A live action cartoon from the Coen Brothers about Nicolas Cage kidnapping babies, but for love. A personal favorite.
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BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925)
A Soviet propaganda film that basically invented the modern action sequence.
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
A surprisingly universal and human story of three soldiers returning to their home town after World War II, from decades before “PTSD” was a term.
BOYZ N THE HOOD (1991)
John Singleton’s slice-of-life drama about young men dealing with life South Central Los Angeles received wide acclaim and maybe changed Hollywood a little.
THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964)
Roger Corman and Vincent Price team up for a movie about rich people torturing peasants and partying during a plague.
A GOOFY MOVIE (1995)
This 1990s animated movie was an afterthought even to its own studio, but has developed something of a cult following since.
ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
Showbiz is an eternal, elemental struggle in one of the greatest of all satires.
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (1993)
Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan are fun to hang out with, and this movie is very funny, but I have many problems. I am a dude.
THE SEARCHERS (1956)
John Wayne drags a handsome guy around the American West because he is so racist. It’s kind of like the Odyssey.
GATES OF HEAVEN (1978)
A documentary about pet cemeteries and also the meaning of life, maybe low-key one of my all-time favorites.
Movie Valhalla 