MOVIE LISTS
The below lists encompass largely temporary viewpoints, if that makes sense; because my film viewing has grown increasingly prolific I expect them all to change with some regularity and to eventually be expanded. Since I am much too loudmouthed to limit myself to this brand of criticism, with the forthcoming renovation of the webpage will come an archive of my actual non-robotic feelings about a lot of these movies. (And now that's up, but how can I even think of deleting a paragraph with the phrase "non-robotic"?)
ALL-TIME FAVORITES SO FAR
1. L.A. Story (1991, Mick Jackson)
1. The Graduate (1967, Mike Nichols)
2. Vertigo (1958, Alfred Hitchcock)
3. Barry Lyndon (1975, Stanley Kubrick)
4. The Apartment (1960, Billy Wilder)
5. Rear Window (1954, Alfred Hitchcock)
6. Citizen Kane (1941, Orson Welles)
7. Watership Down (1978, Martin Rosen)
8. Dr. Strangelove (1964, Stanley Kubrick)
9. A Hard Day's Night (1964, Richard Lester)
10. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986, Woody Allen)
11. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955, Ingmar Bergman)
12. The 400 Blows (1959, Francois Truffaut)
13. Annie Hall (1977, Woody Allen)
14. Broadcast News (1987, James L. Brooks)
15. Notorious (1946, Alfred Hitchcock)
16. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, Stanley Kubrick)
17. Bringing Up Baby (1938, Howard Hawks)
18. Rebecca (1940, Alfred Hitchcock)
19. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977, Steven Spielberg)
20. Fahrenheit 451 (1966, Francois Truffaut)
21. Jaws (1975, Steven Spielberg)
22. Double Indemnity (1944, Billy Wilder)
23. Strangers on a Train (1951, Alfred Hitchcock)
24. All About Eve (1950, Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
25. The Incredibles (2004, Brad Bird)
26. Dawn of the Dead (1978, George A. Romero)
27. Being There (1979, Hal Ashby)
28. Stop Making Sense (1984, Jonathan Demme)
29. The 39 Steps (1935, Alfred Hitchcock)
30. Wings of Desire (1987, Wim Wenders)
31. Manhattan (1979, Woody Allen)
32. Brazil (1985, Terry Gilliam)
33. M (1931, Fritz Lang)
34. City Lights (1931, Charles Chaplin)
35. Deliverance (1972, John Boorman)
36. Freaks (1932, Tod Browning)
37. The Wizard of Oz (1939, Victor Fleming)
38. Yellow Submarine (1968, George Dunning)
39. Pinocchio (1940, Ben Sharpsteen)
40. Lolita (1962, Stanley Kubrick)
41. Metropolis (1926, Fritz Lang)
42. Casablanca (1942, Michael Curtiz)
43. Fantasia (1940, Walt Disney)
44. The Manchurian Candidate (1962, John Frankenheimer)
45. Sleeping Beauty (1959, Clyde Geronimi)
46. Psycho (1960, Alfred Hitchcock)
47. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989, Woody Allen)
48. Network (1976, Sidney Lumet)
49. North by Northwest (1959, Alfred Hitchcock)
50. Back to the Future Part II (1989, Robert Zemeckis)
51. Shadow of a Doubt (1943, Alfred Hitchcock)
52. Animal Farm (1955, Joy Batchelor/John Halas)
53. The Lady Vanishes (1938, Alfred Hitchcock)
54. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949, Robert Hamer)
55. Bambi (1942, David Hand)
56. Gone with the Wind (1939, Victor Fleming)
57. Sabotage (1936, Alfred Hitchcock)
58. Blackmail (1929, Alfred Hitchcock)
59. The Crowd (1928, King Vidor)
60. The Producers (1967, Mel Brooks)
61. Ed Wood (1994, Tim Burton)
62. Dumbo (1941, Ben Sharpsteen)
63. Schindler's List (1993, Steven Spielberg)
64. Night of the Living Dead (1968, George A. Romero)
65. I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978, Robert Zemeckis)
66. Bananas (1971, Woody Allen)
67. It Happened One Night (1934, Frank Capra)
68. Rebel Without a Cause (1955, Nicholas Ray)
69. Shoot the Piano Player (1960, Francois Truffaut)
70. Toy Story 2 (1999, John Lasseter)
71. Fight Club (1999, David Fincher)
72. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005, Garth Jennings)
73. Some Like It Hot (1958, Billy Wilder)
74. Touch of Evil (1958, Orson Welles)
75. Bed and Board (1970, Francois Truffaut)
76. Young Frankenstein (1974, Mel Brooks)
77. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937, David Hand)
78. The Triplets of Belleville (2003, Sylvain Chomet)
79. Wonder Boys (2000, Curtis Hanson)
80. About Schmidt (2002, Alexander Payne)
81. Brain Candy (1996, Kelly Makin)
82. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971, Mel Stuart)
83. The Chocolate War (1988, Keith Gordon)
84. Se7en (1995, David Fincher)
85. Straw Dogs (1971, Sam Peckinpah)
86. Great Expectations (1998, Alfonso Cuaron)
87. The Ice Storm (1997, Ang Lee)
88. The Silence of the Lambs (1991, Jonathan Demme)
89. Dolores Claiborne (1995, Taylor Hackford)
90. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930, Lewis Milestone)
91. Modern Romance (1981, Albert Brooks)
92. Dressed to Kill (1980, Brian De Palma)
93. The Wind (1928, Victor Seastrom)
94. Happiness (1998, Todd Solondz)
95. Small Change (1976, Francois Truffaut)
96. The River (1951, Jean Renoir)
97. The Third Man (1949, Carol Reed)
98. Chinatown (1974, Roman Polanski)
99. Sullivan's Travels (1941, Preston Sturges)
100. Singin' in the Rain (1952, Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly)
101. Eyes Wide Shut (1999, Stanley Kubrick)
2000-present favorites SO FAR:
1. The Incredibles (2004, Brad Bird)
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005, Garth Jennings)
3. The Triplets of Belleville (2003, Sylvain Chomet)
4. Wonder Boys (2000, Curtis Hanson)
5. About Schmidt (2002, Alexander Payne)
6. Ratatouille (2007, Brad Bird)
7. Finding Nemo (2003, Andrew Stanton)
8. Adaptation (2002, Spike Jonze)
9. A Mighty Wind (2003, Christopher Guest)
10. Chuck & Buck (2000, Miguel Arteta)
11. Dogville (2004, Lars von Trier)
12. Children of Men (2006, Alfonso Cuaron)
13. Dancer in the Dark (2000, Lars von Trier)
14. City of God (2002, Fernando Meirelles)
15. Match Point (2005, Woody Allen)
16. Y Tu Mama Tambien (2002, Alfonso Cuaron)
17. Unbreakable (2000, M. Night Shyamalan)
18. Lost in Translation (2003, Sofia Coppola)
19. Closer (2004, Mike Nichols)
20. Nurse Betty (2000, Neil LaBute)
21. Minority Report (2002, Steven Spielberg)
22. The Village (2004, M. Night Shyamalan)
23. Zodiac (2007, David Fincher)
24. Breach (2007, Billy Ray)
25. The Woodsman (2004, Nicole Kassell)
26. The Terminal (2004, Steven Spielberg)
27. Shattered Glass (2003, Billy Ray)
28. Little Miss Sunshine (2006, Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Farris)
29. Capturing the Friedmans (2003, Andrew Jarecki)
30. Monsters, Inc. (2001, Pete Docter)
31. Napoleon Dynamite (2004, Jared Hess)
32. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002, George Clooney)
33. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, Michel Gondry)
34. The Good Girl (2002, Miguel Arteta)
35. Palindromes (2005, Todd Solondz)
36. Ghost World (2001, Terry Zwigoff)
37. Munich (2005, Steven Spielberg)
38. Storytelling (2002, Todd Solondz)
39. King Kong (2005, Peter Jackson)
40. The Secret Lives of Dentists (2003, Alan Rudolph)
41. The Science of Sleep (2006, Michel Gondry)
42. Talk to Her (2002, Pedro Almodovar)
43. Marie-Antoinette (2006, Sofia Coppola)
44. The Pianist (2002, Roman Polanski)
45. Scoop (2006, Woody Allen)
46. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005, Tim Burton)
47. Shopgirl (2005, Anand Tucker)
48. Lilo and Stitch (2002, Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois)
49. Corpse Bride (2005, Tim Burton & Mike Johnson)
50. Batman Begins (2005, Christopher Nolan)
51. The Good German (2006, Steven Soderbergh)
52. Catch Me If You Can (2002, Steven Spielberg)
53. House of Sand and Fog (2003, Vadim Perelman)
54. Melinda and Melinda (2005, Woody Allen)
55. Idiocracy (2006, Mike Judge)
56. Good Night, and Good Luck (2005, George Clooney)
57. Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2006, Albert Brooks)
58. Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005, Steve Box & Nick Park)
59. Hotel Rwanda (2004, Terry George)
60. Cars (2006, John Lasseter)
61. Open Water (2004, Chris Kentis)
62. Memento (2001, Christopher Nolan)
63. Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary (2003, Andre Heller & Osthmar Schmiderer)
64. The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006, Jeff Feurzeig)
65. Almost Famous (2000, Cameron Crowe)
66. The Prestige (2006, Christopher Nolan)
1990-99 favorites SO FAR
1. L.A. Story (1991, Mick Jackson)
2. Ed Wood (1994, Tim Burton)
3. Schindler's List (1993, Steven Spielberg)
4. Toy Story 2 (1999, John Lasseter)
5. Fight Club (1999, David Fincher)
6. Brain Candy (1996, Kelly Makin)
7. Se7en (1995, David Fincher)
8. Great Expectations (1998, Alfonso Cuaron)
9. The Ice Storm (1997, Ang Lee)
10. The Silence of the Lambs (1991, Jonathan Demme)
11. Dolores Claiborne (1995, Taylor Hackford)
12. Happiness (1998, Todd Solondz)
13. Eyes Wide Shut (1999, Stanley Kubrick)
14. Edward Scissorhands (1990, Tim Burton)
15. The Snapper (1993, Stephen Frears)
16. Being John Malkovich (1999, Spike Jonze)
17. L.A. Confidential (1997, Curtis Hanson)
18. The Iron Giant (1999, Brad Bird)
19. Husbands and Wives (1992, Woody Allen)
20. Back to the Future Part III (1990, Robert Zemeckis)
21. Sense and Sensibility (1995, Ang Lee)
22. Deconstructing Harry (1997, Woody Allen)
23. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993, Henry Selick)
24. Rushmore (1998, Wes Anderson)
25. The Crying Game (1992, Neil Jordan)
26. The Sixth Sense (1999, M. Night Shyamalan)
27. Alice (1990, Woody Allen)
28. The Blair Witch Project (1999, Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez)
29. a bug's life (1998, John Lasseter)
30. In the Company of Men (1997, Neil LaBute)
31. King of the Hill (1993, Steven Soderbergh)
32. Twelve Monkeys (1995, Terry Gilliam)
33. The Shawshank Redemption (1994, Frank Darabont)
34. Quiz Show (1994, Robert Redford)
35. Swimming with Sharks (1994, George Huang)
36. Cold Comfort Farm (1995, John Schlesinger)
37. Fargo (1996, Joel Coen)
38. Boys Don't Cry (1999, Kimberly Peirce)
39. Hoop Dreams (1994, Steve James)
40. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997, Clint Eastwood)
41. Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996, Todd Solondz)
42. Bullets Over Broadway (1994, Woody Allen)
43. The Usual Suspects (1995, Bryan Singer)
44. As Good As It Gets (1997, James L. Brooks)
45. Office Space (1999, Mike Judge)
46. Mars Attacks! (1996, Tim Burton)
47. Amistad (1997, Steven Spielberg)
48. The Muse (1999, Albert Brooks)
49. The Piano (1993, Jane Campion)
50. Heavenly Creatures (1994, Peter Jackson)
51. Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997, David Mirkin)
52. The Secret Garden (1993, Agnieszka Holland)
53. The Witches (1990, Nicolas Roeg)
54. Toy Story (1995, John Lasseter)
55. A Brief History of Time (1992, Errol Morris)
56. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994, Joel Coen)
57. Shadows and Fog (1992, Woody Allen)
58. American Beauty (1999, Sam Mendes)
59. Pleasantville (1998, Gary Ross)
60. Mighty Aphrodite (1995, Woody Allen)
61. Girls Town (1996, Jim McKay)
62. Wayne's World (1992, Penelope Spheeris)
63. High Art (1998, Lisa Cholodenko)
64. Beavis and Butt-head Do America (1996, Mike Judge)
65. The Truman Show (1998, Peter Weir)
66. The Ref (1994, Ted Demme)
67. A Little Princess (1995, Alfonso Cuaron)
68. Election (1999, Alexander Payne)
69. The Crucible (1996, Nicholas Hytner)
70. Groundhog Day (1993, Harold Ramis)
71. Matinee (1993, Joe Dante)
72. The Frighteners (1996, Peter Jackson)
73. Dave (1993, Ivan Reitman)
74. ...And God Spoke (the making of...) (1993, Arthur Borman)
75. Bottle Rocket (1996, Wes Anderson)
76. Bulworth (1998, Warren Beatty)
77. In & Out (1997, Frank Oz)
1980-89 favorites SO FAR
1. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986, Woody Allen)
2. Broadcast News (1987, James L. Brooks)
3. Stop Making Sense (1984, Jonathan Demme)
4. Wings of Desire (1987, Wim Wenders)
5. Brazil (1985, Terry Gilliam)
6. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989, Woody Allen)
7. Back to the Future Part II (1989, Robert Zemeckis)
8. The Chocolate War (1988, Keith Gordon)
9. Modern Romance (1981, Albert Brooks)
10. Dressed to Kill (1980, Brian De Palma)
11. The Shining (1980, Stanley Kubrick)
12. sex, lies, and videotape (1989, Steven Soderbergh)
13. Victor/Victoria (1982, Blake Edwards)
14. Brimstone & Treacle (1982, Richard Loncraine)
15. Manon of the Spring (1986, Claude Berri)
16. Big (1988, Penny Marshall)
17. Terms of Endearment (1983, James L. Brooks)
18. Back to the Future (1985, Robert Zemeckis)
19. The Princess Bride (1987, Rob Reiner)
20. Airplane! (1980, Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker)
21. Jean de Florette (1986, Claude Berri)
22. Say Anything... (1989, Cameron Crowe)
23. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989, Steven Spielberg)
24. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982, Carl Reiner)
25. A Christmas Story (1983, Bob Clark)
26. Roger & Me (1989, Michael Moore)
27. Parenthood (1989, Ron Howard)
28. Tuck Everlasting (1980, Frederick Keller)
29. Empire of the Sun (1987, Steven Spielberg)
30. Time Bandits (1981, Terry Gilliam)
31. A Fish Called Wanda (1988, Charles Crichton)
32. All of Me (1984, Carl Reiner)
33. The Compleat Beatles (1982, Patrick Montgomery)
34. Withnail & I (1987, Bruce Robinson)
35. This is Spinal Tap (1984, Rob Reiner)
36. Stardust Memories (1980, Woody Allen)
37. Radio Days (1987, Woody Allen)
38. Glory (1989, Edward Zwick)
39. Raising Arizona (1987, Joel Coen)
40. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981, Steven Spielberg)
41. Diner (1985, Barry Levinson)
42. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982, Amy Heckerling)
43. For All Mankind (1989, Al Reinert)
44. Used Cars (1980, Robert Zemeckis)
45. Do the Right Thing (1989, Spike Lee)
46. Mona Lisa (1986, Neil Jordan)
47. Labyrinth (1986, Jim Henson)
48. Melvin and Howard (1980, Jonathan Demme)
49. Zelig (1983, Woody Allen)
50. Stand by Me (1986, Rob Reiner)
51. The War of the Roses (1989, Danny DeVito)
52. Uncle Buck (1989, John Hughes)
53. Better Off Dead (1985, Savage Steve Holland)
54. Amadeus (1984, Milos Forman)
55. The Thin Blue Line (1988, Errol Morris)
56. When Harry Met Sally... (1989, Rob Reiner)
57. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986, John Hughes)
58. Murphy's Romance (1985, Martin Ritt)
59. The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984, Frank Oz)
60. National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985, Amy Heckerling)
61. History of the World--Part I (1981, Mel Brooks)
62. She's Gotta Have It (1986, Spike Lee)
63. S.O.B. (1981, Blake Edwards)
64. My Bodyguard (1980, Tony Bill)
65. Stand and Deliver (1987, Ramon Menendez)
66. Clue (1985, Jonathan Lynn)
67. Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983, Jack Clayton)
68. The Money Pit (1986, Richard Benjamin)
1970-79 favorites SO FAR
1. Barry Lyndon (1975, Stanley Kubrick)
2. Watership Down (1978, Martin Rosen)
3. Annie Hall (1977, Woody Allen)
4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977, Steven Spielberg)
5. Jaws (1975, Steven Spielberg)
6. Dawn of the Dead (1978, George A. Romero)
7. Being There (1979, Hal Ashby)
8. Manhattan (1979, Woody Allen)
9. Deliverance (1972, John Boorman)
10. Network (1976, Sidney Lumet)
11. I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978, Robert Zemeckis)
12. Bananas (1971, Woody Allen)
13. Bed and Board (1970, Francois Truffaut)
14. Young Frankenstein (1974, Mel Brooks)
15. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971, Mel Stuart)
16. Straw Dogs (1971, Sam Peckinpah)
17. Small Change (1976, Francois Truffaut)
18. Chinatown (1974, Roman Polanski)
19. The Last Picture Show (1971, Peter Bogdanovich)
20. Duel (1971, Steven Spielberg)
21. The Last Detail (1973, Hal Ashby)
22. The Day of the Jackal (1973, Fred Zinnemann)
23. Badlands (1973, Terrence Malick)
24. The Sugarland Express (1974, Steven Spielberg)
25. The Conversation (1974, Francis Ford Coppola)
26. Blazing Saddles (1974, Mel Brooks)
27. All the President's Men (1976, Alan J. Pakula)
28. Sleeper (1973, Woody Allen)
29. Frenzy (1972, Alfred Hitchcock)
30. Day for Night (1973, Francois Truffaut)
31. F for Fake (1974, Orson Welles)
32. Real Life (1979, Albert Brooks)
33. Murder by Death (1976, Robert Moore)
34. Macbeth (1971, Roman Polanski)
35. Sounder (1972, Martin Ritt)
36. A Clockwork Orange (1971, Stanley Kubrick)
37. Five Easy Pieces (1970, Bob Rafelson)
38. The Boys from Brazil (1978, Franklin J. Schaffner)
39. Martin (1977, George A. Romero)
40. The French Connection (1971, William Friedkin)
41. The Cars That Ate Paris (1974, Peter Weir)
42. Play It Again, Sam (1972, Herbert Ross)
43. Time After Time (1979, Nicholas Meyer)
44. The Front (1976, Martin Ritt)
45. Scenes from a Marriage (1973, Ingmar Bergman)
46. Days of Heaven (1978, Terrence Malick)
47. Last Tango in Paris (1973, Bernardo Bertolucci)
48. Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971, Robert Stevenson)
49. Charlotte's Web (1973, Charles A. Nichols)
50. The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977, John Landis)
51. Westworld (1973, Michael Crichton)
52. The Rescuers (1977, John Lousbery & Wolfgang Reitherman)
53. 10 (1979, Blake Edwards)
54. Love on the Run (1979, Francois Truffaut)
55. Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975, Larry Jackson)
56. Snoopy, Come Home (1972, Bill Melendez)
57. High Anxiety (1977, Mel Brooks)
1960-69 favorites SO FAR
1. The Graduate (1967, Mike Nichols)
2. The Apartment (1960, Billy Wilder)
3. Dr. Strangelove... (1964, Stanley Kubrick)
4. A Hard Day's Night (1964, Richard Lester)
5. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, Stanley Kubrick)
6. Fahrenheit 451 (1966, Francois Truffaut)
7. Yellow Submarine (1968, George Dunning)
8. Lolita (1962, Stanley Kubrick)
9. The Manchurian Candidate (1962, John Frankenheimer)
10. Psycho (1960, Alfred Hitchcock)
11. The Producers (1968, Mel Brooks)
12. Night of the Living Dead (1968, George A. Romero)
13. Shoot the Piano Player (1960, Francois Truffaut)
14. Repulsion (1965, Roman Polanski)
15. The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967, Roman Polanski)
16. Experiment in Terror (1962, Blake Edwards)
17. The Birds (1963, Alfred Hitchcock)
18. Spartacus (1960, Stanley Kubrick)
19. A Shot in the Dark (1964, Blake Edwards)
20. Pit and the Pendulum (1961, Roger Corman)
21. Marnie (1964, Alfred Hitchcock)
22. The Jungle Book (1967, Wolfgang Reitherman)
23. The Pink Panther (1964, Blake Edwards)
24. A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969, Bill Melendez)
25. Help! (1965, Richard Lester)
26. Mary Poppins (1964, Robert Stevenson)
27. The Phantom Tollbooth (1969, Chuck Jones & David Monahan)
28. Batman (1966, Leslie Martinson)
29. The Party (1968, Blake Edwards)
30. The Great Escape (1963, John Sturges)
31. The Magic Christian (1969, Joseph McGrath)
32. Charade (1963, Stanley Donen)
33. Petulia (1968, Richard Lester)
34. Targets (1968, Peter Bogdanovich)
35. Inherit the Wind (1960, Stanley Kramer)
36. The Miracle Worker (1962, Arthur Penn)
37. Carnival of Souls (1962, Herk Harvey)
38. Belle de Jour (1967, Luis Bunuel)
39. The World of Henry Orient (1964, George Roy Hill)
40. House of Usher (1960, Roger Corman)
41. The Time Machine (1960, George Pal)
42. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962, John Frankenheimer)
43. What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966, Woody Allen)
44. The Knack, and How to Get It (1965, Richard Lester)
45. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1966, Pier Paolo Pasolini)
46. Take the Money and Run (1969, Woody Allen)
47. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968, Sergio Leone)
48. Fail-Safe (1964, Sidney Lumet)
49. Days of Wine and Roses (1963, Blake Edwards)
1950-59 favorites SO FAR
1. Vertigo (1958, Alfred Hitchcock)
2. Rear Window (1954, Alfred Hitchcock)
3. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955, Ingmar Bergman)
4. The 400 Blows (1959, Francois Truffaut)
5. Strangers on a Train (1951, Alfred Hitchcock)
6. All About Eve (1950, Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
7. Sleeping Beauty (1959, Clyde Geronimi)
8. North by Northwest (1959, Alfred Hitchcock)
9. Animal Farm (1955, Joy Batchelor/John Halas)
10. Rebel Without a Cause (1955, Nicholas Ray)
11. Some Like It Hot (1958, Billy Wilder)
12. Touch of Evil (1958, Orson Welles)
13. The River (1951, Jean Renoir)
14. Singin' in the Rain (1952, Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly)
15. Witness for the Prosecution (1957, Billy Wilder)
16. 12 Angry Men (1957, Sidney Lumet)
17. The Wages of Fear (1953, Henri-Georges Clouzot)
18. Breathless (1959, Jean-Luc Godard)
19. Wild Strawberries (1957, Ingmar Bergman)
20. Alice in Wonderland (1951, Clyde Geronimi/Hamilton Luske)
21. Paths of Glory (1957, Stanley Kubrick)
22. The Mouse That Roared (1959, Jack Arnold)
23. The Trouble with Harry (1956, Alfred Hitchcock)
24. Anatomy of a Murder (1959, Otto Preminger)
25. I Vitelloni (1953, Federico Fellini)
26. The Wrong Man (1957, Alfred Hitchcock)
27. The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953, Roy Rowland)
28. The Killing (1956, Stanley Kubrick)
29. The Seventh Seal (1957, Ingmar Bergman)
30. Sunset Blvd. (1950, Billy Wilder)
31. Rashomon (1950, Akira Kurosawa)
32. Lady and the Tramp (1957, Jackson/Luske/Geronimi)
33. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, David Lean)
34. Diabolique (1955, Henri-Georges Clouzot)
35. Stalag 17 (1953, Billy Wilder)
36. A Place in the Sun (1951, George Stevens)
37. Tales of Hoffmann (1951, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)
38. A Night to Remember (1958, Roy Ward Baker)
39. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956, Alfred Hitchcock)
40. Operation Petticoat (1959, Blake Edwards)
41. The African Queen (1951, John Huston)
42. Dial M for Murder (1954, Alfred Hitchcock)
43. The Seven Samurai (1954, Akira Kurosawa)
44. I Confess (1953, Alfred Hitchcock)
1940-49 favorites SO FAR
1. Citizen Kane (1941, Orson Welles)
2. Notorious (1946, Alfred Hitchcock)
3. Rebecca (1940, Alfred Hitchcock)
4. Double Indemnity (1944, Billy Wilder)
5. Pinocchio (1940, Ben Sharpsteen)
6. Casablanca (1942, Michael Curtiz)
7. Fantasia (1940, Walt Disney)
8. Shadow of a Doubt (1943, Alfred Hitchcock)
9. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949, Robert Hamer)
10. Bambi (1942, David Hand)
11. Dumbo (1941, Ben Sharpsteen)
12. The Third Man (1949, Carol Reed)
13. Sullivan's Travels (1941, Preston Sturges)
14. Black Narcissus (1947, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)
15. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944, Frank Capra)
16. Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948, John Huston)
17. The Great Dictator (1940, Charles Chaplin)
18. Lifeboat (1944, Alfred Hitchcock)
19. Miracle on 34th Street (1947, George Seaton)
20. Rope (1948, Alfred Hitchcock)
21. The Stranger (1946, Orson Welles)
22. It's a Wonderful Life (1946, Frank Capra)
23. Le Corbeau (1943, Henri-Georges Clouzot)
24. Foreign Correspondent (1940, Alfred Hitchcock)
25. The Red Shoes (1948, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)
26. The Lady Eve (1941, Preston Sturges)
27. His Girl Friday (1940, Howard Hawks)
28. Macbeth (1948, Orson Welles)
29. Suspicion (1941, Alfred Hitchcock)
30. Spellbound (1945, Alfred Hitchcock)
31. Saboteur (1942, Alfred Hitchcock)
32. Under Capricorn (1949, Alfred Hitchcock)
33. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946, William Wyler)
34. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1948, Clyde Geronimi)
35. The Lady from Shanghai (1948, Orson Welles)
36. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941, Victor Fleming)
37. The Maltese Falcon (1941, John Huston)
1930-39 favorites SO FAR
1. Bringing Up Baby (1938, Howard Hawks)
2. The 39 Steps (1935, Alfred Hitchcock)
3. M (1931, Fritz Lang)
4. City Lights (1931, Charles Chaplin)
5. Freaks (1932, Tod Browning)
6. The Wizard of Oz (1939, Victor Fleming)
7. The Lady Vanishes (1938, Alfred Hitchcock)
8. Gone with the Wind (1939, Victor Fleming)
9. Sabotage (1936, Alfred Hitchcock)
10. It Happened One Night (1934, Frank Capra)
11. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937, David Hand)
12. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930, Lewis Milestone)
13. Dodsworth (1936, William Wyler)
14. Dracula (1931, Tod Browning)
15. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934, Alfred Hitchcock)
16. Bride of Frankenstein (1935, James Whale)
17. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932, Mervyn LeRoy)
18. Frankenstein (1931, James Whale)
19. Young and Innocent (1937, Alfred Hitchcock)
20. Secret Agent (1936, Alfred Hitchcock)
21. King Kong (1933, Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack)
22. Modern Times (1936, Charles Chaplin)
23. Rich and Strange (1932, Alfred Hitchcock)
24. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939, Frank Capra)
25. L'Age d'Or (1930, Luis Bunuel)
26. A Night at the Opera (1935, Sam Wood)
27. Duck Soup (1933, Leo McCarey)
28. Swing Time (1936, George Stevens)
29. Murder! (1930, Alfred Hitchcock)
Silent Era favorites SO FAR
1. Metropolis (1926, Fritz Lang)
2. Blackmail (1929, Alfred Hitchcock)
3. The Crowd (1928, King Vidor)
4. The Wind (1928, Victor Seastrom)
5. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928, Carl Theodor Dreyer)
6. Orphans of the Storm (1922, D.W. Griffith)
7. Sunrise (1927, F.W. Murnau)
8. The General (1927, Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman)
9. The Lodger (1926, Alfred Hitchcock)
10. Grass (1925, Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack)
BEST TITLE SEQUENCES
1. Vertigo
2. The Incredibles (end titles)
3. A Hard Day's Night (end titles)
4. North by Northwest
5. The Graduate
6. Psycho
7. Dr. Strangelove
8. Night of the Living Dead (end titles)
9. Ratatouille (end titles)
10. Spartacus
11. A Hard Day's Night (opening titles)
12. Dawn of the Dead (end titles)
13. Fahrenheit 451
14. Metropolis
15. Experiment in Terror
16. Gunga Din
17. Se7en
18. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
19. Monsters, Inc.
20. The Celebration (end titles)
21. Edward Scissorhands
22. Batman (1966)
23. Ed Wood
24. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
25. Brain Candy
26. The Birds
27. The Knack, and How to Get It (opening titles)
28. Stop Making Sense
29. The Shining
30. Charade
31. Gone with the Wind
32. A Boy Named Charlie Brown
33. You're a Big Boy Now
34. Pit and the Pendulum
35. Carnival of Souls
36. The Terminal
37. The Pink Panther Strikes Again
38. Watership Down
39. Great Expectations (1998)
40. The Knack, and How to Get It (end titles)
41. The Fearless Vampire Killers
42. The Ice Storm
43. The Pink Panther
44. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (end titles)
45. M
46. Duel
47. Mars Attacks!
48. 12 Monkeys
49. The Lady Eve
50. The Red Shoes
51. Toy Story 2
52. A Shot in the Dark
53. West Side Story (end titles)
54. Catch Me if You Can
55. The Plague Dogs
56. Diabolique
57. Fight Club
58. Saboteur
59. The Terminal (end titles)
60. Repulsion
61. Mystery Science Theather 3000: The Movie
62. The Village
63. Ghost World
64. The Haunting
65. Klute
66. Land of the Dead
67. L.A. Story
68. Jamaica Inn
69. Goodfellas
70. Lady in the Water
71. Freaks
72. Knife in the Water
73. Cold Comfort Farm
74. The Trouble with Harry
75. Life Is Beautiful
76. Team America: World Police
77. The Life of Brian
78. Martin
79. The Wild Bunch
80. Bonnie & Clyde
81. In the Heat of the Night
82. The African Queen
83. Cool Hand Luke
84. The Third Man
85. Blackboard Jungle
BEST ENDINGS
1. Broadcast News
2. Vertigo
3. The 400 Blows
4. The Graduate
5. Freaks
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey
7. The Third Man
8. Dr. Strangelove
9. Deliverance
10. The Birds
11. Blackmail
12. Raiders of the Lost Ark
13. All About Eve
14. Network
15. Fantasia
16. Manhattan
17. Se7en
18. Dawn of the Dead
19. Kind Hearts and Coronets
20. Brazil
21. Dogville
22. Repulsion
23. Targets
24. Casablanca
25. Back to the Future Part II
26. The Bridge on the River Kwai
27. The Lady from Shanghai
28. Happiness
29. Witness for the Prosecution
30. Match Point
31. Days of Wine and Roses
32. Night of the Living Dead
33. The Apartment
34. Before Sunset
35. Bringing Up Baby
36. Batman (1966)
37. The Killing
38. Psycho
39. Citizen Kane
40. Notorious
41. Some Like It Hot
42. Fahrenheit 451
43. Rebecca
44. Barry Lyndon
45. Small Change
46. The Last Picture Show
47. The Pink Panther
48. Straw Dogs
49. The Fearless Vampire Killers
50. The Iron Giant
51. Duel
52. Jean De Florette
53. The Wages of Fear
54. The Seventh Seal
55. Spartacus
56. The 39 Steps
57. Experiment in Terror
58. The Terminal
59. The Good Girl
60. Double Indemnity
61. Bride of Frankenstein
62. Unbreakable
63. Pit and the Pendulum
64. The Boys from Brazil
65. Shoot the Piano Player
66. Bed and Board
67. Wings of Desire
68. Modern Times
69. The Princess Bride
70. The Blair Witch Project
71. Eyes Wide Shut
72. Monsters, Inc.
73. The Sugarland Express
74. The Wizard of Oz
75. Being John Malkovich
76. Coming Home
77. 12 Monkeys
78. Treasure of the Sierra Madre
79. The Lady Vanishes
80. The Searchers
81. I Confess
82. Annie Hall
83. Being There
84. Seven Samurai
85. Sleeping Beauty
86. Terms of Endearment
87. Heavenly Creatures
88. Say Anything...
89. Napoleon Dynamite
90. Manon of the Spring
91. Frenzy
92. Rich and Strange
93. Animal Farm
94. Diabolique
95. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
96. Sunset Blvd.
97. The Shining
98. The Secret Lives of Dentists
99. Lost in Translation
100. Closer
101. Alice
102. The Wrong Man
103. Open Water
104. Carnival of Souls
105. Storytelling
106. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
107. Minority Report
108. Das Boot
109. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
110. Grand Illusion
111. Paths of Glory
112. Oldboy
113. Pi
114. The Manxman
115. Dog Day Afternoon
116. The Village
117. Paris, Texas
118. King Kong
119. Real Life
120. Manos: The Hands of Fate
121. Palindromes
122. The Plague Dogs
123. Zodiac
124. The Celebration
125. A Boy Named Charlie Brown
126. The Jungle Book
127. Waiting for Guffman
128. Stalag 17
128. Best Years of Our Lives
129. Another Woman
130. The Life of Brian
BEST DIRECTORS
1. Alfred Hitchcock
2. Alfred Hitchcock
3. Alfred Hitchcock
4. Alfred Hitchcock
5. Alfred Hitchcock
6. Stanley Kubrick
7. Woody Allen
8. Billy Wilder
9. Steven Spielberg
10. Orson Welles
11. Francois Truffaut
12. Frank Capra
13. Charles Chaplin
14. Roman Polanski
15. Mel Brooks
16. Ingmar Bergman
17. Blake Edwards
18. Howard Hawks
19. Terry Gilliam
20. Michael Powell
21. James L. Brooks
22. Fritz Lang
23. Sidney Lumet
24. David Fincher
25. Richard Lester
26. Alfonso Cuaron
27. George A. Romero
28. Albert Brooks
29. Todd Solondz
30. Jonathan Demme
31. Robert Zemeckis
32. Hal Ashby
33. Terrence Malick
34. Tim Burton
35. M. Night Shyamalan
FAVORITE ACTORS
Peter Sellers /
Cary Grant /
Henry Fonda /
Jack Lemmon /
Peter Lorre /
James Stewart /
Peter Ustinov /
Morgan Freeman /
George Sanders /
Clark Gable /
Jon Voight /
Spencer Tracy /
Jack Nicholson /
Gene Hackman /
Humphrey Bogart /
Alec Guinness /
Robert Donat /
Sidney Poitier /
Kevin Kline /
Albert Brooks /
Joseph Cotten /
Burgess Meredith /
Vincent Price /
Robert Walker /
Michael Caine /
Martin Landau /
William Powell /
James Mason /
Charles Laughton /
Anthony Perkins /
James Dean /
John Gielgud /
Ben Kingsley /
Jonathan Pryce /
Ned Beatty /
Martin Balsam /
Alan Arkin /
Charles Chaplin /
Robert Mitchum /
Woody Allen /
Liam Neeson /
Jean-Pierre Leaud /
Bob Balaban /
Fred MacMurray /
Robert Duvall /
Peter Falk /
George C. Scott /
Edmund Gwenn /
Gene Wilder /
William Holden /
Christopher Lloyd /
Bill Murray /
Burt Reynolds /
Tony Curtis /
Walter Matthau /
Kevin Spacey /
Peter Sarsgaard /
Ralph Fiennes /
Danny Glover /
Chris Cooper /
Joel McCrea /
Oskar Werner /
Campbell Scott /
Claude Rains /
William Hurt /
R. Lee Ermey /
John Cusack /
John Malkovich /
Crispin Glover /
Anthony Hopkins /
John Dall /
Sam Rockwell /
Edward Norton /
Robert Shaw /
Glenn Ford /
Jim Broadbent /
Alan Alda /
Farley Granger /
Bob Hoskins /
Oskar Homolka /
Edward G. Robinson /
Wallace Shawn /
Laurence Olivier /
Johnny Depp /
Bud Cort /
Steve Martin /
Alan Rickman /
Michael J. Fox /
John Goodman /
Jack Albertson /
Bela Lugosi /
Bruce Willis /
Dustin Hoffman /
Pat Hingle /
Herbert Lom /
Cyril Cusack /
Bruno Ganz /
Bruce McCulloch /
Mos Def /
John Laurie /
Mark McKinney /
Eddie Deezen
FAVORITE ACTRESSES
Ingrid Bergman /
Joan Fontaine /
Grace Kelly /
Katharine Hepburn /
Shirley Maclaine /
Carole Lombard /
Audrey Hepburn /
Bette Davis /
Lillian Gish /
Cloris Leachman /
Lauren Bacall /
Jennifer Jason Leigh /
Shelley Winters /
Holly Hunter /
Anne Bancroft /
Judy Davis /
Anne Baxter /
Dianne Wiest /
Olivia de Havilland /
Julie Christie /
Teresa Wright /
Sylvia Sydney /
Thelma Ritter /
Anjelica Huston /
Carol Burnett /
Scarlett Johansson /
Joan Allen /
Janet Leigh /
Agnes Moorehead /
Eva Marie-Saint /
Winona Ryder /
Emma Thompson /
Gwyneth Paltrow /
Mira Sorvino /
Susan Sarandon /
Rosalind Russell /
Barbara Stanwyck /
Diane Keaton /
Jodie Foster /
Kathy Bates /
Faye Dunaway /
Claire Danes /
Kim Novak /
Myrna Loy /
Madeleine Kahn /
Sissy Spacek /
Mariel Hemingway /
Madeleine Carroll /
Claudette Colbert /
Sigourney Weaver /
Nicole Kidman /
Lea Thompson /
Carol Kane /
Annette Bening /
Barbara Bel Geddes /
Thora Birch /
Vera Miles /
Peggy Ashcroft /
Ellen Burstyn /
Sarah Jessica Parker /
Margaret Lockwood /
Zooey Deschanel /
Joan Cusack /
Cameron Diaz /
Christina Ricci /
Ellen Barkin /
Wendie Jo Sperber /
Bryce Dallas Howard /
Anny Ondra /
Angela Lansbury /
Drew Barrymore /
Natalie Portman
CLASSIC OR CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MOVIES THAT SUCK
(by no means a complete list)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Amelie (2001)
American Graffiti (1974)
American History X (1998)
Amores Perros (2000)
Autumn Sonata (1978)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
Blade Runner (1982)
Blowup (1966)
Braveheart (1995)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Cape Fear (1962)
Crash (2005)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Das Boot (1981)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Easy Rider (1969)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (1982)
The Exorcist (1973)
Fanny and Alexander (1983)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Giant (1956)
Gladiator (2000)
The Godfather (1972)
Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)
Goodfellas (1990)
Grand Illusion (1937)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
The Green Mile (1999)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Harold and Maude (1971)
The Haunting (1963)
High Noon (1952)
The Hustler (1961)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Jules and Jim (1962)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Klute (1971)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
Laura (1944)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Life Is Beautiful (1998)
The Lion King (1994)
Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
The Matrix (1999)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Mystic River (2003)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Platoon (1986)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
The Professional (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Punch Drunk Love (2002)
Raging Bull (1980)
Ran (1985)
Reds (1981)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Rocky (1976)
Run Lola Run (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Sideways (2004)
Sin City (2005)
Sleuth (1972)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Spellbound (2004)
Spirited Away (2002)
Star Wars (1977)
Taxi Driver (1976)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Tootsie (1982)
Twentieth Century (1934)
West Side Story (1961)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
THE ALL TIME WORST
1. JFK (1991, Oliver Stone)
2. City of Angels (1998, Brad Siberling)
3. Dances with Wolves (1990, Kevin Costner)
4. Armageddon (1998, Michael Bay)
5. My Fair Lady (1964, George Cukor)
6. Super Size Me (2004, Morgan Spurlock)
7. Elephant (2003, Gus Van Sant)
8. All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989, Don Bluth)
9. Psycho (1998, Gus Van Sant)
10. Pulp Fiction (1994, Quentin Tarantino)
11. 2010 (1984, Peter Hyams)
12. The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990, Renny Harlin)
13. Problem Child 2 (1991, Brian Levant)
14. Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984, Peter Webb)
THE BEST DVD'S I OWN
(graded overall, considering combination of DVD quality with content)
1. The Twilight Zone: Season Two (Image) [5-disc box]
2. Walt Disney Treasures: On the Front Lines (Disney) [2-disc]
3. Brazil (Criterion) [3-disc box]
4. Stop Making Sense (Palm Pictures)
5. M (Criterion) [2-disc]
6. Wings of Desire (MGM)
7. Gone with the Wind (Warners) [4-disc box]
8. The Incredibles (Disney) [2-disc]
9. Dawn of the Dead (Anchor Bay) [4-disc box]
10. Rebecca (Criterion) [2-disc]
11. Futurama: Season Three (Fox) [3-disc box]
12. Straw Dogs (Criterion) [2-disc]
13. Fight Club (Fox) [2-disc]
14. Notorious (Criterion)
14. Spartacus (Criterion) [2-disc]
15. The Twilight Zone: Season One (Image) [6-disc box]
16. Toy Story: The Ultimate Toy Box (Disney) [3-disc box]
17. 12 Monkeys (Universal)
18. Fahrenheit 451 (Universal)
19. Night of the Living Dead (Elite)
20. Futurama: Season One (Fox) [3-disc box]
21. Casablanca (Warners) [2-disc]
22. The Wizard of Oz (Warners) [3-disc box]
23. Monsters, Inc. (Disney) [2-disc]
24. Network (Warners) [2-disc]
25. Bambi (Disney) [2-disc]
26. Dr. Strangelove (Sony)
27. Freaks (Warners)
29. Jaws (Universal) [2-disc]
30. Rushmore (Criterion)
31. The 39 Steps (Criterion)
32. Futurama: Season Four (Fox) [4-disc box]
33. The Lady Vanishes (Criterion)
34. Citizen Kane (Warners) [2-disc]
35. Se7en (Warners) [2-disc]
36. Strangers on a Train (Warners) [2-disc]
37. Dolores Claiborne (Warners)
38. Shoot the Piano Player (Criterion) [2-disc]
39. North by Northwest (Warners)
40. The Triplets of Belleville (Sony)
41. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Warners)
42. The Adventures of Antoine Doinel (Criterion) [5-disc box]
43. Pet Shop Boys: PopArt - The Videos (Capitol/EMI)
44. a bug's life (Disney) [2-disc]
45. Sleeping Beauty (Disney) [2-disc]
46. Back to the Future: The Complete Trilogy (Universal) [3-disc box]
47. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [TV miniseries] (Warners) [2-disc]
48. The Twilight Zone: Season Three (Image) [5-disc box]
49. The Twilight Zone: Season Five (Image) [6-disc box]
50. Duel (Universal)