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Yes, with the writer's strike and the golden globes and all that its the season when we all slag off how bad Hollywood films are, but wait, are they really that bad? Undoubtedly there are a lot of very bad movies churned out of Tinsel Town, but then there are also a lot of genuine 100 percent classics, as well as they odd masterpiece. Here are a few Hollywood movies from the past few decades.

The Thin Red Line

Bladerunner

The Shawshank Redemption

Pulp Fiction

The Royal Tennenbaum's

Kramer Vs Kramer

Munich

LA Confidential

Goodfellas

Glory

Apocalypse Now

Alien

American History X

12 Monkeys

Summer of Sam

The Big Lebowski

Fight Club

Children of Men

Raging Bull

Ed Wood

The Sixth Sense

Hannah and Her Sisters

Goodnight and Goodluck

Fargo

The Shining

The Elephant Man

Leon

Three Kings

Thelma and Louise

Miller's Crossing

The Deer Hunter

Do the Right Thing

Unforgiven

Braveheart

Sin City

The Others

Full Metal Jacket

JFK

Donnie Darko

Blue Velvet

Schindler's List

Radio Days

Once Upon a Time In America

Born on the 4th of July

Saving Private Ryan

The Cotton Club

The Usual Suspects

Raising Arizona

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Rainman

The Player

Memento

Scarface

Philedelphia

Heaven's Gate

The Untouchables



So I have only gone back to about 1980 there. Now you may not like all these movies, or perhaps you could argue for your personal favorites, and of course some are better than others etc etc, but I think most people would agree that they represent a very high level of film making.

I agree Galbally. That's a good representative list, I think. There are a lot of good movies that have gone directly to video too, without hitting the Big Screen. I'm real picky about the movies I like, but I would have to agree that Hollywood hasn't done too badly.

Now would be good time to air those classic black and white movies and TV reruns. Too many to name.

rjwould;756868 wrote: Now that we have these great miniseries like Dexter, Rome, The Wire, Deadwood and others on HBO and Showtime, movies don't do for me what they used to. They seem too short.

I like many of the movies you've listed and could add more to the list.


I heard that they were going to be doing some editing on Dexter and showing the first season on NBC ( I think that's parent company that owns Showtime). Hubby sais they'll have to cut the sister completely out. :-3

And thats just a minute sampling Dr Gallbladder. There are oodles more. Ive got a Scottish movie downstairs. Ill let you know how it is.