The movies I love, that inspire me, that I re-watch, and that I'll never forget.
Top 5 are strictly ordered and stand on holy ground, my 5 headed Mount Rushmore. After that, it's ranked by gut instinct.
I've got tons of stats here, as well as notes explaining my feelings towards these films, but if you want to look at my favorites without so much stuff, (and arranged by the color of my posters) check it out here
You want stats? Here are some stats!
Directors with multiple films
6 films: Steven Spielberg, including the number 1 spot
4 films: Christopher Nolan, Alejandro G. Iñárritu
3 films- Hideaki Anno, Alfred Hitchcock, Francis Ford Coppola. Sidney Lumet, Mamoru Hosoda,
2 films-…
The movies I love, that inspire me, that I re-watch, and that I'll never forget.
Top 5 are strictly ordered and stand on holy ground, my 5 headed Mount Rushmore. After that, it's ranked by gut instinct.
I've got tons of stats here, as well as notes explaining my feelings towards these films, but if you want to look at my favorites without so much stuff, (and arranged by the color of my posters) check it out here
You want stats? Here are some stats!
Directors with multiple films
6 films: Steven Spielberg, including the number 1 spot
4 films: Christopher Nolan, Alejandro G. Iñárritu
3 films- Hideaki Anno, Alfred Hitchcock, Francis Ford Coppola. Sidney Lumet, Mamoru Hosoda,
2 films- Stanley Kubrick, Lee Unkrich, Satoshi Kon, Matt Reeves, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Billy Wilder, David Lean, (one in the top 10)
Actors with multiple films
5 films: Michael Caine
4 Films: James Stewart, Robert Duvall, Koji Yakusho, Megumi Hayashibara (3 being minor roles)
3 Films: Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale, Tom Hanks, Samuel L Jackson, Aoi Yuki, Ralph Fiennes, William Holden
2 Films: Marion Cotillard, Alec Guinness, Orson Welles, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr., Mami Koyama, Henry Fonda, Gael Garcia Bernal, Harrison Ford, Ben Stiller Tom Hardy, Kana Hanazawa, Ryo Narita, Song Kang Ho, Yui Ishikawa, Paul Dano, Antonio Banderas, Tom Sizemore, the principal cast of the Godfather
(honorable mention to John Ratzenberger and his many cameos across Pixar films)
By Decade
40's: 5 films
50's: 7 films
60's: 5 films
70's: 6 films
80's: 6 films
90's : 11 films
2000's: 19 films
2010's: 23 films
Most represented years
5 Films: 2008, 2022
4 Films: 2006, 2014, 2015, 2017,
3 Films: 1957, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001
Most Represented Genre: Drama, 59 films
Least Represented Genre: Western, 1 film.
International Films- 28
22 from Japan, 14 of them anime
2 from South Korea
4 from Italy/Algeria, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Mexico respectively.
Movies shared across this and the Sight and Sound Top 250 (2012): 15
Movies shared across this and the Letterboxd Top 250: 29
Movies shared across this and the IMDB Top 250: 30
Movies that took the longest to add onto the list after watching them
Punishment Park
Strange Days
Bridge on the River Kwai
The Wind Rises
Shaolin Soccer
Glory
Sound of Metal
Millennium Actress
Shrek 2
Casablanca
Fall from Grace (movies that used to be on here)
The Last Samurai
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Hamilton
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair