50 Favorite Films (in no particular order)

It seems like everything I start writing for this blog, ends up going over to Wolf in a Gorilla Suit. So I decided to finally do something that I'd been meaning to for a while now. I used to create these types of things all the time, but it's been years and years since I've even broached the subject. So, using "Empire's 300 Greatest Movies of All Time" list to guide me along, I'll be figuring out my top 50 favorite films. Rather than listing them in order, which can be a tad tedious for me to go through and decide "Well I like this one more right now because it features this actor who I really enjoy, but I don't usually like it this much so maybe it's just temporary blindness to the fact that I'm in love with Mary Elizabeth Winstead" and then the list changes a million times. Not gonna do that. Instead I'll just be spitting out 50 movies to gauge my tastes for the year 2015.

Let's get started:

1. A Nightmare on Elm Street
2. Battle Royale
3. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
4. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
5. Young Frankenstein
6. Scream
7. The Crow
8. The Incredibles
9. The Iron Giant
10. An American Werewolf in London
11. Dazed and Confused
12. Boyhood
13. Gone Girl
14. The Social Network
15. Seven
16. Ed Wood
17. Shaun of the Dead
18. Her
19. Children of Men
20. The Goonies
21. The Life Aquatic
22. Halloween
23. The Dark Knight
24. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
25. The Wrestler
26. Groundhog Day
27. Ghostbusters
28. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
29. The Truman Show
30. No Country For Old Men
31. City of God
32. Inglorious Basterds
33. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
34. Lost in Translation
35. E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial
36. Jaws
37. Raiders of the Lost Ark
38. The Shining
39. A Clockwork Orange
40. Drive
41. Die Hard
42. The Usual Suspects
43. American Beauty
44. Aliens
45. Jurassic Park
46. Goodfellas
47. Fight Club
48. The Shawshank Redemption
49. Pulp Fiction
50. Lord of the Rings

If you've read the Empire article, then you'll notice that my order is mostly drawing from that. I gotta admit, it was pretty funny seeing the list, as it was "reader-generated." This meant that films like Kingsman and Avengers: Age of Ultron were on the list. Not to say that these films are undeserving but it was very clear to see what was fresh in the minds of readers. I tried to avoid using super recent films, as I don't really know the long term impact they'll have on me. Sure, I really enjoyed Mad Max: Fury Road and Jurassic World, but are they top 50 movies? Only time will tell.