every year, I do a new list of my top 100 movies of all time, to see how my tastes have changed and stayed the same, but also to make me think about why and how much I love cinema. this is that list for 2020, mute this thread now if you don't care!

at first, here are a few honourable mentions that I wanted to include but had to cut at the last minute (1/3)

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100. The Lake House (2006) dir. Alejandro Agresti

99. My Neighbour Totoro (1988) dir. Hayao Miyazaki

98. 4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011) dir. Abel Ferrara

97. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) dir. Tobe Hooper

96. He Got Game (1998) dir. Spike Lee

95. The Beach Bum (2019) dir. Harmony Korine

94. The Other Guys (2010) dir. Adam McKay

93. A Woman Under the Influence (1974) dir. John Cassavetes

92. Trust (1990) dir. Hal Hartley

91. Inland Empire (2006) dir. David Lynch

90. The Intern (2015) dir. Nancy Meyers

89. Boyhood (2014) dir. Richard Linklater

88. Christopher Robin (2018) dir. Marc Forster

87. Margaret (2011) dir. Kenneth Lonergan

86. Julien Donkey-Boy (1999) dir. Harmony Korine

85. New Rose Hotel (1998) dir. Abel Ferrara

84. The Edge of Seventeen (2016) dir. Kelly Fremon Craig

83. Deep Cover (1992) dir. Bill Duke

82. The Truman Show (1998) dir. Peter Weir

81. Scream (1996) dir. Wes Craven

80. Something Wild (1986) dir. Jonathan Demme

79. Power Rangers (2017) dir. Dean Israelite

78. Ali (2001) dir. Michael Mann

77. Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) dir. Jim Stenstrum

76. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) dir. Stephen Chbosky

75. Rumble Fish (1983) dir. Francis Ford Coppola

74. Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me (1992) dir. David Lynch

73. Solaris (2002) dir. Steven Soderbergh

72. Before Midnight (2013) dir. Richard Linklater

71. Spider-Man 3 (2007) dir. Sam Raimi

70. The Straight Story (1999) dir. David Lynch

69. Man of Steel (2013) dir. Zack Snyder

68. Manchester by the Sea (2016) dir. Kenneth Lonergan

67. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) dir. Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski

66. Collateral (2004) dir. Michael Mann

65. Two Lovers (2008) dir. James Gray

64. The Irishman (2019) dir. Martin Scorsese

63. The New World (2005) dir. Terrence Malick

62. Mommy (2014) dir. Xavier Dolan

61. Vanilla Sky (2001) dir. Cameron Crowe

60. Dogfight (1991) dir. Nancy Savoca

59. Clue (1985) dir. Jonathan Lynn

58. Long Day's Journey Into Night (2018) dir. Bi Gan

57. Justin Timberlake and the Tennessee Kids (2016) dir. Jonathan Demme

56. The Sun is Also a Star (2019) dir. Ry Russo-Young

55. Punch-Drunk Love (2002) dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

54. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul

53. Unbreakable (2000) dir. M Night Shyamalan

52. Speed Racer (2008) dir. Lana and Lilly Wachowski

51. Blue (1993) dir. Derek Jarman

50. First Man (2018) dir. Damien Chazelle

49. Mountains May Depart (2015) dir. Jia Zhangke

48. Mission to Mars (2000) dir. Brian De Palma

47. Malcolm X (1992) dir. Spike Lee

46. Bringing Out The Dead (1999) dir. Martin Scorsese

45. Fearless (1993) dir. Peter Weir

44. Spider-Man 2 (2004) dir. Sam Raimi

43. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) dir. Michel Gondry

42. The Homesman (2014) dir. Tommy Lee Jones

41. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) dir. George Lucas

40. Jerry Maguire (1996) dir. Cameron Crowe

39. Gone Girl (2014) dir. David Fincher

38. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) dir. Andrew Dominik

37. Taste of Cherry (1997) dir. Abbas Kiarostami

36. The Bridges of Madison County (1995) dir. Clint Eastwood

35. Man on Fire (2004) dir. Tony Scott

34. Miami Vice (2006) dir. Michael Mann

33. 25th Hour (2002) dir. Spike Lee

32. Romancing in Thin Air (2012) dir. Johnnie To

31. Song to Song (2017) dir. Terrence Malick

30. One More Time With Feeling (2016) dir. Andrew Dominik

29. Tropical Malady (2004) dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul

28. My Own Private Idaho (1991) dir. Gus Van Sant

27. Halloween II (2009) dir. Rob Zombie

26. Rachel Getting Married (2008) dir. Jonathan Demme

25. Furious 7 (2015) dir. James Wan

24. Knight of Cups (2015) dir. Terrence Malick

23. The Long Day Closes (1992) dir. Terence Davies

22. Heat (1995) dir. Michael Mann

21. Ad Astra (2019) dir. James Gray

20. Magic Mike XXL (2015) dir. "Gregory Jacobs"

19. Marjorie Prime (2017) dir. Michael Almereyda

18. Glass (2019) dir. M Night Shyamalan

17. Exotica (1994) dir. Atom Egoyan

16. Spring Breakers (2012) dir. Harmony Korine

15. Deja Vu (2006) dir. Tony Scott

14. Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) dir. Francis Ford Coppola

13. Pulse (2001) dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa

12. We Are Your Friends (2015) dir. Max Joseph

11. Mysterious Skin (2004) dir. Gregg Araki

10. Mirror (1975) dir. Andrei Tarkovsky

9. Twin Peaks The Return (2017) dir. David Lynch (it's a movie because I say so)

8. The Tree of Life (2011) dir. Terrence Malick

7. Starman (1984) dir. John Carpenter

6. Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (1983) dir. Nagisa Oshima

5. A Star is Born (2018) dir. Bradley Cooper

4. Mulholland Drive (2001) dir. David Lynch

3. Magnolia (1999) dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

2. Before I Fall (2017) dir. Ry Russo-Young

1. Tron Legacy (2010) dir. Joseph Kosinski

and we're done! apologies for taking up so much of the TL with this thread, I will now leave everyone alone for the rest of the night