Davids 100 Favourite Films

(in as good an order as I could come up with, I keep changing my mind all the time)

These are my favourite films for various reasons be it personal, enjoyability or just pure quality

The top tiers of the list combine all three



1. This is Spinal Tap

2. Once Upon a Time in the West

3. The Godfather

4. Star Wars Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back

5. Apocalypse Now

6. Fight Club

7. Raiders Of The Lost Ark

8. The Godfather Part 2

9. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds

10. Stand By Me

11. Chinatown

12. Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope

13. The Third Man

14. Delicatessen

15. Lord of the Rings (the Whole Trilogy)

16. Alien

17. Rear Window

18. Jaws

19. The Conversation

20. Aliens

21. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

22. Twelve Angry Men

23. Blade Runner

24. Pulp Fiction

  1. Star Wars Episode 6: Return of the Jedi

  2. Monty Python’s Life of Brian

  3. Dr Strangelove

  4. Citizen Kane

29. Casablanca

30. Amelie

31. The Shawshank Redemption

32. Kind Hearts and Coronets

33. Lawrence Of Arabia

34. Die Hard

35. The Apartment

36. Fargo

37. Se7en

38. Akira

39. Donnie Darko

40. The Truman Show

41. Being John Malcovich

42. Psycho

43. Network

44. Schindler’s List

  1. Back to the Future

  2. Blue Velvet

47. LA Confidential

48. Terminator 2

49. Hero (2002)

50. Night of the Living Dead

  1. Dirty Harry

  2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

  3. Trainspotting

  4. North by Northwest

55. The Shining

56. Memento

57. Some Like it Hot

58. Picnic at Hanging Rock

59. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

60. Magnolia

61. Usual Suspects

62. The Man Who Wasn’t There

63. Taxi Driver

64. Clerks

65. Princess Mononoke

66. The Killer

67. Diner

68. Goldfinger

69. The Big Lebowski

70. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

71. Evil Dead 2

72. King of Comedy

73. Enter the Dragon

74. Platoon

75. Jurassic Park

76. Halloween

77. Heat

78. Living in Oblivion

79. The Thing

80. Reservoir Dogs

  1. Dazed and Confused

  2. King Kong (1933)

  3. Toy Story

84. Iron Monkey (1993)

85. Groundhog Day

  1. American Beauty

  2. Three Colours: Blue

  3. Chungking Express

  4. Finding Nemo

90. Touch of Evil

91. Brick

92. National Lampoon’s Animal House

93. A Matter of Life and Death

94. The Wild Bunch

95. Dark Days

96. Grosse Pointe Blank

97. Ratatouille

98. In the Mood For Love

99. City of God

100. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure