Looking for a good movie to rent? Here's a list of
can't-lose
choices. Each one guaranteed to be extremely good. You may not like
them
all, but you'll find it hard to argue that any of them are not good.
I've
left out lots of my favorites striving to list only those I feel are
universally
good. Each movie is linked to more information about it in the Internet
Movie Database, still the best web site on the planet! At the end
you'll find a few great
movies made before 1970.
I'll list more great classics over time. Please feel free to email
me where you disagree with any of my selections or have suggestions
for ones I've left out. If you're about my particular tastes, please
also see my list of personal
favorites. Enjoy!
2011
Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) Steve Carell never disappoints.
Winter's Bone (2010)
2010
Despicable Me (2010) Steve Carell also rocks voice acting in this lovely computer animated movie.
Town, The (2010) In a category all its own. Some of the best dialog and delivery I have ever watched.
Toy Story 3 (2010)
True Grit (2010)
Winter's Bone (2010)
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
Finding Nimo (2003)
Last Samurai (2003)
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) [Trilogy taken as one movie, I now consider this to be the best movie ever]
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
2002
Bowling for Columbine (2002)2001
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Spider-Man (2002)
K-PAX (2001)2000
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)
Man Who Wasn't There, The (2001)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Shrek (2001)
6th Day, The (2000)1999
Cast Away (2000)Chicken Run (2000) Dinosaur (2000) Erin Brockovich (2000) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2000)House of Mirth, The (2000) Memento (2000) Snatch (2000)
Traffic (2000)
1998American Beauty (1999) Being John Malkovich (1999) eXistenZ (1999) Matrix, The (1999) Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) Titus (1999) Toy Story 2 (1999)
1997Antz (1998) Big Lebowski, The (1998) Bug's Life, A (1998) Bulworth (1998) Dark City (1998) Festen (1998) AKA The Celebration Palmetto (1998) Pleasantville (1998) Six Days Seven Nights (1998)
1996Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) Contact (1997) Jackie Brown (1997) Lost Highway (1997) Lost World: Jurassic Park, The (1997) Men in Black (1997) Spanish Prisoner, The (1997) Titanic (1997) Wag the Dog (1997)
Beavis and Butt-head Do America (1996) Bound (1996) English Patient, The (1996) Fargo (1996) Freeway (1996) Hamlet (1996) Lone Star (1996) Primal Fear (1996) Tin Cup (1996)
Apollo 13 (1995) Beyond Rangoon (1995) City of Lost Children, The (1995) Dead ManWalking (1995)Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) Leaving Las Vegas (1995) Nick of Time (1995) Toy Story (1995) Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Color of Night (1994) Forrest Gump (1994) Frankenstein (1994) Hudsucker Proxy, The (1994) Interview with the Vampire (1994) Last Seduction, The (1994) (TV) Pulp Fiction (1994) Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)
Addams Family Values (1993) Alive (1993) Coneheads (1993) Dave (1993) Falling Down (1993) Groundhog Day (1993) Jurassic Park (1993) M. Butterfly (1993) Much Ado About Nothing (1993) Nightmare Before Christmas, The (1993) Schindler's List (1993) Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993)
Basic Instinct (1992) Crying Game, The (1992) Death Becomes Her (1992) Far and Away (1992) Few Good Men, A (1992) Forever Young (1992) Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) Lorenzo's Oil (1992) My Cousin Vinny (1992) Player, The (1992) Prelude to a Kiss (1992) Red Rock West (1992) Reservoir Dogs (1992) Scent of a Woman (1992) Unforgiven (1992)
Addams Family, The (1991) Barton Fink (1991) Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) City Slickers (1991) Dead Again (1991) Grand Canyon (1991) Hook (1991) Kafka (1991) L.A. Story (1991) Naked Lunch (1991) Rapture, The (1991) Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Thelma & Louise (1991) Truly Madly Deeply (1991)
12:01 PM (1990) Awakenings (1990) Back to the Future Part III (1990) Edward Scissorhands (1990) Ghost (1990) Grifters, The (1990) Hamlet (1990) Handmaid's Tale, The (1990) I Love You to Death (1990) Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) Life Is Sweet (1990) Misery (1990) Pacific Heights (1990) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) Total Recall (1990)
Always (1989) Back to the Future Part II (1989) Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) Dead Poets Society (1989) Heathers (1989) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) When Harry Met Sally... (1989) Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The (1988) Beetlejuice (1988) Cry in the Dark, A (1988) D.O.A. (1988) Dead Ringers (1988) Dangerous Liaisons (1988) Fish Called Wanda, A (1988) Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988) Milagro Beanfield War, The (1988) Scrooged (1988) They Live (1988) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Full Metal Jacket (1987) Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) Housekeeping (1987) Princess Bride, The (1987) RoboCop (1987) Roxanne (1987) Witches of Eastwick, The (1987)
Blue Velvet (1986) Fly, The (1986) Jean de Florette (1986) Little Shop of Horrors (1986) Manon of the Spring (1986) Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986)
After Hours (1985) Back to the Future (1985) Brazil (1985) Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Against All Odds (1984) Amadeus (1984) Blood Simple (1984) Ghostbusters (1984) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Johnny Dangerously (1984) Terminator, The (1984)
Carmen (1983) [directed by Saura] Fearless (1993)
Hunger, The (1983) Android (1982) Blade Runner (1982) Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) Deathtrap (1982) Sophie's Choice (1982) Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982) Year of Living Dangerously, The (1982)
Body Heat (1981) Boot, Das (1981)
Elephant Man, The (1980) Empire Strikes Back, The (1980) Lathe of Heaven, The (1980) (TV) Shining, The (1980) Somewhere in Time (1980)
Being There (1979)Breaking Away (1979)
Star Wars (1977)
Logan's Run (1976) Network (1976)
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (1975) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Blazing Saddles (1974) Chinatown (1974) Young Frankenstein (1974)
Sleeper (1973)
Godfather, The (1972)
Andromeda Strain, The (1971) Clockwork Orange, A (1971) Harold and Maude (1971)
MASH (1970)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Lawrence of Arabia (1962) West Side Story (1961) Psycho (1960) North by Northwest (1959) Some Like It Hot (1959)
Vertigo (1958) Rear Window (1954) Seven Samurai (1954) [My vote for the 3rd best movie ever]
African Queen, The (1951) Rope (1948) His Girl Friday (1940) Philadelphia Story, The (1940) Wizard of Oz, The (1939) [I now consider this the 2nd best movie ever]