| MARTIN WILSON'S TOP 100 MOVIES OF ALL TIME |
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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 |
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| 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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