MyMovies: Must See (Picks 6)
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- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.51) Jack Nicholson and Stanley Kubrick make "The Shining," adapted from Stephen King's novel, one of the greatest horror movies of all time.
- DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsSylvester StalloneTalia ShireBurt YoungA small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.52) Still one of the greatest movies of the last half-century; the original 1976 "Rocky" is still a winner by a long shot.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsChow Yun-FatMichelle YeohZiyi ZhangA young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.53) Director Ang Lee's deeply affecting and romantic martial arts epic.
- DirectorSam MendesStarsKevin SpaceyAnnette BeningThora BirchA sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.54) Beautiful indeed.
- DirectorFrank MillerQuentin TarantinoRobert RodriguezStarsMickey RourkeClive OwenBruce WillisAn exploration of the dark and miserable Basin City and three of its residents, all of whom are caught up in violent corruption.55) One of the greatest casts ever assembled; "Sin City" is one of the best comic books ever realized on the screen. Not to be missed.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsIsabella RosselliniKyle MacLachlanDennis HopperThe discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.56) Dark, twisted, and lovely - "Blue Velvet."
- DirectorLarry CharlesStarsSacha Baron CohenKen DavitianLuenellKazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world.57) Remember, if movie is not success, he will be execute!
- DirectorBryan SingerStarsKevin SpaceyGabriel ByrneChazz PalminteriThe sole survivor of a pier shoot-out tells the story of how a notorious criminal influenced the events that began with five criminals meeting in a seemingly random police lineup.58) The greatest crime-thriller of the 1990s; my second-favorite film of Bryan Singer ("X2")!!!
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroJodie FosterCybill ShepherdA mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.59) The greatest Robert De Niro/Martin Scorcese collaboration ever made. Nothing matches this film's performances, intensity, atmosphere, direction, screenwriting, and bloodbath ending.
- DirectorCurtis HansonStarsMichael DouglasTobey MaguireFrances McDormandAn English Professor tries to deal with his wife leaving him, the arrival of his editor who has been waiting for his book for seven years, and the various problems that his friends and associates involve him in.60) I love being a writer and "Wonder Boys" is perhaps the best movie I've seen about writers from the POV of one out-there author and one hectic weekend spent at a writer's convention.