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Comedies of all types are my favorites. I'm also a sucker for good cinematography and dialogue, and tricky plots. I love it when a movie twists everything around at the end, dashing (or at least twisting) my expectations.
I built this web site, worked my fingers to the bone for you, so just watch these movies, all right?!
| Title | Also Contributed By | Genre | Country | Comments | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The | Jessica Maye | Adventure Comedy Fantasy | germany uk westgermany | This is one of my favorite fantasy, legend, superhero type movies. Terry Gilliam directs. | Top 10 |
| Being John Malkovich | Comedy Fantasy | usa | Malcovich Malcovich... Malcovich Malcovich... Watch this and see how long it takes you to find Cameron Diaz. | Others | |
| Best in Show | Koleen McCrink Barbara Scoggins | Comedy | usa | More Christopher Guest goodness. | Top 20 |
| City of Lost Children | Charlotte Lasserre | Adventure Comedy Drama Fantasy Sci-fi | france | ABC: artsy, beautiful, and creepy. | Top 20 |
| Dead Man | David Hirschfield | Western | germany japan usa | This movie is very weird and pretty long, but well worth it if you're in the mood. Violence abounds, but it is a western after all. | Top 20 |
| Dinner Game, The | Brian Magerko J.C. Ducom Charlotte Lasserre | Comedy | France | This may be the perfect farce. Brilliantly executed and totally hilarious. | Top 20 |
| Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | David Hirschfield Matthew Sheby Mark Kishiyama Timothy King Colleen Parks Hieronymous Maguire | Crime Drama | france germany japan usa | Jim Jarmusch at his best. Forest Whitaker plays a modern-day samurai, and does it wonderfully. This movie has so much substance, it should be arrested. Contains some violence, but no head-stomping. | Top 10 |
| High Fidelity | Koleen McCrink | Comedy | uk usa | It's about girls, right? | Top 20 |
| Life is Beautiful (Vita ? bella, La) | Comedy Drama Romance War | italy | Certainly one of the most powerful movies I've ever seen. It may be the best. | Top 10 | |
| Memento | Alexis Rosoff Luis Alcala Jon Prince Joel Quamme Carolyn | Crime Drama Mystery Thriller | usa | Intriguing and interesting. Not to be missed. | Top 10 |
| Rushmore | Mark Murray Tony Monacelli | Comedy Romance | usa | Wonderful. One of Bill Murray's best [supporting] roles in recent history, and brilliantly carried out by everyone involved. | Top 10 |
| Six-String Samurai | David Hirschfield Erik Johnson | Action Adventure Sci-fi | usa | This movie is extremely campy, strangely beautiful, and enormously entertaining. | Top 20 |
| Small Time Crooks | Comedy Crime Romance | usa | Microscopic thieves begin stealing time from unsuspecting housewives. Armed only with Lysol, can Golda Meir stop them? | Top 20 | |
| Waiting for Guffman | Mark Murray | Comedy | usa | Brilliant improvised comedy from Christopher Guest and company. | Top 10 |
| Zelig | David Hirschfield Sam Danthine | Comedy | usa | Woody Allen mockumentary goodness. | Top 10 |
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