RobT2's "Favorite Films"

There are many "classic" and other films that more than repay one’s viewing time, and are often worth seeing more than once. For me, these 58 films are more than that; each of them means something special to me, often something too personal to explain easily; they aren’t just "classics", but part of who I am. Some of these films simply hold up for one viewing after another, others bowled me over by doing something I hadn’t imagined it possible for a film to do. Nearly half come from the 1940’s and 1950’s; this was the period I concentrated on when I first became a film buff.

Rather than ranking my choices, I’ve listed the feature films in alphabetical order. (In case you’re interested, my three all-time favorite films are "City Lights", "Citizen Kane" and "The Seven Samurai", not necessarily in that order.) After these, I’ve tacked on several DVD collections containing my favorite short films. (The Leonard Maltin Canadian animation set has Norman McLaren’s "Begone Dull Care", also on the recently released multi-disc complete McLaren set; the first and second "Looney Tunes" sets contain "Duck Amuck" and "One Froggy Evening" respectively; the Maya Deren collection has "Meshes of the Afternoon"; "The Wrong Trousers" is on the Wallace & Gromit disc; and unfortunately I know of no cheaper way of obtaining "The Tender Game" on DVD right now than spending big bucks on the "Cosmic Eye" set.)