Top 100 Films of All-Time: #60-51

Hey, this is Steve Bloom, and you are listening

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to another episode of The Cinema Geeks. I am

one of your Cinema Geeks optimists, Solo. And

joining me today, as usual, is Lady's First,

Hard Candy Mandy. Hello. Hello, movie revolt,

Dan, how's it going? It's going well, how are

you? I am doing well. I'll talk about that in

two seconds before we get the last person of

the group in here. How's it going, Fritleyscent?

Hi. I was just going to say it is going well

for me. We're actually recording this very closely

related to the time where the Cubs won the World

Series just last night from when we were recording

this so that'll date the podcast a little bit

but I don't care because that was phenomenal

and something I never thought I would see so

I am riding a high right now that's all I can

say about that so Amanda is finally gonna have

a chance to get me back because I've been a slave

to the baseball and the TV for like the last

month It's going to feel good to have a normal

life again. So is Rookie of the Year going to

be like number one, all of your picks this week?

I'm bumping everything up. It's all baseball

films this week. This 60 through 51 is going

to be my baseball section now. And as I alluded

to, we will be continuing our top 100 films of

all time. We've been going through this bit by

bit, interchanging with some other episodes.

And we're at the point now today where we're

going to be going through our numbers 60 through

51. So the last section before we get into our

top 50 as it is. So getting into that a little

bit. Dan, anything you want to preface this last

little segment before we get into the top 50?

Any themes that are going to be apparent through

your text? or what do we have to look forward

to? Well, I think it'll be one of the first times

I have an animated film on my list. And similar,

some of my favorite directors, or at least one,

will show up again. But yeah, no really themes.

Really a smorgasbord for me looking at my list.

There's really nothing really connecting these.

It's just... Randomness, I guess. All right.

That adds to the variety there. I'm in a similar

fashion here. I'm going to be a little bit all

over the board. I think I'm going to be covering

five decades, maybe. I have films from five different

decades during this section of 10. I'm also going

to have an animated film show up in this section

of my countdown. So I guess something in common

there with you. We'll have to see if it's the

same one or not. Matt, what's your theme today?

Anything sticking out for you? Oh, man. Part

of me wants to say It's like half things we've

done spotlights on, but one of it's actually

a Studio Ghibli, not a Miyazaki, even though

in my mind they're all just lumped together.

So I got that. So I got a lot of animated, I

guess, comparatively. Looking forward to seeing

which selections those would be. Amanda, anything

that you're seeing as you look over this section

of your 100? I think, as per the eush, a lot

of 90s, right? And nostalgia definitely going

on. I think there's a couple guilty pleasure

watches in here. We'll call them that. And are

you going to join the three of us and have an

animated film in this section of your countdown?

I will, yes. Awesome. So some animated love here

today. We'll see if there's any crossovers. As

we said in one of the previous episodes, it'll

be interesting as we go through, if we get more

and more crossovers as we venture towards our...

top ten center so we don't know anything about

it what was it last week it was uh... for the

last section of the countdown that uh... within

the covered no no it was uh... the enemy film

with but was a rooster rock -a -doodle rock -a

-doodle yes i did not make fun of her for rock

-a -doodle Alright, well I can't wait to see

which one you have on this segment of the countdown.

So Matt, let's get things started. What do you

have at number 60? Alright, hinted at it. My

number 60 is, I think, my first Miyazaki movie

so far. There's definitely gonna be more, obviously.

Like I say, they're all really high. And that's

Spirited Away, which I think might be the first

one you wanna ask her for, but I could be wrong.

I think so. It was one of the first. times that

we're drawing the first time that they had the

animated movie oscar so yeah it just amazing

can't wait till we do it um and it's not going

to be too far away it's it's it's great it's

like It's coming of age. It has that magical

realism that Miyazaki's known for. I think it's

better than a lot of the ones we've watched in

the retrospective. I was about the age of the

protagonist when I first watched it, and that

really hit me in a certain way. Like... Made

you feel some type of way? I feel all the time.

I am a basket of feelings. Um... Or if you're

like Rizzo, you're a glass case of emotions.

Oh, is that? Yes. And then I can't hit balls

that are hit to me. What? Oh, nah, OK. Anyway,

spirit away. Thumbs up. Has anyone here even

seen that yet? I have, yeah. OK. I think Dan's

the only one yet. It'll be a first watch for

Amanda and I when we get to that point in the

retrospective. We'll talk about it a lot then.

Absolutely. I'm looking forward to watching those

last few that we haven't got to yet, because

I've heard a lot of good things about, like you

said, all of the Miyazaki films, but especially

a couple of the ones that are coming up. Amanda,

what do you have at number 60? All right, if

we're going to talk about all the fields, here

it is. From 98, it's a little Bruce Willis joint

Armageddon. If you don't cry every freaking time

you watch this movie, I don't know what kind

of person you are. Yeah. This is definitely one

that will get the tears well enough in your eyes,

for sure. I actually saw this twice in the theater.

And that is something where I do not do that

very often. I don't remember why, but I saw this

twice in the theater. I can't hold the tears

in. No matter how many times I've watched this,

every time I see it, there's a few moments in

the movie that I just totally break down. I'm

a huge Bruce Willis fan. don't really care about

Ben Affleck, but he did this justice. And I think

Steve Buscemi was amazing in this. There was

just a huge cast of some really awesome and great

characters. And I think that the camaraderie

that they had was amazing, this brotherhood that

they had. And I think that all the relationships

and the tension was outrageous. And it had just

the right amount of humor thrown in there to

kind of... you know, not bring you down the whole

time. It's just super classic to me and I'm never

gonna get tired of watching it. This is one of

those films that came out here in the last, I

don't know, 20, 30 years or whatever that has

just been completely on. the forefront of everybody's

minds when it came out because of a song that

gets played so much. It's like the Titanic with

that song, Armageddon with that song, Frozen

with its song. There's been a handful of movies

that have just been so popularized almost more

so because of the song than the movie at times.

Dan, what do you think about Armageddon? That

song was actually the song at my prom. So that's

weird. Another connection I had in chemistry

three in high school We watched this movie for

like two weeks because we started watching it

for one day I don't know why because I went to

a school where we didn't really do work and we

would just every time we were started again We

like on this is where we left off and would be

like 15 minutes into the movie So we believe

I would legitimately watch this movie way too

much. I like Armageddon. It's certainly guilty

Pleasure for me. I think Michael Bay before he

got too crazy. I don't think it's his best. I

still prefer The Rock and Bad Boys over Armageddon.

But there's something to enjoy. And I do think

Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck do have some good

chemistry back and forth. And it's a fun film.

But it's a good time. It totally did not prepare

me at all for. Geez, what was the movie? It was

just Deep Water Horizon. I'm like, oh, they're

going to get all covered in oil, and it's going

to be fun, and they're going to be working hard,

right? No. Armageddon made it seem like it was

no big deal. But then when all this oil started

spreading all over these guys in Deep Water Horizon,

it was no good. There's no fun in that movie,

I don't think. And very little asteroids in Deep

Water Horizon. There was some drilling. There

was some connection with the drilling, I guess.

Matt, any thoughts on Armageddon? Oh, man. Like,

I remember the first time I... I think I've always

seen it once. I remember the time that I've seen

it, which was, like, oh, I was so young. We had

a pull -out couch, and a guy I don't even talk

to anymore was the one who brought it over. But

the only thing, I would say my strongest memory

is everyone talking about how, you know, it's

a lot easier to train astronauts to drill than

it is to train drillers to be astronauts. And

I don't know that I could ever go back to it

after hearing that, because it's like, yeah,

it does seem dumb. Yeah, I think Ben Affleck

brought that up too. Michael Bay, and he got

angry. It's like, yeah. I mean, but if it's a

good movie, it's a good movie. It doesn't matter

if it's got a little weirdness to it, but sometimes.

They're oil rigged drillers that got sent on

a freaking asteroid with a nuclear warhead to

save the motherfucking planet. First time I've

mentioned this director won't be the last. I'm

going to go to Quentin Tarantino here for my

number 60 pick and it will be Django Unchained.

Obviously we just rewatched this when Dan and

I did the Tarantino retrospective and I obviously

rated it amongst the other films then and there's

a few I would rate ahead of it as you'll see

but I still think it's top 100 worthy for me.

There's just even this last time watching I think

I even appreciated it even more. A lot to love

from Tarantino and I think Django represents

a lot of that, so it was good enough to make

it into my number 60 spot. I think it's a super

solid movie, really good showing of what Tarantino's

got and what he's about, but it's just so freaking

disturbing to me that I can't put it on a list

where I'm like, yes, this is top 100. I forget

about it until I'm like, maybe I should watch

Django. It's like when you watch Roots, you know

what I mean? It's not easy, but it's a good movie.

Yeah, anybody else thoughts on Django and change

my thoughts to come in a couple of podcasts later

I Love Django as well as we talked about during

the retrospective and it's a you know, I said

it then it's a movie I think I love even more

more and more every time I watch it because it

does have a really the third act does kind of

have a huge shift and The first time it didn't

work for me, but the more and more I've watched

it I loved it and it might actually be my favorite

soundtrack out of all of Tarantino's films. So

Dude the Django song is tops. Yeah Yeah All right.

So that's my number 60 Dan. What are you starting

today with? My number 60 actually makes a lot

of sense because we're not that far away from

Halloween, you know We could work a few weeks

away or ago and this is one of the movies I tend

to watch every Halloween. It's understood and

then it's 28 days later Danny Boyle's I guess

not really zombie but kind of zombie movie But

not really the undead. But it's one of the first

movies I think I've ever really noticed the score

of something beyond Star Wars or the obvious

ones, like Back to the Future. I just love the

consistent theme that he had throughout it. I

remember watching it too and it just looking

different. It was written during the very early

stages of digital filmmaking or photography.

And it doesn't look great. In today's comparison

watching it, it does look somewhat rough, but

I still really enjoy it. I love the characters,

Brendan Gleeson, and he's awesome as always.

And some just amazing shots as they are in the

middle of London and abandoned streets and all

the things they needed to do to get that done

and just a movie to go back to over and over

again. And even think that the sequel, 28 Weeks

Later, is also really solid with Jeremy Renner.

It's a little bit underrated. Some really great

scenes in that. But I don't know. For whatever

reason, it's a movie that I've always enjoyed.

great combination of great director and actor

and really just understated horror film that

kind of put a little bit of a twist on the zombie

idea, which I know is tiresome now, but at that

time it was still, we didn't have Walking Dead,

we had 20 Days Later. I mean, I know you have

seen this one, what are your thoughts on 20 Days

Later? Super solid zombie film, back in the day

I felt like it was... Like Dan said, we didn't

have all the zombie stuff played out, so it seemed

new, it seemed fresh, it was eerie and creepy,

and it made you think about, you know, what was

going on in society and what would happen in

your world if you, you know, woke up and all

of a sudden you're in the zombie apocalypse.

And the sequel definitely worked as well. I thought

that was, you know, definitely a solid sequel

and how often does that happen? And I think that

it's definitely a zombie classic. Super great

to watch her on Halloween time. I'm glad that

You you follow that tradition and watch every

Halloween I've been wanting to watch it again

lately since it's been so long since I've seen

it in the sequel I just I don't know why I haven't

gotten to it, but I feel like now I need to watch

it again Matt I'm guessing that you're like me

and you haven't seen this No, but I have had

pretty heavy suggestions from someone whose opinion

I really respect Telling me hey you need to see

this movie, and I think at one point I even had

an illegal copy of it on my desktop briefly Like

here it is so you can watch it, but no I never

did Alright. Booby traps. Matt, what do you have

at number 59? My number 59, which actually when

we were starting the podcast I was like, does

this belong this high? And I was like, doing

some math. Couldn't think of something else that

I would replace it with. Way overplayed at the

years that I saw it. Office space. A Mike Judge

joint. I don't know, this is one of those movies

I feel like you either love it or you hate it.

And some people loved it and then Comedy Central

played it a thousand times a day for like four

years and now a lot of people I think hate it.

If you've had a job, you can relate to some aspect

of office space. It's great. The plot is taken

straight out of Superman 3 by Richard Donner,

which is hilarious because it's the funniest

of the Superman movies. Like, I don't know, I

love it. Like, everyone's seen it, I feel. And

it belongs on my list. My judge has a great ability

to kind of take the elements of a certain work

life or a certain aspect of society and make

fun of them in a way that's still very true to

that aspect of our life. Like, he's doing it

now in Silicon Valley and he did it here with

Office Space, so. It's kind of funny seeing this

movie was like a bomb when it came out, but because

of being playing on Comedy Central and Nausium,

it became like a, heck, it gained a second life

and became a cult hit, so. I mean, any thoughts?

I've only seen it once. I, I, maybe I was just

too young when I saw it and it really didn't,

you know, resonate with me. I didn't hate it,

but I wasn't really on, like, you know, a fan

train with it or anything. I think there's a

lot of fans of that out there still though. I

know like you said man It did it was out there

a lot and maybe there is some resentment because

it's out there that much But I think they're

still like the core fans of that film still exists.

So I think that's a worthy choice Amanda, what

do you have next? Well, here's my animated pick

already. It's from 1997 It's Anastasia Anastasia

I did make you watch this pretty recently, but

I think you were on the computer and I don't

know how much of it you saw No, I remember it

I just think it's super gorgeous. I believe it's

a Fox animated movie. It was one of those films

that everybody thought was a Disney film. Yeah.

But it looks gorgeous. There's a lot of gold

accents, and the animation looked amazing to

me. And I love the story. I love the... the lore

behind that story. I mean, it's definitely Disney

-fied and put into a child's perspective, or

a more child -friendly view. But I think that

some really awesome characters, love the voice

work, love the songs, just the whole look and

the feel of it is great. And Christopher Lloyd

as the bad guy, as Rasputin, so. I don't know.

I think it's just a fun joint with some really

awesome voice cast that if you like animation,

you love the look of it and you should check

it out. Dan, have you seen Anastasia? I did when

I was a kid. It's been years. I just wasn't there

like some sort of bat creature or something like

that if I'm not mistaken. Yeah, there you go.

Yeah, so it's all I remember. I remember not

being a huge fan, but I know it's just because

it was the age I saw it, so I can't really speak

to it. It's been years. Yeah. I had never seen

it, and she showed it to me just this last year.

And it was decent. I think if I was of the right

age when I watched it, I might have enjoyed it

even more. It was interesting. I like the voice

work, and I like some of the music as well. So

I can see the love for it. that you see an estate

actually yet made a at a point of it was like

and like twenty twenty two around there i was

like you know i have seen that i think you know

i was like for the chance is coming out stars

like thirty minutes but i haven't seen this and

so i made a point of watching it yet it means

decently enjoyable and do you know that it's

death it was like one of those things was like

it's this is disney is a stream works is doing

this and it was it very well so i had not used

to doing it It was Fox, I'm pretty sure. That's

crazy to me. What happened to their animated

division? It looked gorgeous, though. I mean,

if you look at all the detail work, it was impeccable,

really. I want to say the studio or the division

or whoever was in charge of that film, they did

not have a long shelf up. I think they had like

two or three films. And I think the one after

this bombed completely and put them out of business

for that version of whatever branch that was,

if I remember my history right. For my number

59, I'm going to keep it in the world of animation,

as funny as that may be. And I'm going to go

to a film that I just recently saw within the

last year, even though it came out in 2008. And

for my number 59, that will be WALL -E. I don't

know what... took me so long. I don't know why

it took eight years for me to finally watch this

film, so I apologize for that up front. But it

is right up my alley, and it was every bit as

good as every single person on the planet has

said it was for the last eight years. So I don't

think I need to explain too much more why Wall

-E makes my top 100. That's your bad. Yeah. I

watched it. I watched it, and I put it in my

top 100. So that's my apology. I guess we'll

call it cool then. Who doesn't watch Disney animated

movies, Kevin? Jeez. We're looking at you, Matt.

Oh, man. I've seen WALL -E. I've seen it. All

right. You're all right, then. All right. Dan,

what do you have at number 59? For number 59,

it's gonna bring up a director I think we have

talked about. Previously, I know Kevin, I think

you had one of his movies on your list and it's

Wes Anderson. But the movie I'm gonna go with

is Rushmore. You know, Wes Anderson, Bill Murray,

this is kind of where they began their illustrious

relationship. And I think Rushmore is probably

the coming out party for Wes Anderson. It's really

where I think he established his style and what

made a Wes Anderson film a Wes Anderson film.

I just, I don't know. I remember the first time

I watched Rushmore and I just didn't get it.

I'm like, I don't, what is, is this a comedy?

I'm really confused. And you know, as I got more

exposed to Wes Anderson, I was a, you know, I

grew older and I was able to kind of appreciate

him. I ended up growing to love it. Jason Sportsman

in this is phenomenal. Like his performance is

insane, especially when you consider how young

he is. It's, I don't know. It's just, it's very

dry. It's not a humor that I think. Everyone

will enjoy but if you are Wes Anderson fan, I

don't think I think you would have to love Rushmore

It's not necessarily as You know Looking at something

like Gran Buda Best Hotel, which is just gorgeous

to look at and the set design is amazing and

all that great stuff it's not necessarily like

that but it certainly has the characters the

actors and just the the style of comedy and writing

that you respect for Wes Anderson so it's i find

it ultimately relaunched we watchable and it's

i think one of Bill Murray's best performances

which is saying a lot so Yeah, I definitely did

have a Wes Anderson film on my list as well down

at 79. I had Moonrise Kingdom. It's weird because

I love the Wes Anderson films I've seen but for

some reason I haven't seen them all. I don't

know what my problem is but Rushmore is one of

the ones I have not seen. I have not seen that

and I have not seen the Royal Tenenbaums and

I don't know... what the reasoning is for that,

but I definitely need to catch up with a few

of the blind spots in his filmography because

I obviously was a big fan of Grand Booth best

hotel as we talked about a couple years ago,

and Moonrise Kingdom obviously made my top 100,

so I'll put that higher up on the list for me

to catch up with. There you go. All right, Matt,

turning the page to number 58, what do you have?

For number 58, so... For all of the ones that

had, like, a franchise or whatever, I would write

in my thing the one that I liked the best out

of the franchise. And this is, I don't know,

a weird franchise. And I didn't write the one

that I want. And that's Ghostbusters. I don't

know that I need to say anything about it. I

don't even know that I know which one I liked

the most between the original and the remake.

I loved them both for a lot of different reasons.

I don't have anything else to say. It's goddamn

Ghostbusters and it should be on most people's

lists. Amanda, agree or disagree? Totally agree.

I think also it's, for me, it's hard to pick

which one I like better. The first one or the

second one. I think they're almost equally as

awesome and the relationships and everything.

Still carry through all the humor. It's got the

same kind of feel I did I don't think anybody

can say anything bad about Ghostbusters It was

definitely one that I considered it is not going

to quite make my top 100 But it was it was in

the group like if we expanded this to like 125

or 150 it definitely would be Mentioned for me,

so I have no problem with Ghostbusters showing

up Yeah, I strongly agree, and you'll see very

much so in a few episodes. All right, Amanda,

that means it's your turn for your number 58.

58. We're going to go to 1990. Wait, still in

the 90s? Yeah, we're going to be in the 90s a

lot here. Guys, buckle in. Definitely a movie

that fits the season right now. kind of in halloween

almost a christmas now and that's edward scissorhands

i like how thanksgiving just never gets any time

or we're just kind of there we're just finishing

halloween we're into christmas that's how it

is dude why edwards scissorhands why edwards

scissorhands i think it's tim burton's i don't

i want to say one of his masterpieces. Really,

it's gorgeous. It's got his brushstrokes everywhere.

You see his art, his style in everything. The

trunks that he sticks to and the type of main

characters that he likes to use. I think that

if you like Tim Burton, you have to like Edward

Scissorhands. It's great. There's a lot of holes

in the story. A lot of weirdness. Because of

Edward Scissorhands? Because he is like a maid

person. Yeah, because he's got scissors for hands.

He doesn't like how to see you change his clothes

and stuff, but it's, it's uh... Did you miss

my bad pun? What? Maybe. You said there's a lot

of holes in the story. Oh, because he's got hands.

Sorry. Bad joke of the day, optimism. But yeah,

I love it. I mean, it's, it's, it's weird and

there's not much that you can hate about this

outfit. Top 60 worthy, huh? He's a... Alright.

I saw this when I was... probably too little

to see it like my mom used to babysit these kids

that were older than me before they would get

on the bus in the morning and I woke up and it

was so early it was still dark out and they were

waiting for the bus in the living room and they

were playing this movie and I got to see just

a part of it and I was scared but like enthralled

at the same time like I have some like a weird

vivid memory of this movie the first time I saw

it that was probably like four something like

that so Alright, memories from a long time ago.

Alright, Edward Scissorhands makes you number

58. Also, we'll go somewhat into the fantasy

slash science fiction realm for my number 58

my second pick from this last decade I had Django

and chain from 2012 and I'm gonna go for my for

2015 film for my number 58 the last time I'll

do that today and That is from last year and

that is ex Machina I know I'm gonna get a terrible

look just like when I said whiplash last episode

from Amanda as I am right now But ex Machina

was easily the best film for me from 2015. Well,

one of the best films. I keep going back and

forth between that and Bees of Donation, but

when I came to do this Top 100, Ex Machina jumped

about 20 spots over Bees of Donation. I think

there's a lot to it. I love the themes that they're

kind of tackling here. I mean, most people did

sing his praises, so I don't think I need to

be the dead horse. I know some people it did

not work with, and it seems like it's one of

those films that you either loved or you just...

had no effect on it whatsoever. I know Amanda,

you're not a big fan of it, but for me, it's

top 100 worthy even though it just came out.

I think it has a solid foundation there no matter

what. I think everybody thinks it's this deep

film. I think it was too frickin' shallow for

its own good. They wanted to have all these deep

conversations and really get to know each other,

but it never moved past that super shallow conversation,

and I didn't believe it. I will agree to disagree

with you. Oh, god. So Ex Machina is my number

58. Dan, what do you got? For my number 58, maybe

I should do this a little bit backwards, because

for 58, I have Christopher Nolan's Memento. It's

still one of my favorite films from him. As those

that have seen it know, it's a movie that is.

You watch it backwards from snippet by snippet,

which makes re -watching it, I think, even more

enjoyable, because you pick up on so much as

you re -watch it over and over again. Great little

crime drama, like a million, obviously amazing

editing, and this original story, and Guy Pearce

is... Really phenomenal in this and I think it's

really similar to where Rushmore was what less

interesting is coming out party Very much the

same thing with memento I think that's where

like people took notice of who's this Christopher

Nolan guy? I think he is he's got he's got big

things going for him and of course he did and

I think you know just it's a quite a great accomplishment

very small film that is does a lot and I Love

memento. It's a great movie I made any thoughts

on memento. I don't think I've seen it We need

to do that. All right. Well add that one again

to the queue as well So definitely agree with

your pickup memento a lot of good things to say

about that film Matt that brings it back over

to you at number 57 number 57 This is one that

got added Well after we started this list probably

when we were in the 80s I had this one I had

to bump something else out of my like 60s And

it's one that you showed me, and I can't thank

you enough for showing me a movie that I'm going

to recommend for years to come, and that's The

Wrestler. I grew up watching the WWF in the 90s,

the attitude era as it's known. And as an adult,

I'm one of those people that grew out of wrestling

and then watched it as an adult and went, wait,

why did I stop watching this? And so knowing

things that I know and knowing like, like you

know knowing behind the scenes stuff and k -fabe

stuff and this and that like the wrestler just

hit everything that i would want out of a wrestling

movie i don't know that it could be done better

like um it has like that weird tension if you

know like It came out, I think, before the resurrection

of Jake the Snake Roberts, which just is like

this movie done in real life because this movie

is so close to real life. Like, it's so well

done. I love it. I think it's already been mentioned

once. Yeah, I had it at number 71. I'm in complete

agreement with you. Yeah, it's great. Yeah, I

think there's been wrestling movies before, but

they've always been... so done wrong whether

it's from a comedic standpoint or just cheese

or just they know what he is and not that people

were trying to actually get a realistic approach

to it necessarily but this one just like you're

saying it's so so authentic like you completely

believe that that's a real life wrestler who's

been through all this that they are filming like

in some type of documentary style like it's it's

that close to to real and make your work was

phenomenal yeah So you're saying no -holds -barred

is not realistic? I mean, they don't bar any

holds. That was definitely one of the ones that

was at the top of my mind when I made that comment.

All right, so yeah, I agree, Matt. That's a great

pick. I love the wrestler. Anybody who has not

seen that and is a fan of wrestling or just a

fan of good films, you should check that out

for sure. All right, Amanda, what is your number

57? Oh, everybody's going to love this one. All

right. Taking it out of the 90s for a little

bit. 1984's Karate Friggin' Kid. Karate Kid.

Who does not love this movie? 1984's Karate Kid.

Yes. Not. Not the Hilary Swain one. And not the

Jaden Smith one? Not the Jaden Smith. That's

not on the table. But yeah. Friggin' Miyagi,

everybody knows Karate Kid, everybody's trying

to do the crane kick, alright? I think that his

movie had a ton of heart, super, like, finding

yourself coming -of -age movie, it had just the

right amount of humor, seriousness, it had some

high stakes, alright? He was getting his ass

whooped, they fucked up Mr. Miyagi's shop, like,

everything, dude. There was some serious stuff

going on. And I don't think that... If you don't

know this movie, I don't know what you're doing

with your life, really, but I don't think anybody

can hate on Karate Kid. You might say it's cheese,

but I think it's quintessential 80s and I loved

it and don't judge me. Dan, she said nobody can

hate on Karate Kid. Is that true or false? Ah,

it was dangerous because you might get brain

kicked. One of my favorite things about that

movie is how Mr. Miyagi beats up high schoolers

and gets away with it. own men literally just

beat up 15 year olds and that is our hero so

that's amazing yeah I mean Karate Kid it was

certainly a product of its time it certainly

still kind of had a pop culture influence still

today as with the remake that wasn't too long

ago but hey man put Ralph Machio on the map so

it's got that going for it Matt any thoughts

on Karate Kid have you seen it? If I saw it,

I was real, real, real young. Most of everything

I know about Karate Kid is from Gary Goldman's

stand -up comedy, which mostly is Crank Kick,

If Do Right, No Can Defend. Thanks. All right.

There was a reason I didn't comment too much,

Dan, on your number 58 because it was my number

57. So Memento is my number 57 from Christopher

Nolan. I will just... Tell everybody to rewind

a few seconds and listen to your reasoning. So

why did you say switch it back then, bro? I wanted

to wait a little bit. Why can't you just wait?

That's also my number whatever. The crossovers

begins with Memento. Actually, this is a film

that possibly could even move up higher on my

list. I have not watched it in a long time, so

it was not as fresh in my mind. But this is a

film that kind of changed my viewpoint on film.

It came out in 2001, so I had just graduated

high school a year before. And it was kind of

what made it where it was less about watching

films that were just entertaining and epics and

sci -fi and all that kind of stuff. And it changed

it from just entertaining films to like art to

me when I saw Memento. It just like blew my mind,

the way it was filmed and everything about it.

And I was just like, oh, there's... Look at the

possibilities that film holds. And from there

on, I was hooked to just watch anything and everything

and try to see what else was out there. So it

definitely had a huge impact on my love of film

in some days where it was easy to mold me into

a different film goer, I guess. So I love Memento,

and I need to watch it again so it could possibly

rise up a few spots. All right, Dan, you're up

next. All right, number 57. I'm getting to. my

favorite actor, which by the way, I haven't talked

about one of his movies yet, but Paul Newman's

my all time favorite actor. He's got a lot of

great movies, more of which I'll talk about as

we continue this countdown. But the first one

I'll talk about is The Hustler, his infamous

pool hall film that later got a sequel with The

Color of Money. But I think this just has some

of the most tense scenes I've seen and it all

takes a place inside a pool hall. Beyond Paul

Newman, you also have the great Jackie Gleason

and it's just gonna continue back and forth There's

so much to this and I think it's like Paul Newman

at his best Some people have some issues because

there's a little story that may seem a little

tacked on but I think for the time it certainly

works but I think it's just Paul Newman creating

an amazing character and one that you root for

one that's always has Obviously, it can be frustrating

at times, but I just, I don't know, I love The

Hustler. It's, to me, if you're ranking sports

films and if you include Paul, it's one of my

favorites, so. Nice. Paul Newman would be an

excellent choice for me for a retrospective because

I have a humongous blind spot for Paul Newman,

so I need to see just about all of his films.

I will put that out there. So, especially if

he's one of your favorite actors, I'll definitely

try to start catching up with his filmography.

All right, Matt What do you have next? All right,

so I think this is my first one of a Quentin

Tarantino film And almost every Quentin Tarantino

films on my list. So get ready for that guys

My number 56 is kill Bill volume. There's just

no volume. Just kill Bill both of them All right

kill bill another at second Tarantino mention

of the day Amanda What do you think so far up

here in Django and kill bill come up today? Not

bad choices. I dig both of them and same goes

with kill bill definitely some memorable scenes

some badass ass kickery and I think that the

characters all of the characters are really cool

and interesting even fucking Vivica Fox It's

a little ass in this so I don't mind it Dan,

what do you think of the relationship between

these two films and their places that they've

come up? I love Kill Bill. I think I'm one of

the few that I think I enjoy Kill Bill 2 a little

bit more than Kill Bill 1, but I, you know, as

a fan of Marshall's films and a fan of Quentin

Tarantino, it gives me everything I love. You

know, the action in the first film is intense

and great. The second film, I think, definitely

slows down a bit, but has... Think a lot of the

great dialogue you expect for a Tarantino film

and some amazing scenes and flashback scenes

So yeah, the whole bloody affair. I mean, I know

they've been talking about doing a sequel now

forever Possibly which is kind of crazy when

you realize the daughter of the one Vivid box

characters now old enough to like Be 17 or 18

now, which is crazy. So I don't know if that'll

ever happen. But if so, I wouldn't be against

it And if you guys want to hear more thoughts

on Kill Bill, obviously we did a whole episode

on Kill Bill during our Tarantino retrospective,

so go back and check that out for sure if you

want to hear us get into more detail. Amanda,

you go after Matt. So that means you're up for

your number 56. Oh, shenanigans. All right, we're

going back to the 90s. Whoa. Just barely, 1991.

This one might be the most controversial. No,

I can't even say that yet. Hold on. Hold the

phone. I'm going to go with The Addams Family.

The Addams Family. Definitely in the mood from

Halloween here. I think that it's one of those

guilty pleasure movies that I have that it's

just a fun movie. It pokes fun at this kind of

gothic... Lifestyle that they have and the world

-building here I think is pretty amazing because

even like when all their family gets together

and everything It's it's really great and awesome

characters awesome relationships Super funny

stuff happens, but also has a ton of heart so

I like Yeah, I was like do I want Adams family

and family values I like both of them, so I'll

just go with the first one All right, Addams

Family making your spot at number 56 for my number

56. I'm going to join you in the 90s. But the

other end of the spectrum, I'm going to go to

1999. And I don't think anyone will deny the

impact that this film has had on films that have

come since. And I will go with The Matrix at

my number 56. Pretty mind blowing. Especially,

I think it was almost perfect age to see this

too. junior senior year in high school, and it

was just like nothing you'd ever seen before

and Unfortunately the Wachowskis Have not been

able to match that sense, but the matrix was

one for the ages So I think it's worthy of being

in the top 100. Amanda? Matt? I super dig the

matrix I like the whole series really, I think

it gets a little crazy and even more out there

if that's a possibility until they meet the KFC

Colonel in some white room with a bunch of TVs.

But I think it sparked a ton of, I can't say

a ton, it sparked a new style really and I think

that it was definitely something that we hadn't

seen before. A lot of people capitalized on it.

A lot of people went nuts for this, made like

a billion, gajillion dollars. And I think that

it's become a part of pop culture now, really.

And it did tackle some stuff that, you know,

society dealing with, like, technology and...

you know how we're kind of locked in our own

little world trapped by technology in a way.

So I think it was a cool subject matter and I

think it was really well done. I actually had

a professor in college that had his whole first

day speech intertwined with parts of the matrix

and the pill choosing and stuff like that. It

blew my mind when he did that. All right, so

matrix FI number 56. Dan, what do you have? From

item number 56. I'm gonna be talking about another

documentary and it's grizzly man Which is of

course the documentary by one of her dog regarding

grizzly man this guy who lived up in Alaska with

grizzly bears and Kind of the his life as he

kind of investigates why this man did this what

happened to him and I think it this is a combination

of both in an amazing story and great filmmaking,

which makes it such a powerful documentary. It's,

I think, one of the documentaries. I know a lot

of people don't like documentaries, but I think

it's one that's really easy to get into, because

the story is just so odd and strange, and some

of the footage that they're able to get, just

seeing this man, like... Interact with wild grizzly

bears. It's insane. And then as we as Warner

her dog is one to do he obviously is kind of

looks into the psyche of that guy and like I

would wonder if those have done a Warner her

her dog has a certain Thing about him that he

basically everything he says seems like the most

important thing ever He could like read the phone

book and it's like wow that guy. He's really

got into something I don't know. It just his

voice and his Inflection it's it's all there.

So I don't I love grizzly man. It's a one of

the those Documentaries that got me into liking

documentaries. So that's why I have it on my

list. You're definitely right about his voice

though That is a hundred percent accurate portrayal

that that just like man I got to pay attention

right now to whatever this guy is talking about

Awesome. All right, Matt. We're back at you for

number 55 coming back at me I think This is my

only James Bond movie and so we'll say it's all

James Bond movies I know it's probably my only

Daniel Craig James Bond movie that quantum solace.

I Love that movie. I've only seen it like once

or twice But I mean who rewatches Bond films

over and over again. That seems like a weird

way to live your life. I I saw this one in theaters,

which is not something I could say for like any

of the other Daniel Craig movies I think I saw

sky Fall as well. Oh, it's gonna say Skyrim.

That's no good like And I don't even know if

I really remember it but like I just really remember

enjoying it like and being like this is this

is not the James Bond I'm used to but it's like

closer to the original James Bond like it's less

of the Pierce Brosnan suave robot as people call

him and Like more of like a yeah down a dirty

spy thriller action movie like I love Daniel

Craig and everything he does, and I really like

Quantum of Solace. Fair enough. Dan, you're more

of a Bond expert than the rest of us here, having

gone through all of the Bond films at Kes Radio

Network. What do you think of Quantum of Solace

as it stacks up against the rest of the Bond

films? It's not one of my favorites. I think

it works a lot better when you watch it back

to back with Casino Royale, because it is a direct

sequel. It picks up legitimately the moment that

movie... leads off it did suffer i know like

it came out with it missed the brighter strike

so it kind of had some rewrites and things like

that but i do think it is one that the more i

i watched it and watched it and i do think it's

the thing The perception of it is that it's a

really bad movie from some, but I think it doesn't

actually get it too. I think it's better than

people give it credit for. And I think, like

I mentioned, I think the problem was there was

such a big break that people weren't picking

up on a lot of what it had because it was so

related to the... The Casino Royale, and that's

not something people are used to when it comes

to Bond movies, because it's usually like one

is completely separate from the one that came

before. But I like it, but I do prefer other

Craig films, which we'll get to eventually. And

a point on that, I do think I actually watched

Casino Royale like an hour before I went and

saw Quantum Solace. So that kind of helped a

little bit, as Dan was alluding to. And I can

only guess which film you're talking about, Dan.

All right. So Amanda, where in the 90s are we

going for your number 55? We're going to bump

it up to 93. Little fun family film, Homeward

Bound. Oh. How? Wow. Homeward Bound. I remember

adoring that film when I saw it when I was 12.

You were 12? You were 12 and 93? Something like

that. I was like six, dude. That's creepy. Yeah

guys Super freaking cute love the voice acting

lovely adorable fucking pets. I just wanted them

all that was a subtitle I want to see that movie

with you doing the subtitles awesome get -a -voice

-overs for Harry Potter 2. I remember Homer Bound

being like one of the first times that probably

I was forced to watch something with subtitles

and maybe it's why subtitles don't bother me

at all and why I watch most movies with the captions

on and subtitles on the center. What do you mean

it's got subtitles on? I don't remember that

shit. You didn't watch it with subtitles? No,

I didn't watch it with subtitles either. Nope.

Someone had the closed captioning on it? No,

maybe they did. I don't know. But I remember

seeing it like that. But there's also - You hear

the pets talking. No, I know you do. I know you

do. But for some reason, we must have watched

it with subtitles on or something or captions,

closed captions. But I remember just loving Homer

Bound. I have not seen it since I was that age.

I think I saw it like once or twice. I saw it

more than once. I probably saw it two or three

times within that three, four -year period that

it came out. But I have not seen it since, so

I don't know. I wore that motherfucking VHS out.

Just saying. Love it. Who would have thought

that Homeward Bound would have brought the most

vulgarity out of you so far today? I'm excited

about it. Dan, any thoughts about Homeward Bound?

Yeah, I too loved that movie as a kid. I even

loved that in the sequel. Was it lost in San

Francisco? It's like in the city. Yeah, as a

kid I'd I love that movie. Michael J. Fox wasn't

the kid from Back to the Future. He was the person

who did the voice for Max in Homeward Bound.

Chance. Chance. That was one of those names.

We're just getting all our Homeward Bound facts

wrong. Nobody talks about Homeward Bound though,

so I'm glad you brought that up. I'm surprised

it hasn't been remade, honestly. Not that it

should be I'm sure a lot of dogs died Thanks

for reminding me that came out All right, for

my number 55, I guess this will be my tie -in

to the World Series and the Cubs' love, because

I'm going to go with a Bill Murray film. And

I think, fittingly, I would like to replay yesterday,

as far as the World Series goes, over and over

and over again. So for my number 55, I'm going

to go with 1993's Groundhog Day, directed by

Harold Ramis. Who doesn't like Groundhog Day?

Dan, I know it's going to be on your list at

some point. And because I don't think you've

said it yet, and I know you have a lot of love

for Groundhog Day as well. But man, it's not

my favorite Bill Murray film of all time, but

it is way up there. And I think, I don't know,

I think it gets not enough love. I think it deserves

more love than even it gets. So I can't even

talk about it. Groundhog Day is my number 55.

Amanda, you're rolling your eyes at me. I'm not

rolling my eyes. I was looking at you because

I don't want you to look at my list. It's covering

up. Got your Groundhog Day thoughts? Uh, I will

talk about Bill Murray in a minute, bro. Okay.

Anybody else thoughts on Groundhog Day? Like

you said, I do love it as well, and, uh, you

know, I just say I love it even more than you

do. All right. Excellent, excellent. Matt, have

you seen Groundhog Day? Uh, yes, but... Okay,

okay. I get the point, I get the point, guys.

No, no, it's not gonna make my list because I

was too young, um, and I just... But, yeah, it's

Bill Murray. You can't not like it. Absolutely.

Dan, what do you got at 55? Number 55. I know,

Matt, you mentioned with office space, some people

love it or hate it, and maybe because it gets

overly quoted or it's on TV too much. And I think

that's the same thing for my number 55. It's

Anchorman, Will Ferrell and Steve Carell. I know

a lot of people hate it because people don't

like Will Ferrell. A lot of people hate it because

it gets quoted overly too much, but I just find

it hilarious. I do maybe quote it too much. I

use too many of the gifs for communicating with

people when I shouldn't, but I don't know. I

do like Will Ferrell. I find it really funny.

I love Steve Carell. I think the cast, Paul Rudd.

It's insane. random humor and it works for me

so I just you know I greatly enjoy it and I find

it new funny things nearly every time and the

cast for it is insane like even some of the smaller

parts like Seth Brogan is in the thing a cameraman

it's like every like you know it was Judd Apatow

but um and it's just I don't know to me it's

I the sequel is okay but I the original ink man

is still I find it hilarious. Amanda you're a

big fan of Anchorman right? Uh, I'd say it's

funny. It's not my favorite, well, Pharaoh movie

by any means, but I think it's got a... You quote

it a lot, don't you? Huh? Don't you usually quote

that film? Sometimes, yeah. But it's, like Dan

said, it's so easy to quote that movie. There's

a ton of funny stuff that come out of this dialogue

-wise. So, I mean, you can't not quote this fucking

movie. Have you seen Anchorman? No and in fact

today at work my boss's boss said something about

like scotch in my belly and I was like what the

eff are you talking about? And he's like it's

Rob Burgundy and I was like I haven't seen those

movies. I'm getting quoted all over the place.

Alright, so some Anchorman love from Dan Mack.

Turning the corner to number 54, what do you

got? Oh shoot, it's me already. And oh shoot,

it's Quentin Tarantino already. For my next one,

I put Inglourious Bastards. Nice. I really enjoyed

this movie. I saw it in theaters. And at the

time, I was in Italian class at university. And

the Italian in this movie... to my two years

trained ear at the time was great. I was like,

wait, they're at a ball and they're using formal

Italian rather than informal. That's a good call.

It's harder, but they're doing it. From that

first scene with the milk and how intense it

is and like... Just threw out the whole movie.

Like, I loved it. It was great. My friend, who

I don't talk too much anymore, called me up and

was like, hey, I wanna go see that new Nazi movie.

And I was like, I don't think that's for you,

bro. And we went and he's like, that was not

what I was expecting. I was like, it was what

I wanted. Yeah, I'll save my comments on Inglourious

Bastards for a little bit later. There we go.

All right. Amanda, what do you got next? Oh,

Lord. Since we already talked about Marty McFly,

let's bring it up now. 1985's Back to the Future,

another back -to -back Marty McFly joint here

since we had him as in his voice work of Chance

the Dog in my last pick. Yeah, Back to the Future,

such a fun movie. Huge part of pop culture. Didn't

that he fucking predict in the second one, was

it? Missed it by a year. I think it was the second

one, yeah. I think this is... Michael J. Fox

Almost at his top notch here. This is his quintessential

role really I mean if anybody thinks about Michael

J. Fox Almost at his top notch Dude, I just watched

Teen Wolf last night Don't ever try to do that

No, I love it The music's fun, the characters

are awesome and in really unforgettable movie

all around Back to the future Nobody's saying

shit about Back to the Future For a reason For

a reason. For my number 54, I'll be quick because

it was already talked about. I gave you a hard

time, Amanda, asking you if you really thought

it was top 60 worthy, only because I also had

it in my top 60, and that is Edward Scissorhands.

So weird crossover there. You put Edward Scissorhands

above where I put Edward Scissorhands? Yeah,

number 54 for me. I think this is Tim Burton

at his... near his best or at his best. This

is easily one of his best films before things

got a little crazy for him. We recently re -watched

this because we got it on Blu -ray, I believe.

I was guessing on a podcast and re -watched it

for 100 Level 4. We re -watched it and I had

good memories of it and this re -watch just solidified

all of that. This is an excellent film and I

think it still holds up for for me, and enough

for it to be in my top 100, all the way up at

number 54. So I completely agree with you on

it. Edward, show us your hands. Dan, you're next.

Nice, nice. So I started by saying I'll have

an animated film. And here is my animated film

for number 54. I have Dumbo. you know, the movie

about the ugly duckling elephant that is, I just

find this movie so both heartwarming and tragic

at the same time. There's no fat on this film.

It's only like 63 minutes long. And it's just

every moment matters. And you know, you have

a really somber moment, like with Dumbo's mom,

like rocking him back and forth through the cage

that she's kept in, some great humor, the, obviously

the... The one sequence with the clowns that

goes crazy I think is a reason why so many people

are afraid of clowns and like many early Disney

movies mild racism, so With the crows so but

it's what people don't realize too is this this

is the way I almost saved Disney because movies

like Pinocchio and Fantasia were actually flops

But this was a huge success. I know Pixar often

uses this as a template for a lot of their movies

You can see why the main character that is very,

you know doesn't talk It's a lot of stuff happening

around him, but you do really feel for him as

a character a lot is done to really kind of make

him a character that you root for and have emotion

towards and Like watch on to so it's I love Dumbo

it's a great film and one that I think I liked

as a Kid, but I think as an adult for some whatever

reason I think I've enjoyed it more and more

so that's what I was gonna ask you Dan What age

do you think is the right age to show someone

Dumbo? I think I think it's you know, like I

said, it's only it's it's short. So I think that's

helpful I don't know seven or eight. I think

you'd be fine I was trying to remember because

I don't remember how old I was when I saw it

and Maybe my memory is just not good because

I can not remember that at all But I was trying

to like think of what age would that be best?

I've only seen this movie once it's because it

was so sad and heartbreaking that I can't bring

myself to watch it again. And I think if I were

to show it, I would probably show it to a kid

that maybe was too young to really understand

the sadness in it yet. The pink elephant scene

can cause nightmares, I'm sure. So that's something

to consider. So I think Seven or Eight would

be good. I think it's a good Disney movie to

start off with. Get them into it. But uh, yeah,

I think I think old enough would be able to understand

it and you know, it's sad But you know at the

end of you know, it all works out It's weird

because his mom is dead, dude. Wait a spoil Dumbo.

Seriously, bro. I haven't seen that movie Yeah,

I'm surprised I didn't have more nightmares based

on Disney films because there's a lot of nightmare

worthy scenes coming out of a lot of those films.

But for some reason they didn't have that effect

on me, but I can see that. Dumbo, I think that's

a great choice. I think that stands out. I think

it doesn't maybe get as much credit as it should

when you're looking at Disney films, because

I think it's a lot better than some that get

more credit than it does. All right, Matt, that

takes us to number 53. All right, well since

like Disney animated movies are cool or whatever

I guess I'll have a Toy Story at the spot. There

you go Toy Story number 53. Yeah I Think this

phrase comes up probably too much on all these

records, but I mean I was like the perfect age

like I was probably like eight years old or ten

years old and this came out and This one, just

like Truman Show, mind fuck for probably the

rest of my life. Because I think in my top three

hobbies, maybe my top one hobby is toy collecting.

I've got just closets full of toys. Some of them

never removed from the box. Most of them played

with. I've always got, I mean, my last time I

bought an action figure, two days ago, guys.

So that. I will always be in the back of my mind

like, one of these things came alive. But other

than that, unlike Sid, I treat my toys with respect

and civility because they're awesome. Great movie,

classic Disney animated movie. We got a bunch

of sequels that weren't straight to DVD sequels,

which are usually the bad ones with Disney. So

yeah, what else do you need to say about Toy

Story? I think most people would agree that it's

top 100 worthy. Another film that I didn't see

until the last couple years here and I agree,

I think it is a great film. I'm glad I didn't

see it when I was younger though because I think

it would have traumatized me in some ways because

I had way too many toys as well so I would have

thought that. think everything has feelings that

doesn't have feelings so that wouldn't have helped

that situation at all. Amanda, Toy Story? I love

Toy Story. I lost my shit when I met Woody at

Disneyland. Yeah, and he tried to pull me in

the back. It was weird. I'm sorry, what? Wait,

what? I was standing in the line, and then he

came back out, and I was like, what? I was like

24, OK, you guys? And I was like, what? and then

I got up to the part where it was my turn to

take a picture, we're all posing, and yeah, and

he like hugs me, and I didn't notice at the time,

but seeing the photos afterwards, Woody was putting

his Woody right up on my business, right? And

then all the picture taking got done, and then

he grabbed my arm and was like pulling me away

to where like the employee exit was, like in

front of everybody, and I was like totally embarrassed,

and I was like, what the hell, I'm getting kidnapped

by Woody, and there's pictures of it, so. We'll

get to that. That's the most disturbing story

I've ever heard in relation to Toy Story. But

the movie is super awesome. I know more disturbing

things, but I'm not going to share them here.

I don't know where to go from here. All right,

let me change it completely and go as far from

animated as we possibly can for my number 53.

We're going to go all the way back to 1983 for

Brian DePalma's Scarface. I think I like this

film more on the initial watch, and it's lessened

for me as I've gotten older and seen it more

times. I used to put this in the same group with

a lot of other action crime gangster mobster

type films, and it's not nearly on the level

of some of those other ones after rewatching

and having time to sit on it. But I still think

it's a great film. I still think it's Al Pacino

in his heyday. A lot of people love Scarface,

maybe not for all the right reasons, but I think

it is an out -worthy film, so I'm gonna put it

at number 53. I had them Scarface movie poster

on my wall in my dorm room. Like, love the movie,

a lot of funny lines, even though he's not trying

to be funny, like when he's yelling at the flamingos

and calling them pelicans, stuff like that. And

I think that it was a real trip to see his...

Change throughout this film and where he was

when he came into the country and then where

he kind of ended up and The bridges that he burned

and the man that he became and what power and

all that we did to him So I think it was super

powerful movie Damn 53 All right for number 53

I'm also bringing back a directory talks about

once with the killing and I'm going to talk about

dr. Strange love or how I Worrying about the

bomb. It's Stanley Kubrick You know, I think

you could argue masterpiece Peer sellers in this

is just on another level now from multiple roles.

He's playing to you know his ability to just

Create a crazy character the humor in this is

insane like the the call the one of the funniest

scenes I've ever seen is a call between the president

and the the russian president or russian czar

demetri it's just it's just i don't know it's

a one -sided conversation but it's just it's

hilarious there's so much humor especially when

you think about at the time where nuclear war

was somewhat of a worry that a lot of people

had and the balls that it took to make a movie

like this is insane But I love Doctor Strange

Love, obviously, because it's on my list. But

it's interesting seeing this compared to 2001,

because it doesn't even seem like it's the same

person. But it's a great film. And it's one more.

Can you say it's an all -time classic? It's another

embarrassing blind spot for me. So I need to

correct that as well. Matt, we only got room

for two more films today. What's your first of

those two? Okay, first off, I just wanna say

that I was gonna be like, hey, I mean, I already

talked about that one, and then I did a search,

and apparently I put Dr. Strangelove a little

high on my list, so I'll get to that later. But

since we got all over the place with super serious

real movies, I wanna go back to the animated

movies with The Cat Returns. This is a Studio

Ghibli movie. not a Miyazaki movie even though

the thing with Studio Ghibli movies is they have

like the same animators or the same animation

style at the very least so it's very hard to

very easy to forget that it's not a Miyazaki

movie because it's like that cat looks a lot

like that cat from Catbuss or that guy is a Totoro

it's weird because it's a sequel Kind of, like

a tangential sequel to Whisper of the Heart,

which I would say is probably the worst Studio

Jilly movie of all time. It's boring, it drags.

This movie is like a fun, like weird fantasy.

It's got that magical realism, like keep hitting

that point. It's got action, adventure, it's

got weird fantasy, even though it's like set

in modern days. The protagonist is an anthropomorphic

cat in a suit, which is just amazing. Um, good

voice actors because Studio Ghibli always, you

know, shells out money for good voice actor.

Well, for famous people to be voice actors. Um,

like I, I bought it. It's a present to Amy and,

uh, we watched it like three times that first

week cause it's just that good. So have you seen

this one or are you on board now that you know

what it's all about? A kidding suit. Yes. All

right. Dan, have you seen that one? No, I have

not actually never even heard of it to be honest

with you You just got us all man. He's dumped

us all on that one. Hey, I'll bring it over and

some people will see it There we go. All right,

Amanda only two picks left. What's your 52? Ah

52 yes My next pick is from 96, and that's Scream.

Nothing to say about that. We all know what kind

of awesome movie that is. I'm pretty sure we

just talked about that pretty recently, or I

did anyways. One of my favorite films from the

90s. Definitely made me scared to not have neighbors.

I think that the suspense in this, the whodunit

factor, the super cool... like rules that are

presented here, all the relationships, and even

the sequels are not that bad. I think that it

sets up this whole, I want to say world building,

but it's not like they had to go out of the box

to do anything, but this setup and this premise

was super fun, super awesome, and the famous,

what's your favorite scary movie line? Everybody

should know that. This is a part of pop culture.

I haven't watched the TV show yet, but I might

have to get on board with that pretty soon here.

Yeah, I think I think scream was Kind of a I

don't know for evolution is there a word but

definitely to kind of set the tone for a new

era of horror films and kind of switched it from

what we had in the 80s with a neighborhood on

street and You know the Freddy and the Jason

and all that type of stuff and then we got it

scream and then it kind of transitioned into

a whole Group of movies like that and it's obviously

the best of all of those so teen horror flicks

love on love for Scream and somewhat fitting,

like Dan said, to just a couple weeks removed

from Halloween. All right, for my number 52,

I'm gonna go back always, further than I have

in a while. I'm gonna go back to 1951, and my

number 52 is actually gonna be African Queen,

starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn.

directed by John Huston. My mom and I were trying

to go through the top 100 films from AFI a long

time ago, and we didn't make it all the way,

obviously, but we made it. We watched about a

dozen films that neither one of us had seen or

that I hadn't seen, but she had seen when she

was a kid. And this is one of the ones that she

remembered from her childhood. And I watched

it and had no expectations going into it. I mean,

yes, it is an Academy Award winner, at least

for best actor and nominated for screenplay director

and actress. But I didn't know all of that necessarily

going into it. I just kind of was like, I know

this is a highly acclaimed movie, so let's check

it out. And I love this film. The dialogue was

great. The acting was great. Kind of a crazy

setting and the crazy story. But I was hooked

almost immediately. I think if anybody is a fan

of classic films and hasn't seen this one, it's

definitely one to check out. Or if you just kind

of want to see what films were like from this

period, I think it's a good choice. It was actually

rated number 17 on AFI's Top 100 movies when

we were going through the list. Then they did

an update like 10 years later and it dropped

all the way down to 65. So I don't know what

in 10 years caused it to drop 50 spots, but I

think it's worth watching. So African Queen is

my number 52. I just watched that for the first

time this year, and I agree I don't people card,

and I'm forgetting her name, but you know they

have a Gary oh, Kevin I've run iconic relationship

when it comes to films, and they're great in

that and I think it's any great movie yeah, I

think it's one of those that kind of plays to

my liking thought because I tend to be a sucker

for any type of film that has a very limited

number of characters And it's basically just

the two of them for the most part And I think

it just lends to some great relationships, dynamics,

and dialogue. All right. Dan, what's your number

52? Number 52, I don't think I can get much more

different than this. I talked about 28 Days Later,

which is kind of a zombie film, and this is definitely

a zombie film, but a little bit more lighthearted

as it's Shaun of the Dead, Edgar Wright. I'm

having a lot of movies that broke out directors,

and that's certainly what happened here with

Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and kind of started

the first of the Cornell Trilogy that came after.

And it's such a brilliantly made movie. made

by people who certainly love the genre, love

the aspects of it. There's so many great moments

and a lot of amazing things happening in the

background. And ultimately, it's this really

funny film, but it's still a great story at the

heart of it. So I love Shaun of the Dead. It

certainly, I think, has launched the careers

of, well, I know they did Space and stuff before

that, but I feel like this kind of puts them

into another stratosphere. I actually have not

caught up with those yet. I have them and for

some reason have not watched them. It's because

I own all the horror movies. That's why you have

them. Are you a big fan of this film or not?

Yeah, I love it. I love their camaraderie and

their dynamic. I love their banter. I love all

the shenanigans that they get into. I love the

style of this. I thought that it... It wasn't

really a spoof movie. I think it still had a

lot of the horror genre. The zombies looked really

great. It definitely made light of the situation,

but I think it was a good balance. All right.

Time for everybody's last choice for today before

we round up and get into our top 50 picks. So

last one on this side of the 50 mark. Matt, what

do you got? What to say about my last one? My

last pick is Leon, the professional. It's where

Natalie Portman started and she's one of the

greatest out there. It's interesting because

it's a movie about a trained killer raising a

child and it sounds like a terrible thing, but

it hits you right in the heart. It's heartwarming.

It's just so well done. I actually haven't seen

this one. What? It's amazing in that. Dan, you

said you've seen it? Yeah. Yeah, it's great.

Carrie Oldman is like over the top in the best

ways possible. So great action, great story.

Yeah, it's a great. Watch his name is one of

his probably his best film. I can't think of

the guy who directed it because I'm old and it's

late at night. But I mean, you've seen this one

too. I've seen it once. I definitely want to

see it again. I think it's a super cool relationship

that they have and a ton of heart in it. It almost

kind of reminds me of Natalie Portman's role

in V for Vendetta. I feel like there's some definite

connections there. She's being shaped by somebody

who has a different worldview, really, than everybody

else. And they both come from a place of... Having

a big heart and really good intentions. Honestly,

I mean, yeah, he's a killer But he makes her

drink milk and you know He does things to help

her get strong because she needed that both in

both of those roles I think kind of parallel

to each other and in this this one. I think you

definitely need to see him Along with the other

25 that I already have on the list from just

doing this compound and it's freaking Gary Oldman.

So I mean Last pick for today, what do you got?

I see your Groundhog Day, and I raise you to

1991's What About Bob. I'm sailing! This is a

movie of my childhood. My mom played this for

me all the time. She would quote this movie to

me constantly. It made me want to be able to

carry my goldfish with me places. and I think

this is one of his most awesome characters this

is this is not his grumpy self this isn't necessarily

his most like snarky witty I mean he still is

but I think he's he's more innocent in this role

really and I think that is a side that we don't

always see from Bill Murray love the story super

hated the fucking doctor that was just trying

to get away from him like don't be a dick guy

like this guy needs you but I love the story.

I love the family. I love Bill Moore's character

and how he connects with everybody in the family.

Love it. Dan or Matt, any comments on What About

Bob? I've only seen it once and it was years

ago, so I feel like it's one that I hear a lot

of people talk about and say it's hilarious,

but I need to rewatch it. I don't know that I

have. I don't think I have seen it. And it's

like, if you were to say, hey, you know, name

10 Bill Murray films, I don't think this one

would even come into my head. Because I had to

Google it when she was talking about it. It's

amazing. That's why you guys didn't laugh when

I said that I was sailing. And Kevin, you didn't

even laugh. I put my arms back and everything.

I was laughing on the inside, but I'm trying

not to comment. So what about Bob, when you show

up again? All right, sir. All right, for my last

pick. I was in the 1950s with my 52 pick. For

my 51 pick, I'm going to go back even further

to 1941, 10 years before African Queen. And I'll

get the hate mail later for having this on this

side of 50, probably. But for my number 51, I

will go with Citizen Kane. Orson Welles, this

is another one of the films that my mom and I

watched as we were going through the AFI films.

And I was somewhat blown away by this, maybe

because I didn't... I don't know, maybe because

I didn't see it until just recently. It might

not have had the same effect as it does on everybody

that puts it in the top five or top one film

of all time. I think it's a great film and a

lot to love about Orson Welles and what he was

doing with this one and kind of all the different

thematic things, et cetera, et cetera. So don't

hate me. It's in my top 100. It's just at 51.

So Citizen Kane. Well people really hit me because

I don't have it my top 100 and it's not I mean

if I'm talking about just quality of film Yeah,

but as just one as it's being a personal list

and my personal favorite film, right? It's just

I recognize it. It's amazing movie, but Again,

it's not one I've seen many times and it's not

one that like other classic films that I tend

to enjoy more so And I don't think it's one that

I would ever necessarily seek to watch again

Like not saying I would never watch it again,

but like it's not one that begs for rewatching

Like some of these some like I would watch African

Queen again Before I would watch Citizen Kane

again. I did rank Citizen Kane one spot higher,

but it's one that, yeah, I understand the spot

and the significance and it is a great film.

But like you said, from a personal standpoint,

it's not necessarily one that I would just rave

about and re -watch and recommend to everybody.

So, all right, Dan, your last pick for the day.

Well, my next pick is also one that doesn't really

beg to be re -watched because it is. an emotionally

draining film, and when we did our top 100 animated

movies, it was number two on my list there, and

I think it ended up being 100 on that list. I

barely made it, but I was happy it made it. It's

kind of a pseudo, also documentary animated film.

It's kind of a genre mashup, and it's Waltz with

Brashear. It was the first ever animated movie

to be nominated for Best Foreign Film at the

Academy Awards, and it's this. Story, but it's

basically a guy Armory veteran interviewing and

fellow soldiers regarding the Lebanon war and

it's just the animation is I think maybe not

for everyone. I found it gorgeous and disturbing.

It's It is like I said emotionally draining because

you're talking about some serious, you know war

war and tragedy that occurred, but it's powerful

Yeah, what you're watching is disturbing, but

it's also just powerful in the same way. So that's

why it's number 51 for me. It's a kind of the

exact opposite of Dumbo, but both of them can

be very, very sad. So there you go. Yeah, for

sure. I obviously this one did get a lot of acclaim

and it's still something that I need to catch

up with so that if we ever do another 100 animated

films I can give it some more points like you

did but yeah it's one that there was a there

was a group of them that kind of came out in

that same time period not similar films or whatever

but animated films that were not you know your

typical Disney Pixar films that I still need

to catch up with so also a sheer great pick that

is it for this side of the the 50 mark and when

we reunite and start this journey again, we'll

be doing all top 50 films. Dan, any surprises

as far as or anything to look forward to? Like

when I'm looking at my top 100 list, when I get

to this point here, when I'm in the top 50, I

feel like these were the ones that were no doubters

to me. Like maybe 51 through 99 I had to debate

with where they would go and some, you know,

whether they belong or not. But once we get to

the 50, I'm looking at my one through 50 picks

and there's no way these would not be in my top

100. Like they were all just no doubt. automatic

picks. Do you have something similar with yours?

Oh yeah, definitely. I think I'd feel it. way

probably about my top 75 or so but yeah definitely

like it didn't mean something special to be in

the top 50 and you know there are certain ones

that were huge huge impact in movies I love for

a variety of different reasons again a lot of

variety coming up for me on my list but also

a lot of movies we've talked about previously

that you know I've held my tongue on that we'll

get to some some directors that will be repeating

and maybe some movies that may you know some

people may not be aware of, which may be interesting

to hear. So looking forward to getting into the

second half of this countdown. Amanda, you have

a lot of 90s picks today. Is that a theme that

we can count on for the rest of the way? Or what's

your top 50 shaping up like? Definitely a ton

of 90s movies. Let's throw in some 80s, too,

just to make it round here. But I don't think

that we're going to have any more modern movies,

really. For you? In my... Matt, any teases that

you want to make according to your top 50 for

the listeners and stuff to look forward to or

keep an ear out for for them? but I think the

director that I mentioned the most is going to

come up a lot towards the top. Alright, so hopefully

everybody could pick up on what that meant. So

alright, that's our numbers 60. through 51 you

guys will have to let us know what you think

of our picks so far what you think of the countdown

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