If you think Bush and his cast of criminals are any of the following 1) credible 2) morally upstanding 3) good for either the country or the world, then you better think twice before contacting me. Otherwise, I love anyone who likes foreign films, is interested in and or curious in other cultures and can spell.
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1. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen - 1989) 2. The Exorcist (William Friedkin - 1973)* 3. Strictly Ballroom (Baz Luhrmann - 1992) 4. The Killing Fields (Roland Joffe – 1984)* 5. A Room with a View (James Ivory - 1986)* 6. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola - 1972)** 7. Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski - 1994) 8. Being There (Hal Ashby - 1979) 9. The Insider (Michael Mann - 1999)* 10. Babe (Chris Noonan – 1995)* 11. Cinema Paradiso (Giuseppe Tornatore – 1988, Italy)° 12. Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner - 1990)** 13. Monsieur Hire (Patrice Leconte – 1989, France) 14. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino - 1978)** 15. A Few Good Men (Rob Reiner - 1992)* 16. Tootsie (Sidney Pollack – 1982)* 17. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz – 1942)** 18. Amores Perros (Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu - 2000, Mexico) 19. Hannah and her Sisters (Woody Allen, 1986) 20. Roger and Me (Michael Moore - 1989) 21. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese – 1990)* 22. The Lunch Date (Short Film – Adam Davidson - 1990) 23. Ordinary People (Robert Redford - 1980)** 24. Terms of Endearment (James L. Brooks - 1983)** 25. Shakespeare in Love (John Madden – 1998)** 26. Boyz N the Hood (John Singleton - 1991) 27. Chinatown (Roman Polanski – 1974)* 28. The Godfather, Part II (Francis Ford Coppola – 1974)** 29. Jean de Florette (Claude Berri – 1986, France) 30. Amadeus (Milos Forman - 1984)** 31. Mississippi Burning (Alan Parker – 1988)* 32. The Celebration (Thomas Vinterberg – 1998, Denmark) 33. La Cage aux Folles (Edouard Molinaro – 1978, France, Italy) 34. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Milos Forman – 1975)** 35. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick - 1980) 36. The Right Stuff (Philip Kaufman – 1983)* 37. The Day of the Jackal (Fred Zinnemann – 1973) 38. Annie Hall (Woody Allen – 1975)** 39. The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme - 1991)** 40. Quiz Show (Robert Redford - 1994)* 41. The Sound of Music (Robert Wise – 1965)** 42. Pi (Darren Aronofsky – 1998) 43. House of Games (David Mamet – 1987) 44. Altered States (Ken Russell – 1980) 45. An American Werewolf in London (John Landis - 1981) 46. The Dresser (Peter Yates – 1983)* 47. The Graduate (Mike Nichols – 1967)* 48. Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman – 1983, Sweden) ° 49. City of God (Katia Lund and Fernando Meirelles – 2002, Brazil) 50. The Abyss (James Cameron – 1989)
Recently read: Perfume (Patrick Suskind), Best Science and Nature Writing (2005), Mean Genes. I like non-fiction and great thrillers.