One of the Greatest Films of All-Time, Francis Ford 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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Category: All-Time Favorites
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
A prismatic journey through the events that shaped galactic history posing striking questions about the nature of mankind vs. machine and foundations of civilization, Kubrick’s 2001: ASO is pure science-fiction & The Greatest Film Of All-Time. 10/10.
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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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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.
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Citizen Kane (1941)
Perhaps the greatest film ever made by technical proficiency & innovation [by a 24 year-old wünderkind], O. Welles’ 1941 masterpiece changed the entire construct of filmmaking: a plot-eclectic, avant-garde metaphor of power, love, & tragedy. 10/10.
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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly (1967)
The definitive Spaghetti Western, Sergio Leone’s GBU satirizes classical western heroes and clear good vs. evil boundary lines in a blazing whistle-tuned, stylishly-gunsmoked masterclass of filmmaking. One of the greatest films of All-Time. 10/10.
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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.
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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 ever in its genre, Kubrick’s The Shining: the greatest horror film of All-Time. 10/10.
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Seven Samurai (1956)
A masterpiece of filmmaking that stands as Akira Kurosawa’s greatest work and one of the Top 5 films of All-Time, Seven Samurai changed the medium’s landscape with stylistic battle scenes, revolutionized narrative elements, technical brilliance. 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.
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