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Top 100 Movies

These are the movies I consider among the greatest of all time, based on storytelling, performances, emotional impact, originality and the overall experience of watching them. The list is not currently ranked in order. Naturally, I can only include movies I have seen.
  1. Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
  2. Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade
  3. Armageddon
  4. The Godfather I
  5. The Godfather II
  6. The Rock
  7. Leaving Las Vegas
  8. The Dark Knight
  9. Memento
  10. Interstellar
  11. Inception
  12. Shutter Island
  13. The Sum of All Fears
  14. The Lord of the Rings III
  15. Terminator 2
  16. Top Gun
  17. Woman in Gold
  18. The Notebook
  19. Arbitrage
  20. Sabrina
  21. The Fugitive
  22. When Harry Met Sally…
  23. Schindler’s List
  24. Body Heat
  25. Working Girl
  26. Dreamgirls
  27. The Bodyguard
  28. Father of the Bride I & II
  29. Back to School
  30. Rocky
  31. Trading Places
  32. Warrior
  33. The Ten Commandments
  34. Exodus: Gods and Kings
  35. Sophie’s Choice
  36. The Matrix Trilogy
  37. Click
  38. The Family Man
  39. Back to the Future
  40. Live by Night
  41. North by Northwest
  42. Titanic
  43. Rounders
  44. Goldfinger
  45. Star Wars
  46. Spaceballs
  47. The Da Vinci Code
  48. Forrest Gump
  49. Cast Away
  50. The Thirteenth Floor
  51. A Beautiful Mind
  52. Noah
  53. Gladiator
  54. Wall Street
  55. Michael Clayton
  56. Face/Off
  57. Oppenheimer
  58. Spotlight
  59. Moneyball
  60. The Social Network
  61. Saving Private Ryan
  62. Remember
  63. No Country for Old Men
  64. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
  65. Hell or High Water
  66. The Departed
  67. The Shawshank Redemption
  68. Goodfellas
  69. Pulp Fiction
  70. The Silence of the Lambs
  71. Good Will Hunting
  72. A Few Good Men
  73. Heat
  74. Casino
  75. The Wolf of Wall Street
  76. Catch Me If You Can
  77. Fight Club
  78. Se7en
  79. The Usual Suspects
  80. The Prestige
  81. Dunkirk
  82. 2001: A Space Odyssey
  83. Jaws
  84. Jurassic Park
  85. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  86. Braveheart
  87. Apollo 13
  88. There Will Be Blood
  89. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
  90. 12 Angry Men
  91. Casablanca
  92. Citizen Kane
  93. Lawrence of Arabia
  94. Raging Bull
  95. Taxi Driver
  96. Remember
  97. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  98. The Pianist
  99. Life Is Beautiful
  100. The Graduate

JG’s Top 100 Rewatchable Movies

These are not necessarily the “best” movies ever in an Oscar contest. They are entertaining, comfortable, motivating, nostalgic or engrossing movies that I repeatedly enjoy watching. The list is not ranked in order. Sequels and franchises may count as one selection.
  1. Miracle
  2. National Treasure 1 & 2
  3. Enemy at the Gates
  4. The Legend of Bagger Vance
  5. John Wick: Chapter 4
  6. Air
  7. The Martian
  8. The Thomas Crown Affair
  9. Blue Chips
  10. Ocean’s Eleven, Twelve & Thirteen
  11. Molly’s Game
  12. The Fabelmans
  13. Minority Report
  14. Behind Enemy Lines
  15. American Sniper
  16. Kingsman 1 & 2 & The King’s Man
  17. The Graduate
  18. Bloodsport
  19. The Quest
  20. Kickboxer
  21. Drive
  22. Transformers: The Last Knight
  23. It’s Complicated
  24. Goldeneye, Casino Royale & No Time to Die
  25. Private Parts
  26. The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
  27. The Devil Wears Prada 1 & 2
  28. Predestination
  29. The Mighty Ducks 1 & 2
  30. The First Wives Club
  31. Happy Gilmore
  32. Rush Hour 1 & 2
  33. I Wanna Dance with Somebody
  34. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
  35. Mamma Mia!
  36. Matchstick Men
  37. Groundhog Day
  38. The Driver
  39. Cliffhanger
  40. Demolition Man
  41. Rush
  42. True Lies
  43. Commando
  44. Die Hard
  45. Mission Impossible Movies
  46. The Accountant
  47. The Town
  48. Con Air
  49. Gone in 60 Seconds
  50. The Transporter
  51. Star Wars Episodes II & III
  52. Limitless
  53. Lone Survivor
  54. Raiders of the Lost Ark & Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade & Dial of Destiny
  55. Armageddon
  56. The Rock
  57. The Dark Knight Trilogy
  58. Interstellar
  59. Inception
  60. Shutter Island
  61. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
  62. The Terminator & Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  63. Top Gun & Top Gun: Maverick
  64. The Notebook
  65. Margin Call
  66. Rocky, Rocky II & Rocky IV
  67. Trading Places
  68. Warrior
  69. The Matrix Trilogy
  70. Click
  71. The Family Man
  72. Back to the Future Parts I & II
  73. Rounders
  74. The Bourne Identity, Supremacy & Ultimatum
  75. The Da Vinci Code & Angels & Demons
  76. Forrest Gump
  77. Cast Away
  78. Gladiator
  79. Wall Street & Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
  80. Face/Off
  81. Moneyball
  82. The Social Network
  83. Hell or High Water
  84. The Departed
  85. The Godfather Parts I & II
  86. Memento
  87. The Sum of All Fears
  88. When Harry Met Sally…
  89. Too Big to Fail
  90. Back to School
  91. Pirates of the Caribbean Movies
  92. Titanic
  93. The Thirteenth Floor
  94. Jerry Maguire
  95. Michael Clayton
  96. Oppenheimer
  97. Saving Private Ryan
  98. No Country for Old Men
  100. The Big Short
 

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