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Favorite Movies of S. Craig Zahler

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  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

    1. 2001: A Space Odyssey

    19682h 29mG84Metascore
    8.3 (759K)
    When a mysterious artifact is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft manned by two humans and one supercomputer is sent to Jupiter to find its origins.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam Sylvester
  • The Wild Bunch (1969)

    2. The Wild Bunch

    19692h 15mR98Metascore
    7.9 (93K)
    An aging group of outlaws in 1913 Texas look for one last big score, selling stolen Army rifles to a rogue Mexican general during that country's revolution, as the traditional American West is disappearing around them.
    DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsWilliam HoldenErnest BorgnineRobert Ryan
  • Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

    3. Sweet Smell of Success

    19571h 36mApproved100Metascore
    8.0 (38K)
    A powerful Broadway columnist coerces an unscrupulous press agent into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.
    DirectorAlexander MackendrickStarsBurt LancasterTony CurtisSusan Harrison
  • Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver (1976)

    4. Taxi Driver

    19761h 54mR94Metascore
    8.2 (988K)
    A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroJodie FosterCybill Shepherd
  • Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, Geoffrey Horne, and Ann Sears in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

    5. The Bridge on the River Kwai

    19572h 41mPG88Metascore
    8.1 (244K)
    British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
    DirectorDavid LeanStarsWilliam HoldenAlec GuinnessJack Hawkins
  • Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

    6. Once Upon a Time in the West

    19682h 46mPG-1382Metascore
    8.5 (372K)
    A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.
    DirectorSergio LeoneStarsHenry FondaCharles BronsonClaudia Cardinale
  • Lamberto Maggiorani and Enzo Staiola in Bicycle Thieves (1948)

    7. Bicycle Thieves

    19481h 29mNot Rated
    8.2 (187K)
    In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.
    DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsLamberto MaggioraniEnzo StaiolaLianella Carell
  • Prince of the City (1981)

    8. Prince of the City

    19812h 47mR80Metascore
    7.4 (10K)
    A New York City narcotics detective reluctantly agrees to cooperate with a special commission investigating police corruption, and soon realises he's in over his head, and nobody can be trusted.
    DirectorSidney LumetStarsTreat WilliamsJerry OrbachRichard Foronjy
  • Ann Christy and Harold Lloyd in Speedy (1928)

    9. Speedy

    19281h 25mPassed
    7.6 (4.6K)
    Harold "Speedy" Swift, a fan of Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees, saves from extinction the city's last horse-drawn trolley, operated by his girlfriend's grandfather.
    DirectorTed WildeStarsHarold LloydAnn ChristyBert Woodruff
  • The Wages of Fear (1953)

    10. The Wages of Fear

    19532h 36mNot Rated85Metascore
    8.1 (71K)
    In a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.
    DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsYves MontandCharles VanelPeter van Eyck
  • Paul Reubens in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)

    11. Pee-wee's Big Adventure

    19851h 31mPG47Metascore
    7.1 (62K)
    When eccentric man-child Pee-wee Herman gets his beloved bike stolen in broad daylight, he sets out across the U.S. on the adventure of his life.
    DirectorTim BurtonStarsPaul ReubensElizabeth DailyMark Holton
  • Marilyn Eastman, Duane Jones, and Judith Ridley in Night of the Living Dead (1968)

    12. Night of the Living Dead

    19681h 36mR89Metascore
    7.8 (146K)
    A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.
    DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDuane JonesJudith O'DeaKarl Hardman
  • Peggy Cummins and John Dall in Gun Crazy (1950)

    13. Gun Crazy

    19501h 27mApproved74Metascore
    7.6 (16K)
    Two disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.
    DirectorJoseph H. LewisStarsJohn DallPeggy CumminsBerry Kroeger
  • Badlands (1973)

    14. Badlands

    19731h 34mPG94Metascore
    7.7 (82K)
    An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town, and her older greaser boyfriend, embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota Badlands.
    DirectorTerrence MalickStarsMartin SheenSissy SpacekWarren Oates
  • Nashville (1975)

    15. Nashville

    19752h 40mR96Metascore
    7.6 (30K)
    Over the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention.
    DirectorRobert AltmanStarsKeith CarradineKaren BlackRonee Blakley
  • Bruce Willis in Die Hard (1988)

    16. Die Hard

    19882h 12mR72Metascore
    8.2 (996K)
    A New York City cop, John McClane, tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas Eve party at the Nakatomi Plaza Skyscraper in Los Angeles, California.
    DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsBruce WillisAlan RickmanBonnie Bedelia
  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

    17. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    19662h 58mR90Metascore
    8.8 (862K)
    A bounty-hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
    DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodEli WallachLee Van Cleef
  • Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, and Chris Penn in Reservoir Dogs (1992)

    18. Reservoir Dogs

    19921h 39mR81Metascore
    8.3 (1.1M)
    When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsHarvey KeitelTim RothMichael Madsen
  • Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Wolf Kahler, Ronald Lacey, and Terry Richards in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

    19. Raiders of the Lost Ark

    19811h 55mPG86Metascore
    8.4 (1.1M)
    In 1936, archaeologist Indiana Jones is tasked by Army Intelligence to help locate a legendary ancient power, the Ark of Covenant, before the Nazis get it first.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul Freeman
  • Jean-Louis Trintignant, Dominique Sanda, and Stefania Sandrelli in The Conformist (1970)

    20. The Conformist

    19701h 53mR100Metascore
    7.9 (37K)
    A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
    DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsJean-Louis TrintignantStefania SandrelliGastone Moschin
  • Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)

    21. Rosemary's Baby

    19682h 17mR96Metascore
    8.0 (250K)
    A young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.
    DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsMia FarrowJohn CassavetesRuth Gordon
  • Olga Baclanova, Harry Earles, and Henry Victor in Freaks (1932)

    22. Freaks

    19321h 4mNot Rated80Metascore
    7.8 (53K)
    A circus' beautiful trapeze artist Cleopatra agrees to marry Hans the leader of side-show performers, but Hans' deformed friends discover that she is only marrying him for his inheritance. So they seek revenge.
    DirectorTod BrowningStarsWallace FordLeila HyamsOlga Baclanova
  • Sterling Hayden and Marie Windsor in The Killing (1956)

    23. The Killing

    19561h 24mApproved91Metascore
    7.9 (103K)
    Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsSterling HaydenColeen GrayVince Edwards
  • Helen Mirren in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

    24. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    19892h 4mNC-1762Metascore
    7.5 (44K)
    At an opulent gourmet restaurant, a woman carries on an affair with deadly consequences.
    DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsRichard BohringerMichael GambonHelen Mirren
  • Patricia Arquette and Bill Pullman in Lost Highway (1997)

    25. Lost Highway

    19972h 14mR53Metascore
    7.6 (165K)
    Anonymous videotapes presage a musician's murder conviction, and a gangster's girlfriend leads a mechanic astray.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsBill PullmanPatricia ArquetteJohn Roselius

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