Top 5’s movie lists

Top 5 movies I remember when I was a kid

1. Empire Strikes back
2. ET
3. Back to the Future
4. Halloween 3: Season of the Witch
5. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Honorable mentions: Karate Kid, Weird Science, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Goonies, The Explorers, Joe Vs. The Volcano, The Duel.

Top 5 movies that scared the bee-jeebers out of me

1. Haloween
2. Night of the Living Dead
3. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
4. The Shining
5. Jaws

Honorable mentions: The Thing, The Others, Blair Witch Project, Alien, The Descent, Evil Dead, Hellraiser, Phantasm, Prince of Darkness , Silence of the Lambs, Lady in Black, Jurrasic Park.

Top 5 animations

1. Toy Story 2
2. Finding Nemo
3. Cars
4. Spirited Away
5. The Incredibles

Honorable mentions: Akira, Monsters Inc., Shrek

Top 5 kung-fu movies

1. Drunken Master
2. Oni-Bak
3. Rumble in the Bronx
4. Iron Monkey
5. Kung-Fu Hustle

Honorable mention: Unleashed, Shaolin Soccer, Fists of Fury, Enter The Dragon, Shaghi Knights, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

Top 5 mind-benders

1. Momento
2. Donnie Darko
3. The Game
4. Matchstick Men
5. Groundhog Day

Honorable mentions: Prime, Adaptation, Cube, Being John Malkovich

Top 5 movies for guys who like movies

1. Roadhouse
2. Kill Bill 1&2
3. Fight Club
4. Escape From New York
5. Die Hard

Honorable mention: Predator, Equilibrium, Pulp Fiction, Spiderman 1&2, Superman 2

Top 5 sci-fi/fantasy

1. Empire Strikes Back
2. BladeRunner
3. Star Trek 2
4. Back to the Future|
5. The Matrix

Honorable mentions: The HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy, War of the Worlds 2005, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Terminator 2, They Live, Logan’s Run, Narnia.

Top 5 Independent Films

1. Donnie Darko
2. Magnolia
3. Lost In Translation
4. Sideways
5. Thumbsucker

Honorable mentions: June Bug, GhostWorld, You and me and everyone we know, Punchdrunk Love, Broken Flowers

Top 5 comedies

1. Napoleon Dynamiate
2. Office Space
3. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
4. Anchorman
5. Better off Dead

Honorable mentions: Down with Love, Weird Science, Uncle Buck, Dodge Ball

Top 5 romances

1. Garden State
2. Eternal Sunshine
3. Never Been Kissed
4. The Wedding Singer
5. Moulin Rouge

Top 5 inspirational films

1. Field of Dreams
2. Karate Kid
3. Akeelah and the Bee
4. Shawshank Redemption
5. The Truman Show

Honorable mentions: Big Fish, Forrest Gump, The Straight Story, It’s a Wonderful Life

Top 5 dystopia films

1. Dawn of the Dead
2. Dark City
3. The Matrix
4. THX 1138
5. Soylent Green

Honorable mentions: Brazil, A Boy and His Dog, 13 Monkeys, Solaris

Top 5 movies so bad they were good

1. Roadhouse
2. Grindhouse
3. DeathRace 2000
4. The Warriors
5. Skeleton of Cadavera

 

Top 5 movies so bad they were really really awful and took away a bit of my soul.

1. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (this movie will actually cause your testerone levels to new lows if you’re a guy)
2. Manos Hands of Fate
3. Must Love Dogs
4. The Shadow
5. Jaws 4

Honorable mentions: Hobgoblins, Boogy Creek 2, Puma Man, The Final Sacrifice, The Island, Time Chasers, Jack Frost, The Starfighters… (wow this list would be too long…nevermind)