| Title | Genre | Country | Contributed By | Comments | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Monkeys | Drama Sci-Fi Thriller | usa | Alexis Rosoff | Others | |
| Jon Wondrack | Others | ||||
| Luis Alcala | Others | ||||
| 1984 | Drama Sci-Fi | uk | Tony Monacelli | Top 20 | |
| Mark Kishiyama | Top 20 | ||||
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | Adventure Sci-fi | uk usa | J.C. Ducom | Top 10 | |
| David Bressler | Top 10 | ||||
| Tony Monacelli | Top 20 | ||||
| Rob Haskins | My favorite character is Hal . . . | Others | |||
| 21 grams | Rich Jackson | Others | |||
| 23 | Drama Thriller | Germany | Nicole David | Others | |
| 24 Hour Party People | Biography Comedy Drama Music | Uk | Hieronymous Maguire | Top 10 | |
| 3 Women | Drama | usa | Jason Proksch | Top 10 | |
| 3-Iron | Drama Romance | Japan Southkorea | Rich Jackson | A very unique unconventional romantic Korean movie by the director of Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring. Highly recommended | Top 20 |
| 37°2 le matin | Comedy Drama | france | Jim Magnuson | Top 10 | |
| 39 Steps, The | Mystery Thriller | uk | Keith Irwin | Top 10 | |
| Keith Schneider | Top 20 | ||||
| 400 Blows, The | Crime Drama | france | Irina Solyanik | Top 10 | |
| Noah Bernstein | Artsy | Top 10 | |||
| 42: Forty Two Up (1998) (TV) | Biography Documentary | Uk | Craig Brozinsky | From age 7 to 49, the Up Series revisits the same people every seven years. You should watch 28, 35, 42, and 49 Up, but 42 stands out because of Michael Apted's incredible director's commentary. | Others |
| 8 1/2 | Drama | France Italy | Rich Jackson | Others | |
| 8MM | Mystery Thriller | germany usa | Shawn Green | Others | |
| ? ma soeur! | Drama | france italy spain | Alexis Rosoff | Not my autobiography... (er, this page shows the original French title.. in English it was called Fat Girl). | Top 10 |
| A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Drama Sci-Fi | usa | Lisa Bigelow | So sad! Sniff! And so good. | Others |
| Abominable Dr. Phibes, The | Horror Mystery | uk | Rob Haskins | Notable for frequent scenes without dialogue accompanied by diagetic or non-diagetic music. | Others |
| Accattone | Drama | italy | Gennaro Corcella | Top 20 | |
| Adaptation | Comedy Crime Drama Romance | usa | Jerry Carlton | A fantastic script. Very well directed. The ending is superb. Every writer should study this movie. | Others |
| Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The | Adventure Comedy Fantasy | germany uk westgermany | Joe Chellman | This is one of my favorite fantasy, legend, superhero type movies. Terry Gilliam directs. | Top 10 |
| Jessica Maye | See Robin Williams as the Man in the Moon with a detachable head, among other Gilliam craziness. | Others | |||
| Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, The | Adventure Comedy Romance Sci-fi | Usa | Erik Johnson | Top 10 | |
| Adventures of Sebastian Cole, The | Comedy Drama | Usa | Colleen Parks | Directed by Todd Williams. | Others |
| African Queen, The | Adventure Romance War | uk usa | Stephan Quessy | Top 10 | |
| Aguirre: The Wrath of God | Adventure Drama | germany mexico peru | Mark Murray | Top 10 | |
| Timothy King | Herzog & Kinski at their manic & visionary best. Stunningly shot in the Peruvian mountains & Amazon jungle. The closing sequence is one of my favorite images of all time. | Top 10 | |||
| Airplane! | Comedy | usa | Lisa Bigelow | The funniest movie known to mankind. Can be watched over and over. | Others |
| Akira Kurosawa's Dreams | Fantasy | japan usa | Charles Couchman | Top 10 | |
| Alberto Express | comedy | france | Sam Danthine | Others | |
| Alexandra's Project | drama thriller | australia | bj?rn | Top 10 | |
| Alexandre le bienheureux | Comedy | france | Stephan Quessy | Top 10 | |
| Aliens | Action Horror Sci-Fi | usa | Jon Wondrack | Others | |
| All About My Mother | Comedy Drama | spain france | Alexis Rosoff | Top 10 | |
| Marnie McKay | Top 10 | ||||
| Charlotte Lasserre | Top 10 | ||||
| Mikhail Masharov | Top 20 | ||||
| All Quiet on the Western Front | War | usa | Steve Jenkins | Top 20 | |
| Mark Kishiyama | Top 20 | ||||
| All the Real Girls | drama romance | usa | Colleen Parks | Directed by David Gordon Green. | Top 20 |
| Almost Famous | Comedy Drama Romance | usa | Koleen McCrink | Others | |
| Amadeus | Crime Drama Musical | usa | Jerry Carlton | Bach, treachery, crazies. One of the best casts ever! A must see for lovers of period pieces. | Others |
| Amarcord | Comedy | france italy | Mike Landrum | Top 10 | |
| Amelie | Comedy Drama Romance | France Germany | Julie Heinrich | Top 10 | |
| Jerry Carlton | Perfect | Top 10 | |||
| Carolyn | Top 10 | ||||
| Craig Brozinsky | Only Satan could dislike this film. | Top 20 | |||
| American Astronaut, The | Comedy Music Musical Sci-fi | Usa | Ryan Ward | Top 10 | |
| American Beauty | Drama | usa | Jon Prince | Top 20 | |
| Lisa Bigelow | In addition to everything else, it has an evocative score. | Others | |||
| American Movie | Documentary | Usa | Ellen Woodall | excellent, hilarious, poignant documentary about an amateur filmaker trying to produce his vision - a horror movie. | Top 10 |
| American Psycho | Comedy Crime Drama Horror Thriller | Canada Usa | Chris Estes | Because it DOESN'T have a Dicaprio or De Niro or Meryl Streep. And who doesn't keep a head next to the sorbet? | Top 10 |
| Amistad | Documentary Drama Horror War | usa | Jerry Carlton | Steven's best film. Historically closer to home than Schindler's List. Well researched, accurate events. Not everyone endorsed slavery in the 18th & 19th century. | Others |
| Amores Perros | Drama Thriller | mexico | Luis Alcala | Top 10 | |
| Rich Jackson | Others | ||||
| An Everlasting Piece | comedy | usa | Colleen Parks | Directed by Barry Levinson. Good movie--not too heavy, not too light. | Others |
| Jessica Maye | Silly story of two Irish barbers, and a political comentary on 1980s Ireland. | Others | |||
| Angelic Conversation, The | Other | uk | Rob Haskins | Artsy; great music by Coil and superb readings by Judi Dench. | Top 10 |
| Animal Crackers | Comedy | Usa | Joel Quamme | Marx Bros? 2nd film. Lots of famous quotes, many of which were ad libs. Hilarious in places, but a little uneven as a whole. | Top 10 |
| Anne of 1,000 Days | Drama | uk | Danielle Ross | Top 20 | |
| Antonia's Line | Drama | belgium netherlands uk | Stephan Quessy | Social drama with a hint of humor | Top 10 |
| Gennaro Corcella | Top 20 | ||||
| Apartment Zero | Thriller | uk argentina | Dori Schachner | This is one of my favorite movies ever...it's hard to categorize, I guess it's sort of a psychological thriller and sort of a black comedy. One of Colin Firth's earlier roles, he plays a wonderful neurotic film geek who doesn't know how to talk to other people. Really disturbing ending. | Top 10 |
| Apocalypse Now | Action Drama War | usa | Mikhail Masharov | Violent/Vulgar | Others |
| Christopher Kam | Violent/Vulgar | Others | |||
| Sam Danthine | Violent/Vulgar | Others | |||
| Apt Pupil | Drama Thriller | canada france usa | Rob Haskins | Recommended for chemistry between Renfro and McKellen. | Others |
| Aria | Comedy Drama Music | Uk | Joel Quamme | Artsy interpretations of musical excerpts from 10 operas. Some are better than others. | Others |
| Arizona Dream | Drama | usa france | Gennaro Corcella | Top 10 | |
| Artemisia | Drama | france germany italy | Dan Koo | Top 10 | |
| Asterix et Cleopatre | Animation | belgium france | Annamaria Proksch | Top 10 | |
| Atanarjuat | Adventure Documentary Drama Romance Other | Canada | Jerry Carlton | AKA - Fast Runner - Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, Hesse - No culture has produced a more poignant fable. A true masterpiece. Filmed on location by Native Americans with a passion. Inukitut with English subtitles. | Others |
| Autumn Marathon | Comedy | sovietunion | Irina Solyanik | Top 20 | |
| Babe | Adventure Comedy Family | australia | Jerry Carlton | Not a wasted scene. Also - Babe in the City | Top 20 |
| Babette's Feast | Comedy Drama | denmark | Jessica Maye | One of the first in the genre of mystical food movies. | Top 20 |
| Bad Boy Bubby | australia italy | Alexis Rosoff | Talk about obscure--it wasn't even released in the US after it shocked distributors so much! (Pirate videos can be purchased on eBay.) Anyway, it\'s about a guy locked up for 35 years by his psychotic mother, who discovers the outside world... | Top 10 | |
| Keith Schneider | Top 20 | ||||
| Bad Taste | Comedy Horror | newzealand | Alex Pouget | Violent/Vulgar | Top 10 |
| Bagdad Cafe | Comedy Drama | westgermany | Charlotte Lasserre | Top 10 | |
| Jerry Carlton | Jack Palance's best! If I am forced to pick one movie as my all-time favorite, this is it! | Top 10 | |||
| Sam Danthine | Top 20 | ||||
| Craig Brozinsky | Good character piece. | Others | |||
| Ballad of Narayama, The | Drama | japan | Mike Landrum | Top 10 | |
| Baraka | Documentary | usa | Damon Anderson | Director was the cinematographer and writer of Koyaanisqatsi. | Others |
| Barry Lyndon | Drama Romance War | uk | J.C. Ducom | Top 10 | |
| Baxter | drama horror | france | Colleen Parks | Directed by Jerome Boivin. You may never look at your dog in the same way again. | Others |
| Beau travail | Drama | france | Luis Alcala | Top 20 | |
| Bedazzled | Comedy Fantasy | Uk | Timothy King | The 1967 version, of course. Peter Cook playing the Devil as trickster. Just delightful. Even Dudley Moore is enjoyable. | Top 20 |
| Before Night Falls | Drama | usa | Luis Alcala | Top 10 | |
| Before Sunrise | Drama Romance | Austria Switzerland Usa | Craig Brozinsky | A minimalist romance that does away with plot, and focuses purely on an evening spent between two strangers. The characters, and acting ability, matures in the sequel, so definitely rent both at the same time. | Others |
| Before the Rain | Drama | uk france republicofmacedonia | Gennaro Corcella | Top 10 | |
| Being John Malkovich | Comedy Fantasy | usa | Joe Chellman | Malcovich Malcovich... Malcovich Malcovich... Watch this and see how long it takes you to find Cameron Diaz. | Others |
| Being There | Comedy Drama | usa | Brian Magerko | Others | |
| Craig Brozinsky | He likes to watch and so will you! | Others | |||
| Bella Martha | comedy romance drama | italy germany austria switzerland | Colleen Parks | Directed by Sandra Nettlebeck. The US title is "Mostly Martha". | Others |
| Belle de Jour | Drama | france italy | Noah Bernstein | Artsy | Top 10 |
| Belle histoire, La | Other | france | Stephan Quessy | Drama | Top 20 |
| Bend It Like Beckham | Lisa Bigelow | Very fun and touching, with beautiful people. | Others | ||
| Bent | drama war | uk | Colleen Parks | Directed by Sean Mathias. Another soul-sucker. | Others |
| Best in Show | Comedy | usa | Koleen McCrink | Top 10 | |
| Joe Chellman | More Christopher Guest goodness. | Top 20 | |||
| Barbara Scoggins | Dog lovers will like the strange truths in this one. | Top 20 | |||
| Better Tomorrow II, A | Crime Drama Thriller | Hongkong Hongkong | Erik Johnson | Top 10 | |
| Bge d'or, L' | Other | france | Rob Haskins | No student of modernism can miss this important film. | Top 10 |
| Big Blue, The | Drama Romance | france usa italy | Sophie Deneve | Top 10 | |
| Big Chill, The | Comedy Drama | usa | Irina Solyanik | Others | |
| Big Eden | drama romance | usa | Colleen Parks | Directed by Thomas Bezucha. Sweet story. | Others |
| Big Kahuna, The | Drama | usa | Mikhail Masharov | Top 20 | |
| Big Lebowski, The | Comedy Mystery Thriller | Uk Usa | Craig Brozinsky | I didn't begin to appreciate this movie until I moved to California and started watching old film-noirs. | Others |
| Big Night | Drama | usa | Carla Hudson | Top 10 | |
| Danielle Ross | Top 20 | ||||
| Big One, The | Comedy Documentary | uk usa | Wade Blackman | Top 10 | |
| Big Sleep, The | Film-Noir Mystery | usa | Matthew Sheby | the original, not the remake | Top 20 |
| Big Tease, The | Comedy | uk usa | Carla Hudson | Top 10 | |
| Big Trouble In Little China | Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy | Usa | Hieronymous Maguire | Others | |
| Birdy | Drama Other | usa | Jerry Carlton | Nick Cage, Mat Modine. Funny, sad, scary, thought provoking. Anti-war Viet Nam vets battle memories. | Top 20 |
| Bitter Moon | Drama | france uk | Mark Kishiyama | Top 20 | |
| Black Cat, White Cat | Comedy Romance | federalrepublicofyugoslavia france germany | Sophie Deneve | Top 10 | |
| Mrim Boutla | Top 20 | ||||
| Sam Danthine | Top 20 | ||||
| Black Cauldron, The | Fantasy Animation Family | usa | Eric Charles | Others | |
| Black Robe | Adventure Drama | canada australia | Charles Couchman | Top 10 | |
| Blade Runner | Action Drama Sci-Fi | usa | Christopher Kam | Others | |
| Lisa Bigelow | I love dark urban near-future sci fi. | Others | |||
| Alexis Rosoff | I prefer the Director's Cut ending, but actually like the narration from the original. I also think it worked better with the ambiguousness over whether or not Deckard was a replicant, and think Ridley Scott should shut up over it. He didn't create the character or write the script. | Others | |||
| Blazing Saddles | Comedy Western | usa | Michael Brozinsky | Others | |
| Blind Chance | Other | poland | Sophie Deneve | Top 10 | |
| Blood and Roses | Horror | france italy | Mark Kishiyama | Others | |
| Blood Simple | Drama Thriller | usa | Rob Haskins | Haunting visuals, superb performances by McDormand, Getz, and Walsh. | Top 10 |
| Brian Magerko | Top 20 | ||||
| Craig Brozinsky | The Coen brother\'s remarkable attention to detail made this movie one of my favorite moviegoing experiences. | Others | |||
| Rich Jackson | The Coen Brother's first feature film. If you liked Fargo you will like Blood Simple. | Others | |||
| Blow Dry | comedy | usa uk germany | John Hawkins | A fun movie in roughly the same vein as Best In Show. More sincere than that would imply, however. | Top 20 |
| Blue in the Face | Comedy | usa | Mrim Boutla | Top 10 | |
| Sam Danthine | Top 20 | ||||
| Blue Velvet | Drama Mystery | usa | Alex Pouget | Top 10 | |
| BMX Bandits | Action Adventure Crime Drama Family | Australia | Jerry Carlton | Nichole Kidman is so cute in this I can't stand it. I suggest all Kidman fans see BMX Bandits- Also, for the sexiest dance ever see The Human Stain, another pretty good sleeper. | Others |
| Bob Roberts | Comedy | uk usa | Charles Couchman | Top 10 | |
| Sam Danthine | Top 10 | ||||
| Bonnie and Clyde | Crime Drama | usa | Shawn Green | Top 10 | |
| Boot, Das | Action Drama War | westgermany | Mark Kishiyama | Top 10 | |
| Joel Quamme | Great WW2 u-boat drama from a German perspective. | Top 10 | |||
| Born Romantic | comedy | uk | Gary Fairbanks | Top 20 | |
| Born Yesterday | Comedy Drama | Usa | Gary Fairbanks | Top 10 | |
| Bottle Rocket | Comedy Crime | usa | Tige Monacelli | Top 10 | |
| Wade Blackman | Top 10 | ||||
| Hieronymous Maguire | Top 20 | ||||
| Bound | Crime Thriller | usa | Jon Wondrack | Top 10 | |
| Scott Ventura | Fantastic noir thriller with great Joe Pantoliano performance. Plus skin! | Top 10 | |||
| Rich Jackson | Erotic hitchcockian thriller starring Jennifer Tilly and Joe Pantiolano | Top 10 | |||
| Boys Don't Cry | Drama | usa | Tige Monacelli | Top 10 | |
| Brainstorm | Sci-fi Thriller | usa | Rob Haskins | Solid cast, especially Wood, Fletcher, and Robertson. | Top 20 |
| Brazil | Comedy Fantasy Sci-Fi | uk | Brian Magerko | Top 10 | |
| Jason Proksch | Top 10 | ||||
| Timothy King | Top 10 | ||||
| Ryan Ward | Gilliam at his best. | Top 10 | |||
| Bread and Roses | drama | uk france germany spain italy switzerland | Colleen Parks | Directed by Ken Loach. | Top 10 |
| Breaker Morant | Drama War | australia | Steve Jenkins | Violent/Vulgar | Top 10 |
| Breakfast at Tiffany's | Comedy Drama Romance | usa | Jason Proksch | Top 20 | |
| Breaking Away | Drama | usa | Jason Proksch | Top 20 | |
| Breaking the Waves | Drama Romance | denmark sweden france netherlands norway | Erin Rhodes | Top 10 | |
| Mike Landrum | Top 10 | ||||
| Irina Solyanik | Top 10 | ||||
| Sam Danthine | Artsy | Top 10 | |||
| Ellen Silsby | Top 10 | ||||
| Colleen Parks | Directed by Lars von Trier. The second of his "Golden Heart" trilogy. This one belongs in the "suck-your-will-to-live" category. | Others | |||
| Brick | drama mystery | usa | Ryan Ward | Top 10 | |
| Bridge on the River Kwai, The | Drama War | uk | Matthew Sheby | Top 10 | |
| Joel Quamme | Old war/adventure epic | Others | |||
| Jerry Carlton | Anti-War classic. | Others | |||
| Broken Silence | Other | switzerland | Mrim Boutla | Artsy | Top 10 |
| Sam Danthine | Top 20 | ||||
| Brother of Sleep | Drama | germany | Sophie Deneve | Top 10 | |
| Bubba Ho-tep | comedy horror mystery | usa | Mark Bosler | Bruce Campbell as Elvis teams with Ozzie Davis as JFK to fight a cowboy mummy in a retirement home. | Top 10 |
| Buffalo 66 | Comedy Drama | usa | Brian Magerko | Top 10 | |
| Tige Monacelli | Top 10 | ||||
| Tony Monacelli | Top 20 | ||||
| Bullit | Action Crime Mystery | usa | Jon Prince | Top 10 | |
| Bully | drama thriller | usa france | Colleen Parks | Directed by Larry Clark. Based on a true story. | Top 10 |
| Bulworth | Comedy Drama Romance | usa | Charles Couchman | Top 20 | |
| Burning Money | Action Drama Thriller | argentina france spain uruguay | Luis Alcala | Top 20 | |
| Burnt by The Sun | Drama | France Russia | Gary Fairbanks | Top 20 | |
| But I'm a Cheerleader | Comedy Romance | usa | Brian Magerko | Amazing art direction in this odd story about a "heterosexual rehab" summer camp for teenage homosexuals. | Top 20 |
| Colleen Parks | Directed by Jamie Babbit. | Top 20 | |||
| Butcher Boy, The | Comedy Drama | Ireland Usa | Colleen Parks | Directed by Neil Jordan. Sinnead O'Conner has a cameo as the virgin Mary. | Others |
| Butterflies Are Free | Drama | usa | Eric Charles | Top 20 | |
| Butterfly's Dream, The | Other | italy | Gennaro Corcella | Top 10 | |
| Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The | Drama Horror | germany | Mark Murray | Top 10 | |
| Camille Claudel | Drama | france | Sophie Deneve | Top 20 | |
| Campanadas a medianoche | Comedy Drama War | France Spain Switzerland | Ryan Ward | A must see for any fan of Shakespeare... | Top 10 |
| Caravaggio | Drama | uk | Rob Haskins | Artsy (same sex erotic situations); Jarman\\\'s most painterly film, appropriately enough. | Top 10 |
| Carlos Saura's Carmen | Drama Musical | spain | Craig Brozinsky | Exquisitely filmed and directed by Carlos Saura, this Flamenco version of Carmen rocks! | Top 10 |
| Carlos Saura's Tango | Drama Musical | spain argentina | Luis Alcala | Top 10 | |
| Carmen | Drama Music | France Italy | Joel Quamme | Bizet's opera off-stage. | Top 20 |
| Carmen Jones | Drama Music Musical | Usa | Joel Quamme | Creative yet faithful adaptation of Bizet's Carmen to post-WW2 USA with an African-American cast. | Others |
| Casablanca | Drama Romance | usa | Carla Hudson | Top 20 | |
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Drama | Usa | Nicole David | i love paul newman | Others |
| Catch-22 | Comedy Documentary Horror War | usa | Jerry Carlton | True WWII events - The most accurate war film/novel ever! | Top 10 |
| Central Station | Drama | brazil france | Gennaro Corcella | Top 10 | |
| Rich Jackson | Others | ||||
| Character | Drama | Belgium Netherlands | Eric Charles | listed as Kharcter I think | Top 20 |
| Chasing Amy | Comedy Drama Romance | Usa | Sam Danthine | Top 20 | |
| Children of a Lesser God | Drama | usa | Erin Rhodes | Top 10 | |
| Children of Heaven | Adventure Comedy Drama | iran | Dan Koo | Top 10 | |
| Children of the Revolution | Comedy Drama | australia | Carla Hudson | Top 10 | |
| Christopher Kam | Top 10 | ||||
| Chinatown | Crime Film-Noir Mystery | usa | Keith Schneider | Top 10 | |
| Erin Rhodes | Others | ||||
| Chocolat | Drama Romance | uk usa | Mikhail Masharov | Top 10 | |
| Chong qing sen lin | Drama Mystery Romance | Hongkong Hongkong | Nicole David | no comments | Top 10 |
| Timothy King | known in English as "Chungking Express", this is a filmic diptych, with two distinct (though related) sections. The first is a bit more adventurous, but the second half is an absolutely charming picture of a hidden crush. Quirky & funny, and deeply romantic. | Top 10 | |||
| Chuck and Buck | Comedy Drama | usa | Tige Monacelli | Artsy | Top 10 |
| Chung Hing sam lam | Craig Brozinsky | Others | |||
| Chungking Express | Comedy Drama Mystery Romance | Hongkong Hongkong | Craig Brozinsky | Top 20 | |
| Chutney Popcorn | Comedy Drama | usa | Marie Copolla | Top 10 | |
| Cinema Paradiso | Drama Romance | italy france | Jason Proksch | Top 10 | |
| Wade Blackman | Top 10 | ||||
| Annamaria Proksch | Top 10 | ||||
| Citizen Kane | Drama | usa | Noah Bernstein | Artsy | Top 10 |
| Rich Jackson | All time classic | Top 10 | |||
| Joel Quamme | Others | ||||
| City Lights | Comedy Drama Romance | usa | Craig Brozinsky | My favorite Chaplin film | Top 10 |
| City of God | Crime Drama Thriller | Brazil France Usa | Ellen Woodall | Top 10 | |
| Hieronymous Maguire | Top 20 | ||||
| City Of God | Crime Drama | Brazil France Usa | Rich Jackson | Others | |
| City of Lost Children | Adventure Comedy Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi | france | Charlotte Lasserre | Top 10 | |
| Joe Chellman | ABC: artsy, beautiful, and creepy. | Top 20 | |||
| Clerks | Comedy Drama | usa | Tony Monacelli | Top 10 | |
| Sam Danthine | Top 10 | ||||
| Alexis Rosoff | Saw this in Nov. '94 so I can claim indie hip factor. This movie is a little too close to home for this Island girl, though! | Top 20 | |||
| Clockwork Orange, A | Crime Drama Sci-Fi | uk | Alexis Rosoff | Violent/Vulgar | Top 10 |
| Mark Kishiyama | Top 20 | ||||
| Rob Haskins | Great soundtrack including music by Wendy Carlos. | Others | |||
| Close to Eden | Drama | france sovietunion | Jessica Maye | Beautiful scenery and incredible acting! | Top 10 |
| Timothy King | Top 20 | ||||
| Closet, The | Comedy | France | Carolyn | I was in tears laughing throughout this one! | Top 20 |
| Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean | Drama | usa | Jason Proksch | Top 20 | |
| Commitments, The | Comedy Musical | ireland uk usa | Jerry Carlton | If you don't applaud this you are probably a Republican. | Others |
| Company of Wolves, The | Horror Fantasy | uk usa | Dori Schachner | This movie tends to be listed as horror, but I'd describe it more as fantasy. A weird, dreamlike, story with a story about a girl's coming of age, with lots of interesting symbolism, and some great creepy wolf scenes. | Top 10 |
| Conan The Barbarian | Action Adventure Fantasy | Usa | Hieronymous Maguire | Others | |
| Confessional, The | Drama Mystery | canada uk france | Stephan Quessy | Social drama | Top 10 |
| Control Room | documentary | usa | Gary Fairbanks | Top 20 | |
| Conversation, The | Crime Drama Mystery Thriller | usa | Keith Schneider | Top 20 | |
| Cook the Thief His Wife and Her Lover, The | Drama Horror | france netherlands uk | Carla Hudson | Top 20 | |
| Cooler, The | Comedy Drama Romance | Usa | Colleen Parks | Directed by Wayne Kramer. Good movie--especially if you're a William H. Macy fan. | Others |
| Courage Under Fire | Drama Mystery War | usa | Jon Prince | Others | |
| Cries and Whispers | Drama | sweden | Mike Landrum | Top 10 | |
| Jon Prince | Top 20 | ||||
| Cronos | Drama Horror | Mexico | Hieronymous Maguire | Top 10 | |
| Croupier | Crime Drama | france germany ireland uk | Jim Magnuson | Top 10 | |
| Crumb | Biography Documentary | Usa | Rich Jackson | Brilliant biography of Robert Crumb, cartoonist of Zap Comics | Top 20 |
| Cyrano de Bergerac | Drama Romance | france | Sophie Deneve | Top 20 | |
| Dancer in the Dark | Drama Musical | denmark france germany netherlands sweden uk usa | Brian Magerko | The anti-musical. Take all the things you love about musicals and make them depressing. Bjork amazes as both an actress and singer. | Top 10 |
| Dark City | Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller | usa | Matthew Sheby | Top 10 | |
| Hieronymous Maguire | Top 20 | ||||
| Dark Crystal, The | Adventure Family Fantasy | usa uk | Mrim Boutla | Others | |
| Keith Irwin | Others | ||||
| John Hawkins | This was a pretty major movie back in it's time, but if you haven't seen it as an adult, it's worth a second look. | Others | |||
| Dark Side of the Heart, he | Comedy Drama Romance | argentina canada | Luis Alcala | Top 20 | |
| Dark Star | Comedy Sci-Fi Thriller | usa | Jim Magnuson | Top 10 | |
| Das Boot | Action Drama War | westgermany | Cornelius Weber | Top 10 | |
| Jon Prince | Top 10 | ||||
| Day of the Dead | Drama Horror Sci-Fi | usa | Alex Pouget | Violent/Vulgar | Top 10 |
| Daytrippers, The | Comedy Drama Mystery | usa | Jessica Maye | Hilarious movie about a family that piles into the station wagon for a trip to the city. Great dialog! | Top 20 |
| Dazed and Confused | Comedy | usa | Tony Monacelli | Top 20 | |
| Dead Alive | Comedy Horror Romance | newzealand | Tony Monacelli | Violent/Vulgar | Top 10 |
| Dead Calm | Thriller | australia usa | Jon Wondrack | Top 10 | |
| Dead Man | Western | germany japan usa | David Hirschfield | Artsy and Violent | Top 10 |
| Joe Chellman | 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 | |||
| Dead Ringers | drama thriller horror | canada usa | Ellen Woodall | Top 10 | |
| Decalogue | Drama | Poland | Sophie Deneve | Top 10 | |
| Rich Jackson | Series of ten short movies based upon the Ten Commadments. A remarkable achievement in cinema. Polish with subtitles. | Top 10 | |||
| Decline of the American Empire, The | Drama | canada | Stephan Quessy | Social drama | Top 10 |
| Deconstructing Harry | Comedy | usa | Irina Solyanik | Top 20 | |
| Deer Hunter, The | Drama War | usa | Tony Monacelli | Top 10 | |
| Delicatessen | Comedy Drama Romance Sci-Fi | france | Mark Kishiyama | Top 10 | |
| Jessica Maye | Words cannot describe. Just see it. Strange and hilarious. By the director of Amelie. | Top 10 | |||
| Timothy King | It's a tragedy that this isn't available! This is a crazed slice of brilliance; David Lynch, Terry Gilliam & JG Ballard all mixed together for a post-apocalyptic love story (with a cannibal subtext). | Top 10 | |||
| Craig Brozinsky | Ever wonder what life would be like if you were a tenant living above a postapocalyptic deli? | Top 20 | |||
| Deliverance | Adventure Drama Thriller | Usa | Joel Quamme | Canoeing trip from hell. Virtually no effects and embellishments. | Top 10 |
| Keith Schneider | Top 20 | ||||
| Rob Haskins | Squeal like a pig . . . again. | Top 20 | |||
| Dellamorte Dellamore | Horror | france italy | Damon Anderson | Stupid but funny. | Others |
| Diaboliques, Les | Horror Mystery Thriller | France | Joel Quamme | A very well-done Hitchcock-style mystery | Others |
| Diarios de motocicleta | Adventure Documentary Other | argentina germany usa westgermany | Jerry Carlton | True to the books. | Others |
| Diary of a Country Priest | Other | france | Mike Landrum | Top 10 | |
| Dinner at Eight | Comedy Drama Romance | Usa | Gary Fairbanks | Top 10 | |
| Dinner Game, The | Comedy | france | Brian Magerko | Top 10 | |
| J.C. Ducom | Top 10 | ||||
| Charlotte Lasserre | Top 10 | ||||
| Joe Chellman | This may be the perfect farce. Brilliantly executed and totally hilarious. | Top 20 | |||
| Dirty Pretty Things | drama thriller | uk | Carolyn | this will make you want to have a love affair with your kidneys | Top 20 |
| Dish, The | Comedy | australia | Jessica Maye | A small Australian town gets its shot at fame by helping NASA put a man on the moon. A feel-good movie. | Others |
| Disturbing Behavior | Horror Thriller | australia usa | Rob Haskins | One of the greatest title sequences of recent years, with great music to match by Mark Snow.3 | Others |
| Divorzio all'italiana | Comedy | Italy | Hieronymous Maguire | a.k.a. Divorce, Italian Style | Top 10 |
| Do The Right Thing | Comedy Drama | usa | Keith Irwin | Top 10 | |
| Rich Jackson | Spike Lee's best film set in Bedford Styvusant on one hot summer day. Danny Aiello nominated for best supporting Actor. Also starring John Turturro | Top 20 | |||
| Doctor Zhivago | Drama Romance | usa | Tonya Jacobs | The book is better | Top 10 |
| Dog Who Stopped the War, The | Adventure Family | canada | Stephan Quessy | Comedy suitable for young and old kids | Top 20 |
| Dogfight | Comedy Drama Romance | usa | Erin Rhodes | Independent film (1991) | Top 20 |
| Jason Proksch | Top 20 | ||||
| Dogma | Comedy | usa | Tony Monacelli | Top 20 | |
| Dogville | drama thriller mystery | denmark sweden france norway netherlands finland germany usa uk | Sam Danthine | Others | |
| Dolemite | Action | usa | Wade Blackman | Top 10 | |
| Dolores Claiborne | Drama Thriller | usa | Jason Proksch | Others | |
| Rob Haskins | Great soundtrack by Danny Elfman. | Others | |||
| Don't Look Now | Comedy | france uk | Charles Couchman | Top 20 | |
| Donnie Darko | Drama Fantasy Mystery Sci-fi Thriller | Usa | David Bressler | Top 10 | |
| Colleen Parks | Directed by Richard Kelly. Great movie. | Others | |||
| Double Indemnity | Crime Film-Noir Mystery | usa | Keith Schneider | Top 10 | |
| Double Life of Veronique, The | Drama Fantasy | france poland norway | Sophie Deneve | Top 10 | |
| Jessica Maye | Ever thought you had a doppelganger? | Others | |||
| Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Comedy Romance | Usa | Jerry Carlton | A remake of 1930 film, 'Boudin Saved by Drowning' but very simular to a 1976 film called 'Something for Everyone'. Funny stuff and I don't like Dryfus! | Others |
| Down by Law | Comedy Drama | Germany Usa Westgermany Westgermany | Nicole David | Jim Jarmush. It's a really slow movie. with tom waits' music and Roberto Begnini as its best. Craig found it a little lame and too slow. | Top 10 |
| Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | Comedy Documentary Horror | usa | Jerry Carlton | There's a reason there are three Kubrick films on this list. | Top 20 |
| Dracula | Horror | usa | Rob Haskins | Recommended for the new soundtrack by Philip Glass. | Top 20 |
| Drama of Jealousy | Comedy Drama | italy spain | Gennaro Corcella | Top 20 | |
| Dreamlife of Angels, The | Drama | France | Mark Kishiyama | Top 20 | |
| Drifting Clouds | Comedy Drama | finland | Gennaro Corcella | Top 20 | |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous | Comedy | germany usa | Tige Monacelli | Top 10 | |
| Drowning by Numbers | comedy drama | uk netherlands | Timothy King | Top 10 | |
| Drunken Master | Action Comedy | hongkong | Inge-Marie Eigsti | Top 10 | |
| Duck Soup | Comedy Music Musical | Usa | Joel Quamme | Marx Bros? 5th film and their funniest. Fast-paced and consistently hilarious throughout. Several brilliant scenes are still parodied regularly today. | Top 10 |
| Duel | Action Drama Thriller | usa | Cornelius Weber | Top 10 | |
| Duellists, The | Action War | uk | J.C. Ducom | Top 10 | |
| Dummy | Comedy Drama Romance | Usa | Jessica Maye | I love this movie!! The characters are so endearing! If you thought Brody was good in The Pianist, just wait till you see him as an amateur ventriloquist! | Top 10 |
| Dune | Drama Fantasy Sci-fi | Canada Czechrepublic Germany Italy Usa | Mark Kishiyama | Top 10 | |
| Dut yeung nin wa | Drama Romance | France Hongkong Hongkong Thailand | Nicole David | no comments | Top 10 |
| East of Eden | Drama | usa | Jason Proksch | Top 10 | |
| Easy Rider | Adventure Drama | usa | Noah Bernstein | Artsy | Top 20 |
| Eat Drink Man Woman | Comedy Drama Romance | taiwan | Jessica Maye | Your mouth will water. This movie employed professional chefs as stunt hands for the cooking scenes. | Top 20 |
| Sam Danthine | Top 20 | ||||
| Timothy King | A wonderful family melodrama, but don't watch it on an empty stomach; seeing all the wonderful food would be pure torture. | Top 20 | |||
| Eating | Drama | Usa | Jessica Maye | Pseudo-documentary about women and food. | Top 20 |
| Eating Raoul | Comedy | Usa | Craig Brozinsky | A couple of squares kill "perverts" to finance their restaurant. Although this dark comedy cracks me up, I've never met another person who like it! | Top 10 |
| Educating Rita | Comedy Drama | Uk | Barbara Scoggins | Top 10 | |
| Edward Scissorhands | Drama Fantasy Romance | usa | Lisa Bigelow | Why are these movies so depressing, and yet so wondeful?! | Others |
| Election | Comedy | usa | Tige Monacelli | Others | |
| Tony Monacelli | Others | ||||
| Scott Ventura | Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick in the most realistic high school movie in memory. | Others | |||
| Elephant Man, The | Drama | uk usa | Jason Proksch | Top 20 | |
| Elevator to the Gallows | Crime Thriller | france | Alex Pouget | Top 10 | |
| Craig Brozinsky | Intense look at the period following a seemingly perfect murder. | Top 10 | |||
| Elizabeth | Drama | uk | Danielle Ross | Top 20 | |
| Mrim Boutla | Top 20 | ||||
| Elling | Nicole David | Funny. Totally worth seeing. | Others | ||
| Enchanted April | Drama | uk | Carla Hudson | Top 20 | |
| Eraserhead | Drama Fantasy Horror | usa | Rob Haskins | A classic Lynch film, not for the squeamish. | Top 10 |
| Rich Jackson | David Lynch's first feature film and one of his more bizarre efforts | Top 10 | |||
| David Hirschfield | Violent/Vulgar | Top 20 | |||
| Jerry Carlton | Saw it on 'shrooms and survuved. | Others | |||
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | drama romance sci-fi comedy | usa | Sam Danthine | Top 20 | |
| Europa Europa | Drama War | germany france poland | Steve Jenkins | Artsy | Top 20 |
| Joel Quamme | Based on the true story of Holocaust survivor Salomon Perel, who actually appears in the film. | Top 20 | |||
| Eve's Bayou | Drama | usa | Danielle Ross | Top 10 | |
| Everyone Says I Love You | Comedy Musical Romance | usa | Charlotte Lasserre | Top 10 | |
| Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex | Comedy | usa | Lisa Bigelow | Vulgar | Top 10 |
| Evil Dead II | Comedy Fantasy Horror | usa | Mark Murray | Top 10 | |
| Evil Under the Sun | Crime Mystery Thriller | uk | Annamaria Proksch | Top 10 | |
| Evita | Drama Music Musical | Usa | Eric Charles | Antonio Banderas can sing??? Yes he can! Its like reading The Prince, only more lyrical and not in italian. | Others |
| Excalibur | Action Drama Romance Fantasy | usa | Rob Haskins | Recommended, in particular, for Nicol Williamson's performance as Merlin. | Others |
| eXistenZ | sci-fi crime drama thriller | canada uk france | Colleen Parks | Directed by David Cronenberg. It's listed as sci-fi, but it's really more about the nature of reality--if there were such a thing as philosophical action-adventure, this would be in that category. A good mind bender. | Others |
| Exorcist, The | Drama Horror | usa | Carla Hudson | Others | |
| Eyes of Fire | Horror Western | usa | Dori Schachner | One of those historic wilderness horror movies; starts out a bit slow and confusing, but once the protagonists wander into the forbidden valley, the imagery becomes amazingly creepy and disturbing, and really sticks with you afterward. | Top 20 |
| Faces | Drama | Usa | Hieronymous Maguire | Top 10 | |
| Fail-Safe | Drama Sci-Fi | usa | Steve Jenkins | Top 20 | |
| Fallen Angels | Other | hongkong | Noah Bernstein | Artsy | Top 20 |
| Family Resemblances | Comedy | france | Charlotte Lasserre | Top 10 | |
| Sophie Deneve | Top 20 | ||||
| Fanny and Alexander | Drama | sweden france westgermany | Irina Solyanik | Top 20 | |
| Fantasia | Animation Family Fantasy Musical | usa | Alexis Rosoff | A Disney movie on this list, you say? Stifle your objections for a moment, and re-watch Fantasia. This is no mere kiddie pic--it's an incredible work of art, where images and music combine to entrance adults as much as children. | Top 10 |
| Fargo | Crime Drama Thriller | Uk Usa | Jerry Carlton | Too good, too funny. | Others |
| Fast, Cheap & Out of Control | Documentary | usa | Scott Ventura | Another Errol Morris documentary, but significantly more upbeat than Mr. Death or Thin Blue Line. | Top 10 |
| Craig Brozinsky | Errol Morris probes the difference between genius and madness in this gorgeous documentary. | Others | |||
| Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill Kill! | Action Drama | usa | Inge-Marie Eigsti | Top 10 | |
| Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy | Comedy | france | Charlotte Lasserre | Top 10 | |
| Fear of a Black Hat | Comedy | usa | Keith Irwin | Top 10 | |
| Festen | Drama | denmark | Sophie Deneve | Top 10 | |
| Charlotte Lasserre | Top 10 | ||||
| Mrim Boutla | Top 20 | ||||
| Fight Club | Action Drama Thriller | germany usa | Jon Wondrack | Others | |
| Fire in the Sky | Drama Mystery Sci-Fi | usa | Tony Monacelli | Top 20 | |
| Fitzcarraldo | Adventure Drama | peru westgermany | Cornelius Weber | Top 10 | |
| Five Nights | Drama Romance | sovietunion | Irina Solyanik | Top 10 | |
| Five Obstructions, The | Animation Documentary Drama | Belgium Denmark France Switzerland | Ellen Woodall | A filmmaker challenges his friend to remake his short film "The Perfect Human" five times, with a different obstruction each time. Brilliant | Top 10 |
| Flesh Eaters, The | Horror | usa | Damon Anderson | Rediculously funny. | Others |
| Flirting with Disaster | Comedy | usa | Keith Irwin | Top 10 | |
| Flying in Dreams and Reality | Drama | sovietunion | Irina Solyanik | Top 10 | |
| Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The | Documentary | Usa | Gary Fairbanks | Top 10 | |
| Following | crime | uk | Jessica Maye | Written and directed by the same guy who made Memento. Like Memento, it's told out of time sequence, and it's fun trying to put all the pieces back together into a coherent story. | Top 20 |
| Forever Young | Adventure Romance Sci-Fi | usa | Michael Brozinsky | Others | |
| Frankenstein | Drama Horror Sci-fi | Usa | Joel Quamme | The classic monster movie. | Top 20 |
| Freaks | Drama Horror | Usa | Rich Jackson | 1932 cult classic horror film that blends elements of monstrosity, grotesqueness and pathos. It is a one of a kind movie that is a must see. | Top 20 |
| French Connection, The | Action Crime Drama Thriller | usa | Keith Schneider | Top 10 | |
| French Fried Vacation | Other | france | Sophie Deneve | Top 10 | |
| French Twist | Comedy | france | Mrim Boutla | Top 20 | |
| Fresh | Drama | france usa | Marie Copolla | Top 10 | |
| Friday the 13th | Horror Mystery Thriller | usa | Rob Haskins | Great soundtrack by Harry Manfredini--a classic teen slasher film. | Others |
| Fried Green Tomatoes | Drama | usa | Lisa Bigelow | A great home alone on a rainy afternoon kind of movie. | Others |
| Full Metal Jacket | Action Drama War | usa | Keith Irwin | Others | |
| Jerry Carlton | See it before you enlist | Others | |||
| Full Monty, The | Comedy | uk | Christopher Kam | Top 10 | |
| Funny Bones | comedy | uk usa | Jerry Carlton | Lee Evans, Jerry Lewis, Oliver Platt - Except for the ending, one of the funniest, saddest movies ever. | Others |
| Futureworld | Sci-Fi Thriller | usa | Cornelius Weber | Top 10 | |
| Gadjo dilo | Comedy Drama | france romania | Mrim Boutla | Top 10 | |
| Mikhail Masharov | Top 20 | ||||
| Gallipoli | Drama War | australia | Carla Hudson | Top 10 | |
| Gattaca | Drama Sci-Fi Thriller | usa | Koleen McCrink | Others | |
| General, The | Comedy | usa | Scott Ventura | Buster Keaton's most famous movie. See where Jackie Chan goes for inspiration. | Top 10 |
| Eric Charles | Recent british one, irish gangster | Top 20 | |||
| Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | Crime Drama | france germany japan usa | David Hirschfield | Violent/Vulgar | Top 10 |
| Joe Chellman | 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 | |||
| Matthew Sheby | Violent/Vulgar | Top 10 | |||
| Mark Kishiyama | Top 10 | ||||
| Timothy King | Top 20 | ||||
| Hieronymous Maguire | Top 20 | ||||
| Colleen Parks | Directed by Jim Jarmusch. Great movie. | Others | |||
| Ghost World | Comedy Drama | uk usa | Lisa Bigelow | Top 10 | |
| Girlhood | documentary | usa | Colleen Parks | Directed by Liz Garbus. | Top 10 |
| Colleen Parks | Directed by Liz Garbus. | Others | |||
| Glen or Glenda | Drama | usa | Lisa Bigelow | "Then one day, it wasn't Halloween any longer..." | Top 10 |
| Glengarry Glen Ross | Drama | Usa | David Hirschfield | Top 10 | |
| Ryan Ward | Top 10 | ||||
| God of Gamblers | Comedy Drama | Hongkong Hongkong | Erik Johnson | Top 10 | |
| Gods Must Be Crazy, The | Action Comedy | Botswana | Joel Quamme | A unique and humorous treatment of 'civilization'. Memorable characters; lots of slapstick and situational humor. | Top 10 |
| Goodfellas | Crime Drama | usa | Steve Jenkins | Others | |
| Governess, The | Drama Romance | Uk | Colleen Parks | Directed by Sandra Goldbacher. | Others |
| Graduate, The | Drama Romance | usa | Noah Bernstein | Artsy | Top 20 |
| Grande bouffe, La | Drama | france italy | J.C. Ducom | Violent/Vulgar | Top 10 |
| Alex Pouget | Violent/Vulgar | Top 10 | |||
| Grande illusion, La | Drama War | france | Steve Jenkins | Top 20 | |
| Great White Hope, The | Drama | usa | Eric Charles | Top 10 | |
| Gregory's Girl | Comedy | Uk | Joel Quamme | Cute and quirky story about a teenage boy's quest to get the girl | Top 20 |
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Comedy Drama | usa | Annamaria Proksch | Top 10 | |
| Hable con ella | Drama | spain | Nicole David | no comments | Top 10 |
| Halloween | Horror Thriller | Usa | Rob Haskins | Superb soundtrack by John Carpenter; probably the first film marking the resurgence of the teen slasher films of the late 70s and 80s. | Others |
| Damon Anderson | Very very very scary. | Others | |||
| Hao xia | Action Drama | Hongkong Hongkong | Hieronymous Maguire | a.k.a. Last Hurrah For Chivalry | Top 10 |
| Happiness | Comedy Drama | usa | Tige Monacelli | Violent/Vulgar | Top 10 |
| Alexis Rosoff | Violent/Vulgar | Top 20 | |||
| Happiness of the Katakuris, The | Comedy Horror Music Musical | Japan | Ellen Woodall | Top 10 | |
| Happy Texas | Comedy | usa | Marie Copolla | Top 10 | |
| Carla Hudson | Top 10 | ||||
| Happy Times | Comedy Drama | China | Gary Fairbanks | Top 20 | |
| Happy, Texas | comedy | usa | Colleen Parks | Directed by Mark Illsley. Light and fun. | Others |
| Hard Eight | Crime Thriller | usa | Inge-Marie Eigsti | Top 10 | |
| Harold and Maude | Comedy Drama | usa | Craig Brozinsky | Great black comedy, and excellent satire | Top 10 |
| Eric Charles | Top 10 | ||||
| Jon Prince | Top 20 | ||||
| Barbara Scoggins | Top 20 | ||||
| Jerry Carlton | Manditory date flick | Others | |||
| Harvey | Comedy Fantasy | usa | Scott Ventura | Incredibly charming Jimmy Stewart will make you believe in an invisible rabbit. | Top 10 |
| Heart of Stone, A | Drama Romance | france | Charles Couchman | Top 10 | |
| Heavenly Creatures | Crime Drama | germany newzealand uk | Danielle Ross | Top 10 | |
| Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Comedy Drama Musical | usa | Alexis Rosoff | I'm not a huge musical fan, but I loved this. Having 70s-style glam rock instead of Andrew Lloyd Webber probably helped. Funny and well-acted. | Top 10 |
| High Art | Drama Romance | Canada Usa | Mark Kishiyama | Top 10 | |
| High Fidelity | Comedy | uk usa | Koleen McCrink | Top 10 | |
| Joe Chellman | It's about girls, right? | Top 20 | |||
| High Heels | Drama | spain france | Luis Alcala | Top 20 | |
| Charlotte Lasserre | Top 20 | ||||
| Highway 61 | Comedy | canada | Jim Magnuson | Top 10 | |
| Carla Hudson | Top 20 | ||||
| Hilary and Jackie | Drama | uk | Danielle Ross | Top 10 | |
| Irina Solyanik | Top 10 | ||||
| Hiroshima, Mon Amour | Drama Romance War | france japan | Mike Landrum | Top 10 | |
| Hitcher, The | action drama horror thriller | usa | Mark Bosler | film that Rutger Hauer was in of any quality. B-movie schlock, but lots of fun as serial killer Hauer pursues C. Thomas Howell. | Top 10 |
| Hobbit, The | Animation Fantasy | usa | Shawn Green | Top 10 | |
| Hombre mirando al sudeste | Drama | argentina | Luis Alcala | Top 10 | |
| Home for the Holidays | comedy drama romance | usa | Colleen Parks | Directed by Jodie Foster. One of my favorites, although the ending montage is a bit cheesy. | Top 10 |
| Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson | Other | usa | Rob Haskins | Recommended for the ridiculous hair, the absurd leg warmers, and the cameo by William S. Burroughs. | Top 10 |
| Home Room | drama | usa | bj?rn | Top 10 | |
| Homo Faber | Drama | France Germany Greece Uk | Nicole David | if you liked the book, you'll like it | Top 20 |
| Jessica Maye | A man meets a much younger woman who he thinks might be his soulmate... | Others | |||
| Hoop Dreams | Documentary | usa | Christopher Kam | Top 10 | |
| Hope and Glory | Comedy Drama War | uk | Erin Rhodes | Top 10 | |
| Horse Feathers | Comedy | Usa | Joel Quamme | Marx Bros 4th film. Pretty consistently funny, somewhere between Duck Soup and Animal Crackers. The pace drags a bit during some of the songs. Lots of subtle gags I missed the first time made re-watching enjoyable. | Top 10 |
| Hotaru no haka | Animation War Drama | japan | Cornelius Weber | sad | Top 10 |
| Hotel New Hampshire | Drama | canada uk usa | Irina Solyanik | Top 20 | |
| House of Dark Shadows | Horror | usa | Rob Haskins | Violent/Vulgar | Top 20 |
| House of Games | Crime Mystery Thriller | usa | Craig Brozinsky | A psychologist learns how to be a con artist. David Mamet's best film. | Top 10 |
| House of Yes, The | Comedy | Usa | Erin Rhodes | Top 10 | |
| Brian Magerko | dark dark comedy starring Parker Posey. Based on a play and the dialogue shines. | Top 10 | |||
| Colleen Parks | Directed by Mark S. Waters. | Others | |||
| How To Get Ahead In Advertising | Comedy | uk | Danielle Ross | Top 10 | |
| Hudsucker Proxy, The | Comedy Romance | uk germany usa | Matthew Sheby | Top 10 | |
| Human Nature | comedy | france usa | Colleen Parks | Directed by Michael Gondry. This is one of Charlie Kaufman's movies, and is every bit as good as his better-known ones. | Others |
| Hurlyburly | drama | usa | Colleen Parks | Directed by Anthony Drazan. | Others |
| I, Claudius | Drama | uk | Steve Jenkins | Top 10 | |
| Ice Storm, The | Drama | usa | Luis Alcala | Top 20 | |
| Colleen Parks | Directed by Ang Lee. Sad. | Others | |||
| Idiots | Comedy Drama | denmark france italy netherlands | Irina Solyanik | Top 20 | |
| Ikiru | Drama | Japan | Joel Quamme | A masterpiece about death and life...devoid of the usual sappiness, yet very moving. | Top 10 |
| Impostors, The | Comedy | usa | Carla Hudson | Top 10 | |
| In the Company of Men | Drama | canada usa | Tige Monacelli | Violent/Vulgar | Top 10 |
| Tony Monacelli | Violent/Vulgar | Top 10 | |||
| In the Mood for Love | Drama Romance | france hongkong | Luis Alcala | Top 20 | |
| In-Laws, The | Comedy | usa | David Hirschfield | Top 10 | |
| Indian Runner, The | Drama | japan usa | Jason Proksch | Top 20 | |
| Indochine | Drama Romance | france | Mikhail Masharov | Top 10 | |
| Interiors | Drama | Usa | Rob Haskins | A beautiful homage to Bergman; see a good print or DVD only for the full effect. | Top 20 |
| Interview, The | Thriller | australia | Jon Prince | Top 10 | |
| Intimacy | Nicole David | It might be msitaken as a porn movie. I think it's worth seeing. | Others | ||
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Horror Sci-fi Thriller | Usa | Rich Jackson | One of my favorite sci-fi pictures starring Kevin McCarthy. A classic. | Top 20 |
| Irma La Douce | Comedy Drama | usa | Michael Brozinsky | Top 10 | |
| Iron Jawed Angels (2004) (TV) | drama | usa | Gary Fairbanks | Top 10 | |
| Iron Monkey, The | Other | hongkong | Craig Brozinsky | Originally released in 1993, this is an excellent example of Hong-Kong cinema. | Top 20 |
| Irreversible | Crime Drama Thriller | France | Rich Jackson | Gaspar Noe's controversial revenge flick told in reverse time. Starring Monica Bellucci. Famous for number of people walking out during screening due to graphic depiction of violence/rape. Not for the weak of heart. | Others |
| It Happened One Night | Comedy Romance | usa | Keith Schneider | Top 20 | |
| It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World | Action Comedy Family | usa | Matthew Sheby | Top 10 | |
| Joel Quamme | A who's who of classic comedians being obnoxious. | Top 20 | |||
| J?sus de Montr?al | Drama | canada france | Jim Magnuson | Artsy | Top 10 |
| Jacob's Ladder | Horror Mystery Thriller | usa | Jason Proksch | Top 10 | |
| Jerry Carlton | Another Post Viet Nam film woth watching if you are considering joining up. | Others | |||
| Jan Svanmajer's Faust | Animation Fantasy | czechrepublic france uk | Craig Brozinsky | Engaging version of Faust performed by live actors, life size puppets, and stop-motion photography. | Top 10 |
| Jap?n | Drama Music Musical Romance Other | Germany Mexico Netherlands | Jerry Carlton | The most committed acting by Alejandro Ferretis - May he rest in peace. Carlos Reygadas in an insperation to any filmmaker wishing to remain true. Musical because the score is perfect. | Top 10 |
| Jean de Florette | Drama | france switzerland italy | Stephan Quessy | Social drama | Top 10 |
| Jean de Florette II | Drama | france italy switzerland | Stephan Quessy | Social drama | Top 10 |
| Jesus' Son | Drama | canada usa | Jim Magnuson | Top 10 | |
| John Carpenter's The Thing | Action Horror Sci-Fi Thriller War | usa | Steve Jenkins | Violent/Vulgar | Top 10 |
| Charles Couchman | Top 20 | ||||
| Johnny Got His Gun | Drama War | usa | Jason Proksch | Top 10 | |
| Jonah Who Lived in the Whale | Other | france italy | Gennaro Corcella | Top 20 | |
| Jules et Jim | Drama | france | Irina Solyanik | Top 20 | |
| Julien Po | Comedy Drama | usa | Tony Monacelli | Top 20 | |
| Kafka | Drama | france usa | Jon Wondrack | Top 10 | |
| Kids | Drama | usa | Tony Monacelli | Top 10 | |
| Kikujiro no natsu | Comedy | japan | Stephan Quessy | Comedy | Top 10 |
| Killing Fields, The | Drama War | Uk | Jerry Carlton | Another film cementing the insanity of war. Crazy people can do things most of us can not imagine. | Others |
| Kin-Dza-Dza | Comedy Sci-fi | Sovietunion | Ryan Ward | Georgi Daneliya's masterpiece. One of the greatest unknown movies of all time! | Top 10 |
| Kind Hearts and Coronets | Comedy Drama | Uk | Joel Quamme | A brilliant and extremely dry black comedy with Alec Guiness playing about 8 different roles. | Top 20 |
| King of Comedy | Comedy Drama | usa | Scott Ventura | Terrific de Niro performance in a plot that curiously echoes Taxi Driver, but much funnier. | Top 10 |
| Kiss of the Spiderwoman | Drama | brazil usa | Steve Jenkins | Top 10 | |
| Koyaanisqatsi | Documentary | usa | Rob Haskins | Artsy; music by Philip Glass. | Top 10 |
| Craig Brozinsky | No dialogue, no actors, excellent visuals. hmmm... sounds mysteriously like The Mummy Returns. | Top 20 | |||
| L'America | Drama | france italy | David Hirschfield | Top 10 | |
| L'armee des ombres | Drama War | france italy | J.C. Ducom | Top 10 | |
| L.627 | Drama | france | Alex Pouget | Top 10 | |
| L.I.E. | drama | usa | Colleen Parks | Directed by Michael Cuesta. | Top 10 |
| La Femme Nikita | Thriller | france italy | Jon Wondrack | Top 10 | |
| Jessica Maye | Nikita is a sexy bad-ass, and more realistic than Lara Croft... | Top 10 | |||
| La Haine | Jagadeeswaran Rajendiran | Top 10 | |||
| La promesse | Drama | belgium france luxembourg | Sam Danthine | Top 10 | |
| La strada | Drama | Italy | Nicole David | So sad! | Top 20 |
| La vache et le prisonnier | Comedy | france italy | J.C. Ducom | Top 10 | |
| Labyrinth | Adventure Family Fantasy Music Musical | Uk Usa | Eric Charles | Others | |
| Ladybird Ladybird | Drama | uk | Gennaro Corcella | Top 10 | |
| Lair of the White Worm, The | Horror | Uk | Timothy King | Others | |
| Land and Freedom | Other Other | Gennaro Corcella | Top 20 | ||
| Last Emperor, The | Drama | france hongkong italy uk | Mikhail Masharov | Top 10 | |
| Last Supper, The | Comedy Thriller | usa | Danielle Ross | Top 10 | |
| Lathe of Heaven, The (198 | Sci-Fi | usa | Mark Kishiyama | Top 10 | |
| Lawrence of Arabia | Adventure War | uk | Keith Schneider | Top 10 | |
| Le dernier metro | Drama | france | J.C. Ducom | Top 10 | |
| Stephan Quessy | Drama | Top 10 | |||
| Le Grand Bleu | Drama Romance | France Italy Usa | Hieronymous Maguire | a.k.a. The Big Blue | Top 10 |
| Le Proc | comedy drama fantasy thriller | france italy westgermany yugoslavia | Ryan Ward | Welles does Kafka! | Top 10 |
| Legende von Paul und Paula, Die | Drama Romance | Eastgermany Germany | Nicole David | german cult movie | Top 20 |
| Leningrad Cowboys Go America | comedy music | finland sweden | Janelle Alvstad Mattson | Finland meets Blues Brothers, with a bit of Monty Python thrown in. | Others |
| Leolo | Comedy Drama | canada france | Roland Park | Top 10 | |
| Les Enfants du Paradis | Drama Romance | france | Erin Rhodes | Top 10 | |
| Les tontons flingeurs | Action Comedy Crime | france westgermany italy | J.C. Ducom | Top 10 | |
| Let Him Have It | Crime Drama | uk | Danielle Ross | Top 10 | |
| Licence to Kill, A | Action | uk | Jon Prince | Others | |
| Life is Beautiful (Vita ? bella, La) | Comedy Drama Romance War | italy | Joe Chellman | Certainly one of the most powerful movies I've ever seen. It may be the best. | Top 10 |
| Life Less Ordinary, A | Comedy Romance | uk | Marie Copolla | Top 10 | |
| Erin Rhodes | Top 20 | ||||
| Like Two Crocodiles | Other | france italy uk | Gennaro Corcella | Top 10 | |
| Lion in Winter | Drama | uk | Steve Jenkins | Top 20 | |
| Irina Solyanik | Top 20 | ||||
| Little Big Man | Comedy Drama Western | usa | Charles Couchman | Top 10 | |
| Little Caesar | Crime Drama | usa | Shawn Green | Top 10 | |
| Little Voice | Comedy | uk | Marie Copolla | Top 10 | |
| Jerry Carlton | This sleeper really entertains. Mind blowing finale! | Others | |||
| Live Flesh | Drama | france spain | Mrim Boutla | Top 10 | |
| Living in Oblivion | Comedy | usa | Stephan Quessy | Comedy | Top 10 |
| Sam Danthine | Top 10 | ||||
| Lolita | Drama Romance | France Usa | Rob Haskins | Remake with a strong visual style and superb music by Ennio Morricone; superb performances by Irons, Swain, and Griffith. | Top 20 |
| Lone Star | Drama Mystery | usa | Marie Copolla | Top 10 | |
| Lost in Translation | Comedy Drama Romance | Japan Usa | Ellen Silsby | Others | |
| Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, The | Comedy Horror Sci-fi | Usa | Chris Estes | My wife and I have only met one other person in the whole world who likes this send-up of 50's bad science fiction. And he was drunk. Great stilted dialogue. Great mediocre effects. Filmed on the Branson Canyon, with the original Bat Cave!!!!! | Top 10 |
| Lost Swordship, The | Hongkong Hongkong | Erik Johnson | Top 10 | ||
| Lost Weekend, The | Drama Film-noir | Usa | Hieronymous Maguire | Top 10 | |
| Love and Death | Comedy | usa | Craig Brozinsky | Woody Allen's funniest film. | Top 20 |
| Love and Human Remains | Comedy Drama | canada | Lisa Bigelow | This movie also falls into the IMDB's "answering machine" genre. | Top 10 |
| Love Is All There Is | Comedy | Usa | Gary Fairbanks | Others | |
| Loved One, The | comedy | usa | Barbara Scoggins | Jonathan Winters in dual roles. | Top 20 |
| Lover, The | Drama Romance | france vietnam uk | Charlotte Lasserre | Top 10 | |
| Lucia | Other | cuba | Noah Bernstein | Artsy | Top 20 |
| Lulu on the Bridge | Drama Mystery Romance | usa | Sam Danthine | Artsy | Top 10 |
| Luna Papa | Comedy Drama | germany japan tajikistan uzbekistan austria | Sophie Deneve | Top 20 | |
| M | Crime Thriller | Germany | Craig Brozinsky | Fritz Lang introduces the serial killer genre, treating the main character sympathetically. It communicates largely through subtlety, but its polictical and social implications are very clear. | Top 10 |
| David Bressler | Top 10 | ||||
| Ma vie en rose | comedy drama | france belgium uk | Colleen Parks | Directed by Alvain Berliner. A story about a young boy who wants to dress as a girl and his family's attempt to deal. Great movie. | Others |
| Magnificent Butcher | Action | hongkong | Craig Brozinsky | Excellently choreographed Kung-Fu comedy | Top 20 |
| Magnolia | Drama | usa | Tonya Jacobs | Top 10 | |
| Maltese Falcon, The | Film-Noir Mystery | usa | Christopher Kam | Top 10 | |
| Keith Schneider | Top 10 | ||||
| Mamma Roma | Drama | italy | Gennaro Corcella | Top 10 | |
| Man Bites Dog | Action Comedy Crime Drama | belgium | Sam Danthine | Violent/Vulgar | Top 10 |
| Man Facing Southeast, The | Drama | argentina | Brian Magerko | Top 10 | |
| Craig Brozinsky | Movie on which K-Pax was based. This one's infinitely more complex. | Others | |||
| Man for All Seasons, A | Drama | Uk | Jerry Carlton | Once my favorite film. Scofield is mesmerizing. Ethics, commitment, faith anyone | Others |
| Man from Elisian Fields, The | Drama | Usa | Ellen Silsby | Top 10 | |
| Man Who Knew Too Little, The | Comedy Crime | germany usa | Keith Irwin | Top 10 | |
| Man Who Wasn't There, The | comedy drama crime | usa | Carolyn | Top 10 | |
| Man Who Would Be King, The | Adventure | uk usa | Keith Schneider | Top 10 | |
| Steve Jenkins | Top 20 | ||||
| Manchurian Candidate, The | Film-Noir Thriller | usa | Laura Silverman | Top 10 | |
| Matthew Sheby | Top 10 | ||||
| Keith Schneider | Top 10 | ||||
| Mansfield Park | Drama | uk | Erin Rhodes | Top 20 | |
| Margaret's Museum | Drama | canada uk | Carla Hudson | possibly disturbing ending | Top 10 |
| Mari de la coiffeuse, Le | Comedy Drama Romance | france | Nicole David | A beautiful movie. i found it so sad that i never want to see it again. one of my favorites. | Top 10 |
| Marianne and Juliane | Drama | westgermany | Gennaro Corcella | Top 10 | |
| Martin | Drama Horror | Usa | Hieronymous Maguire | Top 10 | |
| Mask | Drama | usa | Damon Anderson | Very, very sad. | Others |
| Matador | Comedy Drama | spain | Alex Pouget | Top 10 | |
| Timothy King | Top 20 | ||||
| Matewan | Drama | usa | Jerry Carlton | The first John Sayles film I ever saw and probably my favotite. He wrote a great book about fimmaking based on his experience making Matewan. Coal miners, Unions and Union busters. | Others |
| Matrix, The | Action Sci-fi Thriller | Usa | Jon Prince | Others | |
| Mikhail Masharov | Others | ||||
| Memento | Drama Mystery Thriller | usa | Luis Alcala | Top 10 | |
| Jon Prince | Top 10 | ||||
| Joe Chellman | Intriguing and interesting. Not to be missed. | Top 10 | |||
| Joel Quamme | Top 10 | ||||
| Carolyn | maybe you've seen it already and just can't remember | Top 10 | |||
| Alexis Rosoff | I heard about it before all the hype. Nyah, nyah... | Others | |||
| Memories of Underdevelopment | Drama | cuba | Noah Bernstein | Artsy | Top 20 |
| Men With Guns | Action Drama | canada | Marie Copolla | Top 10 | |
| Mephisto | Drama | germany hungary | Irina Solyanik | Top 10 | |
| Metropolis | Drama Sci-Fi | germany | Keith Irwin | Top 10 | |
| David Bressler | Top 10 | ||||
| Mark Kishiyama | Top 20 | ||||
| Microcosmos | Documentary | france switzerland italy | Scott Ventura | Bugs. Lots and lots of bugs. Amazing cinematography. | Top 10 |
| Midnight Cowboy | Drama | usa | Noah Bernstein | Artsy | Top 20 |
| Mighty Wind, A | Comedy Music | Usa | Joel Quamme | "Mockumentary" from Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy about the commercialized folk music revival of the 60s. | Top 20 |
| Mildred Pierce | Drama Film-Noir | usa | Rob Haskins | The locus classicus of film noir. | Others |
| Milky Way, The | Comedy Drama | france westgermany italy | Alex Pouget | Top 10 | |
| Mindwalk | Jessica Maye | A great conversation between a poet, a politician, and a scientist. | Others | ||
| Minus Man, The | Drama Mystery | usa | Matthew Sheby | Violent/Vulgar | Top 10 |
| Miracle Mile | Matthew Sheby | Top 20 | |||
| Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Drama | usa | Rob Haskins | Great soundtrack by Philip Glass. NB: DVD release doesn't include Roy Scheider's superior narration. | Top 10 |
| Miss Firecracker | Comedy | usa | Jessica Maye | Funny charicature of small town life... | Others |
| Mister Roberts | Comedy Drama War | usa | Michael Brozinsky | Top 10 | |
| Steve Jenkins | Top 20 | ||||
| Moebius | Sci-Fi | argentina | Luis Alcala | Top 10 | |
| Monsoon Wedding | Comedy Romance | india usa france italy | Brian Magerko | It's got it all, except exploding stuff. Good story about an arranged wedding in modern India. | Top 20 |
| Colleen Parks | Directed by Mira Nair. This isn't typical Bollywood--no big musical numbers. Just a good movie. | Others | |||
| Monster In A Box | Comedy | uk usa | Craig Brozinsky | Another great monologue by Spalding Gray | Others |
| Monster Squad, The | Adventure Comedy Horror | usa | Tony Monacelli | Top 20 | |
| Mosquito Coast, The | Drama Horror | usa | Tony Monacelli | Top 20 | |
| Moulin Rouge! | Drama Music Musical Romance | Australia Usa | Jerry Carlton | The only musical I've seen twice since Sound of Music. | Others |
| Mr. Hulot's Holiday | Comedy | france | Craig Brozinsky | A predecessor of Mr. Bean and Peter Seller's character in The Party, Hulot unwittingly wreaks havoc upon resort guests. | Top 20 |
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Drama | usa | Keith Schneider | Top 10 | |
| Mrs. Brown | Drama Romance | ireland uk usa | Danielle Ross | Top 20 | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Comedy Romance | uk usa | Lisa Bigelow | Hilarious Shakespeare and beautiful people. | Others |
| Mulholland Dr. | Drama Mystery | france usa | Tonya Jacobs | Top 10 | |
| Murder in the First | Drama Thriller | france usa | Danielle Ross | Top 10 | |
| My Dinner with Andre | Drama | Usa | Mark Kishiyama | Top 20 | |
| My Left Foot | Drama | ireland uk | Roland Park | Top 10 | |
| My Life in Pink | Drama | belgium france uk | Jessica Maye | Poor Ludovic doesnt understand why he cant grow up to be a girl. This little actor is so sweet he'll make you cry! | Top 10 |
| Sam Danthine | Top 20 | ||||
| My Uncle Antoine | Drama | canada | Stephan Quessy | Social drama | Top 20 |
| Myst?re Picasso, Le | Documentary | France | Timothy King | Top 20 | |
| Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie | comedy sci-fi | usa | Mark Bosler | Others | |
| Naked | Drama | uk | Alexis Rosoff | I like all of Mike Leigh's films, but this is probably his best--also his darkest. | Top 10 |
| Name der Rose, Der | Mystery Crime Thriller | france italy westgermany | Damon Anderson | Riveting. | Top 10 |
| Jerry Carlton | Ron Pearlman, Sean Connery, Christian Slater. Wow, best 12th century sluth film ever! | Others | |||
| Natural Born Killers | Action Romance | usa | Mikhail Masharov | Violent/Vulgar | Others |
| Luis Alcala | Violent/Vulgar | Others | |||
| Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey, The | Adventure Fantasy | Australia Newzealand | Jim Magnuson | Top 10 | |
| Jerry Carlton | New Zealand's other fantasy master - Vincent Ward | Top 20 | |||
| Nenette et Boni | Drama | france | Mrim Boutla | Artsy | Top 10 |
| Network | Drama | Usa | Rob Haskins | Recommended for superior performances by Finch, Straight, Holden, Dunaway, Duvall, and Beatty. | Others |
| Night at the Opera, A | Comedy Family Music Musical Romance | Usa | Joel Quamme | Marx Bro?s 6th film and best all-around, IMO. Best plot, best music, best supporting roles, and best finale. Duck Soup is generally funnier, but not as well written, acted, or directed. The opera is Il Trovatore. | Top 10 |
| Night of Dark Shadows | Horror | usa | Rob Haskins | violent | Others |
| Night of the Hunter, The | Drama Film-Noir Thriller | usa | Juan Moreno | Top 10 | |
| Night of the Living Dead | Drama Horror Sci-fi | usa | Rob Haskins | \"Somebody had a cookout here, Ben . . .\" | Others |
| Night on Earth | Comedy Drama | france germany japan usa | Laura Silverman | Top 10 | |
| Luis Alcala | Top 10 | ||||
| Nicole David | Great cast! Another Jim Jarmush movie. | Top 10 | |||
| No Such Thing | Colleen Parks | Directed by Hal Hartley. I'm not actually a big fan of Hartley's but I really enjoyed this one. The ending really made the movie. The US title is "Monster". | Others | ||
| Non ci resta che piangera | Comedy | italy | Annamaria Proksch | Top 10 | |
| Nosferatu | Fantasy Horror Thriller | Germany | Joel Quamme | Early silent adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Visually haunting. | Top 10 |
| Rich Jackson | 1922 German first adaptation of Dracula movie. A classic. Silent movie. | Top 10 | |||
| Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht | Horror | france germany westgermany westgermany | Rob Haskins | Scary dark German classic. | Top 10 |
| Nuovo cinema Paradiso | Drama | France Italy | Ellen Silsby | Top 10 | |
| Ryan Ward | Top 10 | ||||
| Rich Jackson | Very entertaining Italian coming of age movie | Top 10 | |||
| Office Space | Comedy | usa | Jon Prince | Top 10 | |
| Erin Rhodes | Top 20 | ||||
| Oldboy | Drama Mystery Thriller | Southkorea | Hieronymous Maguire | Top 20 | |
| Omega Man, The | Sci-Fi | usa | Charles Couchman | Top 10 | |
| On the Beach (2000) (TV) | Drama Mystery Romance Sci-fi | Australia Usa | Matthew Sheby | the remake, not the original | Top 20 |
| Once Upon A Time In The West | Western | italy usa | Cornelius Weber | Top 10 | |
| Hieronymous Maguire | Top 20 | ||||
| Once Were Warriors | Drama | newzealand | Mrim Boutla | Violent/Vulgar | Top 10 |
| Timothy King | The story could have taken place in any minority urban setting, but the specifics of the Maori culture add a fascinating layer. Incredible performances by all just add to the power of this brutal & wrenching story. | Top 10 | |||
| One False Move | Thriller | usa | Tige Monacelli | Top 10 | |
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Drama | usa | J.C. Ducom | Others | |
| One True Thing | Drama | usa | Jon Prince | Top 20 | |
| Ong Bak | Adventure Crime Thriller | Thailand | Hieronymous Maguire | Others | |
| Orlando | Drama | uk russia france italy netherlands | Belgium Cicero | Top 10 | |
| Osama | drama | afghanistan netherlands japan ireland | Colleen Parks | Directed by Siddiq Barmak. Depressing, but worth watching. | Others |
| Our Man Flint | Adventure Comedy | usa | David Hirschfield | Top 10 | |
| Over The Brooklyn Bridge | Comedy | usa | Michael Brozinsky | Top 10 | |
| P?re No?l est une ordure, Le | Comedy | france | Charlotte Lasserre | Top 10 | |
| Pandora's Box | Drama | Germany | Mark Kishiyama | Top 10 | |
| Paradise Road | Drama War | Australia Usa | Gary Fairbanks | Top 20 | |
| Parallax View, The | Thriller | usa | Rob Haskins | A classic "paranoia" film from the 70s. | Top 20 |
| Party, The | Comedy | usa | David Hirschfield | Top 10 | |
| Michael Brozinsky | Top 10 | ||||
| Patch of Blue, A | Drama | usa | Jason Proksch | Top 10 | |
| Paths of Glory | Drama Film-noir War | usa | Jerry Carlton | Kubrick's early ant-war masterpiece. WWI, Kirk Douglas, treason? | Top 20 |
| PCU | Comedy | usa | Shawn Green | Others | |
| Pear Tree, The | Drama | italy | Gennaro Corcella | Top 20 | |
| Pecker | Comedy | usa | Tony Monacelli | Top 10 | |
| Pelle the Conqueror | Drama | denmark sweden | Jim Magnuson | Top 10 | |
| Performance | Jagadeeswaran Rajendiran | Top 10 | |||
| Permanent Midnight | Drama | usa | Wade Blackman | Top 10 | |
| Persona | Drama | sweden | Mike Landrum | Top 10 | |
| Personal Services | Comedy | uk | Carla Hudson | Top 20 | |
| Personal Velocity: Three Portraits | drama | usa | Colleen Parks | Directed by Rebecca Miller. Engaging stories. | Top 20 |
| Peter's Friends | Comedy Drama | uk | Mrim Boutla | Top 10 | |
| Phantasm | Horror Sci-fi | usa | Rob Haskins | Recommended for Angus Scrimm\'s performance as The Tall Man; great soundtrack by Myrow and Seagrave. | Others |
| Phantom of the Paradise | Comedy Horror Musical | usa | Craig Brozinsky | Faust meets Phantom of the Opera in this 70s glam-rock musical | Top 20 |
| Philadelphia Story, The | Comedy Romance | usa | Steve Jenkins | Top 20 | |
| Pi | Sci-fi Thriller | Usa | Carolyn | Top 20 | |
| Pieces of April | comedy drama | usa | Colleen Parks | Directed by Peter Hedges. This exceeded my expectations. | Top 20 |
| Pierrot le fou | Drama | france italy | J.C. Ducom | Top 10 | |
| Pillow Book, The | Drama Romance | France Netherlands Uk | Timothy King | Top 10 | |
| Pink Flamingos | Comedy Crime | usa | Rob Haskins | violent/vulgar | Top 20 |
| Alexis Rosoff | It's trash. But incomparable. | Top 20 | |||
| Pink Floyd Live at Pompei | Documentary | belgium westgermany france | Jim Magnuson | Top 10 | |
| Pink Floyd The Wall | Drama Music | Uk | Jon Prince | Violent/Vulgar | Top 10 |
| Planet of the Apes | Action Drama Sci-fi | Usa | Keith Irwin | Top 10 | |
| Rob Haskins | Memorable performances by Maurice Evans and Charleton Heston. | Others | |||
| Player, The | Comedy Drama Thriller | usa | Charles Couchman | Top 20 | |
| Mrim Boutla | Top 20 | ||||
| Pleasantville | Comedy Drama Fantasy | usa | Carla Hudson | Others | |
| Postino, Il | Drama Romance | Belgium France Italy | Mrim Boutla | Top 10 | |
| Nicole David | I enjoyed seeing the landscapes in the movie. It's a typical italian movie, which creates that special atmosphere of heat, heart and dolce far niente. | Top 20 | |||
| President's Analyst, The | Comedy | Usa | Craig Brozinsky | Who needs Austin Powers with 60s fun like this? | Others |
| Princess Mononoke | Action Adventure Animation Fantasy | japan | Lisa Bigelow | Gorgeous | Top 10 |
| Mikhail Masharov | original Japanese version only | Top 10 | |||
| Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Comedy Drama | australia | Danielle Ross | Top 10 | |
| Luis Alcala | Top 20 | ||||
| Professional, The | Action Crime Drama Thriller | france usa | Wade Blackman | Top 10 | |
| Project Grizzly | Documentary | canada | Carla Hudson | Top 10 | |
| Public Enemy, The | Crime Drama | usa | Shawn Green | Top 10 | |
| Pumpkin | comedy drama romance | usa | Colleen Parks | Directed by Anthony Abrams and Adam Larson Broder. Very humorous, but in a somewhat distrubing way. | Others |
| Punch-Drunk Love | comedy drama romance | usa | Ellen Silsby | Top 10 | |
| Queen Margot | Drama Romance | france italy germany | Charles Couchman | Top 10 | |
| Sophie Deneve | Top 20 | ||||
| Querelle | Drama | westgermany france | Rob Haskins | Violent/Vulgar | Top 10 |
| Quick Change | Comedy | usa | Tige Monacelli | Top 10 | |
| Quiet Man, The | Comedy Drama Romance | Usa | Gary Fairbanks | Top 20 | |
| Quills | Drama | usa | Tige Monacelli | Artsy | Top 20 |
| Rabbit-Proof Fence | adventure drama | australia | Colleen Parks | Directed by Phillip Noyce. This is an amazing story. It's worth watching the "making of" in the specail features too. IMdB lists it as adventure...it's hard to see how what those girls, and all of the Australian aboriginees, went through as an adventure. | Others |
| Raise the Red Lantern | Drama | china hongkong taiwan | Mike Landrum | Top 10 | |
| Raising Arizona | Comedy | usa | Tony Monacelli | Top 10 | |
| Jerry Carlton | Laughed till I cried. Holly Hunter's big break. Nick Cage, John Goodman, Wm. Forsythe, Frances McDormand, Tex Cobb and the Cohen Brothers, what a perfect mix. Funny, funny, funny. | Top 10 | |||
| Charles Couchman | Top 20 | ||||
| Ran | Drama War | japan france | Mark Kishiyama | Top 10 | |
| Rashomon | Crime Drama Mystery Thriller | Japan | Rich Jackson | Others | |
| Ratcatcher | Drama | uk france | Noah Bernstein | Artsy | Top 10 |
| Real Blond, The | Comedy | Usa | Sam Danthine | Others | |
| Reality Bites | comedy drama romance | usa | Ryan Ward | It's fluff, but I love it. | Top 10 |
| Rear Window | Mystery Thriller | usa | Jon Wondrack | Top 10 | |
| Annamaria Proksch | Top 10 | ||||
| Rich Jackson | Without question, Hitchcock's best starring Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly, arguably the most beautiful woman to grace the silver screen. | Top 10 | |||
| Joel Quamme | My favorite Hitchcock. | Top 20 | |||
| Rebecca | Drama Mystery Romance Thriller | Usa | Craig Brozinsky | Hitchcock thriller in which a new wife lives in the shadow of her predecessor. | Others |
| Red Rock West | Thriller | Usa | Rich Jackson | More twists than a pretzel Starring Nicholas Cage and Dennis Hopper. "Adios Red Rock" | Others |
| Red Violin, The | Drama Mystery Romance | canada italy uk | Dan Koo | Top 10 | |
| Mikhail Masharov | Top 10 | ||||
| Jon Prince | Top 10 | ||||
| Ref, The | Comedy | usa | Jon Wondrack | Top 10 | |
| Remains of the Day, The | Drama Romance | uk usa | Carla Hudson | Top 10 | |
| Repo Man | Comedy Sci-Fi | usa | Mark Murray | Top 10 | |
| Keith Schneider | Top 20 | ||||
| Requiem For A Dream | Rich Jackson | Ellen Burstyn gives a virtuoso performance in this cautionary tale about drug abuse. Be prepared to feel like you were punched in the gut. | Top 10 | ||
| Requiem for a Dream | Drama | usa | Alexis Rosoff | Absolutely unrelenting and horrifying, but compelling. | Top 20 |
| Reservoir Dogs | Crime Thriller | usa | Shawn Green | Top 10 | |
| Irina Solyanik | Top 10 | ||||
| Restoration | Drama Romance | uk usa | Jerry Carlton | Michael Hoffman's 2nd film on my list. Louis XIV, a veterinarian, sex, love & death. Robert Downey's best film! | Top 20 |
| Return of the King, The | Animation Fantasy Musical | usa | Shawn Green | Top 10 | |
| Ridicule | Drama | france | Sam Danthine | Top 10 | |
| Riding Giants | documentary | usa france | Gary Fairbanks | Top 20 | |
| River Runs Through It, A | Drama | usa | Charles Couchman | Top 10 | |
| Roger and Me | Comedy Documentary | usa | Wade Blackman | Top 10 | |
| Roman Holiday | Comedy Romance | usa | Annamaria Proksch | Top 10 | |
| Ronin | Action Crime Thriller | uk usa | Jon Prince | Others | |
| Rope | Thriller | usa | Erin Rhodes | Top 10 | |
| Rich Jackson | One of hitchcocks earlier efforts appearing to be one long take based upon the Leopold Loeb murder mystery. | Top 20 | |||
| Rosemary's Baby | Drama Horror Thriller | usa | Lisa Bigelow | Men are such scum! | Top 10 |
| Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead | Comedy Drama | uk usa | Craig Brozinsky | Great dialogue. | Others |
| Rules of Engagement | Thriller | canada usa uk | Jon Prince | Others | |
| Run Lola Run | Action Drama Thriller | germany | Tonya Jacobs | Top 10 | |
| Carolyn | you will be on the edge of your chair (or bean bag) throughout this one | Top 20 | |||
| Rushmore | Comedy Romance | usa | Joe Chellman | Wonderful. One of Bill Murray's best [supporting] roles in recent history, and brilliantly carried out by everyone involved. | Top 10 |
| Mark Murray | Top 10 | ||||
| Tony Monacelli | Top 10 | ||||
| Ryan's Daughter | Drama Romance | Uk | Jerry Carlton | My favorite David Lean film. Historic cinematography of a storm. | Others |
| Saddest Music in the World, The | drama musical romance fantasy comedy | canada | Ellen Woodall | Top 10 | |
| Safar e Ghandehar | drama | iran france | Colleen Parks | Directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. US (English) title is "Kandahar". | Others |
| Salesman | Documentary | usa | Noah Bernstein | Artsy | Top 10 |
| Sanjuro | Action Adventure | japan | Charles Couchman | Top 10 | |
| Sansh? Day? | Drama | japan | Noah Bernstein | Artsy | Top 10 |
| Santa sangre | Drama Horror | mexico italy | Damon Anderson | Top 10 | |
| Saving Grace | Comedy | uk | Marie Copolla | Top 10 | |
| Searching for Bobby Fischer | Drama | usa | Steve Jenkins | Others | |
| Secret of Santa Vittoria, The | Comedy Drama | usa | Stephan Quessy | Comedy | Top 20 |
| Secretary | drama comedy romance | usa | Colleen Parks | Directed by Steven Shainberg. Great movie. | Top 20 |
| Timothy King | Top 10 | ||||
| Secrets & Lies | Comedy Drama | France Uk | Erin Rhodes | Top 10 | |
| Mrim Boutla | Top 20 | ||||
| Craig Brozinsky | Stunning in its realism. | Others | |||
| Secrets & Lies | drama comedy | france uk | Colleen Parks | Directed by Mike Leigh. | Others |
| Seven Samurai, The | Action Drama War | japan | Matthew Sheby | Top 10 | |
| Steve Jenkins | Top 10 | ||||
| Mark Kishiyama | Top 10 | ||||
| Charles Couchman | Top 20 | ||||
| Seventh Seal, The | Drama | sweden | Mike Landrum | Top 10 | |
| Sex and Zen | Action Comedy | hongkong | Carla Hudson | a | Top 10 |
| Sex, Lies, and Videotape | Drama | Usa | Rob Haskins | Great soundtrack by Cliff Martinez. | Others |
| Shadow Magic | Drama Romance | china germany taiwan usa | Matthew Sheby | Top 20 | |
| Shadow of the Vampire | Drama Horror | uk usa luxembourg | Shawn Green | Top 10 | |
| Shakes the Clown | Comedy | Usa | Timothy King | You gotta love a movie boycotted by the clowns' union. This is incredibly stupid, utterly tasteless & absolutely hysterical. | Top 10 |
| Shall We Dansu? | Comedy | Japan | Tige Monacelli | Top 10 | |
| Christopher Kam | Top 10 | ||||
| Jessica Maye | A serious Japanese businessman secretly enrolls in ballroom dancing lessons. | Top 10 | |||
| Shallow Grave | Drama Thriller | uk | Marie Coppola | Violent/Vulgar | Top 10 |
| Shame | Drama | australia | Inge-Marie Eigsti | Top 10 | |
| Shine | Drama Romance | australia | Mrim Boutla | Top 20 | |
| Shining, The | Horror Thriller | uk | Jason Proksch | Top 20 | |
| Rob Haskins | Some of the best use of music in a film; superior performances by Nicholson, Duvall, Crothers, Turkel, and Stone. | Others | |||
| Ship of Fools | Drama | usa | Irina Solyanik | Top 20 | |
| Shirley Valentine | Comedy | uk usa | Carla Hudson | Top 20 | |
| Short Cuts | Drama | usa | Luis Alcala | Top 20 | |
| Shower | Comedy Drama | china | Jon Prince | Top 10 | |
| Tonya Jacobs | Top 10 | ||||
| Silence of the Lambs, The | Thriller Crime Horror | usa | Rob Haskins | Great, in particular, for the chemistry between Foster and Hopkins. | Others |
| Silent Movie | Comedy | usa | Scott Ventura | Mel Brooks making the first silent movie in forty years, about making the first silent movie in forty years. Spectacular slapstick. | Top 10 |
| Simple Plan, A | Crime Thriller Drama | france germany japan uk usa | Julie Heinrich | Top 10 | |
| Singin' in the Rain | Comedy Musical Romance | usa | Noah Bernstein | Artsy | Top 20 |
| Sirens | Comedy Drama | Australia Uk | Jessica Maye | Sexy! | Others |
| Six-String Samurai | Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-Fi Western | usa | David Hirschfield | Top 10 | |
| Erik Johnson | Top 10 | ||||
| Joe Chellman | This movie is extremely campy, strangely beautiful, and enormously entertaining. | Top 20 | |||
| Sjunde inseglet, Det | drama fantasy | sweden | David Bressler | Top 10 | |
| Skipped Parts | drama romance | usa | Colleen Parks | Directed by Tamra Davis. My favorite line from this movie, which I'm probably not remembering verbatim: "Well, society'd fall apart if we told the truth about sex". | Others |
| Slacker | Comedy Drama | Usa | David Bressler | Top 10 | |
| Slaughterhouse-Five | Comedy Drama Fantasy Sci-fi War | usa | Rob Haskins | One of the best adaptations of a novel; great soundtrack culled mostly from Bach performances by Glenn Gould. | Others |
| Sleeper | Comedy Sci-Fi | usa | Mark Murray | Top 10 | |
| Sleuth | Mystery Thriller | Uk | Gary Fairbanks | Top 10 | |
| Sliding Doors | Comedy Romance | uk usa | Jon Wondrack | Others | |
| Slums of Beverly Hills | Comedy Drama | usa | Erin Rhodes | Top 20 | |
| Small Time Crooks | Comedy Crime Romance | usa | Joe Chellman | Microscopic thieves begin stealing time from unsuspecting housewives. Armed only with Lysol, can Golda Meir stop them? | Top 20 |
| Smoke | Drama | germany usa | Mikhail Masharov | Top 10 | |
| Mrim Boutla | Top 10 | ||||
| Sam Danthine | Top 20 | ||||
| Smoke Signals | Comedy Drama | usa | Wade Blackman | Top 10 | |
| Snapper, The | Comedy Drama | uk | Sophie Deneve | Top 10 | |
| Sneakers | Action Comedy Crime Drama Mystery Romance Thriller | usa | Alexis Rosoff | Horribly commercial, so I don't know if Craig will allow it! But it's got great dialogue, and if you think about it, it was almost ahead of its time. "No more secrets" is even more of a problem now than it was in '92. | Others |
| Soapdish | Comedy | usa | Jerry Carlton | Just plain funny - Not bad for an Idaho boy. | Top 10 |
| Some Kind of Wonderful | Drama Romance | usa | Erin Rhodes | Others | |
| Soul Split in Two, A | Romance | italy switzerland | Gennaro Corcella | Top 20 | |
| Sound and Fury | Documentary | uk usa | Dan Koo | Top 10 | |
| South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut | Animation Comedy Musical | usa | Koleen McCrink | b | Others |
| Soy Cuba | Drama | sovietunion cuba | Noah Bernstein | Artsy | Top 10 |
| Soylent Green | Drama Sci-fi Thriller | usa | Alexis Rosoff | There are points where this is laughable instead of dramatic; the look of the film is incredibly dated; and the plot was completely altered from Harry Harrison's novel. Nonetheless, it's an enjoyable sci-fi movie, and a cautionary tale of human abuse of resources, if you want to take it seriously. | Top 10 |
| Mark Kishiyama | Top 20 | ||||
| Spanish Prisoner, The | Drama Mystery Thriller | usa | Jon Prince | Top 20 | |
| Colleen Parks | Directed by David Mamet. | Others | |||
| Spider Baby, or The Maddest Story Every Told | Comedy Horror | Usa | Ellen Woodall | Very bizzare horror flick from 1968. | Top 20 |
| Spirited Away | Adventure Animation Drama Fantasy | japan usa | Lisa Bigelow | Utterly entrancing | Top 10 |
| Timothy King | Top 20 | ||||
| Splendor In The Grass | Drama | usa | Jason Proksch | Top 20 | |
| Stalag 17 | Drama War | usa | Steve Jenkins | Top 10 | |
| Stalker,The | Mystery Sci-Fi | sovietunion germany | Mikhail Masharov | Artsy | Top 10 |
| Star Maker, The | Comedy Drama | italy | Noah Bernstein | Artsy | Top 20 |
| State of Grace | Crime Drama | canada usa | Alex Pouget | Top 10 | |
| Station Agent, The | Drama | Usa | Janelle Alvstad Mattson | This movie about 3 misfits in a small town charmed its way onto my list of all time favorites. It's a funny character study about friendship and trains. | Top 10 |
| Colleen Parks | Directed by Thomas McCarthy. | Others | |||
| Step Into Liquid | documentary | usa | Gary Fairbanks | Top 10 | |
| Stevie | documentary | usa | Colleen Parks | Directed by Steve James. | Others |
| Stone Reader, The | Documentary Drama | Usa | Gary Fairbanks | Top 10 | |
| Stoned Age, The | Comedy | usa | Matthew Sheby | Violent/Vulgar | Top 10 |
| Streetcar Named Desire, A | Drama | Usa | Joel Quamme | Great ensemble acting. | Others |
| Streets of Fire | Action Romance | usa | Jim Thomas | a Rock-and-Roll-NOIR with some a great sound track | Top 10 |
| Strictly Ballroom | Comedy Romance | australia | Danielle Ross | Top 10 | |
| Jessica Maye | Campy satire about dance competitions. Fabulous costumes! | Top 20 | |||
| Craig Brozinsky | Others | ||||
| Submission | Jagadeeswaran Rajendiran | Top 10 | |||
| Sudden Fear | Film | usa | Damon Anderson | Superb noir classic! | Top 10 |
| Sullivan's Travels | Adventure Comedy Romance | Usa | Hieronymous Maguire | Top 10 | |
| Support Your Local Sheriff! | comedy western | usa | John Hawkins | My father and I love this movie, so you probably won't. | Others |
| Surviving Desire | Comedy Drama | usa | Jessica Maye | The ultimate Hal Hartley movie. Strange and non-naturalistic. | Top 20 |
| Suspiria | Fantasy Horror Thriller | italy westgermany | Dori Schachner | This is one of the few horror movies I've ever seen that is truly frightening. Extremely eerie and suspenseful, with a soundtrack that will haunt you for weeks. The ending is a bit of a disappointment, but the rest of the movie is great. Sensory overload. | Top 10 |
| Craig Brozinsky | Dario Argento creates a chilling atmostphere dominated by an eerie soundtrack and brilliant lighting. | Others | |||
| Sweet and Lowdown | Comedy Drama | usa | Laura Silverman | Top 10 | |
| Mark Murray | Top 10 | ||||
| Sweet Hereafter, The | Drama | canada | Mike Landrum | Top 10 | |
| Keith Schneider | Top 20 | ||||
| Sweet Movie | Jagadeeswaran Rajendiran | Top 10 | |||
| Swimming to Cambodia | Drama | usa | Craig Brozinsky | Spalding Gray delivers a riveting monolgue about his experiences during the filming of The Killing Fields. | Top 10 |
| Swimming With Sharks | Comedy Drama | usa | Tony Monacelli | Top 20 | |
| Swordsman II | Action Fantasy | hongkong | Charles Couchman | Top 10 | |
| Tadpole | Comedy Drama Romance | usa | Jessica Maye | The Graduate meets Harold & Maude! | Others |
| Talented Mr. Ripley, The | Drama Thriller | usa | Rob Haskins | Amazing performance by Damon, Blanchett, and Hoffman; great soundtrack by Gabriel Yared; beautiful location shots. | Others |
| Talk Radio | Drama | usa | Jason Proksch | Top 20 | |
| Tampopo | Comedy | japan | Brian Magerko | Top 10 | |
| Scott Ventura | Japanese "noodle western" guaranteed to make you hungry. A must for food-lovers. | Top 10 | |||
| David Hirschfield | Top 20 | ||||
| Timothy King | Top 20 | ||||
| Taxi Driver | Crime Drama Thriller | Usa | Joel Quamme | Top 20 | |
| Keith Schneider | Top 20 | ||||
| Tchao, pantin | Drama | france | Sophie Deneve | Top 10 | |
| Tempest | Comedy Drama Romance | usa | Jerry Carlton | Sexiest scene ever filmed - Sarandon & Ringwald washing clothes on the beach of a Greek island. Also - Raul Julia, Gena Rowlands and John Casavettes. | Others |
| Tenant, The | Horror Mystery Thriller | france usa | Noah Bernstein | Artsy | Top 10 |
| Tenue de soir | Comedy Drama | france | Charlotte Lasserre | Top 10 | |
| Terrorist, The | Drama | india | Tonya Jacobs | Top 10 | |
| Testament of Dr. Mabuse, The | Crime Horror Mystery Thriller | Germany | Chris Estes | Fritz Lang's story of a criminal genius gone mad, and the brilliant detective who must stop him. | Top 10 |
| Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The | Horror | usa | Mark Murray | Violent/Vulgar | Top 10 |
| Rob Haskins | A classic. Yee hah. | Others | |||
| That Munchhausen | Comedy Fantasy | sovietunion | Mikhail Masharov | Artsy | Top 10 |
| Irina Solyanik | Top 20 | ||||
| The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover | Comedy Drama Horror | France Netherlands Uk | Rich Jackson | Do not eat before seeing this movie. Visually stunning. Contains disturbing images including cannaalism | Top 10 |
| The Dreams of Sparrows | Jagadeeswaran Rajendiran | Top 10 | |||
| The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly | Action Adventure Western | Italy Spain | Craig Brozinsky | As the title suggests, it spits in the face of the simplistic Western convention of good vs. bad. The dialogue is sparse, but if effectively communicates via the soundtrack and visuals. | Others |
| The Same River Twice | Jagadeeswaran Rajendiran | Top 10 | |||
| The Seven Samurai | Action Adventure Drama | Japan | Rich Jackson | Others | |
| The Spirit of '76 | Action Comedy Musical Sci-fi | usa | Jerry Carlton | Historic - Jerry Carlton is wonderful. Moon Unit Zappa, Tommy Chong, Carl and Meathead Reiner, John Cassidy, Leif Garrett, Devo. Produced and crewed by the Coppola family, directed by the other Reiner son, Lucas. | Others |
| Thin Blue Line | Documentary | usa | Scott Ventura | Heartbreaking drama in a documentary about a man wrongly sentenced to death. | Top 10 |
| Thin Man, The | Comedy Mystery | usa | Jim Magnuson | Top 10 | |
| Third Man, The | Film-noir Mystery Thriller | uk | Craig Brozinsky | Shadowy and mysterious, this noir by Orson Welles is probably the only pre-1950 film for which I enjoy the music. | Top 20 |
| Keith Schneider | Top 20 | ||||
| Thirteen | drama | usa uk | Colleen Parks | Directed by Catherine Hardwicke. Portrays the turmoil of the age without being overly sympathetic or nostalgic. Good movie. | Top 20 |
| Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould | Drama | canada finland netherlands portugal | Rob Haskins | Superior performance by Fiore--a flawed but nevertheless important tribute to Glenn Gould. | Top 20 |
| This Is Spinal Tap | Comedy | usa | Jason Proksch | Top 10 | |
| Threads | Drama | uk | Alexis Rosoff | This is hard to find, buit it's worth it. I discovered it on a recommendation. It's the BBC's vision of nuclear war and its aftermath--a little like The Day After, but much starker. If you're a child of the 80s you will appreciate this film, and be shaken by its grim ending. | Top 10 |
| Thriller - a cruel picture | Action Drama Thriller | Sweden | Rich Jackson | Swedish movie banned in several countries. Revenge flick with graphic pornography that formed the inspiration for Tarantino's Kill Bill. | Others |
| Throne of Blood | Action Drama Thriller War | Japan | Mark Kishiyama | Top 20 | |
| Through the Olive Trees | Drama | france iran | Luis Alcala | Top 20 | |
| Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down | Drama | spain | Damon Anderson | Top 10 | |
| Tigerland | Drama War | germany usa | Jerry Carlton | This is real. The film Colin Farrell will be remembered for. | Top 20 |
| Time Bandits | Fantasy Adventure Comedy | uk | Jessica Maye | Chock full of the typical Terry Gilliam oddities. | Others |
| Time of the Gypsies | Drama | uk italy yugoslavia | Gennaro Corcella | Top 10 | |
| Timothy King | Others | ||||
| Tin Drum, The | Drama | germany poland yugoslavia france | Tony Monacelli | Top 10 | |
| Timothy King | Top 20 | ||||
| Titan A.E. | Animation Action Sci-Fi Adventure | usa | Carla Hudson | Others | |
| Titus | Drama | italy usa | Jon Prince | Top 10 | |
| To Die For | Comedy Drama Thriller | Uk Usa | Jerry Carlton | Nichole Kidman is so cute in this I can't stand it. This is a funny murder mystery. Gus Van Zand's big Hollywood deal. I suggest all Kidman fans see BMX Bandits - http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0085204/ - Also, for the sexiest dance ever see The Human Stain, another pretty good sleeper. | Others |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Drama | Usa | Joel Quamme | Others | |
| Torch Song Trilogy | Drama | usa | Steve Jenkins | Top 10 | |
| Touch of Evil | Crime Film-Noir Thriller | usa | Juan Moreno | Top 10 | |
| Tout ?a... pour ?a! | Other | france usa | Alex Pouget | Top 10 | |
| Town Like Alice, A | Drama Romance War | Australia Usa | Gary Fairbanks | Top 20 | |
| Trainspotting | Drama | uk | Alexis Rosoff | Top 10 | |
| Christopher Kam | Violent/Vulgar | Top 10 | |||
| Trancers | Action Sci-Fi | usa | Jim Thomas | a 'B' picture well done in a Techno-NOIR style | Top 10 |
| Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The | Adventure Drama | usa | Michael Brozinsky | Top 10 | |
| Keith Schneider | Top 10 | ||||
| Tree Grows In Brooklyn, A | Drama | usa | Michael Brozinsky | Top 10 | |
| Trembling Before G-d | documentary | israel france usa | Colleen Parks | Directed by Sandi Simcha Dubowski. Looks at the lives of a few gay and lesbian Orthodox and Hassidic Jews. | Others |
| Trial, The | Drama | france westgermany italy | Noah Bernstein | Artsy | Top 10 |
| Triplettes de Belleville, Les | Animation | Belgium Canada France Uk | Matthew Sheby | Top 20 | |
| Jon Prince | animation | Top 20 | |||
| Trois Coleurs: Blue | Drama | france poland switzerland | Jessica Maye | My favorite from this trilogy. Incredible cinematography and soundtrack. | Top 10 |
| Trois Coleurs: Red | Drama | france poland switzerland | Jessica Maye | Kieslowski movies tend to highlight connections between strangers. This one makes that a central theme. | Top 10 |
| Mark Kishiyama | Others | ||||
| Trois Coleurs: White | Drama | france poland switzerland | Jessica Maye | Kind of twisted movie about getting someone back (in both senses). | Top 20 |
| Trois couleurs: Rouge | drama | poland france switzerland | Timothy King | This is my favorite Kieslowski. It doesn't reach the same emotional depths as Blue, but it has an elegiac resonance that I find even more compelling. | Others |
| Trois hommes et un couffin | Comedy | france | Annamaria Proksch | Top 10 | |
| Tron | Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-fi | usa | Rob Haskins | Get the re-released version with superior video and the remastered, great soundtrack by Wendy Carlos. | Others |
| Trouble with Harry, The | Comedy Mystery | Usa | Chris Estes | My favorite Hitchcock movie. Light-hearted dark comedy. A starving artist and would-be 'Old Salt' stuck with a body that won't go away - and almost everyone in the cast thinks they are the killer. | Top 10 |
| True Romance | Action Crime Romance | usa | Mark Murray | Top 10 | |
| Tony Monacelli | Top 20 | ||||
| Truly Madly Deeply | Drama Romance | Uk | Erin Rhodes | Top 10 | |
| Barbara Scoggins | This is a thinking person's "Ghost" - I recommend it! | Top 20 | |||
| Truth About Cats & Dogs, The | Comedy Romance | usa | Lisa Bigelow | Laugh-out-loud funny, a really fun romance. | Others |
| Twelve Monkeys | Drama Sci-fi Thriller | Usa | Chris Estes | Even better than Terry Gilliam's 'Brazil.' Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, Christopher Plummer and Frank Gorshin (the real Riddler). Watch it ten times, you'll get ten meanings from it. | Top 10 |
| Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | Drama Mystery Thriller | france usa | Mark Kishiyama | Others | |
| Un chien andalou | short fantasy | france | Mark Bosler | Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel direct this 16 minute surreal masterpiece. | Top 10 |
| Unbearable Lighthness of Being, The | Drama | usa | Luis Alcala | Top 10 | |
| Christopher Kam | Top 10 | ||||
| Unbreakable | Thriller Drama Fantasy | usa | Jon Prince | Others | |
| Unchained Melodies: Readings from the Slave Narratives | documentary | usa | Colleen Parks | Directed by Ed Bell and Thomas Lennon. | Others |
| Under the Rainbow | Comedy | usa | Erin Rhodes | Top 10 | |
| Undercover Blues | Comedy | usa | Jim Thomas | a wonderful spy farce with a great running gag | Others |
| Underground | Comedy Drama | federalrepublicofyugoslavia france germany hungary | Gennaro Corcella | Top 20 | |
| Une Liaison Pornographique | Drama Romance | france switzerland belgium luxembourg | Irina Solyanik | Top 10 | |
| Une liaison pornographique | drama romance | france switzerland belgium luxembourg | Colleen Parks | Directed by Fr?d?ric Fonteyne. US title is "An Affair of Love". | Others |
| Unmade Beds | Documentary | France Uk Usa | Craig Brozinsky | Dark comedy/quasi-documentary about the sleazebags, gold-diggers, and pessimists that fill the NYC dating scene. | Others |
| Urbania | Drama Thriller | usa | Luis Alcala | Top 20 | |
| Usual Suspects, The | Crime Thriller | Germany Uk Usa | Christopher Kam | Others | |
| Vérités et mensonges | documentary | france iran westgermany | Ryan Ward | Top 10 | |
| Va dove i porta il cuore | Drama Romance | france germany italy | Annamaria Proksch | Top 10 | |
| Vabank | Comedy | poland | Irina Solyanik | Top 10 | |
| Vanishing, The | Drama Horror Mystery Thriller | France Netherlands | Timothy King | The original Dutch version. This is a real slow burner. The story of a man obsessed with finding out what happened to his girlfriend, and the man behind her disappearance. The payoff in the final scene will give you chills (unless you're like my nephew, but I offered to give him a little more understanding of his own mortality). | Top 20 |
| Victor/Victoria | Comedy Musical | uk usa | Lisa Bigelow | Great family viewing | Top 10 |
| Violon rouge, Le | drama romance mystery music | canada italy uk | Colleen Parks | Directed by Francois Girard. Great movie. | Top 10 |
| Sam Danthine | Others | ||||
| Virgin Suicides, The | Comedy Drama | usa | Jason Proksch | Top 10 | |
| Annamaria Proksch | Top 10 | ||||
| Tige Monacelli | Artsy | Top 20 | |||
| Visitors, The | Comedy Fantasy | france | Stephan Quessy | Very light comedy | Top 20 |
| Waiting for Guffman | Comedy | usa | Joe Chellman | Brilliant improvised comedy from Christopher Guest and company. | Top 10 |
| Mark Murray | Top 10 | ||||
| Waking Life | animation fantasy drama | usa | David Bressler | Top 10 | |
| Alexis Rosoff | Top 20 | ||||
| Waking Ned Divine | Comedy | ireland uk france usa | Danielle Ross | Top 10 | |
| Walk In The Sun, A | Drama War | usa | Michael Brozinsky | Top 10 | |
| War of the Buttons | Adventure Drama | japan uk france | Danielle Ross | Top 10 | |
| War of the Worlds, The | Action Sci-Fi War | usa | Matthew Sheby | Top 10 | |
| Watership Down | Animation Drama Family Fantasy | canada uk | Steve Jenkins | Top 10 | |
| Way of the Gun, The | Crime Thriller | usa | Brian Magerko | Top 20 | |
| We All Loved Each Other So Much | Comedy | italy | Gennaro Corcella | Top 10 | |
| Wedding Banquet, The | Comedy Drama Romance | taiwan usa | Jessica Maye | Funny movie about the interaction of different cultures and different generations in a family. | Top 20 |
| Sam Danthine | Top 20 | ||||
| Welcome to the Dollhouse | Comedy Drama | usa | Jason Proksch | Top 10 | |
| Wade Blackman | Top 10 | ||||
| West Side Story | Drama Music Musical Romance | Usa | Joel Quamme | Others | |
| Westworld | Action Sci-Fi Thriller Western | usa | Cornelius Weber | Top 10 | |
| Craig Brozinsky | Imagine the Terminator running amok in Disneyland, only without the annoying music. | Others | |||
| Whale Rider | Drama Family | Germany Newzealand | Gary Fairbanks | Top 20 | |
| Jerry Carlton | Uplifting. Every feminist, male and female, should see this. | Others | |||
| Colleen Parks | Directed by Niko Caro. Watch it. It's good. | Others | |||
| What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Joel Quamme | A great old bit of camp with Bette Davis and Joan Crawford as rival siblings. | Top 20 | ||
| What Have I Done to Deserve This | Comedy | spain | Marie Copolla | Top 10 | |
| Where the Buffalo Roam | Comedy | usa | Wade Blackman | Top 10 | |
| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe | Drama | usa | David Hirschfield | Top 10 | |
| Steve Jenkins | Top 10 | ||||
| Irina Solyanik | Top 10 | ||||
| Wild at Heart | Drama Romance | usa | Charles Couchman | Top 10 | |
| Wild Bunch, The | Action Drama Western | usa | Keith Schneider | Top 10 | |
| Hieronymous Maguire | Top 20 | ||||
| Wild Ride, The | Crime | usa | Damon Anderson | One of Jack Nicholson's early roles. | Top 20 |
| Wild Strawberries | Drama | sweden | Jon Prince | Artsy | Top 10 |
| Wild Style | Documentary Drama Music | Usa | Hieronymous Maguire | Top 10 | |
| Wild Tigers I Have Known | Jagadeeswaran Rajendiran | Top 10 | |||
| Window to Paris, A | Comedy Fantasy | france russia | Brian Magerko | Top 20 | |
| Winged Migration | Documentary | france | Jessica Maye | Absolutely spectacular! You'll feel like you're flying. Try to ignore the cheesy soundtrack. | Top 20 |
| Wings of Desire | Drama Fantasy Romance | france germany westgermany | Jessica Maye | The movie that 'City of Angels' was based on. The original is quiet and thoughtful, filmed mostly in black & white. | Top 10 |
| Luis Alcala | Top 10 | ||||
| Timothy King | A little stilted at times, but brilliant nonetheless. an elegant & moving rumination on what it means to be human. Everything comes together here, the cinematography, the music, the poetry of the script. I even liked Peter Falk, who adds an amusing warmth to the proceedings. | Top 10 | |||
| Craig Brozinsky | No description: just see this. | Others | |||
| Wit | drama | uk usa | Colleen Parks | Directed by Mike Nichols. If you're not in tears by the end of this, you are a robot. A really good movie, but one that I'm not sure I'd want to watch again. | Others |
| Wolf Man, The | Drama Horror | Usa | Joel Quamme | Others | |
| Woman on Top | Comedy Romance | usa | Inge-Marie Eigsti | Top 10 | |
| Woman Under the Influence A | Drama | usa | Noah Bernstein | Artsy | Top 10 |
| Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Comedy Drama | Spain | Craig Brozinsky | Pedro Almodovar's most absurd and amusing movie. | Top 10 |
| Alexis Rosoff | First Almod?var film I ever saw. | Top 20 | |||
| Wonder Boys | Comedy Drama | germany japan uk usa | Koleen McCrink | Others | |
| World According to Garp, The | Comedy Drama Romance | usa | Rob Haskins | Williams's breakout performance; Hurt, Close, and Lithgow are magnificent. | Top 20 |
| Y Tu Mama Tambien | Drama | Mexico | Ellen Silsby | Top 10 | |
| Colleen Parks | Directed by Alfonso Cuar?n. | Others | |||
| Ying xiong | Action Adventure Drama Romance | china | Matthew Sheby | Top 20 | |
| YiYi | Drama | japan taiwan | Jessica Maye | A beautiful portrayal of how the various members of a family each deal with pain and loss. | Top 10 |
| Yojimbo | Action Crime Drama Thriller | Japan | Rich Jackson | Others | |
| You Can Count on Me | drama | usa | Colleen Parks | Directed by Kenneth Lonergan. | Others |
| Young Frankenstein | Comedy | usa | Michael Brozinsky | Top 10 | |
| Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman | Action Comedy Crime Drama | Japan | Rich Jackson | Others | |
| Zed And Two Noughts, A | Drama | netherlands uk | Cornelius Weber | Artsy and Violent | Top 10 |
| Zelig | Comedy Documentary | usa | David Hirschfield | Top 10 | |
| Joe Chellman | Woody Allen mockumentary goodness. | Top 10 | |||
| Sam Danthine | Top 20 | ||||
| Zero Effect | comedy thriller mystery | usa | Colleen Parks | Directed by Jake Kasden. | Top 20 |
| Jerry Carlton | Sherlock Holmes meets his match. Funny, smart, good date flick. | Others | |||
| Zombie | Horror | Italy | Rob Haskins | Violent, with repellant gore; not for the squeamish; cool Eurotrash sountrack. | Others |
| Zulu | War | uk | Steve Jenkins | Violent/Vulgar | Top 10 |
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