Top 75 Films Of All Time: 75-11

Don't ask me why I've chosen to do this now (other than to show off my cultural prowess of course) but having come across this Empire countdown of the Top 500 films of all-time, inevitably I started to think about what would be my Top 500?

Have I even seen 500 films in my lifetime? Probably, I'm not sure but I was struck with the following thought....'Wouldn't it be great to list every film I've ever seen and give them a ranking order?'

Well, obviously the logistics of such an endeavour are a little against me. However, after some meticulous thought, list making, crossing out, cutting, pasting, swapping about, rehashing and eventual exasperation, I have finally come up with a Top 75.

The one thing it has made apparent, is the numerous holes in my personal cinematic tapestry. I've not, for instance, seen such supposed greats as 'Goodfellas', 'Raging Bull' or 'Alien', and my viewing of 'Citizen Kane' amounts only to a couple of drunken, aborted attempts after nights out at Loughborough University's Student Union.

Nonetheless, it excites me that there's still so many top films for me to seek out in the future and, if nothing else, at least this exercise has given me a few ideas for my next trip to 'Blockbuster'.

So here it is, my top 75 in reverse order up to 11 (the Top 10 I shall give a little more attention to). Please be gentle with me as I'm sure to many there will be some glaring omissions. Let battle commence....

75) Frost/Nixon (2008)
74) Shaun Of The Dead (2004)
73) The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
72) Rope (1948)
71) Ghostbusters (1984)
70) Airplane! (1980)
69) The Damned United (2009)
68) The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
67) Rebel Without A Cause (1955)
66) Saw (2004)
65) The Time Machine (1960)
64) A Clockwork Orange (1971)
63) Smokey And The Bandit (1977)
62) The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
61) Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
60) The Blair Witch Project (1999)
59) Batteries Not Included (1987)
58) Scent Of A Woman (1992)
57) This Is England (2006)
56) 24 Hour Party People (2002)
55) Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001)
54) Grease (1978)
53) Jaws (1975)
52) WALL-E (2008)
51) Se7en (1995)
50) The Departed (2006)
49) The Italian Job (1969)
48) Schindler's List (1993)
47) The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1967)
46) Toy Story (1995)
45) Halloween (1978)
44) Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince (2009)
43) Control (2007)
42) Jurassic Park (1993)
41) This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
40) The Godfather Part III (1990)
39) The Birds (1963)
38) The Shining (1980)
37) Saving Private Ryan (1998)
36) Rear Window (1954)
35) Trainspotting (1996)
34) The Great Escape (1963)
33) Vertigo (1958)
32) The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)
31) No Country For Old Men (2007)
30) Fight Club (1999)
29) Fargo (1996)
28) Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)
27) The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
26) Casablanca (1942)
25) Full Metal Jacket (1987)
24) Casino Royale (2006)
23) Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (1989)
22) The Exorcist (1973)
21) Forest Gump (1994)
20) Dr No. (1962)
19) Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004)
18) Resevoir Dogs (1992)
17) The Godfather (1972)
16) Taxi Driver (1976)
15) Psycho (1960)
14) Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
13) The Life of Brian (1979)
12) Goldfinger (1964)
11) American Beauty (1999)