The following list is my top 50 favorite films.
They're in alphabetical order, including the director and the year each film was released.
The ones bolded are in my Top 10.




12 Angry Men | Sidney Lumet | 1957

2001: A Space Odyssey | Stanley Kubrick | 1968

Alien | Ridley Scott | 1979

American Beauty | Sam Mendes | 1999

Apocalypse Now | Francis Ford Coppola | 1979

Atonement | Joe Wright | 2007

Back to the Future | Robert Zemeckis | 1985

Before Midnight | Richard Linklater | 2013

Blue Valentine | Derek Cianfrance | 2010 

Boogie Nights | Paul Thomas Anderson | 1997

Charade | Stanley Donen | 1963

Cidade de Deus | Fernando Meirelles | 2002


Dead Poets Society | Peter Weir | 1989


Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Michel Gondry | 2004


Eyes Wide Shut | Stanley Kubrick | 1999


Heat | Michael Mann | 1995


Jaws | Steven Spielberg | 1975


Little Miss Sunshine | Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris | 2006


La vita è bella | Roberto Benigni | 1997


Magnolia | Paul Thomas Anderson | 1999


Monsters, Inc. | Pete Doctor & David Silverman | 2001


Network | Sidney Lumet | 1976


On the Waterfront | Elia Kazan | 1954


One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest | Milos Forman | 1975


Paris, Texas | Wim Wenders | 1984


Pulp Fiction | Quentin Tarantino | 1994


Raging Bull | Martin Scorsese | 1980


Raiders of the Lost Ark | Steven Spielberg | 1981


Requiem for a Dream | Darren Aronofsky | 2000


Rocky | John G. Avildsen | 1976


Rosemary’s Baby | Roman Polanski | 1968


Schindler’s List | Steven Spielberg | 1993


Se7en | David Fincher | 1995


The Breakfast Club | John Hughes | 1985


The Dark Knight | Christopher Nolan | 2008


The Departed | Martin Scorsese | 2006


Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back | Irvin Kershner | 1980


The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Peter Jackson | 2001


The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Peter Jackson | 2003


The Godfather | Francis Ford Coppola | 1972


The Green Mile | Frank Darabont | 1999


The Prestige | Christopher Nolan | 2006


The Royal Tenenbaums | Wes Anderson | 2001


The Shawshank Redemption | Frank Darabont | 1994 


The Social Network | David Fincher | 2010


The Thin Red Line | Terrence Malick | 1998


There Will Be Blood | Paul Thomas Anderson | 2007


To Kill a Mockingbird | Robert Mulligan | 1962


Up In The Air | Jason Reitman | 2009

Zodiac | David Fincher | 2007