Earl Killian’s Favorite Movies

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Favorite Movies

• Das Boot
• Rashomon (1950)
• Z
• Ikiru
• Sleuth
• Kagemusha
• Inherit the Wind
• Schindler’s List
• Romero
• Casablanca
• The Stunt Man
• Wait Until Dark
• Ghandi
• The Nun’s Story
• Wings of Desire
• Tampopo
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• The Shawshank Redemption
• Farwell My Concubine (1993)
• The Conversation
• Memento
• Rain Main
• Apollo 13
• To Live (1994)
• The Elephant Man
• The Red Shoes
• Battle of Algiers
• Pan’s Labyrinth

Honorable Mention

• The Pianist
• Brazil
• Amadeus
• Dances with Wolves
• The Silence of the Lambs
• An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
• In the Name of the Father
• Sense and Sensibility (1995)
• Fail-Safe
• Breakfast at Tiffany’s
• Fantastic Planet
• Twelve O'Clock High
• Roman Holiday
• The Bridge on the River Kwai
• Dr. Stangelove
• The Sting
• Annie Hall
• The Crying Game
• Blade Runner
• Diva
• The Moderns
• Beyond Rangoon
• My Left Foot
• How to Steal a Million
• The Thin Blue Line
• Pi
• Raise the Red Lantern
• Death and the Maiden
• Chocolat (2000)
• Koyaanisqatsi (The website)
• Croupier
• The Day the Earth Stood Still
• The Insider
• The Third Man
• Baraka
• Red Beard
• The Company
• Winged Migration
• The Quiet American

At least it had potential

• The Unbearable Lightness of Being
• Hero (1992)
• The Matrix
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit
• The Truman Show
• Silent Running
• Wild Strawberries
• THX 1138
• Fitzcarraldo

Recent Movies Worth Seeing

• Whale Rider
• Bulworth
• Beyond Silence
• Chinese Box
• The Red Violin
• Amélie
• Like Water for Chocolate
• The Perfect Storm
• Chicago
• Lantana
• Last Orders
• Mulholland Dr.
• Control Room
• The Station Agent
• Bend It Like Beckham

Good movies, except too violent

• Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• The Usual Suspects

Plan to see

• Adaptation
• Solaris (2002)
• Ingmar Bergman
  • Persona
• Godfrey Reggio
  • Naqoyqatsi (2002)
• David Lynch
  • Eraserhead

Favorite TV Shows

• The Prisoner

DVD Collection

• Earl
  • Z
  • Rashomon (1950)
  • The Prisoner (10 DVD set)
  • Casablanca
  • Seven Samurai
  • Silent Running
  • Brazil
  • Fantastic Planet
  • The Stunt Man
  • Sleuth
  • Tampopo
  • Diva
  • Das Boot
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • I Spy (Set 1)
  • Danger Man, aka Secret Agent Man (Set 1)
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit
  • Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War

VHS Collection

• Earl
  • Rear Window
  • Unprecedented (the website for this movie)

Planning to buy

• Koyaanisqatsi (The website)
• Powaqqatsi (The website)
• Naqoyqatsi (The website)
• Anima Mundi (The website)
• Baraka (The website)
• Manufacturing Consent