Serious Zen

Here is an evolving list of our all-time favorite films. Not to be confused with “Movies That Suck,” this list contains not only some of the greatest films ever made but also films that we tend to watch over and over, as well as a few guilty pleasures, such as Old School, Caddyshack, and The Jerk.

About a Boy
Adaptation
American Beauty
American Splendor
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Being John Malkovich
The Birdcage
Blade Runner
Blue Velvet
Broadcast News
Caddyshack
Casino
Catch Me if You Can
A Christmas Story
City of God
A Clockwork Orange
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
The Conversation
The Cooler
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Crooklyn
Dangerous Liasons
Defending Your Life
Delicatessen
The Departed
Do the Right Thing
Dr. Strangelove
Election
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Exorcist
Fargo
Fight Club
The Four Seasons
Gandhi
Glengarry Glen Ross
The Godfather (Parts I and II)
The Goodbye Girl
Goodfellas
Good Night, and Good Luck
The Graduate
Groundhog Day
Hannah and Her Sisters
The Insider
Jaws
The Jerk
L.A. Confidential
Lost in America
Lost in Translation
The Machinist
Malcolm X
Manhattan
Marathon Man
Mean Streets
Meet Joe Black
Memento
Minority Report
Mississippi Burning
Moonstruck
National Lampoon’s Vacation
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Ocean’s Eleven
Old School
My Own Private Idaho
Parenthood
The Pianist
Pulp Fiction
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Raising Arizona
Raging Bull
The Razor’s Edge
Rear Window
Reservoir Dogs
Rosemary’s Baby
The Royal Tenenbaums
Rushmore
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler’s List
The Sheltering Sky
Short Cuts
Sideways
The Silence of the Lambs
The Squid and the Whale
Stripes
Sweet and Lowdown
Taxi Driver
Thank You for Smoking
Tootsie
Vanilla Sky
Wall Street
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Wings of Desire
Young Frankenstein