In addition to my “drop everything and watch” list, here are ten true all-time movie greats that would definitely be on the schedule if I held a marathon private screening. Note that I’ve limited the list to one per director (and one per series if sequels exist, which presented a real Sophie’s Choice when it came to Godfather and Godfather II, or Star Wars and Empire). Anyway, in no particular order…
Vertigo (Director: Alfred Hitchcock)
The Godfather (Director: Francis Ford Coppola)
Citizen Kane (Director: Orson Welles)
Chinatown (Director: Roman Polanski)
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb (Director: Stanley Kubrick)
Star Wars (Director: George Lucas)
Pulp Fiction (Director: Quentin Tarantino)
Raiders of The Lost Ark (Director: Steven Spielberg)
Blue Velvet (Director: David Lynch)
Goodfellas (Director: Martin Scorsese)
House of Kyle 