My Favorites (35 titles)
These are the films that -one way or another- left a lasting influence on me during the last twenty years of my life. They are my favorites, as much as I could remember now. I'd like to think that I have good taste in movies, but just like any other list, there will surely be the odd cheesy movie, tear jerkers, classics etc. Anyway, this is my list and hope you'll find it interesting!
70.6% from 33 members
Leon
A true masterpiece! This is the movie that I think of first, when someone asks what my all-time favorite is.
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Leon
(1994)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Jean Reno, Natalie Portman
Director: Luc Besson
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A murder on the streets of New York leads to a deadly game of cat and mouse while an orphaned twelve-year-old girl becomes caught in the middle...
Not currently released
81%
from 77,649 members
21 Grams
The director's best work in my opinion. Everything about this film is just brilliant!
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21 Grams
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Sean Penn, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Benicio Del Toro
Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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Paul (Sean Penn) has less than a month to live, he's on the waiting list for a heart transplant, and his wife (Charlotte Gainsbourg) is determined to get pregnant with his child before it's too late. Meanwhile, Cristina (Naomi Watts) is a happy mother with a loving husband and two daughters but she ..read more »
62%
from 49,060 members
Little Miss Sunshine
Heart warming and captivating... Such a lovely film! Excellent soundtrack too.
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Little Miss Sunshine
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell
Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
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Little Miss Sunshine is a brazenly satirical and yet deeply human American road comedy. The film introduces audiences to one of the most endearingly fractured families in recent cinema history: the Hoovers, whose trip to a pre-pubescent beauty pageant results not only in comic mayhem but in death, ..read more »
73%
from 99,469 members
The Godfather Part 2
This is my favorite out of the three. DeNiro is superb.
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The Godfather Part 2
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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A sequel continuing the saga of two generations of power within the Corleone family. Based on a novel by Mario Puzo.
80%
from 43,940 members
Clerks
This film proves that you don't need gazillions of dollars to make brilliant cinema! Besides, any film with Jay and Silent Bob is cool!
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Clerks
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti
Director: Kevin Smith
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Just because they serve you doesn't mean they like you. Clerks is Kevin Smith (Chasing Amy, Dogma, Mallrats)'s first feature film.
70%
from 14,978 members
Irreversible
Genius! It's a shame that Gaspar Noe did not keep up the good work... Don't care what everyone says about the famous scenes in this movie. It's only a movie after all! And it's perfect in every way!
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Irreversible
(2002)
Starring: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel
Director: Gaspar Noe
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After what would normally be the end credits (which run backwards), IRREVERSIBLE begins with a heated hunt through a gay S&M club. It is a chaotic sequence shot from a wildly spiraling camera seamlessly edited together to appear as one single shot and culminating in one of the most violent murders ..read more »
Not currently released
60%
from 14,922 members
The English Patient
No comment necessary for this one. The Academy said it all!
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The English Patient
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe
Director: Anthony Minghella
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Set during the Second World War, this epic romance tells the story of a mysterious Englishman found badly burned in the Sahara. His nurse transports him across war-torn Europe taking him to a deserted Tuscan monastery where he can die in peace. There they become friends and she begins to read to ..read more »
68%
from 17,224 members
The Talented Mr Ripley
Another masterpiece from the brilliant Anthony Minghella!
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The Talented Mr Ripley
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Matt Damon, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett
Director: Anthony Minghella
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Based on Patricia Highsmith's novel of the same name, Minghella's moody follow-up to his Oscar-winning THE ENGLISH PATIENT concerns Tom Ripley, a poor New Yorker, who is sent to Italy by the wealthy Mr. Greenleaf in order to bring back his spoiled son, Dickie. Once in Italy, Tom charms his way into ..read more »
67%
from 12,108 members
Taxi Driver
Scorsese and DeNiro at their best! This is our introduction to the psychotic sides of both!
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Taxi Driver
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Martin Scorsese's intense film, a hallmark of 1970s filmmaking, graphically depicts the tragic consequences of urban alienation when a New York City taxi driver goes on a murderous rampage against the pitiable denizens inhabiting the city's underbelly. For psychotic, pistol-packing Vietnam vet ..read more »
72%
from 43,989 members
Fargo
Best work of the Coen brothers yet... Funnily disturbing and plainly genius!
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Fargo
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Director: Joel Coen
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Poor Jerry Lundegaard. He's deep in debt. His wealthy father-in-law has no respect for him. He cheats customers at the car dealership where he works. And now he's hired a bumbling duo to kidnap his wife--a plan that goes horribly awry, leading to homicide.Enter Marge Gunderson, one of the most ..read more »
74%
from 52,892 members
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