My Favorite Movies
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The 400 Blows (Les Quatre cents coups) 1959, Unrated)
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Pan's Labyrinth 2006, R)
In hindsight--the strongest film of 2006 (the one that has stayed with me the longest) |
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Los Olvidados (The Young and the Damned) 1950, Unrated)
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8 1/2 1963, Unrated)
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Notorious 1946, Unrated)
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Psycho 1960, R)
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Ikiru (Doomed) (Living) (To Live) 1952, PG)
Although Kurosawa is more known for his epic war panoramas, this poignant portrait has long been my favorite Kurosawa film. |
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Blue Velvet 1986, R)
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Sunset Boulevard 1950, Unrated)
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Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back 1967, Unrated)
THE standard when it comes to cinema direct--as intimate as you can get with the elusive Dylan. |
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Le Notti di Cabiria (Nights of Cabiria) 1957, Unrated)
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The Sweet Hereafter 1997, R)
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The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999, R)
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Tokyo Story , Unrated)
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Fa Yeung Nin Wa (In the Mood for Love) 2000, PG)
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Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road) 1955, Unrated)
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Amarcord 2009, R)
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Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai) 1954, Unrated)
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City Lights 1931, G)
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1980, PG)
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Day for Night 1973, PG)
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Happy Together (Chun gwong cha sit) 1997, Unrated)
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Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) 1964, G)
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Once Upon a Time in the West (C'era una volta il West) 1968, PG-13)
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Amadeus 1984, PG)
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House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) 2004, PG-13)
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Ladri di Biciclette (The Bicycle Thief) (Bicycle Thieves) 1948, Unrated)
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Into Great Silence 2005, Unrated)
Deeply meditative film that plunges us directly into monastic life. The natural lighting of the cinematography alone makes this a remarkable film. |
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Dawn of the Dead 1978, R)
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La Haine (Hate) 1995, R)
Shot in neo-realist style, among the strongest films to emerge from Cannes. |
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Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries) 1957, Unrated)
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Apocalypse Now 1979, R)
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The Godfather, Part II 1974, R)
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Lawrence of Arabia 1962, PG)
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Bonnie and Clyde 1967, R)
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2001: A Space Odyssey 1968, G)
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La Strada (The Road) 1954, PG)
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North by Northwest 1959, Unrated)
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The Killer (Dip huet seung hung) 1989, R)
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The Departed 2006, R)
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Fantasia 1940, G)
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Hotaru no haka (Grave of the Fireflies) 1988, Unrated)
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Citizen Kane 1941, PG)
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Brokeback Mountain 2005, R)
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003, PG-13)
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Bull Durham 1988, R)
Best baseball movie of all time! |
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Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) 1981, PG)
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The Best of Youth (La meglio gioventù) 2005, R)
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La Battaglia di Algeri (The Battle of Algiers) 1966, Unrated)
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Cidade de Deus (City of God) 2002, R)
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Sciuscià (Shoe Shine) (Shoe-Shine) 1947, Unrated)
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Chinatown 1974, R)
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948, Unrated)
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Freaks 1932, Unrated)
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The Third Man 1949, Unrated)
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The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc) 1928, Unrated)
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Blood Simple 1984, R)
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Nuit et Brouillard (Night and Fog) 1955, Unrated)
I'm not big on Holocaust films, but this is definitive. Resnais' short poetic documentary provokes like no other film on the subject--not to be missed! |
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No Direction Home: Bob Dylan 2005, G)
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I Am Cuba (Soy Cuba) 1964, Unrated)
Incredibly beautiful film making. Definitive docu-drama about Cuba 's early revolutionary period is well worth viewing for the cinematography alone--pure visual poetry. |
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No Country for Old Men 2007, R)
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Casablanca 1942, PG)
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Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan 1982, PG)
The ultimate Star Trek movie! Shatner even demonstrates bonafide acting ability (at least after director Meyer wears him outO. |
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Harold and Maude 1971, PG)
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GoodFellas 1990, R)
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Vertigo 1958, PG)
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Fargo 1996, R)
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Do the Right Thing 1989, R)
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Annie Hall 1977, PG)
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1974, PG)
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Kurosawa 2001, Unrated)
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