The Greatest Film Of All-Time, OW’s new-age opera, political-drama, black comedy, mystery-noir, satirization, romance, & biographical/psychologcal-pièta evolved art: complex, plot-eclectic, avant-garde metaphor of power, love, money, tragedy. 10/10
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Category: All-Time Favorites
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
A prismatic journey through the stars and events of galaxy history w. bold, complex, Da Vincian questions on the nature & mystery of mankind, God, machines, space, & civilization, Kubrick’s ’01: pure IQ & science-fiction. The #2 Film Of All-Time. 10/10.
[category:all-time-favorites/science-fiction/mystery/experimental/classics,date:1968-12-20,rate:10,type:movies]
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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly (1967)
The definitive Spaghetti Western, Leone’s G/B/U satirizes classical western heroes & clear good vs. evil boundary lines; A blazing, whistle-tuned, stylishly-gunsmoked, hyperviolent, darwinian, egoistic, morality-dichotomized masterwork of film. 10/10.
[category:all-time-favorites/western/classics/periodhistorical/crime-films,date:1967-02-17,rate:10,type:movies]
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The Godfather (1972)
A new age of culture & expatriative exposition in film, Coppola’s multi-generational crime saga masterpiece on Mario Puzo’s novel in 1940’s NYC is a flawlessly directed, acted, and scripted tale of power, justice, revenge, and the legacy of a family. 10/10.
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Alien (1979)
A magnum opus of biological horror and sci-fi expedition with an Odysseic score, Promethean world-building, pitch-black omen tone, parenthood/sex metaphysics, groundbreaking blends of genres, and the best movie-monster ever created. 9.8/10.
[category:all-time-favorites/science-fiction/horror/slasher/cyberpunk,date:1979-10-17,rate:9.8,type:movies]
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The first true horror picture – jolting postwar masses & changing history launching the German Expressionist movement, Wiene’s nightmarish, metaphoric, silence-set psychological dreamscape is one of the most groundbreaking films of 1900s. 9.5/10.
[category:all-time-favorites/horror/psychological/expressionism/classics/experimental,date:1920-01-17,rate:9.5,type:movies]
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The Shining (1980)
A masterpiece of slowly-hypnotic cabin fever with Native American/colonialism themes, psychological complexity, & greatest score, atmosphere, lead performance of its genre’s history, Kubrick’s maze oeuvre: the best horror film ever made. 10/10.
[category:all-time-favorites/horror/classics,date:1980-11-20,rate:10,type:movies]
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The Dark Knight (2008)
A bone-chilling descent into madness by comic-book pseudonym w. hypnotic blue-tinted cinematography, sociopathological cynicism, dark realismo, white-knuckled existential analysis, and Ledger’s Joker: the greatest villain performance ever. 10/10.
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Seven Samurai (1956)
A bravura piece of filmmaking & the crown jewel of Akira Kurosawa’s filmography, 7S changed cinema’s landscape with action movies – boasting complexity, camera kineticism, legendary chambara, revolutionized narrative style, pure culture. 10/10.
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A Clockwork Orange (1971)
One of the most stylized depictions of violence & teenage spirit ever filmed with a cleverly-meta juxtaposition of insouciant classical waltzes & sadistic thrills by its psychologically-twisted protagonist, A.C.O.’s striking dystopian mastercraft. 9.4/10.
[category:all-time-favorites/classics/drama/crime-films/dystopian/experimental/psychological/revengethriller/coming-of-age/science-fiction/political-drama,date:1971-09-17,rate:9.4,type:movies]
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