| Title | Score | Year | Director | Cast | Comments | IMDB | Times seen | Favorite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cable Guy, The | 7.75 | 1996 | STILLER, Ben | Jim Carrey, Mathew Broderick, Leslie Mann, Jack Black, George Segal, Diane Baker, Ben Stiller, Eric Roberts, Janeane Garafalo, Andy Dick, Harry O'Reilly | Surprisingly good film really makes a point; Jim is extremely clever | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0115798/ | 1 | No |
| Calendar | 8.75 | 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 | 2 | Yes |
| Canadian Bacon | 7.00 | 1995 | MOORE, Michael | CANDY, John; ALDA, Alan; PERLMAN, Rhea, TORN, Rip, AYKROYD, Dan | Hilarious low-budget political satire about Americans' view of Canada. Dr. Strangelover meets Jonny Canuck | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0109370/ | 1 | No |
| Cape Fear | 7.25 | 1962 | THOMPSON, J. Lee | Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, BERGEN, Polly | Somehow failed to swing my sympathies the way it intended. Ending seems tame after knowing remake. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0055824/ | 1 | No |
| Captain Corelli's Mandolin | 7.75 | 2001 | MADDEN, John | CAGE, Nicolas; CRUZ, Penélope; HURT, John | Charming but formulastic and unoriginal | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0238112 | 1 | No |
| Career Girls | 9.00 | 1997 | LEIGH, Mike | CARTLIDGE, Katrin; STEADMAN, Lynda | Excelent, funny. Extraordinarily well directed, written, and acted. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0118818 | 1 | No |
| Caro Diario | 7.00 | 1993 | MORETTI, Nanni | Nanni Moretti, Renato Carpentieri, Antonio Neiwiller | Funny, puzzling film. Confusing symbolism. Pleasant | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0109382/ | 1 | No |
| Carrington | 7.50 | 1995 | HAMPTON, Christopher | THOMPSON, Emma; PRYCE, Jonathan; WADDINGTON, Steven; WEST, Samuel | ? | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0112637/ | 1 | No |
| Casablanca | 8.75 | 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 | 5 | Yes |
| Casino | 8.00 | 1995 | SCORCESE, Martin | Robert de Niro, Joe Pesci, Sharron Stone | Well made (violent) gangster Vegas movie. Clever double narration, montage. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0112641/ | 1 | No |
| Casino Royale | 8.50 | 2006 | CAMPBEL, Martin | CRAIG, Daniel; GREEN, Eva; MIKKELSEN, Mads; DENCH, Judi | Surprisingly and refreshingly thoughtful. Nicely faithful to the book (including making it Bond's first mission). Missing John Cleese as Q though… | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381061/ | 1 | No |
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | 8.25 | 1958 | BROKS, Richard (I) | TAYLOR, Elizabeth; NEWMAN, Paul; IVES, Burl | Great performances including several long and intense scenes | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0051459 | 1 | No |
| Cat People, The | 7.50 | 1942 | TOURNEUR, Jacques | Simon Simon, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Kent Smith, Jack Holt | q | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0034587/ | 1 | No |
| Catch Me If You Can | 7.75 | 2002 | SPIELBERG, Steven | DiCAPRIO, Leonardo; HANKS, Tom; WALKEN, Christopher | Surprisingly good. Rather sychophantic extra features with real character. Over-the top lighting | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0264464 | 1 | No |
| Caught | 8.25 | 1949 | OPHULS, Max | BEL GEDDES, Barbara, MASON, James, RYAN, Robert | Excelent performances and direction. Very clever script. High tension with unpredicable but believable outcomes. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0040221/ | 1 | No |
| Chamber, The | 8.00 | 1996 | FOLEY, James | Chris O'Donnel, Gene Hackman, Faye Dunnoway | Good film about death penalty, guilt, family coming to grips with biggotted grandfather. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0115862/ | 1 | No |
| Chaplin | 7.00 | 1992 | ATENBOROUGH, Richard | Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Kline | Downey good; narative interview is embarrasingly predictable, unsubtle | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0103939/ | 1 | No |
| Chicken Run | 8.00 | 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 | 2 | Yes |
| China's Top Female Acrobats | 5.00 | 0 | Xia JueHua and Shun Yunxin | various | ? | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0051201/ | 1 | No |
| Chocolat | 8.25 | 2000 | HALLSTROM, Lasse | BINOCHE, Juliette; OLIN, Lena; DEPP, Johnny; DENCH, Judi; MOLINA, Alfred, MOSS, Carrie-Anne; CARON, Leslie | Wonderful and charming. Slightly formulated and predictable, but thoroughly lovely. Nice use of motifs (fire and wind) | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0241303 | 1 | No |
| Cider House Rules, The | 7.25 | 1999 | HALLSTROM, Lasse | q | Painfully boring. Michael Caine good but the film is just so uncaptivating | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0124315 | 1 | No |
| Citizen Kane | 8.25 | 1941 | WELLES, Orson | Orson Welles, Joseph cotton, Everett Sloane, Dorothy Comingore, Ruth Warwick | Expressionism, photography, flashback structure interesting. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0033467 | 3 | No |
| Citizen Ruth | 7.25 | 1996 | PAYNE, Alexander | Laura Dern, Tippi Hedren, Burt Reynolds, Mary Kay Place | Laura's performance is excellent. Movie covers both sides of abortion issue, reveals fanatacism superceding caring for the woman on both sides. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0115906 | 1 | No |
| City Hall | 7.00 | 1996 | BECKER, Harold | Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda... | ? | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0115907/ | 1 | No |
| Claire of the Moon | 5.75 | 1992 | CONN, Nicole | TODD, Tricha | Somewhat boring lesbian film; too issue-oriented; low on plain film quality. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0103977/ | 1 | No |
| Clerks | 8.25 | 1994 | SMITH, Kevin | Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Lisa Spoonauer | Remarkably good for $27,000. Absolutely hilarious, leads excellent. Watch out for this director! | 1 | No | |
| Clockers | 8.75 | 1995 | LEE, Spike | Harvey Keitel, Spike Lee | More narative than Lee's usual; interesting styalism | 1 | No | |
| Clockwork Orange, A | 7.50 | 1971 | KUBRICK, Stanley | Malcolm MacDowel, Patrick Magee | Chilling satire about crime and political treatment | 1 | No | |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 7.75 | 1977 | SPIELBERG, Steven | DREYFUSS, Richard; TRUFFAUT, Francois; GARR, Teri; DILLON, Melinda | ? | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0075860 | 3 | No |
| Close to Eden | 8.00 | 0 | ? | ? | Beautiful display of cultural integration and tollerance, very well made | 1 | No | |
| Clueless | 7.00 | 1995 | HECKERLING, Amy | SILVERSTONE, Alicia | Surprisingly good Beverley Hills comedy | 1 | No | |
| Code inconnu | 8.75 | 2000 | HANEKE, Michael | BINOCHE, Juliette; NEUVIC, Thierry; BIERBICHLER, Josef | Very clever somewhat non-narative film. Juliette is well restrained. Made only of long brilliant long sequential shots. Very Atom Egoyan-ish. (DVD making-of documentary worth watching.) | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0216625/ | 1 | No |
| Cold Mountain | 8.50 | 2003 | MINGHELLA, Anthony | LAW, Jude; KIDMAN, Nicole, ZELLWEGER, Renée; SOUTHERLAND, Donald | Very powerful and emotional, very very well-made. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0159365/ | 1 | No |
| Color of Money, The | 7.50 | 1986 | SCORSESE, Martin | NEWMAN, Paul; CRUISE, Tom, MASTRANTINIO, Mary Elizabeth; SHAVER, Helen; TURTURRO, John; WHITAKER, Forest; POP, Iggy; COBBS, Bill | Rather dissapointing after 'The Hustler' but pretty good nonetheless. Good performances; filming. Weak, protracted story. | 2 | No | |
| Commitments, The | 6.75 | 1991 | PARKER, Alan | Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle, Dave Finnegen, Branagh Gallagher, Felim Gormley, Glean Hansard, Dick Massey, Johnny Murphy, Kenneith McCluskey, Andres Strong, Colin Meaney | Lead was akward, mostly good, does not stand repeated viewing. Great soundtrack of course. Lead singer great. | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101605/ | 2 | No |
| Consenting Adults | 7.50 | 1992 | PAKULA, Alan J. | KLINE, Kevin; SPACEY, Kevin; MASTRANTONIO, Mary Elizabeth; MILLER, Rebecca; WHITAKER, Forest | Corny psychological non-thriller. Gets better after the murder. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Consenting+Adults+(1992) | 1 | No |
| Conspiracy Theory | 7.50 | 1997 | DONNER, Richard | GIBSON, Mel; ROBERTS, Julia; STEWART, Patrick (thanks for the update, Kathaleen!) | Clever plot; not bad acting from Mel and Julia. Not too too many improbabilities too. Well filmed. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0118883/ | 1 | No |
| Contempt | 9.00 | 1963 | GODDARD, Jean-Luc | BARDOT | Splendid self-referential film. Interesting critical commentary - which neglects to suggest that the title perhaps refers also to Godard's view of the mainstream which he is joining? | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0057345/ | 1 | No |
| Cook the Thief His Wife and Her Lover, The | 8.50 | 1989 | GREENAWAY, Peter | Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard, Tim Roth, Ciaran Hinds, Gary Olsen, Ewen Stewart... | Highly peculiar, gloriously colourful theatrical film. Interestingly 'Evergon' aesthetic. Captivatingly disturbing. | http://us.imdb.com/cache/title-exact/23449 | 1 | No |
| Cool Lakes of Death, The | 7.00 | 1982 | VAN BRAKEL, Nouchka | ? | ? | 1 | No | |
| Cop Land | 6.50 | 1997 | MANGOLD, James | STALONE, Sylvester; KEITEL, Harvey; DeNIRO, Robert | same old same old cop movie. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0118887/ | 1 | No |
| Cotton Mary | 7.50 | 1999 | MERCHANT, Ismail | SCACCHI, Greta; JAFFREY, Madhur; WILBY, James | Rather plain. Little sympathy generated for anybody. Too long. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0159373 | 1 | No |
| Count of Monte Cristo, The | 7.75 | 2002 | REYNOLDS, Kevin | CAVIEZEL, James; PEARCE, Guy; HARRIS, Richard; FRAIN, James; DOMINCZYK, Dagmara; GUZMAN, Luis | Best thriller I've seen in quite a while | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0245844 | 1 | No |
| Cradle Will Rock | 8.50 | 1999 | ROBBINS, Tim | AZARIA, Hank; BLADES, Ruben; CUSACK, Joan; CUSACK, John; ELWES, Cary; | Almost over the top but just and brilliantly not. Maybe too thick with the name/issude dropping | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0150216 | 1 | No |
| Craft, The | 8.00 | 1996 | FLEMING, Andrew | TUNNEY, Robin; BALK, Fairuza; CAMPBELL, Neve; TRUE, Rachel; SHAVER, Helen | Good performance, especially by 'Nancy' character. Great story. | 1 | No | |
| Crash | 8.75 | 1996 | CRONENBERG, David | James Spader, Holly Hunter…, Elias Koteas | Excelent unabashed film about certain people's association of car crashes and sex. Wonderfully shot, directed, and performed. | 2 | No | |
| Crimes and Misdemeanors | 8.75 | 1989 | ALLEN, Woody | Martin Landau, Angelica Huston, Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Alan Alda, Sam Waterston | Very clever, ironic, symbolic interplay of stories. Partly hilarious, partly critical. | 1 | No | |
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Draggon | 8.00 | 2000 | LEE, Ang | CHOW, Yun-Fat; YEOH, Michelle, ZHANG, Ziyi | Admittedly well made, but stunts are NOT acting and beautiful scenery is NOT cinematography | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0190332 | 1 | No |
| Croupier, The | 8.50 | 1998 | HODGES (I), Mike | OWEN, Clive; HARDIE, Kate;; KINGSONT, Alex; McKEE, Gina; BALL, Nicholas | Superb, thoughtful moody. Action packed and sometimes funny. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0159382 | 1 | No |
| Crumb | 8.25 | 1994 | ZWIGOFF, Tery | CRUMB, Robert | Excelent documentary about a very weird but interesting cartoonist | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0109508 | 1 | No |
| Crying Game, The | 7.75 | 1992 | JORDON, Niel | Jaye Davidson, Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Forrest Whittaker, Jim Broadbent | "The Surprise" hype detracts from a very good film | 1 | No |
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