Top 20 Movie Songs of All Time

Sometimes movies just give you all the feels. I mean, you'd have to be a heartless biatch to watch 'Marley and Me' without shedding a single tear. Or a complete LIAR to have watched 'Pitch Perfect' without belting out the soundtrack in the shower. So when movies combine an epic montage with an unexpectedly matched song, it has the power to motivate, inspire or make you reach for the tissues while unleashing your Kim-K crying face. Whenever these songs come on the radio, the movie scene instantly plays out in our heads, unleashing the 90s dance moves we thought we'd forgotten. With that image in mind, here are a few of the songs you'll catch us listening to on repeat, well after the DVD ends!

1. Love Actually - 'Both Sides Now' by Joni Mitchell

2. The Parent Trap - 'Here comes the Sun' by The Beatles

3. Billy Elliot - 'A Town Called Malice' by Boom Town Rats

4. Rocky III - 'Eye of the Tiger' by Survivor

5. 8 Mile - 'Lose Yourself' by Eminem

6. Dirty Dancing - 'Time of my Life' by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes

7. Shrek - 'All Star' by Smashmouth

8. Ghost - 'Unchained Melody' by The Rightcheous Brothers

9. Armageddon - 'I don't Want to Miss a Thing' by Aerosmith

10. Toy Story - 'You've Got a Friend in Me' by Randy Newman

1. 10 Things I Hate About You - 'Can't take my eyes off you' by Franki Valli

This scene made everyone swoon over Heath Ledger… as if they weren’t already in love with him. There's something so badass about "bad boy" Patrick Verona singing in front of the school to win Kat's heart. Um, GOALS, GOALS, GOALS

2. Easy A - 'Knock on Wood' by Amii Stewart

‘Easy A’ holds a special place in my heart as one of my all-time favourite movies. Who knew Emma Stone could sing so well? Or that Penn Badgley could look so hot painted blue? This musical number could have been painfully awkward if the audience didn’t totally love it! Lucky for Olive (Emma Stone) the script writers weren’t going to let that happen. 

3. Freaky Friday - 'Take me away' 

I was so obsessed with this movie as a kid (kidding! The obsession never ended). I literally wore army pants and flip flops because Lindsay wore army pants and flip flops. For real. If 12-year-old me was a cartoon character, it’d be wearing army pants, since I never changed outfits for a solid three years. 

4. Pulp Fiction - 'Misirlou' by Dick Dale

‘Misirlou’ has been rehashed for everything from ‘The Black Eyed Peas’ to the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. It was made iconic first by director Quentin Tarantino who somehow managed to perfectly capture how my parents dance in public

5. Twilight: New Moon - 'Monsters' by Hurricane Bells

I was SUCH a twi-hard ages 13-15 #Team Edward. Bonus points if you can make it through this scene without cracking a smile. The ‘Twilight’ saga has a really great soundtrack overall, but this scene has made it into my Top 10. 

6. Little Miss Sunshine - 'Superfreak' 

MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE MOVIE I LOVE IT SO MUCH UGH

7. High School Musical 3 - 'A night to remember'

There are two kind of people in this world. Those who love highschool musical, and mother fucking LIARS. Oh and I totally listened to this song before high school graduation by the way (surprise, surprise!) 

8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - 'Heroes' by David Bowie

Aside from the fact that a group of teenagers in the 90’s had no idea that the song blasting on the radio was in fact ‘Heroes’ by DAVID BOWIE (I can’t even…), the “tunnel song” has something magical about it. And of course I had to pay tribute to the late Bowie, but regardless, this would have always made the cut!

9. Pitch Perfect - 'Ending Performance' by The The Barden Bellas

What makes this scene is that its a high school acapella competition and the audience is absolutely LOSING THEIR SHIT just to be there. Also, girl power!

10. Bend it like Beckham - 'Move on Up' by Curtis Mayfield

(*Hint: start the video at 9 minutes)

This is one of my all-time favourite songs, and one of Kanye’s as well! This is the original track to which Kanye based ‘Touch the Sky’, so if you didn't realise this you've been missing out. Every night spent at soccer training, this song becomes the soundtrack to my life!

xoxo