Lists of Bests: DocTWood's "Movies I Keep Recommending To People" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/4921 So people always ask, and then I respond off the top of my head. So here is a list of 100 off the top of my head which I then started to put into alphabetical order post-facto (you'll see I made it 20 some movies in before nixing anymore sorting). Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:42:38 GMT en-us 0 50 100 50 0 Casino (Widescreen 10th Anniversary Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49905 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49905"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0007VZ9DK.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Scorsese</div> City of God http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36866 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36866"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000D9PNX.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fernando Meirelles</div> Collateral (Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36179 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36179"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JN2Z.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Mann</div> A Clockwork Orange http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52093 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52093"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005ATQB.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stanley Kubrick</div> Crash (Widescreen Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47082 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47082"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CAHS1FHFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Haggis</div> Das Boot - The Director's Cut http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42483 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42483"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0767802470.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wolfgang Petersen</div> Donnie Darko - The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37465 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37465"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41N8Y22RN5L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Kelly (II)</div> Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36051 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36051"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000055Y0X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stanley Kubrick</div> Fight Club (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38827 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38827"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516ZF6YQKAL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Fincher</div> Four Rooms http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1152609 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Quentin Tarantino</div> From Dusk Till Dawn (Dimension Collector's Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/107917 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/107917"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004RJ74.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Rodriguez</div> Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (Widescreen Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/80960 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/80960"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00009Q98M.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Lawrence of Arabia (Limited Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35879 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35879"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003CXB2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Leon - The Professional (Deluxe Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40588 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40588"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0006GVJEE.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Luc Besson</div> lies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1152606 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Murderball http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60082 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60082"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000B5XP24.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry Alex Rubin</div> The Pianist http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41523 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41523"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JLT5.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Silence of the Lambs (Full Screen Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92340 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92340"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005LINB.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Demme</div> Swingers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41232 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41232"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1558908552.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Doug Liman</div> Taxi Driver (Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22584 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22584"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0767830555.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Whale Rider http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42769 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42769"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000CABBW.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Niki Caro</div> The Whole Nine Yards http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60327 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60327"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0790750422.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Lynn</div> Training Day http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50159 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50159"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JKED.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Raging Bull (Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39326 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39326"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51M8TFXKWRL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Gallipoli (Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/96371 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/96371"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BDGW0I.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Weir</div> In America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36141 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36141"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51D44WAW8VL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Sheridan</div> The Machinist http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38859 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38859"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0007Y08QA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brad Anderson (II)</div> Scarface (Widescreen Anniversary Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36794 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36794"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000AMRJC.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brian De Palma</div> The Killing Fields http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63904 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63904"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004RF82.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roland Joffé</div> Memento (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47963 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47963"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000640SA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Nolan</div> Intermission http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/173255 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/173255"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002V7SOS.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Crowley (III)</div> Downfall http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38225 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38225"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51W45N1877L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Oliver Hirschbiegel</div> Requiem for a Dream (Director's Cut) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36296 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36296"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005Q4CS.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Seven (New Line Platinum Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36017 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36017"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000050FEN.01-A1L7PF5CNT23PC._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44712665_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Fincher</div> A Christmas Story (Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47466 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47466"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000AYJUW.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Natural http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/144837 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/144837"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000056WQX.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barry Levinson</div> L.A. Confidential http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23597 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23597"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51R182THC0L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Curtis Hanson</div> The Shawshank Redemption (Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37230 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37230"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002J4ZWS.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Darabont</div> Gandhi http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42963 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42963"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003CXA4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Natural Born Killers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40741 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40741"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003BDXG.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Oliver Stone</div> American History X http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40193 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40193"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CHHZDW9DL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tony Kaye</div> Heat (Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40577 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40577"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0006J28KU.01-A2AXN9TZNRHUH0._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Mann</div> Death to Smoochy (Widescreen Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40213 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40213"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00006CXI1.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Apocalypse Now Redux http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38329 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38329"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005OWEG.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Alien http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55494 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55494"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000ILDD.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ridley Scott</div> Cool Hand Luke http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38896 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38896"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0790731509.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stuart Rosenberg</div> This Is Spinal Tap (Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38495 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38495"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305922756.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Hoosiers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66396 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66396"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0792843592.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Anspaugh</div> The Sting (Universal Legacy Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59665 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59665"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0009X766Y.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Roy Hill</div> Full Metal Jacket http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57475 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57475"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005ATQF.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div>