My Favorite Movies
This is just a list of movies that I have enjoyed watching over the years as a film critic. As you can see, my taste is pretty wide. But these are all in no order.
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| 1 |
The Matrix Reloaded 2003, R)
IMO, the pinnacle of supernatural sci-fi awesomeness. Best out of all 3 movies in this perfect trilogy. |
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| 2 |
Good Will Hunting 1997, R)
Written by two exceptionally talented actors gave them an Academy Award. And it's got Robin Williams. |
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| 3 |
Batman 1989, PG-13)
The undisputed greatest Batman Movie EVER. |
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| 4 |
Sleepers 1996, R)
Tear jerking story, ensemble cast, it's almost impossible NOT to cry during this. |
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| 5 |
The Italian Job 2003, PG-13)
All star cast delivers an all star full throttle heist. Recommended for the theif in you. |
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| 6 |
The Lake House 2006, PG)
A cute and unique romantic story. Reminds me of me and my girlfriend. |
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| 7 |
Watchmen 2009, R)
A worthy adaptation from the novels. |
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| 8 |
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) 1981, PG)
The collaboration of all past adventure movies. Enough said. |
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| 9 |
Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991, R)
BEST. SEQUEL. EVER. |
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| 10 |
Die Hard 1988, R)
The film that made Bruce Willis a house held name. And it's STILL good. |
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| 11 |
The Da Vinci Code 2006, PG-13)
Questions your beliefs with a cool adaptation from the book. |
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| 12 |
The Blues Brothers 1980, R)
Brilliantly funny musical collab of the highest caliber. |
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| 13 |
Mercury Rising 1998, R)
Autism rules! |
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| 14 |
Die Another Day 2002, PG-13)
Halle Berry, man. HALLE. FREAKIN. BERRE. Still, an awesome Bond performance by Brosnan. |
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| 15 |
Rent 2005, PG-13)
This got me back into watching musicals. Excellent performances by all. |
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| 16 |
Primal Fear 1996, R)
Ed Norton is a CRAZY MOFO. |
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| 17 |
The Score 2001, R)
DeNiro we salute you. |
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| 18 |
Across the Universe 2007, PG-13)
Love the Beatles, love the movie. |
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| 19 |
Thick as Thieves (The Code) 2008, R)
Recently saw this, intriguing team up between these two. Like the Italian Job, recommended for the inner thief. |
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| 20 |
The Great Debaters 2007, PG-13)
Denzel gives an excellent performance in this grammatical adventure. |
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| 21 |
Bad Boys II 2003, R)
Will Smith at his best. |
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| 22 |
Resident Evil 2002, R)
Big fan of RE, the movie did it good justice. |
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| 23 |
The One 2001, PG-13)
Jet Li vs Jet Li with a clever concept and a young Jason Statham. |
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| 24 |
The Departed 2006, R)
An edge of your seat gangster thriller from Scorsee. |
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| 25 |
American Gangster 2007, R)
Crowe vs Denzel, a modern jewel in the gangster genre. |
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| 26 |
Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children 2005, PG-13)
Amazing CGI keeping true to the video game. |
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| 27 |
Quarantine 2008, R)
This WILL scare you. Trust me on this. |
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| 28 |
The Bourne Identity 2002, PG-13)
Matt Damon emulating his inner Bond. Best of the trilogy. |
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| 29 |
Death Proof 2007, R)
BEST. CAR. CHASE. EVER. So intense, so cool, bringing back memories of the past horror movies. |
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| 30 |
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2005, PG-13)
Best lightsaber fights overshadow Anakin's emoness. |
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| 31 |
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1977, PG)
THE pioneer for all other sci-fi adventures. |
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| 32 |
Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2007, Unrated)
I always liked Robot Chicken and Seth Green |
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| 33 |
Death Race 2008, R)
High paced car racing with Jason Statham, SOOOO cool! |
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| 34 |
Fight Club 1999, R)
An awesome balls to the wall fight movie. |
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| 35 |
The Matrix 1999, R)
Ah yes...the classic. A Sci-Fi fan MUST have for it's innovation into the supernatural, twisting the truth into something creative. |
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| 36 |
Forrest Gump 1994, PG-13)
What hasn't been said about this classic? |
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| 37 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001, PG-13)
The classic that innovated the fantasy genre again putting Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortenson, and Sean Astin on the map! |
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| 38 |
Back to the Future 1985, PG)
Time travel has never been this cool. |
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| 39 |
Saving Private Ryan 1998, R)
An epic war tale that will tug on your heart strings like a harp. |
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| 40 |
V for Vendetta 2006, R)
Dark and grity and futuristic, it's impressive graphics and story capture your eyes. |
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| 41 |
Mission Impossible 1996, PG-13)
The movie that jump started the heist genre for the modern day. |
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| 42 |
Equilibrium 2002, R)
Bale takes an early dive into the futuristic before Terminator, its pretty cool. |
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| 43 |
Armour of God (Long xiong hu di) (Operation Condor 2) 1987, R)
Jackie Chan at his ultimate best, the gold standard of martial arts epics. |
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| 44 |
The Marine 2006, PG-13)
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| 45 |
The Condemned 2007, R)
Stone Cold at his best with explosive action! |
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| 46 |
12 Rounds 2009, PG-13)
Interesting concept, not as bad as people thought. |
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| 47 |
Good Morning, Vietnam 1987, R)
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING VIETNAM!! |
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| 48 |
August Rush 2007, PG)
An endearing story of love and music, something everyone should see. |
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| 49 |
Patch Adams 1998, PG-13)
Laughter is always the best medicine. |
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| 50 |
The Shining 1980, R)
A true cult classic with Nicholson prooving himself to be a true Rated R Superstar. |
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| 51 |
Desperado 1995, R)
Guns and guitars, hellz yeah! |
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| 52 |
American Psycho 2000, R)
Bale's finest performance and an amazing tribute to the original Pyscho. |
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| 53 |
The Secret of NIMH 1982, G)
Don Bluth is an animating god, plain and simple and this is arguably his greatest masterpiece. |
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| 54 |
The Prestige 2006, PG-13)
Magic has never been this cool thanks to Wolverine and Batman's performance. |
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| 55 |
Saw III 2006, R)
The goriest and darkest of the SAW series. And that's saying something. |
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| 56 |
Howl's Moving Castle 2005, PG)
One of Hao Miyazaki's finest masterpieces. Again with Christian Bale. |
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| 57 |
Newsies 1992, PG)
Christian Bale is great in this, singing and dancing, way before American Pyscho. |
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| 58 |
Inside Man 2006, R)
An awesome heist movie that keeps you on your toes thanks to Clive Owen and Denzel. |
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| 59 |
A Beautiful Mind 2001, PG-13)
Gladiator to schitzo math genius, a brilliant pyschological thriller from Ron Howard and Crowe's best performance. |
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| 60 |
Mr. & Mrs. Smith 2005, PG-13)
When I first heard of this it was like Branjelina's relationship if they were super spies. Still, despite the exaggeration of the concept, the action and story was well played and well thought out. |
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| 61 |
Scarface 1983, R)
SAY HALLO TO MY LIL FRIEND! |
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| 62 |
Catch Me If You Can 2002, PG-13)
Man I wish I could do some of the stuff Dicaprio did in this. |
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| 63 |
Digimon - The Movie 1999, PG)
Brings back warm memories of the show. |
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| 64 |
Spider-Man 2 2004, PG-13)
Molina gives a good effort as Doc Ock and actually manages to be as good as the first movie. |
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| 65 |
Enemy of the State 1998, R)
Will put some good effort into this. |
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| 66 |
Live Free or Die Hard 2007, PG-13)
Well at least Willis still has it. |
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| 67 |
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989, PG-13)
Connery made this a lot better then it already was. |
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| 68 |
The Rescuers Down Under 1990, G)
So under rated but it's WAYYYY better then the first. |
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| 69 |
GoodFellas 1990, R)
DeNiro at his ultimate best, reminiscant of Godfather. |
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| 70 |
National Treasure 2004, PG)
A good Cage movie? By Disney? LE GASP! |
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| 71 |
Ghost 1990, PG-13)
One of the best love stories I have ever seen. |
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| 72 |
Rain Man 1988, R)
The only good Tom Cruise movie and a fantastic performance by Dustin Hoffman. |
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| 73 |
The Invisible 2007, PG-13)
An under rated teenage story, well played out. |
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| 74 |
The Hangover 2009, R)
FUNNY. AS. HELL. Even thought I thought it would be stupid, it wasn't ^^ |
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| 75 |
Lady and the Tramp 1955, G)
THIS is what real love is. Can't believe Im using a Disney film to show that. |
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| 76 |
The Land Before Time 1988, G)
The very first movie that made me cry...I hate all of the sequels. |
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| 77 |
Lara Croft - Tomb Raider 2001, PG-13)
One of the very first successful video game movies and Angelina Jolie is PERFECT as this. |
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| 78 |
The Lion King 1994, G)
The very first movie I ever saw in my life. |
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| 79 |
Dead Poets Society 1989, PG)
As a writer myself, this helped me improve my writing. It's a movie that steps out from the norm which is what we have come to expect from Robin Williams. |
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| 80 |
Wanted 2008, R)
Awesome story, concepts, effects, stunts, fights, Angelina Jolie, a must see for any shooter fan. |
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| 81 |
300 2007, R)
THIS IS SPARTA!!! |
