My Favorite Movies

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1
Some Like It Hot (1959,  Unrated)
Some Like It Hot
This should be in its own category for a few reasons but the best being that no one can come close to Billy Wilder in the comdey category.
2
Unforgiven (1992,  R)
3
The Terminator (1984,  R)
The Terminator
"Technoir" - the name of the club Sarah Conner awaits her rescue. The perfect description for this relentless, dark, apocalyptic timetravel romance. One of my favorite Sci-Fi films of all time.

I was a huge fan of Mad Max which came out a few years before this did, so I have a thing for creative filmmakers with a good story but no money to run wild with. They have no time to waste on 20 minute Pod Races ! *rubs temples*. The story is tight and drives this engine full throttle from start to finish. I don't think there's spare second to "checkout" of the film from start to finish.

A great bad guy usually makes a film for me and Arnold was perfect and ONLY choice for the relentless killing machine he really does make the film. I also love how Cameron always delivers a woman who acknowledges her potential to be pretty hardcore.

Respectable female lead, excellent baddie, kick ass action, romance that isn't misplaced and doesn't make your eyes roll out of your head. For me its a perfect Sci-Fi action script where the passable special effects really are secondary to everything else.
I dare Mc G to have his CGI priviledges revoked and budgets cut to a quarter the size and try to come up with anything close to this.
4
The Godfather (1972,  R)
5
The Godfather, Part II (1974,  R)
The Godfather, Part II
Essential
6
The Godfather, Part III (1990,  R)
7
Apocalypse Now (1979,  R)
8
Saving Private Ryan (1998,  R)
9
Jaws (1975,  PG)
10
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) (1981,  PG)
11
Schindler's List (1993,  R)
12
The Color Purple (1985,  PG-13)
13
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977,  PG)
14
The Searchers (1956,  Unrated)
15
The Quiet Man (1952,  Unrated)
16
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962,  Unrated)
17
How the West Was Won (1963,  G)
18
Stagecoach (1939,  Unrated)
19
The Grapes of Wrath (1940,  Unrated)
20
How Green Was My Valley (1941,  Unrated)
21
Blade Runner (1982,  R)
22
The Departed (2006,  R)
23
A Clockwork Orange (1971,  R)
24
Full Metal Jacket (1987,  R)
25
The Shining (1980,  R)
The Shining
The best adaptation of a King novel and by the master himself.
26
Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964,  PG)
27
Psycho (1960,  R)
28
Rear Window (1954,  PG)
29
Dial M for Murder (1954,  PG)
30
Notorious (1946,  Unrated)
31
Ben-Hur (1959,  G)
32
Roman Holiday (1953,  Unrated)
33
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946,  Unrated)
34
Mrs. Miniver (1942,  Unrated)
35
The Little Foxes (1941,  Unrated)
36
Double Indemnity (1944,  Unrated)
37
Sunset Boulevard (Sunset Blvd.) (1950,  Unrated)
38
The Apartment (1960,  Unrated)
39
How To Marry A Millionaire (1953,  Unrated)
40
The Seven Year Itch (1955,  Unrated)
41
Irma La Douce (1963,  Unrated)
42
Sabrina (1954,  Unrated)
43
All About Eve (1950,  Unrated)
44
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980,  PG)
45
Paper Moon (1973,  PG)
46
Young Frankenstein (1974,  PG)
Young Frankenstein
This shares first place with Some Like it Hot as my favorite comedy.
Madeline Kahn is my hero.
47
The Exorcist (1973,  R)
48
Alien (1979,  R)
49
Random Harvest (1942,  Unrated)
50
Rocky (1976,  PG)
51
The Philadelphia Story (1940,  Unrated)
52
Gone With the Wind (1939,  G)
53
Pulp Fiction (1994,  R)
54
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cattivo.) (1966,  R)

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