StoryWorth: Favorite Movies
What are your favorite movies?
The whole idea of favorites is a tricky one for me. When I answer this question, it’s often simply a matter of what movies I happen to think of at the moment. I’ve learned that’s fine in conversation-what people are asking is simply for an insight into what kinds of things you like, what they might talk about with you. But to really discern my favorites, I try to take a long view, to think about what movies have really stuck with me. It helps that a few years ago I went through a big tome listing all the movies released in the US and made a record of all the ones I can remember having seen. Looking back through the list, here are the ones that stand out-today, at least:
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
Aliens
Antonia and Jane
Bend It Like Beckham
Better Off Dead
The Big Chill
Clueless
The Commitments
Dark City
Delicatessen
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Galaxy Quest
The Game
Harold and Maude
Impromptu
Jupiter Ascending
The Matrix
Memento
O Brother, Where Art Thou
Ocean’s Eleven
Raiders of the Lost Ark
A Room with a View
sex, lies and videotape
Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
The Station Agent
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Wayne’s World
What Dreams May Come
Where the Wild Things Are
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
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The whole idea of favorites is a tricky one for me. When I answer this question, it’s often simply a matter of what movies I happen to think of at the moment. I’ve learned that’s fine in conversation-what people are asking is simply for an insight into what kinds of things you like, what they might talk about with you. But to really discern my favorites, I try to take a long view, to think about what movies have really stuck with me. It helps that a few years ago I went through a big tome listing all the movies released in the US and made a record of all the ones I can remember having seen. Looking back through the list, here are the ones that stand out-today, at least:
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
Aliens
Antonia and Jane
Bend It Like Beckham
Better Off Dead
The Big Chill
Clueless
The Commitments
Dark City
Delicatessen
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Galaxy Quest
The Game
Harold and Maude
Impromptu
Jupiter Ascending
The Matrix
Memento
O Brother, Where Art Thou
Ocean’s Eleven
Raiders of the Lost Ark
A Room with a View
sex, lies and videotape
Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
The Station Agent
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Wayne’s World
What Dreams May Come
Where the Wild Things Are
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
This entry was originally posted at https://lillibet.dreamwidth.org/1318969.html. You can comment either place! There are
comments over there now.