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Kiwis rank The 100 Greatest Movies Ever Made – and The 20 Worst
New Zealanders have spoken up about their favourite – and least favourite – films in a recent poll by movie website Flicks.co.nz.
Frank Darabont’s prison drama The Shawshank Redemption took top spot in the poll of The 100 Greatest Movies Ever Made, followed by Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and The Godfather. Meanwhile, when it comes to Kiwis’ most-hated films, top honours go to the John Travolta-starring, L. Ron Hubbard adaptationBattlefield Earth.
Rounding out the Top 10 Movies Ever Made are Pulp Fiction, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Dark Knight, Forrest Gump, Star Wars: A New Hope, The Matrix and Goodfellas. Between the Top 10, the films received 81 Oscar nominations and 28 Oscar wins (with zero Oscar love for Shawshank!).
Like any good list, the results are ripe for debate, although Flicks Editor Steve Newall suggests the ranked Top 100 all make a strong case for inclusion.
“While taste in films and the very idea of ranking movies is completely subjective, I can picture robust arguments in living rooms, cinema foyers and further afield justifying each entry,” Newall says. “I think we’d all juggle the order, and include our own personal faves, but it’s interesting to sample the collective mood of movie-watchers and see how all-time classics rub shoulders with critical darlings, populist titles and more recent fare”.
As you’d expect, the Top 100 list is dominated by American productions. Excluding the two Lord of the Ringsfilms on the list, the only NZ production is Taika Waititi’s Boy (at number 87).
Mad Max: Fury Road is the most recent film release to make the Top 100 while 50 Shades of Grey is the most recent film release to make the Worst 20 list.
“It’s great to see that New Zealanders have just as great taste when it comes to films they despise’” says Newall. “And while I’m happy to see no Kiwi films on the Worst Ever list, I am a little disappointed that my own appreciation for the supreme artistry of Showgirls and Freddy Got Fingered isn’t more widely shared. Better luck next time, eh?”
The 100 Greatest Movies Ever Made can be viewed at top100.flicks.co.nz
The Top
20:
1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. Star Wars:
Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
3. The
Godfather
4. Pulp Fiction
5. The Lord of the Rings:
The Fellowship of the Ring
6. The Dark Knight
7.
Forrest Gump
8. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
9.
The Matrix
10. Goodfellas
11. 2001: A Space
Odyssey
12. Casablanca
13. Gone with the Wind
14.
Fight Club
15. Titanic
16. The Lord of the Rings: The
Return of the King
17. Blade Runner
18. The Princess
Bride
19. Jurassic Park
20. Saving Private
Ryan
And The 20 Worst Movies Ever
Made:
1. Battlefield Earth
2. Sharknado
3.
Twilight
4. Batman and Robin
5. The Room
6. The
Last Airbender
7. Jack and Jill
8. Transformers:
Revenge of the Fallen
9. Movie 43
10. Disaster
Movie
11. Catwoman
12. 50 Shades of Grey
13.
Titanic
14. Showgirls
15. Gigli
16. Freddy Got
Fingered
17. Birdemic: Shock and Terror
18. Epic
Movie
19. Transformers: Age of Extinction
20. Troll
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