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Inspired by Wokelstein’s list, this is a running list of my favorite films. I’m only including ones that I’ve watched/re-watched since the beginning of 2007 (when I began keeping track), with plans of going through all my faves and adding them in time, picking up new finds along the way.

The title "Four Star Cinema" implies a certain standard of quality, I guess, but I make no apologies for personal biases here. Rest assured, these are favorite films that I also happen to consider Great, and generally the ones that I’ll evangelize to friends, own on DVD and watch multiple times.

To be updated slowly but, hopefully, frequently.

Added January 2012:

Bigger Than Life (Ray, 1956)

Blade Runner (Scott, 1982)

Cop (Harris, 1988)

Grizzly Man (Herzog, 2005)

Zelig (Allen, 1983)

  1. 1.
    After Hours
    by Martin Scorsese
  2. 2.
    Aguirre, the Wrath of God
    by Werner Herzog
  3. 3.
    Annie Hall
    by Woody Allen
  4. 4.
    Back to the Future
    by Robert Zemeckis
  5. 5.
    Barry Lyndon
    by Stanley Kubrick
  6. 6.
    Batman (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Tim Burton
  7. 7.
    Before Sunrise

  8. 8.
    Before Sunset
    by Richard Linklater
  9. 9.
    Being John Malkovich
    by Spike Jonze
  10. 10.
    Being There

  11. 11.
    The Big Lebowski (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
    by Ethan Coen
  12. 12.
    Bigger Than Life (The Criterion Collection)
    by Nicholas Ray
  13. 13.
    Blade Runner
    by Ridley Scott
  14. 14.
    The Blair Witch Project
    by Daniel Myrick
  15. 15.
    Capturing the Friedmans

  16. 16.
    Carnal Knowledge
    by Mike Nichols
  17. 17.
    Casablanca (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Michael Curtiz
  18. 18.
    Children of Men (Widescreen Edition)
    by Alfonso Cuarón
  19. 19.
    Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Orson Welles
  20. 20.
  21. 21.
    Cop

  22. 22.
    Crimes and Misdemeanors

  23. 23.
    Curse of the Cat People
    by Gunther Fritsch
  24. 24.
    Death to the Tinman
    by Ray Tintori
  25. 25.
    The Departed (Single-Disc Widescreen Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese
  26. 26.
    Die Hard with a Vengence (Special Edition)
    by John McTiernan
  27. 27.
    Donnie Darko (Widescreen Edition)

  29. 29.
    Duck Amuck (1953 Short)
    by Chuck Jones
  30. 30.
    El Topo
    by Alejandro Jodorowsky
  31. 31.
    Election

  33. 33.
    End of the Century - The Story of the Ramones
    by Jim Fields
  34. 34.
    Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Widescreen Edition)
    by Michel Gondry
  35. 35.
    Fahrenheit 451
    by François Truffaut
  36. 36.
    Fahrenheit 9/11

  38. 38.
    Fargo (Special Edition)

  39. 39.
    Ferris Bueller's Day Off [1986]
    by John Hughes
  40. 40.
    Ghost World
    by Terry Zwigoff
  41. 41.
    ?
    Gift Wrapped
    by Friz Freleng
  42. 42.
    Gone Baby Gone
    by Ben Affleck
  44. 44.
    GoodFellas
    by Martin Scorsese
  45. 45.
    Gremlins (Special Edition)

  46. 46.
    Grizzly Man
    by Werner Herzog
  47. 47.
    Hamlet (The Criterion Collection)

  48. 48.
    Happiness

  49. 49.
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
    by David Yates
  50. 50.
    Heathers
    by Michael Lehmann
  51. 51.
    Heavy Traffic
    by Ralph Bakshi
  52. 52.
    Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
    by Guillermo del Toro
  53. 53.
    Henry Fool

  54. 54.
    High Diving Hare (1949)
    by Friz Freleng
  55. 55.
    High Fidelity
    by Stephen Frears
  56. 56.
    Hotel Chevalier
    by Wes Anderson
  57. 57.
    The Hudsucker Proxy

  58. 58.
    The Hurt Locker
    by Kathryn Bigelow
  59. 59.
    The Incredibles (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Brad Bird
  60. 60.
    Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade - Widescreen Edition
    by Steven Spielberg
  61. 61.
    Inglourious Basterds
    by Quentin Tarantino
  62. 62.
    Jackie Brown (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Quentin Tarantino
  63. 63.
    Jettison Your Loved Ones
    by Ray Tintori
  64. 64.
    Jules and Jim (The Criterion Collection)
    by François Truffaut
  65. 65.
    Kill Bill - Volume One
    by Quentin Tarantino
  66. 66.
    Kill Bill - Volume Two
    by Quentin Tarantino
  67. 67.
    King Kong (2005)
    by Peter Jackson
  68. 68.
    L.A. Confidential
    by Curtis Hanson
  69. 69.
    L.A. Story (15th Anniversary Edition)
    by Mick Jackson
  71. 71.
    The Lady from Shanghai
    by Orson Welles
  73. 73.
    Leolo
    by Jean-Claude Lauzon
  74. 74.
    Let the right one in
    by Tomas Alfredson
  75. 75.
    Long-Haired Hare
    by Chuck Jones
  76. 76.
    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
    by Peter Jackson
  79. 79.
    Lost in America

  80. 80.
    Lost in Translation
    by Sofia Coppola
  81. 81.
    The Magnificent Ambersons
    by Orson Welles
  82. 82.
    Manhattan
    by Woody Allen
  83. 83.
    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
    by John Ford
  84. 84.
    Marie Antoinette

  85. 85.
    Marwencol
    by Jeff Malmberg
  86. 86.
    Monster House (Widescreen Edition)
    by Gil Kenan
  87. 87.
    Mulholland Dr.
    by David Lynch
  88. 88.
    The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
    by Anthony Lucas
  89. 89.
    Mysterious Skin (Original Theatrical Director's Cut)
    by Gregg Araki
  90. 90.
    Nashville
    by Robert Altman
  91. 91.
    The Night of the Hunter
    by Charles Laughton
  92. 92.
    The Night of the Iguana
    by John Huston
  93. 93.
    No Country for Old Men
    by Ethan Coen
  94. 94.
    North by Northwest
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  95. 95.
    Notorious (The Criterion Collection)
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  96. 96.
    O Brother, Where Art Thou?
    by Ethan Coen
  97. 97.
    Once Around
    by Lasse Hallström
  98. 98.
    One Froggy Evening (1955)
    by Chuck Jones
  99. 99.
    On the Waterfront (Special Edition)
    by Elia Kazan
  100. 100.
    Out of the Past

  101. 101.
    Pan's Labyrinth (New Line Two-Disc Platinum Series)
    by Guillermo del Toro
  102. 102.
    Planes, Trains and Automobiles

  103. 103.
    The Power of Nightmares
    by Adam Curtis
  104. 104.
    Psycho (Collector's Edition)
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  105. 105.
    Public Speaking
    by Martin Scorsese
  106. 106.
    Pulp Fiction (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Quentin Tarantino
  107. 107.
    The Purple Rose of Cairo

  108. 108.
    The Rabbit of Seville (1950)
    by Chuck Jones
  109. 109.
    Radio Days

  110. 110.
    Raiders of the Lost Ark - Widescreen Version (1981)
    by Steven Spielberg
  111. 111.
    Ratatouille

  112. 112.
    Reservoir Dogs
    by Quentin Tarantino
  114. 114.
    Roger & Me
    by Michael Moore
  115. 115.
  116. 116.
    Say Anything
    by Cameron Crowe
  117. 117.
    A Scanner Darkly
    by Richard Linklater
  118. 118.
    Scenes From a Marriage (The Criterion Collection)
    by Ingmar Bergman
  119. 119.
    Seraphine [Theatrical Release]
    by Martin Provost
  121. 121.
    Shine a Light
    by Martin Scorsese
  122. 122.
    The Shining
    by Stanley Kubrick
  123. 123.
    Short Cuts (The Criterion Collection)
    by Robert Altman
  124. 124.
    Sideways (Widescreen Edition)

  125. 125.
    Six Degrees of Seperation

  126. 126.
  127. 127.
    Star Wars, Episode IV- A New Hope (Widescreen Edition)
    by George Lucas
  128. 128.
    Storytelling
    by Todd Solondz
  129. 129.
    Strange Days
    by Kathryn Bigelow
  130. 130.
    Sunset Boulevard (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Billy Wilder
  131. 131.
    Synecdoche, New York
    by Charlie Kaufman
  132. 132.
    Terminator 2: Judgement Day

  133. 133.
    Thelma & Louise

  134. 134.
    The Thief of Bagdad (Criterion Collection)
    by Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell and Tim Whelan
  135. 135.
    There Will Be Blood (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)
    by Paul Thomas Anderson
  136. 136.
    3 Women (The Criterion Collection)
    by Robert Altman
  137. 137.
    Titus
    by Julie Taymor
  138. 138.
  139. 139.
    Toy Story (10th Anniversary Edition)
    by John Lasseter
  140. 140.
    Toy Story 2 (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Ash Brannon
  141. 141.
    The Trial
    by Orson Welles
  142. 142.
    True Grit
    by Joel Coen
  143. 143.
    The Truman Show (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Peter Weir
  144. 144.
    Tweety's S.O.S.
    by Friz Freleng
  145. 145.
    2001 - A Space Odyssey
    by Stanley Kubrick
  146. 146.
    Unbreakable (Two-Disc Vista Series)
    by M. Night Shyamalan
  147. 147.
    Unforgiven (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Clint Eastwood
  148. 148.
    United 93 (Widescreen Edition)

  149. 149.
    Up [Theatrical Release]

  150. 150.
    Valhalla Rising
    by Nicolas Winding-Refn
  151. 151.
    Vanilla Sky
    by Cameron Crowe
  152. 152.
    The Virgin Spring (The Criterion Collection)
    by Ingmar Bergman
  153. 153.
    The Virgin Suicides

  154. 154.
    Waking Life
    by Richard Linklater
  155. 155.
    Where the Wild Things Are [Blu-ray]
    by Spike Jonze
  156. 156.
    Wild Strawberries (The Criterion Collection)
    by Ingmar Bergman
  157. 157.
    Wings of Desire - Criterion Collection
    by Wim Wenders
  158. 158.
    Without You I'm Nothing
    by John Boskovich
  159. 159.
    Woman Under the Influence (The Criterion Collection)
    by John Cassavetes
  160. 160.
    Wonder Boys
    by Curtis Hanson
  161. 161.
    You Can Count on Me
    by Kenneth Lonergan
  162. 162.
    Y Tu Mama Tambien
    by Alfonso Cuarón
  163. 163.
    Zelig
    by Woody Allen
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