PDub's Picks Movie List

With the wide assortment of movies currently available via Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, and the ridiculously high number of similar streaming platforms, it's harder than ever to find a genuinely good film to feast your eyes upon. From personal experience, I feel the new American pass time is clicking through endless movie titles, most of which are terrible Hollywood remakes of classic films, until your bloodshot eyes eventually drag you to sleep. So, to counteract this monotonous routine, I'm releasing the PDub's Picks movie list!

This is a constantly evolving list of my favorite films/movies that I highly suggest you watch! With that being said, I must write a disclaimer; this is not a "most visually wonderful films ever created" list. This is a collection of my favorite films in no particular order (after 1-10). Sure, some of these films are thoughtful. But, rest assured, there are definitely films that will cause you to question your cognitive function afterwards (I'm looking at you Dumb and Dumber). So, without further ado, sit back, relax, get those grubby fingers on some good ol' buttery popcorn, and enjoy these awesome films!

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1. CONTACT - Directed by Robert Zemeckis, 1997

2. DANCES WITH WOLVES - Directed by Kevin Costner, 1990

3. DUMB AND DUMBER - Directed by Peter Farrelly, 1994

4. THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY - Directed by Ben Stiller, 2013

5. ALIEN - Ridley Scott, 1979

6. ZODIAC - David Fincher, 2007

7. HIS GIRL FRIDAY - Howard Hawks, 1940

8. FOREST GUMP - Robert Zemeckis, 1994

9. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY - Stanley Kubrik, 1968

10. STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF KHAN - Nicholas Meyer, 1982

11. THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE - John Ford, 1962

12. THE RULES OF THE GAME - Jean Renoir, 1939

13. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END - Gore Verbinski, 2007

14. THE DARK KNIGHT - Christopher Nolan, 2008

15. THE SHINING - Stanley Kubrik, 1980

16. TWISTER - Jan de Bont, 1996

17. THE ABYSS - James Cameron, 1989

18. TRUE LIES - James Cameron, 1994

19. SOLARIS (The Original) - Andrei Tarkovski, 1972

20. ALIENS - James Cameron, 1986

21. WITH HONORS - Alek Keshishian, 1994

22. GOOD WILL HUNTING - Gus Van Sant, 1997

23. K-PAX - Lain Softley, 2001

24. DUNKIRK - Christopher Nolan, 2017

25. FARGO - Coen Brothers, 1996

26. BURN AFTER READING - Coen Brothers, 2008

27. APOCALYPSE NOW - Francis Ford Coppola, 1979

28. NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION - Jeremiah S. Chechik, 1989

29. NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION - Harold Ramis, 1983

30. MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIN - Terry Gilliam/Terry Jones, 1975

31. REAR WINDOW - Alfred Hitchcock, 1954

32. RAN - Akira Kurosawa, 1985

33. INGLORIOUS BASTERDS - Quentin Tarantino, 2009

34. GROUNDHOG DAY - Harold Ramis, 1993

35. GRUMPY OLD MEN - Donald Petrie, 1993

36. THE GREAT ESCAPE - John Sturgis, 1963

37. THE BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI - David Lean, 1957

38. UBROKEN - Angelina Jolie, 2014

39. THE RIGHT STUFF - Phillip Kauffman, 1983

40. APOLLO 13 - Ron Howard, 1995

41. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK - Stephen Spielberg, 1981

42. JURASSIC PARK - Stephen Spielberg, 1993

43. GOLDFINGER - Guy Hamilton, 1965

44. SKYFALL - Sam Mendes, 2012

45. THE SIXTH SENSE - M Night Shyamalan, 1999

46. SIGNS - M Night Shyamalan, 2002

47. HIDDEN FIGURES - Theodore Melfi, 2017

48. WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY - Mel Stuart, 1971

49. MRS. DOUBTFIRE - Chris Columbus, 1993

50. RUDY - David Anspaugh, 1993

51. REMEMBER THE TITANS - Boaz Yakin, 2000

52. THE GOONIES - Richard Donner, 1985

53. MEAN GIRLS - Mark Waters, 2004

54. WHITE CHICKS - Keenen Ivory Wayans, 2004

55. SCHOOL OF ROCK - Richard Linklater, 2004

56. THE CONJURING - James Wan, 2013

57. THE INCREDIBLES - Brad Bird, 2004

58. TOY STORY - John Lasseter, 1995

59. FINDING NEMO - Andrew Stanton, 2003

60. THE MASK OF ZORRO - Martin Campbell, 1998

61. PETER PAN - Walt Disney, 1953

62. UP - Pete Docter/Bob Peterson, 2009

63. WALL-E - Andrew Stanton, 2008

64. THE IMITATION GAME - Morten Tyldum, 2014

65. HOT FUZZ - EDGAR WRIGHT, 2007

66. AIRPLANE! - David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker, 1980

67. AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY - Jay Roach, 1997

68. FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF - John Hughes, 1986

69. MOONLIGHT - Barry Jenkins, 2016

70. MY COUSIN VINNY - Jonathan Lynn, 1992

71. A FEW GOOD MEN - Rob Reiner, 1992

72. RASHOMON - Akira Kurosawa, 1950

73. OCEAN'S ELEVEN - Steven Soderbergh, 2001

74. BICYCLE THIEVES - Vittorio De Sica, 1948

75. BEN-HUR - William Wyler, 1959

76. STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE - George Lucas, 1977

77. TITANIC - James Cameron, 1997

78. GREEN BOOK - Peter Farrelly, 2018

79. THE BIRDCAGE - Mike Nichols, 1996

80. MEET THE PARENTS - Jay Roach, 2000

81. THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - David Fincher, 2008

82. BABE - Chris Noonan, 1995

83. THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT - Dan Myrick/Ed Sanchez, 1999

84. POLTERGEIST - Tobe Hooper, 1982

85. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND - Stephen Spielberg, 1977

86. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN - Stanely Donen/Gene Kelly, 1952

87. WHITE CHRISTMAS - Michael Curtiz, 1954

88. WEST SIDE STORY - Robert Wise, 1961

89. THE SOUND OF MUSIC - Robert Wise, 1965

90. THE GOLD DIGGERS TRILOGY - Busby Berkeley, 1933

91. ARGO - Ben Affleck, 2012

92. THE CHINA SYNDROME - James Bridges, 1979

93. CITIZEN KANE - Orson Welles, 1941

94. PRETTY WOMAN - Garry Marshall, 1990

95. INDEPENDENCE DAY - Roland Emmerich, 1996

96. MINORITY REPORT - Steven Spielberg, 2000

97. THE MATRIX - The Wachowskis, 1999

98. WHIPLASH - Damien Chazelle, 2014

99. METROPOLIS - Fritz Lang, 1927

100. FORD V. FERRARI - James Mangold, 2019

101. PARASITE - Bong Joon-ho, 2019

102. 1917 - Sam Mendes, 2020

103. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN - Steven Spielberg, 1998

104. TRUE GRIT - Henry Hathaway, 1969

105. FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE - Sergio Leone, 1967