| 1. Sixth Sense (best twist ending, color red, good scariness, filmed to give clues without giving away end) 2. Saving Private Ryan (best action movie i have ever seen, especially beach scene, great emotion, dialogue) 3. Fight Club (philosophically amazing, great ending, some of the best writing in a movie, mindfucked me) 4. The Shawshank Redemption (good story, great acting, "Maybe it's cause i'm Irish", great twist end) 5. The Matrix (amazing action, groundbreaking effects, great philosophical/religious angle, great sci fi) 6. Snatch (best characters and lines EVER, great occasional effects, nonlinear scene, brad pitt fight, music) 7. Gladiator (fantastic action, moments of beauty, arena setting is great, good musical moments) 8. Silence of the Lambs (great characters and dialogue, pioneered combination of fear and disturbing images) 9. Pulp Fiction (great acting esp. S L Jackson, classic characters and lines, nonlinearness is cool) 10. LA Confidential (good action, good plot especially "Rollo Tomassi" line, good ending) 11. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (beautiful settings, unbelievable action esp. girl weapon fight) 12. Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring (great music, action, effects, story of course) 13. Army of Darkness (funny cause it's purposely goofy, fantastic one liners, entertaining action) 14. Memento (best opening sequence ever, original structure, great ending and philosophical dialogue) 15. Braveheart (inspiring, fantastic action, good music, entertaining story, good grittiness, just a classic) 16. American Pie (i actually fell out of my chair laughing, plus hottest naked scene ever) 17. The Indiana Jones Movies (classic adventure movies which never fell to the sequel crappiness spell) 18. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks great job, some classic lines, good history, great touching story) 19. Heat (great action, great acting, deniro and paccino face off is classic, badassness) 20. Groundhog Day (great premise, Bill Murray comedic masterpiece, possibly his best performance ever) 21. Blazing Saddles 22. Stargate 23. Devil's Advocate 24. Blackhawk Down 25. The Ring 26. Jackie Brown 27. Episodes 4,5,6 of star wars 28. Boondock Saints 29. Aladdin 30. Home Alone 31. Philadelphia 32. Schindler's List 33. Seven 34. Royal Tenenbaums 35. Mission Impossible 1 and 2 36. Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail 37. The Big Lebowski 38. Any Given Sunday 39. Jurassic Park 40. Stigmata 41. Moulin Rouge 42. The Terminator Movies 43. Goldeneye 44. Traffic 45. Sneakers 46. Life Is Beautiful 47. The Insider 48. Office Space 49. The Untouchables 50. The Hunt for the Red October Candidates that I haven't watched or only seen part of: Dark City Clockwork Orange Psycho Brazil Apocalypse Now Donnie Darko |
| My favorite 50 movies They're on for different reasons, and I fully accept that other people will disagree with them. Some are on because I enjoyed them the first time i watched them. Some are on because I was really into the action, or it has fantastic dialogue, or plot or "artistry" or it was funny. Home Alone is on because the premise was the coolest thing ever when I was a kid. Enjoy, and feel free to IM me your opinions or suggestions. |
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