Favorite Movies

I mostly enjoy action movies, but also enjoy comedies and dramas. Here's a list of my favorites, sorted alphabetically by genre.

Action

	Broken Arrow (1996) Rated R Starring: John Travolta, Christian Slater Director: John Woo Travolta is excellent playing the evil villain. The plot's a little thin, but solid action and great special effects make it worth seeing.

	Enemy of the State (1998) Rated R Starring: Will Smith, Gene Hackman Director: Tony Scott Probably the best Will Smith movie to date, he plays a more serious role than is typical for him. This is a suspenseful drama/action movie with plenty of spy gadgets and political intrigue.

	Eraser (1996) Rated R Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger Director: Chuck Russell Typical Schwarzenegger which means pretty lame acting (but he is getting better), plenty of action, and just enough humor thrown in.

	The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) Rated R Starring: Geena Davis, Samuel Jackson Director: Renny Harlin The acting is a little weak, but non-stop action and a few good one-liners make it worthwhile. Davis plays one tough woman.

	The Rock (1996) Rated R Starring: Nicholas Cage, Sean Connery Director: Michael Bay Suspenseful with plenty of action. Cage and Connery are both great as unlikely heroes.

	Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) Rated PG-13 Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce Director: Roger Spottiswoode, Desmond Llewelyn An improvement over Goldeneye, particularly the opening scene. Some absolutely great car and motorcycle scenes. Although, as usual for 007, a very hokey plot. Worth seeing if you like action, though.

	True Lies (1994) Rated R Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Arnold Director: A highly entertaining action-comedy that's a basic rip-off of James Bond style movies but takes itself less seriously.

	U.S. Marshals (1998) Rated R Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes Director: Stuart Baird Sequel to The Fugitive, at least for the federal marshals. Much more action, but a less sophisticated plot.

Action/Sci-Fi

	The Fifth Element (1997) Rated PG13 Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich Director: An eclectic movie that I enjoyed a lot more in my home than in the theater. Great special effects and a lot of humorous scenes. Excellent demo movie but a little weak in the bass.

	The Matrix (1999) Rated R Starting: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne Director: Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski One of the best movies I've seen in years. Original plot with non-stop action that will keep you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end. So what if Keanu Reeves can't act, this movie is loads of fun.

	Terminator 2 - Judgment Day (1991) Rated R Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger Director: James Cameron A classic Schwarzenegger action movie. If you haven't seen this yet, I don't know where you've been. I've enjoyed this one many times.

Comedy (including Romantic Comedies)

	Groundhog Day (1993) Rated PG-13 Starring Bill Murray Director: Harold Ramis Probably my favorite comedy (romatic or otherwise) that I've seen in a long time. Bill Murray is at his best. A cute plot that Murray handles just wonderfully.

	Shakespeare In Love (1998) Rated R Starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes Director: John Madden Probably the most intelligent romantic comedy to come out in recent years. This is a cute story that is very well played. I usually don't go for this kind of movie but I found it very entertaining.

	Trekkies (1999) Rated PG Starring Denise Crosby, William Shatner Director: Richard Nygard A tongue-in-cheek documentary about people a little too obsessed with a TV show. What a hoot!

Drama

	Air Force One (1997) Rated R Starring: Harrison Ford, Glenn Close, Gary Oldman, Director: Wolfgang Petersen I debated whether to put this one under drama or action. It's got plenty of action, but it's the drama that really makes it a great movie. Ford is great and most of the supporting cast is solid.

	The Fugitive (1993) Rated PG13 Starring: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones Director: Andrew Davis One of the more successful remakes of an old TV series with Ford and Jones well cast in their roles. Well worth watching.

	Outbreak (1995) Rated R Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo Director: Wolfgang Petersen Suspenseful drama with a little romance thrown in about a deadly plague. Typical Robin Cook fare but well done. Hoffman and Russo are both solid.