Unexplained List: Bestest Bests

BEST OF THE BEST
The Godfather Part II Lawrence of Arabia The Godfather 12 Years a Slave Schindler’s List The Bridge on the River Kwai On The Waterfront Casablanca The Apartment Moonlight			LOTR: Return of the King The Sound of Music The Silence of the Lambs Everything, Everywhere, All At Once The Sting The Departed Parasite It Happened One Night One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Terms of Endearment

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Unexplained List: Best Picture? Really?

Year	Best Picture	Better Picture
2025	Anora
2024	Oppenheimer	Poor Things
2023	Everything, Everywhere, All At Once
2022	CODA
2021	Nomadland	Judas and the Black Messiah
2020	Parasite

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Unexplained List: For All Seasons

2025 - Sinners 2024 - Challengers 2023 - Poor Things 2022 - Everything Everywhere All At Once 2021 - Cruella 2020 - Promising Young Woman

2019 - Parasite 2018 - Black Panther 2017 - Get Out 2016 - Moonlight 2015 - Room 2014 - Predestination 2013 - Gravity 2012 - Queen of Versailles 2011 - The Descendants 2010 - Inception	2009 - Inglourious Basterds 2008 - The Dark Knight 2007 - Juno 2006 - Children of Men 2005 - The Transporter 2 2004 - The Incredibles 2003 - Finding Nemo 2002 - Adaptation. 2001 - Amelie 2000 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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Explained List: My AFI Top 100

In May 2018, the podcast “Unspooled” suggested taking the AFI Top 100 and making your own list. I can’t resist making a list, so I started with the ones I had seen at the time. The original AFI list came out in 1997, and I made it the center of my film education. In 2007, the AFI updated the list, removing and replacing 23 films in the process. 

On October 3, 2024, six years after I originally posted this list, I finally watched all 100 of the 2007 list.

On August 27, 2025, roughly 28 years after the list came out, I watched the last of the films removed from the original 1997 list.

So here it is, my personal ranking of all 123 movies that have ever been included in the AFI Top 100. The ones left off the 2007 list are asterisked. I’m sure I’ll continue adjusting this list the more I think about it, but here it is.

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Your Guide to Daily Star Trek Viewing

January 1 -- The Man Trap (TOS 1-1) // The Die is Cast (DS9 3-21) // In a Mirror, Darkly, Part I (ENT 4-18)

January 2 -- Charlie X (TOS 1-2) // Faces (VOY 1-14) // In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II (ENT 4-19)

January 3 -- Where No Man Has Gone Before (TOS 1-3) // Explorers (DS9 3-22) // Demons (ENT 4-20)

January 4 -- The Naked Time (TOS 1-4) // Jetrel (VOY 1-15) // Terra Prime (ENT 4-21)

January 5 -- The Enemy Within (TOS 1-5) // Family Business (DS9 3-23) // These Are the Voyages... (ENT 4-22)

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Unexplained List: For the Love of Terriers

MOVIES50) Reign of Fire 49) Zoolander 48) The Bourne Identity 47) Borat 46) Ocean’s Eleven 45) Death to Smoochy 44) Guardians of the Galaxy 43) Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse 42) Knives Out 41) Wall-E

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FILMS50) An Inconvenient Truth 49) Whiplash 48) Sorry to Bother You 47) Exit Through the Gift Shop 46) Lars and the Real Girl 45) 21 Grams 44) Challengers 43) The Prestige 42) Cecil B. Demented 41) Big Fish

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Unexplained List: Orchid Explosion by Fournier

BAD 43) The Last Duel 42) House of Gucci 41) King Richard 40) Venom: Let There Be Carnage 39) Spiral 38) Wonder Woman 1984 UNMEMORABLE 37) The New Mutants 36) The Matrix Resurrections 35) The King’s Man 34) Eternals 33) The Green Knight 32) Minari 31) Black Widow 30) Bad Education 29) Old 28) West Side Story 27) I Care a Lot 26) Army of the Dead 25) Luca 24) Onward 23) Sonic the Hedgehog 22) The French Dispatch

LIKED 21) Jungle Cruise 20) Trial of the Chicago 7 19) Mortal Kombat 18) In the Heights 17) Shang-Chi 16) The Gentlemen 15) Emma. 14) Dune: Part One 13) The Suicide Squad 12) Pig 11) Bill & Ted Face the Music 10) Free Guy 9) Nobody RECOMMEND 8) Spider-Man: No Way Home 7) Tenet 6) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom 5) Promising Young Woman 4) Palm Springs 3) Birds of Prey LOVED 2) Judas and the Black Messiah 1) Cruella

Explained List: The... Ugh... Aughts

In all this time, we really haven't figured out a better term for the first decade of the 21st Century? But I digress. The New York Times list of the best movies of this century's Q1 got me thinking about making my own list. Step 1 is breaking it down by decade like I did for the 2010s. I know this century didn't begin until 2001, but I did the other decade 2010-2019, so this time it will be 2000-2009. Whatever. It's my list, I'll do what I want. Just like before, we're splitting this list into movies and films. (NOTE:  Thirteen Days is #13 and 21 Grams is #21 by sheer coincidence, not planned)

MOVIES25) Reign of Fire 24) Zoolander 23) The Bourne Identity 22) Borat 21) Ocean’s Eleven 20) Death to Smoochy 19) Wall-E 18) Kill Bill, Vol. 1 17) Big Trouble 16) Anchorman 15) X2: X-Men United 14) Hot Fuzz 13) Thirteen Days 12) The Incredibles 11) The Transporter 2 10) Zombieland 9) Mean Girls 8) Spider-Man 2 7) A Knight’s Tale 6) Catch Me if You Can

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FILMS25) Stranger Than Fiction 24) About Schmidt 23) An Inconvenient Truth 22) Lars and the Real Girl 21) 21 Grams 20) Best in Show 19) The Prestige 18) Cecil B. Demented 17) Big Fish 16) Secretary 15) Little Miss Sunshine 14) Bowling for Columbine 13) The Invention of Lying 12) Moon 11) The Departed 10) Juno 9) Inglourious Basterds 8) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 7) City of God 6) Adaptation.

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Unexplained List: Missions: Impossible

8) II

7) VIII
6) VII
5) III

4) V
3) VI
2) I
1) IV

Unexplained List: MCV

10) Gorr

9) Dar-Benn 
8) Zemo
7) Namor
6) Sentry
5) Vulture
4) Scarlet Witch
3) Loki
2) Thanos
1) Killmonger