My Favorite Movies


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1
10 Things I Hate About You 1999,  PG-13)
10 Things I Hate About You
The first time I saw this movie I never ever forgot about it. Never forgot the love I had for Patrick Verona ie. Heath Ledger. It took me years to find the movie, and I still love it the second time, and the subsequent times after that. Man I just love this movie to death.

Formula is just right. It is a teen comedy that's pretty predictable but it is by far the most intelligent one (the main characters that carry the movie, the supporting ones are still pretty shallow), but I absolutely love the dialogue, the wit and the sarcasm was just the way I like it.

then you have Heath Ledger singing.
always ALWAYS makes the fangirl in me giggle hysterically.
2
Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) 2001,  R)
Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
Such a simple story of a girl finding love. Audrey Tautou is absolutely charming as Amelie. I just love this French film, I'm sure anyone else will! But you need patience in redaing thru the subs, not unless you speak french.
3
The Gods Must Be Crazy 1981,  PG)
The Gods Must Be Crazy
think people think!
4
Braveheart 1995,  R)
Braveheart
I'm no Mel Gibson fan, but i sure LOVED this movie... hehe, i like the whole accent.. one of the very few war movies i ever liked..
5
Robin Hood: Men in Tights 1993,  PG-13)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
i love this movie, hilarious
6
Oldboy 2004,  R)
Oldboy
I lost all feeling in my arms when I watched this. Funny enough, I watched this with a friend on Valentines Day, it is about love of family after all. haha.

Superb direction. It was absolutely sick and twisted, which makes it so damn good.
7
What's Eating Gilbert Grape 1993,  PG-13)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Johnny and little Leo in one movie. lol. Simple film, but I love the story. DiCaprio deserved that Oscar nomination... he could've won too.
8
The Passion of the Christ 2004,  R)
The Passion of the Christ
Oh My Jesus. those brown eyes..
9
The World According to Garp 1982,  R)
The World According to Garp
weird. but i liked it.
10
Win A Date With Tad Hamilton! 2004,  PG-13)
Win A Date With Tad Hamilton!
aaah!!! TOPHER GRACE!!
11
Thoroughly Modern Millie 1967,  G)
Thoroughly Modern Millie
one of those old movies i quite like
12
Pulp Fiction 1994,  R)
13
The Notebook 2004,  PG-13)
The Notebook
Rachel Mcadams and Ryan Gosling were excellent! I hope they date. Great read too. Nicholas Sparks. woohoo!
14
Dirty Dancing 1987,  PG-13)
Dirty Dancing
great dance scene.. (I REALLY like the song.. hehe) okaay storyline... lol... can't believe they "hate" each other in real life.
15
Forrest Gump 1994,  PG-13)
Forrest Gump
thought-provoking movie, ang galing mag tabletennis ni Tom Hanks.. lol
16
V for Vendetta 2006,  R)
V for Vendetta
awesome awesome movie. natalie portman was terrific, she was beautiful even when she was bald for crying out loud!! best comic adaptation ever. and, *sigh* hugo weaving's voice. dang.
17
Little Miss Sunshine 2006,  R)
Little Miss Sunshine
I'd say this movie was a little overrated, but I did enjoy it. It was a family movie, just not for kids. XD

I enjoyed all of the major casts' performances but I have to explicitly say that I really really liked the character connection of Paul Dano and Steve Carell.

What's weird was I found the other Little Miss Sunshine contestants (you know, the ones that looked like mini-me(s) of hollywood plastic surgery patients) more disturbing than Olive's striptease. XD
18
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005,  PG-13)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Best HP movie yet. i love the twins.
19
Ocean's Eleven 2001,  PG-13)
Ocean's Eleven
dang. how they do that?! lol.
20
The Breakfast Club 1985,  R)
The Breakfast Club
Simple movie really. but it's so true, discussing issue of the pressures of being a teenager. I love Judd Nelson here...
21
Titanic (in 3D) 2012,  PG-13)
Titanic (in 3D)
great story, great movie.

It's a shame that this movie is quite overrated. that goes for the song too.
22
Apocalypto 2006,  R)
Apocalypto
love it.

decent review later.
23
Schindler's List 1993,  R)
Schindler's List
masterpiece!
24
Moulin Rouge! 2001,  PG-13)
Moulin Rouge!
Spectacular Spectacular!
25
Battle Royale 3D 2001,  Unrated)
Battle Royale 3D
Just the idea of it. wow. Makes me think who would I kill first in my class.
26
Life Is Beautiful (La Vita è bella) 1997,  PG-13)
Life Is Beautiful (La Vita è bella)
Anyone who didn't feel anything by the end of this movie is totally heartless!

yes, this should've won the oscar for best picture!
27
The King and the Clown 2005,  Unrated)
The King and the Clown
pretty pretty lee jun ki!
28
Shaolin Soccer 2001,  PG-13)
29
Bridget Jones's Diary 2001,  R)
Bridget Jones's Diary
The BEST, most REALISTIC fight scene ever!! you just gotta love colin firth...
30
The Beach 2000,  R)
The Beach
Danny Boyle... I'm starting to like him.
31
Final Destination 2000,  R)
32
Beetlejuice 1988,  PG)
Beetlejuice
my favorite scene has got to be the dinner scene. hahahaha
33
The Naked Gun - From the Files of Police Squad! 1988,  PG-13)
34
Death Becomes Her 1992,  PG-13)
Death Becomes Her
catfights between meryl streep and goldie hawn, where can you wrong? lol.
35
Romeo + Juliet 1996,  PG-13)
Romeo + Juliet
although sometimes, i have to rewind some parts to catch the lines..
36
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 1994,  R)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
best frankenstein movie i've ever seen.
37
The Good Son 1993,  R)
The Good Son
Macaulay Culkin was dead, scary, and dead scary.
38
Kung Fu Hustle 2004,  R)
39
The Devil's Advocate 1997,  R)
The Devil's Advocate
awesome movie, love al pacino! I hated him so much! (if you get what i mean..)
40
Kamikaze Girls 2004,  Unrated)
Kamikaze Girls
It wasn't what I expected, actually, it was better. Made me laugh.

Visuals were great, pretty vibrant colors. (This is actually the first video I uploaded in my Ipod nano 3G, just to test it out, and despite the small screen, I really thought the cinematography was excellent.)

The story is quite simple enough. But the characters were almost polar opposites, yet it wasn't weird seeing them becoming friends.
41
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (Saibogujiman kwenchana) 2008,  Unrated)
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (Saibogujiman kwenchana)
from the title, to the poster, you can tell right off the bat that this is not your normal movie. and when you start watching it, it just pretty much shouts WEIRD.

and I expected it to make sense as the movie progresses and though it did (somehow) it wasn't the in a way that I expected.

But of course this movie is bound to be that way. It's directed by Park Chan-Wook. duh.

Very interesting film, about a love story blossoming in a mental asylum. Beautiful visuals. And for a first time big screen actor, Rain was great. I'd recommend this movie, but it's certainly not everyone's cup of tea.
42
Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961,  PG)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
great movie! if you watch it in context
43
Being John Malkovich 1999,  R)
44
Yeopgijeogin geunyeo (My Sassy Girl) 2001,  Unrated)
Yeopgijeogin geunyeo (My Sassy Girl)
fun
45
Mad About Mambo 1998,  PG-13)
46
Kung Pow! Enter the Fist 2002,  PG-13)
Kung Pow! Enter the Fist
wahahahahaahahaha
47
Little Shop of Horrors 1986,  PG-13)
48
Intolerable Cruelty 2003,  PG-13)
Intolerable Cruelty
clever and witty movie. Clooney and Zeta Jones looked good together! lol.
49
Say Anything... 1989,  PG-13)
Say Anything...
I saw this movie once, a few years back... i never forgot, and i'm not really sure why..
50
Frequency 2000,  PG-13)
Frequency
good plot, and I would like to watch it again.
51
Shallow Hal 2001,  PG-13)
52
The Little Rascals 1994,  PG)
The Little Rascals
haha. I would like to watch it again...
53
Notting Hill 1999,  PG-13)
54
Coneheads 1993,  PG)
Coneheads
hehe..
55
Sleepy Hollow 1999,  R)
56
Edward Scissorhands 1990,  PG-13)
57
Sabrina 1995,  PG)
Sabrina
hehe.. mind the vanity..
58
The Truman Show 1998,  PG)
The Truman Show
great movie.. jim carrey is still on with his slapstick antics, but it was great nonetheless..
59
Teaching Mrs. Tingle 1999,  PG-13)
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
It's has been years since i watched this movie, but i remember that i liked it.
60
Pavilion of Women 2001,  R)
Pavilion of Women
Great movie, but he's a priest!!
61
The Secret Garden 1993,  PG)
The Secret Garden
like the book..
62
Kate & Leopold 2001,  PG-13)
Kate & Leopold
waaaah, love you hugh jackman!!
63
Dead Again 1991,  R)
Dead Again
the then couple was soo sweet.. sayang.
64
The Blue Lagoon 1980,  R)
The Blue Lagoon
i really like this movie... even if some people think it's dumb.
65
Kill Bill: Volume 1 2003,  R)
66
Chinjeolhan geumjassi (Lady Vengeance) (Sympathy for Lady Vengeance) 2005,  R)
Chinjeolhan geumjassi (Lady Vengeance) (Sympathy for Lady Vengeance)
Other people have commented that they liked this park chan wook film than oldboy. Although they are both still about revenge (seeing that these are part of the vengeance trilogy), Park said it himself that the films show different facets of vengeance.

I personally prefer Oldboy over this. Not that it was a bad movie. I still love the direction and cinematography of this film. I was a little dissappointed by the end of the film, possibly because I watched it with certain expectations. But I take it to be my fault, not the movie's.

Still recommend it.
67
Fight Club 1999,  R)
Fight Club
It's not like what I have to say about this movie hasn't been said a million times before. And I'm not about to break the first rule either. :p

*and if I had my own Tyler Durden, i would love it to be Natalie Portman.
68
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring 2003,  R)
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
beautiful in every sense of the word. I'm always amazed at how director Kim Ki Duk can say so much with so little dialogue (as with the case of his other movie 3-Iron/Empty Houses.)

It is my biggest regret that I put off watching this for soooo long, because I thought this was one of those asian movies that are, although beautiful (in cinematography), also bit boring because of it's slow pace. I thought wrong.

The reason this didn't get all five stars is because I only liked but didn't love the scenes of the remaining two seasons. It works because it shows a cycle, but other than that fact, I didn't see anything else. Also, I would've preferred if they still used the same actor for the teen and the grown man, (or at least a pair who resembles each other more).

You also see what happens when you put an adolescent girl in the proximity of an adolescent boy who lives in the middle of nowhere and hasn't really seen anybody else but his shifu. (you know, with all those hormones...) But that's really not the point of the movie though. :P
69
Le Silence de Lorna (The Silence of Lorna) (Lorna's Silence) 2008,  R)
Le Silence de Lorna (The Silence of Lorna) (Lorna's Silence)
Recommended by Edwin
70
Spirited Away 2001,  PG)
Spirited Away
I must say, it took me a while to watch this, because I'm not really a fan of anime. I much prefer live-action. But once you get hooked there's no stopping, no matter how droppy my eyes were.

A movie for children, not in a way that it's all cutesy childish; no, the movie is for the open-minded, or the ones with a big imagination. You don't get any explanation for all the things that happen. You just accept that these things exists in a whole different fantasy world.

Trust, bravery, friendship, love, hardwork and determination, and a whole bunch more values are taken up in this movie, but despite that, it never got preachy, (except maybe for the love part, but I can forgive that. :p)

Think along the lines of Bridge to Terabithia, Pan's Labyrinth. If you liked those, then I recommend this one for you. :)

*I wish to watch this with original japanese audio though. I only have the english dub.
71
Khaw hai rak jong jaroen (Me... Myself) 2007,  Unrated)
Khaw hai rak jong jaroen (Me... Myself)
A girl almost run over a guy who now has amnesia because of it. With no contact info on him, the girl is forced to take care of him herself until he gets his memory back.

During the course of their living together, they fall in love. But their feelings are questioned when he starts to remember who he really is.

I'm sorry, I write crappy summaries, but I think this is a MUST WATCH!

I'm not sure what constitutes as a spoiler for this movie, but even if you knew the twist, it doesn't take much away from watching this film. Heck, you can even figure it out by looking closely at the poster. Still, I'm not gonna spoil it for you.
72
Inception 2010,  PG-13)
Inception
Too many good reviews may make this movie "overrated", you go watch it for yourself.

As for me, I love it!

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