The Greatest Movies Of All Time: According to Ravi

Last Updated: 02/25/2021

This post was first drafted on August 27, 2010. For some reason, I never got around to publishing it for years. I’ve watched some great movies that are not on this list – only because I don’t remember which ones I’ve forgotten :-).

If you think a movie deserves to be here, let me know via the comments below.

So here it is… go ahead, judge my choices, but do enjoy the list and leave a comment behind 🙂

My Favorite Movies Of All Time

In no particular order…

Inception
Godfather I & II, The
Shawshank Redemption (the book is even better), The
Good Will Hunting
Good Fellas
Schindler’s List
Gladiator
Pulp Fiction
Saving Private Ryan
The Usual Suspects
Sixth Sense
Sleepers
The Silence of the Lambs
Office Space (movie, not the show)
E.T.
Avatar
Identity
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Logan
Fight Club

Honorable Mentions

Forrest Gump
Reservoir Dogs
The Devil’s Advocate
Scar Face
Platoon
Braveheart
Frailty
Heat
Castaway
To Kill a Mockingbird
One Flew Over A Cuckoo’s Nest
The Shining
Dances With Wolves
The Butterfly Effect
Lord of the Rings
Shutter Island
The Abyss
Legends Of The Fall
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Pretty Woman
Father Of The Bride
Crash
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Scent of a Woman
Gandhi
American Beauty (not the same as American Pie)
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Training Day
Unforgiven
Ex Machina

The following didn’t make the above 2 lists, but categorized anyway.

Thrillers

Misery
Angel Heart
Wild Things
Jaws
Jurassic Park
The Ring
Ronin
Fallen
I am Legend
World War Z

Action/War/Science Fiction

Face Off
King Kong (Peter Jackson)
The Matrix 1 & 2
Speed
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Spiderman 2
Indiana Jones 1 & 3 (Raiders of the lost arc & The last crusade)
Die Hard
The Untouchables
Aliens 1 & 2
Enter The Dragon (Bruce Lee)
Jaws
Unleashed
Edge of Tomorrow
Upgrade

Comedy

Office Space (top 20)
The Hangover
Meet the Parents
Mrs. Doubtfire (top 20)
Dumb and Dumber
Borat
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Romance/Emotional/Cute/Tear-jerker/Drama

Jerry Maguire
Titanic
I am Sam
Notting Hill
Sideways
Knocked Up
Everybody’s Fine
The Pursuit of Happyness
L.A Confidential
Mystic River
King of Devil’s Island (Norwegian)
Her

Children/Animation

Finding Nemo
Toy Story
Chronicles of Narnia 1
Lion King
The Incredibles

Classics

Raging Bull
Wizard of Oz
It’s a Wonderful Life
Casablanca
Guns of Navarone
Escape from Alcatraz
The Great Escape
Ben-Hur
Superman 1 & 2 (Christopher Reeves versions)

TV Shows

Breaking Bad
Dexter
Better Call Saul
Money Heist
Travelers
Game of Thrones
24
Roots
Mind Your Language
American Horror Story
Stranger Things
Lost
The Walking Dead