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
- I Love You, Man (2009)
- They Came Together (2014)
- Clueless (1995)
- 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
- (500) Days of Summer (2009)
- Dream Scenario (2023)
- Miami Vice (2006)
- Magic Mike (2012)
- First Time Female Director (2024)
- After Hours (1985)
- The Beach Bum (2019)
- Inception (2010)
- Paprika (2006)
- The Abyss (1989)
- Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
- Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)
- Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)
- Ricky Stanicky (2024)
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)
- Superbad (2007)
- Chungking Express (1994)
- Terrifier 2 (2022)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Essential
- The House That Jack Built (2018)
- Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012)
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
- Possession (1981)
- Flash Gordon (1980)
- Demons 2 (1986)
- The Red Shoes (1948)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
- Inglourious Basterds (2009)
- The Birds (1963)
- A Taxing Woman (1987)
- The Fast and the Furious (2001)
- Fast Five (2011)
- The Seventh Seal (1957)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
- Malignant (2021)
- Scream (1996)
- Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)
- Suspiria (1977)
- Batman & Robin (1997)
- Perfect Blue (1997)
- Psycho (1960)
- Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood (2019)
- Ticket to Paradise (2022)
- Out of Sight (1998)
- Twilight (2008)
- Magic Mike (2012)
- Sideways (2004)
- Jackass: The Movie (2002)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
- Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2016)
- Ride Lonesome (1959)
- Bad Boys II (2003)
- The Innkeepers (2011)
- Short Cuts (1993)
- The Miracle Worker (1962)
- My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
- They Came Together (2014)
- Bayan Ko (1984)
- The Holy Mountain (1973)
- Ivy (1947)
- Dune (1984)
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
- Blood for Dracula (1974)
- Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- Your Name (2016)
- Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2022)
- Torn Curtain (1966)
- The Piano (1993)
Superb
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
- There Will Be Blood (2007)
- Passion (2012)
- Nymphomaniac (2013)
- Inland Empire (2006)
- Vortex (2022)
- Point Break (1991)
- Point Break (2015)
- Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
- The Old Dark House (1932)
- Good Time (2017)
- Eraserhead (1977)
- Ambulance (2022)
- Donnie Darko (2001)
- Drive (2011)
- Knock at the Cabin (2023)
- The Fate of the Furious (2017)
- RoboCop (1987)
- High Fidelity (2000)
- The Exterminating Angel (1962)
- Heat (1995)
- The Beach Bum (2019)
- Breathless (1960)
- Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
- The Big Combo (1955)
- Billy Madison (1995)
- Happy Gilmore (1996)
- Citizen Kane (1941)
- Now You See Me (2013)
- Magic Mike’s Last Dance (2023)
- I Love You, Man (2009)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2010)
- Groundhog Day (1993)
- West Side Story (2021)
- Don Jon (2013)
- Basic Instinct (1992)
- The Princess Bride (1987)
- Under the Silver Lake (2018)
- Fast X (2023)
- Clash (1984)
- Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
- Tenet (2020)
- Fight Club (1999)
- The Descent (2005)
- Get Out (2017)
- Inception (2010)
- Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
- Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
- jeen-yuhs (2022)
- Night of the Living Dead (1968)
- The French Dispatch (2021)
- Dirty Dancing (1987)
- They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
- The Last Metro (1980)
- Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
- Dog (2022)
- The Holy Mountain (1926)
- Signs (2002)
- Touch of Evil (1958)
- Scarface (1983)
- Alien (1979)
- Fallen Angel (1945)
- Road House (1989)
- Ponyo (2008)
- The Gunfighter (1950)
- All Hallow’s Eve (2013)
- Mandibles (2020)
- X (2022)
- Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
- The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
- I Married a Witch (1942)
- Cool as Ice (1991)
- Staying Alive (1983)
- Spectre (2015)
- The Small Back Room (1949)
- Def By Temptation (1990)
- Stop Making Sense (1984)
- Twilight: New Moon (2009)
- Fargo (1996)
- Remember the Night (1940)
- Little Italy (2018)
- Dressed to Kill (1980)
Very Good
- The Godfather (1972)
- Past Lives (2023)
- Johnny Guitar (1954)
- The Last Duel (2021)
- Raw Deal (1948)
- Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
- Game Over (1989)
- Benedetta (2021)
- Nightcrawler (2014)
- Jeepers Creepers (2001)
- Friday the 13th (1980)
- Prometheus (2012)
- 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
- Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)
- Flesh + Blood (1985)
- Underworld (2003)
- Underworld: Evolution (2006)
- Ball of Fire (1941)
- Demons (1985)
- Close to Vermeer (2023)
- Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
- 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)
- Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
- Any Given Sunday (1999)
- 21 Jump Street (2012)
- Ambulance (2022)
- Nightmare Alley (1947)
- M3GAN (2023)
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
- Alien vs. Predator (2004)
- American Psycho (2000)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- Old (2021)
- Saboteur (1942)
- Blade (1998)
- Fallen Leaves (2023)
- Melancholia (2011)
- Parents (1989)
- The Squid and the Whale (2005)
- Lured (1947)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
- Insidious: The Red Door (2023)
- The Man from Laramie (1955)
- Black Swan (2010)
- Danzón (1991)
- This Gun for Hire (1942)
- Castle in the Sky (1986)
- Licorice Pizza (2021)
- Poor Things (2023)
- Frenzy (1972)
- Aftersun (2022)
- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
- Decision at Sundown (1957)
- The Mutilator (1984)
- The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1967)
- 22 Jump Street (2014)
- RRR (2022)
- The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944)
- Vanilla Sky (2001)
- Light Sleeper (1992)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- Rye Lane (2023)
- The Monster Squad (1987)
- Paprika (2006)
- Unforgiven (1992)
- Madman (1981)
- Out of the Fog (1941)
- The Best Man Holiday (2013)
- Suzume (2023)
- Step Up (2006)
- Furious 7 (2015)
- The Hurricane Heist (2018)
- The Abyss (1989)
- The Holiday (2006)
- Pusher (1996)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
- France (2021)
- A Taxing Woman’s Return (1988)
- Grease (1978)
- The Lady Eve (1941)
- Rushmore (1998)
- Knocked Up (2007)
- Orphan: First Kill (2022)
- First Love (2019)
- The Trouble with Harry (1955)
- Blade Runner (1982)
- I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes (1948)
- Holiday in Handcuffs (2007)
- Alien: Covenant (2017)
- Kimi (2022)
- Too Late for Tears (1949)
- The Glass Key (1942)
- The Hateful Eight (2015)
- The Swimming Pool (1969)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Wish Upon (2017)
- Infinity Pool (2023)
- Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)
- Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)
- Rubber (2010)
- Her (2013)
- Hard Target (1993)
- The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
- Deep Red (1975)
- Killing Spree (1987)
- Marnie (1964)
- Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)
- Day for Night (1973)
- The Boy Next Door (2015)
- An American Werewolf in London (1981)
- Elf (2003)
- Last Night in Soho (2021)
- Hangover Square (1945)
- Terror at Tenkiller (1986)
- Pearl (2022)
- What About Bob? (1994)
- The Big Sleep (1946)
- The Departed (2006)
- Dust Devil (1992)
- Beautiful Disaster (2023)
- Chopping Mall (1986)
- SexWorld (1978)
- History is Made at Night (1937)
- The Browning Version (1951)
- Clueless (1995)
- And Soon the Darkness (1970)
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
- Concussion (2015)
- Road to Salina (1970)
- Holidate (2020)
- Casino (1995)
- (500) Days of Summer (2009)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
- Twilight: Eclipse (2010)
- Die Hard (1988)
Good
- Misery (1990)
- Akira (1988)
- The Holdovers (2023)
- The Fabelmans (2022)
- Bottoms (2023)
- The Lake House (2006)
- 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)
- Murder at the Mansion (2019)
- Not Okay (2022)
- 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)
- The Big Heat (1953)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- Doctor X (1932)
- Master Gardener (2023)
- Miami Vice (2006)
- Holiday (2018)
- Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
- Scream 2 (1997)
- Isle of Dogs (2018)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- The Bob’s Burgers Movie (2022)
- 80 for Brady (2023)
- Walk the Line (2005)
- Single White Female (1992)
- Batman (1989)
- The Pope’s Exorcist (2023)
- The Making of Psycho (1997)
- The Gift (2000)
- Robots (2023)
- Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of ‘Donnie Darko’ (2016)
- Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005)
- All About ‘The Birds’ (2000)
- May December (2023)
- Home for the Holidays (1995)
- The Last Dance (1993)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)
- This is Me…Now (2024)
- 12 Pups of Christmas (2019)
- A Beauty & the Beast Christmas (2019)
- Pacific Heights (1990)
- 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)
- 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)
- The Family Man (2000)
- High Sierra (1941)
- Women Talking (2022)
- Mildred Pierce (1945)
- Meet the Parents (2000)
- No Hard Feelings (2023)
- Neighbors (2014)
- Angel Face (1953)
- Casino Royale (2006)
- The Batman (2022)
- Green for Danger (1946)
- Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (1938)
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
- Memento (2000)
- My Man Godfrey (1936)
- Valentine’s Day (2010)
- 65 (2023)
- Kiss of Death (1947)
- Wedding Crashers (2005)
- Logan (2017)
- The Social Network (2010)
- Major League (1989)
- Qala (2022)
- You Can Never Tell (1951)
- Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)
- Dumb Money (2023)
- Alien 3 (1992)
- Bubble (2022)
- Kate & Leopold (2001)
- Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
- 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
- The Transporter (2002)
- Hud (1963)
- Black Panther (2018)
- The French Connection (1971)
- Me Time (2022)
- A Very Murray Christmas (2015)
- V/H/S/85
- Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (1975)
- The Raid (2011)
- Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
- When a Stranger Calls (1979)
- Dune: Part Two (2024)
- Candyman (2021)
- The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
- The Rapture (1991)
- Cruel Intentions (1999)
- Parasite (2019)
- Quantum of Solace (2008)
- Prey (2022)
- House by the River (1950)
- Whiplash (2014)
- Down to Earth (2001)
- Fresh (2022)
- Oppenheimer (2023)
- Prisoners (2013)
- Self Reliance (2024)
- Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
- The Automat (2021)
- First Time Female Director (2024)
- 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)
- White Men Can’t Jump (2023)
- You People (2023)
- No Time to Die (2021)
- Ip Man (2008)
- Road House (2024)
- Vengeance (2022)
- The Pale Blue Eye (2023)
- The Lost City (2022)
- Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (2014)
- Don’t Worry Darling (2022)
- 10 Years (2011)
- Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard (2021)
- Blade: Trinity (2004)
- Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
- Senior Year (2022)
- Reign of Fire (2002)
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
- Alien Resurrection (1997)
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
- Dune (2021)
- Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
- Five Nights at Freddy’s (2023)
- Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
- Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)
- A Time to Kill (1996)
- Under the Skin (2013)
- Mother! (2017)
- John Wick (2014)
- Bullet Train (2022)
- La La Land (2016)
- The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
- Closer (2004)
- 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)
You’re young, so you might not know any of my generation’s favorite action movies – but if you do, what’s your opinion of those old “Men on a Mission” movies? Like Where Eagles Dare, Kelly’s Heroes, The Dirty Dozen, The Guns of Navarone, etc… Or any Sean Connery Bond movie. Nothin’ serious, of course. Just popcorn stuff. I would be interested to know what you youngins think of those old gems.
Hey Jerry! I will admit that’s one genre I’ve never delved into. Not because I’m not into it, but it’s never been a major priority of mine. I’ve seen The Dirty Dozen though (mostly because I’m an Aldrich fan) and remember really enjoying it. I will seek all those movies you mentioned!
I am a big fan of westerns (I watched a lot of em with my dad), which I think fits into this category. The whole “man on a mission” angle reminds me of the Boetticher/Scott movies (Comanche Station, Seven Men From Now) that I really love. Also the classics from Anthony Mann (Man of the West, The Man from Laramie) and Delmer Daves (The Hanging Tree, Broken Arrow) have remained very vital.
On the subject of Bond, I’ve always wanted to watch the older Bond movies but have never gotten around to it. One of these days I might buy a Bond boxset and burn through em all.
If you do watch any of the “Men on a Mission” movies suggested, you will understand the inspiration to many many things in your movie universe. From the entire “Star Wars” franchise to “Inglorious Basterds”. In fact, “Where Eagles Dare” is said to be Tarantino’s favorite movie!
The early Bond series (with Sean Connery) is a different matter entirely. The Bond movies of today follow trends. The Bond movies of the 1960’s set the trends.
I’m excited to check these movies out!
Didn’t see Sunset Boulevard anywhere on your list. Check it out if you haven’t already.
Hey Dave! I have seen Sunset Blvd a couple times. I’ve never been a huge fan of Billy Wilder but I believe Sunset Blvd stands out as perhaps his best work. Gloria Swanson played that part perfectly. I’d probably put it in the “Very Good” section.
this a great ranking – i love that demons 2 is in essential, i really like that movie too. there’s some films at the top of your ranking i’ve never heard of but look really interesting like Bayan Ko, i’ve added them to my watchlist!
Glad to hear it! If you ever have any questions about my movies, feel free to ask! You can also offer up suggestions for me (it sounds like you have great taste if you like Demons 2).
Also, you can find me on Letterboxd @TL_Bean
Very nice list, I also have ETV as my top film I reckon. Have you seen Marcel The Shell With Shoes On? Also a fave of mine, obviously very different but didn’t see it on your Letterboxed!
Thanks a lot! Enter the Void is everything.
And I have not seen Marcel the Shell. Tbh I never got into that craze when it happened back in the 2000s, which is probably why I never bothered watching the movie. Does that matter? Is it still interesting?
nice to see you love alien vs predator but what’s up with prey?? and where would you place Arnold Schwarzenegger predator movie???
I thought Prey certainly progressed the commentary into new territory, focusing on a female led in a male-dominated environment, but failed to invigorate the commentary like many of the other Predator entires. I felt its observations were obvious, making its ideology rather flaccid in an overt attempt to feel modern. A lot of that was due to just flat-out bad acting. But I think the script and focus was just too nondescript for my taste.
I think Arnold’s Predator is still the best one. I’d put it in the Superb category!
Kindly explain how Twilight belongs on any list of decent films, please?
Ha! Just depends on your tastes/perspective. I love campy movies, and I think Twilight has perfect goofy, wacky energy. I used to think of Twilight as “so bad it’s good,” but now I think that’s a tad reductive. Catherine Hardwicke is a proven director, and Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are pretty respected at this point and considered good actors. I think this movie purposefully achieves a very specific atmosphere that most consider to be bad—and I get it. But I love movies with this sort of spirit. I think it’s an interesting story with interesting characters, but at the same time it’s no too self-serious. Reminds me of 80s and 90s movies that were in a similar vein. I’ve also seen it many times with several different groups of people and we always have a great time. I think in the right setting, this movie is just perfect and endlessly rewatchable.
That’s my long-winded answer lol. I actually enjoy all the Twilight movies, but the first is my favorite.