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My 9 and 10 Rated Movies on IMDB
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items These are all the movies I rated 9 or 10 on IMDB. I don't rate stuff lightly. If it's on here, I either watched it multiple times or it hit hard enough that I knew it deserved the score.
Sections
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Crime Masterpieces
Crime Comedies
Action Movies
Movies That Mess With Your Head
Visionary Cinema
Documentaries
Crime Masterpieces
Movies where the story matters more than explosions. Character-driven plots that twist and turn.
I've watched this like five times now. Scorsese just knew what he was doing. Every time I catch something new.
The Departed (2006)
All these storylines happening at once but it never feels messy. Guy Ritchie proved he could juggle a million threads.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Rosamund Pike is genuinely unsettling. This movie respects you enough to not spell everything out. Wanted to talk about it for hours after.
Gone Girl (2014)
Crime Comedies
Crime stories that are actually funny. Dark humor that lands.
Leo going completely unhinged for three hours. Watched this with my wife and we couldn't stop talking about it after. Wild that it's real.
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
The opening scene is just filmmaking. That bar scene still gets me every time.
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Kevin Spacey as a guy losing his mind in the suburbs. Uncomfortable and perfect. Every scene is a slow burn into something darker.
American Beauty (1999)
Funny action film that knows exactly what it is. Self-aware without being exhausting.
Deadpool (2016)
Action Movies
These movies know how to shoot a fight scene. You can actually see what's happening instead of jumping cuts every half second.
Tarantino basically made two movies and stitched them together. The fight choreography is actually followable, which sounds stupid but most action movies fail at this.
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2006)
Heath Ledger's Joker. That's it. That's the reason. Everything else just works around it.
The Dark Knight (2008)
Keanu made action cool again. Gun-fu done right. Watched the first one and immediately started the second.
John Wick (2014)
The pacing on this thing is insane. Fast action kept me hooked the entire time. Expected nothing, got everything.
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. Time loop movie that actually works. Thought I knew where it was going, nope.
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
I literally stood up in the cinema during that slow motion battle moment. My wife was dragging me down so I wouldn't make a scene. Got full chills.
300 (2006)
Epic scale with grounded storytelling. The opening sets a standard for film openings.
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Origin story that respects the character and the audience's intelligence.
Batman Begins (2005)
Visual language taken directly from the source material. A film that looks like nothing else.
Sin City (2005)
Movies That Mess With Your Head
Dark stuff that stays with you. Not comfortable but you get why they matter.
The American remake with Josh Brolin. The twist still hits. Sat thinking about it for hours after.
Oldboy (2013)
Denzel Washington falling apart on screen. Genuinely uncomfortable to watch but that's the point.
Flight (2012)
Not easy to watch. That's the whole thing. Solomon's journey stays with you.
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Derek's arc feels real, not preachy. Watched this young and it changed how I thought.
American History X (1998)
My wife still remembers the last scene. We don't rewatch this one much. It does what it's supposed to do and then you're done with it for a while.
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Visionary Cinema
These movies show you filmmaking you haven't seen before. The director has a specific vision and commits to it completely. You watch them because you've never experienced that particular style or story told that particular way.
Brutal and relentless. Mayan civilization brought to life through raw filmmaking.
Apocalypto (2006)
Rapid-fire storytelling about Rio's favelas. Never feels like it's showing off but you know it's brilliant.
City of God (2002)
Sci-fi that has something real to say. The practical effects hold up because the story matters.
District 9 (2009)
Changed what science fiction could be. Still quotable decades later.
The Matrix (1999)
Epic scope that still holds up. Mel Gibson commits to every scene. You get why people quote the freedom speech decades later.
Braveheart (1995)
Tarantino dialogue, incredible performances, and tension that builds perfectly. Every scene works.
Django Unchained (2012)
One woman plays seven identical sisters. The premise could've been gimmicky but the execution is tight. Keeps you guessing until the end.
What Happened to Monday (2017)
Documentaries
Documentary and narrative films that make you think about the world differently. They present information that challenges what you thought you knew. You watch them because they make you question your assumptions.
Documentary that makes you question what you thought you knew about modern history.
JFK to 9/11: Everything Is a Rich Man's Trick (Video 2014)
Presents information that challenges mainstream narratives. Makes you rethink assumptions.
The Obama Deception (Video 2009) - Photos