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My favorite 25
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1) Taxi Driver (1976)
2) The Godfather (1972)
3) Goldfinger (1964)
4) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
5) Lost In Translation (2003)
6) Wizard of Oz (1939)
7) Forrest Gump (1994)
8) What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993)
9) Deer Hunter (1978)
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
City of God (2003)
Graduate (1967)
Silence of Lambs (1991)
Apt (1961)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Vertigo (1954)
Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Breakfast Club (1985)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1980)
The Prestige (2006)
Usual Suspects (1995)
Braveheart (1995)
Garden State (2003)
High Fidelity
Casino Royale
The Departed
Raging Bull
The Score
Oldest/Newest
Directors scorsece nolan 3 speilberg4 hughes4
actrs/Actresses - Deniro 8, Damon5, Pacino 5 /
fisher 3 keaton 2 wright penn 2 portman 2 lewis2
mol 2 winslet 2 scarlet 2 linney 2 pfeiffer 2 dern2
2000s (34)
Meet the Parents (2000) - Male nurse Greg Focker meets his girlfriend's parents before proposing, but her suspicious father is every date's worst nightmare.
Memento (2000) - A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife.
Amelie (2001) - Amelie, an innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the way, discovers love.
A Beautiful Mind (2001) - After a brilliant but asocial mathematician accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn to the nightmarish.
Donnie Darko (2001)
Gladiator (2001) -
I Am Sam (2001) - A mentally retarded man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter, and in the process teaches his cold-hearted lawyer the value of love and family.
Ocean's Eleven (2001) - Danny Ocean and his ten accomplices plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously.
The Score (2001) An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.
City of God (2002) - Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer.
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) - A young man, falsely imprisoned by his jealous "friends," escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge
25th Hour (2002) - Cornered by the DEA, convicted New York drug dealer Montgomery Brogan (Norton) reevaluates his life in the 24 remaining hours before facing a seven-year jail term.
Finding Nemo (2003) - A father-son underwater adventure featuring Nemo, a boy clownfish, stolen from his coral reef home. His timid father must then travel to Sydney, and search Sydney Harbour find Nemo.
The Life of David Gale (2003) - A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring (2003) - The former Fellowship of the Ring prepare for the final battle for Middle Earth, while Frodo & Sam approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring.
Lost In Translation (2003) - A movie star with a sense of emptiness, and a neglected newlywed meet up as strangers in Tokyo, Japan and form an unlikely bond.
Old School (2003) - Three men are disenchanted with life and try to recapture their college days.
Mystic River (2003) - With a childhood tragedy that overshadowed their lives, three men are reunited by circumstance when one loses a daughter.
The Recruit (2003) - A brilliant young CIA trainee is asked by his mentor to help find a mole in the Agency.
Garden State (2004) - A quietly troubled young man returns home for his mother's funeral after being estranged from his family for a decade.
Napoleon Dynamite (2004) - A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.
The Notebook (2004) - An old man in a nursing home reads a story to an old woman each day. The story he reads follows two young lovers named Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun.
Sideways (2004) - Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment, embark on a week long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.
Batman Begins (2005) - The story of how Bruce Wayne became what he was destined to be: Batman.
Babel (2006) - Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.
Casino Royale (2006) - In his first mission, James Bond must stop Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorist organizations, from winning a high-stakes poker tournament at Casino Royale in Montenegro.
The Departed (2006) - Two men from opposite sides of the law are undercover within the Massachusetts State Police and the Irish mafia, but violence and bloodshed boil when discoveries are made, and the moles are dispatched to find out their enemy's identities.
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) - The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.
The Prestige (2006) - Robert and Alfred are rival magicians. When Alfred performs the ultimate magic trick, Robert tries desperately to find out the secret to the trick.
Rescue Dawn (2006) - A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) - A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional endeavor.
3:10 to Yuma (2007) - A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.
Darjeeling Limited
Into the Wild (2007) - After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
Juno (2007) - Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.
Ratatouille (2007) - Remy is a young rat in the French countryside who arrives in Paris, only to find out that his cooking idol is dead. When he makes an unusual alliance with a restaurant's new garbage boy, the culinary and personal adventures begin despite Remy's family's skepticism and the rat-hating world of humans.
1990s (19)
Dances with Wolves (1990) - Lt. John Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.
Pretty Woman (1990) - A man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets... only to fall in love.
Silence of the Lambs (1991) -A young FBI cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.
Unforgiven (1992)
The Fugitive (1993) - Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of killing his wife, must find the real one-armed killer while avoiding Marshal Sam Gerard.
Groundhog Day (1993) - A weatherman finds himself living the same day over and over again.
Jurassic Park (1993) -Scientists clone dinosaurs to populate a theme park which suffers a major security breakdown and releases the dinosaurs.
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) - Gilbert has care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life.
Forrest Gump (1994) - Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny, eludes him.
The Lion King (1994)
The Professional (1994) - Professional assassin Leon reluctantly takes care of 12-year-old Mathilda, a neighbor whose parents are killed, and teaches her his trade.
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.
Braveheart (1995) - William Wallace, a commoner, unites the 13th Century Scots in their battle to overthrow English rule.
Pulp Fiction (1995) - The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
The Usual Suspects (1995) - A boat has been destroyed, criminals are dead, and the key to this mystery lies with the only survivor and his twisted, convoluted story beginning with five career crooks in a seemingly random police lineup.
Fargo (1996) - Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of pregnant Marge Gunderson.
Jerry MacGuire (1996) - When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent with the only athlete who stays with him.
A Time to Kill
Good Will Hunting (1997) - Will Hunting, a janitor at MIT, has a gift for mathematics which is discovered, and a psychologist tries to help him with his gift and the rest of his life.
Titanic (1997) - Fictional romantic tale of a rich girl and poor boy who meet on the ill-fated voyage of the 'unsinkable' ship.
rounders
American Beauty (1999) - Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation for his daughter's attractive friend.
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) - In late 1950's New York, Tom Ripley, a young underachiever, is sent to Europe to retrieve a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy, named Dickie Greenleaf. But when the errand fails, Ripley kills the playboy and begins to assume his life.
Toy Story II (1999) - When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends vow to rescue him, but Woody finds the idea of immortality in a museum tempting.
1980s (21)
Star Wars : Episode V : The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - While Luke takes advanced Jedi training from Yoda, his friends are relentlessly pursued by Darth Vader as part of his plan to capture Luke.
The Shining (1980) - A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Archeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant, before the Nazis..
E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (1982) - A group of Earth children help a stranded alien botanist return home.
Tootsie (1982) - An unemployed actor with a reputation for being difficult disguises himself as a woman to get a role in a soap opera.
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) - The Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.
Scarface (1983) - In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug empire while succumbing to greed.
Ghost Busters (1984) - Three unemployed parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.
The Karate Kid (1984) - A handyman/martial arts master agrees to teach a bullied boy karate and shows him that there is more to the martial art than fighting.
Back to the Future (1985) - In 1985, Doc Brown invented time travel, in 1955, Marty McFly accidentally prevented his parents from meeting, putting his own existence at stake.
The Breakfast Club (1985) - Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
The Goonies (1985) - A group of kids embark on a wild adventure after finding a pirate treasure map.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) - A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite of what the principal thinks of that.
Stand By Me (1986) - After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find a body of a missing boy.
Top Gun (1986) - The macho students of an elite US Flying school for advanced fighter pilots compete to be best in the class, and one romances the teacher.
Big
Ernest Goes to Camp (1987) - A group of juvenile criminals is sent for vacation to Kamp Kikakee. The clumsy Ernest has to care for them...
The Princess Bride (1987) - A classic fairy tale, with swordplay, giants, an evil prince, a beautiful princess, and yes, some kissing (as read by a kindly grandfather).
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987) - A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion.
Beetlejuice (1988)
Rain Man
Uncle Buck (1989) - Bachelor and all round slob, Buck, babysits his brother's rebellious teenage daughter and her cute younger brother and sister.
What About Bob?
When Harry Met Sally (1989) - Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.
1970s (13)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) - A poor boy wins the oppurtunity to tour the most eccentric and wonderful candy factory of all.
The Godfather (1972) - The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
High Plains Drifter (1973) - A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago and is hired to bring the townsfolk together in an attempt to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
The Godfather, Part II (1974) - The early life & career of Vito Corleone in 1920's New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on his crime syndicate stretching from Lake Tahoe, Nevada to pre-Revolution 1958 Cuba.
Chinatown (1974)- A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has something to do with water.
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) - A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.
Jaws (1975) - When a gigantic great white begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - Upon arrival at a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients together to take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched, a woman more a dictator than a nurse.
Taxi Driver (1976) - A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as nighttime taxi driver in a city whose perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out, attempting to save a teenage prostitute in the process.
Star Wars : Episode IV : A New Hope (1977) - Luke Skywalker leaves his home planet, teams up with other rebels, and tries to save Princess Leia from the evil clutches of Darth Vader.
Deer Hunter (1978) - An in-depth examination of the way that the Vietnam war affects the lives of people in a small industrial town in the USA.
Midnight Express (1978) - Story of a man who is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison. Inspired from and dramatized upon a true event.
Alien (1979)