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Added by the giraffe on 9 Jul 2011 07:04
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Few things the giraffe loves about cinema

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People who added this item 5518 Average listal rating (3832 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 8.4
Tarantino's writing and direction and love of cinema


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People who added this item 205 Average listal rating (129 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.5
The Marx Bros. doing what they do best
Harpo and his harp

Chico and his piano

Groucho's wit
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People who added this item 2321 Average listal rating (1391 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 7.9
Brazil (1985)
Terry Gilliam's odes to imagination (and his refusal to compromise his vision to suit others)



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People who added this item 4784 Average listal rating (3318 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.5
Beetlejuice (1988)
Tim Burton's dark humor


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People who added this item 704 Average listal rating (408 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.6
Jim Henson's muppets


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People who added this item 294 Average listal rating (165 ratings) 7 IMDB Rating 6.4
Maniac (1980)
Tom Savini's special effects


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People who added this item 2659 Average listal rating (1747 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 8.1
Life of Brian (1979)
The Pythons...then and now


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People who added this item 9357 Average listal rating (6883 ratings) 8.3 IMDB Rating 8.8
Fight Club (1999)
Grevious bodily harm to Jared Leto



Thanks to drugs for the inspiration
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Generally speaking

Laughing (especially when it brings tears)


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People who added this item 5564 Average listal rating (3665 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 8
Big Fish (2003)
Great stories


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People who added this item 588 Average listal rating (392 ratings) 6.8 IMDB Rating 6.9
Original ideas


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People who added this item 1850 Average listal rating (1080 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.5
Grindhouse (2007)
Having fun


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People who added this item 121 Average listal rating (50 ratings) 6.8 IMDB Rating 6.7
Finding a movie that few people know about & sharing it with others



(See also: Great underappreciated films)
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People who added this item 8674 Average listal rating (6251 ratings) 8.3 IMDB Rating 8.9
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Dialogue that sticks in my head forever

(I could easily perform ALL of the dialogue with the film running on mute.)


(Coens' dialogue is always awesome)
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People who added this item 1124 Average listal rating (674 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 7.8
Frankenstein (1931)
Horror in all its forms


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People who added this item 1789 Average listal rating (1167 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 7.9
Zombies


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People who added this item 1276 Average listal rating (816 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.9
King Kong (1933)
Giant monsters


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People who added this item 853 Average listal rating (562 ratings) 6.4 IMDB Rating 6.7
Pandorum (2009)
Space madness

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People who added this item 1863 Average listal rating (1151 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 8.1
Being left to make my own conclusions about what I watched



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People who added this item 3571 Average listal rating (2470 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.7
Realistic romances




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People who added this item 4062 Average listal rating (2773 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 8.2
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Animation with soul


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People who added this item 6579 Average listal rating (4522 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.9
Realizing that strangers aren't as strange as they seem

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People who added this item 569 Average listal rating (413 ratings) 5.6 IMDB Rating 5.7
Hudson Hawk (1991)
Movies that refuse to take themselves seriously


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People who added this item 3276 Average listal rating (2121 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 8.6
Finding joy in tragedy

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People who added this item 2516 Average listal rating (1672 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.6
Stardust (2007)
Adaptations that are as good or better than the source material

(Much better than the book IMO.)

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People who added this item 2155 Average listal rating (1274 ratings) 8.6 IMDB Rating 8.6
Seven Samurai (1954)
Epic films that don't feel as long as they are


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People who added this item 4179 Average listal rating (2795 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 8.2
When the bad guys win

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People who added this item 1702 Average listal rating (1170 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 8
A great spoof


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People who added this item 2409 Average listal rating (1550 ratings) 7.1 IMDB Rating 7.3
Framed narratives


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People who added this item 7331 Average listal rating (5142 ratings) 7.7 IMDB Rating 8.2
Dystopian goodness


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People who added this item 583 Average listal rating (298 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 6.8
Mirrormask (2005)
Seeing new worlds


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People who added this item 253 Average listal rating (181 ratings) 8.1 IMDB Rating 8.6
Breaking the 4th wall


(For more examples, see Breaking The 4th Wall list by C!pH3r)
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People who added this item 7999 Average listal rating (5805 ratings) 7.7 IMDB Rating 8.2
Arterial blood sprays

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People who added this item 83 Average listal rating (47 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.2
Actors disappearing into their characters


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People who added this item 2621 Average listal rating (1745 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.8
The Goonies (1985)
Making my inner child happy


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Mocking a bad film (at home, not in theatres)
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People who added this item 1259 Average listal rating (816 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 8.2
Great suspense/twists/turns


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People who added this item 897 Average listal rating (614 ratings) 6.4 IMDB Rating 7.1
Payback (1999)
Seeing good and evil in the same character


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People who added this item 6297 Average listal rating (4285 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 8.3
A great soundtrack


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People who added this item 2658 Average listal rating (1793 ratings) 6.4 IMDB Rating 6.7
Wanted (2008)
Expectations being surpassed

(I expected to HATE Wanted & hadn't even planned on seeing it. Glad I did.)

(I typically hate sports movies)

(Rare that I like musicals too)
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The feeling I get when I've just watched something Great




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Like many of us I enjoyed eleonora's Few things I love about cinema list so much I had to create my own. Be sure to check out all other versions of this list too!

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