Favourite Movies

I think that I can speak for most in saying that choosing your favourite movies and then arranging them into a logical order of preference is an immensely difficult task. However, my own list of favourite movies has remained very consistent for years. I could probably list up to at least 250 favourite movies and hold a candle to IMDb, but the more I list the more my preferences begin to overlap one another.

I've settled on sticking to just naming 30 films. As much as it pains me to not mention countless examples, these 30 are the movies that mean the most to me. They're the movies I can revisit the most regularly, the ones that inspire me the most and the ones that leave me with that indescribable feeling of jubilation and euphoria you get from any great experience.

1. The Godfather/The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972/1974)
2. Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
3. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
4. Rocky (John G. Avildsen, 1976)
5. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985)
6. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1978)
7. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
8. Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
9. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
10. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron, 1991)
11. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966)
12. Once Upon A Time In America (Sergio Leone, 1984)
13. The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994)
14. Ed Wood (Tim Burton, 1994)
15. First Blood (Ted Kotcheff, 1982)
16. Scarface (Brian De Palma, 1983)
17. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Steven Spielberg, 1989)
18. Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004)
19. The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kerschner, 1980)
20. Titanic (James Cameron, 1997)
21. Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010)
22. Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978)
23. Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis, 1994)
24. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980)
25. The Green Mile (Frank Darabont, 1999)
26. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (Milos Forman, 1975)
27. Ghost Busters (Ivan Reitman, 1984)
28. Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999)
29. Casino (Martin Scorsese, 1995)
30. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Peter Jackson, 2001-2003)