The Cinematic Life of the Mind

Now, my favorite movies of all time. Once again, I do not claim this as a list of the best movies of all time. I'm just a regular schlump who likes well-made movies that entertain me. Highbrow, lowbrow, doesn't matter. If I were stranded on a desert island with only a DVD player, an electrical outlet to plug it into, and a stack of movies, these are the ones I'd want. These are listed in alphabetical order, not order of preference.

Title

Director

Writer(s)

Year

Stars

Adaptation

Spike Jonze

Charlie Kaufman

2002

Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Cara Seymour, Tilda Swinton

All You Need Is Cash
(a.k.a. The Rutles)

Eric Idle & Gary Weis

Eric Idle

1978

Eric Idle, Neil Innes, Ricky Fataar, John Halsey, Terence Bayler, John Belushi, Michael Palin

Almost Famous

Cameron Crowe

Cameron Crowe

2000

Patrick Fugit, Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Frances McDormand, Noah Taylor, Zooey Deschanel, Terry Chen, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Fedevich, Fairuza Balk, Anna Paquin, Jimmy Fallon, Mark Kozelek, Bijou Phillips

Amadeus

Milos Forman

Peter Shaffer

1984

Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice, Simon Callow, Jeffrey Jones, Christine Ebersole, Charles Kay

American Splendor

Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini

Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini, based on graphic novels by Harvey Pekar & Joyce Brabner

2003

Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander, James Urbaniak, Madylin Sweeten, Harvey Pekar, Earl Billings

Anastasia

Don Bluth & Gary Goldman

Susan Gauthier, Bruce Graham, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White

1997

Voices: Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Christopher Lloyd, Bernadette Peters, Hank Azaria, Kirsten Dunst, Angela Lansbury

Animal House

John Landis

Douglas Kenney, Chris Miller, Harold Ramis

1978

John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Tom Hulce, Stephen Furst, John Vernon, Mark Metcalf, DeWayne Jessie, Verna Bloom, Cesare Danova, Sarah Holcomb, Peter Riegert, Mary Louise Weller, James Daughton, Bruce McGill, James Widdoes, Kevin Bacon, Donald Sutherland

Arsenic and Old Lace

Frank Capra

Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein, based on the play by Joseph Kesselring

1944

Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, Raymond Massey, John Alexander, Peter Lorre, Jack Carson, Edward Everett Horton, James Gleason, Grant Mitchell

Back To The Future

Robert Zemeckis

Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale

1985

Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Crispin Glover, Claudia Wells, Marc McClure, Wendie Jo Sperber, James Tolkan, Harry Waters Jr.

Being John Malkovich

Spike Jonze

Charlie Kaufman

1999

John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, John Malkovich, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean, Mary Kay Place, Ned Bellamy, Charlie Sheen

Big Fish

Tim Burton

John August, based on the novel by Daniel Wallace

2003

Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Matthew McGrory, Alison Lohman, Steve Buscemi, Danny DeVito, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard, Ada Tai, Arlene Tai, David Denman, Loudon Wainwright, Missi Pyle, Deep Roy, Hailey Anne Nelson

The Big Lebowski

Joel Coen

Ethan Coen & Joel Coen

1998

Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore, David Huddleston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tara Reid, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, John Turturro, Peter Stormare, Flea, Torsten Voges

Blazing Saddles

Mel Brooks

Andrew Bergman, Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, Alan Uger

1974

Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, Slim Pickens, Mel Brooks, John Hillerman, David Huddleston, Alex Karras, George Furth, Liam Dunn, Jack Starrett

The Blues Brothers

John Landis

Dan Aykroyd & John Landis

1980

John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway, Murphy Dunne, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, James Brown, Kathleen Freeman, Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn, Henry Gibson, Lou Marini, Carrie Fisher, Charles Napier, Jeff Morris, Twiggy Lawson

Boogie Nights

Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson

1997

Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Heather Graham, William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzman, Don Cheadle, Robert Ridgely, Philip Baker Hall, Alfred Molina

Brazil

Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown, Tom Stoppard

1985

Jonathan Pryce, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin, Robert DeNiro, Ian Richardson, Peter Vaughan, Kim Greist, Jim Broadbent

Breakfast At Tiffany's

Blake Edwards

George Axelrod, based on the novel by Truman Capote

1961

Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam

The Brother From Another Planet

John Sayles

John Sayles

1984

Joe Morton, Caroline Aaron, David Babcock, Alvin Alexis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Reggie Rock Bythewood, John Sayles, David Strathairn

Caddyshack

Harold Ramis

Brian Doyle-Murray, Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney

1980

Michael O'Keefe, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Bill Murray, Cindy Morgan, Sarah Holcomb, Scott Colomby, Dan Resin, Henry Wilcoxon, Brian Doyle-Murray, Thomas A. Carlin

Casablanca

Michael Curtiz

Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch & Casey Robinson, based on a play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison

1942

Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid, Peter Lorre, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, S.Z. Sakall, Dooley Wilson, Madeleine LeBeau, Joy Page, John Qualen

Chaplin

Richard Attenborough

William Boyd, Bryan Forbes & William Goldman, based on sources by David Robinson, Charles Chaplin and Diana Hawkins

1992

Robert Downey Jr., Kevin Kline, Moira Kelly, Dan Aykroyd, Geraldine Chaplin, Anthony Hopkins, Milla Jovovich, Diane Lane, Penelope Ann Miller, Marisa Tomei, Paul Rhys, James Woods

A Clockwork Orange

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick, based on the novel by Anthony Burgess

1971

Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Warren Clarke, Michael Bates, Adrienne Corri, John Clive, James Marcus, Clive Francis, Carl Duering, Paul Farrell, Miriam Karlin, Sheila Raynor, Philip Stone, Aubrey Morris, Michael Tarn, David Prowse

The Commitments

Alan Parker

Dick Clement, Ian LeFrenais & Roddy Doyle, based on the novel by Roddy Doyle

1991

Robert Arkins, Johnny Murphy, Michael Aherne, Andrew Strong, Angeline Ball, Glen Hansard, Dick Massey, Colm Meaney, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Dave Finnegan, Kenneth McCluskey, Bronagh Gallagher

Conan the Barbarian

John Milius

John Milius, Oliver Stone & Edward Summer, based on stories by Robert E. Howard

1982

Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Sandahl Bergman, Max von Sydow, Gerry Lopez, Ben Davidson, Mako, William Smith, Valerie Quennessen

The Court Jester

Melvin Frank & Norman Panama

Melvin Frank & Norman Panama

1956

Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Angela Lansbury, Basil Rathbone, Cecil Parker, Mildred Natwick, Robert Middleton, Noel Drayton, John Carradine, Michael Pate, Alan Napier

Cyrano de Bergerac

Michael Gordon

Carl Foreman, based on the play by Edmond Rostand

1950

Jose Ferrer, Mala Powers, William Prince, Ralph Clanton, Morris Carnovsky, Edgar Barrier, Virginia Farmer, Lloyd Corrigan, Elena Verdugo

Dark City

Alex Proyas

Alex Proyas, Lem Dobbs & David S. Goyer

1998

Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O'Brien, Ian Richardson, Bruce Spence, Melissa George

Dogma

Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith

1999

Linda Fiorentino, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Alan Rickman, Salma Hayek, Chris Rock, Jason Lee, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, George Carlin, Bud Cort, Alanis Morissette, Janeane Garofalo, Brian O'Halloran

Dr. Strangelove

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern & Peter George, based on a novel by Peter George

1964

Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Peter Bull, James Earl Jones

Edward Scissorhands

Tim Burton

Tim Burton and Caroline Thompson

1990

Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Kathy Baker, Alan Arkin, O-Lan Jones, Vincent Price

Ed Wood

Tim Burton

Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, based on a book by Rudolph Grey

1994

Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jeffrey Jones, Patricia Arquette, Bill Murray, Lisa Marie, George Steele, G.D. Spradlin

Fail Safe

Sidney Lumet

Walter Bernstein, based on the novel by Eugene Burdick & Harvey Wheeler

1964

Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Larry Hagman, Dan O'Herlihy, Fritz Weaver, Ed Binns, Frank Overton

Fight Club

David Fincher

Jim Uhls, based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk

1999

Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier, George Maguire, David Andrews

The Fisher King

Terry Gilliam

Richard LaGravenese

1991

Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer, David Hyde Pierce

Forbidden Planet

Fred M. Wilcox

Irving Block and Allen Adler

1956

Walter Pidgeon, Leslie Nielsen, Anne Francis, Warren Stevens, Earl Holliman, Richard Anderson, George Wallace, Marvin Miller (voice)

Forrest Gump

Robert Zemeckis

Eric Roth, based on the novel by Winston Groom

1994

Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Robin Wright, Sally Field, Mykelti Williamson

Gandhi

Richard Attenborough

John Briley

1982

Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, John Gielgud, Edward Fox, Trevor Howard, Martin Sheen, John Mills, Roshan Seth, Alyque Padamsee

Ghost World

Terry Zwigoff

Daniel Clowes & Terry Zwigoff, based on the graphic novel by Daniel Clowes

2001

Thora Birch, Steve Buscemi, Scarlett Johansson, Ileana Douglas, Brad Renfro, Bob Balaban, Teri Garr, Charles C. Stevenson Jr.

The Godfather

Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola & Mario Puzo, based on the novel by Mario Puzo

1972

Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Caan, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, John Cazale, Richard S. Castellano, Abe Vigoda, Sterling Hayden, Richard Conte, John Marley, Alex Rocco

The Godfather, Part II

Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola & Mario Puzo, based on the novel by Mario Puzo

1974

Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, John Cazale, Lee Strasberg, Michael V. Gazzo, G.D. Spradlin, Richard Bright, Abe Vigoda

The Graduate

Mike Nichols

Calder Willingham & Buck Henry, based on the novel by Charles Webb

1967

Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Murray Hamilton, Walter Brooke, Elizabeth Wilson

Hair

Milos Forman

Michael Weller, based on the play by Gerome Ragni & James Rado

1979

John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo, Annie Golden, Don Dacus, Dorsey Wright

Heavy Metal

Gerald Potterton

Len Blum & Daniel Goldberg, based on stories by Richard Corben, Juan Gimenez, Bernie Wrightson, Angus McKie, Dan O'Bannon, Thomas Warkentin, and Cornelius Cole

1981

Voices: John Candy, Richard Romanus, Rodger Bumpass, Jackie Burroughs, Al Waxman, Harold Ramis, Eugene Levy, Joe Flaherty, Zal Yanovsky, Douglas Kenney, Martin Lavut, John Vernon

In The Heat Of The Night

Norman Jewison

Stirling Silliphant, based on the novel by John Ball

1967

Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Larry Gates, Lee Grant, James Patterson, William Schallert

The Iron Giant

Brad Bird

Brad Bird & Tim McCanlies, based on the story by Ted Hughes

1999

Voices: Eli Marienthal, Harry Connick Jr., Jennifer Aniston, Vin Diesel, Cloris Leachman, John Mahoney, James Gammon, Christopher McDonald

It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Stanley Kramer

Tania Rose & William Rose

1963

Jonathan Winters, Milton Berle, Ethel Merman, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Mickey Rooney, Spencer Tracy, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas, Dick Shawn, Edie Adams, Dorothy Provine, Peter Falk, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Jim Backus, Jimmy Durante, William Demarest, Paul Ford, Buster Keaton, Don Knotts, Carl Reiner

Kill Bill (Vols. 1 & 2)

Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino

2003, 2004

Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Lucy Liu, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Vivica A. Fox, Sonny Chiba, Gordon Liu, Julie Dreyfus, Chiaki Kuriyama, Michael Parks, Perla Haney-Jardine

Labyrinth

Jim Henson

Dennis Lee, Jim Henson, Terry Jones, Elaine May

1986

Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie, Brian Henson (voice), Ron Mueck (voice), Dave Goelz (voice), David Shaughnessy (voice), Frank Oz (voice), Toby Froud

The Last Emperor

Bernardo Bertolucci

Mark Peploe & Bernardo Bertolucci

1987

John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying, Victor Wong, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Dennis Dun, Lisa Lu, Jade Go, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Lord of the Dance

David Mallet

Michael Flatley (choreographer)

1997

Michael Flatley, Bernadette Flynn, Daire Nolan, Gillian Norris, Helen Egan, Anne Buckley, Mairead Nesbitt, Cora Smyth

The Lord of the Rings Part I: The Fellowship of the Ring

Peter Jackson

Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson, based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien

2001

Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Bean, Liv Tyler, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Orlando Bloom, Dominic Monaghan, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving

The Lord of the Rings Part II: The Two Towers

Peter Jackson

Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair & Peter Jackson, based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien

2002

Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Sean Astin, Bernard Hill, Viggo Mortensen, Andy Serkis, Miranda Otto, Liv Tyler, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Orlando Bloom, Dominic Monaghan, Brad Dourif, Christopher Lee, David Wenham, Karl Urban, Hugo Weaving

The Lord of the Rings Part III: The Return of the King

Peter Jackson

Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson, based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien

2003

Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Sean Astin, Bernard Hill, Viggo Mortensen, Andy Serkis, Miranda Otto, Liv Tyler, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Orlando Bloom, Dominic Monaghan, David Wenham, John Noble, Hugo Weaving

Mad Max

George Miller

James McCausland and George Miller

1979

Mel Gibson, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Joanne Samuel, Roger Ward, Tim Burns, Steve Bisley, Sheila Florance, Max Fairchild, Reg Evans

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

George Miller and George Ogilvie

Terry Hayes and George Miller

1985

Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Tina Turner, Frank Thring, Angelo Rossitto, Paul Larsson, Adam Cockburn, Angry Anderson, Justine Clarke, Helen Buday

Man On The Moon

Milos Forman

Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski

1999

Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Paul Giamatti, Courtney Love, Vincent Schiavelli, Jerry Lawler, Gerry Robert Byrne, Gerry Becker, Leslie Lyles

Manos: The Hands of Fate [Mystery Science Theater 3000 version]

Hal Warren (movie); Jim Mallon (MST3K segments)

Hal Warren (movie); Michael J. Nelson, Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Paul Chaplin, Mary Jo Pehl, Kevin Murphy, Bridget Jones (MST3K segments)

1966/1993

Movie: Tom Neyman, John Reynolds, Diane Mahree, Hal Warren, Stephanie Nielson, Sherry Proctor, Mary-Robin Redd, Jackey Neyman; MST3K segments: Joel Hodgson, Kevin Murphy, Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Michael J. Nelson

Mary Poppins

Robert Stevenson

Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, based on the stories by P.L. Travers

1964

Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Ed Wynn, Reta Shaw, Reginald Owen

The Matrix

Andy Wachowski & Larry Wachowski

Andy Wachowski & Larry Wachowski

1999

Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano, Gloria Foster, Marcus Chong, Anthony Ray Parker, Matt Doran, Belinda McClory, Julian Arahanga, Paul Goddard, Robert Taylor

Men In Black

Barry Sonnenfeld

Ed Solomon, based on the comic book by Lowell Cunningham

1997

Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rip Torn, Tony Shalhoub, Siobhan Fallon

Miracle On 34th Street

George Seaton

George Seaton, based on the story by Valentine Davies

1947

Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood, Philip Tonge, Porter Hall, Gene Lockhart, Jerome Cowan, William Frawley, Harry Antrim, Alvin Greenman, James Seay

Modern Times

Charles Chaplin

Charles Chaplin

1936

Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Tiny Sandford, Henry Bergman, Stanley Blystone, Hank Mann, Allan Garcia, Murdock MacQuarrie

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones

Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin

1975

Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Carol Cleveland, Connie Booth, Neil Innes, John Young

Much Ado About Nothing

Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh, based on the play by William Shakespeare

1993

Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington, Michael Keaton, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Briers, Keanu Reeves, Robert Sean Leonard, Brian Blessed, Andy Hockley, Ben Elton, Imelda Staunton, Jimmy Yuill

Murder By Death

Robert Moore

Neil Simon

1976

Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Truman Capote, Eileen Brennan, Elsa Lanchester, James Coco, James Cromwell, Estelle Winwood, Richard Narita, Nancy Walker

The Music Man

Morton DaCosta

Marion Hargrove, based on the play by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey

1962

Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Paul Ford, Buddy Hackett, Pert Kelton, Hermione Gingold, Timmy Everett, Susan Luckey, Ron Howard, Monique Vermont, Harry Hickox

A Night At The Opera

Sam Wood

James Kevin McGuinness, George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Al Boasberg, Buster Keaton

1935

Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Kitty Carlisle, Margaret Dumont, Allan Jones, Sig Ruman, Walter Woolf King

Night of the Hunter

Charles Laughton

James Agee & Charles Laughton, based on the novel by Davis Grubb

1955

Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Evelyn Varden, James Gleason, Peter Graves, Don Beddoe, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce, Gloria Castillo

Nobody's Fool

Robert Benton

Robert Benton, based on the novel by Richard Russo

1994

Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Dylan Walsh, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Gene Saks, Josef Sommer, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Ethan Coen and Joel Coen

2000

George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Charles Durning, Chris Thomas King, Daniel von Bargen, Michael Badalucco, Wayne Duvall, Frank Collison, Quinn Gasaway, Del Pentecost, Lee Weaver, Stephen Root

The Odd Couple

Gene Saks

Neil Simon

1968

Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Herb Edelman, John Fiedler, David Sheiner, Larry Haines, Monica Evans, Carole Shelley

On The Waterfront

Elia Kazan

Budd Schulberg, based on articles by Malcolm Johnson

1954

Marlon Brando, Rod Steiger, Karl Malden, Eva Marie Saint, Lee J. Cobb, John Hamilton, James Westerfield, Pat Henning, Leif Erickson, Arthur Keegan

The Pink Panther

Blake Edwards

Maurice Richlin and Blake Edwards

1963

Peter Sellers, David Niven, Robert Wagner, Capucine, Claudia Cardinale, Brenda De Banzie

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Gore Verbinski

Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, based on a story by Elliott, Rossio, Stuart Beattie and Jay Wolpert

2003

Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Jonathan Pryce, Jack Davenport

Pleasantville

Gary Ross

Gary Ross

1998

Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy, Joan Allen, Jeff Daniels, Don Knotts, J.T. Walsh, Marley Shelton, Jane Kaczmarek, Paul Walker

The Princess Bride

Rob Reiner

William Goldman

1987

Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Wallace Shawn, Chris Sarandon, Andre the Giant, Christopher Guest, Billy Crystal, Carol Kane, Peter Falk, Fred Savage

Princess Mononoke

Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyzaki and Neil Gaiman (English screenplay)

1997

Voices: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Gillian Anderson, Minnie Driver, Jada Pinkett Smith, Billy Bob Thornton, John DeMita, Keith David

The Producers

Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks

1968

Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars, Estelle Winwood, Lee Meredith, Christopher Hewett, Dick Shawn, Renee Taylor, Andreas Voutsinas

Pulp Fiction

Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary

1994

Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman, Ving Rhames, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Christopher Walken, Eric Stoltz, Maria de Medeiros, Quentin Tarantino, Peter Greene, Angela Jones

Quidam

David Mallet

various

1999

The performers of Cirque du Soleil

The Quiet Man

John Ford

Frank S. Nugent, based on a story by Maurice Walsh

1952

John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Mildred Natwick, Arthur Shields, Eileen Crowe, Francis Ford, James Lilburn

Raiders Of The Lost Ark

Steven Spielberg

Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas and Philip Kaufman

1981

Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies, Ronald Lacey, Denholm Elliott, Alfred Molina

Raising Arizona

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Ethan Coen and Joel Coen

1987

Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman, William Forsythe, Frances McDormand, Randall 'Tex' Cobb, Sam McMurray, T.J. Kuhn

The Road Warrior

George Miller

Terry Hayes, George Miller & Brian Hannant

1981

Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston, Kjell Nilsson, Max Phipps, Vernon Wells, Emil Minty

Scrooge

Ronald Neame

Leslie Bricusse & Michael Medwin, based on the story by Charles Dickens

1970

Albert Finney, David Collings, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Kenneth More, Michael Medwin, Paddy Stone, Mary Peach, Frances Cuka, Richard Beaumont, Anton Rodgers, Laurence Naismith, Suzanne Neve

The Secret of Roan Inish

John Sayles

John Sayles, based on the story by Rosalie K. Fry

1994

Jeni Courtney, Dave Duffy, Mick Lally, Eileen Colgan, Richard Sheridan, Fergal McElherron, John Lynch, Brendan Conroy, Cillian Byrne, Susan Lynch

The Shawshank Redemption

Frank Darabont

Frank Darabont, based on the story by Stephen King

1994

Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Gil Bellows, Mark Rolston, James Whitmore

The Sixth Sense

M. Night Shyamalan

M. Night Shyamalan

1999

Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Glenn Fitzgerald, Trevor Morgan, Bruce Norris, Donnie Wahlberg, Olivia Williams, Mischa Barton

Sleeping Beauty

Ken Peterson, Clyde Geronimi

Milt Banta, Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Ted Sears and Ralph Wright, based on the story by Charles Perrault

1959

Voices: Mary Costa, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy, Barbara Jo Allen, Bill Shirley, Taylor Holmes, Bill Thompson

Sleepy Hollow

Tim Burton

Kevin Yagher & Andrew Kevin Walker, based on the story by Washington Irving

1999

Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones, Christopher Lee, Ian McDiarmid, Christopher Walken, Richard Griffiths, Marc Pickering, Lisa Marie, Michael Gough, Steve Waddington, Peter Guinness, Martin Landau

Some Like It Hot

Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond, based on a story by Robert Thoeren & M. Logan

1959

Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, George Raft, Joe E. Brown, Pat O'Brien

The Sound Of Music

Robert Wise

Ernest Lehman, based on the play by Howard Lindsay, Russell Crouse, Richard Rodgers, and Oscar Hammerstein II

1965

Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Richard Haydn, Charmian Carr, Peggy Wood, Eleanor Parker, Duane Chase, Daniel Truhitte, Angela Cartwright, Debbie Turner, Heather Menzies, Nicholas Hammond, Kym Karath, Ben Wright, Anna Lee, Norma Varden

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

Trey Parker

Trey Parker, Matt Stone & Pam Brady

1999

Voices: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman, Isaac Hayes

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Nimoy, Harve Bennett, Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes & Nicholas Meyer

1986

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Catherine Hicks, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Mark Lenard, Robin Curtis, Majel Barrett, Jane Wyatt, Robert Ellenstein

Star Wars

George Lucas

George Lucas

1977

Mark Hamill, Alec Guinness, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Peter Mayhew, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, James Earl Jones (voice), David Prowse, Peter Cushing, Phil Brown, Shelagh Fraser

Sunset Boulevard

Billy Wilder

Charles Brackett, D.M. Marshman Jr. and Billy Wilder

1950

Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Jack Webb, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough

The Sunshine Boys

Herbert Ross

Neil Simon

1975

George Burns, Walter Matthau, Richard Benjamin, Carol DeLuise, Lee Meredith, Rosetta LeNoire, F. Murray Abraham, Howard Hesseman, Ron Rifkin

There's Something About Mary

Bobby Farrelly & Peter Farrelly

Ed Decter, John J. Strauss, Peter Farrelly & Bobby Farrelly

1998

Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Chris Elliott, Lee Evans, Lin Shaye, Jeffrey Tambor, Markie Post, Keith David, W. Earl Brown, Jonathan Richman

This Is Spinal Tap

Rob Reiner

Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Rob Reiner & Harry Shearer

1984

Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner, Tony Hendra, Patrick Macnee, Fran Drescher, Paul Shaffer, Howard Hesseman, Fred Willard, Anjelica Houston, June Chadwick

Unbreakable

M. Night Shyamalan

M. Night Shyamalan

2000

Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright, Spencer Treat Clark, Charlayne Woodard

Waiting For Guffman

Christopher Guest

Christopher Guest & Eugene Levy

1996

Christopher Guest, Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Eugene Levy, Bob Balaban, David Cross, Linda Kash, Brian Doyle-Murray

Wayne's World

Penelope Spheeris

Mike Myers, Bonnie Turner & Terry Turner

1992

Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Tia Carrere, Rob Lowe, Brian Doyle-Murray, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ed O'Neill

West Side Story

Jerome Robbins & Robert Wise

Jerome Robbins, Arthur Laurents, Ernest Lehman

1961

Richard Beymer, Natalie Wood, Russ Tamblyn, George Chakiris, Rita Moreno, Susan Oakes, Ned Glass, William Bramley, Simon Oakland, Jose De Vega

The Wizard of Oz

Victor Fleming, Richard Thorpe & King Vidor

Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf & others, based on the novel by L. Frank Baum

1939

Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Frank Morgan, Margaret Hamilton, Billie Burke, Charley Grapewin, Clara Blandick

You Can't Cheat An Honest Man

George Marshall and Edward F. Cline

W.C. Fields, Everett Freeman, Richard Mack, George Marion Jr., Henry Johnson, Lew Lipton, Manuel Seff, James Seymour

1939

W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Constance Moore, John Arledge, James Bush, Thurston Hall, Mary Forbes, Edward Brophy, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Young Frankenstein

Mel Brooks

Gene Wilder & Mel Brooks

1974

Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Teri Garr, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Cloris Leachman, Richard Haydn, Gene Hackman

You're Telling Me!

Erle C. Kenton

Walter DeLeon, Paul M. Jones & J.P. McEvoy, based on a story by Julian Street

1934

W.C. Fields, Adrienne Ames, Buster Crabbe, Joan Marsh, Louise Carter, Kathleen Howard, Tammany Young

My favorite actors: John Belushi, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Boyle, Kenneth Branagh, Marlon Brando, Jeff Bridges, George Burns, Steve Buscemi, Bruce Campbell, Jim Carrey, Charlie Chaplin, George Clooney, Chris Cooper, Rodney Dangerfield, Robert DeNiro, Johnny Depp, Danny DeVito, Vincent D'Onofrio, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Peter Falk, Marty Feldman, Jose Ferrer, W.C. Fields, Harrison Ford, Paul Ford, Morgan Freeman, Stephen Fry, Paul Giamatti, Mel Gibson, John Goodman, Christopher Guest, Alec Guinness, Tom Hanks, Phil Hartman, Dustin Hoffman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Anthony Hopkins, Samuel L. Jackson, James Earl Jones, Jeffrey Jones, Tommy Lee Jones, Andy Kaufman, Danny Kaye, Buster Keaton, Michael Keaton, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Ted Knight, Martin Landau, Laurel & Hardy, Hugh Laurie, Christopher Lee, Jack Lemmon, Christopher Lloyd, William H. Macy, Karl Malden, John Malkovich, Kenneth Mars, the Marx Brothers, Walter Matthau, Malcolm McDowell, Ewan McGregor, Michael McKean, Ian McKellen, Zero Mostel, Tim Blake Nelson, Rick Moranis, Joe Morton, Bill Murray, Paul Newman, David Niven, Edward Norton, Al Pacino, Mandy Patinkin, Slim Pickens, Brad Pitt, Sidney Poitier, Jonathan Pryce, Alan Rickman, Stephen Root, Tim Roth, George C. Scott, Peter Sellers, Dick Shawn, Gary Sinise, Bruce Spence, Rod Steiger, Ben Stiller, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, Orson Welles, Gene Wilder, Bruce Willis.

My favorite actresses: Gillian Anderson, Lucille Ball, Anne Bancroft, Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter, Claudia Christian, Jennifer Connelly, Beverly D'Angelo, Bette Davis, Geena Davis, Laura Dern, Zooey Deschanel, Kirsten Dunst, Barbara Eden, Sally Field, Linda Fiorentino, Janeane Garofalo, Teri Garr, Heather Graham, Jennifer Grey, Goldie Hawn, Salma Hayek, Audrey Hepburn, Holly Hunter, Scarlett Johansson, Shirley Jones, Madeline Kahn, Carol Kane, Nicole Kidman, Lucy Lawless, Lucy Liu, Sophia Loren, Frances McDormand, Julianne Moore, Bebe Neuwirth, Julie Newmar, Renee O'Connor, Catherine O'Hara, Maureen O'Hara, Bernadette Peters, Parker Posey, Markie Post, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Diana Rigg, Isabella Rossellini, Susan Sarandon, Julia Sawalha, Maggie Smith, Barbara Stanwyck, Tilda Swinton, Jessica Tandy, Charlize Theron, Emma Thompson, Lea Thompson, Uma Thurman, Gina Torres, Kathleen Turner, Alexandra Tydings, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winslet, Reese Witherspoon, Sean Young, Catherine Zeta Jones.

My favorite directors: Paul Thomas Anderson, Brad Bird, Don Bluth, Mel Brooks, Tim Burton, Franka Capra, Charlie Chaplin, Joel & Ethan Coen, Francis Ford Coppola, Blake Edwards, David Fincher, Milos Forman, Terry Gilliam, Christopher Guest, Jim Henson, Peter Jackson, Spike Jonze, Elia Kazan, Stanley Kubrick, Mike Nichols, Alex Proyas, Rob Reiner, John Sayles, Martin Scorsese, Kevin Smith, Quentin Tarantino, Billy Wilder, Ed Wood, Terry Zwigoff.

My favorite screenwriters: Paul Thomas Anderson, Mel Brooks, Charlie Chaplin, Ethan & Joel Coen, Cameron Crowe, Julius & Philip Epstein, Katherine Fugate, Terry Gilliam, William Goldman, Lawrence Kasdan, Charlie Kaufman, George S. Kaufman, S.J. Perelman, Harold Ramis, John Sayles, Neil Simon, Quentin Tarantino, Joss Whedon.

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