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Shane's Favorite Comedy Movies
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Shane's Favorite English-Speaking Dramatic Movies
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I look first at movies as a screenwriter. I need to be entertained, yes. But I admire taught, gripping screenplays. I respect deft, sometimes visionary direction. I look for stand-out performances by great actors. I am impressed when screenplays address brutal situations (such as "On the Waterfront") but still embrace human tenderness, humor, weakness, uncertainty and resolve. In 2014, I started watching the best foreign movies I could find. I was surprised that many of them surpassed (in my mind) even the best American dramatic movies that I had admired for years. The foreign movies which most impressed me were Bicycle Thieves, Ashes and Diamonds, Amarcord, Fanny and Alexander and L'Avventura. They are listed separately in Shane's Favorite Foreign Movies.
Shane's Favorite Foreign Movies
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Best Actor Oscar Movies
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Best Original Screenplay Oscars
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Best Picture Oscars
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Movies to Watch
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Beyond AFI top 100, and beyond Big Book. Movies listed for misc reasons such as director picks, an Incomplete Education, others.
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