My favorite movies.
This is a list of my favorite movies, regardless of genre. I also have my favorites of each particular genre listed in separate lists.
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- DirectorFritz LangStarsBrigitte HelmAlfred AbelGustav FröhlichIn a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.In my opinion, the greatest movie ever made. It's truly amazing, not only visually, but also viscerally. The great musical score by Gottfried Huppertz is indispensable.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsClark GableClaudette ColbertWalter ConnollyA rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.One of the greatest romantic comedies ever made, if not the greatest.
- DirectorMerian C. CooperErnest B. SchoedsackStarsFay WrayRobert ArmstrongBruce CabotA film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.The Eighth Wonder of the World.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsLionel AtwillFay WrayGlenda FarrellThe disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.The original movie that the Vincent Price "House of Wax" was based on. In my opinion, this is the better of the two, mainly due to Glenda Farrell's very memorable performance as Florence Dempsey, the role that led to that of Torchy Blane, which in turn inspired Lois Lane.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsCharlton HestonYul BrynnerAnne BaxterMoses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.Almost right up there with "Metropolis" in terms of amazement, and the greatest Biblical epic ever made. Easily one of the greatest masterpieces of all time.
- DirectorStanley DonenGene KellyStarsGene KellyDonald O'ConnorDebbie ReynoldsA silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.I'm singin' in the rain, just singin' in the rain...
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsDanielle DarrieuxDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Mischa AuerNicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution is to try to snare a rich husband, and she enlists the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre d' to catch the eye of Bill Duncan.A very underrated screwball comedy starring the adorable Danielle Darrieux.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsMargaret LockwoodMichael RedgravePaul LukasWhile travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.One of Hitchcock's best and most entertaining movies.
- DirectorJoe JohnstonStarsBilly CampbellJennifer ConnellyAlan ArkinA young pilot stumbles onto a prototype jetpack that allows him to become a high-flying masked hero.One of the best adventure movies ever made, and it captured the 1930s atmosphere better than any other post-1950s movie to my knowledge.
- DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsGlenda FarrellBarton MacLaneWini ShawFemale reporter Torchy Blane teams with her cop boyfriend Lt. Steve McBride to solve the killing of an investor who just bought a popular local nightclub.The very first Torchy Blane movie.
- DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsGlenda FarrellBarton MacLaneGordon OliverTorchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.The second Torchy Blane movie.
- DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsGlenda FarrellBarton MacLaneAnne NagelAfter rival reporters, jealous of Torchy's success, conspire to fake the murder of an actor in order to embarrass her, he ends up being strangled.The third.
- DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsGlenda FarrellBarton MacLaneTom KennedySteve promises his captain not to favor Torchy with stories over other papers but becomes frustrated as to how she continues to scoop her rivals.The fourth.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsGlenda FarrellBarton MacLaneTom KennedyA notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwittingly help him bilk the racetrack out of tens of thousands.Technically the sixth, but I consider it the fifth, because I don't count the one with Lola Lane.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsGlenda FarrellBarton MacLaneTom KennedyTorchy Blane has to solve a blackmail case.It should be pretty obvious by now that I'm a fan of Glenda Farrell and Torchy Blane.
- DirectorRay McCareyStarsGlenda FarrellBarton MacLaneTom KennedyTorchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.The last Glenda Farrell/Barton MacLane Torchy Blane movie.
- DirectorGregory La CavaStarsWilliam PowellCarole LombardAlice BradyA scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.One of the very best screwball comedies ever made. Carole Lombard and William Powell, as usual, are great.
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsCary GrantRosalind RussellRalph BellamyA newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.A great satirical screwball comedy.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsGary CooperBarbara StanwyckEdward ArnoldA penniless drifter is recruited by an ambitious columnist to impersonate a non-existent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a social movement begins.One of Frank Capra's best movies.
- DirectorGeorge BeckStarsFarley GrangerShelley WintersWilliam DemarestWhen a cute Welsh terrier follows Bill Denny home, little does he know that all gangland has its eye on that dog. Who will be bumbling Bill's undoing - the gangsters, the cops, or his suspicious mother-in-law?An underrated comedy from the 1950s.
- DirectorFrederick StephaniRay TaylorStarsBuster CrabbeJean RogersCharles MiddletonFlash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Alexis Zarkov visit the planet Mongo to thwart the evil schemes of Emperor Ming the Merciless, who has set his planet on a collision course with Earth.Perhaps the greatest serial ever made.
- DirectorKerry ConranStarsGwyneth PaltrowJude LawAngelina JolieAfter New York City receives a series of attacks from giant flying robots, a reporter teams up with a pilot in search of their origin, as well as the reason for the disappearances of famous scientists around the world.One of the best adventure movies of the 2000's, and a great homage to 1930s adventure serials and movies.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul FreemanIn 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.Another great homage to 1930s serials.
- DirectorStephen SommersStarsBrendan FraserRachel WeiszJohn HannahAt an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love.The best archeology-themed adventure movie since the original Indiana Jones trilogy, and one of the most re-watchable movies ever made.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordSean ConneryAlison DoodyIn 1938, after his father goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones finds himself up against the Nazis again to stop them from obtaining its powers.The second-best Indiana Jones movie.