2009 Top 100 – Original List

See the 2009 Top 100 rewatch overview for more context

1. Rudy
2. The Shawshank Redemption
3. Back to the Future
4. The Dark Knight
5. That Thing You Do!
6. Jurassic Park
7. Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
8. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
9. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
10. The Usual Suspects
11. Spider-Man 2
12. My Cousin Vinny
13. Batman Begins
14. Star Wars: A New Hope
15. A Goofy Movie
16. Dumb and Dumber
17. Toy Story
18. Transporter 2
19. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
20. Office Space
21. The Prestige
22. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
23. Pulp Fiction
24. The Lion King
25. Aladdin
26. Finding Nemo
27. Casino Royale
28. The Incredibles
29. Enchanted
30. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
31. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
32. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
33. Thank You for Smoking
34. Ratatouille
35. The Sandlot
36. Funny People
37. Beauty and the Beast
38. Forrest Gump
39. Knocked Up
40. Lost in Translation
41. Groundhog Day
42. Shrek
43. A Few Good Men
44. The Darjeeling Limited
45. Superbad
46. The Big Lebowski
47. Garden State
48. Toy Story 2
49. The Iron Giant
50. Casablanca
51. It’s a Wonderful Life
52. Garden State
53. The Truman Show
54. 12 Angry Men
55. Up
56. Saving Private Ryan
57. Wall-E
58. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
59. Watchmen
60. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
61. Hercules
62. Training Day
63. The Godfather
64. The Departed
65. Once Upon a Time in the West
66. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
67. To Kill a Mockingbird
68. Ocean’s Eleven
69. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
70. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
71. Little Miss Sunshine
72. Spider-Man
73. Sin City
74. Men in Black
75. Menace II Society
76. Goodfellas
77. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
78. Juno
79. Monsters, Inc.
80. Reservoir Dogs
81. Shaun of the Dead
82. Quantum of Solace
83. Do the Right Thing
84. The Silence of the Lambs
85. The Matrix
86. Memento
87. Psycho
88. There’s Something About Mary
89. Stagecoach
90. The Graduate
91. Live Free or Die Hard
92. Fargo
93. Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
94. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
95. Bonnie and Clyde
96. I Am Legend
97. Before Sunset
98. Back to the Future II
99. Gates of Heaven
100. Independence Day

• Review Series: 2009 Top 100

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