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106. American Beauty (1999)
Fantastic acting and the eeriest sense of humor all around.

91. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
I guess I technically liked this as much as FOTR (watching the battle of Helm's Deep in theaters was HNNNNNNNG), but it's not quite as formative to me.

88. Memento (2000)
Absolutely incredible.

86. Lost in Translation (2003)
I don't know that I would enjoy the "Asians are perpetual foreigners" humor of it as much now, but Scarlett Johansson was mesmerizing here. Shame that I've yet to find another role where she lived up to the promise.

73. Toy Story 3 (2010)
Better than the original due to those almost metafictional themes of growing up and moving on. Have never rewatched this one so scenes don't stick out as "iconic" in my head the same way, but don't need to.

64. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Some truly stellar songs here with, Stockholm Syndrome aside, a pretty decent plot too! Though the timeframe seems ridiculously condensed when you think about it. How many days did this take? Less than a week, it seems.

46. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
My favorite SW movie, and arguably belongs in the next tier, but its mythos was more about thinking about the movie than watching it itself, if that makes sense. Chewbacca is kinda annoying. But all the action is great, and I fucking love Darth Vader.

36. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Sterling are incredible. Buffalo Bill doesn't even make a strong impression on me, but any scene where Lecter is in play, you absolutely have to watch.

26. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Definitely one of the best action movies of all time. Reversing Arnold into a hero and then giving him an amorphous enemy is BRILLIANT.

19. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
This is probably has the highest floor of any of the Star Wars movies and is almost certainly the most quotable. Again, its being this high is probably as much due to popular culture as due to the movie itself.

Personal favorite:

198. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Watching this for the first time, rented on DVD with my parents on a rainy afternoon, is a treasured memory of mine. The films vastly exceed the books IMO.

156. The Dark Knight (2007)
My favorite superhero movie of all time. Also isn't this a 2008 movie?

118. The Matrix (1999)
A defining movie in my life that essentially set the standards of "cool" forever.

48. The Lion King (1994)
My favorite Disney movie, I think. I don't think 60 seconds can pass without something happening I love.

43. Aladdin (1992)
Okay, almost everything I said for Lion King can pretty much apply here too.

34. Rocky (1976)
The low-budget look of this movie just makes it all the more charming.

16. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Cuba parts of this movie are far worse than anything in The Godfather, and the cast is less likable by necessity and design. But the absolute moral abyss that Michael sinks into is fantastic, and Robert DeNiro as Young Vito is fucking inspired.

7. Pulp Fiction
Best scenes here by far are any with Samuel L. Jackson, which makes it brilliant that his scenes bookend the movie. Butch's girlfriend is annoying. As just a regular movie-watcher and not a historian, I don't find this movie revolutionary or anything, just fun and funny as fuck.

5. The Godfather
The warmth of this movie is its strongest aspect. This is a world you feel like you want to live in, a family you want to be part of, a journey you want to undergo. Beautiful music and impeccable casting and that baptism scene, goddamn.
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