably Last Man Standing, Liar Liar, Jerry Maguire, and Six Days, Seven Nights.

The next film on your list I'll probably watch and haven't seen yet is The Crow.

I also haven't seen Conan for just too long that it's hard to know how I really feel about it, just remembering not liking it that much as a kid.

The 'Burbs is another film I haven't seen, but just doesn't look appealing.

After that we'll get into a bunch of Chan films that I wasn't into when I was younger, but I'll try to get to those in your top 100 at some point.

Well, as always, happy to hear your opinion on any of them, and hope you love them!

I was mostly poking fun at all awards voters with the recency bias thing. Plus, I think Dunkirk surprised everyone with how good it is on replays, even out of the theater.

Rambo 3 is on itunes for a $2 rental. Maybe I will check it out tomorrow.

Also, with O12,

I need help making a list.

There are certain films that I have seen dozens of times. How on earth do I compare those to movies I have seen once or maybe twice? It just doesn't seem fair, and it's difficult to not be biased to movies I've seen and loved over and over again. I see a lot of movies that I like but forget a lot of them because I haven't seen them in a few years, and then of course I've only seen the huge blockbusters from before I was born, and not even all of them.

How do I separate what I actually like from what I like because it is familiar or in a genre I enjoy (animated, musical, fantasy, etc.)?

I never go personal. I go for the film's merits if that helps. Though I'm sure a couple snuck in based on personal opinion. I'll always look more from the technical standpoint more. Are you really going to waste 23 spots on all Narnia, SW, and Potter films?

I've also cheated putting an entire franchise in one spot. Or you comment on other entries you love in the series that didn't quite make your cut.

Always go personal. It's YOUR top 100. Nobody else's. If you go Thegun's route, you will end up with the IMDB Top 100.

Nobody else cares what movies are on your list anyway, so you might as well make it movies you absolutely love. So at least one person will be satisfied with the list...that person being you.

I think it is fair actually. Up until my 20s I would watch the same movies over and over without any diminishing returns. But now I’d always rather watch something new. It correlates with how much you value your free time, and as a young man it is just so plentiful.

Just be unique to what you are now. You don’t have to have all 8 Potter films in your top 100 just because they were important to you, but it’s perfectly fine to do so.

There's a reason you've seen those films dozens of times, because they're your favorite films. Being in the genre you like such as Disney films is part of them being your favorite, it's not different than Algren having 80s action movies at the top of his list

A refresher of zwackerm's last posted top 100

My real question is how do you even compare a movie you’ve seen once to something like Harry Potter I’ve seen so many times.

And the main reason I like the Harry Potter films so much is the books, not the movies on their own merits. And a lot of musicals I like just for the songs. Is that really fair to put something like The Greatest Showman super high when I wouldn’t like it very much at all without the songs?

lol. Your top 8 movies ever made are movies you only like because of their source material??? If you dislike the films, re-do your list. And it's easy to compare movies you've seen many times with movies you've seen just once. List them in the order you prefer them. Really it's as simple as that. And there is a reason you've seen them so many times...they're great movies. Don't overthink it. Or have a rule for newer movies that they can only be included after a re-watch if you're unsure (unless they're surefire masterpieces).

And your song question is ridiculous. Again you're overthinking it. Are the songs in the movie? If so, then yes it's fucking fair.

Respect for ranking the Columbus Harry Potter movies first, those are the best ones. He went edgy with the Gone Girl pick

And always post the truth, zwackerm.

I've made amendments (in bold) since I first posted this, and listed films that used to be in my list before as honorable mentions.

1. Gladiator (2000)
2. Scarface (1983)
3. The Matrix (1999)
4. JFK (1991)
5. Heat (1995)
6. Braveheart (1995)
7. The English Patient (1996)
8. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
9. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
10. Rocky IV (1985)
11. Armageddon (1998)
12. City of God (2002)
13. Amoros Perros (2000)
14. Drive (2011)
15. Creed (2015)
16. Memento (2000)
17. Se7en (Seven) (1995)
18. Contact (1997)
19. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
20. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
21. Rush (2013)
22. Traffic (2000)
23. The Beach (2000)
24. The Rock (1996)
25. Schindler’s List (1993)
26. Casino Royale (2006)
27. Independence Day (1996)
28. Collateral (2004)
29. Inception (2010)
30. First Blood (1982)
31. The Departed (2006)
32. Sin City (2005)
33. The Prestige (2006)
34. Lost In Translation (2003)
35. Rain Man (1988)
36. The Big Lebowski (1998)
37. Minority Report (2002)
38. Gattaca (1997)
39. Mission: Impossible (1996)
40. Rocky (1976)
41. John Wick (2014)
42. Whiplash (2014
43. The Great Gatsby (2013)
44. Miami Vice (2006)
45. Magnolia (2000)
46. Straight Time (1978)
47. Spotlight (2015)
48. Gravity (2013)
49. P.S. I Love You (2007)
50. The Terminator (1984)
51. The Big Short (2015)
52. Top Gun (1986)
53. Dunkirk (2017)
54. Interstellar (2014)
55. Pretty Woman (1990)
56. Everest (2015)
57. Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
58. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
59. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
60. Mystic River (2003)
61. Shame (2011)
62. A Few Good Men (1992)
63. The Martian (2015)
64. Apocalypto (2006)
65. Fleet of Time (2014)
66. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)
67. Major League (1989)
68. Golden Eye (1995)
69. Titanic (1997)
70. Baby Driver (2017)
71. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
72. Back to the Future (1985)
73. Desperado (1995)
74. Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
75. Bridge of Spies (2015)
76. Lion (2016)
77. Allied (2016)
78. Iron Man (2008)
79. Donnie Brasco (1997)
80. Hell or High Water (2016)
81. The Green Mile (1999)
82. Gone Girl (2014)
83. Good Time (2017)
84. Den of Thieves (2018)
85. Creed II (2018)
86. Mississippi Grind (2015)
87. Triple Frontier (2019)
88. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
89. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
90. Never Let Me Go (2010)
91. No Country for Old Men (2007)
92. Fast Break (1979)
93. The Revenant (2015)
94. Dragged Across Concrete (2019)
95. Blinded by the Light (2019)
96. Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
97. Universal Soldier (1992)
98. Before Sunrise (1995)
99. Before Sunset (2004)
100. Catch Me If You can (2002)


Honorable mentions
Karate Kid (1984)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
V For Vendetta (2005)
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Enemy (2013)
Die Hard (1988)
Falling Down (1993)
Cliffhanger (1993)
Crash (2004)
Spoorloos (1988)
Looper (2012)
Warrior (2011)
Walk the Line (2005)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
Dallas Buyer’s Club (2013)
Avatar (2009)
Mad Max (1979)
Babel (2006)
The Pianist (2002)
Jerry Maguire (1996)
Mission Impossible 2 (2000)
Mission Impossible - Fallout (2018)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Cobra (1986)
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Aviator (2004)
Tron: Legacy (2010)
Daylight (1996)
Fear and Loathing Las Vegas (1998)
Best of the Best (1989)
Superbad (2007)

01. The Little Mermaid (1989)
02. Princess Mononoke
03. Moulin Rouge!
04. Pan's Labyrinth
05. How to Train Your Dragon (Trilogy)
06. Coraline
07. Edward Scissorhands
08. Spirited Away
09. The Nightmare Before Christmas
10. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
11. Labyrinth
12. Beetlejuice
13. Coco
14. Stardust
15. Fantasia
16. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
17. Your Name.
18. Peter Pan (2003)
19. Big Fish
20. Wolf Children
21. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
22. Summer Wars
23. Pirates of the Caribbean (Franchise)
24. Sleepy Hollow
25. The Lord of the Rings (Trilogy)
26. A Clockwork Orange
27. Mysterious Skin
28. Tokyo Godfathers
29. Boys Don't Cry
30. Alice in Wonderland (1951)
31. Hero (2002)
32. Paddington
33. Paddington 2
34. Amadeus
35. Howl's Moving Castle
36. House of Flying Daggers
37. Harold and Maude
38. Battle Royale
39. Ghost
40. Chasing Amy
41. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
42. The Dark Crystal
43. Mad Max: Fury Road
44. Memoirs of a Geisha
45. Titanic
46. Kill Bill Vol. 1
47. Kill Bill Vol. 2
48. Jurassic Park
49. A Monster Calls
50. The Goonies
51. Aladdin
52. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
53. Kiki's Delivery Service
54. Romeo + Juliet
55. The Lion King
56. Brokeback Mountain
57. My Neighbor Totoro
58. The Boy and the Beast
59. Perfect Blue
60. The Princess Bride
61. Black Swan
62. Laputa: Castle in the Sky
63. Peter Pan (1953)
64. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
65. Paprika
66. James and the Giant Peach
67. Interview with the Vampire
68. Kubo and the Two Strings
69. Jaws
70. Millennium Actress
71. Bad Education
72. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
73. Corpse Bride
74. Elephant
75. Ed Wood
76. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
77. Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind
78. The Neverending Story
79. Whisper of the Heart
80. The Land Before Time
81. The Crow
82. Hairspray (2007)
83. Thelma & Louise
84. Back to the Future
85. The Craft
86. The Color Purple
87. The Company of Wolves
88. Curse of the Golden Flower
89. The Incredibles
90. Excalibur
91. Confessions
92. The Descent
93. Velvet Goldmine
94. Ginger Snaps
95. On Golden Pond
96. Dumbo (1941)
97. The Others
98. The Last Samurai
99. The Sixth Sense
100. The Seventh Seal

First update in almost five years. Ten new entries. No real changes near the top, not really sure if I'll ever change the top 10. And I still included my favorite trilogies/franchises as single entries. I honestly enjoy all the films in them pretty equally, and don't want to have thirteen spots taken up by them.

I've got about 26 new entries on mine. Trying to figure out a new order as a whole.