{"id":9765,"date":"2019-03-14T15:18:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T15:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/?p=9765"},"modified":"2019-03-16T12:08:42","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T12:08:42","slug":"brians-movie-250-2019-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/brians-movie-250-2019-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian’s Movie 250 – 2019 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the preparation of looking forward to my Oscar podcast, Patreon rewards and blogs in general for Sonic Cinema, it occurred to me that it had been a while since I have posted some of my all-time lists. Going through them, working on fine-tuning them, I felt it was time to do so again. Patrons of Sonic Cinema<\/a> got an advanced look at the lists below, which are the 100 best films I’ve ever seen, my 100 favorite films, and the 50 worst films I’ve ever seen. I think there’s a lot to chew on here, and I hope you enjoy doing so!<\/p>\n

Brian’s 100 Best Films<\/strong><\/span>
\n1. “Vertigo”<\/em><\/a> (1958; Alfred Hitchcock)
\n2. “2001: A Space Odyssey”<\/em><\/a> (1968; Stanley Kubrick)
\n3. “Schindler’s List”<\/em><\/a> (1993; Steven Spielberg)
\n4. “Pulp Fiction”<\/em><\/a> (1994; Quentin Tarantino)
\n5. “Andrei Rublev”<\/em><\/a> (1966; Andrei Tarkovsky)
\n6. “Sherlock Jr.”<\/em><\/a> (1924; Buster Keaton)
\n7. “The Fantasia Anthology”<\/em><\/a> (1940 & 2000; Walt & Roy E. Disney, Exec. Producers)
\n8. “Ran”<\/em><\/a> (1985; Akira Kurosawa)
\n9. “GoodFellas”<\/em><\/a> (1990; Martin Scorsese)
\n10. “Gone With the Wind”<\/em><\/a> (1939; David O. Selznick, Producer)
\n11. “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial”<\/em><\/a> (1982; Steven Spielberg)
\n12. “Nosferatu”<\/em><\/a> (1922; F.W. Murneau)
\n13. “The Manchurian Candidate”<\/em><\/a> (1962; John Frankenheimer)
\n14. “Star Wars: A New Hope”<\/em><\/a> (1977; George Lucas)
\n15. “Saving Private Ryan”<\/em><\/a> (1998; Steven Spielberg)
\n16. “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”<\/em><\/a> (2004; Michel Gondry)
\n17. “The Big Sleep”<\/em><\/a> (1946; Howard Hawks)
\n18. “Dark City”<\/em><\/a> (1998; Alex Proyas)
\n19. \u201cCloud Atlas\u201d<\/em><\/a> (2012; Lana & Lily Wachowski, Tom Tykwer)
\n20. “Wall-E”<\/em><\/a> (2008; Andrew Stanton)
\n21. “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying\u2026”<\/em><\/a> (1964; Stanley Kubrick)
\n22. “Touch of Evil”<\/em><\/a> (1958; Orson Welles)
\n23. “Apocalypse Now”<\/em><\/a> (1979; Francis Ford Coppola)
\n24. “8 1\/2”<\/em><\/a> (1963; Federicio Fellini)
\n25. “Rebecca”<\/em><\/a> (1940; Alfred Hitchcock)
\n26. “Metropolis”<\/em><\/a> (1927; Fritz Lang)
\n27. “The Lord of the Rings”<\/em><\/a> (2001-2003; Peter Jackson)
\n28. “Ikiru”<\/em><\/a> (1952; Akira Kurosawa)
\n29. “Greed”<\/em><\/a> (1925; Erich von Stroheim)
\n30. “The Good the Bad and the Ugly”<\/em><\/a> (1967; Sergio Leone)
\n31. “The Wizard of Oz”<\/em><\/a> (1939; Victor Fleming)
\n32. “The Godfather”<\/em><\/a> (1972; Francis Ford Coppola)
\n33. “Intolerance”<\/em><\/a> (1916; D.W. Griffith)
\n34. “Wild Strawberries”<\/em><\/a> (1957; Ingmar Bergman)
\n35. “Aguirre, the Wrath of God”<\/em><\/a> (1972; Werner Herzog)
\n36. “The Last Temptation of Christ”<\/em><\/a> (1988; Martin Scorsese)
\n37. “Fargo”<\/em><\/a> (1996; Joel Coen)
\n38. “Spirited Away”<\/em><\/a> (2001; Hayao Miyazaki)
\n39. “Psycho”<\/em><\/a> (1960; Alfred Hitchcock)
\n40. “Raging Bull”<\/em><\/a> (1980; Martin Scorsese)
\n41. “It’s a Wonderful Life”<\/em><\/a> (1946; Frank Capra)
\n42. “The Maltese Falcon”<\/em><\/a> (1941; John Huston)
\n43. “Casablanca”<\/em><\/a> (1942; Michael Curtiz)
\n44. “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back”<\/em><\/a> (1980; Irvin Kershner)
\n45. “Raiders of the Lost Ark”<\/em><\/a> (1981; Steven Spielberg)
\n46. “King Kong”<\/em><\/a> (1933; Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack)
\n47. “Toy Story 2”<\/em><\/a> (1999; John Lassiter)
\n48. “City Lights”<\/em><\/a> (1931; Charlie Chaplin)
\n49. “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre”<\/em><\/a> (1948; John Huston)
\n50. “Singin’ in the Rain”<\/em><\/a> (1952; Gene Kelly & Stanley Donan)
\n51. “Lawrence of Arabia”<\/em><\/a> (1962; David Lean)
\n52. \u201cLa Dolce Vita\u201d<\/em><\/a> (1960; Federico Fellini)
\n53. “Sunset Blvd.”<\/em><\/a> (1950; Billy Wilder)
\n54. “Citizen Kane”<\/em><\/a> (1941; Orson Welles)
\n55. “Cat People”<\/em><\/a> (1942; Jacques Tourneur)
\n56. “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”<\/em><\/a> (1939; Frank Capra)
\n57. “JFK”<\/em><\/a> (1991; Oliver Stone)
\n58. “Ghost in the Shell”<\/em><\/a> (1995; Mamoru Oshii)
\n59. “Jaws”<\/em><\/a> (1975; Steven Spielberg)
\n60. “Do the Right Thing”<\/em><\/a> (1989; Spike Lee)
\n61. “Our Hospitality”<\/em><\/a> (1923; Buster Keaton & John Blystone)
\n62. “The Masque of the Red Death”<\/em><\/a> (1964; Roger Corman)
\n63. “Edward Scissorhands”<\/em><\/a> (1990; Tim Burton)
\n64. “Some Like It Hot”<\/em><\/a> (1959; Billy Wilder)
\n65. “Stalker”<\/em><\/a> (1979; Andrei Tarkovsky)
\n66. “Bride of Frankenstein”<\/em><\/a> (1935; James Whale)
\n67. “Amadeus”<\/em><\/a> (1984; Milos Forman)
\n68. “Haxan”<\/em><\/a> (1922; Benjamin Christensen)
\n69. “North By Northwest”<\/em><\/a> (1959; Alfred Hitchcock)
\n70. “L.A. Confidential”<\/em><\/a> (1997; Curtis Hanson)
\n71. \u201cDay for Night\u201d<\/em><\/a> (1973; Francois Truffaut)
\n72. “Pink Floyd The Wall”<\/em><\/a> (1982; Alan Parker)
\n73. “The Trial”<\/em><\/a> (1962; Orson Welles)
\n74. \u201cThe Dead\u201d<\/em><\/a> (1987; John Huston)
\n75. “In a Lonely Place”<\/em><\/a> (1950; Nicholas Ray)
\n76. “Mulholland Dr.”<\/em><\/a> (2001; David Lynch)
\n77. \u201cThe Silence of the Lambs”<\/em><\/a> (1991; Jonathan Demme)
\n78. “Horror of Dracula”<\/em><\/a> (1958; Terence Fisher)
\n79. \u201cRear Window\u201d<\/em><\/a> (1954; Alfred Hitchcock)
\n80. “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”<\/em><\/a> (1937; David Hand, Supervising Director)
\n81. \u201cAnnie Hall\u201d<\/em><\/a> (1977; Woody Allen)
\n82. “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”<\/em><\/a> (1920; Robert Weine)
\n83. “Seven Samurai”<\/em><\/a> (1954; Akira Kurosawa)
\n84. “Woodstock”<\/em><\/a> (1970; Michael Wadleigh)
\n85. \u201cIf Beale Street Could Talk\u201d<\/em><\/a> (2018; Barry Jenkins)
\n86. “Roger & Me”<\/em><\/a> (1989; Michael Moore)
\n87. “There Will Be Blood”<\/em><\/a> (2007; Paul Thomas Anderson)
\n88. “The Godfather Pt. II”<\/em><\/a> (1974; Francis Ford Coppola)
\n89. “Unforgiven”<\/em><\/a> (1992; Clint Eastwood)
\n90. “Perfect Blue”<\/em><\/a> (1997; Satoshi Kon)
\n91. “The Mirror”<\/em><\/a> (1975; Andrei Tarkovsky)
\n92. “Parenthood”<\/em><\/a> (1989; Ron Howard)
\n93. “Au Hasard Balthazar”<\/em><\/a> (1965; Robert Bresson)
\n94. “Lolita”<\/em><\/a> (1997; Adrian Lyne)
\n95. “The Great Dictator”<\/em><\/a> (1940; Charlie Chaplin)
\n96. “12 Monkeys”<\/em><\/a> (1995; Terry Gilliam)
\n97. \u201cGodzilla\u201d<\/em><\/a> (1954; Ishiro Honda)
\n98. “Princess Mononoke”<\/em><\/a> (1997; Hayao Miyazaki)
\n99. \u201cThe Sting\u201d<\/em><\/a> (1973; George Roy Hill)
\n100. \u201cThe Purple Rose of Cairo\u201d<\/em><\/a> (1985; Woody Allen)<\/p>\n

Brian’s 100 Favorite Movies<\/strong><\/span>
\n1. “Sherlock Jr.”<\/em><\/a> (1924)
\n2. “The Crow”<\/em><\/a> (1994)
\n3. \u201cHugo\u201d<\/em><\/a> (2011)
\n4. The \u201cStar Wars\u201d Franchise<\/em><\/a> (1977-2018)
\n5. “The Whole Wide World”<\/em><\/a> (1996)
\n6. “Braveheart”<\/em><\/a> (1995)
\n7. “Pulp Fiction”<\/em><\/a> (1994)
\n8. “Waking Life”<\/em><\/a> (2001)
\n9. “A.I. Artificial Intelligence”<\/em><\/a> (2001)
\n10. “Keeping the Faith”<\/em><\/a> (2000)
\n11. “Stalker”<\/em><\/a> (1979)
\n12. “Up”<\/em><\/a> (2009)
\n13. “Face\/Off”<\/em><\/a> (1997)
\n14. “2001: A Space Odyssey”<\/em><\/a> (1968)
\n15. “The Good the Bad and the Ugly”<\/em><\/a> (1967)
\n16. “Ed Wood”<\/em><\/a> (1994)
\n17. “High Fidelity”<\/em><\/a> (2000)
\n18. “A Few Good Men”<\/em><\/a> (1992)
\n19. “The Ref”<\/em><\/a> (1994)
\n20. “Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie”<\/em><\/a> (1996)
\n21. “A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies”<\/em><\/a> (1995)
\n22. “Il Mia Viaggio in Italia (My Voyage to Italy)”<\/em><\/a> (1999)
\n23. “Vertigo”<\/em><\/a> (1958)
\n24. “The Shining”<\/em><\/a> (1980)
\n25. \u201cCloud Atlas\u201d<\/em><\/a> (2012)
\n26. “Andrei Rublev”<\/em><\/a> (1966)
\n27. \u201cThe Last Temptation of Christ\u201d<\/em><\/a> (1988)
\n28. \u201cAmadeus\u201d<\/em><\/a> (1984)
\n29. “Predator”<\/em><\/a> (1987)
\n30. The \u201cHow to Train Your Dragon\u201d Trilogy<\/em><\/a> (2010-19)
\n31. \u201cMoneyball\u201d<\/em><\/a> (2011)
\n32. “Dark City”<\/em><\/a> (1998)
\n33. “The Fantasia Anthology”<\/em><\/a> (1940 & 2000)
\n34. \u201cArrival\u201d<\/em><\/a> (2016)
\n35. The “Spider-Man” Trilogy<\/em><\/a> (2002-2007)
\n36. \u201cThe Prestige\u201d<\/em><\/a> (2006)
\n37. “GoodFellas”<\/em><\/a> (1990)
\n38. “Ratatouille”<\/em><\/a> (2007)
\n39. \u201cDoctor Strange\u201d<\/em><\/a> (2016)
\n40. “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial”<\/em><\/a> (1982)
\n41. “Adaptation.”<\/em><\/a> (2002)
\n42. “Bowfinger”<\/em><\/a> (1999)
\n43. \u201cLife Itself\u201d<\/em><\/a> (2014)
\n44. “The Big Sleep”<\/em><\/a> (1946)
\n45. “Wall-E”<\/em><\/a> (2008)
\n46. “The Karate Kid”<\/em><\/a> (1984)
\n47. “A Christmas Story”<\/em><\/a> (1983)
\n48. “Young Frankenstein”<\/em><\/a> (1974)
\n49. “Arsenic and Old Lace”<\/em> (1944)
\n50. \u201cInterstellar\u201d<\/em><\/a> (2014)
\n51. “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”<\/em><\/a> (2004)
\n52. “Speed Racer”<\/em><\/a> (2008)
\n53. “Dogma”<\/em><\/a> (1999)
\n54. “Jurassic Park”<\/em><\/a> (1993)
\n55. \u201cThe Princess Bride\u201d<\/em><\/a> (1987)
\n56. “Cat People”<\/em><\/a> (1942)
\n57. \u201cApollo 13\u201d<\/em><\/a> (1995)
\n58. \u201cThe Goonies\u201d<\/em><\/a> (1985)
\n59. “JFK”<\/em><\/a> (1991)
\n60. “Broken Arrow”<\/em><\/a> (1996)
\n61. “The Fountain”<\/em><\/a> (2006)
\n62. “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back”<\/em><\/a> (2001)
\n63. “The Lord of the Rings”<\/em><\/a> (2001-2003) & \u201cThe Hobbit\u201d<\/em><\/a> (2012-14)
\n64. “Spaceballs”<\/em> (1987)
\n65. \u201cPacific Rim\u201d<\/em><\/a> (2013)
\n66. The “Indiana Jones” Adventures<\/em><\/a> (1981-2008)
\n67. “Serenity”<\/em><\/a> (2005)
\n68. “Mulholland Dr.”<\/em><\/a> (2001)
\n69. \u201cFriday the 13th\u201d<\/em> & \u201cPart 2\u201d<\/em><\/a> (1980-81)
\n70. “Eyes Wide Shut”<\/em><\/a> (1999)
\n71. “Evil Dead II”<\/em><\/a> (1987)
\n72. \u201cIt\u2019s a Wonderful Life\u201d<\/em><\/a> (1946)
\n73. \u201cSuper 8\u201d<\/em><\/a> (2011)
\n74. “Jackie Brown”<\/em><\/a> (1997)
\n75. “Independence Day”<\/em><\/a> (1996)
\n76. The “Before” Trilogy<\/em><\/a> (1995-2013)
\n77. “Lady Beware”<\/em><\/a> (1987)
\n78. “A Walk to Remember”<\/em><\/a> (2002)
\n79. \u201cReady Player One\u201d<\/em><\/a> (2018)
\n80. “Lost in La Mancha”<\/em> (2002)
\n81. The \u201cDark Knight\u201d Trilogy<\/em><\/a> (2005-2012)
\n82. “The Replacements”<\/em><\/a> (2000)
\n83. “The Adjustment Bureau”<\/em><\/a> (2011)
\n84. “Big Fish”<\/em><\/a> (2003)
\n85. “Simply Irresistible”<\/em><\/a> (1999)
\n86. Marvel’s “Avengers” Movies<\/em><\/a> (2012-18)
\n87. “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”<\/em> (1975)
\n88. “The Holiday”<\/em><\/a> (2006)
\n89. \u201cBaby Driver\u201d<\/em><\/a> (2017)
\n90. “Chance”<\/em><\/a> (2002)
\n91. The “Pitch Perfect” Trilogy<\/em><\/a> (2012-17)
\n92. “Rent”<\/em><\/a> (2005)
\n93. \u201c50\/50\u201d<\/em><\/a> (2011)
\n94. The “Lethal Weapon” Series<\/em><\/a> (1987-1998)
\n95. “Ikiru”<\/em><\/a> (1952)
\n96. “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World”<\/em><\/a> (2010)
\n97. “Swingers”<\/em><\/a> (1996)
\n98. “Untitled: Almost Famous- The Bootleg Cut”<\/em><\/a> (2000)
\n99. “Mr. Holland’s Opus”<\/em><\/a> (1995)
\n100. \u201cBack to the Future\u201d Trilogy<\/em><\/a> (1985-90)<\/p>\n

50 Worst Movies<\/strong><\/span>
\n1. \u201cI Spit on Your Grave\u201d<\/em><\/a> (1978)
\n2. “An Alan Smithee Film Burn Hollywood Burn”<\/em><\/a> (1998)
\n3. “Glen or Glenda”<\/em><\/a> (1953)
\n4. “Troll 2”<\/em> (1990)
\n5. “The Room”<\/em><\/a> (2003)
\n6. “Turbulence”<\/em> (1997)
\n7. “3000 Miles to Graceland”<\/em> (2001)
\n8. “Birdemic: Shock and Terror”<\/em> (2010)
\n9. “Spawn”<\/em> (1997)
\n10. “Whipped”<\/em> (2000)
\n11. “Friday the 13th: Part VIII- Jason Takes Manhattan”<\/em> (1988)
\n12. “Basic Instinct 2”<\/em><\/a> (2006)
\n13. “In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale”<\/em><\/a> (2008)
\n14. \u201cLaser Mission\u201d<\/em><\/a> (1989)
\n15. “Alien vs. Predator”<\/em><\/a> (2004)
\n16. “Showgirls”<\/em><\/a> (1995)
\n17. “Soldier”<\/em> (1998)
\n18. “Crash”<\/em> (1996)
\n19. “Hush”<\/em> (1998)
\n20. “Four Rooms”<\/em> (1995)
\n21. “Bulletproof”<\/em> (1996)
\n22. “Sphere”<\/em> (1998)
\n23. “Body of Evidence”<\/em> (1993)
\n24. \u201cGodzilla\u201d<\/em><\/a> (1998)
\n25. “Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000”<\/em><\/a> (2000)
\n26. “Jail Bait”<\/em><\/a> (1954)
\n27. “Armageddon”<\/em><\/a> (1998)
\n28. “My Soul to Take”<\/em><\/a> (2010)
\n29. “Nine Months”<\/em> (1995)
\n30. “The Crow: Wicked Prayer”<\/em><\/a> (2005)
\n31. “Blindfold: Acts of Obsession”<\/em> (1994)
\n32. “Twilight”<\/em><\/a> (2008)
\n33. “Natural Born Killers”<\/em> (1994)
\n34. \u201cHoward the Duck\u201d<\/em><\/a> (1986)
\n35. \u201cMovie 43\u201d<\/em> (2013)
\n36. “Striptease”<\/em> (1996)
\n37. \u201cThe Ridiculous 6\u201d<\/em><\/a> (2015)
\n38. \u201cGodzilla, King of the Monsters!\u201d<\/em><\/a> (1956)
\n39. “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed”<\/em><\/a> (2008)
\n40. “Bride of the Monster”<\/em><\/a> (1956)
\n41. “An American Carol”<\/em> (2008)
\n42. \u201cBatman and Robin\u201d<\/em><\/a> (1997)
\n43. “The Island of Dr. Moreau”<\/em> (1996)
\n44. \u201cWild Wild West\u201d<\/em> (1999)
\n45. “Rollerball”<\/em> (2002)
\n46. “The Million Dollar Hotel”<\/em><\/a> (2000)
\n47. \u201cSuperman IV: The Quest for Peace\u201d<\/em><\/a> (1987)
\n48. “The Love Guru”<\/em><\/a> (2008)
\n49. “Swept Away”<\/em> (2002)
\n50. “Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever”<\/em> (2002)<\/p>\n

Viva La Resistance!<\/p>\n

Brian Skutle<\/p>\n

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