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* Dave Haugen's 100 Favorite Films of All Time *
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Ok, ok,

This may not be erotic literature, however, I just 
thought I would post my 100 favorite films of all time.

Why?

Because I love films.  I am a cinephile to the end.  I 
also love discussing films with people, so if you want 
to chat film, or have any comments about the films 
below, let me know.

Besides, life is more than just erotic literature right?

And now...in order...


1.  2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968)

"Jupiter...and beyond."  This is perhaps the only 
film that I will ever watch over 100 times.  I'm 
somewhere around 40 viewings and counting.  And 
the chills I get running through my body as I 
watch this amazing film, always come back.


2.  Magnolia (Anderson, 1999)

"We may be through with the past, but the past 
aint through with us."  I have a feeling that this 
film will eventually take over the number one spot 
on my list.  I fall in love with it more and more 
over repeated viewings.  BRILLIANT.


3.  Modern Times (Chaplin, 1936)

"You'll find that life is still worthwhile, if 
you'll just smile."  Chaplin's masterpiece.  The 
ultimate cinematic example of reminding us what it 
is to be a human being.  I fell in love with 
Paulette Goddard when I first saw this movie at 
10, and cried when after laughing so hard 
throughout the film as I wanted to meet Chaplin, 
and was told by my grandfather that he was dead.  
Well not all stories have happy endings.


4.  Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964)

"Precious bodily fluids."  Sellers, Hayden, 
Sellers, Scott, Sellers.  5 of the greatest 
performances by 5 of the greatest actors around.  
This film helped me to stop worrying and love my 
mom.  You never know when you will never be able 
to see your mom again.  Have you sent her flowers 
lately?


5.  La Strada (Fellini, 1954)

"Do you still love me?"  This remains to date, one 
of the only films that can actually bring tears to 
my eyes, without fail, every time.


6.  The General (Keaton, 1927)

"If you lose this war, don't blame me!"  If you 
had to select one film that would guarantee 
laughter, this would be it.  Keaton had to be the 
greatest stuntman that ever lived.  Phenomenal.


7.  Wings of Desire (Wenders, 1988)

"I can't see you, but I know you're there."  Oh my 
God.  See this film!!!  I cannot praise the great 
director Wim Wenders enough for his angelic 
masterpiece.  Every time you sip a nice hot coffee 
on a cold winter's day, you'll appreciate it more 
following this life-altering cinematic experience.


8.  Mr. Hulot's Holiday (Tati, 1953)

"See you next year!"  Surrealistic comedy.  
Watching this film once a year, for me, is like 
returning to a favorite vacation spot to renew 
acquaintances with old friends. Completely 
charming.


9.  Rear Window (Hitchcock, 1956)

"People ought to get outside their house and look 
inside for a change."  Arguably Hitchcock's best 
film, it gets better and better on repeated 
viewings.  Grace Kelly is a goddess.  She 
enlightens every frame.


10. Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1977)

"Time to get organizized."  Powerful stuff.  The 
unofficial beginning of the Robert De Niro/Martin 
Scorsese collaboration.  Everything about this 
film works; it's more than just a morality tale, 
it's a parable.


11. Wild Strawberries (Bergman, 1957)

"A study on aging."  Bergman's greatest, most 
accomplished film.  Not the right film to start 
people off on the great Swedish director, but a 
powerful film nonetheless.


12. Do the Right Thing (Lee, 1989)

"This is the story of Love and Hate."  My favorite 
film to show impressionable teenagers.  High 
school teachers across America should use this in 
their classrooms to initiate dialogue about 
morality and tolerance.  Uncompromising power, and 
an outstanding, I repeat, OUTSTANDING cast.  Ossie 
Davis is my hero.


13. The Birth of a Nation (Griffith, 1915)

"Men in white."  I feel guilty having this film 
sitting next to a Spike Lee joint.  Racism aside, 
no one can deny that this is probably one of the 
most important films of all time, and although 
thematically questionable, Griffith was the 
pioneer of visual storytelling.


14. The Seventh Seal (Bergman, 1957)

"Love is the blackest of all plagues."  Deep, 
philosophical, existential, talky, grim, bleak.  
Quintessential Bergman.  I melt into films like 
this.


15. Mon Oncle (Tati, 1958)

"In life you find laughter and in laughter you 
find life; to laugh is to live!"  Charming follow 
up to "Mr. Hulot's Holiday".  It's a shame that 
Tati only made a half dozen films.  Simply 
captivating.  Music and color are used to 
perfection.


16. Sunset Boulevard (Wilder, 1950)

"I am big, it's the pictures that got small."  Oh 
how I love this film.  Every little second, every 
character, every frame, every utterance of 
dialogue.  Watch for the Buster Keaton cameo!


17. The Piano (Campion, 1993)

"The heroic path of the romantic impulse should be 
treasured...it's a compulsive path of great 
courage that generally ends dangerously."  A Jane 
Campion quote.  Btw, have you ever noticed how 
many films Harvey Keitel cries in?  And why do so 
many people seem to hate this film so much??


18. Yojimbo (Kurosawa, 1960)

"I'll be waiting for you at the entrance of hell."  
Better than any American western you'll ever find, 
this Samurai epic transcends so many levels and 
entertains all at once.  Vastly superior than the 
vastly overrated films of Clint Eastwood, 
"Unforgiven" included.


19. L'Avventura (Antonioni, 1960)

"I've looked everywhere, there's nothing to find."  
Film as metaphor.  Every frame of this film is 
like an ambiguous painting, there are so many 
angles to view it.  A cinematic masterpiece.


20. Blue Velvet (Lynch, 1986)

"Yes, that's a human ear alright."  Even in the 
sunniest, woodiest days in small town America, 
people start bringing out those chainsaws.  Roy 
Orbison has never sounded the same after this one.  
Now it's dark.


21. The Sweet Hereafter (Egoyan, 1997)

"And the Pied Piper led all the children away."  
Incredibly moving portrait of a small town that 
loses many of its children in a horrific bus 
accident.  Great twists and emotional moments.  
Remember this name...Atom Egoyan.


22. M (Lang, 1931)

"I have no control over this evil thing inside 
me."  Dark, creepy, atmospheric, yet beautiful.  
Modern film rarely looks this good.


23. Amadeus (Forman, 1984)

"Mediocrities of the world...I absolve you all!"  
One of my favorite conflicts in film is Man versus 
God.  Especially when the protagonist believes 
that God has launched a diabolical plot against 
him, vendetta style.


24. Schindler's List (Spielberg, 1993)

"Power is when you have every justification to 
kill, but you don't."  This film transcends 
greatness at almost every level.  On the surface 
the film is about the Holocaust, however, it 
speaks volumes about the human reaction to extreme 
circumstances.  Powerful and moving.


25. City Lights (Chaplin, 1931)

"I can see perfectly."  Poignant and hilarious, 
this is the second of Chaplin's two masterpieces.  
The final shot of this film has to be one of my 
all time favorite moments in cinema.


26. Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (Kurosawa, 1990)

"Starry starry night." Martin Scorsese as Vincent 
Van Gogh.  Mt. Fuji erupting.  I believe that 
every important filmmaker should make one 
completely introspective film on their most 
private, inner thoughts.


27. Requiem for a Dream (Aronofsky, 2000)

"Purple in the morning, blue in the afternoon, 
orange in the evening."  I'm going to force my 
kids to watch this when they turn 12.  Ellen 
Burstyn is beyond belief.  I defy you to tell me 
that her performance wasn't better than Julia 
Roberts in "Erin Brockovich".


28. Raging Bull (Scorsese, 1980)

"Are you fucking my wife?"  De Niro has to be the 
greatest actor in the past 30 years of film.  
Completely powerful, a true Scorsese masterpiece.


29. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Spielberg, 2001)

"Mommy, when will you die?"  I call this the 
companion piece to 2001: A Space Odyssey.  It has 
Kubrick's fingerprints all over it, and I'm 
satisfied with Spielberg's rendition.  I think 
this film has been completely misunderstood and 
underestimated by most critics who watched it.  
Give it a quarter century before people begin to 
realize its depth.


30. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Capra, 1936)

"Great principles don't get lost once they come to 
light, you just have to see them again!"  An 
American classic; should be required viewing for 
anyone who needs to be reminded about how great 
America really is.  Jimmy Stewart's filibuster 
speech is phenomenal.


31. The Green Ray (Rohmer, 1986)

"I'm what you'd call, unoperational."  I 
passionately love all of Eric Rohmer's films, but 
this stands out as my personal favorite.  It's 
fascinating to watch our protagonist walk through 
life on her own tangent.  


32. Amelie (Jeunet, 2001)

"It's better to help people than garden gnomes."  
Light, fluffy, inspiring.  This film is a breath 
of fresh air.  One sitting gets me in a giddy mood 
for days.  It is films like this that make me 
thank God I am not color blind.


33. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Weine, 1920)

"Hail Cesar."  Might be responsible for 
influencing more filmmakers and filmmaking 
techniques than any film in history.  Every shot 
is like a living nightmare.  Brilliant.


34. The Graduate (Nichols, 1967)

"Let me know that at least you'll try, or you'll 
never be a true love of mine."  Best scene of the 
film: when Dustin Hoffman jumps into his swimming 
pool to escape into the sounds of silence.


35. Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990)

"Never rat on your friends."  Scorsese is the 
modern day master of epic filmmaking.  A great 
example of how an awesome soundtrack can elevate a 
film to its highest potential.


36. Ikiru (Kurosawa, 1952)

"Life is so short, fall in love, for there will be 
no tomorrow."  If you want to remind yourself why 
life is so beautiful, and "It's a Wonderful Life" 
has been already rented, rent this film!


37. Being John Malkovich (Jonze, 1999)

"I'll meet you in Malkovich in an hour."  Thank 
God for writers like Charlie Kaufman.  Creative 
masterpieces like this are treasures that remind 
us of how magical films can be.  Quirky and 
beautiful.


38. Our Hospitality (Keaton, 1927)

"Let's play Family Feud."  Hilarious comedy with 
typical Keaton stunts and visuals.  The train 
segment alone has more laughs than most modern 
Hollywood comedies.


39. Vertigo (Hitchcock, 1958)

"Dizzy yet?"  Compelling suspenseful film, quite 
different from Hitchcock's usual formula.  It took 
me a while to warm up to.  Keeps you guessing on 
your first viewing, but somehow manages to get 
better over time.


40. An Angel at My Table (Campion, 1990)

"I didn't even notice you were here."  Compassion.  
It's a trait we often show too little of.  
Introversion has never been portrayed more 
beautifully than through the eyes of Jane Campion.


41. Roger and Me (Moore, 1989)

"Where are the crime fighting chickens when you 
need them."  The ultimate in satirical 
documentaries.  Some people acuse Michael Moore of 
being a bleeding heart liberal.  Wrong.  He's 
simply a man who loves the USA so much, he's 
willing to expose its shortcomings.


42. A Clockwork Orange (Kubrick, 1971)

"Lashings of the old ultra-violence."  Kubrick's 
risks always seemed to work out.  Gene Kelly 
musicals never feel quite the same after 
experiencing this.


43. Shadow of a Doubt (Hitchcock, 1943)

"13 spades."  Hitchcock repeatedly stated that 
this was his personal favorite of all his films.  
It certainly is the most accessible of his 
suspense films.  Hooks you early and doesn't let 
go.


44. Dancer in the Dark (von Trier, 2001)

"All walls are great if the roof doesn't fall."  
Stunning minimalistic filmmaking that attempts to 
shatter all conventions.  Lars von Trier is 
perhaps one of the most promising directors of the 
next century.


45. True Romance (Scott, 1993)

"The difference between eggplants and cantelopes."  
So many reasons to love this film.  Hopper and 
Walken interchange, an insane Gary Oldman, an 
absolutely gorgeous Patricia Arquette, witty 
Tarantino dialogue, and the infamous Mexican 
standoff.  So cool.  So cool.


46. Lolita (Kubrick, 1962)

"Cha cha cha."  Sentimental and sardonic.  Much 
better than most critics admit.  Both Peter 
Sellers and Shelley Winters steal every scene they 
appears in.


47. Fargo (The Coen Brothers, 1996)

"People don't have much use for the three cent 
stamp."  Every once in a while, a film mesmerizes 
me from out of the blue, in a totally unexpected 
surprise, and stays with me for years.  How the 
Academy ignored William H. Macy's performance is 
beyond me.


48. 8 1/2 (Fellini, 1963)

"Visceral indulgences."  A fascinating exploration 
into the subsconscious.  It's as though the 
Superego and the Id took turns playing around with 
some 35mm film.  Brilliant and mesmerizing.


49. The Shawshank Redemption (Darabont, 1994)

"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, 
and no good thing ever dies."  A brilliant film, 
unless of course, you're a republican.  Some great 
ideals are explored about the evil that humans 
create and the redemption they seek.  Inspired Tom 
Fontana's "Oz".


50. The Night of the Living Dead (Romero, 1968)
"If you go out in the woods today, you're in for a 
big surprise."  A seriously important film, and 
not just in the horror genre.  It's all about 
atmosphere and mood.  GREAT sequel too!


51. American Beauty (Mendes, 1999)

"Sometimes I feel there's so much beauty in this 
world, I can't take it."  Can Annette Bening be 
any sexier?  Sometimes, you just have to view the 
world from different angles to truly appreciate 
it.  If you have no idea what I'm talking about, 
don't worry, you will one day.


52. It's a Wonderful Life (Capra, 1946)

"One man's life touches so many others."  Totally 
inspiring, enduring and enlightening.  To me, 
Jimmy Stewart symbolized what it meant to be a 
great human being.  Sometimes we have to remember 
that we are that person to the ones who love us.


53. Rosemary's Baby (Polanski, 1968)

"Is God dead?"  Completely unnerving film.  I 
can't imagine being a pregnant woman and having to 
watch this.  Mia Farrow is a chameleon in this 
one, and Polanski has never been better.


54. Chasing Amy (Smith, 1997)

"It's not who you love, it's how."  Kevin Smith is 
one of the best dialogue writers in the business.  
And Jason Lee's Banky has to be the funniest 
character ever commited to celluloid.  Funny as 
hell.


55. Secrets and Lies (Leigh, 1996)

"We're all in pain."  A great blend of comedy and 
drama with a fantastic performance by Brenda 
Blethyn.  One of those films where you can't wait 
to find out what happens next.


56/57. Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring (Berri, 
1986)

"What have I done?"  A captivating filmgoing 
experience about comeuppance.  Probably the least 
recognized films on my list, they have a way of 
drawing you in and keeping you riveted.


58. Citizen Kane (Welles, 1942)

"Rosebud."  In University, I took a film class, 
and for a week, we dissected this film piece by 
piece to its smallest detail.  And from that 
moment on, my passion for film accelerated.  
Required viewing for anyone who loves film.


59. Malcolm X (Lee, 1992)

"By any means necessary."  No offense to Al 
Pacino, but Denzel was had.  Denzel was took.  
Denzel was crucified.  A powerful performance, the 
best of its year.  Stunning.


60. Eraserhead (Lynch, 1977)

"In heaven, everything is fine."  I see this film 
once a year at a local art theatre's annual 
screening, get totally hammered discussing it, 
then proceed to suffer horrible nightmares.  Bruce 
McCulloch summed it up nicely when he stated: 
"This behavior would disturb me if Eraserhead 
wasn't such a fine little film."


61. Manhattan (Allen, 1979)

"You have to have a little faith in people, not 
everybody gets corrupted."  Woody Allen's 
masterpiece.  Plays out like a Gershwin melody; 
elegant, tragic, but beautiful.


62. Eyes Wide Shut (Kubrick, 1999)

"At no time did he ever leave my mind."  The most 
arousing aspect of this film is knowing that an 
artistic genius was able to do anything he wanted 
for nearly three hours.


63. My Dinner With Andre (1981)
"Waiter, there is too much pepper in my 
paprikash."  How incredibly supercilious to create 
a film where nothing happens but two men sharing 
dialogue over dinner, and how brilliant that this 
actually works.


64. Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994)

"This watch is your birthright."  A dialogue 
smorgasbord.  Witty and sharp.  Also marks the 
beginning of the end of John Travolta's acting 
career.


65. Safety Last (Lloyd, 1923)
"Hang on!!!"  The last of the fearless silent 
comedians.  The things Harold Lloyd does in this 
movie, especially the famous clock scene gets your 
adrenaline going.  All despite missing three 
fingers!  Shudder.


66. Ghost World (Zwigoff, 2001)

"Waiting for a bus that never comes."  From the 
opening credits, you just know you're in for one 
hell of a quirky film.  Steve Buscemi was born to 
play Seymour.


67. Metropolis (Lang, 1927)

"They built it with their own hands."  Beautiful 
imagery and stunning visuals.  A pioneer of the 
science fiction genre.  Apparently this was 
Hitler's favorite film.   Nietzsche would have 
been proud.


68. The Wicker Man (Hardy, 1973)

"All of them pagans."  The best experience one can 
ever have with this film is to see it cold, 
without any prior knowledge of it.  The second 
best experience one can have with this film is to 
screen it for unsuspecting viewers, preferable 
timid ones.  It will lure them in slowly before 
going for the kill.


69. Sling Blade (Thornton, 1993)

"You can take the man out of the institution..."  
Beautiful film with no whites or blacks, only 
varying shades of grey.  Brought the name Billy 
Bob to my cinematic vocabulary.



70. Mulholland Drive (Lynch, 2001)
"It's strange calling yourself."  The ultimate 
mindfuck.  It's incredibly entertaining watching 
others view it for their first time, particularly 
those who think that Pretty Woman and Grease are 
the greatest films ever made.  Dream logic can be 
fun.


71. Psycho (Hitchcock, 1960)

"A boy's best friend is his mother."  Still stands 
up after all these years.  Unsettling and ugly.  
And that's even before Anthony Perkins makes his 
first appearance.


72. Being There (Ashby, 1979)

"First comes summer and spring, and then we have 
fall and winter."  The power of understatement.  
The final scene of this amazing oddity is so 
ambiguous, it can spark entire conversations.


73. Sunrise (Murnau, 1927)

"A story of a man and a woman."  Totally absorbing 
film about love, hate, murder, betrayal, and 
eventually love.  Great example of successful 
early film direction and cinematography.


74. Repulsion (Polanski, 1965)

"Has the rabbit unthawed yet?"  One of the 
creepiest films I've ever seen.  Polanski is 
fantastic at capturing dementia through brutal 
imagery.  It's fascinating to watch a character 
crumble so severely.


75. A Fish Called Wanda (Crichton, 1988)

"The central message of Buddhism is NOT every man 
for himself."  An intelligent comedy.  Wow, how 
often does that happen?  Great comic work by John 
Cleese, Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Michael 
Palin.  Now this is a movie you can quote from!


76. The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991)

"Tell me Clarice, have the lambs stopped 
screaming?"  Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster own 
this film.  Perfect chemistry between two 
fascinating characters.


77. Some Like It Hot (Wilder, 1959)

"Always getting the fuzzy end of the lollipop."  
Classic sex comedy with Jack Lemmon and Tony 
Curtis playing perfectly off of Marilyn Monroe and 
each other.  Aging well, it's still fun after all 
those years.


78. The Virgin Spring (Bergman, 1960)

"Middle Age crisis."  Beautifully filmed fable of 
love, death, and everything else in between.  Not 
as exhaustive and inaccessible as Bergman's 
heavier films.


79. When Harry Met Sally (Reiner, 1988)

"Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a 
place."  Brilliant and funny examination into the 
differences between men and women.  Required 
viewing for any and every engaged couple before 
they take the final plunge into marriage.  :)


80. Ordinary People (Redford, 1980)

"Sorry seems to be the hardest word."  Moving 
examination of a family being torn apart by 
internal circumstances and death.  Painful to 
watch, but packs some great punches.


81. Stranger Than Paradise (Jarmusch, 1986)

"I put a spell on you."  More happens on Lake Erie 
in the middle of winter than in the plot of this 
film.  Magnificently minimalist, and surprisingly 
entertaining.


82. The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover 
(Greenaway, 1990)

"Try the cock, you know where it's been."  
Gynecology, scatology, cannibalism, rape, torture, 
vomit, maggots, urination, and French cuisine.  
Hmmm, must be a Greenaway film.


83. Annie Hall (Allen, 1977)

"Seems like old times."  The perfect couples 
movie.  My wife and I rent this one together once 
every couple of years.  Woody Allen speaks volumes 
about relationships, and of the challenges that 
need to be overcome to get them to work.


84. Aguirre: Wrath of God (Herzog, 1977)

"Heaven help us."  If this isn't the greatest, 
most realistic depiction of exploration ever 
filmed, I'll eat my boot.  Oh wait...that's 
already been done.


85. Natural Born Killers (Stone, 1994)

"I don't believe in murder, but, if I was a serial 
killer, I'd be Mickey and Mallory."  Misunderstood 
satire, yes satire, by Oliver Stone about the 
media's seemingly insane behavior when it comes to 
turning murderers into celebrities.


86. The Shining (Kubrick, 1980)

"You've always been the caretaker."  Love the 
story of Kubrick pushing Shelley Duvall to the 
brink of insanity by forcing her to walk through a 
doorway 127 times.  Try watching this film late at 
night while isolated and alone in the country.


87. The Vanishing (Sluzier, 1988)

"And you thought Dr. Lecter was evil?"  Possibly 
the best depiction of pure evil I've ever seen.  
Chilling to the core, and wrapped up with a great 
twist.  Avoid the horrible remake, also made by 
the same director.


88. The Sound of Music (Wise, 1965)

"So long, farewell."  I think I have every lyric 
completely memorized by now.  I have no idea why I 
love this film so much, but it's a great pick me 
up.  Maybe the fact that I am in love with Julie 
Andrews has something to do with that.  :)


89. Koyaanisqatsi (Reggio, 1984)

"Life out of balance."  Philip Glass is one 
helluva great composer, and his music juxtaposes a 
fascinating blend of images, from nature to modern 
bustling cities.  It's a great 


90.  The Gods Must Be Crazy (Uys, 1980)

"Coca-Cola is the soft drink of the Gods."  A 
great ridiculous romp that involves guerilla 
insurgencies, rhinoceroses that put out fires, and 
dedicated bushmen.  A very strange, oddball of a 
film, but also extremely funny.


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* 10 Guilty Pleasures *
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Ok, these next 10 films would most likely not make too 
many top 100 lists.  These are simply my guilty 
pleasures, the films that I probably wasn't supposed to 
like, but I'll hold my head up high and admit to liking 
them...


1.  Pink Flamingos (Waters, 1977)

"Can't help it, the girl can't help it."  A 
masterpiece in excess, in filth, in trash, in pure 
abrasiveness.  Divine is, well, divine, and the 
rest of the cast is just as creepy.  You'll see 
many assholes in this film, one literally.


2.  Titanic (Cameron, 1997)

"A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets."  
It's epic.  It's spectacular.  It's massive.  It's 
fun.  I LOVED this film.  Yes, I loved it.  Why do 
I sound like I'm trying to appologize for that?  
No...must not buy into the negative hype...must 
not...


3.  Batman Returns (Burton, 1992)

"Just the pussy I've been looking for."  I think 
the reason that I loved this film was that Tim 
Burton made a very dark, brooding adult film, 
intended for adults but marketed for children.  In 
the theater I was at, at least 10 parents walked 
out with their children, and that gave me a nice 
tingly sensation in my stomach.  Or was that 
Michelle Pfeiffer's latex cat costume?


4.  Vixen (Meyer, 1968)

"Dances with fishes."  Roger Ebert liked it, why 
can't I?  Watching this film is like eating cotton 
candy, it looks great, and goes in great, but it's 
not really good for you, and rather void of 
anything substantial.


5.  The Postman (Costner, 1995)

"Neither rain, nor sleet, nor hail..."  Yes I 
liked this film.  It recharged my patriotism and 
nationalism and entertained me throughout.  I am 
actually clueless as to why this is considered to 
be one of the worst films of all time!


6.  George of the Jungle (1996)

"Watch out for that tree!"  I had such a great 
time watching this, and that was coming into it 
with the worst of expectations.  Maybe that was 
why I liked it so much, yet I keep coming back to 
it.  I still laugh like an 8 year old when I see 
John Cleese's ape get nailed in the balls with a 
coconut.


7.  On Golden Pond (Rydell, 1981)

"The loons are saying goodbye."  Henry Fonda and 
Katherine Hepburn are just perfect as 
octagenarians who help a young boy rediscover the 
joy of living, even as they ultimately face the 
realization that they are going to die.  People 
actually LAUGH at me when I tell them I liked this 
film.


8.  9 to 5 (Higgins, 1980)

"Rat poison looks just like sweet and low."  I 
can't really stand Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton 
usually annoys me, and I've never found Lily 
Tomlin funny, so why in the hell does this film 
work for me??


9.  Dead Ringers (Cronenberg, 1988)

"I'll share everything with you."  This sickening 
film packs a real punch.  Cronenberg has this 
horribly clinic scientific approach to 
filmmaking...cold and metallic, but it's effective 
in the horror genre." 


10. Liquid Sky (Tsukerman) 1981

"I kill with my cunt."  How can you not love a 
film that links psychotropic music to orgasms?  
Well apparently I am rather alone in my tastes.