About Genra As far as movie genra are concerned, her are a few sweeping generalisation I can make about the big Genra: Action:Bang, Pow, Boom, and that stuff, I don't much care for the violence and cliff hanger stuff but there are some of this genra I like, it depends on the story Adventure: Animated:I find that far too many people are stuck in the falacious idea that cartoons are for kids. some of the best told stories I have ever seen were animated, some wel and some not, but that is unimportant, Many critisize movies like Wariors of the Wind and Light Years for their "crude" japanese cartoonie style but that dosen't matter to the story. "Chick Flick:"I enjoy a lot of these flicks too, they are ussually all about the story. Comedy:I love a good comedy, I like to laugh . I would recomend that you See Anything By Buster Keaton, Charles Chaplin, and Harold Lloyd. also good are many of the films by Fatty Arbuckle, Harry Langdon and Stan Laurel Laurel & Hardy) did several great funnies too :o) Documentry:I like these, but then I like to learn things Historical: Horror:[There are no good Horror Movies] Love Story: Musiscals: Political: "Tear Jerker:"I really like these, when you think about it they are mostly story, and sometimes it is well told, some times they suck. So it is a bit of a toss up as to which on a movie might be. Ussually if I can get a good cry out of it it's a really good one:o) War:I like some of these, again depending on ho the story is told. many are like action, adventure, westerns. Western:Many of these have a good story, but a lot are formulaic and dull to me.

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Ragnar's Weeb Page Favorite Movies I likes a good story and movies are just one of many ways to tell a story. like the ancient greecs I can know the story before hands and still enjoy the play because the most valuable part is the presentation. what maters most to me is how the story is told, does it come alive, am I in the story. My favorite form of taking in a story is to hear it read or told to me, I can "see the movie" in my mind, I think I could make a fantastic movie director. I wish I could get a lot of money and could direct movies of the short stories of Cordwainer Smith's The Rediscovery of Man or as it should be called the Instrumentality of Mankind. However I digress:o) I have made a list of many movie titles which I have seen, and I consider them to well worth seeing. I like these movies for a variety of reasons,which I can't get in to right now.

My Favorite Movies List (titles in this green I have on DVD)

1492: Conquest of Paradise 1992 dir. Ridley Scott

An intense telling of the Christopher Colubus story with increadable music by Vangelis

1776 1972 dir. Peter H Hunt

This is a cute little musical

2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 dir. Stanley Kubrick   I liked this one and I even liked the sequal 2010 1984 dir. Peter Hyams

2010: the Year We Make Contact dir.

28 Up 1985 dir. Michael Apted

Documentry with others in the series, 7 Up 19?, 14 Up 19?, 21 Up 19? and 35 Up 1991 a look at several British children every seven years

9 to 5 dir.

A League of Their Own dir.

The Abyss dir. ?

Wow, see the long one not the short one

Abyss, the Special Edition dir.

The Accompanist 1992 dir. Claude Miller

 

Addams Family, the dir.

Adventures in Babysitting dir.

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 1989 dir. Terry Gilliam

 

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension 1984 dir. W. D. Richter

 

The Adventures of Mark Twain 1985 dir. ?

ClaymationThis is a great Clamation movie, I say it again recently and I got it on tape (thanks Tina) and then I watched it four more times. If you EVER get the chance to see this moveie take it and watch it, its great. In this fantasy, the author flies a balloon into outer space in search of Halley's comet, not knowing that stowaways Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn are aboard. Voices include James Whitmore. now owned by Satin Inc. (Disney) but I have seen it on the family chanell in Canada and on Paramount video

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 1994 dir. ?

 

Akira dir. ?

 

All This and World War II 1976 dir. Susan Winslow

 

All of Me 1984 dir. Carl Reiner

 

All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 dir. Lewis Milestone

 

Amadeus D.C. dir.

The American President dir. ?

 

Antz dir. ?

 

Apollo 13 1995 dir. ?

 

As Good As It Gets dir. ?

I love this movie, I just saw it and .... "I tell ya buddy, I'd be the luckiest guy in the world if that did it for me." I hope if you see this movie that you "get it" If you don't even cry you are no... well never mind. I cryed, I laughed, it did become part of me.

Back to School 1986 dir. Alan Metter

 

Back to the Beach 1987 dir. Lyndall Hobbs

 

Barb Wire dir.

Battlestar: Galactica 1979 dir. Richard A. Colla

Got the whole original series

Batteries Not Included 1987 dir. Matthew Robbins

 

Beautiful dir.

Becket 1964 dir. Peter Glenville

 

Being There 1979 dir. Hal Ashby

 

Benny & Joon 1993 dir. Jeremiah Chechik

 

Bicentennial Man dir.

Big Fish dir.

Big Trouble in Little China 1986 dir. John Carpenter

It's a cool and rediculous tale of fantasy martial atrs fighting and a week story but it's a fun movie.

Biloxi Blues 1988 dir. ?

A comming of age story with so much more, I say this one again recently and I just can't say enough about it

The Birth of a Nation 1915 dir. D.W. Griffith

 

Black Robe 1991 dir. Bruce Beresford

 

Blade Runner 1982 dir. Ridley Scott

 

Blast from the Past dir.

Blazing Saddles 1973 dir. Mel Brooks

 

The Boy Who Could Fly 1986 dir. Nick Castle

a story of a boy who loves and he can also fly

Breakfast Club, the dir.

Brewster's Millions dir.

Brother Sun, Sister Moon 1973 dir. Franco Zaffirelli

 

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 1979 dir. Daniel Haller

A bug's Life dir. ?

Even though it's dysney I liked it

Caddyshack dir.

Canadian Bacon dir. ?

The movie of John Canndy and what a funney thing

Casino Royale 1967 dir. John Huston, Ken Hughes, Robert Parrish, Joe McGrath and Val Guest

 

Cat Ballou 1965 dir. Elliot Silverstein

 

Catch-22 1970 dir. Mike Nichols

 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory dir.

Chicken Run dir. ?

 

Caveman 1981 dir. Carl Gottlieb

 

A Christmas Story 1983 dir. Bob Clark

 

City Lights 1931 dir. Charles Chalin

 

Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 dir. Steven Spielberg

 

Clue: the Movie dir.

Coming to America dir.

Conan the Barbarian 1982 dir. John Milius

very good for a 70s movie

Contact dir. ?

 

Crocodile Dundee dir.

Cutthroat Island dir.

D.A.R.Y.L. 1985 dir. Simon Wincer

Good story about what it is to be alive

Dark City 1998 dir. Alex Proyas

If you liked the Matrix this one is a good one too, it's different but similar. questioning what is reality and not, far more philosophical than the Matrix I really like this one.

Dark Crystal, the dir.

The Dam Busters 1954 dir. Michael Anderson

 

Das Boot 1981 dir. Wolfgang Petersen

WOW what a story about a U-Boat crew and their captain Max Von Sydow one of my favorites

Dave 1993 dir. Ivan Reitman

 

Day the Earth Stood Still, The 1951 dir. Robert Wise

The best of the old "Space Alien" movies from the 50s THE BEST. As far as I'm conserned this was the first SCIENE FICTION movie the story is the movie, it tells of aliens who don't want to eat our brains and all that garbage thet the early "SciFi" flicks have they just come to say "hi" and "we're her" and "you can be a threat to yourselve, but we will not let you be a threat to others."

Death Takes a Holiday 1934 dir. Mitchell Leisen

 

Demolition Man 1993 dir. Marco Brambilla

 

The Dirty Dozen 1967 dir. Robert Aldrich

A WWII movie where the americans aren't really the good guys

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 1988 dir. Frank Oz

 

Dogma dir.

Dolores Claiborne dir.

Down and Out in Beverly Hills dir.

Dragonslayer dir.

Dune   and 1984 dir. David Lynch

 

Dutch 1991 dir. Peter Faiman

 

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial 1982 dir. ?

 

Eat the Rich 1987 dir. Peter Richardson

 

Eating Raoul 1982 dir. Paul Bartel

 

Edward Scissorhands 1990 dir. Tim Burton

 

Electric Dreams dir.

Encino Man 1992 dir. Les Mayfield

 

Escape to Witch Mountain dir.

Every Which Way But Loose 1978 dir. James Fargo   And a good sequal Any Which Way You Can 1980 dir. Buddy Van Horn

 

Evolution dir.

Excalibur 1981 dir. John Boorman

 

Explorers 1985 dir. Joe Dante

Great little story about kids who are helped by dream images to build a space craft and go up to visit aliens

Fantasia 1940 dir. Ben Sharpsteen Includes Leapold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra Narrated by Deems Taylor

 

Father Goose 1964 dir. Ralph Nelson

 

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off dir.

The Fifth Element dir. ?

I really like this one, it's non-stop, several good lines and some fantastic personalities

Final Fantasy: The Story Within 2001 dir. ?

 

Firefox 1982 dir. Clint Eastwood

 

Flesh + Blood dir.

Flight of the Navigator dir.

Forbidden Planet 1956 dir. Frer McLeod Wilcox

The pivital of all S/F movies this was the first of the great story and effect flicks. Though it it slow in parts, this movie inspired so much or what we know today, Star Trek etc.

Four Weddings and a Funeral dir.

Galaxy Quest 1999 dir. ?

 

Ghost dir. ?

 

Ghostbusters 1984 dir. ?

I like them both

Oh God dir.

The Gods Must Be Crazy 1 The Gods Must Be Crazy 2 dir.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 1966 dir. Sergio Leone

 

The Goonies 1985 dir. Richard Donner

 

The Green Mile 1999 dir. ?

This is a great story, it's the best prison story I've ever heard. I've seen the movie several times and will many more.

Grendel, Grendel, Grendel 1980 dir. Alexander Stitt

Animated movie about the monster in the Baowolf saga seen from the perspective of the monster Grendel. all the voices are don by Peter Ustenov

Groundhog Day dir. ?

 

Guns of Navarone, The 1961 dir. J. Lee Thompson

 

Hamlet dir.

Harold and Maude dir.

Harriet the Spy dir.

Harry Potter dir.

1: the Philosopher’s Stone, 2: the Chamber of Secrets, 3: the Prisoner of Azkaban, 4: the Goblet of Fire, 5: the Order of the Phoenix, 6: the Half-Blood Prince

HellBoy dir.

Henry V 1989 dir. Kenneth Branagh

 

Herold and Maude dir. ?

 

Hidden Fortress, the: Kakushi-toride no san-akunin dir.

Highlander 1986 dir. Russell Mulcahy

 

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy dir.

Hot Lead & Cold Feet dir.

Hot Shots dir.

Hunt for Red October, The 1990 dir. John McTiernan

 

Iceman 1984 dir. Fred Schepisi

 

Incredibles, the dir.

The Iron Giant 1999 dir. ?

 

Johnny Dangerously dir.

Journey to the Center of the Earth dir.

Just You and Me, Kid 1979 dir.: Leonard Stern

 

Labyrinth 1986 dir. Jim Henson

 

Ladyhawke 1985 dir. Richard Donner

 

The Last Emperor 1987 dir. Bernardo Bertolucci

 

The Last Starfighter 1984 dir. Nick Castle

 

Legally Blonde dir.

Little Big Man 1970 dir. Arthur Penn

 

Little Monsters 1989 dir. Richard Alan Greenberg

 

Light Years (Gandahar) 1988 dir. Rene Laloux

Animated movie about what is life and all that. good story and presentation

Limelight 1952 dir. Charles Chaplin

 

Logan's Run 1976 dir. Michael Anderson

 

The Longest Day 1962 dir. Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki and Andrew Marton

 

Lord of the Rings dir.

Extended Edition 1: the Fellowship of the Ring, 2: the Two Towers, 3: the Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings 2001 dir. ?

A trilogy

Love Actually dir.

Lucas 1986 dir. David Seltzer

A story about a young boy wise for his years and the girl who dares to see through his eyes and how he touches the people around him who make the efort not to judge hime but to reach out to him.

Man without a Face, the dir.

Mask 1985 dir. Peter Bogdanovich

 

Master and Commander the Far side of the World dir.

The Matrix dir. ?

LOVED IT, WOULD WATCH IT AGAIN Matrix 1, the, & Revisited, Matrix 2, the, Reloaded & Revisited, Matrix 3, the, Revolutions & Revisited, Matrix Experience, and the Animatrix

Men in Black dir. ?

 

MIB 1 Men in Black dir.

MIIB 2 Men in Black dir.

Mermaids dir. ?

This gem of movie stars four of my favorites, Cristina Ricci, Wynona Ryder, Cher and the guy from Roger Rabit it's about comming of age, growing up and change in the lives of these people Great soundtrack too

Metropolis 1926 dir. Fritz Lang

 

Millennium dir.

The Mission 1986 dir. Roland Joffe

 

Monsters Inc. dir. ?

 

Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 dir. Terry Gilliam

 

Monty Python’s the Holy Grail dir.

Monty Python’s the Life of Brian dir.

Monty Python’s the Meaning of Life dir.

The Mouse That Roared 1959 dir. Jack Arnold

 

The Music Man 1962 dir. Morton Da Costa

 

My Cousin Vinny dir.

My Stepmother Is An Alien dir.

The Name of the Rose 1986 dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud

a wonderful story about books and knowledge in the dark/middle ages. an investigation of a murder at a monistary where there is a huge library, a "dangerous" book is key to the murders and when the inquisition gets involved it is more drama than three popes can handel

Nausicaa ( Warriors of the Wind ) dir.

The Never Ending Story 1984 dir. Wolfgang Petersen

With an "interesting" sequal that I might watch again :o)

Night of the Comet dir.

Ninja Scroll dir. ?

 

Notting Hill dir.

O Brother, Where Art Thou? dir.

Oh, God! 1977 dir.: Carl Reiner

 

Odd Couple, the dir.

Orlando 1993 dir. Sally Potter

I can't really figure out this flick but I like it. an elizabethan man who fransforms in to a woman in the late eighteenth century and has a child around the present day. the story builds itself around the exsperiences around life, death, love and that stuff, but it's done in a neat way.

Outrageous Fortune dir.

Pale Rider 1985 dir. Clint Eastwood

 

Patlabor dir.

Pink Panther Film Collection, the dir.

The Princess Bride dir. ?

 

The Purple Rose of Cairo 1985 dir. Woody Allen

 

Quest for Fire 1981 dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud

 

Ran 1985 dir. Akira Kurosawa

Just what I have come to exspect from Kurosawa a Shakespearean tale with a Kurosawa japanese flavour, I love his stuff. This one is like King Lear

Regarding Henry dir.

The Return of Martin Guerre 1982 dir. Daniel Vigne

 

Rustlers Rhapsody dir.

Ruthless People dir.

Scent of a Woman 1992 dir. Martin Brest

 

Seven Samurai 1954 dir.: Akira Kurosawa

 

Secondhand Lions dir.

Serenity dir.

Seven Samurai: Shichinin no samurai dir.

Seven Years in Tibet 1997 dir. ?

 

Shakespeare in Love 1998 dir. ?

 

The Shawshank Redemption 1994 dir. ?

This is a great story, it's the best prison story I've ever heard. I've seen the movie several times and will many more.

Shawshank Redemption, the dir.

Shootist, the dir.

Shrek dir.

Silverado dir.

Sixteen Candels dir.

Slaughterhouse-Five 1972 dir. George Roy Hill

 

Sling Blade dir.

So I Married an Axe Murderer dir. ?

 

Spaced Invaders dir.

Starman dir.

Star Trek 01: the Motion Picture dir.

there are to date 9 sequels Star Trek 01: the Motion Picture, 2: the Wrath of Khan, 3: the Search for Spock, 4: the Voyage Home, 5: the Final Frontier, 6: the Undiscovered Country, 7: Generations, 8: First Contact, 9: Insurection, 10: Nemisis

Star Wars 1977 dir. George Lucas

A ground breaking film that changed Science Fiction films forever . The better sequal, The Empire Strikes Back 1980 dir. Irvin Kershner, and Return of the Jedi 1983 dir. Richard Marquand. The three prequils were OK but only that. 1: the Phantom Menace, 2: Attack of the Clones, and 3: Revenge of the Sith, 4: a New Hope, 5: the Empire Strikes Back, 6: Return of the Jedi

Stripes dir.

Tale of Two Cities, A 1935 dir. Jack Conway

 

Three Musketeers, The 1993 dir. Stephen Herek

 

The Taming of the Shrew 1967 dir. Franco Zefirelli

GREAT CLOTHS it is a good telling of the Shakespeare play

Tank 19 dir. ?

 

Tank Girl dir.

Three Musketeers, the dir.

Throne of Blood 1957 dir. Akira Kurosawa

Just what I have come to exspect from Kurosawa a Shakespearean tale with a Kurosawa japanese flavour, I love his stuff. This one is like

Throne of Blood: Kumonosu jô dir.

Time Bandits 1981 dir. Terry Gilliam

Good funny movie about a bunch of lttle guys who work for god and steel, or borrow, the key to time so they can steel some loot through out time, but along the way they hook up with a kid who helps fix some holes in time and in the end do gods work.

Titan A.E. dir.

Titanic dir.

To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 dir. Robert Mulligan

 

Trading Places dir.

Tron 1982 dir. Steven Lisberger

 

Unforgiven 1992 dir. Clint Eastwood

 

Valmont dir.

Waking Ned Devine dir.

The War Lord 1965 dir. Franklin J. Schaffner

GREAT CLOTHING

Warriors of the Wind 1984 dir. Kazuo Komatsubara

This is a great movie. I recently saw this great movie again (thanks Tina) it was on a new world video, I wish I had taped the tape. A post apocalypse story with big bugs which live in the tocsic jungle and a valley of the wind, the last safe place, where this fyling princess who has this way with the big monsters. Oh it's just a great story and presentation.

Water dir.

Waterworld dir.

Weird Science 1985 dir. John Hughes

To some people this is a stupid and/or goofy movie, but I liked it There are several characters who are underused and well likable.

Welcome to the Dollhouse 1996 dir. ?

 

What Dreams May Come dir.

While You Were Sleeping dir.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 dir. Robert Zemeckis

Well done to them what done it, I still like to watch this one, it never gets dull or slow I do however find the bad guy a little cartoon like to the story.

Wing Commander dir.

So that's my list, as of now, I hope you see some of these stories and enjoy them like I did. If you have any questions, comments, criticisms, corrections, and/or suggestions, whatever, you want to get in touch, then send me an E-Mail: DYSLEXICS UNTIE

		© Ragnar Torfason 2004 October 4