My Favorite Movies
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Casablanca 1942, PG)
Perhaps the definitive American classic. Nobody makes movies like this anymore. |
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North by Northwest 1959, Unrated)
My introduction to Hitchcock and my favorite classic actor, Cary Grant. Can't help it. Great movie. |
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Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) 1981, PG)
The movie that made me want to become a filmmaker. Saw this at the theatres when I was a little kid. Since then, I knew. I gotta make movies. |
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The Conversation 1974, PG)
This is one of those movies in film school that taught us that sometimes when you direct a film, and you've got the right elements, less truly is more. Great use of sound in a movie. |
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The 400 Blows (Les Quatre cents coups) 1959, Unrated)
Truffaut. One of my heroes. This is, in my opinion, the best of the French New Wave. |
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Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso) 1988, R)
For anyone who loves movies, this is the movie about movies. A classic score by Ennio Morricone. |
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Bande à part (Band of Outsiders) 1964, Unrated)
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| 8 |
L.A. Confidential 1997, R)
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Do the Right Thing 1989, R)
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Ocean's Eleven 2001, PG-13)
A now classic heist film that raised the bar of the genre bringing back a lost sense of style and cool into the heist genre. |
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Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) 1988, R)
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Heat 1995, R)
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Traffic 2000, R)
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| 14 |
All the President's Men 1976, PG)
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Toy Story 2 1999, G)
Pixar's best film to date. |
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| 16 |
Good Night, And Good Luck 2005, PG)
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Touch of Evil 1958, PG-13)
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Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai) 1954, Unrated)
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| 19 |
Forbidden Planet 1956, G)
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Rear Window 1954, PG)
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| 21 |
Ocean's Twelve 2004, PG-13)
Taking his cues from zany Italian television, Ocean's 12 pokes fun at the genre and at the idea of celebrity. Definitely a self-absorbed affair but one that actually invites you in on the fun. |
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The Magnificent Seven 1960, R)
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Tokyo Story , Unrated)
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Ocean's Eleven 1960, Unrated)
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Swingers 1996, R)
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