For years, I heard about how "Citizen Kane" was the greatest movie of all time. So, several years ago, I rented it, saw it, and found it sorely lacking. We watched it again in high school for a film class. I thought that I would be able to better appreciate it as I was older and wiser; such was not the case. The movie's boring. The character's are boring. The plot twist at the end is lame and the whole thing hinges on a glaring and obvious plot hole. In short, it stinks. People look at me weird when I tell them this, but it's true. The movie doesn't even come close to being "the best movie of all time" and I've decided to prove it by giving you a list of 100 movies that surpass Kane in every way. I thought about going into detail about each one, but the fact remains that they would all be the same: Better plot, better acting, not mind numbingly boring. So, this will just be a list. Also, keep in mind that movie enjoyment is subjective and quantifying different genres of movies is pointless, so there won't be a particular order here. With all of that out of the way, let's do this.
1. Ghostbusters
2. Ghostbusters II
3. The Iron Giant
4. Pacific Rim
5. Wall-E
6. The Muppets
7. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
8. The Conjuring
9. Friday the 13th part 6
10. Pan's Labyrinth
11. Amelie
12. Super 8
13. The Dark Knight
14. The Empire Strikes Back
15. Return of the Jedi
16. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
17. Hellboy
18, Hellboy II: The Golden Army
19. The Shawshank Redemption
20. Toy Story 2
21. Heat
22. Top Gun
23. Exorcist III
24. Time After Time
25. Megamind
26. Raiders of the Lost Ark
27. Tombstone
28. The Exorcist
29. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
30. Garden State
31. Red Dawn
32. Star Wars: A New Hope
33. Leon: The Professional
34. Fantastic Mr. Fox
35. Back to the Future
36. Ratatouille
37. Pee Wee's Big Adventure
38. Beetlejuice
39. Stargate
40. Chronicle
41. Silent Hill
42. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
43. Gravity
44. Cloverfield
45. Silence of the Lambs
46. Jurassic Park
47. Evil Dead
48. Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
49. Akira
50. Evil Dead 2
51. Army of Darkness
52. The Princess Bride
53. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
54. Shaun of the Dead
55. Predator
56. Iron Man
57. Despicable Me
58. The Avengers
59. Apollo 13
60. Star Trek: First Contact
61. Suicide Kings
62. Pulp Fiction
63. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
64. Wonder Woman animated movie
65. Enchanted
66. Edward Scissorhands
67. Superman
68. Shoot 'em Up
69. South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut
70. X-Men First Class
71. Murder by Death
72. From Dusk til Dawn
73. X-Men 2
74. The Incredibles
75. Grindhouse
76. Misery
77. Brain Damage
78. Memories
79. Remember the Titans
80. Memento
81. Se7en
82. Rango
83. The Abyss
84. Godfather
85. Godfather part II
86. Flushed Away
87. Rocky Balboa
88. No Country for Old Men
89. There Will Be Blood
90. Batman Begins
91. Gran Torino
92. Jersey Boys
93. The Lego Movie
94. Spaceballs
95. Tropic Thunder
96. How to Train Your Dragon
97. Jaws
98. Kung-Fu Panda
99. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
100. Marley and Me
Now, some of these movies have their flaws, to be sure, but they still bring more to the table than Kane ever did.
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