The Pianist, Roman Polanski's best movie since Chinatown, an unsentimental but nonetheless emotionally harrowing account of one man's survival of the Holocaust, for which Adrien Brody won a Best Actor Oscar.
Far From Heaven, Todd Haynes's tour-de-force, starring Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, and Dennis Haysbert in an homage to 1950's melodrama that is as technically adept as any digital effects-laden summer blockbuster.
Hurlyburly, the cinematic adaptation of David Rabe's play, starring Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri, Gary Shandling, Robin Wright Penn, and Meg Ryan. It's a talky, wacked-out masterpiece!
The Lion in Winter, starring Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, and Anthony Hopkins. Winner of several Academy Awards, including one for Hepburn.
THE GODFATHER DVD collection, Francis Ford Coppola's epic mafia trilogy. No collection is complete without it.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, arguably the Monty Python troupe's masterpiece and one of the funniest farces ever made.
MEMENTO, a mindblowing puzzler written & directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Guy Pearce. THIS IS A MUST-SEE!!
Ghost Dog: the way of the samurai, an offbeat thriller starring Forest Whitaker & directed by Jim Jarmusch.
HENRY V, Kenneth Branagh's debut as an auteur. One of the finest adaptations of Shakespeare ever made.
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, a breathtaking comedy penned by Tom Stoppard, with Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, and Geoffrey Rush.
Magnolia, an ambitious, if flawed, ensemble piece by P.T. Anderson, the maker of Boogie Nights.
Fight Club, a subversive satire starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, from a great novel by Chuck Palahniuk.
EYES WIDE SHUT, the capstone to Kubrick's amazing career.
AMERICAN BEAUTY, a wonderful movie starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening.
Heat, Micheal Mann directs De Niro and Pacino to a showdown in this crime drama.
The Princess Bride, a magical comedy penned by William Goldman and directed by Rob Reiner.
Election, a sharp comedy starring Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick.
Mars Attacks!, Tim Burton's satirical homage to kitsch, with an all-star cast including Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, and Tom Jones.
Grosse Pointe Blank, a murderously funny high-school reunion-cum-showdown starring John Cusack.
Apocalypse Now, Coppola's masterwork, incorporating Conrad's Heart of Darkness into the Vietnam War.
The Shining, Kubrick's amazing adaptation of the horror novel by Stephen King, starring Jack Nicholson.
Full Metal Jacket, Kubrick's own visitation to Vietnam, one of the 2 best movies about that war.
Chinatown, one of the best private-eye movies ever made, starring Jack Nicholson and John Huston.
The Fisher King, Terry Gilliam's bizarre romantic fable starring Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges.
Being John Malkovich, Spike Jonze's truly original farce starring John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, and the title star.
The Usual Suspects, winner of an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, this caper mystery is stunning.
SLEEPY HOLLOW, Tim Burton's quirky re-casting of Ichabod Crane as a detective, starring Johnny Depp.
Bringing Out the Dead, Scorsese's hilarious vision of New York as the Inferno, starring Nicolas Cage.
sex, lies and videotape, Steven Soderbergh's debut, a penetrating drama starring James Spader, Peter Gallagher and Andie MacDowell.
GO, the madcap comedy by the makers of SWINGERS.
LOCK, STOCK, AND 2 SMOKING BARRELS, a romp of a movie by Guy Ritchie.
Much Ado About Nothing, Kenneth Branagh's wonderful adaptation of Shakespeare's romantic comedy.
Pleasantville, a surprising warm-hearted satire about television and identity starring Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon.
Dangerous Liaisons, Stephen Frears's Oscar-winning distillation of an English play based on a French novel, starring John Malkovich, Glenn Close, and Michelle Pfeiffer.
I WENT DOWN, an irish caper comedy.
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, starring Leo & Claire in a frenetic version of the romantic tragedy.
RONIN, the spy-thriller/satire penned by David Mamet & starring Robert DeNiro.
THE BIG LEBOWSKI, the latest Coen Brothers' masterpiece.
THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU'RE DEAD, the mob fable.
Silence of the Lambs, the Oscar-sweeper starring Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster.
WAG THE DOG, the satirical movie by Barry Levinson & David Mamet.
Richard III, Ian McKellen's mesmerizing performance anchors this amazing recasting of Shakespeare's play into 1930's war-time England.
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