Alan DeSantis


Movies

My Two Favorite Actor

  • Cary Grant
    • My Favorites: His Girl Friday, Suspicion, Notorious, North by Northwest, Father Goose
  • Paul Newman
    • My Favorites: Hud, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Nobody's Fool, The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke, The Verdict, Butch Cassidy

 

Cary Grant and Grace Kelly

Alan’s Top Ten Movies

  • 1) Godfather (best overall) Quotations
  • 2) Schindler’s List (greatest cinematic accomplishment)
  • 3) Lord of the Rings (best movie with a Hobbit)
  • 4) Field of Dreams (best feel good) "If you Build It" Monologue
  • 5) Shakespeare in Love (best love story)
  • 6) Love Actually
  • 7) Do The Right Thing (most powerful social commentary)
  • 8) This Is Spinal Tap (best comedy)
  • 9) Casablanca & To Kill A Mockingbird (tie, best classic)
  • 10) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (surprise pick)

 

 

The Next Best (in no specific order)

  • Godfather II
  • When Harry Met Sally
  • Apocalypse Now
  • On Golden Pond
  • Nightmare before Christmas
  • Lonesome Dove (best western)
  • Breaking Away (best sleeper)
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Goodfellas
  • Searching for Bobby Fischer
  • Jaws
  • Midnight Cowboy
  • Lawrence of Arabia

 

 

Honorable Mention (in no specific order)

  • Age of Innocence
  • Remains of the Day
  • 1776
  • True Lies
  • Animal House
  • The Matrix
  • Rear Window
  • It’s A Wonderful Life
  • Silence of the Lambs
  • Big Fat Greek Wedding
  • Drug Store Cowboy
  • Crash
  • Gross Point Blank
  • Anchorman
  • Rudy
  • Enemy at the Gate
  • Contact
  • Clockwork Orange
  • Munich
  • Almost Famous

 

The Best of TV

  • Drama Series: Homicide, Northern Exposure, Shield, The Wire, & Sopranos
  • Comedy: The Office, Simpsons, All in the Family, Mash, Arrested Development & Seinfeld