.... OR SEE AT LEAST ONCE! Members used to message me asking for a list (back when the IMDb still offered that messaging feature). Took a while to get it done, had to go through 1000s of titles, but thar' she blows! Hope you find something you missed!! GUARANTEE YOU WILL FIND NO LIST LIKE THIS ANYWHERE ELSE! And here's a tip: Hollywood would remake the evening news if they thought there was a buck to be made. But in real life the number of remakes/sequels better than the original can be counted on the fingers of one hand ... not counting the thumb. (See, for ex., item #27 below.) Finally, for film historians of the Far Future, note that this list was launched in 2017, before Mankind collectively entered a period which may, in that same Far Future, be remembered as "the Troubles." It was launched at a time when an upstart company originally known for loaning DVDs by mail was able to convince total strangers to loan them tens of billions of dollars to compete with Hollywood -- which itself had become old and senile and disturbingly set in its ways. Plus -- as explained in the detailed "NOTES" below -- ultimately, the subsequent Cancel Culture and Woke movements changed the industry so much that many earlier productions, not considered standouts at the time, gained entertainment value because of their pre-censorship authenticity. It is my hope that this list, which features SOME OF THE GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME from the 20th century, will offer discerning viewers a window on an era now lost, but still very much worth finding. And that it will survive me when I ultimately move to the Cloud.  [[***NOTE FOR NEWBIES -- the official IMDb ratings are almost entirely based on opinions CONTEMPORARY to the release. Over time, opinions change, people change, values change, even an entire civilization can change. Think outside the box.***]]

167+ Nearly-Perfect Movies (with the occasional Anime or TV miniseries) you can/should see again and again (1932 to the present)

Joel Edgerton and Tom Hardy in Warrior (2011)

This is an experimental work-in-progress. I have been a TV/film addict for longer than I can remember. I was given a choice of a 12-step program, or community service (writing for IMDb). Obviously I chose the latter. With thousands of films and TV episodes stuck in my head - REMEMBER, IT IS A MEDICAL FACT THAT UNDER HYPNOSIS A BRICKLAYER CAN RECALL THE TEXTURE OF THE FIRST BRICK HE EVER LAID -- I wanted to acknowledge writing so extraordinary, it is really above and beyond the call of duty. Oddly, most of the entries below come from the TV universe -- this could be because movies have larger budgets for SFX whereas TV writers, with fewer resources, need to go for the brass ring each and every time.

Scriptwriting so brilliant it can make your brain hurt

So much content .... so little time .. "in memoriam" for shows that left much too soon

25 TV series that will/should really be missed

CRITERIA: Historical, iconic, timeless and capable of being watched over and over. And over.

Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, and Jack De Sena in Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)

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