FILMNOLOGY

Archives: J-L

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JANE EYRE (Cary Fukunaga, 2011)
JAWS (Steven Spielberg, 1975) ^^

J. EDGAR (Clint Eastwood, 2011)
JESUS CAMP (Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady, 2006)
JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991) ^^
JINDABYNE (Ray Lawrence, 2007)
JU DOU (Zhang Yimou, 1990) ^
JUNO (Jason Reitman, 2007)
JURASSIC PARK (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
JURASSIC PARK: THE LOST WORLD (Steven Spielberg, 1997)
JURASSIC PARK III (Joe Johnston, 2001)

KABEI: OUR MOTHER (Yoji Yamada, 2009)
KAGEMUSHA (Akira Kurosawa, 1980)
KALLANG ROAR (Cheng Ding An, 2008)
KICK-ASS (Matthew Vaughn, 2010)
KID, THE (Charles Chaplin, 1921)
KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, THE (Lisa Cholodenko, 2010) ^
KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE (Hayao Miyazaki, 1989)

KILL BILL VOL. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
KILL BILL VOL. 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004)
KILLER'S KISS (Stanley Kubrick, 1955)
KILLING, THE (Stanley Kubrick, 1956) ^
KILLING FIELDS, THE (Roland Joffe, 1984)
KINGDOM, THE (Peter Berg, 2007)
KING KONG (Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933)
KING'S SPEECH, THE (Tom Hooper, 2010) ^

KITE RUNNER, THE (Marc Forster, 2007)
KNOCKED UP (Judd Apatow, 2007) ^^
KNOWING (Alex Proyas, 2009)
KOLYA (Jan Sverak, 1996)
KUNDUN (Martin Scorsese, 1997)
KUNG FU PANDA (Mark Osborne & John Stevenson, 2008) ^
KUNG FU PANDA 2 (Jennifer Yuh, 2011)

L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (Curtis Hanson, 1997) ^
LA DOLCE VITA (Federico Fellini, 1960)
LA GRANDE ILLUSION (Jean Renoir, 1937)
LA REGLE DU JEU (Jean Renoir, 1939)

LARRY CROWNE (Tom Hanks, 2011)
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL (Craig Gillespie, 2007)

LAST EMPEROR, THE (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1987) ^
LA STRADA (Federico Fellini, 1954)
LAST STATION, THE (Michael Hoffman, 2009) ^
LAST WALTZ, THE (Martin Scorsese, 1978)
LAST YEAR IN MARIENBAD (Alain Resnais, 1961) ^
LATE SPRING (Yasujiro Ozu, 1949) ^
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (David Lean, 1962)
LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL (Luc Besson, 1994) ^
LEOPARD, THE (Luchino Visconti, 1963) ^

LET ME IN (Matt Reeves, 2010)
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (Clint Eastwood, 2006) ^
LET THE BULLETS FLY (Jiang Wen, 2010)
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (Tomas Alfredson, 2008) ^

LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE (Johnnie To, 2011)
LION KING, THE (Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff, 1994) ^^

LIONS FOR LAMBS (Robert Redford, 2007) ^
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, 2006)
LIVES OF OTHERS, THE (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006)
LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY, THE (Peter Jackson, 2001-2003) ^^
LOST BLADESMAN, THE (Felix Chong & Alan Mak, 2011)
LOST IN TRANSLATION (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS (Edward Zwick, 2010)
LOVELY BONES, THE (Peter Jackson, 2009)
LUST, CAUTION (Ang Lee, 2007)

Archives: M-O

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M (Fritz Lang, 1931)
MAD ABOUT ENGLISH (Pek Lian, 2008)
MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, THE (John Sturges, 1960)
MAGNOLIA (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999) ^
MALTESE FALCON, THE (John Huston, 1941) ^
MANHATTAN (Woody Allen, 1979) ^^
MAN ON WIRE (James Marsh, 2009) ^
MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, THE (John Ford, 1962) ^
MARGIN CALL (J.C. Chandor, 2011)
MARY AND MAX (Adam Elliot, 2009)
M*A*S*H (Robert Altman, 1970)

MATCH POINT (Woody Allen, 2005)
MATRIX, THE (Andy & Lana Wachowski, 1999) ^^
MATRIX RELOADED, THE (Andy & Lana Wachowski, 2003) ^
MATRIX REVOLUTIONS, THE (Andy & Lana Wachowski, 2003)
MEMENTO (Christopher Nolan, 2000) ^
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (Rob Marshall, 2005)
MICHAEL CLAYTON (Tony Gilroy, 2007)
MICMACS (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2009) ^

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (Woody Allen, 2011)

MILK (Gus Van Sant, 2008)
MINORITY REPORT (Steven Spielberg, 2002) ^^
MISSING (Costa-Gavras, 1982) ^
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III (J.J. Abrams, 2006)

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL (Brad Bird, 2011)
MIST, THE (Frank Darabont, 2007) ^
MODERN TIMES (Charles Chaplin, 1936)
MONEY NO ENOUGH 2 (Jack Neo, 2008)
MONGOL (Sergei Bodrov, 2009)
MONK, THE (Dominik Moll, 2011)
MONSTERS, INC. (Pete Docter, 2001) ^
MONTH OF HUNGRY GHOSTS, A (Tony Kern, 2008)
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones, 1974) ^
MOON (Duncan Jones, 2009) ^
MOTHER (Bong Joon-ho, 2009) ^
MOULIN ROUGE! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001) ^
MR. BEAN'S HOLIDAY (Steve Bendeleck, 2007)
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (Frank Capra, 1939) ^
MULHOLLAND DR. (David Lynch, 2001) ^
MUNICH (Steven Spielberg, 2005) ^^
MUPPETS, THE (James Bobin, 2011)

MURDER OF THE INUGAMI CLAN (Kon Ichikawa, 2008)
MY AMERICAN UNCLE (Alain Resnais, 1980) ^
MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS (Wong Ka-Wai, 2007)
MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (John Ford, 1946)
MY MAGIC (Eric Khoo, 2008)
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (Hayao Miyazaki, 1988)
MY SISTER'S KEEPER (Nick Cassavetes, 2009)
MYSTIC RIVER (Clint Eastwood, 2003) ^
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (Simon Curtis, 2011)

NAKED LUNCH (David Cronenberg, 1991)
NANKING (Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman, 2007)
NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (Hayao Miyazaki, 1984)

NETWORK (Sidney Lumet, 1976) ^

NEVER LET ME GO (Mark Romanek, 2010)
NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, THE (Charles Laughton, 1955)

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, THE (George A. Romero, 1968) ^
NINE (Rob Marshall, 2009) ^
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2007) ^
NO PUEDO VIVIR SIN TI (Leon Dai, 2009) ^
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959) ^
NORWEGIAN WOOD (Tran Anh Hung, 2010)

OASIS (Lee Chan-dong, 2002) ^

OCEANS (Jacques Perrin, 2009)
OLDBOY (Park Chan-wook, 2003) ^
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (Sergio Leone, 1984) ^^
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (Sergio Leone, 1968) ^^
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (Milos Forman, 1975) ^^

ONLY YESTERDAY (Isao Takahata, 1991) ^
ORDINARY PEOPLE (Robert Redford, 1980) ^
ORPHANAGE, THE (Juan Antonio Bayona, 2008)
OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, THE (Justin Chadwick, 2008)
OTHERS, THE (Alejandro Amenabar, 2001)
OUTRAGE (Takeshi Kitano, 2010)
OX-BOW INCIDENT, THE (William A. Wellman, 1943)

Archives: U-Z

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UGETSU (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953) ^
UMBERTO D. (Vittorio De Sica, 1952)

UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010)
UNDER THE HAWTHORN TREE (Zhang Yimou, 2010)
UNDER THE SAME MOON (Patricia Riggen, 2008) ^

UNFORGIVEN (Clint Eastwood, 1992)
UNITED 93 (Paul Greengrass, 2006) ^
UNTOUCHABLES, THE (Brian De Palma, 1987)
UP (Pete Docter & Bob Peterson, 2009)
UP IN THE AIR (Jason Reitman, 2009) ^
USUAL SUSPECTS, THE (Bryan Singer, 1995) ^^

VACANCY (Nimrod Antal, 2007)
VALKYRIE (Bryan Singer, 2008)
VENGEANCE (Johnnie To, 2009)
VERTIGO (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) ^^
V FOR VENDETTA (James McTeigue, 2006)
VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (Woody Allen, 2008)
VILLAGE, THE (M. Night Shyamalan, 2004)
VINCERE (Marco Bellocchio, 2010)
VIRAL FACTOR, THE (Dante Lam, 2012)
VISITOR, THE (Thomas McCarthy, 2008) ^
VOLVER (Pedro Almodovar, 2006)

WALK THE LINE (James Mangold, 2005)
WALL.E (Andrew Stanton, 2008) ^
WALL STREET (Oliver Stone, 1987)
WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS (Oliver Stone, 2010)
WANTED (Timur Bekmambetov, 2008)
WAR HORSE (Steven Spielberg, 2011) ^
WAR OF THE WORLDS (Steven Spielberg, 2005)
WARRIOR (Gavin O'Connor, 2011) ^
WATCHMEN (Zack Snyder, 2009)

WATER HORSE: LEGEND OF THE DEEP (Jay Russell, 2008)
WAY BACK, THE (Peter Weir, 2010)

WEDDING DIARY, THE (Adrian Teh, 2012)
WE WERE SOLDIERS (Randall Wallace, 2002)
WHATEVER WORKS (Woody Allen, 2009)
WHERE GOT GHOST? (Jack Neo & Boris Boo, 2009)
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE (Spike Jonze, 2009) ^
WHISPER OF THE HEART (Yoshifuni Kondo, 1995) ^
WHITE PALMS (Szabolcs Tajdu, 2008)
WHITE RIBBON, THE (Michael Haneke, 2009) ^
WILD BUNCH, THE (Sam Peckingpah, 1969) ^
WINDTALKERS (John Woo, 2002)
WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY, THE (Ken Loach, 2006)
WINGS OF DESIRE (Wim Wenders, 1987) ^
WINTER'S BONE (Debra Granik, 2010)
WIN WIN (Thomas McCarthy, 2011)
WIZARD OF OZ, THE (Victor Fleming, 1939) ^^

WOMAN, A GUN, AND A NOODLE SHOP, A (Zhang Yimou, 2010)
WRESTLER, THE (Darren Aronofsky, 2008) ^
WU XIA (Peter Chan, 2011)

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (Matthew Vaughn, 2011)
X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE (Gavin Hood, 2009)

YI YI (Edward Yang, 2000) ^
YOJIMBO (Akira Kurosawa, 1961) ^
YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH (Francis Ford Coppola, 2008)

Z (Costa-Gavras, 1969) ^
ZATOICHI (Takeshi Kitano, 2003)
ZODIAC (David Fincher, 2007) ^
ZOMBIELAND (Ruben Fleischer, 2009)

Archives: T

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TAKEN (Pierre Morel, 2009)
TAKING WOODSTOCK (Ang Lee, 2009)
TALK TO ME (Kasi Lemmons, 2008) ^
TATSUMI (Eric Khoo, 2011)

TAXI DRIVER (Martin Scorsese, 1976) ^^
TERMINATOR, THE (James Cameron, 1984) ^
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (James Cameron, 1991) ^^
TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES (Jonathan Mostow, 2003)
TERMINATOR SALVATION (McG, 2009)
THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE (Luis Bunuel, 1977) ^
THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2008) ^^
THING, THE (John Carpenter, 1982)
THIN RED LINE, THE (Terrence Malick, 1998)
THIRST (Park Chan-wook, 2009) ^
THIS IS IT (Kenny Ortega, 2009)
THOR (Kenneth Branagh, 2011) ^
THRONE OF BLOOD (Akira Kurosawa, 1957) ^

TIME (Kim Ki-duk, 2006)
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (Tomas Alfredson, 2011) ^
TITANIC (James Cameron, 1997) ^^
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Robert Mulligan, 1962) ^^
TOKYO! (Michel Gondry, Leos Carax & Bong Joon-ho, 2008)
TOKYO SONATA (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2009)
TOKYO STORY (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953) ^^
TO LIVE (Zhang Yimou, 1994) ^^
TOMORROW NEVER DIES (Roger Spottiswoode, 1997)
TORA! TORA! TORA! (Richard Fleischer, 1970) ^
TOWN, THE (Ben Affleck, 2010)
TOY STORY (John Lasseter, 1995) ^
TOY STORY 2 (John Lasseter, 1999) ^
TOY STORY 3 (Lee Unkrich, 2010) ^
TRAFFIC (Steven Soderbergh, 2000) ^
TRAIN, THE (John Frankenheimer, 1964) ^
TRAITOR (Jeffrey Nachmanoff, 2009)
TRANSFORMERS (Michael Bay, 2007)
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN (Michael Bay, 2009)
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (Michael Bay, 2011)

TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, THE (John Huston, 1948)
TREE OF LIFE, THE (Terrence Malick, 2011) ^

TRON: LEGACY (Joseph Kosinski, 2010)
TROPIC THUNDER (Ben Stiller, 2008)
TROUBLE WITH HARRY, THE (Alfred Hitchcock, 1955) ^
TROY (Wolfgang Petersen, 2004)

TRUE GRIT (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2010) ^
TWISTER (Jan De Bont, 1996)

Top 100 Favorite Films

2012-02-06T00:00:00.000+08:00

Inspired by Oskar Schindler, whose list of names saved more than a thousand Jews during the Holocaust, I present to you my list of 100 Favorite Films (ranked in order). Please forgive any tragic omission of any great film not listed here as I may not had the chance to see it, or I did not like them as much as I admired them.

The following 100 titles are films that I treasure dearly, and are stringently selected based on the fulfillment of the following subjective criteria:
(1) Ability to consistently evoke a powerful emotional, psychological, and/or intellectual reaction.
(2) Highest quality in filmmaking.
(3) High rewatchability.

If I could, these are the films I would not hesitate to save to bring along with me to the afterlife.

**To avoid bias towards any certain director, I have decided to limit to a maximum of 4 titles per director.

This list is mostly unchanging. There will be a reevaluation of the list twice a year (one in August, the other in February) that may see a maximum of 2 titles/reevaluation being replaced with more worthy titles. Those titles replaced will go into the Honorable Mention category that will hold a maximum of 10 titles.

For reasons behind my the first 10 films in this list, please visit this link.

MY PERSONAL 100 FAVORITE FILMS

#1 SCHINDLER'S LIST (Spielberg, 1993)

#2 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (Kubrick, 1968)

#3 ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (Leone, 1968)

#4 JFK (Stone, 1991)

#5 SEVEN SAMURAI (Kurosawa, 1954)

#6 TAXI DRIVER (Scorsese, 1976)

#7 CHINATOWN (Polanski, 1974)

#8 CINEMA PARADISO (Tornatore, 1988)

#9 12 ANGRY MEN (Lumet, 1957)

#10 CASABLANCA (Curtiz, 1942)

#11 E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (Spielberg, 1982)

#12 PATHER PANCHALI (Ray, 1955)

#13 BLADE RUNNER (Scott, 1982)

#14 GOODFELLAS (Scorsese, 1990)

#15 THERE WILL BE BLOOD (P.T. Anderson, 2007)

#16 A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY (Yang, 1991)

#17 RAN (Kurosawa, 1985)

#18 REAR WINDOW (Hitchcock, 1954)

#19 TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (Cameron, 1991)

#20 SPIRITED AWAY (Miyazaki, 2001)

#21 MANHATTAN (Allen, 1979)
#22 ALIEN (Scott, 1979)
#23 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (Jackson, 2003)
#24 THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (Kurosawa, 1958)

#25 ALIENS (Cameron, 1986)

#26 RAGING BULL (Scorsese, 1980)

#27 DR. STRANGELOVE (Kubrick, 1964)

#28 THE GODFATHER (Coppola, 1972)

#29 JAWS (Spielberg, 1975)

#30 VERTIGO (Hitchcock, 1958)

#31 GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (Takahata, 1988)

#32 THE WIZARD OF OZ (Fleming, 1939)

#33 TOKYO STORY (Ozu, 1953)

#34 INCEPTION (Nolan, 2010)

#35 CITY OF GOD (Meirelles, 2002)

#36 BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (Hill, 1969)

#37 THE MATRIX (Wachowskis, 1999)

#38 SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (Spielberg, 1998)

#39 INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (Tarantino, 2009)

#40 BARRY LYNDON (Kubrick, 1975)

#41 ANNIE HALL (Allen, 1977)

#42 APOCALYPSE NOW (Coppola, 1979)

#43 SUNSET BOULEVARD (Wilder, 1950)

#44 WALL.E (Stanton, 2008)

#45 STAR WARS EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE (Lucas, 1977)

#46 PULP FICTION (Tarantino, 1994)

#47 FULL METAL JACKET (Kubrick, 1987)

#48 PSYCHO (Hitchcock, 1960)

#49 RASHOMON (Kurosawa, 1950)

#50 THE SOUND OF MUSIC (Wise, 1965)

#51 THE GODFATHER PART II (Coppola, 1974)

#52 CASTLE IN THE SKY (Miyazaki, 1986)

#53 BLUE VELVET (Lynch, 1986)

#54 THE PIANIST (Polanski, 2002)

#55 SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (Demme, 1991)

#56 BICYCLE THIEVES (De Sica, 1948)

#57 THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (Lean, 1957)

#58 THE LION KING (Minkoff & Allers, 1994)

#59 THE DARK KNIGHT (Nolan, 2008)

#60 CHILDREN OF MEN (Cuaron, 2006)

#61 TO LIVE (Zhang, 1994)

#62 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Mulligan, 1962)

#63 DAS BOOT (Petersen, 1981)

#64 FANTASTIC MR. FOX (W. Anderson, 2009)

#65 THE DEPARTED (Scorsese, 2006)

#66 TOY STORY 2 (Lasseter, 1999)

#67 MAGNOLIA (P.T. Anderson, 1999)

#68 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Coens, 2007)

#69 STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (Kershner, 1980)

#70 THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY (Leone, 1966)

#71 NORTH BY NORTHWEST (Hitchcock, 1959)

#72 THE GHOST WRITER (Polanski, 2010)

#73 THE SIXTH SENSE (Shyamalan, 1999)

#74 MULHOLLAND DR. (Lynch, 2001)

#75 DOUBT (Shanley, 2008)

#76 CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (Lee, 2000)

#77 BACK TO THE FUTURE (Zemeckis, 1985)

#78 FARGO (Coens, 1996)

#79 CITY LIGHTS (Chaplin, 1931)

#80 THE USUAL SUSPECTS (Singer, 1995)

#81 SPEED (De Bont, 1994)

#82 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Capra, 1946)

#83 THE TERMINATOR (Cameron, 1984)

#84 AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD (Herzog, 1972)

#85 KNOCKED UP (Apatow, 2007)

#86 DEPARTURES (Takita, 2008)

#87 LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (Benigni, 1997)

#88 THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (Ford, 1962)

#89 BEFORE SUNRISE (Linklater, 1995)

#90 THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (Pontecorvo, 1966)

#91 YI YI (Yang, 2000)

#92 MEMENTO (Nolan, 2000)

#93 THE 400 BLOWS (Truffaut, 1959)

#94 OLDBOY (Park, 2003)

#95 THE GRADUATE (Nichols, 1967)

#96 RAISE THE RED LANTERN (Zhang, 1991)

#97 BREATHLESS (Godard, 1960)

#98 ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Gondry, 2004)

#99 AMELIE (Jeunet, 2001)

#100 ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (Leone, 1984)

Archives: D-F

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DANCE DANCE DRAGON (Kat Goh, 2012)
DANCES WITH WOLVES (Kevin Costner, 1990) ^
DARJEELING LIMITED, THE (Wes Anderson, 2007)
DARK CITY (Alex Proyas, 1998) ^
DARK KNIGHT, THE (Christopher Nolan, 2008) ^
DAS BOOT (Wolfgang Petersen, 1981) ^
DAY AFTER TOMORROW, THE (Roland Emmerich, 2004)
DAYS OF HEAVEN (Terrence Malick, 1978)
DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, THE (Robert Wise, 1951)
DEATH AT A FUNERAL (Frank Oz, 2007)
DEATH PROOF (Quentin Tarantino, 2007)
DEEP BLUE SEA (Renny Harlin, 1999)
DEEP END (Jerzy Skolimowski, 1970) ^

DEER HUNTER, THE (Michael Cimino, 1978) ^
DEFIANCE (Edward Zwick, 2008)
DEFINITELY, MAYBE (Adam Brooks, 2008)
DEPARTED, THE (Martin Scorsese, 2006) ^
DEPARTURES (Yojiro Takita, 2009) ^^
DESCENDANTS, THE (Alexander Payne, 2011) ^
DESPICABLE ME (Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud, 2010)
DIAL M FOR MURDER (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
DIE HARD (John McTiernan, 1988)
DIE HARD 4 (Len Wiseman, 2007)
DISTRICT 9 (Neil Blomkamp, 2009)
DISTURBIA (D.J. Caruso, 2007)
DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY, THE (Julian Schnabel, 2007) ^
DONNIE DARKO (Richard Kelly, 2001)
DOUBT (John Patrick Shanley, 2008) ^
DOWNFALL (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004)
DRAG ME TO HELL (Sam Raimi, 2009) ^
DREAMS (Akira Kurosawa, 1990) ^
DRIVE (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011) ^

DRIVING MISS DAISY (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
DR. STRANGELOVE (Stanley Kubrick, 1964) ^^
DUPLICITY (Tony Gilroy, 2009)

EASTERN PROMISES (David Cronenberg, 2007)
EASY A (Will Gluck, 2010)
EDGE OF HEAVEN, THE (Fatih Akin, 2008) ^
EDUCATION, AN (Lone Scherfig, 2009) ^
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (Tim Burton, 1990)
ELEGY (Isabel Coixet, 2008)

ELEPHANT MAN, THE (David Lynch, 1980) ^
ELITE SQUAD (Jose Padilha, 2008)
ERASERHEAD (David Lynch, 1977) ^
ERIN BROCKOVICH (Steven Soderberg, 2000) ^
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Michel Gondry, 2004) ^
E.T: THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (Steven Spielberg, 1982) ^^

FAHRENHEIT 9/11 (Michael Moore, 2004) ^
FAIR GAME (Doug Liman, 2010)
FANTASTIC MR. FOX (Wes Anderson, 2009) ^
FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE (Chen Kaige, 1993) ^
FAR FROM HEAVEN (Todd Haynes, 2002) ^
FARGO (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1996)

FAST FIVE (Justin Lin, 2011)

FIGHT CLUB (David Fincher, 1999)
FIGHTER, THE (David O. Russell, 2010) ^
FINDING NEMO (Andrew Stanton, 2003) ^
FIRST BLOOD (Ted Kotcheff, 1982)
FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, A (Sergio Leone, 1964)
FITZCARRALDO (Werner Herzog, 1982) ^
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS (Clint Eastwood, 2006)
FLY, THE (David Cronenberg, 1986) ^
FLYING SWORDS OF DRAGON GATE, THE (Tsui Hark, 2011)
FOOD, INC. (Robert Kenner, 2009)
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (Sergio Leone, 1965)
FORBIDDEN KINGDOM, THE (Rob Minkoff, 2008)
FOREVER ENTHRALLED (Chen Kaige, 2008)
FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL (Nicholas Stoller, 2008)
FOUNTAIN, THE (Darren Aronofsky, 2006)
FOUR LIONS (Christopher Morris, 2010)

FRENCH CONNECTION, THE (William Friedkin, 1971)
FRENZY (Alfred Hitchcock, 1972)
FUGITIVE, THE (Andrew Davis, 1993)
FULL METAL JACKET (Stanley Kubrick, 1987) ^
FUNNY GAMES U.S. (Michael Haneke, 2008)
FUNNY PEOPLE (Judd Apatow, 2009)

Archives: G-I

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GANGS OF NEW YORK (Martin Scorsese, 2002) ^
GENERAL'S DAUGHTER, THE (Simon West, 1999)
GENERATION, A (Andrzej Wajda, 1955)
GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT (Elia Kazan, 1947)
GET SMART (Peter Segal, 2008)
GHOST WRITER, THE (Roman Polanski, 2010) ^
GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, THE (Niels Arden Oplev, 2010) ^
GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, THE (David Fincher, 2011)
GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, THE (Daniel Alfredson, 2010)
GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST, THE (Daniel Alfredson, 2010)
GLADIATOR (Ridley Scott, 2000) ^
GODFATHER, THE (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972) ^^
GODFATHER PART II, THE (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) ^^
GODFATHER PART III, THE (Francis Ford Coppola, 1990)
GOLDEN COMPASS, THE (Chris Weitz, 2007)
GO MASTER, THE (Tian Zhuang Zhuang, 2008)
GOMORRAH (Matteo Garrone, 2009) ^
GONE BABY GONE (Ben Affleck, 2007)
GOODFELLAS (Martin Scorsese, 1990) ^^
GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY, THE (Sergio Leone, 1966) ^^
GRACE IS GONE (James C. Strouse, 2008) ^
GRADUATE, THE (Mike Nichols, 1967) ^
GRAN TORINO (Clint Eastwood, 2008)
GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (John Ford, 1940) ^
GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (Isao Takahata, 1988) ^^
GREAT MAGICIAN, THE (Derek Yee, 2011)
GREENBERG (Noah Baumbach, 2010)
GREEN LANTERN (Martin Campbell, 2011)
GREEN MILE, THE (Frank Darabont, 1999) ^

GREEN ZONE (Paul Greengrass, 2009)
GROUNDHOG DAY (Harold Ramis, 1993)

HACHIKO: A DOG'S STORY (Lasse Hallstrom, 2009)
HALLOWEEN (John Carpenter, 1978) ^
HANGOVER, THE (Todd Philips, 2009) ^
HANNA (Joe Wright, 2011)
HAPPENING, THE (M. Night Shyamalan, 2008)

HARD BOILED (John Woo, 1992) ^
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE (Chris Columbus, 2001) ^

HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (Chris Columbus, 2002)
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX (David Yates, 2007)
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (David Yates, 2009)
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART I (David Yates, 2010)
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART II (David Yates, 2011)
HAYWIRE (Steven Soderbergh, 2011)
HELLBOY (Guillermo Del Toro, 2004)

HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY (Guillermo Del Toro, 2008)
HEREAFTER (Clint Eastwood, 2010)
HERO (Zhang Yimou, 2002)
HIDDEN FORTRESS, THE (Akira Kurosawa, 1958) ^^
HIGH AND LOW (Akira Kurosawa, 1963) ^
HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR (Alain Resnais, 1959)
HORRIBLE BOSSES (Seth Gordon, 2011)
HORTON HEARS A WHO! (Jimmy Hayward & Steve Martino, 2008)

HOST, THE (Bong Joon-ho, 2006)
HOT FUZZ (Edgar Wright, 2007)
HOUSEMAID, THE (Kim Ki-young, 1960)
HOUSEMAID, THE (Im Sang-soo, 2010)
HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (Zhang Yimou, 2004)
HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE (Hayao Miyazaki, 2004)
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders, 2010) ^
HUNGER (Steve McQueen, 2008) ^
HURT LOCKER, THE (Kathryn Bigelow, 2009)
HUSTLER, THE (Robert Rossen, 1961)

I AM LEGEND (Francis Lawrence, 2007)
I AM LOVE (Luca Guadagnino, 2009)
IDES OF MARCH, THE (George Clooney, 2011)
IKIRU (Akira Kurosawa, 1952)
ILLUSIONIST, THE (Sylvain Chomet, 2010) ^

I LOVE YOU, MAN (John Hamburg, 2009)
IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS, THE (Terry Gilliam, 2009)

IN A BETTER WORLD (Susanne Bier, 2010)
INCENDIES (Denis Villeneuve, 2010)

INCEPTION (Christopher Nolan, 2010) ^^
INCREDIBLE HULK, THE (Louis Leterrier, 2008)
INCREDIBLES, THE (Brad Bird, 2004) ^
INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (Steven Spielberg, 1981) ^
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (Steven Spielberg, 1984)
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (Steven Spielberg, 1989) ^
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (Steven Spielberg, 2008)
INFORMANT!, THE (Steven Soderbergh, 2009)
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (Quentin Tarantino, 2009) ^
INTERNATIONAL, THE (Tom Tykwer, 2009)
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Wong Ka-Wai, 2000)
IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH (Paul Haggis, 2007)
IN TIME (Andrew Niccol, 2011)
INVICTUS (Clint Eastwood, 2009)

I, ROBOT (Alex Proyas, 2004) ^
IRON GIANT, THE (Brad Bird, 1999) ^
IRON MAN (Jon Favreau, 2008)
IRON MAN 2 (Jon Favreau, 2010)
I SAW THE DEVIL (Kim Jee-hoon, 2010)
ISLAND, THE (Michael Bay, 2005)

ITALIAN JOB, THE (F. Gary Gray, 2003)
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Frank Capra, 1946) ^^
IT'S NOT ME, I SWEAR! (Philippe Falardeau, 2009)

Archives: C

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Please click on the links below to access the report card of a specific film.
^ denotes "recommended viewing"
^^ denotes "you owe yourself to watch this"

CAPE NO. 7 (Wei Te-Sheng, 2008) ^
CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY (Michael Moore, 2009) ^
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (Joe Johnston, 2011)
CARS (John Lasseter, 2006)
CARS 2 (John Lasseter, 2011)

CASABLANCA (Michael Curtiz, 1942) ^^
CASHBACK (Sean Ellis, 2007)
CASINO (Martin Scorsese, 1995) ^^
CASINO ROYALE (Martin Campbell, 2007)
CASSANDRA'S DREAM (Woody Allen, 2008) ^
CAST AWAY (Robert Zemeckis, 2000)
CASTLE IN THE SKY (Hayao Miyazaki, 1986) ^
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (Steven Spielberg, 2002)
CENTRAL STATION (Walter Salles, 1998)
CHANGELING (Clint Eastwood, 2008) ^
CHARLIE BARTLETT (John Poll, 2008)
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR (Mike Nichols, 2007)
CHASER, THE (Na Hong-Jin, 2008) ^
CHILDREN OF GLORY (Krisztina Goda, 2008) ^
CHILDREN OF MEN (Alfonso Cuaron, 2006) ^^
CHINATOWN (Roman Polanski, 1974) ^^
CHRISTMAS CAROL, A (Robert Zemeckis, 2009)
CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE, THE (Andrew Adamson, 2005)
CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN, THE (Andrew Adamson, 2008) ^
CHUNGKING EXPRESS (Wong Ka-Wai, 1994)
CINEMA PARADISO (Giuseppe Tornatore, 1989) ^^
CIRCUS, THE (Charles Chaplin, 1928) ^
CITIZEN KANE (Orson Welles, 1941) ^
CITY LIGHTS (Charles Chaplin, 1931) ^
CITY OF GOD (Fernando Merielles, 2002) ^^
CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH (Lu Chuan, 2009)
CJ7 (Stephen Chow, 2008)
CLIMBERS' HIGH, THE (Masato Harada, 2009)
CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (Stanley Kubrick, 1971) ^^
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (Steven Spielberg, 1977) ^^

CLOVERFIELD (Matt Reeves, 2008)
COLOR PURPLE, THE (Steven Spielberg, 1985)
COME AND SEE (Elem Klimov, 1985) ^
CONTACT (Robert Zemeckis, 1997) ^
CONTAGION (Steven Soderbergh, 2011)
CONVERSATION, THE (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) ^

COUNTERFEITERS, THE (Stefan Ruzowitzky, 2008)
COVE, THE (Louie Psihoyos, 2009)
CRASH (Paul Haggis, 2005)
CRAZY HEART (Scott Cooper, 2009)
CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE (Glenn Ficarra & John Requa, 2011)
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (Ang Lee, 2000) ^

CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, THE (David Fincher, 2008)
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER (Zhang Yimou, 2006)

My DVD Collection: A-C

2011-12-24T17:00:00.000+08:00

ABYSS, THE (James Cameron, 1989)
Code 1, PG, 171min, Sci-Fi-Thriller, Color, English.

ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, THE (Michael Curtiz/William Keighley, 1938)
Code 3, PG, 102min, Action-Adventure, Color, English.

ALEXANDER THE GREAT (Robert Rossen, 1956)
Code 1, PG, 136min, Drama-Biography, Color, English.

ALIEN (Ridley Scott, 1979)
Code 3, PG, 117min, Sci-Fi-Horror, Color, English.

ALIENS (James Cameron, 1986)
Code 3, M18, 154min, Sci-Fi-Thriller, Color, English.

ALL ABOUT EVE (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950)
Multicode, PG, 138min, Drama, B&W, English.

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Lewis Milestone, 1930)
Multicode, PG, 131min, Drama-War, B&W, English.

ALWAYS (Steven Spielberg, 1989)
Code 3, PG, 117min, Drama-Romance, Color, English.

AMARCORD (Federico Fellini, 1973)
Code 2, M18, 118min, Comedy-Drama, Color, Italian.

AMADEUS (Milos Forman, 1984)
Code 3, PG, 160min, Drama-Music, Color, English.

AMORES PERROS (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 2000)
Code 1, M18, 153min, Drama-Crime, Color, Spanish.

APOCALYPSE NOW (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)
Code 1, M18, 153min, Drama-War, Color, English.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (Steven Spielberg, 2001)
Code 1, PG, 145min, Sci-Fi-Drama, Color, English.

AVIATOR, THE (Martin Scorsese, 2004)
Code 3, PG, 170min, Drama-Biography, Color, English.

BAD SLEEP WELL, THE (Akira Kurosawa, 1960)Multicode, PG, 151min, Drama-Thriller, B&W, Japanese.

BARRY LYNDON (Stanley Kubrick, 1975)Code 3, PG, 183min, Drama-Romance, Color, English.

BARTON FINK (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1991)Code 1, PG, 116min, Drama-Comedy, Color, English.

BATMAN BEGINS (Christopher Nolan, 2005)

Code 3, PG, 140min, Action-Thriller, Color, English.

BEFORE SUNRISE (Richard Linklater, 1995)

Code 3, NC16, 101min, Drama-Romance, Color, English

BEFORE SUNSET (Richard Linklater, 2004)

Code 3, NC16, 80min, Drama-Romance, Color, English.

BIG LEBOWSKI, THE (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1998)
Code 1, M18, 117min, Comedy-Crime, Color, English.

BLADE RUNNER (Ridley Scott, 1982)Code 3, NC16, 117min, Sci-Fi-Thriller, Color, English.

BLOOD SIMPLE (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1984)Code 3, PG, 95min, Drama-Thriller, Color, English.
BLUE VELVET (David Lynch, 1986)Code 3, M18, 119min, Drama-Crime, Color, English.

BOURNE ULTIMATUM, THE (Paul Greengrass, 2007)Code 3, PG, 110min, Action-Thriller, Color, English.
BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE (Michael Moore, 2002)Code 3, PG, 119min, Documentary, Color, English.

BREATHLESS (Jean Luc-Godard, 1960)Code 3, PG, 86min, Drama-Crime, B&W, French.

BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE (David Lean, 1957)Multicode, PG, 161min, Drama-War, Color, English.

BRIEF ENCOUNTER (David Lean, 1945)Multicode, PG, 86min, Drama-Romance, B&W, English.

BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (George Roy Hill, 1969)Code 3, PG, 110min, Drama-Western, Color, English.

CASABLANCA (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
Code 3, PG, 102min, Drama-Romance, B&W, English.

CASINO (Martin Scorsese, 1995)
Code 3, M18, 178min, Drama-Crime, Color, English.

CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO, THE (Hayao Miyazaki, 1979)
Multicode, PG, 109min, Animation, Color, Japanese.

CASTLE IN THE SKY (Hayao Miyazaki, 1986)
Multicode, PG, 124min, Animation, Color, Japanese.

CAT RETURN, THE (Hiyoruki Morita, 2002)
Multicode, G, 75min, Animation, Color, Japanese.

CHILDREN OF MEN (Alfonso Cuaron, 2006)
Code 3, NC16, 109min, Drama-Thriller, Color, English.

CHINATOWN (Roman Polanski, 1974)
Code 1, NC16, 130min, Drama-Mystery, Color, English.

CHUNGKING EXPRESS (Wong Ka-Wai, 1994)
Code 1, PG, 102min, Drama-Romance, Color, Cantonese.

CINEMA PARADISO (Giuseppe Tornatore, 1989)
Code 1, M18, 124min, Drama, Color, Italian.

CIRCUS, THE (Charles Chaplin, 1928)
Multicode, PG, 69min, Drama-Comedy, B&W, Silent.

CITIZEN KANE (Orson Welles, 1941)
Multicode, PG, 119min, Drama-Mystery, B&W, English.

CITY LIGHTS (Charles Chaplin, 1931)Multicode, PG, 86min, Romance-Comedy, B&W, Silent.

CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)

Code 1, R21, 136min, Drama-Crime, Color, English.

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (Steven Spielberg, 1977)
Code 3, PG, 137min, Sci-Fi-Adventure, Color, English.

COLOR PURPLE, THE (Steven Spielberg, 1985)
Code 3, PG, 153min, Drama, Color, English.

COME AND SEE (Elem Klimov, 1985)
Multicode, NC16, 142min, Drama-War, Color, Russian.

CONVERSATION, THE (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
Code 1, PG, 113min, Drama-Mystery, Color, English.

CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (Ang Lee, 2000)
Code 3, NC16, 119min, Drama-Action, Color, Mandarin.

Archives: P-R

2011-12-23T19:00:00.000+08:00

Please click on the links below to access the report card of a specific film.

^ denotes "recommended viewing"
^^ denotes "you owe yourself to watch this"

PANIC ROOM (David Fincher, 2002)
PAN'S LABYRINTH (Guillermo Del Toro, 2006)
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY (Oren Peli, 2009)
PASSION OF THE CHRIST, THE (Mel Gibson, 2004)
PATHS OF GLORY (Stanley Kubrick, 1957) ^
PERFECT STORM, THE (Wolfgang Petersen, 2000)
PERSEPOLIS (Vincent Paronnaud/Marjane Satrapi, 2007) ^
PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE (George Cukor, 1940)

PIANIST, THE (Roman Polanski, 2002) ^
PINOY SUNDAY (Ho Wi Ding, 2009)

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (Rob Marshall, 2011)
PLANET OF THE APES (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968) ^

PLATOON (Oliver Stone, 1986) ^
POETRY (Lee Chan-dong, 2010) ^

POLICEMAN, THE (Ephraim Kishon, 1970)
POLTERGEIST (Tobe Hooper, 1982)
PONYO ON THE CLIFF BY THE SEA (Hayao Miyazaki, 2008)
PORCO ROSSO (Hayao Miyazaki, 1992)
PRECIOUS (Lee Daniels, 2009)
PREDATOR (John McTiernan, 1987) ^
PREDATOR 2 (Stephen Hopkins, 1990)
PREDATORS (Nimrod Antal, 2010)
PRESTIGE, THE (Christopher Nolan, 2006)
PRINCE OF TEARS (Yonfan, 2009)
PRINCESS BRIDE, THE (Rob Reiner, 1987)

PRINCESS MONONOKE (Hayao Miyazaki, 1997) ^
PROMOTION, THE (Steve Conrad, 2008)
PSYCHO (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) ^^
PUBLIC ENEMIES (Michael Mann, 2009)
PULP FICTION (Quentin Tarantino, 1994) ^^
PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO, THE (Woody Allen, 1985) ^

QUANTUM OF SOLACE (Marc Forster, 2008)

RABBIT HOLE (John Cameron Mitchell, 2010)
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (Jonathan Demme, 2008)

RAGING BULL (Martin Scorsese, 1980) ^^
RAISE THE RED LANTERN (Zhang Yimou, 1991) ^
RAISING ARIZONA (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1987)
RAN (Akira Kurosawa, 1985) ^^
RANGO (Gore Verbinski, 2011)

RASHOMON (Akira Kurosawa, 1950) ^^
RATATOUILLE (Brad Bird, 2007)
READER, THE (Stephen Daldry, 2008)
REAR WINDOW (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) ^^
[REC] (Jaume Balaguero & Paco Plaza, 2008)
RECORD OF A TENEMENT GENTLEMAN (Yasujiro Ozu, 1947)
RED BEARD (Akira Kurosawa, 1965) ^
RED CLIFF (John Woo, 2008) ^
RED CLIFF II (John Woo, 2009)
RED SHOES, THE (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1948) ^
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (Darren Aronofsky, 2000) ^^

RETURN, THE (Andrei Zvyagintsev, 2003)
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (Sam Mendes, 2009)
RIO (Carlos Saldanha, 2011)

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (Rupert Wyatt, 2011)

ROAD HOME, THE (Zhang Yimou, 1999) ^
ROAD TO GUANTANAMO, THE (Mat Whitecross & Michael Winterbottom, 2006)
ROAD TO PERDITION (Sam Mendes, 2002)
ROBIN HOOD (Ridley Scott, 2010)
ROBOCOP (Paul Verhoeven, 1987)
ROCK, THE (Michael Bay, 1996)
ROCKY (John G. Avildsen, 1976)
ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED (Marina Zenovich, 2008)
ROPE (Alfred Hitchcock, 1948)
ROSEMARY'S BABY (Roman Polanski, 1968)
RUN LOLA RUN (Tom Tykwer, 1998) ^
RUSH HOUR TRILOGY, THE (Brett Ratner, 1998/2001/2007)

Archives: S

2011-12-20T23:00:00.000+08:00

Please click on the links below to access the report card of a specific film.
^ denotes "recommended viewing"
^^ denotes "you owe yourself to watch this"

SABOTEUR (Alfred Hitchcock, 1942)
SALT (Philip Noyce, 2010)
SANDCASTLE (Boo Junfeng, 2010)
SANJURO (Akira Kurosawa, 1962)
SAVAGES, THE (Tamara Jenkins, 2007)
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (Steven Spielberg, 1998) ^^
SCARFACE (Brian De Palma, 1983)
SCHINDLER'S LIST (Steven Spielberg, 1993) ^^
SEARCHERS, THE (John Ford, 1956) ^
SECRET OF KELLS, THE (Tomm Moore & Nora Twomey, 2009)
SERBIS (Brillante Mendoza, 2009)
SERIOUS MAN, A (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2009) ^
SEVEN (David Fincher, 1995)
SEVEN SAMURAI (Akira Kurosawa, 1954) ^^
SEVENTH SEAL, THE (Ingmar Bergman, 1957) ^

SEVEN-YEAR ITCH, THE (Billy Wilder, 1955)
SHADOW OF A DOUBT (Alfred Hitchcock, 1943)
SHANGHAI KNIGHTS (David Dobkin, 2003)
SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE (Frank Darabont, 1994) ^
SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (Guy Ritchie, 2011)
SHINE A LIGHT (Martin Scorsese, 2008) ^
SHINING, THE (Stanley Kubrick, 1980) ^
SHOOT 'EM UP (Michael Davis, 2007)
SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING, A (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988) ^

SHUTTER ISLAND (Martin Scorsese, 2010) ^
SICKO (Michael Moore, 2007) ^
SIGNS (M. Night Shyamalan, 2002)
SIMPSONS MOVIE, THE (David Silverman, 2007)
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1952) ^
SINGLE MAN, A (Tom Ford, 2009)
SIXTH SENSE, THE (M. Night Shyamalan, 1999) ^
SLEEPER (Woody Allen, 1973)

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Danny Boyle, 2008) ^
SOCIAL NETWORK, THE (David Fincher, 2010) ^
SOLARIS (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972) ^
SONG OF SPARROWS, THE (Majid Majidi, 2009)
SON OF BABYLON (Mohamed Al Daradji, 2010)
SOUND OF MUSIC, THE (Robert Wise, 1965) ^^
SOURCE CODE (Duncan Jones, 2011) ^

SPARTACUS (Stanley Kubrick, 1960)
SPEED (Jan De Bont, 1994) ^
SPEED RACER (Andy & Lana Wachowski, 2008)
SPELLBOUND (Alfred Hitchcock, 1945) ^
SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES, THE (Mark Waters, 2008)
SPIRITED AWAY (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001) ^^
SPIRIT, THE (Frank Miller, 2008) ^
SPRING FEVER (Lou Ye, 2009)
STAGECOACH (John Ford, 1939) ^
STARDUST (Matthew Vaughn, 2007) ^
STAR TREK (J.J. Abrams, 2009) ^
STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE (George Lucas, 1999) ^
STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES (George Lucas, 2002) ^
STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH (George Lucas, 2005) ^
STAR WARS EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE (George Lucas, 1977) ^^
STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (Irving Kershner, 1980) ^^
STAR WARS EPISODE VI: RETURN OF THE JEDI (Richard Marquand, 1983) ^
STATE OF PLAY (Kevin Macdonald, 2009) ^
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (Alfred Hitchcock, 1951)
STRANGERS, THE (Bryan Bertino, 2008)
STRAY DOG (Akira Kurosawa, 1949) ^
STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A (Elia Kazan, 1951) ^
STRIKE (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925) ^^
SUCKER PUNCH (Zack Snyder, 2011)

SUNSET BOULEVARD (Billy Wilder, 1950) ^^
SUNSHINE (Danny Boyle, 2007)

SUPER 8 (J.J. Abrams, 2011)

SUPERBAD (Greg Mottola, 2007)
SURF'S UP (Ash Brannon & Chris Buck, 2007)
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (Tim Burton, 2007) ^
SWIMMING POOL (Francois Ozon, 2003)

Personal Top 25 Favorite Directors

2011-07-03T19:27:00.003+08:00

In this list, please forgive me if I have glaringly left out the names of some of the world's top filmmakers. The reason is either I have not seen enough of their works to "like" them as a director, or that I admire them and their films much more than I "like" them. After all, this is a list of my favorite directors, not whom I think are the best. If you are curious, and for the record, I think that the best director who ever lived was Stanley Kubrick, with Akira Kurosawa coming a close second.

*This list is updated every August.

MY PERSONAL TOP 25 FAVORITE DIRECTORS

#1 Steven Spielberg

#2 Stanley Kubrick

#3 Akira Kurosawa

#4 Martin Scorsese

#5 Paul Thomas Anderson

#6 Alfred Hitchcock

#7 Joel & Ethan Coen

#8 Hayao Miyazaki

#9 Woody Allen

#10 Quentin Tarantino

#11 Sergio Leone

#12 Ridley Scott

#13 Edward Yang

#14 James Cameron

#15 Zhang Yimou

#16 David Lynch

#17 Yasujiro Ozu

#18 Christopher Nolan

#19 Roman Polanski

#20 Park Chan-wook

#21 Francis Ford Coppola

#22 Charles Chaplin

#23 Darren Aronofsky

#24 Clint Eastwood

#25 John Ford

HONORABLE MENTION

#26 Oliver Stone

#27 Satyajit Ray

#28 Alfonso Cuaron

#29 Jean-Pierre Jeunet

#30 Sidney Lumet

Archives: B

2011-01-25T19:50:00.013+08:00

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^ denotes "recommended viewing"
^^ denotes "you owe yourself to watch this"

BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX, THE (Uli Edel, 2009) ^
BAARIA (Giuseppe Tornatore, 2009)
BABEL (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 2006) ^
BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY (Robert Zemeckis, 1985/1989/1990)
BAD HABITS (Simon Bross, 2008)
BAND'S VISIT, THE (Eran Kolirin, 2008)
BANISHMENT, THE (Andrei Zvyagintsev, 2008)
BARNEY'S VERSION (Richard J. Lewis, 2010)

BARRY LYNDON (Stanley Kubrick, 1975) ^^
BARTON FINK (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1991) ^
BATMAN BEGINS (Christopher Nolan, 2005) ^

BATTLE OF ALGIERS, THE (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966) ^^
BEAUFORT (Joseph Cedar, 2007) ^
BEE MOVIE (Steve Hickner & Simon J. Smith, 2007)
BEFORE SUNRISE (Richard Linklater, 1995) ^

BEFORE SUNSET (Richard Linklater, 2004)

BEGINNERS (Mike Mills, 2010)

BE KIND REWIND (Michel Gondry, 2008)
BEOWULF (Robert Zemeckis, 2007)
BIG FISH (Tim Burton, 2003)

BIUTIFUL (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 2010) ^
BLACK BOOK (Paul Verhoeven, 2008)
BLACK HAWK DOWN (Ridley Scott, 2001) ^
BLACK SWAN (Darren Aronofsky, 2010) ^
BLADE RUNNER (Ridley Scott, 1982) ^^
BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, THE (Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez, 1999)
BLINDNESS (Fernando Merielles, 2008)
BLIND SIDE, THE (John Lee Hancock, 2009)
BLOOD SIMPLE (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1984)
BLUE (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993)
BLUE VELVET (David Lynch, 1986) ^
BONNIE AND CLYDE (Arthur Penn, 1967) ^
BODY OF LIES (Ridley Scott, 2008)
BOLT (Bryon Howard & Chris Williams, 2008)
BORN INTO BROTHELS (Zana Briski & Ross Kauffman, 2004) ^
BOURNE IDENTITY, THE (Doug Liman, 2002)
BOURNE ULTIMATUM, THE (Paul Greengrass, 2007)
BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE (Michael Moore, 2002) ^
BOY A (John Crowley, 2008)
BRAVE ONE, THE (Neil Jordan, 2007)
BRAZIL (Terry Gilliam, 1985)
BREATHLESS (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960) ^
BRIDESMAIDS (Paul Feig, 2011)

BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE (David Lean, 1957) ^
BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA (Gabor Csupo, 2007)
BRIEF ENCOUNTER (David Lean, 1945) ^
BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY, A (Edward Yang, 1991) ^^

BRIGHT STAR (Jane Campion, 2009)
BROKEN EMBRACES (Pedro Almodovar, 2009)
BROTHERS (Jim Sheridan, 2009)
BRUNO (Larry Charles, 2009)
BUCKET LIST, THE (Rob Reiner, 2008)
BURIED (Rodrigo Cortes, 2010)
BURMA VJ (Anders Ostergaard, 2009)
BURN AFTER READING (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2008) ^
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (George Roy Hill, 1969) ^^

Archives: A

2011-01-24T13:10:00.009+08:00

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^ denotes 'recommended viewing'
^^ denotes 'you owe yourself to watch this'

ABOUT HER BROTHER (Yoji Yamada, 2010) ^
ABYSS, THE (James Cameron, 1989) ^
ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, THE (Michael Curtiz & William Keighley, 1938)
ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN, THE (Steven Spielberg, 2011) ^

AFTERSHOCK (Feng Xiaogang, 2010)
AGE OF INNOCENCE (Martin Scorsese, 1993)
AGORA (Alejandro Amenabar, 2009)
AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD (Werner Herzog, 1972) ^
A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (Steven Spielberg, 2001) ^
AKIRA (Katsuhiro Otomo, 1988)
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Tim Burton, 2010)
ALIEN (Ridley Scott, 1979) ^^
ALIENS (James Cameron, 1986) ^^
ALONE (Pisanthanakun & Wongpoom, 2007)
AMADEUS (Milos Forman, 1984) ^
AMELIE (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001) ^
AMERICAN, THE (Anton Corbijn, 2010)
AMERICAN BEAUTY (Sam Mendes, 1999) ^
AMERICAN GANGSTER (Ridley Scott, 2007) ^
AMISTAD (Steven Spielberg, 1997) ^
AMORES PERROS (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 2000)
ANNIE HALL (Woody Allen, 1977) ^
APOCALYPSE NOW (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) ^^
APOLLO 13 (Ron Howard, 1995) ^

ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (Sarah Smith, 2011)

ARTIST, THE (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011) ^

ASSAULT, THE (Julien Leclercq, 2011)

ATONEMENT (Joe Wright, 2007)
AUSTRALIA (Baz Luhrmann, 2008)
AU REVOIR TAIPEI (Arvin Chen, 2010)
AVATAR (James Cameron, 2009) ^
AVIATOR, THE (Martin Scorsese, 2004)
AWAY FROM HER (Sarah Polley, 2007)
AWAY WE GO (Sam Mendes, 2010)

Archives: 0-9

2011-01-24T09:14:00.009+08:00

Please click on the links below to access the report card of a specific film.

^ denotes "recommended viewing"
^^ denotes "you owe yourself to watch this"

127 HOURS (Danny Boyle, 2010)
12 ANGRY MEN (Sidney Lumet, 1957) ^^
12 LOTUS (Royston Tan, 2008)
12 MONKEYS (Terry Gilliam, 1995) ^

13 ASSASSINS (Takashi Miike, 2010)

13 TZAMETI (Gela Babluani, 2005)
1408 (Mikael Hafstrom, 2007)
1911 (Jackie Chan & Zhang Li, 2011)

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) ^^
2012 (Roland Emmerich, 2009)
2046 (Wong Ka-Wai, 2004)
21 GRAMS (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 2003) ^
28 DAYS LATER (Danny Boyle, 2002)
300 (Zack Snyder, 2007) ^
3:10 TO YUMA (James Mangold, 2007)
317TH PLATOON, THE (Pierre Schoendoerffer, 1965)

400 BLOWS, THE (Francois Truffaut, 1959) ^
4BIA (2008)
(500) DAYS OF SUMMER (Marc Webb, 2009)
50/50 (Jonathan Levine, 2011) ^

881 (Royston Tan, 2007) ^
9 (Shane Acker, 2009)

My DVD Collection: U-Z

2010-06-16T11:48:00.006+08:00

UMBERTO D. (Vittorio De Sica, 1952)
Code 6, PG, 91min, Drama, B&W, Italian.

USUAL SUSPECTS, THE (Bryan Singer, 1995)

Code 4, M18, 101min, Mystery-Thriller, Color, English

VERTIGO (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
Code 1, PG, 128min, Drama-Mystery, Color, English.

WAITING WOMEN (Ingmar Bergman, 1952)
Code 6, PG, 107min, Drama-Comedy, B&W, Swedish.

WALL.E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
Code 3, G, 98min, Animation, Color, English.

WALL STREET (Oliver Stone, 1987)
Code 3, NC16, 126min, Drama-Crime, Color, English.

WAR OF THE WORLDS (Steven Spielberg, 2005)
Code 3, PG, 117min, Sci-Fi-Thriller, Color, English.

WHISPER OF THE HEART (Yoshifumi Kondo, 1995)
Multicode, PG, 111min, Animation, Color, Japanese.

WIZARD OF OZ, THE (Victor Fleming, 1939)
Code 6, G, 101min, Adventure-Musical, Color, English.

WRONG MAN, THE (Alfred Hitchcock, 1956)
Code 3, PG, 105min, Drama-Crime, B&W, English.

YOJIMBO (Akira Kurosawa, 1961)
Code 1, PG, 110min, Drama-Action, B&W, Japanese.

ZATOICHI (Takeshi Kitano, 2003)
Code 3, NC16, 121min, Drama-Action, Color, Japanese.

My DVD Collection: S-T

2010-06-05T14:55:00.014+08:00

SABOTEUR (Alfred Hitchcock, 1942)
Code 6, PG, 108min, Adventure-Thriller, B&W, English.

SANJURO (Akira Kurosawa, 1962)
Code 1, PG, 96min, Drama-Action, B&W, Japanese.

SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (Steven Spielberg, 1998)
Code 3, M18, 169min, Drama-War, Color, English.

SCARFACE (Brian De Palma, 1983)
Code 3, M18, 169min, Drama-Crime, Color, English.

SCHINDLER'S LIST (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
Code 1, M18, 196min, Drama-Biography, B&W, English.

SEARCHERS, THE (John Ford, 1956)
Code 3, PG, 119min, Adventure-Western, Color, English.

SEVEN SAMURAI (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
Code 6, PG, 207min, Drama-Action, B&W, Japanese.

SEVEN-YEAR ITCH, THE (Billy Wilder, 1955)
Code 3, PG, 110min, Comedy-Romance, Color, English.

SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET (Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1997)
Code 1, PG, 136min, Drama-Biography, Color, English.

SHADOW OF A DOUBT (Alfred Hitchcock, 1943)
Code 1, PG, 108min, Drama-Thriller, B&W, English.

SHANE (George Stevens, 1953)
Code 3, PG, 118min, Drama-Western, Color, English.

SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE (Frank Darabont, 1994)
Code 3, NC16, 142min, Drama, Color, English.

SHINING, THE (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
Code 3, M18, 120min, Horror-Thriller, Color, English.

SIGNS (M. Night Shyamalan, 2002)

Code 1, PG, 106min, Sci-Fi-Mystery, Color, English

SLEEPER (Woody Allen, 1973)

Code 3, PG, 89min, Comedy-Sci-Fi, Color, English

SOONG SISTERS, THE (Mabel Cheung, 1997)
Multicode, PG, 128min, Drama-History, Color, Mandarin.

SOUND OF MUSIC, THE (Robert Wise, 1965)
Code 1, PG, 175min, Drama-Musical, Color, English.

SOUND OF THE OCEAN (Tomomi Mochizuki, 1993)
Multicode, G, 72min, Animation, Color, Japanese.

SPEED (Jan de Bont, 1994)
Code 6, PG, 115min, Action-Thriller, Color, English.

SPELLBOUND (Alfred Hitchcock, 1945)
Code 6, PG, 111min, Mystery-Thriller, B&W, English.

SPIRITED AWAY (Hayao Miyazaki, 2003)
Multicode, PG, 125min, Animation, Color, Japanese.

STAGECOACH (John Ford, 1939)
Code 6, PG, 96min, Action-Western, B&W, English.

STAGE FRIGHT (Alfred Hitchcock, 1950)
Code 3, PG, 110min, Drama-Thriller, B&W, English.

STALAG 17 (Billy Wilder, 1953)
Code 6, PG, 120min, Drama-War, B&W, English.

STANLEY KUBRICK: A LIFE IN PICTURES (Jan Harlan, 2001)
Code 3, PG, 142min, Documentary-Biography, Color, English.

STAR WARS EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE (George Lucas, 1977)
Code 4, PG, 125min, Sci-Fi-Adventure, Color, English.

STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (Irvin Kershner, 1980)
Code 4, PG, 124min, Sci-Fi-Adventure, Color, English.

STAR WARS EPISODE VI: RETURN OF THE JEDI (Richard Marquand, 1983)
Code 4, PG, 134min, Sci-Fi-Adventure, Color, English.

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (Alfred Hitchcock, 1951)
Code 3, PG, 101min, Drama-Thriller, B&W, English.

STRAY DOG (Akira Kurosawa, 1949)
Code 6, PG, 122min, Drama-Thriller, B&W, Japanese.

STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A (Elia Kazan, 1951)
Code 3, PG, 122min, Drama, B&W, English.

STRIKE (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)
Code 6, PG, 95min, Drama, B&W, Silent.

SUNSET BOULEVARD (Billy Wilder, 1950)
Code 6, PG, 110min, Drama, B&W, English.

SUPERMAN (Richard Donner, 1978)
Code 3, PG, 154min, Action-Thriller, Color, English.

TAXI DRIVER (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
Code 1, M18, 114min, Drama-Crime, Color, English.

TERMINATOR, THE (James Cameron, 1984)
Code 3, M18, 108min, Sci-Fi-Thriller, Color, English.

TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (James Cameron, 1991)
Code 3, PG, 135min, Sci-Fi-Action, Color, English.

THERE WAS A FATHER (Yasujiro Ozu, 1942)
Code 6, PG, 94min, Drama, B&W, Japanese.

THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
Code 3, PG, 158min, Drama, Color, English.

THIEVES' HIGHWAY (Jules Dassin, 1949)
Code 6, PG, 94min, Drama-Thriller, B&W, English.

THING, THE (John Carpenter, 1982)
Code 1, M18, 109min, Sci-Fi-Horror, Color, English.

THIN RED LINE, THE (Terrence Malick, 1998)
Code 3, PG, 170min, Drama-War, Color, English.

THRONE OF BLOOD (Akira Kurosawa, 1957)
Code 6, PG, 105min, Drama-Action, B&W, Japanese.

TIME (Kim Ki-duk, 2006)
Code 3, M18, 97min, Drama-Romance, Color, Korean.

TITANIC (James Cameron, 1997)
Code 3, NC16, 195min, Drama-Romance, Color, English.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Robert Mulligan, 1962)
Code 1, PG, 130min, Drama, B&W, English.

TOKYO STORY (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953)
Code 3, PG, 136min, Drama, B&W, Japanese.

TORA! TORA! TORA! (Richard Fleischer, 1970)
Code 1, PG, 145min, Drama-War, Color, English/Japanese

TORN CURTAIN (Alfred Hitchcock, 1966)
Code 3, PG, 123min, Mystery-Thriller, Color, English.

TRAFFIC (Steven Soderbergh, 2000)
Code 3, M18, 147min, Crime-Drama, Color, English.

TRAIN, THE (John Frankenheimer, 1964)
Code 1, PG, 133min, Action-Thriller, B&W, English.

TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (John Huston, 1948)
Code 6, PG, 126min, Drama-Adventure, B&W, English.

TROUBLE WITH HARRY, THE (Alfred Hitchcock, 1955)
Code 6, PG, 99min, Mystery-Comedy, Color, English.

My DVD Collection: P-R

2010-05-28T14:18:00.014+08:00

PAPILLON (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1973)
Code 1, PG, 151min, Drama-Adventure, Color, English.

PASSION OF THE CHRIST, THE (Mel Gibson, 2004)
Code 1, M18, 126min, Drama-History, Color, Hebrew/Latin.

PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE (George Cukor, 1940)
Code 3, PG, 112min, Romance-Comedy, B&W, English.

PI (Darren Aronofsky, 1998)

Code 1, PG, 84min, Sci-Fi-Thriller, B&W, English.

PIANIST, THE (Roman Polanski, 2002)
Code 3, PG, 149min, Drama-Biography, Color, English.

PLANET OF THE APES (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968)
Code 3, PG, 111min, Drama-Action, Color, English.

PLATOON (Oliver Stone, 1986)
Code 3, NC16, 120min, Drama-War, Color, English.

POM POKO (Isao Takahata, 1994)
Multicode, G, 119min, Animation, Color, Japanese.

PORCO ROSSO (Hayao Miyazaki, 1992)
Multicode, G, 94min, Animation, Color, Japanese.

PORT OF CALL (Ingmar Bergman, 1948)
Code 6, PG, 100min, Drama, B&W, Swedish.

PRINCESS BRIDE, THE (Rob Reiner, 1987)

Code 1, PG, 98min, Adventure-Comedy, Color, English.

PRINCESS MONONOKE (Hayao Miyazaki, 1997)
Multicode, G, 134min, Animation, Color, Japanese.

PSYCHO (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
Code 1, PG, 109min, Horror-Thriller, B&W, English.

PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO, THE (Woody Allen, 1985)
Code 3, PG, 86min, Romance-Comedy, Color, English.

RAGING BULL (Martin Scorsese, 1980)
Code 3, NC16, 129min, Drama-Biography, B&W, English.

RAISE THE RED LANTERN (Zhang Yimou, 1991)
Code 1, PG, 125min, Drama, Color, Mandarin.

RAISING ARIZONA (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1987)
Code 3, PG, 95min, Adventure-Comedy, Color, English.

RAN (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
Code 3, PG, 160min, Drama-Action, Color, Japanese.

RASHOMON (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
Code 6, PG, 88min, Drama-Mystery, B&W, Japanese.

REAR WINDOW (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
Multicode, PG, 112min, Mystery-Thriller, Color, English.

REBECCA (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940)
Code 6, PG, 130min, Mystery-Romance, B&W, English.

RECORD OF A TENEMENT GENTLEMAN (Yasujiro Ozu, 1947)
Code 6, PG, 72min, Drama, B&W, Japanese.

RED BEARD (Akira Kurosawa, 1965)
Code 6, PG, 185min, Drama, B&W, Japanese.

REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)

Code 1, R21, 102min, Drama, Color, English.

RIO GRANDE (John Ford, 1950)
Multicode, PG, 105min, Romance-Western, B&W, English.

ROBOCOP (Paul Verhoeven, 1987)
Code 3, M18, 102min, Action-Thriller, Color, English.

ROSEMARY'S BABY (Roman Polanski, 1968)
Code 3, M18, 136min, Drama-Horror, Color, English.

My DVD Collection: M-O

2010-05-24T22:07:00.014+08:00

M (Fritz Lang, 1931)
Code 6, PG, 110min, Crime-Thriller, B&W, German.

MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, THE (John Sturges, 1960)
Code 3, PG, 129min, Western-Adventure, Color, English.

MAGNOLIA (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
Code 3, M18, 188min, Drama, Color, English.

MALTESE FALCON, THE (John Huston, 1941)
Code 6, PG, 101min, Crime-Mystery, B&W, English.

MANHATTAN (Woody Allen, 1979)
Code 3, PG, 95min, Romance-Comedy, B&W, English.

MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, THE (John Ford, 1962)
Code 3, PG, 123min, Western, B&W, English.

M*A*S*H (Robert Altman, 1970)
Code 3, PG, 116min, Drama-Comedy, Color, English.

MATCH POINT (Woody Allen, 2005)
Code 3, NC16, 124min, Romance-Thriller, Color, English.

MATRIX, THE (Wachowski Brothers, 1999)
Code 3, PG, 136min, Sci-Fi-Action, Color, English.

MATRIX RELOADED, THE (Wachowski Brothers, 2003)
Code 3, PG, 138min, Sci-Fi-Action, Color, English.

MATRIX REVOLUTIONS, THE (Wachowski Brothers, 2003)
Code 3, PG, 129min, Sci-Fi-Action, Color, English.

MEMENTO (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
Code 1, NC16, 113min, Mystery-Thriller, Color, English.

MILLER'S CROSSING (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1990)

Code 1, NC16, 115min, Crime-Drama, Color, English

MINORITY REPORT (Steven Spielberg, 2002)
Code 3, NC16, 150min, Sci-Fi-Action, Color, English.

MODERN TIMES (Charles Chaplin, 1936)
Multicode, PG, 90min, Drama-Comedy, B&W, Silent.

MONSTERS, INC. (Pete Docter, 2001)
Code 3, G, 93min, Animation, Color, English.

MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (Frank Capra, 1936)
Mutlicode, PG, 115min, Comedy-Romance, B&W, English.

MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (Frank Capra, 1939)
Code 6, PG, 129min, Drama, B&W, English.

MUNICH (Steven Spielberg, 2005)
Code 3, M18, 163min, Drama-Thriller, Color, English.

MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (Frank Lloyd, 1935)
Code 3, PG, 132min, Drama-Adventure, B&W, English.

MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (John Ford, 1946)
Code 6, PG, 97min, Drama-Western, B&W, English.

MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (Hayao Miyazaki, 1988)
Multicode, G, 86min, Animation, Color, Japanese.

NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (Hayao Miyazaki, 1984)
Code 3, G, 116min, Animation, Color, Japanese.

NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, THE (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Code 6, PG, 93min, Drama-Thriller, B&W, English.

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2007)

Code 3, NC16, 122min, Drama-Thriller, Color, English.

NORTH BY NORTHWEST (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
Code 1, PG, 136min, Mystery-Thriller, Color, English.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (Sergio Leone, 1984)
Code 3, M18, 229min, Drama-Crime, Color, English.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (Sergio Leone, 1968)
Code 1, PG, 165min, Drama-Western, Color, English.

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (Milos Forman, 1975)
Code 3, PG, 134min, Drama, Color, English.

ONLY SON, THE (Yasujiro Ozu, 1936)
Code 6, PG, 87min, Drama, B&W, Japanese.

ONLY YESTERDAY (Isao Takahata, 1991)
Multicode, PG, 118min, Animation, Color, Japanese.

OX-BOW INCIDENT, THE (William A. Wellman, 1943)
Multicode, PG, 75min, Drama-Western, B&W, English.

My DVD Collection: J-L

2010-05-22T18:56:00.007+08:00

JAWS (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
Code 3, PG, 124min, Adventure-Thriller, Color, English.

JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)
Code 3, NC16, 205min, Drama-Mystery, Color, English.

JU DOU (Zhang Yimou/Yang Fengliang, 1990)
Code 0, PG, 94min, Drama, Color, Mandarin.

KAGEMUSHA (Akira Kurosawa, 1980)
Code 3, PG, 179min, Drama-War, Color, Japanese.

KID, THE (Charles Chaplin, 1921)
Multicode, PG, 51min, Drama-Comedy, B&W, Silent.

KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE (Hayao Miyazaki, 1989)
Multicode, PG, 103min, Animation, Color, Japanese.

KILLER'S KISS (Stanley Kubrick, 1955)
Code 6, PG, 67min, Drama-Thriller, B&W, English.

KILLING, THE (Stanley Kubrick, 1956)
Code 3, PG, 84min, Drama-Thriller, B&W, English.

KING KONG (Merian C. Cooper/Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933)
Code 6, PG, 104min, Adventure-Thriller, B&W, English.

LA DOLCE VITA (Federico Fellini, 1960)
Code 0, M18, 166min, Drama-Comedy, B&W, Italian.

LA GRANDE ILLUSION (Jean Renoir, 1937)
Multicode, PG, 114min, Drama-War, B&W, French.

LA REGLE DU JEU (Jean Renoir, 1939)
Multicode, PG, 101min, Drama-Comedy, B&W, French.

LAST EMPEROR, THE (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1987)
Multicode, NC16, 163min, Drama-Biography, Color, English.

LA STRADA (Federico Fellini, 1954)
Code 6, PG, 108min, Drama, B&W, Italian.

LAST WALTZ, THE (Martin Scorsese, 1978)
Code 3, PG, 108min, Documentary-Music, Color, English.

LATE SPRING (Yasujiro Ozu, 1949)
Code 6, PG, 108min, Drama, B&W, Japanese.

LESSON IN LOVE, A (Ingmar Bergman, 1954)
Code 6, PG, 96min, Drama-Comedy, B&W, Swedish.

LIMELIGHT (Charles Chaplin, 1952)
Code 3, PG, 132min, Drama-Comedy, B&W, English.

LOLITA (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
Code 3, PG, 153min, Drama-Romance, B&W, English.

LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE (Peter Jackson, 2001)
Code 1, PG, 178min, Action-Adventure, Color, English.

LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS, THE (Peter Jackson, 2002)
Code 1, PG, 179min, Action-Adventure, Color, English.

LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING, THE (Peter Jackson, 2003)
Code 1, PG, 200min, Action-Adventure, Color, English.

LOST HORIZON (Frank Capra, 1937)
Multicode, PG, 133min, Drama-Adventure, B&W, English.

LOST WEEKEND, THE (Billy Wilder, 1945)
Multicode, PG, 101min, Drama-Romance, B&W, English.

My DVD Collection: G-I

2010-05-18T15:44:00.012+08:00

GANGS OF NEW YORK (Martin Scorsese, 2002)
Code 3, M18, 160min, Drama-Crime, Color, English.

GASLIGHT (George Cukor, 1944)
Multicode, PG, 114min, Drama-Mystery, B&W, English.

GENERATION, A (Andrzej Wajda, 1955)
Code 6, PG, 83min, Drama-War, B&W, Polish.

GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT (Elia Kazan, 1947)
Code 3, PG, 118min, Drama-Romance, B&W, English.

GLADIATOR (Ridley Scott, 2000)

Code 3, PG, 171min, Action-Drama, Color, English.

GOLD RUSH, THE (Charles Chaplin, 1925)
Multicode, PG, 72min, Comedy-Adventure, B&W, English.

GODFATHER, THE (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
Code 3, M18, 175min, Drama-Crime, Color, English.

GODFATHER PART II, THE (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
Code 3, PG, 200min, Drama-Crime, Color, English.

GODFATHER PART III, THE (Francis Ford Coppola, 1990)
Code 3, PG, 170min, Drama-Crime, Color, English.

GONE WITH THE WIND (Victor Fleming, 1939)
Code 6, PG, 238min, Drama-Romance, Color, English.

GOODFELLAS (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
Code 3, M18, 146min, Drama-Crime, Color, English.

GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY, THE (Sergio Leone, 1966)
Code 3, PG, 178min, Action-Western, Color, English.

GRADUATE, THE (Mike Nichols, 1967)
Code 3, PG, 106min, Comedy-Romance, Color, English.

GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (Isao Takahata, 1988)
Code 6, PG, 93min, Animation, Color, Japanese.

GREAT DICTATOR, THE (Charles Chaplin, 1940)
Multicode, PG, 125min, Drama-Comedy, B&W, English.

GREAT ESCAPE, THE (John Sturges, 1963)
Code 1, PG, 172min, Action-Adventure, Color, English.

GREEN MILE, THE (Frank Darabont, 1999)
Code 3, M18, 188min, Drama-Mystery, Color, English.

HALLOWEEN (John Carpenter, 1978)
Code 1, NC16, 92min, Horror-Mystery, Color, English.

HAMLET (Laurence Olivier, 1948)
Code 1, PG, 153min, Drama, B&W, English.

HEAT (Michael Mann, 1995)
Code 3, NC16, 172min, Crime-Drama, Color, English.

HERO (Zhang Yimou, 2002)
Multicode, PG, 99min, Drama-Action, Color, Mandarin.

HIDDEN FORTRESS, THE (Akira Kurosawa, 1958)
Code 1, PG, 139min, Action-Adventure, B&W, Japanese.

HIGH AND LOW (Akira Kurosawa, 1963)
Code 1, PG, 143min, Drama-Thriller, B&W, Japanese.

HIGH NOON (Fred Zinnemann, 1952)
Code 6, PG, 85min, Drama-Western, B&W, English.

HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (Zhang Yimou, 2004)
Code 6, NC16, 117min, Action-Romance, Color, Mandarin.

HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (John Ford, 1941)
Code 3, PG, 119min, Drama, B&W, English.

HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, THE (John McTiernan, 1990)
Code 1, PG, 135min, Action-Thriller, Color, English.

HUSTLER, THE (Robert Rossen, 1961)
Code 3, PG, 134min, Drama, B&W, English.

ICE STORM, THE (Ang Lee, 1997)
Code 1, M18, 112min, Drama, Color, English

IKIRU (Akira Kurosawa, 1952)
Code 6, PG, 143min, Drama, B&W, English.

INCREDIBLES, THE (Brad Bird, 2004)
Code 1, PG, 115min, Animation, Color, English.

INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (Steven Spielberg, 1981)
Code 6, PG, 110min, Action-Adventure, Color, English.

INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (Steven Spielberg, 1984)
Code 6, PG, 113min, Action-Adventure, Color, English.

INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (Steven Spielberg, 1989)
Code 6, PG, 121min, Action-Adventure, Color, English.

INFORMER, THE (John Ford, 1935)
Multicode, PG, 91min, Drama, B&W, English.

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)
Code 3, M18, 152min, Drama-War, Color, English.

IN THE BEDROOM (Todd Field, 2001)
Code 3, PG, 131min, Drama-Crime, Color, English.

IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Wong Ka-Wai, 2000)
Multicode, PG, 98min, Drama-Romance, Color, Cantonese.

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (Frank Capra, 1934)
Code 6, PG, 105min, Romance-Comedy, B&W, English.

My DVD Collection: D-F

2010-05-18T14:49:00.006+08:00

DARK CITY (Alex Proyas, 1998)
Code 1, NC16, 96min, Sci-Fi-Thriller, Color, English.

DARK KNIGHT, THE (Christopher Nolan, 2008)
Code 3, PG, 152min, Action-Thriller, Color, English.

DAS BOOT (Wolfgang Petersen, 1981)
Code 1, PG, 209min, Drama-War, Color, German.

DAYS OF HEAVEN (Terrence Malick, 1978)
Code 3, PG, 90min, Drama-Romance, Color, English.

DEER HUNTER, THE (Michael Cimino, 1978)
Code 3, M18, 183min, Drama-War, Color, English.

DEPARTED, THE (Martin Scorsese, 2006)
Code 3, M18, 151min, Drama-Crime, Color, English.

DESPERATE HOURS, THE (William Wyler, 1955)
Code 3, PG, 112min, Drama-Thriller, B&W, English.

DESTINATION TOKYO (Delmer Daves, 1943)
Multicode, PG, 135min, War-Adventure, B&W, English.

DOGVILLE (Lars von Trier, 2003)

Code 3, PG, 167min, Drama-Mystery, Color, English

DOUBT (John Patrick Shanley, 2008)
Code 3, PG, 104min, Drama, Color, English.

DR. STRANGELOVE (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
Code 1, PG, 90min, Comedy-Thriller, B&W, English.

EARLY SUMMER (Yasujiro Ozu, 1951)
Code 6, PG, 124min, Drama, B&W, Japanese.

ELEPHANT MAN, THE (David Lynch, 1980)
Code 3, PG, 124min, Drama-Biography, B&W, English.

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Michel Gondry, 2004)
Code 3, NC16, 108min, Drama-Romance, Color, English.

EMPIRE OF THE SUN (Steven Spielberg, 1987)
Code 3, PG, 152min, Drama-War, Color, English.

E.T.: THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (Steven Spielberg, 1982)
Code 3, PG, 115min, Sci-Fi-Adventure, Color, English.

FACE, THE (Ingmar Bergman, 1958)
Code 6, PG, 107min, Drama, B&W, Swedish.

FAHRENHEIT 9/11 (Michael Moore, 2004)
Code 3, NC16, 122min, Documentary, Color, English.

FARGO (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1996)
Code 3, M18, 97min, Drama-Thriller, Color, English.

FEARLESS (Ronny Yu, 2006)
Code 3, NC16, 104min, Action-Biography, Color, Mandarin.

FINDING NEMO (Andrew Stanton, 2003)
Code 3, G, 100min, Animation, Color, English.

FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, A (Sergio Leone, 1964)
Code 3, PG, 98min, Action-Western, Color, English.

FLY, THE (David Cronenberg, 1986)
Code 6, M18, 100min, Sci-Fi-Horror, Color, English.

FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (Sergio Leone, 1965)
Code 3, PG, 131min, Action-Western, Color, English.

FORREST GUMP (Robert Zemeckis, 1994)
Code 3, PG, 142min, Drama-Romance, Color, English.

FORT APACHE (John Ford, 1948)
Multicode, PG, 127min, Western, B&W, English.

FRENZY (Alfred Hitchcock, 1972)
Code 3, PG, 111min, Crime-Thriller, Color, English.

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (Fred Zinnemann, 1953)
Code 6, PG, 118min, Drama-War, B&W, English.

FULL METAL JACKET (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)
Code 3, M18, 117min, Drama-War, Color, English.

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12 ANGRY MEN (Sidney Lumet, 1957)
Code 3, PG, 96min, Drama, B&W, English.

12 MONKEYS (Terry Gilliam, 1995)

Code 3, PG, 129min, Sci-Fi-Mystery, Color, English

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
Code 3, PG, 148min, Sci-Fi, Color, English.

2046 (Wong Kar-Wai, 2004)
Code 3, NC16, 129min, Drama-Romance, Color, Cantonese.

28 DAYS LATER (Danny Boyle, 2002)
Code 3, M18, 113min, Horror, Color, English.

400 BLOWS, THE (Francois Truffaut, 1959)
Code 3, PG, 95min, Drama, B&W, French.