As the year comes to a close and different lists emerge proclaiming the top films of the year, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is a bit more ambitious unveiling its first ever list of 100 favorite films of all time. The “Alamo 100,” which was generated by factoring the Alamo Drafthouse programmers personal list of favorite films and then factoring the number of times
the film appeared on more than one list, shows a hugely diverse selection.
The list features a few obvious choices such as “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “The Godfather” but also features a few eccentric surprises such as “The Goonies,” “Home Alone” and “You’ve Got Mail.”
When asked how Alamo Drafthouse CEO and Founder, Tim League came up with his own list, he said “I imagined that I was on a desert island (a really improbable desert island
equipped with a TV, DVD player and electricity) and could only have 100 movies
to rewatch for the rest of my life.”
Alamo Drafthouse will be bringing films from their list to the screen this January
at Alamo theaters nationwide. The first seven films to be screened will be: “Brazil” (1985), “City Lights” (1931), “The Goonies” (1985), “Monty Python And The Holy Grail” (1975), “Raging Bull” (1980), “Raiders Of The Lost Ark” (1981), and “Sixteen Candles” (1984) – with many more screening throughout the year.
Here is the Alamo 100–
10 Things I Hate About You
2001: A Space Odyssey
400 Blows, The
Adventures of Baron
Munchausen, The
Alien
Apartment, The
Apocalypse Now
Back to the Future
Beaches of Agnes
Best Years of Our Lives, The
Big
Big Trouble in Little China
Black Lizard
Blade Runner
Bottle Rocket
Brazil
Cabinet of Doctor Caligari,
The
Carnival of Souls
Casablanca
Christmas Story, A
City Lights
Clockwork Orange, A
Clueless
Daisies
Danger: Diabolik
Dark Knight, The
Dazed and Confused
Delicatessen
Dirty Harry
Double Indemnity
Dr. Strangelove
Duck Soup
E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial
Ed Wood
Empire Strikes Back, The
Escape From New York
Eternal Sunshine of the
Spotless Mind
Evil Dead 2
Fantastic Mr. Fox, The
For A Few Dollars More
General, The
Ghostbusters
Godfather II, The
Godfather, The
Gold Rush, The
Good, the Bad and the Ugly,
The
Goonies, The
Hannah And Her Sisters
Hausu
Home Alone
Joe vs the Volcano
Johnny Guitar
Jules and Jim
Ladies and Gentlemen, The
Fabulous Stains
Leon: The Professional
Lord of the Rings, The
Love Actually
Mean Girls
Modern Times
Monty Python and the Holy
Grail
Napoleon
Night of the Hunter, The
Night To Dismember, A
Ninotchka
Notorious
One Flew Over the Cuckoos
Nest
Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Playtime
Pride & Prejudice
Princess Bride, The
Pulp Fiction
Raging Bull
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raising Arizona
Road Warrior, The
Robocop
Royal Tennenbaums, The
Rushmore
Singin’ in the Rain
Sixteen Candles
Some Like it Hot
Sons Of The Desert
Star Wars: A New Hope
Step Up 2: The Streets
Streets of Fire
Succubus
Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Texas Chain Saw Massacre,
The
Tommy Boy
UHF
Uncle Buck
Vampires, Les
Vertigo
Waiting for Guffman
Warriors, The
Wayne’s World
Willy Wonka and the
Chocolate Factory
Woman Is A Woman, A aka Une Femme Est Une Femme
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