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My 300 Favorite Movies of all time

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  • Orson Welles, Dorothy Comingore, and Ruth Warrick in Citizen Kane (1941)

    1. Citizen Kane

    19411h 59mPG100Metascore
    8.3 (483K)
    Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.' s
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy Comingore
  • Paul Reubens in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)

    2. Pee-wee's Big Adventure

    19851h 31mPG47Metascore
    7.1 (62K)
    When eccentric man-child Pee-wee Herman gets his beloved bike stolen in broad daylight, he sets out across the U.S. on the adventure of his life.
    DirectorTim BurtonStarsPaul ReubensElizabeth DailyMark Holton
  • Jim Henson in Time Piece (1965)

    3. Time Piece

    19659mNot RatedShort
    7.6 (1K)
    An ordinary man lives in constant motion, in a desperate attempt to escape the passage of time.
    DirectorJim HensonStarsJim HensonEnid CafritzDennis Paget
  • Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon, Glen Matlock, Malcolm McLaren, Sid Vicious, and Helen Wellington-Lloyd in The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)

    4. The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

    19801h 43mTV-MA
    6.3 (2.5K)
    Filmmaker Julien Temple chronicles the Sex Pistols' tumultuous rise to fame, as told by their manager, Malcolm McLaren.
    DirectorJulien TempleStarsMalcolm McLarenSid ViciousSteve Jones
  • Kirk Douglas in Paths of Glory (1957)

    5. Paths of Glory

    19571h 28mApproved90Metascore
    8.4 (227K)
    A colonel defends three of his soldiers in a court-martial after they abandon a suicidal attack.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKirk DouglasRalph MeekerAdolphe Menjou
  • Gene Wilder, Paris Themmen, Jack Albertson, Rudy Borgstaller, George Claydon, Julie Dawn Cole, Malcolm Dixon, Walker Edmiston, Günter Meisner, Denise Nickerson, and Peter Ostrum in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

    6. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

    19711h 40mG67Metascore
    7.8 (238K)
    A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.
    DirectorMel StuartStarsGene WilderJack AlbertsonPeter Ostrum
  • Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr in Help! (1965)

    7. Help!

    19651h 32mG58Metascore
    7.1 (22K)
    When a member of a murderous cult sends Ringo Starr their sacrificial ring and it gets stuck on his hand, his fellow Beatles must protect him from the cult and an obsessed scientist.
    DirectorRichard LesterStarsJohn LennonPaul McCartneyGeorge Harrison
  • Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Paul Angelis, Peter Batten, John Clive, George Harrison, Geoffrey Hughes, Lance Percival, Ringo Starr, and The Beatles in Yellow Submarine (1968)

    8. Yellow Submarine

    19681h 25mG79Metascore
    7.4 (29K)
    The Beatles agree to accompany Captain Fred in his yellow submarine and go to Pepperland to free it from the music-hating Blue Meanies.
    DirectorGeorge DunningStarsPaul McCartneyGeorge HarrisonRingo Starr
  • Spencer Tracy, Peter Falk, Jim Backus, Milton Berle, Norman Fell, Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Ben Blue, Joe E. Brown, Sid Caesar, Alan Carney, Chick Chandler, Barrie Chase, Lloyd Corrigan, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Selma Diamond, Paul Ford, Stan Freberg, Ethel Merman, Dorothy Provine, Phil Silvers, and Terry-Thomas in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)

    9. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

    19633h 30mApproved59Metascore
    7.5 (49K)
    Several different motorists witness a single car crash in the California desert and, after the driver's dying words indicate the location of a hidden stash of loot, turn against each other in a mad dash across the state to get to it.
    DirectorStanley KramerStarsSpencer TracyMilton BerleEthel Merman
  • Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, AnnaSophia Robb, Julia Winter, Jordan Fry, and Philip Wiegratz in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

    10. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

    20051h 55mPG72Metascore
    6.7 (553K)
    Charlie, a young boy from an impoverished family, and four other kids win a tour of an amazing chocolate factory run by an imaginative chocolatier, Willy Wonka, and his staff of Oompa-Loompas.
    DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppFreddie HighmoreDavid Kelly
  • Charles Chaplin in The Gold Rush (1925)

    11. The Gold Rush

    19251h 35mApproved90Metascore
    8.1 (125K)
    A prospector goes to the Klondike during the 1890s gold rush in hopes of making his fortune, and is smitten with a girl he sees in a dance hall.
    DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMack SwainTom Murray
  • William Buckley, Helen Ferguson, Buck Jones, and Georgie Stone in Just Pals (1920)

    12. Just Pals

    192050mNot Rated
    6.5 (546)
    Small-town tramp befriends runaway boy.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsBuck JonesHelen FergusonGeorgie Stone
  • Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb in Sid and Nancy (1986)

    13. Sid and Nancy

    19861h 52mR76Metascore
    7.0 (36K)
    The relationship between Sid Vicious, bassist for British punk group Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen is portrayed.
    DirectorAlex CoxStarsGary OldmanChloe WebbDavid Hayman
  • David Niven and Cantinflas in Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

    14. Around the World in 80 Days

    19562h 55mG69Metascore
    6.7 (31K)
    A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.
    DirectorsMichael AndersonJohn FarrowStarsDavid NivenCantinflasFinlay Currie
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

    15. 2001: A Space Odyssey

    19682h 29mG84Metascore
    8.3 (757K)
    When a mysterious artifact is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft manned by two humans and one supercomputer is sent to Jupiter to find its origins.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam Sylvester
  • Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show (2009)

    16. Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show

    20091h 27mNot RatedTV Movie
    8.1 (3.5K)
    When a scam goes horribly wrong and leaves the neighborhood kids furious, the Eds embark on a journey to find Eddy's brother to save them from their consequences in the "Ed, Edd, n Eddy" series finale.
    DirectorDanny AntonucciStarsMatt HillSam VincentTony Sampson
  • Orson Welles, Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, James Coburn, Frank Oz, Milton Berle, Dom DeLuise, Elliott Gould, Jim Henson, Bob Hope, Madeline Kahn, Carol Kane, Cloris Leachman, Richard Pryor, Telly Savalas, Edgar Bergen, and Paul Williams in The Muppet Movie (1979)

    17. The Muppet Movie

    19791h 35mG74Metascore
    7.6 (41K)
    Kermit and his newfound friends trek across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog legs merchant is after Kermit.
    DirectorJames FrawleyStarsJim HensonFrank OzJerry Nelson
  • Buster Keaton in The General (1926)

    18. The General

    19261h 18mPassed
    8.1 (103K)
    After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.
    DirectorsClyde BruckmanBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonMarion MackGlen Cavender
  • Tim Hodge, Mike Nawrocki, Phil Vischer, and Lisa Vischer in Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002)

    19. Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie

    20021h 22mG58Metascore
    6.4 (4.7K)
    When the singing Veggies encounter some car trouble, they are stranded at an old rundown seafood joint, where nothing is quite as it seems.
    DirectorsPhil VischerMike NawrockiStarsPhil VischerMike NawrockiTim Hodge
  • Chuck E. Cheese in the Galaxy 5000 (1999)

    20. Chuck E. Cheese in the Galaxy 5000

    19991hNot RatedVideo
    3.5 (130)
    A boy named Charlie Rockit needs $50,000 dollars to fix his aunt and uncle's tractor engine, so Chuck E. and friends go to the Galaxy 5000 to win it in a race.
    DirectorDavid OrrStarsPeyton WelchDaphne GereGeorgia Denney
  • John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Monty Python in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

    21. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    19751h 31mPG91Metascore
    8.2 (590K)
    King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.
    DirectorsTerry GilliamTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseEric Idle
  • Monty Python's and Now for Something Completely Different (1971)

    22. Monty Python's and Now for Something Completely Different

    19711h 28mPG
    7.5 (32K)
    An anthology of the best sketches from the first and second seasons of Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969).
    DirectorIan MacNaughtonStarsJohn CleeseMichael PalinGraham Chapman
  • Bill Barretta, Melissa McCarthy, and Dorien Davies in The Happytime Murders (2018)

    23. The Happytime Murders

    20181h 31mR27Metascore
    5.5 (31K)
    When the puppet cast of a '90s children's TV show begin to get murdered one by one, a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private eye puppet takes on the case.
    DirectorBrian HensonStarsMelissa McCarthyElizabeth BanksMaya Rudolph
  • Arise! The SubGenius Video (1992)

    24. Arise! The SubGenius Video

    19921h 20mVideo
    6.8 (252)
    A brain-crushing collage of music and video presented in the form of a religious recruitment video. The topics covered (in deadpan narration) are basic psychology, the origin of the human race, spiritualism, religious dogma, UFO's, the end of the world, and the group's figurehead, J.R. "Bob" Dobbs.
    DirectorsCordt HollandDouglass SmithStarsSeth DeitchJ.R. 'Bob' DobbsJuan Fava
  • Dickson Greeting (1891)

    25. Dickson Greeting

    18911mNot RatedShort
    5.3 (1.7K)
    The very first American film shown to public audiences and the press. It depicts William K.L. Dickson taking off his hat and greeting the audience.
    DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarWilliam K.L. Dickson

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