Movie List

Since I'm constantly behind in terms of watching movies:

Small font = watched

More recent:

• 12 Years a Slave
• 50/50: fun to watch from a med student's perspective.
• 127 Hours - not sure I want to sit through 3hrs of torture.
• 1917: really cool cinematography, 2 continuous shots.
• 500 Days of Summer - good movie! highly recommend it! so cute! love joseph gordon-levitt!
• The amazing Spiderman 2: don't remember much 
• American Hustle: AB liked this movie a lot, and it was interesting, but I think the accents and weird clothing distracted me a bit.
• Amour (foreign): elderly couple
• Ant man: well, I like super hero movies, so of course I liked this. It was an interesting perspective
• Argo: American political parties trapped in Iran. Pretty intense, makes me like Canadians more
• The Artist - Despite no sound, it was funny and charming.  Tugs on the heart strings a bit.
• Birdman: strange, didn't appreciate it. One shot.
• Black Swan - Very good! Really expresses the emotions/thoughts/effort required to be a ballet dancer
• Blue Jasmine
• Bohemian Rhapsody: pretty good movie about leader of Queen. 
• Boyhood: great movie. One of the best I've seen. Amazing execution and interesting to see from the respective of a boy. How kids get bits of info, and often times not the whole story. 
• Brave: cute cartoon, although not that memorable.
• Captain America 2: entertaining superhero movie
• Catch and Release
• Clash of the Titans - I like Greek mythology, so I had to like this one.  Stories are just so elaborate and creative.
• CODA: very good movie about child of death adults. Made me cry. Weight and responsibility. 
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons - i like it! sad though
• Dallas Buyer's Club: well deserved best actor academy award, heavy material - interesting beginning to AIDS
• The Dark Knight Rises: Marion Cotillard is a wonderful actress, so I like everything she's in.  This film is a bit long though, and medically impossible (breaking back and healing from that??)
• The Dark Knight: Joker was AMAZING, the atrocity/wit/cruelty is otherworldly
• Date Night - it's funny, but I don't think I really ever appreciated Steve Carell's humor
• Dealt: about one of the best card magicians in the world...and he is Blind! So inspiring and bittersweet!: https://youtu.be/F__DQ1ruYck
• Definitely, Maybe - very cute story and unique style - kind of like a mystery and HIMYM
• The Descendants - a nice reevaluation of the important things in life as a father deals with raising his daughters while mother is in a coma.  
• The Departed: double spies, confusing. Gory.
• Django Unchained
• Don't look up: funny satire about global warming.
• Dune: mandalorian + game of thrones. 
• Dunkirk: good war movie. Planes.
• Ford vs farari: fun movie.
• Fantastic Four: Silver Surfer - i like explosions
• Flipped - cute, kidsy typical movie about a boy and a girl
• Frozen: great movie about love, but not the typical kind.  And the music, wow - really gives me the chills.
• The Grand Beauty (italian)
• The Grand Budapest Hotel: quirky and Johnny Depp always entertaining.
• Gravity: waaaaay too intense. Man, held my breath the whole time. Not good for late night movie before bedtime.
• The Great Gatsby: Beautiful film, but book is better of course.  Some inner thoughts and feelings are more poignant by book.
• The Guardians of the Galaxy: liked it a lot - esp Groot. Superhero movies are awesome.
• Harry Potter 6 - I seem to like all movies. Harry Potter is always amusing to watch because it's putting things I even have a hard time imagining into solid form. ugh, i get scared easily. those dead people really made me jump.
• The Help
• The Hunger Games - while fun to watch, the whole idea of kids killing kids just doesn't flow well with me.
• The Hurt Locker - interesting perspective of bomb detonator squad during Iraq war. 
• Her: unique concept of having a relationship with an operating system, oddly sentimental and questions the basis of love
• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy -this is such a weird movie, but weird in an entertaining way.
• Hobbit 1: Enjoy another adventure, but not much happens here.
• Hobbit 2 (Desolation of Smaug): great effects, strange talking dragon, brave Bard, strange to see Orlando Bloom overlooked by a dwarf.
• Hobbit 3 (Battle of Five Armies): A lot of special effects, seeing the different kingdoms' greed, and how ultimate badness allows everyone to regain alliance and fight for greater good.
• Hugo- Little boy and his automaton.  It wasn't brilliant, but sweet and artsy
• I, Robot
• The Iron Lady (Meryl streep)
• It's Complicated: Cute movie, loved the girl, and unique story telling.
• John Carter - pretty creative, kind of outrageous, and left questions unanswered.
• Jojo Rabbit: I liked it. Sad. Holocaust. 
• Joker: the joker was very well creepily done. 
• The Kids Are All Right
• King's Speech - I love colin firth! he's so good in this! - really feel his struggle
• La La Land: too sad. Bawling. Ab doesn't think it's so sad. But beautiful story still. 
• Life of Pi: loved the book, the movie was pretty interesting too.  I'll always remember the beginning of the book: "a story that will make you believe in God" - the symbolism is chilling.
• Lincoln
• Little Women: I had mixed feelings about the original. This is ok too. Didn't like ultimate marriage decision, but understand now. 
• The Lives of Others - heavy, but good
• London Boulevard - Kind of boring. Pretty actors, ugly language. Left me feeling confused and unsatisfied.
• Marriage story: sad. It's a divorce story.
• The Martian: awesome. Great imagining of what mars might be like.
• Midnight in Paris: didn't really like it so much.  I think I just don't get Woody Allen, and I'm not familiar with literary references.
• Memento: Oh man...messes with me, unique way of filming...confabulation
• Monsters, Inc. - the cutest, most imaginative, best mixture of stupid/intelligent humor ever! Boo! Kitty!
• My Sister's Keeper - Very good!! Sad though :(
• Nomadland: pretty good, interesting look at that lifestyle. Hard to imagine loneliness.
• Non-Stop: plane hijacker, interesting how anyone could have been a suspect, and not obvious conclusion, although few possible holes like why somethings didn't happen earlier.
• Once Upon a time in Hollywood: about random murder and how it came to be. Strange. 
• Parasite: best per AB. Commentary on society. All think others are parasites.
• Paris Je t'aime - interesting - very European
• Pitch Perfect, Pitch Perfect 2: very cute and funny. 2nd one was very entertaining.
• Pirates of the Caribbean 2 Dead Man's Chest - strange, but can't miss Johnny Depp in eyeliner.  Enjoyed the creativity.
• The Power of the Dog: dramatic, dark, Cumberbatch.
• The Prestige: Won't see magic the same way now, kind of creepy.
• The Princess and the Frog - very cute, good wholesome movie, no real surprises, but still good plot.
• Prince of Persia - fun graphics, don't remember much.
• A Royal Night Out: about queen elizabeth and how she spends one night as a civilian. It's got a nostalgic feel, old style, but not that great.
• Silver Linings Playbook: saw bits and pieces
• Sin City - Wouldn't say this was my favorite movie (lots of gore), but definitely a very interesting format/style.
• Social Network - It was very interesting. Makes me like nerdy people more and hate money/business more. hahaha
• The Spectacular Now: a young man's coming of age story, but not the typical cheesy one, especially the last 5 minutes.
• Spirited Away - although it's animated, it's a pretty heavy movie, and very strange - typical Japanese animation
• Spy: most hilarious movie ever. Oh man, Melissa McCarthy is so hilarious. Highly recommended. It's just the contrast to other male-dominated super hero movies
• Superman - Man of Steel: yay, superhero movie.
• Sunshine Cleaners: kind of twisted, but also sweet in a strange way.
• Temple Grandin - not a movie I would've picked up and watch on my own, but I just happened to see it on the airplane, and it was AWESOME - very inspiring, moving, and intriguing
• Thor 2: really like the Loki character, but the "scientific instrument" part was a little disappointing and doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense...
• Three Billboards: very sad. Can't imagine losing your daughter. But touching. 
• Time Traveler's Wife: strange that it's called time traveler's wife when it's not that focused on the wife.
• Top Gun: Maverick: fun movie, interesting to see what navy pilot school like
• True Grit - western movie of girl who avenges her father. Very ambitious/headstrong girl - somewhat inspiring as well as saddening. Leaves an unsettled filling, in a good way?
• UP- Awesome!! It's so cute and so funny! I loved the little people! :)
• Up in the Air: never thought firing people is a job, and makes me feel bad about the main character.
• Watchmen - can't help enjoying superhero movies. Weird ending though.
• West Side Story: forgettable. But good music. 
• Wolf of Wallstreet: very interesting view into the lives of multibillionaires. Although quite crude.
• World War Z: intriguing pandemic film, similar to I Am Legend. zombie movie, interesting twist.
• War of the Worlds
• X-Men: Days of Future Past: Interesting concept.  It was a nice combo of old and young characters and very nice computer graphics
• X-Men: First Class: Great movie! Very interesting to see where the current x-men characters came from. Love the various backstories/explanations.
• X-Men: Wolverine
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• Nine Lives
• Man on Fire
• Youth in Revolt
• Leap Year
• Perfume
• Where the Wild Things Are
• District 9
• Gran Torino
• Lust, Caution
• House of Flying Daggers
• Curse of the Golden Flower
• The Pianist
• City of God
• Shrek 3
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - love the action!
• The Hangover: clever, and funny
• Monsters vs. Aliens
• Toy Story 3 - way better than 2 or 1!
• Mrs. Doubtfire
• Alexander
• Chicago: saw the musical, KD as backstage person.  Best song was Cell Block Tango
• Hannibal
• The Proposal - typical chick flick - but I like Sandra Bullock, so it was good.
• Die Hard (all: Die Another Day, Live Free or Die Hard...) - Explosions/special effects/hardcoreness!
  
• Sex and the City
• Mama Mia - Brings back good memories of undergrad
• Chronicles of Narnia - yet to see anything other than the first one
  
• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle - entertaining
  
• The Secret Life of Bees - it's a historical movie about civil rights, death, abuse- so somewhat heavy

Classics/Old Movies

• Life is beautiful: amazing amazing movie. One of my favorites. Very sad. But teaches to make the best of what you have. 
• When Harry Met Sally - so cute! Such a good plot, and interesting characters
• Sleepless in Seattle - kind of strange and not totally believable, but a girl can dream
• You've got Mail: I really like this, interesting noting change in technology.
• L.A. Story: hilarious satire on L.A.
• The American President
• Rear Window
• White Christmas
• Forest Gump - LOVE forest gump!
• Patch Adams - haha, waaaaaaaay too happy for a med student
• I am Sam
• The Addams Family
• A Few Good Men
• Se7en
• 12 Angry Men
• Raiders of the Lost Ark: Indiana Jones is amusing - like them all
• Sunset Blvd
• Sixth Sense - so good! I like it - gives me chills
• The Patriot
• To Catch a Thief
• The Color Purple
  
• The Professional
  
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail - i like this kind of humor.
• Independence Day
• Jerry Maguire
  
• Men in Black II - Entertaining as usual with Will Smith in it.
  
• Matrix - nice graphics and cool fighting scenes
• Kill Bill 2 - very entertaining, good fight scenes
• Bourne Identity; Ultimatum - yay, action movie, and Matt Damon!
  
• Fatal Attraction
• American Beauty
• Taxi Driver
• A Clockwork Orange
• Chinatown
• Edward Scissorhands
• Snatch
• Gone with the Wind - I really disliked Scarlet, but maybe later on, I'll appreciate it more despite it being LONG
• Good Will Hunting: good movie. 
• Farewell My Concubine
• Magnolia
• Hulk: finally saw the more recent version - I like the hulk
• City of Gods
• Schindler's List
• Drunken Master II - Jackie Chan never fails to be amusing
• Mona Lisa Smile - very sweet film
• Sense and Sensibility - i love the bbc version - something about austen movies, makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside
• Persuasion - Jane Austen is awesome.  It was lovely
• Emma - the older longer PBS version with Romola Garai (not Gweneth Paltrow) is better
• Sister Act I/II - Whoopi!
  
• The Truman Show - I love Jim Carrey! Even though I tend to not like stupid-funny movies, he's always fun to watch. The plot is also very intriguing.
  
• The Usual Suspects - didn't know what I was watching, very intriguing, very well thought out plot
• Gran Torino
• The Godfather: very interesting perspective, portrays complexity of mobster life. Good.
• The Terminator: totally not what I thought, but it got some interesting plot and action.
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Really old

• It's a Wonderful Life
• Chungking Express
• Citizen Kane
• City Lights
• Pink Panther (original): slapstick humor. Not funny nowadays.
• Talk to her
• Sherlock, Jr. - no sound, but still just as funny
• Singing in the Rain - lovely
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• Prob my fav TV show: Ted lasso. Such an uplifting show. Wish there was more of these around. Good, honest, heartfelt, and not forced. People making good/ok/reasonable decisions. Complex characters.