My favourites... and the few that gave that rare satisfying moment.

by macintr8 | created - 17 Nov 2011 | updated - 24 Dec 2011 | Public
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1. The Dark Knight (2008)

PG-13 | 152 min | Action, Crime, Drama

84 Metascore

When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine

Votes: 2,872,411 | Gross: $534.86M

As being well written, Chris Nolan has also made his film direction a top notch. The sequence was carefully plotted, each visual well captured, the story perfectly told... felt that satisfying moment when Harvey flip the coin for the Joker.

The downside are: 1. Some people hate comic book hero movies, or just Batman. 2. Heath Ledger death just took over the movie, Aaron Eckhart's performance was underrated and forgotten.

2. Braveheart (1995)

R | 178 min | Biography, Drama, War

68 Metascore

Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.

Director: Mel Gibson | Stars: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Angus Macfadyen

Votes: 1,091,809 | Gross: $75.60M

Since Dances with Wolves was 3 hours too long, I had enough with long movies. At the time if it's release, viewers were warned that Braveheart was just as long. But it felt like it was 3 hours too short, and only a good movie can do that. Dances with Wolves was just boring. Had that satisfaction moment too... blame the music, it was just impressive.

3. Infernal Affairs II (2003)

Not Rated | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In this prequel to Mou gaan dou (2002), Chan Wing Yan has just become an undercover cop in the triads while Lau Kin Ming joins the police force. Both the triads and the police find an enemy in a rival crime boss.

Directors: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak | Stars: Edison Chen, Shawn Yue, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Francis Ng

Votes: 19,779

Released as a prequel to the success of the first movie. My Cantonese speaking friends were disappointed, because it did not have the same action to the first movie, and it talks too much. So before I watch this, I remind myself to see it as a drama, and not as an action movie... it not only worked, it's still my favourite crime drama to date. That car bomb hit the moment.

4. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

PG-13 | 201 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

94 Metascore

Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.

Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom

Votes: 1,980,290 | Gross: $377.85M

Too long, too much CG work, too good to miss. That satisfaction moment hits me halfway into the movie, and I was worried it came too early.... it didn't.

5. Inception (2010)

PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

74 Metascore

A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe

Votes: 2,552,405 | Gross: $292.58M

Clever is my favourite choice of word when it comes to films by Chris Nolan. Once again Nolan had not damage his reputation but upgrade his resumé with Inception. Unlike the Batman movies, this was purely a work of his own. The gravity shift fight sequence is what I like the most. And it shows how complex each scenes were shot. The planning of it, the it time took to shoot, and putting them together in the editing room.... it's all very hard work. Once again, the satisfaction moment hits early & not sure when... it's made the movie felt shorter.

6. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

75 Metascore

A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick

Votes: 1,174,725 | Gross: $204.84M

As far as the story goes, it had a good one to tell. I admin... I was obsessed.

7. Cinema Paradiso (1988)

R | 174 min | Drama, Romance

80 Metascore

A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.

Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Antonella Attili, Isa Danieli

Votes: 283,080 | Gross: $11.99M

My surprise favourite and I forget that I was watching it with subtitles. There's no better choice for a music composer than Ennio Morricone, especially when the movie is in Italian.

8. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

R | 142 min | Drama

82 Metascore

Over the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.

Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler

Votes: 2,890,475 | Gross: $28.34M

I watch this video from beginning to end everytime.

9. Die Hard (1988)

R | 132 min | Action, Thriller

72 Metascore

A New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson

Votes: 946,038 | Gross: $83.01M

The movie that created it's own action genre, and still the best. First movie to give me that satisfying moment.

10. WALL·E (2008)

G | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

95 Metascore

In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.

Director: Andrew Stanton | Stars: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard

Votes: 1,201,090 | Gross: $223.81M

I'm speechless! They don't say much, yet we understood it all. Space Dance started the satisfaction moment.

11. Schindler's List (1993)

R | 195 min | Biography, Drama, History

95 Metascore

In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall

Votes: 1,451,610 | Gross: $96.90M

Like Braveheart, great movies feels too short, even when it's 3 hours long.

12. Spirited Away (2001)

PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

96 Metascore

During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino, Rumi Hiiragi

Votes: 850,100 | Gross: $10.06M

Who wants to be just as scared, as mature, and brave as this girl?

13. The Sixth Sense (1999)

PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

64 Metascore

Malcolm Crowe, a child psychologist, starts treating a young boy, Cole, who encounters dead people and convinces him to help them. In turn, Cole helps Malcolm reconcile with his estranged wife.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams

Votes: 1,051,829 | Gross: $293.51M

Someone gave me the spoiler before I saw it. Yet I was still surprise by the twist. And the twist was the moment... it could be for everyone.

14. Snatch (2000)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime

55 Metascore

Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.

Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Stephen Graham, Vinnie Jones

Votes: 911,307 | Gross: $30.33M

A UK movie that insults the english language, I like that. All thanks to Brad Pitt's remarkable performance.

15. The Usual Suspects (1995)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

76 Metascore

The sole survivor of a pier shoot-out tells the story of how a notorious criminal influenced the events that began with five criminals meeting in a seemingly random police lineup.

Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin

Votes: 1,146,009 | Gross: $23.34M

Before you ask who Keyser Söze is, have you had a good look at Agent Dave Kujan's office yet? Impressive story telling.

16. Pulp Fiction (1994)

R | 154 min | Crime, Drama

95 Metascore

The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis

Votes: 2,221,695 | Gross: $107.93M

By the talented Tarantino. It's good and bad... both to the extreme. Guess I got use to the bad part.

17. The Matrix (1999)

R | 136 min | Action, Sci-Fi

73 Metascore

When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.

Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving

Votes: 2,054,508 | Gross: $171.48M

More of a DVD cult the the actual movie it self. Still hunting for the DVD Easter Eggs I have not yet seen.

18. House of Flying Daggers (2004)

PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

89 Metascore

A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Dandan Song

Votes: 116,281 | Gross: $11.05M

It's 3 years apart, 3 days together, with the three lovers. Nice twist with Kung-Fu on top.

19. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

73 Metascore

When Jason Bourne is framed for a CIA operation gone awry, he is forced to resume his former life as a trained assassin to survive.

Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Joan Allen, Brian Cox

Votes: 487,056 | Gross: $176.24M

Better than the first, more orignal than the third.

20. Super 8 (2011)

PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi

72 Metascore

During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.

Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Elle Fanning, AJ Michalka, Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney

Votes: 367,630 | Gross: $127.00M

We all thought we had enough of those Spielberg movie with kids in the 80's... it about time we had a new one.

21. Casino Royale (2006)

PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

80 Metascore

After earning 00 status and a licence to kill, secret agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright

Votes: 694,827 | Gross: $167.45M

A surprise to see that 007 is still worth the watch, until the sequel did the damage. Daniel Craig shows he is the second best from Sean Connery.

22. True Lies (1994)

R | 141 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

63 Metascore

A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used-car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton

Votes: 281,115 | Gross: $146.28M

True Lies is pure entertainment with pop corn on the side. It's exciting, smart and consistently funny.

23. Seven Pounds (2008)

PG-13 | 123 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

36 Metascore

A man with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.

Director: Gabriele Muccino | Stars: Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy

Votes: 315,280 | Gross: $69.95M

I still....... cry.

24. Wild Things (1998)

R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

51 Metascore

A police detective uncovers a conspiracy behind a case involving a high-school guidance counselor when accusations of rape are made against him by two female students.

Director: John McNaughton | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Neve Campbell, Matt Dillon, Denise Richards

Votes: 130,840 | Gross: $29.75M

Like The Sixth Sense, the first twist was the moment.

25. A Few Good Men (1992)

R | 138 min | Drama, Thriller

62 Metascore

Military lawyer Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder. They contend they were acting under orders.

Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon

Votes: 287,517 | Gross: $141.34M

When Jack Nicholson says "You Goddamn right I did!", my jaw dropped and the satisfaction moment begins.



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