10. [hider=The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.]My number ten spot changed about 7 times while making this list, but I eventually settled on this movie. For me, it represents all of those movies geared to younger audiences that me and my sister watched while growing up. This is what truly got me into fantasy, Narnia was the gateway drug to my unhealthy obsession with A Song of Ice and Fire and the Elder Scrolls.

Dat battle scene doe:
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9. [hider=The James Bond Franchise]I grew up around these movies, my 10th birthday present was a box set of James Bond movies. I love this series of movies for it's good and bad moments, the bad-ass and the silly. No matte whats going on in my life, James Bond is always there, evolving as a series as I grow up. Some of my favorites include GoldFinger, The Spy Who Loved Me, SkyFall, From Russia with Love, and GoldenEye.[/hider]

8. [hider=Starship Troopers]THIS, ladies and gentlemen, is how you do satire. I made my best friend by bonding through this movie, its fun, has stellar graphic effects, and is one of the most quotable movies as a squad leader. Bonus points for showing me my first boobs.[/hider]

7. [hider=Von Ryans Express AND Tora Tora Tora]War movies were a part of growing up in my family, and thus I became very good at find the best ones. Saving Private Ryan and Full Metal Jacket are fine movies, but they never really captivated me the way other did. The Bridge Over the River Kwai, Patton, the Great Escape, if I did a honorable mentions, it would be full of these.

However, I felt like I need to display my two favorites, but I wanted space to show more movies, hoping to avoid choking this list up with war movies. Von Ryan's Express is an older movie starring Frank Sinatra as an American prisoner of war in an Italian POW camp during WWII. The movie begins with the prisoners making a break for it as Italy dropped out of the war, only to get captured by the retreating Germans and put on a prison train into Axis territory. The prisoners, with the help of a turncoat Italian officer take control of the train and make a run for Switzerland while dodging the perusing Germans.

Tora! Tora! Tora! is the story of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor told from both American and Japanese sides as it was made as a combination American-Japanese project. It's a slow start but it all leads up to a very dramatic final scene that makes Michael Bay's monstrosity look like shit.[/hider]

6. [hider=The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King]This should be self-explanatory for most people here, and the only reason it is not higher on the list is that I was late in watching these movies.[/hider]

5. [hider=Monty Python and the Holy Grail]This movie's inclusion on this list, makes it my highest rated comedy. I'm guessing most of you have seen this, and I don't see the need to describe it. This is Monty Python, nuff said.

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4. [hider=The Lion King]I had wanted to add an animated movie to this list, but it was hard choosing just one. My favorite animated movies would also dominate my honorable mentions. This list is: Mulan, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Toy Story, How to Train Your Dragon, and The Incredibles. However, Lion King reaches above the rest. This is one of the first movies I truly remember, and for a movie with talking animals, it's epic as fuck.[/hider]

3. [hider=Star Wars: Episodes IV-VI]If I was forced to only list one movie at a time, Episode V would be the only movie on this list. But it doesn't seem fair to represent Star Wars without the entire trilogy. Star Wars is the reason for my interest in Sci-Fi, which led me to other movies on my favorites list as well as books and games. The series has it's flaws, sure, but it is an incredible story, one I will happy watch over and over. It created a massive universe in it's wake, bringing in countless other movies, books, games, comics, tv shows, holidays, conventions, cosplays, and a culture of it's own. How many movies can say that?[/hider]

2. [hider=V for Vendetta]When I think of my favorite movies, I always subconsciously place these top two together before listing anything else. Vendetta is a thrilling movie and I always sit on the edge of my seat when watching it. After all these years, I still get the desire to go outside and do something meaningful after watching it, every time.[/hider]

1. [hider=Gladiator]My interest in Roman History could be blamed for putting this movie at the top. Still, this is the movie that I will drop anything to sit down and watch. I don't see the need to explain this one, it's a solid story, excellent action, and it all rolls into one solid movie.[/hider]