Since my last posting on movies I have seen a number of additional motion pictures that have altered a previously determined list of best movies ever.
The Top 10 Films Ever 
NOTE : This list is not biased and is completely accurate.
In NO particular order:
1. The Bucket List
2. Reign Over Me
3. Rain Man
4. Braveheart
5. Shawshank Redemption
6. The Dark Knight
7. A Beautiful Mind
8. The Matrix
9. Batman Begins
10. Good Will Hunting
11. Finding Forrester
12. Crash
13. Pay It Forward
It appears as if my postmodern tendencies permitted me to supersede the previously prescribed list of ten movies. If you were to eliminate three movies, which would you choose and why? If you were join me in my postmodern exploits, what films would you add and why?
braveheart
pulp fiction
shawshank redemption
forrest gump
fight club
the godfather
american beauty
dark knight
good will hunting
lord of the rings series
the matrix just missed out because they ruined it by making the rest of the trilogy.
you missed some.
and also, it’s my list that is unbiased and completely accurate…and subject to change at any time.
tk, i like you, but you’re crazy man. the bucket list? what are you 50? deweb, you have a much more accurate list, but i would like to throw a couple out there for the blog world to ponder…
the royal tenenbaums.
vanilla sky
edward scissorhands
edward scissorhands, ha. That movie loses, as much as I like it.
I think it’s funny that you talk about your postmodern tendencies as you make a list. Not that list-
I’d add in:
Forrest Gump
Boondock Saints
Dances with Wolves (to avoid being disowned by my dad.. ha)
Memento
just like with theology (Wright, Volf, etc), literature (Tolstoy, Shakespeare, etc), and music (Beatles, Radiohead, etc) – you should also look across the oceans for film.
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Bucket List was decent, but definitely not good enough to make a list of the top 10. I would also remove Good Will Hunting and Finding Forrester, but only because I haven’t seen them. You should let me borrow them. I would add You Can’t Take it With You and On the Waterfront or like 100 other movies before special effects. Old movies are under appreciated.
add.
the usual suspects
subtract.
the bucket list // above average film, but more my parents speed.
batman begins // not as good as the dark knight and only enough room for one batman movie
pay it forward // barely a top three kevin spacey movie
props for reign over me. not a lot of people know how good that movie really is. i think i own all the movies on your list. great minds think alike, eh?
It’s funny how movies can be though. I could watch a film that many may say was horrible, but the content relates to me and my story and challenges me. I hope we aren’t all just taking into account the entertainment level, and dismissing the philosophical, psychological, sociological, theological, or any other sciences that challenge our way about life.
The theme of redemption and shared suffering is strong in your list. I believe those are noble themes. For that reason, I would knock Braveheart off the list, where freedom is akin to something like autonomy and revenge. Bucket List would be dropped for me, even though I really enjoyed it, because the transformation story happens so thoroughly in other flicks on the list. Finding Forrester is Good Will Hunting 2, and you might as well include Stand and Deliver or Mr. Carter. Rain Man and A Beautiful Mind are great movies, but I can’t watch them over and over again–a test for the top ten, I believe. And for some reason I never really liked Crash. I agree that two Batman’s is too much, and really, the discussion of chaos and morality is the real reason a superhero flick even makes the list.
I would consider Fight Club, Magnolia, Hurly Burly, I Heart Huckabee, Amelie, and As Good As It Gets. Out of these, I take Hurly Burly and Amelie, and we’ll let others duke it out between Fight Club and As Good As It Gets. The list is pretty serious, so I suggest a comedy, the top condemnation of modern life being Office Space.
I’m completely biased–it’s called taste. ;P
Old Yeller!!! Oldie but Goodie needs added. You young pups who have never seen it, need to.
Corbin.
I love you. One of the best comments ever posted. Deep at many levels that many may overlook.
Miss you Corbin. Really really do.
I would drop the bucket list in two seconds and agree with Steph by adding Forrest Gump. I could watch that film a thousand times.
So glad to see Reign Over Me on your list! Definitely one of my favorite films of all time. I couldn’t believe the poor reviews it got. Really unbelievable. You may have inspired to make my own unbiased, completely accurate list. Def will include some of yours – most notably Goodwill Hunting at #1.
It is hard to argue with that list… all great. I think I would add O Brother Where Art Thou. Quite possibly the funniest movie ever made.
Cool Runnings
To End All Wars
Rocketman
Freedom Writers (maybe)
And, I’ve never seen it, but Children of Men sounds really good.