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Few things the giraffe loves about cinema

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People who added this item 5476 Average listal rating (3801 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 8.4
Tarantino's writing and direction and love of cinema


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People who added this item 202 Average listal rating (128 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 2298 Average listal rating (1373 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 4723 Average listal rating (3267 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.5
Beetlejuice (1988)
Tim Burton's dark humor


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People who added this item 693 Average listal rating (401 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.6
Jim Henson's muppets


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People who added this item 292 Average listal rating (162 ratings) 7 IMDB Rating 6.5
Maniac (1980)
Tom Savini's special effects


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People who added this item 2636 Average listal rating (1732 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 9305 Average listal rating (6840 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 5551 Average listal rating (3657 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 8
Great stories


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People who added this item 582 Average listal rating (389 ratings) 6.8 IMDB Rating 6.9
Original ideas


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People who added this item 1838 Average listal rating (1072 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.5
Grindhouse (2007)
Having fun


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People who added this item 120 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 8623 Average listal rating (6212 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 1107 Average listal rating (666 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 7.8
Frankenstein (1931)
Horror in all its forms


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People who added this item 1775 Average listal rating (1158 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 7.9
Zombies


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People who added this item 1265 Average listal rating (805 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.9
King Kong (1933)
Giant monsters


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People who added this item 846 Average listal rating (560 ratings) 6.4 IMDB Rating 6.7
Pandorum (2009)
Space madness

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People who added this item 1845 Average listal rating (1137 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 3545 Average listal rating (2451 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.7
Realistic romances




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People who added this item 4012 Average listal rating (2737 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 8.2
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Animation with soul


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Realizing that strangers aren't as strange as they seem

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People who added this item 563 Average listal rating (407 ratings) 5.6 IMDB Rating 5.7
Movies that refuse to take themselves seriously


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People who added this item 3258 Average listal rating (2111 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 8.6
Finding joy in tragedy

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People who added this item 2505 Average listal rating (1665 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 2127 Average listal rating (1259 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 4144 Average listal rating (2766 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 8.2
When the bad guys win

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People who added this item 1690 Average listal rating (1166 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 8
A great spoof


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People who added this item 2396 Average listal rating (1543 ratings) 7.1 IMDB Rating 7.3
Framed narratives


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People who added this item 7297 Average listal rating (5114 ratings) 7.7 IMDB Rating 8.2
Dystopian goodness


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People who added this item 581 Average listal rating (296 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 6.8
Mirrormask (2005)
Seeing new worlds


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People who added this item 255 Average listal rating (182 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 7956 Average listal rating (5772 ratings) 7.7 IMDB Rating 8.2
Arterial blood sprays

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People who added this item 81 Average listal rating (46 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.2
Actors disappearing into their characters


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People who added this item 2602 Average listal rating (1736 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 1243 Average listal rating (808 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 8.2
Great suspense/twists/turns


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People who added this item 892 Average listal rating (613 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 6255 Average listal rating (4252 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 8.3
A great soundtrack


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People who added this item 2647 Average listal rating (1785 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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