Good Films (Gross)
In November 2005, I created a sort of companion to the Yodelling Llama’s Five Fingered Film Fawn & Flak that listed the 144 best films ever created. I decided at the time, however, not to include films I had not seen. And I’m very much a believer of the subjectivity of words like “best” when it comes to evaluating art. So, to be honest, what I really created was a list of the 144 films I have seen that I thought best at the time, organized alphabetically.
The November 2005 list is located below. The April 2007 list (i.e. the first updated list) is also located below, but above its older cousin. The November 2008 list (i.e. the second updated list) is also located below, but above its older cousins. The August 2009 list (i.e. the third updated list) is also located below, but above its older brethren. Comments welcome.
Yodelling Llama’s list of the 144 greatest films ever made, circa August 2009.
- All the King’s Men
- All the President’s Men
- Amélie
- American Beauty
- An American in Paris
- The Apartment
- Batman Begins
- The Battle of Algiers
- Before Sunrise
- Before Sunset
- The Big Lebowski
- Block Party
- Brazil
- Breaking the Waves
- Brief Encounter
- Bringing Out the Dead
- Bringing Up Baby
- Broken Flowers
- Casablanca
- The Child
- Children of Men
- Chinatown
- City of God
- Clerks.
- Coraline
- Donnie Darko
- Dave
- Definitely, Maybe
- Les Diaboliques
- D.O.A.
- Dodsworth
- Dogville
- Double Indemnity
- Duck Season
- Duck Soup
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- A Face in the Crowd
- Fargo
- Fight Club
- Barton Fink
- The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
- Funny Games
- The Gay Divorcee
- Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
- Ghost World
- Ghostbusters
- The Godfather
- Grand Illusion
- Grindhouse
- Annie Hall
- Happiness
- Heavenly Creatures
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- High Fidelity
- House of Flying Daggers
- In the Mood for Love
- The Incredibles
- Irréversible
- It Happened One Night
- It’s a Wonderful Life
- Juno
- Kill Bill
- Knocked Up
- The Lady Vanishes
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Let the Right One In
- Libeled Lady
- The Lives of Others
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
- The Lord of the Rings
- Lost in Translation
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- The Matrix
- Meet Me in St. Louis
- Memento
- Metropolitan
- MicroCosmos
- A Mighty Wind
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- The Motorcycle Diaries
- Moulin Rouge!
- Mulholland Dr.
- Munich
- My Fair Lady
- Night and the City
- Office Space
- Old Joy
- Once
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
- Out of the Past
- Patton
- The Philadelphia Story
- Mary Poppins
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Prestige
- Primary Colors
- Primer
- The Princess + the Warrior
- The Princess Bride
- Pulp Fiction
- Pygmalion
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Rashômon
- Ratatouille
- Rebecca
- Bob Roberts
- Ronin
- The Royal Tenenbaums
- Sex and Lucía
- Shadow of a Doubt
- The Shop Around the Corner
- Shortbus
- Singin’ in the Rain
- Sleeper
- Some Like It Hot
- The Sound of Music
- Spider-Man 2
- Spirited Away
- Stalag 17
- Station Agent
- Steamboat Bill, Jr.
- The Sting
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- Street Fight
- Swingers
- Thank You for Smoking
- The Thin Man
- The Third Man
- Three Kings
- Timecrimes
- To Be or Not to Be
- To Have and Have Not
- The Triplets of Belleville
- 12 Angry Men
- Twelve Monkeys
- Unbreakable
- Volver
- The Wages of Fear
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- A Woman Under the Influence
- Young Frankenstein
- Zelig
Yodelling Llama’s list of the 144 greatest films ever made, circa November 2008.
- Alien
- All about Eve
- All the President’s Men
- Amélie
- American Beauty
- Anatomy of a Murder
- The Apartment
- As Good as It Gets
- Batman Begins
- The Battle of Algiers
- Before Sunrise
- Before Sunset
- Being There
- The Big Lebowski
- Block Party
- Brazil
- Breaking the Waves
- The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Brief Encounter
- Casablanca
- The Child
- Chinatown
- City of God
- Clerks.
- The Dark Knight
- Donnie Darko
- Dave
- Les Diaboliques
- D.O.A.
- Duck Season
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Fargo
- Fight Club
- The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
- Funny Games
- Funny Girl
- The Gay Divorcee
- Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
- The Godfather
- Grand Illusion
- The Great Escape
- Annie Hall
- Happiness
- Heavenly Creatures
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- High Fidelity
- His Girl Friday
- House of Flying Daggers
- The House of Yes
- In the Mood for Love
- The Incredibles
- Irréversible
- It Happened One Night
- It’s a Wonderful Life
- Kill Bill
- The Lady Vanishes
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Libeled Lady
- The Lives of Others
- The Lion King
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
- The Lord of the Rings
- Lost in Translation
- The Lost Weekend
- The Maltese Falcon
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- The Man Who Wasn’t There
- Meet Me in St. Louis
- Memento
- Metropolitan
- MicroCosmos
- A Mighty Wind
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- The Motorcycle Diaries
- Moulin Rouge!
- Mulholland Dr.
- Munich
- My Fair Lady
- Ninotchka
- North By Northwest
- Office Space
- Once
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
- Patton
- The Philadelphia Story
- The Pianist
- Prestige
- Primer
- The Princess Bride
- The Professional
- Pulp Fiction
- Pygmalion
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Rashômon
- Rebecca
- Bob Roberts
- Ronin
- The Royal Tenenbaums
- Sex and Lucía
- Shadow of a Doubt
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Shortbus
- The Shop Around the Corner
- Silverado
- Sin City
- Singin’ in the Rain
- Sleeper
- Some Like It Hot
- The Sound of Music
- Spider-Man 2
- Spirited Away
- Stalag 17
- Stand by Me
- Star Wars
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- Strangers on a Train
- Street Fight
- Swingers
- Thank You for Smoking
- The Thin Man
- The Third Man
- Three Kings
- To Be or Not to Be
- To Have and Have Not
- Toy Story 2
- Trouble in Paradise
- Truly Madly Deeply
- 12 Angry Men
- Twelve Monkeys
- Unforgiven
- The Usual Suspects
- The Wages of Fear
- Volver
- Waking Life
- When Harry Met Sally…
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- A Woman Under the Influence
- Ed Wood
- X2
- Yojimbo
- You Can Count on Me
- Young Frankenstein
Yodelling Llama’s list of the 144 greatest films ever made, circa April 2007.
- Alien
- All about Eve
- All the President’s Men
- Amélie
- American Beauty
- American History X
- Anatomy of a Murder
- The Apartment
- As Good as It Gets
- Batman Begins
- The Battle of Algiers
- Before Sunrise
- Before Sunset
- Being There
- The Big Lebowski
- Blazing Saddles
- Block Party
- Brazil
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s
- Breaking the Waves
- The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Brief Encounter
- Casablanca
- The Child
- Children of Men
- Chinatown
- City of God
- Clerks.
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
- Donnie Darko
- Dave
- Les Diaboliques
- D.O.A.
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Fargo
- Fight Club
- The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
- Funny Games
- Funny Girl
- Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
- The Godfather
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- Grand Illusion
- The Great Escape
- Annie Hall
- Happiness
- Heavenly Creatures
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- High Fidelity
- His Girl Friday
- House of Flying Daggers
- The House of Yes
- In the Mood for Love
- The Incredibles
- Irréversible
- It Happened One Night
- It’s a Wonderful Life
- Kill Bill
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Life Is Beautiful
- The Lion King
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
- The Lord of the Rings
- Lost in Translation
- The Lost Weekend
- The Maltese Falcon
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- The Man Who Wasn’t There
- Meet Me in St. Louis
- Memento
- MicroCosmos
- A Mighty Wind
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- The Motorcycle Diaries
- Moulin Rouge!
- Mulholland Dr.
- Munich
- My Fair Lady
- Ninotchka
- North By Northwest
- Office Space
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
- Patton
- The Philadelphia Story
- The Pianist
- Play It Again, Sam
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Primer
- The Princess Bride
- The Professional
- Pulp Fiction
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Rashômon
- Rebecca
- Bob Roberts
- Ronin
- The Royal Tenenbaums
- Sex and Lucía
- Shadow of a Doubt
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Shortbus
- Sideways
- Silverado
- Sin City
- Singin’ in the Rain
- Sleeper
- Some Like It Hot
- The Sound of Music
- Spider-Man 2
- Spirited Away
- Stalag 17
- Stand by Me
- Star Wars
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- Strangers on a Train
- Street Fight
- Swingers
- Thank You for Smoking
- The Thin Man
- The Third Man
- Three Kings
- To Be or Not to Be
- To Have and Have Not
- Toy Story 2
- Trouble in Paradise
- Truly Madly Deeply
- 12 Angry Men
- Twelve Monkeys
- Unforgiven
- The Usual Suspects
- The Wages of Fear
- V for Vendetta
- Volver
- Waking Life
- When Harry Met Sally…
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- A Woman Under the Influence
- Ed Wood
- X2
- Yojimbo
- You Can Count on Me
- Young Frankenstein
Yodelling Llama’s list of the 144 greatest films ever made, circa November 2005.
- All about Eve
- All about My Mother
- All the President’s Men
- Amélie
- American Beauty
- American History X
- The Apartment
- Babe: Pig in the City
- Bambi
- Batman Begins
- The Battle of Algiers
- Before Sunrise
- Before Sunset
- Being John Malkovich
- Being There
- The Big Lebowski
- Brazil
- Breaking the Waves
- Brief Encounter
- Bringing Out the Dead
- Casablanca
- Chinatown
- City Lights
- City of God
- Clerks.
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
- Donnie Darko
- Dave
- Delicatessen
- D.O.A.
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Fargo
- Fight Club
- Finding Nemo
- Barton Fink
- The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
- Funny Girl
- Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
- Ghostbusters
- The Godfather
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- Grand Illusion
- Grave of the Fireflies
- The Great Escape
- Annie Hall
- Harvey
- Heavenly Creatures
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- House of Flying Daggers
- The House of Yes
- In the Company of Men
- In the Mood for Love
- The Incredibles
- Irréversible
- It Happened One Night
- It’s a Wonderful Life
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1
- Kill Bill: Vol. 2
- Lawrence of Arabia
- The Lion King
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Lost in Translation
- The Lost Weekend
- The Maltese Falcon
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- The Man Who Wasn’t There
- The Matrix
- Meet Me in St. Louis
- Memento
- MicroCosmos
- A Mighty Wind
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- The Motorcycle Diaries
- Moulin Rouge!
- Mulholland Dr.
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds
- O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- Office Space
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
- Patton
- The Philadelphia Story
- Pi
- The Pianist
- Play It Again, Sam
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Primary Colors
- The Princess + the Warrior
- The Princess Bride
- The Professional
- Pulp Fiction
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Rashômon
- Reservoir Dogs
- Bob Roberts
- Ronin
- The Royal Tenenbaums
- Rushmore
- Schindler’s List
- Seven Samurai
- Sex and Lucía
- Shadow of a Doubt
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Short Cuts
- Sideways
- Singin’ in the Rain
- The Sixth Sense
- Sleeper
- So I Married an Axe Murderer
- Some Like It Hot
- Spider-Man 2
- Spirited Away
- Stalag 17
- Stand by Me
- Star Wars
- The Station Agent
- The Sting
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- Strangers on a Train
- Sullivan’s Travels
- Swingers
- The Thin Man
- The Third Man
- Three Kings
- To Be or Not to Be
- To Have and Have Not
- Toy Story 2
- The Triplets of Belleville
- Trouble in Paradise
- 12 Angry Men
- Twelve Monkeys
- Unforgiven
- The Usual Suspects
- Waking Life
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- The Wizard of Oz
- A Woman Under the Influence
- Ed Wood
- Yojimbo
- Zelig