I (used?) to love watching movies. At some point, I need to settle on a Top list. For the moment, I will add items to this list when I remember. I will shuffle the list when I feel like it.

There is no real logic to the ranking. It is based simply on feeling rather than any specific criteria. There is a strong preference for movies of my era (1980s-2000s); again, this is not out of a formal criteria of “movie greatness”, since there are certainly great movies of many eras.

I think for the most part, the ranking is based on 'watchability and re-watchability'. So I would not include movies that I find particularly difficult to rewatch (e.g. Requiem for a Dream).

1. Risky Business (1983)
2. Lost in Translation (2003)
3. Only Yesterday (1991)
4. The Up Series (1964-)
5. Before Sunrise, After Sunset, Before Midnight trilogy (1995-2013)
6. Rocky (1976)
7. Memento (2001)
8. Lord of the Rings trilogy
9. Oldboy (2003)
10. Magnolia (1999)
11. Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
12. Top Gun (1986) and Maverick (2022)