Top 100 Films of All-Time: #20-11

Hey, this is Steve Blum and you are listening

to the Geekcast Radio Network. Hello and welcome

to episode 145 of the Cinema Geeks. I'm one of

your Cinema Geeks. Kevin Optimus Solo joining

me today is Hard Candy Mandy. Move variable Dan.

How's it going? Not too bad and for listen. Hello

Hi, we are back at it back at the top 100 list

We'll get to that in a second. But obviously

we would like to get you guys to tune into some

of our other episodes as well. So obviously stay

up to date with our video game series that's

going on. I'm doing it at the beginning of the

episode instead of at the end because nobody's

listening by the end because they've heard our

picks and they're like, they're like, no, we

can't listen to this anymore. So I got to trim

stuff out right away. Now we're going to drive

them away. Drive them away immediately. I don't

like the groom here. Also, we're just concluding

our Miyazaki spotlight and the reason I bring

that up and the reason this is important to talk

about because people will only have so much more

opportunity to vote to help us shape our next

director retrospective so we just recently released

episode 144 which was our wind rises episode

which was the last film we were reviewing in

the Miyazaki spotlight which means the next time

we go back there will be our wrap -up in which

we will announce the winner of the director retrospective

vote to see who we're gonna be talking about

next if you guys missed episode 144 please go

back and listen to that one, but we had four

choices for directors that you guys could vote

on for our next one. Amanda, what was the director

that you had selected? Guillermo del Toro. Matt,

who did you put up for the vote? I think Kevin

Smith. Yes, that's correct. Dan, who did you

put up? Roberts Maccas. Zemeckis and I put up

Alfred Hitchcock. So those are the four directors

that you can be voting on as we speak and as

soon as we record our wrap up for the Miyazaki

Spotlight that poll will be closed and we'll

have to announce who the winner is. Right now

there's been five votes so far. So fairly early

on by the time this goes live that'll be way

more than that, but so it's anybody's race right

now So everybody can go on to Twitter Facebook

and try to rally the troops for your director

if you wish We'll have to wait and see who comes

out on top of that, but let's get down to the

business at hand We started this a long time

ago episode 100 we kicked off our top 100 personal

favorite films of all time so i just would like

to highlight that this is not necessarily what

we're saying are you know the critically acclaimed

best films ever made you know from a technical

standpoint these are our personal favorite lists

and we're getting closer and closer to the top

10 today's episode we're going to go through

our numbers 20 through 11 and before we get to

the actual picks just want to remind everybody

we did place a wager when we got to uh number

30 And the wager was how many films would we

have from our top 30 to our number one picks

that appeared on all four of our lists? Amanda's

guess was two Matt you said either three or four

Dan you were at five and for some reason I said

six I played the game the wrong direction. I

should have gone the lowest instead of the highest

I think because so far I don't believe in numbers

30 through 21 we didn't have a single pick that

crossed over on anybody's list none not to mention

all four I don't think we had anybody that was

on even on two people's list so far so maybe

today will change things we'll have to wait and

see if we Line up at all or if we're just all

completely different in our personal favorite

films of all time Amanda anything that you'd

like to say to preface your section today numbers

20 through 11 I think that there's gonna be a

really good showcase of some of my faves when

it comes to some of my guilty pleasures, I guess,

when it comes to film. Isn't that what your whole

list has been so far? But this is more concentrated

towards the top here. Okay. Dan, what about you?

What are we gonna look forward to for 20 through

11 for you? Ah, interesting. Like, I think there's

a... O -Ride Ranger films, some returning actors

that we talked about, some major franchises,

and I think if you have been all following my

list, which if you are probably a crazy person,

you'll notice a lot of patterns that will pretty

much just continue with this selection. Awesome.

Can't wait to hear what you guys have to say

and what picks you're going to pick. Matt, what

about you? What are we looking forward to in

this chunk of ten? Oh, man. My 11 through 20,

like, it spans, like, the whole of my life from

some of the earliest movies that really, like,

shaped and developed my personality all the way

up to something that came out, like, two years

ago, one year ago. But funny enough, in my top

20, I see at least one film from both of the

directors we've done a spotlight on, as well

as my pick for the list. Oh, nice. Excellent.

I'm looking forward to seeing which ones those

will be. For my section of 10, this is actually

an interesting segment for me. I am going to

have films that represent five different decades

in this set of 10, but it's the first and only

chunk of 10 films for me that has zero films

from the year 2000 forward. So I have nothing

from the last 17 years in this chunk of 10, but

I do represent five other decades so uh i just

looked at it and i have something from 2000 and

beyond in every other section of 10 so i don't

know how that worked out but uh and i also have

a director that's going to show up three times

in this episode i didn't realize that was a thing

but as i'm looking at it i do have a director

that's going to be have three of his films show

up right now so i have to wait and see which

director that is going to be but let's get right

down to business matt you usually kick things

off so what do you have at number 20 All right,

so if anyone remembers back to the last episode

I said there was a chunk of five movies that

were bad movie You know tagged this bad movie

night movies and I only did four of them the

last episode So I'm gonna end it up here with

number five, which is dual to the death I don't

like dual. That's not a very popular not a well

-known movie I don't think because I can't name

a single actor from it. It's like a just an old

kung fu movie about how Japan and China every

year every five years they both send one warrior

to this like neutral ground and they duel to

the death and the winner means something I don't

even remember but honestly like the duel to the

death at the end like because it ends on that

climactic note of here's the final duel is like

not important everything that's important leads

up to it like There's just, like, hours of ninja

shenanigans. Like, at one point, there's a giant

ninja 20 feet tall, and he's, like, fighting

some monks, and then, like, he backflips and

he's six ninjas. um like ninjas will tear their

clothes off and be naked ladies and like like

everybody like oh no i can't look at that naked

lady because i'm like a shaolin monk and that's

against our thing like it's like they just do

shenanigans all the time and it's so great and

it's so much fun it's one of the most fun movies

to watch and i can't recommend it enough i don't

even know if you can find it my mom got it at

a garage sale for like a buck i've seen this

with you correct I believe so I show it to almost

everyone. Yeah, I'm pretty sure I remember that

premise and the shenanigans that lead up to that

So yeah is it's a lot of fun to watch especially

with a group of people like we've said with a

lot of the quote -unquote bad movies So like

it's something I've actually seen out of your

bad movie list Amanda What are you starting today

with what date what year? Are we gonna start

with this movie is as old as me? 1987 not the

90s pick No, not yet anyways. Patrick Swayze,

Jennifer Grey, Dirty Dancing. So you followed

up with, in case people forgot what your number

21 pick was, that was Footloose. You're going

from Footloose to Dirty Dancing. Dirty Dancing

is only slightly above Footloose. Why? I like

the love story a little bit more here. I like

the idea of being on vacation with your family,

meeting the guy of your dreams at some fancy

resort, and he ends up being your dance instructor.

It's amazing. And they have this final dance

scene that's a culmination of everybody's dreams.

Every girl wants to be lifted above Patrick Swayze's

head. I will head to the gym after this recording.

I did not see Footloose, have not seen Dirty

Dancing. Oh, good lord. It's so iconic, and the

dancing, the characters, the relationships, the

songs, so great. Matt or Dan, have either of

you seen Dirty Dancing? Yeah, it's one of my

wife's favorite movies, so I've watched it. And

we actually recently watched pieces of the live

TV version, which was... One of the worst like

you want to watch something that's awful. That

is there you go I've even seen the like dirty

dancing sequel Havana nights or whatever Patrick

space is in it for like five minutes. Not great

Great All right for my number 20 pick. I am gonna

start in the decade of the 90s I guess I'll share

this with you a little bit Matt cuz you said

you had somebody from one of our director retrospectives

and I have one here as we start off from Tarantino

Library and I'm gonna go with Pulp Fiction as

my number 20 film I don't think there's much

that needs to be said about Pulp Fiction. I think

it's pretty Understood why it's a good film and

I already ranked it amongst Tarantino's films

when we wrapped up that retrospective So I won't

go into too much detail. But yeah, it's one of

his best films and it's enough for me to be all

the way up at number 20 Any comments? Yeah, I

love Pulp Fiction. Super disturbed by this movie,

so I can't watch it a ton. But it's a crazy,

powerful, balls -to -the -wall, batshit crazy

banana sandwich ride. I don't even know what

you just said, but I'll agree. It's nuts. Dan,

what do you got to start off today? Oh, I'm gonna

start off with... I talked about it in one of

some... You get fix that Paul Newman's probably

my all -time favorite actor and I'm starting

with one of his films and you know They he and

Robert Redford had a legendary pairing had a

lot of great movies the sting but for number

20 it's butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid for

me and This was like the first western I think

I ever really got into a lot of the westerns

I always felt they were really slow and meandering

but like which Cassidy still I think really holds

the test of time and I think it's pacing a little

bit more modern. It's different from like the

John Ford type of style. And Paul Newman and

Robert Bradford are just fantastic. It's a great

entertaining film. So it's kind of broke the

Western barrier for me that got me into other

films that I'll actually talk about. And again,

just being a Paul Newman fan and he'll also come

up later. Today's podcast. I've got a very serious

question for you, Dan. Don't laugh is Paul Newman

the guy on the salad dressing He is yes, yeah,

he's got he's got like his own there's a lot

of other businesses he does, too Here's a statement

I didn't think I would make. Out of all of you

guys's number 20, the only one I've seen is Duel

to the Death on Matt's list. Hey -o! I love it.

I need to see Bush Cassie, because I am a big

Western fan. I've always been. My mom was big

time into Westerns as a kid, but it's just, I

don't know, I must have just seen the select

ones that she was a big fan of, and I don't know

if this just never came up or what, but I need

to definitely check this one out. Matt, back

to you for number 19. Number 19 a way more recent

movie and this might show the age of my list

because like we started this almost a year ago

now and Some of these might have been in the

moment pics, but my number 19 is Guardians of

the Galaxy I will defend it at least as much

to say it's like Star Wars with superpowers and

Star Wars is my favorite thing ever so Like,

I enjoyed this movie a whole lot. Honestly, it

might even deserve to be higher on my list. I'm

sure it's come up in someone else's list and

I don't really, you know, like it's great. Amanda,

thoughts on Guardians of the Galaxy? Oh, super

love it. Love the trash panda. Love Groot. I

think that the first installment of Guardians

of the Galaxy set like a new tone and it kind

of opened our eyes to like a new way to do these

comic book movies almost, because it was definitely

its own, it had its own identity, and I think

that definitely followed through with the Guardians

of the Galaxy Vol. 2 that we just got. I obviously

made my feelings known about Guardians of the

Galaxy Vol. 2 and how much I laughed at that

film, so I don't need to speak too much about

how I like that franchise. I like sci -fi, so

anytime that... any of these other series or

franchises are gonna have a sci -fi element to

it I'm usually on board so I thought it was a

lot of fun way out of left field nobody expected

that to be the hit that it was I don't think

so I think it turned a lot of people's heads

to say the least Dan what do you think about

Guardians of the Galaxy and you know Matt obviously

had Iron Man and Captain America back in the

last episode so Guardians of the Galaxy about

10 spots higher do you agree with that ordering

as well? No, I think you should like the other

ones better I mean Like I probably wouldn't order

them that way but also like I get you know Guardians

is hell a lot of fun and I Definitely One of

those films that showed had like Marvel can really

make anything successful. I mean a talking tree

a raccoon and Obviously like the success of that

the success of that movie was crazy. But I think

to like it They allowed James Gunn to kind of

put his own little spin on it, which really made

it work. Absolutely. Amanda, you were in the

80s for a second. Are we going right back to

the 90s? Yes. Uh, 1992, not a lot to say about

this because I'm pretty sure you guys, I don't

know about Matt, but you guys, as in Kevin and

Dan, also love this movie and that's Disney's

Aladdin. Love the frickin' songs. Love all the

characters. Robin Williams just really at his...

Animated best his best because he was like animated

in real life and this gave him a chance to actually

be super awesome and animated So great voice

work across the board songs, of course were amazing

and the animation was great and Super crisp and

I love like the look of Even like the metal and

stuff like very defined like silvery stars You

can tell the grit in the sand I loved all the

detail that was in this and it's just a wonderful

film, guys. Yeah, I still don't know why Aladdin's

not in my top 100. I don't know why I did that

because it's easily one of my favorite animated

films and I just I guess brain fart on that one

because it should definitely be on here. But

that is the first film that has been on at least

two lists that we've talked about. But not where

we need it to be, correct? No, I mean it was

Dan's number 21 and your number 19 So I'm talking

about the first one that's appeared in two people's

top 30 that we we've had so but we still need

We would have needed it to be on two more lists

right mine and Matt's but I love Aladdin I love

that was one of my it's probably my favorite

personal Disney film of all time. I put Lion

King on my list But they should really both be

on my list So I guess if we this is the one person

that doesn't have it on my list. I will kick

myself. So Matt You officially are because it

was in my 70s. Okay, gotcha So you we all had

it on it or you all had it in your top 100 But

we weren't gonna get it as far as a common pick

for our top 30, but a lot of universal love for

Aladdin I'm not gonna say anything bad about

it. That's for sure Yeah, I've seen Aladdin I

don't like it's weird cuz I feel like I should

be like, yeah I've seen I've seen a lot of these

but I only see like half of them But like, it's

a good guess as to which one I haven't haven't,

I guess. I'm just going to assume always that

you haven't. So it's like a surprise when you

do. So with your pick of Aladdin, like I said,

that was the first time that we've had a crossover

in the top 30. I am going to do the same thing

with my next pick though because this one already

appeared in Amanda's top 30. I'm going to stay

in the 90s. I was at 1994 for my number 20 pick.

I'm only going to go one year before that, 1993.

for my number 19 pick, going from Tarantino to

Spielberg, I'm going to Jurassic Park for my

number 19 pick. I mean, come on, it's the best

dinosaur movie of all time. Not that there's

a billion of those, but man, just thinking back

to being in a theater for Jurassic Park and seeing

something that we had never seen before on the

big screen and what they pulled off with the

just majestic... Visual effects that they've

pulled off with the dinosaurs. There's so many

moments that are iconic in that film From beginning

to end, there's just moments that you absolutely

remember the first time that you saw that. I

mean, it made a generation of people fall in

love with dinosaurs. And for some of us kids

that kind of grew up liking dinosaurs, but all

we got was land before time. This was the legit

rejuvenation of that nostalgic love for something

we enjoyed as a kid. So I think Jurassic Park's

amazing. I think it was a definition of how to

do a blockbuster right. We haven't got a lot

that's been that awe -inspiring, I don't think,

since. So, Tricep Park is my number 19. Amanda,

do you agree, because it was already on your

list? Yep. Alright, Dan, what do you have in

19? In 19, I'm also going to another favorite

actor, and I think... One of those movies if

I were just ranked one of the films I've watched

the most it probably would be a lot higher because

it was always on TV But it's Groundhog Day starting

of course Bill Murray one of my all -time favorite

comedies I think it's it was what was interesting

is like I feel like I've watched this movie like

80 times But really only saw the ending like

two or three everybody would watch it fully through

but it's Bill Murray being great and there's

just that combination of him and Harold Ramis

even though this kind of led to them being a

split they just really think we're able to compliment

each other style wise and also I think really

has a it's pretty poignant by the end we're insanely

great concept that is been replicated in other

places with near as good success but there's

something special I think about Groundhog Day

and it's arguably Bill Murray's best movie and

a lot of people could probably go other directions

but for me it's always been my favorite. I do

agree with you I think I've seen the film way

more times than I've seen the actual ending like

I've seen bits and pieces or segments or like

the first half or the you know first two -thirds

and I have not seen the end of that film as many

times as I should have but I love Bill Murray

it's easily one of his best like you said so

I have no problems with Groundhog Day I think

it's great Amanda have you seen Groundhog Day?

entirely? Yes, but I couldn't tell you what happens

in the end either. All right. But I've driven

to Woodstock a lot where they filmed it. And

I'm always like, where was it that they filmed

this? But I'm only ever on like one road in Woodstock,

so I don't think I was where that was happening.

So we need to add this one to the queue. Matt,

what do you think about Groundhog Day? Oh, I

mean, I saw it years and years and years ago,

but I couldn't remember it at all. All right.

Sounds like a group watch that's gonna have to

happen Matt. What are you going with number 18?

All right, Dan, if you don't think guardians

should be above Iron Man and cap. What about

right above guardians? I put the Avengers. Is

that all right? That's suitable. That's it. I

get it. It's like it's like you're leaning up

to it, right? You're putting the team together

and then Yeah, it's it's I think it's the best

one of those movies like it like it was something

unlike anything we'd ever seen right where there

were four or five movies that all led into one

movie and it was huge and spectacular and amazing

and really well done and a lot better than the

second one and Like I don't know man the Avengers

is is something that I don't think will ever

have like I don't know if we'll ever experience

the magic of that concept ever again Like, I

mean, I know DC can't do nothing. What are you

talking about? Justice League's about to come

out here, isn't it? Oh, it looks amazing! It

looks so good! Doesn't look all fake and shit,

like a bitters. It doesn't look like a dime store

cyborg costume made out of mostly latex and what

the eff. But Aquaman, though. And Aquaman doing

a weird fly missile explosion thing. That's cool,

too. That looked great. Oh, man. I'm gonna see

this movie if time permits, but you can't make

me like it. We're gonna have a showdown between

you two when this movie comes out. Go ahead,

Matt. I was gonna say it's gonna be the fight

that never really happened for any of the previous

ones. I feel like we never really got down to

it with the other two, especially not Suicide

Squad, after that movie. She had nothing to defend.

No, I wasn't even going to try, really, with

that. Now she's thinking there's hope because

of Wonder Woman, I think. No, because of Justice

League and Aquaman, that's what. She's just on

an Aquaman train there. I think the Flash's stuff

looks pretty funny. I'm still upset that it's

not the Flash from TV, but anyway. Amanda? What?

We're going to turn this into a whole, like,

comic book discussion. So, number 18. Speaking

of comic books, uh, 1998, uh, I got a film here.

What about faves? Love the soundtrack, love the

blood, love the gore, love the action, and that's

Blade. Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Chris Kristofferson,

and... Am I supposed to be impressed by the names

you just threw out there? Yes! I don't know,

I really love like vampire lore and all the cool

stuff that they put out there in this. They really

do an awesome job at world building and I think

that it... It made me want to, like, be in some

crazy clubs and experience some... I'm trying

to figure out what you're gonna say. It made

me want to, what, be a vampire? But yes, be a

vampire! But yeah, no, I think that it spawned,

you know, this trilogy. The others weren't as

good, I would say, as the first one, but I think

they had a super solid Cornerstone here with

the original blade, loved it. Wesley Snipes is

such a badass at this and he like, can eat people,

so. I think he thinks he's that character in

real life now. I would too. I would just never

come out of character. He started the Marvel

Universe, Kevin. You can't take that away from

him. Oh my. Alright, Blade. I enjoyed Blade.

I enjoyed Blade way more than I thought I would

back in the day. I think I even enjoyed Blade

2. I don't remember anything about the other

ones after that, though. Wait, Trinity had Ryan

Reynolds. I don't remember seeing that one. And

Triple H. Definitely not a vote in its favor.

All right. Whoa! The cerebral assassin? It's

one of the... watching him running is worth it.

Just there's a scene of him running and I just...

It's like Tom Cruise? It's like if Tom Cruise

was in a sumo suit For my number 18, I'm gonna

go ahead and do a back -to -back Spielberg pick

so Spielberg get my number 19 Spielberg get my

number 18 I went from Jurassic Park and I'm gonna

go Maybe a little less fun here with the same

private Ryan for my number 18 from 1998 I think

it's at everybody's it's I don't know if it tops

everybody's list, but it definitely is in most

people's like top two or three war films of all

time, I think. It's just universally accepted

that this movie is the end -all be -all when

it comes to that type of a war movie. It's not

something that you're going to watch a lot, I

guess, but it definitely has an impact when you

do watch it, so I think it's great. I think it

should be required viewing by most people. This

movie was probably one of the first movies that

I saw that I said to myself, this is too real.

Like, it bothered me a lot. Like, especially

coming from a family who have a lot of, you know,

service members and, you know, a dad who's active

in the military and cousins are getting, you

know, taking shrapnel on the regular and it just,

it's a very scary thing when it's that close

to home to see. the the type of stuff that soldiers

go through and and have gone through and this

is so real and It breaks you down in a lot of

ways and shows you stuff that you know, I guess

the Just soldiers shouldn't have to shoulder

that. I think that us seeing that made it more

real You know made war more real Yeah, it's definitely

not pulling any punches and trying to sugar coat

anything. Matt or Dan, any thoughts on Steven

Pryoride? I mean, pretty, obviously, the opening

sequence is legitimately, I think, redefined

what you can do with a World War II film. I mean,

I think it's, you know, if I was ranking Steven

Spielberg's best film, it's certainly up there.

For me, I guess one reason I wouldn't put in

my favorite list, because it's not like a movie,

I think I... quote -unquote enjoy watching but

certainly I'm always impressed by it. Alright,

that means Dan it's your turn for your number

18. Well my number 18 is one I do enjoy watching.

I've had a few silent films on my list and my

number 18 is really the first silent film I think

I've really watched and enjoyed and it's Buster

Keaton's The General and It's a simple story

that really just involves a guy on a train and

the crazy mishaps and that occur Because of it

taking place during the Civil War which you realize

it's like Lot different when the silver like

when people were still alive that witnessed the

Civil War when this movie was made which is kind

of weird but I it just opened my eyes to just

like how amazing Buster Keaton is as a director

and physical comic and the stunts and I was just

Blown away with how much this stood up the test

of time, you know, it's 90 years old and the

special effects obviously are are just impressive

because you just You have that wonder of like

how exactly did they do that because there's

no computer animation or anything of that nature

Just like how did they accomplish a lot of those

insane stunts and the answer often is they did

them to the point where westerke you know We

used to like the original jackass if you will

but I think if you're a person who says anything

to watch silent films because it's how old they

are the general is actually good when they go

into because it's it's like i said it's just

like chock full of really great physical humor

that i feel like is very universal and still

going to be appreciated today excellent all right

so those are all our number 18 picks that means

we're back to matt for number 17 oh right um

for my number 17 like i want to say it's like

my highest disney movie but it's not it's really

weird because i think i went like 30 picks without

a disney um because i haven't seen that many

And again, this is a pretty recent one. But for

my number 17, I got Inside Out. I don't know

that there's very few movies that affect me in

my soul like this movie did. Like, like just

sitting in the theater, like watching it like

it has such a different meaning as an adult than

it probably would have if I were a child. And

like. It's both, I don't know, heartwarming and

soul -crushing at the same time. Like, I just

loved this movie when I saw it and that one viewing

will always stick with me for forever. And it'll

be something I go back to even if I ever see

the movie again. Because it's, I don't know.

Yeah, I think a lot of people were singing a

lot of praises for Inside Out. And the emotional

impact that it that it had and what it was able

to pull off and something that Almost didn't

seem like it should be as effective as it was

because you're right It's doing two completely

different things or or can have a completely

different effect on you depending on your age

depending on your You know your mood or your

mindset when you're watching it and what you're

trying to draw out of it I had a somewhat negative

reaction to it right away But I think I grew

on me a little bit more as time went on Amanda.

What do you think inside out? I think that I

definitely need to re -watch this. I wasn't like

freaking out about it like everybody else was.

It was a good movie. But as far as like impact

on me, there's other Disney movies that I feel...

did more for me. I don't know if that's just

because of the age that I experienced them at

for the first time or what. I mean, not to take

away anything from this, it was a great film

for a lot of ages, but I could definitely use

a re -watch. Dan, what do you think about Inside

Out? I think it's great. I think it revitalized.

I think Pixar was like, you know, they weren't...

the Pixar of old and then Inside Out came and

like reminded us of their genius once again.

So I think it is pretty remarkable and really

smart and intelligent film and how it really

approaches motion and in the way adults and kids

deal with serious issues. And I think it's like

Pixar was able to really, I mean, use legitimate

psychology and place it within the framework

of a kid's film, which is pretty impressive.

Definitely agree with that. Amanda, what do you

have at your next pick? I'm staying in 1998,

and I know I'm probably gonna get some hate for

this, alright, but I don't care. It's a night

at the Roxbury. Will Ferrell, Chris Catan, trying

to get into their favorite club. He's just shaking

his head. I have no words for this. 1998. Oh

my gosh, yeah, small hate. So Night at the Roxbury

for you is better than what you put last week,

Wayne's World and Bill and Ted. Yes, I have so

much fun with this. I love the 90s, you know

this! 90s dance music, all about it, okay? And

I actually made a Roxbury club in my garage,

and me and my cousin did. We had a disco ball,

we had... The flashing lights, we had everything,

okay? And we made a list, and my cousin JoJo,

that lived a few houses down from me, tried to

get into our dance club, but he wasn't on the

fucking list, so he couldn't get in. Two names

on that list, me and my cousin, okay? Right,

and my cousin Ashley. JoJo, not on the list.

His big brother had to come down there and yell

at us for us to let him in our nightclub. But

we even did all the dance moves, we perfected

everything, except for the ass grabbing. And

I love the comedy here. I love how off the wall

and stupid they are. But their camaraderie is

super cute and a lot of fun. You may be the biggest

Night of the Roxbury fan on the planet. I brazier

I am. You might be the president of the fan club.

Me and Ashley got matching outfits for one New

Year's Eve out so we could be Steve and Doug

Butabi. I am amazed at the dedication. Follow

through with a passion. I like it. Yeah matter

Dan any thoughts on night at the Roxbury. I almost

forgot that movie Like I I love SNL skits, but

I don't know that I've ever enjoyed one turned

into a movie I also don't know that I've seen

about as many as I've seen Disney movies I love

the SNL skit. I love when Jim Carrey came and

got involved in it, too A lot of fun, yeah. Man,

I would have never been able to predict the Night

of the Rocksberry. I know every single line to

this movie. I can recite this entire movie. Alright,

please don't. Alright, for my number 17, I'm

gonna go a completely different direction. Gonna

go into the 80s for a James Cameron joint. Whatever

one you want to go with. This is, like we said,

we only usually are picking one. per franchise

for most of these. So this is my alien pick.

Specifically aliens, I guess, if I have to choose.

But it could be alien, it could be aliens. They're

both pretty... close to each other. So I have

Aliens at number 17. I think it's a fun horror

slash sci -fi thriller suspense franchise. I

think it's gone a lot of different directions.

Not all of them have always been good, but those

first two definitely set the bar and set the

table and are why we've had so many other films

because they can keep going back to that magic

and pulling some nostalgia out of it every time.

So I think James Cameron was Perfect with aliens

in 1986. It currently has a 98 % on Rotten Tomatoes.

That's the highest one of the ones I've talked

about today. I just did that so Amanda could

roll her eyes at me. Anybody else thoughts on

the alien franchise? I'll save them for later,

for me. I like the second one better because

I feel like Ripley gets more badass in the first

one. She's kind of like a victim of circumstance,

but in the second one she's like taking charge.

Like I'm gonna fuck these aliens up. You done

done it now. Amanda's riled up. All right, Dan,

what's your number 17? So for my number 17, I'm

a huge fan of movies that take place in one day,

especially if that one day primarily takes place

in one location. And I know there's a movie that

does that better than 12 and Green Man. It's

similar to The General, which opened my... eyes

to silent film. I think 12 England Men really

like allowed me to really get into more classic

films that you know I watched a lot growing up

with my parents like more the big studio films

but on the drama end I hadn't seen a lot and

you know I just thought it'd be kind of hokey

and things of that nature but you know I think

12 England Men really holds test of time. I think

its message is still pretty relevant today and

it's just a lot of great acting from really phenomenal

performances by some of the best actors of all

time. So it's you know, it's and even though

it's primarily in one location that director

Cindy moment makes very somatic as well So it's

great Absolutely, that film actually currently

has a 100 % on Rotten Tomatoes, so a lot of respect

for 12 angry men out there. That means we have

one more pick on this side of, I guess, the halfway

mark of today's episode, so let's get through

everybody's 16 before we take a quick break.

So Matt, starting with you, what's your number

16? My number 16, Wes Anderson, Grand Budapest

Hotel. This movie, like, probably the best movie

it no no I got a higher one second best movie

of 2014 like it just like it was amazing I love

it I love his works but I think this is the highest

of all of them like They're just amazing. He,

like, speaks to me in a way most directors don't.

Probably should have picked him instead of Kevin

Smith, although Kevin Smith's higher on my list.

I don't know. I've got a weird energy today,

guys. I'm sorry if that's weird. Grand Budapest

Hotel is amazing, and what makes it even greater

is that we saw it, and then my birthday, which,

I don't know, was like a month or two after release,

Amy got me a painting and wrapped it up just

like the painting in the movie. And also got

me a special pin that they did for one of the

showings, like an actual showing over in Hollywood

or something. She spent a bunch of money on eBay.

It's great. It's really cool. And I love this

movie. Yeah, I didn't even think about putting

Wes Anderson up for the director retrospective.

That would have been an interesting choice because

there is a few blind spots I still have, even

though I've loved most of his more recent stuff.

I still haven't seen a few of his originals.

Nice. I like that Grand Budapest Hotel. Dan,

what do you think about that one? I love that

movie and I can honestly see that creeping its

way into my top 100. The soundtrack is phenomenal.

It's just Ray finds his performance in that.

It's just great. I think it's really underrated.

I think he I don't know if I remember he got

nominated, but I remember he's really deserving

too. So yeah, I love Graham Booth, that's for

sure. Amanda, you're up next. I'm gonna stay

kind of close to where I was at. We're gonna

be in 1994 for this one though, guys. Moving

up. And that's Interview with a Vampire. There's

a theme. Yes, and you'll see that. There's also

another Wesley Snipes movie coming up here. But

Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas. Kristen

Dunst. What do I gotta say about this movie?

I like that you thought the theme I was talking

about was Wesley Snipes. Vampires and stuff!

I was tying it back in to Blade. I was gonna

say, is he in that? I haven't seen it. Anything's

possible. Vampires. You're like, I got more of

us this night. I'm like, I'm talking about vampire

movies. Oh, the creature and his soul keep coming.

Yeah, but I mean, such a powerful movie and so

cool and fun. I wish I would have been, like,

older when I saw this and been able to appreciate,

like, the 90s or the, like, pop culture stuff

that was going on at the time. I think that...

After seeing the movie and reading the book I

have like a more of an appreciation for what

I'm seeing in the movie and and taking it all

in and I think that There's so much iconic stuff

in this too. I mean who doesn't know of interview

with the vampire who? Tell me I haven't seen

it You've never seen it? No. Kevin. I don't watch

vampire movies. I'm putting this on immediately

after this. We say that every time and we never

put any of those films on. No, no. It's coming

out. Matt or Dan, any thoughts on the interview

with the vampire? I don't see it either. What?

What? Sorry, you got a silent panel on this one.

Nobody on here has seen the interview with the

vampire. It looks scary. What? It's not scary.

It's more like a drama. He's just like a lonely

-ass dude that got turned into a vampire. He's

one of those Nosferatu types too, isn't he? We

rely on you to bring the knowledge about the

vampire movies. He looks like a real frickin'

dude, okay? He's not like a scary monster -looking

guy. They don't, like, morph. I guess Tom Cruise

gets a little crusty at one point, but it's more

of... it's not so much like... just them eating

people. It's like his life and relationships

and love and being who he is. And his detachment.

Alright. So it's pretty depressing, huh? It's

a beautiful, sad, bloody story. Alright. Interview

of the Vampire, I'll add it to the queue. For

my number 16, I guess Dan - He's lying. I am.

I guess Dan and I are just slightly different,

I guess, on our favorite Bill Murray comedies

because I'm gonna have one here at my number

16 I do love Groundhog Day, but I've always had

just a tiny bit more Affinity for what about

Bob? So what about Bob from 1991 is it my number

16 pick from Frank Oz? I just have so this is

the movie that made me fall in love with Bill

Murray Before I even really knew who he was and

I've loved him ever since and I can watch this

movie. I just man The I know that they hated

each other both on set and ever since but the

dynamic that Bill Murray has with my mind's going

blank right now the old doctor guy Who was the

actor that plays him? Rupert Dreyfus? Yes, yes,

Richard Dreyfus Yeah, the dynamic that those

two have and I know it's probably a little bit

easier since they really did He was trying to

annoy the crap out of him and there's so much

improv that Bill Murray is doing in this like

they wanted him to be annoying but he like took

it and ran with it and was just like going off

script and doing things and to Richard Dreyfus

that probably shouldn't have been done, but I

think it worked for the film and I absolutely

love What about Bob? Amanda, you were already

quoting one of the scenes. I'm saving! This is

already on my list. Super loved this movie. Really

fun. Definitely a cute side of Bill Murray and

Bill Murray's humor. He was not as mean -spirited

as he can be in this movie, so it was a nice,

light Bill Murray film. All right. Dan, do you

have this up there towards the top or do you

not like what about Bob nearly as much as some

of the other ones that he's done? I do like it.

I don't think I just have not seen it nearly

that much. I've only maybe seen it once or twice.

So it's not a dislike. It's just lack of exposure.

Yes, I don't think you can go wrong with either

of the films we've mentioned that are in Bill

Murray's catalog from the 80s, early 90s, but

a lot of fun stuff there. Dan, last pick here

before we take a break. What's at your number

16? Well, I talked about really enjoying movies

that take place in one day, and I have another

one back -to -back, and I did not really plan

that at all. That's kind of weird, but for my

number 16 I have Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing.

This is a movie actually watched in response

to a class I had in college. It was Class I don't

remember what it was regarding but we talked

a lot about social issues and this is a movie

that was brought up a lot and I kind of watched

it and it was this revelation and you know, I

up to that point I think the only Spike Lee movie

I watched was maybe inside man or something of

that nature But just a style is all over this.

It's very I don't like you know of the time 80s

90s, it's you know coming out in 1989, but a

movie that Has a lot of comedy but has a lot

to say as well and I think it's a really great

representation of A specific time and place but

also I think It's one that somehow I think becomes

more relevant as times go on and one that I know

has impacted a lot of directors I was recently

watching like Kevin Smith talked about how a

lot of what he did with clerks was based upon

His enjoyment of do the right thing what she

don't necessarily connect those thoughts, but

I think there's certainly if you kind of look

at just the general approach is certainly there,

especially the original ending of Clark's before

they changed it. So, but yeah, I'm not a huge

Spike Lee fan and I don't like a lot of his filmography,

but Do the Right Thing has always been a movie

from him that's impressed me. That's a blind

spot for me as well. I'll have to add yet another

film to my list of films to watch from this countdown

experience. So, alright, do the right thing.

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with us. As we said before the break, we're going

to continue on with our numbers 15 through 11.

Just a little quick update as far as the crossover

picks. So far with half of the picks of the top

30 revealed, we have only two films that have

made it onto two people's lists. So Dan and Amanda

both had Aladdin, Amanda and I each had Jurassic

Park. So not looking super favorable for the

four... List crossovers so far Matt. What are

you gonna start off with for number 15? One that

definitely has to be on everyone's list right

guys Because this is this is a movie that really

got me through my teenage years I want to say

I watched it and then like immediately had to

watch it again like within a day or two And that's

Monty Python the quest for the Holy Grail like

this movie is is hilarious. It's timeless. I

could watch it again and again. I quoted it all

throughout my high school years and still do

to this day. Like, if you haven't seen it, you're

missing out. I'm missing out. You are missing

out. Like, we're the same age. There's no reason

you shouldn't have seen this. They just looked,

uh, stupid. Yo, dirty dancing! Not in the same

way So you just didn't like the the aesthetic

look of it It just looked like and I want to

be rated movies It just looked like something

I wouldn't be able to concentrate on all right,

but you haven't seen it No, I've just seen like

pieces of it or like pieces of like this commercial

trying to get you to buy them Let's call it way

back in the day. Yeah, whatever those are called

Dan. What do you think about the holy grail?

Shoot wisely, I guess. No, um, I love my department

how they grow it It's so it almost made my top

of 100 it was in it during a few iterations of

it I always go back and forth which one I like

more that or like a Brian but yeah, I enjoyed

Monty Python a great deal so I Don't know if

I've been vocal before on different podcasts

or whatnot, but I'm not a fan of Monty Python

in any way shape or form so Yeah, I just have

never been able to get into any of their films

So maybe I need it might be time for me to give

them another shot though cuz that's based off

of me when I was much younger and dumb so maybe

I've Matured into a place that I can appreciate

that. I'm not a big fan of British humor in general

Which I think you know would hinge your appreciation

of that film based on that type of humor and

if you like it or not. But I should give it another

shot. Alright, Amanda, what's your number 15?

So, if you guys didn't appreciate my last pick,

I'm definitely not going to give you any love

for this one. It's 1993's Demolition Man. Oh

my god. Sylvester Stallone. Wesley Snipes. Sandra

Bullock. I love the premise here. I love the

execution. I think there's the right amount of

humor with the right amount of action. Kevin

is about to take his headphones off. He isn't

done with this. Stop it. I like this genre. Even

in your 90s love, I understand you love 90s and

I understand you love the genre, but even within

that, if we take that, you have Demolition Man

more than almost 15 spots higher than Independence

Day. Yes, and that's because the amount of fun

that I had when I was watching this movie. You

know, my grandma would be chilling out, I'd be

eating some freaking Cheetos or some Pringles

or whatever, grilled cheese. I don't know, okay?

It's Sunday afternoon, watching this with my

grandma on TNT over and over again, and we had

a lot of fun with it, and it brings back good

memories. It's like a feeling of home and contentment,

and it's like a comfort movie, as weird as that

is. But I also super enjoy what's going on in

the film. Fair enough. I like that I'll buy that

to be on your personal list What about them seashells

though? Yeah, nobody knows What about them seashells

though? He doesn't know how to use the three

seashells We just did we did just watch this

recently, didn't we? Yeah, I was like on HBO

or something. All right for my number 15 pick

I will I will pick a film that is gonna equally

make amanda want to leave the the record and

take her headphones off and go somewhere else

because she is so anti this film and i still

to this day don't know why but uh i'm gonna go

to 1985 for what i think is probably the best

coming -of -age film of all time and that would

be the breakfast club at number 15 amanda No

thoughts from her. Okay, but you know, I love

this film. It's my favorite one out of the John

Hughes films I think it's got a little bit of

something for everybody I love the music in it

and I just I don't know maybe I watched it at

the we watched this in psychology or Sociology

or psychology class in high school and had to

do a paper on it. But yeah, I just I like what

they did with this one. I like the coming -of

-age aspect, and I think it was done to perfection

in Breakfast Club. Are they literally just in

the one room the whole time? I'm pretty sure

I've asked this before, but I don't remember.

Are they in one room the whole time? Mm -hmm.

Basically, yes. But I mean, not a hundred percent

no. But basically, yes. They're just like sitting

at these desks the whole time? No. What? You

have to watch it! No! Why are you so against

the Breakfast Club? It's so lame looking. Give

it a shot. I will watch all those movies that

you just mentioned in your last, uh, that I hadn't

seen. I will watch Footloose and Dirty Dancing

if you watch Breakfast Club. I don't know if

there's negotiation here, like, you're just gonna

come home and it's gonna be on and you're gonna

have to watch it. Um, Dan or Matt, any thoughts

on Breakfast Club? It's amazing. Help me out.

Help me out here. No, it's it's it's real good

and I believe it holds up really well Honestly,

like a lot a lot of 80s movies do not hold up

Well, like there's nothing in mystic pizza worth

watching like the breakfast the Breakfast Club

100 % legit stands Dan should she watch Breakfast

Club? I think so because I think it's like it

certainly it started it's one of those movies

that i think it's referenced in a lot of movies

as well it's i think it's a it's a it's a cultural

icon in that way uh and i mean it is like i could

see it not aging well for a new generation because

it's a movie that is very 80s in all of its glory

and does some things that may not hold up completely

well but i think it also it's it's a it's john

hughes in his formula i think has been replicated

but never you know duplicated in in such a manner.

But yeah, it's certainly worth watching. I mean,

was it Pitch Perfect or something like that?

I think references to that movie are hard. It's

worth watching. It's worth watching. That's three

people telling you to watch it. Alright, Dan,

don't give her a chance to respond. What's your

number 15? I'm going to return to the world of

the westerns, but a very different type of western

and more of a spaghetti western. I know a lot

of people love You know the good, the bad, the

ugly, and rightfully so. But my favorite Sergio

Leone movie is Once Upon a Time in the West.

I think it's, you know, when people say it's

the best western, it's always the one I go to.

It's just this masterpiece of just movie making.

from the opening, it just has, the way it's put

together, the score, it's everything that I feel

like spaghetti westerns are known for, but I

think it's just a better made film than some

of the other earlier spaghetti westerns. What's

a spaghetti western? Is that like a western made

by Italian people? Yes, that's part of it. Yeah,

it's Italian influence, especially at least,

you know. often you would a lot of it was actors

were Italian and they were later dubbed over

a lot of that style comes into you know the impact

of the film because there's like you have like

john ford type of westerns and then you have

something like a serious sir gioni the only where

it's a little bit more drawn out a little bit

more i want to say not as uh friendly to the

general audiences per se um because it's just

um the pacing of it and things of that nature

um heavy on theme like uh it uh music music as

a key key element to them all i i don't know

exactly what would qualify one and not not the

other but i think once you've seen one you kind

of know what what they entail so um but henry

faun to me is one person person that makes us

weirdly he's also in following your man but seeing

him as a villain and knowing that he was an actor

that was never really in a role like that and

seeing him being this ruthless killer was um

quite astounding so yeah it's a movie i would

watch more if it wasn't like three hours long

but it's when i do it's quite the journey i think

it would be great i this is just coming to me

as you're naming all these you know classic and

well revered westerns like we need to have like

a western series of some sort or maybe I just

need to go on like a binge of Western films because

there's way too many that I haven't seen and

there's even more that I have only seen once

or twice like when I was really younger and I'd

be very curious to watch a bunch of these back

-to -back and actually kind of compare them and

kind of see some of the Progression of the Western

as a genre through the different decades. It'd

be a fun a fun journey might have to think about

that for some time. But yeah, great pick there.

Matt, let's see what you have at number 14. All

right. My number 14 is an American classic, the

man of bronze, Doc Savage. This is the man who's

the best at everything in the world. Like he's

the greatest lawyer, the greatest inventor, the

greatest pugilist. He knows so many different

styles of martial arts. But he keeps the second

best of everything around him because he can

only do one thing at a time. So he also has,

you know, like a chemist and a sniper and all

these other weird guys. It is just an off -the

-wall movie. about the best guy in the world

he's just the best guy like it opens up he's

in antarctica at the fortress of solitude which

i think he invented and superman stole uh you

know if you go back to the pulp uh stories um

and he's like he fishes with like an ST's rocket

like he like a fish grabs his line he hits a

button it shoots the rocket in the air that gets

him his fish out of the water which is pretty

amazing and then he gets a signal in his head

he like has a bad feeling about what's happening

so he's got to go fly back to New York real quick

and then like that's how his adventure starts

it's insane like I can't recommend this movie

enough Dan have you seen Doc Savage? No, is it

based on the actual comic? I've read some of

Doc Savage's comics, but I've never seen it Well,

it started off as like serialized pulp stories

and then got turned into like a book and then

a movie and then came to the comic world It's

it was insane as the the entire the entire music

of this movie the score is Susa songs, but with

lyrics added like at one point literally like

they sing his father is dead and then it's like

what is it but doc seems to carry on like it's

insane this movie is so great like i i can't

recommend it enough all right you might have

to check this one out i don't think i've seen

this one either amanda have you seen doc savage

no Alright, that's over. So we can't comment

too much on it, but might have to add it to the

list of things to watch, which is now I think

at like 363. What year did that come out? Any

idea? Oh, my guess would be the 70s, but that's

just a guess. Alright, Amanda. 14. You guys are

really friggin' depressing me when it comes to

my lifts. but you better not let me down here

all right my number 14 1985 Michael J Fox Teen

Wolf Yeah. Love his story, love his transformation.

Michael J Fox is just doing his thing here and

I think that it was a super fun, slightly scary

because he's a friggin' werewolf story that like

encompassed teen angst and finding yourself and

coming to terms with who you are and family and

friends and crushes and and all that good stuff

and van surfing you threw me off with the 1985

michael j fox intro exactly i was thinking the

same thing i'm like oh yeah definitely gonna

oh like i'm on board 100 percent and then he

said to you i wish i haven't seen so i can't

say anything bad I think I've seen Teen Wolf,

but I don't remember a lot about it. You guys.

I won't have to watch it. I've actually heard

it's a fun film, in all honesty, but I've never

seen it. Matt, have you seen Teen Wolf? You know,

I think I've seen bits of it, and here's the

three things that I associate with Teen Wolf.

One is riding on top of a car, which she said

vansurfing, so I guess that's what happens. Two

is a werewolf slam dunking. Think happens and

then three like isn't there like wolf dong in

this movie? No Are you sure there might be donger

in this one? Not that there's anything wrong

with that The conversations I didn't expect to

have today I Mean that does tend to happen to

werewolf movies, but this is a little more on

the PG side Alright, I think we're going to move

on to the next pick before we go any further

down that rabbit hole. For my number 14 pick,

it's actually already been mentioned in this

episode, I am going to be 100 % on the same page

as Dan with my pick of 12 Angry Men at number

14. This is probably one of the first... Classic

films that I guess quote -unquote classic films

that I saw growing up and I absolutely Loved

it. I am with Dan. I love films that are in a

single room or a single setting I love films

that have a very limited cast of characters and

that just completely focus on the actual dialogue

the decisions the motivations of those said characters

and kind of their reactions and what kind of

informs all that type of stuff and I think it's

just an amazing journey that you go through from

you know the beginning of that film and the beginning

of the deliberation to the end I think it's just

I think there's so much that you can take away

from it that's so I apologize Dan for not talking

too much about it when you when you brought it

up but I could watch this film over and over

again I think it's easily one of the best films

from the 50s. So, 12 Angry Men for me. Dan, what's

your number 14? I'm going to go from the 50s

to the 60s and talk about... I mentioned I'd

be bringing up another Paul Newman movie and

I'm going to do that here with 1967's Cool Hand

Loops. It's probably the movie that made me into

a Paul Newman fan. It's just really this kind

of meditation of this man that is just in rebellion

against life. I think it's a movie that, I think,

it's really, in a way, if you were just to lay

off the plot, seems kind of simplistic. It's

just this guy that gave us a jail and tries to

figure things out. But underneath, it's a very

great character study. But it's also really funny

and entertaining. Some really classic moments

from the infamous egg eating contest to the sequence

of them like plowing the road and I don't know

it's Talk about great prison movies and probably

for me is the best of all time and I think it

all Kind of centers on just the power of Paul

Newman as an actor People talk about rebels without

a cause and they tend to think of James Dean

But to me that's always Klan Luke because it

is just the epitome of a guy who's just trying

to figure things out Doesn't they know how to

do that? So yeah, so that's it for me Alright,

cool. And Luke for Dan at number 14. Moving right

along to Matt's number 13 pick. What do you got,

Matt? Alright. For my number 13, this is by far

the highest Disney movie. And again, probably

a product of a science. I don't think it's the

best anymore. But that is Frozen. Like, it's

great because it's got all those Disney things

that you love, but it's also... Like, a fantasy

story about, like, wizards and shit. It's great.

I love it. It's fun. I don't get all the hate

that it gets online. Oh, we're from Amanda. What?

Whoa, what? Oh man. She wasn't... You weren't

super high on Frozen, were you? No, I mean, it's

not like... It wasn't like life -changing, like

everybody was freaking out like it was, but...

I wouldn't say it's life -changing. Little girls

freaked out about this movie. Little girls freak

out about princesses. They're still losing their

shit over this movie. I think some of that was...

because of what they were able to do in recapturing

something that Disney had seemingly lost over

the decades. You could go to Tangled, you could

go to Princess and the Frog, you can go to Frozen,

but I think Frozen was kind of the culmination

of them putting all the pieces back together

to give us something on par with what we got

kind of in the quote -unquote Disney Renaissance

of Lion King, Aladdin, Little Mermaid, Beauty

and the Beast. I think this is the closest they

came to kind of going back to that type of magic,

and I think there is something to be said about

the... some unique aspects of it compared to

maybe the typical princess story that we got.

You mean besides Merida who just chooses not

to have a prince? I ignore that film existence.

Are you serious? Why? Did you watch it? I was

not a big fan of Brave. Did you watch it? Yes.

In theater. Brave, I think, got almost everything

right. I love the characters. I love the art

design. I love the story. But ultimately, it's

just the most played -out hero's journey. They

just flubbed it on the writing. Everything about

that movie should have been the best movie, the

best animated movie ever. And it just missed

something. It lacked originality in some way.

It looked so beautiful. It's almost as bad as

was at nine Like another just a brilliant beautiful

movie that has a terrible boring story Well,

I do like frozen a good deal it like I actually

saw that with my niece who was one of those people

that it did change her life Which is also three

was three at the time and it was the first movie

she ever saw so that's a big part of it But I

also think yeah, it recaptures that Disney magic

but also think it circumvent a lot of the the

classic Disney tropes and That I think people

kind of overlooked just the way it it said whatever

maybe is why I get some of that hate because

like people misread a lot of what it's doing

and You know and how it's really commenting on

Just the setups that you typically get with the

Disney film and how characters would automatically

fall in love and there would be the story and

how they would kind of they Set the formula,

but really about some new ways to go about it.

Although I think I find Moana actually actually

a better movie than all those This is speaking

of someone who is a two -year -old and has watched

Moana more so than any adult should. I still

think it's a pretty good film. I actually agree

with that, that I think Moana is better and that

was what I was referencing when I said I don't

think it's the best anymore is I think Moana

might be the best. So we have multiple things

that we could do. We could do a Western series.

We could do a Disney series to make Matt watch

all the rest of the Disney films and just re

-ignite these arguments over and over and over

again. It would be quite the blast, I'm sure,

for the listeners. Amanda, did you do what you

could have done here with back -to -back 1985

Michael J. Fox films, or what do you have at

number 13? Nope, I'm definitely gonna get some

hate for this. Every movie you talk about you

give it a preface. Well the problem was I was

like really excited about this. The farther that

we're gone through in my list, the more I feel

like I'm just gonna go on an island and take

all my fucking 90s VHS's and TV and just chill

by myself forever. That's how it's gonna go.

But my number 13... It's from 1992, and I just

wanted to pick one movie from this series, or

from this franchise, or whatever we're gonna

call this, this property, alright? And this is

Batman Returns. I was waiting for anything. Is

that the one with the penguin? Yes. Catwoman,

Penguin, Michael Keaton, Batman. I think it's...

I mean... clearly a Tim Burton movie it's got

him all over it but I thought it was a super

well done I'll say it um comic book movie it

definitely felt like a comic book and it was

the dark plus the Mild humor plus the inappropriate

nature at some points the look the costuming

the characters the story I think that this is

probably my favorite it is my favorite Batman

rendition I think actually a lot of my childhood

Batman returns was my favorite Batman movie,

too And I don't know why I think a big part of

it was because they had the bad boat, and I like

the bad boat I was a simple child but it's I

went back and we watched that I don't know a

few years ago and it's just it's like I'm I'm

surprised to burn got away with so much he got

away with because that's a dark movie like like

the betrayal of the penguin in that is super

freaky like dating to veto is great, but it's

just Like eating my thing and like, you know,

it's Yeah, you can definitely tell the studios

like you know what Batman made like a trillion

dollars So do whatever you want and you got away

with a lot Yeah, I agree I think we rewatched

at least part of this within the last couple

years and I was surprised because I didn't remember

the Dark elements of it as much I just kind of

remembered that more comic book things that Amanda

was talking about but it does have some layers

there of different Different feels going on there

Matt. What do you think about Batman returns?

Oh man, I remember weird snippets of it. Like,

I remember, like, penguins with rockets strapped

to them and I remember Catwoman getting shot

a bunch of times at the end. But, like, it doesn't

stick with me. I don't think any of the series

Batman movies stick with me nearly as much as

the silly ones. Like, I will take Mr. Freeze

puns and anything the 1960s Batman is doing over

any of the series Batman stuff any day. So I

think there is a lot of different people that

find a lot of different have different favorites

for the Batman Likes and what kind of style they

like the movies to go to so it's always interesting

to hear different takes on those for my number

13 I'm going to a franchise pick as well. So

you have your Batman franchise I'm going to go

to an 80s franchise for the most part although

it bled over into some other decades and If I

have to pick a specific film I'll pick Raiders

of the Lost Ark to represent Indiana Jones My

number 13 pick and this would be the third Steven

Spielberg pick for the day That would be the

last one for today as well. But Raiders of the

Lost Ark, Indiana Jones I mean, come on, there

was two franchises that made me fall in love

with with film and this is one of them so I'm

surprised it's not higher, but there was some

other films that kind of eeked out over it. So

Indiana Jones, 13. Rangers of the Lost Ark, I

guess, if I have to pick one. But I've always

had a thing for The Last Crusade, just for the

record. That was my favorite for a long time.

Anybody thoughts on Indiana Jones or Silence?

I will hold my Indiana Jones talk for the next

episode. Alright, fair enough. That means, Dan,

you're up for number 13. So two years ago, Jason

Bourne was my most anticipated movie of the year.

And that's because we love the entire franchise,

maybe not Jason Bourne as much, but the Bourne

supremacy, Bourne identity, but ultimately my

favorite of all of them is the Bourne Ultimatum,

it's my number 13. One of the best, I think,

theater experiences I've ever had was watching

this, and you know, edge on your seat can be

cliche, but it was legitimately true. I remember

the rooftop chase sequence, I just, I remember

watching that and just. being so hyped up to

watch it again because of how exciting it all

was. There was something about this franchise

that always really clinged with me. I love the

action style, the physicality of it, the stunts,

the choreography, the character of Jason Bourne,

and I feel like every movie got better. BORN

ULTIMATING to me was the ultimate set up. Like

I was actually sad the franchise ended but I

was like I'm happy because it's ending in a high

I don't think the other films are awful they

just aren't to the level of the BORN ULTIMATING

which I think is just for me probably the best

action movie of the 2000s as of right now. Yeah,

I love the Bourne films as well. I think they

did have some missteps there at the end, but

I think those ones that you're talking about

for sure were cream of the crop, and I think

it would definitely be in the conversation for

best action film of the 2000s as well. There's

only maybe two or three others that would be

in that conversation, I think, but that'd be

an interesting debate that we could get into

at some point. Matt, there's only time for two

picks left, so for today, what's your number

12? I mean, I guess I'm gonna do just a run of

kids movies because my number 12 is Bridges of

Terabithia. Dude, I freaking love magic, guys.

That's what this is. If you got a good magic

storyline and... like for some reason it's really

endearing and then there's like a freaking heart

-wrenching moment like right there in the middle

towards the end like right before the final act

then i guess it wins and i put on my list because

that's what this is um this movie uh i watched

i don't know i was like 19 um which is a really

old age uh to be bawling my eyes out to it but

that's what i was and that's what happened amanda

i've never seen it This... I feel like this should

be on your list. This is like right up your alley.

You had like Indian in the Cupboard and other

things that remind me of this. Yeah, dude. I

just saw Golden Compass like two years ago. I

feel like that's the same kind of thing. What

year did Bridges to Terabithia come out? Anybody

know that off the top of your head? No? All right.

I'll have to get that. I'll have to get that.

2006? That sounds right. Okay, I thought it was

an older film than that for some reason but I

haven't seen it either so I cannot comment Probably

because I was off drinking at college and I wasn't

watching Birch Terapathy movies. I was close,

2007. Oh nice. Yeah, I was definitely at college.

I mean, so was I! I was barely awake for class

and just drinking the night away. That was about

it. Jesus, alright. Um, Amanda? You're number

12 then. What else were you enjoying in those

days? In 1991, I was enjoying Beauty and the

Beast, the original animated version. Super loved

this. It's a magic story too. Love the magic.

I think that this was something that really opened

my eyes to how grand a scale animated movies

could be and like how beautiful and like detailed

they could be and it was one that just the opening

always got me so excited for the whole movie

like it was such a great level of excitement

to to have build in just this first small little

scene before any of the you know actual like

starts to take place in the new plot so it was

one that I was always super excited to watch

and have contained this love and kept it all

these years and it hasn't been diminished by

time and The new version that came out was great.

I wouldn't put it above the original animated

though. And you slightly prefer Beauty and the

Beast over Aladdin based on today's episode?

Yes. Alright. Anybody else have thoughts on Beauty

and the Beast? It's great. Fair enough. That

means it's my turn for number 12. I guess I'll

go with the boring pick here that would be on

a lot of people's probably top 50, top 100 list

if they had to make one, but I'll go with Godfather

from 1972 from Francis Ford Coppola. Godfather

1, 2, whichever one you want to go with, but

I'll go with the original Godfather here. I love...

Movster movies and this is one of the best, not

the best, but one of the best. I slightly prefer

another one to it, but I still think Godfather

is classic enough and has enough iconic scenes

and characters and moments that it definitely

deserves to be mentioned. So it's my number 12.

Dan, what do you got next? For my number 12,

so I've had a lot of movies in this list, like

I talked about. I love movies that center on

news for some reason. I don't know why. I talk

radio, broadcast news. This is one that's specifically

on journalism. One movie that recently, Spotlight,

that recently won Best Picture was referenced

to this film, and I definitely see why, and that's

maybe a big reason why I enjoyed Spotlight as

much as I did. And that's All the President's

Men, starring... again Robert Bradford and who's

showing up again in my list along with Dustin

Hoffman and just the story of Watergate and it's

a really just procedural film that it's really

no swills about it it's kind of like rough around

the edges in some ways but that's really what's

great about it and it's just it's documentary

-esque but not like in the sense of you get a

lot of handheld cameras but it just feels like

you're watching it Come to life and you think

about this happened. This was made not that long

after the events occurred So I just think I had

something special about this movie and it's just

really well written and Just a phenomenal story

and a movie that Reflects that and I think possibly

also very important film, too I think it allowed

people to kind of come to understanding exactly

what exactly was going on to greater extent so

It's not the last movie I talk about that centers

on the news, but it's the last one for today,

at least. Obviously, I agree. It was my number

92 when we started this list way back on episode

100. And I think you're right. Anybody that's

a big fan of dialogue, writing, and just, you

know... Classic acting. I think you get all of

that here. So a lot to love from all the presidents

of men for sure at least for me That means it's

only one pick remaining for each of us for today.

That's our number 11 pick So last one on this

side outside of the top 10, I guess you could

say Matt. What do you have a number 11? All right,

so I guess I cheated here because in my 40 to

50 I put Star Trek generations So I guess I'm

splitting up the original series and the next

generation. And I'm putting for my number 11,

The Wrath of Khan. Like this movie is great.

Like it's like the perfect Star Trek movie. But

really why it's on my list is very personal because

this is essentially where me and my wife connected.

We had met just two days before, and then a close

mutual friend invited her over to watch Wrath

of Khan, and she was like, hey, you should invite

that Matt guy, because she had dubious plans

and stole my cell phone number then. Eventually,

when the next Star Wars reboot came out, we both

dressed up and even bought fabric to try to make

the Wrath of Khan coats, which are really intense.

Yeah, I think this is by far the best original

series film that we got and Wrath of Khan is

one of the best villains maybe. Maybe something

that we can consider for our top fictional villains

list that's coming up later on this year. But

yeah, I think Wrath of Khan is a great pick.

Amanda, you haven't seen Wrath of Khan, have

you? Believe I have, just done it a long ass

time. Gotcha. Dan, any thoughts on that, or are

you still waiting to catch up on the Star Trek

films? I've seen Rathicon just once, though.

I watched all the first generation films once.

They were on HBO for a period of time, so I kind

of went through them. And I think as someone

who's not a huge Star Trek fan, I can recognize

what's great about it. But I feel like if I had

a bigger context of those characters, for me,

I think not my favorite of that genre, but I

think it's certainly one of the best of the films.

I think for, oddly, I think Star Trek IV, I always

enjoyed that a lot. It's kind of goofy, but maybe

that's why I liked it. But certainly it's, you

know, handled all that character is obviously

handled a lot better in that film than, you know,

Into Darkness. All right, Amanda, last pick for

today. What do you got? 1990s. pretty woman.

Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, love at first sight

love story. I just like this because it's like

it takes the Cinderella story and it puts it

in a real setting for Julia Roberts' character.

She is Just trying to get by. She is a girl in

the world on her own with her big personality

and her zip up thigh high boots and she's just

trying to to make it and I think that this definitely

plays into a lot of the female fantasy fantasy

of being swept off their feet by the perfect

guy and it's it's a little rocky but it smooths

out and they fall in love, and it's a charming,

cute, but provocative film. Pretty Woman. I'm

not gonna say anything bad. I think it's a good

film. Not in my top 100, but I do remember liking

it. I haven't seen it. I actually did, oddly

enough, did an episode of M .Y .R .E. with mic

on that and it was the first time I think I watched

it I was like wow this is much better than I

thought it would be it's actually you know I

could see why it made Julia Roberts into a megastar.

Yeah, absolutely. Alright, for my last pick I'm

going to talk about a film, not a lot because

it's already been brought up much earlier in

the countdown by somebody, I don't remember who

had it on their list already, but I'm pretty

sure it came up. I'm going to go back to 1942

for a film that still needs to finish, and that

would be Casablanca. I think probably in my book

the greatest Film from the 40s and maybe one

of the best romantic films out there. How many

movies were coming out in the 40s? Best movie

of the 40s. Actually a lot more. They had like

8 ,000. They made films like a factory back then.

Yeah, there was a lot of film coming out in the

40s. Like if you look at some of these people,

like look at our stars today and how many films

they were in and then you go back and look at

like how many films like some of the... classic

Hollywood stars were in, it's ridiculous. John

Ford made like 800 movies. Yeah. But I just,

I love Casablanca. I just love the characters.

I think that's the big sell for me. Like you

were talking about with all the President's Men,

where for me it's a little bit more about the

writing and the dialogue. For me, for Casablanca,

it's all about the characters and just really

watching them chew up the scenery and there's...

so many iconic lines and scenes and I think it's

just got some great twists and turns and I don't

know, I just love Casablanca. I loved it since

the first time I saw it. It's probably one of

the first DVDs I ever bought actually in one

of those flimsy cases that like it's just like

a piece of cardboard on the one side and like

snaps together. I think I still have that on

the shelf. So Casablanca, my number 11. Amanda,

you need to finish it. I feel like I saw it because

I saw Allied. from last year. No, you didn't.

They were in Casablanca. Yes, but you need to

see Casablanca. We saw all of it except for like

the last 20 minutes. Dan or Matt, one of you

had this on your list, right? I did number 80.

All right, so mutual love there for Casablanca.

Dan, what's your last pick for today? For my

last pick, I'm going to actually get going. We

had some comic book films and, you know, I already

had Dark Knight and Spider -Man 2 and some other

comic book movies on my list and The key to this

is that, you know, it's your favorite film, it's

not one I would argue are the best, and I'm a

huge X -Men fan, you know, that's kind of what

started my whole interest into the geek world,

and for my number 11, I'm going with my favorite

X -Men film, because it's one that I think speaks

the most to me. For a very long time, X -Men

2 was my favorite all -time favorite comic book

movie, but most recently, that was dethroned

a few years ago with X -Men First Class. which

is my number 11. I just, I love this movie and

there's so much about it. Like way back when

I did a list of my favorite Marvel movie moments

and this had, like I was trying not to overflood

it with moments from this movie from pretty much

any scene that involved Michael Fassbender as

Magneto, the use of the coin motif from the beginning

to the end. I love the relationship of Charles

Xavier and Magneto in this. The best one, which

is just the scene of Xavier helping Magneto to

move this gigantic satellite. There's some problems

with it here and there, but it just felt like

it gave me everything I was looking for. And

after X -Men 3 being hugely let down and thinking

that now this franchise wasn't going anyplace,

it really breathed new life and eventually led

to X -Men base future paths. always will hold

a special place in my heart, plus it gets extra

points for the Magneto theme, which is just probably

the best piece of music for me in any Marvel

movie. Yeah, I love this film, too. I always

go back and forth whether I like First Class

or Days of the Future Past better, but I think

they did a phenomenal job with what they did

with kind of rebooting the series with this newer

cast slash crossover performances and whatnot.

So I'm on board 100%. I loved these two films.

Amanda, what do you think of X -Men First Class

amongst the other X -Men films? Man, it's definitely

up there. I don't know how I would rank. all

of the X -Men films. I do have a lot of love

for the original X -Men movie that came out,

and I think that the newer cast is still really

great, and I think Michael Fassbender and James

McAvoy's relationship throughout has been one

of the best parts, and Magneto is such a friggin'

badass here, and I love the tortured soul that

he is and just the... Like revenge tirade that

he goes on and I think that The scene that Dan's

talking about when he's learning to you know

control his power in a way other than using rage

Was a very powerful moment definitely met any

other thoughts on x -men first class before we

recap our numbers 20 through 11 picks I mean,

I think I agree with you where I put that at

number 2 and Days of Future Past is number 1,

but this new batch is so much better than the

old batch of movies. Like, they did a real good

job. Alright, so why don't you go ahead and run

down your numbers 20 through 11 for everybody.

Alright, my 10 movies this time were Duel to

the Death, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Avengers,

Inside Out, Grand Budapest Hotel, Monty Python

and the Quest for the Holy Grail, Doc Savage,

Frozen, The Bridge to Terabithia, and Wrath of

Khan. Amanda, how about your set of ten? Dirty

Dancing, Aladdin, Blade, A Night at the Roxbury,

Interviews of the Empire, Demolition Man, Teen

Wolf, Batman Returns, Beauty and the Beast, and

Pretty Woman. Alright, mine were Pulp Fiction,

Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, Aliens, What

About Bob, The Breakfast Club, 12 angry men,

Raiders of the Lost Ark, Godfather, and Casablanca.

Dan? My number 20 was Butch Cassidy and Sundance

Kid, Dan Groundhog Day, The General, 12 angry

men, Do the Right Thing, Once Upon a Time in

the West, number 14, Kohan Luke, then The Born

Ultimaenium, then All the Presidents Men, and

lastly X -Men First Class. All right, so those

are our 20 through 11 picks. We still have obviously

the top 10. Amanda, question for you. Will there

be a single film that appears on all four lists?

Oh Yikes in the top 30 you mean and so far. Yeah,

so far. We have none will we get to one? I don't

think so looking at my own list That does not

bode well for my six maybe one Matt, what do

you think? Will we get to one or two here now

that we're finally to the top ten? Do we have

one movie in common from, what, 11 to 100? Like,

does any one movie hit all four of our lists

yet? I'd have to do some database work there,

but I don't believe so. Yeah, I don't see it

happening. Like, I don't see it happening. That's

weird. I thought for sure, because even when

we were back making the predictions, like I had

seven... I had like five to seven films that

I was sure everybody would have but there's only

ten spots left and A lot of them have not been

mentioned or only mentioned once Dan. What do

you think are we? Looking at a losing cause here

with our five and six predictions. I think we're

gonna get yeah, I think one perhaps because I

there was one that was Brought up today that

I could see being repeated at least two more

times I'm not sure about the third. So yeah,

I think if we get one we'll be lucky I'm gonna

hold out. Hope that we still have two I think

there might be the possibility for two. But we're

going to have to wait and see and you guys will

as well as you wait for the final rendition of

this over a year long process. We started at

episode 100 and I think we'll end this at episode

150. So it took 50 episodes to get through our

top 100 but then everybody will have a good idea

of the films that we like and all of our personal

taste for film and I think it's been a fun conversation

along the way. So definitely let us know what

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