My Top 20

I have tried to avoid doing rankings and lists; they do become tiresome and repetitive, even if it does feel good to put pen to paper to know where you stand on certain things. That being said, I have caught myself out far too much recently saying things like "that's definitely in the top twenty" or "I reckon that makes my top twenty films at least". I don't know why I say twenty, but in conversations it seems my top twenty goes into the forties and fifties. It is a seemingly endless list.
So I'm documenting this as proof of what those twenty films actually are. They are in a rough order as it is too tight to keep pondering which ones I prefer over others.

1. The Lord of the Rings 
Dir. Peter Jackson, 2001-2003.

2. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Dir. Sergio Leone, 1966.

3. Mad Max: Fury Road
Dir. George Miller, 2015.

4. The Last Samurai
Dir. Edward Zwick, 2003.

5. The Dark Knight
Dir. Christopher Nolan, 2008.

6. Goldfinger
Dir. Guy Hamilton, 1964.

7. The Empire Strikes Back
Dir. Irvin Kershner, 1980.

8. The Outlaw Josey Wales
Dir. Clint Eastwood, 1976.

9. Heat 
Dir. Michael Mann, 1995.

10. Interstellar 
Dir. Christopher Nolan, 2014.

11. Blade Runner 2049
Dir. Dennis Villeneuve, 2017.

12. Finding Nemo
Dir. Andrew Stanton, 2003.

13. The Incredibles
Dir. Brad Bird, 2004.

14. La La Land
Dir. Damien Chazelle, 2017.

15. The Curse of the Black Pearl
Dir. Gore Verbinski, 2003.

16. Home Alone
Dir. Chris Columbus, 1990.

17. The Dark Knight Rises
Dir. Christopher Nolan, 2012.

18. Once Upon a Time in the West
Dir. Sergio Leone, 1968.

19. Big
Dir. Penny Marshall, 1988.

20. Back to the Future
Dir. Robert Zemeckis, 1985