Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now

Francis Ford Coppola

Rating: 10/10


The God Father

The God Father

Francis Ford Coppola

Rating: 10/10


Ocean's Eleven

Ocean's Eleven

Steven Soderbergh

Rating: 10/10

Amazing dialogue. Cult classic. Soderbergh did an amazing job of writing characters and dropping viewers in the middle of a world that feels like it has always been around. The heist slang, the subtelties between characters - all add up to an amazingly hilarious and entertaining movie.


Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke

Hayao Miyazaki

Rating: 10/10


Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

Quentin Tarantino

Rating: 10/10


The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Sergio Leone

Rating: 10/10


Blade Runner

Blade Runner

Ridley Scott

Rating: 9/10


Glory Road

Glory Road

James Gartner

Rating: 9/10


Good Will Hunting

Good Will Hunting

Gus Van Sant

Rating: 9/10


Goodfellas

Goodfellas

Gus Van Sant

Rating: 9/10


Heat

Heat

Michael Mann

Rating: 9/10


No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Men

Coen Brothers

Rating: 9/10

One of Cormac McCarthy's great narratives translated by two of my favorite directors: The Coen Brothers. Javier Bardem does an incredible job with Anton Chigurh as a terrifying, tireless force of evil. Not to mention amazing performances from Tommy Lee Jones, Woddy Harrelson, and Josh Brolin.


Papillon

Papillon

Franklin J. Schaffner

Rating: 9/10

A Steve McQueen classic. He plays a french prisoner convicted falsely of a murder who is sent to a penal colony in French Guiana. It is a riveting story of justice, violence, opression, and escape. Great twists and turns supported by a cinematography ahead of its time.


Parasite

Parasite

Bong Joon Ho

Rating: 9/10


Reservoir Dogs

Reservoir Dogs

Quentin Tarantino

Rating: 9/10


Spirited Away

Spirited Away

Hayao Miyazaki

Rating: 9/10


Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

Richard Marquand

Rating: 9/10


Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver

Martin Scorsese

Rating: 9/10


The Big Lebowski

The Big Lebowski

Coen Brothers

Rating: 9/10


The King's Speech

The King's Speech

Tom Hooper

Rating: 9/10


The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings

Peter Jackson

Rating: 9/10


The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

Frank Darabont

Rating: 9/10


The Shining

The Shining

Stanley Kubrick

Rating: 9/10


There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood

Paul Thomas Anderson

Rating: 9/10


Whiplash

Whiplash

Damien Chazelle

Rating: 9/10


Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Terry Gilliam

Rating: 8/10

Hot take: my favorite Johnny Depp performance. If The Spiderman movies didn't exist it'd also be my favorite of Tobey Maguire's. Hilarious drug-fueled comedy with some darker themes centered around classic American Journalism. Hunter S. Thompson did an amazing job with the original book and it translates easily to a really fun watch.


Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump

Robert Zemeckis

Rating: 8/10


Get Out

Get Out

Jordan Peele

Rating: 8/10


Inception

Inception

Christopher Nolan

Rating: 8/10


On the Rocks

On the Rocks

Sofia Cappola

Rating: 8/10

Rashida Jones does great. So does Bill Burr. The two seemlessly fit into believably portraying a complicated life-long father daughter relationship. This movie rewards paying attention so I'm sure it'll make for a great rewatch. Great set design used in telling the story makes for quite a bit of eye candy too.


Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Edgar Wright

Rating: 8/10


Speed Racer

Speed Racer

The Wachowskis

Rating: 8/10

A childhood favorite. May still be the best adaptation of commic-cartoons to the big screen. The colors, art, and general visual design of the movie stand up decades later. While it doesn't have the most advanced narrative or literary tricks and themes, it excels at what it was made to: conveying to kids a fun and inspiring story of the long-time pop-culture favorite: Speed Racer.


Star Trek

Star Trek

J.J. Abrams

Rating: 8/10


The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight

Christopher Nolan

Rating: 8/10


The Social Network

The Social Network

David Fincher

Rating: 8/10


A Quiet Place

A Quiet Place

John Krasinski

Rating: 7/10


Ford v Ferrari

Ford v Ferrari

James Mangold

Rating: 7/10


Gladiator

Gladiator

Ridley Scott

Rating: 7/10


Groundhog Day

Groundhog Day

Harold Ramis

Rating: 7/10


Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Steven Spielberg

Rating: 7/10


Inglorious Basterds

Inglorious Basterds

Quentin Tarantino

Rating: 7/10


Jaws

Jaws

Steven Spielberg

Rating: 7/10