Well this was ridiculously hard. I did not hold back on childhood movies, comedies, or a popcorn flick or two. Like Tombstone for example, could be comsidered one of the worst westerns of all time around here, which I have no problem with, but for me it is incredibly fun, rewatchable, and has memorable characters. As expected for me my list is Hitchcock and western heavy. 41-50 could have all been more Hitchcock and westerns as well. 80's again proved to be my least favorite post 30's genre. I'm surprised how many recent movies made my list, but when it boiled down to pick between a movie like The Searchers or Pans Labyrinth, I went with a modern movie more than I thought I would have. Also I feel like my top five could swap depending on the day of the week. Anywho...

1. Dial M for Murder (1954) Hitchcock
2. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) Mulligan
3. Seven Samurai (1954) Kurosawa
4. The Godfather 1 & 2 (1972 & 1974) Copolla
5. Psycho (1960) Hitchcock
6. Gone With the Wind (1939) Fleming
7. Chinatown (1974) Not deserving of a mention
8. The Hidden Fortress (1958) Kurosawa
9. Silence of the Lambs (1991) Demme
10. Blade Runner (1980) Scott
11. Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)
12. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) Leone
12. Citizen Kane (1941) Welles
13. The Sandlot (1993) Evans
14. Sin City (2005) Miller
15. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) Leone
16. No Country for Old Men (2007) Coen Bros.
17. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Wilder
18. Pan's Labyrinth (2006) del Toro
19. Goldfinger (1964) Hamilton
20. Dumb and Dumber (1994) Farrelly
21. The Birds (1963) Hitchcock
22. House of Flying Daggers (2004) Zhang
23. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) Eastwood
24. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) Ford
25. The Lion King (1994) Allers & Minkoff
26. Back to the Future 1 & 2 (1985 & 1989) Zemekis
27. The Magnificent Seven (1960) Sturges
28. My Darling Clementine (1946) Ford
29. Kill Bill vol. 1 & 2 (2003, 2004) Tarantino
30. The Muppet Movie (1979) Frawley
31. Finding Nemo (2003) Stanton
32. Casablanca (1942) Curtiz
33. Tombstone (1993) Cosmatos
34. Eight Men Out (1988) Sayles
35. The Assasination of Jessie James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) Dominik
36. Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Hitchcock
37. The Jungle Book (1967) Reitherman
38. The Dark Knight (2008) Nolan
39. Taxi Driver (1976) Scorsese
40. Se7en (1995) Fincher

This post was edited on 3/5/13 at 5:18 pm