Adam's Top 100 Favorite Films... Though No One Asked
I made a list of my top 100 films because, like most “film bros,” I secretly believe that having opinions about this makes me more interesting than you. It doesn’t—but here we are. This isn’t a list of the greatest films (yeah, I call them films, not movies) ever made—just the ones that stuck with me, shaped me, or tricked me into thinking I had taste…until I make the mistake of checking Letterboxd reviews after. Yeah… so let’s just get this [super original idea] over with.
The Rundown (2003) Directed by Peter Berg
Memories of a Murder (2003) Directed by Bong Joon Ho
Brother Bear (2003) Directed by Aaron Blaise & Robert Walker
End of Watch (2012) Directed by David Ayer
All That Jazz (1979) Directed by Bob Fosse
Onward (2020) Directed by Dan Scanlon
The Butterfly Effect (2004) Directed by Eric Bend & J. Mackeye Gruber
Nacho Libre (2006) Directed by Jared Hess
Scooby-Doo (2002) Directed by Raja Gosnell
Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Directed by Danny Boyle
Matilda (1996) Directed by Danny Devito
Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri (2017) Directed by Martin McDonagh
The Nice Guys (2016) Directed by Shane Black
Home Alone (1990) Directed by Chris Columbus
Taxi Driver (1976) Directed by Martin Scorsese
The Wrestler (2008) Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Super 8 (2011) Directed by J.J. Abrams
The Tree of Life (2011) Directed by Terrence Malick
Perfect Days (2023) Directed by Wim Wenders
About Time (2013) Directed by Richard Curtis
Hardball (2001) Directed by Brian Robbins
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) Directed by Stanley Kramer
Jerry Maguire (1996) Directed by Cameron Crowe
Over the Hedge (2006) Directed by Karen Kirkpatrick & Tim Johnson
Stand by Me (1986) Directed by Rob Reiner
Click (2006) Directed by Frank Coraci
Training Day (2001) Directed by Antoine Fuqua
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) Directed by Joel Coen
The Sandlot (1993) Directed by David Mickey Evans
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) Directed by Mel Stuart
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) Directed by Kazumi Fukushima, Jim Stenstrum, & Hiroshi Aoyama
Bo Burnham: Inside (2021) Directed by Bo Burnham
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) Directed by Matt Reeves
The Thing (1982) Directed by John Carpenter
Minari (2020) Directed by Lee Isaac Chung
Rear Window (1954) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) Directed by John McTiernan
Drive (2011) Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Princess Mononoke (1997) Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
The Iron Claw (2023) Directed by Sean Durkin
Superbad (2007) Directed by Greg Mottola
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Directed by Stanley Kubrick
WALL-E (2008) Directed by Andrew Stanton
Ratatouille (2007) Directed by Brad Bird
Punch-Drunk-Love (2002) Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Short Term 12 (2013) Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton
Scarface (1983) Directed by Brian De Palma
Toy Story (1995) Directed by John Lasseter
My Own Private Idaho (1991) Directed by Gus Van Sant
Prisoners (2013) Directed by Denis Villeneueve
Gone Girl (2014) Directed by David Fincher
The Truman Show (1998) Directed by Peter Weir
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) Directed by Lorene Scafaria
City of God (2002) Directed by Fernando Meirelles
Her (2013) Directed by Spike Jonze
Minding the Gap (2018) Directed by Bing Liu
Sling Blade (1996) Directed by Billy Bob Thornton
Do the Right Thing (1989) Directed by Spike Lee
Pulp Fiction (1994) Directed by Quentin Tarantino
The Ringer (2005) Directed by Barry W. Blaustein
The Way Way Back (2013) Directed by Jim Rash & Nat Faxon
Borat (2006) Directed by Larry Charles
Be Kind Rewind (2008) Directed by Michel Gondry
The Iron Giant (1999) Directed by Brad Bird
Django Unchained (2012) Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Before Sunrise (1995) Directed by Richard Linklater
Y tu mamá también (2001) Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
Coco (2017) Directed by Lee Unkrich
Jumanji (1995) Directed by Joe Johnston
Cast Away (2000) Directed by Robert Zemeckis
The Wild Robot (2024) Directed by Chris Sanders
Boyhood (2014) Directed by Richard Linklater
Napoleon Dynamite (2004) Directed by Jared Hess
The Lion King (1994) Directed by Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Directed by Michel Gondry
The Florida Project (2017) Directed by Sean Baker
Interstellar (2014) Directed by Christopher Nolan
Jackass Number Two (2006) Directed by Jeff Tremaine
The Green Mile (1999) Directed by Frank Darabont
Spirited Away (2001) Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
A Clockwork Orange (1971) Directed by Stanley Kubrick
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Directed by Frank Darabont
The Shining (1980) Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Shallow Grave (1994) Directed by Danny Boyle
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Directed by David Fincher
La La Land (2016) Directed by Damien Chazelle
Aftersun (2022) Directed by Charlotte Wells
The Holdovers (2023) Directed by Alexander Payne
Shrek 2 (2004) Directed by Conrad Vernon, Kelly Asbury, & Andrew Adamson
Get Out (2017) Directed by Jordan Peele
TOP 10:
10. Paris, Texas (1984) Directed by Wim Wenders
9. Jurassic Park (1993) Directed by Steven Spielberg
8. School of Rock (2003) Directed by Richard Linklater
7. Good Will Hunting (1997) Directed by Gus Van Sant
6. Parasite (2019) Directed by Bong Joon Ho
5. Big Fish (2003) Directed by Tim Burton
4. Forrest Gump (1994) Directed by Robert Zemeckis
3. Monster House (2006) Directed by Gil Kenan
2. There Will be Blood (2007) Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Didn’t you watch Slum dog Millionaire with me ? Omg I loved that one . lol