My Favorite Movies

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1
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) 1981,  PG)
2
Bringing Up Baby 1938,  Unrated)
Bringing Up Baby
My favorite comedy...

Born on the side of a hill is where every beautiful woman is born...

Maybe my favorite ending in any film...
3
Vertigo 1958,  PG)
4
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1977,  PG)
5
The Natural 1984,  PG)
The Natural
And yes I said oh yes I will yes

I love this movie. I love it because I know what it feels about baseball and I feel exactly the same way. There is no complicated erudition that cuts to meaning about baseball the way this does.

It's beautiful and right.

If I am patriotic, this is what I am a patriot about. Not nations but things, beautiful, worthwhile things. Legends are things.

The clock at Wrigley Field exploding still makes me cry.

I don't give a fuck.

This movie means life to me.
6
Rushmore 1998,  R)
Rushmore
One of my favorite films.

When he sticks the gum on the wall that's the most punk fucking thing of the last 20 years...
7
The Thin Red Line 1998,  R)
The Thin Red Line
My favorite movie of the 1990s...
8
Chinatown 1974,  R)
Chinatown
Out of this world brilliant.

My favorite Jack Nicholson performance. One of the best written movies ever.

It's about water rights. Wonderful.
9
Three Colors: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge) 1994,  R)
Three Colors: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge)
It tore me up.
10
Breathless (À bout de souffle) (By a Tether) 1960,  Unrated)
Breathless (À bout de souffle) (By a Tether)
Jean-Paul Belmondo is a god in this film.

So good...
11
Grizzly Man 2005,  R)
Grizzly Man
My favorite film of 2006. A brilliant criticism of a society that has lost its sense of adventure and an exploration, typically, of the madness brought on by the desire for love and knowledge. Herzog is the equal of any of the greats.
12
Casablanca 1942,  PG)
Casablanca
The greatest studio film made. One of the most underrated directors...
13
Jules and Jim 1962,  Unrated)
14
The Gleaners and I 2000,  Unrated)
The Gleaners and I
A film with miracles in it, and a real sense of joy in being alive.
15
Lawrence of Arabia 1962,  PG)
Lawrence of Arabia
One of the greatest movie-going experiences I have ever had was seeing this for the first time at the Music Box.

It is a perfect film.
16
The Royal Tenenbaums 2002,  R)
17
Brick 2006,  R)
Brick
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is amazing. The script is gorgeous and the look of the film, all washed out, is perfect. My favorite movie, I think, from 2006.
18
GoodFellas 1990,  R)
19
The Book of Life 1998,  Unrated)
The Book of Life
Made in a series of short movies by different directors imagining the millenium...all of what I like about Hal Hartley is in this movie.
20
La Strada (The Road) 1954,  PG)
La Strada (The Road)
My father's favorite movie.
21
Rear Window 1954,  PG)
22
The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc) 1928,  Unrated)

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