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Movies I once considered 10/10, but not anymore. It's entirely possible that these are still amazing, I've just seen them too much. Or maybe I've changed.
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- DirectorGus Van SantStarsRobin WilliamsMatt DamonBen AffleckWill Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.9/10. Thinking about it, there's a lot of stuff I've rated 9/10 that I think I enjoy more than this. For example, Goldeneye, Die Hard, The Gold Rush, First Person Plural, and many others. Last review:
2016, 15(?): I once ranked this as my 5th-favorite movie. In 2016, four years after the last time I saw the film, and only the third time ever watching it, I bring it way down to the bottom of this list. I don't see myself as similar to the main character (obviously much less smart) as much as I did in the past.
Original review: A perfect story with perfectly-written characters, if you find yourself connecting with the movie. If you don't end up with that same connection, you'll still enjoy it, but maybe not as much as I did. - DirectorHarold RamisStarsBill MurrayAndie MacDowellChris ElliottA narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.9/10. 2017, 8?
- DirectorTerry GilliamTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseEric IdleKing Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.7/10. 2017, 12
- DirectorJim AbrahamsDavid ZuckerJerry ZuckerStarsRobert HaysJulie HagertyLeslie NielsenAfter the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers.2021, 10(???). Max rank: 11 (2014). Probation on one viewing, removed for sure on additional viewing years later. But how much can you criticize a comedy once you know all the jokes?
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsTom HanksRobin WrightGary SiniseThe history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.Max rank: 6 (2013). 2013, 15
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot PageA thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.Max rank: 36ish (2010). 2010, 15
- DirectorDonald CrispBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonKathryn McGuireFrederick VroomTwo spoiled rich people find themselves trapped on an empty passenger ship.Max rank: 11 (2016). 2016, 20: Holy smokes! This is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Edge of my seat thrills, top of my register laughs. Never a dull moment. Does everything you could ever do with its story line, and does so with technical perfection. Wonderful, beautiful use of color tinting for different settings.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsMichael DouglasDeborah Kara UngerSean PennAfter a wealthy San Francisco banker is given an opportunity to participate in a mysterious game, his life is turned upside down as he begins to question if it might really be a concealed conspiracy to destroy him.Top: 16ish (2014) 2014, 19: Thrilling. Reminds me of North By Northwest, with a hint of Vertigo (without the bad elements).
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsBette DavisAnne BaxterGeorge SandersA seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.Top: 36 2014, 18
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames CaanThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.top: 3 2013, 13
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJohn TravoltaUma ThurmanSamuel L. JacksonThe lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.top 11, 2013, 13
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy ComingoreFollowing the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'top 3 2015, 17
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsMichael CeraMary Elizabeth WinsteadKieran CulkinIn a magically realistic version of Toronto, a young man must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes one by one in order to win her heart.I wish I could go back to my freshman dorm movie night, watching this on a pirated stream with 20 people on a 32 inch TV and everyone laughing and having a good time. top 20 2013, 18: Resonates deeply with me.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantEva Marie SaintJames MasonA New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.top: 20ish 2013, 18.
- DirectorOrson WellesGary GraverOja KodarStarsOrson WellesOja KodarFrançois ReichenbachA documentary about fraud and fakery.top 17 2014, 19
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea ThompsonMarty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.top 35 2016, 5(?) or 13(?): Incredible. I can't think of any major flaw in the whole film. It's only two hours long and every line feels like it serves the story. It's not afraid to take what are considered risks by today's standards. There's swearing and non-family-friendly events in what otherwise seems to be a family-friendly movie. When the DeLorean sports car disappears in a flash of light and huge cloud of smoke, leaving a sick trail of fire in its wake, I only thought one thing: "badass".
- DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsPhilippe NoiretEnzo CannavaleAntonella AttiliA filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.2014, 19: Only saw the edited international theatrical cut, not the original version. I think I would prefer the one I saw to any other version. I loved how vague the movie was. It seems like it would be a mistake to include the scenes that were in the original version and the director's cut.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsAl PacinoRobert De NiroRobert DuvallThe early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.2013, 18: Feels identical to the first one, and is less boring, but is missing Marlon Brando.
- DirectorKeisuke KinoshitaStarsHideko TakamineItsuo WatanabeMakoto MiyagawaSchoolteacher Hisako Oishi forms an emotional bond with her pupils and teaches them various virtues, while at the same time worrying about their future.2016, 21: Harkens back to childhood nostalgia in a way that reminds me of My Neighbor Totoro.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsShûichirô MoriyamaTokiko KatôBunshi Katsura VIIn 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.2016, 21
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsMarilyn MonroeTony CurtisJack LemmonAfter two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.2014, 18
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.2014, 18
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJodie FosterAnthony HopkinsScott GlennA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.2014, 18
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsPeter WellerNancy AllenDan O'HerlihyIn a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.2021, 26: Haunting portrayal of what was on the minds of America in 1987. Shockingly prescient.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleHeath LedgerAaron EckhartWhen the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.2014, 13