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I was excited to watch the Super Bowl this year. I received a new flat-screen TV for Christmas that replaced my crappy old-fashioned, weighs-more-than-a-small-truck TV. One of my favorite teams was playing—the 49ers, and Beyoncé was singing at half-time. I couldn’t ask for anything more.
Come kick-off time, I kicked the boys off the X-Box, sat down with my dieting snacks (string cheese, sugar snap peas, and a cup of coffee) and switched to TV mode, only to find out I didn’t get CBS. I get NBC, ABC, and FOX, but NO CBS! Since I don’t watch TV, I didn’t know this beforehand, and obviously I don’t subscribe to cable, so…yeah. I felt like crying.
Of course, my son and his friends did a loud cheer and immediately resumed their X-Box play. So there I sat, in front of my laptop, munching on low-fat string cheese, which I noted, has the exact consistency of a rubber bike tire. After a while, keeping track of the score online seemed even too pathetic and sad for me, so I decided to while away my time coming up with a list of 100 best movies of all time.
Now granted, this is a list of MY favorites, which is why Citizen Kane is NOT listed. It’s also comprised of only movies I’ve seen, which is why it’s severely lacking in any films from the last 10 years. Literally, the last ADULT film I’ve seen in a theater was Monster’s Ball, and I was pregnant at the time. Every other foray to the cinema since has been to see G-rated movies. Yes, I’m aware my growth has been stunted, as well as my social skills due to lack of dating, but I’m going to have one hellava catch-up list when I’m a senior citizen. I chose these films either because of the impression they made on me, the fact that I can see them over and over, or the powerful, moving, and/or funny performances given by the actor (s). So without further ado…
Here are my 100 BEST FILMS in alphabetical order
1. A Christmas Story
2. A Fish Called Wanda
3. A Room with a View
4. A Streetcar Named Desire
5. Adaptation
6. After Hours
7. As Good As It Gets
8. Back to the Future
9. Before Sunrise
10. Big
11. Body Heat
12. Braveheart
13. Casablanca
14. Casino
15. Castaway
16. Chocolat
17. Christmas Vacation
18. Cinema Paradiso
19. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
20. Crash
21. Dangerous Liaisons
22. Despicable Me
23. Die Hard
24. Dirty Dancing
25. Dog Day Afternoon
26. Elf
27. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
28. Flashdance
29. Forrest Gump
30. Four Weddings and a Funeral
31. Glengarry Glen Ross
32. Gone with the Wind
33. GoodFellas
34. Grease
35. Groundhog Day
36. Halloween
37. Harold and Maude
38. Hitch
39. Home Alone
40. Impromptu
41. It’s Complicated
42. Jaws
43. Jean de Florette
44. Kramer vs. Kramer
45. La Dolce Vita
46. La Femme Nikita
47. Like Water for Chocolate
48. Living Out Loud
49. Love Actually
50. Moonstruck
51. Murder by Death
52. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
53. Office Space
54. Pretty Woman
55. Pulp Fiction
56. Raging Bull
57. Raiders of the Lost Ark
58. Rebecca
59. Risky Business
60. Romeo and Juliet
61. Saving Private Ryan
62. Schindler’s List
63. Shrek
64. Sleepless in Seattle
65. Some Like it Hot
66. Something’s Gotta Give
67. Stand By Me
68. Terminator 2
69. Terms of Endearment
70. The African Queen
71. The Age of Innocence
72. The Blind Side
73. The Bridges of Madison County
74. The Exorcist
75. The Game
76. The Godfather
77. The Godfather 2
78. The Kids Are All Right
79. The Lover
80. The Misfits
81. The Player
82. The Remains of the Day
83. The Shawshank Redemption
84. The Shining
85. The Silence of the Lambs
86. The Terminator
87. The Usual Suspects
88. The Warriors
89. The Wizard of Oz
90. Titanic
91. Tootsie
92. Toy Story
93. Toy Story 2
94. Trading Places
95. Vertigo
96. Waiting
97. What Lies Beneath
98. When Harry Met Sally
99. Young Frankenstein
100. 9½ Weeks
WHEW! Does anyone have any to add of their own?
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