Empire have published their latest poll. So I have looked through and updated my own list. No major shifts except La La Land creeping in after 4 big screen viewings. No doubt it will move up again next time. Obviously these lists are an exercise in nostalgia with long cherished favourites from childhood dominating and movie released in my lifetime nearly overwhelming more worthy golden age “classics”. You are welcome to your own opinions but I’m quite proud that recent films like Moneyball, The Fighter and Kill List have continued to hold their high fascination for me rather than prove disposable flavours of the month a little further down the road.

 

1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
2. Miller’s Crossing
3. Don’t Look Now
4. True Romance
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark
6. Alien
7. The Shining
8. When Harry Met Sally
9. Psycho
10. Get Carter
11. Leon
12. The Terminator
13. Moneyball
14. The Getaway
15. The 39 Steps
16. Dazed And Confused
17. 12 Angry Men
18. Se7en
19. Pulp Fiction
20. Casablanca
21. An American Werewolf In London
22. No Country For Old Men
23. Die Hard
24. The Warriors
25. Kill Bill Vol. 1
26. John Carpenter’s The Thing
27. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
28. Jaws
29. Say Anything…
30. Papillon
31. The Quiet Man
32. Shallow Grave
33. Grosse Point Blank
34. The Fighter
35. Dances With Wolves
36. Trainspotting
37. Zodiac
38. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
39. Ringu
40. The Spy Who Loved Me
41. Mad Max 2 : Road Warrior
42. Toy Story
43. Back To The Future
44. The Godfather
45. Manhunter
46. Good Will Hunting
47. Goodfellas
48. Sleepless In Seattle
49. The Silence of the Lambs
50. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
51. It Happened One Night
52. Once Upon A Time In The West
53. Rushmore
54. The Man Who Would Be King
55. Kill List
56. Network
57. 48 Hrs
58. The Dark Knight
59. Blade Runner
60. Trading Places
61. The Bourne Supremacy
62. Quick Change
63. Bicycle Thieves
64. Marathon Man
65. Festen
66. Ghostbusters
67. The Third Man
68. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
69. The Bourne Identity
70. Election
71. Speed
72. Aliens
73. Mystic River
74. Dog Day Afternoon
75. The Great Escape
76. Jules Et Jim
77. Red River
78. The Hudsucker Proxy
79. The Mist
80. Goldfinger
81. Out Of Sight
82. The Last Of The Mohicans
83. Singin’ In The Rain
84. Sweet Smell Of Success
85. Before Sunrise
86. Clerks
87. Groundhog Day
88. Mary Poppins
89. Lethal Weapon
90. The Royal Tenenbaums
91. Falling Down
92. Mad Max
93. The Abyss
94. The Taking of Pelham 123
95. La La Land
96. The Wicker Man
97. Memento
98. The Outlaw Josey Wales
99. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
100. The Usual Suspects