Best. Movies. Ever.

This is not a list of the top 10 greatest movies of all time. This is not a list of films that are so “great” you have to attend lectures and festivals so that someone can explain just how “great” they are. If a film needs an explanation, can it really be that great?

This is a list of films for everyone – the artsy folks, the blue collars, the white collars, the hipsters, the baby boomers, the semi-retired, the housewives, the kids (in some cases), and even old farts like me. Invite me over. I’ll show you just how old I am.

I arrived at this list using three criteria.

I wanted films from as many genre as possible. I know I didn’t cover everything, but I didn’t want three action/adventure films or three war-related films. I didn’t want zero comedies, nor did I want too many. I’m sure I don’t have all genre represented, but I’ve gone over this list so many times that I no longer care.
I wanted the kind of films that I sometimes land on while scanning channels, find it halfway through, and watch the rest of it from wherever I walk in on it.
My educated opinion. There are plenty of people who know more about movies than I do, but that number is far, far smaller than the number of people who I can outdistance when it comes to film study, knowledge, and education. Chances are I got you way beat – but not all of you, that’s for sure. I started studying movies when I was about 8, when my father started ignoring both my mother and me. We’d sit and watch movies, and I’d learn a few things about the actors and directors. I don’t regret a moment of it, except that time we watched Same Time, Next Year. That was awkward.

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