Ratings at a glance (out of 5 stars)

***** = among the best of all time
Fight Club *****
The Matrix *****
Run Lola Run *****
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut *****
Galaxy Quest *****
Memento *****
Pirates of the Caribbean *****
Smoke Signals *****
Pi *****
The Opposite of Sex *****
Office Space *****
The Business of Fancydancing *****
Haiku Tunnel *****
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels *****
Dangerous Beauty *****
Sexy Beast *****
The Virgin Suicides *****
Chocolat *****
Heavenly Creatures *****
The Transporter *****
High Fidelity *****
All About My Mother *****
Hedwig and the Angry Inch *****
Finding Nemo *****
Cube *****
Tea With Mussolini *****
The Tao of Steve *****
Catch Me If You Can *****
The Messenger *****
Nine Queens *****
Insomnia *****
O Brother Where Art Thou? *****
American Beauty *****
No Maps For These Territories *****
Bowling For Columbine *****
Holes ****
Identity ****
Castle In The Sky *****
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone *****
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring *****
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers *****
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. *****
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart *****
Shrek *****

****½ = one of the best of the year
The Contender ****½
The Big Kahuna ****½
Snatch ****½
Monsters, Inc. ****½
Series 7: The Contenders ****½
Chicago ****½
The Quiet American ****½
Waking Life ****½
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen ****½
You Can Count On Me ****½
Bend It Like Beckham ****½
The Salton Sea ****½
Requiem For A Dream ****½
Man of the Century ****½
The Wrong Guy ****½
Y Tu Mamá También ****½
Gangs of New York ****½
Traffic ****½
Equilibrium ****½
The Time Machine ****½
Besieged ****½
Songcatcher ****½
The Four Feathers ****½
The Good Thief ****½
The Scorpion King ****½
Rabbit-Proof Fence****
American History X ****½
Heist ****½
The Rules of Attraction ****½
The Italian Job ****½
About a Boy ****½
Mean Machine ****½
Spy Kids ****½
Iris ****
Devil's Playground ****
Amelie ****½
Seabiscuit ****½
From Hell ****½
Quills ****½
The Eyes of Tammy Faye ****½
Illuminata ****½
Russian Ark ****½
The Shipping News ****½
eXistenZ ****½
The Insider ****½
The Princess and the Warrior ****½
Anatomy ****½
Babe: Pig In the City ****½
Last Night ****½
More Tales of the City ****½
Rounders ****½
Velvet Goldmine ****½
Almost Famous ****½
Dogtown and Z-Boys ****½
Panic Room ****½
Comedian ****½
Undercover Brother ****½
Dancer In The Dark ****½
Time Code ****½
The Royal Tenenbaums ****½
Best In Show ****½
God Said Ha! ****½
Roger Dodger ****½
The Emperor's New Clothes ****½
The Broken Hearts Club ****½
Mumford ****½
Thesis ****½
Mighty Aphrodite ****½
The Blair Witch Project ****½
Rat Race ****½
Sleepy Hollow ****½
The Fast Runner ****½
Living Out Loud ****½
The Hunley ****½
The Importance of Being Earnest ****½
Lilo & Stitch ****½
24 Hour Party People ****½
An Ideal Husband ****½
Princess Mononoke ****½
Saving Grace ****½

**** = flawed, but still excellent
Ravenous ****
The Impostors ****
Waking Ned Devine ****
Erin Brockovich ****
The Fast and the Furious ****
Men With Brooms ****
Kissing Jessica Stein ****
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ****
L.I.E. ****
Being John Malkovich ****
Frida ****
Comic Book Villains ****
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams ****
Minority Report ****
Femme Fatale ****
Adaptation ****
Whale Rider ****
Barbershop ****
Musketeer ****
Ice Age ****
One Hour Photo ****
Spider-man ****
8 Mile ****
Two Weeks Notice ****
13 Converstations About One Thing ****
Space Cowboys ****
X2: X-Men United ****
American Movie ****
The Ring ****
Anatomy 2 ****
A Beautiful Mind ****
13 Conversations About One Thing ****
The Red Violin ****
Donnie Darko ****
My Big Fat Greek Wedding ****
The Golden Bowl ****
Men of Honor ****
Moulin Rouge ***
A Simple Plan ****
Made ****
The Hurricane ****
All Over the Guy ****
Daredevil ****
Food of Love ****
Vampire Princess Miyu ****
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius ****
Croupier ****
Wonder Boys ****
Finding Forrester ****
Three Kings ****
Mystery, Alaska ****
The Brotherhood of the Wolf ****
Frequency ****
I Think I Do ****
Magnolia ****
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider ****
Ghost World ****
Stuart Little ****
Stuart Little 2 ****
The Mexican ****
Kissing a Fool ****
Freaky Friday (2003) ****
The Hot Chick ****
Shanghai Knights ****
Shanghai Noon ****
Hamlet (2000) ****
Twilight of the Golds ****
The Patriot ****
Sweet and Lowdown ****
The Talented Mr. Ripley ****
Life Is Beautiful ****
13th Warrior ****
Gladiator ****
Leon: The Professional ****
The Iron Giant ****
The Sixth Sense ****
Wild Wild West ****

***½ = extremely good, and I'd pay to see it again
October Sky ***½
Cider House Rules ***½
The Green Mile ***½
Star Trek: Insurrection ***½
The Good Girl ***½
Happiness ***½
Blade ***½
Titus ***½
State and Main ***½
Austin Powers in Goldmember ***½
The Affair of the Necklace ***½
Double Jeopardy ***½
Down With Love ***½
13 Ghosts ***½
Ocean's Eleven **½
Notorious C.H.O. **½
The Score ***½
The Recruit ***½
Unconditional Love ***½
Orange County ***½
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life ***½
The Man Who Wasn't There ***½
Joe Somebody ***½
Tigerland ***½
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within ***½
Billy Elliot ***½
Startup.com ***½
Planet of the Apes ***½
Agent Cody Banks ***½
Six Days In September ***½
The Santa Clause 2 ***½
Behind Enemy Lines ***½
The Muse ***½
Titan A. E. ***½
I'm The One That I Want ***½
The Pianist ***½
Dr. Dolittle ***½
The Straight Story ***½
The Eye ***½
The Devil's Backbone ***½
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ***½
Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones ***½
Jesus' Son ***½
Last Orders ***½
Music of the Heart ***½
America's Sweethearts ***½
Igby Goes Down ***½
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat ***½
Ronin ***½
Cookie's Fortune ***½
Shart (2000) ***½
Blue Crush ***½
Tuck Everlasting ***½
Monster's Ball ***½
Punch-Drunk Love ***½
Trekkies ***½
Ghost Ship ***½
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles ***½
High Art ***½
The Art of War ***½
Mulholland Drive ***½
The Limey ***½
Buena Vista Social Club ***½
Mystery Men ***½

*** = very good, and I'd like to see it again for free
Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace ***
The Beach ***
X-Men ***
Tarzan ***
Snow Falling on Cedars ***
A. I. Artificial Intelligence ***
Tears Of The Sun ***
Enemy at the Gates ***
Irreversible ***
Mission To Mars ***
About Schmidt ***
American Psycho ***
High Crimes ***
The Last Castle ***
Notting Hill ***
The Adventures of Pluto Nash ***
Frailty ***
May ***
Life As A House ***
Hell House ***
U-571 ***
Audition ***
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys ***
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron ***
The Guys ***
The Bourne Identity ***
Primal Fear ***
Bridget Jones's Diary ***
Soft Fruit ***
Phone Booth ***
Harvard Lampoon's Van Wilder ***
Pushing Tin ***
Ride With the Devil ***
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me ***
I Married a Strange Person ***
The End of the Affair ***
Hannibal ***
Random Hearts ***
Bowfinger ***
Red Planet ***
The Guru ***
Charlie's Angels ***
Not Another Teen Movie ***
Happy, Texas ***
The Hours ***
Serendipity ***
Remember the Titans ***
Hilary and Jackie ***
Intacto ***
The Whole Nine Yards ***
Trick ***
Kate & Leopold ***

**½ = good, and I might see it again
10 Things I Hate About You **½
The World Is Not Enough **½
Mission: Impossible II **½
Scream 3 **½
Beyond the Mat **½
In The Bedroom **½
Gone in 60 Seconds **½
National Security **½
The Hunted **½
Varsity Blues **½
A Knight's Tale **½
Nurse Betty **½
Dudley Do-Right **½
The Farm: Life Inside Angola Prison **½
Bringing Out the Dead **½
The Road to El Dorado **½
Super Troopers **½
White Oleander **½
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd **½
The Lizzie McGuire Movie **½
Focus **½
Autofocus **½
15 Minutes **½
Novocaine **½
The Majestic **½
Gosford Park **½
Me Myself I **½
Evolution **½
Proof of Life **½
Meet the Parents **½
The Tailor of Panama **½
Center Stage **½
Anna and the King **½
But I'm a Cheerleader **½
The Sum of All Fears **½
The Claim **½
Sweet Home Alabama **½
The Tuxedo **½
Fantasia 2000 **½
Serving Sara **½
Antitrust **½
40 Days and 40 Nights *½
The Thomas Crown Affair **½
Girl, Interrupted **½
Dungeons and Dragons **½
Dick **½
Old School **½
A Guy Thing **½
Star Trek: Nemesis **½
Affliction **½
Central Station **½
The General's Daughter **½
Fishing With John **½
A Midsummer Night's Dream **½
The Replacements **½
Bent **½
Topsy Turvy **½

** = I wouldn't want to see it again, but at least they tried
House On Haunted Hill **
The Haunting **
The Dinner Game **
Bamboozled **
The Thirteenth Floor **
Osmosis Jones **
What Lies Beneath **
Murder By Numbers **
Blow **
Loser **
Zoolander **
Swimfan **
Dr. Dolittle 2 **
Pearl Harbor **
The Animal **
Lost In Translation **
Josie and the Pussycats **
Road to Perdition **
The 6th Day **
Signs **
Cure **
Joy Ride **
Rush Hour 2 **
Road Trip **
Matrix Reloaded **
What Women Want **
Wet Hot American Summer **
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole **
Solaris **
Talk To Her **
Spirited Away **
xXx **
American Pie **
Jurassic Park III **
Bounce **
Legally Blonde **
The Next Best Thing **
Message In a Bottle **
Hart's War **
Saving Silverman **
The Family Man **
The Man Who Wasn't There ***½
Mean Machine ****½
Jackass: The Movie **
28 Days **
Unfaithful **
Keeping the Faith **
Detroit Rock City **
Final Destination **
Monkeybone **
The Ladies Man **
Boys Don't Cry **
Bedazzled **
Election **
Men In Black II **
Man on the Moon **
The Faculty **
Atlantis: The Lost Empire **
The Story of Us **
Chuck & Buck **
How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days **
Dude, Where's My Car? **
Just Married **
Mickey Blue Eyes **
Stir of Echoes **
Never Been Kissed **
Bringing Down The House **
Circuit **
Arlington Road **
The Prince of Egypt **
Outside Providence **
Thirteen Days **
Blast From the Past **

*½ = I would never see it again, and they didn't try
A Civil Action *½
The Mummy *½
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigalow *½
Three To Tango *½
The Thin Red Line *½
Shallow Hal *½
Treasure Planet *½
Angela's Ashes *½
Save the Last Dance *½
Miss Congeniality *½
Enemy of the State *½
Winged Migration *½
Queen of the Damned *½
Any Given Sunday *½
Bruce Almighty *½
Stigmata *½
Scooby-Doo *½
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead *½
Idle Hands *½
Resident Evil *½
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind *½
The Life of David Gale *½
The Princess Diaries *½
Death To Smoochy *½
American Pie 2 *½
Joan of Arc *½
The Skulls *½
Big Eden *½
Ghost Dog *½
Hollywood Ending *½
K-PAX *½
Black Hawk Down *½
Possession *½
The Legend of Bagger Vance *½
Dogma *½
Bless the Child *½
Entrapment *½
Payback *½
A Dog of Flanders *½
EdTV *½
House of 1000 Corpses *½
The Replacement Killers *½
Permanent Midnight *½
Flawless *½
Analyze This *½
Me, Myself and Irene *½

* = something is really wrong with this movie
George of the Jungle *
Superstar *
Pollock *
The House of Mirth *
Boiler Room *
Don't Say a Word *
Ready To Rumble *
2 Fast 2 Furious *
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde *
Sorority Boys *
The Wedding Planner *
Lost Souls *
The Winslow Boy *
Hollow Man *
Beowulf *
Corky Romano *
Biggie and Tupac *
Full Frontal *
Patch Adams *
Supernova *
Driven *
Swordfish *
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over *
Meet Joe Black *
Joe Dirt *
Secretary *
The Core *
Pay It Forward *
Just Visiting *
Metropolis (2001) *
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back *
Hurlyburly *
Kurt & Courtney *
Cats & Dogs *
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas *
The Grinch *
Forces of Nature *
We Were Soldiers *
Very Bad Things *
Cast Away *
Gods and Generals *
The Country Bears *
Stepmom *
Simon Birch *
Bicentennial Man *
Drumline *
The Cell *
My Favorite Martian *
Meeting People Is Easy *

½ = absolutely terrible
The Ninth Gate ½
Jack Frost ½
Inspector Gadget ½
Pitch Black ½
Mercury Rising ½
Darkness Falls ½
Reign of Fire ½
Runaway Bride ½
Dancing At Lughnasa ½
Anywhere But Here ½
The Bachelor ½
Jeepers Creepers ½
Unbreakable ½
Scary Movie 2 ½
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 ½
Final Destination 2 ½
Dreamcatcher ½
They ½
Wing Commander ½
The Closet ½
Armageddon ½
Jeepers Creepers 2 ½
The Astronaut's Wife ½
Pootie Tang ½
Fear Dot Com ½
The Hulk ½
Lisa Picard is Famous ½
Freddy Got Fingered ½
Dr. T and the Women ½
Little Voice ½
Boat Trip ½
Jakob the Liar ½
Coyote Ugly ½
Snow Dogs ½
Windtalkers ½
CollateralDamage ½
Celebrity ½
8mm ½

(none) = worst of all time, and somebody should be punished for this
You've Got Mail (none)
Master of Disguise none
End of Days (none)
Matrix Revolutions none
Eyes Wide Shut (none)
Bats (none)
The Apostle (none)
Vanilla Sky (none)
Glitter (none)
New Rose Hotel (none)
Michael Jordan: To the Max (none)
Breakfast of Champions (none)
Pinocchio none
The Omega Code (none)
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (none)
S.F.W. (none)
Battlefield Earth (none)
Beloved (none)

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