Unexplained List: Bestest Bests

BEST OF THE BEST
The Godfather Part II ('74) Lawrence of Arabia ('62) The Godfather ('72) 12 Years a Slave ('13) The Bridge on the River Kwai ('57) On The Waterfront ('54) Casablanca ('43) The Apartment ('60) Schindler’s List ('93) Moonlight ('16)			LOTR: Return of the King ('03) The Sound of Music ('65) The Silence of the Lambs ('91) The Sting ('73) The Departed ('06) Parasite ('19) It Happened One Night ('34) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest ('75) Everything, Everywhere, All At Once ('22) Terms of Endearment ('83)

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Unexplained List: Best Picture? Really?

Year	Best Picture	Better Picture
2026	One Battle After Another	Sinners
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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Numbers Time: Fuck the Buccs, Apparently

THESE GAMES DON'T MATTER:

ON SATURDAYS, WE N.F.C.

Screw drama. The NFL has decided to get the NFC in proper order before Sunday even starts. Let’s start in order of the Saturday games.

All season, this division has been Tampa’s to lose and with a loss this past week Carolina gave them one last chance to grab it. The winner of this game wins the division and the #4 spot. Unless...

With Atlanta’s surprise win on Monday night, the Falcons are in a position to knock out the Buccs with one more win. This means there’s a scenario where Tampa pulls an upset on Saturday then has to wait until Sunday to see if they’re in. Regardless, if the Panthers make it in with a loss or the Buccs with a win, they'd finish with a losing 8-9 record. That makes the #5 spot against them the most coveted spot in the bracket.

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Unexplained List: I Did It My Day

44) Patch Adams 43) Marley & Me 42) Wonder Woman 1984 41) Wonka 40) Mufasa 39) Michael 38) The Rise of Skywalker 37) Little Fockers 36) Avatar: Fire and Ash 35) Avatar: The Way of Water 34) The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies 33) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 32) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 31) Stuart Little 30) Sudden Impact 29) The Golden Child 28) Meet the Fockers 27) Avatar 26) Three Men and a Baby 25) National Treasure: The Book of ___ Secrets 24) Night at the Museum 23) Aquaman

22) Cast Away 21) The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe 20) Twins 19) The Last Jedi 18) Hook 17) Toy Story 16) Dumb and Dumber 15) Rogue One 14) Titanic 13) E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial 12) Ghostbusters 11) Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 10) The Force Awakens 9) Spider-Man: No Way Home 8) LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring 7) LOTR: Return of the King 6) Home Alone 5) Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol 4) Back to the Future II 3) LOTR: The Two Towers 2) A Few Good Men 1) Back to the Future

Unexplained List: Raspberries

BAD 37) Babygirl 36) Mountainhead 35) Old Guard 2 34) Freakier Friday 33) Captain America: Brave New World 32) The Amateur UNREMARKABLE 31) Love Hurts 30) Thursday Murder Club 29) 28 Years Later 28) Mickey 17 27) Superman 26) Jurassic World: Rebirth 25) The Phoenician Scheme 24) Materialists 23) Happy Gilmore 2 22) The Woman in Cabin 10 LIKED 21) Black Bag 20) Friendship

19) Companion 18) Drop 17) Summer of 69 16) The Shrouds 15) The Naked Gun 14) Novocaine RECOMMEND 13) Spinal Tap II: The End Continues 12) Brick 11) One Battle After Another 10) Bugonia 9) Paddington in Peru 8) House of Dynamite 7) Thunderbolts 6) The Roses 5) The Fantastic Four: First Steps LOVE 4) Fackham Hall 3) Weapons 2) Wake Up Dead Man 1) Sinners

Unexplained List: We’re #2!

43) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 42) Lilo & Stitch (‘25) 41) Alice in Wonderland 40) Shrek the Third 39) A Night at the Museum 38) The Dark Knight Rises 37) Crocodile Dundee 36) The Lion King ('19) 35) Beauty and the Beast 34) The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe 33) Finding Dory 32) Transformers: Dark of the Moon 31) The Super Mario Bros. Movie 30) Jurassic World 29) Fatal Attraction 28) Rambo: First Blood, Part II 27) Mockingjay, Part 1 26) Cast Away 25) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 24) Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings  23) Armageddon 22) Ghost

21) Batman Forever 20) Sixth Sense 19) Home Alone 2 18) Deadpool & Wolverine 17) Avengers: Infinity War 16) Iron Man 15) Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 14) Terms of Endearment 13) Men in Black 12) Ghostbusters 11) Iron Man 3 10) 1917 9) LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring 8) Twister 7) Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 6) Mrs. Doubtfire 5) LOTR: The Two Towers 4) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 3) Spider-Man 2 2) The Lion King ('94) 1) Finding Nemo

Unexplained List: We’re #1!!!

43) American Sniper 42) A Minecraft Movie 41) Pirates: Dead Man’s Chest 40) Spider-Man 3 39) The Phantom Menace 38) Three Men and a Baby 37) Avatar 36) How the Grinch Stole Christmas 35) Bad Boys For Life 34) Rain Man 33) Saving Private Ryan 32) Titanic 31) Rogue One 30) Beverly Hills Cop 29) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 28) Revenge of the Sith 27) Shrek 2 26) Toy Story 25) Inside Out 2 24) Home Alone 23) Forrest Gump 22) The Last Jedi

21) The Avengers 20) Catching Fire 19) Top Gun: Maverick 18) Barbie 17) Spider-Man 16) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 15) Avengers: Endgame 14) Top Gun 13) Spider-Man: No Way Home 12) Return of the Jedi 11) Toy Story 3 10) The Force Awakens 9) Black Panther 8) LOTR: Return of the King 7) Aladdin 6) Batman 5) Jurassic Park 4) Independence Day 3) The Dark Knight 2) Terminator 2 1) Back to the Future

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

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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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