Top 50 Films
In order to come up with this list, I had a wonderful time writing up some sorting software which can be found here if you want to rank some things of your own and not use professional website.
So without further ado and after ranking over 800 films from memory, storage, and Netflix history, I have come up with a list of the top 50 films I've enjoyed watching. Sometimes I've favoured cinematography, some times visuals, other times story, and other times just having a great time watching the movie; so keep subjectivity in mind. I refrained from selecting films as part of a series but I did break that rule a few times in this list, oops.
There were some beautiful films that didn't make the list that I want to give an honourable mention to:
8 Mile, Before Sunrise, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Your Name, Clue, The Princess Bride, Stardust, Battle Royale, Beats, Juno, Cinema Paradiso, Akira, Anchorman, Law Abiding Citizen, Me Before You, Uncanny, The Pink Panther, The Time Traveller's Wife, Get Out, Romeo + Juliet, Waking Life, The Dark Knight, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Vast of Night, The Sound of Metal, The Dead Poet's Society, and honestly many more.
Enjoy! TODO: Marty - Review Me before you, Patterson, Knives Out, Clue, Battle Royale, Djarleeng Limited
50. Looper
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What the Internet Thinks: 8.3/10
Looper is a time-travel film that revolves around a corporation of organised crime who have discovered a way to perform assassinations and completely tie up loose-ends. This is achieved by sending the target back in time to be assassinated. The assassins themselves are handsomely paid and exclusively recruited by the corporation, indulging in a hefty retirement package once they're finished with their career.
Unfortunately, like I mentioned, the loose-ends need to be tied up completely. Other than suppressing their haunting guilt, in exchange for their lavish life the assassins themselves are eventually sent back to be cleaned up.
Our film starts to take substance once our protagonist is set to assassinate himself from the future but hesitates, causing two genetically identical assassins playing a paradoxical game of cat and mouse.
49. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
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What the Internet Thinks: 6.7/10
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is always a film I go to whenever I need to ground myself and put a comma in my life. It is a charming film about being somewhere you don't want to be and fantasising about circumstances changing, the reward of taking risks, and the growth that can come from breaking the cycle and indulging in the world around us.
Our protagonist develops photographic footage for Life Magazine day in and day out. He's one of the longer serving members of the company, and also one of the least noticed. Often caught phasing out of reality, we watch Walter fantasise about all the ways he wished things were going for him; relatable to say the least. Drama strikes the film when he misplaces the front page photo for the last issue of the magazine, sending his job security into jeopardy. However as we start to discover, this jolt of stress becomes the motivating kick-starter behind Walter's rebirth.
48. Hidden Figures
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What the Internet Thinks: 8.5/10
Hidden Figures follows the motivating story of three brilliant engineers/mathematicians who were at the core of NASA's operation to send John Glenn into orbit; in spite of having to swim against the vicious current of 1960's racially discriminative America. Hidden Figures provides emotional insight into a society most young people today will hopefully never be familiar with, defying the odds and the displaying importance of rising above the ignorance of those who want to see us fail.
The film is well directed and successfully captivates the audience into sharing the trials and successes of Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Dorothy Vaughan. Definitely worth the watch.
47. The Trial of the Chicago 7
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What the Internet Thinks: 8.3/10
The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a compelling and expertly told story, coherently divulging a linear narrative while frequently dancing along the timeline of events. The trial explains a story that caused my friends and myself alike to audibly laugh in some moments and almost grit our teeth in captivating frustration at others. The focus? Seven allegedly falsely accused masterminds behind the 1968 Chicago riots.
The story explores the twists and turns of the roles our diverse and complex protagonists play and their involvement with law enforcement in a gradually unfolding conspiracy. I came into this one with no expectations and left blown away, unable to stop myself researching the movie following the credits.
46. Howl's Moving Castle
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What the Internet Thinks: 8.6/10
Howl's Moving Castle is one of my go-to nostalgia flicks. The film is one of Ghibli's masterpieces; radiating his famous enchanting allure as a film that even without paying attention, invokes a mixture of peace and lost childhood joy through its musical and visual splendours.
The Ghibli classic tells the tale of an ordinary hat maker, Sophie, making a living during a war-time fantasy Europe. Early into the film, our protagonist is rescued by the wizard Howl which draws the attention of a jealous witch. After Sophie is cursed by this witch to takeon an elderly physicality, she sets out to try and reverse her infliction.