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Chris

	chrisgrayson's Rating	My Rating
1	Dead Man 1995, R) IN MY COLLECTION
2	Blade Runner 1982, R) IN MY COLLECTION
3	Miller's Crossing 1990, R) IN MY COLLECTION Gabriel Byrne is positively brilliant. Truly one of my favorite movies ever. Any great movie is improved with an appearance by Steve Buscemi. I can watch this movie again and again. A Coen brothers classic.
4	Memento 2000, R) IN MY COLLECTION
5	Apocalypse Now 1979, R) IN MY COLLECTION Willardâ?? "I was going to the worst place in the world and I didn't even know it yet. Weeks away and hundreds of miles up a river that snaked through the war like a main circuit cable - plugged straight into Kurtz. It was no accident that I got to be the caretaker of Colonel Walter E. Kurtz's memory - any more than being back in Saigon was an accident. There is no way to tell his story without telling my own. And if his story really is a confession, then so is mine."
6	Gattaca 1997, PG-13) IN MY COLLECTION
7	Buffalo 66 1998, R) IN MY COLLECTION
8	Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) 2001, R) IN MY COLLECTION The cinematography is dazzlingâ??Â beautifully shot, perfect casting, great acting... comedy, drama, romance... bravo. Guysâ?? great first date movie. Much better than a sappy chick-flick. You'll actually enjoy it, and she'll be impressed.
9	True Romance 1993, R) IN MY COLLECTION Tarantino disowns this movie because he didn't direct it. He wrote the screenplay. I think he sold away the rights to the script before he was famous, or something like that. Anyway, I think Tony Scott did a great job with it. And damn, look at that 1993 cast! James Gandolfini plays a hitman who works for a Detroit mob-boss (who is never seen) who's right hand man is played by Christopher Walken. Christian Slater is a loner who collects comic books, watches kung-fu flicks, and conjures the ghost of young Elvis Presley when he needs spiritual guidance (Elvis' ghost played by Val Kilmer). Dennis Hopper is Slater's Dad, a divorced retired cop, living in a trailer-home. Slater's character falls for a hooker on his birthday played by Patricia Arquette, who wants to escape her pimp (Gary Oldman). They decide to run away to LA together. When Slater goes to collect Patricia's suitcase of things from Oldman, the shit hits the fan, and in the mix-up Slater accidentally leaves with the wrong luggage... which turns out to be a suitcase full of cocaine (coke that belongs to Christopher Walken's boss). Slater and Arquette decide they will sell the coke when they get to LA. It is going to be their ticket to freedom, and they hit the highway in Slater's purple 76 Cadillac convertible, with the Detroit mob following one step behind.
10	Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964, PG) IN MY COLLECTION
11	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cattivo.) 1966, R) IN MY COLLECTION
12	Pi 1998, R) IN MY COLLECTION Tough ending. Lost half a star.
13	The Devils 1971, R) IN MY COLLECTION Classic Ken Russell. A lesser known of his work, this dates from 1971.
14	The Hudsucker Proxy 1994, PG) IN MY COLLECTION
15	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) 2003, PG-13) IN MY COLLECTION
16	Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961, PG) IN MY COLLECTION
17	Car Wash 1976, PG) IN MY COLLECTION Not as good as I remembered from my youth, but good music.
18	25th Hour 2003, R) IN MY COLLECTION
19	About Schmidt 2002, R) IN MY COLLECTION
20	An Inconvenient Truth 2006, PG) IN MY COLLECTION
21	Easy Rider 1969, R) IN MY COLLECTION
22	Eddie Izzard - Glorious 1997, Unrated) IN MY COLLECTION
23	Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now 2003, PG) IN MY COLLECTION
24	Enter the Dragon 1973, R) IN MY COLLECTION I first saw this as a kid at the drive-in. I know it was a double feature (this drive in theater always showed movies as double features). I believe I saw it with Way of the Dragon.
25	Cabaret 1972, PG) IN MY COLLECTION My wife's movie, I will watch it at some point.
26	The Filth and the Fury - A Sex Pistols Film 2000, R) IN MY COLLECTION
27	Finding Nemo 2003, G) IN MY COLLECTION
28	Full Metal Jacket 1987, R) IN MY COLLECTION
29	Grizzly Man 2005, R) IN MY COLLECTION
30	How To Get Ahead in Advertising 1989, R) IN MY COLLECTION
31	Ice Age 2002, PG) IN MY COLLECTION The best part is Scrat. And the DVD comes with the "missing" Scrat short. The two Scrat animated shorts are better than everything else in the movie put together. I would give it a much lower rating without them.
32	The Incredibles 2004, PG) IN MY COLLECTION
33	Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale 2005, Unrated) IN MY COLLECTION
34	Kung Fu Hustle 2004, R) IN MY COLLECTION
35	The Limey 1999, R) IN MY COLLECTION
36	The Linguini Incident 1992, R) IN MY COLLECTION
37	Logan's Run 1976, PG) IN MY COLLECTION
38	Matchstick Men 2003, PG-13) IN MY COLLECTION
39	The Matrix 1999, R) IN MY COLLECTION
40	The Matrix Reloaded 2003, R) IN MY COLLECTION
41	The Matrix Revolutions 2003, R) IN MY COLLECTION
42	Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1974, PG) IN MY COLLECTION
43	Moulin Rouge 1952, Unrated)
44	My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2002, PG) IN MY COLLECTION Very funny. If you must watch a romantic comedy.
45	The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993, PG) IN MY COLLECTION
46	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975, R) IN MY COLLECTION
47	Léon (The Professional) 1994, R) IN MY COLLECTION
48	Raising Arizona 1987, PG-13) IN MY COLLECTION
49	Reservoir Dogs 1992, R) IN MY COLLECTION Steve Buscemi seems to find a place for himself in every good movie, doesn't he? Dialog, Tarantino knows how to write believable conversation. In spite of all the violence in his films, that is his true talent. Most acting in movies is so bad because the dialog isn't written the way people actually talk. The natural manner of the dialog is what makes such an otherwise so unbelievable story seem believable (ok, and a great cast of solid actors contributes). Tarantino needs to stop writing bit-parts for himself in his own films though. He's a really bad actor, himself. I ought to knock a half star off of the rating just for his crappy cameo, but I can't bring myself to do it.
50	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1964, Unrated) IN MY COLLECTION
51	Run Lola Run (Lola rennt) 1998, R) IN MY COLLECTION
52	Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell 2002, Unrated) IN MY COLLECTION
53	Sexy Beast 2001, R) IN MY COLLECTION
54	Soylent Green 1973, PG) IN MY COLLECTION
55	Starsky & Hutch 2004, PG-13) IN MY COLLECTION
56	There's Something About Mary 1998, R) IN MY COLLECTION
57	This Film is Not Yet Rated 2005, NC-17) IN MY COLLECTION
58	This Is Spinal Tap 1984, R) IN MY COLLECTION
59	Vanilla Sky 2001, R) IN MY COLLECTION
60	Romeo + Juliet 1996, PG-13) IN MY COLLECTION
61	Solyaris (Solaris) 1976, PG)
62	Punch-Drunk Love 2002, R)
63	Paprika 2006, R)
64	Walking with Dinosaurs 2000, Unrated)