All-Time Favorites by Rick

All-Time Favorites by Rick

My all time favorite movies, for one reason or another. I guess I would classify these as one step above "My Favorite Movies"

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Election

Alexander Payne (1999)

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I really like Reese Witherspoon. She is flawless here as Tracy Flick. Matthew Broderick, with his conscious self-destruction and hilariously dishonest voiceover is fantastic as well. One of my other favorite things about this film is everything that it got right about highschool, and highschool students. A great way to cleanse the palette after watching late-90s teensploitation films like "She's All That" and "10 Things I Hate About You."

F for Fake

Orson Welles (1973)

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L.A. Confidential

Curtis Hanson (1997)

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This film has a great plot, great characters, and style to spare. Russell Crowe is great in his pre-Maximus days. It's just a really well written, well made, and well acted film.

La Dolce Vita

Federico Fellini (1960)

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Magnolia

Paul Thomas Anderson (1999)

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The French Connection

William Friedkin (1971)

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Gene Hackman is just a bada**. The car chase in this film is legendary, and the 70s style is fantastic. I don't particularly care for cop or buddy movies as a rule, but this is highly recommended.

The French Connection II

John Frankenheimer (1975)

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The Godfather

Francis Ford Coppola (1972)

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For some reason I didn't see this film until (I think) I was in college. Never before had I sat in complete and total wonder and awe at the brilliance of a film as the credits rolled. Pacino is unbelievable. It's a shame he's devolved into the "hoo-ah!" persona of today. In my opinion, the baptism scene is one of the best couple minutes of film ever created.