Movies
My All-Time Movie Top 50
My favorites of five decades of movie watching
Movies have been a big piece of my life and I’ve been watching them ever since I was a little boy, probably four or five years old — that’s almost half a century. My earliest memory involving movies is me sitting on my grandfather’s lap watching a western — probably with John Wayne. To me it was just cowboys and indians fighting it out; I was too young to grasp the story. My grandfather would translate the dialogue, which has most likely contributed to me learning English. Anyway, with so many years of watching movies, I obviously have favorites, so here’s my top fifty of all time (number one being the best, so it’s a countdown).
50. Mad Max — 1979 — directed by George Miller — starring Mel Gibson.
This is the movie that put Gibson on the map and the start of what is basically a B-movie franchise. Too bad the 2015 reboot with Charlize Theron ruined the cult status of the original movies — I’m not blaming Charlize, by the way.
49. Mission: Impossible — 1996 — directed by Brian De Palma — starring Tom Cruise, Jon Voight and Emmanuelle Béart.
The first of a franchise based on a 1960’s TV series. I don’t really have a favorite; they are all decent spy movies, thanks to Tom Cruise’s acting skills and willingness to do…
