This is a catalog of all the films that I think others should see that I've seen myself. It is not currently in any other order than that of the categories. I hope to alphabetize it soon. This list covers a wide range of differing quality and kinds of movies. It's purpose is to give viewers of the site a better idea of the kind of person I am, as well as suggest movies to watch in your spare time.
I would like to mention that I would not have been able to have put this list together if it was not for the great tool that is IMDB. It was vital for me to gather the ratings and release dates of numerous films not just on this list, but also as a "fight ender" when concerning trivia on movies.
To the right is something I hope to update every once in awhile; a film that, for whatever reason, I feel is pressingly important to go see. At the moment that film is Sin City, which was co-directed by both Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller. The movie is based on Frank's comic books of the same name.
I will put up similar lists for video games, music, books, and tv shows at a later date.
-Joel
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| Title | Release Year | U.S. Rating |
| The Incredibles | (2004) | PG |
| Finding Nemo | (2003) | G |
| Spirited Away | (2001) | PG |
| Princess Mononoke | (1997) | PG-13 |
| My Neighbor Totoro | (1988) | G |
| Kiki's Delivery Service | (1989) | G |
| Castle in the Sky | (1986) | Unrated |
| Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind | (1984) | PG |
| Porco Rosso | (1992) | PG |
| The Nightmare Before Christmas | (1993) | PG |
| Robots | (2005) | PG |
| Shrek | (2001) | PG |
| Ice Age | (2002) | PG |
| Akira | (1988) | R |
| Ghost in the Shell | (1995) | R |
| Jin Roh | (1998) | R |
| Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door | (2001) | R |
| Cardcaptor Sakura (Japanese w/ English Subtitles) | (1999) | Unrated |
| Escaflowne | (2000) | PG-13 |
| Grave of the Fireflies | (1988) | PG |
| Perfect Blue | (1997) | Unrated |
| Bambi | (1942) | G |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | (1937) | G |
| Beauty and the Beast | (1991) | G |
| Aladdin | (1992) | G |
| Lilo & Stitch | (2002) | PG |
| Mulan | (1998) | G |
| The Emperor's New Groove | (2000) | G |
| Toy Story | (1995) | G |
| Toy Story 2 | (1999) | G |
| A Bug's Life | (1998) | G |
| Monsters, Inc. | (2001) | G |
| Chicken Run | (2000) | G |
| The Spongebob Squarepants Movie | (2004) | PG |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | (1988) | PG |
| Sleeping Beauty | (1959) | G |
| Cinderella | (1950) | G |
| Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (Uncut Version) | (2000) | PG-13 |
| The Land Before Time | (1988) | G |
| An American Tail | (1986) | G |
| All Dogs Go To Heaven | (1989) | G |
| Anastacia | (1997) | G |
| The Secret of Nimh | (1982) | G |
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
(Jim Varney's last film appearance) | (2001) | PG |
| Eight Crazy Nights | (2002) | PG-13 |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | (2001) | PG-13 |
| Animatrix | (2003) | Unrated |
| The Triplets of Belleville | (2003) | PG-13 |
| Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | (2001) | G |
| The Iron Giant | (1999) | PG |
| Charlotte's Web | (1973) | G |
| Title | Release Year | U.S. Rating |
| The Royal Tenenbaums | (2001) | R |
| Office Space | (1999) | R |
| Monty Python and the Holy Grail | (1975) | PG |
| Clerks | (1994) | R |
| Mallrats | (1995) | R |
| Dogma | (1999) | R |
| Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | (2001) | R |
| Shaolin Soccer (Cantonese with English subtitles) | (2001) | Unrated |
| Bruce Almighty | (2003) | PG-13 |
| Fantastic Four (the unreleased Fantastic Four movie) | (1994) | Unrated |
| Bulletproof Monk | (2003) | PG-13 |
| American Pie 2 (Unrated DVD version) | (2001) | Unrated |
| A Knight's Tale | (2001) | PG-13 |
| Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | (1997) | PG-13 |
| Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | (1999) | PG-13 |
| Crocodile Dundee | (1986) | PG-13 |
| Death Becomes Her | (1992) | PG-13 |
| Ernest Goes to Jail | (1990) | PG |
| Ernest Goes to Camp | (1987) | PG |
| Ferris Bueller's Day Off | (1986) | PG-13 |
| Ghostbusters | (1984) | PG |
| Legally Blonde | (2001) | PG-13 |
| Young Frankenstein | (1974) | PG |
| Space Balls | (1987) | PG |
| Miss Congeniality | (2000) | PG-13 |
| Friday | (1995) | R |
| The Pink Panther | (1963) | Unrated |
| Half Baked | (1998) | R |
| SLC Punk! | (1999) | R |
| The School of Rock | (2003) | PG-13 |
| Meet the Parents | (2000) | PG-13 |
| There's Something About Mary | (1998) | R |
| Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | (2004) | PG-13 |
| Little Shop of Horrors | (1986) | PG-13 |
| Zoolander | (2001) | PG-13 |
| Mean Girls | (2004) | PG-13 |
| Saved! | (2004) | PG-13 |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding | (2002) | PG |
| The Perfect Score | (2004) | PG-13 |
| The Breakfast Club | (1985) | R |
| Fast Times at Ridgemont High | (1982) | R |
| Heathers | (1989) | R |
| Along Came Polly | (2004) | PG-13 |
| Liar, Liar | (1997) | PG-13 |
| How High | (2001) | R |
| The Mask | (1994) | PG-13 |
| Super Troopers | (2001) | R |
| Rat Race | (2001) | PG-13 |
| The Wedding Singer | (1998) | PG-13 |
| The Waterboy | (1998) | PG-13 |
| 40 Days and Nights | (2002) | R |
| Title | Release Year | U.S. Rating |
| The Matrix | (1999) | R |
| Spiderman | (2002) | PG-13 |
| Spiderman 2 | (2004) | PG-13 |
| Star Wars: A New Hope | (1977) | PG |
| Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back | (1980) | PG |
| Star Wars: Return of the Jedi | (1983) | PG |
| Jurassic Park | (1993) | PG-13 |
| Terminator 2: Judgement Day | (1991) | R |
| Blade | (1998) | R |
| Daredevil (note: the director's cut is R) | (2003) | PG-13 |
| X-Men | (2000) | PG-13 |
| X-Men 2 | (2003) | PG-13 |
| Batman | (1989) | PG-13 |
| Superman | (1978) | PG |
| Hulk | (2003) | PG-13 |
| The Punisher | (2004) | R |
| Underworld (Unrated Extended Cut) | (2003) | Unrated |
| Back to the Future | (1985) | PG |
| Back to the Future Part II | (1989) | PG |
| Back to the Future Part III | (1990) | PG |
| Unbreakable | (2000) | PG-13 |
| Sin City | (2005) | R |
| Men in Black | (1997) | PG-13 |
| Independence Day | (1996) | PG-13 |
| Dick Tracy | (1990) | PG |
| Hellboy (note: the director's cut is unrated) | (2004) | PG-13 |
| Highlander | (1986) | R |
| Starship Troopers | (1997) | R |
| Godzilla | (1954) | Unrated |
| Blade Runner (Director's Cut) | (1982) | R |
| Alien | (1979) | R |
| Predator | (1987) | R |
| Pitch Black (note: the director's cut is unrated) | (2000) | R |
| The Fifth Element | (1997) | PG-13 |
| Minority Report | (2002) | PG-13 |
| Stargate | (1994) | PG-13 |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | (2004) | PG |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind | (1977) | PG |
| Paycheck | (2003) | PG-13 |
| Dune | (1984) | PG-13 |
| Gremlins | (1984) | PG |
| Artificial Intelligence: AI | (2001) | PG-13 |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers | (1956) | Unrated |
| The Last Starfighter | (1984) | PG |
| The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring Extended | (2001) | PG-13 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Extended | (2002) | PG-13 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Extended | (2003) | PG-13 |
| Legend | (1985) | PG |
| Conan the Barbarian | (1982) | R |
| Conan the Destroyer | (1984) | PG |
| Edward Scissorhands | (1990) | PG-13 |
| Sleepy Hollow | (1999) | R |
| Big Fish | (2003) | PG-13 |
| The Wizard of Oz | (1939) | G |
| Title | Release Year | U.S. Rating |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | (2003) | PG-13 |
| Scarface | (1983) | R |
| Collateral | (2004) | R |
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | (2000) | PG-13 |
| Hero | (2002) | PG-13 |
| Kill Bill Vol. 1 | (2003) | R |
| Kill Bill Vol. 2 | (2004) | R |
| Reservoir Dogs | (1992) | R |
| The Last Samurai | (2003) | R |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | (1981) | PG |
| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | (1984) | PG |
| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | (1989) | PG-13 |
| The Boondock Saints | (1999) | R |
| Gladiator | (2000) | R |
| Ronin | (1998) | R |
| The Bourne Identity | (2002) | PG-13 |
| Mission Impossible | (1996) | PG-13 |
| Mission Impossible 2 | (2000) | PG-13 |
| A Fistful of Dollars | (1964) | R |
| For a Few Dollars More | (1965) | R |
| The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | (1966) | R |
| From Dusk Till Dawn | (1996) | R |
| Desperado | (1995) | R |
| Once Upon a Time in Mexico | (2003) | R |
| The Fugitive | (1993) | PG-13 |
| U.S. Marshals | (1998) | PG-13 |
| Bad Boys II | (2003) | R |
| Die Hard | (1988) | R |
| Die Hard: With A Vengeance | (1995) | R |
| The Italian Job | (2003) | PG-13 |
| Enter the Dragon | (1973) | R |
| The Karate Kid | (1984) | PG |
| 3 Ninjas | (1992) | PG |
| 3 Ninjas Kick Back | (1994) | PG |
| The Fast and the Furious | (2001) | PG-13 |
| Fight Club | (1999) | R |
| Snatch | (2000) | R |
| Memento | (2000) | R |
| Legend of the Drunken Master | (1994) | R |
| Man on Fire | (2004) | R |
| Walking Tall (note: the movie is too short @ 75 minutes) | (2004) | PG-13 |
| The Rundown | (2003) | PG-13 |
| Cellular | (2004) | PG-13 |
| Léon the Professional | (1994) | R |
| Goldeneye | (1995) | PG-13 |
| Training Day | (2001) | R |
| Casino | (1995) | R |
| Rocky | (1976) | PG |
| Runaway Jury | (2003) | PG-13 |
| Ocean's Eleven | (2001) | PG-13 |
