u l t r a m o o k i e

A good movie is like a good book: You can watch it over and over again with getting tired of it. There are lots of movies where I can watch bits and pieces of them, but can’t stand to watch them from beginning to end — for instance, The Rock with its awesome Humvee/Ferrari car chase but nothing else. I am going to start listing movies (in no particular order) that I find so entertaining that I don’t mind watching them from beginning to end. These movies have that extra something that makes them memorable and classic. These films may have a great character, some great dialogue, ample emotion, awesome special effects, or just plain good laughs. Whatever it maybe, these are the movies that I consider classic and well worth watching (even more than once).

1970s

• Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)

1980s

• The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Back to the Future (1985)
• Die Hard (1988)
• Midnight Run (1988)
• Batman (1989)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

1990s

• Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
• Hard Boiled (1992)
• Crimson Tide (1995)
• Heat (1995)
• Contact (1997)
• The Game (1997)
• City of Angels (1998)
• The Negotiator (1998)
• Fight Club (1999)
• Forces of Nature (1999)
• The Iron Giant (1999)
• The Matrix (1999)
• October Sky (1999)

2000s

• Pitch Black (2000)
• Red Planet (2000)
• The Fast and The Furious (2001)
• A Knight’s Tale (2001)
• Monsters, Inc. (2001)
• Blue Crush (2002)
• Collateral (2004)
• Batman Begins (2005)