Best Films

This is a 100% subjective of my top 10 films. Laugh away.

  1. The Matrix (trilogy) – a brilliant cyberpunk film that perhaps spawned more philosophical reflections than any other. And some great humor.
  2. Сталкер (Stalker) – Soviet existentialism and intellectual nihilism at its finest.
  3. American Pie – :)
  4. Dr. Strangelove – ode to the nuclear bomb.
  5. Schindler’s List – very powerful movie.
  6. Иван Васильевич меняет профессию (Ivan Vasiliech changes profession) – time-travel to medieval Muscovy Soviet comedy.
  7. The Godfather – mafiosi.
  8. The Pianist – also very powerful.
  9. Fight Club – cult classic extolling the virtuous vices of neo-primitivism and self-improvement.
  10. REC – best zombie film (Spanish)

And here are some other films I found to be excellent, interesting and intriguing (or occasionally just shocking).

  • The 6th Day – cloning, interesting reflections on identity.
  • 28 Days Later – 2nd best “zombie” film
  • American Pie: The American Wedding – :)
  • Battle Royal – good Japanese idea.
  • Белое солнце пустыни (White Sun of the Desert) – a classic Russian film
  • Берегись автомобиля (Beware of the Car) – excellent Soviet crime comedy
  • The Big Lebowski – I love White Russians. The alcoholic kind, anyway. ;)
  • Cannibal Holocaust – not really, it’s quite disgusting actually.
  • Cliffhanger – Bad guy: “Do you know what real love is, Kristel?; Kristel / his gf: “No”; Bad guy *whispers* “Sacrifice…” *shoots her* Lol.
  • Cube – one of my favorite sci-fi horror movies
  • The Day after Tomorrow – unrealistic and the human story is boring and cliché, but good CGI-enhanced doomer flicks are hard to come by.
  • Die Another Day – I love the bad guy; he is a postmodernist hero.
  • Fahrenheit 9/11 – best political comedy.
  • Get Smart – spy spoof
  • The Hole – excellent British horror film about schoolgirl psychopath-murderer.
  • I, Robot – interesting reflections on machine intelligence.
  • Léon -
  • The Life of Brian – excellent anti-religious comedy.
  • Lord of War – the cynicism of the arms trade…but good profits.
  • Magnolia -
  • Ночной дозор (Night Watch) -
  • Операция “Ы” и другие приключения Шурика (The Adventures of Shurik) – one the best Soviet comedies.
  • Пираты XX века (Pirates of the 20th Century) – premier Soviet action film.
  • Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse – I like Milla Jovovich.
  • Saw III – best film in the Saw series, pretty sick.
  • The Shawshank Redemption – triumph of hope over adversity.
  • Солярис (Solaris) – the Russian interpretation of Lem’s classic.
  • Slumdog Millionaire – another hopeful film.
  • Taxi Driver -
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day – I’d like to have a Terminator as a slave.
  • Threads – great film about nuclear war, and best of all it’s available online (legally that is).
  • Total Recall – the Gubernator on Mars, interesting reflections on memory.
  • Under Siege 2: Assumption is the mother of all fuck up’s!
  • Wanted – interesting reflections on causality and the moral status of “the ends justify the means”.
  • The World is Not Enough – another great Bond film.