Top 100 Films of All-Time: #80-71

Hey, this is Greg burger and you are listening

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me today as Usual is hard candy Mandy. Hey Move

your volt, Dan. How's it going? Not too bad.

A little under the weather, if you can tell.

A little cold going on, so hopefully it won't

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And today on The Cinema Geeks, we are going to

be going back to our project that we started

on episode 100 and counting down another... 10

films in our top 100 films of all time. If you've

been keeping track, we've had two episodes so

far where we've done that, where we've covered

100 through 91 and 90 through 81. So that means

today we are on to numbers 80 through 71. Dan,

anything that you would like to preface your,

this section of the countdown for you? Is there

any themes going on, or what do you think about

this group of ten? It's actually kind of weird

when now, like, looking at, like, breaking it

down by ten and then noticing some similarities

in this ten that I was not even, like, was not

even conscious of at the time when I was listing

it, but, you know, I've been talking about how

sometimes you'll, you know, see certain directors

come back and... Multiple times that will happen

again with here and also have kind of like a

classic old -school theme going with this top

ten you'll see a lot of like really early Hollywood

films in this in this grouping that'll be fun

That's interesting because I will be giving you

a little bit of the other end of the spectrum

because this is gonna be a lot more Lot more

recent films I guess that I'm not I'm not striving

too far back into the the timeline on this segment

and Another thing that you might hear me say

a bunch over the course of this episode is Kind

of I guess a little bit in opposition to what

you're saying with some of the directors showing

up again a lot of directors that show up In this

segment of my countdown will be the last time

that they show up. So you're going to see a lot

of directors for maybe the only time in my countdown

or for the last time if they've already appeared

previously. So I did not realize that was the

case, but as I was looking over things in preparation

for this segment, I was realizing that it's a

few directors swan song as far as my top 100

goes. Amanda, anything about your segment today

that you want to preface? I think that this section

is going to show my movie tastes a lot. Because

the other ones didn't? No, no, like more so.

And I think there's a few guilty pleasure watches

in there as well. Nice. Looking forward to seeing

what's showing up on your countdown. Matt, off

air you said that you're not super confident

about this segment of your countdown. Is that

how you would sum up the theme for today? Absolutely.

For this one and probably the next one, although

I think I'm a little more confident in that one.

It's easy to say this is my favorite movie and

it's easy to say this is a good movie that really

needs to be on my top 100 list. It's another

thing entirely to go, this one is number 74 and

I know it's 74. Because like, I don't know, I

feel like 60 through 80, these could be interchangeable

a lot of the time. And it'll probably be sometimes

that I will feel like maybe this doesn't belong

here even. Even yesterday, I pulled one out of

the 60 range, because there was one that needed

to be in the 30 range that I'd forgotten entirely.

And I pulled it out. I didn't move it down. I

was just like, I'll pull this one out, because

they're so interchangeable to me. Also, I think

there's going to be the most comedies in this

one. Okay. Interesting. So a beat segment of

your countdown possibly today. And we're not

going to go back through and list our 20 films

that we've previously listed. You'll have to

go back and listen to those episodes or eventually

go to the website where we'll have a text form

of our films so far. I don't know at what point

we're going to have that up. We'll have it up

at some point along the way, because we've had

a couple requests from listeners to see it in

text form. Don't be lazy, just freaking listen

to the episode the whole day. Maybe they want

it so they can copy and paste into their queue.

Then they can wait until it's all done, and then

they can have the whole thing, so we can make

sure that... People aren't just cheating. Well,

we're not gonna post anything that hasn't been

revealed yet. It would just be a... But still,

they can be like, eh, I don't even listen to

that. Amanda's not in favor of text form for

anybody. Well, I want you people to work for

this. Rewind, pause, play. Take notes, you know.

I gotta speak for the listener when I say, I

don't remember whether it was Kevin or Dan, one

of you put out something that was not English

sounding, or had weird words in it, and I was

like, I don't even know what this is. Like, I

could definitely get wanting to see that spelled

out for sure. Well then, okay, I can see that.

That's kind of how I pronounce English sometimes,

though. Oh, man. Alright, let's start with Matt.

Matt, give us your number 80. My number 80. You

were talking about new movies. This one's pretty

new. For my number 80, I put Kingsman, The Secret

Service. Kind of a comedy like I mentioned, but

not a straight -up comedy like a weird action

movie I don't know. I loved it. It was great

Hugh Grant was amazing in it. Is that? Colin

Firth? Colin Firth. Dude, all those British dudes.

All those British dudes are the same. Ricky Gervais

kicks a major butt in that movie. Dude, he was

great. He was expected to be a little pudgy to

not be good, but he did it. um and then i don't

know but uh and they all show up in harry potter

movies too so all of them so yeah that guy um

they also do similar movies right aren't they

both competing for bridget jones's diary or is

that two different british dudes that's also

two that's calling first but not hugh grant whatever

i'm done with this now No, I like the director,

too, behind Kingsman's Secret Service. I think

there's a lot of creativity there, and he's done

some good work, and I think Kingsman was a lot

of fun. I was not expecting it to be as fun as

it was. I was. That was our Valentine's movie.

I was all in for that year. I just wasn't expecting

it. I had no expectations. I was just kind of

going in like, let's check this out. See, I expected

it to be like a teenage action movie, because

it's like, you know, it's got like a teenage

cat, and it's an action movie. I did not expect

it to be off the walls and zany like it was.

And definitely has one of the most memorable

scenes from that year in that church So that

was crazy. All right, so starting off with a

more recent film here with your number 80 Amanda

Are you are you keeping with the recent times

or dialing the clock back? I actually gonna stick

mainly in the 2000s for this block here and we're

gonna kick it off in 2000 exactly with The Cell.

I don't know if you guys have seen this gem,

but it's a horror sci -fi thriller, which means

Amanda's gonna love it. It's got J .Lo, Vince

Vaughn, and Vincent D 'Onofrio. Just a super

psychedelic, crazy, um, like mind -trippy movie,

really, because they literally go into the mind

of a serial killer. And it, uh, it's... It's

a really dark themed movie, but it's got some

amazing, amazing visuals and the world building

was just phenomenal. So if you haven't seen this

and you like the genres, definitely check it

out. This does sound like it's completely up

your alley. I think I've only seen this once.

maybe back in 2000 and I really can't recall

too much so maybe I shouldn't give this one a

rewind. That's crazy because there's some of

like the visuals in this are going to stick with

me forever. Alright. So the sell for Amanda,

and I am going to also, I guess, keep the trend

of being in the 2000s to start my segment of

the countdown. I'm going to go to 2012 with a

film that actually I just recently caught up

with in the last year, thanks to a homework assignment

from Dan, I believe, over the course of last

year. And I'm going with the 2012 film Perks

of Being a Wallflower. I am a sucker for coming

-of -age films. This is one of the better ones

I've seen in recent times. And I just was immediately

hooked into this film right from probably the

first 15 minutes. And I kind of stayed that interested

the entire way through. So I've only seen it

once. I probably will be rewatching this at some

point. But I really enjoyed Perks of Being a

Wallflower. So that's where I'm going to start

with number 80. Yeah, that's a great movie, obviously,

since I did recommend it. So I'm glad you enjoyed

it that much. Absolutely. Dan, where are you

starting your list? Well, I will start things

off a lot, lot older with going straight to the

1940s, going with an all -time classic. That

is, of course, of Casablanca. It's noted as one

of the greatest movies of all time. If you look

at the most notable quotes in movie history,

it has like eight of them. uh... it's got a meeting

dialogue one of the best love triangles ever

told and at the company broke bogart who i i

do i do love him as an actor he just has a personality

that is so unique unlike anyone else so it's

you know there's not much more you can really

say about cast a blanket is well looked upon

as one of the greatest movies of all time it

is the noted as one of them big breakout films

for the American Film Institution during that

time period. I think it still holds up pretty

well to this day. It's just an amazing atmosphere

with quality dialogue and really great characters.

I love it. It's kind of one of the films that

got me into enjoying films of the classic day.

My parents were huge fans of it, so I watched

it a lot when I was younger. Even as an adult,

I still enjoy watching it. Yeah, I think what

you said with the fact that it still holds up,

I could not agree more with that. I was recently

trying to get Amanda to watch that because it's

been one of the ones that I've been trying to

get her to watch for a while. And she got most

of the way through it, but we still need to finish

that one to see what she ultimately comes down

on. the film, positively or negatively. She was

frustrating the shit out of me and I just had

to fall asleep at the end. So we still need to

finish it, but I've seen this one multiple times.

It's classic and I couldn't agree more with everything

you just said. My favorite band has a song titled

Casablanca Sucked Anyways. It's awful. I thought

it was funny. I mean, I'm not saying Casablanca

Sucked. But I thought it was a funny title. Do

they also do the song, but we both like breakfast

at Tiffany's? Is that the same band? I don't

know. No, but they do have one that says, I'm

made of wax, Larry. What are you made out of

from Night In The Museum? So Night In The Museum

gets a thumbs up, Casablanca gets a thumbs down.

Crazy people. All right. You might hear more

about Casablanca in the future. Matt, where do

you go to number 79 on your list? Oh, man. My

list sucks. Casablanca, really? I feel like I

don't even know who Colin Firth is. I'll get

some, you know, it'll, you know, it's starting

there, but you'll see. Things change. It's okay.

I've got one or two classic movies, too. You

just see. You just watch. And for the next one,

it's the neoclastic zombie land. Oh, that's a

good movie. I like Zombieland. We just rewatched

part of that the other day. It was on the TV.

It was on the television and that was probably

the only second time I've seen it but I really

enjoyed that and that's not something I typically

go for. Yeah, zombie movies tend to be too scary

or too gross for me. Zombieland did an amazing

job of making it not too gross and then too funny

to be scary. But not in the way that horror fans

like to be like, ah, it's not really scary. It's

more funny, because you could almost see the

zippers. It's like, yeah, when they're murdering

people and doing suspenseful jump cuts, this

is legitimately funny and intentionally funny.

It does a great job. I think it might have the

greatest cameo in movie history. Yeah, I was

just going to say that. With Bill Murray being

just so incredibly Bill Murray. Really great.

In a time when zombie movies and zombie culture

was huge, it still added to the culture and to

the thing. People still talk about things like

the double tap and all of his little rules for

how to survive the zombie apocalypse. I think

it's, even though it's a comedy, I think it's

a legit addition to the zombie zeitgeist and

I really enjoyed it. It was like... To zombie

movies what scream was to just general horror

films with all the like the rules and all the

different like Kind of ways they set things up.

I enjoyed zombie land way more than I thought

I would Amanda 79 I'm gonna take it up a little

bit to 2008 not a lot to be said for this one

guys Stepbrothers, let's just put that out there

one of the most quotable movies for me I've seen

it a billion times. I'm gonna want to watch it

some more their dynamic is amazing their banter

and their dialogue is just epic and Just hilarity

ensued. I think the thing that stepbrothers has

going for it that might even make it rise a little

over time is It came out in the time period where

comedies are just not They're so hit or miss

and they're so few and far between where you

get the really good classic comedy that you can

watch a billion times and everybody loves and

laughs about it. Man, it just seems like that's

a dying breed these days. I think Step Brothers

is one of the best comedies of its time era,

for sure. I don't usually re -watch movies at

all and that's definitely one that I can re -watch.

I do think it's one that kind of almost got underappreciated

when it first came out. Like it was just like,

oh, that's fine, but I think it's really gained

life and it's still lucky. Amanda mentioned there's

so many quotes to that and you hear it all the

time of, you know, do we just become best friends

or there's like, you know, so much room for activities.

I'm doing them horribly wrong, but it's like

Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly have a great

chemistry and that might be arguably their best

movie together, I would say. And one of the most

memorable fake ball sacks you're ever going to

see in a movie. We went there. I think any ball

sack I see in a movie is memorable. I try not

to remember most ball sacks that I see in movies,

but this one's burned in my brain. Top 10 ball

sacks seen in movies coming soon. Here we go.

All right. For my number 79, I'm going to stick

exactly where I was with my number 80, and that

is in the year 2012. So back to back 2012 picks.

And I'm going to go with the... Only time that

you're gonna see this director on my list which

is surprising because I'm a big fan of him And

this is the one probably that I I think rises

above all his other films. It's my favorite one

so far I have one or two that I still have to

see and that is Moonrise Kingdom from Wes Anderson

I I had I knew who Wes Anderson was prior to

this and I had enjoyed films kind of at a distance,

but this is the one that really was like okay,

I put it all together for me and made me really

notice and kind of go back through his filmography

and stuff like that. And obviously it was elevated

again after we got Grand Budapest Hotel. But

Moonrise Kingdom for me sticks just a slight

edge above all his other films. So Wes Anderson's

Moonrise Kingdom is my number 79. Dan? Nice,

yeah. Great movie. I enjoy that a lot. You may

see Wes Anderson appear in my list coming up.

I'm also going to go with a more recent movie,

but even actually more recent than you gonna

go to the year of 2013 and I'm gonna go with

Nebraska and Alexander Payne film I Remember

going into this movie thinking like I'm gonna

enjoy it But actually was kind of surprised and

how much I just adored everything about it part

of it is just how relatable I found it where

you have these scenes of this family like sitting

around and Like the most awkward conversations

you would ever see people like talking about

how long it'd take you to get here This room

of just deadpan family watching TV with no emotion

there's just so much humor and heart and bittersweetness

to this film and You know Bruce Dern is amazing.

I love the black and white use of black and white

It's great to look at even though you're looking

at like some really Drury things it still looks

Quite good and you know, you know your movies

really working when like one of the sweetest

moments of the movies of that year was just a

guy driving a truck and That's it. Just you know,

they built it up and it just worked So I just

I find myself going with this back this movie

and also great great score So I love it. So it's

by number 79 Yeah, I was a big fan of that one

too. I didn't catch up with it in time for our

list I don't think that year I cut up with it

at the the first part of 2014 I think it was

when it finally made its way to video But we

have Bruce Dern the cast just all the way around

like the entire cast is just pretty much amazing

in this film and I think it's a little bit under

the radar. I think more people should check it

out if you haven't seen it. Yeah, even Will Forte,

like, I really sort of... Yeah, that was the

biggest surprise. Yeah, I respect him as an actor.

Like, I just thought, oh, but he was actually,

you know, he's really good, so... Absolutely.

Great pick. Matt, we're back to you for your

number 78. All right. My 78 is a movie that probably

a lot of people wouldn't expect or just from...

a studio that people wouldn't expect any movies

from on my list. And that is Aladdin. Nice. I

have not seen many Disney movies, but... As we've

been over. Almost every Disney movie I've seen

belongs on this list just because they're all

so good. I'm not saying that like, I don't know.

It's not that I haven't seen them because I don't

want to. It's just that was not how I was raised,

I guess. Which is a terrible thing to say. I

don't know. They just weren't things that interested

me as a kid, and now as an adult I feel like

I really wasted a childhood. But the ones that

I saw as a kid were great, and Aladdin was probably

one of the bigger ones of those. I don't know,

do I really need to explain why Aladdin's good?

No, it's a it's a great it's probably if I was

listening if I was to do the Disney You know

films and go by my personal favorites Aladdin

probably is number one I just for some reason

was more drawn to that than any of the other

films I think if I'm doing it from more of an

objective standpoint I might put a couple films

ahead of it, but for just like my personal interest

I Absolutely adore Aladdin Robin Williams is

amazing. I liked the setting and the visuals

for it There's nothing I don't I think I there's

nothing I didn't like you got the you know a

boo You got the magic carpet you got Frank Welker

doing the cave voice and a couple other voices.

I everything about Aladdin's good. It's great

Actually, just so yeah sure my was the first

movie my son saw recently Disney wise and he

was a big fan of course he's only 15 months old

so you know any music works but he was dancing

along to it so that was the other thing about

Aladdin was the I mean obviously that was during

a time period where we had you know four or five

movies in a row that had great music but it was

more than just one song it was the entire soundtrack

for the entire film you know and then you had

three or four songs that really kind of stood

above everything so Yeah, I'm a huge fan of Aladdin,

so I think that's a great pick, man. Thank you.

For what? Alright, Amanda, follow up with Aladdin

and go somewhere for your number 78. This is

the complete fucking opposite. This is a 2001

flick. 13 ghosts. It's got Tony Shalhoub, our

boy Matthew Willard, Shane and Elizabeth, just

to name a few. But, um, have you guys seen those?

Kevin, you probably have not. I think I've seen

them. Don't they go through all these different

rooms? Actually, they're trapped in a house.

And it's filled with a collection of malicious

ghosts. And they have, like, glasses or something

like that that they use? That they can see them,

yeah. So this guy inherits a house. Tony Shalhoub

and his family inherit a house from his uncle

who passed away. And his uncle was a collector

of these ghosts. And the house is basically like

a machine. And these chambers are released in

like a sequential order. So then these ghosts

are released and wreak havoc. Matthew Lillard

plays like a psychic, like a medium, so he can

see these things and feel all the stuff. And

he's trying to save the family. even like each

one of the stories behind like the ghosts is

like so complex and like filled out that they

have like a bonus feature and the dvd where it

goes through all the backstories and it's just

super cool super freaking scary i was traumatized

by this movie me and my cousin had to sleep in

like the same bed for a while when she stayed

the night because we watched this and It was

horrific, but it's one of my guilty pleasure

movies, and I love rewatching it as horrific

as it can get, but it's just got some of the

coolest, like, evil characters I've ever seen.

I feel like the supernatural and horror fans

out there should have pencil and paper to write

down all the films that you're giving them. They

should, dude. Take notes. Alright, so 13 ghosts.

I didn't expect the Matthew Lillard to be making

appearances. Tony Shalhoub too. Is he going to

pop up again? Probably not. Alright, for my number

78, I'm going to go into the 90s just barely.

1999. And he's actually, this director has appeared

on my list. Previously, but this will be the

last time that he appears he did what's eating

Gilbert grape in 1993 and that was in my number

99 pick and he also did cider house rules in

1999 and Not quite as highly Acclaimed as the

other films. I'm mentioning maybe in this segment

of the countdown But for some reason it really

struck a chord with me I love some of the I think

the biggest thing for me here in this film is

both the performances and the dialogue. I love

the dialogue. Michael Caine's amazing. You got

a young Paul Rudd in here. And I just, I guess

it's a feel -good movie, you know, a movie you

can watch with your family and not need to worry

about them seeing anything they shouldn't for

the most part. But it's also got some good drama

and some reality to it. And I'm just a big fan

of Cider House Rules. I like last, I don't know

if I'm saying his name right, Hallstrom. I like

him as a director. This is, for me, his best

film. So, Cider House Rules. Go ahead. I get

to see that fully through. I don't know why it's

one of those that have been off my radar. So,

I need to catch up with Cider House Rules. All

right. I didn't catch it in 1999. I didn't see

it probably until 10 years after that. I didn't

see it until the... mid to late 2000s. So it

was one that I was definitely not on my radar.

I knew what it was and I'd seen the cover a million

times. I'm like, oh, I should watch this. And

I just never could take myself to do it. But

once I sat through the whole thing, I really

enjoyed it. So that's why it's making my list.

Dan, what do you got at number 78? So I started

the countdown with a movie classic of Casablanca

and moving to movie that is probably on the same

level But for different reasons and a movie of

course that stars are a cop who is also a robot

and that of course is Robocop the hell Amanda

gives you a thumbs up Paul Verhoeven satirical

classic and all seriousness though. This is I

would argue a great film. Yes, it's very violent,

it is very bloody, it has gratuitous destruction,

and it stars a robot. But I think, you know,

Boll Verhoeven, I think, makes movies that are

a lot smarter than they appear and have a lot

of satirical comedy to social commentary all

going throughout this. Obviously, this was much

of a reflection of movies at the time as it was.

piece of entertainment but beyond that it is

a great piece of entertainment with again another

great theme for RoboCop some really kick -ass

action and just RoboCop to this day still in

the sense of the special effects looks great

I think I think the RoboCop in this and the original

looks better than the remake that was made but

let's be clear that he is talking about the original

yes I should be the original RoboCop not not

that other one that exists But yeah, so I do,

I'm a huge fan of Robocop and it's a great, it's

one of those films that's both entertaining and

has a little bit extra just to make you not feel

guilty about watching just body parts fly over

a place. Fun fact, or fun story I guess, it's

really the first and only time I ever kicked

anybody in the nuts. was while playing Robocop

because my cousin was like playing Robocop and

basically was like cannot defeat me and I was

like oh yeah and I kicked him in the nuts and

he went down. Nuts just come up a lot more than

I expected this episode. Yeah nuts, it's kind

of a theme. I asked everybody what the theme

was and nobody said nuts. We didn't know, we

had no idea but yeah then I felt so bad I've

never done it again. I think Robocop is also

a great uh almost like a a great Piece that symbolizes

the genre in that era to you know We were getting

lots of films that like you were saying Dan that

are that are somewhat similar as far as the science

fiction or you know dealing with machines or

robots in the in the 80s and I think it's a good

kind of time capsule of those types of films

that we were getting during that decade, so I

Was not expecting you to have Robocop, but I

can see why and I like what you're saying to

it It does have a lot of fun action. Just you

know watch them shootin' and blow stuff up and

blow people away, et cetera, but it does have

a deeper meaning that it's getting at, and like

you said, he directs in a way that there's a

lot more under the surface that you can watch

for. So, I like that. I like Robocop being there.

Matt, where do you go from there? I continue

with my comedy. It feels so weird. I wanted to

make a joke about how it's like I got another

comedy with someone who died recently. But that's

a poor taste, right? RIP Alan Rickman. My next

one's Galaxy Quest. Galaxy Quest. Huge fan of

sci -fi, always have been. I was raised on the

various Star Treks, so obviously a really well

done parody of Star Trek is going to make my

list. Galaxy Quest is great. It brings together

a bunch of people that were, you know, a bunch

of great actors that were pretty big in the 90s,

especially Tim Allen, who I don't even know should

be counted as an actor because he was really

a stand -up comedian that just got, you know,

a lucky break. Oh, Seinfeld? Same thing, right?

Yeah, yes. No one would claim Jerry Seinfeld

as an actor, especially if they've seen B -movie.

Oh, so bad. Yeah, great movie great comedy hits

a lot of points and a really sorted history if

you look into it because it was originally supposed

to be like a rated R and there's a lot of studio

things and cuts and I can see him getting a little

sexy in there. Getting a little saucy and sexy.

Throwing in there. I think it was all of it,

though. Like, sexy, violent, languid. I mean,

ultimately there is some sexiness. There is some

violence. I believe there's even a lot of alcohol

abuse, or at least a little alcohol abuse in

the movie. So yeah, there are definitely some

elements of it that it's like, oh, they kept

cutting until they got back down to PG -13, like,

you know, the producers probably wanted. But

I love it. That's great. And you know, I haven't

seen it a million times, but I did see it in

the theaters, which was a bigger rarity at that

age that I would have been. Amanda, you're a

big fan of Galaxy Quest, right? I've only seen

it like one and a half times, but it's super

funny, and I enjoyed it. And I see it on Netflix

all the time. I'm like, oh, I should just watch

this. But then I'm like, wait, maybe there's

something else that I haven't seen. And then

I never watch it again. But I wanted to watch

it the other day because, you know, Alan Rickman.

And you know, I love that man to death. But,

uh, just never got around to it. She's still

sitting in my queue. All right. Where are you

going next? Oh, it's back to me. Yeah, you follow

Matt. Oh, okay. So, um, we're staying in the

2000s, of course. 2003 here. And, uh, this also

sparked a huge franchise that's gonna get a new

movie coming up here pretty soon, and that's

Underworld. Kate Beckinscale, Scott Speedman.

I love the frickin'... I don't even know who

that is. Scott Speedman? Yeah. Okay, well, that's

alright for you, but I love the frickin' blood

feud, vampires versus werewolves, I will watch

everything and anything, I don't care. Um, the

action in here, like the tone, like the dark

cinematography, how badass she is, all the leather

and like the automatic weapons and the blood,

I love it all, and I can't get enough of it.

I will re -watch this series to no end and super

stoked for the new one to come out. All right,

can't comment. I have not seen any of the underworld

films yet. The first one's absolutely worth watching

Yeah, I mean, I think it gets a little sketchy

in the sequels because they just start doing

a lot of like hybrid junk, but it's still really

cool and like the animals look great and You

know, that's kind of hard to do with werewolves

But I think some really cool like shifting and

stuff happens and like I said the weaponry is

super awesome So it's it's a bunch of cool action

and horror and stuff put together. All right

Excellent. My next pick is for number 77 go to

a real recent times uh... last year two thousand

fifteen second time uh... her third time i've

done this i had what we do in the shadows and

spotlight uh... but i'm gonna go with uh... what

top my list uh... last year or was in the top

two i guess from the last year and that is piece

of no nation the direct to netflix film i know

a lot of people are as high on this one as i

was but uh... i'm a sucker for this type of real

-life story you know dealing with situations

that are That don't need any Hollywood or drama

added to them They can just be told as they were

and all the dramas kind of built in and just

freaking amazing performances across the board

from Idris Elba and from the child actors and

I mean it's a heartbreaking story and it's maybe

not for everybody because it is very real and

very heavy but I'm a huge sucker for those types

of films as you will see as we go through the

rest of my list and I thought Bees of No Nation

was a was a great film from last year and also

kind of maybe could have some impacts as far

as the whole move to Netflix and different ways

of releasing films so Big fan of Beasts of No

Nation. It's a brutal film, for sure. It is brutal.

I was really disturbed by a lot of that movie.

I mean, it's super powerful, but it really...

Right, and that's what I'm saying. It's definitely

not for everybody, but those are the types of

films that really, for some reason, resonate

with me. So it's not the last time we'll be having

a conversation about a film that's not for everybody

that might be a little bit too brutal. So that's

where I'm going for there. Dan, what's your number

77? My number 77, I'm pretty sure it's the movie

that came up... Already, and I think Kevin on

your list if I'm not mistaken Again, I mentioned

that we're gonna see some movies from some of

my favorite directors That's happening here with

Richard Langlitter and it's gonna be his days

and confused You know the I mean I love movies

that take place in one day When I actually first

saw this I had no idea Richard Link later was

I just really enjoyed the film as now as a kid

I thought it was kind of funny and as I grew

up grown older and be able to appreciate it on

more levels You know it has that classic The

link later dialogue has a lot of great characters,

you know, and of course, it's like Matthew McConaughey's

coming out party But it's just very much of that

time period. It's not a time period I grew up

in but I can still identify with and It's just

a really great watch that ultimately on it. It's

unlimitedly rewatchable. So Yeah, I agree you

are right that You are right. That was on my

list. It was my number 96, I believe. So definitely

in full agreement with that one. I think it's

a perfect like we're talking about with kind

of Robocop as far as capturing the type of cinema

that was there. This is more of a timepiece on

actual what the real world was like during that

time period for those that age individuals and

then kind of that high school story. And I had

an older brother that that was kind of in that.

time period at that age. So even though I didn't

get to go through that and I can't relate directly

to it, I can kind of vicariously remember certain

things about him growing up that remind me in

bits about that film. But yeah, this is a great

film. Obviously we've had the follow -up here

in recent times with Everybody Wants Some and

I think they're both excellent time capsules

of different decades. So obviously in agreement,

Matt, 76. 76 I'm going to continue on with the

comedy with Nazi war film from Italy, La Vida

e Bella. I have not ever heard of that one. For

anyone who knows what that movie is, it's very,

very depressing and not funny at all. Why is

it called like The Beautiful Life? Because it's

ironic. So Roberto Benigni. If any of you know

him, I think he won the Oscar that year for this

movie specifically. A famous Italian actor. This

is a movie about him. He plays a Jewish man in

a concentration camp. His whole family gets taken.

His child ends up with him and through a number

of events ends up being able to hide with him

in the ghetto and he has to try to keep his kid

away from the Nazis so that his kid doesn't die.

It shows just how terrible World War II was.

Wait, this is a comedy? No. No, no, no, no. I

thought you said he was continuing with the comedy.

I'm like, I am really confused. This doesn't

sound funny at all. That was a joke that I made.

And then I thought I explained well enough, but

I guess not. I'm coloring. I can't pay attention

to everything. But Roberto Avagnini is a great

comedic actor, though. And this movie does have

some funny moments, which, you know, but always

have a tinge of sadness because, again, it's

in a World War II ghetto. A concentration camp.

It's very bad. But it's interesting. People that

know Japanese culture know that a lot of times

World War II is glossed over, especially German

culture. But you'd think Italy, with how it was

in World War II, you'd avoid it, but not as much.

And because of it, that makes this movie really

great. Because it also has that, I don't know,

almost like doubt to itself. and regret. It's

like a masterpiece. And if you could stay on

subtitled movies, I can't recommend this movie

enough. Yeah, I brought this film up a couple

different times on different lists. I don't know

if it was for our show or for top five shows

when I was guesting on another podcast, but I'm

a huge fan of this film, as I said, with my pick

for Beast of Donations. You know, if it is brutal

and and dark and talking about, you know, the

evils of human nature sometimes that is not something

that I shy away from. I enjoy kind of delving

into that, especially when you have the historical

aspect of it. That makes you sound creepy. What's

that? That makes you sound creepy. I wasn't trying

to make me sound creepy. It's just I don't shy

away from it just because it's real or just because

it's brutal, I guess. But you'll see this coming

up again on my list. So I agree with your pick,

Matt. Well, my next movie is not awful and brutal.

It's an action mystery sci -fi from 2000 with

our man Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Sixth Day.

It's a futuristic... That's hard. Futuristic

action about a man who meets a clone of himself

and stumbles upon a huge conspiracy about clones

taking over the world. I can't remember if this

is the movie I'm thinking it is or not. In addition

to Arnold, Michael Rapoport, Michael Rooker?

The guy from The Walking Dead and Guardians of

the Galaxy? Is that how you say his name? Rooker?

It's got Terry freaking Cruz in it, Robert Duvall.

It's like the last little bit of 90s you're going

to get in 2000. It's got the same kind of feel,

you know what I mean, as those quintessential

action 90s movies that I love. And I really enjoyed

it. It reminded me a lot of my childhood, so

I can get down on it. Anybody else have seen

The Sixth Day? I think I have, but, like, there

were so many Schwarzenegger movies that I've

seen that I don't remember very well. Like, I

mean, how is this different than, like, Eraser?

It's different from Eraser. Did this come out

about the same time as End of... End of Days?

Did he do a film called End of Days? Yes, he

did. Yes, he did. Which was one of the worst

films I ever saw. It's like The Devil or something.

That's not this movie. Maybe I was steering away

from Arnold during that time period. I don't

know. I don't shy away from some Arnold. But

I think it's a good time. It was really fun.

It was a movie that was like me holding on to

the 90s a little bit and being able to do that

in 2000. Like holding on to the parents leg and

not letting them get away, like stick around

for a little bit longer. Don't leave me Arnold

in your action movies. Nice, nice. Alright, for

my number 76, gonna go to the year 2007, and

a bunch of people are gonna kind of fall. I don't

think I've ever said that in my life. A couple

people are gonna roll their eyes or be disturbed

that this is the only time this director duo

is gonna appear in my Top 100, but this is the

one and only time that the Coen brothers will

have a film in my Top 100, and that is my number

76 No Country for Old Men. I don't think I need

to say too much about it. I've never heard anybody

say anything negative about it. Is this where

the guy has that thing that shoots a bolt through

the door or whatever? That scary guy? I'm terrified

of that dude and his creepy bags under his eyes.

All of that is true. No Country for Old Men is

my favorite Coen Brothers film. I know there's

a lot of others that other people would go to,

but this is the one that makes the list. Javier

Bardem, that's that guy, right? Scary, scary

dude. You even have a scary name, sir. I feel

like he's like a cartel dude. All right, and

the other thoughts of it hey All right, no country

for old men is my number six 76 Dan. What is

yours? my number 76 is I'm gonna go back to a

classical Hollywood again and One thing I also

really enjoy movies about movies and one of the

Arguably one of my favorites is obviously the

sentence on this list is all about Eve basically

a story about actresses trying to a young actress

trying to break into the game, the old actress

trying to maintain her career and the conflict

that ensues in that. Arguably some can bring

up that it is highly melodramatic, especially

for today's standards, and may not hold up as

well as something like Casablanca, but it still,

I don't know, still really works for me. It's,

again, one movie I grew up on with my parents

watching it back in A &C and turning classic

movies when it was on, so it's a film I've seen

a great deal. So part of that may be because

of just the exposure to it, but again, it has

that classic Hollywood feel that I really enjoy.

and I just enjoy what it's take on necessarily

movies but acting in general and the conflict

that can ensue and also is noticeable for the

fact that it has a very early appearance of Marilyn

Monroe before she becomes super famous. It's

one of her earliest roles. But that's my number

76, All About Eve. This is one that I've wanted

to catch up on and I just for some reason have

not yet. list of shame type of film for me so

I will add it, bump it up on the queue a little

bit now that I know it's a top 100 worthy on

your list. Like I said, I would say Casablanca

is a much better film but it's just a film that

I greatly enjoy. Awesome. Alright Matt, what

do you have next? For my next one, I think I've

said this a bunch on all these records. This

isn't about what's the best movie ever or anything.

Just like Tan said, his movie isn't as good as

one that's before it, but it has a more personal

be my first actual series that shows up. Movie

series that has a... special place in my heart

if only because of the age that I was and the

fact that I love fantasy movies and there's never

enough. There's never enough. And that's the

Lord of the Rings series. For a lot of the series,

I've chosen one movie to put at the top. I don't

know that I could really do that with these.

They have their problems, you know, a lot of

people talk about how it's all walking, but honestly...

They're decent. They're great. They follow the

books pretty well. I mean, you can't include

everything. I mean, if they just included, you

know, the songs, it would add an extra two hours

to the whole franchise easily. You know, they

did a lot of good job of cutting things they

didn't need and leaving in things they did. I

love these movies. I love these books. The books

are okay. The movies are so much quicker. I don't

know. Just as a... Don't know a warning like

Hobbit is probably my favorite book of all time

Lord of the Rings is not as good as that But

the Lord of the Rings movies is great and the

Hobbit movie sucks The pointless three Hobbit

movies suck And you know Peter Jackson didn't

go crazy with this he didn't George Lucas this

Like he kept getting more and more CG as each

movie progressed to the sixth one being ridiculous

Just like George Lucas to the sixth one being

ridiculous But he didn't go back and change these

and they're great and I mean everyone's seen

them They, like, swept the Oscars. There's no

way you haven't seen them. But if you haven't,

you know, treat yourself. Anybody who complains

about them just walking or saying that all they

do is walk is the worst type of person. Like,

stop with that nonsense. Yeah, it's a great pick.

It'll definitely come up again on my list. There

we go. All right, all right. Amanda, it's your

turn. Seventy five. 70 fizzive. Okay, so this

is um, we're gonna take it back probably the

farthest I'm gonna go back in this little round

here to 1992 One of my guilty pleasure watches

probably not a lot to say about this and you

guys are gonna give me some shit probably But

uh rest in peace Whitney Houston the bodyguard

I'm not gonna say anything. Timeless flick okay

fucking timeless Flick. She was amazing. All

the songs that came out of this. I have the freaking

soundtrack. And it makes me cry. And Kevin Costner.

Tip top of his fucking game here. Badass with

the fucking samurai sword and the scarf that

got cut. Come on. This is probably one of the

most successful soundtracks I would think ever.

Ever. I've actually never seen it, so. What?

Lord have mercy. Oh my god. I'm not 100 % sure

I even know what it is. The bodyguard, you know?

You've heard the songs, I guarantee you that.

You've heard the Whitney songs. You just didn't

know it was tied to this movie. Probably. Yeah.

Alright, classic 90s. I think a lot of people

would be on board with you on that one. Well,

they better be. So you guys better watch it,

okay? Get on this board. On this board? Yes.

I don't even know what that means. It just doesn't

have to make sense. It didn't make sense. A skateboard?

A surfboard? What board are we getting on? No,

we are on board, so I'm trying to get on this

thing. Oh, you got it. All right. Dirt. God,

Kevin. I'm with you. Just taking my fucking awesome

stuff to say and trashing it. Why don't you say

some funny stuff? No, I'm just making myself

sound way less hip than you are. Why don't you

just say some funny stuff already? I don't have

any funny things to say. Funny. On that note.

Don't do it, because I tried to say a funny thing

and Sheila was all like, what, is this a comedy?

I didn't get it at all. What kind of Holocaust

comedy is this? For my number 75, I'm going to

go as far as you can from comedy, I guess. Well,

I guess some people might find it humorous, but

it's definitely a little bit more on the dramatic

sense. And that's to 1999. My pick wasn't dramatic.

It's a fucking drama. I know, but then we're

talking about comedy and going back to drama.

I was already in 1999 for Cider House Rules.

I will stay there. I love this director, but

it's the only time he's going to show up on my

list. Sam Mendy is a big fan of his, but the

only film that he has on my top 100 is going

to be number 75, American Beauty. I couldn't

rank this any higher or lower because I've only

seen it once, and that was in 1999. I am going

on some long -term memory here, and I need to

rewatch this film to see exactly where it should

stack up here. There's definitely one that could

probably move a lot in one direction or the other

on a rewatch, but just trying to base it on my

1999 self and the viewing of it, then I thought

it was deserving at least to be in the top 100,

and it ended up falling into this number 75 spot,

but definitely need to watch it again. I think

this is a great movie. I might have seen this

a scotch too young. Because, yeah, I was able

to see a lot of movies I probably shouldn't have

seen at the time, but it held a lot of weight

with me and there was a lot of themes in it that

I was like, man, I probably shouldn't be watching

this. This is a little risque for me, but it

definitely made me see things in a different

light and also scared of my friends' dads. So,

American Beauty is my number 75. Dan, what do

you got next? For my number 75, I won't spend

a great deal of time on it because it's actually

a movie that Kevin and I did an entire episode

on, and it comes from our director that was already

on my list with Inglorious Basterds. But for

number 75, I have Rest of Our Dogs. It's, again,

Quentin Tarantino, his breakout film. A lot to

love about this movie, again. one movie that

kind of takes place in one day. It was his coming

out party for sure. It's just a movie that is

simple in a very brilliant way. And again, I

think it's kind of set the standards for what

you would come to expect with Quentin Tarantino,

his use of music, his use of violence and his

love of genre and how that comes through in this

film. So it's just a movie I saw. You know, I

remember first seeing it in like It just seemed

different at the time, because that's the time

I'm watching Aladdin in Jurassic Park, and a

few years after that watching something, Reservoir

Dogs, and just feel like this is a movie unlike

anything I've seen at that point in my life.

And since then, it's made me a Quentin Tarantino

fan and still am to this day. So it's my number

75. Yeah, I will just say that I agree. And it

had a lot of similar effects on me. So great

pick there for your number 75. Only a couple

left here on the second half Matt. What are you

going with? So I've got an Arnold picture in

mind, too For my next one, I don't know again.

This is this is I think I specifically said number

74 I don't know about I didn't know this was

74, but it totally fits my next one's total recall

Amanda loves totally it might be Arnold Schwarzenegger's

greatest movie um not because of him just because

like i think the like you know the terminus are

really good but the writing in total recalls

great i mean it's a it's a solid sci -fi movie

it got a remake that i hear is terrible and i

have not bothered to watch um it was terrible

it was pretty fucking awful yeah i mean colin

farrell yeah that british dude right like why

would you even i think he's irish or something

oh i mean i'm thinking am i thinking colin hanks

No, I'm making a common joke because I can't

get any of them straight Yeah, see he's hilarious

Um, I don't know man. There's a there's a chick

with three boobs. Everyone focuses on that There's

a dude with an exploding head because it's a

lady head, but it's not really his head There's

a weird thing where it's like I put my hand here

and I'll just you know fix bars entirely It's

great movie. I love it I actually am not going

to say much about Total Recall at the moment.

Okay, I didn't say anything about Reservoir Dogs.

We're trying to decide what to give away and

what not. Alright, Amanda, what do you have at

your number 74? I'm going to stick with the 90s

a little bit. This is another one of my guilty

pleasure movies that sparked a little series.

of awesome flicks, probably the only serious

Michael Bay movies that I respect, and that's

Bad Boys from 1995. Action, comedy, crime, drama,

thriller, yes. I think that the camaraderie between

Martin and Will was just amazing, there were

so many great moments, so many awesome lines,

their banter was just fucking on point, and of

course there's just... a bunch of gratuitous

violence in action and I can never get enough

of explosions and car chases that just are outrageous.

So, love it. Love the violence, love the camaraderie,

love the comedy, love all of it. JD Duran is

cheering in the background as he listens to this.

Does he like it? Huge fan of the Bad Boys series.

Alright, Bad Boys. Whatcha gonna do? For my number

74, my number 74 is an interesting film because

I watched this once upon a time and... In Mexico?

No, but I watched it once upon a time and actually

disliked the film quite heavily and I rewatched

it recently and I can't figure out what I didn't

like about it. So I don't know if I was just

in the wrong place, in the wrong mindset when

I watched it the first time, but I have come

full circle on this film all the way to the point

where it's making my top 100. It is... the only

time Clint Eastwood will end up on my list as

a director and that's for 1992's Unforgiven.

Pretty critically universally acclaimed and again

it's one of those films that I don't hear a lot

of negativity about but kind of your quintessential

modern western I think the only thing regretful

from that is that we didn't get It didn't all

sudden usher in this new era of westerns. It

didn't seem like we Looking back it would have

been nice if we would have got maybe a few more

films out of this but Unforgiven is a great western.

It's got both the classic western feel but a

little bit of a modern touch to it And I think

anybody that likes that genre is probably a big

fan of this film. Dan I know you like Unforgiven.

I do. I would say it's probably one of Eastwood's

best movie as an actor and a director it's at

least it's a top one or three you know it's it's

in there so yeah it's a great like especially

i think the more i'm kind of catching up with

his past history as an actor and seeing how much

of that is influence is reflected in that film

it does really work well as this kind of uh almost

like swan song of clen eastwood western of course

it's not the last one because it's you know it's

what he does but it's great it's a great movie

for sure And if you're like a younger cinephile

or something and you've been exposed to some

of the Westerns in recent years and you've watched

stuff and liked it and you haven't gone back

to catch up with Unforgiven, you need to do that

immediately. So it's mandatory viewing for anybody

that likes Westerns. All right. Dan, you're next.

My next film is one of those movies that when

it came out it was not, it kind of came and went

and but I think maybe due to just being on Comedy

Central as much as it was and on cable it really

ended up growing a following and people started

loving it and myself included and that is Office

Space is my number of 74. Again a movie that

you see quoted a great deal from pieces of flair

to you know What exactly do you do here means

a crazy? but even now working in an office just

it just it's Mike judge who is a terrible genius

you see it now with like Silicon Valley and how

he can take a kind of a type of work environment

or a group of people and and really kind of bring

out the funny and seems like he really isn't

knowing what he's doing. I feel like it's, I

know when it came out it was a huge flop, but

it grew an audience over and it's become this

cult classic, iconic film now. I just find it

really funny and it's highly enjoyable. I think

so many people that work in an office would dream

of kind of doing 90 % of the stuff that happens

in this, especially taking out the copy that

doesn't work and smashing it to pieces. I actually

asked a guy today at one of the locations that

I service. He's like never really do anything

just like standing there and like talking to

me. I was like, do you actually work here or

they just let you hang out? And yeah, I'm glad

that I got to say some shit like that. That made

me feel good. Yeah, I think office space is definitely

classic. Like there's so much to relate to for

anybody that's worked in an office or knows anything

about. kind of what that's like. And even if

you don't, I think you can kind of pick up on

what's going down there. And that's the right

type of humor for me, too. So I like that film

as well. I did not think of that for my Top 100,

but I am a fan of that film. I think it made

it a little too high into mine, so I'll hold

off for a bit. All right. Well, where are you

going to go instead? So I have the Star Trek

parody movie, and I love Star Trek. uh... but

i love star wars more so net naturally my next

on the star wars parodies baseball's uh... a

classic movie john candy uh... met his own best

friend uh... rick moran is before he left acting

uh... it's just i know it but it's a quotable

movie so much so that i've got people that i

work with that have never seen star wars that

the quote baseball because even if you haven't

seen star wars baseball still enjoyable This

film was probably in the final 10 or 20 that

didn't make my list. It was so close to making

my list and I just couldn't find a room for it

but I love Spaceballs and I'm not a huge Rick

Moranis fan but I thought this was an excellent

parody. Maybe I just saw it at the right time

and because I'm a Star Wars fan I like it but

it was so close to making my top 100. But it's

always shrinking people. The teleport or the

transport, whatever you want to call it, when

they flip -flopped the... Snotty beamed me twice

last night. It's so good. It's so quotable. It's

great. I even have a great story where I met

a friend in middle school, and we got really

close. And then I started spending the night,

because that's what you do, at middle school.

And we bonded over Star Wars. And I was like,

yeah. And then it's like Spaceballs. And he goes,

what's that? And I was like, what? Hold on, and

I literally walked away from a, I don't know

what possessed me, because I would never do this

in a million years now, but at 11 years old,

I walk up to his mom, who I'd said maybe five

words to in my life, and I was like, did you

know your son's never seen Spaceballs? And she

goes, everyone put your shoes on, we're going

to Hollywood Video. And we went and rented and

watched Spaceballs together, and it was amazing,

and I changed that kid's life. That's probably

one of the best things to hear. Everybody get

your shoes on. We're going to Hollywood video.

Yeah. Too bad it doesn't exist as a thing. Hey,

we go to family video now. It's just as cool.

Probably. Although, you know, it feels like it's

teetering on a knife point where if they were

to open a second one in our city, the bulbs would

collapse. But no one's like, put your shoes on.

We're going to the red box. No. We're going to

log on to Netflix. Get ready. Oh, man. That is...

We're just going to spiral into a whole conversation

on ways to watch videos. Amanda? Well, this is

a Murphy box. Have you seen Spaceballs? Uh, I

don't know if I've seen the whole thing. Okay,

that's all. Matt, get your shoes. It was the

second DVD I bought ever. Actually the first

DVD I bought ever was Lord of the Rings full

-screen edition because I was an idiot kid. I

did the same thing. Amanda, what do you got next?

Something else I don't know. We're gonna need

to say a lot about it. 2005, RDJ, Val Kilmer,

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. Another movie with some

really cool banter and... dialogue and memorable

stuff coming out of it really cool camaraderie

and I think that it's an all -around awesome

movie there's there's so much for everybody in

this I mean obviously not for kids so but if

you like movies you're gonna find something that

you like in this movie I think it's clearly agree

with you it was my number 88 so we're in tune

with that kiss kiss bang bang is definitely worth

watching if you have not seen it hilarious because

I watched it Because she had loaned it to you

and you wanted to watch it and it made it higher

on my list than either of your guys's list. Oh

man, so a little tape for you. There we go. You're

welcome. Her taste in movies isn't terrible,

we just don't line up on a few of them. Number

73 for me, I'm going to go to 1997. Also the

only time this guy appears on my list, Gus Van

Sant film Good Will Hunting. I love Robin Williams.

And I like him both in his more comedic roles

and in his more serious roles that he did. And

this one was great. Obviously, I have Matt Damon

and Ben Affleck, et cetera. But I saw this at

the right time, too. I mean, this came out when

I was a teenager and not quite to the age where

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are, but kind of new.

a lot of people that were that age and that's

where I was going. I don't know, there's a lot

of cool beats and dramatic elements to this film

and a lot of great lines from Matt Damon's character,

especially in the first probably 20 to 40 minutes.

It's just absolutely hilarious. I don't know,

I haven't seen it as many times as I should.

I need to re -watch this one because it's been

quite a few years. for me to kind of come up

with individual scenes and moments and lines

and stuff like that. But I just remember really

enjoying this film every time I've seen it. And

it's got a 97 % on Rotten Tomatoes. Pretty high.

It's the second highest film in this segment

of my countdown. And I like it. Good Will Hunting

from 1997 is my number 73. Matt Damon. All right.

Dan, what do you got at 73? At number 73, I'm

going to go back again to another classic Hollywood

film. Again, I wasn't... I didn't do this consciously,

but it just ended up working. And again, another

movie about movies, and I'm not a huge musical

fan, but for some reason, I just do love Sinking

in the Rain, as well as the movie. But, you know,

amazing songs. Thank you. choreography that's

still crazy and just like the set pieces in this

are phenomenal just it is like that bombastic

old Hollywood at its biggest and best it's you

know it's iconic to this day and you know it's

I think, like I said, even if you're not into

musicals, you might enjoy it. I mean, Gene Kelly

is just like a genius, a musical genius. His

talent is, you know, transcendent. And there's

a lot of that within this movie. And also kind

of like what it... What it says regarding film

and the fact that you have these guys trying

to move out of the world of silent film into

the world of talkies and what that was like so

it's This interesting like look into movies that

were still somewhat of a new medium, you know

There were only what 50 years old at that point.

So But it but yeah, so it's a great movie that

I actually just caught recently the first time

a few last year two years ago and I loved it.

It was it's great The amount of talent on display

in this film is quite possibly never been rivaled.

There's so much talent on display in this film

from all different angles, and if you are a fan

of musicals, if you are not a fan of musicals,

I think you'll still find something that you

can respect and enjoy out of that one. So, awesome

pick there. Matt, only got two left for each

of us. What do you have at number 72? All right,

my number 72 is probably the least strong of

the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I'm going to end

up having a lot of Marvel Cinematics on here

in the next 70 spots. And so I apologize for

that if that seems a little tired out, but if

it's one per episode, no one will ever notice,

right? And that's Thor. I'm going to say just

Thor, because I think the first one was better

than the second one, which I think is true of

every Marvel Cinematic movie so far. I think

the second one has always been weaker than the

first one, but I think the third one's always

been the best of all of them that have gotten

three so far. So, uh, looking forward to the

third Avengers. Yeah, Thor. You know, it's got

a thunder. He's a comic book guy I love. Um,

I think it's the only comic book I'm subscribed

to at all now because in the last, I don't know,

ten years, comics have gone through a lot of

shifts I don't like. I mean, I don't need to

say anything. Everyone's seen it. Everyone's

seen it! Everybody's seeing Chris Hemsworth with

his shirt off. Yes. Everybody hates on Thor,

though, out of all the Marvel films, and maybe

it's just because I like the sci -fi elements

of that, same reason I liked Guardians of the

Galaxy so much, but I'm a big fan of both Thor

films, actually. I like them better than some

of the other comic book films we've gotten, so...

The first one's got issues where, like, the love

story... doesn't make sense, it shouldn't have

been there, it shouldn't have been there. If

you're not gonna devote enough time to make it

make sense and be good, then don't put it in.

And I'm not against having a love story in an

action movie or a comic movie, I think there's

definitely a place for it. And I love those types

of stories. But if you're not gonna devote the

right amount of time to it, don't do it. No,

I think the thing that draws me to it is, because

I kind of just write that off and don't even

pay attention to that part of it, For me, it's

the dynamic between Thor and Loki. And we have

not got a villain to equal Loki so far in any

other comic book film that I've seen. So those

two playing off each other is what makes both

Thor and films as enjoyable for me. And one reason

why Avengers worked is to the level it did. So

that's, yeah. All right. So some Thor love here

in the 70s. Amanda, what do you have for your

72? So this was an accident, but I have another

RDJ film here, backed up to my Kiss Kiss Bang

Bang Selection. This is 2009 Action Adventure

Crime, Sherlock Holmes. I think that what Guy

Ritchie did with cinematography here was super

cool. I know it's kind of been done since then,

but I feel like that was the first time I really

saw that style, and I could pick out... that

that was that Guy Ritchie movie. And I loved

the action. I loved the flow of the story. I

thought it was a really great telling of the

character. And I think that Jude Law and RDJ

really played off each other well. I really loved

all the action pieces and how smart it could

be, too. So all the characters plus the action

plus the look of it and the feel really just

did everything that I wanted it to do. Yeah,

I'm a big fan of just the character of Sherlock

Holmes And I know everybody has their favorite

version than this and the other but I did at

the time that that came out There was a lot of

stuff that we had not seen done in that way before

like you said it has been repeated now and you

know a lot of people probably don't like the

sequel as much and to kind of try to do the same

tricks over again that we'd seen in the original

one but if you're just basing off the original

one and when it came out I think it did do some

some very innovative stuff and Robert Downey

Jr.'s great, and the dialogue's great in that

film. I agree. My number 72, I think, was already

brought up by Dan early on, if I remember correctly,

and I'm gonna go to a film based on a TV series

that I never watched, but I have seen the film,

and I absolutely adore it, and it's 1999. My

third pick from 1999. Did not plan that, so it

is from Trey Parker and Matt Stone. This is South

Park, bigger, longer. and uncut. Dan, you had

this earlier on in your list, right? I did, I

did, yes. Yeah, so I mean there's not much more

that needs to be said about it. I mean, it's

not just a funny film, it's not just outlandish,

it's not just crude and rude and, you know, all

that type of stuff. It's got so much from a storytelling

standpoint, from a thematic standpoint, from

a, you know, commentary on... what's going on

in the world at that time and even now. So on

parenting, on all kinds of different issues that

it's talking about, and it's so cleverly done

and disguised under this mask of South Park,

I think it's one of the most intelligently written

animated films of all time. So it makes my top

100 at 72. Yeah, and I agree It is all those

things he said though about being rude and crude

Right. It's not just those though. No. No, it's

very much harder. I mean, there's lots of that.

Yeah. Yeah There's more than meets the eye, though.

Dan, what do you got at your number 72? Number

72, I don't know if this is the first horror

film on my list, but it's arguably maybe a horror

slash science fiction film going back to the

80s and going to a cult classic director with

John Carpenter and the thing. 1982 remake classic,

one of the arguably maybe the best remake of

all time. I think it's certainly not there. That's

an interesting conversation that we could have

at some point. Yeah, it is. Best ball shots and

best remakes. Best remakes and ball shots. For

a second I thought it was sports related. But

the thing itself, the tension in this movie is

astronomical. The special effects, yes, they're

somewhat dated, but I think that still lets them

hold up. And also probably the best beards in

movie history. I mean, come on, Kurt Russell's

beard and that, it's pretty phenomenal. But it's

a simple concept that is well executed, and it's

John Carpenter at his best, so it's mine. I think

I always get it and the thing confused. I've

seen it, but I don't think I've seen the thing.

There are no clowns in the thing. Yeah. Is it

like something that curls around and it's got

like weird legs almost looking like the fake

suckers from Alien? Kind of, so the premise of

it is that you don't know what it looks like.

You can morph into like anyone or anything. Like

it? Yes, I guess. I don't know. But yeah, but

eventually you do kind of see it in different

shapes and sizes and whatnot. And yeah, so there

was, I guess not a remake, but a prequel to this,

which was okay, but... I don't know. I think

it says a lot with John Carpenter, especially

during that time period where there's a lot of

lack of trust, I guess, going on within the culture.

And I think John Carpenter kind of took advantage

of that with the movie. But it's great. I mean,

super atmospheric. You just feel cold watching

it. Yeah, I think I've seen most of this on like

TNT or something like that. I need to watch this.

I think I've seen bits and pieces, but I need

to watch this all the way through because it

was something I never took serious as when I

was younger. And I've only heard good things

about it over the course of the last 10 to 15

years and for some reason haven't caught up with

it. But I think this is the type of horror quote

unquote film that is one that I actually enjoy.

I kind of like those. types of horror films?

It could easily be like, I think if you watch

it, think it's like a midnight madness type of

movie because of the creature in The Promise,

but it's just really well done. It's John Carpenter

being John Carpenter, which is something that

we're missing. I don't know, it's up there as

his best movie. You could argue Halloween or

Escape from New York, but it's in the conversation

for sure. Matt, we only have time for one more

pick here in this segment. What are you doing?

I figured I'd round out my sci -fi slash comedy

section with a sci -fi movie that's kind of funny,

which is Stardust. 2007, if you don't think it's

a comedy, then you haven't seen any of Robert

De Nio's parts because he is hilarious in this

movie. He is so good. Weirdly enough, I wanted

to see it in theaters, never did. caught it in

a five dollar bin at a Walmart like in 2009 or

something like way too soon um picked it up took

it home loved it I saw this on Netflix not too

long ago Didn't I make you watch this? No, I

think he was recording or something and I watched

it by myself and I wasn't expecting to like it

as much as I did. It was actually really, really

cool and it had a cute little love story. Visually,

it was pretty stunning too and Robert De Niro

as a pirate, a little fancy pirate, was pretty

freaking epic. Who's the director on this? It

is Matthew Vaughn. There we go. Yeah, that's

why I watched it. I watched it in anticipation

of, uh, what? Kingsman? Kingsman. Yeah. So, yeah,

it was one that kind of went under. I didn't

know anything about it until looking at his filmography.

I watched it and I was like, we need to watch

this again. Hey, look at that. I started and

ended my list with the same director because

I'm that guy. I did that on purpose. No, you

didn't. No, I didn't. Amanda, what do you end

your list at? This is probably a movie you guys

haven't seen, but it's one of my favorites. It's

where my radio name comes from, in fact. It's

definitely, definitely a guilty pleasure movie.

It's from 2000. It's Ginger Snaps. And it's more

werewolf action. Not werewolf on vampire, just

werewolf. And it's got a couple low -level actresses,

Emily Perkins and Catherine Isabelle. They've

been on like some TV shows and other movies and

stuff like that, but not too huge, but their

characters definitely stuck out for me. And my

cousin was like my partner in crime, and we watched

so many movies, so many B -rated horror movies

together. This was definitely a standout as our

favorite, and it's based on these... They call

them two death -obsessed... sisters and they're

kind of living in the burbs and they're they're

kind of outcast because they're like the two

girls that are a little bit gothic and a little

bit edgy and everybody else is you know really

you know straight edge and you're either a jock

or you're not kind of thing and what happens

is One of the sisters is bitten by a werewolf

and you know they have to deal with the consequences

that kind of grisly consequences of all of that

happening and you see her her start to transform

and and how she changes and how it changes their

relationship and and kind of the the choices

that they have to make and It's definitely definitely

rated R not for the the kitties Alright, so another

supernatural slash horror thriller for people

to write down. For my last pick today, also my

only pick from director Darren Aronofsky on my

top 100 from 2008, it is The Wrestler. Anybody

who watched any wrestling growing up in the 80s,

early 90s should definitely check this film out.

It is done so freaking well. Mickey Rourke is...

freaking phenomenal. I don't think they could

have found anyone better to play that role and

I just like the choices that the that Aaron Oski

makes in this film and the ending is one of my

favorite endings of that decade, and I just think

there's a lot to kind of enjoy from that film.

I don't know if people that don't have any background

watching wrestling would enjoy it as much, but

I can't speak for that because I was exposed

to wrestling quite a bit in the late 80s and

early 90s, so it spoke to me on that, but it

also just has a lot of drama, a lot of just...

Relationship look at relationships especially

the the father -daughter relationship here and

Also kind of maybe speaks to people as far as

going through I don't know if midlife crisis

is the right word, but but aging and coming to

terms with that as well I just I've watched this

film and immediately fell in love with it It's

one of those rare films that I can actually rewatching

and get just as much enjoyment out of so the

wrestler is my number 71 I will just say, I will

echo it as well, but maybe not for a while. Actually,

I'm a little upset. I wrote it off to the side

of the margins. I'm going to have to do some

changing on my list. All right. So Dan, we only

got one more pick left to talk about today. What

is it going to be? Well, I'm actually going to

go to a genre that we have not actually talked

about. on on this podcast for this time and and

that is the world of documentaries and i'm gonna

go with uh one of my obviously one of my favorites

and that is the king of kong a fistful of quarters

and it's often the documentary i'll give people

who say they don't like documentaries because

there's it's i don't know it's one of those Documentaries

that maybe wasn't successful simply because of

circumstance, but it is you know ultimate utter

dog story and even if you care little about video

games somehow you'll get invested in this guy

in his attempt to Basically break this world

record a lot of it is to the fact that Billy

Mitchell works so well as a villain He's so unlikeable.

He is probably the ultimate douchebag of any

movie ever and you know, he's a real person which

makes it even harder to believe but it's you

know it's a great maybe not the best -made documentary

but it's a great story and it's highly enjoyable

and like I said it's if you're not into documentaries

you kind of feel like they're all like about

like history and things of that nature like this

is a good one to watch and see that they can

just be highly entertaining you know Seth Gordon

is kind of It was probably the best thing he's

done. He's not had a great transition to live

action film, to like mainstream movies. He's

done Identity Thief and Four Christmases and

Horrible Bosses and none of them come close to,

I think, what he was able to accomplish with

King of Kongs. I am adding it to my list. That

is intriguing to me. So I will want to check

that one out. It's great. Hey, Melissa McCarthy,

Identity Thief what was? No, we're not talking

about Melissa McCarthy. True Romance already

tweeted me that they expect some Melissa McCarthy,

and I want to point out that, Dan, you were the

closest to get to Melissa McCarthy in all of

this thus far. Yeah, I do feel dirty. Alright,

looking back at this segment of the countdown,

any reactions, reflections as far as what you've

heard today? Dan, is it weird that I've already...

Counted my last film from some of these people

like Clint Eastwood, Coen Brothers, Sam Mendes,

Gus Van Sant, Aronofsky. I'm probably a little

bit surprised at some of those. Maybe mostly

Coen's, I guess. I'm actually surprised you had

an Aronofsky film on there. I guess it makes

sense, though. I do feel like, Amanda, I think

every movie you had was a guilty pleasure, which

is good, you know, it happens. I have a lot of

those. I think what Amanda said at the beginning

that this would give you an idea of her movie

taste is 100 % accurate with that statement because

you had a little bit of horror, a little bit

of the supernatural, a little bit of some comedy

action and some 90s love. Arnold, you had a little

bit of everything that I've come to know as far

as the films that you enjoy. There was no Sandy

B. in normalist mccarthy but other than that

this is still pretty low on the list we got more

of those we come later all right we are i think

starting to see more and more crossover now probably

as as it would happen as we get higher and higher

on this list Yeah, I think we had more crossover

this episode than we definitely had on the other

two. Like you said, it is going to be easier

to do that the more we go and the more films

that have been revealed. But some interesting

films that are making the rounds as far as on

different multiple people's listens. It's going

to be interesting to see how many films actually

do show up on all four lists or at least three

out of the four. We'll have to do like some statistics

in our final episode. What do you mean three

out of the four? Like math doesn't cool enough?

No, I'm saying if... A film makes at least three

of the four films like there's already been one

mentioned that we know is gonna make your mind

and Matt's film. I was just trying to say that

Matt's wasn't cool. I got it and I had to say

it. He didn't say anything though. I think we

should explain all of our jokes from now on.

Just stop recording so late. We're tired. Dan,

you're like an hour later than us. We're all

terrible comedians explaining all of our jokes.

Matt, any other last thoughts about the list

today? We're all terrible comedians because we

have to explain our jokes. That's what I'm saying.

Oh, man. No, dude, don't judge me too harshly

on this list because I've got a terrible memory

and that's what makes it sticks out is whatever

I can even remember watching. I think if I were

to read you the list right now, I think at least

two of the movies I've listed today probably

wouldn't make the cut quite But I still enjoy

every movie I've seen and I will at least defend

it even if it's not the best choice It's just

a personal list. Yeah Well a couple things number

one I think that there is an audience for all

of our different tastes and there's gonna be

people that can relate more to people that can

relate more to my list or, you know, all of us.

So I think there's, you know, there's a little

something for everybody, but I also think that

there's a fun in doing this as far as it making

you try to think of all the different films and

kind of think things through. And it opens your

eyes to some films that you might not think of

or films you're not aware of. So it's a fun process

regardless of how anybody's going to critique

any individual list. So I'll... Shut up about

what Melissa McCarthy tastes, true bromance.

I like Melissa McCarthy. Yes, so that is our

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