Top 100 Favorite Movies of Journeyowns

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This is something I'd been thinking about long before I started posting here a few days ago. This list is not perfect, as I haven't seen so many things that are on most of the lists I've read on this board. One of the reasons I began to post here is so I can step outside my little box and see things I perhaps wouldn't have dared to before.

Anyway, I think I have my 100 down and ready to reveal. Be warned, a lot of stupid comedy is on this list. It's my downfall.

I'll post the first 5 a little bit later.
 
Love your choices - Oh Brother, School of Rock and Zodiac, and The Visitor is a lovely gentle film, just the kind I like
 
wow lots of top 100 spawning after I started up mine. I'll be very much looking forward to yet another one.
 
I love the guys avatar, makes me laugh everytime..
I hope Goonies is on your Top 100.

I love these Top 100 lists..
 
The problem with comedy is that it doesn't age well. Great comedy is hard to judge because time needs to pass. The Marx Brothers, for instance, still make me lol probably just as hard as they first did in the 30s and 40s.

Some "stupid comedy" I like off the top of my head are MP and the Holy Grail, MP's Meaning of Life, Airplane!, and Anchorman. Anchorman for more cultural reasons than anything, but as a film it is quite well done, I feel. It has that perfect combination of absurd that is so hard to criticize because then you look absurd.
 
100. Barbershop (2002)
(Ice Cube, Cedric The Entertainer)

"There are three things that Black people need to tell the truth about. Number one: Rodney King should've gotten his ass beat for being drunk in a Honda in a white part of Los Angeles. Number two: O.J. did it! And number three: Rosa Parks didn't do nuthin' but sit her Black ass down!"


This is a movie I was dragged to see by my friends in High School. At the time I wasn't expecting to like it, let alone love it the way I do. It has a ton of heart and genuine laughs throughout for me. I came away caring about the characters and even impressed by the acting of rappers Ice Cube and Eve. What puts this movie over the top though, is Cedric The Entertainer. Several of his lines in this movie are gutbusters for me. I come away entertained every time I watch it and that's what I ask in a comedy movie.

99. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

"I arrived in America's airport with clothings, US dollars, and a jar of gypsy tears to protect me from AIDS."



This is one hilarious movie and genius performance by Sascha Baron Cohen. To be as genuinely funny as he is while working with people who aren't in on the joke has to be extremely hard. Putting himself in those situations is truly a ballsy thing and this movie delivers.

98. Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
(Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti)

"Guns don't kill people! But they sure help."



Intense, action packed flick with some great lines in there that will leave you laughing. If you can suspend your disbelief and just enjoy the kills for the campy awesomeness they are, you'll like this movie. Just a great, bloody time.

97. Gone Baby Gone (2007)
(Casey Affleck, Morgan Freeman)

"Kids forgive, they don't judge, they turn the other cheek, and what do they get for it?"


This movie kept me in suspense and on the edge of my seat. Great twist reveal in the end and great performances by Casey Affleck, Ed Harris, and Morgan Freeman.

96. Juno (2007)
(Ellen Page, Michael Cera)

"You should've gone to China, you know, 'cause I hear they give away babies like free iPods. You know, they pretty much just put them in those t-shirt guns and shoot them out at sporting events."


A bright, quirky comedy that is really charming. Ellen Page is wonderful in the title role and I admit I'm a big fan of Michael Cera and he was his usual quirky awkward self in this one. The movie had great dialogue too.
 
Having Gone Baby Gone in there already makes this list look pretty good. Juno was pretty good, Borat was blah to me. I haven't seen the other 2.
 
Well, I did pretty much steal it from you...

And yeah, Zodiac is a great film. Need to actually get it on DVD, I've rented it a few times now.
 
Ah yes, Borat, I'd forgotten. Quite a funny film! I haven't even seen any of the other besides Juno, which was fantastically, fantastically meh, and I disagree with it's ideology completely.
 
95. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
(George Clooney, John Turturro)

"Those boys desecrated a burning cross!"


Witty and entertaining movie based on Homer's "The Odyssey". The Coen brothers delivered bigtime on this one and it's my second favorite movie of theirs I've seen (though admittedly there are still many I need to see.) Really great movie and Clooney is fantastic in this.

94. Zodiac (2007)
(Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo)

"I am not the Zodiac. And if I were, I certainly wouldn't tell you."


This movie has a great flow and moves smoothly and is fascinating. Going in, I had no knowledge of the Zodiac killer case and as the movie progressed I felt deeply connected and longed for there to be resolution. Really enjoyed this.
93. Brian's Song (1971)
(James Caan, Billy Dee Williams)

"Well, on uh, Fake Draw Screen Right I uh, pick up the linebacker if he's comin, 'less of course it's Butkus, then I simply notify the quarterback to send for a preacher."


The ultimate guy tearjerker. It may help that I'm also a big football fan, but I think anyone could enjoy this movie. Hard to believe this is a made for TV movie, the quality is superb.

92. Zoolander (2001)
(Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson)

"Have you ever wondered if there was more to life, other than being really, really, ridiculously good looking?"


This is a ridiculously funny movie that I can continuously watch and enjoy. It is Ben Stiller's funniest movie in my opinion.

91. Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
(Alec Baldwin, James Woods)

"Today, thirty years later, I'm asking you twelve ladies and gentlemen to act boldly; to hold this defendant accountable and find him guilty... simply because it is right, it is just, and Lord knows, it is time. Is it ever too late to do the right thing?"


This is the tale of the third trial of Byron De La Beckwith, charged with killing civil rights activist Medgar Evers. The one thing that stands out to me in this movie is the portrayal of Byron De La Beckwith by James Woods. When I first saw this movie as a kid, James Woods terrified me. This character was the personification of evil. Still to this day I think it may be the best villain in any film...still kinda creeps me out and makes me uneasy.
 
Love Zodiac & O' Brother Where Art Thou.

After seeing Zoolander on your list, I'm sure Tropic Thunder will show up here as well.
Just love Tropic Thunder..
 
65. Hustle & Flow (2005)
(Terrence Howard, Anthony Anderson)

"There are two types of people: those that talk the talk and those that walk the walk. People who walk the walk sometimes talk the talk but most times they don't talk at all, 'cause they walkin'. Now, people who talk the talk, when it comes time for them to walk the walk, you know what they do? They talk people like me into walkin' for them."


Terrence Howard is awesome, and this movie is proof. Great music, great gritty story.

64. The Prestige (2006)
(Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman)

"Now you're looking for the secret. But you won't find it because of course, you're not really looking. You don't really want to work it out. You want to be fooled."


I like it when a surprise ending gets me and this one did. It probably should be higher on my list and might next time I put it together if I get to re-watch this again.

63. Clerks II (2006)
(Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson)

"We were just killing time with those classes! One semester we took Criminology, for Christ's sakes. What the **** were we training to be, Batmen?"


I'm a huge fan of Kevin Smith and this movie is awesome. The long-awaited sequel is flat-out hilarious.

62. Man On Fire (2004)
(Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning)

"Forgiveness is between them and God. It's my job to arrange the meeting."


One of a few Denzel Washington films on this list. Intense, suspenseful thriller. Dakota was really great in this too.

61. The Karate Kid (1984)
(Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita)

"Get him a body bag!"


Another movie I watched repeatedly as a kid...and still do. I still haven't seen the new 2010 remake...very hesitant.
 
80. Big Fish (2003)
(Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney)

"A man tells his stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him, and in that way he becomes immortal."


This is the story of a son trying to find out the true story of his mysterious father. This is a marvelous movie, really beautiful on the eyes. I loved the casting in this movie, as I'm a big fan of Ewan McGregor. Really good flick.

79. National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
(John Belushi, Tim Matheson)

"Thank you, sir! May I have another?"


One of the funniest comedies of all-time and still stands up today. What a movie.

78. Gladiator (2000)
(Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix)

"At my signal, unleash hell."


What a wonderful movie. The battle scenes are awesome. The acting is top notch. The scenery is beautiful. Crowe is one of those actors that I'll see in anything. Oh, and that Phoenix guy isn't half bad himself...

77. Tropic Thunder (2008)
(Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr.)

"I know what dude I am. I'm the dude playin' the dude, disguised as another dude!"


Remember when I said Zoolander was Ben Stiller's funniest movie? Yeah, I forgot this one was on the list higher. Funny stuff. Downey Jr. was incredible as always.

76. Dogma (1999)
(Ben Affleck, Matt Damon)

"In the three years I followed his ass around Jerusalem, did I ever get laid? Hell no. And I was in my prime. I could've been knee-deep in shepherd's daughters, not to mention fine-ass Mary Magdalene. She had a thing for dark meat, if you follow me."


What can I say, I'm a huge Kevin Smith fan. This movie pokes fun at religion, but in no-way is anti-religion. I think anyone with a sense of humor could like this flick. I'd hope so atleast.
 
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