My top 100 favorite films

Top 100 Favorite Films

What makes a movie worthy of a spot on your top ten list?

If you've read my top 100 best movies list you know my definition of "best" differs from "favorite". But how do you define "favorite"?

I am sure your list is different than mine, and my list is different than his, and his list is different from hers. The fact of the matter is...

No one agrees on the best movies of all time. No one's favorite movies are the same. No one's genre preferences are the same. And no one's favorite actors are the same. So no one's list is the same.

"List-worthy" films are combination of best-films and favorite-films specific to each person, personality and personal experiences. The best movies of all time are difficult to separate from your favorite movies of all time. You favorite movies are the ones you can't turn the channel from when you catch it halfway through on TBS. While your best movies list is simply compiled of the most critically acclaimed films you've actually seen.

But honestly, most people don't agree with critics. Most people haven't even seen this year's Academy Award nominees. Most people just go see what their cineholic friend suggested, or what their co-workers were talking about around the water cooler. Most people fall for the hype. But often times, box office numbers even lie.

A movie isn't "list-worthy" just because there's a trailer on TV every hour, it's starring 5 Oscar winners, plus Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts, itís directed by Martin Scorsese and was produced by Steven Spielberg. And just because a critic gives it "two thumbs up" and calls it "the best movie this decade" doesn't guarantee it a spot on your list either.

"List-worthy" movies are a mix of everything. You can't make your own list without including opinions and rebuttals to someone else's list. I don't know if you consider me a legit critic, but Richard Roeper is, and I'm sure your list is different than his, his list is different from hers, and her list is different from mine:

1. Star Wars: Episode V - Empire Strikes Back 
2. Inception 
3. The Godfather 
4. Fight Club 
5. The Dark Knight 
6. Dumb and Dumber 
7. Pulp Fiction 
8. South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut 
9. Braveheart 
10. Silence of the Lambs 
11. The Notebook 
12. The Incredibles
13. Great Expectations 
14. Saving Private Ryan 
15. Last of the Mohicans 
16. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 
17. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 
18. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
19. A Quiet Place
20. Arrival
21. The Wolf of Wall Street
22. Finding Nemo 
23. Fool's Gold 
24. Inglorious Basterds 
25. Shawshank Redemption 
26. Heat 
27. The Social Network 
28. The Lego Movie
29. Usual Suspects 
30. Gladiator 
31. Predator 
32. Garden State 
33. Pacific Rim
34. Toy Story 3 
35. Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade 
36. Memento 
37. Interstellar
38. Guardians of the Galaxy
39. The Avengers 
40. Shrek 
41. Goodfellas 
42. Apocalypse Now Redux 
43. Se7en 
44. Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi 
45. The Ring 
46. Good Will Hunting 
47. Serendipity 
48. Lord of the Rings 3 - The Return of the King 
49. The Matrix 
50. Drive
51. Schindler's List 
52. The Beach 
53. American History X 
54. The Bourne Ultimatum 
55. Watchmen 
56. Monsters Inc. 
57. A Perfect Getaway 
58. Batman Begins 
59. Pretty Woman 
60. Forrest Gump 
61. Paranormal Activity 
62. Back to the Future 1 
63. The Exorcist 
64. Kill Bill: Volume 1 
65. Black Swan 
66. Into the Blue 
67. Groundhog Day 
68. Get Out
69. Creed
70. Snatch 
71. Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark 
72. The Big Lebowski 
73. Scarface 
74. The Sixth Sense 
75. Big Fish 
76. Reservoir Dogs 
77. Mothman Prophecies 
78. Pirates of the Caribbean 1: The Curse of the Black Pearl 
79. 300 
80. X-Men: First Class 
81. Rocky 
82. Avatar 
83. Die Hard 
84. American Beauty 
85. Star Trek (2009) 
86. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 
87. Aliens 
88. Lord of the Rings 1 - The Fellowship of the Ring 
89. Jaws 
90. Up 
91. Kill Bill: Volume 2 
92. Troy 
93. The Hangover 
94. Stand By Me 
95. Titanic 
96. The Departed 
97. Bourne Identity 
98. I Am Legend 
99. Back to the Future 2 
100. Requiem for a Dream 

Honorable mentions:

• The Cabin in the Woods
• Full Metal Jacket
• L.A. Confidential
• Sin City
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Amadeus
• Donnie Darko 
• Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers 
• Into the Wild 
• Ratatouille 
• Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 
• Forgetting Sarah Marshall 
• Wall-E 
• The Lion King 
• Fargo
• Wizard of Oz 
• Casino 
• Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom 
• Twelve Monkeys 
• The Shining 
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day 
• Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest 
• Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 
• Mystic River 
• E.T. 
• Toy Story 
• There Will Be Blood 
• Bladerunner 
• V for Vendetta 

Last updated: 2/24/2019

Top 100 best films according to a movie-watching millennial

Top 100 Best Movies

If you've read my top 100 favorite movies list you know my definition of a favorite, or "list-worthy" film. The best films are different.

The best films, according to me, a movie-watching millennial, are those films post-1980 that a person born post 1975 could remember seeing in theaters. And they're not only the films they "could" remember (studies say humans remember major events around age 5), they are the films they "do" remember.

These are the films that left a lasting memory on me -- this is my cinefile of the best films of my time:

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2. Pulp Fiction (1994)
3. Schindler's List (1993)
4. Inception (2010)
5. The Dark Knight (2008)
6. Star Wars: Episode V - Empire Strikes Back (1980)
7. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)
8. Fight Club (1999)
9. The Incredibles (2004)
10. Snatch (2000)
11. Goodfellas (1990)
12. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
13. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
14. Gravity (2013)
15. The Matrix (1999)
16. The Usual Suspects (1995)
17. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
18. Se7en (1995)
19. The Social Network (2010)
20. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
21. Braveheart (1995)
22. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (2002)
23. Memento (2000)
24. Forrest Gump (1994)
25. Back to the Future (1985)
26. Toy Story 3 (2010)
27. Arrival (2016)
28. Dunkirk (2017)
29. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
30. American History X (1998)
31. Good Will Hunting (1997)
32. American Beauty (1999)
33. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
34. Gladiator (2000)
35. WALL-E (2008)
36. The Shining (1980)
37. Avatar (2009)
38. Up (2009)
39. A Star is Born (2018)
40. The Pianist (2002)
41. The Departed (2006)
42. Aliens (1986)
43. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
44. Argo (2012)
45. The Sixth Sense (1999)
46. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
47. The Prestige (2006)
48. The Green Mile (1999)
49. Pacific Rim (2013)
50. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
51. Amadeus (1984)
52. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
53. There Will Be Blood (2007)
54. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
55. A Quiet Place (2018)
56. Black Swan (2010)
57. Iron Man (2008)
58. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
59. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
60. Icarus (2017)
61. Die Hard (1988)
62. Sin City (2005)
63. Batman Begins (2005)
64. L.A. Confidential (1997)
65. Heat (1995)
66. Blade Runner (1982)
67. No Country for Old Men (2007)
68. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
69. Free Solo (2018)
70. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
71. The Lion King (1994)
72. The Big Lebowski (1998)
73. Toy Story (1995)
74. Donnie Darko (2001)
75. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
76. Platoon (1986)
77. Into the Wild (2007)
78. Black Panther (2018)
79. Rain Man (1988)
80. X-Men: First Class (2011)
81. Scarface (1983)
82. Trainspotting (1996)
83. Groundhog Day (1993)
84. Finding Nemo (2003)
85. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
86. The Terminator (1984)
87. Casino (1995)
88. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
89. Get Out (2017)
90. Stand by Me (1986)
91. V for Vendetta (2006)
92. Ratatouille (2007)
93. Prisoners (2013)
94. Star Trek (2009)
95. Mystic River (2003)
96. Inside Out (2015)
97. Big Fish (2003)
98. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
99. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
100. The Cove (2009)

Honorable Mentions:

• Monsters, Inc. (2001)
• Shutter Island (2010)
• Fargo (1996)
• The Truman Show (1998)
• The Wrestler (2008)
• 12 Monkeys (1995)
• Wonder Woman (2017)
• RBG (2018)
• Let the Right One In (2008)
• Gran Torino (2008)
• Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing Missouri (2017)

Last updated: 2/24/2018

Top 100 favorite TV shows of all-time

Ryan Pratt's Top 100 Favorite TV Series Ever

Well, I finally did it. After list after list of top movies, I finally completed my much-requested and highly-debated list of top TV shows. And although I was a national movie critic in a prior life, I do not consider myself a professional TV snob by any means, so I'll spare you my list of "Top 100 Best TV Series Ever" and jump right into favorites. But keep in mind, I'm a millennial, so don't expect too many Dick Van Dyke or Lucille Ball appearances in this list. These are shows from the 80s through the 2010s. Some were binged on Netflix and Hulu, while others were from the pre-DVR-sit-on-the-couch-at-8pm-era. It's a list full of groundbreaking dramas that shocked, hilarious sitcoms that had me ROTLF, guilty-pleasures like reality MTV, and the cartoons I grew up on. It not only includes shows I watched from season premier to season finale, and episodes I've seen a dozen times, but also a show that got cancelled after just 22 episodes.

These are my top 100 favorite TV shows of all-time:

1. Lost
2. Seinfeld
3. House
4. How I Met Your Mother
5. Family Guy
6. Home Improvement 
7. Walking Dead
8. Friends
9. Survivor
10. Game of Thrones
11. Mad Men
12. Grey's Anatomy 
13. Friday Night Lights
14. Breaking Bad
15. Saved by the Bell
16. The OC
17. Homeland
18. Entourage
19. Fresh Prince of Bel-air
20. Big Brother
21. South Park
22. Fringe
23. Whose Line Is It Anyway?
24. Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey
25. Dragon Ball Z
26. Law & Order: SVU
27. The West Wing
28. Late Night with Conan O'Brien
29. Rob & Big
30. King of Queens 
31. Around the Horn
32. Deadwood 
33. Family Feud
34. The Unit
35. Jackass
36. The Bachelor 
37. The Challenge
38. TRL
39. Everybody Loves Raymond
40. The Following
41. Shark Tank
42. Talespin 
43. SportsCenter
44. NCIS
45. Planet Earth
46. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
47. X-Files 
48. Ghost Adventures
49. Two and a Half Men
50. Bones
51. Newsroom
52. Full House
53. Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
54. The Office
55. Scandal
56. The Price is Right
57. Double Dare
58. Gossip Girl
59. Jeopardy
60. Are You Afraid of the Dark
61. True Detective
62. Big Bang Theory
63. Vampire Diaries
64. True Blood
65. Man vs Food
66. House Hunters
67. 24
68. American Horror Story
69. Step-by-Step
70. So You Think You Can Dance
71. Wipeout
72. Heroes
73. X-Men
74. American Dad
75. Boy Meets World
76. Spartacus
77. That 70's Show
78. Family Matters
79. The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon
80. Power Rangers
81. Live! with Regis & Kelly
82. Laguna Beach
83. Fear Factor
84. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
85. Wheel of Fortune
86. Animaniacs
87. The Cosby Show
88. Baywatch
89. 30 Rock
90. Nip/Tuck
91. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
92. Batman: The Animated Series
93. Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown
94. Seaquest DSV
95. Looney Tunes
96. PTI
97. Revenge
98. King of the Nerds
99. Gargoyles
100. Inside the Actor's Studio

What did I miss? Add your suggestions and knee-jerk reactions in the comments below:

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Hey Listers,

I can’t believe it’s been a year since my rant about how Halloween is supposed to be a night of fright, not this funny fools’ day it’s turned into. And I’m still peeved. Why are television stations airing National Lampoon’s Vacation over-and-over again when there are 100s of great scary movies they could show instead?

Instead of watching Michael Myers chop up all the trick-or-treaters in Haddonfield, we get Clark Griswold and family on their “merry” way to Wally World. Yeah there are some deaths (dragging Dinky to death behind the car and Aunt Edna passing in her sleep in the backseat), but they’re funny deaths. And sure Harold Ramis, one of the original Ghostbusters directed it (which by the way is painfully more funny than it is scary), but c’mon! I am looking for horror movies deaths. “Final Destination” meets Jason Voorhees meets “The Hills Have Eyes.” I want to be scared on Halloween! Give me “Halloween” and “Friday the 13^th,” or at least “Nightmare on Elm Street.” Where’s Freddy and Jason and Jigsaw and Chucky? Is AMC the only channel that gets it? Or have all the funny, cute little Halloween costumes distorted all our “fragile little minds.”

I have a favor to ask of you. Instead of giving treats to every trick-or-treater this year, reward the scary skeletons and ugly witches. Give the gobstoppers to goblins, ghosts and ghouls. And trick those funny, cute kids with an apple or toothbrush.

And any of you trick-or-treaters out there, let’s get back to the roots of Beggar’s Night. Remember the history behind the tradition, if someone forgets the treats, or leaves a “please take one” basket out, make sure you play an idle trick on the house or the homeowners. That is what the saying is all about. “Trick-or-Treat!”

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1. Alex Rodriguez, 3B, Yankees
2. Matt Holliday, OF, Rockies
3. Jake Peavy, SP, Padres
4. Albert Pujols, 1B, Cardinals
5. Hanley Ramirez, SS, Marlins
6. David Wright, 3B, Mets
7. Miguel Cabrera, 3B, Tigers
8. Jose Reyes, SS, Mets
9. Chase Utley, 2B, Phillies
10. Ryan Howard, 1B, Phillies

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What is your favorite movie ever? Your favorite DVD that you own (or wish you owned)?

1.	The Godfather
2.	Fight Club
3.	Dumb and Dumber
4.	Star Wars: A New Hope
5.	Pulp Fiction
6.	South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut
7.	Braveheart
8.	Silence of the Lambs
9.	The Notebook
10.	Great Expectations

see the rest of the top 100 here