My Favorite Movies: 20-11

We are now coming to the point where animation starts overwhelming live-action. Three of the films are Hayao Miyazaki masterpieces. Hopefully, this list is enlightening for you and for me. 20. Anastasia (1997) This movie came out when I was six or seven years old. I loved it and even had a Barbie doll forContinue reading “My Favorite Movies: 20-11”

My Favorite Movies: 30-21

More and more animated films will leak onto my list. Just a heads up.     30. Rebecca (1940) This is one of the few times where I loved the movie more then the book. Based on French author Daphne du Maurier’s novel Rebecca, many critics and Hitchcock fans consider this film to be one of AlfredContinue reading “My Favorite Movies: 30-21”

My Favorite Movies: 40-31

The farther along the list I climb, the more I find my taste in films is deeply connected to my childhood and college education. Tomm Moore, creator of The Secret of Kells (2009) and The Song of the Sea (2014), remarked that films he saw as a child shaped him and stayed more readily with himContinue reading “My Favorite Movies: 40-31”

My Favorite Movies: 10-1

There is a small problem with this list. I have no idea what order these movies are in. I just cannot trust myself to put these into a concrete position. If you have followed my blog before, many of the movies you will recognize. For those, I will keep my comments a little shorter andContinue reading “My Favorite Movies: 10-1”

My Favorite Movies: 50-41

A few days ago my curiosity flamed when I saw yet another top movies list. What entertains us defines us, so I thought to myself, what movies define me? Eh. . . Maybe that is a little too philosophical. In all seriousness, I made this list keeping in mind the movies that changed my outlookContinue reading “My Favorite Movies: 50-41”