My 100 Favourite Films

2012 has been a year for celebration. My friends' and my University graduation. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The success of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. But there is a slightly less well known reason to celebrate nearly upon us: the completion of my first cinematic millennia. That is, if my calculations are correct (and they rarely are not) then I am fast approaching having seen my thousandth feature film. How exciting!

To celebrate this somewhat one-off occasion (until the day comes for me to post a blog with a witty title along the lines of 2001 Cinematic Odysseys), I thought I’d publish a list of my favourite 100 films. That is not to say they are what I think are the best or greatest movies, simply the ones I like the most. Please note, they are listed in alphabetical order; there is no further ranking to this list.

So, without further ado (and before I change my mind!) here are my favourite 100 films. Say what you will about any one of them, but I love them all!

12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet, 1957)

300 (Zack Snyder, 2007)

Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000)

American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999)

Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (Adam McKay, 2004)

The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 1960)

Barton Fink (Joel Coen, 1991)

Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan, 2005)

The Best Years Of Our Lives (William Wyler, 1946)

Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948)

Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)

Blue Valentine (Derek Cianfrance, 2010)

Brick (Rian Johnson, 2005)

Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)

Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)

Chopper (Andrew Dominik, 2000)

The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008)

The Dark Knight Rises (Christopher Nolan, 2012)

Dead Man’s Shoes (Shane Meadows, 2004)

The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1978)

The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)

Die Hard (Richard McTiernan, 1988)

The Disappearance Of Alice Creed (J Blakeson, 2009)

Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2001)

Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)

Drive (Nicholas Winding Refn, 2011)

Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, 1969)

Ed Wood (Tim Burton, 1994)

Fargo (Joel Coen, 1996)

Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999)

Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton, 2003)

Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

The Full Monty (Peter Cattaneo, 1997)

The Godfather (Francis Ford Copolla, 1972)

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966)

Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant, 1997)

In Bruges (Martin McDonagh, 2006)

Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010)

Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)

It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, 1934)

It’s A Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946)

Juno (Jason Reitman, 2007)

Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993)

Kick Ass (Matthew Vaughn, 2010)

The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko, 2010)

Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)

Leon: The Professional (Luc Besson, 1994)

Like Crazy (Drake Doremus, 2011)

Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels (Guy Ritchie, 1998)

Lucky Number Slevin (Paul Gaugan, 2006)

The Machinist (Brad Anderson, 2004)

Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin, 2011)

The Matrix (Wachowski Brothers, 1999)

Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, 1973)

Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)

Monsters, Inc. (Pete Docter, 2001)

Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)

NEDS (Peter Mullan, 2010)

Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946)

Old Boy (Chan Wook Park, 2003)

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest (Milos Forman, 1975)

The Prestige (Christopher Nolan, 2006)

Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)

Rabbit Hole (John Cameron Mitchell, 2010)

Raising Arizona (Joel Coen, 1987)

Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)

Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992)

Saturday Night And Sunday Morning (Karel Reisz, 1960)

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (Edgar Wright, 2010)

Se7en (David Fincher, 1995)

The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)

Shame (Steve McQueen, 2011)

Shaun Of The Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004)

The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994)

The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)

Shutter Island (Martin Scorsese, 2010)

Sin City (Robert Rodriguez, 2005)

The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010)

Spider-Man (Sam Raimi, 2001)

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (George Lucas, 1977)

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, 1980)

Submarine (Richard Ayoade, 2011)

Swingers (Doug Liman, 1996)

Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974)

There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)

This Is England (Shane Meadows, 2008)

Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995)

Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich, 2010)

Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996)

Untouchable (Olivier Nakache & Eric Toledano, 2011)

Up (Pete Docter, 2009)

The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995)

Wall-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)

Withnail & I (Bruce Robinson, 1987)

Wolf Creek (Greg McLean, 2005)

The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky, 2008)

X-Men: First Class (Matthew Vaughn, 2011)

Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)