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    Matt’s Top 100

    Matt DeCristoBy Matt DeCristoJuly 17, 2022No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Top 25 (in no particular order)

    Back to the Future

    BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)
    FARGO (1996)
    FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF (1986)
    KINDERGARDEN COP (1990)
    LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS (1998)
    RESEVOIR DOGS (1992)
    MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (1975)
    THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987)
    STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE (1977)
    THE KARATE KID (1984)
    JURASSIC PARK (1993)
    RAINMAN (1988)
    GOODFELLAS (1990)
    OFFICE SPACE (1999)
    DIE HARD (1988)
    RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
    THE SHINING (1980)
    THE SIXTH SENSE (1999)
    SCENT OF A WOMAN (1992)
    THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1993)
    FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982)
    GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)
    DEAD POETS SOCIETY (1989)
    FORREST GUMP (1994)
    12 ANGRY MEN (1957)

    Jurassic Park

    26-50 (in no particular order)

    THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994)
    BEFORE SUNRISE (1995)
    SCREAM (1996)
    A QUIET PLACE (2018)
    1917 (2019)
    AFTER HOURS (1985)
    SPACEBALLS (1987)
    A TIME TO KILL (1996)
    CAN’T HARDLY WAIT (1998)
    LARS AND THE REAL GIRL (2007)
    GREMLINS (1984)
    IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
    TITANIC (1997)
    SLACKER (1990)
    NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007)
    ROCKY (1976)
    THE BREAKFAST CLUB (1985)
    JAWS (1975)
    SCHINDLERS LIST (1993)
    THE WAY WAY BACK (2013)
    FIRST BLOOD (1982)
    SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (2008)
    MEET THE PARENTS (2000)
    THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
    PARANORMAL ACTIVITY (2007)

    Reservoir Dogs

    51-75 (in no particular order)

    WAKING LIFE (2001)
    WHATS EATING GILBERT GRAPE (1993)
    CLOVERFIELD (2008)
    HOME ALONE (1990)
    SIN CITY (2005)
    REALITY BITES (1994)
    ROGUE ONE (2016)
    THE FIRM (1993)
    THE CONJURING (2013)
    FALLING DOWN (1993)
    IT FOLLOWS (2014)
    THE FAMILY STONE (2005)
    CLERKS (1994)
    THE FUGITIVE (1993)
    SIGNS (2002)
    MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING (2002)
    BOYHOOD (2014)
    THE INTERNSHIP (2013)
    THE THING (1982)
    PSYCHO (1960)
    BILL AND TEDS EXCELLENT ADVENTURE (1989)
    AMERICAN GRAFFITTI (1973)
    CAN’T BUY ME LOVE (1987)
    DOG DAY AFTERNOON (1975)
    TAXI DRIVER (1976)

    The Nightmare Before Christmas

    75-100 (in no particular order)

    SERPICO (1973)
    CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (2013)
    THE HOUSE ON PINE STREET (2015)
    OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS (1990)
    THE USUAL SUSPECTS (1995)
    GLADIATOR (2000)
    DONNIE DARKO (2001)
    ROPE (1948)
    STAND BY ME (1986)
    ERASERHEAD (1977)
    TROJAN WAR (1997)
    DINNER RUSH (2000)
    COHERENCE (2013)
    FIELD OF DREAMS (1989)
    THE INVITATION (2015)
    THE LIGHTHOUSE (2019)
    A SIMPLE PLAN (1998)
    THE ENDLESS SUMMER (1966)
    HOST (2000)
    10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (1999)
    MAJOR LEAGUE (1989)
    LOCKE (2013)
    LAKE MUNGO (2008)
    MY DINNER WITH ANDRE (1981)
    DO THE RIGHT THING (1989)

    Clerks

    DIDN’T MAKE THE CUT

    THE STRAIGHT STORY (1999)
    REAR WINDOW (1954)
    MYSTIC RIVER (2003)
    GONE BABY GONE (2007)
    DAZED AND CONFUSED (1993)
    DOWNFALL (2004)
    LADY AND THE TRAMP (1955)
    ISLE OF DOGS (2018)
    SINGLES (1992)
    SUBURBIA (1996)
    OCEANS 11 (1960)
    THE BOONDOCK SAINTS (1999)
    CHARIOTS OF FIRE (1981)
    EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! (2016)
    THE WRAITH (1986)
    CASABLANCA (1942)
    MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001)
    INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978)
    JACOBS LADDER (1990)
    PATRIOTS DAY (2016)
    GRAN TORINO (2008)
    MEAN STREETS (1973)
    THE OTHERS (2001)
    TIMERIDER (1982)
    BEST OF THE BEST (1989)
    THE STING (1973)
    WAIT UNTIL DARK (1967)
    THE BIRDS (1963)
    PIECES OF APRIL (2003)
    LEGALLY BLONDE (2001)
    ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (1984)
    THE GREEN MILE (1999)
    E.T. (1982)
    200 CIGARETTES (1999)
    THE SOCIAL NETWORK (2010)
    TAPE (2001)
    THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
    SPEEED (1994)
    PREDATOR (1987)
    ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST (1975)
    THE HANGOVER (2009)
    ODDITY (2024)
    CAVEAT (2020)
    THE NEVERENDING STORY (1984)
    GOOD TIME (2017)

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