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Favorite Movies of All Time (2021 Edition)

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7.2

7.9

The Alpinist

Stehako's rating:

5542

7.1

7.9

Avatar

2020: 998
2019: 1000
2018: 999
2017: 996
2016: 989
2015: 949
2014: 919
2013: 887
2012: 862
2011: 818
2010: 787
2009: 758

Stehako's rating:

552

7.9

East of Eden (1955)

Stehako's rating:

464

8.2

7.9

Le Cercle rouge

2020: 997
2019: 998
2018: 996
2017: 992
2016: 987
2015: 961
2014: 942
2013: 916
2012: 889
2011: 862
2010: 837
2009: 797

Stehako's rating:

1936

7.4

7.5

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

2020: 999
2019: 999
2018: 1000
2017: 999
2016: 994
2015: 972
2014: 956
2013: 934
2012: 904
2011: 867
2010: 831

Stehako's rating:

8.3

7.3

Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You (2020)

Stehako's rating:

145

7.3

7.8

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

2020: 1001

Stehako's rating:

1775

7.9

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

2020: 988
2019: 987
2018: 980
2017: 972
2016: 949
2015: 926
2014: 898

Stehako's rating:

7.5

8.1

Free Solo

2020: 987

Stehako's rating:

181

7.4

7.6

The Bishop's Wife (1947) (1947)

Stehako's rating:

385

8.1

7.9

Mildred Pierce

2020: 970
2019: 960
2018: 954
2017: 935
2016: 932

Stehako's rating:

1543

7.8

7.9

The Artist (2011)

2020: 995
2019: 996
2018: 995
2017: 993
2016: 993
2015: 984
2014: 970
2013: 960
2012: 930

Stehako's rating:

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit

175

6.4

6.7

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit... (2020)

2020: 992

Stehako's rating:

625

7.1

7.3

Bound (1996)

2007: 795
2006: 737
2005: 705
2004: OUT
2003: 546
2002: 509
2001: 448
2000: 385
1999: 348
1998: 255
1997: 244

Stehako's rating:

2742

7.6

7.8

Ed Wood (1994)

2020: 991
2019: 979
2018: 981
2017: 979
2016: 980
2015: 979
2014: 975
2013: 978
2012: 985
2011: 981
2010: 945
2009: 898
2008: 833

Stehako's rating:

270

7.4

Lost in La Mancha (2002)

2020: 985
2019: 977
2018: 971
2017: 965
2016: 930
2015: 913
2014: 885
2013: 863
2012: 835

Stehako's rating:

222

7.4

Lean on Me (1989)

Stehako's rating:

1640

7.2

Deadpool (2016)

No Change

2020: 984
2019: 982
2018: 984
2017: 994
2016: 1001

Stehako's rating:

143

8.1

8.7

Stop Making Sense (1984)

Stehako's rating:

253

6.9

7.1

American Made

2020: 989
2019: 991
2018: 993
2017: 1001

Stehako's rating:

1559

7.2

7.9

Bowling for Columbine (2002)

2020: 980
2019: 985
2018: 991
2017: 986
2016: 991
2015: 994
2014: 988
2013: 991
2012: 979
2011: 959
2010: 917
2009: 866
2008: 808
2007: 763
2006: 638
2005: 489
2004: 516
2003: 402

Stehako's rating:

1216

8.3

The Apartment (1960)

2020: 982
2019: 973
2018: 960
2017: 955
2016: 955
2015: 938
2014: 909

Stehako's rating:

2237

7.2

7.4

Garden State

2020: 981
2019: 969
2018: 965
2017: 966
2016: 963
2015: 952
2014: 929
2013: 897
2012: 866
2011: 828
2010: 793
2009: 747
2008: 712
2007: 682
2006: 656
2005: 674

Stehako's rating:

818

8.1

7.9

The Wild Bunch (1969)

2020: 976
2019: 968
2018: 957
2017: 939
2016: 936
2015: 918

Stehako's rating:

1772

7.1

Elephant

2020: 990
2019: 990
2018: 988
2017: 985
2016: 986
2015: 973
2014: 959
2013: 945
2012: 945
2011: 928

Stehako's rating:

1344

8.1

Mary and Max (2009)

2020: 978
2019: 981
2018: 983
2017: 983
2016: 985
2015: 993
2014: 991
2013: 992
2012: 993
2011: 993
2010: 975

Stehako's rating:

226

7.6

7.5

Tristana (1970)

2020: 974
2019: 974
2018: 969
2017: 960
2016: 959
2015: 936
2014: 904

Stehako's rating:

207

7.1

7.2

Father of the Bride (1950)

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The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)

7.7

7.5

The Decline of Western Civilization (1981) (1981)

2020: 975

Stehako's rating:

450

7.4

Holy Motors

2020: 983
2019: 984
2018: 985
2017: 980
2016: 988
2015: 1001

Stehako's rating:

7.7

8.2

Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)

2020: 969
2019: 958
2018: 955
2017: 957
2016: 954
2015: 941

Stehako's rating:

1261

7.4

7.9

Edge of Tomorrow

2020: 964
2019: 966
2018: 964
2017: 964
2016: 965
2015: 955
2014: 933

Stehako's rating:

270

6.8

7.8

Loving Vincent (2017)

Stehako's rating:

352

8.1

Safety Last! (1923) (2006)

2020: 977
2019: 976
2018: 978
2017: 970
2016: 958

Stehako's rating:

2757

6.9

7.6

RoboCop

2020: 958
2019: 946
2018: 935
2017: 913
2016: 901
2015: 870
2014: 842
2013: 817
2012: 792
2011: 760
2010: 728
2009: 700
2008: 670
2007: 635
2006: 578
2005: 561
2004: 543
2003: 513
2002: 538
2001: 468
2000: 427
1999: 413
1998: 353
1997: 299
1996: 198
1995: 162
1994: 110
1993: 89
1992: 68

Stehako's rating:

186

7.1

7.4

Waiting for Guffman

2020: 972
2019: 975
2018: 977
2017: 978
2016: 975
2015: 946
2014: 931

Stehako's rating:

7.4

7.6

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

2020: 950
2019: 942
2018: 925

Stehako's rating:

1061

7.9

Freaks (1932)

Stehako's rating:

317

8.1

7.7

The Turin Horse

2020: 996
2019: 997
2018: 998
2017: 995
2016: 996
2015: 987
2014: 980

Stehako's rating:

393

7.8

7.9

Ninotchka (1939)

2020: 968
2019: 957
2018: 951
2017: 943
2016: 938
2015: 912

Stehako's rating:

1350

7.7

8.1

Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)

2020: 963
2019: 964
2018: 963
2017: 962
2016: 961
2015: 962
2014: 943
2013: 928
2012: 911
2011: 884
2010: 852

Stehako's rating:

780

8.5

8.3

Ikiru (1952)

2020: 962
2019: 962
2018: 962
2017: 956
2016: 948

Stehako's rating:

1898

7.3

7.7

Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

2020: 949
2019: 941
2018: 929
2017: 912
2016: 908
2015: 898
2014: 875
2013: 870

Stehako's rating:

527

6.5

6.9

Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

2020: 965
2019: 947
2018: 943

Stehako's rating:

7.9

A Patch of Blue (1965)

Stehako's rating:

1436

7.4

7.2

The Science of Sleep (2006)

2020: 971
2019: 971
2018: 975
2017: 974
2016: 970
2015: 969
2014: 960
2013: 956
2012: 929
2011: 911
2010: 881
2009: 835

Stehako's rating:

7.8

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

No Change

2020: 955
2019: 953
2018: 953
2017: 950
2016: 946

Stehako's rating:

188

7.4

7.6

The Magician

2020: 961
2019: 959
2018: 959
2017: 940
2016: 942
2015: 928

Stehako's rating:

1223

7.8

8.1

Prisoners

2017: 975
2016: 902

First Seen in 2014

Stehako's rating:

1439

7.3

7.5

The Omen (1976)

2020: 948
2019: 937
2018: 926
2017: 915
2016: 905
2015: 866
2014: 838
2013: 809
2012: 786

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This list was created by and in the opinion of Stephen H Koontz in

February of 2022
Digitally Created and Posted November 2023
The latest installment in a 29-years-running series defining the favorite movies of
Stephen H Koontz

My 1002 Favorite Movies out of the 6500+ movies I've seen in my life, please enjoy!

Honorable Mention:
Final Cut: Ladies & Gentlemen

As the list gets stronger each year I find fewer movies to add to the list but this year had a great uptick of Debuts, with 26 (but only one barely breaking The Top 500), for the 29th installment of this incredibly beautiful list of movies seen by me throughout my 39 years of life.

Knocked Out of the List:

Top Gun (1986)
- 28 Years; Peak #128 in 1993

Driving Miss Daisy (1990)
- 27 Years; Peak #199 in 1995

Love Story (1970)
- 26 Years; Peak #216 in 1995

Say Anything... (1989)
- 24 Years; Peak #323 in 1997

Red Dawn (1984)
- 24 Years; Peak #61 in 1992 [[Top 100 Movie]]

The Candidate (1972)
- 20 Years; Peak #387 in 2002

A Knight's Tale (2001)
- 19 Years; Peak #519 in 2002

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
- 19 Years; Peak #502 in 2002

Orange County (2002)
- 18 Years; Peak #260 in 2003

It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
- 17 Years; Peak #513 in 2006

Charlotte's Web (2006)
- 15 Years; Peak #679 in 2006

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
- 15 Years; Peak #533 in 2006

Duel in the Sun (1946)
- 15 Years; Peak #571 in 2006

Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
- 14 Years; Peak #626 in 2007

Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
- 14 Years; Peak #723 in 2007

Gold Diggers of Broadway 1929
- 13 Years; Peak #587 in 2008

The Age of Innocence (1993)
-12 Years; Peak #786 in 2009

The King's Speech (2010)
- 11 Years; Peak #709 in 2010

You Only Live Once (1937)
- 7 Years; Peak #755 in 2014

We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
- 7 Years; Peak #912 in 2014

Night and Fog (1956)
- 6 Years; Peak #956 in 2015

Los Olvidados (1952)
- 6 Years; Peak #966 in 2015

Bridge of Spies (2015)
- 5 Years; Peak #877 in 2016

The Light Between Oceans (2016)
- 5 Years; Peak #837 in 2016

The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears (2014)
- 5 Years; Peak #918 in 2016

Meru (2015)
- 2 Years; Peak #989 in 2019