| Category | Top Three | Runners Up | |
| Coming of Age | 1. Say Anything |
Beautiful Girls Better off Dead Fast Times at Richmont High |
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| 2. The Breakfast Club | |||
| 3. The Sure Thing | |||
| Romance (aka "Chick Flicks") |
1. Frankie and Johnny |
Juno French Kiss Green Card Ghost Waterdance Titanic Bridges of Madison County An Officer and a Gentleman Sex and the City |
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| 2. When Harry Met Sally | |||
| 3. Prelude to a Kiss | |||
| Subtle Spoofs | 1. Kill Bill Vol. 1 |
School of Rock |
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| 2. Love and Death | |||
| 3. Swingers | |||
| Non-Religious Philosophy |
1. Contact |
Chinese Box K-PAX Don Juan DeMarco Box of Moonlight Flatliners |
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| 2. Vanilla Sky | |||
| 3. The Truman Show | |||
| Retells of Classic Stories | 1. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Homer's Odyssey) | ||
| 2. Clueless (Emma) | |||
| 3. A Thousand Acres (King Lear) | |||
| Martial Arts | 1. The Yakuza | ||
| 2. The Seven Samurai | |||
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| Stoner Humor | 1. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle | ||
| 2. The Big Lebowski | |||
| 3. Friday | |||
| Morality | 1. Schindler's List | ||
| 2. Crimes & Misdemeanors | |||
| 3. Breaking the Waves | |||
| Surreal | 1. The Wall | ||
| 2. Being John Malkovich | |||
| 3. Wild at Heart | |||
| Wry Humor | 1. Fargo | ||
| 2. Bulworth | |||
| 3. Henry Fool | |||
| Screwed Up Love Stories | 1. American Beauty |
One Night at McCool's The Cooler |
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| 2. Unfaithful | |||
| 3. Secretary | |||
| Artsy | 1. Female Perversions |
The Wall (anime) Eyes Wide Shut |
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| 2. The Piano | |||
| 3. One Night Stand | |||
| Depressing | 1. Chinese Box |
One True Thing My Life |
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| 2. Requiem for a Dream | |||
| 3. 25th Hour | |||
| Mainstream Comedy | 1. Everything you wanted to know about sex... (but were afraid to ask) |
40-Year-Old Virgin Addams Family Liar Liar Young Frankenstein My Cousin Vinny Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey Earth Girls are Easy Big Trouble Freaky Friday Clerks II |
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| 2. Clerks | |||
| 3. Dazed and Confused | |||
| Hip Teen Comedy | 1. Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
Clueless American Pie American Pie 2 |
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| 2. Secret of My Success | |||
| 3. Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion | |||
| Favorite Scripts | 1. A Fish Called Wanda | ||
| 2. Pulp Fiction | |||
| 3. L.A. Story | |||
| 70s | 1. Boogie Nights | Beyond the Valley of the Dolls | |
| 2. The Ice Storm | |||
| 3. Almost Famous | |||
| 50s era | 1. Apartment, The (50s romp) |
The Hustler/The Color of Money Chinatown Mulholland Falls The Locusts |
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| 2. Inventing the Abbotts | |||
| 3. L.A. Confidential | |||
| Satire | 1. This Is Spinal Tap |
LA Story Spy Hard |
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| 2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer | |||
| 3. Airplane | |||
| "hardcore" SciFi (attempt at realism) | 1. Blade Runner |
Primer 2001: A Space Odyssey Outland |
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| 2. Terminator | |||
| 3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind | |||
| "softcore" SciFi (no attempt at realism) | 1. 12 Monkeys |
Flatliners The Prestige |
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| 2. Groundhog Day | |||
| 3. Back to the Future | |||
| Feel Good | 1. Shawshank Redemption |
Monsoon Wedding Mighty Aphrodite Shall We Dance? Fried Green Tomatoes The Truth about Cats and Dogs It's a Wonderful Life The Full Monty In and Out 8 Mile Titanic |
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| 2. Chocolat | |||
| 3. Moonstruck | |||
| Feel Bad | 1. Falling Down |
Leaving Las Vegas Traffic Importance of Being Earnest |
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| 2. The Wall | |||
| 3. Apocalypse Now | |||
| Action | 1. xXx |
The Fugitive Bourne Identity Rock, The Lethal Weapon II Die Hard II |
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| 2. 300 | |||
| 3. Outland | |||
| Music-Videos/Musical | 1. Moulin Rouge |
Pi (orbital, massive attack) Everyone Says I Love You Top Gun The Graduate Guys and Dolls |
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| 2. The Doors | |||
| 3. The Wall | |||
| James Bond Films | 1. For Your Eyes Only | Casino Royale (2006) | |
| 2. Moonraker | |||
| 3. Dr. No | |||
| Adventure | 1. Raiders of the Lost Ark |
(The Great Train Robbery) (The Great Race) The Dirty Dozen Men in Black True Romance Pirates of the Caribbean Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | |
| 2. Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade | |||
| 3. Master and Commander: the Far Side of the World | |||
| Fantasy | 1. Lord of the Rings |
Legend Clash of the Titans Time Bandits |
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| 2. Pan's Labyrinth | |||
| 3. Princess Bride | Ultraviolence | 1. Pulp Fiction |
Dark Man Full Metal Jacket The Dead Pool |
| 2. Reservoir Dogs | |||
| 3. A Clockwork Orange | |||
| Cops and Robbers | 1. Heat |
Dirty Harry |
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| 2. Fargo | |||
| 3. Zero Effect | |||
| History: 1800s - early 1900s America | 1. Dances with Wolves |
Dirty Harry |
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| 2. Cold Mountain | |||
| 3. [ this space for rent ] | |||
| Good For Kids | 1. Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory |
Jerry Maguire Romeo & Juliet (L.A. version) One Fine Day Addicted to Love |
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| 2. Star Wars | |||
| 3. The Inlaws | |||
| Drug Scenes | 1. Killing Zoe (the musical note) | A Scanner Darkly | |
| 2. Trainspotting (sinking carpet) | |||
| 3. Drugstore Cowboy | |||
| New York/ Long Island |
1. Annie Hall |
Scent of a Woman Crossing Delancey When Harry Met Sally (several Woody Allen films) |
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| 2. Secret of My Success | |||
| 3. Do the Right Thing | |||
| Cult Classics | 1. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life |
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls |
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| 2. Buckaroo Banzai | |||
| 3. Rocky Horror | |||
| Gay/Lesbian | 1. My Own Private Idaho |
My Beautiful Laundrette go fish Boys Don't Cry The Crying Game To Wong Foo... (torch song trilogy) (farewell, my concubine) French Twist Kissing Jessica Stein |
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| 2. The Wedding Banquet | |||
| 3. Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | |||
| Special Effects | 1. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | The Abyss The Matrix | |
| 2. The Fifth Element | |||
| 3. Dark City | |||
| Amazing Soundtracks |
1. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure |
Trainspotting Heavy Metal Blade Breaking the Waves |
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| 2. Cool World | |||
| 3. Singles | |||
| Spy vs. Spy | 1. For Your Eyes Only | ||
| 2. Russia House | |||
| 3. The Hunt for Red October | |||
| Black Films and Blaxploitation | 1. Do the Right Thing |
Jackie Brown Foxy Brown |
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| 2. Boyz N The Hood | |||
| 3. Superfly | |||
| Asian/HAPA Culture | 1. Snow Falling on Cedars |
Better Luck Tomorrow House of Flying Daggers Lost in Translation (the toyko-on-business experience...) Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring Again (korean drama) |
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| 2. Princess Mononoke | |||
| 3. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | |||
| "Can Do" Films | 1. The Right Stuff |
Rocky, Rocky III Mona Lisa Smile Apollo 13 |
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| 2. Dead Poet's Society | |||
| 3. Stand and Deliver | |||
| Teen Flicks: Girls | 1. Blue Crush | ||
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| Teen Flicks: Boys | 1. Butterfly Effect, The | ||
| 2. Pump Up the Volume | |||
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| Thriller | 1. Se7en |
Fatal Attraction Sea of Love Dead Calm Angel Heart The Serpent and the Rainbow From Hell Alien |
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| 2. Silence of the Lambs | |||
| 3. The Shining | |||
| Cinemategraphy | 1. Fire (Deepa Mehta-- also Water and Earth) | What Dreams May Come | |
| 2. Lord of the Rings | |||
| 3. The English Patient | |||
| Animation | 1. Toy Story |
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Wall-E |
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| 2. The Incredibles | |||
| 3. The Wall | |||
| Classics | 1. tie: Casablanca & Macao |
Roman Holiday The Third Man The Maltese Falcon Gilda Some Like It Hot The Seven Year Itch Rebel Without a Cause Streetcar Named Desire Dog Day Afternoon |
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| 2. The Hustler | |||
| 3. The Wizard of Oz (with Dark Side...) | |||
| Film Noir and early 70s | 1. Taxi Driver |
Le Samourai Serpico |
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| 2. Midnight Cowboy | |||
| 3. Mean Streets | |||
| Bluesy | 1. Barfly | Clockwatchers | |
| 2. Raging Bull | |||
| 3. The Locusts | |||
| Gangster Films | 1. Goodfellas | ||
| 2. The Freshman | |||
| 3. The Godfather | |||
| War | 1. Apocalyse Now | Platoon | |
| 2. The Dirty Dozen | |||
| 3. Full Metal Jacket | |||
| Horror | 1. The Omen |
The Shining Poltergeist The Ring 28 Days Later Evil Dead 2 |
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| 2. Blair Witch Project | |||
| 3. The Exorcist | |||
| Made For TV | 1. V | ||
| 2. The Day After | |||
| 3. TBA | |||
| Good Sex Scenes | 1. The Unbearable Lightness of Being | One Night Stand Henry and June | |
| 2. Damage | |||
| 3. Risky Business | |||
| Documentaries and Docu-dramas |
1. Hype! |
Ed Wood Breast Men Gandhi Christiane F. Startup.com |
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| 2. Dogtown and Z-Boys | |||
| 3. The Right Stuff | |||
| Surprise Endings | 1. Thomas Crown Affair |
The Crying Game Lone Star Ulee's Gold Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Tequila Sunrise Primal Fear |
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| 2. The Usual Suspects | |||
| 3. Memento | |||
| The Very Worst | 1. Wax (or how I discovered intelligent life among the bees) |
Sneakers, Real Genius and the other "oh, adam, you simply must see..." geek flicks Face/Off (physics so bad, you can't ignore them) |
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| 2. From Dusk Til Dawn (1st half develops characters and the 2nd half quickly kills them off) | |||
| 3. Chun King Express (let's be artsy!) | |||
| Mash-ups / Synchs | 1. Dark Side of the Rainbow | ||
| 2. Wizard People / Harry Potter | |||
| 3. [ this space for rent ] |
Akira Amores Perros Carlito's Way In the Mood for Love Monsters, Inc. Shrek Time Code Total Recall 12 Angry Men 8 1/2 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il Cafe Society Color Purple, The Deer Hunter, The Delicatessen Double Indemnity Laurence of Arabia Leon Night and the City North by Northwest Opium War, The Peacemaker, The Psycho Ran Rear Window Sling Blade Smoke Sophie's Choice Soup for One Steel Magnolias Suicide Kings Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Vertigo
200 Cigarettes About Adam (fun, doesn't turn out obvious) Adaptation (if you're into self-referential films...) AI (subtlety of spielberg, weak ending-- still, interesting ideas) Amelie (fun and goofy) American Wedding (funny followup to American Pie 1 & 2) Annie Hall Beowulf (neat characters and CG... but they'll keep making it better...) Big Sleep, The (classic bogart, neat acting...) Blood Brothers (asian gangster) Bowling for Columbine (heavy-handed, uneven treatment of guns in america) Bound (kinda gory) Bring It On (cheerleaders doing awesome cheers...) Bruce Almighty (v. funny jim carrey vehicle, alt name: Liar Liar 2) Cast Away (tom hanks is awesome... but the ending was drawn-out...) Children of Men (great gritty war scenes, interesting contrast to the book) Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (fun and beautiful but ultimately forgettable) Clockwatchers (Clerks meets In the Company of Men... but not as impactful as either) Collateral (Phone Booth on the run, some memorable scenes) Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Corpse Bride (loved the death jokes) Crooklyn (fine showing but no Do The Right Thing) Curious Case of Benjamin Button (great acting and cinematography, script's a little trite) Departed, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (nice documentary, touching) Dopamine (would've been awesome if it'd come out in 1993, but it came out in 2003...) El Mariachi (only great because of the $8K budget) Endless Summer, The Enemy of the State (love the computers, which says a lot) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Being John Malkovich was better) Eve's Bayou Evening With Kevin Smith, An Fallen (denzel washington supernatural thrilled) Forrest Gump Frantic (forgettable harrison ford 80s thriller) Get Shorty (cute, more fun to make than to watch...) Ghost World Glengarry Glenross (classic... but ultimately, a bunch of one-liners...) Gone with the Wind (heresy I know... sorry) Hours, The (the Virginia Woolf story, reminds me of the Indigo Girls song) Hustle and Flow (liked this film, just didn't blow me away) I am Legend (interesting zombie flick; will smith wasn't funny though and they didn't explore the fact that their zombies were sentient and organized...) Incredibles, The (not incredible, yuck yuck) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Indochine Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr is perfect) It Could Happen to You (fun chick flick-- rosie perez is wonderful) It Happened One Night (classic, fun romp) Jacob's Ladder (good psych thriller) Jungle Fever Just Married (brittany murphy, ashton kutcher -- stoopid but totally fun) Key Largo Kung Fu Hustle Last Emporer, The Legally Blonde 1 and 2 (fun script done well) Less Than Zero (so 80s... so LA...) Little Miss Sunshine (fun characters, silly plot, weird moral-- liked The Full Monty better) Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (UK bumbling criminals, sick & funny) Lords of Dogtown (see Dogtown & Z-Boys instead-- more authentic) My Life as a House (One True Thing... II) Like Water for Chocolate Lolita (well made, but... but... so... what?) Mallrats Man on the Moon (weirdest biography... has some memorable scenes) Meet Joe Black (worth seeing, just not great) Memento (unforgettable... yuck yuck yuck) Napolean Dynamite (growing up... weird... i guess...) Nina Takes a Lover (fun story, cute ending) Notorious Betty Page, The (better than expected-- nice documentary, good acting and great clothes!) Ocean's Eleven (cool & fun, but not over-the-top enough for me) Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou? (funny & cool, just not hysterical) One True Thing (worth seeing, just not great) Parenthood Paris je T'aime (lovely date film) Phone Booth (interesting twist: action film where the protagonist never moves, liked it) Predator (loved the final showdown) Professional, The (the natalie portman thing was kinda creepy) Red Violin, The (some neat vignettes, largely predictable) Regarding Henry (cool but not memorable) Rendezvous in Paris (worth seeing date film) Safe Saving Private Ryan (subtle as a trainwreck...) Scarface (80s Pacino evolution of a gangster) Seven Samurai / Shichinin no samurai (I just don't dig war/combat films...) Shine (eccch? I prefer films like Pi) Shipping News (love the acting, predictable chickflick storyline, can't remember if it was true to the book) Sin City (interesting intertwining stories, loved the outfits, and The Hobbit as badguy) Singles (classic 90s grunge film) Six Sense, The (I see... predictable films...) Slumdog Millionaire (fun!!!) Snatch (love brad pitt's character) Something's Gotta Give (liked Diane Keaton though) Squid and the Whale, The (better than expected i.e. not painful; nice acting) Star Wars episodes 5,6 (to me, the point of SW is kitsch, ie. if I wanted serious drama, it wouldn't be The Empire Strikes Back) Star Wars episode 1,2: Attack of the Clones (over the top effects, but...) Strictly Sexual (surprisingly good, 90s-style film-- I liked it) Swimfan Talk to Me (nice character sketch, and great acting, but didn't add up to much...) Tao of Steve Thank You for Smoking (better than expected, fun) Three Kings (ahead of its time in gritty war films) Unfaithful (great sex scenes, but plot full of holes...) Usual Suspects, The (doh... guessed it halfway through... kevin spacey rocks) Vicky Christina Barcelona (Woody Allen Sex Romp, with some seriousness-- ad for Spain) Virgin Suicides What's Eating Gilbert Grape (pre-heartthrob leonardo!) Y Tu Mama Tambien (sexy & cool, but plot elements from left field)
21 Grams (naomi watts is hot, but the script's no Pulp Fiction) Acid House, The (not as good as trainspotting) American Graffiti Bedazzled Blue (of the red, white and blue series) Bridges of Madison County Cherish (weird 'B' film, but kinda interesting) Dream with the Fishes Endless Summer, The (original surf film) Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (can't remember it, yuck yuck) Fabulous Baker Boys (see Frankie and Johnny instead) Flirting with Disaster Four Weddings and a Funeral (can feel it fading from memory...) Girl 6 Italian Job, The (eccch-- Ocean's Eleven was better) Jason's Lyric (feel bad...) Knockaround Guys Love Actually (totally cute chick flick, aside from the stupid Hugh Grant prime minister nonsense) Love Liza (weird depressing film, but kinda interesting) Luzhin Defence (utterly forgettable stupid chess chickflick, John Turturro didn't shine like Box of Moonlight, Big Lebowski or O Brother) Matchmaker, The (cutesy chick flick) Men in Black II Mission Impossible Mission Impossible II My Life's in Turnaround (worth seeing, or so I thought...) Player, The (worth seeing, or so I thought...) Pootie Tang (black austin powers) Rodger Dodger Saving Grace Sleepless in Seattle (cute til it hurts) Smoking Aces Stealing Harvard (didn't make anyone's great list... but like the acting) South Park: The Passion of the Jew South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut South Park: Winter Wonderland (getting the picture?) Swimming Pool (weird and abstract, but good... reminded me of Adaptation) T2 (see The Terminator instead) T3 (see T2 instead) That Thing You Do Thelma & Louise (fun at the time, but not a great film) The Thirteenth Floor (good SF, reasonable acting, but it's no Matrix) To Live (interesting chinese film) Under the Tuscan Sun (read the book!) Waiting for Guffman (good send-up of community theatre) Walking and Talking (pretty good chick flick, just not great) Wide Sargasso Sea (see The Piano instead) Wild Things (I'd be ashamed to admit seeing this, but I can't remember anything about it) You've Got Mail (cute til it hurts)
24 Hour Party People (bad rockumentary that claimed to spawn the rave scene, yet they're clearly off by years) 9 1/2 Weeks A Life Less Ordinary (bad bad bad) A Price Above Rubies (v. bad jewish spirituality renee zellweger film) About Last Night... Afterglow Alien vs. Predator (oh... my... god...) Aliens Amadeus American History X American Psycho An Evening with Kevin Smith (a long evening...) Australia (terrible! see Gone with the Wind instead...) Awakenings Batman Big Chill Big Easy Blade (but awesome soundtrack) Brazil Breakfast At Tiffany's Bringing Down The House Bronx Tale Brothers McMullen Buddha of Suburbia But I'm a Cheerleader (better than it sounds, but neither funny nor heartwarming enough) Cabaret Caddyshack (didn't age well) Career Girls Chariots of Fire Chasing Amy (an afflec-tion on straight culture) Citizen Kane Commitments Cousins Cruel Intentions Days of Being Wild (fell asleep) Daytrippers Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Dead Ringers (jeremy "devoid of emotion" irons) Deconstructing Harry Deep Cover Desk Set (snore...) Die Hard 1,3 Dirty Dancing Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights Dr. Strangelove Dude, Where's My Car? (see Harold and Kumar instead) Dukes of Hazzard (I'm so ashamed to admit I saw this...) Dune Ever Since the World Ended (overly intellectual plague film-- I Am Legend was better) Fahrenheit 9/11 Father Of The Bride (original and remake) Feeling Minnesota (yuck yuck yuck) Fisher King, The Flashdance Flirting French Connection I, II Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers Ghost World (great outfits, good acting, weak weak script) Giant Gigli Graduate, The (too much Simon & Garfunkel) Grease Great Escape, The Half Baked Hangover, The (see Harold and Kumar's instead) Happiness (nasty...) Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo (see the original...) Heathers Heavy Metal (but cool animation) Hot Shots Part Deux How High Igby Goes Down In the Bedroom In the Company of Men (unnecessarily mean) Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love Independence Day Iron Eagle It's a Wonderful Life Jersey Girl Jurassic Park Just Like Heaven (*awful* chick flick-- Ghost wannabe...) Kama Sutra Kissed Koyaanisqatsi Lethal Weapon 1,3 Long Kiss Goodnight (Geena Davis saves civilization) Look Who's Talking Lord of the Rings I, II and III (way way way overdone, sorry) Lost in Space (no stars: ending credits were the best part) Love and Death on Long Island (artsy, but so what?) Machinist, The Magnolia (and the point is?) March of the Penguins (Romanticizing the Ice?) Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy Mimic (Mira Sorvino saves civilization) Mississippi Masala Mo Betta Blues Muriel's Wedding Mystic Pizza Natural Born Killers New York Stories (only Woody Allen's was any good) Night on Earth Notebook, The (unwatchable... hit 'eject' after 5 minutes) On Golden Pond One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Party Girl Passion of the Christ (jesus paying for your sins) People vs. Larry Flynt, The Persepolis (uninspired) Pillow Book (being asian doesn't make it great-- see Secretary instead) Poison Ivy Pretty Woman Quills Reality Bites (and so did this film) Recruit, The Reign of Fire (unintentional comedy) Remains of the Day (and the film...) River's Edge (some hella bad acting) Rush (better drug films out there) Rushmore Saturday Night Fever Scenes from the Surreal Sex, Lies and Videotape (yawn) Shape of Things (fun I suppose, but the point is... ?) She's Gotta Have It She's Having a Baby SLC Punk Sleeping with the Enemy So I Married An Axe Murderer Soylent Green Stand By Me Star Trek 1,4,5 Step Into Liquid (see Endless Summer) Strictly Ballroom Super Size Me Super Troopers Superman 1,2,etc. Swimming Pool Take the Money and Run To Die For To Live and Die in LA Unmade Beds V for Vendetta (Matrix ripoff) Very Bad Things (not bad, not great) View from the Top (worst un-funny comedy ever) Visitor, The (yeah, so???) Waterboy (lame lame lame) Wedding Planner, The What's Up Pussycat? (see Everything You Wanted to Know about Sex...) Wild at Heart Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (see Corpse Bride) Wizard of Speed and Time, The Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Wristcutters (interesting, but not great)
