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Becky's 100 Favorite Movies: 2018 List Updated!

After recently chatting with an old friend, I realized how much a list from 2018 needed to be updated!  When you consider over 100 years of filmmaking, a list of 100 is pretty tough!  So this list is mainly based on rewatchability.  In other words, I may have watched a movie, loved it, but also realized I probably didn't need to see it again.  Or there may have been a movie that was a favorite at one time that I have since outgrown, didn't age well or the emotionality of it has just become too much.  

In other words, these seem to be the movies I've never managed to outgrow.

(not actual) Reader Question: May I just say for the record that I'm not sure how this blog has never posted a list of favorite movies?  I mean, you've posted favorite books and bands and even songs but not movies?  What the hey?


(actual) Blogger Response:  You're exactly right, fictional reader!  It's gonna be a task for sure....not just the listing, but the ranking.  Sheesh.  I better get started right now!


(not actual) Reader Response: You're the best, mysterious lady blogger!  Can't wait to see the list!


100) The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
99) Sideways
98) Look Who's Talking
97) Clue
96) Real Genius
94) Paul
93) The Full Monty
92) 13 Going on 30
91) Wayne's World
90) Legally Blonde
89) Frankie & Johnny
88) Rudy
87) Shakespeare in Love
86) Mission Impossible
85) Housesitter
84) Ray
83) My Big Fat Greek Wedding
82) Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
81) Barefoot in the Park
80) Terms of Endearment
79) Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
78) 200 Cigarettes
77) Half-Baked
76) Good Will Hunting
75) How to Marry a Millionaire
74) One Battle After Another
73) La Bamba
72) Copland
71) The Bird Cage
70) Cocaine Bear
69) Mean Girls
68) Courage Under Fire
67) Cousins
66) Jerry Maguire
65) Moana
64) Baby Mama
63) The Godfather II
62) Four Weddings and a Funeral
61) Clueless
60) Gone With the Wind
59) Erin Brockovich
58) White Oleander
57) Norma Rae
56) Reality Bites
55) Bridesmaids
54) Friday
53) Good Fellas
52) The Wolf of Wall Street
51) Dirty Dancing
50) Rear Window
49) Fargo
48) The Departed
47) Coal Miner's Daughter
46) Talladega Nights
45) The Runaway Bride
44) Die Hard
43) Gosford Park
42) The Illusionist
41) Whip It
40) Dangerous Liasons
39) Weekend at Bernie's (see above for subtle "Friends" reference)
38) Bridget Jones' Diary
37) Sweet Dreams
36) Deadpool vs Wolverine 
35) Singles
34) Dead Poet's Society
33) Breakfast at Tiffany's
32) The Outsiders
31) Better Off Dead
30) The Hunger Games       
29) The Muppets Take Manhattan
28) Don Juan DeMarco                           
27) Christmas Vacation
26) Stand by Me
25) It's a Wonderful Life                   
24) Crimes of the Heart
23) Dr. Zhivago                                  
22) American Gangster
21) Juno
20) Running on Empty                          
19) The Princess Bride
18) Boyz n the Hood
17) Love Actually                       
16) High Fidelity                              
15) Legends of the Fall
14) Office Space
13) P.C.U.
12) Almost Famous                        
11) Dazed and Confused
10) Flow
9) The Fugitive
8) Amelie
7) The Age of Innocence
6) Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
5) The Baxter
4) Crossing Delancey
3) The Last of the Mohicans
2) Moonstruck
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