My Top 20 Essential Films

Last week I was asked to make a list of the top 20 records I would recommend someone listen to before they died. I really enjoyed the process of searching through my record collection and emotionally reconnecting with some of my favorite art in the world. I decided to continue the punishment of decision-making, and create a list of my top 20 essential films, (documentaries excluded.) As per my last post, I won’t be doing a write-up on each, I’ll let the films speak for themselves.
In no particular order, from left to right:
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Top Gun
Almost Famous
Alien
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Star Wars: A New Hope
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Stand By Me
Sunshine
Back to the Future
Elizabethtown
The Dark Knight
500 Days of Summer
Gladiator
Platoon
High Fidelity
Children of Men
SLC Punk
Night of the Living Dead
*If part of a trilogy, assume all three films.




