Note the title: That's favorite movies of all time, not best. I'm certainly not about to claim that any of the movies on my list of all-time favorites can qualify as the best of all time. (My #1 pick would most definitely inspire raised eyebrows and double- or triple-takes, if not outright ridicule.) But they are the ones with the most - for lack of a better word - resonance to me personally. The movies near the top of my list are the ones that I'm most likely to pop into my Blu-ray player when I'm in the mood to watch a film.
Here's my (tentative) plan: I'm going to list my favorite movies in groups of ten. And no, at this point, I don't really know how far down the list I'm going to go! I imagine at some point later in the future I might be giving individual reviews to the films one at a time. But not right now. I think I'll wait.
So now... without durther afoo... Here is:
DARTH PAZUZU'S TOP 10 FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME!
"Come, fly the teeth of the wind. Share my wings!"
#001 - EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC (1977)
directed by: John Boorman
screenplay by: William Goodhart / based on characters created by William Peter Blatty
starring: Linda Blair, Richard Burton, Louise Fletcher, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow
"This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time."
#002 - FIGHT CLUB (1999)
directed by: David Fincher
screenplay by: Jim Uhls / based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk
starring: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto
"The Dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural."
#003 - STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH (2005)
directed and written by: George Lucas
starring: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Frank Oz
"Hello, Danny. Come and play with us. Come and play with us, Danny. Forever... and ever... and ever!"
#004 - THE SHINING (1980)
directed by: Stanley Kubrick
screenplay by: Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson / based on the novel by Stephen King
starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson
"I like thinking about the red dress and the television and you and your father. Now when I get the sun, I smile!"
#005 - REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (2000)
directed by: Darren Aronofsky
screenplay by: Hubert Selby Jr. and Darren Aronofsky / based on the novel by Hubert Selby Jr.
starring: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Christopher McDonald
"I only want you to accept what you are. Don't pretend!"
#006 - THE MUSIC LOVERS (1971)
directed by: Ken Russell
screenplay by: Melvyn Bragg / based on the book Beloved Friend by Catherine Drinker Bowen and Barbara von Meck
starring: Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson, Max Adrian, Christopher Gable, Kenneth Colley
"Oh, no tears, please. It's a waste of good suffering!"
#007 - HELLRAISER (1987)
directed and written by: Clive Barker / based on his novella The Hellbound Heart
starring: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman, Doug Bradley
"Is there anybody out there?"
#008 - PINK FLOYD: THE WALL (1982)
directed by: Alan Parker
screenplay by: Roger Waters / based on the album by the band Pink Floyd
starring: Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurence, Eleanor David, Bob Hoskins
"When this kind of fire starts, it is very hard to put out."
#009 - TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992)
directed by: David Lynch
screenplay by: David Lynch and Robert Engels / based on the TV series Twin Peaks created by Mark Frost and David Lynch
starring: Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Grace Zabriskie, Chris Isaak, Kyle MacLachlan
"Experience always destroys something or someone."
#010 - BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL (1977)
directed by: Liliana Cavani
written by: Liliana Cavani, Franco Arcalli and Italo Moscati
starring: Dominique Sanda, Erland Josephson, Robert Powell, Virna Lisi, Michael Degen
Here's my (tentative) plan: I'm going to list my favorite movies in groups of ten. And no, at this point, I don't really know how far down the list I'm going to go! I imagine at some point later in the future I might be giving individual reviews to the films one at a time. But not right now. I think I'll wait.
So now... without durther afoo... Here is:
DARTH PAZUZU'S TOP 10 FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME!
"Come, fly the teeth of the wind. Share my wings!"
#001 - EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC (1977)
directed by: John Boorman
screenplay by: William Goodhart / based on characters created by William Peter Blatty
starring: Linda Blair, Richard Burton, Louise Fletcher, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow
"This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time."
#002 - FIGHT CLUB (1999)
directed by: David Fincher
screenplay by: Jim Uhls / based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk
starring: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto
"The Dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural."
#003 - STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH (2005)
directed and written by: George Lucas
starring: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Frank Oz
"Hello, Danny. Come and play with us. Come and play with us, Danny. Forever... and ever... and ever!"
#004 - THE SHINING (1980)
directed by: Stanley Kubrick
screenplay by: Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson / based on the novel by Stephen King
starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson
"I like thinking about the red dress and the television and you and your father. Now when I get the sun, I smile!"
#005 - REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (2000)
directed by: Darren Aronofsky
screenplay by: Hubert Selby Jr. and Darren Aronofsky / based on the novel by Hubert Selby Jr.
starring: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Christopher McDonald
"I only want you to accept what you are. Don't pretend!"
#006 - THE MUSIC LOVERS (1971)
directed by: Ken Russell
screenplay by: Melvyn Bragg / based on the book Beloved Friend by Catherine Drinker Bowen and Barbara von Meck
starring: Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson, Max Adrian, Christopher Gable, Kenneth Colley
"Oh, no tears, please. It's a waste of good suffering!"
#007 - HELLRAISER (1987)
directed and written by: Clive Barker / based on his novella The Hellbound Heart
starring: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman, Doug Bradley
"Is there anybody out there?"
#008 - PINK FLOYD: THE WALL (1982)
directed by: Alan Parker
screenplay by: Roger Waters / based on the album by the band Pink Floyd
starring: Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurence, Eleanor David, Bob Hoskins
"When this kind of fire starts, it is very hard to put out."
#009 - TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992)
directed by: David Lynch
screenplay by: David Lynch and Robert Engels / based on the TV series Twin Peaks created by Mark Frost and David Lynch
starring: Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Grace Zabriskie, Chris Isaak, Kyle MacLachlan
"Experience always destroys something or someone."
#010 - BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL (1977)
directed by: Liliana Cavani
written by: Liliana Cavani, Franco Arcalli and Italo Moscati
starring: Dominique Sanda, Erland Josephson, Robert Powell, Virna Lisi, Michael Degen
Last edited by Darth Pazuzu; 08-03-23 at 08:27 PM.