| Title | Score | Year | Director | Cast | Comments | IMDB | Times seen | Favorite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L.A. Confidential | 6.50 | 1997 | HANSON, Curtis | SPACEY, Kevin; CROWE, Russell; PEARCE, Guy; CROMWELL, James; BASINGER, Kim; DeVITO, Danny | Complicated 'stylish' cop movie. Didn't thrill me. | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0119488 | 2 | No |
| La Femme Nikita | 7.50 | 0 | ? | ? | Very exciting, terrifyingly possible drama. Powerful in the way that Nikita has absolutely no choice. Good performances. | 1 | No | |
| Lady Vanishes, The | 7.75 | 1938 | HITCHCOCK, Alfred | LOCKWOOD, Margaret;REDGRAVE, Michael;LUKAS, Paul; WITTY, Dame May | Delightful; perhaps a bit slow | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0030341 | 1 | No |
| Land and Freedom | 8.00 | 0 | LOACH, Ken | check country | CHECK COUNTRY | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0114671 | 1 | No |
| Lap Dancing | 5.50 | 1998 | SEDAN, Mike | McCOMAS, Lorissa; McCLURE, Tane; MILLAR, C.T.; DAWSON, Kim; | Fairly bad as a movie but stimulating as soft-core erotica and not too insulting | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Lap+Dancing+(1995) | 1 | No |
| Last Days of Chez Nous, The | 8.75 | 1993 | ARMSTRONG, Gillian | HARROW, Lisa; FOX, Kerry; PARAMORE, Kiri; GANZ, Bruno; OTTO, Miranda Otto, HUNTER, Bill | Extraordinary acting, direction, story. Very good filming. | 1 | No | |
| Last Exit to Brooklyn | 6.50 | 1989 | EDEL, Uli | JASON LEIGH, Jennifer; LANG, Stephen; YOUNG, Bert; DOBSON, Peter; ORBACH, Jerry, LAKE, Rikki | Boring and over-styled. Characters are unsympathetic but also lacking messages. Too many contrived crane shots. Sorry, gotta disagree with Ebert. | 1 | No | |
| Last of the Mohicans, The | 7.25 | 1992 | MANN, Michael | Daniel Day Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means, Eric Schweig, Jodhi May, Steven Waddington, Wes Studi, Maurice Roeves | Superb filming & scenary | http://us.imdb.com/cache/title-exact/44063 | 1 | No |
| Last Seduction, The | 8.00 | 1993 | John Dahl | Linda Fiorentino, Bill Pullman, T.T. Walsh, Bill Nunn. (John Dahl) | Very well made low-budget suspense/thriller. | 1 | No | |
| Last Tango in Paris | 7.25 | 1972 | BERTOLUCCI, Bernardo | Marlon Brando, SCHNEIDER, Maria, LEAUD, Jean-Pierre | Well done, Brando is convincing as horribly mysoginistic man; accepting woman good too. | 1 | No | |
| Late Summer Blues | 7.50 | 1987 | SCHEAR, Renen | ? | ? | 1 | No | |
| Laurel Canyon | 9.00 | 2002 | CHOLODENKO, Lisa | McDORMAND, Frances; BALE, Christian; BECKINSALE, Kate; McELHONE, Nataschal NOVOLA, Alessandro | Great ensemble cast; great characters - lots on anxiety | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0298408 | 1 | No |
| Le Mans | 8.00 | 1971 | KATZIN, Lee H. | Steve McQueen | Amazing photography and editing, but confusing and poor sound. | 1 | No | |
| League of their Own, A | 6.25 | 1992 | MARSHAL, Penny | Geena Davis, Madonna (Penny Marshal) | Quite well made but weak script, story. Aparently authentic baseball settings. | 1 | No | |
| Leaving Las Vegas | 8.00 | 1995 | FIGGIS, Mike | Nicholas Cage, SHUE, Elisabeth, SANDS, Julian | Two supurb performances | 1 | No | |
| Legend of Bagger Vance, The | 8.00 | 2000 | REDFORD, Robert | SMITH, Will; DAMON, Matt; THERON, Charlize | Quite good but over-acted and completely predictable. Redford was a subtler actor than his direction (since Ordinary People) | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0146984 | 1 | No |
| Lenny | 7.25 | 0 | q | q | q | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0071746 | 1 | No |
| Léolo | 8.25 | 1992 | LAUZON, Jean-Claude | Ginette Reno, COLLIN, Maxime, BLOUIN, Roland | Wonderful study of disfunctional Montréal family, dark, stylish | 1 | No | |
| Letter to Brezhnev | 7.50 | 1985 | BERNARD, Chris | Angie Clarke (?) | Nice 'small' film about prejudice against U.S.S.R. and pathetic life in Liverpool. | 1 | No | |
| Liar, Liar | 6.50 | 1997 | SHADYAK, Tom | CAREY, Jim; TIERNEY, Maura; COOPER, Justin; TILLY, Jennifer; KURTZ, Swoosie | Surprisingly good comedy. Carey really is very clever. | 1 | No | |
| Life is Beautiful | 8.50 | 1998 | BENIGNI, Robert | BENIGNI, Robert, BRASCHI, Nicoletta | A lovely tearjerker. While some Italians don't believe Benigni should get such honours, I'm comfy with it. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0118799 | 1 | No |
| Life Less Ordinary, A | 8.75 | 1997 | BOYLE, Danny | McGREGOR, Ewan; DIAZ, Cameron; HUNTER, Holly; LINDO, Delroy; HOLM, Ian | Very cleverly made, funny movie. It so nearly could have failed, but it triumphs with its wit and style. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0119535 | 1 | No |
| Light Sleeper | 8.50 | 0 | SCHRADER, Paul | Willem Dafoe, Susan Sarandon, David Clennon, Dana Delaney | Dark, unapologetic drug dealer film. Moving realism. | 1 | No | |
| Like Water for Chocolate | 8.00 | 1992 | ARAU, Alfonso | CAVAZOS, Lumi, LEONARDI, Marco, TORNE JOHN, Regina | Spoilt by poor acting but LOUSY dubbing. Interestingly confusing scene editing. Famous for the food shots. | 1 | No | |
| Limey, The | 7.25 | 1999 | SIODERBERGH, Steveb | STAMP, Terrence; WARREN, Leslie Ann | Too stylish (and predictable) for it's own good. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0165854 | 1 | No |
| Lion King, The | 6.00 | 1994 | ALLERS, Roger, MINKOFF, Rob | voices of Woopie Goldburg, Mathew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jerremy Irons | good annimation (except lip synching) | 1 | No | |
| Lodger, The | 7.50 | 1926 | HITCHCOCK, Alfred | NOVELLO, Ivor, KEEN, Malcolm, AULT, Marie | The first 'Hitchcock' film. Great (famous) glass floor shot. Surprisingly sophisticated shots, tricks. | 1 | No | |
| London Kills Me | 7.00 | 1991 | KUREISHI, Hanif | SETH, Roshan; CHADWICK, Justin; MacKINTOSH, Steven; McCOURT, Emer; SHAW, Fiona | Apparently authentic, comedy about unapologetic London dealers. 'Muffdiver' char. esp. good. Ending too happy? | 1 | No | |
| London to Brighton | 9.00 | 2006 | WILLIAMS, Paul Andrew | STANLEY, Lorraine; HARRIS, Johnny; GROOME, Georgia; SPRUELL, Sam | Very gripping, horribly realistic | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0490166/ | 1 | No |
| Lone Star | 8.50 | 1996 | SALES, John | Chris Cooper, Frances McDormand, Elizabeth Pena, Joe Morton, Miriam Colon, Clifton James, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Canada, Matthew McConaughey, Frances McDormand, Eddie Robinson | Awesome, acting, script (complicated), especially editing (time jumps without cuts!) | http://us.imdb.com/cache/title-exact/46936 | 1 | No |
| Long Kiss Goodnight, The | 6.00 | 1996 | ? | Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson | Too unrealistic action thriller, although Geena remains ravishing. | 1 | No | |
| Looking for Bobby Fisher | 8.50 | 0 | ? | Joe Montaglia(?), Ben Kingsley | (very poor sound). Dynamic parent-gifted child relationships. Somewhat inconsistent coach relationship | 2 | No | |
| Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The | 7.50 | 2003 | JACKSON, Peter | Consistently horrible | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0167260/ | 1 | No | |
| Lost Highway | 8.00 | 0 | LYNCH, David | PULLMAN, Bill, ARQUETTE, Patricia | Moody, atmospheric. Effectifly supernatural, which I rarely allow. Stylish. Kind of easy to make it, given a formula style though. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0116922 | 1 | No |
| Lost in Translation | 8.00 | 2003 | COPPOLA, Sofia | MURRAY, Bill; JOHANSSON, Scarlett | Interesting but slow. Middle hour could have been randomized without consequence | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0335266/ | 1 | No |
| Louis 19, Le Roi des Ondes | 7.75 | 1994 | POULETTE, Michel | Marin Drainvill, Dominique Michel, Agathe de la Fontaine | Funny and clever (although low budget) satire against TV (cf Network, Vidiodrome) Cameos from the usual Quebec gang. | 1 | No | |
| Love Actually | 7.75 | 0 | better than I expected. Interesting cast overlap with Hitchhiker. | 1 | No | |||
| Love and Death | 7.50 | 0 | ALLEN, Woody | Woody Allen, Diane Keaton | Funny | 1 | No | |
| Love Liza | 8.00 | 2002 | LOUISO, Todd | SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, Philip; BATES; Kathy | Progressively akward and uncomfortable. Cool use of color. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0282698 | 1 | No |
| Love Potion #9 | 5.25 | 1991 | LAUNER, Dale | Tate Donovan, Sandra Bullock, Mary Mara, Dale Midkiff, Hillary Bailey Smith, Anne Bancroft, Dylan Baker, Blake Clark | Somewhat silly but frequently funny | http://us.imdb.com/M/title-substring?title=love+potion&type=substring | 1 | No |
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