My Favorite Movies
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Stand by Me 1986, R)
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Ghostbusters 1984, PG)
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Duck Soup 1933, Unrated)
My favorite of the Marx's movies. It flopped when it came out (enough to make Paramount ship them off to MGM), but now it's considered an anti-war classic. |
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Donnie Darko 2001, R)
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GoodFellas 1990, R)
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Empire of the Sun 1987, PG)
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1980, PG)
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Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) 1981, PG)
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Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation 2004, Unrated)
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Vertigo 1958, PG)
My favorite Hitchcock movie. Dark and twisted and Jimmy Stewart plays a TRULY ambiguous character. It's hard to call him a good guy, really. |
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1974, PG)
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About a Boy 2002, PG-13)
Great movie about a man who is forced to grow up when a 13 year old boy starts coming over to his house to escape his weird, hippy mom. (No, no abuse going on. She's just a vegetarian and makes him wear homemade clothes.) |
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Braveheart 1995, R)
My favorite medieval movie that doesn't involve Monty Python. I felt every hit to a skull and blow to William Wallace's life. |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001, PG-13)
Everything about this trilogy is great. Peter Jackson is a genius. He took a really difficult book and made it into three amazing films that may very well have replaces another trilogy as my favorite ever. |
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Batman Begins 2005, PG-13)
The best of the Batman movies. It takes a much more realistic approach than the previous movies did. (And Batman creator Bob Kane would probably appreciate that.) Brilliant on all levels, really. |
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Office Space 1999, R)
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Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind 2004, R)
One of the best "mind fuck" movies out there. Funny, surreal, heartbreaking...all of it often at the same time. Just brilliant all the way around. |
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Garden State 2004, R)
To me, this is a movie that will eventually be considered the movie that defines my generation. I love this fucking movie. And Natalie Portman, who is always beautiful, is cuter than ever here. |
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Saving Private Ryan 1998, R)
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28 Days Later 2002, R)
Ok. It's NOT a zombie movie. They "infected." But who cares? It's a great movie with zombie-like qualities. Lots of gore, action and coolness. And there is some social commentary going on, too, which makes it all the better. |
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A Clockwork Orange 1971, R)
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Almost Famous 2000, R)
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Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) 2001, R)
One of the best romantic comedies of all time...and it's French. Who knew?! Audrey Tautou is amazing as the slightly meddling title character. She made me fall in love with her. |
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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997, PG-13)
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Back to the Future 1985, PG)
Best time travel trilogy ever? Most likely. The story of Marty McFly and Doc Brown is ingrained in my brain almost as much as the Beatles' discography. |
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Suspiria 1977, R)
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Beetlejuice 1988, PG)
One of the funniest semi-horror flicks ever. Pretty safe for the kiddos, too, so that's good. Nothing wrong with it at all. |
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Big Fish 2004, PG-13)
One of my favorite Tim Burton movies. Big father issues that strike a chord. Loved it. And no Johnny Depp. Weird. |
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Blazing Saddles 1974, R)
One of the movies that killed the western...but it's awesome. Mel Brooks did better before (The Producers and Young Frankenstein), but he would never do better after. |
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Young Frankenstein 1974, PG)
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The Producers 1968, PG)
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Blade Runner 1982, R)
Harrison may hate this one, but it's one of his best that had nothing to do with George Lucas. Dark sci-fi/noir that influenced just about every sci-fi movie made since. |
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Samurai X - Trust & Betrayal (Rurôni Kenshin: Meiji kenkaku roman tan: Tsuioku hen) 1999, Unrated)
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Six-String Samurai 1998, PG-13)
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Castle in the Sky 1989, PG)
My favorite Miyazaki movie. It's a story of a boy, a girl, a floating city and some kick-ass robots. See it now and love it forever. |
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Kaubôi Bibappu: Tengoku no Tobira (Cowboy Bebop the Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's Door) 2001, R)
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Goldfinger 1964, PG)
Often considered the best Bond movie. It is great. Definitely a good one to start with. |
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Casino Royale 2006, PG-13)
Daniel Craig is right up there with Sean Connery as the best Bonds. In fact....it's hard for me to decide! |
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Annie Hall 1977, PG)
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Manhattan 1979, R)
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Love and Death 1975, PG)
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Sleeper 1973, PG)
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Mean Streets 1973, R)
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Raging Bull 1980, R)
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