But I was inspired to attempt an answer to a frequent question, "What is your favorite movie?"
My answer is simple. It's 2001: A Space Odyssey. During college I saw it 10 times, once with my Senior Philosophy Symposium Class with our instructor that explained Thus Spake Zarathustra to us and what the movie was really about. I still find the special effects the best of any science fiction movie, including Star Wars.
Below is MY list, in alphabetical order. I tried to cut it down to 25, then to 50, but I couldn't. I think there are 67. I enjoyed all of these too much to eliminate them from the list, even though some did not do well at the box office for some Moral Premise reason, and thus I would claim have flaws. There is really no such thing as a flawless movie, especially since movies (at least the good ones) are works of art and thus subject to subjective judgements. Nonetheless...
What are some of your favorite movies? Please add them to the comments.
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2001: A Space Odyssey (all time favorite)
A Man and a Woman
Aliens I
Amadeus
Amistad
Annie Hall
As Good As It Gets
Babel
Birdman
Blazing Saddles
Blind Side
Braveheart
Bruce Almighty
Casablanca
Chinatown
City Slickers I
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Exorcism of Emily Rose
Die Hard
Dr. Zhivago
George Lucas in Love (short)
Gone With the Wind
Grand Torino
Green Mile
Ground Hog Day
Hail Caesar!
Hancock
Help, The
Hurt Locker
Incredibles, The
Inception
In the Bedroom
Jaws
Karate Kid V (2010)
Kite Runner
Lawrence of Arabia
Liar! Liar!
Lord of the Rings: (all three)
Momento
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Noah (Aronofsky)
Notorious!
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Passage to India
Passion of the Christ
Precious
Pride and Glory (Gavin O'Conner)
Purpose Rose of Cairo
Pursuit of Happyness
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Ratatouille
Revenant
Saving Private Ryan
Searchers
Secretariat
Signs
Silence
Silver Linings Playbook
Slumdog Millionaire
St. Vincent
Taken
Warrior (Gavin O'Conner)
What Women Want
Where Do We Go Now
Where the Heart Is
