My Favorite Movies

My favorite film of all time.

A grotesque masterpiece of humor, horror, romance, and politics.

I am in love with the world of this film.

A film so dry and so beautiful at the same time with such meaning and heart could never be done justice in one sentence.

Another film that I grew up watching. This film has always spoken to me and has meant a lot to me. It's a must-see.

Kenneth Anger's Scorpio Rising is a brilliant depiction of youth and culture that manages to not exploit and to show how amazing and beautiful it is to be young.

One of the best tragedies of all time.

No other film speaks to me more about my youth than this one.

Best action movie ever.

Brilliant combination of film-noir and science fiction.

One of the darkest, and funniest, comedies ever made.

The deconstruction of the human body, soul, and mind has never been so horrifying.

A film so full of ideas, images, and life.

One of those films that does everything right. It's ambitious and deeply disturbing, but manages to be so much more than you ever expect it to be.

The world of this film never leaves my thoughts when I think of Science fiction.

This film affected me in a deeper way than I thought it would. The abuse of the little boy in the first half of the film deeply disturbed me, but the second half of the film manages to be equally shattering. A must-see.

Somehow it manages to be a political thriller, a film-noir, and a gay themed prison film and succeeds in every way.

A masterpiece of suspense. Alfred Hitchcock's greatest film.

Martin is a monster, but he is so beautiful and sympathetic and strong. Whether or not he is a vampire, to me, is irrelevant. I just wish all films about serial killers could depict then in such a honest and humane light as this one does, even though he might just be a vampire. The fact is, he is just an average man who just wants what everyone else wants. To see him be normal and then see him at once turn into a cannibalistic beat is terrifying and captivating.

Just see it. It's insane.

One of the scariest and most depressing and bleak films ever made. The fact that it takes place during such a happy time of year only makes it all the more grotesque. Canada can make great horror films.

Deeply depressing, but incredibly glorious, horrific, and touching. I have always loved The Man Who Fell to Earth.

A true tragedy, to be sure, but one that always manages to get me in a tremendously deep way.

Jeremy Irons is one of the scariest people ever, and I have this film to blame for this opinion. This is a deeply twisted, haunting, and gripping masterpiece of macabre horror and suspense and stark reality.

The original was a masterpiece of horror, but somehow this film manages to be even more enchanting in even more ways than the original was. This is perhaps my all time favorite retelling of Dracula! This film has everything and it manages to just be scary as hell in a way that isn't obvious. It really is one of the best horror films ever made.

El Topo has everything I could ever want in a film.

People who haven't seen this film can't technically be called "cool".

Such a beautiful film in so many ways. I'm not sure why, but I can strangely relate to this film for some reason. I love this film. I watched it tons of times and rented it tons of times way back in the day. Definitely a masterpiece.

The best animated film of all time.

This film scared me and shocked me on a level much more personal to me than any other horror film.

Werner Herzog has returned and has now directed one of the greatest films of all time. INVINCIBLE is one of the most beautiful and uplifting films I have ever seen in my entire life. It's like a celebration of what made all of his previous films so glorious. It's a celebration of life, love, youth, the human body, the human mind, dreams, and pride. The film's ending is heartbreaking, moving, uplifting, and deeply disturbing all at the same time. The performances of Tim Roth and Jouko Ahola are absolutely perfect. Tim Roth is captivating and creepy, yet understandably so and simply so, Jouko Ahola seems so uncomplicated, uncorrupted, and good natured that his presence feels so completely pure and loving in every frame that he is in. The film's pacing is slow, but not slow enough to bore. The film gradually dissects itself as it goes along and the best part about it is that it is so utterly unpredictable and so accessible in so many ways. I care not for what critics and audiences have to say. INVINCIBLE is one of the greatest films ever made and it is just as good as Werner Herzog's previous masterpieces.

Kurosawa's second best film!

Deeply deeply disturbing in it's depiction of human corruption and horror. This film chilled me to the bone and I think about it everyday.

My second favorite Charlie Chaplin film!

It's difficult to explain my love for this film, but it's visuals are exquisite, the story is full of nostalgia, the little boy is beautiful, and the film itself deserves to be a classic.

Flawless

My boyfriend's favorite film. It really is brilliant. Very twisted but very fantastic.

One of the greatest animated films of all time!

Hilarious and extremely dark film. The film just gets crazier and more grotesque, but it always stays interesting, entertaining, and fun to watch. The ending raises many philosophical questions and makes you think. In addition to all this, the film made me develop more of an interest in the art of being a puppeteer.

A real horror classic! I loved this film! It's scarier and better than the original!

The ultimate feel-good movie! A fantasy classic!

So cool that I can't even believe it!

This film is extremely effective in showing us where cruelty toward another human being can get us. It's extreme, it's shocking, and it's brilliant.

The best Japanese animated film of all time.

Best film of 2008, and one of the best on-screen performances of all time. There is not a single moment of this film that doesn't strike me as not genuine and not authentic.

One of the most decadent and unforgettable masterpieces of cinema.

This film changed my life. It means everything to me in some ways. I feel like parts of it are about me. I can't wait to see it again.

Such a simultaneously tragic and heartwarming piece of filmmaking.

The third best Kurosawa film.

One of the most harrowing films I've ever seen. The aspect of drug addiction is depicted so realistically here, but the relationship between the two main characters is also one of the most realistic depictions of love and relationships that I think most people will ever come across. One of Al Pacino's finest performances.

Marlon Brando's best performance and his best film by far. Pretty thrilling to watch.

One of the greatest coming-of-age films of all time.

Barbara Stanwyck's character is so interesting and so unique and the film itself is so masterful in it's development. I love this film so much.

One of the funniest pieces of surrealism I could ever imagine!

A truly masterful production. My favorite parts of the film hardly ever get talked about.

A masterpiece in modern filmmaking. I loved it.

This was a true animated masterpiece.

Moving and heartwrenching in such a simple way. Just see it!

A masterpiece of a motion picture. Jimmy Stewart is simply astounding.

F.W. Murnau's greatest film, by far.

This film made me cry. There was no sound, just imagery of a baby being born to the parents of Stan Brakhage and his wife. The love and emotion that you can see in their faces and in the frames is just simply astonishing. It's one of the most amazing portraits of human life and human emotion I've seen.

One of the most rewarding films I've ever seen.

By far the greatest thing that Orson Welles has ever done.

By far one of the most extreme films I've seen, but it's so brilliantly pulled off that it's impossible to not admire it.

One of the greatest silent films of all time. It's a flawless masterpiece.

Simply irreversible and deeply moving.

A visual and aural feast of the imagination and a true celebration of the magic of animation.

My favorite Robert Bresson film! Very very minimalist and very simplistic, but so beautiful and haunting in every way!

Another of my favorite Fellini films. Definitely one of his most offbeat.

A truly suspenseful science fiction film, and one that I found quietly and simply unnerving.

Strangely true to life in it's pacing. It's really extraordinary

One of the best French horror films that you will EVER come across.

A seriously demented piece of filmmaking. It's like a deranged combination of BLAST FROM THE PAST, GUMMO, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, and EL TOPO. Sometimes I wonder if people who make these kinds of films should be jailed. I cannot deny it, however. I adore everything about this film.

Scariest puppet film ever.

Watching this film provided me with so much nostalgia and love for life. I felt like I grew up alongside these boys. Watching them achieve their goals was nothing short of awe-inspiring.

Gritty, twisted, heart wrenching, and truly unforgettable.

Incredibly insightful and inspirational work of art. This film really represents everything that is wrong with science fiction films today. Thank goodness that we have people, such as the makers of FANTASTIC PLANET, that will always be able to leave us spellbound by their work. This film is simply a pure work of art that should be required viewing by everyone on the face of the earth.

Such a chilling masterpiece. It holds up so strongly even today and the whole atmosphere of it seems all too common and realistic.

A masterpiece of suspense, surrealism, and childhood adventure. If Dario Argento directed Night of the Hunter, it would probably be kind of like this.

Perhaps one of the most original and daring films I've seen. It's a love-it or hate-it film for sure. Either you get into the soap opera plot or you don't. For me, it worked beautifully and I think this is Von Trier's best film for sure.

One of the most unsettling films you will ever see! I guarantee it!

A film so alive and so beautiful and magical that it deserves to be cherished and loved for years to come.

Brilliantly minimalist.

A perfect balance of humor and seriousness. A beautiful film.

I can't even understand how this film was even possible to be made. The whole idea just seems so ambitious in such an extreme way. Sometimes there are just some films that are impossible to wrap your head around and this is one. Regardless of all that, however, this film was just a masterpiece and I will never see anything like it!

One of Werner Herzog's most disturbing films, and also one of his craziest and most insane and greatest! It's very documentary-like and it challenges the viewer in a very unique way. Just see it. You won't regret it.

It's like watching the Psycho shower scene on repeat! So extreme and horrifying and messy, but so brilliant.

Oh Bruno Stroszek what a life you have! It really made me feel so terrible about life in general. It's such a sad film, and yet it has an uncommon sense of simplicity that makes it all the more affecting and hard-hitting. The ending is perhaps one of the greatest endings to a film I have ever seen. It's so triumphant in such a bizarre way. Just see this film! You won't see anything else like it! You might not like it when it ends, but the more you think about it the more it WILL grow on you!

THIS film is impossible to forget. It's one of the goriest films I have ever seen, and one of the most horrifying. If you want to see a truly deeply sick, fucked up, shocking, gorefest of a horror film, this is the one to see! Also it's only 80 minutes long, so it's short, sweet, and to the point. It'll make you scream, it'll make you cry, and it will make you cringe.

My favorite rock and roll documentary of all time. The imagery in this will forever haunt me. Deeply disturbing and brilliantly realized!