Animals
Ring of Bright Water (1969)
- otters
Mouse Hunt (1997) - mice
Black Beauty (any and all versions) - horses
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968) - horses
The Birds (1963) - birds
The Cat from Outer Space (1978) - cats
The Bear (1988) - bears
The Red Pony (1949) - horses
Born Free (1966) - lions
International Velvet (1978) - horses
Jurassic Park (1993) - dinos
Babe, and Pig in the City (1998) - pigs
Harry and Tonto (1974) - cats
The Electric Horseman (1979) - horses
The Black Stallion (1979) - horses
The Man From Snowy River (1982) - horses
Smoky (1946) - horses
Stuart Little (1999) - mice
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron (2002) - horses
The Beastmaster (1982) - ferrets
Along Came Polly (2004) - ferrets
Winged Migration (2002) - birds
Fluke (1996) - dogs
The Ladykillers (2004) - cats
Two Brothers (2004) - tigers
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Comedy
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
History of the World, Pt. I (1981)
Office Space (1999)
Meet the Parents (1999)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
The Full Monty (1997)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Airplane! (1980)
Down With Love (2003)
Captain Ron (1992)
Born Yesterday (1950, 1993)
Nine to Five (1980)
SLC Punk! (1999)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Working Girl (1986)
Dogma (1999)
Sabrina (1954, 1995)
Rush Hour (1998)
Manhattan (1979)
Men in Black (1997)
Pillow Talk (1959)
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Ridicule (1996)
Zoolander (2001)
Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Shrek (2001)
Haiku Tunnel (2001)
The Ladykillers (2004)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
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Show
Biz Life
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
The Real Blonde (1997)
The Big Picture (1989)
All About Eve (1950)
A Star is Born (all versions)
The Muse (1999)
All that Jazz (1979)
Living in Oblivion (1995)
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Stardom (2000)
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson (1998)
Swimming With Sharks (1994)
Hedwig and
the Angry Inch (2001)
Lost in Translation (2003)
The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
CQ (2002)
This Girl's
Life
(2003)
The Aviator (2004)
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Human
Interest
And the Band Played On (1993)
Born of the Fourth of July (1989)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
Les Miserables (any version)
Whose Life is it Anyway? (1981)
Sybil (1976)
Life is Beautiful (1998)
Rainman (1988)
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War
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Braveheart (1995)
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
War of the Roses (1989)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Born on the 4th of July (1989)
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Diabolical
Dames *spoilers!*
Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra (1963)
Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct (1992)
Kathy Bates in Misery (1990)
Michael Caine in Dressed to Kill (1980)
Neve Campbell in Wild Things (1998)
Elizabeth Montgomery in Lizzie Borden (1975)
Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity (1944)
Patty McCormack in The Bad Seed (1956)
Rose McGowan in Jawbreaker (1999)
Helen Gahagan in She (1935)
Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction (1987)
Simone Signoret in Diabolique (1954)
Tippi Hedren in Marnie (1964)
Uma Thurman in Kill Bill (2003/4)
Sheri Moon in House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
Leslie Easterbrook in The Devil's Rejects (2005)
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Supernatural
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Interview With The Vampire (1994)
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Angel Heart (1987)
Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
The Hunger (1983)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
The Mummy (1999)
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
The Skeleton Key (2005)
Carrie (1976)
Stephen King's It (1990)
Love at First Bite (1979)
Fright Night (1985)
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
The Brotherhood of the Wolf (2002)
The Amityville Horror
(2002)
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Scary
/ Freaky
The Shining (1980)
Angel Heart (1987)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Ghost Story (1981)
Stephen King's It (1990)
The Descent (2005)
Lost Highway (Robert Blake scene only) (1997)
Summer of Sam (only when the dog speaks) (1999)
The Game (1997)
Alien (1979)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, 1978)
Jacob's Ladder (1980)
The Other (1972)
The Others (2001)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
John Carpenter's The Thing (1982)
The Stepford Wives (1975)
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
Satan's Mask (1960)
Crimes of Passion (1984)
Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Jaws (1975)
The Dead Zone (1983)
The Devil Commands (1941)
The Ring (2002)
The Birds (1963)
Legend of Hell House (1973)
Riding the Bullet (2004)
The Abominble Dr. Phibes (1971)
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Romantic
Legends of the Fall (1994)
Interview With the Vampire (1994)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
As Good As It Gets (1997)
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1947)
Moulin Rouge (2001)
Le Belle ét Le Bete (1946)
Swept from the Sea (1997)
Somewhere in Time (1980)
Jerry Maguire (1996)
Wild at Heart (1990)
Amelie (2001)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
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Drama
American Beauty (1999)
Of Mice and Men (1992)
Gods & Monsters (1998)
Lolita (1962, 1997)
The Misfits (1961)
Bus Stop (1956)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Chocolat (2000)
The Shipping News (2001)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Man Who Cried (2000)
Rising Sun (1993)
Othello (1995)
Sleepers (1996)
Magnolia (1999)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Valmont (1989)
Equus (1977)
Straw Dogs (1971)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (all versions)
Requiem For A Dream (2000)
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)
Igby Goes Down (2002)
The Misfits (1961)
Bus Stop (1956)
The Devil's Rejects (2005)
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Epic
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Titanic (1997)
Roots (1977)
I, Claudius (1975)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001, 2002, 2003)
Kill Bill, Vols 1 & 2 (2003, 2004)
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Criminal Minds
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Diva (1981)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
True Romance (1993)
The Firm (1993)
Treasure of Seirra Madre (1948)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Snatch
(2001)
Hannibal (2001)
The Italian Job (2003)
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Musical
Moulin Rouge (2001)
Hair (1979)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Tommy (1975)
The Wall (1982)
Hedwig
and the Angry Inch (2001)
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Shoot
'em Up
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Desperado (1995)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Casino (1995)
Starship Troopers (1997)
Die Hard (1988)
The Long Riders (1980)
The Untouchables (1987)
Goodfellas (1990)
Bonnie & Clyde (1967)
Public Enemy (1931)
Predator (1987)
Blade 2 (2002)
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Killers
Seven (1995)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Hannibal (2001)
Cape Fear (1962, 1991)
Fargo (1996)
The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
Helter Skelter (1976)
American Psycho (2000)
Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Primal Fear (1996)
Apt Pupil (1998)
Bound (1996)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Clay Pigeons (1998)
From Hell (2001)
Friday the 13th (1980)
Collateral (2004)
The Devil's Rejects (2005)
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Clowns
Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)
Stephen King's It (1990)
To Catch A Killer (the John Wayne Gacy story) (1992)
House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
The Devil's Rejects (2005)
Octopussy (1983)
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Black
and White
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
The Thin Man (1934)
Laura (1944)
The Blue Angel (1930)
Rebecca (1940)
Gaslight (1944)
Metropolis (1927)
Le Belle ét Le Bete (1946)
Dracula (1931)
The Mummy (1932)
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
To Have and Have Not (1944)
Blonde Venus (1932)
Les Vampires (1915)
Hound of the Baskervilles (1939, 1959)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
The Fly (1958)
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Real
People
Gods & Monsters (James Whale) (1998)
Ed Wood (1994)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Dick (Richard Nixon) (1999)
The Doors (Jim Morrison) (1991)
The Elephant Man (John Merrick) (1980)
Elizabeth R (Queen Elizabeth I) (1971)
Lust for Life (Vincent Van Gogh) (1956)
Cromwell (Oliver Cromwell) (1970)
Quills (Marquis de Sade) (2000)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
All That Jazz (Bob Fosse) (1979)
Elvis: The Movie (1979)
Sid and Nancy (1986)
Son of the Morning Star (George Custer) (1991)
Star 80 (Dorothy Stratten) (1983)
RKO 281 (Orson Welles) (1999)
Mrs. Brown (Queen Victoria) (1997)
Queen Margot (1994)
This Boy's Life (Tobias Wolff) (1993)
Anne of a Thousand Days (Anne Boleyn) (date ukn)
Erin Brocovich (1999)
The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)
Frances (Frances Farmer) (1982)
Coal Miner's Daughter (Loretta Lynn) (1980)
Gorillas in the Mist (Dian Fossey) (1988)
Wonderland (John Holmes) (2003)
Juana la Loca (2001)
Born on The 4th of July (Ron Kovik) (1989)
Awakenings (1990)
Goya in Bordeaux (1999)
Wilde (1997)
The Aviator (Howard Hughes) (2004)
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Westerns
Tombstone (1993)
Little Big Man (1970)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Lonesome Dove (1989)
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Dark
Fantasy
Dark City (1998)
Legend (1985)
Fight Club (1999)
EXitenZ (1999)
The Cell (2000)
Insignificance (1985)
12 Monkeys (1995)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
The Crow (1994)
Total Recall (1990)
Terminator 2 (1991)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Altered States (1980)
Cat People (1942)
In the Company of Wolves (1992)
The Red Violin (1998)
Spirits of the Dead (1968)
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Fantasy
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
Jason and the Golden Fleece (1963)
Barbarella (1968)
The Mask (1994)
Big (1988)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Abyss (1989)
The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)
Hellboy (2004)
The Bros. Grimm (2005)
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Mystery
L.A. Confidential (1997)
The Vanishing (1988, 1993)
Body Double (1984)
Memento (2000)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Rear Window (1954)
Vertigo (1958)
North by Northwest (1959)
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Chinatown (1974)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
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Strange
/ Avant-guarde
This World, Then the Fireworks (1997)
Run Lola Run (1998)
Salomé's Last Dance (1988)
Prospero's Books
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Memento (2000)
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
The Salton Sea (2002)
Sin City (2005)
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Tear-jerkers *spoilers!*
Interview With the Vampire (1994)
(the scenes with Claudia begging Louis to make Madeleine a vampire, and the
scene when Louis discovers the ashes, get me every time)
Legends of the Fall (1994)
(when Tristan can't save Samuel; when Susannah says to Tristan, "I'll
wait for you... I'll wait forever for you"; when Col. Ludlow scrawls AM
HAPPY on his chalkboard; when Tristan dies... "It was a good death.")
Ring of Bright Water (1969)
(I cry -- I mean tears flowing! -- when the otter is killed)
The Elephant Man (1980)
(When John is invited into the doctor's home)
A Star is Born (1976)
(when Ester hears John's recorded song, and thinks it's really him)
Charlotte's
Web (1973)
(when Charlotte dies... yeah, I know it's only a cartoon. But it's so sad!)
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Cross-Dressers
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Toostie (1982)
Joan of Arc (1948)
Victor / Victoria (1982)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
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Sexy
Men
Brad Pitt in Legends of the Fall (1994)
Matt Dillon in Little Darlings (1980)
Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible 2 (2000)
Roger Moore in any James Bond movie
Vincent Perez in Swept From the Sea (1997)
Antonio Banderas in The Mask of Zorro (1998)
Sam Elliott in Mask (1985)
Val Kilmer as the poet in The Saint (1997)
Robert Mitchum in Farewell My Lovely (1975)
Olivier Martinez in The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
Brendan Fraser in George of the Jungle (1997)
Johnny Depp in Chocolat (2000)
Robert Plant in The Song Remains the Same (1976)
Richard Gere in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
Shane Fraser in Angel 4: Undercover (1994)
Rex Smith in Sooner or Later (1978)
Miles O'Keeffe in Sword of the Valiant (1983)
Richard Tyson in Two Moon Junction (1988)
Christopher Lambert in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan (1984)
Gary Olman in Dracula (1992)
Cruise, Pitt and Banderas in Interview With the Vampire (1994)
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Guilty
Pleasures
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
(Any movie in which somebody talks out of their butt shouldn't appeal to me.
I'm above that, really I am!)
The
Devil Within Her (1975)
(Rosemary's Baby meets The Leprechaun.)
There's Something About Mary (1998)
(Gross, offensive, disgusting, and damn funny.)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
(The lowest brow humor you can imagine, but I laughed and
laughed.)
The Song Remains the Same (1976)
(Cheesy acid-trip camera work, but I love Led Zeppelin! Dare
I admit I've seen this movie at least 200 times?)
Escape from Witch Mountain (1975)
(Kid flick, but I can still watch it, rapt from start to finish.)
The Thorn Birds (1983)
(Melodrama oozes… but I can't help getting wrapped up in the plight of
Meggie and Father Ralph every time.)
The English Patient (1996)
(I really wanted to hate this movie, and resisted seeing it for
years, but ended up liking it. It's almost as good as the Seinfeld
episode devoted to
it!)
The Bride of Chucky (1998)
("What do you mean, do I have a rubber? I *am* rubber!")
Friday the 13th (1980)
(Still love to see the spear impalement.)
Mommie
Dearest (1981)
("No more wire hangers!!!")
Catwoman (2004)
(Ten to one -- one being me -- this movie was mercilessly panned. I actually
liked it, and I'm not sorry!)
Student
Bodies (1981)
(The Breather likes to make prank calls while talking through a rubber chicken.
One of the dumbest [and best] spoofs on the slasher genre.)
Clifford (1994)
(It's a pretty weak comedy, but I absolutely love Martin Short as the 10 year
old brat. He is soooo talented!)
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Musicians
The Commitments (1991)
Alice's Restaurant (1969)
Cisco Pike (1971)
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Still Crazy (1998)
Almost Famous (2000)
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
The Rose (1979)
A Star is Born (1976)
Immortal Beloved (1994)
The Doors (1991)
Sid and Nancy (1986)
Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
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Planes
Final Destination (2000)
Airplane! (1980)
Alive (1993)
The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978)
Con Air (1997)
The Edge (1997)
Snakes on a Plane (2006)
Red-Eye (2005)
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Documentaries
The Song Remains the Same (1976)
The Doors: Soft Parade (1991)
Gimme Shelter (1970)
Truth or Dare (1991)
Decline of the Western Civilization, The Metal Years (1988)
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)
Woodstock (1970)
Giving Credit: Saul Bass (2004)
Amazing Grace with Bill Moyers (1994)
Walt Disney Presents: Perri the Squirrel (1957)
America Undercover: Black Tar Heroin (1999)
POV: Leona's Sister Gerri (1995)
PBS: Horses in History (year ukn)
Unzipped (1995)
The Secret Life of Geisha (1998)
Marlene Deitrich (1984)
American Experience: Seabiscuit (2003)
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Investigating the Invisible (2002)
The Endless Summer (1966)
--Ongoing TV docs--
City Confidential
American Justice
History's Mysteries
Cosmos
PBS: The Story of English (year ukn)
Penn & Teller's BULLSHIT!
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Film
Series
The Godfather
Sherlock Holmes
Hercule Poirot
The Falcon
The Thin Man
Charlie Chan
Indiana Jones
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Mad
Bombers
[sorry Osama, you didn't make the list...
which was actually
created prior to 9/11]
Speed (1994)
Arlington Road (1999)
Body Heat (1981)
Blown Away (1994)
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Terrific
Titles
(Yes,
I know most of these were books first,
but they still qualify in my, er, book)
I,
The Jury
Murder
By Death
The
Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
Atlas
Shrugged
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Garden
Gnomes
Amelie (2001)
The Full Monty (1997)
I Was a Teenage Faust (2001)
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Equine
Disturbances
(movies
with scenes that may be too intense for horse-lovers)
The Godfather
International Velvet
Equus
The Horse Whisperer
The Ring
The Cell (2000)
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