From the new year (2015) I will each day pick a film that I consider to be worth watching. Pretty much following on from a failed attempt of doing a Top 365 of my favourite films list in previous years, this is the current, revamped take on the idea.
At number 1 on the Top 365 Films list is Bryan Singer’s The Usual Suspects (1995) starring Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri, Pete Postlethwaite, Suzy Amis, Giancarlo Esposito, Dan Hedaya and Peter Greene.
At number 2 on the Top 365 Films list is Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas (1990) starring Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero, Frank Vincent, Tony Darrow, Mike Starr, Chuck Low, Frank DiLeo, Johnny Williams, Samuel L. Jackson, Frank Adonis, Catherine Scorsese, Gina Mastrogiacomo, Debi Mazar, Margo Winkler, Welker White, Julie Garfield, Paul Herman, Christopher Serrone, Charles Scorsese, Michael Vivalo, Michael Imperioli, Tony Sirico, Frank Pellegrino, Tony Ellis, Elizabeth Whitcraft, Illeana Douglas, Anthony Powers, Tony Lip, Tobin Bell, Joseph Bono, Kevin Corrigan and Vito Picone.
At number 3 on the Top 365 Films list is Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather (1972) starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, John Cazale, Talia Shire, Gianna Russo, Abe Vigoda, Al Lettieri, Sterling Hayden, Lenny Montana, Richard Conte, Al Martino, John Marley, Alex Rocco, Morgana King, Salvatore Corsitto, Corrado Gaipa, Franco Citti, Angelo Infanti, Johnny Martino, Victor Rendina, Tony Giorgio, Simonetta Stefanelli, Louis Guss, Tom Rosqui, Joe Spinell, Richard Bright, Julie Gregg and Jeannie Linero.
At number 4 on the Top 365 Films list is Michael Mann’s Heat (1995) starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Val Kilmer, Diane Venora, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Mykelti Williamson, Ashley Judd, Amy Brenneman, Wes Studi, William Fichtner, Ted Levine, Dennis Haysbert, Hank Azaria, Natalie Portman, Tom Noonan, Jerry Trimble, Danny Trejo, Henry Rollins, Kevin Gage, Ricky Harris, Tone Lōc, Jeremy Piven and Xander Berkeley.
At number 5 on the Top 365 Films list is John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982) starring Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, Donald Moffat, T. K Carter, Richard Masur, David Clennon, Charles Hallahan, Richard Dysart, Peter Maloney, Joel Polis, Thomas G. Waites, Norbert Weisser and Larry J. Franco.
At number 6 on the Top 365 Films list is David Fincher’s Fight Club (1999) starring Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto, Holt McCallany and Zach Grenier.
At number 7 on the Top 365 Films list is John McTiernan’s Die Hard (1988) starring Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Paul Gleason, De’voreaux White, William Atherton, Clarence Gilyard, Hart Bochner, James Shigeta, Grand L. Bush and Robert Davi.
At number 8 on the Top 365 Films list is Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather: Part II (1974) starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, John Cazale, Talia Shire, Lee Strasberg, Michael V. Gazzo, Morgana King, G. D Spradlin, Richard Bright, Marianna Hill, Fay Spain, Gastone Moschin, Troy Donahue, Dominic Chianese, Amerigo Tot, Joe Spinell, Bruno Kirby, Frank Sivero, Maria Carta, Francesca De Sapio, Giuseppe Sillato, Roman Coppola, John Megna, Julian Voloshin, Larry Guardino, Harry Dean Stanton, Salvatore Po, Leopoldo Trieste, John Aprea and Danny Aiello.
At number 9 on the Top 365 Films list is Steven Spielberg’s Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) starring Harrison Ford, Paul Freeman, Karen Allen, John Rhys-Davies, Ronald Lacey, Denholm Elliot, Wolf Kahler, Alfred Molina, George Harris, Anthony Higgins, Vic Tablian, Don Fellows and William Hootkins.
At number 10 on the Top 365 Films list is City of God (2002) starring Alexandre Rodrigues, Luis Otávio, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Douglas Silva, Phellipe Haagensen, Michel de Souza, Matheus Nachtergaele, Seu Jorge, Jonathan Haagensen, Renato de Souza, Jefechander Suplino, Edson Oliveira, Emerson Gomes, Alice Braga, Daniel Zettel, Darlan Cunha, Charles Paraventi, Graziella Moretto, Luiz Carlos Ribeiro Seixas, Maurício Marques, Thiago Martins, Otávio and Gero Camilo and Karina Falcão.
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