Yes, this one was painful and took me a week of writing and re-writing my list. I still left off some great movies from the three decades that I focused on, like Taxi Driver, The Godfather II, Raging Bull, Rocky, etc.
@@excelsiormoviereviews I started off with one in the 70s, however, with my 50 years and film series at the end of each decade I do a top 25, so I have one for the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00’s and teens.
This is what I'm feeling right now. 1. Pump Up the Volume (1990) 2. Ginger Snaps (2000) 3. Bright Lights, Big City (1988) 4. The Princess Bride (1987) 5. American Psycho (2000) 6. Let Me In (2010) 7. The Doors (1991) 8. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 9. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) 10. Spring Breakers (2012) 11. Indiana Jones Trilogy (1981/1984/1989) 12. Kill Bill (2003/2004) 13. Dazed and Confused (1993) 14. The Lost Boys (1987) 15. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) 16. Halloween (1978) 17. The Dark Knight (2008) 18. The Wicker Man (1973) 19. Trainspotting (1996) 20. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) 21. Taxi Driver (1976) 22. Aladdin (1992) 23. Star Wars Trilogy (1977/1980/1983) 24. Fight Club (1999) 25. American Graffiti (1973)
Btw we have something in common. Even though i like films from every decade since the 1920s, for me the 70s, 80s and 90s were the best for films. I was born in 1980 though.
Great list. I have a top 400, many of which change constantly, but the ones right at the top mostly remain the same. I'll give you my top 30 are: 30 The Last Boy Scout (1991) 29 A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) 28 Kill Bill (both vols) 2003/4 27 Halloween 2 (1981) 26 Die Hard With A Vengeance (1995) 25 It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) 24 The Towering Inferno (1974) 23 Ghost (1990) 22 Me, Myself, And Irene (2000) 21 Carry On Abroad (1972) 20 Red (2010) 19 The Excorcist 3 (1990) 18 Police Academy (1984) 17 The Negotiator (1998) 16 Road Trip (2000) 15 Speed (1994) 14 Final Destination 2 (2003) 13 Star Trek: Generations (1994) 12 Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) 11 Dirty Harry (1971) 10 Halloween Kills (2021) 9 Scream (1996) 8 Star Trek 6:The Undiscovered Country (1991) 7 Love Actually (2003) 6 Die Hard (1988) 5 Beverly Hills Cop (1984) 4 A Fish Called Wanda (1988) 3 Damien: Omen 2 (1978) 2 Halloween (1978) 1 Pulp Fiction (1994)
I'm gonna have to go with Heat, Dead Again, The Good The Bad And The Ugly, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, The Godfather, Terminator 2, Smokey And The Bandit, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Blob(1988), Predator, The Departed, Gangs Of New York, Blade Runner, Gremlins, A Christmas Story, Batman Return, The Addams Family, Scarface(1983), E.T., The Great Silence, Frankenstein(1931), True Grit(1969) and True Grit(2010) Hailee Steinfeld is amazing as Mattie and just like anyone else with a brain, Star Wars and Back To The Future trilogies.
Those are a lot of great movies and many of them were in the running. Predator is awesome and I hope didn’t think that I was talking about that original when I mentioned Alien vs Predator.
Great video Steve ! I reckon 8-10 of your choices would definitely be in my own top25 and a bunch of them would be contenders. The Star Wars trilogy has to be up there, like you Empire is my favourite but for me Jedi is #2, I get why some don't like this one or just don't rate it highly but I love it myself (minus the changes made in the special editions ofc, I always skip that stupid song that was put in, just as I always skip a few bits in the SE of the original Star Wars). I'd also include the Raiders trilogy, once again my favourites are a little different, Temple of Doom is my favourite with Raiders coming in a very close 2nd and Crusade in 3rd. Alien/Aliens are classics and would be in ! Terminator/Terminator 2 are classics and would be in ! "The Matrix" and "Pulp Fiction" would also be in. "Die Hard", "Jaws", "An American Werewolf in London" and "The Holy Grail" would very likely be in there too...after that our lists would differ a fair bit, I like a lot of the movies in the rest of your list ("Fargo", "Halloween", "The Thing" and "Poltergeist" especially)...so many great movies, so hard to narrow it down to just 25. A few that would definitely be in my own top25 would be "Forrest Gump", "Excalibur", "Conan the Barbarian" and "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon"...I'd have to think long and hard about the remaining spots ! 🙂
Yes, Forrest Gump was considered for sure. I agree, I didn’t like the Special Edition of Jedi, the exception of the Rancor scene. I’ve never liked the rear projection look of the Rancor, especially when it picked up Luke, and it finally looked right in the Special Edition. Yes, the new song and dance scene in Jedi was awful. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon good one.
some interesting choices. fargo was a surprise. but such a classic. i went to a special screening of that in hollywood when i lived out there before it opened. i used to get invites to most focus features films. was a a great time. here’s my controversial take: i like Dawn of Dead remake better than original. i’m down in south carolina working and cool theater across street once a month does old horror screenings called Terrorvision and next month are showing Dawn remake and i’m looking forward to seeing it cause i didnt see it originally in theaters. I watch Jaws every summer too along with Meatballs and Bad News Bears. Good list dude i’ll even let the kevin smith slide…. hahaha.
Thanks, Steve. I think that the Dawn of the Dead remake is nearly as good as the original, but I like that original cast because 3 out of the 4 are from Indiana: 2 from Indianapolis and 1 from Evansville. Fargo is brilliant and Clerks holds the most nostalgia for me since I was 21 when I saw it. Jaws never gets old for me and Meatballs is great. Like I keep saying, I need to see the original Bad News Bears again, I only own the Linklater remake and that one’s forgettable.
@@excelsiormoviereviews he’s a director i was all in on the minute i saw Slacker in early 90s but i’ve steadily lost interest in his work year after year.
@@STEVEHEROLD I love Dazed and Confused, Suburbia, The Before Trilogy, Waking Life, Bernie, A Scanner Darkly, Slacker and Everybody Wants Some! Boyhood and Me And Orson Wells aren’t bad, but he’s made a lot of throwaway movies too that were done to pay the bills. Also, he made a documentary about the Texas Longhorns baseball team and he did a documentary about ground zero of the World Trade Center site after 9/11.
I'll give you my top 25, it wasn't easy to just immediately come up with a list, but I did, and that's what makes me interested in seeing other people's list. Anyway, here's mine: 25. Shrek 24. Shrek 2 23. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 22. The Wolf of Wall Street 21. Blazing Saddles 20. The Princess Bride 19. Rear Window 18. The Dark Knight 17. Silence of the Lambs 16. Aliens 15. Shawshank Redemption 14. Terminator 2, Judgement Day 13. The Fellowship of the Ring 12. Raiders of the Lost Ark 11. The Karate Kid 10. Goodfellas 9. Star Wars Episode 4, A New Hope 8. Star Wars Episode 5, The Empire Strikes Back 7. Pulp Fiction 6. Back to the Future 5. Boyz N Da Hood 4. The Mask of Zorro 3. Ground Hog Day 2. Good Will Hunting Here are some honorable mentions, now, none of these are # 26 because I'll have to do a lot of thinking before I go higher, but these are movies so far that I have: Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Beetlejuice, Full Metal Jacket, and The Truman Show. My #1 is... Forrest Gump!
@@BigDave21000 I watched Forrest Gump so many times in 1994 and I’ve watched it so many times on VHS, DVD and Blu Ray, it almost made it on my list. I actually saw the original Rear Window for the first time earlier this week and it is great. The Dark Knight, Goodfellas, The Princess Bride were all considered on my list. Good Will Hunting, Shawshank and Groundhog Day are great as well.
Mine (in no specific order): The Rocky franchise Chariots of Fire The Godfather The Godfather Part II The Ten Commandments Planet of the Apes (original) It’s a Wonderful Life No Country For Old Men Blade Runner Hoosiers True Grit (original) King Kong (original) The Searchers Cool Hand Luke El Dorado Mississippi Burning Jaws Minority Report Unforgiven The Bear At Eternity’s Gate Red River The Sound of Music Quiz Show Singin’ In the Rain Escape From Alcatraz Honkytonk Man Jurassic Park Gladiator White Christmas Creature From the Black Lagoon Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Soylent Green The Hustler A River Runs Through It Hamlet (the Mel Gibson one)
@@patrickc3419 I love seeing Kong Kong (original), Hoosiers, Blade Runner, The Godfather Part II and the ones that matched my list. I own most of these and you have great taste in movies.
My list 1. Mulholland Drive 2. Synecdoche New York 3. American Psycho 4. Blue Velvet 5. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy 6. Dune Part 2 7. Miller’s Crossing 8. The Departed 9. Casino 10. Eraserhead 11. Hot Fuzz 12. The Lighthouse 13. Django Unchained 14. The Big Lebowski 15. Trainspotting 16. Hard Boiled 17. Goodfellas 18. Seven Samurai 19. Face Off 20. Braindead (Dead Alive) 21. Akira 22. Tombstone 23. Army of Darkness 24. Hausu 25. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
@@excelsiormoviereviews Sorry I like to pretend those don't exist. Solo is the only Disney Star Wars movie that I made it to the ending and I believe if they had release it first, it would have been a massive hit.
@@Rozzyc1976 yes, Disney had spent so much money on two directors that they ended up firing and then they hired Ron Howard and wouldn’t have agreed to do it if Disney didn’t allow him to reshoot 70% of the movie so that he could have his name listed as the director due to DGA rules.
