My Favorite Movies

Note: This list is in addition to the list of greatest movies of all time on the main page. This is just a list of movies that I'vepersonally enjoyed more than most but which won't be for everyone. There are some real gems here along with a few movies that I simply liked. If you are really curious about my movie tastes, you can see my entire IMDB ratings list.

As a small extra, I've added at the end, a short list of movie Palaces which still survive in the US. Certainly an endangered species, be sure to visit them before they're gone!

2007

Beowulf (2007)
Hot Fuzz (2007)

The Golden Compass (2007)
The Lookout (2007)
Meet the Robinsons (2007)
Next (2007)

The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Ratatouille (2007)
Reno 911!: Miami (2007)
Stardust (2007)
Surf's Up (2007)

2006

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Cars (2006)
Deja Vu (2006)

Flyboys (2006)
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)

Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
Jackass Number Two (2006)

Night at the Museum (2006)
Over the Hedge (2006)
The Prestige (2006)

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

2005

Angel-A (2005)
Æon Flux (2005)

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) [Epic]

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
MirrorMask (2005) [Languid plot, visual poetry]

Robots (2005)

Sin City (2005)

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Stay (2005)
The Jacket (2005)
The World's Fastest Indian (2005)

2004

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
I, Robot (2004)
NASCAR 3D: The IMAX Experience (2004)

Sea Inside, The (4004)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Super Size Me (2004)

2003

Last Samurai, The (2003)
School of Rock, The (2003)
Shape of Things, The (2003)
Station Agent, The (2003)
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2003)


2002

Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
Changing Lanes (2002)
Ice Age (2002)
Secretary (2002)
Time Machine, The (2002)
Treasure Planet (2002)

2001

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Beautiful Mind, A (2001)
Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
Others, The (2001)
Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure (2001)

Tailor of Panama, The (2001)

2000

Bedazzled (2000)

Billy Elliot (2000)

Chocolat (2000)

Dinosaur (2000)

Dish, The (2000)

Frequency (2000)

Hollow Man (2000)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Legend of Bagger Vance, The (2000)
Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
Nurse Betty (2000)
Red Planet (2000)
Quills (2000)
Red Planet (2000)
Saving Grace (2000)
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Space Cowboys (2000)
Tao of Steve, The (2000)
Timecode (2000)
Unbreakable (2000)
What Planet Are You From? (2000)
What Women Want (2000)
Whole Nine Yards, The (2000)
You Can Count on Me (2000)

1999

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Dogma (1999)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Flawless (1999)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Girl on the Bridge (1999)
Go (1999)
Hurricane, The (1999)
Insider, The (1999)
Magnolia (1999)
Office Space (1999)

Pushing Tin (1999)

Romance (1999)

Sixth Sense, The (1999)

Thirteenth Floor, The (1999)

Wild Wild West (1999)

1998

Big Lebowski, The (1998)
Buffalo '66 (1998)
Bug's Life, A (1998)
Bulworth (1998)
Clay Pigeons (1998)
Elizabeth (1998)
Living Out Loud (1998)
Run Lola Run (1998)
Palmetto (1998)
Pecker (1998)
Rushmore (1998)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Truman Show, The (1998)

Zero Effect (1998)

1997

Abre los ojos (1997)
Chasing Amy (1997)

Full Monty, The (1997)
G.I. Jane (1997)
Gattaca (1997)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Ice Storm, The (1997)
Karakter (1997)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Lolita (1997)
Ma vie en rose (1997)
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
U Turn (1997)
Ulee's Gold (1997)

1996

Before and After (1996)
Birdcage, The (1996)
Crash (1996)
Diabolique (1996)
Different for Girls (1996)
Dragonheart (1996)
Emma (1996)
Flirting with Disaster (1996)
Fly Away Home (1996)
Jerry Maguire (1996)
Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Mother Night (1996)
Multiplicity (1996)
People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Shine (1996)
Sling Blade (1996)
Thinner (1996)
Trainspotting (1996)
Truth About Cats & Dogs, The (1996)
Van, The (1996)

1995

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
American President, The (1995)
Angels and Insects (1995)
Bang (1995)
Casino (1995)
Casper (1995)
Clueless (1995)
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, The (1995)
Gumby: The Movie (1995)
In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
Jumanji (1995)
Last of the Dogmen (1995)
Month by the Lake, A (1995)
Sabrina (1995)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Something to Talk About (1995)
To Die for (1995)
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)
Virtuosity (1995)
Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave (1995)
Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)

1994

Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The (1994)
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)
Clerks (1994)
Client, The (1994)
Color of Night (1994)
Crumb (1994)
Disclosure (1994)
Dumb & Dumber (1994)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Junior (1994)
Lion King, The (1994)
Léon (1994)
Milk Money (1994)
Muriel's Wedding (1994)
Shallow Grave (1994)
War of the Buttons (1994)

1993

Addams Family Values (1993)
Alive (1993)
Fatal Instinct (1993)
Last Action Hero (1993)
Philadelphia (1993)
Piano, The (1993)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

1992

Baraka (1992)
Chaplin (1992)
Distinguished Gentleman, The (1992)
FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
Final Analysis (1992)
Forever Young (1992)
Howards End (1992)
Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
Raising Cain (1992)
Sister Act (1992)
Toys (1992)
Wayne's World (1992)

1991

Addams Family, The (1991)
City Slickers (1991)
Delicatessen (1991)
Fisher King, The (1991)
Flirting (1991)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Hudson Hawk (1991)

Last Boy Scout, The (1991)

Man in the Moon, The (1991)

Point Break (1991)

Rocketeer, The (1991)

Switch (1991)

1990

Bonfire of the Vanities, The (1990)
Creature Comforts (1990)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Mermaids (1990)
Pretty Woman (1990)
White Palace (1990)
Wild at Heart (1990)
Die Hard 2 (1990)

1989

'burbs, The (1989)

Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover, The (1989)

Earth Girls Are Easy (1989)
Fletch Lives (1989)
Fly II, The (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Little Mermaid, The (1989)

1988

Big (1988)
Big Top Pee-wee (1988)
Bull Durham (1988)
Child's Play (1988)
Coming to America (1988)
Die Hard (1988)
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
Milagro Beanfield War, The (1988)
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988)
Willow (1988)
Working Girl (1988)

Pre 1988

Broadcast News (1987)  A cult classic. Still pertinent.
Spaceballs (1987) Hillarious Star Wars spoof by Mel Brooks.

Sherman's March (1986) Impossible to describe. An intimate view into the lives of some wacky but real people.
Mosquito Coast, The (1986) An underrated Harrison Ford gem.

Emerald Forest, The (1985) Beautiful and haunting.
Witness (1985) A tense thriller with Harrison Ford.

Android (1982) Just a wonderful little movie.

Cutter's Way (1981) Very similar to The Big Lebowski.

Lathe of Heaven, The (1980) The story of an unusual man who's dreams affect reality. The history of this movie is almost as interesting as the subject itself. Shown briefly on public television, I was one of the lucky people to catch it before it fell into legal limbo for decades. A rare bit of hard science fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin and my favorite work of hers.

Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979) I laughed so hard it hurt.

Dark Star (1973) A cult classic. Campy yet effective effects on a shoestring.

Boy and His Dog, A (1975) Post-apocalyptic cult classic from a story by Harlan Ellison.

Inserts (1974) Probably from a one-act play, this little film stuck in the back of my mind for decades, lost until I recently rediscovered it again. It sports a very young Richard Dreyfuss and Bob Hoskins with hair! A real gem.

Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) One of the first movies about a sentient supercomputer with control of the US nuclear arsenal. Impressively deep and thoughtful in a time before most people even knew what a computer was.

Myra Breckinridge (1970) With movie techniques far ahead of its time, this daring movie stars Raquel Welsh as a woman who's had a sex change and returned to take revenge.

Women In Love (1969) A Truly wonderful movie. Should really be called Men In Love though.

5,000 Fingers of Dr. T., The (1953) Wow, is this ever a surreal movie! Disney gone gay in a Dr. Seuss world. Your jaw will drop and you won't believe what you are watching. Drugs recommended.

In a Lonely Place (1950) An excellent but lesser-known Bogart flick.

Dark Victory (1939) Life is short. Live it well.

Special Feature: Picture Palaces
From a Via magazine article by Bruce Newman

Paramount Theater - Oakland CA
Castro Theater - San Francisco CA
Crest Theater - Sacramento CA
Baghdad Theater - Portland OR
The Egyptians - Boise ID, Coos Bay OR, Hollywood CA, Ogden UT (Perry's Egyptian)
Grauman's Chinese Theater - Hollywood CA
Seattle Cinerama - Seattle WA

Follow the following link for photos of classic cinema houses.

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