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My favorite Top Twelve films
By an Amazon.com customer
Lord Love a DuckLord Love a Duck
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The smartest boy in high school falls in love with the most beautiful cheerleader in high school. Real love has a spiritual dimension.
Watership DownWatership Down
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A community of rabbits must migrate from their little den after some bulldozers destroy their burrows.
Zotz [VHS]Zotz [VHS]
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A professor of ancient linguistics discovers a magic coin that, on pronouncing the cryptic name of the deity to whom it is consecrated, gives him supernatural powers.
Mole People [VHS]Mole People [VHS]
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Explorers discover a cave in the Andes Mountains, leading down to an ancient race of molemen.
Contempt - Criterion CollectionContempt - Criterion Collection
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Get the version with Brigitte Bardot on the cover, with her hair all wet, and she looks like she's scowling. (The picture doesn't come from any frame in the movie.)
The River - Criterion CollectionThe River - Criterion Collection
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The beautiful intro (a hand drawing on the floor with rice paint) is worth paying special attention to. Three girls have a crush on their uncle, a war veteran.
Donnie Darko - The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)Donnie Darko - The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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This film was recirculated in 2003 to packed theaters, when I managed to catch it for the first time. Then I just had to go out and get a copy for myself.
King Of HeartsKing Of Hearts
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The Scottish Expeditionary Force marches off to World War I in Scottish kilts, and comes to a small French town that has been evacuated by the citizenry.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
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In the days of Classic Rome, a general wants to buy a slave girl but the boy nextdoor wants her too.
HighballHighball
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Three dinner parties at three different times of the year, celebrated at the same apartment with largely the same cast.
Mr. AccidentMr. Accident
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An Australian egg farmer, the remnants of an ancient UFO, and lots and lots of comic antics. Slapstick humor.
WizardsWizards
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In the far off future, a pair of wizards, one good and the other bad, face off in a winner-takes-all battle for earth.