Favorite Movies List-Top 219

I am an avowed Movie Freak. The only thing that I like better than a good movie is a good book. As long as I can remember I have loved movies. When I was a kid growing up in Atlanta the best way to escape the heat was in an air conditioned movie theater. I remember summer days when it was 95 degrees and 95% humidity and you just dripped. Walking into the cool darkness anticipating a new movie was a thrill. I remember walking out after an afternoon movie and the sun just blasting heat and light and your eyes screaming for mercy. I wish I had done 2 things in the course of my life…

1) Kept a list of all the books I have read

2) Kept a list of every movie I have seen

There is no way I can capture every book, way to many to even think about, but I have captured every movie I have seen since I joined Netflix in 1997. I was on the original pre pay Value Pack plan before they went to a subscritpion service. I have also been using a cool little app called Netflix Freak that syncs with the Netflix site and allows you to download your viewing history and store it locally(Great App if your on a Mac). It rates right behind ecto as one of my favorite programs. So, for your viewing pleasure I present my Top rated 4 and 5 star movies from my Netflix history. I tend to lean towards Action and Adventure, Drama, Comedy, and a smattering of movies rated by my kids. There are 640 movies in my history but I am only sharing the 219 that I rated 4 or more stars. If you know of anything that I need to watch please share it in the comments.

DVD Title and Star Rating in alphabetical order:

10 Things I Hate About You ★ ★ ★ ★

200 Cigarettes ★ ★ ★ ★

50 First Dates ★ ★ ★ ★

A Beautiful Mind ★ ★ ★ ★

About a Boy ★ ★ ★ ★

Almost Famous ★ ★ ★ ★

American Pie ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Angels in America: Disc 1 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Angels in America: Disc 2 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Antwone Fisher ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Arlington Road ★ ★ ★ ★

Army of Darkness ★ ★ ★ ★

Arrested Development: Season 1: Disc 1 ★ ★ ★ ★

Arrested Development: Season 1: Disc 2 ★ ★ ★ ★

Arrested Development: Season 1: Disc 3 ★ ★ ★ ★

Bad Boys II ★ ★ ★ ★

Band of Brothers: Bonus Material ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Band of Brothers: Disc 1 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Band of Brothers: Disc 3 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Band of Brothers: Disc 4 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Band of Brothers: Disc 5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Beauty and the Beast: Special Edition ★ ★ ★ ★

Because of Winn-Dixie ★ ★ ★ ★

Behind Enemy Lines ★ ★ ★ ★

Bend It Like Beckham ★ ★ ★ ★

Best in Show ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Best Laid Plans ★ ★ ★ ★

Blood, Guts, Bullets & Octane ★ ★ ★ ★

Bottle Rocket ★ ★ ★ ★

Boys Don’t Cry ★ ★ ★ ★

Bridget Jones’s Diary ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Bringing Down the House ★ ★ ★ ★

Brokedown Palace ★ ★ ★ ★

Brotherhood of the Wolf ★ ★ ★ ★

Cast Away ★ ★ ★ ★

Cats & Dogs ★ ★ ★ ★

Cellular ★ ★ ★ ★

Chicago ★ ★ ★ ★

Coach Carter ★ ★ ★ ★

Cold Mountain ★ ★ ★ ★

Confidence ★ ★ ★ ★

Crazy in Alabama ★ ★ ★ ★

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ★ ★ ★ ★

Das Boot ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Deceived ★ ★ ★ ★

Dirty Pretty Things ★ ★ ★ ★

Disturbing Behavior ★ ★ ★ ★

Door to Door ★ ★ ★ ★

Driven ★ ★ ★ ★

Duets ★ ★ ★ ★

Eagles: Hell Freezes Over ★ ★ ★ ★

Enemy at the Gates ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Entrapment ★ ★ ★ ★

Final Destination 2 ★ ★ ★ ★

Finding Neverland ★ ★ ★ ★

Frank Lloyd Wright ★ ★ ★ ★

Freaky Friday ★ ★ ★ ★

Friday Night Lights ★ ★ ★ ★

Frosty the Snowman / Frosty Returns ★ ★ ★ ★

Gangs of New York ★ ★ ★ ★

Girl, Interrupted ★ ★ ★ ★

Gossip ★ ★ ★ ★

Heartbreakers ★ ★ ★ ★

Heavenly Creatures ★ ★ ★ ★

Hellboy ★ ★ ★ ★

High Fidelity ★ ★ ★ ★

Hitch ★ ★ ★ ★

House of Flying Daggers ★ ★ ★ ★

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days ★ ★ ★ ★

I Am Sam ★ ★ ★ ★

Identity ★ ★ ★ ★

In the Bedroom ★ ★ ★ ★

Independence Day ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Intolerable Cruelty ★ ★ ★ ★

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Jeepers Creepers 2 ★ ★ ★ ★

Kissing Jessica Stein ★ ★ ★ ★

Kung Fu Hustle ★ ★ ★ ★

Layer Cake ★ ★ ★ ★

Legally Blonde ★ ★ ★ ★

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde ★ ★ ★ ★

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Love Stinks ★ ★ ★ ★

Man on Fire ★ ★ ★ ★

Matchstick Men ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Me, Myself & Irene ★ ★ ★ ★

Mean Girls ★ ★ ★ ★

Miracle ★ ★ ★ ★

Monster ★ ★ ★ ★

Monster’s Ball ★ ★ ★ ★

Montenegro ★ ★ ★ ★

Mouse Hunt ★ ★ ★ ★

Murder By Numbers ★ ★ ★ ★

Music of the Heart ★ ★ ★ ★

My Big Fat Greek Wedding ★ ★ ★ ★

My Dog Skip ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Never Been Kissed ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Nurse Betty ★ ★ ★ ★

Ocean’s Eleven ★ ★ ★ ★

Open Range ★ ★ ★ ★

Panic ★ ★ ★ ★

Paradise Lost 2: Revelations ★ ★ ★ ★

Pay It Forward ★ ★ ★ ★

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ★ ★ ★ ★

Playing by Heart ★ ★ ★ ★

Pollock ★ ★ ★ ★

Proof of Life ★ ★ ★ ★

Pushing Tin ★ ★ ★ ★

Radio ★ ★ ★ ★

Raising Arizona ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Raising Helen ★ ★ ★ ★

Ray ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Remember the Titans ★ ★ ★ ★

Resident Evil ★ ★ ★ ★

Resident Evil: Apocalypse ★ ★ ★ ★

Return to Me ★ ★ ★ ★

Riding in Cars with Boys ★ ★ ★ ★

Robin Williams: Live on Broadway ★ ★ ★ ★

Run Lola Run ★ ★ ★ ★

Save the Last Dance ★ ★ ★ ★

Saving Private Ryan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Say It Isn’t So ★ ★ ★ ★

Seabiscuit ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Secondhand Lions ★ ★ ★ ★

Secretary ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Sex and the City: Season 2: Disc 1 ★ ★ ★ ★

Sex and the City: Season 2: Disc 2 ★ ★ ★ ★

Sex and the City: Season 2: Disc 3 ★ ★ ★ ★

Six Feet Under: Season 1: Disc 1 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Six Feet Under: Season 1: Disc 2 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Six Feet Under: Season 1: Disc 3 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Six Feet Under: Season 1: Disc 4 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Six Feet Under: Season 2: Disc 1 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Six Feet Under: Season 2: Disc 2 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Six Feet Under: Season 2: Disc 3 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Six Feet Under: Season 2: Disc 4 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Six Feet Under: Season 2: Disc 5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Six Feet Under: Season 3: Disc 1 ★ ★ ★ ★

Six Feet Under: Season 3: Disc 2 ★ ★ ★ ★

Six Feet Under: Season 3: Disc 3 ★ ★ ★ ★

Six Feet Under: Season 3: Disc 4 ★ ★ ★ ★

Six Feet Under: Season 3: Disc 5 ★ ★ ★ ★

Six Feet Under: Season 4: Disc 1 ★ ★ ★ ★

Six Feet Under: Season 4: Disc 2 ★ ★ ★ ★

Six Feet Under: Season 4: Disc 3 ★ ★ ★ ★

Six Feet Under: Season 4: Disc 4 ★ ★ ★ ★

Six Feet Under: Season 4: Disc 5 ★ ★ ★ ★

Snatch ★ ★ ★ ★

Someone Like You ★ ★ ★ ★

Spun ★ ★ ★ ★

Spy Game ★ ★ ★ ★

Star Trek: Generations ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Starship Troopers ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Sugar & Spice ★ ★ ★ ★

Super Troopers ★ ★ ★ ★

Sweet Home Alabama ★ ★ ★ ★

Sweet November ★ ★ ★ ★

Swimming Pool ★ ★ ★ ★

Swordfish ★ ★ ★ ★

Taken: Vol. 1: Roswell: The Landing ★ ★ ★ ★

Taken: Vol. 2: A New Generation ★ ★ ★ ★

Taken: Vol. 3: Abductions & Government Conspiracies ★ ★ ★ ★

Taken: Vol. 4: Alien Contact ★ ★ ★ ★

Taken: Vol. 5: The Gift ★ ★ ★ ★

Taken: Vol. 6: Bonus Material ★ ★ ★ ★

Taking Lives ★ ★ ★ ★

Tears of the Sun ★ ★ ★ ★

The Assignment ★ ★ ★ ★

The Bourne Supremacy ★ ★ ★ ★

The Chronicles of Riddick ★ ★ ★ ★

The Cider House Rules ★ ★ ★ ★

The Day After Tomorrow ★ ★ ★ ★

The Emperor’s Club ★ ★ ★ ★

The Family Man ★ ★ ★ ★

The Forgotten ★ ★ ★ ★

The General’s Daughter ★ ★ ★ ★

The Girl Next Door ★ ★ ★ ★

The Godfather ★ ★ ★ ★

The Hours ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

The Iron Giant ★ ★ ★ ★

The Iron Giant: Special Edition ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

The Legend of Bagger Vance ★ ★ ★ ★

The Life of David Gale ★ ★ ★ ★

The Long Kiss Goodnight ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

The Magdalene Sisters ★ ★ ★ ★

The Matrix: Reloaded ★ ★ ★ ★

The Musketeer ★ ★ ★ ★

The Notebook ★ ★ ★ ★

The Out-of-Towners ★ ★ ★ ★

The Passion of the Christ ★ ★ ★ ★

The Patriot ★ ★ ★ ★

The Perfect Storm ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

The Prince and Me ★ ★ ★ ★

The Recruit ★ ★ ★ ★

The Red Violin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

The Ring ★ ★ ★ ★

The Rookie ★ ★ ★ ★

The Rundown ★ ★ ★ ★

The Score ★ ★ ★ ★

The Terminal ★ ★ ★ ★

The Very Thought of You ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

The Wedding Planner ★ ★ ★ ★

Thirteen ★ ★ ★ ★

Titan A.E. ★ ★ ★ ★

Titanic ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tomorrow Never Dies ★ ★ ★ ★

Top Gun ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Two Brothers ★ ★ ★ ★

Underworld ★ ★ ★ ★

Veronica Guerin ★ ★ ★ ★

Video Essentials ★ ★ ★ ★

View From the Top ★ ★ ★ ★

Walking Tall ★ ★ ★ ★

We Were Soldiers ★ ★ ★ ★

Whale Rider ★ ★ ★ ★

What Women Want ★ ★ ★ ★

Wild Wild West ★ ★ ★ ★

Winged Migration ★ ★ ★ ★

2 thoughts on “Favorite Movies List-Top 219

  1. This list is long. I have to mention, however, that I once rented Angels in America, and was so bored and depressed after the first 45 minutes that if there had been a nearby bridge, I would’ve jumped. 6 Feet Under,all seasons up to now that are rentable, has been one of the best series I’ve seen. The Sopranos is also a family favorite. (no kids, of course.) I’m told the 24 Series is also a winner. My pals agree, that if you wait until an entire season is available and watch each episode back to back, it is REALLY good weekend entertainment.

  2. I must mention something else. I recently revisited the LONESOME DOVE mini series DVD. That movie is definitely one that I will cherish, love and recommend during this lifetime. Another winner? Horatio Hornblower is an incredible HBO A&E miniseries that teaches the viewer the value of honor and bravery…in the pure, unflawed, traditional sense. Every little boy could benefit from the hero’s behaviors and choices. When confused as to what to do? I ask myself, “What would Horatio Hornblower do?” and the path to goodness becomes crystal clear.

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