Top 10 Movies of All Time
So it's another lazy Sunday and I figured, why not post something on the blog? And because of me being bored senseless, here are my Top 10 movies ever created. Now there are obviously going to be people asking why wasn't this movie on here and why is this movie on there, it is because this is all completely my personal favourites and while some world renown movies may be on here, I think some shockers will show up somewhere on this list. Anyway, let's begin with...
#10 - Kick Ass (2010)
So here's the thing about Kick-Ass, this movie is in no way meant to be taken seriously at any stage as the movie just makes fun of any superhero you can think of, from Batman to Spiderman. The movie is about a teenager who loves comics, so much so that his friends and him wonder why no one has ever become a superhero, then enters our hero Kick-Ass. I think the thing that I love most about this movie is not Kick-Ass, but his allies and villains. There are two other superheroes who help him, one named Hit Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) and the other Big Daddy (Nicholas Cage) who I believe steals the show whenever he is on screen. I also loved the villains in the film, Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong) who is the leader of the mob and Chris D'Amico (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) who is Frank's son but later adopts the super villain name of Red Mist. Kick Ass is a fantastic parody of comic books and with a sequel that is sure to be even more Kick-Ass, I believe it deserves to be somewhere on this list, even if it is only #10.
#9 - Inglorious Basterds (2009)
So I couldn't have made this without putting at least one Quentin Tarantino film on here. I put Inglorious Basterds at #9 because I thought it was very interesting, comedic and down right gruesome take on WWII. Our plot revolves around Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) who leads a group of american soldiers who have been sent to assassinate Adolph Hitler but to do this, they first must get intel from various German soldiers. If I told you anymore, I feel it would ruin the film for you. So with any Tarantino movie, each actor has relevancy and two or three actors steal the show and that can be said for this film as the two men who stole the show was Brad Pitt who is really cocky and loves to cut the scalps off of every German they find. The other actor who does a superb job and even won an Oscar for his role was Christoph Waltz as Col. Hans Landa who is in person is a very kind German Col. but when he isn't playing nice, he is killing any American or Jew that he can find. Overall, Inglorious is the second best Tarantino film made and is a dark, comedic and violent imagining of France while it was occupied by Germans.
#8 - Monty Pythons Life of Brian (1979)
While thinking of movies to put on here, this was the one I completely forgot about and for good reason. This extremely comedic take on various bible stories happens to be very underrated among Monty Python fans and movie goers in general. So our story revolves around Brian (Graham Chapman) who was born next to the stable that Jesus Christ was born in and years later, he has grown up and he has been mistaken as the messiah and from there, it just goes to funny and weird places. The reason I love this movie so much is that it follows the thing I look out for the most in any comedy movie and that is delivery and timing and this movie follows that rule almost perfectly. There are so many hilarious scenes in Life of Brian that I couldn't even tell you myself because of the lack of timing. Anyhow, Life of Brian (in my opinion) is Graham Chapman's best movie and I believe to be even better than The Holy Grail.
#7 - Se7en (1995)
Oh the irony of Se7en being #7... This film is one of the most interesting and disturbing films I have ever watched. The plot more or less revolves around two detectives, David Mills (Brad Pitt) who is a rookie and a little head-strung and William Sommerset (Morgan Freeman) who is a veteran and is very careful about everything. These two have now been partnered together to take down a serial killer named John Doe (Kevin Spacey) who themes all of his murders around the Seven Deadly Sins. I love this film for the sole reason of the way they handled the villain. Kevin Spacey turns this serial killer into not only messed up, but smart and plans out everything ahead of time. I also love the chemistry between Freeman and Pitt, a cocky rookie and cautious veteran can lead to some interesting and intense scenes (especially the ending). The ending is easily one of the biggest shocks in any movie I have ever seen. I also loved the movie for the idea of basing each murder around the Seven Sins which can lead to some creative and gruesome scenes, which it does. So as much as I hate the irony of it, Se7en easily deserves #7.
#6 - Inception (2010)
Further showing that 2010 was one of the best years for movies, Inception delivers an interesting and down right mind boggling experiences filmed on the big screen. Inception revolves around a man named Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) who is an extremely skilled extractor and his offered a his old life back, but in order to get it back, he must complete a task that is considered to be impossible for anyone. That basically is the plot as the story just goes everywhere without losing track of the actual point of the plot. Inception is known for being one, if not, the most mind bending and confusing movies in history. And it is. At the end of it, I wasn't sure what to believe and what to think. It has an impact on you after seeing it as you don't know what to think of it, but everyone agrees, it is phenomenal. With my favourite actor being in the film (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), it got some points there as well. With critically acclaimed director Christopher Nolan making it, you know you are in for a good time, even if you don't know it at first.
#5 - Star War: Episode IV - A New Hope (Star Wars, 1977)
I'll be completely honest, this film is here just for the fact I love Star Wars. But other than that fact, the film is really good and is easily the best Star Wars film ever made. So at this point, I think everyone knows the story of Star Wars. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) joins rebel forces to rescue Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) from Darth Vader (David Prowse) who plans to use his weapon/base, the Death Star, to take over the universe. So the film is completely filled with both epic and funny moments, which is what the ORIGINAL trilogy is known for. Amongst this comedy and action is some great acting including Harrison Ford as Han Solo and Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi. So with superb acting, great action and hilarious dialogue, this movie really does show why there is an enormous fan base and a whole day dedicated to it. Use the force Luke...
#4 - Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
For the longest time I couldn't decide what deserved #4 more, Raiders of the Lost Ark or this. Ultimately, I had to go with the film that has the 2nd best on screen chemistry and the film that put an end to a great trilogy, until the fourth one came along.. When Indiana's father (Sean Connery) goes missing on his pursuit for the legendary Holy Grail, Indiana must follow in his father's footsteps and put a stop to the Nazis that have apparently kidnapped the professor. Easily the best aspect in the film is the way it changes from comedy and action, and even manages to blend the two in seamlessly. Speaking of the comedy, the funniest two people in the whole movie are unexpectedly Harrison Ford as Indiana and Sean Connery as Henry. These two manage to deliver some fantastic on screen chemistry and have apparently shared some sort of off screen friendship. So what can I say? Indiana Jones is the ending to my favourite movie trilogy of all time and here's hoping that they can somehow not ruin the fifth instalment.
#3 - Back to the Future (1985)
Without question the best time travel film yet, Back to the Future delivers everything you would come to expect in a time travel movie. Action, Drama, Comedy and of course, Michael J. Fox. The story is that a teenager named Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is sent 30 years into the past by using his good friends time travelling DeLorean after his good friend Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) is killed by unknown forces. Although after going back in time, he meets his younger parents and realise that he has altered the past so that his parents never fell in love. Now Marty must reunite his mum and dad all while making sure he gets back to the future on time to save Emmett Brown's life. The plot although may sound extremely simple, it eventually becomes very complex but never to the point where you judge the film in the slightest. Before I mentioned that The Last Crusade had the second best chemistry in any movie, that is because that the best comes from this movie. The chemistry between Marty and Emmett is both hilarious and heart warming as you believe the two have a genuine friendship. Overall, Back to the Future really is the best of it's kind and can't wait for it's 30 year anniversary in two years time.
#2 - Pulp Fiction (1994)
Yeah it's pretty hard to make a Top 10 Best Movies and not at least mention this near-perfect film. So the main premise in the film is that there are four stories about two mob hit men, Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson), a boxer named Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis), a gangster's wife named Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) and two diner bandits named Yolanda (Amanda Plummer) and Ringo (Tim Roth) all intertwine in a series of intense, comedic and unfortunate events. The reason this film works so much is that they got the perfect director to bring this film to life, Quentin Tarantino. The movie has everything that makes a perfect Tarantino movie. An all-star cast, hilarious and realistic dialogue and the story just feels like something that only Tarantino would come up with, let alone make it work on the big screen. With perfect casting, characters and dialogue, this film shows us everything that makes Tarantino the greatest director in Hollywood.
#1 - The Dark Knight (2008)
This movie is perfect. It brings out everything that I come to love when I picture my favourite superhero on the big screen. The plot revolves around Bruce Wayne/Batman (Christian Bale) who is working with Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) to stop all crime in Gotham City, which they successfully do, until a new face arrives on Gotham. The Joker (Heath Ledger) who insists on turning Gotham into a hell on Earth and attempts to bring any good man down to his level of insanity. Now it must be mentioned first up, Heath Ledger kills as the Joker. While I don't believe he is the best Joker (as that honour goes to Mark Hamill), he certainly comes close to the overall craziness that the Joker is renown for having. Another superb actor in this film I thought was Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent, but his acting doesn't really show until the third act of the film. Just watch it and see for yourself. The plot I thought all around was extremely realistic and was ultimately what Christopher Nolan was trying to achieve and he did. The Dark Knight is the best superhero movie, the best Batman movie and the best movie of all time. 10/10.
So that about wraps up my Top 10, so that begs the question, what is your favourite film of all time? Thanks for reading!
#10 - Kick Ass (2010)
So here's the thing about Kick-Ass, this movie is in no way meant to be taken seriously at any stage as the movie just makes fun of any superhero you can think of, from Batman to Spiderman. The movie is about a teenager who loves comics, so much so that his friends and him wonder why no one has ever become a superhero, then enters our hero Kick-Ass. I think the thing that I love most about this movie is not Kick-Ass, but his allies and villains. There are two other superheroes who help him, one named Hit Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) and the other Big Daddy (Nicholas Cage) who I believe steals the show whenever he is on screen. I also loved the villains in the film, Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong) who is the leader of the mob and Chris D'Amico (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) who is Frank's son but later adopts the super villain name of Red Mist. Kick Ass is a fantastic parody of comic books and with a sequel that is sure to be even more Kick-Ass, I believe it deserves to be somewhere on this list, even if it is only #10.
#9 - Inglorious Basterds (2009)
So I couldn't have made this without putting at least one Quentin Tarantino film on here. I put Inglorious Basterds at #9 because I thought it was very interesting, comedic and down right gruesome take on WWII. Our plot revolves around Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) who leads a group of american soldiers who have been sent to assassinate Adolph Hitler but to do this, they first must get intel from various German soldiers. If I told you anymore, I feel it would ruin the film for you. So with any Tarantino movie, each actor has relevancy and two or three actors steal the show and that can be said for this film as the two men who stole the show was Brad Pitt who is really cocky and loves to cut the scalps off of every German they find. The other actor who does a superb job and even won an Oscar for his role was Christoph Waltz as Col. Hans Landa who is in person is a very kind German Col. but when he isn't playing nice, he is killing any American or Jew that he can find. Overall, Inglorious is the second best Tarantino film made and is a dark, comedic and violent imagining of France while it was occupied by Germans.
#8 - Monty Pythons Life of Brian (1979)
While thinking of movies to put on here, this was the one I completely forgot about and for good reason. This extremely comedic take on various bible stories happens to be very underrated among Monty Python fans and movie goers in general. So our story revolves around Brian (Graham Chapman) who was born next to the stable that Jesus Christ was born in and years later, he has grown up and he has been mistaken as the messiah and from there, it just goes to funny and weird places. The reason I love this movie so much is that it follows the thing I look out for the most in any comedy movie and that is delivery and timing and this movie follows that rule almost perfectly. There are so many hilarious scenes in Life of Brian that I couldn't even tell you myself because of the lack of timing. Anyhow, Life of Brian (in my opinion) is Graham Chapman's best movie and I believe to be even better than The Holy Grail.
#7 - Se7en (1995)
Oh the irony of Se7en being #7... This film is one of the most interesting and disturbing films I have ever watched. The plot more or less revolves around two detectives, David Mills (Brad Pitt) who is a rookie and a little head-strung and William Sommerset (Morgan Freeman) who is a veteran and is very careful about everything. These two have now been partnered together to take down a serial killer named John Doe (Kevin Spacey) who themes all of his murders around the Seven Deadly Sins. I love this film for the sole reason of the way they handled the villain. Kevin Spacey turns this serial killer into not only messed up, but smart and plans out everything ahead of time. I also love the chemistry between Freeman and Pitt, a cocky rookie and cautious veteran can lead to some interesting and intense scenes (especially the ending). The ending is easily one of the biggest shocks in any movie I have ever seen. I also loved the movie for the idea of basing each murder around the Seven Sins which can lead to some creative and gruesome scenes, which it does. So as much as I hate the irony of it, Se7en easily deserves #7.
#6 - Inception (2010)
Further showing that 2010 was one of the best years for movies, Inception delivers an interesting and down right mind boggling experiences filmed on the big screen. Inception revolves around a man named Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) who is an extremely skilled extractor and his offered a his old life back, but in order to get it back, he must complete a task that is considered to be impossible for anyone. That basically is the plot as the story just goes everywhere without losing track of the actual point of the plot. Inception is known for being one, if not, the most mind bending and confusing movies in history. And it is. At the end of it, I wasn't sure what to believe and what to think. It has an impact on you after seeing it as you don't know what to think of it, but everyone agrees, it is phenomenal. With my favourite actor being in the film (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), it got some points there as well. With critically acclaimed director Christopher Nolan making it, you know you are in for a good time, even if you don't know it at first.
#5 - Star War: Episode IV - A New Hope (Star Wars, 1977)
I'll be completely honest, this film is here just for the fact I love Star Wars. But other than that fact, the film is really good and is easily the best Star Wars film ever made. So at this point, I think everyone knows the story of Star Wars. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) joins rebel forces to rescue Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) from Darth Vader (David Prowse) who plans to use his weapon/base, the Death Star, to take over the universe. So the film is completely filled with both epic and funny moments, which is what the ORIGINAL trilogy is known for. Amongst this comedy and action is some great acting including Harrison Ford as Han Solo and Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi. So with superb acting, great action and hilarious dialogue, this movie really does show why there is an enormous fan base and a whole day dedicated to it. Use the force Luke...
#4 - Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
For the longest time I couldn't decide what deserved #4 more, Raiders of the Lost Ark or this. Ultimately, I had to go with the film that has the 2nd best on screen chemistry and the film that put an end to a great trilogy, until the fourth one came along.. When Indiana's father (Sean Connery) goes missing on his pursuit for the legendary Holy Grail, Indiana must follow in his father's footsteps and put a stop to the Nazis that have apparently kidnapped the professor. Easily the best aspect in the film is the way it changes from comedy and action, and even manages to blend the two in seamlessly. Speaking of the comedy, the funniest two people in the whole movie are unexpectedly Harrison Ford as Indiana and Sean Connery as Henry. These two manage to deliver some fantastic on screen chemistry and have apparently shared some sort of off screen friendship. So what can I say? Indiana Jones is the ending to my favourite movie trilogy of all time and here's hoping that they can somehow not ruin the fifth instalment.
#3 - Back to the Future (1985)
Without question the best time travel film yet, Back to the Future delivers everything you would come to expect in a time travel movie. Action, Drama, Comedy and of course, Michael J. Fox. The story is that a teenager named Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is sent 30 years into the past by using his good friends time travelling DeLorean after his good friend Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) is killed by unknown forces. Although after going back in time, he meets his younger parents and realise that he has altered the past so that his parents never fell in love. Now Marty must reunite his mum and dad all while making sure he gets back to the future on time to save Emmett Brown's life. The plot although may sound extremely simple, it eventually becomes very complex but never to the point where you judge the film in the slightest. Before I mentioned that The Last Crusade had the second best chemistry in any movie, that is because that the best comes from this movie. The chemistry between Marty and Emmett is both hilarious and heart warming as you believe the two have a genuine friendship. Overall, Back to the Future really is the best of it's kind and can't wait for it's 30 year anniversary in two years time.
#2 - Pulp Fiction (1994)
Yeah it's pretty hard to make a Top 10 Best Movies and not at least mention this near-perfect film. So the main premise in the film is that there are four stories about two mob hit men, Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson), a boxer named Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis), a gangster's wife named Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) and two diner bandits named Yolanda (Amanda Plummer) and Ringo (Tim Roth) all intertwine in a series of intense, comedic and unfortunate events. The reason this film works so much is that they got the perfect director to bring this film to life, Quentin Tarantino. The movie has everything that makes a perfect Tarantino movie. An all-star cast, hilarious and realistic dialogue and the story just feels like something that only Tarantino would come up with, let alone make it work on the big screen. With perfect casting, characters and dialogue, this film shows us everything that makes Tarantino the greatest director in Hollywood.
#1 - The Dark Knight (2008)
This movie is perfect. It brings out everything that I come to love when I picture my favourite superhero on the big screen. The plot revolves around Bruce Wayne/Batman (Christian Bale) who is working with Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) to stop all crime in Gotham City, which they successfully do, until a new face arrives on Gotham. The Joker (Heath Ledger) who insists on turning Gotham into a hell on Earth and attempts to bring any good man down to his level of insanity. Now it must be mentioned first up, Heath Ledger kills as the Joker. While I don't believe he is the best Joker (as that honour goes to Mark Hamill), he certainly comes close to the overall craziness that the Joker is renown for having. Another superb actor in this film I thought was Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent, but his acting doesn't really show until the third act of the film. Just watch it and see for yourself. The plot I thought all around was extremely realistic and was ultimately what Christopher Nolan was trying to achieve and he did. The Dark Knight is the best superhero movie, the best Batman movie and the best movie of all time. 10/10.
So that about wraps up my Top 10, so that begs the question, what is your favourite film of all time? Thanks for reading!
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