1. Jaws (1975)
What more can be said about this film. This film never gets old, and it's still just as frightening today as it was on my first viewing. Unbelievable direction (understatement of the year).
2. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
The greatest scene in this film has a boat in it, but the boat is being pulled over a mountain (does that still count). An incredibly ambitious film about an incredibly ambitious man.
3. Lifeboat (1944)
When the whole movie takes place in a life boat you better have a great story, and a great cast. Thankfully it's Hitchcock, so the tension and suspense is always building.
4. The African Queen (1951)
Boogie and
Hepburn on the run from German troupes. Battling
crocodiles, rapids, and everything else that the African jungle throws at them. Huston makes a film that goes into my small list of perfect films.
5. Burden Of Dreams (1982)
I'm gonna throw a curve ball here. Les Bank's documentary chronicling the production of Fitzcarraldo is a perfect example of art imitating life. Herzog is a madman.