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- DirectorJames CameronStarsSam WorthingtonZoe SaldanaSigourney WeaverA paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.1) James Cameron is back and better than ever with "Avatar," hands-down the best movie of 2009, and all time, for that matter...
- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.2) It started in 1977; George Lucas gave rise to a beautiful subculture that has worked its way into becoming something else entirely. These films are true masterpieces, all of them. "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980), however, is truly the greatest of them all.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko TsushimaFarmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.3) The greatest martial arts/samurai picture of all time; director Akira Kurosawa's best.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom HanksMatt DamonTom SizemoreFollowing the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.4) Steven Spielberg's violent masterpiece about World War II; Tom Hanks leads a squad of soldiers behind enemy lines to recover one of their own; bloody, touching, sad, tragic, profound. Simply, the best.
- DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTim RobbinsMorgan FreemanBob GuntonOver the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.5) This is one the absolute best movies I've ever seen. Frank Darabont's adaptation of the Stephen King tale about redemption and hope locked-down behind bars; Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman at their best.
- DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsWilliam HoldenErnest BorgnineRobert RyanAn aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.6) Beginning and ending with two of the bloodiest shootouts ever filmed, "The Wild Bunch" is unflinching in its scenes of bloody action violence; a true landmark classic at the end of the innocent era.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter Homer pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.7) You wanna talk about the funniest animated motion picture of all time? Well, here it is, "The Simpsons Movie."
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsJohn BelushiKaren AllenTom HulceAt a 1962 college, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.8) Sick, depraved, and absolutely hilarious; "Animal House" is the best comedy I've ever seen, as there is nothing PC about its humor and slapstick hijinks.
- DirectorArthur PennStarsWarren BeattyFaye DunawayMichael J. PollardBored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.9) They were killers - Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow; Arthur Penn's tragic tale of the two doomed outlaw lovers is both violent and moving. Certainly it's one of the best movies of all time.
- DirectorEdward ZwickStarsMatthew BroderickDenzel WashingtonCary ElwesRobert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.10) An absolute true classic to my brethren in the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts; truly "glorious," indeed, in telling history's most overlooked achievement during the Civil War.