…of my list. I’m keeping the blurbs short on this one.
11. The Godfather Part 1 & 2 As close to perfect as films get. There is not much to be said about these films that hasn’t already been said. Completely timeless classics.
12. The Fisher King Another great Gilliam film. Robin William’s performance is amazing, as are Jeff Bridge’s and Mercedes Ruehl’s. The emotional power of this movie is phenomenal.
13. Children of Men Cuaron’s bleak vision of the future is excellently original. It is a poignant, provocative, and disturbing masterpiece.
14. The Departed I know it’s a little bit sloppy, but it’s just so fricken cool. The superb performances by the entire cast perfectly portray Monahan’s razor sharp script.
15. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Peter Jackson perfectly adapted Tolkien’s classic series and created a few of the most breathtaking movies ever put on film.
16. The Proposition Easily my favorite western. Nick Cave’s poetic score and script along with John Hillcoat’s desolately beautiful direction makes this film unlike anything I have ever seen before.
17. The Truman Show This is such a great movie. It is awesome as both a commentary on our media driven culture and as an uplifting human story.
18. The Big Lebowski/The Man Who Wasn’t There I grouped these together, as they’re both Coen Brothers neo-noir masterworks. The Dude is one of the greatest characters ever created, and the latter film is an obscenely underrated work of art.
19. Once Upon a Time in the West While The Man With No Name Trilogy may be regarded as Leone’s greatest work, I firmly believe that this film outshines those films in almost every way. A starkly poetic western.
20. There Will Be Blood Destined to become a classic of cinema. It is an outstanding portrait of American greed and ambition, an absolute masterpiece. And I still believe that Anderson’s best is yet to come.