The Movie Geek -- 100 Favorite Films

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My favorite films of all time (Sorted by rank)
Now these are pretty heavily weighted to movies of the last 30 years. I find that a movie has to be really amazing for me to love it if I first saw it on TV, so most of these I saw in the theatre.

Rank	Title	Year	Saw with/at:	Own On?	Rating
1	Casablanca	1942	At UNH	DVD	*****
2	Breathless	1959	UHN Film Class	DVD	*****
3	Wild Strawberries	1957	NH Film Class	DVD	*****
4	Star Wars	1977	With Dad and Mr. Shaffer at Showcase Orange	DVD	*****
5	A Little Romance	1979	Saw 4 times in theatre	DVD	*****
6	Do The Right Thing	1989	With Jessica	DVD	*****
7	The African Queen	1951	Yale Film Soc.	Digital	*****
8	Raiders of the Lost Ark	1981	Peter Loge & his mom at Showcase Orange	DVD	*****
9	Stand By Me	1986	With Jessica	DVD	*****
10	Field of Dreams	1989	With Jessica	DVD	*****
11	Fargo	1995	With Bob and Lisa Sandine at Showcase Orange	DVD	*****
12	The Big Sleep	1946		DVD	*****
13	The Shawshank Redemption	1994	With Adam	DVD	*****
14	Breaking Away	1979	With Dad and Mr. Shaffer at Hamden CineMart	DVD	*****
15	Roxanne	1987	With Jessica	DVD	**** 1/2
16	Pulp Fiction	1994	Showcase Orange	DVD	**** 1/2
17	Prizzi’s Honor	1985	With Hope and others	DVD	********
18	The Sting	1973		DVD	**** 1/2
19	The Princess Bride	1987	With Jessica	DVD	**** 1/2
20	When Harry Met Sally	1989	With Jessica	DVD	**** 1/2
21	Fried Green Tomatoes	1992	Don't Remember	DVD	**** 1/2
22	Some Like It Hot	1959	Yale Film Soc.	DVD	**** 1/2
23	Singin’ in the Rain	1952		DVD	**** 1/2
24	The Matrix	1999	Hoyts Branford	DVD	**** 1/2
25	Silence of the Lambs	1991	With Jessica, Greta and Trish at Showcase in Milford	DVD	**** 1/2
26	Blood Simple	1985	With Jessica	DVD	**** 1/2
27	Shakespeare in Love	1998	Showcase Orange	DVD	**** 1/2
28	L.A. Confidential	1997	At Mini-Cine	DVD	**** 1/2
29	Blade Runner	1982	With Peter L.	DVD	**** 1/2
30	City of Angels	1998	Hoyts Branford	DVD	**** 1/2
31	Glory	1989	With Jessica	Video	**** 1/2
32	Young Frankenstien	1974		DVD	**** 1/2
33	Schindlers List	1993	Showcase Orange		**** 1/2
34	Sleuth	1972		DVD	**** 1/2
35	Unforgiven	1992	Don't Remember	DVD	**** 1/2
36	Born Yesterday	1950	Yale Film Soc.	DVD	**** 1/2
37	Victor/Victoria	1982	With Peter and others. at Whitney Theatre	Digital	**** 1/2
38	Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, Across the 8th Dimension	1984	With Matthew Brusic at York Square	DVD	**** 1/2
39	The Sixth Sense	1999	Showcase Orange	DVD	**** 1/2
40	Crossing Delancey	1988	With Jessica		**** 1/2
41	Tootsie	1982	With Peter L.	DVD	**** 1/2
42	The Big Easy	1987	With Jessica	DVD	**** 1/2
43	Pillow Talk	1959	At UNH with Kim Z.	DVD	**** 1/2
44	Say Anything	1989	With Jessica	DVD	**** 1/2
45	Forrest Gump	1994	Showcase Orange	DVD	**** 1/2
46	Adam's Rib	1949	Yale Film Soc.	Digital	**** 1/2
47	The Fugitive	1993	Showcase Orange	DVD	**** 1/2
48	Chinatown	1974		DVD	**** 1/2
49	Pump Up The Volume	1990	On video at Greta's recommendation	DVD	**** 1/2
50	Magnolia	1999	Showcase Orange with Holli Durkin and Cheri	DVD	********
51	Witness	1985	With Jessica	DVD	********
52	White Christmas	1954		DVD	********
53	Miller's Crossing	1990	With Jessica at Showcase Orange	DVD	********
54	Being There	1980	With Peter L.	Digital	********
55	The Empire Strikes Back	1980	Showcase Orange with Peter L.	DVD	********
55	Return of the Jedi	1983	With Peter and Chris Hilton at Showcase Orange on Opening day	DVD	********
56	The Parent Trap	1961	On Wonderful World of Disney	DVD	********
57	Bull Durham	1988	With Jessica	DVD	********
58	Sliding Doors	1998		DVD	********
59	Rear Window	1954		DVD	********
60	Only Angels Have Wings	1939	NH Film Class	Digital	********
61	Manon of the Spring	1987	With Jessica at York Square		********
61	Jean De Florette	1987	With Jessica at York Square		********
62	Nobody's Fool	1995	Dont know	Digital	********
63	Heathers	1989	With Jessica	DVD	********
64	As Good As It Gets	1997	Showcase Orange	DVD	********
65	The Usual Suspects	1995		DVD	********
66	Grosse Pointe Blank	1997	On DVD	DVD	********
67	City Lights	1931	Yale Film Soc.	Digital	********
68	Ferris Bueller's Day Off	1986	With Jessica	DVD	********
69	Chances Are	1989	With Jessica	DVD	********
70	Going In Style	1979	Don't Remember		********
71	Working Girl	1988	With Jessica	Digital	********
72	Ruthless People	1986	With Jessica	DVD	********
73	Much Ado About Nothing	1993	with Judy Lenzi-Magoveny and others at York Square	DVD	********
74	Cyrano De Bergerac	1990	With Jessica at York Square	Video	********
75	The Sound of Music	1965		DVD	********
76	The Court Jester	1956	At the Brusics	DVD	********
77	American Beauty	1999	Showcase Orange	DVD	********
78	Thelma and Louise	1991	1st at Showcase North Haven, 2nd with Judy in Cheshire Cinema	Digital	********
79	Lucas	1985	With Jessica		********
80	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	1982	Dont Remeber	Digital	********
81	While You Were Sleeping	1995	With Kim in Westbrook	DVD	********
82	Cry Baby	1990	With Jessica	Digital	********
83	Moonstruck	1987	With Jessica	DVD	********
83	A Fish Called Wanda	1988	With Jessica	DVD	********
84	Bullets Over Broadway	1994	Showcase Orange	DVD	********
85	Murphy's Romance	1985	With Jessica	DVD	********
86	War Games	1983	wih Peter Loge	DVD	********
87	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn	1982	With Peter L. and his mom at Showcase East Hartford (Sneak Preview)	DVD	********
88	Citizen Kane	1941	At UNH film class	DVD	********
89	The Secret of NIMH	1982	Don't Remember	DVD	********
90	Time Bandits	1981	With Peter L.	DVD	********
91	Bringing Up Baby	1938	UHN Film Class	Digital	********
92	Kind Hearts and Coronets	1949	Yale Film Soc.	Digital	********
93	The Maltese Falcon	1941		DVD	********
94	Boogie Nights	1997	Showcase Orange	DVD	********
95	Dead Again	1991	With Greta at Showcase North Haven	DVD	********
96	A Shock to the System	1990	With Jessica		********
97	Frankie and Johnny	1991	With Trish	DVD	********
98	The Wedding Banquet	1993	at York Square		********
99	Oscar	1991	at Mini-Cine 1-4	Digital	********
100	Hopscotch	1980		Digital	********
101	Valley Girl	1983	Dont Remember	Digital	********