Working the 502

Ariana Mayıs 24, 2022

You've probably read about this by now, but Cinema Fusion has done something pretty cool in creating an Online Film Community Top 100 Movies. Maybe it's in reaction to the AFI's Top 100, or maybe it's just a group of people doing the on-line film community thing. Either way, it's a great idea. A few weeks ago, I posted My 100 movies and I was supposed to submit that to Cinema Fusion for consideration, but I didn't read directions and well, I never submitted my list. But I'm pleased and surprised to see that 81 of my picks were still in the 502. And despite my lack of submission, I have been allowed to help narrow down the list and rank them so thanks for that. In the 502, I found a lot of surprise inclusions (X-Men 2, Big Trouble in Little China), some surprise omissions (Sleeper, Traffic. La Femme Nikita) and found that I was able to redeem myself with some new picks that I missed in my original 100 (The Hustler, The Sweet Hereafter and Slapshot). Not to mention I was delighted to see that Army Of Darkness was still there waiting for me so thanks to the people who picked that.

So here it is. I marked my original picks in red. Goodfellas being the best of them all. And here's a note: ranking is hard. Does The Insider deserve to be four spots ahead of The Hustler? And does Army Of Darkness have any business being 15 spots ahead of The Last Picture Show? Honestly, I'm not completely sure, but that's what I'm going with.

100. Matrix, The (Wachowski/Wachowski, 1999)
99. Shawshank Redemption (Darabont, 1994)
98. Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (Burton, 1985)
97.Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Cameron, 1992)
96. King of Comedy, The (Scorsese, 1983)
95. Raising Arizona (Coen, 1987)
94. City of God (Meirelles, 2002)

93. Se7en (Fincher, 1995)
92. Pinocchio (Luske/Sharpsteen, 1940)
91. Scream (Craven, 1996)
90. Tootsie (Pollack, 1982)
89. Iron Giant, The (Bird, 1999)
88. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Kershner, 1980)
87. Meet Me in St. Louis (Minnelli, 1944)
86. Sideways (Payne, 2004)
85. Sweet Hereafter, The (Egoyan 1997)
84. French Connection, The (1971)
83. Slap Shot (Hill, 1977)

82. Road Warrior, The (Miller, 1981)
81. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975)
80. Saving Private Ryan (Spielberg, 1998)
79. Miller’s Crossing (Coen, 1990)
78. Brazil (Gilliam, 1985) 77. Videodrome (Cronenberg, 1983)
76. Rushmore (Anderson, 1998)
75. Three Kings (Russell, 1999)
74. Dawn of the Dead (Romero, 1978)
73. Grosse Point Blank (Armitage, 1997)
72. Princess Mononoke (Miyazaki, 1997)
71. His Girl Friday (Hawks, 1940)
70. Seven Samurai (Kurosawa, 1954)
69. To Kill a Mockingbird (Mulligan, 1962)
68. Vanishing, The (Sluizer, 1988)
67. Lord of the Rings, The: The Two Towers (Jackson, 2002)
66. Caddyshack (Ramis, 1980)
65. Third Man, The (Reed, 1949)
64. Fly, The (Cronenberg, 1986)
63. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Stuart, 1971)
62. Deliverance (Boorman, 1972)
61. Apocalypse Now (Coppola, (1979)
60. Goldfinger (Hamilton, 1964)
59. Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976)
58. Shining, The (Kubrick, 1980)

57. Deer Hunter, The (Cimino,1978)
56. Graduate, The (Nichols, 1967)
55. Rear Window (Hitchcock, 1954)
54. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Spielberg, 1977)
53. Crouching Tiger, HiddenDragon (A Lee, 2000)
52. Fargo (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1996)
51. Verdict, The (Lumet, 1982)
50. Do the Right Thing (S Lee, 1989)
49. Robocop (Verhoeven, 1987)
48. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Kubrick, 1964) 47. Mulholland Drive (Lynch, 2001)
46. Blazing Saddles (Brooks, 1974)

45. Aliens (Cameron, 1986)
44. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Tarantino, 2003)
43. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Capra, 1939)
42. Boogie Nights (PT Anderson, 1997)
41. L.A. Confidential (Hanson, 1997)
40. Broadcast News (Brooks, 1987)
39. Last Picture Show, The (Bogdanovich, 1971)
38. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Spielberg, 1981)
37. Heat (Mann, 1995)
36. Player, The (Altman, 1992)
35. Unforgiven (Eastwood, 1992)
34. Escape from New York (Carpenter, 1981)
33. Spirited Away (Miyazaki, 2001)
32. Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994)
31. Die Hard (McTiernan, 1988)
30. Silence of the Lambs, The (Demme, 1991)
29. Jaws (Spielberg, 1975)
28. Election (Payne, 1999)

27. Dazed and Confused (Linklater, 1993)
26. This is Spinal Tap (Reiner, 1984)
25. Army of Darkness (Raimi, 1992)
24. A Clockwork Orange (Kubrick, 1971)
23. Godfather Part II, The (Coppola, 1974)
22. Blade Runner (R. Scott, 1982)
21. Manchurian Candidate, The (Frankenheimer, 1962)
20. M*A*S*H (Altman, 1970)
19. Oldboy (Park, 2003)
18. Hustler, The (Rossen, 1961)
17. It’s a Wonderful Life (Capra, 1946)
16. Rules of the Game, The (Renoir, 1939)
15. After Hours (Scorsese, 1985)
14. Insider, The (Mann, 1999)
13. High Fidelity (Frears, 2000)

12. Godfather, The (Coppola, 1972)
11. Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)
10. Young Frankenstein (Brooks, 1974)
9. Fight Club (Fincher, 1999)
8. Out of Sight (Soderbergh, 1998)
7. Blow Out (De Palma, 1981)
6. Thing, The (Carpenter, 1982)
5. Royal Tenenbaums, The (Anderson, 2001)
4. North by Northwest (Hitchcock, 1959)
3. Blue Velvet (Lynch, 1986)
2. All the President’s Men (Pakula, 1976)
1. Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990)