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The 100 Greatest Movies....That I've Seen

Yes, I know it's been quite some time since I last posted, but thanks to Entertainment Weekly, I now have an idea for a blog post: their most recent issue featured the "100 all-time greatest" movies, TV shows, music albums, novels, and plays.  And, being a movie snob, I decided to create my own list.  Granted, there are more movies I haven't seen than have seen, and you'll see very few old movies on there (so they're on there for a reason), because I haven't seen too many.  I will most likely make another blog post that lists the "10 best" genre films, such as comedies and family movies, just as EW did. 

1. It's a Wonderful Life
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
3. Back to the Future
4. Titanic
5. Finding Nemo
6. Father of the Bride
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
8. American Beauty
9. Schindler's List
10. The Wizard of Oz
11. The NeverEnding Story
12. Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
13. Toy Story
14. The Green Mile
15. WALL-E
16. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
17. The Princess Bride
18. Gone with the Wind
19. The Great Escape
20. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
21. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
22. The Lion King
23. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
24. The Sound of Music
25. Star Wars, Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
26. Shrek
27. Ocean's 11
28. The Silence of the Lambs
29. Chicago
30. Beauty and the Beast
31. Miracle on 34th Street
32. Raiders of the Lost Ark
33. Heaven Can Wait
34. Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope
35. Inception
36. Forrest Gump
37. Toy Story 3
38. Babe
39. Lady and the Tramp
40. Avatar
41. The Breakfast Club
42. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
43. A Fish Called Wanda
44. Roman Holiday
45. Bambi
46. Mary Poppins
47. As Good As It Gets
48. The Incredibles
49. Some Like It Hot
50. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II
51. The Matrix
52. Up
53. Grease
54. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I
55. The Fugitive
56. The Artist
57. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
58. Fight Club
59. Toy Story 2
60. The Graduate
61. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
62. Dirty Dancing
63. The LIttle Mermaid
64. Moonstruck
65. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
66. Rain Man
67. Ghost
68. Ordinary People
69. Boys Don't Cry
70. Crash
71. Good Will Hunting
72. Juno
73. Minority Report
74. Field of Dreams
75. Ruldolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
76. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
77. Matilda
78. Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl
79. Slumdog Millionaire
80. Brokeback Mountain
81. Catch Me If You Can
82. The Truman Show
83. West Side Story
84. Stand By Me
85. The Family Man
86. Jurassic Park
87. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
88. Young Frankenstein
89. Big
90. Men in Black
91. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
92. The Brave Little Toaster
93. Bend it Like Beckham
94. Armageddon
95. Animal House
96. The Planet of the Apes
97. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
98. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
99. Independence Day
100. Legally Blonde
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