Holiday Wish List

Complex love story done by Hitchcock that's just absolutely stunning. Made even better by a 2nd viewing, a sign of a masterpiece.

The best animated film of all time, there is very few things wrong with this film and I just can't stop appreciating the benchmarks it set for the rest of the world to follow in.

Joel and Ethan Coen are the masters of ambiguous and "non-pleasing endings to the mass audience". I could tell you some stories.

Slap-stick comedy at it's best. Groucho Marx is amazing.

I really dug the Chaplin-esque style of humor Woody Allen performed here as it has a uniqueness from the rest of his movies. The sci-fi aspect was also well handled and a great spoof on all the movies depicting the future, especially the joke about Hal in 2001. And the Marxist regime; well that was just drop dead funny.

My favorite period piece set before the 20th century. Everything about this movie is brilliant in every shape and form, and yes, that includes the story which is fantastic as well. Kubrick never disappoints.

Some of the best on-screen deaths ever filmed on camera. From a technical stand point, easily Carpenter's best film, full of creepy ambiance that still has the same impact as it did 25 years. So I guess to sum it up all in one word: Brilliant.

Gilliam's best work to date, creating an often hilarious, but at the same time surprising surreal world. An instant classic.