Casablanca SE The Adventures of Robin Hood The Treasure of The Sierra Madre The Third Man Billy Liar Citizen Kane The Asphalt Jungle The Set Up Spartacus A Day At The Races (or She Wore a Yellow Ribbon )
In no particular order, these are the DVDs that I take out from time to time and watch again and again:
Moulin Rouge (2001) Meet Me In St. Louis Futurama (any of the seasons) Hedwig and the Angry Inch Indiana Jones Trilogy Toy Story Box Set Fantasia Anthology Auntie Mame LOTR: Fellowship Extended LOTR: Towers Extended
LOTR:FOTR:EE LOTR:TTT:EE Band of Brothers Clerks X Battle Royale Goldeneye Indiana Jones set Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Criterion BMW's The Hire (w/all 8 shorts) Invader Zim
Seven: Platinum Series Brazil: Criterion Collection The Man Who Wasn't There Boogie Nights (2 disc edition) The Royal Tenenbaums: Criterion Collection Dr Strangelove The Good the Bad and the Ugly Punch Drunk Love The Godfather Collection Rushmore: Criterion Collection
Back to the Future set Sopranos season 1 Curb Your Enthusiasm season 1 Reservoir Dogs 10 year anniversary The Usual Suspects S.E. Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back Dogma S.E. Swingers collectors series Made S.E. Minority Report
I have tons of other movies I haven't seen yet... great ones like the Godfather trilogy, The Monk season 1, Indiana Jones set, Once Upon A Time in America, Jackie Brown, etc. -- I'll get to'em.
[looks at watch, waiting to see how long before this is moved to polls ]
My top 10 (in order):
The Apartment Rear Window The Godfather Casablanca Citizen Kane Dr. Strangelove Raiders of the Lost Ark North by Northwest Some Like It Hot The Godfather, Part 2
Ok here goes. This will probably be an ever changing list as more get released:
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark 2. Vertigo 3. The Godfather 4. The Shawshank Redemption 5. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring EE 6. Seven Samurai Criterion 7. Casablanca 8. Star Wars '77 version (copied from the Faces LD) 9. Rear Window 10. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers EE
LotR: Bothe EE versions Indiana Joes Trilogy Godfather Trilogy Toy Story: Ultimate Toy Box Band of Brothers Back to the Future Tilogy The Simpsons season sets Star Wars Episodes I & II Terminator 2: Ultimate Braveheart
Indiana Jones Trilogy Fight Club Spec Ed The Rock - Criterion U571 The Good The bad and the Ugly - Spec Ed Magnificent Seven Terminator 2 Spec Ed Toy Story 3 disc set Lion King Young Frankenstien
It's A Wonderful Life Ikiru: Criterion The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant Tabu Singin' In The Rain SE Fassbinder's BRD Trilogy Box Set Magnolia Suspiria LE Do The Right Thing: Criterion Dancer In The Dark
Seven Samurai (Criterion) In the Mood for Love (Criterion) This is Spinal Tap (Criterion) Rashomon (Criterion) Casablanca (Special Ed) Three Colors: Blue, White, Red Unforgiven (10th Anniversary Ed) Glengary Glen Ross (10th Anniversary Ed) Almost Famous (Untitled/Bootleg) Shaolin Master Killer, aka 36th Chamber of Shaolin (Region 3)
Honorable mention: Raise the Red Lantern (Criterion) Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (20th Anniversary Ed)
Just for sheer presentation, wealth of extra materials or quality of commentary...
Fight Club: Two Disc set Boogie Nights: Two Disc set Toy Story 1 & 2: Ultimate Toy Box Indiana Jones: Trilogy boxed set Back to the Future: Trilogy boxed set Clerks: Animated Series LOTR: EE editions Moulin Rouge: SE Citizen Kane : SE Alien: Quadrilogy
and I have a feeling I'll be adding Star Wars Trilogy to that list next week...
and my "gotta get when I get the cash" list: Rushmore: Critereon collection Predator: SE Brazil: Critereon collection Batman Animated Series: Season one The Good, the Bad, the Ugly : SE
So many DVD's, so little cash, so little watching time...
Adventures of Robin Hood Aliens: Special Edition Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Special Edition Citizen Kane Gladiator: Signature Edition (DTS-ES Discrete) The Great Race It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World LOTR EE's (including ROTK not soon enough) Patton Starwars: Empire Strikes Back (imminently)
Ok, different than favorite movies on DVD—here are 10 great DVDs in no particular order:
·Spartacus (Criterion Collection) ·The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, extended edition. ·Carl Th. Dreyer Box Set (Day of Wrath, Ordet, Gertrud and a documentary on Dreyer) (Criterion Collection) ·Children of Paradise (Criterion Collection) ·Do the Right Thing (Criterion Collection) ·Brazil (Criterion Collection) ·Wild Strawberries (Criterion Collection) ·The Red Shoes (Criterion Collection) ·8 1/2 (Criterion Collection) ·In the Mood for Love (Criterion Collection)
Some of my favorite directors and movie are not on ‘great’ DVDs.
The Third Man Dracula '31 (original release) Chicken Run Santa Sangre Dawn of the Dead (Ultimate Edition) Casablanca Citizen Kane Proof A.I. Penn and Teller: Bullshit!
-freaks and geeks yearbook -fight club -almost famous bootleg -magnolia -rushmore criterion -royal tenenbaums criterion -amelie -say anything -band of brothers -minority report -u2: go home (slane) -beastie boys criterion -one flew over the cuckoos nest:se -indiana jones trilogy -LOTR EE's -jaws -north by northwest(the picture quality--!!!) -citizen kane(ditto)
and then i have a gut feeling eternal sunshine will be making the list pretty soon...