In general a list which reveals Hollywood's love of the average and conservative. With Godfather at No. 1 followed by Oz and Kane. A list which should maybe be renamed as Hollywood's favourite Hollywood films. A surprise entry at 9, 2001, probably more for it's spectacle than depth of story in this...
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If it is the movie industry's favorites, I would think recurrent showings on TV (in whatever form) might play a factor, to the extent that generates more revenue. Certainly the channel theme (W versus...
Expand commentIf it is the movie industry's favorites, I would think recurrent showings on TV (in whatever form) might play a factor, to the extent that generates more revenue. Certainly the channel theme (W versus History) would drive that. But maybe not, as everytime I look at the listings you see things like "The Wedding Planner" over and over again. in any case, my own thoughts on what would be added if you went up to 150 includes "Bull Durham" , "Dog Day Afternoon", "The 10 Commandments", "Rebel Without a Cause", "The Pink Panther" , "Wall Street" and such. More recent titles would be "Social Network", "Ironman" , "There Will Be Blood", "Little Miss Sunshine", "As Good as it Gets", "Erin Brockovich", "The Departed", maybe a "X-Men" entry. What surprised me was the dominave of the 1990's; althought it made a good showintg, I would have thought the 70's would have ruled.
2001 is an abstract film with deep themes. Story was intentionally secondary.