My top movie picks

Earlier this year, amongst many other resolutions I failed to uphold, I made a commitment to write one Medium article per month. I hope to make good on this promise by writing occasional thoughts for my small audience to enjoy.

You might be wondering why I haven’t included any analysis or reasoning for my list. My rationale is, if it’s good enough to be on the list, it shouldn’t need a reason.

[I edited this list in July because I realised how many good ones I forgot]

The list

20. The Fault in Our Stars

My favourite scene: Hazel reading Augustus’ letter, here (never fails to get the water works going)

19. The Wolf of Wall Street

My favourite scene: the boat, here

18. Pursuit of Happyness

My favourite scene: playing basketball, here

17. Good Will Hunting

My favourite scene: ‘How do you like them apples?’, here

16. Passengers

My favourite scene: ‘Did you wake me up?’, here

15. War Dogs

My favourite scene: ‘No more questions’, here (spoilers…)

14. The Truman Show

My favourite scene: Truman talking to his creator, here

13. Inglorious Basterds

My favourite scene: ‘That’s a Bingo!’, here

12. 21

My favourite scene: ‘Give me the bag’, here (spoilers…)

11. The Irishman

My favourite scene: grape juice, here

10. The Big Short

My favourite scene: the best pitch of all time, here

9. The Godfather

My favourite scene: Opening scene, here

8. Green Book

My favourite scene: ‘That is their true culture’, here

7. Hacksaw Ridge

My favourite scene: ‘I sleep pretty hard’, here

6. Django Unchained

My favourite scene: arriving in town and drinking beer, here

5. Whiplash

My favourite scene: “Good job”,

4. The Social Network

My favourite scene: “I was your only friend”, here

3. Parasite

My favourite scene: no plan, here

2. The Shawshank Redemption

My favourite scene: the rooftop, here

1. Scarface

My favourite scene: ‘no wife, no kids’, here

And that’s a wrap! Would love to hear your thoughts, or any movies you’re appalled were not included on the list. Until next time :)