LOOKING FOR A SPECIAL VIDEO RENTAL? GOSES FILM LISTS. As a movie lover I am always looking for films that I might have missed that I would probably love. My lists, of films that I have seen, predicts that if you like one movie in that list, you may very well like all the movies in that list. P.S. These are all films "I" liked a lot. I do not include films that fit a category that I did not like a lot. The hope is that the lists where our tastes happen to intersect may be helpful... Categories used below, alphabetically: Action, Addiction, Adventure, African-Amercan, Allen (Woody), Animals, Animated, Apocalyptic, Artists, Australian, Business, Characters, Childhood, Classics, Comedies, Cops & Robbers, Costner, Damaged by Hype, De Vito, Disappointments, Documentary, Duvall, Eastwood, Entertainment Industry, Family, Fanciful, Food, Ford (Harrison), Foreign, Gibson (Mel), Gilliam (Terry), High School Seniors, Historical, Hitchcock, Hoffman, Jesus, Lee (Spike), Leigh (Mike), Li (Gong), Liberal Politics, Long Movies, Martin (Steve), Musicals, Nicholson, Odd, Old Age, Overlooked, Pluralism, Political Paranoia, Psychology, Quirky, Racial, Religious, Romantic, Sayles (John), Scary, School, Schwarzeneger, Science Fiction, Sequels, Shakespeare, Special, Sports, Star Trek, Surprises, Tear Jerkers, Television Movies, Theme, Third World Politics, Violence, War, Westerns, Williams (Robin), Womans Point of View, Worst All Time
Action: 1. Raiders of the Lost Ark, 2. Star Wars, 3. Return of the Jedi, 4. Goldfinger, 5. The Spy Who Loved Me, 6. Back to the Future, 7. Total Recall Addiction: (Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling): 1. Days of Wine and Roses, 2. Clean and Sober, 3. Drug Store Cowboy, 4. Sid and Nancy, 5. Less than Zero, 6. The Gambler, 7. Trainspotting, 8. When a Man Loves a Woman Adult (but worthwhile): 1. A Clockwork Orange, 2. Paris Texas, 3. Mona Lisa Adult Fairy Tales: 1. King of Hearts, 2. 1000 Clowns, 3. Harold and Maude, 4. Morgan, 5. Harvey, 6. Its a Wonderful Life, 7. War of the Roses, 8. Forest Gump African-American: 1. BoyzNTheHood, 2. Do the Right Thing, 3. Five Heartbeats, 4. To Sleep with Anger, 5. A Raisin in the Sun Allen, Woody: 1. Annie Hall, 2. Sleeper, 3. Play it Again Sam, 4. Love and Death, 5. Purple Rose of Cairo. Second tier: 6. Bananas, 7. Bullets Over Broadway, 8. Zelig Animals: 1. Harry and Tonto, 2. Old Yeller, 3. The Yearling, 4. Black Stallion, 5. Never Cry Wolf Animated: 1. Toy Story, 2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 3. Wallace and Gromit (all) Apocalyptic Futures: 1. The Road Warrior series, 2. Rollerball, 3. Dr. Strangelove, 4. Bladerunner (also directors cut), 5. Robocop, 6. The Terminator, 7. A Boy and His Dog, 8. Escape from New York, 9. Twelve Monkeys, 10. The Alien series Artists: 1. Amadeus, 2. Basquiat Australian: 1. Smash Palace, 2. Malcolm, 3. Rikki and Pete, 4. The Coca Cola Kid, 5. The year My Voice Cracked, 6. Flirting, 7. Fringe Dwellers, 8. Gallipoli, 9. Breaker Morant, 10. The Lighthorsemen, 11. The Man From Snowy River, 12. Mountains of the Moon, 13. Strictly Ballroom, 14. Muriels Wedding Beyond Reality: 1. The Navigator, 2. Flatliners, 3. Jacobs Ladder, 4. Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Business Themes: 1. The Efficiency Expert, 2. Wall Street, 3. Other Peoples Money, 4. Tucker, 5. Roger and Me, 6. Rosalie Goes Shopping Car Chases: 1. Against All Odds, 2. Bullitt, 3. To Live and Die in L.A., 4. Vanishing Point Characters (in not so great movies): 1. Blues Brothers, 2. Night Shift, 3. The Jerk, 4. Silver Streak, 5. Heaven Can Wait, 6. Fast Times at Ridgemont High Childhood: 1. The Never Ending Story, 2. Return to Oz, 3. Empire of the Sun, 4. The Black Stallion, 5. Old Yeller, 6. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, 7. Sounder, 8. Journey of Natty Gann, 9. Lucas, 10. Young Sherlock, 11. Stand By Me, 12. Searching for Bobby Fisher, 13. King of the Hill Classics: 1. The African Queen, 2. For Whom the Bell Tolls, 3. High Noon, 4. Friendly Persuasion, 5. Giant, 6. Gone with the Wind, 7. Casablanca, 8. The Quiet Man, 9. To Kill a Mockingbird, 10. The Treasure of Sierra Nevada, 11. The Reivers, 12. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, 13. Romeo and Juliet (Zefrelli), 14. Passage to India, 15. Room with a View, 16. The Dead, 17. Howards End, 18. Henry V (Olivier), 19. Hamlet (Olivier) Classics (my list): 1. The King of Hearts, 2. Midnight Cowboy, 3. To Kill a Mockingbird, 4. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, 5. The Godfather, 6. A Man for All Seasons, 7. Annie Hall, 8. The African Queen, 9. Tender Mercies, 10. Its a Wonderful Life, 11. Schindlers List Comedies: 1. Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, World, 2. A Shot in the Dark, 3. Start the Revolution without Me, 4. The Three Musketeers, 5. The Jerk, 6. The Blues Brothers Comedies (small): 1. Lost in America, 2. Clockwise, 3. Zelig, 4. Mother Comedy, classic: 1. MASH, 2. American Graffitti, 3. The Graduate, 4. Tootsie, 5. Annie Hall, 6. Parenthood, 7. The Grand Canyon Cops and Robbers: 1. The New Centurions, 2. Serpico, 3. The Thomas Crown Affair, 4. In the Heat of the Night, 5. Bonnie and Clyde, 6. Witness, 7. The Big Easy, 8. Sharkeys Machine, 9. Fargo Costner: 1. Silverado, 2. No Way Out, 3. Untouchables, 4. Field of Dreams, 5. Dances with Wolves.
Costume Drama: 1. Howards End, 2. A Room With a View, 3. Age of Innocence, 4. Remains of the Day, 5. Dangerous Liaisons, 6. Restoration Damaged (most damaged by over publicity or hype): 1. E.T., 2. Rocky, 3. Jaws, 4. Saturday Night Fever, 5. The Right Stuff, 6. Ishtar, 7. Billy Jack DeVito: 1. Ruthless People, 2. War of the Roses, 3. Tin Men, 4. Twins, 5. Romancing the Stone Disappointments (as in Biggest Disappointments): 1. The Great Gatsby, 2. Chinatown, 3. Cheyenne Autumn, 4. Close Encounters, 5. Wind and the Lion, 6. The Lone Ranger, 7. The Color of Money, 8. Jaws, 9. Batman Documentaries: 1. Hoop Dreams, 2. 35 Up, 3. Hearts of Darkness, 4. Roger and Me, 5. Jupiters Wife Duvall: 1. The Godfather, 2. The Great Santini, 3. MASH, 4. Tender Mercies, 5. Apocalypse Now. (Special Mention: "Tomorrow") Eastwood: 1. Dirty Harry, 2. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, 3. The Eiger Sanction, 4. The Beguiled, 5. Bronco Billy, 6. The Unforgiven (Special mention: A Fist Full of Dollars, A Few Dollars More, Play Misty for Me) Entertainment Industry: 1. The Player, 2. Network, 3. Broadcast News, 4. Nashville, 5. The Paper Family: 1. Old Yeller, 2. Friendly Persuasion, 3. The Reivers, 4. Christmas Story, 5. The Great Santini Fanciful: 1. Ghostbusters, 2. Heaven Can Wait, 3. Peggy Sue Got Married, 4. Back to the Future, 5. Indiana Jones, 6. Laddyhawk, 7. Princess Bride Favorites (personal favorites): 1. King of Hearts, 2. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 3. Tender Mercies, 4. Cool Hand Luke, 5. Harold and Maude, 6. Map of the Human Heart Food: 1. Babettes Feast, 2. Eat, Drink, Man, Woman, 3. The Big Night, 4. Tampopo, 5. Like Water for Chocolate Ford, Harrison: 1. Witness, 2. Mosquito Coast, 3. Regarding Henry, 4. Bladerunner, 5. Sabrina Foreign: 1. Ballad of a Soldier, 2. Swept Away, 3. Les Comperes, 4. King of Hearts, 5. The White Rose, 6. El Norte, 7. Friends, 8. Z, 9. Manon of the Spring, 10. Jean de Florette, 11. Stormy Monday, 12. Hear My Song, 13. Queen of Hearts, 14. My Diary (Caro Diaro), 15. My Fathers Glory, 16. My Mothers Castle, 17. The New Land, 18. The Emigrants, 19. Small Change, 20. Kolya, 21. My Life as a Dog, 22. Cinema Paradiso (also see directors cut for a very different second version!), 23. Il Postino, 24. The Gods Must Be Crazy, 25. The Blue Kite, 26. The Day the Sun Turned Cold Gibson: 1. Mad Max, 2. Roadwarrior, 3. Beyond Thunderdome, 4. Year of Living Dangerously, 5. Lethal Weapon Gilliam, Terry: 1. Brazil, 2. Time Bandits, 3. Adventures of Baron Munchausen, 4. Monty Pythons Meaning of Life, 5. Twelve Monkeys High School: 1. Tex, 2. The Outsiders, 3. The Last Starfighter, 4. The Karate Kid, 5. Gregorys Girl, 6. Flirting High School Seniors: 1. The Great Santini, 2. American Graffitti, 3. Say Anything, 4. Risky Business, 5. Breakfast Club High School, Post: 1. Diner, 2. The Flamingo Kid, 3. Breaking Away, 4. The Sure Thing, 5. The Freshman, 6. Paper Chase Historical: 1. Gandhi, 2. Lawrence of Arabia, 3. Becket, 4. A Man for All Seasons, 5. Patton, 6. Reds, 7. All the Presidents Men, 8. Nicholas and Alexandra, 9. Malcolm X, 10. Michael Collins Hitchcock: 1. North by Northwest, 2. Psycho, 3. Vertigo, 4. Rear Window, 5. Notorious Hoffman: 1. Tootsie, 2. Straight Time, 3. Staw Dogs, 4. Papillon, 5. Kramer vs. Kramer, 6. Midnight Cowboy, 7. The Graduate, 8. Little Big Man, 9. Rain Man Jesus: 1. The Parable, 2. Jesus Christ Superstar, 3. Godspell, 4. Jesus of Nazareth, 5. Jesus of Montreal Lee, Spike: 1. Do the Right Thing, 2. Jungle Fever, 3. Malcolm X Leigh, Mike: 1. Secrets and Lies, 2. Life is Sweet Li, Gong: 1. To Live, 2. Farewell My Concubine, 3. Story of Qiu Ju, 4. Ju Dou, 5. Raise the Red Lantern Liberal Politics: 1. Roger and Me, 2. Blue Collar, 3. Shampoo, 4. Sayles films, 5. Lee films Long Movies (but worth it): 1. Reds, 2. The Last Emperor, 3. The Right Stuff, 4. Lawrence of Arabia, 5. Platoon, 6. Papillon, 7. Emperor of the Sun, 8. Dr. Zhivago, 9. Little Big Man, 10. Giant, 11. Dances with Wolves, 12. Patton, 13. Schindlers List, 14. Hamlet (Branagh) Martin: 1. The Jerk, 2. All of Me, 3. Roseanne, 4. Parenthood Musicals: 1. Evita, 2. Phantom of the Paradise, 3. Blues Brothers, 4. Jesus Christ Superstar, 5. Lady Sings the Blues, 6. Amadeus, 7. The Buddy Holly Story, 8. The Singing Detective, 9. The Commitments, 10. La Bamba Nicholson: 1. Five Easy Pieces, 2. Two Jakes, 3. The Last Detail, 4. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, 5. Prizzis Honor, 6. China Town Odd (in kindred pairs): 1. Twister, 2. Heathers 3. After Hours, 4. F/X 5. Pee Wees Big Adventure, 6. Pee Wees Playhouse 7. Choose Me, 8. Trouble in Mind 9. Orlando, 10. Rosencranz and Guildenstern 11. Something Wild, 12. Miami Blues 13. Fargo, 14. One False Move 15. Dogfight, 16. Housekeeping 16. Jacobs Ladder, 17. Flatliners Old Age: 1. On Golden Pond, 2. Harry and Tonto, 3. Cocoon, 4. Trip to Bountiful Overlooked (as in Most Overlooked and underappreciated): 1. Cannery Row, 2. Scarecrow, 3. The Man Who Would Be King, 4. Blue Collar, 5. Skin Game, 6. Say Anything, 7. Empire of the Sun, 8. The Landlord Pluralism: 1. Joy Luck Club, 2. Pow Wow Highway, 3. Come See the Paradise, 4. El Norte, 5. Hollywood Shuffle Political Paranoia: 1. Three Days of the Condor, 2. Manchurian Candidate, 3. No Way Out, 4. Parallax View, 5. All the Presidents Men Psychology: 1. Birdy, 2. Sophies Choice, 3. Ordinary People, 4. Mosquito Coast, 5. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest Python: 1. The Meaning of Life, 2. The Life of Brian, 3. The Holy Grail, 4. Jabberwocky, 5. Time Bandits, 6. A Fish Called Wanda Quirky: 1. Pope of Geenwich Village, 2. Repo Man, 3. Buckaroo Bonzai, 4. Tremors Racial Issue: 1. In the Heat of the Night, 2. El Norte, 3. Glory, 4. The Dry White Season, 5. Do the Right Thing, 6. Hollywood Shuffle, 7. Raisin in the Sun, 8. Nothing But a Man, 9. White Mans Burden Race is Not an Issue: 1. The Mighty Quinn, 2. Lethal Weapon I, 3. Leathal Weapon II, 4. The Blues Brothers, 5. (Perhaps surprisingly, most Clint Eastwood movies) Religious: 1. Tender Mercies, 2. To Sleep With Anger, 3. Five Heartbeats, 4. China Cry Romantic (especially Romantic Comedies): 1. Urban Cowboy, 2. An Officer and a Gentleman, 3. The Fabulous Baker Boys, 4. Moonstruck, 5. The Graduate, 6. My Best Friends Wedding Sayles, John: 1. Lone Star, 2. City of Hope, 3. Eight Men Out, 4. Matewan, 5. Passion Fish Scary: 1. The Shining, 2. Dead Calm, 3. Possession of Joel Delaney, 4. Alien School: 1. Stand and Deliver, 2. Paper Chase, 3. Why Shoot the Teacher, 4. Conrack, 5. My Bodyguard, 6. Dead Poets Society, 7. To Sir With Love, 8. Mr. Hollands Opus, 9. Dangerous Minds Schwarzeneger: 1. Terminator I & II, 2. Total Recall, 3. Predator, 4. Running Man, 5. Last American Hero Science Fiction: 1. 2001, 2. Alien, 3. Aliens, 4. Terminator, 5. Total Recall Sequels: 1. Godfather II, 2. The Four Musketeers, 3. Star Trek III, 4. The Sting, 5. Return of the Jedi Knights, 6. Lethal Weapon II, 7. Road Warrior, 8. Beyond Thunderdome Shakespeare: 1. Romeo and Juliet (Zefrelli), 2. Romeo and Juliet (DiCaprio), 3. Much Ado About Nothing (Denzel Washington), 4. Hamlet (Olivier), 5. Hamlet (Gibson), 6. Hamlet (Branagh), 7. Henry V (Olivier), 8. Henry V (Branagh), 9. Richard III (1996) Special: 1. Shine, 2. Gaby, 3. Elephant Man, 4. Mask, 5. My Left Foot, 6. Children of a Lesser God, 7. Rain Man, 8. Dominick and Eugene, 9. Of Mice and Men, 10. Slingblade, 11. Whats Eating Gilbert Grape Sports: 1. Slapshot, 2. The Longest Yard, 3. Field of Dreams, 4. Hockey: The Deadliest Season, 5. Breaking Away, 6. Rollerball, 7. Rocky, 8. Chariots of Fire, 9. The Jackie Robinson Story, 10. Eight Men Out, 11. Hoop Dreams Star Trek: (all) Surprise: 1. The Crying Game, 2. No Way Out, 3. The Usual Suspects Tear Jerkers: 1. Brians Song, 2. Kramer vs. Kramer, 3. Field of Dreams Television Movies: 1. Duel, 2. Tribes, 3. A Storm in Summer, 4. Hockey: The Deadliest Season, 5. Kolchak (series), 6. Brians Song Theme (significant theme): 1. Its a Wonderful Life, 2. Love and Death, 3. Tender Mercies, 4. Star Wars, 5. Man for All Seasons, 6. Five Heartbeats, 7. To Sleep with Anger, 8. Schindlers List Third World Politics: 1. Year of Living Dangerously, 2. Killing Fields, 3. Salvador, 4. Missing, 5. Romero, 6. Under Fire, 7. Cry Freedom, 8. A World Apart, 9. A Dry White Season, 10. The Kitchen Toto, 11. Mr. Johnson, 12. Chocolat, 13. Mapantsula, 14. Cry Freedom Violence (as a theme): 1. The Wild Bunch, 2. A Clockwork Orange, 3. Strawdogs, 4. Bonnie and Clyde, 5. One False Move, 6. Seven War: 1. The Great Escape, 2. Where Eagles Dare, 3. The Dirty Dozen, 4. MASH, 5. To Hell and Back, 6. Platoon, 7. Apocalypse Now, 8. Glory Westerns: 1. The Wild Bunch, 2. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 3. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, 4. True Grit, 5. Cat Ballou, 6. The Magnificent Seven, 7. Silverado Williams: 1. Good Morning Viet Name, 2. Dead Poets Society, 3. Moscow on the Hudson, 4. Fisher King, 5. Mrs. Doubtfire Womans Point of View: 1. Heartland, 2. Bagdad Cafe, 3. Mystic Pizza, 4. Room with a View, 5. My Brilliant Career, 6. House Keeping, 7. Thelma and Louise, 8. Man in the Moon, 9. Desperately Seeking Susan, 10. The Making of an American Quilt, 11. The Joy Luck Club, 12. Orlando Worst, All Time: Valentino |