Dracula (1931)

Dracula (1931)

5 word summary

Most famous vampire attacks England

When it comes to all the Universal Monsters all of them are classics and influential, and Dracula is no exception. However, I don't feel Dracula is the best of them. Personally I prefer Frankenstein, the Bride of Frankenstein, and the Wolfman, but its still a classic.

Bela Lugosi plays Dracula fantastically. He's so dark and ominous and pulls of the lines and actions better than anyone else I've seen play Dracula. Tod Browning also caught the darkness needed to help with the Gothic feeling of the movie, however I think Coppola also did that well his 1992 version.

The 1931 Dracula I feel is defiantly the best, at least out of the ones I have seen (which isn't that much.) The 1992 Coppola version was too long that it got too boring. Its not the most exciting horror/ suspense film out there so I feel stretching it to over 2 hours was a mistake. Then on the other hand Nosferatu (1922) I also found a little boring and that one wasn't long at all. This version wasn't necessarily better told but somehow was slightly less boring, though it still wasn't highly entertaining.

If you want to see old horror movies obliviously I would suggest this because regardless it is a classic. However I'd first go with Frankenstein or the Wolfman, or even King Kong.

7/10

a Bronx Tale (1993)

A Bronx Tale (1993)

5 word Summary

boy learns from local gangster

This film really shows that Robert De Niro isn’t just a great actor, he can also direct. Though this is not his best acting, it is really good (but its hard to beat some of his other roles.) Chazz Palminteri also did a great job on both acting and writing. Lillo Brancato, who played 17 year old Calogero wasn’t a great choice in my opinion. He looked the part and occasionally did alright but for the most part I think his acting was rather poor.

This was a completely different gangster movie than we usually see, from Scorsese or whoever. It still shows the life that gangster live but it is more about living on the edge of becoming a gangster and living a more respectable life. Following a boy who has to decide to follow the foot steps of his father or his role model. It’s deeper than most other movies of the genre as well in some ways. Because it’s dealing with moral issues and more problems than your average gangster might face. Conflicts between Father and other role models, racial issues, peer pressure, and of course, the parking space.

It’s an important film to watch if you are into gangster movies, it gives a new perspective. It is no Godfather, or Goodfellas, but its still and excellent movie.

If you enjoy gangster movies and/or Robert De Niro you should like this one.

9/10

The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette) (1948)

The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette) (1948)

5 word summary

Losing more than a bike

During the Postwar depression in Italy unemployment is high. Antonito Ricci and his family are one of the many effected by this. Ricci finally lands a job hanging up posters but the only way he can have the job is if he has a bicycle. No bike no job. His wife sells some bed sheets to get his bicycle out of a pawn shop. Almost right away a man steals his bicycle while he is hanging a poster. Ricci chases after him but the thief is to fast and Ricci loses him. He tries to tell the police, they care but cant waste time on such a small crime, all they can do is get the bike if he finds it in a pawn shop. He begins a desperate search for his bike, and really his whole life. he knows that if he cannot find it he and his family will starve.

The Bicycle Thief is beautiful in many ways. Directing, cinematography, acting, writing, everything is almost perfect. Its deep and meaningful and thought provoking. There is so much hope and depression together in one film. The bicycle is more than just a bike to Antonito, its his life. Without the bike he can’t work, he can’t eat, or provide for his family at all, without it he can’t live.

****Spoilers****

With how depressing the film is you can’t help but think it’s going to have a happy ending. While it is depressing there’s that sense of hope that makes he think he will find the bike at the end. Near the end when you see Antonito on the corner with his son and he’s looking at the bikes you slowly see the desperation kicking in deep. In which I think is the best 30 seconds (give or take) in the film. The directing and acting in this scene is amazing. Watching him you can feel his desperation getting deeper and deeper, while he paces and looks back and forth between the single bike and the group of bikes.

When he steals the lone bike and makes a run for it everyone chases him down, which unfortunately didn’t happen when his bike was stolen. Dozens of men catch him and hold him until the bike owner comes over. Antonito’s son runs to him crying, the man sees he’s not just some criminal and says to let him go because he has enough problems. All the other men start yelling at Antonito saying he should thank God that he’s not going to jail because that’s where he belongs, and maybe he would prefer that.

As he walks away him and his son are destroyed, crying and holding hands. Antonito grips his sons hand tighter, he knows his life is over… and the film ends.

Its possibly one of the most depressing films I’ve ever seen, up there with Requiem for a Dream.

****end spoilers****

Its so powerful. Anyone who appreciates good old films shouldn’t miss this one. I know many people (especially younger ones) are against watching black and white or even foreign films, and if you skip watching this because of either of these reasons you are a fool.

10/10

Almost Heroes (1998)

Almost Heroes (1998)

5 Word Summary

Explorers race Louis and Clark

In early American history two explorers named Louis and Clark attempt to be the first to map a route to the Pacific Ocean. However, Bartholomew Hunt and Leslie Edwards are on their tail. Hunt (Farley), Edwards (Perry) and their men race their way to beat Louis and Clarke. Even squirrels, waterfalls, bears and crazy Spaniards cant stop them.

Honestly I'm at a loss of words with the rating of the film. This is probably my favorite Chris Farley film, even over Tommy Boy (though I’ve seen Tommy Boy tons of times, that might be why.) Now I know its not necessarily well made but its not poorly made by any means. The Performances are hilarious, at least from Farley and Levy and some of the other men, Matthew Perry wasn’t at his best by far but held in there.

Its just one of those adventure comedies that have been done plenty of times but this is just a new version of it. With any film like that (Vacation, Harold and Kumar, Detroit Rock City, ETC) you know its going to be ridiculous and completely unrealistic but that just adds to the humor in my opinion.

It also is one of my favorite movies to quote. There is so many hilarious lines that you can pretty much quote it for as long as the film is itself. “White water in the morning,” “Bent Twig,” “Pittsburg Nellie,” “why don’t you get your own bottle” these are just a few of my favorite lines/scenes, (if you haven’t seen it yet these wont make sense obviously.)

It is for sure a “dumb” comedy for the most part but sometimes that’s more fun.

Id recommend this film to anyone that needs an easy laugh, and of course anyone who loves Chris Farley

8/10

The Road (2009)

The Road (2009)

5 word Summary

Family tries to survive disaster

Everything is long gone. Animals, plants, people, almost everything is has died in some sort of disaster. A man and his son are trying to go south in hopes it will be better there, or at least warmer. They walk along roads that are covered with cracks, trees, and cars, hoping to find food and anything else that can help them survive.

However food is not the only thing they have to worry about. Some other people have been able to survive as long as they have but have resorted to cannibalism. The man occasionally has flashbacks to their old life before the disaster and after. He remembers his wife and how much they loved each other before and how she slowly became hateful afterwards.

They two have a pistol, however they only have two bullets left. Which he says are for the two of them. Through flashbacks we learn they are saving the bullets to kill themselves if they are to be captured. The two continue walking toward the coast, with both good and bad luck following them, they try to survive.

The film is one of my favorites of 2009, I had a hard time deciding if this or Up in the Air would have my vote for Picture of the Year. However the Academy robbed this movie of all the awards and/or nominations it deserved. With 10 nominees for best picture it is wrong to not have picked The Road. Also the performances were great, from leading roles played by Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-Mcphee to the supporting roles of Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce and Robert Duval, everyone did fantastic.

The main place where this film was robbed by award shows was Cinematography. It is easily some of my favorite Cinematography work. Everything looks so dark, and gray and dead, yet has such good contrast. The visuals are amazing, every scene where you see them walking, the background looks so bleak yet beautiful and balanced. its hard to imagine it didn’t get nominated.

When I originally read the plot of the film I was worried. The whole thing about cannibalism made me think it was going to be ridiculous and zombie like, with people eating people raw or whatever. The film however was nothing like that. It was much more tastefully done than I had expected, and very realistic.

This movie also has, in my opinion, one of the tensest scenes I’ve seen. But I don’t want to tell you which one.

My only problem with the film is the ending which I find to be a bit of a cop out, or too easy. Not the end I was hoping for, but it didn’t really ruin if for me.

I’d suggest this film to pretty much anyone. Though the Pulitzer Prize winning book is written by the same guy as No Country for Old Men, I wouldn’t say you have to like one to like the other, or will hate one if you hate the other. They’re not alike at all (but I love both)

10/10

Critters (1986)

Critters (1986)

5 Word Summary

Furry Aliens Terrorize Small Town

A small town is attacked by small aliens while bounty hunters from outer space try to track them down. The critters start eating people and the bounty hunters take the shape of local people as they try to find them, with the help of townspeople

I found this movie rather boring. After reading what it was about and seeing the genres it was classified as I thought it was going to be like Gremlins, which apparently some people would agree but I wouldn't. It's said to be a comedy but I didn't really find it funny, unlike the bar scene in Gremlins or what have you. It just seemed like an average sci- fi/horror film like a slightly better executed Hobgoblins. It wasn't that original, its kind of what you would expect if man eating aliens would come to a small town.

i thought they did alright with the critters themselves, with how they moved and looked but it wasn't enough for me to really be that entertained. Maybe a decent movie to watch and make fun of (like MST3K) but worth a pass if you are actually looking to see an entertaining film. not really sure how it became a sort of classic. Maybe its just one of those films you had to enjoy when you were younger to enjoy later in life.

5/10

Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)

Letters From Iwo Jima

5 word summary

Japanese perspective on legendary battle

Whether its from Flags of Our Fathers, or Sands of Iwo Jima or even from a history class, we’ve all seen or heard the story of the Battle of Iwo Jima, or have we? All the stories up till now had been missing the Japanese view of the battle, and to understand the battle better its an important view to know.

Unlike the Americans who were fighting for an island to help with their strategies against Japan, the Japanese were fighting to protect their land and their honor.

The story follows Japanese soldiers preparing Iwo Jima for the fight they would soon face. We see a young scared husband who is writing to his wife, sharing his fears. We see a General who uses his experience to change the way the Japanese officers control their men and prepare for battle. we see a ruthless Lieutenant who’s will do anything to protect the honor of himself, his men and his country.

It’s a strange new look, Interesting but strange. I knew that the Japanese were big into honor, and dying for their country but this shows it a lot different than I would have imagined. Its also strange to see the Americans as the “bad guys”, not that they were shown in an unfairly evil way as the Japanese are shown in some films, but they were definitely shown in a different light, and that’s very important to understand a war.

The film was great. Not my favorite Eastwood film but it was near the top for sure. I personally prefer it to Flags of Our Fathers, and would say it’s my favorite war film of the 00s even over the Hurt Locker. The acting and directing were fantastic. And cinematography was absolutely gorgeous. Didn’t have the greatest effects in my opinion but it didn’t take away too much.

If you enjoy war films and enjoy Clint Eastwood films this is a must… let me rephrase, if you enjoy films than this is a must

10/10

2nd annual puttputt awards

so for 2009 i spent most of my movie watching time watching older movies. then came the end of the year and i remembered that i wanted to do this again and had to watch more from 09. i watched 27 movies from 09, an there are many that i had wanted to watch but had trouble finding a way to watch them. so many movies that have nominations from Golden Globes or Academy Awards i haven't watched therefore wont be nominated, even though they might have been better. but who cares lets do this.

******Update******
Winners now announced

AND THE NOMINEES ARE:


Actor
George Clooney – Up in the Air
Viggo Mortenson – The Road
Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker
Morgan Freeman - Invictus

The winner is: Morgan Freeman - Invictus

Supporting actor

Robert Duval – The Road
Matt Damon – Invictus
Christoph Waltz – Inglorious Basterds

The winner is: Robert Duval - the Road

Actress
Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
Meryl Streep – Julie and Julia
Amy Adams – Julie and Julia
Meryl Streep – its complicated

The winner is : Meryl Streep - Julie and Julia

Supporting actress
Vera Farminga - Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Charlize Theron - The Road

The winner is: Vera Farminga - Up In The Air

Directing
Katherine Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
James Cameron - Avatar
Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
John Hillcoat - The Road
Clint Eastwood - Invictus

The winner is : James Cameron - Avatar

Cinematography
Tom Stern - Invictus
Mauro Fiore - Avatar
Javier Aguirresarobe - The Road
Barry Ackroyd- Hurt locker
Shane Hurlbut - Terminator Salvation

The winner is: Javier Aguirresarobe - the road

Writing
Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner - Up in the Air
Quentin Tarintino - Inglorious Basterds
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - A Serious Man
Anthony Peckham Invictus

The winner is: Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner - Up In the Air

Picture
The Road
Up in the Air
Hurt Locker
A Serious man
Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

The winner is: Up In The Air

1st Annual Puttputt Awards

here is my award list from 08. i didnt watch as many films as i would have like to so i didnt have the greatest picks

so it is time to announce the winners of the 2008 PuttPutt Movie Awards

the nominees

Best Supporting Actress
Taraji P. Henson – Queenie - Curious Case of Benjamiin Button
Freida Pinto – Oldest Latkia - Slumdog Millionaire
Angelica Huston – Ida - Choke
Rubiana Ali – Youngest Latika - Slumdog Millionaire

the winner is

Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

the nominees

Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger – The Joker - The Dark Knight
Robert Downey Jr. – Kirk -Tropic Thunder
Brad Pitt – Chad - Burn After Reading
Ayush Mahesh Khedekar – Youngest Jamal -Slumdog Millionaire

the winner is

Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

the nominees

Best Cinematography
Wally Pfister - The Dark Knight
Tom Stern - Changeling
Claudio Miranda - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Anthony Dod Mantle - Slumdog Millionaire

the winner is

Tom Stern - Changeling


the nominees

Worst Movie
The Happening
The Mummy 3
Don’t Mess with the Zohan
Superhero Movie

the winner is

Dont Mess with the Zohan



the nominees


Best Actress
Angelina Jolie – Christine Collins - Changeling
Francis McDormand – Linda - Burn After Reading
Cate Blanchett – Daisy - Curious Case of Benjamin Button

the winner is

Angelina Jolie - Changeling

The Nominees

Best Actor
Colin Farrell – Ray - In Bruges
James Franco – Saul - Pineapple Express
Christian Bale – Bruce Wayne/Batman - The Dark Knight
Brad Pitt – Benjamin Button - Curious Case of Benjamin Button

the winner is

Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button


the nominees

Best Director
Clint Eastwood - Changeling
David Fincher - Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight

the Winner is

Danny Bolye - Slumdog Millionaire

the nominees

Best Picture – Comedy
In Bruges
Pineapple Express
Burn After Reading
Choke

the winner is
In Bruges


The nominees

Best Picture – Drama
The Dark Knight
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Slumdog Millionaire

the winner is

Slumdog Millionaire


and my top fourof the year

Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
In Bruges
Changeling

thanks for reading. let me know your opinions

400 list

near the end of the 160 list i began working on this one. it ended up being a little over 400 so i took some off to make it even. this one took about 16 months to finish, once again some bad movies but most were pretty good and again i was very happy with the outcome

2. Alfred Packer: the Musical (1996 Trey Parker, Matt Stone)*
3. Airplane 2 (1982)
4. Ali (2001 Will Smith)
5. Ali G Indahouse (2002 Sasha Barren Cohen)*
6. Alien 3 (1992 Sigourney Weaver)
7. Alien: Resurrection (1997 Sigourney Weaver)
8. Along Came a Spider (2001 Morgan Freeman)
9. Amelie (2001) (Audrey Tautou)
10. American Beauty (1999 Kevin Spacey)
11. Amistad (1997 Anthony Hopkins)
12. Analyze That (2002 Robert De Niro)
13. Angela’s Ashes (1999)
14. Angels With Dirty Faces (1938 James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart)
15. Any Given Sunday (1999 Al Pacino, Jamie Foxx)
16. Arizona Dream (1993 Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway)*
17. Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007 Brad Pitt)
18. The Astronaut Farmer (2006 Billy Bob Thornton)
19. Astronaut’s Wife (1999 Johnny Depp)
20. Atonement (2007 Keira Knightly)
21. The Aviator (2004 Leonardo DiCaprio)
22. Babel (2006 Brad Pitt)
23. Back to the Future (1985 Michael J. Fox)
24. Badlands (1973 Martin Sheen)
25. Band Wagon (1953 Fred Astaire)
26. Battle of the Bulge (1965 Henry Fonda)
27. Beautiful Mind (2001 Russell Crowe)
28. Being There (1979 Peter Sellers)
29. The Believer (2001 Billy Zane, Ryan Gosling)
30. Bell, Book, and Candle (1958 James Stewart)
31. Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970 Charlton Heston)
32. Big Country (1958 Charlton Heston, Gre
33. Big Fish (2003 Ewan McGregor )
34. Big Heat (1953 Glenn Ford, Fritz Lang)
35. Blackboard Jungle (1955 Sydney Poitier)
36. The Black Dahlia (2006 Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart)
37. Black Sheep (2006)*
38. Blood Diamond (2006 Leonardo DiCaprio)gory Peck)
39. Blood Work (2002 Clint Eastwood)
40. Blue Velvet (1986 Dennis Hopper)
41. Bobby (2006 Anthony Hopkins, William h Macy)
42. The Body Snatcher (1943 Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff)
43. Boom Town (1940 Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable)
44. Born to Dance (1936 James Stewart)
45. Born Yesterday (1950 William Holden)
46. Boston Strangler (1968 Henry Fonda)*
47. Bourne Supremacy (2004 Matt Damon)
48. Bourne Ultimatum (2007 Matt Damon)
49. Boys Don’t Cry (1999 Hilary Swank)
50. The Boys from Brazil (1978 Gregory Peck, Laurence Oliver)
51. Boys n the Hood (1991 Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube)
52. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961 Audrey Hepburn)
53. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935 Boris Karloff)
54. Bridge too Far (1977 Robert Redford, James Caan, Gene Hackman)
55. Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
56. The Bridges of Madison County (1995 Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep)
57. The Brothers Grimm (2005 Matt Damon, Heath Ledger)
58. Bubba Ho-Tep (2003 Bruce Campbell)
59. Bugsy (1991 Warren Beatty, Harvey Keitel)
60. The Caine Mutiny (1954 Humphrey Bogart)
61. Candyman (1992)
62. Cannon Ball Run (1981 Burt Reynolds)
63. Carlito’s Way (1993 Al Pacino, Sean Penn)
64. Casanova (2005 Heath Ledger)
65. Casino Royale (1967 Woody Allen, Peter Sellers)
66. Casualties of War (1989 Sean Penn, Michael J. Fox)
67. Cat Balou (1965 Lee Marvin, Jane Fonda)
68. Cat on a Tin Roof (1958 Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor)
69. Catch me if you Can (2002 Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio)
70. Chaplin (1992 Robert Downey Jr.)
71. Charade (1963 Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn)
72. Charlie Wilson’s War (2007 Tom Hanks)
73. Children of the Corn (1984)
74. Chocolat (2000 Johnny Depp)
75. Cinderella Man (2005 Russell Crowe)
76. The Circus (1928 Charlie Chaplin)
77. City of God (2002)
78. Cold Mountain (2003 Nicole Kidman, Natalie Portman)
79. The Constant Gardner (2005 Rachel Weise)
80. Copycat (1995 Sigourney Weaver, Will Patton)
81. The Country Girl (1954 William Holden, Grace Kelly)
82. The Cowboys (1972 John Wayne)
83. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
84. Crimson Tide (1995 Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman)
85. Critters (1986)
86. Crocodile Dundee (1986)
87. The Crow (1995 Brandon Lee)
88. Damien: Omen 2 (1978 William Holden)
89. Dave (2002 Kelvin Kline)
90. Day at the Races (1937 Marx Brothers)
91. Dead Calm (1989 Nicole Kidman, Billy Zane)
92. Dead Man Walking (1995 Sean Penn)
93. Dead Presidents (1995 Bokeem Woodbine, Chris Tucker)*
94. Deliverance (1972 Burt Reynolds)
95. Destry Rides Again (1939 James Stewart)
96. Detroit Rock City (1999)
97. Devils Brigade (1968 William Holden)
98. Die Hard 2 (1990 Bruce Willis)
99. Dirty Dancing (1987 Patrick Swayze)
100. Dirty Dozen (1967 Lee Marvin)
101. Dirty Work (1998 Norm Macdonald)
102. Dr. No (1962 Sean Connery)
103. Don Juan DeMarco (1995 Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando)
104. Double Jeopardy (1999 Tommy Lee Jones)
105. Down Periscope (1996 Kelsey Grammar)
106. Dune (1984)
107. East of Eden (1955 James Dean)
108. 88 Minutes (2008 Al Pacino)
109. El Dorado (1966 John Wayne, James Caan)
110. The Elephant Man (1980 Anthony Hopkins)
111. Empire of the Sun (1987 Christian Bale, John Malkovich)
112. The English Patient (1996 Willem Dafoe, Ralf Fiennes)
113. Evil Dead 2 (1987)*
114. Exodus (1960 Paul Newman)
115. Eyes Wide Shut (1999 Nicole Kidman, Stanley Kubrick)
116. Face Off (1997 John Travolta, Nicolas Cage)
117. Fail Safe (1964 Henry Fonda)
118. Falling in Love (1984 Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep)
119. The Fan (1996 Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes)
120. A Few Good Men (1992 Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise)
121. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
122. Flags of our Fathers (2006 Paul Walker)
123. Fly Boys (2006 James Franco)
124. Following (1998 Christopher Nolan)*
125. Four Brothers (2005 Mark Wahlberg)
126. Four Feathers (2002 Heath Ledger)
127. Freaks (1932)
128. Friday the 13th (1980)
129. From Dusk ‘til Dawn (1996 George Clooney, Harvey Keitel)
130. From Hell (2001 Johnny Depp)
131. From Russia with Love (1963 Sean Connery)
132. The Fugitive (1993 Harrison Ford)
133. Funny Face (1957 Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn)
134. Gandhi (1982 Ben Kingsley)
135. Garden State (2004 Zach Braff)
136. Gaslight (1944 Ingrid Bergman)
137. Gay Divorcee (1934 Fred Astaire)
138. Get Shorty (1995 John Travolta, Danny Devito
139. The Glass Menagerie (1973 Katherine Hepburn)
140. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992 Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin)
141. The Gods Must be Crazy (1981)
142. Gone Baby Gone (2007 Morgan Freeman, Casey Affleck)
143. Goodbye Lenin (2003)*
144. The Good German ( 2006 George Clooney)
145. Good Morning Vietnam (1987 Robin Williams)
146. Great Debaters (2007 Denzel Washington)
147. Green Street Hooligans (2005 Elijah Wood)*
148. Grosse Pointe Blank (1997 John Cusack)
149. The Guns of Navarone (1961 Gregory Peck)
150. Guys and Dolls (1955 Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando)
151. Half Nelson (2006 Ryan Gossling)
152. Hamburger Hill (1987)
153. The Hamilton Woman (1941 Laurence Oliver, Vivien Leigh)*
154. Hannibal Rising (2007)
155. A Hard Days Night (1964 The Beatles)
156. Heaven Can Wait (1978 Warren Beatty)
157. Heist (1992 Gene Hackman, Danny Devito)
158. Help (1965 The Beatles)
159. Henry: a Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)*
160. High Anxiety (1977 Mel Brooks)
161. High Planes Drifter (1973 Clint Eastwood)
162. A History of Violence (2005 Viggo Mortenson)
163. Hoffa (1992 Jack Nicholson, Danny Devito)
164. Horse Feathers (1932 the Marx Brothers)
165. Hot Shots (1991 Charlie Sheen)
166. How to Steal a Million (1966 Peter O’Toole, Audrey Hepburn)
167. Hud (1963 Paul Newman)
168. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994 Paul Newman, Tim Robbins)
169. Hunt For Red October (1990 Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin)
170. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932 Paul Muni)
171. I Am Sam (2002 Sean Penn)
172. Ichi the Killer(2001)*
173. I Confess (1953 Montgomery Clift, Alfred Hitchcock)
174. In a Lonely Place (1950 Humphrey Bogart)
175. Indiscreet (1958 Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant)
176. Inherit the Wind (1960 Gene Kelly, Spencer Tracy)
177. Into the Wild (2007)
178. I’m Not There (2007 Heath Ledger, Christian Bale)
179. Iron Man (2008 Robert Downey Jr.)
180. Jackie Brown (1997 Robert De Niro, Samuel l Jackson)
181. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961 Montgomery Clift, Spencer Tracy)
182. Key Largo (1948 Humphrey Bogart)
183. The Kid (1921 Charlie Chaplin)
184. The Killers (1946 Burt Lancaster)
185. Killers Kiss (1955 Stanley Kubrick)
186. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949 Alec Guiness)
187. The King and I (1954 Yul Breyner)
188. The Kingdom (2007 Jamie Foxx, Jeremy Piven)
189. Kingdom of Heaven (2005 Edward Norton, Orlando Bloom)
190. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005 Val Kilmer, Robert Downey Jr.)
191. L.A. Confidential (1997 Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe)
192. The Lady from Shanghai (1947 Orson Wells)
193. The Lady Killers (1955 Peter Sellers, Alec Guinness)*
194. The Lady Vanishes (1938 Alfred Hitchcock)
195. Lars and the Real Girl (2007 Ryan Gossling)
196. Last Castle (2001 Robert Redford, James Gandolfini)
197. The Last Emperor (1987 Peter O’Toole)
198. Last King Of Scotland (2006 Forrest Whittaker)
199. Last Man Standing (1996 Bruce Willis)
200. The Last Samurai (2003 Tom Cruise)
201. Layer Cake (2004 Daniel Craig)
202. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951 Alec Guinness)
203. Legend of the Fall (1994 Brad Pitt)
204. Lethal Weapon ( 1987 Mel Gibson, Danny Glover)
205. Letters From Iwo Jima (2007)
206. Libertine (2006 Johnny Depp, John Malkovich)
207. Life Aquatic (2004 Bill Murray, Owen Wilson)
208. Lifeboat (1944 Alfred Hitchcock)
209. Limelight (1952 Charlie Chaplin)
210. Lions for Lambs (2007 Tom Cruise, Robert Redford)
211. Little Big Man (1960 Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway)
212. Little Caesar (1931 Douglas Fairbanks jr.)
213. The Little Girl who Lives Down the Lane (1976 Jody Foster)*
214. The Long Hot Summer (1958 Paul Newman)
215. Long Kiss Goodnight (1996 Geena Davis, Samuel L Jackson)
216. The Longest Yard (1974 Burt Reynolds)
217. Lord of War (2005 Nicolas Cage)
218. Lost in Translation (2003 Bill Murray)
219. Love and Death (1975 Woody Allen, Diane Keaton)
220. Love in the Afternoon (1957 Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn)
221. Mad Max (1979 Mel Gibson)
222. Magnolia (1999 Tom Cruise, William H Macy)
223. Magnum Force (1973 Clint Eastwood)
224. Major Dundee (1965 Charlton Heston)*
225. Manchurian Candidate (2004 Denzel Washington)
226. Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993 Woody Allen)
227. The Man with the Golden Arm (1955 Frank Sinatra)
228. Marnie (1964 Alfred Hitchcock)
229. Marvin’s Room (1996 Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio)
230. Master and Commander (2003 Russell Crowe)
231. The Matador (2005 Pierce Brosnan)
232. Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
233. Mean Creek (2004)
234. Meet Joe Black (1998 Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins)
235. Meet Me in St Louis (1944 Judy Garland)
236. Men of Honor (2000 Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding Jr.)
237. Message in a Bottle (1999 Kevin Costner)
238. Metropolis (1927)
239. Miami Vice (2006 Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx)
240. Michael Clayton (2007 George Clooney)
241. Miller’s Crossing (1990 John Turturro)
242. Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941 Alfred Hitchcock)
243. Mister Deeds goes to Town (1938 Gary Cooper)
244. Mister Roberts (1955 Henry Fonda)
245. Mogambo (1954 Grace Kelly, Clarke Gable)
246. Monkey Business (1952 Cary Grant, Marlin Monroe)
247. Monsters Ball (2001 Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry)
248. The Mortal Storm (1940 James Stewart)*
249. Munich (2005 Daniel Craig)
250. My Darling Clementine (1946 Henry Fonda)
251. National Treasure (2004 Nicolas Cage)
252. Natural Born Killers (1994 Woody Harrelson)
253. Ned Kelly (2004 Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom)
254. New York, New York (1977 Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese)
255. Nick of Time (1995 Johnny Depp)*
256. Night in Casablanca (1946 Marx Brothers)
257. A Nightmare on Elm St 2 (1985 Robert Englund)
258. The Nines (2007 Ryan Reynolds)
259. The Ninth Gate (1999 Johnny Depp)
260. The Odd Couple (1968 Jack Lemmon)
261. Oldboy (2003)
262. The Omega Man (1971 Charlton Heston)
263. The Omen (1976 Gregory Peck)
264. On Golden Pond (1981 Katherine Hepburn, Henry Fonda)
265. On the Town (1949 Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra)
266. One, Two, Three (1961 James Cagney)
267. Only Angels Have Wings (1939 Cary Grant)
268. Open Range (2003 Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall)
269. Out of Africa (1985 Meryl Streep, Robert Redford)
270. Out of the Past (1947 Kirk Douglas)
271. Outbreak (1995 Dustin Hoffman, Morgan Freeman)
272. Pale Rider (1985 Clint Eastwood)
273. Papillon (1973 Dustin Hoffman, Steve McQueen)
274. Pelican Brief (1993 Denzel Washington)
275. Perfume (2006 Dustin Hoffman)
276. People Will Talk (1951 Cary Grant)
277. Pet Sematary (1989)
278. The Pirate (1948 Judy Garland, Gene Kelly)
279. Play it Again, Sam (1972 Woody Allen, Diane Keaton)*
280. Police Academy (1984)
281. Pool Hall Junkies (2003 Chazz Palminteri, Christopher Walken)
282. Porky’s (1981)
283. Pretty in Pink (1984 Molly Ringwald)
284. Public Enemy (1931 James Cagney)
285. Purple Rain (1984 Prince)
286. Purple Rose of Cairo (1985 Woody Allen)*
287. Pursuit of Happyness (2006 Will Smith)
288. The Rainmaker (1997 Matt Damon, Danny Devito)
289. Ray (2004 Jamie Foxx)
290. Rebecca (1940 Alfred Hitchcock)
291. Red Dawn (1984 Patrick Swayze)
292. Red River (1948 John Wayne, Montgomery Clift)
293. Rendition (2007 Jake Gyllenhaal)
294. Reservoir Dogs (1992 Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen)
295. Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
296. The Roaring Twenties (1939 James Cagney)
297. Rob Roy (1995 Liam Neeson)
298. Robocop (1987)
299. The Rock (1996 Sean Connery, Nicholas Cage)
300. RocknRolla (2008 Guy Ritchie)
301. Rocky 2 (1979 Sylvester Stallone)
302. Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975 Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry)
303. Roman Holiday (1953 Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn)
304. Romper Stomper (1992 Russell Crowe)
305. Runaway Jury (2003 Gene Hackman, John Cusack)
306. Run Silent, Run Deep (1958 Burt Lancaster, Clark Gable)
307. Rushmore (1998 Bill Murray)
308. Sabrina (1954 Audrey Hepburn, William Holden, Humphrey Bogart)
309. The Saint (1997 Val Kilmer)
310. St. Elmo’s Fire (1985 Emilio Esteves)
311. A Scanner Darkly (2006 Keanu Reeves, Robert Downy Jr.)
312. School Ties (1992 Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon)
313. Seabiscuit (2003 Tobey McGuire, William H Macy)
314. Sea of Love (1989 Al Pacino)
315. Secondhand Lions (2003 Robert Duvall, Michael Caine)
316. The Seven Samurai (1954)
317. The Seventh Seal (1957)
318. Seven Days in May (1964 Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster)
319. Seven Years in Tibet (1997 Brad Pitt)
320. Shoot ‘em Up (2007 Clive Owen)
321. Shooter (2007 Mark Wahlberg)
322. Shootist (1976 John Wayne)
323. The Shop Around the Corner (1940 James Stewart)
324. Short Circuit (1986 Ally Sheedy)
325. The Siege (1998 Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis)
326. Silverado (1985 Kevin Costner, Kevin Klein)
327. Sixteen Blocks (2006 Bruce Willis)
328. Slap Shot (1977 Paul Newman)
329. Sleeper (1973 Woody Allen)
330. Sleepers (1996 Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman)
331. Sling Blade (1997 Billy Bob Thornton)
332. Soylent Green (1973 Charlton Heston)
333. Space Cowboys (2000 Clint Eastwood, James Garner)
334. Spellbound (1945 Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck)
335. Spirit of St. Louis (1957 James Stewart)
336. Stand and Deliver (1988 Lou Diamond Philips, Andy Garcia)
337. Star Wars Episode II (2002)
338. Star Wars Episode III (2005)
339. Straw Dogs (1971 Dustin Hoffman)
340. Street Kings (2008 Forrest Whitaker, Keanu Reeves)
341. Suddenly (1954 Frank Sinatra)
342. Suddenly Last Summer (1959 Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor)
343. Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971 James Garner)
344. Support Your Local Sheriff (1969 James Garner)
345. Swing Vote (2008 Kevin Costner)
346. Syriana (2005 George Clooney)
347. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999 Matt Damon, Jude Law)
348. Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949 Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly)
349. The Taming of the Shrew (1967 Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton)
350. That Touch of Mink (1962 Cary Grant)
351. The Thief of Baghdad (1924 Douglas Fairbanks)
352. The Thin Man (1934)
353. The Thin Red Line (1999 Sean Penn, Adrian Brody)
354. 30 Days of Night (2007 Josh Hartnett)
355. 39 Steps (1935 Alfred Hitchcock)
356. 3:10 to Yuma (1957 Glenn Ford)
357. The Time Machine (1960)
358. To Have and Have Not (1944)
359. Topaz (1969 Alfred Hitchcock)
360. Top Hat (1935 Fred Astaire)
361. Topper (1937 Cary Grant)
362. Torn Curtain (1966 Alfred Hitchcock, Paul Newman)
363. The Trouble with Harry (1955 Alfred Hitchcock)
364. Toxic Avenger (1985)
365. Troy (2004 Brad Pitt)
366. Tsotsi (2006)
367. Twelve O’clock High (1949 Gregory Peck)
368. 21 Grams (2003 Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro)
369. 25th Hour (2002 Edward Norton)
370. 2010: The Year we Make Contact (1984 Roy Schieder )
371. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 Kirk Douglas , Peter Loore)
372. UHF (1989 Weird Al)
373. Vanilla Sky (2001 Tom Cruise)
374. The Verdict (1982 Paul Newman)
375. Viva Zapata (1952 Marlon Brando)*
376. Von Ryan’s Express (1965 Frank Sinatra)
377. Wait until Dark (1967 Audrey Hepburn)
378. War Inc. (2008 John Cusack, Joan Cusack)
379. The Warriors (1979)
380. War Wagon (1967 John Wayne, Kirk Douglas)
381. Waterloo Bridge (1940 Vivien Leigh)
382. The Wave (Die Welle) (2000)
383. We Were Soldiers (2002 Mel Gibson)
384. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993 Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio)
385. Where Eagles Dare (1968 Clint Eastwood)
386. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988 Christopher Lloyd)
387. Wicker Park (2004 Josh Hartnett, Matthew Lillard)
388. Wife Vs. Secretary ( 1936 Clarke Gable)
389. Windtalkers (2002 Nicholas Cage)
390. Witchcraft through the Ages (Haxan) (1922)
391. Withnail and I (1987)
392. Witness to the Prosecution (1957) *
393. The Wolf Man (1941 Lon Chaney Jr.)
394. The Woman in the Window (1944 Fritz Lang)
395. The Wrong Man (1956 Henry Fonda, Alfred Hitchcock)
396. Wyatt Earp (1994 Kevin Costner, Bill Pullman)
397. Young Guns (1988 Emilo Esteves, Charlie Sheen)
398. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939 Henry Fonda)
399. Zelig (1983 Woody Allen)
400. Zodiac (2007 Jake Gyllenhaal)

160 list

After i completed the AFI list i decided to make my own. i added films that ive been wanting to see, films i was told to see, ones on the IMDB top 250, and ones nominated for the AFI list.

it is 160 films that i finished in about 6 months

not all great but for the most part i was very happy with it

1. Ace in the Hole (1951 Kirk Douglas)
2. Adams Rib (1949 Spencer Tracy, Kathrine Hepburn)
3. Alien (1979 Sigourney Weaver)
4. Aliens (1986 Sigourney Weaver )
5. All that Jazz (1979 Roy Sheider)
6. American History X (1998 Edward Norton)
7. An Affair to Remember (1957 Cary Grant)
8. Anatomy of a Murder (1959 James Stewart)
9. Anchors Away (1945 Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra)
10. And Justice for All (1979 Al Pacino)
11. Animal Crackers (1930 Marx Brothers)
12. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944 Cary Grant)
13. Awakenings (1990 Robert De Niro, Robin Williams)
14. The Awful Truth (1937 Cary Grant)
15. Barry Lyndon (1975 Stanley Kubrick )
16. Benny and Joon (1993 Johnny Depp, Julianne Moore)
17. The Big Lebowski (1998 Jeff Bridges)
18. The Big Sleep (1946 Humphrey Bogart)
19. The Birds (1963 Alfred Hitchcock)
20. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962 Burt Lancaster )
21. Boogie Nights (1997 Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle)
22. Born on the Fourth of July (1989 Tom Cruise)
23. The Brave (1997 Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp)
24. Brazil (1985 Robert Deniro)
25. Bridge over Toko Ri (1954 William Holden, Grace Kelly)
26. Bull Durham (1998 Kevin Costner, Tim Robbins)
27. Cape Fear (1991 Robert Deniro, Nick Nolte)
28. Casino (1995 Robert Deniro. Joe Peshi)
29. Catch 22 (1970 Orson Wells )
30. The Chase (1966 Marlon Brando, Robert Redford)
31. Chinese Coffee (2000 Al Pacino)
32. The Color of Money (1986 Paul Newman, Tom Cruise)
33. The Conversation (1974 Gene Hackman, John Cazale)
34. Das Boot (1981)
35. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
36. Dead man (1995 Johnny Deep)
37. Dead Poets Society (1989 Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke)
38. The Defiant Ones (1958 Sydney Poitier )
39. Déjà vu (2006 Denzel Washington)
40. The Devils Advocate (1997 Al Pacino, Keanu Reeves )
41. Dial M for Murder (1954 Grace Kelly, Alfred Hitchcock)
42. Dick Tracey (1990 Warren Beatty, Al Pacino)
43. Die Hard (1988 Bruce Willis)
44. Dirty Harry (1971 Clint Eastwood)
45. Drivingmiss Daisy (1989 Morgan Freeman)
46. Ed Wood (1994 Johnny Depp)
47. Escape for Alcatraz (1979 Clint Eastwood)
48. Face in the Crowd (1957 Andy Griffith)
49. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982 Sean Penn)
50. Fat man and Little Boy (1989 Paul Newman, john Cusack)
51. Five Easy Pieces (1970 Jack Nicholson )
52. Frenzy (1972 Alfred Hitchcock)
53. Fury (1936 Spence Tracy)
54. Good Night and Good Luck (2005 George Clooney, Jeff Daniels)
55. The Good Sheppard (2006 Matt Damon, Robert Deniro)
56. Good Will Hunting ( 1997 Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Robin Williams)
57. The Great Dictator (1940 Charles Chaplin)
58. The Great Escape (1936 Steve McQueen)
59. Green Mile (1999 Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan)
60. Gunga Din (1939 Cary Grant)
61. Harvey (1950 James Stewart)
62. High Society (1956 Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly)
63. His Girl Friday (1940 Cary Grant)
64. How the West was Won (1962 James Stewart, Henry Fonda, John Wayne)
65. The Hurricane (1999) Denzel Washington
66. The Hustler ( 1961 Paul Newman)
67. I’ll Never Forget What’s’isname (1967 Orson Wills)
68. Inside Man (2006 Denzel Washington )
69. Insider ( 1999 Al Pacino, Russell Crowe )
70. The Invasion of the Body Snatchers ( 1956)
71. It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World ( 1963 Spencer Tracy)
72. Jeremiah Johnson (1972 Robert Redford)
73. The Killing (1956 Stanley Kubrick)
74. The Killing Fields ( 1984 John Malkovich )
75. King of Comedy ( 1982 Robert Deniro, Martin Scorsese )
76. Kramer Vs Kramer (1979 Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep)
77. The Lady Eye (1941)
78. Last of the Mohicans (1992 Daniel Day Lewis)
79. Laura (1944)
80. Lenny (1974 Dustin Hoffman)
81. Leon (1994 Jean Reno, Gary Oldman)
82. Lolita (1962 Stanley Kubrick)
83. The Longest Day (1962 John Wayne, Sean Connery)
84. M (1931)
85. Macbeth (1948 Orson Wells )
86. The Machinist (2004 Christian Bale)
87. Malcolm x (1992 Denzel Washington )
88. Manhattan (1979 Woody Allen, Diane Keaton)
89. The Man for All Seasons (1966 Orson Wells )
90. The Man Who Knew to Much (1956 James Stewart, Alfred Hitchcock)
91. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962 James Stewart, John Wayne)
92. The Man Who Would Be King (1975 sean Connery, Michael Caine)
93. McCabre and Mrs. Miller (1971 Warren Beatty)
94. McLintock (1963 John Wayne)
95. Mean Streets (1973 Robert Deniro, Martin Scorsese)
96. Million Dollar Baby ( 2004 Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank)
97. The Misfits (1961 Clarke Gable, Maralyn Monroe)
98. Monkey Business (1931 Marx brothers)
99. Mystic River (2003 Sean Penn, Tim Robbins)
100. The New World (2005 Colin Farrell, Christian Bale)
101. Night of the Hunter (1955)
102. Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 Johnny Depp)
103. Nosferatu (1922)
104. Notorious (1946 Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Alfred Hitchcock)
105. Oceans 11 (1960 Frank Sinatra)
106. Once Upon a Time in America (1984 Robert Deniro, James Woods)
107. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968 Henry Fonda)
108. The Outlaw Josey Wales ( 1976 Clint Eastwood)
109. The Oxbow Incident ( 1943 Henry Fonda)
110. Paint your Wagon ( 1969 Clint Eastwood)
111. Panic in Needle Park (1971 Al Pacino)
112. Paths of Glory (1957 Stanley Kubrick, Kirk Douglas)
113. Philadelphia (1993 Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks )
114. Pi ( 1998 )
115. The Pianist (2002 Adrian Brody)
116. Planet of the Apes ( 1968 Charlton Heston)
117. Poltergeist (1982)
118. The Quiet Man (1952 John Wayne)
119. Quick and the Dead ( 1995 Gene Hackman, Russel Crowe)
120. A Raisin in the Sun (1961 Sydney Poitier)
121. Reds ( 1981 jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty)
122. Rescue Dawn ( 2006 Christian Bale)
123. River Runs Through it ( 1992 Robert Redford, Brad Pitt)
124. Rope (1948 James Stewart, Alfred Hitchcock)
125. Rosemarys Baby ( 1968)
126. Sands of Iwo Jima (1949 John Wayne)
127. Sargent York (1941 Gary Cooper)
128. Scarecrow (1973 Al Pacino, Gene Hackman)
129. Scarface (1932)
130. The Score (2001 Marlon Brando, Robert Deniro, Edward Norton)
131. Serpico ( 1973 Al Pacino)
132. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers ( 1954)
133. Seven Year Itch (1955 Marlyn Monroe)
134. Shadow of a Doubt (1943 Alfred Hitchcock)
135. Sin City ( 2005 Bruce Willis, benicio Del Toro)
136. Silent Movie (1976 Mel Brooks)
137. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965 John Wayne)
138. Spy Games (2001 Brad Pitt, Robert Redford)
139. Stalag 17 (1953 William Holden)
140. The Sting (1973 Paul Newman, Robert Redford)
141. Strangers on a Train (1951 Alfred Hitchcock)
142. Suburbia (1984)
143. Suspicion (1941 Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock)
144. Terminator ( 1984 Arnold Schwarzenegger)
145. Terminator 2 (1991 Arnold Schwarzenegger)
146. The Thing ( 1982 Kurt Russell)
147. To Be or Not to Be ( 1942 )
148. To Catch A Thief (1955 Cary Grant, Grace Kelly)
149. Tombstone (1993 Val Kilmer, Kurt Russel)
150. Touch of Evil (1958 Charlton Heston, Orson Wells)
151. Trainspotting (1996 Ewan Mcgregor )
152. Twelve Monkeys ( 1995 Bruce Willis )
153. The Usual Suspects (1995 Chazz Palminteri, Steven Baldwin,)
154. Wag The Dog (1997 Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro)
155. What a Way to Go (1964 Gene Kelly, Paul Newman)
156. What We Do is Secret (2007)
157. White Heat (1949 James Cagney)
158. The Wild One (1953 Marlon Brando)
159. Winchester 73 (1973 James Stewart)
160. Zulu (1964 Michael Caine )

AFI greatest films

the first list i watched.

this is the AFI (American Film Institute) greatest 100 Films. it was made in 2007 (original in 97 then remade in 07)

this is what got me interested in film, more so then i was. i had seen about 20 of them before hand.

how many have you seen?

1. "Citizen Kane," 1941.
2. "The Godfather," 1972.
3. "Casablanca," 1942.
4. "Raging Bull," 1980.
5. "Singin' in the Rain," 1952.
6. "Gone With the Wind," 1939.
7. "Lawrence of Arabia," 1962.
8. "Schindler's List," 1993.
9. "Vertigo," 1958.
10. "The Wizard of Oz," 1939.
11. "City Lights," 1931.
12. "The Searchers," 1956.
13. "Star Wars," 1977.
14. "Psycho," 1960.
15. "2001: A Space Odyssey," 1968.
16. "Sunset Blvd.", 1950.
17. "The Graduate," 1967.
18. "The General," 1927.
19. "On the Waterfront," 1954.
20. "It's a Wonderful Life," 1946.
21. "Chinatown," 1974.
22. "Some Like It Hot," 1959.
23. "The Grapes of Wrath," 1940.
24. "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," 1982.
25. "To Kill a Mockingbird," 1962.
26. "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," 1939. 3414
27. "High Noon," 1952.
28. "All About Eve," 1950.
29. "Double Indemnity," 1944.
30. "Apocalypse Now," 1979.
31. "The Maltese Falcon," 1941.
32. "The Godfather Part II," 1974.
33. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," 1975.
34. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," 1937.
35. "Annie Hall," 1977.
36. "The Bridge on the River Kwai," 1957.
37. "The Best Years of Our Lives," 1946.
38. "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," 1948.
39. "Dr. Strangelove," 1964.
40. "The Sound of Music," 1965.
41. "King Kong," 1933.
42. "Bonnie and Clyde," 1967.
43. "Midnight Cowboy," 1969.
44. "The Philadelphia Story," 1940.
45. "Shane," 1953.
46. "It Happened One Night," 1934.
47. "A Streetcar Named Desire," 1951.
48. "Rear Window," 1954.
49. "Intolerance," 1916.
50. "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," 2001.
51. "West Side Story," 1961.
52. "Taxi Driver," 1976.
53. "The Deer Hunter," 1978.
54. "M-A-S-H," 1970.
55. "North by Northwest," 1959.
56. "Jaws," 1975.
57. "Rocky," 1976.
58. "The Gold Rush," 1925.
59. "Nashville," 1975.
60. "Duck Soup," 1933.
61. "Sullivan's Travels," 1941.
62. "American Graffiti," 1973.
63. "Cabaret," 1972.
64. "Network," 1976.
65. "The African Queen," 1951.
66. "Raiders of the Lost Ark," 1981.
67. "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", 1966.
68. "Unforgiven," 1992.
69. "Tootsie," 1982.
70. "A Clockwork Orange," 1971.
71. "Saving Private Ryan," 1998.
72. "The Shawshank Redemption," 1994.
73. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," 1969.
74. "The Silence of the Lambs," 1991.
75. "In the Heat of the Night," 1967.
76. "Forrest Gump," 1994.
77. "All the President's Men," 1976.
78. "Modern Times," 1936.
79. "The Wild Bunch," 1969.
80. "The Apartment, 1960.
81. "Spartacus," 1960.
82. "Sunrise," 1927.
83. "Titanic," 1997.
84. "Easy Rider," 1969.
85. "A Night at the Opera," 1935.
86. "Platoon," 1986.
87. "12 Angry Men," 1957.
88. "Bringing Up Baby," 1938.
89. "The Sixth Sense," 1999.
90. "Swing Time," 1936.
91. "Sophie's Choice," 1982.
92. "Goodfellas," 1990.
93. "The French Connection," 1971.
94. "Pulp Fiction," 1994.
95. "The Last Picture Show," 1971.
96. "Do the Right Thing," 1989.
97. "Blade Runner," 1982.
98. "Yankee Doodle Dandy," 1942.
99. "Toy Story," 1995.
100. "Ben-Hur," 1959.

Black Sheep (2006)

Black Sheep (2006)

5 word Summary

Genetically altered sheep eat people.

The 5 word summary really sums up everything, there is not much else to the main story. and strangely I found the movie pretty awesome.

I have problems with horror movies that are completely ridiculous and try to hide that. In the case of Black Sheep, they know exactly how crazy the story is and embrace it and add that touch of comedy that is need in such a movie. As far a horror comedies go I was quite impressed.

The acting wasn’t anything special, nor the directing for that matter, and its hard to judge the writing cause it is so ridiculous that its hard to tell when its bad horror writing and when its good horror comedy writing.

The special effects were surprising. They are actually great for the most part. Also to go with the surprising elements is the cinematography. The picture (color and contrast etc) were actually kind of beautiful, which is funny for such an ugly movie.

I would suggest this film to anyone who enjoys some laughs with their gore. If you enjoy other horror comedies, like evil dead series or especially Dead Snow, don’t miss this crazy fim

7/10 stars

Favorite Directors

Favorite Directors

here is the List of my Favorite Directors (in order as of May 2010)

rank. Name (amount of their films i've seen) and my top 3 favorite films of theirs.

1. Martin Scorsese (12) Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, The Departed

2. Billy Wilder (12) Stalag 17, Some Like It Hot, Sunset Blvd

3. Clint Eastwood (13) Mystic River, Changeling, Unforgiven

4. Stanley Kubrick (12) The Killing, Dr. Strangelove, Full Metal Jacket

5. Alfred Hitchcock (26) Dial M for Murder, Rope, Strangers on a Train

6. Stephen Spielberg (14) Saving Private Ryan, Jaws, Schindlers List

7. Sergio Leone (5) The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, For A Few Dollars More, Once Upin a Time in the West

8. Fransis Ford Coppola (8) Godfather Trilogy, Apocalypse Now, The Conversation

9. Elia Kazan (5) On the Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire, Viva Zapata!

10. Coen Brothers (8) No Country for Old Men, A Serious Man, Big Lebowski

11. Howard Hawks (10) Scarface, To Have and Have Not, Red River

12. John Huston (7) Treasure of the Sierra MAdre, The Man who Would Be King, African Queen

13. Sydney Lumet (6) Dog Day Afternoon, 12 Angry Men, Network

14. Frank Capra (5) It Happened one Night, Arsenic and Old Lace, Its a Wonderful Life

15. John Ford (10) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Grapes of Wrath, Stagecoach

16. George Cukor (6) My Fair Lady, Philadelphia Story, Gone With the Wind

17. Woody Allen (8) Love and Death, Sleeper, Annie Hall

18. Stanley Donnen (6) Singin in the Rain, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Charade

19. Roman Polanski (4) The Pianist, The Ghost Writer, rosemarys Baby

20. David Fincher (6) Fight Club, Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Seven

21. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (2) 21 Grams, Babel

22. Christopher Nolan (6) Memento, The Prestige, Dark Knight

23. David Lean (3) Bridge on the Riveer Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago

24. Terry Gilliam (7) Holy Grail, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Imaginarium of Doctor Parnasuss

25. Fritz Lang (5) M, The woman in the Window, Metropolis

26. Tim Burton (12) Beetle Juice, Sweeny Todd, Big Fish

27. Ridley Scott (7) Gladiator, Robin Hood, American Gangster

28. Charles Chaplin (7) The Circus, City Lights, Modern Times

29. Michael Mann (7) Heat, Collatera, Public Enemies

30. Geoge Stevens (5) Giant, a Place in the Sun, Gunga Din

31. Edward Zwick (5) Blood Diamond, Last Sumurai, Glory

32. Kevin Costner (4) Dances with Wolves, Open Range, The Postman

33. Mel Brooks (9) Young Frankenstein, Blazzing adles, Robin Hood Men in Tights

34. Danny Boyle (3) Slumdog Millionaire, 28 Days Later, Trainspotting

35. Barry Levinson (9) Rain Man, Sleepers, Wag the Dog

Movies i Own

Movies I Own (updated May 2010)

1. Accepted
2. Across the Universe
3. Airplane
4. All about the Benjamin’s
5. All the Presidents Men
6. Almost Heroes
7. Along Came Polly
8. American Gangster
9. American History X
10. American Outlaw
11. Amityville Horror
12. Amores Perros
13. Analyze This
14. Anchorman
15. Anchors Aweigh
16. The Animal
17. Animal House
18. Anger Management
19. Apocalypse Now
20. Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Movie film for Theaters
21. Arizona Dream
22. Army of Darkness
23. Atonement
24. Austin Powers
25. Austin Powers the Spy Who Shagged Me
26. Austin Powers Goldmember
27. Babel
28. Bandits
29. Barbershop
30. Barry Lyndon
31. Bedazzled
32. The Believer
33. Benchwarmers
34. Ben-Hur
35. Beverly Hills Ninja
36. Big Daddy
37. Big Lebowski
38. Big Nothing
39. Bio Dome
40. Black Knight
41. Black Sheep
42. Blade
43. Blades of Glory
44. Blazing Saddles
45. Blood Diamond
46. Blow
47. Blue Streak
48. The Bone Collector
49. Boondock Saints
50. Bourne Identity
51. Bourne Supremacy
52. Borat
53. Born Yesterday
54. The Brave
55. Braveheart
56. Breakfast Club
57. Bridge on the River Kwai
58. A Bronx Tale
59. Bruce Almighty
60. Burn After Reading
61. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
62. Butterfly effect
63. Buying the cow
64. The cable guy
65. Caddy shack
66. Cannibal the Musical
67. Carlito’s Way
68. Casablanca
69. Casino
70. Catch me if you Can
71. The Chase
72. Changeling
73. Charade
74. Charlie and the chocolate factory
75. Children of Men
76. Chinese Coffee
77. Choke
78. Citizen Kane
79. City of God
80. Clerks 2
81. Clockwork Orange
82. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
83. Collateral
84. Con Air
85. The Constant Gardner
86. Constantine
87. Cool Hand Luke
88. Corky Ramano
89. Country Girl
90. Crank
91. Crash
92. Crimes and Misdemeanors
93. Curious Case of Benjamin Button
94. Dances with Wolves
95. Daredevil
96. The Dark Knight
97. Das Boot
98. Da Vinci Code
99. Dead Man
100. Dead Man on Campus
101. Dead Presidents
102. The Deer Hunter
103. The Defiant Ones
104. The Departed
105. Desperado
106. Deuce Bigalo Male Gigalo
107. Deuce Bigalo European Gigalo
108. Deuces Wild
109. Dial M for Murder
110. Dickie Roberts
111. Die Hard
112. Dr Strangelove
113. Dodgeball
114. Dog Day Afternoon
115. Donnie Brasco
116. Donnie Darko
117. Don’t Say a Word
118. Double Take
119. Dracula
120. Dracula Dead and Loving It
121. Dumb and Dumber
122. Dumb and Dumberer
123. The edge
124. Edward Scissorhands
125. Elf
126. Empire
127. Empires New Groove
128. Encino Man
129. Enemy at the Gates
130. Eurotrip
131. Evolution
132. Exit wounds
133. The Exorcist
134. The Exorcist the Beginning
135. Fallen
136. The Fan
137. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
138. Field of Dreams
139. Fight Club
140. Final Destination
141. Finding Nemo
142. Fistful of Dollars
143. For a Few Dollars More
144. Forrest Gump
145. 1408
146. 40 Days and 40 Nights
147. 40 Year Old Virgin
148. Frailty
149. Friday
150. Friday After Next
151. From Hell
152. Full Metal Jacket
153. Gangs of New York
154. Garden State
155. The General
156. Ghost and the Darkness
157. Gladiator
158. The Godfather
159. The Godfather II
160. The Godfather III
161. Gone in 60 seconds
162. Good Burger
163. Goodfellas
164. The good the bad and the ugly
165. Goonies
166. The Graduate
167. Grandmas boy
168. The Great Escape
169. Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle
170. Green Street Hooligans
171. The Grudge
172. Guys and Dolls
173. Half baked
174. Halloween
175. Hang’em high
176. Harold and kumar
177. Harts war
178. Heat
179. High fidelity
180. High Noon
181. History of Violence
182. The hot chick
183. Hotel Rwanda
184. Hot Fuzz
185. The Hustler
186. I spy
187. The Ice Harvest
188. Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
189. In Bruges
190. Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
191. Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom
192. It Happened One Night
193. It’s a Wonderful Life
194. The jackal
195. Jacobs ladder
196. Jaws
197. Jay and silent bob
198. Joe dirt
199. John q
200. Joy ride
201. Jurassic park
202. Just friends
203. Key Largo
204. The Killing
205. King Kong
206. King of Comedy
207. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
208. Knights tale
209. Knocked Up
210. Kung pow
211. LA Confidential
212. The ladies man
213. Larry the cable guy
214. Last King of Scotland
215. Lawrence of Arabia
216. Leon : The Professional
217. Let the Right One In
218. Liar liar
219. Life
220. Life of Brain
221. Light it up
222. Little nicky
223. Live freaky die freaky
224. The Lives of Others
225. Lock stock and two smoking barrels
226. Lolita
227. Lord of the rings two towers
228. Love and Death
229. Lucky # Sle7in
230. Madagascar
231. Magnificent seven
232. Man on fire
233. The Man who Shot Liberty Valance
234. The Manchurian Candidate
235. Manhattan
236. Marathon man
237. Maverick
238. Mean Creek
239. Mean Streets
240. Meet the parents
241. Midnight Cowboy
242. Million Dollar Baby
243. Minority report
244. The Misfits
245. Mr. Brooks
246. Mr deeds
247. Monsters inc
248. Monty python and the holy grail
249. Monty Python and now for something completely different
250. The mummy
251. Mutiny on the Bounty
252. My Fair Lady
253. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
254. Mystic River
255. Nacho libre
256. Network
257. The new guy
258. Next Friday
259. Night at the Roxbury
260. The Ninth Gate
261. No Country for Old men
262. North by Northwest
263. Notorious
264. Oceans Eleven
265. Oceans Twelve
266. Oceans Thirteen
267. Office space
268. Old school
269. The omen
270. On the Town
271. On the Waterfront
272. Once upon a time in America
273. Once upon a time in Mexico
274. Once upon a time in the West
275. The one
276. One flew over the cuckoos nest
277. Orange county
278. Oragasmo
279. Oxbow Incident
280. Pans labyrinth
281. Paths of Glory
282. The patriot
283. Patton
284. The perfect storm
285. Perfume
286. The Pianist
287. The Philadelphia Story
288. Phone booth
289. Pirates of the Caribbean : curse of the black pearl
290. Pirates of the Caribbean : dead mans chest
291. Pirates of the Caribbean : At Worlds End
292. Platoon
293. The punisher
294. The prestige
295. The Producers
296. Rain man
297. Raging bull
298. Rangers
299. The Reaping
300. Rear Window
301. Rebel Without a Cause
302. The recruit
303. Red Dragon
304. Red River
305. Remember the titans
306. The replacements
307. Requiem for a dream
308. Rescue Dawn
309. The ring
310. A River Runs Through It
311. Road to predition
312. Rock and roll high school
313. Road trip
314. Robin Hood men in tights
315. Robin Hood (Disney)
316. Ronin
317. Rounders
318. Run Fatboy Run
319. Rush hour
320. Saving private Ryan
321. Saving Silverman
322. Saw
323. Saw 2
324. Saw 3
325. Scanner Darkly
326. Scarface
327. Scarface
328. Scary movie
329. Scary movie 2
330. Scary movie 4
331. Scent of a Woman
332. School of Rock
333. The Score
334. Screwed
335. The Searchers
336. Secret window
337. Serving sara
338. Se7en
339. Shallow hal
340. Shark tale
341. Shaun of the Dead
342. Shawshank redemption
343. The shinning
344. The shipment
345. Showtime
346. Shrek 2
347. Shriek if you know what I did last Friday the 13^th
348. Signs
349. Silence of the lambs
350. Singin in the Rain
351. Sixteen candles
352. The sixth sense
353. The skeleton key
354. Slackers
355. SLC punk
356. Sleeper
357. Sleepers
358. Sleepy hallow
359. Slumdog Millionaire
360. Smoking aces
361. Snatch
362. Some Like it Hot
363. Sooper troopers
364. South park
365. Spinal Tap
366. Spy Games
367. Stalag 17
368. Stand by me
369. Stardust
370. Star wars a new hope
371. Star wars empire strikes back
372. Star wars return of the jedi
373. Stewie movie
374. Stigmata
375. The Sting
376. Stranger than Fiction
377. Strangers on a Train
378. Stuck on you
379. Suburbia
380. Sunset Boulevard
381. Superbad
382. Superstar
383. Swat
384. Swordfish
385. Take me Out to the Ball Games
386. Talladega nights
387. Taxi driver
388. Team America world police
389. The Ten
390. Thank you for smoking
391. There Will Be Blood
392. Theres something about mary
393. The Thin Red Line
394. Thirteen ghosts
395. 3:10 to Yuma
396. Three kings
397. 3000 miles to graceland
398. Tigerland
399. Titanic
400. tommy boy
401. Tootsie
402. Traffic
403. Tsotsi
404. training day
405. transporter
406. Treasure of the Sierra Madre
407. True Grit
408. 12 Angry Men
409. Twelve O’Clock High
410. 28 days later
411. 28 Weeks Later
412. 21 Grams
413. 2001: a Space Odyssey
414. undercover brother
415. Unforgiven
416. Usual Suspects
417. v for vendetta
418. van wilder
419. Viva Zapata!
420. waiting
421. Walk the Line
422. War Inc
423. the waterboy
424. waynes world
425. Waynes World 2
426. wedding crashers
427. wedding singer
428. We Own the Night
429. We Were Soldiers
430. What a Way to Go
431. What Just Happened?
432. When Harry Met Sally
433. White Heat
434. the whole nine yards
435. Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolfe
436. Wild Hogs
437. willy wonka and the chocolate factory
438. the wood
439. wrongfully accused
440. XXX
441. Y tu Mama Tambien
442. Young Frankenstein
443. Zoolander

Kates

1. Alice in Wonderland (Disney)
2. Alice in Wonderland
3. Alice in Wonderland
4. Amelie
5. Batman Begins
6. Beetlejuice
7. Black Dahlia
8. Clueless
9. Club Dread
10. Down to You
11. Employee of the month
12. Finding Neverland
13. Ghost World
14. Girl Interrupted
15. Italian Job
16. Juno
17. Legend of Zorro
18. Little miss Sunshine
19. Lost in Translation
20. Mallrats
21. Mean Girls
22. Meet Joe Black
23. Moulin Rouge
24. No Reservations
25. The Notebook
26. O Brother Where art Thou?
27. Ps I Love You
28. Rachael Getting Married
29. Rocky Horror Picture Show
30. The Rules of Attraction
31. Serendipity
32. Sex and the city
33. Sweeny Todd
34. Ten things I hate about you