Jeff's Favorite Movies

As of today, I've watched and rated 3,700 movies, assigning each a numerical rating 1 (a waste of life) and 9 (loved it). Of course, this rating took place over many many years and I can't claim that my ratings have been consistent over the long haul; I'm sure that my tastes have changed during this journey. But although I'd like to, I can't watch all 3,700 movies over again to try and be more consistent, so for what it's worth, here is the list of the 70-or-so movies I've rated 9 or 10, followed by the 320-or-so-next-best films I've rated as 8.

I generally favor movies that are heavy in the plot department, but have slowly moved toward art-house films in recent years.

To rate a movie highly (that is, rate it as if I'd really enjoy watching it again, which is what my rating of 8 means), it has to have at least one of the following: a great plot, gorgeous photography, be a musical, contain beautiful music such as the way Kubrick used music, be a great science-fiction movie, or include anything about Italy, or especially Rome, for which I'm a total slut. I'm not at all adverse to non-American films; many of my 300-or-so-next-best films are black-and-white subtitled films. So if you're still reading and these things also tickle your fancy, here are my favorite 300-or-so movies out of the 3,700 I've watched.

I welcome you to email Jeff.Bondono@gmail.com with any comments on my choices.

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My Favorite 60 or so Movies, listed alphabetically

1. Once Upon a Time in the West: A trio of outlaws, Frank, Cheyanne and Harmonica compete for the supposed riches and perhaps the attention of the gorgeous new widow in town. Superb photography, outstanding sound, beautiful music, some humor sprinkled in, and a good-enough story line to keep it interesting. Clear your mind and enjoy the craftsmanship on this often-slow-paced film, easily among the best few westerns ever made.

In case you agree with my list of favorite movies, here are my 300-or-so-next-best films that you might also enjoy, again listed alphabetically
(The best 34 in this bunch are in bold font)

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1. High Noon: A town Marshal on the day of his wedding and retirement, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at high noon when the gang leader, an outlaw he convicted to be hanged years ago but was just released, arrives on the noon train.
2. (subtitled) Manon of the Spring: This is the sequel to Jean de Florette, in which the now-grown daughter of the hunchback is a shepherdess who learns of Cesar and Ugolin's deceipt of her father and extracts revenge on those men who caused her father's death years earlier.
3. Red River: I really enjoyed this western, with John Wayne and Montgomery Cliff. It was a great cattle-drive western with enjoyable characters. Dunson leads a cattle drive, the culmination of over 14 years of work, to its destination in Missouri. But his tyrannical behavior along the way causes a mutiny, led by his adopted son.
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4. The Searchers: Macho John Wayne hunts down the Comanches that captured his niece through Monument Valley
5. Stagecoach
6. 3:10 to Yuma: (2007)
7. 3:10 to Yuma: (1957) A small-time rancher suffering through a drought takes a job to deliver a captured outlaw to jail, but the outlaw’s gang is determined to free their leader at any cost.
8. True Grit: Feisty girl hires federal marshal to hunt down the man who killed her father.

And finally, a few TV series which I've especially enjoyed, again in alphabetical order