ThatFryeGuy's 30 Favorite Films

This is just my favorite film of all time probably because of my study's focus on Japanese film and I believe this is a masterpiece the way it blended Japanese myth with buddhist legend and subverted it into a historical war drama set during Japan's warring states period.

My personal favorite of all the Universal monster movies.

Whoever believes that operas are pretentious shows for those who want to feel like social elites, need to see this.

Along with part 2 of this biopic, Che is my 4th favorite film of all time because of the interesting picture Steven Soderbergh painted of the revolutionary. He's not depicted as the revolutionary hero that hipsters pretend to worship nowadays, but he's also not depicted as a monster of communism that spawned further western fear of communism during the cold war.

The Greatest of all Japanese monsters.

I certainly understand why so many people hate Cronenberg's latest film, I myself gave it a 6/10 on IMDB, but it has a certain spot in my heart. It's a well paced adaptation of one of my favorite novels, and even though Pattinson's acting can be dreadfully stale at times, I think he portrays the nihilistic behavior of Eric Packer fairly well.

When I'm not watching a movie or working on a personal film project, you can usually find me reading a comic book. Watchmen, one of the greatest graphic novels ever written, is placed so high on my list because of my love of comics, and the fact that I believe this is one of the few cases where the actual film product is possibly even better than its source material.

Much like Cosmopolis, the reason I love The Count of Monte Cristo is because it's a very good film adaptation of one of my favorite novels. I'm a sucker for revenge stories, and The Count of Monte Cristo is quite possibly the greatest revenge story ever written. Although I can't show it, I will say that the 2002 remake is also number 8 on this list because even though it changes much of the story, I believe it is still on par with the quality of the 1934 film.

Probably the greatest example of the soviet montage. I only need to reference the staircase scene that countless other films have subverted to prove why this belongs on the list.

I'm a John Ford fan.

I'm also a Renoir fan.

Don't worry I didn't forget this old gem.

I can't begin to describe how much I love the costume design in this film. I'd go as far out on a limb just to say that I believe that this has the greatest costume design of all time, because of accuracy relating to the time period, and the sheer detail put into the clothing and makeup for the beast.

My favorite Chaplin film of all time because of how ballsy this was to make at that time.

This is just one heck of a crazy movie.

Back to my interest in Japanese film, Ballad of Narayama is visually stunning, and the fact that it was shot in color at the time is equally as stunning.

Although having almost nothing to do with the novel it takes its name from, Naked Lunch is a very trippy film. That's pretty much the only adjective that I can think to describe it. Trippy.

This film is just a trifexus of awesome. Starring the incredible talent of Sir Anthony Hopkins and John Hurt, and directed by David Lynch. The Elephant man is a horrifically beautiful tale about a horrifically beautiful mind.

I don't think I can really pinpoint just a single reason why I like this movie. The cast is amazing, the plot is hilarious, over the top, and incredible, and Tarantino just knows how to write scumbag characters that you can't avoid to love.

The fact that Frank Miller was able to direct alongside Robert Rodriguez truly made this movie work. Without Miller I honestly think this wouldn't have been able to reach the notoriety it has today.

I could really put any of Wes Anderson's films in this spot, but I believe the Royal Tenenbaums is his greatest work. It's just all of the oddball quirky jests wrapped into one perfect package.

This certainly does deserve the title of "greatest Kurosawa film".

The reason Dredd actually makes it into this list is for two main reasons.

1) He's actually my 2nd favorite comic book character of all time, and it's nice seeing him in a faithful adaptation.

2) The cinematography is phenomenal in this movie. Somehow it can make the act of bullets tearing people to shreds into a visually beautiful scene.

I always love movies that are fresh and have plot elements or complete stories that I've legitimately never seen before.

What's more dramatic than getting into conflict with someone who's pen stroke symbolized the stroke of a blade slicing through the necks of thousands of Parisians? Nothing.

Aronofsky truly and tastefully represents the horrors of addiction.

Orson Welles you magnificant bastard.

One of the few movies that can match the disturbing nature of clockwork orange.

Since I also have Insomnia, I relate a lot to Trevor Reznik. That's probably why I like this movie so much. Bale just makes Reznik such a sympathetic character.

A movie so charming that even you'll find yourself wandering around calling random women princesses in Italian.