As well as a contributor to Filmotomy, I recently released my 100 favorite films on my website – www.aarondcharles.com. Below, we have republished this list. You can find it in its entirety (along with honorable mentions and mini-recaps) by visiting Aaron’s website. You can click on linked titles to be taken back to a Filmotomy review of that film. Feel free to compile your own list. Enjoy!
100. Winter Light – Ingmar Bergman (1963)
99. Synecdoche, New York – Charlie Kaufman (2008)
98. Bicycle Thieves – Vittorio De Sica (1948)
97. The Passion of Joan of Arc – Carl Dreyer (1928)
96. Boyhood – Richard Linklater (2014)
95. Nosferatu – F. W. Murnau (1922)
94. Wild Strawberries – Ingmar Bergman (1957)
93. Dead Poets Society – Peter Weir (1989)
92. The Italian Job – F. Gary Gray (2003)
91. The Hangover – Todd Phillips (2009)
90. It’s a Wonderful Life – Frank Capra (1946)
89. Zodiac – David Fincher (2007)
88. Beauty and the Beast – Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise (1991)
87. The Breakfast Club – John Hughes (1985)
86. Interstellar – Christopher Nolan (2014)
85. Dumb and Dumber – Peter Farrelly (1994)
84. Gangs of New York – Martin Scorsese (2002)
83. Lincoln – Steven Spielberg (2012)
82. Million Dollar Baby – Clint Eastwood (2004)
81. The Dark Knight – Christopher Nolan (2008)
80. Mrs. Doubtfire – Chris Columbus (1993)
79. Up in the Air – Jason Reitman (2009)
78. The Apartment – Billy Wilder (1960)
77. Lady Bird – Greta Gerwig (2017)
76. Mudbound – Dee Rees (2017)
75. Ex Machina – Alex Garland (2014)
74. Brief Encounter – David Lean (1945)
73. Heat – Michael Mann (1995)
72. Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino (2009)
71. Annihilation – Alex Garland (2018)
70. Blade Runner 2049 – Denis Villenueve (2017)
69. 2001: A Space Odyssey – Stanley Kubrick (1968)
68. Annie Hall – Woody Allen (1977)
67. North by Northwest – Alfred Hitchcock (1959)
66. Citizen Kane – Orson Welles (1941)
65. Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb – Stanley Kubrick (1964)
64. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Peter Jackson (2002)
63. Vertigo – Alfred Hitchcock (1958)
62. Cries and Whispers – Ingmar Bergman (1972)
61. Psycho – Alfred Hitchcock (1960)
60. Faust – F. W. Murnau (1926)
59. Marty – Delbert Mann (1955)
58. All the President’s Men – Alan J. Pakula (1976)
57. Rashomon – Akira Kurosawa (1950)
56. The Revenant – Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (2015)
55. On the Waterfront – Elia Kazan (1954)
54. 8 1/2 – Federico Fellini (1963)
53. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy – Adam McKay (2004)
52. True Grit – Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (2010)
51. Inception – Christopher Nolan (2010)
50. Remember the Titans – Boaz Yakin (2000)
49. Home Alone – Chris Columbus (1990)
48. Se7en – David Fincher (1995)
47. Red Beard – Akira Kurosawa (1965)
46. The Departed – Martin Scorsese (2006)
45. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – Steven Spielberg (1989)
44. The King of Comedy – Martin Scorsese (1983)
43. Singin’ in the Rain – Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly (1952)
42. Some Like it Hot – Billy Wilder (1959)
41. Raging Bull – Martin Scorsese (1980)
40. Phantom Thread – Paul Thomas Anderson (2017)
39. L.A. Confidential – Curtis Hanson (1997)
38. Glengarry Glen Ross – James Foley (1992)
37. La La Land – Damien Chazelle (2016)
36. The Godfather Part II – Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
35. Inside Llewyn Davis – Joel and Ethan Coen (2013)
34. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark – Steven Speilberg (1981)
33. The Big Lebowski – Joel and Ethan Coen (1998)
32. Goodfellas – Martin Scorsese (1990)
31. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope – George Lucas (1977)
30. When Harry Met Sally – Rob Reiner (1989)
29. Whiplash – Damien Chazelle (2014)
28. Casablanca – Michael Curtiz (1942)
27. Fargo – Joel and Ethan Coen (1996)
26. The Parent Trap – Nancy Meyers (1998)
25. 12 Angry Men – Sidney Lumet (1957)
24. The Shawshank Redemption – Frank Darabont (1994)
23. Doubt – John Patrick Shanley (2008)
22. Spotlight – Tom McCarthy (2015)
21. The Fugitive – Andrew Davis (1993)
20. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back – Irvin Kershner (1980)
19. Taxi Driver – Martin Scorsese (1976)
18. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Peter Jackson (2001)
17. Do the Right Thing – Spike Lee (1989)
16. Drive – Nicholas Winding Refn (2011)
15. Jurassic Park – Steven Spielberg (1993)
14. Persona – Ingmar Bergman (1966)
13. The Silence of the Lambs – Jonathan Demme (1991)
12. Contact – Robert Zemeckis (1997)
11. City Lights – Charlie Chaplin (1931)
10. The Seventh Seal – Ingmar Bergman (1957)
9. 12 Years a Slave – Steve McQueen (2013)
8. The Godfather – Francis Ford Coppola (1972)
7. Network – Sidney Lumet (1976)
6. Apocalypse Now – Francis Ford Coppola (1979)
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Peter Jackson (2003)
4. Silence – Martin Scorese (2016)
3. Through a Glass Darkly – Ingmar Bergman (1961)
2. The Tree of Life – Terrence Malick (2011)
#1. No Country for Old Men – Joel and Ethan Coen (2007)
You can find all the articles Aaron has written for Filmotomy by visiting his author page. You can also find him on Twitter – @aaroncharles18.
