Hrold and Mude.
What?
Okay, how about:
Good Will Hunting
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
The Sting
Gun Shy (I know, everyone hates it, but I’m not everyone. Come on, “narco-sleepy”?).
There Will Be Blood
That “and” disqualifies this flick, though I guess such a title as Cecil & Ed would pass muster.
Totally forgot about the and, even when I typed it. For some reason I thought the DVD cover had it with an ampersand- it doesn’t- but I didn’t bother to type it.
Touch of Evil
Gone With The Wind
Unforgiven
Network
Boogie Nights
From Here to Eternity
Jungle Book
The Big Sleep
Two choices:
THX1138. Robert Duvall in (one of) George Lucas’ first big efforts.
- Orwell’s choice to be remade in 1984 in London with John Hurt.
The Producers (The original, with Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. Mel Brooks’s working title for the film was “Springtime for Hitler,” which is also free of the letter “a.”)
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
Sleeper
Midnight Cowboy
The best in my collection:
Time of the Gypsies
Wings of Desire
Three Colours:Red/White/Blue
City of Lost Children
The Mummy/ The Mummy Returns
Lost Boys
Big Fish
Corpse Bride
Ed Wood
Sleepy Hollow
Incredibles
Monsters Inc.
Princess Mononoke
Kiki’s Delivery Service
LOTR (all three fit)
I’d have to say one of those first two is my vote for best. I’d say Wings of Desire has it over TotG
The Muppet Movie
Blues Brothers
Apparently nobody thinks that 300 should be the answer. Not Wild Wild West. Not T2.
I know I’m probably taking bait here, but isn’t T2 TerminAtor 2?
I’ve got to throw some Kurosawa out there:
Yojimbo
High and Low
The Hidden Fortress
Oh, and the best SF movie without an “A”: 12 Monkeys.
ETA: And when I submitted that I realized that Metropolis could put up a fight for that title… Hmm… both are brilliant in visual design though Metropolis has the edge on it while 12 Monkeys has the edge on the story…
My own list:
1776
Henry V
Topsy-Turvy
The Princess Bride
Joyeux Noël
The Incredibles
The Right Stuff
Monsters, Inc.
On The Town
The Bounty
The Duellists
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
And the best anime:
Cowboy Bebop
FLCL
GTO
Kino’s Journey
Mushishi
Rurouni Kenshin
Trigun
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Little Miss Sunshine
You are the greatest of us, Sir. We salute you.
The Jerk
Lilies of the Field
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Public Enemy
My Best Friend (in the original French, Mon meilleur ami - does that rule it out?)
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My Neighbor Totoro** and Kiki’s Delivery Service might not be the best but they’re pretty good.
Perhaps History of the World in the comedy section.
The Sixth Sense