Fernando Gros

100 Favourite Films

As part of some writ­ing for 2009 I’m cre­at­ing a few lists of films; espe­cially lists of five or ten films that deal with spe­cific themes like reli­gious con­flict, women in the work­place, third-culture child­hood and spir­itual expres­sion through music. This nat­ur­ally leads to the gen­eral ques­tion of “best films ever.” I’ve never sat down to com­pile a list of 100 favour­ite films and, truth be told, it’s a hard task. The list below is a first draft and I would wel­come com­ments, sug­ges­tions and ideas.

Aguirre: the Wrath of God
Alien
Basquiat
Before Night Falls
Ben Hur
The Big Lebow­ski
The Big Sleep
Blade Runner
Blow Up
Blue Velvet
The Blues Broth­ers
Breath­less
Cas­ab­lanca
Cit­izen Kane
Dancer In The Dark
Dark Vic­tory
Do the Right Thing
Dr Stran­gelove
The Foun­tain­head
The God­father
Gone With The Wind
Good­fel­las
In The Mood For Love
The Lives Of Others
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Logan’s Run
Lost High­way
Love Actu­ally
The Matrix
Mon­soon Wed­ding
Net­work
Now Voy­ager
Om Shanti Om
The Omega Man
Patton
Primary Colors
Psycho
Random Har­vest
The Shawshank Redemp­tion
Sol­aris (ori­ginal)
Solylent Green
Star Wars
The Third Man
The Thomas Crown Affair (remake)
Toy Story
12 Angry Men
Ver­tigo
Wall-E

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