My 9.5 out of 10's
I have watched and rated thousands of films on IMDb. I'm a film fan of every era and these are all the films I feel that to me, are worthy of 9 and a half stars out of 10. I have left out documentaries as they really qualify as a different kind of film altogether in my view. I have listed the films in the order of their original release.
Also see my 10 out of 10's list, and my 9 out of 10's list, etc.
Also see my 10 out of 10's list, and my 9 out of 10's list, etc.
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- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames CaanThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.The most compelling organized crime film ever made.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert DuvallA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god."Everyone gets what they want, and I wanted a mission; And for my sins, I got one." - Captain Willard
A brilliant and surreal war epic that has no competition whatsoever. This film is truly one of a kind. - DirectorAmy HeckerlingStarsSean PennJennifer Jason LeighJudge ReinholdA group of Southern California high school students are enjoying their most important subjects: sex, drugs and rock n' roll.To me, the greatest teen comedy of them all. You likely have to have grown up in the 80's to fully appreciate the film as I do.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroRay LiottaJoe PesciThe story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.Scorsese has made a lot of great films in my view, but none quite as good as this one in my mind.
- DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsPatrick SwayzeKeanu ReevesGary BuseyAn F.B.I. Agent goes undercover to catch a gang of surfers who may be bank robbers.The best bank robbing film ever in my view and also one of the very best action films ever made as well.
- DirectorBilly Bob ThorntonStarsBilly Bob ThorntonDwight YoakamJ.T. WalshKarl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.Simply a very beautiful and very powerful film. This along with The Godfather and A Clockwork Orange in my view go down as the best anti-hero centered films ever.
- DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsWilliam H. MacyFrances McDormandSteve BuscemiMinnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.One of the most unique, fun and quirky crime capers ever made.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJohnny DeppFrank LangellaLena OlinA book broker discovers his latest find may summon Satan.A layer upon layer mystery film that is still far too mysterious for many to really enjoy. However to me the brilliance and depth of this film is undeniable.
- DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.Wake Up! It's up to you.
- DirectorCameron CroweStarsBilly CrudupPatrick FugitKate HudsonA high-school boy in the early 1970s is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.Cameron Crowe's laugh out loud mixture of fact and fantasy take us on a rock n' roll trip into the 70's. In those days rock music was hitting its peak. Crowe gives us a real life-ish glimpse inside the real magic, the fake hype, and here he captures this part of music history better than any other film out there.
- DirectorSean PennStarsEmile HirschVince VaughnCatherine KeenerAfter graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.Happiness, only real when shared.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsAmy AdamsJeremy RennerForest WhitakerA linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.Confined and defined by our own perception.