My Favorite Movies


  cacodyl's Rating My Rating
1
Donnie Darko 2001,  R)
Donnie Darko
One of my fave movies of all time, I've seen it at least 15 times.
2
Memento 2000,  R)
Memento
A fucking incredible incredible incredible movie I've seen it at least 15 times
3
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back 2001,  R)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
THE FUNNIEST MOVIE EVER MADE EVER! I WISH YOU COULD GIVE THIS THING 6 STARS COS IF U COULD, I'D GIVE THIS MOVIE SEVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4
Raging Bull 1980,  R)
Raging Bull
See "Badlands". Exactly the same comment applies.
5
Ghost in the Shell 1996,  R)
Ghost in the Shell
A kickass existential scannán. Book was better admittedly though.
6
Perfect Blue 1997,  R)
Perfect Blue
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo freaky, and really clever how you're never sure if this is TV or dream or real life. But what is real life anyway...?
7
Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1974,  PG)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The animator died of a fatal heart attack. Poor him!
8
Gladiator 2000,  R)
Gladiator
This movie kicks ass! Great storyline, metaphorical wheat, kickass ceol and graphically violent, original fight scenes.
9
American Beauty 1999,  R)
10
Léon (The Professional) 1994,  R)
Léon (The Professional)
An incredible film, great action sequences, incredible performances (particularly the admirably restrained Jean Reno) and a real weepy ending!
11
Anchorman - The Legend Of Ron Burgundy 2004,  PG-13)
Anchorman - The Legend Of Ron Burgundy
'Nuff said.
12
Monty Python's Life of Brian 1979,  R)
Monty Python's Life of Brian
It got banned in Ireland, which causes interest. It's by Monty Python, which accentuates that interest. It's slagging off the life of Jesus, which gets the blood boiling with excitement. And it's FUCK ING HILARIOUS!
13
Badlands 1973,  PG)
Badlands
Just a ledge movie all round.
14
Clerks 1994,  R)
Clerks
Surprisingly more than just a comedy, an interesting social satire about the mundanity of 20th-century life.
15
Trainspotting 1996,  R)
Trainspotting
Of course, as with the great many number of Danny Boyle film adaptations it isn't nearly as good as the source material (Bad Blood, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rents drinking pish and injecting himself in the cock among other things), but still kicks ass, and perfectly captures the feel of all that late 80's shit. Oh, and it better shows you what an arsehole Franco is.
16
The Shining 1980,  R)
The Shining
Not faithful at all to the source novel which to some extent is a good thing. ROOM 237!
17
Pulp Fiction 1994,  R)
Pulp Fiction
Oh C'MON!!!!! I ACTUALLY need to review fucking PULP FICTION?!
18
Kill Bill: Volume 1 2003,  R)
Kill Bill: Volume 1
Fucking legend! Brilliant fight scenes, storyline, and that kickass animé bit! Fuck those cunts who say the second one was better.
19
Scarface 1983,  R)
Scarface
Oh C'MON!!!!! I ACTUALLY need to review fucking SCARFACE?!
20
The Butterfly Effect 2004,  R)
The Butterfly Effect
Though wandering sometimes too far into self-indulgence, this insanely gripping and emotionally ambitious examination of cause and effect is the best example of why Kutcher needs to tell "Punk'd" to fuck off.
21
Saw 2004,  R)
Saw
Aww, just so clever and nasty and sadistic. And I think there need be no fear of spoilers here, even that pic of it <--- there gives it away... HE CUT HIS OWN FOOT OFF!
22
Croupier 1998,  R)
23
The Departed 2006,  R)
The Departed
While admittedly it became almost absurdly violent towards the end, this flick has everything: great cast, brilliant storyline, incredibly atmospheric settings and kickass soundtrack. Even Dicaprio, who I normally despise, manages to seem by turns menacing, vulnerable, terrified and constipated!
24
The Opposite of Sex 1998,  R)
The Opposite of Sex
Fucking legend, so disgusting, so hilarious, so wrong, so incredibly GAY! Love it!
25
One Hour Photo 2002,  R)
One Hour Photo
Ooh, so freaky! He was AT his FOOTBALL TRAINING! For FUCK's SAKE!
26
28 Days Later 2002,  R)
28 Days Later
Yeh goat tae luv this scannán, folks. Cillian Murphy kicks the shit out of every living Irish actor, with the exceptions of Brendan Gleeson and... em, that chap from Star Trek.


Colm Meaney, that's the one!
27
The Devil's Advocate 1997,  R)
The Devil's Advocate
So clever, so charismatic, so delightfully amoral - but enough about Pacino's role! But basically yeah, apart from the double twist ending which was just animal, and the quintessentially odd image of Keanu Reeves walking down a completely deserted New York street, precisely the same adjectives apply
28
Mallrats 1995,  R)
Mallrats
This has exactly the same styles of dialogue as Clerks. but proves that Clerks. wasn't a one-off. Also is much closer to pure comedy than Clerks. was.
29
A Beautiful Mind 2001,  PG-13)
A Beautiful Mind
Oooooh legendness!
30
High Tension (Switchblade Romance) 2003,  R)
High Tension (Switchblade Romance)
Apart from a tediously unoriginal "twist" ending, this movie is shockingly, refreshingly visceral and its French title is SO appropriate. And the bits where she's frigging herself and where the bad guy slides the knife along her and she sucks on his fingers are the sex!
31
The Truman Show 1998,  PG)
The Truman Show
A genius update of Plato's parable of the cave, and a superior movie on the topic of illusory reality than The Matrix. I take off half a star purely because for a portion of the movie it seems that Jim Carrey is trapped in Ace Ventura mode - much improved by the film's tortuously nail-biting final act.
32
Fight Club 1999,  R)
Fight Club
When I first saw this movie I thought it was brilliant. Shortly afterwards I became blinded to this essential brilliance because of my view that the source novel was a pile of pulpy rubbish. Upon a recent re-viewing I have decided to rescind the first opinion (though I still sit on the fence about the novel). I take off half a star because this film does nothing to remedy the logical flaws and dissociative identity disorder myths first expounded in the novel - indeed, it adds even more.

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