{"id":911,"date":"2008-10-09T08:46:02","date_gmt":"2008-10-09T12:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/top-movie-picks\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T20:49:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T00:49:00","slug":"top-movie-picks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/top-movie-picks","title":{"rendered":"Top Movie Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

I suppose any list of favorites is an evolving thing (I just added Seconds<\/em> and The Wind and the Lion<\/em>), but here are the movies that have especially appealed to me over the years, and that I can watch repeatedly with admiration and pleasure:<\/p>\n

My Favorite Movies<\/strong><\/p>\n

(in alphabetical order)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Top Thirty<\/em><\/strong>
\nAppaloosa
\nBen-Hur
\nCastaway
\nCrazy Heart
\nForbidden Planet
\nGroundhog Day
\nIt\u2019s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
\nJeremiah Johnson
\nMaster and Commander
\nNothing in Common
\nOpen Range
\nOut of Africa
\nPatton
\nQuigley Down Under
\nRed Sun
\nSerenity
\nSilverado
\nSound of Freedom
\nThe Big Country
\nThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly
\nThe Fabulous Baker Boys
\nThe Great Escape
\nThe Hustler
\nThe Last of the Mohicans
\nThe Man Who Would Be King
\nThe Princess Bride
\nThe Sting
\nThe Verdict
\nTrue Grit (Bridges version)
\nWill Penny<\/p>\n

Really Dig These<\/em><\/strong>
\nAmerican Hustle
\nCowboys
\nFlight
\nHaywire
\nHeaven Can Wait
\nInception
\nIndian Summer
\nMan on Wire
\nMarathon Man
\nMcCabe and Mrs. Miller
\nNeil Young: Heart of Gold
\nOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood
\nPlanes, Trains & Automobiles
\nRed Dawn (Milius version)
\nRob Roy
\nRollerball (Caan version)
\nRonin
\nSherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
\nSilver Linings Playbook
\nSneakers
\nStar Trek: The Wrath of Khan
\nThe Abyss
\nThe Day of the Jackal
\nThe Homesman
\nThe Hot Rock
\nThe Incredibles
\nThe Next Three Days
\nThe Revenant
\nThe Seven-Ups
\nThe Walk
\nThe Wind and the Lion
\nTreasure Island (Heston\/Bale version)
\nWild Target
\nZulu<\/p>\n

Highly Recommended<\/em><\/strong>
\nAcross the Universe
\nAll Is Lost
\nAmerican Sniper
\nAway We Go
\nBefore Sunrise
\nBefore Sunset
\nBefore Midnight
\nBrazil
\nBrick
\nChinese Coffee
\nDays of Wine and Roses
\nDig
\nDisconnect
\nDuel
\nEye in the Sky
\nGorky Park
\nHarry and Tonto
\nHeaven\u2019s Gate
\nHell in the Pacific
\nInside Out
\nKorengal
\nLocke
\nMan in the Wilderness
\nMichael Clayton
\nMonsters, Inc.
\nMoon
\nMy Dinner with Andre
\nPrisoners
\nPrizzi\u2019s Honor
\nRestrepo
\nRoom
\nRuby In Paradise
\nSeconds
\nSpirited Away
\nSweet Smell of Success
\nTemple Grandin
\nThe Battered Bastards of Baseball
\nThe Conversation
\nThe Debt
\nThe Fountain
\nThe Great Santini
\nThe Leopard (Italian version)
\nThe Lives of Others
\nThe Mambo Kings
\nThe Words
\nThe Yakuza
\nVincent & Theo<\/p>\n

Other Favorites<\/em><\/strong>
\nA Clockwork Orange
\nAlways
\nAmadeus
\nAmerican Flyers
\nA Star Is Born (Cooper Version)
\nBack to the Future (I, II, III)
\nBarry Lyndon
\nBlazing Saddles
\nBreaking Away
\nBraveheart
\nBrubaker
\nBurn After Reading
\nButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
\nClear and Present Danger
\nCollateral
\nDances with Wolves
\nDirty Rotten Scoundrels
\nDoctor Zhivago
\nDraft Day
\nFantasia
\nFitzcarraldo
\nFive-Man Army
\nGlengarry Glen Ross
\nGoing in Style
\nHombre
\nJohn Carter
\nKill Bill (volumes 1 and 2)
\nLeap Year
\nLimitless
\nM*A*S*H
\nMask
\nNorth by Northwest
\nOnce Upon a Time in America (uncut)
\nOnce Upon a Time in the West (uncut)
\nOne-Eyed Jacks
\nPlay Misty for Me
\nRaiders of the Lost Ark
\nRomeo and Juliet (Zeffirelli version)
\nRush
\nSaving Private Ryan
\nShane
\nSilver Streak
\nSlaughterhouse-Five
\nSleuth
\nSpartacus
\nStar Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
\nSwashbucklers
\nTerminator (I, II)
\nThe Big Lebowski
\nThe Bridges of Madison County
\nThe Enforcer
\nThe Face of Love
\nThe French Connection
\nThe Frisco Kid
\nThe Fugitive
\nThe Godfather (I, II)
\nThe Grand Budapest Hotel
\nThe Grand Seduction
\nThe Great Race
\nThe Grifters
\nThe Last Detail
\nThe Late Show
\nThe Long Riders
\nThe Missing
\nThe Mule
\nThe Out Of Towners
\nThe Pale Rider
\nThe Player
\nThe Professionals
\nThe Razor\u2019s Edge
\nThe Rounders
\nThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty
\nThe Sixth Sense
\nThe Sound of Music
\nThe Train
\nThe Way Way Back
\nThe Wizard of Oz
\nTo Kill a Mockingbird
\nTootsie
\nTouch of Evil
\nToy Story (I, II, III)
\nTrue Grit (Wayne version)
\nTwo Mules for Sister Sara
\nUnforgiven
\nUp
\nWorking Girl
\nZardoz
\nZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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