I’ve been pretty obsessed with narrative lately, trying to consume more narrative based things like movies and TV shows. So as someone who loves lists, and to commemorate my 25 years of life, this is a list of my 25 favorite movies.
25. Contour
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| The ultimate indie action film |
24. Office Space
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| Eastern philosophy applied to western life. |
23. Wheels on Meals
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| Classic Jackie action flick. |
22. The Wrestler
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| Love wrestling, love this film |
21. How To Train Your Dragon
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| Classic hero's journey. With Dragons. |
20. Prodigal Son
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| Yuen Biao, my favorite screen fighter, in his greatest role. |
19. Borat
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| Nothing made me laugh harder upon first viewing. |
18. The Raid 2: Berandal
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| Best martial arts film of the modern era |
17. Battle Royale
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| The violence. The concept. The violence. |
16. Toy Story
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| Pixar at its best. |
15. South Park The Movie
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| My favorite Musical |
14. Crash
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| Worst Best Picture? Fuck that, it's great. |
13. Pulp Fiction
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| Tarantino's Magnum Opus |
12. Aladdin
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| All time favorite Disney movie |
11. Team America
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| America, FUCK YEAH! |
10. Short Term 12
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| Feelings. Brie Larson. All my feelings. |
9. Oldboy
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| Korean mindfuck. Hammer time, bitches. |
8. Fargo
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| Favorite movie heroine. Excellent all around. |
7. Toy Story 3
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| My childhood. My adolescence. The sensation of growing up. |
6. True Romance
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| Excellent characters, great love story. |
5. Gran Torino
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| Interracial paternal relationship plus old man action. Love it. |
4. Drunken Master 2
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| My favorite fight scene of all time. |
3. Police Story
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| Jackie's Magnum Opus. Hong Kong Die Hard. |
1a. The Matrix 1b. Groundhog Day
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A perfect distillation of the human potential.
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| Action. Philosophy. Kung Fu. My favorite things. |
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