Movies I really like for one reason or another, in no particular order. Sure, you've got your Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Gone With the Wind, The Graduate, Taxi Driver, A Clockwork Orange, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Psycho, The Godfather & Godfather II, The Seven Samurai, Lawrence of Arabia etc. I still need to see, among many others, Donnie Darko, The Shawshank Redemption, Three Colors (Blue, White and Red), 8-1/2, and Fargo. Perhaps these others were overlooked...

• The Usual Suspects (1995) — This is a work of genius, the way everything comes together in the end. Kevin Spacey is fantastic in this, as are so many of the other actors


• The Empire Strikes Back (1980) — More serious and involving than Star Wars


• Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) — Alright, in addition to the excellent 'man whore' and 'man-gina' jargon, which I think is hilarious, this movie is actually a very heartwarming love story with an excellent moral message


• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) — Total classic.


• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) — The classic 'Spaghetti Western' with Clint Eastwood


• Pulp Fiction (1994) — The vignettes tie together well, the acting is great... 'does he look like a bitch?'


• Unforgiven (1992) — A great revenge movie, along with Gladiator, The Limey, Thief and a number of others


• Batman Returns (2005) — By far the best of the Batman movies


• Harold and Maude (1971) — Alright, the romance isn't all that attractive in itself, but the movie is great, especially Harold's mock suicides


• Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) — Once I stopped staring at Grace Kelly, I really got into this classic film


• Léon aka The Professional (1994) — Natalie Portman, back when she was a gamine little girl, rather than a hottie... Jean Reno is fantastic, as always, as is Gary Oldman


• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) — Gotta love the play between Michael Caine and Steve Martin


• The King and I (1956) — The best combination of musical, touching and grand.


• Blade Runner (1982) — This sci-fi classic is riveting


• A Shot in the Dark (1964) — Peter Sellers was a genius, also in The Pink Panther and others


• The Matrix (1999) — Another immortal sci-fi classic... too bad they went downhill after this one


• Snatch (2000) — along with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels


• The Terminator (1984) — Again, total sci-fi classic, replete with one liners 'I'll be back,' etc.


• Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) — Haven't seen the Tim Burton / Johnny Depp remake, and I'm not entirely sure I will... the original was so good, and Gene Wilder's alternately touching and sarcastic performance was perfect


• Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) — The music alone makes this incredibly special, but the acting and story-line are first-rate and involving.