Romantic Movies Give Us Unrealistic Expectations of Love

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Romantic movies give us unrealistic expectations of love. How the couple meets, at first they hate each other, but in so many, they also fall in love so fast. They barely (or even not at all) know each other, and somehow fall head over heels for each other. So much of the time, the two don’t even seem to take the time to get to know each other before they seem to fall deeply and madly in love.

It doesn’t matter if the movie is animated or not, if it’s romantic, it’s bound to be unrealistic. In the 1950 Disney animated classic Cinderella, fantasy stuff aside, the prince falls in love with Cinderella after just seeing and dancing with her at the ball. He knows nothing about her except how she looks and the sound of her voice. This gives children the idea that as long as you fancy up and just show up, you’re gonna find true love. Then you get hit with reality and realize that that is not how love goes, it’s a long process.

In John Lennon’s song “Mind Games” he says, “Love is the flower you have to let grow,” and that is so true. In romantic films, the love seems to blossom almost right away, unless it is based on a true story. They show how love can happen in the blink of an eye, which isn’t true. Hopeless romantics will many times buy into fictional film versions of falling in love, then realize that’s not how it really is.

Love is not formed at first sight, it needs time to grow, you need to get to know the person first. Movies come out every year with plotlines filled with silly love stories that could never happen in real life. Why do directors do this? Because who wants to see a film where the couple’s love forms slowly like in real life. Who wants to set and watch a couple talk and casually date for weeks or more? Not many. Audiences want to get straight to the meat of the tale, straight to lovey dovey, mushy gushy stuff. They don’t care that much about how the couple fell in love, they just want them to fall in love.

No great, lasting relationship of any kind happens right away, but movie directors seem to always erase that fact. We are lead into fantasy worlds where couples who weren’t fond of each other, end up living happily ever after. The nerd or geek when the heart of the hot jock, the pauper wins the heart of a rich character, the couple that hated each other at first, end up head over heels, yes these scenarios can happen, but there is a low chance. Not many people end up living that happy for life lifestyle, and just because the lovers ride off in a carriage or on a horse or whatever in the end of the story, that’s it, toll credits. You don’t know what happens afterward (unless there is a sequel). The couple could up seperating, divorcing, etc. That is not what Disney and other production companies want people to know.

Children need to learn the real ways of relationships, the smooth and the rocky, and that not all couples are happy and that many aren’t meant to be together. I’m not saying children to see abusive marriages and stuff like that, but just not the sugarcoated stories that are marketed to them. They need to learn that no relationship is perfect like those on screen. Love takes time and it’s time that films start showing more of that.

Love is not perfect, so come on directors, show a real kind of relationship.

Top 150 Greatest Crime Movies and Documentaries

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  1. The French Connection – 1971 
  2. Tales of the Grim Sleeper – 2014 
  3. The Usual Susoects – 1995 
  4. The Act of Killing – 2012 
  5. The Big Sleep – 1946 
  6. The Thin Blue Line – 1988 
  7. Pulp Fiction – 1994 
  8. Murder on a Sunday Morning – 2001 
  9. Chinatown – 1974 
  10. O.J.: Made in America – 2016 
  11. Goodfellas – 1990 
  12. The Imposter – 2012 
  13. The Godfather – 1972 
  14. Brother’s Keeper – 1992 
  15. The Godfather Part II – 1974 
  16. Tower – 2016 
  17. Heat – 1995 
  18. Bus 174 – 2002 
  19. Scarface – 1983 
  20. F for Fake – 1973 
  21. Fargo – 1996 
  22. Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art – 2020 
  23. L.A. Confidential – 1997 
  24. Capturing the Friedmans – 2003 
  25. City of God – 2002 
  26. Animal Kingdom – 2010 
  27. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father – 2008 
  28. Trainspotting – 1996 
  29. Lost for Life – 2013 
  30. Rocco and His Brothers – 1960 
  31. Mommy Dead and Dearest – 2017 
  32. Graduation – 2016 
  33. Sour Grapes – 2016 
  34. Mystic River – 2003 
  35. The Central Park Five – 2012 
  36. The Big Risk – 1960 
  37. The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden – 2013 
  38. Grisbi – 1954 
  39. The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz – 2014 
  40. The Last Seduction – 1994 
  41. Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop – 2015 
  42. The Silence of the Lambs – 1991 
  43. The Newburgh Sting – 2014 
  44. The Trial of the Chicago 7 – 2020 
  45. The Iceman Confesses: Secrets of a Mafia Hitman – 2001 
  46. The Departed – 2006 
  47. The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer – 1992 
  48. Widows – 2018 
  49. The Cheshire Murders – 2013 
  50. Sweet Sixteen – 2002 
  51. The Grifters – 1990 
  52. Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills – 1996 
  53. Drug War – 2012
  54. Into the Abyss – 2011 
  55. Traffic – 2000
  56. 1971 – 2014 
  57. In the Bedroom – 2001 
  58. The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley – 2019 
  59. Boys Don’t Cry – 1999
  60. Our Father – 2022
  61. Dreamcatcher – 2015 
  62. Murder to Mercy: The Cyntonia Brown Story – 2020
  63. The Murder of Fred Hampton – 1971 
  64. Sophie: A Murder in West Cork – 2021 
  65. The Executioner’s Song – 1982 
  66. The Hunting Ground – 2015 
  67. Serpico – 1973 
  68. WeWork: Or the Making of $47 Billion Unicorn – 2021 
  69. The Fugitive – 1993 
  70. Fyre – 2019 
  71. In Cold Blood – 1967 
  72. Museo – 2018 
  73. Baby God – 2020 
  74. Hell or High Water – 2016 
  75. American Murder: The Family Next Door – 2020 
  76. Band of Outsiders – 1964 
  77. The Tinder Swindler – 2022 
  78. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – 2017 
  79. Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist – 2022 
  80. On the Waterfront – 1954 
  81. Abducted in Plain Sight – 2017 
  82. Assault on Precinct 13 – 1976 
  83. The Girl in the Picture – 2022 
  84. American Hustle – 2013 
  85. 13th – 2016 
  86. United 93 – 2006 
  87. Athlete A – 2020 
  88. A Bright Summer Day – 1991 
  89. Strong Island – 2017 
  90. The Crying Game – 1992 
  91. The Fog of War – 2003 
  92. No Country for Old Men – 2007 
  93. 4 Little Girls – 1997 
  94. Cool Hand Luke – 1967 
  95. Big Men – 2013 
  96. Badlands – 1973 
  97. Time – 2020 
  98. Elevator to the Gallows – 1958 
  99. Let it Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 – 2017 
  100. Taxi Driver – 1976
  101. I Called Him Morgan – 2016 
  102. Double Indemnity – 1944
  103. Citizenfour – 2014 
  104. Mean Streets – 1973 
  105. Crime + Punishment – 2018 
  106. 12 Angry Men – 1957 
  107. Deliver Us from Evil – 2006 
  108. Rififi – 1955 
  109. Red Roll Red – 2018 
  110. Touch of Evil – 1958 
  111. The Night of the Hunter – 1955 
  112. The Good Nurse – 2022 
  113. My Friend Dahmer – 2017 
  114. Audrie & Daisy – 2016 
  115. L’Argent – 1983 
  116. Charm City – 2018 
  117. Tell Me Who I Am – 2019 
  118. Shoplifters – 2018 
  119. White Boy – 2017 
  120. Why Did You Kill Me? – 2021 
  121. The Red Circle – 1970 
  122. Uncut Gems – 2019 
  123. 16 Shots – 2018 
  124. The Seven Five – 2014 
  125. The Ladykillers – 1955 
  126. The Wolf of Wall Street – 2013 
  127. Pervert Park – 2014 
  128. Team Foxcatcher – 2016 
  129. Foxcatcher – 2014 
  130. Dark Waters – 2019 
  131. A Prophet – 2009 
  132. 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets – 2015 
  133. Private Violence – 2014 
  134. Bonnie and Clyde – 1967 
  135. The Fear of 13 – 2015 
  136. Gangs of Wasseypur – 2012 
  137. Piccadilly – 1929 
  138. Bernie – 2011 
  139. Man Bites Dog – 1992 
  140. Bowling for Columbine – 2002 
  141. The Phantom – 2021 
  142. Capote – 2005 
  143. Strangers on a Train – 1951 
  144. Collective – 2019 
  145. Icarus – 2017 
  146. To Kill a Mockingbird – 1962 
  147. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room – 2005 
  148. Inside Job – 2010 
  149. Amanda Knox – 2016 
  150. Gomorrah – 2008 

The 110 Most Iconic Movie Dresses of All Time

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  1. Jean Harlow – Dinner at Eight (1933)
  2. Judy Garland – The Wizard of Oz (1939)
  3. Vivien Leigh – Gone With the Wind (1939)
  4. Rita Hayworth – Gilda (1946)
  5. Marilyn Monroe – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
  6. Grace Kelly – Rear Window (1954)
  7. Marilyn Monroe – The Seven Year Itch (1955)
  8. Grace Kelly – High Society (1956)
  9. Natalie Wood – West Side Story (1961)
  10. Elizabeth Taylor – Cleopatra (1963)
  11. Julie Andrews – The Sound of Music (1965)
  12. Diana Ross – Mohogany (1975)
  13. Olivia Newton John – Grease (1978)
  14. Jennifer Grey – Dirty Dancing (1987)
  15. Julia Roberts – Pretty Woman (1990)
  16. Kate Winslet – Titanic (1997)
  17. Reese Witherspoon – Legally Blonde (2001)
  18. Jennifer Lopez – Maid in Manhattan (2002)
  19. Anne Hathaway – The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
  20. Amy Adams – Enchanted (2007)
  21. Isla Fisher – Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
  22. Kristen Stewart – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I (2011)
  23. Emma Stone – La la Land (2016)
  24. Constance Wu – Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
  25. Emma Watson – Beauty and the Beast (2017)
  26. Lily James – Cinderella (2015)
  27. Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City 2 (2010)
  28. Keira Knightley – Atonement (2007)
  29. Anika Noni Rose, Beyonce Knowles, and Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls (2006)
  30. Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
  31. Anne Hathaway – The Princess Diaries (2001)
  32. Audrey Hepburn – May Fair Lady (1964)
  33. Audrey Hepburn – Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
  34. Leslie Caron – Gigi (1958)
  35. Grace Kelly – To Catch a Thief (1955)
  36. Dorothy Dandridge – Carmen Jones (1954)
  37. Audrey Hepburn – Sabrina (1954)
  38. Elizabeth Taylor – A Place in the Sun (1951)
  39. Ingrid Bergman – Casablanca (1942)
  40. Billie Burke – The Wizard of Oz (1939)
  41. Katherine Hepburn – Bringing Up Baby (1938)
  42. Fay Wray – King Kong (1933)
  43. Julie Christie – Shampoo (1975)
  44. Audrey Hepburn – Two For the Road (1967)
  45. Mia Farrow – The Great Gatsby (1974)
  46. Sharon Stone – Casino (1995)
  47. Maggie Cheung – In the Mood for Love (2000)
  48. Julia Roberts – Mystic Pizza (1988)
  49. Sophia Loren – Arabesque (1966)
  50. Goldie Hawn – Death Becomes Her (1992)
  51. Marlene Dietritch – A Foreign Affair (1948)
  52. Ginger Rogers – Swing Time (1936)
  53. Ava Gardner – The Killers (1946)
  54. Lauren Bacall – To Have and Have Not (1944)
  55. Anita Ekberg – La Dolce Vita (1960)
  56. Molly Ringwald – Pretty in Pink (1986)
  57. Michelle Pfeiffer – Scarface (1983)
  58. Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins (1964)
  59. Jennifer Gardner – 13 Going on 30 (2004)
  60. Carrie Fisher – Star Wars (1977)
  61. Keira Knightley – Anna Karenina (2012)
  62. Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games (2012)
  63. Deborah Kerr – The King and I (1956)
  64. Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
  65. Nicole Kidman – Moulin Rouge (2001)
  66. Jennifer Connelly – Labyrinth (1986)
  67. Carey Mulligan – The Great Gatsby (2013)
  68. Kirsten Dunst – Marie Antionette (2006)
  69. Gleen Close – Dangerous Liasons (1988)
  70. Rachel McAdams – The Notebook (2004)
  71. Robin Wright – The Princess Bride (1987)
  72. Julie Christie – Doctor Zhivago (1965)
  73. Kate Hudson – How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
  74. Rachel McAdams – The Vow (2012)
  75. Julia Roberts – Runaway Bride (1999)
  76. Jane Russell – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
  77. Maya Rudolph – Bridesmaids (2011)
  78. Audrey Hepburn – Funny Face (1957)
  79. Moira Shearer – The Red Shoes (1948)
  80. Katherine Hepburn – The Philadelphia Story (1940)
  81. NIa Vardalos – My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
  82. Drew Barrymore – Never Been Kissed (1999)
  83. Kim Basinger – LA Confidential (1997)
  84. Doris Day – Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
  85. Elsa Lanchester – The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
  86. Toni Collette – Muriel’s Wedding (1994)
  87. Jessica Rabbit – Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
  88. Winona Ryder – Beetlejuice (1988)
  89. All the dresses in Sissi (1955)
  90. Catherine Deneuve – Belle du Jour (1967)
  91. Catherine Deneuve – Donkey Skin (1970)
  92. Claudette Colbert – It Happened One Night (1934)
  93. Ginger Rogers – Carefree (1938)
  94. Bette Davis – Dark Victory (1939)
  95. Gene Tierney – The Razor’s Edge (1946)
  96. Lucille Ball – The Long, Long Trailer (1953)
  97. Lauren Bacall – How To Marry a Millionaire (1953)
  98. Shirley Jones – Oklahoma! (1955)
  99. Brigitte Bardot – And God Created Woman (1956)
  100. Sophia Loren – Houseboat (1958)
  101. Ann-Margaret – Viva Las Vegas (1964)
  102. Katherine Ross – The Graduate (1967)
  103. Barbara Streisand – Funny Girl (1968)
  104. Candice Bergen – The Adventurers (1968)
  105. Simonetta Stanfanelli – The Godfather (1972)
  106. Talia Shire – The Godfather (1972)
  107. Meryl Streep – Out of Africa (1985)
  108. Shari Headley – Coming to America (1988)
  109. Julia Roberts – Steel Magnolias (1989)
  110. Alicia Silverstone – Clueless (1995)

Greatest Film Songs of All Time

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  1. All That Jazz – Chicago (2002)
  2. Lose Yourself – 8 Mile (2002)
  3. Seems Like Old Times – Annie Hall (1977)
  4. (I’ve Had ) The Time of My Life – Dirty Dancing (1987)
  5. Arthur’s Theme (The Best That You Can Do) – Arthur (1981)
  6. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
  7. Isn’t It Romantic? – Love Me Tonight (1932
  8. Summer Nights – Grease (1978)
  9. Streets of Philadelphia – Philadelphia (1993)
  10. My Favorite Things – The Sound of Music (1965)
  11. Tonight – West Side Story (1961)
  12. Suicide is Painless – M*A*S*H (1970)
  13. (I’m a) Yankee Doodle Dandy – Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
  14. Rainbow Connection – The Muppet Movie (1979)
  15. The Shadow of Your Smile – The Sandpiper (1965)
  16. I’m Easy – Nashville (1975)
  17. The Rose – The Rose (1979)
  18. Buttons and Bows – The Paleface (1948)
  19. Let the River Run – Working Girl (1988)
  20. Long Ago (and Far Away) – Cover Girl (1944)
  21. Do Ri Me – The Sound of Music (1965)
  22. Put the Blame on Mame – Gilda (1946)
  23. 9 to 5 – Nine to Five (1980)
  24. Up Where We Belong – An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
  25. Good Morning – Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
  26. On the Good Ship Lollipop – Bright Eyes (1934)
  27. No Body Does It Better – The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
  28. Thanks for the Memories -The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
  29. Get Happy – Summer Stock (1950)
  30. Flashdance… What a Feeling – Flashdance (1983)
  31. Goldfinger – Goldfinger (1964)
  32. Fame – Fame (1980)
  33. Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) – The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
  34. Don’t Rain on My Parade – Funny Girl (1968)
  35. Wind Beneath My Wings – Beaches (1988)
  36. New York, New York – On the Town (1949)
  37. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious – Mary Poppins (1964)
  38. Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off – Shall We Dance (1937)
  39. Stormy Weather – Stormy Weather (1943)
  40. Some Enchanted Evening – South Pacific (1958)
  41. ‘Ol Man River – Show Boat (1936)
  42. Everybody’s Talkin’ – Midnight Cowboy (1969)
  43. Caberet – Caberet (1972)
  44. Evergreen (Love Theme from ‘A Star is Born’) – A Star is Born (1976)
  45. My Heart Will Go On – Titanic (1997)
  46. Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
  47. The Sound of Music – The Sound of Music (1965)
  48. When You Wish Upon a Star – Pinocchio (1940)
  49. Moon River – Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
  50. As TIme Goes By – Casablanca (1942)
  51. High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin’) – High Noon (1952)
  52. America – West Side Story (1961)
  53. Make ‘Em Laugh – Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
  54. Summertime – Porgy and Bess (1959)
  55. Get Happy – Summer Stock (1950)
  56. Beauty and the Beast – Beauty and the Beast (1991)
  57. The Windmills of Your Mind – The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
  58. Shall We Dance? – The King and I (1956)
  59. Rock Around the Clock – Blackboard Jungle (1955)
  60. That’s Entertainment – The Bandwagon (1953)
  61. The Way You Look Tonight – Swing Time (1936)
  62. Fight the Power – Do the Right Thing (1989)
  63. Theme from Shaft – Shaft (1971)
  64. Aquarius – Hair (1979)
  65. Born to be Wild – Easy Rider (1969)
  66. The Trolley Song – Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
  67. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
  68. Jailhouse Rock – Jailhouse Rock (1957)
  69. Someday My Prince Will Come – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
  70. I Could Have Danced All Night – My Fair Lady (1964)
  71. Cheek to CHeek – Top Hat (1935)
  72. People – Funny Girl (1968)
  73. The Man That Got Away – A Star is Born (1954)
  74. Stayin’ Alive – Saturday Night Fever (1977)
  75. Mrs. Robinson – The Graduate (1967)
  76. Singin’ in the Rain – Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
  77. Over the Rainbow – The Wizard of Oz (1939)
  78. The Way We Were – The Way We Were (1973)
  79. Somewhere – West Side Story (1961)
  80. I Got Rhythm – An American in Paris (1951)
  81. Swinging on a Star – Going My Way (1944)
  82. Days of Wine and Roses – Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
  83. Luck Be a Lady – Guys and Dolls (1955)
  84. Hakuna Matata – The Lion King (1994)
  85. To Sir, With Love – To Sir, With Love (1967)
  86. Purple Rain – Purple Rain (1984)
  87. In Your Eyes – Say Anything (1989)
  88. White Christmas – Holiday Inn (1942)
  89. A Whole New World – Aladdin (1992)
  90. Gangsta’s Paradise – Dangerous Minds (1995)
  91. You’ve Got a Friend in Me – Toy Story (1995)
  92. Stuck in the Middle With You – Reservoir Dogs (1992)
  93. I Have Nothing – The Bodyguard (1992)
  94. Skyfall – Skyfall (2012)
  95. Against All Odds – Against All odds (1984)
  96. St. Elmo’s Fire – St. Elmo’s Fire (1985)
  97. Gonna Fly Now – Rocky (1976)
  98. Can You Feel the Love Tonight – The Lion King (1994)
  99. Live and Let Die – Live and Let Die (1973)
  100. Shallow – A Star is Born (2018)
  101. Hopelessly Devoted – Grease (1978)
  102. Unhained Melody – Ghost (1990)
  103. The Power of Love – Back to the Future (1985)
  104. Footloose – Footloose (1984)
  105. Circle of Life – The Lion King (1994)
  106. Don’t You Forget Abour Me – The Breakfast Club (1985)
  107. Maniac – Flashdance (1983)
  108. They Can’t Take That Away from Me – Shall We Dance (1937)
  109. Jeepers Creepers – Going Places (1938)
  110. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy – Buck Privates (1941)
  111. Baby Mine – Dumbo (1941)
  112. Chattanooga Choo Choo – Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
  113. I Fall In Love Too Easily – Anchors Aweigh (1945)
  114. Baby It’s Cold Outside – Neptune’s Daughter (1949)
  115. In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening – Here Comes the Groom (1951)
  116. Secret Love – Calamity Jane (1953)
  117. Three Coins in the Fountain – Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
  118. Love is a Many Splendored Thing – Love is a Many Splebdored Thing (1955)
  119. High Hopes – A Hole in the Head (1959)
  120. Alfie – Alfie (1966)
  121. The Look of Love – Casino Royale (1967)
  122. The Bare Necessities – The Jungle Book (1967)
  123. I Just Called to Say I Love You – The Woman in Red (1984)
  124. Let’s Hear it for the Boy – Footloose (1984)
  125. Take My Breath Away – Top Gun (1986)
  126. Under the Sea – The Little Mermaid (1989)
  127. Be Our Guest – Beauty and the Beast (1991)
  128. A Wink and a Smile – Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
  129. Colors of the Wind – Pochahontas (1995)
  130. Part of Your World – The Little Mermaid (1989)
  131. You’ll Be in My Heart – Tarzan (1999)
  132. Strangers Like Me – Tarzan (1999)
  133. Save Me – Magnolia (1999)
  134. If I Didn’t Have You – Monsters Inc. (2001)
  135. The Hands That Built America – Gangs of New York (2001)
  136. Scarlet Tide – Cold Mountain (2003)
  137. Falling Slowly – Once (2007)
  138. Jai Ho – Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
  139. The Weary Kind – Crazy Heart (2009)
  140. Down in New Orleans – The Princess and the Frog (2009)
  141. We Belong Together – Toy Story 3 (2010)
  142. Let It Go – Frozen (2013)
  143. Glory – Selma (2014)
  144. Writing’s on the Wall – Spectre (2015)
  145. City of Stars – La La Land (2016)
  146. How Far I’ll Go – Moana (2016)
  147. Remember Me – Coco (2017)
  148. When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
  149. Stand Up – Harriet (2019)
  150. I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away – Toy Story 4 (2019)
  151. Fight for You – Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
  152. No Time to Die – No Time to DIe (2021)
  153. Down to Joy – Belfast (2021)
  154. Be Alive – King Richard (2021)
  155. When She Loved Me – Toy Story 2 (1999)
  156. Wise Up – Magnolia (1999)
  157. Eye of the Tiger – Rocky III (1982)
  158. It Might Be You – Tootsie (1982)
  159. I’ll Wait For You – The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
  160. Charade – Charade (1963)
  161. A Kiss to Build a Dream on – The Strip (1951)
  162. Pennies from Heaven – Pennies from Heaven (1936)
  163. I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Born to Dance (1936)
  164. It Might as Well be Spring – State Fair (1945)
  165. That Old Black Magic – Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
  166. Whatever Lola Wants – Damn Yankees (1958)
  167. Steam Heat – The Pajama Game (1957)
  168. Bewitched (Bothered and Bewildered) – Pal Joey (1957)
  169. Oh What a Beautiful Morning – Oklahoma! (1955)
  170. Getting to Know You – The King and I (1956)
  171. If I Were a Rich Man – Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
  172. And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going – Dreamgirls (2006)
  173. I’ve Got the Sun in the Morning – Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
  174. I Enjoy Being a Girl – Flower Drum Song (1961)
  175. Put on Your Sunday Clothes – Hello, Dolly! (1969)
  176. Le Jazz Hot – Victor/Victoria (1982)
  177. Mein Herr – Cabaret (1972)
  178. People Will Say We’re in Love – Oklahoma! (1955)
  179. A Hard Day’s Night – A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
  180. Pure Imagination – Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
  181. Where the Lost Things Go – Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
  182. The Time Warp – The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
  183. 76 Trombones – The Music Man (1962)
  184. Matchmaker, Matchmaker – Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
  185. Easter Parade – Easter Parade (1948)
  186. Put on a Happy Face – Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
  187. Help! – Help! (1965)
  188. Too Darn Hot – Kiss Me Kate (1953)
  189. Pinball Wizard – Tommy (1975)
  190. Love, Rein O’re Me – Quadrophenia (1979)
  191. (You Gotta) Have Heart – Damn Yankees (1958)
  192. The Real Me – Quadrophenia (1979)
  193. You Only Live Twice – You Only Live Twice (1967)
  194. Diamonds Are Forever – Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
  195. Nobody Does it Better – The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
  196. Rich Man’s Frug – Sweet Charity (1969)
  197. Big Spender – Sweet Charity (1969)
  198. Earned It – 50 Shades of Grey (2015)
  199. The Empty Chair – Jim: The James Foley Story (2016)
  200. See You Again – Furious 7 (2015)

Greatest Fantasy Films of All Time

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  1. Highlander – 1986
  2. Labyrinth – 1986
  3. Nanny McPhee – 2005
  4. The City of Lost Children – 1995
  5. Big Fish – 2003
  6. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – 2005
  7. Stardust – 2007
  8. The Spiderwick Chronicles – 2008
  9. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – 2001
  10. Jason and the Argonauts – 1963
  11. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory – 1971
  12. Life of Pi – 2012
  13. The BFG – 2016
  14. Matilda – 1996
  15. Pinocchio – 2019
  16. The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec – 2010
  17. Where the Wild Things Are – 2009
  18. The Dark Crystal – 1982
  19. Nanny McPhee Returns – 2010
  20. Sleepy Hollow – 1999
  21. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – 2013
  22. Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – 2003
  23. Edward Scissorhands – 1990
  24. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – 2009
  25. The Witches – 1990
  26. The Adventures of Baron Muchausen – 1988
  27. The Spirit of the Beehive – 1973
  28. Beauty and the Beast – 2017
  29. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – 2004
  30. Enchanted – 2007
  31. Mary Poppins – 1964
  32. Pete’s Dragon – 2016
  33. The Princess Bride – 1987
  34. A Monster Calls – 2016
  35. The Wizard of Oz – 1939
  36. Ugetsu – 1953
  37. Mary Poppins Returns – 2018
  38. The Thief of Bagdad – 1924
  39. Orpheus – 1950
  40. Blancanieves – 2012
  41. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – 2016
  42. Time Bandits – 1981
  43. Bridge to Tarabithia – 2007
  44. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – 2002
  45. Tale of Tales – 2015
  46. The Holy Mountain – 1973
  47. Excalibur – 1981
  48. The Neverending Story – 1984
  49. The Hobbit: An Expected Journey – 2012
  50. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – 2007
  51. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I – 2010
  52. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – 2005
  53. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II – 2011
  54. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – 2001
  55. Who Framed Roger Rabbit – 1988
  56. The Thief of Bagdad – 1940
  57. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – 2003
  58. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – 2002
  59. Pan’s Labyrinth – 2006
  60. Enter the Void – 2009
  61. A Ghost Story – 2017
  62. The Purple Rose of Cairo – 1985
  63. Coraline – 2009
  64. Jumanji – 1995
  65. Aladdin – 1992
  66. Princess Mononoke – 1997
  67. King Kong – 2005
  68. Big – 1988
  69. The Red Shoes – 1948
  70. My Neighbor Totoro – 1988
  71. Spirited Away – 2001
  72. Fantasia – 1940
  73. The Nightmare Before Christmas – 1993
  74. Beauty and the Beast – 1991
  75. Hugo – 2011
  76. Wings of Desire – 1987
  77. Shrek – 2001
  78. Toy Story – 1995-2019
  79. Alice in Wonderland – 1951
  80. The Taste of Tea – 2004
  81. It’s a Wonderful Life – 1946
  82. Orlando – 1996
  83. Pinocchio – 1940
  84. King Kong – 1933
  85. The Exterminating Angel – 1962
  86. The Secret of Kells – 2009
  87. Kwaidan – 1964
  88. Russian Ark – 2002
  89. Frozen – 2013
  90. Coco – 2017
  91. Juliet of the Spirits – 1965
  92. Blood of a Poet – 1932
  93. Field of Dreams – 1989
  94. Celine and Julie Go Boating – 1974
  95. Tigers Are Not Afraid – 2017
  96. Cabin in the Sky – 1943
  97. Howl’s Moving Castle – 2004
  98. Luca – 2021
  99. The Little Mermaid – 1989
  100. Beetlejuice – 1988

Most Visually Stunning Films of All Time

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  1. Barry Lyndon – 1975
  2. Children of Men – 2006
  3. Days of Heaven – 1978
  4. Pan’s labyrinth – 2006
  5. Spartacus – 1960
  6. The Master – 2012
  7. Vertigo – 1958
  8. Fanny and Alexander – 1982
  9. Chinatown – 1974
  10. Blade Runner – 1982
  11. 2001: A Space Odyssey – 1968
  12. Contempt – 1963
  13. Floating Weeds – 1959
  14. Pierrot Le Fou – 1965
  15. Singin’ in the Rain – 1952
  16. The Godfather – 1972
  17. The Godfather Part II – 1974
  18. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp – 1943
  19. Gravity – 2013
  20. The Revenant – 2015
  21. The Tree of Life – 2011
  22. The Grand Budapest Hotel – 2014
  23. Hugo – 2011
  24. The Night of the Hunter – 1955
  25. Arrival – 2016
  26. Mank – 2020
  27. Mullholland Dr. – 2001
  28. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory – 1971
  29. Gone With the Wind – 1939
  30. La La Land – 2016
  31. The Red Shoes – 1948
  32. Maleficent – 2014
  33. Carnival of Souls – 1962
  34. Suspiria – 1977
  35. Big Fish – 2003
  36. Russian Ark – 2002
  37. Life of Pi – 2012
  38. The Lovely Bones – 2009
  39. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – 2004
  40. 1917 – 2019
  41. The Sound of Music – 1965
  42. The Wizard of Oz – 1939
  43. Black Swan – 2010
  44. Star Wars – 1977
  45. Amelie – 2001
  46. Interstellar – 2014
  47. Belle De Jour – 1967
  48. Cries and Whispers – 1972
  49. Lawrence of Arabia – 1962
  50. No Country for Old Men – 2007
  51. Wild Strawberries – 1957
  52. Persona – 1966
  53. Melancholia – 2011
  54. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy – 2001-2003
  55. The Truman Show – 1998
  56. The Matrix – 2001
  57. Don’t Look Now – 1973
  58. 8 1/2 – 1963
  59. Apocalypse Now – 1979
  60. Black Narcissus – 1947
  61. The Spirit of the Beehive – 1973
  62. Samsara – 2011
  63. Cloud Atlas – 2012
  64. Solaris – 1972
  65. In the Mood for Love – 2000
  66. Playtime – 1967
  67. The Impossible – 2012
  68. The Shining – 1980
  69. Fantasia – 1940
  70. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – 1964
  71. Once Upon a Time in the West – 1968
  72. Schindler’s List – 1993
  73. Metropolis – 1927
  74. The Passion of Joan of Arc – 1928
  75. Enter the Void – 2009
  76. Breakfast at Tiffany’s – 1961
  77. Harry Potter Series – 2001-2011
  78. Titanic – 1997
  79. A Clockwork Orange – 1971
  80. Braveheart – 1995
  81. The Pianist – 2002
  82. The Road – 2009
  83. Amadeus – 1984
  84. Skyfall – 2012
  85. Raise the Red Lantern – 1991
  86. The Phantom Carriage – 1927
  87. Alphaville – 1965
  88. Eraserhead – 1977
  89. House – 1977
  90. The Birds – 1963
  91. Spirited Away – 2001
  92. Paprika – 2006
  93. Princess Mononoke – 1997
  94. Howl’s Moving Castle – 2004
  95. The Secret of Kelis – 2009
  96. Loving Vincent – 2017
  97. The Triplets of Belleville – 2003
  98. Kirikou and the Sorceress – 1998
  99. The Searchers – 1956
  100. The Last Emperor – 1987

Top Feminist Films Part 1

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  1. Hidden Figures – 2016
  2. The First Wives Club – 1996
  3. Wild – 2014
  4. A League of Their Own – 1992
  5. Roma – 2018
  6. The Joy Luck Club – 1993
  7. Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles – 1975
  8. The Passion of Joan of Arc -1928
  9. The Trouble With Angels – 1966
  10. Nine to Five – 1980
  11. I’ve Heard the Mermaids Signing – 1987
  12. The Color Purple – 1985
  13. Frida – 2002
  14. Little Women – 1933, 1949, 1994, 2019
  15. Queen of Katwe – 2016
  16. Persepolis – 2007
  17. Mustang – 2015
  18. Girlhood- 2014
  19. All Bout Eve – 1950
  20. Desperately Seeking Susan – 1985
  21. Erin Brockovich – 2000
  22. His Girl Friday – 1940
  23. Cleo from 5 to 7 – 1962
  24. A Woman Under the Influence – 1974
  25. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days – 2007
  26. Diary of a Lost Girl – 1929
  27. Orlando – 1992
  28. The Silence of the Lambs – 1991
  29. Rosetta – 1999
  30. One Sings, the Other Doesn’t – 1977
  31. My Brilliant Career – 1979
  32. The Circle – 2000
  33. Working Girl – 1988
  34. All About My Mother 1999
  35. Zero Dark Thirty – 2012
  36. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore – 1974
  37. Norma Rae – 1979
  38. The Women – 1939
  39. The Kids Are Alright – 2010
  40. Princess Mononoke – 1997
  41. My Life to Live – 1962
  42. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – 1964
  43. The Day I Became a Woman – 2000
  44. Mystic Pizza – 1988
  45. Smooth Talk – 1985
  46. Suffragette – 2015
  47. Coal Miner’s Daughter – 1980
  48. Certain Women – 2016
  49. 20th Century Women – 2016
  50. Legally Blonde – 2001
  51. Whale Rider – 2002
  52. Daughters of the Dust – 1991
  53. On the Basis of Sex – 2018
  54. Lady Sings the Blues – 1972
  55. North Country – 2005
  56. Confirmation – 2016
  57. The United States vs. Billie Holiday – 2021
  58. The Help – 2011
  59. The Best of Enemies – 2019
  60. Appropriate Behavior – 2014