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Top Films   Academy Award Pictures AFI The Village Voice (critics)   Top grossing movies (as of 2003) adjusted for inflation (from Leonard, xv) Gone with the Wind (1939) Star Wars (1977) The Sound of Music (1965) ET: The Extra-terrestrial (1982) The Ten Commandments (1956) The Titanic (1997) Jaws (1975) Doctor Zhivago (1965) The Exorcist (1973) Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937) top five (or so) lists from my class (spring 2012) E. A. Fiddler on the Roof You’ve Got Mail The Uninvited A Walk to Remember Return to Me   C. W. Gladiator Blood Diamond Black Hawk Down Casino Royale Saving Private Ryan   E. A. The Princess Bride Joyeux Noel Schindler’s List Catch me if you can Only You A. K. Count of Monte Cristo It’s a Wonderful Life 3:10 to Yuma (2007) The Prestige Memento Les Miserables (1998) Despicable Me Hot Rod W. P. I-Spy (2002) The Departed Four Brothers Starsky and Hutch (2004) Napoleon Dynamite N. B. A Walk to Remember V for Vendeta The Boondock Saints 27 Dresses Friends with Benifits   C. R. Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Cannibal Holocaust (1980) Dawn of the Dead (1978) Amityville Horror (1979) Any Friday the 13th movie top five (or so) lists from my class (fall 2011) C. F. Rocky The Return of the King Stranger than Fiction The Truman Show August Rush   G. K. You've Got Mail Titanic It's a Wonderful Life A Walk to Remember The Wizard of Oz Beauty and the Beast It Happened One Night Legally Blond   T. B. Source Code Fiddler on the Roof It Happened One Night Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical) Lawrence of Arabia Gladiator Singin' in the Rain Independence Day Beauty and the Beast It's a Wonderful Life Monster's Inc.   G. M. Matrix Equilibrium 12 Angry Men The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Rocketman   V. W. The Lord of the Rings trilogy Star Wars (the original trilogy) Bridesmaids Back to the Future Seven Pounds   S. B. Shawshank Redemption Its a Wonderful Life The Natural Rocky 2 Godfather Part 2   S. C. There Will Be Blood American Beauty Black Swan Revolutionary Road Magnolia C. S. The Graduate Changeling The Pianist Chocolat Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind   D. R. I'm Gonna Get u Sucker The Five Heartbeats There's Something About Mary Life is Beautiful The Great Debaters The Day the Earth Stood Still (original black and white version) Two Brothers The Third Man Casablanca   V. R. Iron Giant Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl Shrek Chronicles of Narnia: Lion, Witch, Wardrobe Home Alone 2: Lost in New York   D. D. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington All About Eve Manchurian Candidate (1962) Schindler's List Star Wars, Episode V, The Empire Strikes Back Singin’ in the Rain   K. L. The Wedding Singer Elf Pleasantville Penelope Ever After H. D. Amelie The Graduate Strangers on a Train It's a Wonderful Life Midnight in Paris East of Eden Tree of Life The Age of Innocence The Goonies Another Woman D. S. It's a Wonderful Life Casablanca Arsenic and Old Lace Rear Window Les Miserables   E. F. Peter Pan (2003) To Save A Life Final Fantasy: Advent Children Summer Wars Soul Surfer Nightmare Before Christmas Halloween (1978) Taken Underworld   R. B. Atonement Lord of the Rings series Godfather Part 1 and 2 Everything is Illuminated Batman: The Dark Knight   J. B. Star Wars, Episode V, The Empire Strikes Back Halloween (1978) A Nightmare on Elm Street Summer Wars Captain America: The First Avenger Batman: The Dark Knight   C.O. Bullitt White Christmas Saving Private Ryan Star Wars, Episode IV, A New Hope (1977) Hot Fuzz   F. B. Gladiator Princess Bride Forest Gump Up Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl B. P. Remember the Titans The Great Escape The Dirty Dozen Lonesome Dove Field of Dreams Shawshank Redemption The Last Crusade   top five (or so) lists from my class (spring 2011) S.P. King's Speech You've Got Mail Mozart and the Whale Martian Child Mona Lisa Smile   A.K. Sound of Music Save the Last Dance You've Got Mail The Little Mermaid Cinderella Titanic   E.P. Titanic A Walk to Remember 10 Things I Hate About You Harry Potter Dirty Dancing   S.L. Star Wars (IV-VI) Juno Forrest Gump Across the Universe Mr. Smith Goes to Washington J.R. Oceans 12 Tears of the Sun Shrek Muppets in Space Commando A.J. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Jeremiah Johnson A River Runs Through It What About Bob Forest Gump   J.O. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Memento The Hudsucker Proxy Little Miss Sunshine Shutter Island Miller's Crossing The Science of Sleep Rushmore Inception There Will Be Blood   J.W. Ever After August Rush Pride and Prejudice Some Kind of Wonderful Never Been Kissed   J.H. It’s a Wonderful Life The Raiders of the Lost Ark Forrest Gump Back to the Future Gladiator Rocky V for Vendetta T.W. Little Women The Patriot The Italian Job A Little Princess (1995) Dirty Dancing   D.H. Taken The Greatest Game Ever Played Forgetting Sarah Marshall The Hangover 2012   B.H. Hotel Rwanda Raising Helen Hitch Pursuit of Happiness J.Z. Gladiator Batman “The Dark Knight” Batman “Beginnings” Tron (2010) The Nightmare Before Christmas C.H. Up 3:10 to Yuma (2007) No Country for Old Men WALL-E. Hellboy II: The Golden Army The Shining top five (or so) lists from my class (fall 2010) J.C. North and South (BBC version) My Neighbor Totoro Citizen Kane The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Beauty and the Beast   I.S. Vertigo Fargo Magnolia Blue Velvet Night of the Living Dead   J.B. Star Wars (original trilogy) Indiana Jones- Raiders of the Lost Ark The Dark Knight The Bourne Trilogy Spy Games D.A. The Patriot Rocket Man Batman Begins/Dark Knight The Man Who Knew too Little Indiana Jones the Last Crusade Predator Black Hawk down What about Bob? Star Wars Lord of the Rings Trilogy Flushed Away L.O. The Guardian Return of the King The Painted Veil Little Women Invictus   Z.W. The Lord of the Rings (Trilogy) Unbreakable The Great Escape The Dark Knight Memento   J.M. The Italian Job The Proposal Shawshank Redemption The Book of Eli Shooter   E.S. Pride and Prejudice Leap Year The Holiday Sweet Home Alabama 10 Things I Hate About You T.G Arlington Road Truman Show Shawshank Redemption Man on Fire Oh Brother Where Art Thou? J.S. The Little Rascals Phantom of the Opera Troy Coal Miner's Daughter Mermaids Schindler's List Pride and Prejudice (2006) Cold Mountain Life as a House   D.D. The Godfather The Dark Knight Star Wars Hotel Rwanda The Godfather Part II Schindler's List Gladiator Lawrence of Arabia Casablanca V for Vendetta K.L. Les Miserables The Hangover The Shawshank Redemption Mean Girls Dejavu The Prestige Despicable Me top five (or so) lists from my class (spring 2008) J.R.B. Hoosiers Stranger Than Fiction Chocolat (with Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche) I Am Sam A Beautiful Mind Shrek Braveheart Mr Holland's Opus Rocky/Rocky III Napoleon Dynamite   M.L. Brazil The ORIGINAL Return of the Jedi The Matrix Can't Hardly Wait Signs Shawshank Redemption Braveheart Goonies Gattaca Fight Club (Honorable Mention: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) R.E. The Matrix Lord of the Rings (trilogy) Titanic Life as a House Pride and Prejudice (Honorable mention: Hoosiers, The Notebook, Notting Hill, Million Dollar Baby, Vita è Bella, La, Atonement, Pulp Fiction, The Princess Bride, Star Wars [series])   P.M. Chariots of Fire Departed Vertigo Lord of the Rings: Return of the King God's Must Be Crazy D.B. American History X Pulp Fiction Malcolm X The Wedding Singer The Matrix L.Y. The Mission Infernal Affairs Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring The Odd Couple Braveheart R.M. Lord of the Rings Trilogy Beautiful Mind Contact Dead Poets Society Arsenic and Old Lace K.R. Gone with the Wind The Sixth Sense Remains of the Day The Mighty Rear Window Across the Universe Lord of the Rings trilogy all the Harry Potter movies Moulin Rouge Pride & Prejudice (w/ Colin Firth)
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