Top 100 Films of All Time: #70-61

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And today we're back at it again, revisiting

our ongoing journey to the top. film of all time

as we make our way through our 100 top films

and we've already given you multiple episodes

as we do this 10 at a time and today we find

ourselves in the world of 71 through 70? Can

I do math? 70 through 61? 70 through 61, yeah.

That's how numbers work. 70 through 61. Before

we get started with our actual picks for this

Chunk of the countdown Matt. What do we have

to look forward to with your picks today? Well,

it's gonna start off really Classic and get very

unclassic and probably have at least one controversial

maybe Dan if you're looking at the the picks

that you've revealed so far in the first 30 movies

that we've revealed Are there any that you would

think? people might be surprised that they're

not higher on the list or that they've already

been mentioned? The ones that I've already mentioned?

Yeah. I think so. Some that come to mind like

Casablanca I know is like the top there for like

a lot higher for a lot of people. And I'm sure

I've had it to you that people are like, why

is that even on your list? You know, I think

so. I think, and there'll be one today that I

think would rank in a lot of people's top five,

you know, top one, top three, that is gonna be,

you know, in my top. That's kind of the reason

I asked it because I'm looking at the films that

I'm about to talk about today and I think there

are a few that I'm going to talk about that people

are going to be a little bit surprised that they're

not higher on the list. I don't know if I've

had any so far that I would put up there, maybe

unforgiven that some people would rate a little

bit higher and I've already talked about it,

but I think there's definitely a couple that

might come up today that people would expect

to be closer to the top 10 range. Amanda, any

theme? your picks today? Any year themes or genres

or anything that you think highlights your chunk

today? I'm really not sure how you guys are going

to take some of my picks from this section, but

it's definitely a chunk of movies that the love

for them were instilled when I was younger, but

not too much younger. So this is kind of like

on the brink of coming of age here, I would say.

Okay. Sounds good. Well Matt, why don't you kick

us off today and give us your first pick? All

right, so going with things that uh, I like I

said her classic a dance that might deserve to

be way lower in some people's list I'm gonna

go Gone with the Wind Interesting your Christmas

movie, huh? Yeah It's like I don't watch Merry

Christmas movies But every Christmas Amy and

I get together with some of her friends from

high school and we watch Gone with the Wind And

it's pretty amazing. And that like, I don't know,

it's a great movie. It's a slog in that it's

like four hours long. It's like two DVDs, I think.

I could be wrong about that. But it feels like

it takes forever. But it's great. I've got a

good memories. There's a lot of just amazing

moments. Like if you haven't seen it, you should

see it at least once in your life. I'm still

I'm still having to do that because I have not

achieved that goal yet. I saw for the first time

in my life this. this year, so there you go.

It was on my list of shame. Yeah, and I think

a lot of people would expect this to come up

in a top 100 discussion. It's definitely got

a lot of acclaim, but I can't speak to it since

I have not seen it yet. Amanda, you've seen it,

right? Yeah, I've seen it. It was one of my mom's

favorites. definitely something that it was hard

for me to sit through when I was younger but

super iconic and it was just gorgeous cinematography

for the time too like just great epic shots and

you know gazes and memorable lines and there

were I would say it's a pretty heavy movie too

it's not like a like a fancy -free, you know,

carefree love movie either. There's, I mean,

it's in the middle of a war, you know, there's

wartime, there's all kinds of strife that happens

too, so it's a deep movie. Dan, you said you

saw it for the first time this year. Well, what

was your take? Do you think it was something

that was a list of shame -worthy? I think it's

a list of shame -worthy in the sense, in large

part, due to just like its iconic nature and...

Even on just a technical standpoint, it's impressive.

I think for me, it doesn't hold up as well as

some of my favorite classic films, but as just

a piece of Hollywood classic cinema, and if you're

a fan of movies, I do think it's one that you

do need to watch just to see its place in history.

Yeah. All right. Amanda, are you starting as

far back as Matt did? No, not quite. quite. Where

do you start with your number 70? I'm starting

in 1999. We're at a party. Like it's 1999 with

this one. Uh, not really, but it's The Mummy.

The Mummy? The Mummy. Brendan Fraser, Rachel

Weisz, um, Obnett Fair, uh, super epic world

building, sparked a bunch of other films, even

a shitty one with the rock, and I think that

it was... Something that really took hold of

me like I really like the special effects that

freak me the hell out I think that there was

you know enough comedy in there, and there was

also this You know all these relationships that

I really liked and it was definitely an epic

action adventure, too and it's something that

you know I can I can dig with the The monsters

and the shooting and the whatnot and it was a

cool time period to see too, so I really dug

it You like it better than the one with the rock

you said? Yeah, yeah. I mean, I've seen all of

them. Even the one with, is it Jet Li? I think

it's Jet Li. I think the original one is definitely

the best just because, just like with the Pirates

of the Caribbean, it's something kind of new,

and it was exciting for the time, and it just

kind of dwindled as it went. But I think that

even the second one... still brought like a,

you know, the epic nature and I definitely got

down on those ones too. I don't know if it was

just because I was the wrong age or something.

I don't know. I could never take the Mummy franchise

series. I always felt like it was trying to be

something that it didn't ever quite achieve,

but I don't know. I think they're fun to watch,

I guess, but I've never taken them like serious

as movies. I just really liked it and I think

that's another theme in my section. that we're

going to cover today is all these movies or movies

that I've watched a ton of times, like over and

over again. I don't have any one -time watches

or anything like that. Matt, are you a fan of

The Mummy? I remember enjoying it as a kid, but

I can't say that I've watched it in over a decade.

So I can't really speak to it. Right. Actually,

her talking about it makes me want to rewatch

it, especially in the wake of having seen Tomb

Raider to see how it stacks up against that.

Yeah, that might be a good comparison. Alright,

for my number 70, I'm going to start with only

one year behind you, man. I'm going to go to

1998. I think this one, some people would question

me putting it in the top 100, but I just really

like kind of how it... symbolizes a time period

in American history and kind of that whole movement

into the suburban life where people were suburbs

were starting to be a thing and I'm going with

Pleasantville from 1998. I did not like this

as much on a first watch but I had to watch this

later on I was substitute teaching for somebody

and of course the thing to do when someone's

a substitute teacher is just throw movies on

and they were watching this but it actually fit

with what they were talking about in the history

class and I kind of started paying attention

to it a lot more because I had to see it like

seven times that day and I just started to appreciate

a little bit more of the nuances from it. It

gets much better critical reviews than just general

audiences. Rotten Tomatoes only has a 79 as far

as the audience goes, which is still a decent

score, but I definitely don't hear many people

talking about it, so I feel like it maybe hasn't

had the staying power that a lot of these other

films do, but it was good enough for me to put

it in the top 100. Is this where it was black

and white at first, and then they start realizing

stuff and it changes to color? Yeah. Absolutely.

Alright, so Pleasantville for me. Dan, what do

you have at number 70? I'm around the same time

period as you guys, going into the year 2001.

Going to a director I know, I'm pretty sure Kevin

you're a big fan of with Ridley Scott, and going

with a war film. I've had a few on my list so

far, and I have another one here, and going with

Black Hawk Down for my number 70, which is a

movie I feel like... I have a weird relationship

with where it's like, yeah, I really liked that

movie. I'm like, oh, that wasn't very good. And

then we watch it and I'm like, oh, wow, this

is a really great movie. Why did I think that?

And we watched it recently, I think last year

sometime, and it's such a highly tense film throughout

some great set pieces and just, I think it's

arguably one of Ridley Scott's best main movies.

It does a lot. of uh techniques when it comes

to uh using like satellite imagery and things

like that that we see repeated now throughout

that was very new at the time um certainly kind

of encapsulated a moment that was rather dark

and uh kind of uh shocking and it's quite a good

movie though and you know it has its cast is

insane there are so many people in it that you

know Yes, Vin Diesel, it's a huge star of it.

No, everyone from Alain O 'Bloom, Ewan McGregor,

Josh Hartnett, of course, is one of the, Eric

Bana, like, it's got a lot. If you were playing

one of those games where you just try to guess

the movie someone's in, Black Hunt Down's a good

one to go with, because there's a lot of people

in it, but a lot of them are unrecognizable,

but it's, I don't know, I think it's a really

great film, but still, in some ways, I think

it's forgotten, maybe because Ridley Scott hasn't

made, had a kind of a... downward trend the last

few years, even though The Martian was great

two years ago, but I don't know. It's my number

70 is Black Hawk Down. Go ahead, Amanda. I think

that having you put it on your list makes me

be like, damn, why the fuck didn't I put this

on my list? Because it's such a powerful movie.

But I think I tend to like push it out of my

mind because it disturbed the shit out of me.

Like a lot of these, you know, tense scenarios

that that happen. it's is so real that it puts

you in into the situation and it takes you along

for that ride and war movies especially really

tend to get to me and I just yeah I think I just

tend to like push it out of my mind when I'm

watching I'm like this is an amazing movie yeah

I do think when Ridley Scott's on top of this

game he does it does put out good films I'm a

fan of quite a few of his films. He has his misses

as well. I think Black Hawk Down, like you said,

for some reason gets forgotten or gets left out

of the conversation, and it really shouldn't.

I mean, this film came out the same year that

Pearl Harbor did, and it is like... 500 times

better a film than Pearl Harbor. So I mean, as

far as like war films and kind of the type of

war and the time period of war that it was depicting,

I think it did it in an excellent way. I need

to revisit this one. Go ahead. I remember like

watching it too and like, yeah, like a few years

earlier, you know, Saving Private Ryan came out

and everyone knows how visceral that film is.

But this felt different in the sense because

I'm watching it at the time, you know, I'm...

sees the sophomore and the freshman in high school

and this one felt more real because it was dealing

with something that was only like a few years

earlier so you know where World War II felt very

distant and something that was a long ago like

this one I think had an even bigger impact on

me even though I don't think is as good of a

film as even Private Ryan mainly because of you

know the area it was tackling it was you know

this was just recent so it made it a little bit

more impactful to me. I think it's definitely

top 100 worthy. I think it's, like you said,

it needs a little bit more love, so I'm glad

we're talking about it. Matt, what do you have

for your number 69? Well, you guys are all in

the 90s, 2000s, so I'll come a little closer

to you guys and come with the 50s and the day

the earth stood still. Nice. That's a great show.

One per decade as you move your way towards modern

times. I like it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, I mean,

this was 12 years later, actually. So what do

you like about this film that makes it this high

up on your top 100? I'm terrible at this list.

It's very memorable to me. I've seen both the

original and the remake. The remake kind of misses

the point. The remake could have been so much

better if they had just called it a sequel. and

change it to just a few minor tweaks, it would

have been perfect. Because it's a whole anti

-Cold War thing. Like, hey, you guys are on a

path to destruction. You're going to destroy

yourselves. You need to get rid of war. And then

we didn't do that. So if they had done that in

the remake and made it a sequel and had them

actually just come and attack us, it would have

been a way better movie. And you could have had

a dumb action movie for no reason. It's one of

Amy's favorite movies, and it's definitely a

list of shame -worthy if you haven't seen it.

It's really classic science fiction. Like, I

don't know, it's low -tech, but it's still great.

It's on my list of shame. I have not seen this

one yet. I don't know why. I've got all the DVD

versions you need. I almost put this on top of

100, too. It is quite... quite a good movie it

uh it wanted like very early science fiction

in the sense of of that time where there isn't

most of the film wasn't necessarily science fiction

it's a lot of like fish out of water drama in

a way because you have them kind of coming down

to earth and trying to view our world and whatnot

but uh i think you know great message and yeah

like almost you could say like an extended twilight

episode but in a very good way and uh yeah it's

an excellent film very influential and You know,

one of the best of its time and still classic

today. Yeah, they definitely need to bump it

up a little bit on the priority list to get that

one watched. I'll put that right ahead of Gone

with the Wind. You would. Amanda, what do you

got in your number 69? You can watch it twice

and still have time left. Right. I'm not moving

too far away from my first pick. I'm staying

in the 90s. 1997, Men in Black. Will Smith, Tommy

Lee Jones, love the buddy cop feel, their camaraderie,

their banter, their dynamic back and forth. Awesome

universe building really here, and I think that

all the creatures and the tech that they used,

it was... Spot -on for me everything that I love

out of a movie really it even had explosions

and gunfire and monsters and crazy shit And funny

stuff right up your alley. Yeah, so it was another

one that sparked a few movies, and I've seen

them all I think they're all pretty cute Definitely

not as good as the first one, but I feel like

it's the same thing where we we didn't have that

before And so it was more unique than the first

one. But I think it definitely carried the feel

throughout. And I don't know. I love me some

Will Smith. Love me some Tommy Lee Jones. Put

them together in this kind of movie. And it's

a recipe for success, I'd say. All right. Men

in Black, I don't hear it. Oh, there was a delay

there. I thought you were going to say Men in

Tights. I wasn't sure. Where are we going? Either

acceptable, either acceptable. Right. I don't

think that I've ever heard too many negative

comments about Men in Black. It's just a fun

film overall, and Will Smith doing his thing.

I've seen it a billion times, and I will keep

watching it. If I just happen to see it on TV,

I'm leaving it. Alright for my number 69 I'm

gonna stay in the 90s from a director that is

not the last time you'll see him appear on my

list Robert Zemeckis and I'm going with the classic

that a lot of people maybe would say this one

should be higher but I'll go with Forrest Gump

right here at number 69. I enjoyed this film

when I saw it the first time but I never quite

got the hysteria that was surrounding it back

in 1994 -95, that time period, I mean people

were losing their shit about Forrest Gump. And

I thought it was good, but I didn't quite ever

understand that. I've since kind of appreciated

it a little bit more than that, but I still don't

quite think it's, you know, top 50 worthy or

anything like that. But I think it's good enough

and it has, I mean Tom Hanks is incredible as

he usually is. There is a whole lot of Americana

throughout. I think there are some minor issues

with the film, but I still think it's worthy

for - Why would you have minor issues with fucking

Forrest Gump? There was nothing wrong with that

movie at all. It's impeccable film. Okay, so

apparently we might hear more thoughts on Forrest

Gump from Amanda as we continue our countdown,

but for me... Maybe, maybe not, but I'm just

gonna say it right now. Don't shit on this movie.

Hey, it's in my top 100, so I'm not shitting

on it. I just, I just don't quite find the argument

for it being like top 10 worthy or top 20 worthy

maybe, but 69 I think is a good spot for Forrest

Gump. That's what Jenny would say. Damn. Alright,

next on my list. You said I think the mine actually

might even arguably get more... Complaints that

it's not higher and it's in the way like I shouldn't

I feel like when I talked about this Maybe I'll

have to explain why it's not higher not where

it is and for 69 I have The Godfather. Oh, wow

Yeah, I know it's like why is it a higher and

and I think the reason why it's not higher for

me is that yeah It's I mean, it's one of the

best movies ever made sure without a doubt like

there's that it's certainly in the question But

this is not what this list is and I guess for

me The Godfather while I've always enjoyed it.

It just never hit like it I've never had that

personal experience I've had with other films

that I'm putting higher than it. You know, that

may that are in relatively the same genre and

maybe much higher. I've always enjoyed it, but

it's I've almost like almost from afar in a way

where it's like going to your museum, observing

it. And I just never got engulfed in it. And

maybe it's because I never saw it in the right

setting. Obviously, I love it. I appreciated

it. It's great. It's my top 100 favorite films.

But the reason it's not higher is because of

those things. And now this isn't something I'm

grading based upon quality, it's based upon my

personal feelings towards it or my personal relationship

towards the film. So it's climbed a lot higher

for me. I've only really I think sat down and

watched it like once, twice really in my life.

Like I've seen it like bits and pieces here and

there but like I think fully as an adult that

can completely I think appreciate it. So I think

maybe if I watched it more, that appreciation

will grow and I'll see it rise up my top 100,

but right now it's at number 69. You just have

to watch that chronological version that's like

six hours long. The one that's like eight hours

long or whatever. Something like that. I haven't

watched it. It's on my DVR, but I have not watched

it. But yeah, all of a sudden we're listing films

in our top 100 and making them sound like they're

not films we love. It's kind of interesting the

way we did that with Forrest Gump and Godfather.

Yeah, it's like I have to defend why it's on

a higher... They both showed up on our Top 100,

folks. Matt, what do you got next? Man, I'm just

looking at my list. I do feel like that. Some

of these are really great. Some of these, I don't

know, are they great? My next one is the X -Men

franchise. I'm going to have a lot of comic book

movies. I'm a comic book guy. It kind of goes

without saying. But if I had to pick one to say

this is the best of all of the... X -Men movies,

which we've had what like nine now if we count

the Wolverine ones I'm gonna say it's probably

Days of Future Past Clearly better than Apocalypse

and the one that came right before it first class

But that whole trilogy is better than the original

trilogy as a whole I think there they are the

thing that's great about the X -Men movies is

that in their own special way they're kind of

still the same one franchise without any real

reboots like we have like a weird in -universe

reboot even though that the scenes of that movie

couldn't necessarily have taken place with the

scenes of the other movies having also taken

place but you know you're gonna have to just

go with it like which makes it you know the longest

running comic book franchise because batman keeps

resetting every couple of years and or even yeah

every couple years so like i don't know it's

it's classic in in that genre because it's not

a chance that around very long um... there's

all those there's a lot of clunkers it's like

no doubt but there's a lot of good stuff to and

uh... i'm i'm for them still doing more and actors

of the god in over the course of those you know

eight nine movies are just ridiculously top -notch

didn't usually put uh... If I remember, it usually

put First Class a little bit ahead of Days of

Future Past. Do you agree, though, that that

second trilogy is better than the first one?

I think so. I think, overall, with Days of Future

Past and First Class, I would say it's stronger.

how we would rank those in X2, because I think

I'd put both of those over X2. I appreciate,

the first X -Men movie, it's almost unfair to

compare it to everything else, because it was

like the first one to really do anything like

that. So it had such a small budget, and I think

it's actually better than people give it a credit

for. It's very economical in what it's able to

accomplish, especially if you look at other teen

movies and something like that. Howard's able

to introduce all these characters and kind of

make this world work in such a small film. Yeah,

like Matt mentioned, there are a lot of clunkers,

X -Men 3, the Wolverine movies, and the Clot

and Denuity stuff, and it doesn't make sense.

But I will say that I will have more on my favorite

X -Men movie coming up in later countdowns. All

right. Sounds good, Amanda. Any love for the

X -Men, and where are you going for your next

pick? I will also hold off a minute or two for

the X -Men. Consensus on the X -Men. All right.

What do you got as your next film, though? 68.

I've got a comic book film as well from 2005.

Constantine, Keanu, of course, Rachel Weiss.

It's the second movie already with Rachel Weiss,

and I'm not really sure. Juman Hanzu, Tilda Swinton,

in one of my favorite roles of hers. And this

is another one that I've seen a billion freaking

times. I'm so sad that there aren't more movies

with Keanu as John Constantine. I think the world

building here, this is another one where it just

blew me the fuck away. Like, visuals, all the

action, the relationships that were built up

and broken down here. Even the soundtrack was

amazing, so definitely one of my all -time favorite

comic book movies. Alright. I think I've seen

this once, but I don't remember much about it.

Every time I try to get you to watch it and start

watching, you're like, yeah, I've seen this,

I remember all of this. Sorry. I need to pay

attention better when I'm watching Constantine,

apparently. Alright. Have you guys seen Constantine?

Where do you think about that one? I do like

it. I know it's... people hate it because it's

like nothing like the comic but I do actually

remember seeing that multiple times in theaters

for whatever reason but I enjoy it it's uh you

know and shy little buffs in there so there you

go which is maybe why they never made a sequel

well they're gonna bring Constantine back in

the Justice League Dark movie that they're proposing

right but is it gonna be the guy from the TV

show they just popped off who knows Yeah, I think

that got scrapped anyways, but now they're making

a cartoon. Who knows? It's also like the DC cinematic

universe. Like, how has it not all been scrapped

after the last couple? Pretty true. For my number

68, I'm going to go into the 2000 decade. I've

talked about this multiple times on the show,

so I'm not really going to say too much about

it. It is also from a director that is going

to make another appearance later on in my countdown,

and that's Mel Gibson. And it's also possibly

the worst critical response out of any film outside

of my number 100, which was Swing Kids, which

I think had like a 30 -something on Rotten Tomatoes.

This one only has a 49. but I will be going with

Passion of the Christ from 2004 as my number

68. I've talked about it before, so I will save

my breath on that one. I think people either

love this movie or hate this movie. I don't think

there's a lot of in -between. But for me, it's

good enough to be in the top 100. Dan, what do

you got next? On my number 68, I'm going to go

with a relatively recent film, another one from

2012, and it's from Ang Lee, and it's Life of

Pi. And I like I was really impressed with this

movie when I first saw it for a lot of different

reasons Visually, I I think it's one of the best

films of the last 10, 15, 20 years in what it's

able to do. There's just so much, it's like a

visual feast for the eyes. It's amazing to look

at for so many different reasons. Even how it

uses 3D, I'm not a huge 3D fan, but I think there

was a lot of inventive uses of it and actually

did make the movie better. How it used the aspect

ratio and what's in the foreground and like the

fur there's a scene when the boat's sinking and

you see one of the water and that really was

Hanford Home using a 3D effect. It's it's so

it's I think it's like one of the best films

ever taught and tackled some really hefty material

like religion and do it in a smart way and I

feel like it has the best metaphor for it ever

and I was coming from this book people thought

was unfilmable and then special effects wise

it's just phenomenal. And the fact that the actor

in it, it's the first time he's ever done any

professional acting is amazing. The guy is legitimately

by himself for the vast majority of the movie.

So really, I think I love and appreciate it on

so many different levels. So that's why it's

my number 68. I think that's the best description

of that movie. When you say something about,

you know, all the different levels that you can

appreciate that one. I love when a film can do

multiple things so well at the same time that

have really little to do with each other like

it's completely separate things but they're doing

both of them so well and for this one you have

like all the different metaphors and meanings

and then the way it's tackling religion but then

you have this just visual masterpiece where it

was just absolutely remarkable to watch and just

kind of jaw -dropping visuals that you hadn't

seen before, and trying to watch that back on

the second or third or fourth viewing and figure

out what's real and what's CG is just insanity.

I feel like it was a little even ahead of its

time. I know it's 2012 or... 2012, right? Yeah,

but it still felt like something that shouldn't

have been possible at that point. So yeah, I

love Life of Pi. It was easily one of the best

films of this time period. So I'm in complete

agreement with you on that one. All right, Matt,

what do you have coming in at number 67? All

right. This one's already come up, so I don't

need to say much. But my next one is Kiss Kiss

Bang Bang via Amanda. Watched it with Kevin and

Nate. It was it's great. Like it's hilarious.

It's fun It's kind of what I usually want out

of a movie Which is just to sit down and enjoy

myself and not have to be too stressed or anything

It's another one of those that doesn't have ever

anything hardly bad said about it. I don't think

I've ever heard somebody poop on Kiss Kiss Bang

Bang, so. Better not be pooping on Kiss Kiss

Bang Bang. Which is probably why it's on multiple

people's lists here, involved in this little

trek through our top 100. Which is why we're

all still friends. So if Matt would not have

liked Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. He wouldn't have put

it on his list and we wouldn't be having this

conversation, so. We would also still be friends.

Doing something. Alright. Felt like we were going

back to that excellent discussion and traveling

through time and doing different scenarios. Alright,

Amanda. We've all talked about how we like Kiss

Kiss Bang Bang, so I guess we don't need to go

too much further into that, but what do you have

yourself in number 67? 67, I'm taking it into

1996, Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Twister. Twister

yeah, this movie scared the shit out of me when

I was younger we had a lot of tornadoes and This

was a very real movie for me like I'm in the

Midwest cow country definitely ready for any

of these situations to happen and The stakes

were real man and the tension was high and I

also think there was a great feel like camaraderie

but even like the special effects in this movie

were really really awesome and It's just something

that stuck with me all the time. I can see probably

any scene in this movie and be able to pick it

up and know it. I like Twister. I haven't seen

it very often. I think I've only maybe seen it

twice at the most, but I remember enjoying it

both times. I think it's a classic 90s good film.

It was the first DVD ever created too, so it's

got that going for it. Yes, sir. Really? That's

amazing. Nice, nice. I didn't even know that.

Alright, for my number 67, I think this might

be a little bit more polarizing. Maybe a lot

of people wouldn't put this on their top 100,

but it's from 2006 from Mark Forrester and that

is Stranger Than Fiction. I like this movie probably

more than I should and I've liked it ever since

the very first time I watched it. I wasn't sure

what I was getting myself into. I didn't know

anything about it. I just, you know, saw that

Will Ferrell was in it and it sounded interesting

and... I was blown away by that. I love... the

commentary that it's making, social commentary.

I love Will Ferrell in this film, not necessarily

just being his crazy comedic self like we see

a lot. I mean, not to say that there's not funny

moments, not comedic aspects to this film, but

definitely not his typical fare from that time

period. I think there's a lot to dissect in Stranger

Than Fiction. I think there's things that you

can watch a second or third time and pick up

on things that you didn't necessarily catch the

first time. the voiceover work by, I believe

that's Emma Thompson? Oh, is it? Or Tilda Swinton?

Maybe it's Emma Thompson. I think it's Emma Thompson.

But I think that voice work is phenomenal. It's

kind of like the voiceover narrator kind of taking

us through this story and I'm just a big fan.

I can see why it wouldn't work for some people,

but for me it works well enough even to get itself

into my top 70. Dan? All right, very nice. Yeah,

that's yeah I think a lot of people tend to go

to that as like one of real Farrell's best movies

But mostly because it's like something different

for him for sure So all right for minus 67 I'm

gonna go to a director that I already mentioned

once before with days and confused and Similar

to Matt. It's kind of a franchise I guess you

would say with the before trilogy or I would

specify if I went with one film before midnight

Which I feel like is my favorite out of all three.

It's a Type of films, these are types of films

that I think are not for everyone, for sure,

because they legitimately surround two people

walking and talking, quantificating about the

intricacies of life, which may not work, but

there's such an authenticity to these people,

and you can definitely tell that. so much of

Linklater's life, as well as Ethan Hawke and

Julie Delpy's life, is kind of intertwined into

these characters. And you get to see them grow

in these different time chunks, nine years apart

or so, and see them kind of change from these

adolescent kids to people in their mid -30s,

to people that are in their 40s still trying

to figure out life. And I think Before Midnight

to me is my favorite because it feels the most...

the dynamic and what it's able to accomplish.

The other two, like, they're great, but I feel

like Midnight has more to it. There's a more

bite to it. It's not nearly as I would say as

positive in a way, but I really always really

enjoyed these movies. There's just something

special about them that I've always liked about

Wrinkler. They're simple, but brilliant. And

they're, you know, slice of life. They aren't

trying to do too much. They're just kind of like

here these people are. Watch them. That's pretty

much it. Yeah, it's definitely a series I need

to get to because It gets brought up so much

in the podcast community and it's always with

a lot of love a lot of people Touted as you know,

one of the best trilogies of all time and I just

need to get this Set on the cue and watch it

finally. I don't know what the reason I put it

off so far Yeah, I would definitely say before

midnight. I mean, it doesn't it very it feels

very 90s like I remember the everything but it's

you know, it's very much of it's time to give

him that warning. So I think I've said this a

bunch and I was trying to avoid saying it because

I don't know I don't want to be too repetitive

but I think this is the last stretch of movies

where it's like most of these have seen once

or twice and I really enjoy them I really have

fond memories but I maybe can't speak on them

very well and this next one probably doesn't

deserve to be nearly as high as it is but I enjoyed

it and I love the stories of behind the scenes

which is which really helps a movie like if I

if I hear a documentary I hear you know interviews

with the the cast or the director that always,

always bumps the movie up in my list. And that's

Cop Out. Bruce Willis. Tracy Morgan. Yes. Directed

by Kevin Smith. Very funny. It's a very fun movie.

It's certainly predictable, but just like Kiss

Kiss Bang Bang's got a lot of fun moments. It's

funny. You can sit down and just watch it and

enjoy it. And if you ever get a chance and hear

Kevin Smith talk about because going into it

Bruce Willis was like one of his heroes and then

when he comes out of it He's not a big fan of

Bruce Willis anymore But all the things he has

to say about Tracy Morgan and how professional

he is and how great he is Like it's just it just

sounds amazing and I wish I could have been there

because it was a fun movie Tracy Morgan is definitely

like the heart of that movie Yeah, dude. He's

great And Sean William Scott popping up, like

his character was fun. Parkour. And I think that

the buddy cop feel in this, it was a lot of back

and forth. And I think there was some really

funny lines and cute stuff said too. And a show

of their comradery here and there. Especially

like at the end of the wedding. So I thought

that was pretty fun. It's a great movie. Amanda.

What do you have next all right now we finna

talk about x -men a little more I'm not going

I'm not gonna do any super specifics on this

I'm gonna go we're gonna touch on the first one

here the one that came out in 2000 This is the

one I watched on fucking repeat like I would

go to sleep to this movie every night I had the

tape of the VHS and I wore the motherfucker out

and Had to bump up and upgrade the DVD, but it

just sparked this whole huge franchise and I

was in love with the cartoon as a kid in the

90s and Was super excited when I found out this

movie was coming out and I'm still equally as

excited when I find out a new installments happening

and I mean not really much more to be said All

right, double x -men love here on today's episode.

Nice for my next one. I'm going to go pretty

recent film here from 2010 from another director

that you for sure will not hear this will not

be the last time you hear me talk about it. Dan,

I'm sure you have this one possibly a little

bit higher up on your list, but I'm going with

number 66 as a placement for it, and that is

The Social Network from 2010 and David Fincher.

I just think this movie was way better than I

ever expected it to be. I think the acting is

phenomenal, really helped. kind of put or solidify

a couple of people in my eyes like Andrew Garfield

and obviously it's a relevant subject it's a

you know our world right now is revolving around

social media and Facebook and the things like

that, so I think it's a really good job in kind

of exploring the ins and outs of that and some

social commentary as well. Like I said, I wasn't

expecting much when I found out that they were

doing a film about this subject, but it blew

me away when I watched it, and I think it was

in a lot of people's top 10, so social network

for me is top 100 worth it. It's got Justin Timberlake

in it, and I have never seen it, so be fucking

shocked. Well, we can put it in. I will be. I'm

going to be shocked. All right, so social network

for me. Dan, what do you got at your number 66?

My number 66, I'm actually going with, again,

another director that I've had on my list, another

very iconic director. Though some of his films,

people may argue better, may not end up on my

list, but this one is, and I'm going with Stanley

Kubrick's The Killing from 1956. As I mentioned,

I'm a huge fan of the crime genre noir classic.

This is very much that. It's this heist film

with classic Hollywood style with great voiceover,

great casting. Sterling Hading is amazing in

this movie. And it's just that classic, when

I think of old time... Crying films this is one

that comes to mind and usually when people like

a I'm not a Stanley Kubrick fan I find his movies

over the pretentious and what -have -you I tend

there's a few ones I either give them path of

glory or killing and like hey He makes other

milk movies, too And I think it's kind of a good

lead any before Kubrick became the Kubrick of

2001 and other movies I think this one is not

it's more. I think simple maybe as a Movie it's

not as complex or as Kind of the achievement

of something like 2001, but it's just it hits

on all the other buttons I'm looking for in a

great great crime story. So That's why it's on

my list. The Killing At Number 66. Another film

that I need to add. There's been more films mentioned

today that I need to add to my queue than I think

in any other segment of the countdown so far.

So, just making me feel bad for not seeing enough

movies. This is not about just you, Kevin. And

it's one that you see, like, it's referenced

a lot in a lot of other Heist movies. Even, like,

there are certain nods in something like The

Town and things like that with, like, the masks

they use, I think, for certainly a nod to that

movie. So, it's a good time. All right. Met.

take us to the next countdown spot in the countdown

65. Alright, so I already had the X -Men so I

might as well do the other massive franchise

of classic superhero movies with the Spider -Man

movies, which I think the original trilogy did

like the same thing the X -Men trilogy did where

they started off real strong, real original,

and then by the third one had really petered

out. If I had to say my favorite one of all the

Spider -Man movies is going to be the very first

amazing Spider -Man movie, I think it'd be hard

to do a better representation of the original

comics and they nailed it perfectly with that

one. The second one was pretty good and I'm a

little upset they're not gonna do a third one.

And got my breath held for Spider -Man Homecoming,

we'll see. But yeah, we've all seen them. Amazing

Spider -Man, Spider -Man movies. Yeah, I think

a lot of people that I've heard recently talk

about it talk about Spider -Man 2 possibly being

one of the best. comic book films of all time.

I actually am like you, Matt. I liked what they

were doing with the Amazing Spider -Man series

better than the original trilogy. Obviously the

studio got in the way in the second one a little

bit and then everything kind of fell apart. But

I definitely liked the people that were cast

in the first Amazing Spider -Man better than

the original Spider -Man. But I think there's

no denying the power of the Spider -Man franchise.

And yeah, we will have to wait and see what happens

with the homecoming. Amanda, what do you think

about? I definitely like the Spider -Man flicks.

Tobey Maguire, the Andrew Garfield ones, I can

get down on it. And this new version of Spider

-Man I'm definitely excited for too. I liked

what I saw earlier this year and I'm looking

forward to more. Dan, do you agree that Spider

-Man 2 is the best one or are you more on the

amazing Spider -Man camp? I enjoy the first two

more than the Amazing Spider -Man films. I like

the first Amazing Spider -Man enough. I'm not...

I did not like a lot of the second one, mostly

everything revolving around Electro, but I do

really enjoy the first two. I'm one of the weird

people who thinks Toby McGuire has been the best

Spider -Man, but I know I'm alone on that tree,

but I will have more to say about Spider -Man

as we continue to count down this list. Nice.

All right. Amanda, then you're up with your number

65 pick. Um, amazingly, this is the first time

that, uh, my favorite director, I think, is showing

up on my list. Tim Burton? We'll see. No, not

Tim Burton. Excuse me, sir. Guillermo del Toro.

Oh, yeah. Alright, this is a 2004 Hellboy. Ron

fucking Perlman. I think this is some really

great comic book, graphic novel looking action.

This is another one. I feel like I'm a broken

record with this, but... This is another one

in this chunk that has really great world building

and the visuals are just stunning which is what

I kind of expect from del Toro and I love his

work with color and I love the boldness of the

look and I think all the monsters and the creatures

are so amazing and it definitely has like some

really cool you know relationships and stuff

going on too and I love the bad guys in these

films too. They're super awesome bad guys. who

knew that today was going to be the the segment

of the countdown with the most comic book films

that show it up so two x -men mentions spider

-man hellboy interesting all right constantines

for my next one if if i hadn't picked one yet

that people were up in arms as far as not being

top 10 or top 20 then i surely will do that with

my next pick because i think most people would

have this in their top five top 10 But for me,

it's all the way down here at number 65. Maybe

I need to watch it a few more times. I certainly

enjoy the film. It is in my top 100. I just can't

put it ahead of most of the films here that I

have still to talk about. I'm going with 1994's

Shawshank Redemption. I know, I know it's...

Usually held as one of the best films of all

time for me It's it's certainly worthy of being

in that discussion, but I can't quite put it

up that high So it's gonna fall down here at

number 65, but it certainly very much enjoyed

the film and Morgan Freeman's incredible and

I think Frank Darabont did a good job in the

direction here So Shawshank Redemption good enough

to be in my top 100 just not quite as high as

most people probably would put Well, it's actually

not on my list There we go. It was my number

57, but I actually pulled it out because I don't

think I can speak on it at all because I haven't

seen it in a while. But I mean, it is great.

Yeah, I like I said, I do need to watch it again.

I've watched it probably two or three times over

the years, but the last time was a long, long,

long time ago. And back then nobody was talking

about it like that. It didn't seem like it seems

like it's just gotten legs over the last like

10 to 15 years and just gets talked about way

more. It's like TBS plays it like all the time

Morgan Freeman's become more and more like the

respected, you know, it's become iconic with

his voiceover and stuff like that Yeah, so direct

all of your hate at the lack of Shawshank Redemption

look towards us in the way we will feel that

Dan, what do you have at your number 65? My number

65. I have another war film I started with Black

Hawk Down, but going to a World War two drama

Probably the greatest submarine movie ever made

not that there's a huge list of submarine films

There's like this and like, you know that periscope

and a few others, but uh DOS boot. I'm going

as my number 65 by Wolfgang Peterson again another

epic that there's a lot of different versions

of this you have like the theatrical version

there's like a miniseries version, but It's a

great film great characters that are well developed

and again a huge one of the best use as a sound

design ever because a lot of the time we're just

spending it in this confined space with these

guys really where you're all the tensions built

on just pings and noises and so well directed

and it holds up really well today so again it's

my number dos boot into the you know if you haven't

seen it definitely go see it you know it is subtitled

so i know that can kind of be a problem for some

people but i do love it it's uh Great film. Yeah,

I do want to watch that. I've only seen a couple

of submarine films in my life. Like I said, there's

not a ton of them, but I have enjoyed them. I

think of U -571 last year that we had the, what

was it? The Black Sea or Black Sea. So I would

definitely be down for watching this one. I think

it adds an immediate, the atmosphere immediately

adds this tension to the film. And I'd be interested

to see what that classic film did with that.

So another film for me to put on my list, Matt

64. All right 64 This movie I think was awkwardly

a defining moment in my childhood like it's like

a great movie for anyone who's like eight Especially

nowadays where video games have become so ubiquitous

And that's the 80s classic the last starfighter

nice It's this it's just it's so 80s. It's so

video gamey for those of you Don't know it's

about a kid who's so good at video games They

put him inside a spaceship so he can go win a

galactic space war Like yeah, I don't need to

say anything else isn't that like the greatest

premise ever Yeah in the 80s and it's definitely

got an 80s flavor to it But he knows he's in

the war. I haven't seen a Red Enders game, but

I thought that that was like... Yeah, I didn't

know. Yeah, and this one, he goes to arcades

a lot and gets really good and then the aliens

show up and like, hey, you're really good and

we need someone to pilot our Starfighter. And

so he goes and fights the war for him and then

like, star wipe, star wipe. How many kids actually

went to the arcade and hoping this would happen?

All of us. All of us. Some of us still do. This

is the last thing that kept arcades going. All

right, nice pick there. 80s nostalgia, love it.

Amanda, what do you got next? Let's do some more

80s nostalgia then. I'm on board. Caving in 1988

with Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I love the animation

and the live -action. I love all the characters.

It's way better than cool world Sorry Brad Pitt

and it was definitely fucking scary as a kid

like I thought the stakes were pretty freaking

high like you were about to get Dipped and you

will be melted and you were done for and I don't

know if I saw this I mean, I probably saw this

pretty young I was like a year when this movie

came out this probably just floating around and

my parents let me watch it for whatever reason

and It definitely has a ton of rewatchability

as an adult still, too, because it's definitely

geared for adults. But I think they're just like,

oh, animation. This kid can watch it. Go ahead,

Amanda. So it's definitely a nostalgia factor,

iconic, super iconic, and a ton of fun. And even

it has a little bit of that cop -out factor.

It's got the cop buddy mentality or feel to it,

too. Yeah, it's good on a lot of different levels.

Definitely groundbreaking and something that

we had never really seen before. that level so

I think a lot of people would agree that that

is top 100 worthy. For my next pick on the countdown

I'm gonna get some more hate because I don't

know if I've ever seen a film get more hate because

of the Academy than this film has because everybody

always wants to rip on this and say it wasn't

worthy of its accolades and yeah there was some

other films that came out that year that maybe

were more deserving possibly but Maybe it's just

the fan of the subject matter that makes me not

necessarily disagree with some of the love that

it got from 1998, and that is Shakespearean love.

I know a lot of people don't. say good things

about this film, but I am a humongous Shakespeare

fan, and I just thought it was clever what they

did, and I... Hold up. Shakespeare fan, but you

can't write me some poetry? Like, can't get some

little romantic poetry things going on here?

Oh, being called out. Look at that! I think he's

blushing or something. All right, so, but yeah,

but I'm a huge fan of Shakespeare, and I like

the way they kind of... Went around that subject

matter and kind of what they did there. I think

the there's a lot to like from this film I can't

speak a whole lot to it because I have not seen

it in recent times But I just remember even at

an age where I should not have liked this film

because I was in high school when this came out

and I Shouldn't necessarily have liked this I

was in the you know sports and trying to prove

my manliness I guess probably in high school,

and this is definitely far from that Model as

far as what you would go to but I enjoyed it

in high school. I enjoyed it seen it again in

college and that was probably the last time I've

seen it so I need to revisit it but I don't think

it deserves the amount of hate that it gets just

because of what films it maybe stopped from winning

best picture etc etc so Shakespeare in Love for

me at number 64 Dan what do you got next? For

me my next film is maybe my most personal in

the sense it's a different film we're talking

about a lot of these iconic movies a little bit

smaller of a movie from 2009 it's Big Fan starring

Patton Oswald. It's a movie not everyone's heard

of. Basically, Patton Oswald plays this down

on his luck 35 -year -old guy who's a huge fan

of the New York Giants, so partially where my

love of this movie comes from. Bad things happen,

basically. It's a movie about fandom and how

... too far can go. It's really interesting dark

comedy. There are some really great bits of him

like calling into these different radio shows

and anyone who's ever listened to talk radio,

especially sports talk radio, it does really

ring true and ends up kind of getting becoming

his personality and coming like this rivalry

with a Philadelphia player who calls into the

show as well and he has some run -ins with the

players and that's the idea of him being a huge

fan of this team and he's giving so much but

getting very little in return. So I think it's

just a well done. and I was a huge fan of Pan

Alswaal, just one of my favorite comedians. So

a lot of things on a personal level, that's why

it's on this list. So it's a good film. I think

it's a good movie to watch now with football

out. It's a good examination of the craziness

that can be caused by sports. Yeah, I'm a big

fan of Patton Oswalt, so I need to check this

one out as well. You're just giving me a homework

assignment today. That's your whole mission today,

Dan. List as many good films that I haven't seen.

But yeah, that seems like it's right up my alley.

I like Patton Oswalt as well, so I need to check

that one out. Matt, what do you got next? So

for my number 63, probably, I don't want to say

doesn't deserve to be on the list. But I watched

it a couple of weeks before making the list.

So I really enjoyed it. It's great. It's very

recent. Probably too recent to make the list.

I don't know. I didn't have any rules. It was

just what movies I enjoyed. So my number 63 in

the same vein as all these superhero movies I

guess I have on here is Deadpool. Nice. Think

this like I say a lot of things like amazing

spider -man is one of the closest things to the

spider -man comics and Like the Incredible Hulk

is one of the closest to the Incredible Hulk

comics Deadpool might be the closest to the its

source material than all of those like those

are like In their franchises, there's always

one that's really close Deadpool is almost perfect

to the Deadpool comic books Like there are a

couple of things the origins changed a little

bit I think from what I remember and then again

there's no 100 % continuity in the comic books

but um like it's they so perfectly encapsulate

the character and like they could have written

that as a comic book tomorrow and like no one

would complain like this isn't quite what it

was like um it's it's so close and so good I've

got no complaints about it from a comic book

movie or just the movie standpoint it's just

good fun action comedy Yeah, I was higher on

this one than Amanda, but I had a lot of fun

with Deadpool as well. I think it was better

than I expected, and I think the marketing was

genius behind this film. Yeah, I actually just

rewatched it the other day. It's a fun time.

Yeah, definitely. I don't think you can watch

that and not have fun with it, regardless of

where you rank it in the different comic book

or superhero films. Amanda's rolling her eyes

at me. You didn't have fun with Deadpool? I think

some of it was fun, but then I was really fucking

bored through a lot of it, too. I think you need

to re -watch it. Bored? Yeah, I wasn't... Maybe

she was sleepy or something. Maybe you need to

re -watch it. It was like the afternoon when

we went to go see this. Maybe you were taking

a nap. I don't know. It was Valentine's Day.

I was not taking a nap. I need to re -watch this.

What you should have done, Kevin, was given her

a poem and then waited a day. Yeah. That's what

it sounds like. You should have built it up with

a fucking cool -ass Shakespeare poem, and then

I was all giddy and in love feeling, and then

I would have just liked it, all right? It's your

fault. It's your fault I didn't like it. What

was your next pick? I'm gonna stay in the 80s,

1984. I love this pick. It's The Gremlins. Nice.

One of the biggest fucking pop culture movies.

ever if you don't know the gremlins I don't know

what the fuck is wrong with you I used to scare

the crap out of my little brother with this movie

I didn't want him to go play in the basement

where I used to hang out so I tell him that gremlins

live down there and he would avoid it It's the

creatures were amazing. They built up this little

world that I fucking believed I was like hook

line and sinker and I wanted a fucking mogwai

and I was like, I'm not feeding after midnight.

I'm gonna keep it cute It's not gonna ruin my

life and I was scared of the gremlins. They were

no joke They would fucking kill you they would

torture you they would mess you up. It would

not be fun and It was just something I totally

bought into and loved and it's also another one

that It's got great rewatchability as an adult,

too. I think it would definitely hold up. I love

that we're talking about Gremlins. This was so

close to making my list. I think kind of Goonies

won that spot over from me, but I am a huge fan

of Gremlins. Well, luckily I haven't seen Goonies,

so I had a fucking slot for the Gremlins. I'm

a big fan of the Gremlins. It's a lot of fun.

A lot of things done very well and clever in

that film. So, 80s nostalgia. I'm all about it.

Let's stay in the 80s and let's not go back to

the 90s. Can I do that? Uh, weird. Not going

to stay there for long enough. Alright. It was

worth a shot. For my next pick, you know, last

pick with Shakespeare in Love, I said it may

not deserve to be the best picture of 1998 and

that there was other films in 1998 that were

probably better than it. I'm just going to go

ahead and illustrate that point by having a 1998

film directly ahead of it. Two 1998 films in

a row, but for this one I'm going with Tony Kay's

American History X. Love this film. Love... just

about everything about it to write up my alley

Edward Norton crazy and I don't know I don't

know what else to say about American history

acts you've either seen it or you haven't and

if you've seen it you understand why it's on

my list so that's what my number 63 is I can't

say that I enjoy this movie definitely a powerful

fucking movie it disturbed the fuck out of me

on so many levels like I've only seen it once

in its entirety and I've seen pieces of it on

TV and that's really all I care to see because

there's a lot of it that I don't want to see

again. Any scene in particular? I'm not going

to even talk about it. There's a lot of scenes

in it that I don't like and it's super powerful

because there really is people, there are people

out there you know that were like that. The one

thing that I took out of this movie too was If

you know somebody's killed somebody and they

say don't do something or I will fucking kill

you You better believe that they will fucking

kill you because they've killed somebody before

Like Edward Norton tells that guy you stay away

from my little brother or I'll fucking kill you

like he really killed somebody So you might want

to listen to him because he will fucking kill

you too So that's a lesson learned, huh, from

that one? That's all I care to think about, lesson

-wise, from that movie. Yes. Don't be a racist.

Lesson, don't trust skinheads. Yes. Good lesson.

Oh, man. Dan, what do you got next? You talked

about how this is like the section of Countdown

with a lot of comic book movies. And I do myself

have a comic book movie on this list, but a different

type of comic book movie with Sam Mendy's Road

to Perdition. Nice. Again, another crime graphic

novel, or crime story, as you can see a pattern

here. I just really love this film. It's beautiful,

it's great to look at. Roger Deacon's cinematography,

some of the things I love. Tom Hanks kicking

ass, Jude Law's crazy villain, and Paul Newman.

being Paul Newman, so he's my favorite actor.

So anything he's in, I'm inclined to love. So

there's just all these elements that I really

enjoy. And when I think of this movie, one of

the most scenes that I often think about the

most is there's this range shootout where it's

completely silent. It's just, you know, umbrellas

with flashing gunfire. It's kind of a breathtaking

moment that really has stuck with me. And it's

a movie that really... big reason why I love

this movie so much. And again, I'm not saying

Road Perdition is a better movie than Godfather,

but for me, again, it hit me around the time

in 2002 when I enjoyed movies, but I'm starting

to enjoy them on another level. And it's a big

part of a movie like this that had a lot of those

fun, entertaining aspects. But in our art standpoint,

I think it upped it another level. That's it

for me. So Road to Perdition, my number, whatever

we're on. I'm a big fan of Road to Perdition

too. It was in a group of films that was fighting

to get in this list and it just barely missed

out. If we were doing like 110, I probably would

have talked about it. So it's really close. Again,

I like that genre. I think it's one of the best

movies in that genre. It is a loaded genre though,

so I left that one out for in favor probably

of a couple others that you'll hear coming up

later, but I love Road to Perdition, so I'm in

agreement with you on that one. Matt, we only

got a couple slots left. What do you have at

number 62? A lot of my movies have been superhero

movies, but a lot of my movies have also been

franchise movies, and I think that's what I'm

gonna do now with Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.

I know a lot of people hate them, but I love

them. I've seen all of them in theaters, except

for the first one, because I was kind of late

on that one. But I think I saw the fourth one

two or three times. I don't know, I just love

them. They're ridiculous, they don't care. They

don't care! By the fourth one, like... like he's

like knocking fucking pastries on the ceiling

and he's like I'm gonna eat them some Jack Sparrow

and I don't even care and it's just like he doesn't

care and I just love how the movie is just like

we're just gonna keep doing these for forever

and I'm just gonna keep watching them I love

them I think as each one each new one comes out

people get more sour on the franchise, but I

think if that was a franchise that just had like

one or two films, I think it wouldn't get the

amount of hate that it does. I think there's

so much to like about what they were doing, and

hate Johnny Depp all you want, but he is magnificent

as that character. I know a lot of people feel

like it gets old and stale and whatnot, but I

really enjoy it. I remember seeing the first

Pirates of the Caribbean and just being like,

this is just a load of fun, so I have no problem

with it coming up. He'll know it's so much fun.

It's it's a ride, and it's like a little journey

And there's a ton of cool little aspects to it

visually like a pirate story There we go Amanda

62 60 62 91 I don't know if anybody is gonna

know this movie Anybody rock -a -doodle rock

-a -doodle. That's the animated film. Oh, yes,

I do I act and I had the soundtrack so It's amazing.

It's a rooster that is kind of like Elvis things

like Elvis His name is Chante Claire and his

singing makes the sun come up for Rudeo, right?

Well some stuff goes down and they have a tiff

with some like mob boss owls, right? They're

gangster owls and they will come and fuck your

farm up right and they will show everybody that

you are You know not as cool as you think you

are, Chanticleer. And it really messed him up,

right? It brought him down to a level, but then

this little boy got turned into a kitty, right?

And so now he needs to help this little boy get

back to his family. But it's amazing. I love

it. It was so much fun. The music in it is adorable.

It's got Glenn Campbell, Christopher Plummer,

Phil Harris. It's just a great voice cast. Super

cool animation stuff, and it wasn't like top

of the line or or you know anything that was

like Spectacular, but I loved it, and it was

a heartwarming little journey, and I appreciated

it. I'm in tears over here The only way this

is okay if you have like 50 more animated films

that come up on the rest of your list Okay, this

is a stick -out one. This is not a Disney movie.

This is not your run -of -the -mill You know

just animation movie that everybody knows I thought

this this was something very personal special

to me as a kid All right, and don't ruin it for

me fucker I Did I don't remember much of it,

but remember I own the soundtrack it was like

and he was like Elvis in a Brewster And he like

what's good. I don't remember much of it But

yeah, I've not thought about this movie in a

very long time now. I feel very special again

I'm pretty certain I watched the first 20 minutes

of this movie once in the last two years three

years But I don't know if it was I don't it might

have been at your guys's place But yeah, I don't

know that's weird that's a weird Yeah, yeah good

pick Everything's weird, that's what makes life

fun. Alright, so Rock -A -Doodle, add it to your

queue, guys, that haven't watched it in the last

20 years. 1991? Okay, more than that. Alright,

for my number 62, I'll go as far away from fun

and animated as I possibly can. That's a movie,

though, that we've brought up multiple times

over the years, Dan, so I don't know how much

more we can talk about it. A lot of people probably

have missed it or haven't seen it, so I would

urge them to go see that. And that is 2012's

film from Thomas Vinterberg, and that is The

Hunt. We've talked about it before. It just,

for me, does so much for... so much right in

not shying away from tough subjects and kind

of really just going at it as far as kind of

just dissecting what all goes into an event like

the one that it's depicting and the unfairness

of certain aspects of that and Mads Nicholson

is Incredible in it and I will never stop touting

the praise to the hunt from 2012. It's a great

movie. Dan, what do you got next? For my number

62, I'm gonna go to a director, a very infamous

director, but one that's probably only gonna

appear on my list once, and that's William Prekin,

who of course is really well known for The Exorcist,

but The Exorcist is still on my list of shame,

so it's not the movie I'm choosing, but I'm choosing

his 1976 film Sorcerer. Which, no, has nothing

to do with magic. Basically, it's a remake of

the movie Wages of Fear, and the premise of it

basically is that you have these two people,

these two groups of people driving trucks that

have highly explosive material in the heart of

the jungle in order to stop an oil fire that's

taking place. And it is tension personified.

when I think of action set pieces, like this

is the movie I think of though, like these set

pieces are slow and methodical because like they

have to be very careful with this, with this

chemical because they move around too much explosion.

So it's, it's really well directed. It's actually

quite interesting hearing William Freakin talk,

Freakin talk about this movie because he mentions

like how awful the person he was making it and

how like now the age of the years he would never

be able to make a movie like this because of

what they did and the danger that they were in

and so it's kind of an interesting artifact of

that time to type movie it probably will never

be made again and it's if you i actually do on

the blu -ray of this and it's gorgeous to look

at even at this day so it's a really well -made

movie that holds up super well and like it's

you know one that you could argue is on along

the same lines of its of the original So, yep,

that's number 62 for me, Sorcerer. Nice. Again,

I'll add it to the list. So, Matt, last pick

for today. Where do you end this part of the

segment of the countdown at with your number

61 movie? Another franchise trilogy, probably

franchise is a better word, that just defined

the early 2000s. That's The Matrix. Top 100 list

worthy, right? Yes. And if I remember sense and

so much so that I might talk about it later.

There we go. I mean, clearly that means that

you haven't seen some of the ones that are above

it on my list because exactly. Like to do any

of us need to say anything about The Matrix.

Like it's amazing. Like it's it's it defined

the early 2000s. Like you can't watch any movie

from that time without comparing it unless it's

so disparately different. The only note to remember

for young people aspiring to be directors is

don't come out with a film as groundbreaking

as The Matrix and as one of your first major

outings, I guess, because then you'll just forever

be plagued by that film and the fact that you

can never live up to that again. Yeah And then

like especially since the second one had so much

like like studio Interruption and stuff like

and people that shouldn't have been touching

it touching it So that they'd like they're forever

down downward spiral But anybody that was alive

in 1999 that saw The Matrix and was capable of

forming thoughts and stuff like that knows how

groundbreaking and creative and just like something

you'd never seen before it was. So I don't know

if it has the same effect for people that are,

you know... younger that have been exposed to

all the different things and seen stuff that

kind of took off from that and then would watch

The Matrix. I don't know if it has the same effect

or not, but for anybody that kind of grew up

like we did, that was something that you won't

forget as far as cinematic experience. So, alright,

Amanda. Your last pick for today, where you going?

Uh, actually... Rock -a -doodle -to -what? I

just saw that Guillermo Tortoros already come

up on my list, and it's the last time he's gonna

come up on my list. Really? Last time for Gizmo

for you. Alright, but my last pick for the day

is a 1995 joint, Indian in the cupboard. Y 'all

seen this? They had a real fucking Indian guy,

his name was Lightfoot. I had a huge crush on

him. In a cupboard. In a real cupboard. In a

real motherfucking cupboard. It was wood and

everything. I sneaked it. But I had a huge crush

on him, too, with his shirt off the whole time,

and his long, gajreous fucking hair. It was awesome.

But it was a really, really heartfelt story,

and you get on to it. And it taught a bunch of

cool lessons, like the value of life and... and

also like the reality of death and consequences

of your actions and I think that it did a really

good job of putting you into this it is kind

of an intense little journey and it teaches you

a lot along the way and cry a little bit but

there's also you know a couple little funny parts

too but it definitely it teaches kids you know

the consequences of their actions and kind of

the the gravity of things and especially like

how you value one life over the other, or how

your choices affect other people. Alright. I

love the nostalgia pic here. Indian in the cupboard.

I do remember seeing this when it came out and

enjoying it. I have not seen it since whatever

year you said it came out. In 95. We had the

cool VHS, but the side of the VHS, the plastic

case, it looked like it had a little keyhole

and it came with little keys so you could pop

open the... Was there a little Indian in it?

That you came with a little Indian in it. As

a big -time toy collector I've never seen this

movie, but like it kind of frightens me as a

concept Yeah, that's just terrifying But I have

the same feeling about Toy Story to some degree,

where I didn't trust my toys for years after

seeing that movie. Small soldiers too, I got

no trust for those motherfuckers. Dude, don't

put military chips in your toys! They will take

over. And play Spice Girls. Lot of things mentioned

that I was not expecting today For my number

61 I'll go to a film that Amanda is not going

to appreciate being on my top 100 but it was

the number one film for me of the year that it

came out and kind of one of those things that

you kind of hear the term instant classic for.

For me it does hold up to that title and that's

why even though it's more recent it's worthy

enough for me to put this high on my countdown.

Number 61 for me is my favorite film from 2014

and that would be Whiplash. I just enjoyed that

film beyond compare. J .K. Simmons was phenomenal.

Think most people have heard people talk about

it in the last couple years. I don't care how

much Amanda is making throw -up Sounds and and

she's acting like she's gagging over there But

I think what blushes is an incredible film and

I'm sorry that it's not for you Amanda, but it's

awesome All right, Dan save me and change the

subject Okay, do that for my number 61 Weirdly,

last time we did this, I ended on a documentary.

I'm doing that again. That wasn't really planned,

but it's how it works out. For my 61, I'm gonna

go with a 1999 film, American movie. Basically,

it's a movie about this inspiring filmmaker who

maybe has more inspiration than he does talent.

And it's kind of awkwardly funny. And we've seen

a lot of movie censors that have... similar characters

and styles, like something like Anvil, story

of Anvil. A lot of that was started with an American

movie. It's both hilarious and inspiring, awkward,

and hard to watch at times, but really enjoyable.

But I know it's just interesting seeing someone

have a huge amount of passion, even if maybe

what they're doing is questionable and the sacrifices

they're willing to make. It's a good time. It's

a very solid documentary, very watchable. It's

my number 61, American movie. All right, so that's

it for today's countdown, our 70 through 61.

Matt, real quickly, just remind people what you

revealed on your countdown today. All right,

so I started with Gone with the Wind, then The

Day the Earth Stood Still, then the X -Men franchise,

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Cop Out, the Spider -Man

movies, The Last Starfighter, Deadpool, Pirates

of the Caribbean, and I finished it off with

The Matrix. Excellent, Amanda. What was your

reveal today? Oh, I've got the Mummy, Men in

Black, Constantine, Twister, X -Men, Hello Boy,

Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Gremlins, Rock -A

-Doodle, and the Indian in the Card. And for

my section of the countdown today, we had Pleasantville,

Forrest Gump, Passion of the Christ, Stranger

Than Fiction, The Social Network, Shawshank Redemption,

Shakespeare in Love, I can't... I didn't realize

I had so many S films. American History X, The

Hunt, and Whiplash. Dan, what about you? I had

Black Hawk Down at number 70, then The Godfather,

Life of Pi, Before Midnight at 67, The Killing,

Das Boot, Big Fan at 64, Vulture Perdition, Sorcerer,

and I finished it off at 61 with American Movie.

Alright, so you guys will have to let us know

what your thoughts are as we get a little bit

further into the countdown. We only have one

more on this side of 50 to go and then it will

be into the cream of the crop in the top 50.

So let us know what your thoughts are so far.

You agree? You disagree? Who's got the list that

most kind of matches up with your own personal

preferences? And let us know if you're enjoying

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