OZARK'S TOP 250 MOVIES: #140-#131
#140 - The Magnificent Seven (1960)
A western reworking of the Japanese film 'The Seven Samurai' with an all-star cast headed up by Steve McQueen, Yul Bryner, James Coburn and Charles Bronson. This is the best of the 60s ensemble action flicks.
#139 - Shrek 2 (2004)
Shrek and Donkey return to the big screen in an animated movie that is often funnier than any live action one. This time they take you on a fairytale adventure to meet the In-Laws.
#138 - The Shining (1980)
More Stanley Kubrick version then anything to do with the Stephen King novel. A relentless psychological horror centered around a power performance from Jack Nicholson.
#137 - The French Connection (1971)
Popeye is no longer a spinach eating sailor. Popeye is now Popeye Doyle. Gene Hackman is the pork pie hat wearing detective in this tight cop thriller. Features one the greatest car chases in movie history.
#136 - Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Alec Guiness puts in a tour de force performance as 8 different members of the same family. He portrays the 8 family members that stand between Dennis Price and his inheritance, so he sets about bumping them off one by one in this dark Ealing comedy.
#135 - Apocalypse Now (1979)
A deeper more cerebral take on the Vietnam war as Martin Sheen is the man sent up river to bring back Marlon Brando's AWOL Colonel. A powerful and disturbing journey into quite literallt the Heart of Darkness.
#134 - It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The perfect Christmas movie. James Stewart is the man who is shown by an angel how life would have been if he had not existed. Touching and funny. Truly timeless.
#133 - Pi (1998)
A really fantastic indie film. It is the story of a paranoid mathematitcian and his search for the key number that will unlock all the patterns of the universe.
#132 - X2: X-Men United (2003)
A sequel that beats the original. More action, more drama and best of all more X-Men. The plot delves deeper into the mythology bringing in great characters like Nightcrawler and Lady Deathstrike.
#131 - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1990)
Tim Roth and Gary Oldman are two minor characters from Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and in Tom Stoppard's funny and insightful screenplay they move in and out unaware of their scripted lives.
A western reworking of the Japanese film 'The Seven Samurai' with an all-star cast headed up by Steve McQueen, Yul Bryner, James Coburn and Charles Bronson. This is the best of the 60s ensemble action flicks.
#139 - Shrek 2 (2004)
Shrek and Donkey return to the big screen in an animated movie that is often funnier than any live action one. This time they take you on a fairytale adventure to meet the In-Laws.
#138 - The Shining (1980)
More Stanley Kubrick version then anything to do with the Stephen King novel. A relentless psychological horror centered around a power performance from Jack Nicholson.
#137 - The French Connection (1971)
Popeye is no longer a spinach eating sailor. Popeye is now Popeye Doyle. Gene Hackman is the pork pie hat wearing detective in this tight cop thriller. Features one the greatest car chases in movie history.
#136 - Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Alec Guiness puts in a tour de force performance as 8 different members of the same family. He portrays the 8 family members that stand between Dennis Price and his inheritance, so he sets about bumping them off one by one in this dark Ealing comedy.
#135 - Apocalypse Now (1979)
A deeper more cerebral take on the Vietnam war as Martin Sheen is the man sent up river to bring back Marlon Brando's AWOL Colonel. A powerful and disturbing journey into quite literallt the Heart of Darkness.
#134 - It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The perfect Christmas movie. James Stewart is the man who is shown by an angel how life would have been if he had not existed. Touching and funny. Truly timeless.
#133 - Pi (1998)
A really fantastic indie film. It is the story of a paranoid mathematitcian and his search for the key number that will unlock all the patterns of the universe.
#132 - X2: X-Men United (2003)
A sequel that beats the original. More action, more drama and best of all more X-Men. The plot delves deeper into the mythology bringing in great characters like Nightcrawler and Lady Deathstrike.
#131 - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1990)
Tim Roth and Gary Oldman are two minor characters from Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and in Tom Stoppard's funny and insightful screenplay they move in and out unaware of their scripted lives.
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