Wednesday, June 18, 2008

EW's Top 100 New Movie Classics

Entertainment Weekly has decided to compile a list of what they believe are the best movies of the past 25 years. I'll list them here for all of you to see and possibly debate. I'll also include parenthetical notation for the ones on the list that I have seen.

100. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (seen)
99. The Blair Witch Project (seen)
98. The Talented Mr. Ripley (seen)
97. Glory
96. Far From Heaven
95. In the Mood For Love
94. Full Metal Jacket
93. Ed Wood
92. Menace II Society
91. Back to the Future (seen)
90. Napoleon Dynamite
89. Breaking the Waves
88. Austin Powers: Internation Man of Mystery (seen)
87. Swingers
86. Y Tu Mama Tambien
85. The 40 Year Old Virgin (seen)
84. Sideways
83. Evil Dead 2
82. Lost in Translation
81. Moonstruck
80. Michael Clayton (seen)
79. Waiting for Guffman (seen)
78. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (seen)
77. Sid and Nancy
76. The Departed (seen)
75. Out of Africa
74. Drugstore Cowboy
73. Office Space (seen)
72. Thelma and Louise
71. Unforgiven (seen)
70. Broadcast News
69. All About My Mother
68. Witness
67. Donnie Brasco
66. Natural Born Killers
65. Dirty Dancing
64. No Country For Old Men (seen)
63. Big
62. Sex, Lies and Videotape
61. Beverly Hills Cop (seen)
60. Scream (seen)
59. L.A. Confidential (seen)
58. Ghostbusters (seen)
57. There's Something About Mary (seen)
56. The Lives of Others
55. Risky Business
54. Fatal Attraction (seen)
53. The Truman Show (seen)
52. The Naked Gun (seen)
51. There Will Be Blood
50. The Piano
49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
48. Scarface
47. Men in Black (seen)
46. Children of Men (seen)
45. Rain Man (seen)
44. The Player
43. Gladiator (seen)
42. Clueless
41. Dazed and Confused
40. Speed (seen)
39. The Sixth Sense (seen)
38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (seen)
37. Pretty Woman (seen)
36. Spider-Man 2 (seen)
35. The Incredibles (seen)
34. Fargo (seen)
33. The Breakfast Club
32. Fight Club (seen)
31. Brokeback Mountain
30. When Harry Met Sally
29. The Bourne Supremacy (seen)
28. Wings of Desire
27. Aliens
26. Hoop Dreams
25. Shrek (seen)
24. A Room with a View
23. Memento (seen)
22. Rushmore
21. Schindler's List
20. The Lion King (seen)
19. Casino Royale (seen)
18. Do the Right Thing
17. Jerry Maguire (seen)
16. Boogie Nights
15. Edward Scissorhands (seen)
14. Crumb
13. Goodfellas
12. The Matrix (seen)
11. This is Spinal Tap
10. Moulin Rouge
9. Die Hard (seen)
8. The Silence of the Lambs (seen)
7. Hannah and Her Sisters
6. Saving Private Ryan (seen)
5. Toy Story (seen)
4. Blue Velvet
3. Titanic (seen)
2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (seen)
1. Pulp Fiction

This list was done in commemoration of Entertainment Weekly's 1000th issue. They've also done similar lists for TV, music, books and other assorted new entertainment classics. To check out those lists, you can buy the issue or check them out here.

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