MARTIN WILSON'S TOP 100 MOVIES OF ALL TIME

 

  Martin is an insatiable film buff, below is his top 100 film favourites of all time. In most cases the film's chosen represent much-loved classics from his childhood. These films used to saturate Saturday afternoon TV in suburban Perth in the late 70's, while many others are video favourites from the early 80's. He was inspired to become a director after seeing The Magnificent Seven as a child.
 
1. The Magnificent Seven (1960) dir: John Sturges
2. North by Northwest (1959) dir: Alfred Hitchcock
3. The Great Escape (1963) dir: John Sturges
4. Duel at Diablo (1966) dir: Ralph Nelson
5. Apocalypse Now (1979) dir: Francis Ford Coppola
6. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) dir: John Frankenheimer
7. Jaws (1975) dir: Steven Spielberg
8. Cool Hand Luke (1967) dir: Stuart Rosenberg
9. Reservoir Dogs (1992) dir: Quentin Tarantino
10. Star Wars (1977) dir: George Lucas
11. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) dir: Steven Spielberg
12. LA Confidential (1997) dir: Curtis Hanson
13. Escape from New York (1981) dir: John Carpenter
14. Predator (1987) dir: John McTiernan
15. The Professionals (1966) dir: Richard Brooks
16. Fresh (1994) dir: Boaz Yakin
17. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955): John Sturges
18. Hombre (1967) dir: Martin Ritt
19. Enter the Dragon (1973) dir: Robert Clouse
20. Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) dir: Gore Verbinski
21. The Thing (1982) dir: John Carpenter
22. The Warriors (1979) dir: Walter Hill
23. Aliens (1986) dir: James Cameron
24. The Nutty Professor (1963) dir: Jerry Lewis
25. Zulu (1964) dir: Cy Endfield
26. The Lord Of the Rings "The Return of The King" (2003) dir: Peter Jackson
27. Seconds (1966) dir: John Frankenheimer
28. The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1967) dir: Sergio Leone
29. The Third Man (1949) dir: Carol Reed
30. The Planet of the Apes (1968) dir: Franklin J Schaffner
31. Too Late the Hero (1970) dir: Robert Aldrich
32. Tombstone (1993) dir: George P Cosmatos
33. Rumble Fish (1983) dir: Francis Ford Coppola
34. Mad Max 2 (1981) dir: George Miller
35. Heat (1996) dir: Michael Mann
36. Von Ryan's Express (1965) dir: Mark Robson
37. The Last of the Mohicans (1992) dir: Michael Mann
38. Notorious (1946) dir: Alfred Hitchcock
39. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) dir: Sergio Leone
40. Duel (1972) dir: Steven Spielberg
41. The Wanderers (1979) dir: Philip Kaufman
42. Rebel Without a Cause (1955) dir: Nicholas Ray
43. Blade Runner (1982) dir: Ridley Scott
44. Meet Me in St Louis (1944) dir: Vincente Minnelli
45. Mad Max 1 (1979) dir: George Miller
46. Gallipoli (1981) dir: Peter Weir
47. Rio Bravo (1959) dir: Howard Hawks
48. The Dirty Dozen (1967) dir: Robert Aldrich
49. Casablanca (1942) dir: Michael Curtiz
50. For a Few Dollars More (1966) dir: Sergio Leone

51. Rear Window (1954) dir: Alfred Hitchcock
52. Fistful of Dollars (1964) dir: Sergio Leone
53. The Wizard of Oz (1939) dir: Victor Fleming
54. The Color Purple (1985) dir: Steven Spielberg
55. The Time Machine (1963) dir: George Pal
56. ET (1982) dir: Steven Spielberg
57. Breaking Away (1979) dir: Peter Yates
58. Out of Sight (1998) dir: Steven Soderbergh
59. American Graffiti (1973) dir: George Lucas
60. The Empire Strikes Back (1980) dir: George Lucas

61. Schindler's List (1993) dir: Steven Spielberg
62. The Game (1998) dir: David Fincher
63. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1956) dir: David Lean
64. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) dir: David Lean
65. Kelly's Heroes (1970) dir: Brian G. Hutton
66. Shane (1953) dir: George Stevens
67. Pulp Fiction (1994) dir: Quentin Tarantino
68. From Dust Till Dawn (1996) dir: Robert Rodriguez
69. Two Hands (1999) dir: Gregor Jordan
70. Forrest Gump (1994) dir: Robert Zemeckis
71. Seven (1995) dir: David Fincher
72. Fright Night (1985) dir: Tom Holland
73. East of Eden (1955) dir: Elia Kazan
74. Easter Parade (1948) dir: Charles Walters
75. The Deer Hunter (1978) dir: Michael Cimino
76. The Rock (1996) dir: Michael Bay
77. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) dir: Amy Heckerling
78. Goodfellas (1990) dir: Martin Scorsese
79. Vertigo (1957) dir: Alfred Hitchcock
80. Stalag 17 (1953) dir: Billy Wilder
81. Chopper (2000) dir: Andrew Dominik
82. El Dorado (1967) dir: Howard Hawks
83. Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) dir: Guy Ritchie
84. Deliverance (1972) dir: John Boorman
85. A Few Good Men (1992) dir: Rob Reiner
86. The Lost Boys (1987) dir: Joel Schumacher
87. Saving Private Ryan (1998) dir: Steven Spielberg
88. Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989) dir: Steven Spielberg
89. Armageddon (1998) dir: Michael Bay
90. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) dir: frank Darabont
91. Hud (1962) dir: Martin Ritt
92. An Officer and a Gentlemen (1982) dir: Taylor Hackford
93. The Birds (1962) dir: Alfred Hitchcock
94. The Sixth Sense (2000) dir: M. Night Shyamalan
95. There's Something About Mary (1998) dir: Farrelly Brothers
96. Diner (1982) dir: Barry Levinson
97. Giant (1956) dir: George Stevens
98. Bad Boys (1995) dir: Michael Bay
99. Braveheart (1995) dir: Mel Gibson
100. The Omega Man (1971) dir: Boris Sagal
 
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