Introductory 100 films for Angus Mercer

Disclaimer: This is a personal list for a personal person. It doenst necessarily reflect my own top 100 but a good solid list covering most genres and offering a wide spectrum of modern and classic cinema. Other opinions are available.

Drama

Million Dollar Baby

The Graduate

Raging Bull

Stand by Me

The Crying Game

L.A Confidential

Stalag 17

Ben Hur

The Great Escape

Kramer vs Kramer

Rocky

Schindler's List

The Social Network

All the President's Men

Chinatown

Trainspotting

There Will Be Blood

American Beauty

Rebel Without a Cause

Gran Torino

Western

The Good, Bad and the Ugly
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
High Noon
Unforgiven
Dances with Wolves
Magnificent Seven
Once Upon a Time in the West



Sci-Fi

Alien
Aliens
Back to the Future
2001 A Space Oddesy
Planet of the Apes
Blade Runner
The Matrix
Prometheus
 
Thriller

Bridge Over the River Kwai
Dial M for Murder
Fight Club 
North by Northwest
Sleuth
American Psycho
Inception
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Vertigo
Momento
We Need to Talk About Kevin



Gangster

The Godfather
True Romance 
Once Upon a Time in America
The Godfather part two
Pulp Fiction
Goodfellas
Casino
Drive
Road to Perdition
Mean Streets



 
Horror

The Fly 
The Wicker Man 
The Thing
Misery
Jaws
A Clockwork Orange
Carrie
The Shining
The Silence of the Lambs






Classic

Casablanca
A Streetcar Named Desire
It Happened One Night
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
On the Waterfront
Gone With The Wind
To Kill a Mockingbird
Sunset Boulevard
Citizen Kane
The Third Man
All About Eve






Romance

Breakfast at Tiffanys 
Guess Who is Coming to Dinner
African Queen 

Roman Holiday
To Catch a Thief
Romeo and Juliet
Out of Africa
Dr Zhivago





Action

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Platoon
Leon
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight
Terminator
Terminator 2
The Dirty Dozen

Comedy

Some Like it Hot
Shaun of the Dead
This is Spinal Tap
Inglorious Basterds
Groundhog Day
Life of Brian
Airplane