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I have friends who are unnaturally fond of making lists. Here's mine.

(What's really amazing about this list is how much the hierarchy disagrees with my list of My Favourite Films. The only explanation I can give is that there's a difference between "favourite" and "best.")

The Top Five:

Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999)

Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg, 1993)

Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)

The Matrix (The Wachowski Brothers, 1999)

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (Eleanor Coppola, 1990)

The "Heat" slot (Honourable Mention):

Heat (Michael Mann, 1995)

Five More High Honourables:

Strange Days (Kathryn Bigelow, 1995)

American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999)

Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam, 1997)

The Age of Innocence (Martin Scorsese, 1993)

And 39 Others:

Boogie Nights (P.T. Anderson, 1996)

The Fisher King (Terry Gilliam, 1991)

Thelma & Louise (Ridley Scott, 1991)

Seven (David Fincher, 1995)

The Last of the Mohicans (Michael Mann, 1992)

Titanic (James Cameron, 1997)

Casino (Martin Scorsese, 1995)

The Secret Garden (Agnieska Holland, 1993)

The Big Lebowski (The Coen Brothers, 1998)

Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993)

The Godfather, Part III (Francis Ford Coppola, 1990)

Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992)

Batman Returns (Tim Burton, 1992)

Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, 1991)

Magnolia (P.T. Anderson, 1999)

Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson, 1994)

Philadelphia (Jonathan Demme, 1993)

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (Baz Luhrman, 1997)

Miller's Crossing (The Coen Brothers, 1990)

The Lion King (Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, 1994)

Leon: The Professional (Luc Besson, 1992)

Schizopolis (Steven Soderbergh, 1996)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron, 1991)

Raise the Red Lantern (Zhang Yimou, 1991)

Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997)

Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)

Chasing Amy (Kevin Smith, 1997)

Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer, 1998)

Office Space (Mike Judge, 1999)

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (George Lucas, 1999)

Much Ado About Nothing (Kenneth Branagh, 1993)

Three Kings (David O. Russel, 1999)

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Jim Jarmusch, 1999)

Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992)

Dogma (Kevin Smith, 1999)

Desperado (Robert Rodriguez, 1996)

Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993)

Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant, 1997)

Twelve Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1996)