Top 10 Top-Ten Lists
10.) action films
Die Hard
Kill Bill vol. 1
Aliens
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Matrix
Hard-Boiled
Predator
The Bourne Trilogy
The Wild Bunch
Saving Private Ryan
9.) scariest/horror films
The Shining
Scream
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Halloween
Psycho
The Exorcist
Kairo (Pulse)
Jaws
Alien
Rosemary’s Baby
8.) gangster/crime films
Goodfellas
The Godfather
The Godfather part 2
Miller’s Crossing
Carlito’s Way
Heat
City of God
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
The Usual Suspects
7.) war films
Saving Private Ryan
Apocalypse Now
Deer Hunter
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
Three Kings
Braveheart
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Lawrence of Arabia
Paths of Glory
6.) comedies
Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Annie Hall
The Apartment
The Graduate
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Big Lebowski
Rushmore
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
Dumb and Dumber
Caddyshack
5.) science-fiction films
Blade Runner
Star Wars Trilogy (Episodes 4-6)
Children of Men
Donnie Darko
The Matrix
2001: A Space Odyssey
Dark City
Sunshine
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Alien/Aliens
4.) most exciting/interesting contemporary directors with 5 films or less
Paul Thomas Anderson
Wes Anderson
Christopher Nolan
Park Chan-Wook
Richard Kelly
Fernando Meirelles
Rian Johnson
Darren Aronofsky
David O. Russell
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
3.) films of the 2000’s [so far]
Children of Men
Oldboy
Donnie Darko
Kill Bill Vols. 1 & 2
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Memento
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Requiem For A Dream
Munich
City of God
Honorable mention:
The Departed
Traffic
Royal Tenenbaums
Amores Perros
Shaun of the Dead
2.) films I’m most embarrassed I’ve never seen (but will see eventually)
American Graffiti
Blow Up
Seven Samurai
The Seventh Seal
Solaris (1972)
8 ½
Nashville
On the Waterfront
Three Colours Trilogy
The 400 Blows
1.) films that have most influenced my taste to date (not my all-time top 10)
Star Wars Trilogy (Episodes 4-6)
Jaws
Taxi Driver/Raging Bull/Goodfellas
Psycho/Vertigo/Rear Window
2001: A Space Odyssey/Clockwork Orange
The Godfather parts 1 and 2/The Conversation/Apocalypse Now
Pulp Fiction/Reservoir Dogs
Die Hard
Donnie Darko
Rushmore
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