A couple months ago, I did a list of my top 20 favorite books, and mentioned that I might enjoy doing a list for movies later. I started said list ages ago and then forgot about it until now. So, I figured I would go ahead and finish it.
It was supposed to be my top 20 favorite movies of all time. But I ran into some trouble. I love movies. I love movies A LOT. And the initial list grew WAY out of my control very quickly. The first thing I did was separate live action and animated movies into two separate lists. But even then my live action list had 38 movies on it! I whittled it down and whittled it down, but I could not seem to get down farther than 25. I just couldn’t do it! And so, I just left it as is.
Below, please find a list of my top 25 favorite movies (live action), in no particular order (because I am almost INCAPABLE of putting things I love into a hierarchy):
- The Fall
- Lord of the Rings: Two Towers
- The Mummy
- The Labyrinth
- Lawrence of Arabia
- The Last Emperor
- The Princess Bride
- The Court Jester
- Ladyhawke
- Blade Runner
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Sound of Music
- Pride and Prejudice (2005 version)
- Wings of Desire
- Hero
- Muppet’s Christmas Carol
- Holiday
- Arsenic and Old Lace
- Interstellar
- The Abyss
- Apollo 13
- Star Wars: A New Hope
- Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
- The Pirate
- Summer Stock
A couple fun things to note: there are two different Judy Garland movies, and two different Cary Grant movies on this list. They are two of my favorite actors of all time. Yes, a good majority of the movies on this list are science fiction or fantasy (just like my list of favorite books). Also: GIVE ME ALL THE SPACE MOVIES! A few of the honorable mentions that started on this list and had to be knocked off include: The Usual Suspects, pretty much every other Judy Garland movie, Metropolis, Persuasion (1995 BBC tv movie version), and 1917 (which I think would have been the most recent movie to make it on the list if I hadn’t removed it).
I would love to hear from you all! What are you favorite movies? Do we share any in common? Did I list any you aren’t even familiar with? If so, I would love to talk about them more and share them with you! Let me know!
Amanda Haimoto Rudd 