Top 100 movies of all time: 90 - 86

Lets get right to it, shall we?

NR. 90

APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)

Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando and Robert Duvall



During the on-going Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe.

WHY IT MADE MY TOP 100

Just like Francis Ford Coppola set the standard for gangster movies with The Godfather, Apocalypse Now set the standard for war movies. The focus of Apocalypse Now is not the conflict of the war, but the nature of war itself and the madness those who fight it sink into. A movie that perfectly commented on its times in a way few other movies did or have done since. And along with the Godfather, probably one of the most quoted movies on this list.



NR. 89:

THE BREAKFAST CLUB (1985)

Directed by: John Hughes
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson and Molly Ringwald



Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.

WHY IT MADE MY TOP 100

John Hughes was the very best at making movies about the trials and tribulations of being a teenager. 16 candles, Ferris Bueller's day off and weird science to mention a few. But his crowning achievement must be The breakfast club. It might sound a bit sentimental; being true to yourself and trusting other people with your most guarded secrets, but it works so well that you can't help but project your own memories of high school (or even yourself)in to the movie.



NR. 88:

PULP FICTION (1994)

Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Bruce Willis



The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

WHY IT MADE MY TOP 100

Pulp Fiction is one of the few Tarantino movies I really like. It is a movie that is not afraid of playing with the medium in terms of story (try and find it), time and genre. Everything comes together so perfectly which is ironic since the movie is in its nature very chaotic. But with a stellar cast and a visionary director behind the camera, it all flows seamlessly into one cool mother f@£er of a film.



NR. 87:

ALIEN (1979)

Directed by: Ridley Scott
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt and John Hurt



A mining ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distant planet. The crew discovers some strange creatures and investigates.

WHY IT MADE MY TOP 100

In the multitude of science fiction and horror films, Alien manages to stand apart from them all by combining the two perfectly. Horror in space has since become its own sub-genre of horror and science fiction, but none of the films copying the format comes close to the brilliant execution of horror and suspense the way Alien did in 1979 and continues to do today.



NR. 86:

JAMES BOND
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977)

Directed by: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach and Curd Jürgens



James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads with the help of a KGB agent whose lover he killed.

WHY IT MADE MY TOP 100

Roger Moore's third outing as secret agent 007 was by far his best. The movie had everything a Bond movie should have: beautiful women, elaborate sets and a power hungry madman plotting to destroy the world. It was the movie that introduced Jaws and the Bond universe was never the same. The spy who loved me truly shows that nobody does it better then Bond.