Last week I said that I would start counting down my Top 100 Movies the way I did the American Film Institute’s list. But I’ve decided not to start that yet. Instead, I’m going to provide my list before going through them one by one. Is that cool with everyone? Okay, good…

1. Back to the Future
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Superman
4. That Thing You Do!
5. The Matrix
6. Star Wars
7. Stand by Me
8. Wonder Woman
9. Raiders of the Lost Ark
10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
11. The Dark Knight
12. Beauty and the Beast
13. It’s a Wonderful Life
14. The Sound of Music
15. The Shawshank Redemption
16. 10 Things I Hate About You
17. Superman II
18. The Wizard of Oz
19. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
20. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
21. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
22. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
23. The American President
24. Parenthood
25. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
26. Hook
27. When Harry Met Sally…
28. Forrest Gump
29. Annie
30. National Treasure
31. Gladiator
32. Jurassic Park
33. The Lion King
34. The Karate Kid
35. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
36. Les Miserables
37. Ghostbusters
38. Father of the Bride
39. To Kill a Mockingbird
40. Return of the Jedi
41. Batman Begins
42. The Karate Kid, Part II
43. The Rocketeer
44. Willow
45. Independence Day
46. The Goonies
47. A Walk to Remember
48. Apollo 13
49. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
50. Rear Window
51. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
52. Die Hard
53. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
54. Saving Private Ryan
55. Blast from the Past
56. The Lego Movie
57. The Avengers
58. The Big Short
59. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
60. Love Actually
61. A League of Their Own
62. The Usual Suspects
63. Rocky IV
64. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
65. The Princess Bride
66. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
67. The Silence of the Lambs
68. Halloween
69. The Breakfast Club
70. Sleepless in Seattle
71. You’ve Got Mail
72. A Time to Kill
73. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
74. Arrival
75. Swiss Family Robinson
76. Grease
77. Enemy of the State
78. Casablanca
79. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
80. A Knight’s Tale
81. 12 Angry Men
82. Labyrinth
83. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
84. The Whole Nine Yards
85. Mean Girls
86. Rain Man
87. The Greatest Showman
88. Toy Story
89. Inception
90. Super 8
91. The Fugitive
92. Split
93. Fools Rush In
94. Rogue One
95. Star Trek: First Contact
96. It
97. Office Space
98. It Could Happen to You
99. City Slickers
100. Can’t Buy Me Love

I think I’ve mentioned before that this list comes from my rankings over on Flickchart. Therefore, the list is fluid and subject to change depending on how I’m feeling about a particular film on any given day. But this is the list that we’ll go with as I count down the hits.

Honestly, I’m a little surprised by some of these. Actually, I’m not surprised by what’s on the list. I’m surprised by what’s not on the list. I’m sure there are a lot that just barely didn’t make the cut. But it’s a list of my top 100, not a list of every movie I’ve ever seen and enjoyed.

Should these be considered the greatest films ever made? Aside from Back to the Future, no. These are just my favorites. These movies have not been chosen because I think they are necessarily examples of great storytelling or cinematography. These movies have been chosen because I enjoy watching them. That said, I think I’m going to have a lot more fun reviewing these than I did the AFI list, overall. Some movies, as you’ll see, have overlapped with AFI.

So if you want to go on this journey with me, tune in every Monday. If you don’t, no worries. Come back Tuesday for Rewatching Buffy & Angel. Or… you know… other days for… other stuff…