Films
Films
Suspense/Horror
1. Psycho
2. Alien
3. The Ring
4. Shadow of a Doubt
5. Rear Window
Film Noir
1. The Third Man
2. Sunset Boulevard
3. A Touch of Evil
4.The Night of the Hunter
5.The Set-up
6.Night and the City
7.Double Indemnity
8.Blast of Silence
Documentary
1. The Weather Underground
2. The Fog of War
3. The Up Series
4. Spellbound
5. Harlan County, USA
Cerebral/Philosophical
1. The Seventh Seal
2. Before Sunrise
3. Diary of a Country Priest
4. Waking Life
5.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
6.Winter Light
General Drama
1. Citizen Kane
2. Taxi Driver
3. Tombstone
4. Rain Man
5. On the Waterfront
Historical Drama
1.John Adams
2.Gettysburg
3.Iron Jawed Angels
4.Schindler’s List
5.United 93
6.Downfall
7.Hotel Rwanda
8.Glory
9.Rabbit Proof Fence
10.The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Comedy
1. Being There
2.One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
3.Dr. Strangelove
4.Seven Samurai
5.Dazed and Confused
6.Monty Python and the Holy Grail
7.The Graduate
8.Amelie
9.This Is Spinal Tap
10. Some Like It Hot
No repeats. Film placed in highest rated category. Updated 8/01/08.
Musical
1. Strictly Ballroom
2. Oliver!
3. Chicago
4. Wizard of Oz
5. Mary Poppins
Literature as Film
1. Ran
2. Henry V (1989)
3. Great Expectations (1946)
4. Hamlet (1996)
5.The Sweet Hereafter
6. Throne of Blood
7.The Graduate
8.The Hours
9. The Grapes of Wrath
10. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Sentimental Favorites
1.The Red Balloon 2. Jesus Camp
3.Star Wars IV 4. It’s a Wonderful Life
5.Pete’s Dragon 6. Warm Springs
Comments?
Sci Fi /Fantasy
1. Blade Runner
2. The Sixth Sense
3.Minority Report
4.Lord of the Rings -- Fellowship of the Rings
5. Star Wars V
6. Pan’s Labyrinth
Concert Documentaries
1. Rust Never Sleeps
2.Woodstock
3.Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Lice in New York City
4. Festival Express
5.Glastonbury
6. Monterrey Pop
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