I had a lot of fun making this year’s list. I think my little gimmick of presenting the list by the digits in the ones spot made it a little more interesting to follow along with and gave some fun ways to talk about the list that might not have been present if I did it in a straightforward way. I have an idea for next year’s list but you’ll have to wait to find out what that is.
And now, the statistical breakdown of my top 100 films list. Enjoy.
By Decade:
1920’s: 3
1930’s: 3
1940’s: 8
1950’s: 5
1960’s: 4
1970’s: 10
1980’s: 10
1990’s: 11
2000’s: 40
2010’s: 6
Movies from before I was born: 41
Movies from the year I was born: 2 (Die Hard and A Fish Called Wanda)
Movies from after the year I was born: 57
By Genre:
I’m going to split them into drama and comedy, each film fits into one of these. Then I’ll do the more specialized genres.
Drama: 71
Comedy: 29
Horror: 13
Sci-fi: 9
Fantasy: 6
Western: 6
Action/Adventure: 14
Romance: 18
Crime: 20
Documentary (faux or real): 3
Other: 11
Directors with more than 1 entry
Paul Thomas Anderson (3)
Darren Aronofsky (2)
Frank Borzage (4)
Danny Boyle (2)
John Carpenter (2)
Joel and Ethan Coen (3)
David Cronenberg (2)
Guillermo del Toro (2)
David Fincher (2)
John Ford (7)
Rian Johnson (2)
Spike Jonze (2)
Stanley Kubrick (3)
Ridley Scott (3)
Steven Spielberg (5)
Quentin Tarantino (2)
Edgar Wright (2)
Links to each section of the list with pictures, quotes, and commentary:
The _0’s section
The _9’s section
The _8’s section
The _7’s section
The _6’s section
The _5’s section
The _4’s section
The _3’s section
The _2’s section
The _1’s section
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