My Favorite Movies
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| 1 |
The Godfather 1972, R)
The best of the best! A film you cannot refuse the offer of seeing with Coopola's direction and Brando at his personal best. |
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| 2 |
Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964, PG)
The best black-and-white film ever, with Sellers and Scott on top form, and Kubrick's direction giving a balance of serious Cold War undertones, and amusing moments. |
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| 3 |
The Godfather, Part II 1974, R)
Pacino and De Niro in incredible form, in a sequel you cannot refuse to work. Another gangster masterpiece from Coppola! |
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| 4 |
GoodFellas 1990, R)
As long as I can remember, I have always loved this gangster epic from Scorsese! |
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| 5 |
Casablanca 1942, PG)
"You must remember this"... the true definition of a timeless classic in the world of cinema! |
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| 6 |
Pulp Fiction 1994, R)
This is why Tarintino is consider a genius, with one of the most original and inventure films ever to be made in America. A geniune classic! |
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| 7 |
The Maltese Falcon 1941, PG)
The finest film noir in my opinion. Bogart was brilliant in his role, whilst Peter Lorre is screen-hogging brilliant too. After Casablanca, this the best chemistry between these 2 very different actors. |
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| 8 |
12 Angry Men (Twelve Angry Men) 1957, Unrated)
Brilliant drama with some flawless performances throughout. |
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| 9 |
Arsenic and Old Lace 1944, Unrated)
Brilliant black comedy- it doesn't get more darker and funnier than this! |
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| 10 |
Life Is Beautiful (La Vita è bella) 1997, PG-13)
This is beautiful! |
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| 11 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003, PG-13)
The best of this trilogy is left for the last installment, with some magnificient character development throughout. |
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| 12 |
Citizen Kane 1941, PG)
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| 13 |
American Gangster 2007, R)
Excellent gangster biopic with an incredible performance from Denzel Washington. |
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| 14 |
No Country for Old Men 2007, R)
Probably the best Coen brothers film... with a superb and engagingly entertaining storyline. |
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| 15 |
Brazil 1985, R)
Brilliantly bizarre with some great performances from Robert DeNiro and Jonathan Pyrce |
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| 16 |
The Lives of Others 2006, R)
Excellent German drama. |
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| 17 |
A Clockwork Orange 1971, R)
Extraordinary film from Kubrick... for those who like ultra-violence and Beethoven! |
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| 18 |
Alien 1979, R)
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| 19 |
Aliens 1986, R)
Brilliant action-packed sequel to the famous Alien series. |
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| 20 |
Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) 2001, R)
A modern masterpiece of French cinema, and of romantic comedies. |
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| 21 |
American Beauty 1999, R)
Brilliant modern fable about modern culture...a real gem from the 1990s! |
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| 22 |
Apocalypse Now 1979, R)
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| 23 |
Back to the Future 1985, PG)
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| 24 |
Batman 1989, PG-13)
Excellent comic-book movie- the standards were set by Tim Burton, for others to emulate from. |
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| 25 |
Batman Begins 2005, PG-13)
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| 26 |
Beetlejuice 1988, PG)
Excellent horror comedy... and still remains one of Michael Keaton's best movie character before he put on the bat cape! |
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| 27 |
Big Fish 2004, PG-13)
Excellent fantasy film from Burton, with some great performances from Ewan McGregor and Albert Finney. |
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| 28 |
Blade Runner 1982, R)
A masterpiece in science-fiction- an essential sci-fi film from the 1980s! |
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| 29 |
Blood Diamond 2006, R)
Excellent polictically fueled thriller. |
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| 30 |
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan 2006, R)
Excellent spoof documentary with Sacha Baron Cohen's most politically incorrect character, Borat. |
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| 31 |
Brokeback Mountain 2005, R)
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| 32 |
Casino Royale 2006, PG-13)
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| 33 |
Children of Men 2006, R)
Excellent sci-fi thriller with some great performances from Clive Owen and Sir Michael Caine |
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| 34 |
Cidade de Deus (City of God) 2002, R)
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| 35 |
Dazed and Confused 1993, R)
Excellent high-school movie, which is engaging and entertaining at the same time, with a classic rock soundtrack too. |
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| 36 |
Die Hard 1988, R)
Excellent action thriller with Bruce Willis at an all-time high in his career. |
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| 37 |
Donnie Darko 2001, R)
The most inventive film of this decade! |
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| 38 |
Edward Scissorhands 1990, PG-13)
Extraordinary modern day fairy tale from Tim Burton. |
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| 39 |
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind 2004, R)
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| 40 |
Fargo 1996, R)
Fantastic slice of american cinema from the 1990s. |
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| 41 |
Fight Club 1999, R)
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| 42 |
Finding Nemo 2003, G)
Fantastic family fun from Pixar! |
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| 43 |
Forrest Gump 1994, PG-13)
Excellent film from director Robert Zemeckis. |
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| 44 |
Four Brothers 2005, R)
Excellent contemporary gang land drama. |
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| 45 |
Hot Fuzz 2006, R)
Excellent cop comedy with a distinguish cast of Britsh contemporaries. |
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| 46 |
It's a Wonderful Life 1946, G)
It's a wondeful film... about attempting suicide! |
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| 47 |
Jaws 1975, PG)
Excellent blockbuster movie, with Spielberg doing his best without a fully working mechanical shark. |
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| 48 |
Kill Bill: Volume 1 2003, R)
Excellent martial-arts entertainment backed with an interesting soundtrack! |
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| 49 |
King Kong 2005, PG-13)
An excellent re-make from Peter Jackson! |
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| 50 |
Knocked Up 2007, R)
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| 51 |
Kung Fu Hustle 2004, R)
Excellent martial arts comedy from Stephen Chow. |
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| 52 |
Little Miss Sunshine 2006, R)
An excellent road movie that is warm, funny, and amusing to watch from start to finish. |
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| 53 |
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 1999, R)
The one that made Guy Ritchie a household name in gangster films. |
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| 54 |
Lord of War 2005, R)
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| 55 |
Lost In Translation 2003, R)
Excellent comic romance with Murray and Johansson at the top of their acting game. |
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| 56 |
Memento 2000, R)
You should remember this very well! |
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| 57 |
Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1974, PG)
The silliest medieval comedy ever made! |
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| 58 |
Monsters, Inc. 2001, G)
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| 59 |
Minority Report 2002, PG-13)
Excellent sci-fi flick from Spielberg. |
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| 60 |
Pan's Labyrinth 2006, R)
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| 61 |
Platoon 1986, R)
A beautifully moving Vietnam war film from Oliver Stone. |
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| 62 |
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) 1981, PG)
One of the finest adventure capers ever made, and will remain the best out of the Indiana Jones series by a longshot. |
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| 63 |
Reservoir Dogs 1992, R)
Iconic cult crime film that brought Tarintino to the film world. |
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| 64 |
Serenity 2005, PG-13)
With a witty script, this sci-fi adventure puts even the most recent sci-fi blockbusters to shame. |
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| 65 |
Shaun of the Dead 2004, R)
Fantastically funny homage to zombie movies of yesteryear- you won't hear Queen's Don't Stop Me Now the same ever again! |
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| 66 |
Shrek 2001, PG)
Shrek and Donkey on a whirlwind adventure with some some hilarious homage to other fairy tales, and popular culture! |
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| 67 |
Sleepy Hollow 1999, R)
Excellent horror thriller with some trademark stylistic gothic art direction for a Burton film. |
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| 68 |
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut 1999, R)
Excellent spin off to the popular TV series. May not be suitable for the easily offended! |
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| 69 |
Stand by Me 1986, R)
Rob Reiner's finest hour as a director was with this gem of an adventure youth film. |
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| 70 |
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1980, PG)
The second installment of Star Wars boasts some memorable scenes, and considered by many as better than A New Hope. |
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| 71 |
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1977, PG)
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| 72 |
Superbad 2007, R)
For a high-school comedy along the same vien as American Pie, this actualy delivers a lot more than most contemporary high-school films have done. Worth viewing as THE high-school comedy of the decade, and as a film to define the current generation of youth on. |
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| 73 |
Taxi Driver 1976, R)
Iconic film, featuring DeNiro on top-form. |
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| 74 |
Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991, R)
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| 75 |
The Incredibles 2004, PG)
An incredible feat for Brad Bird! |
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| 76 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001, PG-13)
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| 77 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002, PG-13)
This will boast one of the best battle scenes ever filmed. A truly brilliant sequel! |
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| 78 |
The Matrix 1999, R)
Excellent eye-candy! |
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| 79 |
The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993, PG)
Superb animated musical- the pennical of all thing stop-motion animated! |
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| 80 |
The Pianist 2002, R)
Incredible war film, with Adrien Broody as the pianist who suffers throughout World War 2. |
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| 81 |
The Pursuit of Happyness 2006, PG-13)
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| 82 |
The Prestige 2006, PG-13)
Outstanding peroid drama, with all the twist and turns that make Christopher Nolan's work such a joy to watch. |
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| 83 |
The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975, R)
The definition of a classic cult film is defined in this wonderfully weird sci-fi horror musical. |
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| 84 |
The Shawshank Redemption 1994, R)
Excellent drama based on the Stephen King novella. |
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| 85 |
The Shining 1980, R)
Stanley Kubrick directs Jack Nicholson in a film based on the Stephen King novel... nothing could go wrong in this effortless horror classic. |
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| 86 |
The Silence of the Lambs 1991, R)
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| 87 |
The Terminator 1984, R)
Excellent sci-fi thriller, and the film responsible for making Arnie into such an icon of action cinema. |
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| 88 |
The Truman Show 1998, PG)
Excellent film, that features Carrey in a not-too-goofy comic personna as the star of a successful "reality" show. |
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| 89 |
The Usual Suspects 1995, R)
Iconic cult crime thriller, with Kevin Spacey in a career- defining role. |
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| 90 |
The Wizard of Oz 1939, G)
A Technicolor masterpiece of a musical. |
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| 91 |
Toy Story 1995, G)
One of the best animated films from the 1990s! A true must-see for the young and old! |
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| 92 |
Walk the Line 2005, PG-13)
Jacquin Pheonix excels as Johnny Cash in this sublime biopic. |
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| 93 |
The Dark Knight 2008, PG-13)
This is certainly one of the most flawless blockbusters to come out in recent years. Excellent acting, engaging narrative, and some entertaining set pieces makes this the best Batman film in this franchise to date. |
