When you start thinking about it, it's incredibly difficult to rate your all time favorite 100 films.  There are some movies I can watch over and over again.  These will always remain my core movies, but may not be in my top 100 for various reasons.  Hence, I've had to append another 100 or so films to my original top 100 list, which is work in progress.

I'm very fond of adventure sea tales, yet it takes a whole raft of settings (no pun intended) to cater for our tastes in a modern world.  Some films I like because I first saw them when I was young and they remind me of special times, such as The Wizard of Oz.  Inevitably, a good new film will beat a good oldie, just because the special effects and shooting techniques are now so clever.  However, that is not always the case and sometimes the classic style that made an oldie an oldie, will never be repeated.  I cite the 39 Steps and Psycho.  I would have put King Kong in this category, but having seen the re-make (Dec 05) I think the latest Kong is a masterpiece that finally tops the original - the last one didn't come close.  Mind you it cost a staggering $207 million to produce - making it the most expensive movie to December 05.  Correct me if I'm wrong.

Nelson Kruschandl - My top 100 films +

I seem to like popular films judging from the visits to this site and also by the box-office earnings.  I'm not that keen on horror or gangster films, unless they are stunning and superbly made, such as The Road to Perdition.  I prefer a bit of science fiction to stretch my imagination and a ripping thriller.  But, they have to be done well and be believable.  Then there is always a good court room drama, or a western (a dying breed).  True stories also work for me - they are sometimes the best of all, such as Seabiscuit and Erin Brockovich.  I'm also something of a romantic, although you'd never guess it from this list. Lastly, I really enjoy a good comedy, the more ridiculous the better - Naked Gun never fails to make me laugh. Depending on your mood, films like this can have you crying - Austin Powers too.

1. GLADIATOR - Russell Crowe - (2000, Ridley Scott) Joaquin Phoenix

2. KING KONG - Naomi Watts, Jack Black (Dir. Peter Jackson)

3. MASTER and COMMANDER (2003) - Russell Crowe

4. TITANIC - Kate Winslett & Leonardo di Caprio

5. SEABISCUIT - Jeff Bridges, Tobey Maguire, Chris Cooper

6. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - Johnny Depp - P2 DEAD MANS CHEST  - Keira Knightley - Orlando Bloom

7. ALIEN - 1, 2 & Alien Vs Predator - Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm & John Hurt

8. TROY - Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Eric Bana

9. THE TERMINATOR (1984, James Cameron) 2 & 3 - Arnold Shwazenneger

10. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY - Marlon Brando

11. OVERBOARD - Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell

12. A PERFECT STORM - George Clooney

13. HORNBLOWER - Gregory Peck

14. BABE - James Cromwell

15. JURASSIC PARK 1, 2 & 3 - Sam Neil

16. DEAD CALM - Nicole Kidman & Sam Neil

17. ZULU - Michael Cain & Stanley Baker

18. THE MUMMY & MUMMY RETURNS  - Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo

19. SPIDERMAN 1 & 2 - Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst

20. THE THING - Kurt Russell

21. CON AIR - Nicholas Cage

22. RAMBO - First Blood - Slyvester Stalone

23. THE DAMBUSTERS - B&W 1954

24. THE SOUND OF MUSIC - Julie Andrews

25. THE 39 STEPS - B&W - Richard Hannay 1935

26. MAN ON FIRE - Denzel Washington

27. LEON - Jean Reno

28. WHAT WOMEN WANT - Mel Gibson

29. BRAVEHEART - 1995,   Mel Gibson

30. ROB ROY - Liam Neeson

31. THE COUNT OF MONTE CHRISTO - Gerard Depardieu

32. THE PATRIOT - Mel Gibson

33. PAYBACK - Mel Gibson

34. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991, Jonathan Demme)  Anthony Hopkins 

35. ERIN BROCKOVICH - Julia Roberts

36. WAR OF THE WORLDS - Tom Cruise

37. NATIONAL TREASURE - Nicholas Cage

38. CATWOMAN - Halle Berry

39. BATMAN - Michael Keaton

40. STAR GATE - Kurt Russell

41. ROXANNE - Steve Martin

42. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975, Milos Foreman)

43. CAST AWAY (2000, Robert Zemeckis) Tom Hanks

44. JAWS (1975, Steven Spielberg)

45. BACK TO THE FUTURE 1, 2 & 3 - Michael J Fox

46. UNFORGIVEN - Clint Eastwood

47. THE WORLDS FASTEST INDIAN - Anthony Hopkins

48. MEN OF HONOUR - Robert de Niro - Charlize Theron

49. TREASURE ISLAND ( Come on Hollywood - waiting for a decent one )

50. DISCLOSURE - Michael Douglas, Demi Moore

51. MEDICINE MAN - Sean Connery

52. THE QUIET MAN - John Wayne

53. JAMES BOND - Goldfinger - all, latest first - Sean Connery  Daniel Craig Judi Dench  Mads Mikkelsen  Eva Green  Roger Moore  Pierce Brosnan (Babara Broccoli)

54. CROCODILE DUNDEE - Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski

55. PSYCHO (1960, Alfred Hitchcock) - Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh

56. WIMBLEDON - 2004 - Paul Bettany, Kirsten Dunst

57. SHORT CIRCUIT - 1986 - Steve Guttenberg & Ally Sheedy

58. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT - Michael Douglas & Annette Bening

59. WAR OF THE WORLDS - Tom Cruise

60. MEET JOE BLACK - Brad Pitt

61. THE LITTLE MERMAID - Walt Disney

62. JUST LIKE HEAVEN - Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo

63. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Walt Disney

64. FAR AND AWAY - Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman

65. PLANET OF THE APES - Charlton Heston

66. OCEANS 11 - George Clooney

67. CASABLANCA (1942, Micheal Curtiz) - Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart

68. PINOCCHIO (1940, Walt Disney)

69. THE GREEN MILE - Tom Hanks

70. DEATH MACHINE - 

71. SLEEPY HOLLOW - Johnny Depp

72. THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966, Sergio Leone) - Clint Eastwood

73. ROBIN HOOD PRINCE OF THIEVES - Kevin Costner

74. BEN HUR - Charlton Heston

75. UNDER SEIGE - Steven Segal

76. THE SOUND OF MUSIC - Julie Andrews

77. FLY AWAY HOME - Jeff Daniels 1996

78. SPEED - Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock

79. ROBOCOP - 1987 - Peter Weller, Nancy Allen & Ronny Cox

80. 20,000 LEAGUES BENEATH THE SEA - James Mason & Kirk Douglas

81. LIGHT AT THE END OF THE WORLD - Kirk Douglas & Yul Bryner

82. PHENOMENON - John Travolta

83. SOMETHINGS GOTTA GIVE - Jack Nicholson & Diane Keaton

84. TOP GUN - Tom Cruise

85. PEARL HARBOUR - Ben Affleck

86. APOLLO 13 - Tom Hanks

87. DOLORES CLAIBORNE - Kathy Bates

88. THE MASK OF ZORRO - Anthony Hopkins & Antonio Banderas

89. FORREST GUMP (1994, Robert Zemechis) - Tom Hanks

90. SUPERMAN 1 & 2 - Christopher Reeve

91. 2001:SPACE ODYSSEY (1968, Stanely Kubrick)

92. THE STAR WARS TRILOGY (1979-1983, Irvin Kershner) - Harrison Ford

93. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981, Steven Spielberg) - Harrison Ford

94. THE MASK - Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz

95. THE MAN WITH TWO BRAINS - Steve Martin

96. TRADING PLACES (1983, John Landis) - Eddie Murphy

97. GONE IN 60 SECONDS - Nicholas Cage - Angelina Jolie

98. FACE OFF - Nicholas Cage and John Travolta

99. TRUE GRIT - John Wayne

100. FRENCH KISS - Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline

100 is never enough - another 100 films +

OTHER FILMS OF NOTE

1. BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S - Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard

2. TRADING PLACES - Eddie Murphy and Dan Ackroyd

3. FINDING NEMO

4. MISERY - Kathy Bates

5. NAKED GUN and Leslie Neilson

6. AUSTIN POWERS and Mike Myers

7. THELMA and LOUISE - Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis

8. BILLY ELLIOT - Jamie Bell and Julie Walters

9. RACE THE SUN - Halle Berry and James Belushi

10. GHOST - Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore

11. MINORITY REPORT (2002, Steven Spielberg) - Tom Cruise

12. THE SHINING (1980, Stanely Kubrick) - Jack Nicholson

13. THE FUGITIVE - Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones

14. THE FLY - 1986 Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis

15. SCHINDLERS LIST (1993, Steven Spielberg)

16. A CIVIL ACTION - John Travolta

17. DIE HARD - Bruce Willis

18. MARS ATTACK - Jack Nicholson

19. OFFICER and a GENTLEMAN - Richard Gere

20. AUSTIN POWERS - Mike Myers

21. CHINATOWN (1974, Roman Polanski) - Jack Nicholson

22. AMERICAN BEAUTY (1999, Sam Mendes) - Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening

23. SEVEN (1996, David Fincher) - Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt

24. WOLF - Jack Nicholson & Michelle Pfeiffer

25. EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE - Clint Eastwood

26. REAR WINDOW (1954, Alfred Hitchcock) - James Stewart

27. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959, Alfred Hitchcock)

28. BRIDGET JONES DIARY - Rennie Zellwegger

29. LADY IN RED - Julia Roberts

30. The Mask - Jim Carrey

31. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND

32. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946, Frank Kapra) - James Stewart

33. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939, Victor Fleming) - Judy Garland

34. ET -  Richard Dreyfus  (1977 Steven Spielberg)

35. DIE HARD - Bruce Willis

36. THE HULK - 2003  Eric Bana & Jennifer Connelly

37. A MAN CALLED HORSE - Richard Harris

38. BORN FREE - 1966

39. PRETTY WOMAN - Richard Gere and Julia Roberts

40. THE AVIATOR - Leonardo di Caprio

41. SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC - 

42. JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963)

43. CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG - Dick Van Dyke

44. WATERLOO BRIDGE - Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor

45. STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN - David Niven and Kim Hunter

46. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990, Kevin Kostner)

47. FREE WILLY

48. THE AWAKENING - Charlton Heston

49. DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS - Steve Martin and Michael Caine - Comedy

50. MAD MAX: BEYOND THUNDERDOME (1985, George Miller)

51. LOLITA (1997, Adrian Lyne)

52. WALL STREET (1987, Oliver Stone)

53. ROCKY (1976, John Avildsen)

54. SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994, Frank Darabont)

55. STIR CRAZY - Gene Wilder and Richard Prior

56. TWELVE MONKEYS (1995, Terry Gilliam) - Bruce Willis

57. WESTWORLD - Yul Bryner

58. FLIPPER - Paul Hogan

59. EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (1990, Tim Burton) - Johony Depp

60. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979, Francis Ford Coppola)

61. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962, David Lean - 

62. KING KONG - Faye Wray B&W 1933

CARTOONS OF NOTE

1. THE LITTLE MERMAID

2. SHREK

3. FINDING NEMO

4. TOY STORY

5. THE LION KING

6. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

7. DUMBO

8. DONALD DUCK

9. MICKEY MOUSE

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FILM COMPANIES

Amblin Entertainment | Carolco | Castle Rock Entertainment

Columbia (Sony Entertainment) | DreamWorks | Metro Goldwyn Mayor

Miramax | Paramount (a Viacom company)

Pixar | RKO Pictures | Tristar Pictures | Twentieth Century Fox | United Artists

Universal Pictures | Walt Disney

TELEVISION COMPANIES

ABC | BBC (the) | CBS | ITV | SKY | NBC

SOAPS: BROOKSIDE | CASUALTY | CORRIE | EASTENDERS | EMMERDALE | HOLBY

NEIGHBOURS | THE BILL

DIRECTORS

TOP 25 DIRECTORS | GEORGE LUCAS | JAMES CAMERON

JERRY BRUCKHEIMER | STEVEN SPIELBERG

QUENTIN TARANTINO | GORE VERBINSKI | PETER JACKSON | PETER WEIR

MARTIN CAMPBELL

So, what makes a good film?  A film is a story told in such a way that it captures the imagination.  It may also be informative as a portrayal of a particular human characteristic or event - love, strength, skill.  Hence, you need a good story to begin with and this is where it gets complicated.  But, before we get lost in storylines, you also need great actors.  People who can breath life into a script.  Then you need great production, and this starts with directors and producers.  Producers, recognise they have a good story and put all the ingredients together; actors, locations, special effects and finance.  Directors, turn words on a page into pictures, then paste them together to keep the story moving.  It is an art.  It is also an expensive art where the rewards are well worth the investment, provided you have that something special to begin with.

There are still so many good films to be made.  New stories will always come along to inspire a film.  Equally, some good old films need remaking, and that is the reason why the list above is forever changing.  

I hope one day some brave soul will tell my story.  The story of an inventor from England with a vision to build a solar boat.  At least if this story is not told in my lifetime, I've created this website to capture the projects of interest, which will be lodged with the British Library and accorded ISBN number 09537824.  Remember, it is not the winning that matters, it is the taking part.  Although, it's nice to have a win every now and again. NK

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