Hi, my name is Travis Bean. And I have…well. I have what some people say is “unique” taste in movies. Other people would use different adjectives: terrible, questionable, contrarian, etc. And hey, everybody is entitled to their opinions—including me. I like the movies I like and hate the movies I hate for a reason. You may not like it, but that’s the beauty of movie-loving: there’s always a new conversation to have. And I want to fearlessly be part of that discussion.
So Chris (co-founder of Film Colossus) and I decided to start these lists. This page will chronicle and rank every single movie I’ve watched starting January 1, 2022. Which, I have to admit, sounds silly. How do you accurately ranks hundreds of different movies? In truth: you don’t. It’s almost always arbitrary and subject to whims. A movie could easily change 50 positions on any given day. Thus, this list becomes a constant snapshot of my ever-evolving tastes—which I love.
Whatever your reaction to these rankings may be—whether it be anger or combativeness or delight—I want to hear about it. If you disagree with me, leave and comment and I’ll respond. If you think there’s more to love in a film, leave a comment and I’ll respond. If you want to join in and trash a movie I hated, leave a comment and I’ll respond. But don’t just write me off—I won’t have time for that. I don’t want to shy away from how I feel about movies, but embrace those feelings. And I hope it inspire you to do the same.
If you don’t see a movie in these rankings, it either means I’ve never seen it or I haven’t seen it since starting this list (in reality I’ve seen thousands of movies). I watch new movies all the time, but I also greatly enjoy revisiting old favorites. So hopefully this list will become more comprehensive over time. If you’d like to see my ratings for every movie I’ve ever watched, then check out my Letterboxd.
If you have any recommendations for me, or if you just want to talk about my thoughts or rankings, comment below!
The latest movies I’ve ranked
- Ocean’s Thirteen (2007)
- Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)
- Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver (2024)
- Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
- Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)
- Swingers (1996)
- Raw Deal (1986)
- Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
- The House By the Cemetery (1981)
- Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
- The Neon Demon (2016)
- Possession (1981)
- Christopher Strong (1933)
- The Natural (1984)
- The Blob (1988)
- Perfect Blue (1997)
- Tenet (2020)
- Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973)
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
My all-time movie rankings
All-Time Favorite
- Enter the Void (2009)
- Mulholland Drive (2001)
- Showgirls (1995)
- Magnolia (1999)
- Spirited Away (2001)
- Magic Mike XXL (2015)
- Terrifier 2 (2022)
Essential
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Superbad (2007)
- Chungking Express (1994)
- The House That Jack Built (2018)
- Possession (1981)
- Flash Gordon (1980)
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
- Demons 2 (1986)
- The Red Shoes (1948)
- Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)
- The Birds (1963)
- A Taxing Woman (1987)
- The Fast and the Furious (2001)
- Fast Five (2011)
- The Seventh Seal (1957)
- Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood (2019)
- Malignant (2021)
- Scream (1996)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
- Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2016)
- Suspiria (1977)
- Psycho (1960)
- Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
- Ticket to Paradise (2022)
- Twilight (2008)
- The Matrix (1999)
- Nymphomaniac (2013)
- Ride Lonesome (1959)
- Batman & Robin (1997)
- Breathless (1960)
- Sideways (2004)
- Magic Mike (2012)
- My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
- Perfect Blue (1997)
- Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012)
- Out of Sight (1998)
- The Miracle Worker (1962)
- Bad Boys II (2003)
- Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
- The Big Combo (1955)
- The Neon Demon (2016)
- Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- Blood for Dracula (1974)
- The Innkeepers (2011)
- Lips of Blood (1975)
- Short Cuts (1993)
- Fever Pitch (2005)
- Knock at the Cabin (2023)
Superb
- Bayan Ko (1984)
- The Holy Mountain (1973)
- Inglourious Basterds (2009)
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2015)
- Tenet (2020)
- They Came Together (2014)
- Ivy (1947)
- Dune (1984)
- Your Name (2016)
- The Piano (1993)
- Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver (2024)
- Drive (2011)
- Billy Madison (1995)
- Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
- Vortex (2022)
- Passion (2012)
- Jackass: The Movie (2002)
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
- Point Break (1991)
- Point Break (2015)
- Mandibles (2020)
- The Old Dark House (1932)
- Eraserhead (1977)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
- Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2022)
- Good Time (2017)
- Snapshot (1979)
- RoboCop (1987)
- The Exterminating Angel (1962)
- Heat (1995)
- The Fate of the Furious (2017)
- Ambulance (2022)
- Touch of Evil (1958)
- Ponyo (2008)
- Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
- The Beach Bum (2019)
- Happy Gilmore (1996)
- Citizen Kane (1941)
- Magic Mike’s Last Dance (2023)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2010)
- Groundhog Day (1993)
- Basic Instinct (1992)
- The Princess Bride (1987)
- Fast X (2023)
- Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- Clash (1984)
- Don Jon (2013)
- Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
- The Godfather (1972)
- The Godfather: Part II (1974)
- X (2022)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
- Fight Club (1999)
- Under the Silver Lake (2018)
- West Side Story (2021)
- Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
- There Will Be Blood (2007)
- Night of the Living Dead (1968)
- Now You See Me (2013)
- The French Dispatch (2021)
- Dirty Dancing (1987)
- They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
- Inland Empire (2006)
- The Last Metro (1980)
- Get Out (2017)
- Dog (2022)
- The Holy Mountain (1926)
- Donnie Darko (2001)
- Scarface (1983)
- Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
- Alien (1979)
- Inception (2010)
- Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
- High Fidelity (2000)
- Fallen Angel (1945)
- Road House (1989)
- jeen-yuhs (2022)
- The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
- Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
- The Descent (2005)
- Christopher Strong (1933)
- I Married a Witch (1942)
- The Gunfighter (1950)
- The Blob (1988)
- Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)
- Signs (2002)
- All Hallow’s Eve (2013)
- Cool as Ice (1991)
- Johnny Guitar (1954)
- Staying Alive (1983)
- Ocean’s Thirteen (2007)
- Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
- Torn Curtain (1966)
- Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
- Benedetta (2021)
- Def By Temptation (1990)
- I Love You, Man (2009)
- Stop Making Sense (1984)
- Fargo (1996)
- Dressed to Kill (1980)
- Twilight: New Moon (2009)
- King Richard (2021)
Very Good
- Spectre (2015)
- The Small Back Room (1949)
- Remember the Night (1940)
- Raw Deal (1948)
- Little Italy (2018)
- Jeepers Creepers (2001)
- Game Over (1989)
- The Last Duel (2021)
- 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
- Nightcrawler (2014)
- Friday the 13th (1980)
- Prometheus (2012)
- Past Lives (2023)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
- Flesh + Blood (1985)
- Underworld (2003)
- Close to Vermeer (2023)
- Ball of Fire (1941)
- Demons (1985)
- Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973)
- Underworld: Evolution (2006)
- Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
- M3GAN (2023)
- The Sixth Sense (1999)
- Puppet Master (1989)
- Pain & Gain (2013)
- 300 (2006)
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
- Lionheart (1990)
- Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
- Old (2021)
- Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
- Any Given Sunday (1999)
- 21 Jump Street (2012)
- Alien vs. Predator (2004)
- Nightmare Alley (1947)
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
- Fallen Leaves (2023)
- American Psycho (2000)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- Saboteur (1942)
- Blade (1998)
- Melancholia (2011)
- Parents (1989)
- The Squid and the Whale (2005)
- Insidious: The Red Door (2023)
- Lured (1947)
- The Man from Laramie (1955)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
- Danzón (1991)
- Licorice Pizza (2021)
- This Gun for Hire (1942)
- Castle in the Sky (1986)
- Frenzy (1972)
- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
- Decision at Sundown (1957)
- Poor Things (2023)
- The Mutilator (1984)
- The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1967)
- 22 Jump Street (2014)
- The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944)
- Vanilla Sky (2001)
- Light Sleeper (1992)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- Aftersun (2022)
- The Monster Squad (1987)
- Paprika (2006)
- Unforgiven (1992)
- Madman (1981)
- Out of the Fog (1941)
- The Best Man Holiday (2013)
- RRR (2022)
- Step Up (2006)
- Furious 7 (2015)
- The Hurricane Heist (2018)
- The Abyss (1989)
- The Holiday (2006)
- Rye Lane (2023)
- Pusher (1996)
- A Taxing Woman’s Return (1988)
- Bronson (2008)
- Grease (1978)
- The Lady Eve (1941)
- Rushmore (1998)
- Suzume (2023)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
- First Love (2019)
- The Trouble with Harry (1955)
- Knocked Up (2007)
- Blade Runner (1982)
- France (2021)
- Independence Day (1996)
- I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes (1948)
- Alien: Covenant (2017)
- Too Late for Tears (1949)
- Holiday in Handcuffs (2007)
- The Glass Key (1942)
- The Hateful Eight (2015)
- The Swimming Pool (1969)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Wish Upon (2017)
- Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)
- Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)
- Kimi (2022)
- Rubber (2010)
- Her (2013)
- Hard Target (1993)
- The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
- Infinity Pool (2023)
- Deep Red (1975)
- Killing Spree (1987)
- Marnie (1964)
- The Holdovers (2023)
- Swingers (1996)
- Day for Night (1973)
- The Boy Next Door (2015)
- An American Werewolf in London (1981)
- Hangover Square (1945)
- Terror at Tenkiller (1986)
- What About Bob? (1994)
- Last Night in Soho (2021)
- When Harry Met Sally (1989)
- The Departed (2006)
- Dust Devil (1992)
- Chopping Mall (1986)
- SexWorld (1978)
- History is Made at Night (1937)
- The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
- The Browning Version (1951)
- Clueless (1995)
- And Soon the Darkness (1970)
Good
- Pearl (2022)
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
- Concussion (2015)
- Road to Salina (1970)
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
- Beautiful Disaster (2023)
- Casino (1995)
- Black Swan (2010)
- Orphan: First Kill (2022)
- (500) Days of Summer (2009)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
- Holidate (2020)
- Elf (2003)
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
- Twilight: Eclipse (2010)
- Die Hard (1988)
- Misery (1990)
- The Big Sleep (1946)
- The Fabelmans (2022)
- Bottoms (2023)
- The Lake House (2006)
- Akira (1988)
- Harakiri (1962)
- Drive My Car (2021)
- V/H/S/99 (2022)
- The Card Counter (2021)
- In the Mood for Love (2000)
- Resident Evil (2002)
- She’s Gotta Have It (1986)
- I Am Legend (2007)
- Brute Force (1947)
- Aliens (1986)
- Barbie (2023)
- I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
- Michael Clayton (2007)
- Raw Deal (1986)
- Murder at the Mansion (2019)
- Not Okay (2022)
- The House By the Cemetery (1981)
- Constantine (2005)
- 78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene (2017)
- The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
- Erin Brockovich (2000)
- Persona (1966)
- Elvis (2022)
- After Hours (1985)
- Fast & Furious (2009)
- Decision to Leave (2022)
- Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
- The Big Heat (1953)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- Doctor X (1932)
- Master Gardener (2023)
- Miami Vice (2006)
- Holiday (2018)
- Scream 2 (1997)
- Isle of Dogs (2018)
- Challengers (2024)
- Paris, Texas (1984)
- Source Code (2011)
- Eastern Promises (2007)
- Step Up 3D (2010)
- The Front Page (1931)
- Maestro (2023)
- Heathers (1989)
- The Player (1992)
- Odd Man Out (1947)
- F9 (2021)
- Dial M for Murder (1954)
- After Earth (2013)
- Ministry of Fear (1944)
- Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
- The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
- Mad God (2022)
- The Boy and the Heron (2023)
- Sexy Beast (2000)
- Dreams (1990)
- Lady in the Lake (1946)
- My Dinner With Andre (1981)
- The Green Man (1956)
- The Night House (2020)
- Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (2023)
- House of Gucci (2021)
- Big Daddy (1999)
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
- Fire of Love (2022)
- Heaven Can Wait (1943)
- Gremlins (1984)
- Family Plot (1976)
- The Voyeurs (2021)
- No Bears (2023)
- A Star is Born (2018)
- Babysitter (2022)
- Repeat Performance (1947)
- Turkey Shoot (1982)
- For Your Consideration (2006)
- Notting Hill (1999)
- They Live (1988)
- Night Tide (1961)
- Skyfall (2012)
- The Blue Lamp (1950)
- Topaz (1969)
- Flatliners (1990)
- Dracula Sucks (1978)
- Nope (2022)
- Priscilla (2023)
- Mean Girls (2004)
- Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992)
- Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas (2009)
- Terrifier (2016)
- Baby Doll (1956)
- Ladies in Retirement (1941)
- Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
- In Bruges (2008)
- Magnificent Obsession (1954)
- The Funeral (1984)
- Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997)
- Asteroid City (2023)
- Hot Rod (2007)
- The Santa Clause (1994)
- Deep Water (2022)
- Morbius (2022)
- The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
- The Creator (2023)
- Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
- Up in the Air (2009)
- Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song (1971)
- Lady Bird (2017)
- Looper (2012)
- The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
- Murder Mystery 2 (2023)
- Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex (2015)
- The Blue Dahlia (1946)
- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
- An Affair to Remember (1957)
- Trouble in Paradise (1932)
- Bend it Like Beckham (2002)
- Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
- Spider-Man 3 (2007)
- Jackass Forever (2022)
- Donnie Darko: The Director’s Cut (2001)
- Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
- Tetris (2023)
- Skyfall (2012)
- John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
- Dogma (1999)
- Midnight Run (1988)
- Creed III (2023)
- Confess, Fletch (2022)
- Now You See Me 2 (2016)
- Baby Blood (1990)
- Spin Me Round (2022)
- Falling for Christmas (2022)
- Pineapple Express (2008)
- Song to Song (2017)
- 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
- They Cloned Tyrone (2023)
- Walk the Line (2005)
- The Bob’s Burgers Movie (2022)
- Single White Female (1992)
- Batman (1989)
- 80 for Brady (2023)
- The Making of Psycho (1997)
- The Gift (2000)
- The Pope’s Exorcist (2023)
- Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of ‘Donnie Darko’ (2016)
- Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005)
- All About ‘The Birds’ (2000)
- Robots (2023)
- Home for the Holidays (1995)
- The Last Dance (1993)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)
- May December (2023)
- 12 Pups of Christmas (2019)
- A Beauty & the Beast Christmas (2019)
- Pacific Heights (1990)
- This is Me…Now (2024)
- Automata (2014)
- A Mighty Wind (2003)
Missing Something
- Spencer (2021)
- Holiday (1938)
- The Wailing (2016)
- The Prestige (2006)
- The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
- The Gentlemen (2019)
- Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
- A Haunting in Venice (2023)
- The Village (2004)
- Ricky Stanicky (2024)
- Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
- Wife of a Spy (2020)
- Sugar & Spice (2001)
- The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
- MaXXXine (2024)
- The Family Man (2000)
- High Sierra (1941)
- Women Talking (2022)
- Mildred Pierce (1945)
- Memento (2000)
- No Hard Feelings (2023)
- The Natural (1984)
- My Man Godfrey (1936)
- Neighbors (2014)
- Angel Face (1953)
- Casino Royale (2006)
- The Batman (2022)
- Green for Danger (1946)
- Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (1938)
- Meet the Parents (2000)
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
- Valentine’s Day (2010)
- 65 (2023)
- Vicky Christina Barcelona (2008)
- Born to Be Bad (1950)
- Kiss of Death (1947)
- Wedding Crashers (2005)
- Logan (2017)
- Dune: Part Two (2024)
- Panic Room (2002)
- The Social Network (2010)
- Major League (1989)
- Ocean’s Twelve (2004)
- Qala (2022)
- You Can Never Tell (1951)
- Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)
- Dumb Money (2023)
- Alien 3 (1992)
- Bubble (2022)
- Kate & Leopold (2001)
- Laserblast (1978)
- On the Rocks (2020)
- He’s Just Not That Into You (2009)
- Facing Nolan (2022)
- The Equalizer (2014)
- Desperado (1995)
- Friends and Strangers (2021)
- Big Fish (2003)
- The Northman (2022)
- Crazy, Rich, and Deadly (2020)
- Jolt (2021)
Not For Me
- Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
- Scream VI (2023)
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
- I Love My Dad (2022)
- This is 40 (2012)
- Triangle of Sadness (2022)
- This Much I Know to Be True (2022)
- X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
- Fresh (2022)
- The Transporter (2002)
- Hud (1963)
- Immaculate (2024)
- Black Panther (2018)
- The French Connection (1971)
- Me Time (2022)
- A Very Murray Christmas (2015)
- Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (1975)
- The Raid (2011)
- Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
- When a Stranger Calls (1979)
- Argylle (2024)
- The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
- Candyman (2021)
- The Rapture (1991)
- Cruel Intentions (1999)
- V/H/S/85 (2023)
- Parasite (2019)
- Quantum of Solace (2008)
- Prey (2022)
- House by the River (1950)
- Whiplash (2014)
- Down to Earth (2001)
- Oppenheimer (2023)
- Prisoners (2013)
- Self Reliance (2024)
- Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
- The Automat (2021)
- Death on the Nile (2022)
- The Daytrippers (1996)
- The Killer (2023)
- The King’s Man (2021)
Really Not For Me
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
- Saltburn (2023)
- Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (2014)
- White Men Can’t Jump (2023)
- You People (2023)
- No Time to Die (2021)
- 10 Years (2011)
- Ip Man (2008)
- Road House (2024)
- Vengeance (2022)
- Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
- The Pale Blue Eye (2023)
- The Lost City (2022)
- Don’t Worry Darling (2022)
- Under the Skin (2013)
- Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard (2021)
- First Time Female Director (2024)
- Blade: Trinity (2004)
- John Wick (2014)
- Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
- Senior Year (2022)
- Limitless (2011)
- Reign of Fire (2002)
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
- La La Land (2016)
- Alien Resurrection (1997)
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
- Dune (2021)
- The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
- Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
- Five Nights at Freddy’s (2023)
- Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)
- A Time to Kill (1996)
- Bullet Train (2022)
- Closer (2004)
- Mother! (2017)
- Tár (2022)
- Christmas with the Campbells (2022)
- Barbarian (2022)
- Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
I’d Rather Not Talk About It
- Air (2023)
- Ex Machina (2014)
- Don’t Look Up (2021)
- The Zone of Interest (2023)
- The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
- Spotlight (2015)
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
- Scream (2022)
- Dream Scenario (2023)
- The Family Stone (2005)
- Babylon (2022)
- Midsommar (2019)
- Vivarium (2019)
- The Gray Man (2022)
- The Menu (2022)
- Hereditary (2018)