20 of my favorite films

By: Helena Fisher-​Welsh

In alphabetical order.

Please remember…just because they are one of my favorite films does not make them a great movie (although some of them are widely considered to be so). It just means that they are one of my favorite movies. I have a lot. It’s not saying much.

This list is not complete, as the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie is not yet on this website. (Yet for some reason, the last two are. Make of that what you will.)

P.S. I’m counting the two Godfather movies as one.

• 01
  Billy Elliot
  Stephen Daldry
• 02
  The Fall
  Tarsem Singh
• 03
  Fanny and Alexander — The Theatrical Version
  Ingmar Bergman
• 04
  Ferris Bueller's Day Off
  John Hughes
• 05
  The Godfather
  Francis Ford Coppola
• 06
  Hannah and Her Sisters
  Woody Allen
• 07
  In Bruges
  Martin McDonagh
• 08
  Inglourious Basterds
  Quentin Tarantino
• 09
  It's a Wonderful Life
  Frank Capra
• 10
  Jaws
  Steven Spielberg
• 11
  The Lion King
  Roger Allers
• 12
  My Fair Lady
  George Cukor
• 13
  The Princess Bride
  Rob Reiner
• 14
  Pulp Fiction
  Quentin Tarantino
• 15
  Rear Window
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 16
  School of Rock
  Richard Linklater
• 17
  Star Wars
  George Lucas
• 18
  Toy Story
  John Lasseter
• 19
  Young Frankenstein
  Mel Brooks