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 25 Best Films  


  
Boogie Nights (New Line Platinum Series)
Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds

New Line Home Video, 2000

WOW, he's really 13 inches!

+ I never take my skates off.
+ I heart Paul Thomas Anderson
+ Special Flim
+ A good introduction to P.T. Anderson
  
  











  



  
Showgirls
Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan

MGM (Video & DVD), 2000

Saved by the Bell: What happened to Jesse when the others went to college

+ i'm sorry but i love this movie
+ OMFG! How did I miss this? ONE OF THE GREAT FILMS OF THE 90'S!!!
+ A Cult Classic
  
  











  



  
Alien (The Director's Cut)
Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver

20th Century Fox, 2004

A landmark in movie making.

+ Excellent SciFi/Horror film for its time
+ Don't touch the egg............
+ The Best
  
  











  



  
Short Cuts - Criterion Collection
Robert Altman, Tim Robbins

Criterion, 2004

This is life...

+ Altman and the Gang
+ Robert Altman's Masterpiece
+ Short Cuts
  
  











  



  
Wild Strawberries - Criterion Collection
Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson

Criterion, 2002

Maybe the Best Film Ever Made

+ "I must tell myself something I won't listen to when awake..."
+ Classic Bergman
+ INGMAR BERGMAN, OPUS 18
+ A very touching, poignant film
  
  











  



  
The Thief
Vladimir Mashkov, Yekaterina Rednikova

Sony Pictures, 1999

Forget the Kleenex, get a towel

+ Fantastic
+ A Film Well Worth Re-Visiting
+ beautiful portrait of a land, a nation and a family
+ One of my all-time favorites
  
  











  



  
American Beauty (Widescreen Edition)
Annette Bening, Thora Birch

Dreamworks Video, 2000

From Pain To Pleasure

+ American Reality
+ Enough has been said but....

My girlfriend bought this movie. I didn't want to see it. I thought it was a "chick flick". It was raining outside, and I had used up all my options. Now I had to watch it. I should have known it would be good with Kevin Spacey in it. Everything he does it great. But I had no idea it was ...
  
  











  



  
Raging Bull (Special Edition)
Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty

MGM (Video & DVD), 2005

Scorcese and DeNiro's Best Work - How can a film about such ugly people be so beautiful?

+ Raging Bull is a TKO.
+ A triumph of American cinema; a landmark if ever there was one...
+ The ultimate set--for the ultimate film
  
  











  



  
Fanny and Alexander (Special Edition Five-Disc Set) - Criterion Collection

Criterion, 2004

Magical realism meets Dickens

+ Paganism Vs. Puritanism
+ Fanny & Alexander: a life-affirming battle of the wills.
+ * * * 1/2 Many magnificent moments, but after two viewings...
  
  











  



  
Gone with the Wind (Two-Disc Edition)
Everett Brown, Fred Crane

Warner Home Video, 2006

Gone With the Wind

+ The Immortal GWTW
+ one on¡f the best classic movies !
+ best film ever
  
  











  



  
Pulp Fiction (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Rosanna Arquette, Steve Buscemi

Miramax Entertainment, 2002

A Freak Occurrence

+ Royale with cheese
+ It's Pulp Fiction. What more need be said?
+ No classic
+ A TRUE MASTERPIECE
  
  











  



  
Terms of Endearment
Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger

Paramount, 2001

A Film of Joy, Tragedy and Hope.

+ Terms Of Endearment
+ Movies

One of the top grossing films of 1983, including sweeping away 5 Oscars, Terms of Endearment, not only is a heart-felt relationship between a sensitive and compassionate daughter (Debra Winger) and her over bearing mother, (Shirley MacLaine) but also what it means to get caught-up in the day to ...
  
  











  



  
Scenes From a Marriage - Criterion Collection
Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson

Criterion, 2004

Genius, But Some Perspective in Order

+ "We're emotional illiterates..."
+ Scenes from an emotional marriage!
+ Like a Beethoven's piano sonata
+ Deep Understanding of Human Nature and Foibles
  
  











  



  
Wait Until Dark
Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin

Warner Home Video, 2003

Wait Until Dark!! The best realistic thriller!!

+ Guys, listen to your mother-in-law...she knows her movies!
+ Implausible but engrossing thriller
+ Best Audrey Hepburn Drama
+ Wait Until Dark
  
  











  



  
GoodFellas (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta

Warner Home Video, 2004

The Best Mob Movie Made - Ever!

+ What a difference
+ THE BEST IN THIS GENRE
+ The Ultimate Mob Movie!!
+ Sometimes, you just gotta be a little Crooked.
  
  











  



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