A little while ago I attempted the impossible task of compiling my top 100 films. It was utterly futile, but also tremendously enjoyable. So, on balance, an excellent thing to do.
My original list is here: 101 Great Films, should you care to peruse it and snort disdainfully throughout at my ridiculous choices.
Making the list was an occasionally painful experience, as there are many films which almost-but-not-quite made the grade. I felt very sorry for a number of the 'nearly' films, as they are also fantastic and don't deserve to be cast out so cruelly.
So here we have the next 101 films that, though not quite the best I know, are excellent and magnificent pieces of work that bring me great pleasure. Among them are four or five films that got demoted from the top 101, to make way for new favourites. They are to be found, crying on the shoulders of the other films and saying "He used to love me, but now it's all about Jojo Rabbit"
And the other films pat them on the head and say, "Jojo's a cheap bitch, and he'll tire of her soon. Anyway, what's it like up there?"
I'm rambling. Here's the list. No, they're not necessarily classics. Yes, you probably think a lot of them should be a lot higher than the nonsense in the first list. Yes, I've alphabetised numbers by the letter they start with. I can do what I want.
A
Amelie
Anchorman
Annie Hall
Austin Powers
Avengers Assemble
Avengers: Endgame
B
Baby Driver
Bad Taste
Before Sunrise
Being John Malkovich
The Big Lebowski
Birdman
The Black Hole
The Blues Brothers
The Bourne Identity
Bronson
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
C
Cabin in the Woods
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Citizen Kane
City of God
The Contender
Crimson Tide
D
Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150AD
Day of the Dead
Dirty Harry
District 9
Dog Day Afternoon
Donnie Darko
Drag Me to Hell
E
Eden Lake
Edge of Tomorrow
Ed Wood
Elizabeth
Enchanted
Eraserhead
Ex Machina
F
Face Off
The Fifth Element
A Fish Called Wanda
The Fisher King
500 Days of Summer
Four Lions
G
Get Out
Good Will Hunting
Gremlins
The Guest
H
Happy Death Day
Hellraiser
Hidden Figures
High Fidelity
Highlander
I
In Bruges
Inglourious Basterds
Inside Out
J
Jaws
John Wick 3: Parabellum
Joker
Juno
K
Knives Out
Koyaanisqatsi
L
La La Land
L.A.Confidential
Logan’s Run
M
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mission Impossible: Fallout
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Moulin Rouge
N
1917
No Country For Old Men
P
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Prevenge
Punch Drunk Love
R
Rushmore
S
Serenity
Shallow Grave
Sightseers
Skyfall
Sliding Doors
Spiderman: Homecoming
Stardust
Star Trek (09)
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Stranger than Fiction
Submarine
T
Taxi Driver
They Live
The Thing
The Third Man
This is Spinal Tap
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Time Bandits
Tron Legacy
True Lies
The Truman Show
Twelve Angry Men
U
Up
W
Wild at Heart
X
X-Men: First Class
Z
Zombieland
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