Here is a running list of my “favorite” movies of all time. It’s by no means complete, but it’s a good starting point for a bunch of movies that I really like and enjoy. If you’re looking for something to watch and haven’t checked these out yet, well, I think it’s a damn good group of movies. This list is updated on a regular basis by pulling in movies I have rated an eight or above (out of ten, and very few movies are worthy of a ten).
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Favorite Movies
- (500) Days of Summer (2009)
- 20th Century Women (2016)
- 21 Jump Street (2012)
- 22 Jump Street (2014)
- A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
- A Deadly Adoption (2015)
- A Few Good Men (1992)
- A Ghost Story (2017)
- A League of Their Own (1992)
- About Time (2013)
- Alien (1979)
- Alien: Romulus (2024)
- Aliens (1986)
- All the President's Men (1976)
- Almost Famous (2000)
- Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
- Annihilation (2018)
- Arrival (2016)
- Baby Driver (2017)
- Band Aid (2017)
- Barbie (2023)
- Batman Begins (2005)
- Before Midnight (2013)
- Before Sunset (2004)
- Black Panther (2018)
- Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
- Blindspotting (2018)
- Blink-182: Coachella Music Festival (2023)
- Bo Burnham: Inside (2021)
- Booksmart (2019)
- Bridesmaids (2011)
- Brigsby Bear (2017)
- Call Me by Your Name (2017)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
- Casino Royale (2006)
- Christopher Robin (2018)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- Coco (2017)
- Columbus (2017)
- Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
- Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
- Dave (1993)
- Dazed and Confused (1993)
- Definitely, Maybe (2008)
- Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself (2020)
- Die Hard (1988)
- Dr. No (1962)
- Dune (2021)
- Dune: Part Two (2024)
- Dunkirk (2017)
- Dìdi (弟弟) (2024)
- Easy A (2010)
- Eighth Grade (2018)
- Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
- Fighting with My Family (2019)
- First Reformed (2018)
- Flora and Son (2023)
- Flow (2024)
- Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary (2018)
- Free Solo (2018)
- Friends: The Reunion (2021)
- Fury (2014)
- Get Out (2017)
- Gifted (2017)
- Godzilla Minus One (2023)
- Gone Baby Gone (2007)
- Gone Girl (2014)
- Halloween (1978)
- Hamilton (2020)
- Hannah Gadsby: Nanette (2018)
- Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (2022)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
- Hell or High Water (2016)
- Hit Man (2024)
- Home Alone (1990)
- Hot Fuzz (2007)
- If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
- Iliza Shlesinger: Freezing Hot (2015)
- Inception (2010)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- Interstellar (2014)
- Iron Man (2008)
- Jaws (1975)
- Jerry Maguire (1996)
- Jimmy Eat World: Phoenix Sessions - Chapter III - Clarity (2021)
- John Mulaney: New in Town (2012)
- John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid (2015)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- Kedi (2017)
- Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)
- Knives Out (2019)
- L.A. Confidential (1997)
- La La Land (2016)
- Lady Bird (2017)
- Last Night in Soho (2021)
- Leave No Trace (2018)
- Locke (2014)
- Love & Other Drugs (2010)
- Love, Simon (2018)
- Luca (2021)
- Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
- Manchester by the Sea (2016)
- Manchester Orchestra: A Black Mile to the Surface (2021)
- Marjorie Prime (2017)
- Mean Girls (2004)
- Minari (2021)
- Minding the Gap (2018)
- Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
- Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
- Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
- Mission: Impossible III (2006)
- Moonlight (2016)
- Neighbors (2014)
- Oppenheimer (2023)
- Pacific Rim (2013)
- Parasite (2019)
- Past Lives (2023)
- Pete's Dragon (2016)
- Phantom Thread (2017)
- Pitch Perfect (2012)
- Pretty in Pink (1986)
- Prey (2022)
- Prisoners (2013)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Relic (2020)
- Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Risky Business (1983)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
- Rounders (1998)
- Rye Lane (2023)
- Say Anything... (1989)
- Score: A Film Music Documentary (2017)
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
- Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- Short Term 12 (2013)
- Sicario (2015)
- Sing Street (2016)
- Skyfall (2012)
- Snack Shack (2024)
- Snatch (2000)
- Sorry to Bother You (2018)
- Soul (2020)
- Sound of Metal (2020)
- Speed (1994)
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
- Spotlight (2015)
- Stand by Me (1986)
- Star Trek (2009)
- Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
- Star Wars (1977)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
- Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024)
- Superbad (2007)
- Suzume (2022)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- Tetris (2023)
- The Abyss (1989)
- The Avengers (2012)
- The Batman (2022)
- The Big Sick (2017)
- The Blackening (2023)
- The Central Park Five (2012)
- The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)
- The Dark Knight (2008)
- The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- The Family Man (2000)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
- The Godfather: Part II (1974)
- The Holdovers (2023)
- The Insider (1999)
- The Karate Kid (1984)
- The Killer (2023)
- The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended) (2001)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- The Martian (2015)
- The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)
- The Muppets (2011)
- The Natural (1984)
- The Nice Guys (2016)
- The Painter and the Thief (2020)
- The Post (2017)
- The Redeem Team (2022)
- The Sandlot (1993)
- The Social Network (2010)
- The Terminator (1984)
- The Thing (1982)
- The Town (2010)
- The Vast of Night (2019)
- The Way Way Back (2013)
- The World's End (2013)
- There Will Be Blood (2007)
- They Cloned Tyrone (2023)
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
- Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
- True Grit (2010)
- Twelve Monkeys (1995)
- Walking Out (2017)
- Warrior (2011)
- Whiplash (2014)
- White Christmas (1954)
- Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)
- Wonder Woman (2017)
- X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
- X-Men: First Class (2011)
- Your Name. (2016)
- Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
- Zodiac (2007)
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