Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 97%
| It Happened One Night (1934) | "
Who can resist a movie where the girl's father provides his daughter with a getaway car from her own wedding?" Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 100%
| The Philadelphia Story (1940) | "
I don't think anyone really cares about the fact that this was intended to be a cunning class satire with a capital C, but it's got big stars, they say cool things, they look good, it's funny, and the right guy gets the right girl in amusing fashion." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 90%
| Help! (1965) | "
Lester's anarchic absurdity and quick cut camera gags make for a pretty good whole." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 95%
| Rebel Without a Cause (1955) | "
People like to say that Dean was nothing but a Marlon Brando imitation, but Marlon never looked this young, this perfect." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 95%
| The Princess Bride (1987) | "
An effective comedy, an interesting bedtime tale, and one of the greatest date rentals of all time." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 90%
| The Breakfast Club (1984) | "
The Breakfast Club was teen-auteur John Hughes' attempt to take a step back and evaluate the large horde of teens our schools turn out and how they desperately search for identity." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 100%
| Adam's Rib (1949) | "
Sex Wars mid-century style. Adam's Rib can't help but look a bit dated, but it sure is a perfect encapsulation of a certain type of couple at a certain time." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 72%
| Bird (1988) | "
Eastwood shows a Parker that is haunted by his boyhood addiction, and shows off the innumerable people who loved his talent who were let down by him time and again." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 68%
| Rollerball (1975) | "
It seems pretty prescient about violence, corporations, and TV." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 100%
| Cool Hand Luke (1967) | "
An amazing accomplishment by Newman as the best fight man has left in him." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 91%
| Brian's Song (1971) | "
It remains the best example of the most different of men competing fairly and getting along peacefully ever filmed." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 96%
| High Plains Drifter (1973) | "
Clint Eastwood is the ultimate thinking man's cinematic killing machine." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 97%
| American Graffiti (1973) | "
...the ultimate nostalgia movie of all time ..." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 84%
| The Blues Brothers (1980) | "
I am never not amused by the Blues Brothers." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 95%
| Heathers (1989) | "
An amazing black satire filled with vicious biting words that snap like firecrackers." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 88%
| The Sure Thing (1985) | "
A wonderful start for Cusack and Reiner." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 87%
| East of Eden (1955) | "
What could be a better way to spend two hours?" Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 85%
| Menace II Society (1993) | "
It makes the Hood seem worse than Vietnam." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 90%
| Sixteen Candles (1984) | "
The first effort by writer/director John Hughes on his way to becoming the William Shakespeare of teenage angst. One really has to be aware of the climate of the early '80s to truly understand the impact that this film had among teens." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 77%
| Wall Street (1987) | "
Wall Street is Stone's snarling condemnation of the Go-Go junk bond king buy 'em, break 'em, and sell off the parts '80s." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 79%
| Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) | "
[Penn] sets the tone of fun for the whole movie." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 90%
| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | "
Possibly the most likable movie ever filmed." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Rotten 1/5
| Fresh 86%
| River's Edge (1987) | "
The silliest work of the '80s." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 68%
| Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) | "
I know good silly fun when I see it." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 95%
| Born Yesterday (1950) | "
It's full of great ideas about the wonder of the common man." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 68%
| Strange Brew (1983) | "
There's tons of weird stuff here." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 81%
| Better Off Dead (1985) | "
I've rarely met anyone who didn't secretly love it passionately." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 98%
| Boyz N the Hood (1991) | "
I's a sadly optimistic and touching classic that confidently conveys a coherent solemn mood of a modern American wasteland." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 97%
| Some Like It Hot (1959) | "
Only top ranked episodes of the Jerry Springer show provide more laughs and surprises from two con men made up to look like women." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 74%
| Backbeat (1994) | "
The music, done here by a group of grunge all-stars, doesn't even attempt to sound dead-on, but remains mostly true to the raucous spirit of the time." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 58%
| Sudden Impact (1983) | "
Boy did Ronald Reagan love this movie!" Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 87%
| Clerks (1994) | "
Kevin Smith actually pulled it off." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 85%
| Deep Cover (1992) | "
Laurence Fishburne haunts this movie with his deep set fiercely intense glaring eyes." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 5/5
| Rotten 56%
| 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) | "
Pure of heart and perfectly executed." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 63%
| Coming to America (1988) | "
Eddie Murphy does everything in this movie successfully, which was probably a bad idea because it made him think that he could write and direct Harlem Nights..." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 80%
| Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) | "
This is John Hughes' best teen film, and it's a call to arms to everyone in the world who doesn't want to follow society's lame-ass rules at the expense of living a cool life." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 91%
| Thelma & Louise (1991) | "
Ridley Scott does a pretty good job of showing how much cooler it is to be an outlaw than a waitress or a harried wife." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 96%
| This Is Spinal Tap (1984) | "
A towering achievement in cinema, music, and life art. Funnier and more prescient every time I see it. Any time they tour I will be there." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 91%
| True Romance (1993) | "
God I wish I had written this movie." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 61%
| CB4 (1993) | "
An amusing look at the early days of the gangsta rappers." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 71%
| Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) | "
Even the harshest critic has to recognize the sheer unbridled joy of their ignorance." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 91%
| Trading Places (1983) | "
Because Eddie doesn't have to carry the whole movie, he is free to make every word that comes out of his mouth infinitely appealing." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 96%
| High Plains Drifter (1973) | "
Revenge doesn't do much for your claims to nobility, but more often than not it makes for some pretty good stories and lots of guilty pleasure." Posted Jan 23, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 91%
| Field of Dreams (1989) | "
If you're in the right mood this movie will bring a tear to your eye." Posted Dec 8, 2002 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 95%
| Dirty Harry (1971) | "
This is Clint at maybe his best looking and healthiest, and his Inspector Callahan is perhaps every rebel's dream." Posted Dec 8, 2002 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 67%
| Cobb (1994) | "
This movie is two hours of Jones acting badly and Wuhl looking drawn." Posted Dec 8, 2002 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 83%
| A League of Their Own (1992) | "
This was probably supposed to be a feminist manifesto, but the men steal the picture." Posted Dec 8, 2002 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 79%
| Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) | "
There's not a lot of substance here, but this is the high school I'd most like to go to in movie history." Posted Dec 8, 2002 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 97%
| His Girl Friday (1940) | "
The thing I like about Cary Grant in these movies was how utterly sure and pleased with himself he was. His screen characters always knew the working of the world." Posted Dec 8, 2002 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 94%
| Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | "
The silliest movie ever made." Posted Dec 8, 2002 |
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