fishbiscuit's Top 250 Favorite Movies of All Time

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fishbiscuit's Top 250 Favorite Movies of All Time
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Ranking		 Movie Title Release
Year		 Director MPAA
Rating		 Your
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513 The Warriors 1979 Walter Hill R -
423 Boogie Nights 1997 Paul Thomas Anderson R -
37 Ghostbusters 1984 Ivan Reitman PG -
14 GoodFellas 1990 Martin Scorsese R -
180 Dog Day Afternoon 1975 Sidney Lumet R -
47 Taxi Driver 1976 Martin Scorsese R -
360 Princess Mononoke 1997 Hayao Miyazaki PG13 -
8 Back to the Future 1985 Robert Zemeckis PG -
477 The Wrestler 2008 Darren Aronofsky R -
69 The Big Lebowski 1998 Joel & Ethan Coen R -
98 Rocky 1976 John G. Avildsen PG -
215 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 David Lean PG -
32 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 Milos Forman R -
49 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 Peter Jackson PG13 -
190 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1971 Mel Stuart G -
1135 The Fisher King 1991 Terry Gilliam R -
114 Groundhog Day 1993 Harold Ramis PG -
89 The Departed 2006 Martin Scorsese R -
29 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones PG -
887 Godzilla 1954 Ishirô Honda NR -
5 The Shawshank Redemption 1994 Frank Darabont R -
2956 Chicago 2002 Rob Marshall PG13 -
56 Jurassic Park 1993 Steven Spielberg PG13 -
81 Fargo 1996 Joel & Ethan Coen R -
614 Sleuth 1972 Joseph L. Mankiewicz PG -
269 Blazing Saddles 1974 Mel Brooks R -
392 The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 Martin Scorsese R -
191 The King of Comedy 1982 Martin Scorsese PG -
308 Being There 1979 Hal Ashby PG -
489 Black Swan 2010 Darren Aronofsky R -
1 Star Wars 1977 George Lucas PG -
11 The Dark Knight 2008 Christopher Nolan PG13 -
235 Spirited Away 2001 Hayao Miyazaki PG -
10 The Godfather Part II 1974 Francis Ford Coppola R -
1058 Dressed to Kill 1980 Brian De Palma R -
7 Return of the Jedi 1983 Richard Marquand PG -
399 The African Queen 1951 John Huston NR -
160 Unforgiven 1992 Clint Eastwood R -
45 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 James Cameron R -
769 Juno 2007 Jason Reitman PG13 -
674 Gone with the Wind 1939 Victor Fleming G -
2369 The Birdcage 1996 Mike Nichols R -
1341 Good Morning, Vietnam 1987 Barry Levinson R -
2 The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Irvin Kershner PG -
196 Django Unchained 2012 Quentin Tarantino R -
1088 The Irishman 2019 Martin Scorsese R -
370 Army of Darkness 1992 Sam Raimi R -
110 Cool Hand Luke 1967 Stuart Rosenberg NR -
46 Blade Runner 1982 Ridley Scott R -
389 Moon 2009 Duncan Jones R -
1167 Murder on the Orient Express 1974 Sidney Lumet PG -
53 Saving Private Ryan 1998 Steven Spielberg R -
341 Edward Scissorhands 1990 Tim Burton PG13 -
409 True Romance 1993 Tony Scott R -
74 Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 John Hughes PG13 -
241 The Avengers 2012 Joss Whedon PG13 -
1255 Hook 1991 Steven Spielberg PG -
1897 Yellow Submarine 1968 George Dunning G -
22 Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino R -
395 Dirty Harry 1971 Don Siegel R -
201 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 Robert Mulligan NR -
136 Gladiator 2000 Ridley Scott R -
30 Die Hard 1988 John McTiernan R -
227 The Goonies 1985 Richard Donner PG -
312 Aladdin 1992 Ron Clements, John Musker G -
78 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 John Huston NR -
378 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 Robert Zemeckis PG -
4 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg PG -
64 Forrest Gump 1994 Robert Zemeckis PG13 -
71 A Clockwork Orange 1971 Stanley Kubrick R -
1514 Grindhouse 2007 Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino R -
445 Requiem for a Dream 2000 Darren Aronofsky NC17 -
1291 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 Jim Sharman R -
616 House 1977 Nobuhiko Ôbayashi NR -
102 Network 1976 Sidney Lumet R -
720 Ed Wood 1994 Tim Burton R -
82 Inception 2010 Christopher Nolan PG13 -
6 Pulp Fiction 1994 Quentin Tarantino R -
640 Battle Royale 2000 Kinji Fukasaku NR -
387 In Bruges 2008 Martin McDonagh R -
138 The Searchers 1956 John Ford NR -
287 A Night at the Opera 1935 Sam Wood NR -
582 The Jerk 1979 Carl Reiner R -
172 Paris, Texas 1984 Wim Wenders R -
186 The Graduate 1967 Mike Nichols PG -
129 Parasite 2019 Bong Joon Ho NR -
298 Platoon 1986 Oliver Stone R -
644 True Grit 2010 Joel & Ethan Coen PG13 -
126 Shaun of the Dead 2004 Edgar Wright R -
187 City of God 2002 Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund R -
115 Raging Bull 1980 Martin Scorsese R -
351 Blood Simple 1984 Joel & Ethan Coen R -
657 The Haunting 1963 Robert Wise G -
461 Goldfinger 1964 Guy Hamilton NR -
1402 Election 1999 Alexander Payne R -
1960 The Sword in the Stone 1963 Wolfgang Reitherman G -
202 Scarface 1983 Brian De Palma R -
347 The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014 Wes Anderson R -
880 Kick-Ass 2010 Matthew Vaughn R -
309 The Social Network 2010 David Fincher PG13 -
1245 Sling Blade 1996 Billy Bob Thornton R -
57 Schindler's List 1993 Steven Spielberg R -
84 It Happened One Night 1934 Frank Capra NR -
12 Harakiri 1962 Masaki Kobayashi NR -
1568 It 2017 Andy Muschietti R -
2515 The Kids Are All Right 2010 Lisa Cholodenko R -
1526 The Aviator 2004 Martin Scorsese PG13 -
479 After Hours 1985 Martin Scorsese R -
703 Shutter Island 2010 Martin Scorsese R -
169 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 Frank Capra NR -
3404 The Devil Wears Prada 2006 David Frankel PG13 -
496 Spaceballs 1987 Mel Brooks PG -
18 Alien 1979 Ridley Scott R -
13 Fight Club 1999 David Fincher R -
50 Aliens 1986 James Cameron R -
937 Dumb and Dumber 1994 Bobby & Peter Farrelly PG13 -
505 Straw Dogs 1971 Sam Peckinpah R -
503 Rushmore 1998 Wes Anderson R -
595 Howl's Moving Castle 2004 Hayao Miyazaki PG -
51 The Wages of Fear 1953 Henri-Georges Clouzot NR -
306 Frankenstein 1931 James Whale NR -
1498 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 1994 Tom Shadyac PG13 -
373 The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 Clint Eastwood PG -
917 My Cousin Vinny 1992 Jonathan Lynn R -
5756 Kung Pow! Enter the Fist 2002 Steve Oedekerk PG13 -
337 Glengarry Glen Ross 1992 James Foley R -
1418 Sergeant York 1941 Howard Hawks NR -
739 The Cabin in the Woods 2012 Drew Goddard R -
2681 Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls 1995 Steve Oedekerk PG13 -
66 Jaws 1975 Steven Spielberg PG -
1328 Gandhi 1982 Richard Attenborough PG -
654 Gremlins 1984 Joe Dante PG -
16 High and Low 1963 Akira Kurosawa NR -
323 Star Trek 2009 J.J. Abrams PG13 -
255 Rain Man 1988 Barry Levinson R -
754 Home Alone 1990 Chris Columbus PG -
747 Run Lola Run 1998 Tom Tykwer R -
289 Toy Story 2 1999 John Lasseter G -
131 The Thing 1982 John Carpenter R -
713 The Hateful Eight 2015 Quentin Tarantino R -
31 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966 Sergio Leone NR -
636 Make Way for Tomorrow 1937 Leo McCarey G -
1759 Captains Courageous 1937 Victor Fleming G -
1241 Punch-Drunk Love 2002 Paul Thomas Anderson R -
2707 The Collector 1965 William Wyler NR -
1480 Ghost World 2001 Terry Zwigoff R -
174 Lawrence of Arabia 1962 David Lean G -
38 North by Northwest 1959 Alfred Hitchcock NR -
1628 Sideways 2004 Alexander Payne R -
161 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 Sergio Leone PG13 -
815 Doctor Zhivago 1965 David Lean NR -
1457 Sleepy Hollow 1999 Tim Burton R -
177 The Sting 1973 George Roy Hill PG -
731 MASH 1970 Robert Altman R -
1808 The Secret of NIMH 1982 Don Bluth G -
895 Gravity 2013 Alfonso Cuarón PG13 -
311 Crimes and Misdemeanors 1989 Woody Allen PG13 -
2190 The Terminal 2004 Steven Spielberg PG13 -
1203 Thank You for Smoking 2005 Jason Reitman R -
205 The Wild Bunch 1969 Sam Peckinpah R -
239 White Heat 1949 Raoul Walsh NR -
2097 Empire Records 1995 Allan Moyle PG13 -
1265 Robin Hood 1973 Wolfgang Reitherman G -
1493 The Host 2006 Bong Joon Ho NR -
1435 Cape Fear 1991 Martin Scorsese R -
1833 My Favorite Year 1982 Richard Benjamin PG -
911 Ben-Hur 1959 William Wyler NR -
817 Happy Gilmore 1996 Dennis Dugan PG13 -
268 Batman 1989 Tim Burton PG13 -
96 The Professional 1994 Luc Besson R -
159 The Wizard of Oz 1939 Victor Fleming NR -
766 Beverly Hills Cop 1984 Martin Brest R -
156 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 George Roy Hill PG -
1365 Pee-Wee's Big Adventure 1985 Tim Burton PG -
8574 Fritz the Cat 1972 Ralph Bakshi R -
458 They Live 1988 John Carpenter R -
137 Stand by Me 1986 Rob Reiner R -
592 Halloween 1978 John Carpenter R -
1578 Hugo 2011 Martin Scorsese PG -
651 Slap Shot 1977 George Roy Hill R -
1484 Frost/Nixon 2008 Ron Howard R -
1820 Rocky III 1982 Sylvester Stallone PG -
411 The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993 Henry Selick PG -
715 Clue 1985 Jonathan Lynn PG -
689 Shrek 2001 Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson PG -
3434 Alfie 1966 Lewis Gilbert PG -
302 Harold and Maude 1971 Hal Ashby PG -
618 Moonlight 2016 Barry Jenkins R -
497 Minority Report 2002 Steven Spielberg PG13 -
2717 An American Tail 1986 Don Bluth G -
2971 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids 1989 Joe Johnston PG -
19 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 Jonathan Demme R -
792 Misery 1990 Rob Reiner R -
816 Mother 2009 Bong Joon Ho NR -
693 Spider-Man 2 2004 Sam Raimi PG13 -
468 Hud 1963 Martin Ritt NR -
1297 Tootsie 1982 Sydney Pollack PG -
716 Cabaret 1972 Bob Fosse PG -
1102 The Lego Movie 2014 Phil Lord, Christopher Miller PG -
383 The Ox-Bow Incident 1943 William A. Wellman NR -
152 Bringing Up Baby 1938 Howard Hawks NR -
1021 Blue Valentine 2010 Derek Cianfrance R -
1011 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World 1963 Stanley Kramer G -
843 Looper 2012 Rian Johnson R -
12603 Snakes on a Plane 2006 David R. Ellis R -
44 Rashômon 1950 Akira Kurosawa NR -
233 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966 Mike Nichols NR -
989 Sleeper 1973 Woody Allen PG -
328 Drive 2011 Nicolas Winding Refn R -
529 Nightcrawler 2014 Dan Gilroy R -
277 Guardians of the Galaxy 2014 James Gunn PG13 -
426 Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2014 Anthony Russo, Joe Russo PG13 -
673 (500) Days of Summer 2009 Marc Webb PG13 -
430 Moonrise Kingdom 2012 Wes Anderson PG13 -
410 Stray Dog 1949 Akira Kurosawa NR -
833 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles 1994 Neil Jordan R -
374 The Manchurian Candidate 1962 John Frankenheimer PG13 -
1472 Source Code 2011 Duncan Jones PG13 -
710 Gran Torino 2008 Clint Eastwood R -
436 Midnight Cowboy 1969 John Schlesinger R -
536 Once Upon a Time in America 1984 Sergio Leone R -
1465 The Outsiders 1983 Francis Ford Coppola PG -
1697 Rocky IV 1985 Sylvester Stallone PG -
264 The Blues Brothers 1980 John Landis NR -
20 The Shining 1980 Stanley Kubrick R -
585 Cast Away 2000 Robert Zemeckis PG13 -
222 Airplane! 1980 Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker PG -
729 Poltergeist 1982 Tobe Hooper PG -
27 The Matrix 1999 The Wachowskis R -
91 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Stanley Kubrick G -
364 Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949 Robert Hamer NR -
1310 Senna 2010 Asif Kapadia NR -
1450 Face/Off 1997 John Woo R -
1928 Death Proof 2007 Quentin Tarantino NR -
157 Rio Bravo 1959 Howard Hawks NR -
732 The Natural 1984 Barry Levinson PG -
1407 Captain Phillips 2013 Paul Greengrass R -
770 Winchester '73 1950 Anthony Mann NR -
2793 Insomnia 2002 Christopher Nolan R -
73 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 Peter Jackson PG13 -
422 Being John Malkovich 1999 Spike Jonze R -
226 Finding Nemo 2003 Andrew Stanton G -
2962 Kiss of the Spider Woman 1985 Hector Babenco R -
55 Paths of Glory 1957 Stanley Kubrick NR -
615 I Saw the Devil 2010 Jee-woon Kim NR -
2394 21 Grams 2003 Alejandro González Iñárritu R -
916 Tropic Thunder 2008 Ben Stiller R -
491 12 Years a Slave 2013 Steve McQueen R -
1172 The Jungle Book 1967 Wolfgang Reitherman G -
524 District 9 2009 Neill Blomkamp R -

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