Greatest Movies of All Time
What are the best movies of all time? WTOP Film Critic Jason Fraley ranks his favorites across 30 different genres. Join us each day in August as he discusses his picks in the live blog below. Leave your questions and comments for Jason to answer throughout the month.
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Hey guys! Jason here. I'm SO stoked to hash out my best movies list with you. I want this to be a conversation, so by all means leave your questions, comments, what I got right, what I got wrong, and why you think I'm such a dummy for leaving off a certain movie! I'll do my best to explain all of my choices (trust me, it was a giant puzzle of movie history). I'll be checking the blog periodically every day, so if I don't respond right way, please check back. Thanks to everyone who has already emailed and commented on social media. We may even have some special guests throughout the month to break it down. This should be fun! -
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Love this list! I think I would have ranked 'Escape from Alcatraz' a little higher on the Prison list. And I would've put 'Back to the Future' in the Family Drama list instead of Science Fiction; and 'The Terminator' would have been on the scifi list in its place. Those are the only things I would have done differently. Other than that, we are surprisingly similar in our taste in movies!
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Kudos, Jason - clearly a labor of love and well considered. For further consideration... Action: The Killer/Hard Boiled; Speed; The Rock, and especially Aliens! (I know you have the series in Sci-Fi). In Crime or somewhere: Topkapi. In Epic or Adventure: Man Who Would Be King. In Sci-Fi: Forbidden Planet and Star Trek (2009) (could be Action). In Sports: Tin Cup. In Westerns: Ride the High Country and Silverado.
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my 15-year-old son and i ran through your lists - and while I admire the effort, some of the lists were a bit perplexing. if you are couching these as your favorites (as opposed to best), then there can be no argument. but, taking the courtroom drama genre as an example, it is difficult to take seriously a list with that name when it includes legally blonde. My top five would have been Nuremberg, 12 angry men, roshomon, anatomy of a murder and mockingbird. i also think that the people v larry flynt and a lesson before dying merit inclusion, though the latter i include because the book was incredible (and the film was actually a made-for-tv production...but still poignant and well done).
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You saved yourself from the woodchipper by putting Fargo up at #2, (should be #1, and, the only movie the late film critic at ABC Joel ? said he sat through twice); however, you're going IN my wood-chipper if you don't put "Napoleon Dynamite," "Bernie," and "Nacho Libre" on your NEXT list, my friend, say in a "Unique/Quirky/One-N-Done" category. Also, no "How The West Was Won," "Goodfellas," and "Saving Private Ryan?" I probably missed them, and will go back. Great job!
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If you look at my Best Movie Epics list today, there’s a REASON I put “Gone With the Wind” at No. 4 and “Giant” right ahead of it at No. 3. While "Gone With the Wind" is an iconic romance and historically important production (one of my favorites on many levels), I firmly believe George Stevens' masterpiece is on the right side of history as the greatest civil rights flick ever made (that's right, I said it). Here’s why:
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Re "Best War Movies;" Paths of Glory? The Bridge on the River Kwai? The Thin Red Line? Schindler's List? Maybe pick one of two of these and omit the obscure foreign films no one's ever seen or heard of. I wouldn't have included The Dirty Dozen because it's so improbable. The goes for Inglorious Basterds. Just too ridiculous.
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