10. The Matrix
While Keanu Reeves makes me ill half the time, he may have been perfect for this movie. While the effects broke new ground, it's the story that puts this on the list for me.

9. The Silence of the Lambs
While I enjoy the occasional horror movie, nothing gets my blood going like a psychological thriller...and this is the best one ever.

8. Airplane!
Surely, this is the granddaddy of all parody movies. (And you say, "It is a great movie. And don't call me Shirley.") Every other parody movie rips this off in one way or another, and there are some gags in here that will never be matched.

7. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
This movie just rocks. (Yes, even after Spielberg replaced the governments agents' guns with radios and changed "terrorist" to "hippie".)

6. Raiders of the Lost Ark
This is the first movie that I actually remember watching in the theater, though there were others before. My brother and I practiced our bullwhip technique all the way to the car, and for days afterwards. (My dad "watched" the ending through the little window in the door to the theater because my baby sis was crying. He still brings it up today.)

5. Schindler's List
It wasn't my intention to put three Spielberg movies back-to-back, but you gotta do what you gotta do. This was one of the most powerfull movies I have ever watched and it just belongs on the list...period.

4. The Nightmare Before Christmas
What's this? What's this?!? Well, it just may be one of the greatest movies ever made. You don't have to be a Tim Burton fan to love it, but it sure doesn't hurt. This also solidified that Danny Elfman is a musical genius.

3. Fight Club
"Rule number one: You do not talk about Fight Club." This movie kicked my butt. Sure, the clues are all there...and maybe I should have seen it coming...but I didn't. However, what makes this movie great is that, even knowing how it ends, it's still an amazing picture. Edward Norton can do no wrong.

2. The Wizard of Oz
Any movie that can be just as fun now as it was when you were a kid has to be one of the top movies ever. It's funny, scary and tons of fun. Oh, yea...and it's got flying monkeys.

1. Star Wars
I wasn't about to waste muliple entries with Star Wars, so let's just lump them together as a whole, shall we? While Empire is far and away the best of the bunch, I have obviously enjoyed them all (just ask the lifesized Yoda in my office. He'll back me up on this one.)

Honorable Mention
(in no particular order)
The Muppet Movie
Office Space
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
UHF
American History X
Full Metal Jacket
Spaceballs
Out of Sight
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Bob Roberts
Unbreakable
Citizen Kane
American Beauty
Momento
The Limey
12 Monkeys
The Usual Suspects
Pulp Fiction
Better Off Dead
It's a Wonderful Life
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Wonder Boys
Vertigo
Monty Python & The Holy Grail
Minority Report
Spinal Tap
Spider-Man
The Princess Bride
Terminator II: Judgement Day