Saturday, October 22, 2005

OZARK'S TOP 250 MOVIES: #170-#161

#170 - Best in Show (2000)
From the minds of the guys behind Spinal Tap comes a fake documentary about the owners of dogs competing in a world famous show. With over half the dialogue improvised this film comes across as witty and out right hilarious.

#169 - Save the Green Planet (2003)
Korean movie making is heading in the right direction and this is a perfect example of great cinema. A often deeply disturbing look into one man's madness makes the viewer question the reality he is living in.

#168 - Braveheart (1995)
Mel Gibson's biopic epic is a high point of the 90s. Marvellous landscapes to huge battles fill out this great film as we follow William Wallace as he is the one man to stand up to the tyranny of the English.

#167 - Mulholland Dr (2001)
The master of surrealist cinema working at his finest with this twisted story of a girl who isn't sure who she is anymore. Naomi Watts is stunning in her first major role. Sit, remove your brain and enjoy.

#166 - Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
A classic. Spencer Tracey is the one handed stranger who comes to a small town that is hiding a secret past. Taunt, masterful and desolate.

#165 - The Big Sleep (1946)
Bogart IS Philip Marlowe. That's all the recommendation you need.

#164 - The Iron Giant (1999)
In the new age of CGI animation and the big Disney musical cartoons here is one that is keeping it real. Set during the height of cold war paranoia in a small American costal town this film looks to the relationship between a boy and his giant alien robot. A kids movie with a real message and simplistic beauty in the art.

#163 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
The Jones boys are back together. This the final episode in the trilogy has Indy going searching for his father, an excellent Sean Connery. The on-screen comedic teaming of Ford and Connery is priceless and is enough to revitalise the series.

#162 - Brazil (1985)
Terry Gilliam much maligned tongue in cheek sci-fi which more than parodies 1984 is bizarrely beautiful and a surreal work of genius.

#161 - Rain Man (1988)
Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman are great together. You feel every emotional twist and turn in the life of the Babbitts.

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