My List of Favorite Movies

Yeah, I'm an older dude who likes the old stuff and some of the new stuff too. Many of the actors today are more concerned with their image and how much of a financial benefit their part in a movie will bring, rather than giving their all to whatever they are asked to do. Yes, they been in some stinkers, but these are often ofset by some really great parts.

The thing that matters to me is how well the movie draws me into it. Does it make me feel a part of it, or is it just there to entertain me. I'm a visual learner, and that makes me someone who is pulled into whatever is going on around me. The action, the dialog, the music, the plot, the setting, and the cinematography, all play a part at some point. Not every movie has it all, but any combination of them can make for a great story transferred to a great visual experience. Given the time they were made and the film technology available at the time, some of these were pretty good.

With all that in mind and with the gigantic possible catalog of movies made since the beginning of film, this is a list of my favorite movies. This list will continuously grow as I think of more, but as of this date, this is what I consider some of my favorite films. It's is a good start. These appear in alphabetical order. I may add some comments of why they have stuck with me over the years, if I get time. There are definite stories behind many of these. Ask and I might explain.

300 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416449/ 127 Hours http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1542344/ 2001: A Space Odyssey http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/ A Man and a Woman http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061138/ Airplane! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/ Alice's Restaurant http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064002/ Alien http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/ American Graffiti http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069704/ Animal House http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/ Apocalypse Now http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/ Apollo 13 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112384/ Avatar http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/ Backdraft http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101393/ Big Jake http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066831/ Billy Jack http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066832/ Blade Runner http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/ Blazing Saddles http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071230/ Bram Stoker’s Dracula http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103874/ Bulletproof Monk http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245803/ Bullitt http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062765/ By the Sword http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101524/ Casablanca http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/ Chocolat http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241303/ Christine http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085333/ Chushingura http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055850/ Close Encounters of the Third Kind http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075860/ Cocoon http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088933/ Contact http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118884/ Cool Hand Luke http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061512/ Cool World http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104009/ Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190332/ Dances With Wolves http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099348/ Dangerous Liasons http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094947/ Dragonslayer http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082288/ Easy Rider http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064276/ Enter the Dragon http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070034/ Event Horizon http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119081/ Everest: Beyond the Limit http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0883680/ Excalibur http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082348/ Explorers http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089114/ Fahrenheit 451 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060390/ Failure to Launch http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427229/ Films by the Marx Brothers http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2580347/ Fire and Ice http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085542/ Five Days One Summer http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083947/ Flags of Our Fathers http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418689/ For a Few Dollars More http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059578/ Forbidden Planet http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049223/ Ghost http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099653/ Ghost Rider http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259324/ Gladiator http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172495/ Goldfinger http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058150/ Grand Prix http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060472/ Gravity http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1454468/ Hang ‘Em High http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061747/ Hatari! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056059/ Heavy Metal http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082509/ High Plains Drifter http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068699/ Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097576/ Into Thin Air http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118949/ Invictus http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1057500/ Ironman http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371746/ It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057193/ J-Men Forever http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080940/ John Carter http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401729/ Journey to the Center of the Earth http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052948/ K2 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102178/ King Arthur http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349683/ Last of the Mohicans http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104691/ Le Mans http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067334/ Legend http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089469/ Letters From Iwo Jima http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498380/ Little Shop of Horrors http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091419/ Love Letter http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113703/ Mad Max http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079501/ Marlowe http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064638/ Mars Attacks http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116996/ Medicine Man http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104839/ Million Dollar Baby http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405159/ Monty Python and the Holy Grail http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/ Musa http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275083/ Nevada Smith http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060748/ Never Cry Wolf http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086005/ On Any Sunday http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067527/ On the Waterfront http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047296/ Once Upon a Time in the West http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064116/ One Million Years BC http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060782/ Outland http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082869/ Pearl Harbor http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213149/ Platoon http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091763/ Promethius http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446714/ Quantum of Solace http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0830515/ Red http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1245526/ Red Sun http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067770/ Rio Bravo http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053221/ Road to Perdition http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0257044/ Robin of Sherwood http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086791/ Romeo and Juliet http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063518/ Schindler’s List http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108052/ Serenity http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379786/ Sherlock Holmes http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0988045/ Shogun - The full mini-series http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080274/ Showdown in Little Tokyo http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102915/ Skyfall http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1074638/ Somewhere in Time http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081534/ Sorcerer http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076740/ Space Cowboys http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0186566/ Spaced Invaders http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100666/ Star Trek http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796366/ Star Wars http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/ Starman http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088172/ Teahouse of the August Moon http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049830/ The Abyss http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096754/ The Andromeda Strain http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066769/ The Black Hole http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078869/ The Blues Brothers http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080455/ The Born Losers http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061420/ The China Syndrome http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078966/ The Comedy of Terrors http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056943/ The Dark Crystal http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083791/ The Dark Knight http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/ The Egyptian http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046949/ The Eiger Sanction http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072926/ The Endless Summer http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060371/ The Four Muskeeteers http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073012/ The Game of Death http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077594/ The Gods Must Be Crazy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080801/ The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080801/ The Graduate http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061722/ The Great Escape http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057115/ The Green Mile http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120689/ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371724/ The Hound of the Baskervilles http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031448/ The Hunt for Red October http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099810/ The King of Masks http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115669/ The King’s Speech http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1504320/ The Last Emperor http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093389/ The Last Samurai http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325710/ The Lawnmower Man http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104692/ The Magnificent Seven http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054047/ The Man Who Would Be King http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073341/ The Mask of Zorro http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120746/ The Matrix http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/ The Name of the Rose http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091605/ The Odd Couple http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063374/ The Outlaw Josie Wales http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075029/ The Patriot http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187393/ The Phantom of the Opera http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293508/ The Pink Panther http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057413/ The Prestige http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482571/ The Professionals http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060862/ The Red Violin http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120802/ The Right Stuff http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086197/ The Road Home http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235060/ The Rocketeer http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102803/ The Sand Pebbles http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060934/ The Seventh Seal http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050976/ The Shootist http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075213/ The Terminator http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247/ The Thing http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/ The Three Musketeers http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072281/ The Untouchables http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094226/ The Virgin Spring http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053976/ The Warlords http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0913968/ The Wild Bunch http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065214/ The Wind and the Lion http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073906/ The Wolverine http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1430132/ The World’s Fastest Indian http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412080/ There’s Something About Mary http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129387/ Thor http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800369/ Thx 1138 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066434/ Top Gun http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092099/ Touching the Void http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379557/ Tron http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084827/ Troy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332452/ Unforgiven http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105695/ Wait Until Dark http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062467/ WALL-E http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910970/ Watchmen http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409459/ When the Last Sword is Drawn http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0359692/ Woodstock http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066580/ You Only Live Twice http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062512/ Young Frankenstein http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072431/ Zardoz http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070948/ Zatoichi http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363226/