{"id":5124,"date":"2006-08-03T03:42:50","date_gmt":"2006-08-03T03:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box1047.bluehost.com\/~sonicci2\/wordpress\/?p=5124"},"modified":"2015-08-22T15:41:42","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T15:41:42","slug":"brians-100-favorite-films-100-best-films-45-worst-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/2006\/08\/brians-100-favorite-films-100-best-films-45-worst-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian’s 100 Favorite Films, 100 Best Films & 45 Worst Films"},"content":{"rendered":"

Snooch to the Nooch!<\/p>\n

Earlier this year (on April’s Fool Day, to be exact), you may recall I posted a list-happy look at my favorites in films, film music, and DVDs (that would be Brian’s Movie 250- still in the archives). At the time, it was between posting that or what you see before you. It’s along the same lines, but with just as many entries on far fewer lists- my comprehensive (and updated) lists of my 100 favorite films of all-time, the 100 best films I’ve seen, and the 45 worst films I’ve ever seen. If you’re asking yourself the difference between Favorites and Best, don’t worry; I have past essays I’ll post in the future. For now, though, I hope you enjoy the below lists (comments\/questions\/concerns always welcome), and that they may inspire you to think about your own selections on such lists. <\/p>\n

(And if you’re wondering about the timing, it seemed fitting to post these on my birthday- I’m 29 now- as they represent the best- and worst- of cinema I’ve experienced in all my years on Earth.)<\/p>\n

Viva La Resistance!<\/p>\n

Brian Skutle
\nwww.sonic-cinema.com<\/a><\/p>\n

100 Favorite Films<\/u><\/b>
\n1. “The Crow”<\/i><\/b> (1994)- Alex Proyas
\n2. “Braveheart”<\/i><\/b> (1995)- Mel Gibson
\n3. “Pulp Fiction”<\/i><\/b> (1994)- Quentin Tarantino
\n4a. “The Star Wars Saga”<\/i><\/b> (1977-2005)- George Lucas, Executive Producer
\n4b. “Star Wars: Clone Wars”<\/i><\/b> (2003-2005)- Genndy Tartakovsky
\n5. “A.I. Artificial Intelligence”<\/i><\/b> (2001)- Steven Spielberg
\n6. “Face\/Off”<\/i><\/b> (1997)- John Woo
\n7. “Swingers”<\/i><\/b> (1996)- Doug Liman
\n8. “The Whole Wide World”<\/i><\/b> (1996)- Dan Ireland
\n9. “Adaptation.”<\/i><\/b> (2002)- Spike Jonze
\n10. “Sherlock Jr.”<\/i><\/b> (1924)- Buster Keaton
\n11. “The Lord of the Rings Trilogy”<\/i><\/b> (2001-2003)- Peter Jackson
\n12. “Stalker”<\/i><\/b> (1979)- Andrei Tarkovsky
\n13. “Big Fish”<\/i><\/b> (2003)- Tim Burton
\n14. “Keeping the Faith”<\/i><\/b> (2000)- Edward Norton
\n15. “Before Sunrise”<\/i><\/b> (1995) & “Before Sunset”<\/i><\/b> (2004)- Richard Linklater
\n16. “A Few Good Men”<\/i><\/b> (1992)- Rob Reiner
\n17. “The Ref”<\/i><\/b> (1994)- Ted Demme
\n18. “Apollo 13”<\/i><\/b> (1995)- Ron Howard
\n19. “Office Space”<\/i><\/b> (1999)- Mike Judge
\n20. “Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie”<\/i><\/b> (1996)- Jim Mallon
\n21. “A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies”<\/i> (1995)
\n22. “Il Mia Viaggio in Italia (My Voyage to Italy)”<\/i> (1999)
\n23. “Dark City”<\/i> (1998)
\n24. “Spaceballs”<\/i> (1987)
\n25. “Dogma”<\/i> (1999)
\n26. “Vertigo”<\/i> (1958)
\n27. “Jackie Brown”<\/i> (1997)
\n28. “2001: A Space Odyssey”<\/i> (1968)
\n29. “Predator”<\/i> (1987)
\n30. “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial”<\/i> (1982)
\n31. “Ed Wood”<\/i> (1994)
\n32. “High Fidelity”<\/i> (2000)
\n33. “Broken Arrow”<\/i> (1996)
\n34. “GoodFellas”<\/i> (1990)
\n35. “Finding Nemo”<\/i> (2003)
\n36. “The Good, the Bad & the Ugly”<\/i> (1967)
\n37. “Young Frankenstein”<\/i> (1974)
\n38. “The Fantasia Anthology”<\/i> (1940 & 2000)
\n39. “Basic Instinct”<\/i> (1992)
\n40. “Arsenic and Old Lace”<\/i> (1944)
\n41. “The Usual Suspects”<\/i> (1995)
\n42. “Miller’s Crossing”<\/i> (1990)
\n43. “Wild Things”<\/i> (1998)
\n44. “Eyes Wide Shut”<\/i> (1999)
\n45. “Almost Famous Untitled”<\/i> (2000)
\n46. “Get Shorty”<\/i> (1995)
\n47. “Nurse Betty”<\/i> (2000)
\n48. “Evil Dead II”<\/i> (1987)
\n49. “Serenity”<\/i> (2005)
\n50. “JFK”<\/i> (1991)
\n51. “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” (2005)
\n52. “The Shining” (1980)
\n53. “Waking Life” (2001)
\n54. “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” (2001)
\n55. “Chance” (2002)
\n56. “Grosse Pointe Blank” (1997)
\n57. “A Bug’s Life” (1998)
\n58. “Mulholland Drive” (2001)
\n59. “The Lethal Weapon Series” (1987-1998)
\n60. “The Indiana Jones Trilogy” (1981-1989)
\n61. “A Christmas Story” (1983)
\n62. “Proof” (2005)
\n63. “Simply Irresistible” (1999)
\n64. “Andrei Rublev” (1966)
\n65. “Cat People” (1942)
\n66. “The Big Lebowski” (1998)
\n67. “Rent” (2005)
\n68. “To Catch a Thief” (1955)
\n69. “The American Pie Trilogy” (1999-2003)
\n70. “The Big Sleep” (1946)
\n71. “Lady Beware” (1987)
\n72. “A Walk to Remember” (2002)
\n73. “Independence Day” (1996)
\n74. “Spider-Man” (2002) & “Spider-Man 2” (2004)
\n75. “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” (1975)
\n76. “Signs” (2002)
\n77. “Heat” (1995)
\n78. “Jurassic Park” (1993)
\n79. “The Rock” (1996)
\n80. “Kill Bill” (2003 & 2004)
\n81. “Ransom” (1996)
\n82. “The River Wild” (1994)
\n83. “Bubba ho-Tep” (2003)
\n84. “Minority Report” (2002)
\n85. “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” (2000)
\n86. “Shakespeare in Love” (1998)
\n87. “A Mighty Wind” (2003)
\n88. “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” (2004)
\n89. “L.A. Confidential” (1997)
\n90. “The Princess Bride” (1987)
\n91. “South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut” (1999)
\n92. “Fahrenheit 9\/11” (2004)
\n93. “Ikiru” (1952)
\n94. “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (2004)
\n95. “Toy Story” (1995) & “Toy Story 2” (1999)
\n96. “The Goonies” (1985)
\n97. “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” (1964)
\n98. “Our Hospitality” (1923)
\n99. “Bowfinger” (1999)
\n100. “The Harry Potter Series” (2001-2005)<\/p>\n

100 Best Films<\/u><\/b>
\n1. “Vertigo”<\/i><\/b> (1958)- Alfred Hitchcock
\n2. “2001: A Space Odyssey”<\/i><\/b> (1968)- Stanley Kubrick
\n3. “Schindler’s List”<\/i><\/b> (1993)- Steven Spielberg
\n4. “Gone With the Wind”<\/i><\/b> (1939)- David O. Selznick, Producer
\n5. “Pulp Fiction”<\/i><\/b> (1994)- Quentin Tarantino
\n6. “The Fantasia Anthology”<\/i><\/b> (1940\/2000)- Walt & Roy Disney, Executive Producers
\n7. “Sherlock Jr.”<\/i><\/b> (1924)- Buster Keaton
\n8. “Andrei Rublev”<\/i><\/b> (1966)- Andrei Tarkovsky
\n9. “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”<\/i><\/b> (2000)- Ang Lee
\n10. “Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope”<\/i><\/b> (1977)- George Lucas
\n11. “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial”<\/i><\/b> (1982)- Steven Spielberg
\n12. “Arsenic and Old Lace”<\/i><\/b> (1944)- Frank Capra
\n13. “Nosferatu”<\/i><\/b> (1922)- F.W. Murnau
\n14. “Ran”<\/i><\/b> (1985)- Akira Kurosawa
\n15. “Saving Private Ryan”<\/i><\/b> (1998)- Steven Spielberg
\n16. “The Manchurian Candidate”<\/i><\/b> (1962)- John Frankenheimer
\n17. “GoodFellas”<\/i><\/b> (1990)- Martin Scorsese
\n18. “The Big Sleep”<\/i><\/b> (1946)- Howard Hawks
\n19. “A Few Good Men”<\/i><\/b> (1992)- Rob Reiner
\n20. “Face\/Off”<\/i><\/b> (1997)- John Woo
\n21. “Touch of Evil”<\/i> (1958)- Orson Welles
\n22. “Rebecca”<\/i> (1940)- Alfred Hitchcock
\n23. “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”<\/i> (2003)- Peter Jackson
\n24. “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb”<\/i> (1964)- Stanley Kubrick
\n25. “8 \u00c2\u00bd”<\/i> (1963)- Federico Fellini
\n26. “Dark City”<\/i> (1998)- Alex Proyas
\n27. “Apocalypse Now”<\/i> (1979)- Francis Ford Coppola
\n28. “Intolerance”<\/i> (1916)- D.W. Griffith
\n29. “Metropolis”<\/i> (1927)- Fritz Lang
\n30. “The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly”<\/i> (1967)- Sergio Leone
\n31. “The Godfather”<\/i> (1972)- Francis Ford Coppola
\n32. “The Wizard of Oz”<\/i> (1939)- Victor Fleming
\n33. “Some Like It Hot”<\/i> (1959)- Billy Wilder
\n34. “Singin’ in the Rain”<\/i> (1952)- Gene Kelly, Stanley Donan
\n35. “Psycho”<\/i> (1960)- Alfred Hitchcock
\n36. “Ikiru”<\/i> (1952)- Akira Kurosawa
\n37. “Fargo”<\/i> (1996)- Joel Coen
\n38. “In a Lonely Place”<\/i> (1950)- Nicholas Ray
\n39. “The Last Temptation of Christ”<\/i> (1988)- Martin Scorsese
\n40. “King Kong”<\/i> (1933)- Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
\n41. “Raiders of the Lost Ark”<\/i> (1981)- Steven Spielberg
\n42. “Spirited Away”<\/i> (2002)- Hayao Miyazaki
\n43. “12 Monkeys”<\/i> (1995)- Terry Gilliam
\n44. “Star Wars: Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back”<\/i> (1980)- Irvin Kershner
\n45. “Citizen Kane”<\/i> (1941)- Orsen Welles
\n46. “Casablanca”<\/i> (1942)- Michael Curtiz
\n47. “It’s a Wonderful Life”<\/i> (1946)- Frank Capra
\n48. “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre”<\/i> (1948)- John Huston
\n49. “Toy Story 2”<\/i> (1999)- John Lasseter
\n50. “Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages”<\/i> (1921)- Benjamin Christensen
\n51. “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (2001)- Peter Jackson
\n52. “North By Northwest” (1959)- Alfred Hitchcock
\n53. “Jaws” (1975)- Steven Spielberg
\n54. “City Lights” (1931)- Charles Chaplin
\n55. “Sunset Boulevard” (1950)- Billy Wilder
\n56. “The Killer” (1989)- John Woo
\n57. “Stalker” (1979)- Andrei Tarkovsky
\n58. “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (2004)- Michel Gondry
\n59. “The Maltese Falcon” (1941)- John Huston
\n60. “On the Waterfront” (1954)- Elia Kazan
\n61. “The Exorcist” (1973)- William Freidken
\n62. “L.A. Confidential” (1997)- Curtis Hanson
\n63. “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” (1919)- Robert Weine
\n64. “Ghost in the Shell” (1996)- Mamoru Oshii
\n65. “The Mirror” (1975)- Andrei Tarkovsky
\n66. “The Bride of Frankenstein” (1935)- James Whale
\n67. “JFK” (1991)- Oliver Stone
\n68. “Do the Right Thing” (1989)- Spike Lee
\n69. “The General” (1927)- Buster Keaton
\n70. “The Masque of the Red Death” (1964)- Roger Corman
\n71. “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (1937)- Walt Disney, Executive Producer
\n72. “One, Two, Three” (1961)- Billy Wilder
\n73. “Aguirre, the Wrath of God” (1972)- Werner Herzog
\n74. “The Great Dictator” (1940)- Charles Chaplin
\n75. “The Crowd” (1928)- King Vidor
\n76. “Mulholland Drive” (2001)- David Lynch
\n77. “The Battle of Algiers” (1968)- Gillo Pontecorvo
\n78. “Young Frankenstein” (1974)- Mel Brooks<\/p>\n

79. “Pink Floyd: The Wall” (1982)- Alan Parker
\n80. “Bowling for Columbine” (2002)- Michael Moore
\n81. “Our Hospitality” (1923)- Buster Keaton, Jack Blystone
\n82. “A Shot in the Dark” (1964)- Blake Edwards
\n83. “A Very Long Engagement” (2004)- Jean-Pierre Jeunet
\n84. “Raise the Red Lantern” (1991)- Zhang Yimou
\n85. “Perfect Blue” (1997)- Satoshi Kon
\n86. “Hour of the Wolf” (1968)- Ingmar Bergman
\n87. “The Trial” (1962)- Orson Welles
\n88. “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” (2001)- Steven Spielberg
\n89. “Heavenly Creatures” (1994)- Peter Jackson
\n90. “The Night of the Hunter” (1955)- Charles Laughton
\n91. “White Heat” (1949)- Raoul Walsh
\n92. “The Usual Suspects” (1995)- Bryan Singer
\n93. “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997)- Atom Egoyan
\n94. “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1951)- Elia Kazan
\n95. “Broken Blossoms” (1919)- D.W. Griffith
\n96. “The Searchers” (1956)- John Ford
\n97. “The Seven Samurai” (1954)- Akira Kurosawa
\n98. “The Untouchables” (1987)- Brian De Palma
\n99. “Akira” (1988)- Katsuhiro Otomo
\n100. “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962)- David Lean <\/p>\n

45 Worst Films (MST3K Films Italicized; Non-MST3K Films in Bold Print)<\/u><\/b>
\n1. “Manos: The Hands of Fate”<\/i> (1966)
\n2. “Monster A Go-Go”<\/i> (1965)
\n3. “An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn”<\/b> (1998)
\n4. “Red Zone Cuba”<\/i> (1966)
\n5. “Time Chasers”<\/i> (1994)
\n6. “Return of the King”<\/b> (1980)
\n7. “Spawn”<\/b> (1997)
\n8. “3000 Miles to Graceland”<\/b> (2001)
\n9. “The Giant Spider Invasion”<\/i> (1975)
\n10. “Turbulence”<\/b> (1997)
\n11. “Showgirls”<\/b> (1995)
\n12. “Glen or Glenda”<\/b> (1953)
\n13. “Hush”<\/b> (1998)
\n14. “The Starfighters”<\/i> (1964)
\n15. “Idle Hands”<\/b> (1999)
\n16. “The Final Sarcrifice”<\/i> (1990)
\n17. “Werewolf”<\/i> (1996)
\n18. “Crash”<\/b> (1997)
\n19. “Four Rooms”<\/b> (1995)
\n20. “Whipped”<\/b> (2000)
\n21. “Laserblast”<\/i> (1978)
\n22. “National Lampoon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Van Wilder”<\/b> (2002)
\n23. “Soul Survivors”<\/b> (2001)
\n24. “Hobgoblins”<\/i> (1987)
\n25. “Sphere”<\/b> (1998)
\n26. “I Accused My Parents”<\/i> (1945)
\n27. “Body of Evidence”<\/b> (1993)
\n28. “Eegah”<\/i> (1962)
\n29. “The Sea”<\/b> (2003)
\n30. “Godsend”<\/b> (2004)
\n31. “Virus”<\/b> (1999)
\n32. “The Killer Shrews”<\/i> (1959)
\n33. “Pumaman”<\/i> (1980)
\n34. “There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Something About Mary”<\/b> (1998)
\n35. “Bulletproof”<\/b> (1996)
\n36. “Mitchell”<\/i> (1975)
\n37. “Cave Dwellers”<\/i> (1984)
\n38. “Nine Months”<\/b> (1995)
\n39. “Rollerball”<\/b> (2002)
\n40. “Attack of the Eye Creatures”<\/i> (1965)
\n41. “Starship Troopers”<\/b> (1997)
\n42. “She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s So Lovely”<\/b> (1997)
\n43. “Blindfold: Acts of Obsession”<\/b> (1994)
\n44. “Hercules Against the Moon Men”<\/i> (1963)
\n45. “Striptease”<\/b> (1996)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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