It has come to my attention by at least one person close to me that people out there still don't know how to pick good movies:P Now, I may not be the expert. Nor can I know everyone's tastes. But, I like to think 9 out of 10 times, I pick a winner. Sometimes a lil worse odds:P
Anyway, I am going to share a list of movies I think are good to great. I will try to identify genres, as well. This will be a difficult task(one I may need to add to/work on over time as it will be hard to recall all the good movies I've seen growing up...and those that apparently some people have missed all their life:P
Romance/Romantic comedy:
1)Bridget Jones' Diary
2)50 First Dates(Adam Sandler)
3)Moulin Rouge(non-comedy romance drama)
4)10 Things I Hate About You
5)With Honors(could also be considered drama)
Comedy:
1)Anger Management
2)Bruce Almighty
3)Hot Fuzz
4)Shanghai Noon(great team-up of Owen Wilson and Jackie Chan)
5)Shanghai Knights
6)Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
7)Adventures in Babysitting
8)Superbad
9)Ferris Beuller's Day Off
10)Yesman
11)You Don't Mess with the Zohan(though a bit raunchy/sexually stupid)
12)Run, Fat Boy, Run
13)Juno(though a weak ending, bad soundtrack)
14)Bedtime Stories
15)Big Daddy
16)Mr Deeds
17)Talladega Nights
"Dramedy"(dramatic comedy):
1)Click(best movie of 2006)
2)Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3)Stranger Than Fiction
Animated/Computer animated/Anime:
1)Ratatouille
2)Cars
3)Monsters, Inc.
4)Paprika(anime)
5)The Cat Returns(anime)(the prequel I have yet to see is "Whisper in the Wind")
6)Recess: The Movie(and the whole cartoon series)
7)The Triplets of Belleville(french)
8)Persepolis(from Iran)
9)Beauty and the Beast
10)The Little Mermaid
11)The Lion King
12)Aladdin
13)Disney's Tarzan(animated, good soundtrack)
14)The Last Unicorn(tear jerker)
15)Space Chimps(iffy)
16)Wall E
17)Kung Fu Panda
18)Beowulf
19)The Tale of Desperaux(though I wasn't fully satisfied)
20)8 Crazy Nights(Adam Sandler animated Hannukah comedy)
21)Finding Nemo
22)Coraline
23)Monster House
24)Charlie Brown(It's the Great Pumpkin/Halloween and the Christmas special are the best two)
Fantasy/Fictional adventure(superheroes included):
1)Lord of the Rings(though its very long and the ending stunk)
2)The Chronicles of Narnia(The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe AND Prince Caspian made so far)
3)Dick Tracy(technically based off a newspaper comic, more of a "down-to-earth" detective story)
4)The Spirit(much like Dick Tracy though not as good overall)
5)Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow(a bit of a sleeper, yet inspiring)
6)Speed Racer(2008 live action/special effects)
7)Batman: The Dark Night(and Batman: Begins, if you need the backstory)
8)Spider-Man 1, 2 and 3(#1 is the best overall)
9)X-Men #3(#1 and 2 are rather unnecessary after seeing #3)
10)Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer(again, #1 not as impressive)
11)Hancock
12)The Incredible Hulk(2008)
13)Iron Man
14)Willow
15)The Neverending Story(only the first one)
16)The Brothers Grimm(bits of comedy inserted in fairy tale fantasy...similar to Princess Bride)
17)Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
18)Young Sherlock Holmes
Cultural/Asian cinema:
1)The Last Samurai(a rare good Tom Cruise film)
2)Memoirs of a Geisha
3)House of Flying Daggers
4)The Curse of the Golden Flower
5)Hero(though another odd ending)
6)Iron Monkey(a hint of comedy in the mix)
7)Saawariya(Bollywood/Indian)
8)Slumdog Millionaire(could be classified romantic comedy)
9)Fearless(Jet Li)
Action:
1)Big Trouble in Little China(a mix of action, a little fright and comedy)
2)Crank(though a bit vulgar and raunchy sexually)
3)Transporter 2(and Transporter 1, have yet to see #3)
4)James Bond: Goldeneye
5)Tomb Raider(not too active)
Drama/Suspense:
1)Lakeview Terrace
2)Into the Wild
3)The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Feel free to suggest titles as I may not be able to recall all the good movies I have seen in one night:P
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