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The Joy of Films
Films are brief windows into the lives we cannot live.

Best Overall

Memento


The Best of ...

United States
The Shawshank Redemption
Schindler's List
The Usual Suspects

Canada
Juno
The Red Violin
Cube

Asia
Shichinin no samurai (Seven Samurai)
Ying xiong (Hero)
Huozhe (To Live)
Hotaru no Haka
Grave of the Fireflies

Europe
Amelie
The Professional
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
After the Wedding

Cops and the Mob
The Professional
The Usual Suspects
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
The Godfather Trilogy

Suspense/Thrillers
Memento
The Devil's Advocate
Se7en
Cube

Romance
Amelie
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Wings of the Dove
Shakespeare in Love

Scifi/Fantasy
Children of Men
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Matrix
Gattaca
Contact

War
Platoon
The Last Samurai
Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
Der Untergang
Glory

Biographies
Malcolm X
Into the Wild
Elizabeth

Comedy
Amelie
The Princess Bride
The Man Who Knew Too Little

Dark Comedy
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Being John Malkovich
Amateur

Sports
Remember the Titans
Hoop Dreams
He Got Game

Action
300
Batman Begins
Kill Bill Vol. 1

Medical
Wit
Awakenings
Patch Adams
Something the Lord Made


IMDB Voting History
of all the movies I have seen.



Actors
Morgan Freeman
Sean Penn
Al Pacino
Denzel Washington

Actresses
Jennifer Connelly
Naomi Watts
Scarlett Johansson
Emma Thompson
Gong Li
Kiera Knightley

Directors
Christopher Nolan
Zhang Yimou
Hayao Miyazaki

Composers
James Horner
John Williams
Hans Zimmer
Joe Hisaishi

Visual Feasts
Cinematography
Amelie
Ying xiong (Hero)
The Wings of the Dove
Wu Hu Zang Long
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Thin Red Line

Original Score
Glory
Red Violin
Gladiator
Children of Dune
Love Actually


Quickie Review

Malcolm X

Malcolm X

Denzel Washington is thoroughly convincing in every season of Malcolm Little's roller coaster life. A brilliant Spike Lee film that completely changed the way I viewed this enigmatic historical figure.


Movies to Watch with Cindy
The Pursuit of Happiness
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Kung-Fu Panda

Movies I Want to See
Star Trek
Watchmen
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
In the Valley of Elah
The Road
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Gran Torino
Slumdog Millionaire

Foreign films to see
Cries and Whispers
The Seventh Seal
Wild Strawberries
Persona
Mou gaan dou (Infernal Affairs)
Kagemusha
Il Postino
Mar adentro
Malena

Other films to see
The Wrestler
Doubt
Sea Biscuit
Revolutionary Road
The Reader
Wanted
Changeling
Taken
Syriana
The Man from Earth
Waking Life
Great Expectations
The Deer Hunter
Angela's Ashes
The Kite Runner
Heat
Legally Blonde
Proof
Notes on a Scandal
Bruce Almighty
Stand by Me
Airplane
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
The Blues Brothers
The Man Who Wasn't There
Unforgiven

Medical Movies
The Elephant Man
Looking for Palladin
Shadowlands
Passion Fish
Lorenzo's Oil
The Hospital
The Verdict
And the Band played on
Miss Evers' Boys
My 3 cents

Historical Movies
Good Night and Good Luck
Frost/Nixon
JKF
All the President's Men
World Trade Centre
W
The Killing Fields
Zodiac
Finding Neverland
Munich
Patton
Henry V
Valkyrie
A Bridge Too Far
The Longest Day
The Battle of Britain
The Bridge on the River Kwai
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Great Dictator

Classics to See
A Clockwork Orange
Casablanca
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Touch of Evil
Once Upon a Time in America
My Fair Lady
Gone with the Wind