jetpack_monkey | Semi-Annual Top 25 Films (of all time, but only for six months)

First, thanks to all of the people who wished me happy birthday. I'll try to get around to everyone individually tomorrow.

Second, it's that time of year and I've whipped up my semi-annual Top 25 Films. Lots of newcomers this time, plus more Billy Wilder and Cary Grant than you can shake a stick at.

1) The Third Man (Reed, 1949) [5]
2) North by Northwest (Hitchcock, 1959) [10]
3) Harold and Maude (Ashby, 1971) [2]
4) Brazil (Gilliam, 1985) [3]
5) Amelie (Jeunet, 2001) [1]
6) Singin' in the Rain (Kelly/Donen, 1951) [8]
7) His Girl Friday (Hawks, 1940) [11]
8) The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) [13]
9) Sunset Boulevard (Wilder, 1951) [6]
10) Bringing Up Baby (Hawks, 1938) [N/A]
11) The Princess Bride (Reiner, 1986) [18]
12) Paths of Glory (Kubrick, 1957) [N/A]
13) When Harry Met Sally (Reiner, 1989) [12]
14) High Fidelity (Frears, 2000) [23]
15) Trainspotting (Boyle, 1997) [21]
16) Double Indemnity (Wilder, 1944) [N/A]
17) Dawn of the Dead (Romero, 1978) [15]
18) Touch of Evil (Welles, 1958) [16]
19) Modern Times (Chaplin, 1936) [N/A]
20) Shallow Grave (Boyle, 1994) [N/A]
21) Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994) [17]
22) Arsenic and Old Lace (Capra, 1944) [N/A]
23) The Big Lebowski (Coen, 2000) [14]
24) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975) [22]
25) Shaun of the Dead (Wright, 2004) [N/A] (Geekgasm slot*)

New to the list: Bringing Up Baby, Paths of Glory, Double Indemnity, Modern Times, Shallow Grave, Arsenic and Old Lace, Shaun of the Dead.

Dropped since last time: Psycho [7], Dr. Strangelove [9], Hellraiser [19], Almost Famous [20], Raiders of the Lost Ark [24], Josie and the Pussycats [25]

* #25 on the Semi-Annual Top 25 is the Geekgasm slot: a a film that taps into my own personal brainpan for reasons that science cannot fathom. It's a movie that would, in a rational world, step aside and let a better film in. This is not a rational world.