(1974)
Dir: Joseph Sargent
| LORD'S TOP 100 MOVIES: 2024 EDITION |
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In 2021 I painstakingly created my Top 100 Movies list by carefully choosing from a list of 2,000+ films I have seen. In October 2024, I decided I needed to re-evaluate my favourite films and created a new list. For this project I did not consult my previous list because I did not want to be influenced by the films or the positioning of them from it. Instead, I pulled every film off my shelf and carefully created a brand new list. This is my final 100 - in the correct order, culled from a list of 2,000. And just to be clear, I am not suggesting these are the best 100 movies ever made... they are just MY personal favourites. And no, there is no CITIZEN KANE, THE GODFATHER, 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY etc...! |
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THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (1974) Dir: Joseph Sargent |
| 2 | (2) → |  |
12 ANGRY MEN (1957) Dir: Sidney Lumet |
| 3 | (1) ↓ |  |
FALLING DOWN (1993) Dir: Joel Schumacher |
| 4 | (4) → |  |
JAWS (1975) Dir: Steven Spielberg |
| 5 | (5) → |  |
STAND BY ME (1986) Dir: Rob Reiner |
| 6 | (6) → |  |
APOLLO 13 (1995) Dir: Ron Howard |
| 7 | (7) → |  |
PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES (1987) Dir: John Hughes |
| 8 | (8) → |  |
THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY (1995) Dir: Clint Eastwood |
| 9 | (9) → |  |
JACKIE BROWN (1997) Dir: Quentin Tarantino |
| 10 | (10) → |  |
NORTH SEA HIJACK (1980) Dir: Andrew V. McLaglen |
| 11 | (11) → |  |
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (1958) Dir: Roy Ward Baker |
| 12 | (14) ↑ |  |
PSYCHO (1960) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock |
| 13 | (41) ↑ |  |
THE GREEN MILE (1999) Dir: Frank Darabont |
| 14 | (39) ↑ |  |
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) Dir: Steven Spielberg |
| 15 | (20) ↑ |  |
RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983) Dir: Richard Marquand |
| 16 | (30) ↑ |  |
MOANA (2016) Dir: Ron Clements/John Musker |
| 17 | (40) ↑ |  |
AS GOOD AS IT GETS (1997) Dir: James L. Brooks |
| 18 | (27) ↑ |  |
TRADING PLACES (1983) Dir: John Landis |
| 19 | (24) ↑ |  |
ONE HOUR PHOTO (2002) Dir: Mark Romanek |
| 20 | (13) ↓ |  |
ROPE (1948) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock |
| 21 | (31) ↑ |  |
THE ANGRIEST MAN IN BROOKLYN (2014) Dir: Phil Alden Robinson |
| 22 | (62) ↑ |  |
PSYCHO II (1983) Dir: Richard Franklin |
| 23 | (16) ↓ |  |
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980) Dir: Irvin Kershner |
| 24 | (19) ↓ |  |
THE BREAKFAST CLUB (1985) Dir: John Hughes |
| 25 | (29) ↑ |  |
ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ (1979) Dir: Don Siegel |
| 26 | (12) ↓ |  |
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1957) Dir: Billy Wilder |
| 27 | (17) ↓ |  |
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994) Dir: Frank Darabont |
| 28 | (22) ↓ |  |
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (1999) Dir: Peter Jackson |
| 29 | (15) ↓ |  |
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975) Dir: Milos Forman |
| 30 | (58) ↑ |  |
PHONE BOOTH (2002) Dir: Joel Schumacher |
| 31 | (25) ↓ |  |
THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX (1965) Dir: Robert Aldrich |
| 32 | (28) ↓ |  |
COOL HAND LUKE (1967) Dir: Stuart Rosenberg |
| 33 | (21) ↓ |  |
THE STING (1973) Dir: George Roy Hill |
| 34 | (-) ↑ |  |
AMERICAN BEAUTY (1999) Dir: Sam Mendes |
| 35 | (35) → |  |
A FEW GOOD MEN (1992) Dir: Rob Reiner |
| 36 | (60) ↑ |  |
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981) Dir: John Landis |
| 37 | (47) ↑ |  |
THE TOWERING INFERNO (1974) Dir: John Guillermin |
| 38 | (37) ↓ |  |
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991) Dir: James Cameron |
| 39 | (70) ↑ |  |
DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE (1995) Dir: John McTiernan |
| 40 | (44) ↑ |  |
HOME ALONE (1990) Dir: Chris Columbus |
| 41 | (52) ↑ |  |
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY (2012) Dir: Peter Jackson |
| 42 | (49) ↑ |  |
GOOD WILL HUNTING (1997) Dir: Gus Van Sant |
| 43 | (32) ↓ |  |
THE ENGLISH PATIENT (1996) Dir: Anthony Minghella |
| 44 | (23) ↓ |  |
TITANIC (1997) Dir: James Cameron |
| 45 | (57) ↑ |  |
DEVIL (2010) Dir: John Erick Dowdle |
| 46 | (80) ↑ |  |
HERCULES (1997) Dir: Ron Clements/John Musker |
| 47 | (-) ↑ |  |
A BRONX TALE (1993) Dir: Robert De Niro |
| 48 | (45) ↓ |  |
ROLLERCOASTER (1977) Dir: James Goldstone |
| 49 | (48) ↓ |  |
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975) Dir: Jim Sharman |
| 50 | (18) ↓ |  |
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (2002) Dir: Peter Jackson |
| 51 | (33) ↓ |  |
IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD (1963) Dir: Stanley Kramer |
| 52 | (-) ↑ |  |
LE FABULEUX DESTIN D'AMÉLIE POULAIN (2001) Dir: Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| 53 | (34) ↓ |  |
RANSOM (1996) Dir: Ron Howard |
| 54 | (66) ↑ |  |
CRIMSON TIDE (1995) Dir: Tony Scott |
| 55 | (72) ↑ |  |
THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972) Dir: Ronald Neame |
| 56 | (38) ↓ |  |
THE GAUNTLET (1977) Dir: Clint Eastwood |
| 57 | (56) ↓ |  |
PER QUALCHE DOLLARO IN PIÙ (FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE) (1965) Dir: Sergio Leone |
| 58 | (55) ↓ |  |
THE DIRTY DOZEN (1967) Dir: Robert Aldrich |
| 59 | (-) ↑ |  |
GREEN BOOK (2018) Dir: Peter Farrelly |
| 60 | (74) ↑ |  |
MRS. DOUBTFIRE (1993) Dir: Chris Columbus |
| 61 | (81) ↑ |  |
CRASH (2004) Dir: Paul Haggis |
| 62 | (-) ↑ |  |
KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979) Dir: Robert Benton |
| 63 | (-) ↑ |  |
DIE HARD (1988) Dir: John McTiernan |
| 64 | (65) ↑ |  |
BLOODSPORT (1988) Dir: Newt Arnold |
| 65 | (42) ↓ |  |
HALLOWEEN 4: THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS (1988) Dir: Dwight H. Little |
| 66 | (51) ↓ |  |
JFK (1991) Dir: Oliver Stone |
| 67 | (69) ↑ |  |
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976) Dir: Alan J. Pakula |
| 68 | (54) ↓ |  |
MIDWAY (1976) Dir: Jack Smight |
| 69 | (-) ↑ |  |
ALIEN (1979) Dir: Ridley Scott |
| 70 | (-) ↑ |  |
THELMA & LOUISE (1991) Dir: Ridley Scott |
| 71 | (-) ↑ |  |
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG (2013) Dir: Peter Jackson |
| 72 | (-) ↑ |  |
THE STRAIGHT STORY (1999) Dir: David Lynch |
| 73 | (67) ↓ |  |
WOLF CREEK (2005) Dir: Greg McLean |
| 74 | (-) ↑ |  |
BASIC INSTINCT (1992) Dir: Paul Verhoeven |
| 75 | (26) ↓ |  |
THE MAN WHO HAUNTED HIMSELF (1970) Dir: Basil Reardon |
| 76 | (91) ↑ |  |
ALIENS (1986) Dir: James Cameron |
| 77 | (94) ↑ |  |
THE EIGER SANCTION (1975) Dir: Clint Eastwood |
| 78 | (83) ↑ |  |
THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE (1992) Dir: Curtis Hanson |
| 79 | (92) ↑ |  |
CROCODILE DUNDEE (1986) Dir: Peter Faiman |
| 80 | (36) ↓ |  |
WALL STREET (1987) Dir: Oliver Stone |
| 81 | (-) ↑ |  |
ESCAPE PLAN (2013) Dir: Mikael Håfström |
| 82 | (-) ↑ |  |
THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES (1990) Dir: Brian De Palma |
| 83 | (99) ↑ |  |
DIRTY HARRY (1971) Dir: Don Siegel |
| 84 | (-) ↑ |  |
POINT BREAK (1991) Dir: Kathryn Bigelow |
| 85 | (89) ↑ |  |
HALLOWEEN (1978) Dir: John Carpenter |
| 86 | (-) ↑ |  |
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947) Dir: George Seaton |
| 87 | (-) ↑ |  |
THE BIG JOB (1965) Dir: Gerald Thomas |
| 88 | (73) ↓ |  |
THE GAME (1997) Dir: David Fincher |
| 89 | (46) ↓ |  |
QUADROPHENIA (1979) Dir: Franc Roddam |
| 90 | (-) ↑ |  |
KING OF THIEVES (2018) Dir: James Marsh |
| 91 | (78) ↓ |  |
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938) Dir: Michael Curtiz/William Keighley |
| 92 | (68) ↓ |  |
SINK THE BISMARK! (1960) Dir: Lewis Gilbert |
| 93 | (-) ↑ |  |
CAPE FEAR (1991) Dir: Martin Scorsese |
| 94 | (53) ↓ |  |
IN THE LINE OF FIRE (1993) Dir: Wolfgang Petersen |
| 95 | (-) ↑ |  |
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957) Dir: David Lean |
| 96 | (-) ↑ |  |
THE SHINING (1980) Dir: Stanley Kubrick |
| 97 | (90) ↓ |  |
AWAKENINGS (1990) Dir: Penny Marshall |
| 98 | (86) ↓ |  |
THE VERDICT (1946) Dir: Don Siegel |
| 99 | (-) ↑ |  |
ARMAGEDDON (1998) Dir: Michael Bay |
| 100 | (-) ↑ |  |
THE TERMINAL (2004) Dir: Steven Spielberg |