Master List of My Movie Ratings

Okay, I lied about that last post being the last blog post until next Saturday. I don’t actually fly out until tonight, but because of my class Wednesday night and having to pack last night, I didn’t think I’d get one up before I left. But then I heard from Elke about how Rich Thomas showed everybody his top 100 movies from around 1998 at the last meetup (Update 10/5/04: Rich now has an updated list).

Since I’m both a movie-buff and an obsessive type, I actually have a list of my movie ratings on my Palm ready to copy and paste (indeed, it’s so long that I have to split it between two memos). I’ve long thought about creating a dynamic web page of the list which you can sort by rating or alphabetically and search, but that would take an inordinate amount of time.

It’s already one of those things that I can spend oodles of time sorting and adjusting if I’m not careful, so I don’t mess with it very often. So this list is probably not even close to being up-to-date with my current views, and also doesn’t yet contain all the films I’ve seen. Also note that many of these films I’ve only seen once, and a lot of those I didn’t rate until long after the fact.

So it’s pretty rough (and I may modify this a lot later), but it might help give you some points of reference when I review a film. So here’s my list. The ones that I’ve reviewed will have links to the review.

10 cute smiley fishies

The Shawshank Redemption
L.A. Confidential
The Godfather
Aliens
Brazil
Fight Club
Braveheart

City of Lost Children (La Cité des enfants perdus)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)
Immortal Beloved
Schindler’s List
American Beauty
Dark City
The Godfather: Part II
Alien

9.5 cute smiley fishies

The Bridge on the River Kwai
My Fair Lady
Rear Window
Monsters, Inc.
Blade Runner
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Beauty and the Beast
Vertigo
Finding Nemo

Y tu mamá también
Psycho
Memento
Taxi Driver
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Usual Suspects
House of Sand & Fog
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Rebecca
Copycat
Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
Silence of the Lambs
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Three Colors: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge)

The Princess Bride
Being John Malkovich
Sneakers
Interview with a Vampire
Network
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Notorious
Fargo

9 cute smiley fishies

Citizen Kane
Apocalypse Now
Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain)
Contact
Almost Famous
Magnolia
Lone Star
The Treasure of Sierra Madre
Clockwork Orange
Raging Bull
Chinatown
You Can Count on Me
Saving Private Ryan
Circle of Friends
Toy Story 2
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
The Station Agent
Das Boot

A Bug’s Life
Three Kings
Dorian Blues
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no hak)
A Fish Called Wanda
Sixth Sense
This is Spinal Tap
12 Monkeys
Gandhi
Chicago
Howard’s End
Flirting With Disaster
Dial M for Murder
Repo Man
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Toy Story
Three Colors: Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu)

Lost in Translation
Donnie Darko
Full Metal Jacket
The Professional (Léon)
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
The Green Mile
Bringing Out the Dead
Monster (2003 - Charlize Theron)
Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 - Disney)
Rain Man
Glory
Dances With Wolves
Dead Poets Society
Cool Hand Luke
The Magdalene Sisters

8.5 cute smiley fishies

Platoon
The Fugitive
Lorenzo’s Oil
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Get Shorty
Hunt for Red October
Trainspotting
North by Northwest
Slim Susie (Smala Sussie)
The Game
East is East
The Abyss
Die Hard
Terminator

Heat
Jaws
Dirty Pretty Things
Maltese Falcon
Strangers on a Train
Sense and Sensibility
Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai)
Unbreakable
Little Mermaid
Dangerous Beauty
Three Colors: White (Trois couleurs: Blanc)
It’s a Wonderful Life
Frida
Unforgiven
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Vanilla Sky
Shakespeare in Love
Whale Rider
Better Luck Tomorrow

K-PAX
Jerry Maguire
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The Piano
Sling Blade
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Carrie
The Matrix
O Brother, Where Art Thou
X2: X-Men United
Princess Mononoke (Mononoke Hime)
The Last Temptation of Christ
Spaceballs
When Harry Met Sally
61*

American Pie
Eyes Wide Shut
Traffic
The Age of Innocence (1993 - Daniel Day-Lewis)
Patton
Signs
Kissing Jessica Stein
Forrest Gump
Monsoon Wedding
Clear and Present Danger
Cape Fear (1991 - Robert De Niro)

8 cute smiley fishies

Reservoir Dogs
A Room with a View
Babe
As Good as It Gets
The Opposite of Sex
Dangerous Liasons
Swingers
Sliding Doors
Manny and Lo
The Great Escape
Good Will Hunting
On Golden Pond
Star Wars

The Manchurian Candidate (1962 - Frank Sinatra)
Boys Don’t Cry
A Few Good Men
The Untouchables
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Chicken Run
Deliverance
Grosse Pointe Blank
Shrek 2
Titanic
Raising Arizona
The Red Violin (Le Violon rouge)
Heavenly Creatures
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Gattaca
The Matrix Reloaded
The People vs. Larry Flynt
In the Line of Fire
Monty Python and the Life of Brian
The Zero Effect
Red Rock West
Operation Condor (Fei ying gai wak)
To Catch a Thief
To Kill a Mockingbird
Donnie Brasco
Secrets and Lies
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Casablanca

Say Anything
The Virgin Suicides
Shine
Field of Dreams
Groundhog Day
Run, Lola, Run (Lola rennt)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 - Leonardo DiCaprio)
Swimming Pool (2003 - Charlotte Rampling)
Enemy of the State
X-Men
Crimson Tide
Thelma and Louise
Nightmare Before Christmas
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
Ruby in Paradise
Pay It Forward
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Sirens
A Life Less Ordinary
Bicentenial Man
The Wonder Boys

7.5 cute smiley fishies

The Firm
Little Women (1994 - Winona Ryder!)
Elizabeth
Apollo 13
Parenthood
Face Off
Deep Cover (1992 - Laurence Fishburne)
Leaving Las Vegas
The Devil’s Advocate
Born on the Fourth of July
Real Women Have Curves
Out of Sight (1998 - Jennifer Lopez)
Girl, Interrupted
The Accidental Tourist
Blazing Saddles
Mission: Impossible
Marvin’s Room
Patriot Games
Back to the Future
Naked Gun
Chasing Amy
Back to the Future II
Se7en
La Femme Nikita
Sexy Beast
The Ghost and the Darkness
Heathers
The Triplets of Belleville (Les Triplettes de Belleville)
Dead Man Walking
The Hudsucker Proxy

Airplane!
The English Patient
Minority Report
The Crying Game
Ronin
Bound
The Rainmaker
The Player
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
eXistenZ
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Go Fish
Kalifornia
Hot Shots
Boogie Nights
Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Moulin Rouge
The Truman Show
There’s Something About Mary
Misery
Men Don’t Leave
Seabiscuit
The Tigger Movie
Quiz Show
The Paper Chase

My Left Foot
Aladdin
Amadeus
The Sound of Music
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Tucker, The Man and His Dream
The Wedding Banquet
E.T.
Star Trek: Nemesis
Awful Normal
The Matrix Revolutions
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
The Blair Witch Project
Nixon
Always
Primal Fear
Prince of Egypt
Jeffrey
Primary Colors
Pleasantville
The Last Seduction
Life is Beautiful (La Vita è bella)

7 cute smiley fishies

Cider House Rules
Hercules
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Superman
Grease!
The Lion King
Superman II
Total Recall
Robocop
Affair to Remember
The Godfather: Part III
Jurassic Park
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Romeo is Bleeding
True Lies
Last of the Mohicans
Two Days in the Valley
Lethal Weapon
Top Gun
Driving Miss Daisy
The Rapture
Big Fish
Lethal Weapon 2
American President
Kindergarten Cop
Air Force One
Star Trek: First Contact
Singles
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

Back to the Future III
What Dreams May Come
Arachnophobia
Deep Impact
Scent of a Woman
Star Trek: Generations
The Crow
Independence Day
No Way Out
Mulholland Falls
Star Trek: Insurrection
The Waterboy
Executive Decision
Alien Resurrection
School of Rock
Pump Up the Volume
Scream
Dead Calm
Mortal Thoughts
The Wedding Singer
The Pelican Brief
The Object of My Affection
200 Cigarettes
Screamers (1995 - Peter Weller)
Batman Returns
Notting Hill
Dave
Strange Days
Pretty Woman

6.5 cute smiley fishies

A Civil Action
Family Man
Negotiator
Sleepers
Speed
The General’s Daughter
The Presidio
Stealing Home
Saved!
Jennifer 8
Con Air
The Rock
White Men Can’t Jump
My Best Friend’s Wedding
Lethal Weapon 3
Freejack
Internal Affairs
Batman