All-time must-see movies

Rating system

I employ a five-star system. A must-see movie is four stars or better. More details on my rating system

Flags and Remarks

Some movies are labelled with flags that indicate content which may be inappropriate for certain viewers. Flags are in the form of a letter followed by a number, such as A2. The letter indicates the nature of the potentially offensive content, and the number indicates the degree (1=minor, 2=moderate, 3=major). The letters are coded as follows: violence (V), nudity (N), strong language (L), adult situations (A), substance abuse (S), vulgarity/adult humor (H), mature themes (M), and graphic/scary/bloody imagery (I). All flags are based on my opinion, and are intended to serve as guidelines. Remarks indicate additional features of interest, such as the language (if not English), based on a true story (BOTS), director's cut (DC), etc.

Also on this page

Top 25 movies of all time
Top five lists
Best movies by year

Other Movie Sites

The top two movies sites I have found are AMG and IMDB. These sites are indispensible for the serious movie fan. For information on MPAA film ratings, see AMG or MPAA. An impressive collection of critics' lists can be found at Greatest Films. See also J's movie page, compiled by my main man and fellow movie lover, J Provine. And remember, if you disagree with my choices, by all means, make your own list.

Five Star Movies

Rating	Year	Title	Genre	Flags and Remarks
	1968	2001: A Space Odyssey	Science Fiction
	1986	Aliens	Sci-Fi, Action, Suspense	V2. Sequel to Alien.
	2002	Attack of the Clones	Galactic Thriller
	1989	Batman	Action, Fantsay
	1991	Beauty & the Beast	Fantasy, Fairly Tale	Animated
	1948	The Bicycle Thief	Drama	Italian
	1980	Blues Brothers	Comedy	L1
	1957	The Bridge on the River Kwai	War	V1
	1969	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	Western, Comedy	L1, V1
	1942	Casablanca	Drama
	1958	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Drama
	1941	Citizen Kane	Drama
	1974	The Conversation	Psychological Thriller	L1, A2
	1967	Cool Hand Luke	Drama, Comedy	L1, A1
	2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Adventure, Action	Mandarin
	2008	The Dark Knight	Fantasy, Drama	I3, M3, V3.
	2012	The Dark Knight Rises	Fantasy, Drama	I3, M3, V3.
	1995	Dead Man Walking	Drama	I2, M3, BOTS.
	1989	Dead Poets Society	Drama	A1
	1954	Diabolique	Suspense	French
	1964	Dr. Strangelove	War, Comedy, Satire	H1, I1
	1980	The Empire Strikes Back	Space Adventure
	1940	Fantasia	Fantasy, Musical	Animated
	2011	From Up on Poppy Hill	Drama	Animated
	2003	Fog of War	Pseudo-Documentary, Cold War	I3
	1987	Full Metal Jacket	War	V3, L3
	1972	The Godfather	Drama, Crime	V2, M3
	1974	The Godfather II	Drama, Crime	V2, M3
	1939	Gone With the Wind	Drama, Civil War
	1967	The Graduate	Drama	N1, A2
	2013	Gravity	Drama, Suspense	M1, V1
	2000	High Fidelity	Urban Comedy, Drama	A1, L3
	1986	Hoosiers	Sports Drama
	1961	The Hustler	Drama	A1
	2004	The Incredibles	Superhero, Action	V1, Animated
	2015	Inside Out	Fantasy, Drama	Animated
	1946	It's a Wonderful Life	Drama, Comedy
	1975	Jaws	Horror, Suspense	I2
	1955	Lady & the Tramp	Dog Film	Animated
	1997	Life is Beautiful	Drama	M3
	1998	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	Crime, Comedy	V2, L3
	1941	The Maltese Falcon	Detective Film, Film Noir	V1
	1966	A Man For All Seasons	Religious Drama	M2
	1956	The Man Who Knew Too Much	Spy Thriller
	1962	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	Western, Outlaw	V1
	1962	The Manchurian Candidate	Cold War Psychological Thriller	M1
	2005	March of the Penguins	Documentary
	1999	The Matrix	Sci-Fi, Action	V3, L1
	1947	Miracle on 34th Street	Children's Movie
	1942	Mrs. Miniver	Drama, WWII	M1
	1988	My Neighbor Totoro	Fantasy, Children's Movie	Animated, Japanese
	1944	National Velvet	Children's Drama
	1984	Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind	Fantasy	Animated, Japanese
	1977	A New Hope	Extra-Terrestrial Epic
	1959	North by Northwest	Suspense
	1954	On the Waterfront	Drama, Crime	V1
	1980	Ordinary People	Drama
	1923	Our Hospitality	Comedy	Silent.
	1999	The Phantom Menace	Interplanetary Drama
	1994	Il Postino	Drama	Italian
	1987	Predator	Action	V3
	1960	Psycho	Suspense, Horror	V2
	1981	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Adventure
	1980	Raging Bull	Drama	L3, M2
	2007	Ratatouille	Adventure, Comedy	Animated
	1954	Rear Window	Mystery, Thriller
	1983	Return of the Jedi	Interstellar Saga
	2005	Revenge of the Sith	Cosmic Fantasy	M1
	1998	Run Lola Run	Action, Comedy, Techno	German
	1993	Schindler's List	Historical Drama, War	M3, N1, I2
	1954	Seven Samurai	Drama, Period Film	V2, L1, Japanese
	1994	The Shawshank Redemption	Drama	V1, A1
	2001	Spirited Away	Fantasy	I1, Animated, Japanese
	1973	The Sting	Crime, Comedy, Drama	L1, V1
	1984	The Terminator	Action, Sci-Fi	V3,N1
	1949	The Third Man	Drama, Mystery	V1
	1986	Top Gun	Drama, Action	L1, A1
	1995	Toy Story	Drama	Animated
	1999	Toy Story II	Drama	Animate
	2010	Toy Story III	Drama	Animated
	1939	The Wizard of Oz	Fantasy
	1959	The Young Philadelphians	Drama

Four and a Half Star Movies

Rating	Year	Title	Genre	Flags and Remarks
	2001	Amelie	Comedy, Romance	H2, N1. French
	2009	Avatar	Sci-Fi	V2, I2
	1942	Bambi	Fantasy, Drama	Animated.
	2005	Batman Begins	Fantasy	V1
	1998	The Big Lebowski	Comedy	N2, L3
	1963	The Birds	Suspense	I2
	1979	The Black Stallion	Drama
	2002	Bowling for Columbine	Pseudo-Documentary	I3, L2
	2005	Cars	Drama, Action	Animated
	1963	Charade	Romantic Mystery, Suspense	I1
	1981	Chariots of Fire	Drama	BOTS
	1931	City Lights	Drama	Silent
	1981	Das Boot	War, Submarine Movie	DC
	1973	The Day of the Jackal	Psychological Thriller, Hitman Movie	V1, N1
	1981	The Fox and the Hound	Drama, Children's Movie	Animated
	1971	The French Connection	Action, Detective Film
	1966	Gambit	Heist
	1927	The General	Comedy	Silent
	1939	Goodbye, Mr. Chips	Drama
	2009	Gran Torino	Drama	L3, V3, M3
	1950	Harvey	Comedy
	2004	Hotel Rwanda	Political Drama	M2, I2.
	2005	Howl's Moving Castle	Fantasy	Animated, Japanese
	1963	Hud	Western	V1
	1990	The Hunt for Red October	Cold War Thriller, Submarine Movie	V2
	1989	Kiki's Delivery Service	Fantasy	Animated, Japanese.
	2008	Kung Fu Panda	Fantasy, Action	Animated.
	1961	Judgment at Nuremberg	Drama
	1994	Laura	Mystery
	2004	Mystic River	Drama	V2, M3
	2001	Nine Queens	Crime	Argentinian
	2007	No Country for Old Men	Crime, Suspense	V2, I2
	2000	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Comedy, Crime	V1
	1959	On the Beach	Cold War, Disaster	M3
	2002	The Pianist	Holocaust	M3, V2, I3, L1
	1964	The Pink Panther	Comedy, Mystery
	2009	Ponyo	Fantasy	Animated
	1997	Princess Mononoke	Fantasy	V1, I1, Animated, Japanese
	1985	Ran	Tragedy	Japanese
	1951	Rashoman	Enigmatic Drama	Japanese
	1959	Rio Bravo	Western
	1976	Rocky	Drama	A1
	1948	Rope	Psychological Thriller	V1
	1954	Sabrina	Romance, Comedy
	1951	A Streetcar Named Desire	Drama	A1
	1978	Superman	Science Fiction, Action
	1980	Superman II	Science Fiction, Action
	1991	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Action, Science Fiction	V3
	1934	The Thin Man	Mystery
	1992	Unforgiven	Western	V3, M3
	2009	Up	Adventure	Animated
	1995	The Usual Suspects	Suspense, Crime	V3, L3
	2008	WALL-E	Fantasy	Animated
	1973	The Way We Were	Drama
	2003	Whale Rider	Drama

Four Star Movies

Rating	Year	Title	Genre	Flags and Remarks
	1992	Aladdin	Fantasy	Animated
	1979	Alien	Sci-Fi Thriller	V2
	1976	All the President's Men	Political Drama	M1, A1, L1. BOTS
	1984	Amadeus	Drama	A1, L1
	2008	Appaloosa	Western	V2
	1995	Apollo 13	Historical Drama	BOTS
	1997	As Good As It Gets	Romantic Comedy	A1
	1985	Back to the Future	Adventure
	1987	Babette's Feast	Drama	M2
	2002	The Bourne Identity	Action, Spy Film	V3, L2
	1954	The Bridges at Toko-Ri	War	V1
	1998	Buena Vista Social Club	Documentary
	2006	Casino Royale	Action, Spy Movie	V2
	1986	Castle in the Sky	Fantasy	Animated, Japanese.
	1977	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Science Fiction
	1997	Contact	Science Fiction	V1, A1
	2004	The Corporation	Pseudo-Documentary
	1950	Cyrano de Bergerac	Drama
	2010	Despicable Me	Comedy, Family Movie
	1954	Dial M for Murder	Crime Thriller	V1
	1988	Die Hard	Action Thriller	V2
	1962	Divorce - Italian Style	Satire	Italian
	1996	The English Patient	Drama, Romance	V1, A2, I2
	1982	E.T. The Extra Terrestrial	Science Fiction
	2001	The Fellowship of the Ring	Fantasy Adventure	I2
	1993	The Firm	Crime Thriller	A2
	1998	Following	Psychological Drama
	1984	Ghostbusters	Comedy	I1
	1989	Glory	Civil War	I2, V2. BOTS
	1940	The Great Dictator	Political Satire
	1963	The Great Escape	WWII, Prisoners of War	V1,M1. BOTS
	1966	The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly	Western	V2
	1937	The Grand Illusion	War	French
	1994	Hoop Dreams	Documentary	L2
	1967	Hombre	Western	V1, M1
	2008	Horton Hears a Who	Fantasy	Animated
	2002	The Importance of Being Earnest	Comedy
	1993	In the Name of the Father	Political Drama	M3, V3
	1989	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Adventure	I1
	1960	Inherit the Wind	Historical Drama, Religious	BOTS
	1999	The Iron Giant	Children's Fantasy	Animated
	1994	The Iron Monkey	Action, Kung-Fu	In Mandarin
	1986	Jean de Florette	Drama, Foreign	French
	1993	Jurassic Park	Science Fiction	I2
	1984	The Karate Kid	Drama
	1956	The Killing	Crime, Suspense	V1
	1979	Kramer vs. Kramer	Drama	M2
	1997	L.A. Confidential	Mystery, Drama, Crime	L3, N2, V2, I1
	1989	The Little Mermaid	Fantasy	Animated
	1962	The Longest Day	War	V1
	1981	Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior	Action, Post-apocalyptic	V3
	1986	Manon of the Spring	Drama, Foreign	N2. Sequel to Jean de Florette.
	2000	Memento	Psychological Thriller	V3
	1927	Metropolis	Science Fiction	Silent, German
	2005	Million Dollar Baby	Drama, Boxing	M1, V1
	1974	Monty Python and the Holy Grail	Comedy	A1, H2
	1939	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Drama
	1984	The Natural	Drama, Baseball	A1
	1994	Nobody's Fool	Drama	N2, M1
	1976	The Outlaw Josey Wales	Western	V3
	2007	Persepolis	Drama	Foreign, Animated
	1998	The Prince of Egypt	Religous Epic	Animated
	1993	Philadelphia	Drama	M1, L2, A2
	2010	Predators	Sci-Fi, Action	I2, V2
	1988	Rain Man	Drama	L2, A2
	1987	Raising Arizona	Comedy	L2
	1940	Rebecca	Mystery	A1
	1955	Rififi	Crime, Heist	French
	1996	The Rock	Action	V2
	1985	Rocky IV	Sports	V1
	1987	Robocop	Crime, Sci-Fi, Action	V3
	1998	Saving Private Ryan	War	V3. BOTS.
	1949	The Setup	Drama, Boxing	V1
	1956	Seven Men from Now	Western	V1
	1993	Shadowlands	Drama	M1, BOTS
	2003	Spellbound	Documentary
	1965	The Spy Who Came In From the Cold	Spy Film
	2004	Super-Size Me	Pseudo-Documentary	N1, L1
	1999	Sweet and Lowdown	Comedy, Satire	S1,A1.
	2003	Touching the Void	Pseudo-Documentary
	1974	The Towering Inferno	Action	V1
	2002	The Two Towers	Fantasy Adventure	I3
	2005	Walk the Line	Drama	M1
	1996	When We Were Kings	Documentary, Boxing	"Rumble in the Jungle"
	2003	Winged Migration	Documentary

Top Twenty-five Movies of All Time

1. Schindler's List
2. The Godfather
3. Star Wars, Episodes I-VI
4. Seven Samurai
5. The Godfather II
6. Cool Hand Luke
7. Casablanca
8. Lady and the Tramp
9. High Fidelity
10. The Incredibles
11. Life is Beautiful
12. The Sting
13. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
14. Rear Window
15. Predator
16. Ordinary People
17. The Bridge on the River Kwai
18. Dr. Strangelove
19. The Maltese Falcon
20. The Dark Knight
21. A Man for All Seasons
22. Full Metal Jacket
23. The Conversation
24. The Wizard of Oz
25. The Third Man

The next few . . .

26. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
27. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
28. The Manchurian Candidate
29. The Graduate
30. Ratatouille
31. Beauty and the Beast
32. Naussica of the Valley of Wind

Top Five Lists

Best by year

A || separates must-see from non-must-see-but-still-entertaining.

• 2015: Inside Out || Ant Man
• 2014: ||
• 2013: Gravity || Star Trek: Into Darkness, World's End
• 2012: The Dark Knight Rises, Moonrise Kingdom || Brave, The Bourne Legacy
• 2011 From Up on Poppy Hill || The Adventures of Tintin
• 2010 Toy Story III, Despicable Me, Predators || Get Low, Alice in Wonderland, How to Train Your Dragon
• 2009: Up || Invictus, Star Trek, Sin Nombre, Sherlock Holmes, Oceans, Inglourious Basterds, A Perfect Getaway
• 2008: The Dark Knight, WALL-E, Gran Torino, Bolt, Kung Fu Panda, Horton Hears a Who, Appaloosa || Burn after Reading, Quantum of Solace, Happy Go Lucky, Bank Job, Slumdog Millionaire, Mongol, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, The Hurt Locker
• 2007: Ratatouille, No Country for Old Men || Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Persepolis, Son of Rambow
• 2006: Casino Royale || Superman Returns, Stranger than Fiction, The Prestige
• 2005: Revenge of the Sith, March of the Penguins, Howl's Moving Castle, Batman Begins, Million Dollar Baby || Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Junebug
• 2004: The Corporation, Super Size Me, The Incredibles, Hotel Rwanda, Mystic River, Touching the Void || Ray, Harry Potter III, The Bourne Supremacy, The Aviator, Nothing More (Nada +), Spiderman II, Control Room, Riding Giants, Shaun of the Dead
• 2003: Fog of War, Whale Rider, Winged Migration, Spellbound || Return of the King, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Finding Nemo, Bend It Like Beckham, Pirates of the Carribean, The Matrix Reloaded, X2: X-Men United, Big Fish, Step Into Liquid
• 2002: Attack of the Clones, Bowling for Columbine, The Bourne Identity, The Importance of Being Earnest || The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The Bourne Identity, Spiderman, Blood Work, Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in our Times
• 2001: Spirited Away, Amelie, The Fellowship of the Ring, Nine Queens || Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, A Beautiful Mind, Spy Game, Ocean's Eleven, Monster's Inc.
• 2000: High Fidelity; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Memento; O Brother, Where Art Thou? || The Dish, X-Men, Chocolat
• 1999: Toy Story II, The Phantom Menace, The Matrix, The Iron Giant, Sweet and Lowdown || The Color of Paradise, True Crime
• 1998: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; Run Lola Run; The Big Lebowski; Saving Private Ryan; Buena Vista Social Club; The Prince of Egypt, Following || The Negotiator, Waking Ned Divine, Shakespeare in Love, A Bug's Life
• 1997: Life is Beautiful, Princess Mononoke, As Good As It Gets, Contact, L.A. Confidential || The Game
• 1996: The English Patient, When We Were Kings, The Rock || Fargo
• 1995: Dead Man Walking, The Usual Suspects, Toy Story, Apollo 13, Bridegs of Madison County || Braveheart
• 1994: Il Postino, Quiz Show, The Shawshank Redemption, Hoop Dreams, Nobody's Fool, Iron Monkey || Clear and Present Danger, Pulp Fiction
• 1993: Schindler's List, The Firm, Jurassic Park, Shadowlands, Philadelphia, In the Name of the Father || Cliffhanger, In the Line of Fire, A Perfect World, The Sandlot
• 1992: Aladdin, Unforgiven || Porco Rosso
• 1991: Beauty and the Beast, Terminator 2: Judgment Day || Only Yesterday, Barton Fink
• 1990: Silence of the Lambs, The Hunt for Red October
• 1989: Batman, Glory, The Last Crusade, Dead Poets Society, Kiki's Delivery Service, The Little Mermaid || Field of Dreams
• 1988: My Neighbor Totoro, Die Hard, Rain Man ||
• 1987: Predator, Full Metal Jacket, Raising Arizona, Babette's Feast, Robocop ||
• 1986: Aliens, Hoosiers, Top Gun, Castle in the Sky, Jean de Florette, Manon of the Spring ||
• 1985: Back to the Future, Ran, Rocky IV ||
• 1984: Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind, The Terminator, Amadeus, The Karate Kid, The Natural, Ghostbusters ||
• 1983: Return of the Jedi || The Big Chill
• 1982: E.T. The Extra Terrestrial || Rocky III, The Dark Crystal, The Verdict
• 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Das Boot, The Fox and the Hound, Chariots of Fire || Absence of Malice
• 1980: The Empire Strikes Back, Ordinary People, Raging Bull, Blues Brothers, Superman II ||
• 1979: Kramer vs. Kramer, Alien, The Black Stallion || Rocky II
• 1978: Superman ||
• 1977: Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind ||
• 1976: Rocky, The Outlaw Josey Wales, All the President's Men ||
• 1975: Jaws || Dog Day Afternoon
• 1974: The Godfather II, The Conversation, Monty Python and the Holy Grail || The Towering Inferno
• 1973: The Sting, The Day of the Jackal, The Way We Were || , F is for Fake, High Plains Drifter
• 1972: The Godfather || The Candidate
• 1971: The French Connection ||
• 1970: || Gimme Shelter
• 1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ||
• 1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Bullitt ||
• 1967: Cool Hand Luke, The Graduate, Hombre || Two for the Road
• 1966: A Man for All Seasons; Gambit; The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly ||
• 1965: The Spy Who Came In From the Cold ||
• 1964: Dr. Strangelove, The Pink Panther || A Fistful of Dollars
• 1963: Hud, Charade, The Great Escape ||
• 1962: The Manchurian Candidate, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Divorce - Italian Style, The Longest Day ||
• 1961: The Hustler, Judgment at Nuremberg ||
• 1960: Psycho, Inherit the Wind || The Magnificent Seven
• 1959: The Young Philadelphians, On the Beach, Rio Bravo ||
• 1958: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ||
• 1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai ||
• 1956: The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Killing, Seven Men from Now ||
• 1955: Lady & the Tramp, Rififi || To Catch a Thief
• 1954: Seven Samurai, Rear Window, Diabolique, On the Waterfront, Sabrina, Dial `M' for Murder, The Bridges at Toko-Ri || The Barefoot Contessa
• 1953: || Stalag 17
• 1952: ||
• 1951: A Streetcar Named Desire, Rashoman ||
• 1950: Cyrano de Bergerac, Harvey || All About Eve
• 1949: The Third Man, The Setup ||
• 1948: The Bicycle Thief, Rope || Call Northside 777
• 1947: Miracle on 34th Street ||
• 1946: It's a Wonderful Life ||
• 1945:
• 1944: Laura, National Velvet ||
• 1943:
• 1942: Casablanca, Mrs. Miniver, Bambi || Touch of Evil
• 1941: Citizen Kane, The Maltese Falcon ||
• 1940: Fantasia, The Great Dictator || Pinocchio
• 1939: Gone with the Wind; The Wizard of Oz; Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; Goodbye, Mr. Chips; ||
• 1938:
• 1937: The Grand Illusion || Stage Door
• 1934: The Thin Man ||
• 1932: || I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
• 1931: City Lights ||
• 1927: Metropolis ||
• 1924: || Sherlock, Jr.
• 1923: Our Hospitality ||
• 1923: || Love Nest

Rating System

I employ a five-star system, summarized by the table below: A must-see movie is four stars or better.

	5.0	Engrossing, memorable, highly recommendable, and worth seeing several times. The best of the best.
	4.5	Falls just short of one or more of the five-star criteria, but still an excellent movie.
	4.0	One or more well-defined shortcomings, but still good enough to be mandatory viewing.
	3.5	Highly enjoyable but not quite essential.
	3.0	Entertaining and worth seeing once.
	2.5	Tolerable, some redeeming qualities, but ultimately unsatisfying.
	2.0	A mediocre, uninspiring movie.
	1.5	You spend the whole movie waiting for it to be over.
	1.0	Difficult to bear, possibly nauseating, horrendous. Avoid this movie at all costs.

One may also think in terms of the five-star system used by Netflix, which is essentially equivalent although less nuanced. Their system is: [5 = I loved it; 4 = I really liked it; 3 = I liked it; 2 = OK; 1 = I didn't like it].

I think of a must-see movie as follows: Suppose you have a friend who really likes movies, and who has the exact same tastes as you. He or she derives significant pleasure from viewing a high quality flick, although watching so-so or bad movies annoys them. A must-see movie is one that, soon after viewing it, you highly recommend to that friend.

My goal in rating movies is not to create an unbiased, objective ranking of the great films of history that any logical person could arrive at by applying a set of well-defined principles. I do not fashion myself a "film critic." This list is entirely biased and subjective, based on my personal opinions, which are in turn shaped by my life experiences, values, personality, and emotional tendencies. I do, however, follow certain guidelines, outlined above, that I believe most movie fans would agree characterize a must-see movie. For you to fully know how my personal opinions are manifested in the implementation of my ranking system, I could write a treatise on the world according to Clay, but I don't have time for that right now so you'll just have to see the movies and figure it out for yourself.

I generally do not give much weight to the opinions of professional movie critics, although this is difficult to avoid completely. I also give little weight to the historical importance of a movie. I give no weight to box-office success or Academy Awards (no Titanic here).

I do give weight to movies that have historical importance in my life. For example, Batman will always be a five star movie for me because I still vividly remember walking out of the theater in 1989, at age 14, and being more stoked than I'd ever been about having just seen a movie. Other movies on this list that evoke nostalgia include Top Gun, Ghostbusters, and The Karate Kid.

This page is maintained by Clay Scott. Please email me with comments or suggestions.

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