50 Reasons Why Ghostbusters Is The Greatest Film Of All Time

By Tom Fallows /

41. Genuinely Creepy

The Librarian ghost or the zombie cab driver, anyone?

42. Working Class Heroes

In an era of excess and yuppiedom, Ghostbusters was about four working stiffs who had three mortgages and worried about paying the bills. Yet it was down to these guys to save the world. So it goes€
43. €œIf there€™s a steady pay check, I€™ll believe anything you say.€ - Winston

44. Classic Style

Take out the special effects and Ghostbusters would still be a masterpiece. The film has a real, good hearted, old-fashioned quality to it. In places it has the knockabout comedy of a Three Stooges short, and at other times it has the kind of rapid fire dialogue usually associated with Preston Sturges or Howard Hawks.45. The Special Effects So good they were nominated for an Oscar!