My Favorite Movies

Probably my favorite movie. Brilliantly comedic. The ultimate dude flick.

One of the greatest films I've ever seen. Impossibly strong in its simplicity. Eastwood is unbelievable.

Kaufman blends comedy and sadness in this reinvention of a familiar love story.

Impossibly sad and hilarious at the same time. The characters are all flawed but forgivable. Dense, both in dialog and visuals. Watch it over and over. Excellent movie.

I love how Tarantino films scenes of criminals as you've never seen them. Two henchmen arguing about a massage on their way to a job. A man taking out his bosses wife on a night out on the town. A boxer's conversation with a cab driver after refusing to take a fall.

Perhaps Allen's most endearing film (along with Everyone Says I Love You) as well as one of my personal favorites. The comedy all gets laughs and it deals with relationships in an honest way.

Perhaps Hitchcock's greatest masterpiece. Certainly among my favorites by him, though I may favor Rear Window the most. The section where Stewart dresses a woman like his lost love is still hard to watch, and the parallels between the controlling character played by Stewart and the dictating controlling director Hitchcock add depth to the film.

Probably my favorite Hitchcock film, though Vertigo certainly rivals it. Stewart is excellent and Grace Kelly is irresistible. I love how this movie comments on the voyeuristic nature of film.

Perhaps my favorite writer/director/star of all time (Allen) in one of his greatest films. He has always lived and breathed NYC and this is his most New York-ian film of all.

The best zombie movie ever made. Romero improves upon the excellent original, Night of the Living Dead. I love the section where you see all of the hicks with their hunting gear shooting zombies; makes me think of how people would deal with an outbreak in my home town. The mall location was brilliant, and well executed.

Great, twisted dark comedy... the best Coen Brothers movie, and that's saying a lot.

I'm not a sci fi fan, but if sci-fi movies were this thought provoking and original I would be. Brilliant melding of film noir with the sci-fi concepts and philosophical ideas. Excellent film.

I love the nihilism in this. Great opening (country farmhouse a shout out to the original Night of the Living Dead?), then it continues with the excellence throughout. This is what a zombie movie should be. A great thriller/horror that adds in topical and pointed social commentary on US militarism, globalization, and AIDs scare.

I love martial arts films, and this may be my favorite. Excellent fight scenes.

Scariest movie ever. Kubrick's the man.

Thoroughly hilarious. Perhaps Ferrell's best, and there is a very strong comedic cast with him.

Seeing this for the first time, years after my exposure to 'Citizen Kane' I was very plesantly surprised by one of the most strangely excellent film classics in the history of cinema. Welles virtuoso filmmaking on full display here, he makes the pulp grade film noir material rise above to an art form. I can see why people choose Kane as the Welles art showpiece, but I would bet that most critics would rather spend an evening with this film.

Hitchcock's thriller that is still fun and effective today because he stripped away the gloss that he had proven to use so well and made a more gritty film.

Comedy classic that's both interesting and very, very funny.

An endlessly endearing film. The performances are amazing and give the characters the personality and intrigue that drives the story.

Hilarious film noir-ish flick. Robert Downy Jr and Val Kilmer are both great.