#53: War Movies

Adam

1. Apocalypse Man

2. The Deer Hunter

3. Three Kings

4. Full Metal Jacket

5. Platoon

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6. All Quiet on the Western Front

7. Paths of Glory

8. Dr. Strangelove

9. Saving Private Ryan

10. The Dirty Dozen

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Sam

1. Three Kings

2. Apocalypse Now

3. Henry V

4. Ran

5. Bridge on the River Kwai

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6. The Last Detail

7. Patton

8. Full Metal Jacket

9. The Deer Hunter

10. Glory

#51: Biopics

Adam

1. The Elephant Man

2. Goodfellas

3. Malcom X

4. Raging Bull

5. Amadeus

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Sam

1. Topsy Turvy/Vera Drake*

2. The Right Stuff

3. Amadeus

4. 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould

5. Capote/Last Days/Cinderella Man

*Yes, Sam knows (now!) that Vera Drake wasn’t a real person.

#50: Biographical Portrayals

Adam

1. Robert De Niro, RAGING BULL

2. Jeremy Irons, REVERSAL OF FORTUNE

3. Kenneth Branagh, HENRY V

4. Sissy Spacek, COAL MINER’S DAUGHTER

5. Forest Whitaker, BIRD

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6. T. Jane/B. Pepper, *61

7. Nicolas Cage, ADAPTATION

8. Denzel Washington, MALCOM X

9. David Strathairn, GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK

10. Val Kilmer, THE DOORS

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Sam

1. Charlize Theron — MONSTER

2. Jeffery Wright — BASQUIAT

3. Paul Giamatti — AMERICAN SPLENDOR

4. Eric Bana —CHOPPER

5. Steve Coogan — 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE

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6. . T. Jane/B. Pepper — *61

7. Jamie Foxx — RAY / ALI

8. Robert De Niro — RAGING BULL

9. Woody Harrelson — PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT

10. Gary Oldman — SID & NANCY

#48: Soundtracks

Adam

1. The Graduate/Garden State

2. Say Anything/Singles

3. Boogie Nights/Magnolia

4. Reservoir Dogs/Pulp Fiction

5. Purple Rain/Buddy Holly Story

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6. Saturday Night Fever

7. The Princess Bride

8. This is Spinal Tap

9. Do the Right Thing

10. The Royal Tenenbaums

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Sam

1. Wes Anderson Collection

2. Pulp Fiction

3. Natural Born Killers

4. Harold & Maude

5. O Brother Where Art Thou?

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6. Batman (Prince)

7. Wonder Boys

8. The Commitments

9. Get Shorty

10. Singles

#46: Movies With a Child Protagonist

Adam

1. Almost Famous

2. In America

3. The Exorcist

4. Secret of Roan Inish

5. The Sixth Sense

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6. Eve’s Bayou

7. E.T.

8. The Wizard of Oz

9. South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut

10. Annie

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Sam

1. George Washington

2. The Secret of Roan Inish

3. Spirited Away

4. Whale Rider

5. Ma Vie En Rose

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6. Days of Heaven

7. The Journey of Natty Gann

8. Time Bandits

9. Neverending Story

10. E.T.

#44: Top 5 Actors

Adam

1. Paul Newman

2. Russell Crowe

3. Sean Penn

4. Edward Norton

5. Anthony Hopkins

6-10: Chris Cooper, Dennis Quaid, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Irons, Kenneth Branagh

Future Top 5: Terrence Howard, Clive Owen, Sam Rockwell, Paul Bettany, Gael Garcia Bernal

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Sam

1. Sean Penn

2. Philip Seymour Hoffman

3. Campbell Scott

4. Daniel Day-Lewis

5. Russell Crowe

6-10: Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, John Wayne, Jeff Bridges, Jimmy Stewart

Future Top 5: Jeffrey Wright, Peter Sarsgaard, Sam Rockwell, Forest Whitaker, John C. Reilly

#42: Top 5 Actresses

Adam

1. Naomi Watts

2. Zhang Ziyi

3. Faye Dunaway

4. Monica Vitti

6-10: Gwyneth Paltrow, Nicole Kidman, Emma Thompson, Julianne Moore, Joan Allen, Jennifer Connelly

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Sam

1. Cate Blanchett

2. Emma Thompson

3. Holly Hunter

4. Jodie Foster

5. Jane Fonda

6-10: Toni Collette, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Zooey Deschanel, Alison Janney

#40: Movies with a Conscience

Adam

1. The Candidate

2. The Great Dictator

3. Cradle Will Rock

4. The Thin Blue Line

5. Matewan

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6. Roger and Me

7. Lone Star

8. Dr. Strangelove

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Sam

1. The Insider

2. Bloody Sunday

3. Three Kings

4. Beautiful People

5. The China Syndrome

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6. The Incredibles

7. Paths to Glory

8. Do the Right Thing

9. Traffic

10. Bowling for Columbine