Favorite Films
This is a comprehensive list of Mark’s favorite films. The films marked with an asterisks are films that everyone MUST see during their lifetime in order to get a well rounded, intelligent look at the best films ever made… in Mark’s humble opinion.
*Note: This list was last updated in about 2017 so several new films are not yet listed. Mark will get around to updating it soon. Hopefully!
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* 12 Angry Men
* 12 Years a Slave
21 Grams
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
* The 400 Blows
* 2001: A Space Odyssey
Ace in the Hole
Adaptation
The Adventures of Robin Hood
After Hours
* Aguirre, the Wrath of God
* Airplane
Alexander Nevsky
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Alien
All About Eve
All Quiet on the Western Front
All The Presidents Men
Almost Famous
Alphaville
Amadeus
Amarcord
Amelie
* American Beauty
American History X
American Hustle
An American in Paris
An Autumn Afternoon
Andrei Rublev
Animal Crackers
Animal House
* Annie Hall
Anvil: The Story of Anvil
The Apartment
* Apocalypse Now
The Apostle
* The Apu Trilogy
Arsenic and Old Lace
Arthur
The Artist
As Good As It Gets
Atonement
* Au Hasard Balthazar
* Au Revoir Les Enfants
Avatar
Babe
Babette’s Feast
Back To the Future
Badlands
The Bank Dick
* The Battle of Algiers
The Battleship Potemkin
* Beast of the Southern Wild
* A Beautiful Mind
Before Sunrise
Being John Malkovich
Being There
Belle de Jour
Ben-Hur (both versions)
Best In Show
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
* Best Years of Our Lives
Beauty and the Beast (1946 and 1991)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
* The Bicycle Thief
Big
The Big Chill
Big Fish
The Big Heat
The Big Red One
Black Hawk Down
* Blade Runner
* Blazing Saddles
Block-Heads
Blow-up
* The Blue Kite
Blue Velvet
* The Blues Brothers
Boogie Nights
The Book of Eli
Bonnie and Clyde
Bowling for Columbine
The Bourne Ultimatum
* Boyz ‘N the Hood
* Braveheart
The Breakfast Club
Breaker Morant
Breaking Away
* Breaking the Waves
Breathless
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Broadcast News
* Broken Blossoms
* Burden of Dreams
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
* Casablanca
* Casino Royal
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Champ
* Chariots of Fire
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Chicago
* Children of Heaven
Children of Men
Children of Paradise
Chopper
* Choose Me
A Christmas Story
Cinema Paradiso
* The Circus
* Citizen Kane
City Lights
City of God
Claire’s Knee
A Clockwork Orange
* Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Closely Watched Trains
Coffee and Cigarettes
La Collectionneuse
* The Color Purple
* Come and See
Coming Home
Contempt
* The Conversation
* Cool Hand Luke
Copland
The Cranes are Flying
* Crash
Crazy Heart
* Cries and Whispers
Crimes and Misdemeanors
* Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
* Crumb
The Crying Game
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Dancer in the Dark
Dances with Wolves
Dangerous Liaisons
* The Dark Knight
Das Boot
Days of Heaven
Days of Wine and Roses
* Dazed and Confused
Dead Man Walking
The Decalogue
* The Deer Hunter
* Deliverance
* Departures
Detour
Diabolique
* Diary of a Country Priest
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
District 9
* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
* Dog Day Afternoon
Dogville
Donnie Darko
Don’t Look Back
* Do the Right Thing
Downfall
The Double Life of Veronique
* Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Love the Bomb
Drugstore Cowboy
Drunken Angel
* Duck Soup
Dumb and Dumber
* Dumbo
The Earrings Of Madame De…
Easy Rider
Elephant
* The Elephant Man
* Elmer Gantry
El Norte
The Emigrants & The New Land
The End of Violence
The English Patient
* The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
* Enter the Dragon
Eraserhead
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Exorcist
* The Exterminating Angel
Eyes Without a Face
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
* Fargo
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
A Few Good Men
Fiddler on the Roof
The Fighter
Finding Nemo
* The Fireman’s Ball
First Blood
A Fish Called Wanda
The Fisher King
A Fistful of Dollars
* Fitzcarraldo
Five Easy Pieces
* Floating Weeds
The Fog of War
* For All Mankind
Forbidden Games
* Forest Gump
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Freaks
French Cancan
* The French Connection
The Fugitive
Full Metal Jacket
The Future
* Gandhi
* Gates of Heaven
* The General
Giant
Gimme Shelter
Gladiator
Glenngarry Glen Ross
* The Godfather
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Gomorrah
* Gone with the Wind
* GoodFellas
* The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Good Will Hunting
* Gospel According to St. Matthew
* The Graduate
* Grand Hotel
Grand Illusion
* The Grapes of Wrath
* Grave of the Fireflies
Gravity
The Great Escape
The Great Dictator
The Greatest Show on Earth
* Greed
* Groundhog Day
Happiness
Hamlet (1945)
* Harakiri
Hard-Boiled
* A Hard Days Night
Harold and Maude
The Haunting
Hearts of Darkness
Heavenly Creatures
Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer
Hidden Fortress
High and Low
* High Noon
High Plains Drifter
A History of Violence
Hiroshima Mon Amour
* Holy Grail, Monty Python and the
Hoop Dreams
Hope and Glory
The Hours
Howard’s End
How Green Was My Valley
The Hurt Locker
The Hustler
* Ikiru
In America
* Inception
In Cold Blood
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
Incredibles
Inglourious Basterds
Inherit The Wind
In the Heat of the Night
* In the Mood for Love
Into the Wild
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
* It’s a Wonderful Life
Jacob’s Ladder
Jean De Florette
The Jerk
* Jerry Maguire
Jesus of Montreal
Jesus of Nazareth
JFK
* Joyeux Noel
* Judgment at Nuremberg
Juno
Jurassic Park
* The Kid
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Kieslowski’s Color Trilogy (Red, Blue, White)
Kill Bill (Vol. 1)
Kill Bill (Vol. 2)
* Killer of Sheep
The Killing
Kind Hearts and Coronets
King Kong (original)
King of Kings (1927)
The King’s Speech
Klute
Knife in the Water
* Kramer vs. Kramer
* La Dolce Vita
The Lady Eve
La Femme Nikita
Lantana
The Last Emperor
The Last Picture Show
La Strada
Last Tango in Paris
The Last Waltz
The Last Wave
Last Year at Marienbad
* Late Spring
* L’Avventura
Lawrence of Arabia
Leaving Las Vegas
The Legend of Hell House
Legends of the Fall
* Le Million
Lenny
The Leopard
Les Miserables (both)
* Le Samourai
Letters from Iwo Jima
Leon * The Professional
Leopard
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
* Life Is Beautiful
Like Water for Chocolate
* The Lion King
Little Miss Sunshine
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
* Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lost in Translation
The Lovely Bones
The Lower Depths
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M*A*S*H
* The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Seven
* Magnolia
* The Maltese Falcon
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Manhattan
The Man in the Moon
Manon of the Spring
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
The Man With a Movie Camera
Marathon Man
* The Marriage of Maria Braun
Martha Marcy May Marlene
* Marty
Match Point
The Matrix
* McCabe and Mrs. Miller
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Mean Streets
Meatballs
* Memento
Metropolis
Michael Clayton
* Midnight Cowboy
* Midnight Express
Midnight Run
Mildred Pierce
Millers Crossing
Million Dollar Baby
Miracle on 34th Street
Mirror
The Mission
Mississippi Burning
Modern Times
Moneyball
* Mon Oncle
Monster’s Ball
* Monsters, Inc.
* Monterey Pop Festival
Moonstruck
The Most Dangerous Game
* Moulin Rouge!
Mr. Hulot’s Holiday
Mrs. Miniver
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Muppet Movie
Muriel’s Wedding
* Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
My Darling Clementine
* My Dinner With Andre
My Life to Live
* My Neighbor Totoro
My Own Private Idaho
The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser
Mystic River
* The Naked City
* Napoleon (1927)
Napoleon Dynamite
* Nashville
* Network
The Night Porter
Nights of Cabiria
Night of the Hunter
No Country for Old Men
North by Northwest
Nosferatu
Oldboy
Old Yeller
* Once
One False Move
* One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
On the Bowery
* On the Waterfront
Ordinary People
Out of Africa
Pandora’s Box
Pan’s Labyrinth
Papillon
Paris, Texas
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Paths of Glory
Peeping Tom
Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure
* Persona
Phantom of the Opera (1925)
The Philadelphia Story
The Piano
Pickpocket
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Pink Floyd, The Wall
Pinocchio
* Pixote
* Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Planet of the Apes
* Platoon
Playtime
Poltergeist
* Ponette
Precious
* The Princess Bride
* The Producers
Psycho
* Pulp Fiction
* Raging Bull
* Raiders of the Lost Ark
Rain Man
* Raise the Red Lantern
* Raising Arizona
Ran
Rashomon
* Ratatouille
* Rear Window
Rebecca
Rebel Without a Cause
Red Beard
* The Red Shoes
* Remains of the Day
Repulsion
* Requiem for a Dream
Reservoir Dogs
Richard III (1955)
Rififi
The Right Stuff
Rio Bravo
Robocop
* Rocky
Rollerball (1975)
* Romeo and Juliet (1968) *
Rope
* The Rose Tattoo
The Royal Tenenbaums
* The Rules of the Game
The Ruling Class
Run Lola Run
Running on Empty
* Safety Last
* Salesman
* Samurai Rebellion
The Samurai Trilogy
San Francisco
* Saturday Night Fever
* Saving Private Ryan
Say Anything
Scarface
* Scent of a Woman
* Schindler’s List
* The Searchers
* Secrets and Lies
Sense and Sensibilities
Se7en
* Seven Samurai
* The Seventh Seal
* Sex, Lies and Videotape
Shadowlands
* Shakespeare in Love
Shane
* The Shawshank Redemption
* The Shining
* Shoah
Shop Around the Corner
Short CutsKlute
* A Shot in the Dark
Sid & Nancy
Sideways
* The Silence of the Lambs
Silverado
Silver Linings Playbook
A Simple Plan
* Singin’ in the Rain
The Sixth Sense
Sliding Doors
Sling Blade
* Slumdog Millionaire
* Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Social Network
Solaris (1972)
Some Like it Hot
Someone to Watch Over Me
* Sophie’s Choice
The Sound of Music
* Spartacus
* Spirited Away
* Stagecoach
* Stand By Me
A Star Is Born (1954)
* Star Wars
* Steamboat Bill Jr.
The Sting
* The Straight Story
Strangers On a Train
Straw Dogs
Stray Dog
* A Streetcar Named Desire
* Strictly Ballroom
* Stroszek
The Stunt Man
* Sullivan’s Travels
Sunrise
Superman
Super Size Me
The Sweet Hereafter
Swingers
* Swing Time
* Talk to Her
* Taxi Driver
Tender Mercies
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
* Terms of Endearment
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
There’s Something About Mary
There Will Be Blood
The Thief of Bagdad
The Thin Red Line
* This is Spinal Tap
* Throne of Blood
The Third Man
The Thin Blue Line
The Tin Drum
Titanic
To End All Wars
* To Kill a Mockingbird
* Tokyo Story
Tombstone
* Tommy Boy
* Tootsie
Top Hat
Touch of Evil
* Toy Story
Toy Story 2
Traffic
Trainspotting
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
* The Tree of Life
Triumph of the Will
True Romance
* The Truman Show
* Turtles Can Fly
Twelve Monkeys
Twenty Feet from Stardom
Umberto D
* Ugetsu
* Unforgiven
United 93
The Untouchables
* Up
The ‘Up’ Series
* The Usual Suspects
Vacation
Vengeance is Mine
The Verdict
Vertigo
* The Wages of Fear
* Walkabout
The Wall
Wall-E
Wall Street
Warrior
The Warriors
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
* West Side Story
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?
When Harry Met Sally
The Wild Bunch
Wild Strawberries
* Wings of Desire
Winter’s Bone
* Withnail & I
* Witness
* The Wizard of Oz
* Woman in the Dunes
* A Woman Under the. Influence
* Woodstock: The Directors Cut
The Wrestler
Written on the Wind
* Yankee Doodle Dandy
The Year of Living Dangerously
Yellow Submarine
Yojimbo
You Can’t Take It With You
Y Tu Mamá También
* Young Frankenstein
Young Mr. Lincoln
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