My Favorite Movies
These are my favourite movies. They are all films that scored 71% to 99% in my score sheet. I am a very hard viewer to please, but I'm not afraid of showing what I like. Like having Citizen Kane below Snow White, or containing items like The Chronicles of Narnia and Cloverfield in the same list as Dogville or A Streetcar named Desire. My plan is to build this list up to a Top 200.
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The Hours (2002, PG-13)
Perfectly acted and scripted: A masterpiece in every sense. |
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Moulin Rouge! (2001, PG-13)
Dazzling and innovative! Spectacular! Spectacular! |
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Fanny and Alexander (1982, R)
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Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) (1988, R)
For every movie-lover in the world: A love story between a kid and cinema. A beautiful, tear-wrenching story with lovable characters and a fantastic screenplay. |
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Lost In Translation (2003, R)
Beautiful and heatbreaking |
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Brokeback Mountain (2005, R)
It is not just a gay film, it is one of the most beautiful love stories ever filmed. |
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Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004, R)
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Dancer in the Dark (2000, R)
Watching a Lars von Trier film is like having someone rip your chest open, pull your heart out, squish it until it forms a chord and then strangle you with it. |
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Million Dollar Baby (2004, PG-13)
From its perfectly crafted beginning, to its greatly scripted middle to its heartbreaking finale: Million Dollar Baby is one of the milestones of cinema of the new millenium. |
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Sideways (2004, R)
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Happiness (1998, Unrated)
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975, R)
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Match Point (2005, R)
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Annie Hall (1977, PG)
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Billy Elliot (2000, R)
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Being John Malkovich (1999, R)
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American Beauty (1999, R)
Say what you want. This is one of the best American films of all time. I didn't want to blink for fear of losing a second of the amazing performances and beautiful cinematography. The simplicity and genius of Alan Ball's screenplay will forever be remembered. |
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Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (2006, R)
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Gone With the Wind (1939, G)
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Casablanca (1942, Unrated)
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Across the Universe (2007, PG-13)
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The Silence of the Lambs (1991, R)
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Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia) (1971, PG)
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Titanic (1997, PG-13)
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Romeo and Juliet (1968, PG)
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001, R)
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Equus (1977, R)
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West Side Story (1961, Unrated)
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Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005, R)
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Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi) (2001, PG)
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Election (1999, R)
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Festen (The Celebration) (1998, R)
This gut-wrenching Dogme film has very well developed characters and an A+ direction. It is very strong and it doesn't weaken while the story happens. |
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The Royal Tenenbaums (2001, R)
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Little Miss Sunshine (2006, R)
The real best picture of 2006. With great portrayals of well-written characters, this hilarious road movie taught everyone a thing or two about independent American cinema and how lack of money doesn't translate into lack of originality and success. |
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The Pianist (2002, R)
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Rear Window (1954, PG)
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Vera Drake (2004, R)
Imelda Staunton's haunting performance and Mike Leigh's fantastic direction create a beautiful and powerful film where you are not forced to believe an idea but allowed to think by yourself: something quite strange in modern cinema. |
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Beauty and the Beast (1991, G)
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937, G)
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Bowling for Columbine (2002, R)
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Shakespeare in Love (1998, R)
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All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) (1999, R)
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Life Is Beautiful (La Vita è bella) (1998, PG-13)
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Capote (2005, R)
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Central Station (1998, R)
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Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog) (1929, Unrated)
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The Sixth Sense (1999, PG-13)
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The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985, PG)
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The Darjeeling Limited (2007, R)
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Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996, R)
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Finding Neverland (2004, PG)
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Dogville (2003, R)
Watching a Lars von Trier film is like having someone rip your chest open, pull your heart out, squish it until it forms a chord and then strangle you with it. |
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