Thursday, 9 April 2026

General: My Top 100 Films


Today I updated my top 100 films list for the first time in 18 months. By that, I mean that I updated it on my web site. I have a list on my computer that I update frequently. In the list I'm showing below, I've put the position in brackets that films had in my original list in 2021. It's mostly slight adjustments, but it's still interesting, to me at least. Please leave comments telling me what you think is too high, too low or missing. I'll take all constructive criticisms seriously, but at the end of the day, tastes differ. I'd be overjoyed to see comments with your own top 10, top 20 or any number.

  1. (1) Lost Highway (1997)
  2. (2) Donnie Darko (2001)
  3. (3) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
  4. (4) Tag (2015) (Japanese)
  5. (5) The Matrix (1999)
  6. (6) Terminator 2 (1991)
  7. (7) Terminator (1984)
  8. (8) Spider-Man (2002)
  9. (10) Supervixens (1975)
  10. (9) The Wall (2012) (German)
  11. (–) The Art of Self-Defense (2019)
  12. (12) Jurassic Park (1993)
  13. (14) Faster Pussycat Kill Kill (1965)
  14. (15) Kill Bill (2003-2004)
  15. (20) The Life of Pi (2012)
  16. (–) Bicentennial Man (1999)
  17. (11) Jurassic Park: The Lost World (1997)
  18. (21) The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
  19. (17) I know what you did last summer (1997)
  20. (16) The Last Circus (2010) (Spanish)
  21. (19) Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) (Chinese)
  22. (24) Inglourious Basterds (2009)
  23. (18) I still know what you did last summer (1998)
  24. (13) Batman (1966)
  25. (23) Spider-Man 2 (2004)
  26. (22) House of Flying Daggers (2004) (Chinese)
  27. (27) Witching and Bitching (2013) (Spanish)
  28. (33) Basic Instinct (1992)
  29. (32) 800 Bullets (2002) (Spanish)
  30. (28) King Kong (2005)
  31. (29) The Truman Show (1998)
  32. (25) Downfall (2004) (German)
  33. (41) Jackie Brown (1997)
  34. (30) Cold Fish (2010) (Japanese)
  35. (49) Night Train (2009)
  36. (26) Pleasantville (1998)
  37. (37) Dark City (1998)
  38. (36) Triangle (2009)
  39. (31) Mars Attacks (1996)
  40. (59) Scream (1996)
  41. (35) Django Unchained (2012)
  42. (43) The Red Violin (1998)
  43. (39) Deadpool (2016)
  44. (47) Tommy (1975)
  45. (51) Evita (1996)
  46. (34) Ed Wood (1994)
  47. (40) The Door (2009) (German)
  48. (42) Love Exposure (2008) (Japanese)
  49. (44) The Ninth Gate (1999)
  50. (38) Deadpool 2 (2018)
  51. (–) Run Lola Run (1998) (German)
  52. (46) Thelma and Louise (1991)
  53. (54) Falling Down (1993)
  54. (74) Young Frankenstein (1974)
  55. (60) Scream 2 (1997)
  56. (62) Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
  57. (61) Reservoir Dogs (1992)
  58. (53) Death Proof (2007)
  59. (56) The Raid 2 (2014) (Indonesian)
  60. (69) Tragedy Girls (2017)
  61. (52) Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
  62. (79) The Walk (2015)
  63. (50) Pulp Fiction (1994)
  64. (45) Phone Booth (2003)
  65. (55) Adaptation (2002)
  66. (71) Enter the Dragon (1973) (Chinese)
  67. (65) Ip Man (2008) (Chinese)
  68. (57) Summer in Orange (2011) (German)
  69. (73) The Legend of 1900 (1998)
  70. (85) We are the night (2010) (German)
  71. (88) The Shining (1980)
  72. (83) Monster (2003)
  73. (66) Ip Man 2 (2010) (Chinese)
  74. (58) Flowers of War (2011)
  75. (81) The Green Mile (1999)
  76. (97) Iron Rose (1973) (French)
  77. (48) Legend of the Fist (2010) (Chinese)
  78. (63) The Gift (2000)
  79. (–) Mulholland Drive (2001)
  80. (–) IT (2017-2019)
  81. (77) John Rabe (2009) (German)
  82. (68) Lock, stock and two smoking barrels (1998)
  83. (67) Snatch (2000)
  84. (64) From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
  85. (–) Barbie (2023)
  86. (93) Spider-Man 3 (2007)
  87. (72) Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
  88. (70) Gladiator (2000)
  89. (78) The Paperboy (1994)
  90. (75) The Virgin Psychics (2015) (Japanese)
  91. (90) The Mummy (1999)
  92. (–) Barb Wire (1996)
  93. (98) Kick-Ass (2010)
  94. (86) Dark Water (2002) (Japanese)
  95. (–) I, Tonya (2017)
  96. (–) Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000) (Chinese)
  97. (–) Pearl (2023)
  98. (–) John Wick 2 (2017)
  99. (–) John Wick 3 (2019)
  100. (–) River (2023) (Japanese)



There are 13 new films in my list. In case you're interested, these are the 13 films that were knocked out.

(76) The Man who would be King (1975)
(80) Perfume (2006)
(82) Little Nicky (2000)
(84) Gloomy Sunday (1999) (German)
(87) What to do in case of fire (2001) (German)
(89) Azumi (2003-2005) (Japanese)
(91) Wie Feuer und Flamme (2001) (German)
(92) Attack of the 50 Foot Centerfold (1995)
(94) Titanic (1997)
(95) Mad City (1997)
(96) Leon (1994)
(99) Rush Hour (1998)
(100) Bella Martha (2001) (German)

Sigh... all of them still deserve to be in my list, but I don't want to kick anything out.

5 comments:

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    1. Vielen Dank. Wer bist Du, und hast Du eine eigene Liste? 10 Filme oder mehr?

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    2. Nicht wirklich. Die ändert sich häufig. Aber definitiv drin wären.
      Big fish
      American beauty
      Martyrs

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    3. Von den drei Filmen habe ich "Martyrs" noch nicht gesehen. "Big Fish" und "American Beauty" seit langem nicht mehr; vielleicht soll ich sie noch mal anschauen.

      Eine kleine lustige Geschichte von meiner Zeit in Birmingham. Eine Studentengruppe (Filmstudenten) zeigte einen ziemlichen obskuren Film, "Urte Berri On, Amona". Nach dem Film gab's eine Gesprächsrunde. Der Student, der die Veranstaltung leitete, sagte "Wir sind froh, einen so berühmten Regisseur in unserer Mitte zu haben". Ein Mann stand auf, und alle klatschten. Er sagte, er war in Birmingham, um Drehorte für einen neuen Film zu suchen. Ich hatte aber keine Ahnung, wer es war. Der Mann beteiligte sich oft in der Gesprächsrunde, und er schien intelligent zu sein. Als ich am Abend nach Haus kam, durchsuchte ich Bilder von englischen Regisseuren, und da war er: Sam Mendes! Warum sagte mir niemand, wer es war?

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  2. Dann bin ich auf deine Meinung zu Martyrs gespannt sobald du ihn gesehen hast (das französische Original)

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