Nostromo's Top 50 Cocktail Party

It's the Civil War and Josey Wales is a peaceful farming Southerner whose family is suddenly and brutally massacred by a sadistic Union officer and his men. Josey joins up with guerrilla fighters who continue to avoid capture, until the war ends. But their leader Fletcher negotiates a pardon for those willing to surrender. They all submit, save for Josey. They're all executed and shortly thereafter the Union sets out on a bounty hunt for Wales. Josey goes on the run and accumulates a diverse group of companions. An old Cherokee named Lone Watie, a young Navajo woman, and a woman from Kansas along with her granddaughter who Josey rescues from the Comanchero rapists. All the while he is chased by bounty hunters. Dying ain't no way of making a living, boy.

An American scientific expedition witness some crazed airborne Norwegians chasing down and executing a dog. The Norwegian helicopter explodes, leaving no explanation for this absurd occurrence. Later that night, the same dog does some weird sh*t to the other dogs and then the scientific team investigates. Led by Wilford Brimley and Kurt Russell, we soon realize a shapeshifting alien life form is on the loose. Man is the Warmest Place to Hide. Let's just wait here a while.. see what happens

Initially considered putting An American Werewolf in London here. No knock against it, i love that one. Wondered, does a 13 minute short belong on a countdown where everything else is feature length? Then remembered this is my countdown, and i'm not one that believes in strict adherence to guidelines or rules. The clouds parted, the sun shined down, & MoFo God himself decided it was meant to be. And that's how Thriller became my #32 favorite movie. Big fan of the werewolf effects in this, as i believe director John Landis developed further upon what he achieved in 1981 with the Werewolf in London flick. Put simply, I love watching it. So it's here. It belongs. It's just too bad they didn't extend it to feature length, bc then it would be higher