Tom's Cinema Database
Tom's Cinema Database
| Score | Title | Year | Director | Cast | Comments | IMDB | Favorite | Times seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.50 | American Beauty | 1999 | MENDES, Sam | SPACEY, Kevin; BENING, Annette; BIRCH, Thora; BENTLEY, Wes; SUVARI, Mena; GALLAGHER, Peter; COOPER (I), Chris | Mesmerizing in its perfection - performances, story, direction, courage | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0169547 | Yes | 5 |
| 9.50 | Ararat | 2002 | EGOYAN, Atom | ALPAY, David; KHANJIAN, Arsinéel; PLUMMER, Christopher; | Awsome - Perhaps Egoyan's best, and that's saying a lot. Intricate as always. Totally beautiful and thoughtful. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0273435/ | Yes | 1 |
| 8.25 | Big Chill, The | 1983 | KASDAN, Lawrence | BERRINGER, Tom; CLOSE, Glenn; GOLDBLUM, Jeff; HURT, William; KLINE, Kevin; PLACE, Mary Kay; TILLY, Meg; WILLIAMS, JoBeth | Fantastically well-made and even more believable. Essenital viewing | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0085244 | Yes | 3 |
| 9.25 | Big Night | 1996 | TUCCI, Stanley; SCOTT, Campbell | Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub, Ian Holm, Minnie Driver, Isabella Rossellini, Allison Janney, Campbell Scott, Marc Anthony | One of the most nearly perfect films made in the U.S. Perfect textures and tension. (Eat well before or after!) | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0115678 | Yes | 2 |
| 8.50 | Bull Durham | 1988 | SHELTON, Ron | Susan Sarandon, Kevin Kostner, Tim Robbins | Works well second time! Funny, moving, well done. Costner's best. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0094812 | Yes | 2 |
| 8.75 | Calendar | 1993 | EGOYAN, Atom | Atom Egoyan, KHANJIAN, Arsinee, ADAMIAN, Ashot | Unusual cyclic film of loser Armenian photographer's lost love, pay-for-dates, and beautiful ruined churches | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0106504 | Yes | 2 |
| 8.75 | Casablanca | 1942 | CURTIZ, Michael | Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Heinreid, Konrad Veidt, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lore, Conrad Veidt, Dooley Wilson | Unbeatable romance, intrigue. part corny, but highly sentimental | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0034583 | Yes | 6 |
| 8.00 | Chicken Run | 2000 | LORD (I), Peter; PARK, Nick | GIBSON, Mel; RICHARDSON, Miranda | Excelent - cleaver parallels with POW camps, very good for grown-ups and children alike. The 'acting' is wonderful! | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0120630 | Yes | 2 |
| 8.75 | Fargo | 1996 | Joel Coen | Frances McDormand, Steve Biscemi | excelent direction, nice twists on cliches | Yes | 3 | |
| 9.00 | Greed | 1925 | VON STOHEIM, Erich | Gibson Gowland, Jean Hersholt, Zasu Pitts, Chester Conklin, Dale Fuller | Fabulous depressing, detailed silent movie. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0015881 | Yes | 1 |
| 8.50 | Hope and Glory | 1987 | BOORMAN, John | Sarah Miles, Derrick O'Connor, Sammi Davis, Sebastian Rice-Edwards, Annie Leon, David Hagman, Susal Cuoalridge, Ian Bannan, Jean-Marc Barr, Charley Boorman | wonderful atmosphere, performances. V. believable characters. apparently v. authentic | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0093209 | Yes | 2 |
| 8.75 | Howards End | 1991 | IVORY, James | Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thomas, Helena Bonham-Carter, Vannessa Redgrave | Wonderful, uniformly supurb acting, TRAINS!, scenary, photography, class consciences, etc. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0104454 | Yes | 1 |
| 8.50 | Immortal Beloved | 1994 | ROSE, Bernard | Gary Oldman, Isabella Rosellini, Jeroin Krabbe, Valeria Gollino | Beautiful. Some parts uselessly confusing, and some dialogue difficult to understand. Tragic love story. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0110116 | Yes | 2 |
| 8.75 | Independence Day [1982, NOT 1996!] | 1983 | MANDEL, Robert | David Kieth, Diedie Weist, Kathleen Quinlan | Excellent portrayals (weak ending) | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0085724 | Yes | 1 |
| 7.75 | Kansas City | 1996 | ALTMAN, Robert | Jennifer Jason Leight, Miranda Richardson, Dermot Mulroney, Michael Murphy, Harry Belafonte, Steve Buscemi | Wonderful, especially the womens' roles and performances | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0116745 | Yes | 1 |
| 9.25 | Manchurian Candidate, The | 2004 | DEMME, Jonathon | WASHINGTON, Denzel; STREEP, Meryl | An unusually good re-make of an outstanding original | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0368008/ | Yes | 3 |
| 8.00 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 1974 | GILLIAM, Terry; JONES, Terry | CHAPMAN, Graham; CLEESE, John; JONES, Terry; IDLE, Eric; PALLIN, Michael | Classic. So many hilarious skits. Seems to survive re-viewing and test of time better than 'Brian' | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0079470 | Yes | 12 |
| 7.50 | Monty Python's Life of Brian | 1979 | JONES, Terry | John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, Terry Jones | Great slapstick and satire | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0071853 | Yes | 10 |
| 9.50 | Once were Warriors | 1994 | TAMAHORI, Lee | Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, Julian Arahanga | Amazingly well made view and explanation of brutal urban Mauri life. Every moment contributes. (Brutal violence) | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0110729 | Yes | 2 |
| 9.00 | Pulp Fiction | 1994 | TARENTINO, Quenten | John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Quenten T., Bruce Willis, Harvey Keitel, Christopher Walken, Eric Stoltz, Amanda Plummer, etc. | (Upon reflection SUPERB!) But made me laugh at repugnant violence. All performances, direction great. Most thought provoking film in a long while. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0110912 | Yes | 4 |
| 8.75 | Red Violin, The | 1998 | GIRARD, Francois | JACKSON, Samuel L; McKellar, Non; SATCHI, Greta | Exquisit and cleverly designed film - Tarentino-esque editing. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120802 | Yes | 2 |
| 9.00 | Sling Blade | 1996 | THORNTON, Billy Bob | THORNTON, Billy Bob; YOAKAM, Dwight; WALSH, J.T.; RITTER, John; BLACK (II), Lucas; CANERDAY, Natalie (DUVALL, Robert; JARMUSCH, Jim) | Awesome ensemble, script, direction, filming, everything. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0117666 | Yes | 1 |
| 8.25 | Soldier's Story, A | 1984 | JEWISON, Norman | Denzel Washington, Aldolf Caesar, ROLLINS, JR., Howard; EVENS, Art | Superb story. Effective messages about black WW2 soldiers. Imperfect otherwise. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0088146 | Yes | 2 |
| 8.75 | Tous les matins du monde | 1991 | CORNEAU, Alain | Gerard Depardieu, Guilliome Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Merielle | Stunningly beautiful, better than Amadeus. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0103110 | Yes | 2 |
| 8.75 | Trainspotting | 1996 | BOYLE, Danny | Ewen McGregor, Ewen Bremmer, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly MacDonald, Peter Mullan, James Cosmo, Eileen Nicholas, Susan Vidler, Pauline Lynch | Fantastic all ways round. One of the very best. Masterpiece withstands repeated viewing | http://us.imdb.com/M/title-substring?title=trainspotting&type=substring | Yes | 4 |
| 9.25 | William Shakespere's Romeo + Juliet | 1996 | LUHRMAN, Baz | Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Pete Postlethwaite | Awsome present-day setting. Terrific insertion of scenes into gangsta culture. Better than Zerffereli's, for acting, direction, but especially design. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0117509 | Yes | 3 |
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