{"id":5830,"date":"2015-04-17T20:04:18","date_gmt":"2015-04-18T00:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=5830"},"modified":"2016-09-26T21:02:38","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T01:02:38","slug":"my-all-time-favourite-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/my-all-time-favourite-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"My all-time favourite movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this list under &#8220;best of the best&#8221; and &#8220;honourable mentions&#8221; I&#8217;m only going to mention movies I&#8217;ve seen more than once. More than once usually means 2 or 3 times &#8212; even the <strong>Star Trek<\/strong> movies, which I&#8217;ve seen more than any others, I&#8217;ve probably seen no more than 7 or 8 times.<\/p>\n<p>Then under &#8220;likely to be added&#8221; I&#8217;ll mention movies I&#8217;ve only seen once but will likely to be added to the list once I&#8217;ve seen them a second time.<\/p>\n<p>Science Fiction<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best of the Best\n<ul>\n<li>2001: A Space Odyssey<\/li>\n<li>Batman Begins<\/li>\n<li>Blade Runner<\/li>\n<li>Brazil<\/li>\n<li>Delicatessen<\/li>\n<li>Dark City<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Strangelove<\/li>\n<li>Galaxy Quest<\/li>\n<li>Gattaca<\/li>\n<li>The Matrix<\/li>\n<li>Planet of the Apes (1968)<\/li>\n<li>Serenity<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek III: The Search for Spock<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek: First Contact<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek: Insurrection<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek<\/li>\n<li>The Truman Show<\/li>\n<li>Twelve Monkeys<\/li>\n<li>WALL-E<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Honourable Mentions\n<ul>\n<li>2010: The Year We Make Contact<\/li>\n<li>The Abyss<\/li>\n<li>Aliens<\/li>\n<li>Back to the Future<\/li>\n<li>Back to the Future Part II<\/li>\n<li>Back to the Future Part III<\/li>\n<li>Beneath the Planet of the Apes<\/li>\n<li>Cocoon<\/li>\n<li>Contact<\/li>\n<li>The Dark Knight<\/li>\n<li>Donnie Darko<\/li>\n<li>Jurassic Park<\/li>\n<li>Men in Black<\/li>\n<li>Metropolis (1927)<\/li>\n<li>Minority Report<\/li>\n<li>Oblivion<\/li>\n<li>Signs<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek V: The Final Frontier<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek Generations<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek Into Darkness<\/li>\n<li>Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back<\/li>\n<li>Tremors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Likely to be Added\n<ul>\n<li>About Time<\/li>\n<li>The Adjustment Bureau<\/li>\n<li>Edge of Tomorrow<\/li>\n<li>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind<\/li>\n<li>Gravity<\/li>\n<li>Her<\/li>\n<li>Inception<\/li>\n<li>Interstellar<\/li>\n<li>Last Night (1998)<\/li>\n<li>Looper<\/li>\n<li>Predestination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fantasy<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best of the Best\n<ul>\n<li>Babe<\/li>\n<li>Being John Malkovich<\/li>\n<li>Big Fish<\/li>\n<li>Chicken Run<\/li>\n<li>The City of Lost Children<\/li>\n<li>Field of Dreams<\/li>\n<li>The Green Mile<\/li>\n<li>Groundhog Day<\/li>\n<li>The Incredibles<\/li>\n<li>The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring<\/li>\n<li>The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers<\/li>\n<li>The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King<\/li>\n<li>Monsters, Inc.<\/li>\n<li>The Princess Bride<\/li>\n<li>Shrek<\/li>\n<li>The Sixth Sense<\/li>\n<li>Spider-man<\/li>\n<li>Spider-man 2<\/li>\n<li>Stardust<\/li>\n<li>Toy Story<\/li>\n<li>Toy Story 2<\/li>\n<li>Unbreakable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Honourable Mentions\n<ul>\n<li>The Addams Family<\/li>\n<li>Addams Family Values<\/li>\n<li>Antz<\/li>\n<li>Beetlejuice<\/li>\n<li>Bolt<\/li>\n<li>Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs<\/li>\n<li>Despicable Me<\/li>\n<li>Edward Scissorhands<\/li>\n<li>Elf<\/li>\n<li>Finding Nemo<\/li>\n<li>Harvey<\/li>\n<li>How to Train Your Dragon<\/li>\n<li>Interview With the Vampire<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life<\/li>\n<li>Liar Liar<\/li>\n<li>The Mask<\/li>\n<li>Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl<\/li>\n<li>Pleasantville<\/li>\n<li>Ratatouille<\/li>\n<li>X2: X-Men United<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Likely to be Added\n<ul>\n<li>The Boxtrolls<\/li>\n<li>Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon<\/li>\n<li>Hero<\/li>\n<li>The Lego Movie<\/li>\n<li>Warm Bodies<\/li>\n<li>X-Men: Days of Future Past<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Drama &amp; Action<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best of the Best\n<ul>\n<li>Amadeus<\/li>\n<li>Apollo 13<\/li>\n<li>Awakenings<\/li>\n<li>Backdraft<\/li>\n<li>The Bourne Identity<\/li>\n<li>The Bourne Supremacy<\/li>\n<li>The Bourne Ultimatum<\/li>\n<li>Dances With Wolves<\/li>\n<li>Dead Poets Society<\/li>\n<li>Forrest Gump<\/li>\n<li>The Fugitive<\/li>\n<li>Gandhi<\/li>\n<li>Gosford Park<\/li>\n<li>The Hunt for Red October<\/li>\n<li>The Italian Job<\/li>\n<li>The Mission<\/li>\n<li>Mission Impossible 3<\/li>\n<li>Ocean&#8217;s Eleven (2001)<\/li>\n<li>Parenthood<\/li>\n<li>Rain Man<\/li>\n<li>The Rock<\/li>\n<li>The Sting<\/li>\n<li>Witness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Honourable Mentions\n<ul>\n<li>Citizen Kane<\/li>\n<li>Conspiracy Theory<\/li>\n<li>The Fisher King<\/li>\n<li>The Great Train Robbery<\/li>\n<li>Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade<\/li>\n<li>The Lion in Winter<\/li>\n<li>Mission Impossible<\/li>\n<li>Mr. &amp; Mrs. Smith<\/li>\n<li>Sherlock Holmes<\/li>\n<li>The Village<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Likely to be Added\n<ul>\n<li>American Beauty<\/li>\n<li>A Beautiful Mind<\/li>\n<li>Changeling<\/li>\n<li>Chaplin<\/li>\n<li>The Color Purple<\/li>\n<li>Dead Again<\/li>\n<li>Detachment<\/li>\n<li>Erin Brockovich<\/li>\n<li>Finding Neverland<\/li>\n<li>Freedom Writers<\/li>\n<li>Good Will Hunting<\/li>\n<li>Gran Torino<\/li>\n<li>Leon<\/li>\n<li>A Love Song for Bobby Long<\/li>\n<li>Mary and Max<\/li>\n<li>Ray<\/li>\n<li>The Reader<\/li>\n<li>The Secret Life of Words<\/li>\n<li>Seraphim Falls<\/li>\n<li>Skyfall<\/li>\n<li>Speed<\/li>\n<li>The Sweet Hereafter<\/li>\n<li>The Visitor<\/li>\n<li>Walk the Line<\/li>\n<li>Water<\/li>\n<li>Win Win<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Comedy &amp; Romance<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best of the Best\n<ul>\n<li>Amelie<\/li>\n<li>Bowfinger<\/li>\n<li>Bridget Jones&#8217;s Diary<\/li>\n<li>Bulworth<\/li>\n<li>Crocodile Dundee<\/li>\n<li>Dave<\/li>\n<li>Life is Beautiful<\/li>\n<li>Maverick<\/li>\n<li>Napoleon Dynamite<\/li>\n<li>Pee Wee&#8217;s Big Adventure<\/li>\n<li>Shakespeare in Love<\/li>\n<li>Sommersby<\/li>\n<li>Strictly Ballroom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Honourable Mentions\n<ul>\n<li>Ace Venture Pet Detective<\/li>\n<li>Amadeus<\/li>\n<li>Benny &amp; Joon<\/li>\n<li>Crocodile Dundee II<\/li>\n<li>Good Morning, Vietnam<\/li>\n<li>Uncle Buck<\/li>\n<li>Waking Ned Devine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Likely to be Added\n<ul>\n<li>50 First Dates<\/li>\n<li>As Good As It Gets<\/li>\n<li>Barney&#8217;s Version<\/li>\n<li>The Big Lebowski<\/li>\n<li>Bowfinger<\/li>\n<li>Broken Flowers<\/li>\n<li>Clerks<\/li>\n<li>Crazy, Stupid, Love.<\/li>\n<li>Drowning Mona<\/li>\n<li>Fargo<\/li>\n<li>In a World&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>It Could Happen to You<\/li>\n<li>Jerry Maguire<\/li>\n<li>Moonrise Kingdom<\/li>\n<li>One Day<\/li>\n<li>Pride and Prejudice<\/li>\n<li>Romantics Anonymous<\/li>\n<li>The Royal Tenenbaums<\/li>\n<li>The Triplets of Belleville<\/li>\n<li>Tropic Thunder<\/li>\n<li>The Way Back<\/li>\n<li>Zoolander<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Musical<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best of the Best\n<ul>\n<li>Fiddler on the Roof<\/li>\n<li>Grease<\/li>\n<li>Mary Poppins<\/li>\n<li>My Fair Lady<\/li>\n<li>The Nightmare Before Christmas<\/li>\n<li>The Sound of Music<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Honourable Mention\n<ul>\n<li>Corpse Bride<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Likely to be Added\n<ul>\n<li>Enchanted<\/li>\n<li>Singin&#8217; in the Rain<\/li>\n<li>West Side Story<\/li>\n<li>The Wizard of Oz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this list under &#8220;best of the best&#8221; and &#8220;honourable mentions&#8221; I&#8217;m only going to mention movies I&#8217;ve seen more than once. More than once usually means 2 or 3 times &#8212; even the Star Trek movies, which I&#8217;ve seen more than any others, I&#8217;ve probably seen no more than 7 or 8 times. 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