70 Favorite Films: A Recap

(in alphabetical order. in case of trilogies, links lead to the first film)

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
8 ½ (1963)
Almost Famous (2000)
Appartement, L’ [The Apartment] (1996)
Batman (1989)
Batoru Rowaiaru [Battle Royale] (2000)
Bayaning 3rd World [Third World Hero] (2000)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Bring it On (2000)
Chung Hing Sam Lam [Chungking Express] (1994)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Closer (2004)
Clueless (1995)
Company of Wolves, The (1984)
Crash [...]

70 Favorite Films Part X: Adaptations

7. I Capture the Castle (2003)
Director: Tim Fywell
Based On: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Starring: Romola Garai, Henry Thomas, Rose Byrne, Bill Nighy
Plot: A young girl’s life changes when two brothers move into the mansion next door…

As I said, I’m a sucker for romantic period films. I just love the ending, though it slightly differs from [...]

70 Favorite Films Part IX: Dramas

14. Dogville (2003)
Director: Lars Von Trier
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Lauren Bacall, Patricia Clarkson, James Caan
Plot: A young woman on the run stumbles into a small town and begins to work for them in exchange for their silence…

Few films have the ability to get you amazed and confused by the first few frames. Dogville is a [...]

70 Favorite Films Part VIII: Romantic Dramas

28. Onegin (1999)
Director: Martha Fiennes
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Liv Tyler
Plot: Eugene Onegin is bored and jaded, so much so that even the love of the passionate Tatiana can’t move him. Or so he thinks.

It was a close fight between this and The End of the Affair, another film with Ralph Fiennes in it but I’m a sucker for [...]

70 Favorite Films Part VII: Fairy Tales

28. Swan Princess (1994)
Director: Richard Rich
Starring: [animated]
Plot: Derek has to rescue Odette from an evil magician who turned her into a swan.

Of all the animated Princes in the world, Derek is probably the stupidest. I mean, if the girl you want to marry asks you why you want to marry her, you don’t say [...]

70 Favorite Films Part VI: Non-English Language Films

35. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Director: Luchino Visconti
Starring: Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot
Plot: A melodramatic story of the lives of brothers struggling to maintain their relationship in the midst of poverty, death, love and loss.

The main reason why this film is on the list is because I can watch Alain Delon in it all day. Too bad [...]

70 Favorite Films Part V: Comedies

42. Mystery Men (1999)
Director: Kinka Usher
Starring: Ben Stiller, William H. Macy, Hank Azaria, Jeanne Garofalo, Geoffrey Rush, Greg Kinnear, Claire Forlani
Plot: The fate of the city lies in the hands of a group of amateur superheroes.

Why is this film so funny? Well, there’s the Blue Raja, except there’s nothing really blue about him and his “weapons” are [...]