Top Ten Movies of All Time

10) Saving Private Ryan: One of the most gut- wrenching, adrenaline pumping war movies ever made, Saving Private Ryan is able to accomplish something truly great, it stands out amongst the plethora of superfluous World War II movies. And it isn't just a hodgepodge of action, there is a really deep story behind this movie. Winning five Oscars, this movie was a hit when it came out, and it still remains one of the most classic movies in United States history. With all of the action, blood, chaos and violence going around, Steven Spielberg still manages to do what he does best, mixing in emotions and the character's feelings and making you think a little bit, which most movies don't require nowadays.


9) Raging Bull: The best sports movie of all time, and that's saying something. There are a lot of really nice sports movies out there, Remember the Titans, Rocky, and Hoosiers, but this one takes the cake. Starring Robert DeNiro, this movie talks about the life of a wild, short- fused, socially inapt boxer and his struggles inside and outside the ring. The best man for the job, DeNiro is able to capture this personality so well, this was the first movie I'd ever seen of him, and I thought that's how he was all the time. Directed by Martin Scorsese, who isn't known for anything other than making outstanding movies, regardless of the genre. A definite top ten choice, even if you aren't a fan of sports movies.


8) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: One of the most epic war movies of all time. Possibly the best movie ever based on a book. Never had a book been made into a movie that is arguably better than the book itself, until this piece of art was dropped in 2003. One of the few movies over three hours that I can sit through, and thoroughly enjoy as well. This movie also happened to win eleven Oscars. ELEVEN OSCARS. Everything that this movie did, it perfected. A classic book, the last installment in one of the most renowned fantasy series of all time, could anyone have settled for anything less? Unless you're a four year old girl who has the attention span of a rat, then this is a movie that you need to watch and enlighten yourself on what a great movie looks like.


7) The Dark Knight: The best new movie I've seen in a long, LOOOOOOONG, time. Finally, a movie with an actual story, something that keeps me at the edge of my seat the whole way through. 2008 seemed like a very crappy year for movies with a few notable exceptions, this one in particular. Hardcore Batman fans, just casual admirers of the superhero, and people who are completely unaware of who this guy is all enjoy this movie. There's no doubt then, that it reached the record for the shortest amount of time to reach the $500 million mark. Shoving aside the Titanic. Heath Ledger killed everyone else, his role as the Joker was almost too good to believe. Soon enough, this movie will be considered a classic, and I will move this up the list quite a bit.