My Favorite Wong Kar-wai Films

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1.   In the Mood for Love (2000)

2.   Fallen Angels (1995)

3.   Chungking Express (1994)

4.   2046 (2004)

5.   Days of Being Wild (1990)

6.   Ashes of Time (1994)

7.   Happy Together (1997)

8.   The Grandmaster (2013)

9.   My Blueberry Nights (2007)

10. As Tears Go By (1988)

My Favorite Raoul Walsh Films

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1.   White Heat (1949)

2.   The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

3.   The Roaring Twenties (1939)

4.   Regeneration (1915)

5.   Band of Angels (1957)

6.   Sadie Thompson (1928)

7.   Gentleman Jim (1942)

8.   Going Hollywood (1933)
(I watched it on TCM)

9.   High Sierra (1941)

10. The Strawberry Blonde (1941)

11. Pursued (1947)

12. Colorado Territory (1949)

13. They Drive by Night (1940)

14. They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

15. Me and My Gal (1932)

16. The Big Trail (1930)

17. The Man I Love (1947)

18. Dark Command (1940)

19. Manpower (1941)

20. Big Brown Eyes (1936)

21. Cheyenne (1947)
(I watched it on TCM a few years ago)

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1.   Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)

2.   The World in His Arms (1952)

3.   Along the Great Divide (1951)

4.   The Tall Men (1955)

5.   Distant Drums (1951)

6.   Battle Cry (1955)

7.   The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)

8.   The Naked and the Dead (1958)

9.   A Distant Trumpet (1964)

10. Saskatchewan (1954)

11. The Lawless Breed (1953)

12. The King and Four Queens (1956)

13. Gun Fury (1953)

14. Blackbeard the Pirate (1953)

15. The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)

My Favorite Paul Verhoeven Films

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1.   Showgirls (1995)

2.   Elle (2016)

3.   Black Book (2006)

4.   Basic Instinct (1992)

5.   Starship Troopers (1997)

6.   The Fourth Man (1983)

7.   Robocop (1987)

8.   Total Recall (1990)

9.   Turkish Delight (1973)  

10. Soldier of Orange (1977)

11. Spetters (1980)

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1.   Flesh+Blood (1985)

My Favorite Quentin Tarantino Films

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1.   Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

2.   Jackie Brown (1997)

3.   Inglourious Basterds (2009)

4.   CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Season 5 (2004-2005)
4a. Episode 24: Grave Danger (2005)

5.   Pulp Fiction (1994)

6.   Django Unchained (2012)

7a. Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
7a. Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)

8.   The Hateful Eight (2015)

9.   Death Proof (2007)
(released theatrically as part of the 2007 film Grindhouse)

10. Reservoir Dogs (1992)

My Favorite Seijun Suzuki Films

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1.   Branded to Kill (1967)

2.   Youth of the Beast (1963)

3.   Gate of Flesh (1964)

4.   Story of a Prostitute (1965)

5.   Tokyo Drifter (1966)

6.   Tattooed Life (1965)

7.   Zigeunerweisen (1980)

8.   Fighting Elegy (1966)

9.   Everything Goes Wrong (1960)

10. Underworld Beauty (1958)

11. Yumeji (1991)

12. Kagero-za (1981)

13. Kanto Wanderer (1963)

14. Detective Bureau 23: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963)

15. Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)

16. Princess Raccoon (2005)

17. Pistol Opera (2001)

My Favorite Steven Spielberg Films

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1.   A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

2.   1941 (1979)

3.   Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

4.   Jaws (1975)

5.   E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (1982)

6.   Duel (1971)
(Television)

7.   The Sugarland Express (1974)

8.   Columbo – Season 1 (1971-1972)
8a. Episode 1: Murder by the Book (1971)
(Television)

9.   Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

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1.   Catch Me If You Can (2002)

2.   Minority Report (2002)

3.   Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

4.   Jurassic Park (1993)

My Favorite George A. Romero Films

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1.   Dawn of the Dead (1978)

2.   Night of the Living Dead (1968)

3.   Martin (1978)

4.   Day of the Dead (1985)

5.   Knightriders (1981)

6.   Land of the Dead (2005)

7.   Creepshow (1982)
(Anthology Film)

8.   The Crazies (1973)

9.   Bruiser (2000)

10. Season of the Witch (1972)
(a.k.a. Hungry Wives)

11. Diary of the Dead (2007)

12. The Dark Half (1993)

13. Two Evil Eyes (1990)
13a. Segment: “The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar”
(Anthology Film)

14. Monkey Shines (1988)

15. Survival of the Dead (2009)

16. There’s Always Vanilla (1971)

My Favorite Nicholas Ray Films

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1.   Bigger Than Life (1956)

2.   Johnny Guitar (1954)

3.   Bitter Victory (1957)

4.   They Live by Night (1949)

5.   In a Lonely Place (1950)

6.   The Lusty Men (1952)

7.   Party Girl (1958)

8.   Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

9.   The Savage Innocents (1960)

10. Wind Across the Everglades (1958)

11. We Can’t Go Home Again (1976)

12. On Dangerous Ground (1952)

13. Hot Blood (1956)

14. The True Story of Jesse James (1957)

15. Born to Be Bad (1950)

16. Run for Cover (1955)

17. Lightning Over Water (1980)
(co-directed with Wim Wenders)
(Documentary)

My Favorite Sam Raimi Films

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1.   Evil Dead II (1987)

2.   The Evil Dead (1981)

3.   Spider-Man 2 (2004)

4.   Drag Me to Hell (2009)

5.   Army of Darkness (1992)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)

1.   Ash vs Evil Dead – Season 1 (2015)
1a. Episode: “El Jefe”
(Cable/Television)

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1.   Darkman (1990)