Only reason I didn't vote for How the Grinch Stole Christmas is because it's only a half hour long. A half hour is NOT a film in my book. Otherwise it would have placed top 4 with me.

Sept 22, 2019 9:56:41 GMT Big Pete said:

I enjoyed my little tradition of going to the movies with my Ma and watching those films.

Me too! We share a Harry Potter tradition!

Sept 22, 2019 2:22:52 GMT 🤯 said:

Sept 21, 2019 22:25:59 GMT PB said:

0-6

You all suck

You didn't even rank Harry Potters!?!?

I have two Harry Potters but not Order of the Phoenix.

4. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 

For in dreams, we enter a world that is entirely our own. Let him swim in the deepest ocean or glide over the highest cloud. ~ Dumbledore 

Released 

2004 

Credits 

Director: Alfonso Cuaron 

Screenplay: Steve Kloves 

Author: JK Rowling 

Cast 

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter)

Emma Watson (Hermione Granger)

Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley)

David Thewlis (Prof. Remus Lupin)

Alan Rickman (Severus Snape)

Critical 

7.9/10 (IMDB)

90% (RT Critics)

86% (RT Audiences)

Box Office 

Domestic: $249,541,069 

Worldwide: $796,907,323 

At the Oscars 

- Nominated for Best Original Score 

- Nominated for Best Visual Effects 

Of the Harry Potter films I saw this one was easily the best. I had it ranked #2 on my list.

My #1 over #5!

The first time shit got really real in HP. The tonal shift and themes explored here hooked me instantly, and kept me in for the rest of the series.

Also, the dementors were an excellent realization of fear incarnate.

The streak is over 🤯 ,. This was number 6 on my list. What I love about the Harry Potter books is that as I got older, so did Harry and so did the themes in the books/films. So the first two films I ready in primary school and they were fun and jolly - then as I got a little older, the books turned a little darker. The first two films were solid but pretty workmanlike with no real creative vision. Fine and enjoyable. Azkaban brought in Cuaron who took the first book to go in a different direction and made this really cool, stylised version of a Harry Potter film that feels totally different from the first two. It introduces Sirius Black who is the one of the most important characters in the series, has one of the best teachers ever in Lupin, and the three main characters start to feel more like characters rather than caricatures. Really good film.

Harry Potter sucks. Rowling is dumb and Cuaron is an asshole.

Azkaban was at #13 on my list. Gary Oldman is awesome. Pretty good movie.

I didn’t vote for any Harry Potter books because I haven’t read them but my wife told me if she was going to vote for any of them it would be Prison of Azkaban. So I guess that’s a pretty legit one. She’d know.

TBH all the Potter films kinda felt the samey to me. I wasn't really into the books or the film series so I watched them in bundles and it didn't really connect to Ness. Clearly they made an impact since at least 2 made it. Now if we ever get a mature yaoilicious brokeback version of Dumbledore someone tell me.

<_< That wasn't what those Fantastic Beasts moves were, were they?

Yeah PoA was one of the Potter movies that kind of just blended in for me , perhaps had I watched them at a different pace and allowed some to sink in more it would have rated for me but as it stands I only rated Order of the Phoenix.

3. The Wizard of Oz 

A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others. ~ The Wizard of Oz 

Released 

1939 

Credits 

Director: Victor Fleming 

Screenplay: Noel Langley 

Screenplay: Florence Ryerson 

Book: L. Frank Baum 

Cast 

Judy Garland (Dorothy Gale)

Frank Morgan (The Wizard , The Gatekeeper , Carriage Driver , Professor Marvel)

Ray Bolger (Scarecrow)

Bert Lahr (Cowardly Lion)

Jack Haley (The Tin Man)

Critical 

8.0/10 (IMDB)

98% (RT Critics)

89% (RT Audiences)

Box Office 

Domestic: $24,770,492

Worldwide: $25,739,492 

At the Oscars 

- Winner for Best Original Song 

- Winner for Best Original Score 

- Nominated for Best Picture 

- Nominated for Best Cinematography (Color)

- Nominated for Best Art Direction 

- Nominated for Best Special Effects 

The Wizard of Oz is about as much of a timeless classic as you can get , one of the all time greats in cinema and one I thought was a lock to be fighting for the top spot - so it being at #3 is a bit of an upset. There's really not a ton more I can say , beautiful picture that was a tradition to watch every year on TNT as I was growing up and later went on to become my little brothers favorite movie - which drew a short lived ire from me.

The characters though , the cinematography , the simple story - all awesome.

What movie beat Oz for best picture!?

Sept 23, 2019 13:27:38 GMT 🤯 said:

What movie beat Oz for best picture!?

I think Gone With The Wind?

The Wizard of Oz was my number one and it was the first film I thought of when putting my list together. Even as a kid in the 90s - the first time I watched the Wizard of Oz - the change from black and white to Technicolor felt so special and magical. Instantly it was something special. As a kid I loved the songs, the characters, the story - but my overwhelming memory was that it was genuinely very frightening as well. The Wicked Witch was very scary and the whole thing felt so serious. That it has endured for so long is really a testament to how good it is. It could so easily feel too dated or cheesy to get any enjoyment out of - but it doesn't. It's not perfect - but it's just so special that I had to have it high on my list.

Sept 23, 2019 13:38:57 GMT UT said:

Sept 23, 2019 13:27:38 GMT 🤯 said:

What movie beat Oz for best picture!?

I think Gone With The Wind?

This is right and fair enough. It was a hugely competitive year for Best Picture. Oz, Gone with the Wind, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, and Stagecoach are all stone-cold classics.

Oh, dang... Loaded year. Never mind, lol.

Wizard of Oz was #3 on my list. It is a timeless classic and was a contender for my #1 spot. Ultimately though, only 1 film could top my list, and I believe that film will take the #1 spot overall.

Sept 23, 2019 15:52:32 GMT thereallt said:

Wizard of Oz was #3 on my list. It is a timeless classic and was a contender for my #1 spot. Ultimately though, only 1 film could top my list, and I believe that film will take the #1 spot overall.

Holes?

Sept 23, 2019 15:52:32 GMT thereallt said:

Wizard of Oz was #3 on my list. It is a timeless classic and was a contender for my #1 spot. Ultimately though, only 1 film could top my list, and I believe that film will take the #1 spot overall.

Y'all drunk. There is only ONE film worthy to take #1 on this list...

Sept 23, 2019 17:22:38 GMT thereallt said:

Y'all drunk. There is only ONE film worthy to take #1 on this list...

I think you meant to post the remake.

Sept 23, 2019 20:49:53 GMT 🤯 said:

Sept 23, 2019 17:22:38 GMT thereallt said:

Y'all drunk. There is only ONE film worthy to take #1 on this list...

I think you meant to post the remake.

Don't get banned 72 lists in. 

Wizard of Oz was my #1. Top 5 movie for me of all time.

2. Matilda 

 Why would you want to read when you got the television set sitting right in front of you? There's nothing you can get from a book that you can't get from a television faster. ~ Harry Wormwood 

Released 

1996 

Credits 

Director: Danny Devito 

Screenplay: Nicholas Kazan 

Book: Roald Dahl 

Cast 

Mara Wilson (Matilda)

Danny Devito (Mr. Wormwood/Narrator)

Rhea Perlman (Mrs. Wormwood)

Embeth Davidtz (Ms. Honey)

Pam Ferris (Trunchbull)

Critical 

6.9/10 (IMDB)

90% (RT Critics)

73% (RT Audiences)

Box Office 

Domestic: $33,459,416

I'm so happy this not only made the list but somehow fought it's way all the way to the #2 spot and was in contention for the #1 spot. Such a great movie from my childhood that I watched all the time. Trunchbull is one of the all time great children's movies villains , so is Harry but he is far less menacing. Matilda is an awesome child protagonist in the movie and Ms. Honey really is great as well. Just an all around awesome movie that deserves it's recognition - I was actually surprised to see the critics give it a 90%.

Awesome!

I had Matilda at #2 and that’s where it ended up. Very proud of the PWers for that. I thought it was going to miss the list but I am so glad it didn’t. A timeless classic.

Weirdly enough, my top 3 might all finish top 3 just in a reverse order. Oz was 1 for me, fell to 3. Matilda remains at 2 and the #1 might be my #3.

Never seen Matilda so I couldn't rank it