The Semi-Annual Top 25

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Every six months, I put together a list of the Top 25 Films of This Time, i.e the movies that I currently think are the swellest of the swell. Some films haven't left the list since I started keeping it in the Fall of 2001. Others have come and gone...


Format:
Rank) Title (Director, Year) [# - Rank Last Time]

1) Brazil (Gilliam, 1985) [1]
2) Harold and Maude (Ashby, 1971) [2]
3) Amelie (Jeunet, 2001) [3]
4) Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [7]
5) Singin' in the Rain (Kelly/Donen, 1952) [N/A]
6) North by Northwest (Hitchcock, 1959) [6]
7) The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) [5]
8) Dawn of the Dead (Romero, 1978) [15]
9) Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) [18]
10) His Girl Friday (Hawks, 1940) [20]
11) Rashomon (Kurosawa, 1950) [11]
12) When Harry Met Sally (Reiner, 1989) [14]
13) The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Powell/Pressburger, 1943) [10]
14) The Big Lebowski (Coen, 1998) [16]
15) The Princess Bride (Reiner, 1986) [N/A]
16) My Man Godfrey (La Cava, 1936) [N/A]
17) Almost Famous (Crowe, 2000) [4]
18) Manhattan (Allen, 1979) [13]
19) Trainspotting (Boyle, 1996) [17]
20) Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1996) [12]
21) A Face in the Crowd (Kazan, 1957) [N/A]
22) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975) [21]
23) High Fidelity (Frears, 2000) [24]
24) Heavenly Creatures (Jackson, 1994) [19]
25) Re-Animator (Gordon, 1985) [N/A]

Returning after an absence: Singin' in the Rain, The Princess Bride, My Man Godfrey, A Face in the Crowd, Re-Animator

Dropped since August: M (Lang, 1931), The Graduate (Nichols, 1967), Halloween (Carpenter, 1978), Boogie Nights (Anderson, 1997), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Gondry, 2004)

Biggest Gain: His Girl Friday
Biggest Loss: Almost Famous