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  • Jaws Jaws
  • Into the Blue Into the Blue
  • Open Water Open Water
  • Dark Tide Dark Tide
  • Mako: The Jaws of Death Mako: The Jaws of Death

Shaaark!

28 films 2 8

I've always been fascinated by sharks and I've always loved movies, so a masochistic love for the (often terrible) combination…

  • Near Dark Near Dark
  • Strange Days Strange Days
  • Zero Dark Thirty Zero Dark Thirty
  • The Hurt Locker The Hurt Locker
  • Blue Steel Blue Steel

Go fuck yourself, Bret Easton Ellis - the movies of Kathryn Bigelow ranked

9 films 1

My take on the decidedly stylish filmography of director Kathryn Bigelow.

  • Lost Highway Lost Highway
  • Mulholland Drive Mulholland Drive
  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
  • Blue Velvet Blue Velvet
  • The Straight Story The Straight Story

David Lynch ranked

10 films 1 7

Oh man, this was a list of tough choices! I limited myself to his feature films, even though I badly…

  • Angel's Egg Angel's Egg
  • Patlabor 2: The Movie Patlabor 2: The Movie
  • Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer
  • Patlabor: The Movie Patlabor: The Movie
  • Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Mamoru Oshii ranked

13 films 4 7

My take on the movies (animated and live action) of Japanese animation's biggest fan of dogs, quietest mumbler and filmmaker…

  • Balto Balto
  • The Black Cauldron The Black Cauldron
  • The Book of Eli The Book of Eli
  • Bridge to Terabithia Bridge to Terabithia
  • The Broken The Broken

Underrated movies

37 films 12

A personal list of movies that I for one reason or another feel are either underappreciated, little known or unfairly…

  • I Wish I Wish
  • Silver Linings Playbook Silver Linings Playbook
  • Frankenweenie Frankenweenie
  • From Up on Poppy Hill From Up on Poppy Hill
  • Argo Argo

2012: Personal top twenty

20 films 2 4

The twenty movies that had the biggest impact on me this year. Perhaps not the "best" movies in any objective…

  • A Scene at the Sea A Scene at the Sea
  • Fireworks Fireworks
  • Sonatine Sonatine
  • Dolls Dolls
  • Kids Return Kids Return

Takeshi Kitano ranked

16 films 4 3

Multitalented director Takeshi Kitano's movies how I see them.

  • Edward Scissorhands Edward Scissorhands
  • Batman Returns Batman Returns
  • Frankenweenie Frankenweenie
  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
  • Sleepy Hollow Sleepy Hollow

Tim Burton ranked

16 films 3 12

The movies of Tim Burton according to me. I really enjoy his style and sensibilities, even though it apparently is…

  • Near Dark Near Dark
  • Let the Right One In Let the Right One In
  • Vampyr Vampyr
  • Nosferatu Nosferatu
  • Martin Martin

A highly personal top fifteen of fang flicks

15 films 5 11

My favorite cinematic takes on the vampire probably differs greatly from what might be considered the "correct" choices. But I…

  • Fantasia Fantasia
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas The Nightmare Before Christmas
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  • The King and the Mockingbird The King and the Mockingbird
  • Hedgehog in the Fog Hedgehog in the Fog

Kinema Junpo's top ten foreign animated films

11 films 1 3

When Kinema Junpo published their top ten anime films list a couple of years back, they also put together a…

  • Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro
  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
  • My Neighbor Totoro My Neighbor Totoro
  • Crayon Shin-chan: The Adult Empire Strikes Back Crayon Shin-chan: The Adult Empire Strikes Back
  • Akira Akira

Kinema Junpo's top ten anime films

13 films 2 10

A couple of years back, Japan's premier film publication Kinema Junpo published their list of the country's best animated features.…

  • Finding Nemo Finding Nemo
  • Ratatouille Ratatouille
  • The Incredibles The Incredibles
  • Monsters, Inc. Monsters, Inc.
  • Toy Story 2 Toy Story 2

Pixar ranked

13 films 3 1

My take on the movies from another one of the top animation studios of all time. It should be noted…