My Favorite Movies

The best movie ever. Changed how Hollywood operated and changed how we look at movies. The only thing to ever come close to its power and scope was The Empire Strikes Back.

Sets the bar for cool. I love this movie's dialogue so much that I will just play the movie and just listen to the movie without really watching. Only outdone by Pulp Fiction.

Mythic and poignant in its own right, this is no sequel, but a simple continuation to the original. Of course, all the Star Wars movies are like that. ESB's strength is its acting and story line. Luke's training with Yoda may be one of the most powerful movie moments ever. Luke slowly begins to realize that the fate of everything lies on his shoulders and he is woefully under-prepared. Charming, but also dark enough to be enjoyable for anyone.

The Coen Brothers' are masters at developing characters and Jeff Bridges' work as The Dude may be their best. I guess I related to this character more than I have any other movie character out there. I love bowling, white russians and once got into a fight with three Germans. I also dated a woman who became a porn star and have an ex-girlfriend named Maude who's an artist. I'm also a bit lazy at times. This is a fun, trippy and totally absurd movie, but damn I love it. It never gets old.

In my opinion, Paul Newman's best movie and one of the best stories ever. Not really a movie, but a commentary on man's relationship with his God and how we choose to keep living and fighting even though we know we're all doomed to die eventually. Great acting, especially from George Kennedy, who won an Oscar for his role. It's highly emotional and highly entertaining.

How thrillers should be made. No need for high-tech gadgetry or CGI. Just a good story, good writing and good execution on film.

The most original idea for a movie of the 1990s. The philosophic and existentialist dialogue, mind-blowing special effects and cool action made this a classic for all time.

The essential western. Some people don't like the English dubbing because it was shot entirely in Italy (hence the mantra of Spaghetti Western), but still a very enjoyable movie and one of the all-time greats.

Though it glamorized something that wasn't all that glamorous (i.e. The Mafia) this is still one of the greatest movies ever made and hands down the greatest gangster movie franchise ever. An incredible cast, story and directing job. Superbly powerful.

An iconic movie. John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara were fantastic in this. Great cinematography and a delightful story.

In my opinion, Kubrick's best work and that's counting 2001: A Space Odyssey. Malcolm McDowell was superb and in the same zone he occupied in Caligula -- dark, utterly corrupt and fun to watch. The story was relevant and the execution was precise and exceptionally well done. Kubrick weilded the camera like Rembrandt did an oil painting. His trademark camera angles and use of bright colors was delightful. It's just shocking enough to get your attention, just edgy enough to make it different from anything else out there and just violent enough to make it cool as hell. Worth multiple viewings.

Along with Rear Window, Hitchcock's best films. Like so many of his movies the stories and intensity were way ahead of their time. My favorite Jimmy Stewart role.

One of the 10 greatest movies ever. Maybe the best originial screenplay ever written. The strength of this movie is its dialogue, each character interaction is it's own mini-film and each character's relationship is artfully portrayed. A great soundtrack and phenomenal cast to boot.

Maybe Hitchcock's best movie and possibly Jimmy Stewart's best role. The first movie that delved into voyeurism as chic.

One of the 20 greatest movies of all time and maybe the greatest epic ever filmed. Sweeping, powerful and magnificently done. The movie that also made Peter O'Toole one of history's greatest actors. His talent may only be rivaled by the late, great Laurence Olivier.

Maybe Jack's best role. Certainly his best overall movie and definitely one of the most enjoyable flicks ever.

One of my all-time favorites an one of the 25 best movies ever made. In my opinion was Newman's best role. Jackie Gleason won the Supporting Actor Oscar for his turn as Minnesota Fats, even though he maybe had 10-12 lines of dialogue through the whole movie. Just shows you how powerful an actor he was.

Mind bending, disturbing, unsettling and downright intelligent.

Mind-trippingly strange and delightful at the same time. Made legendary by Francis Ford Coppola's supposed nervous breakdown during filming.

Along side Crash and Mystic River, one of the strongest American movies to come out in the last 10 years.

Scorcese's masterpiece. One of the 50 greatest movies and maybe the bets mob movie ever. Great dialogue, acting and screenplay.

Pure cinematic opera. One of the best 50 American movies of all time and one of the strongest American films over the last 15 years with Crash, Mystic River, American Beauty and Shawshank Redemption. Superb acting, writing and direction. A once in a lifetime cast. De Niro and Pacino's cafe conversation and the massive gun battle at the end make this movie powerful and fun to watch.

Maybe the single greatest movie cast ever. Though not directed by Tarentino, he did write the screenplay, which is fresh and solid. Great acting by Slater and Oldman and one of the best dialogue exchanges ever between Hopper and Walken.

A fantastic unconventional western. Just a free-for-all in mindless violence in the same vein as a Martin Scorcese film, though this is a western Sam Peckinpah turns up the blood in this baby. No good guys vs. bad guys. One of the best and most violent movie climaxes ever filmed.

One of the 10 greatest movies ever. Brando's signature film and an inconic movie quote ""I coulda been a contenda!"

Maybe the single most shocking ending of any movie ever made. "What's in the box?" says it all.

A Hollywood icon. Sean Connery's first Bond movie is the most enjoyable and is the sexiest one of the seven 007 films he did. Ursula Andress' emergence from the ocean is the all-time best Bond girl moment.

In what might seem cheesy to some, comes across as raw, edgy and profoundly strong to others. "Warriors, come out to plaaaaaayyeeeeee!!!!""""

The story and dialogue were good, but the filmmaking and cinematography fell short somehow.

One of the few movies I can stomach with Tommy boy. A fantastic cast regardless.

The movie was fantastic until they got out of boot camp. For some reason it when to hell after that.

A fun homage to Kung Fu movies. Uma Thurman's Beatrix Kiddo is done so well you actually find yourself rooting for a cold-hearted killer.

Though not the bloodbath of Volume I, this one was a very good movie in its own right.

The best of the prequel trilogy and the third-best in the entire saga. Lucas does a spectacular job of transforming Anakin into Darth Vader. It evoked senses of disgust and sorrow for the characters. I really felt heartbreak for them. Ian McDiarmid's Emperor Palpatine was absolutely fantastic. Hayden Christiansen turned in a good role as the fallen Anakin. MUCH better than his Episode II performance. Movies where the bad guys triumph are always hard to swallow, but it was necessary in this instance to set up Episode IV. Made A New Hope a much more enjoyable film.

I must admit the Ewoks killed my Star Wars buzz a little, but I still loved this movie. A great way to end the saga. Luke's final battle with Vader and the Emperor is worth multiple viewings. Luke redeeming Anakin Skywalker was very powerful.

Though I thought its Best Picture Oscar win was more for the trilogy as a whole than for this movie in particular, it's still very good. Frodo's final fight with the ring and Gollum is a classic scene.

One of the top 10 westerns ever and one of the greatest casts of actors ever assembled. A veritible All-Star game of talent.

The single greatest Kung Fu movie ever made. So well acted that you don't mind the subtitles.

The only X-Rated movie to get an Oscar nod. Worth watching once just to see Dustin Hoffman's performance.

One of the 50 greatest movies ever. Delightfully mirthy and dark with very good acting, dialogue and story.

An all-time classic. Maybe the best adaptation of The Odyssey ever and definitely one of the best comedies.

ONe of the 50 greatest movies ever. Cary Grant's best role and a masterpiece of cinematography.

I'm partial to The Good, the Bad & The Ugly, but still a manificent western.

One of the most mind-blowing movies of all time. De Niro and Christopher Walken were magnificent together. It's a shame they haven't done more movies together because their acting talent is unparalleled. Check out the Russian Roulette scene. Very dark but very deep and powerful in its own right.

Second only to The Sound of Music in terms of all-time greatest musicals. Somehow manages to make dancing men look tough and menacing without making it look silly. A superb adaptation of Romeo & Juliet and one of the greatest movies, period, ever made.

Before Mel went insane he made sweeping epics like this one. Aside from the ending being historically wrong and kind of cheesy, was the kind of movie that comes around only once a generation anymore.

The only 2 movies over the last 12 years that were stronger than Crash were Mystic River and American Beauty.