North American Media - Moses

My Favorite Movies
By Stacey Goldman (a.k.a Moses)


1.     The Natural – starring Robert Redford, Wilfred Brimley and Barbara Hershey – Baseball Folklore.
2.     Raiders of the Lost Ark – directed by Steven Spielberg – starring Harrison Ford – Action – Archeology - Facing the wrath of the Lord – Archiving.
3.     The Sting - written by David S. Ward – starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Gregory Shaw Action/Drama/Comedy – Confidence games.
4.     Once Upon A Time in America – starring Robert DeNiro and James Woods – Mafia – Heroine.
5.     After Hours – directed by Martin Scorcese – starring Griffin Dunne, John Heard and Roseanne Arquette – Black Comedy – Chronological.
6.     A Clockwork Orange – directed by Stanley Kubrick – starring Roddy McDowell – Futuristic Psycho-Thriller - science – Psychiatric treatment.
7.     Papillion – starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman – Action/Drama – Plageurism – Security – Escaping – Editing Versions.
8.     Mississippi Burning – starring Gene Hackman and William Dafoe – Documentary Drama – White Supremacists.
9.     Rocky – starring Sylvester Stallone and Carl Weathers – Action/Drama – Opportunity and multiculturalism.
10.   E.T – directed by Steven Spielberg – Space/Technology – Ethiopia – Sephardiim.
11.   Field of Dreams – Written by Ray Kinsetta - starring Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, and Burt Lancaster – Mystic – Passages – Self realization – Thinking of the dead – immortal.
12.   Bull Durham – starring Kevin Costner, Tim Robbins, and Susan Sarandon – Comedy – Mentoring – Manager – Different levels of ability.
13.   Clear and Present Danger – written by Tom Clancy – starring Harrison Ford, James Earl Jones and William Dafoe – Military – Lindu Coffee brand – Cocaine – Americanization – War.
14.   The Matrix – written by the Wolcholski brothers - starring Lawrence Fishbourne and Keannu Reeves – Film Noir – Conceptual Philosophy – A controlled environment vs. Zion – Freedom – boundaries. 
15.   The Outsiders – starring Patrick Swayze, Ralph Macchio, Tom Cruise, C. Thomas Howell, Rob Lowe, Matt Dillon, and Emilio Estevez – Film Noir - Drama - The Greasers vs. the Mods.  
16.   The Godfather Part 2 – directed by Francis Ford Coppolla – starring Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino – Mafia – Heroine - Custom – Judah – Priesthood.
17.   Star Wars – written and directed by George Lucas – starring Harrison Ford – Space/Action Agnostic – Jedi – Empire – Empires – Fundamentalism – Laser – Technology.
18.   Shawshank Redemption – starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman – Drama - Tradesmen – Slavery – Identity – Profession - Freedom.
19.   Malcolm X – directed by Spike Lee – starring Denzel Washington – Documentary Drama/Theology - By Whatever Means.
20.   ‘2001’ – directed by Stanley Kubrick – Futuristic - Does a computer and a child dream.
Silkwood – starring Meryl Streep – Documentary Drama - Nuclear Energy – Plague – Radiation.
21.   Batman – directed by Tim Burton – starring Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton – Film Noir – Drama - Protagonists – Antagonists – the Super-Ego (restraint).
22.   Good Will Hunting – written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck - starring Robin Williams, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck – Comedy/Drama - Ingenious – Street smarts – Blue collar – School smarts – White collar.
23.   Forest Gump – starring Tom Hanks and Gary Sinise – Documentation - Perseverance - Innocence.
Moscow on the Hudson – starring Robin Williams – Comedy - Is a Soviet (Russian) legal in New York City in 1985?
24.   The Frisco Kid – starring Harrison Ford and Gene Wilder – Comedy – Two distinct cultures; Judeo/Christian.           
25.   Pulp Fiction – directed by Quentin Tarantino – starring Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, and Bruce Willis – Action/Comedy – Doing what you’ve ‘got to do’ to make a living and using refrain (with Biblical reference)..
26.   Enemy of the State – starring Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, and Lisa Bonet – Conceptual/Action – Monitoring the monitors - Who monitors their monitors?
27.   Animal House – directed by John Landis – starring John Belushi and Tim Matheson – Comedy – Fraternities and the Military.
28.   Cheech and Chong’s Up in Smoke – written by Tommy Chong, starring ‘Cheech’ Marin and Tommy Chong – Comedy – The liberal dope smoking 70’s – Expanding Consciousness.
29.   Fiddler on the Roof – directed by Norman Jewison – Drama/Comedy – Customs changing over time.
30.   Saving Private Ryan – directed by Steven Spielberg – starring Tom Hanks – Drama - Mandating the survival of a Mother’s geneology.
31.   Schindler’s List – directed by Steven Spielberg – starring Liam Neeson and Ben Kingsley – Documentary Drama - Industrialists role in fighting Nazi Party regulatory practice.  Standing behind your constitution.
32.   Stargate – starring James Spader and Kurt Russell – Conceptual Archeology – Root History – Derivatives.
33.   Die Hard – starring Bruce Willis – Action – Visionary and Terrorism – Crime
34.   ‘Cheech’ and Chong’s Next Movie – directed by Tommy Chong – starring ‘Cheech’ Marin and Tommy Chong – Comedy – Expanding Consciousness.
35.   Stripes – written and directed by Harold Ramis – starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and John Candy – Comedy – Military Training – Authority (Big Toe) – Advancement.
36.   ‘48 Hours’ – directed by Walter Hill, starring Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte – Action – Using resources to solve a case.
37.   Zodiac – directed by David Fincher, starring Robert Downey Jr. – Psycho-Thriller/Historical – Detective work – Addressing psychotic behavior.
38.   De Vinci Code – directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Hanks – Conceptual Theology.  Sang Real – Royal Bloodline – Vestige (Mary Magdallan.  The Priory Sang – Keepers of the Royal Bloodline – Pagan – Masonic – Opus Dei – Secret division of the Church, the goal being to slaughter the Priory.  Symbolism – Sign of Venus Per Se- Cryptic Codes – Anagrams – 10 digit password – Laser print on key – A. Pope.  Templars of the Priory – Exist today and were given unlimited power for their duty by Pope Pius iv.  Spanish Conquestodors – considered to be High Priests – Robes similar (identical) to KKK Robes.  Gatekeepers of heaven and hell.
39.   The Godfather – directed by Francis Ford Coppolla – starring Marlon Brando, James Caan, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall and Talia Shire – Mafia – the families’ decisions – Heroine Trade - Clout.
40.   Greystroke – Legend of Tarzan – directed by Richard Attenborough - Fictional documentary – The story of Tarzan.
41.   The Waterfront – starring Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger – Drama – How hard does life have to be?
42.   Jerry McGuire – starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Tom Cruise – Comedy/Drama – An agents role towards his client – Honesty.
43.   Meatballs – starring Bill Murray – Comedy – Summer-camps – ‘It just doesn’t matter.’ – pep- speech’s – guidance.
44.   One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – starring Jack Nicholson and Danny DeVito – Sociology – Are psychiatric facilities voluntary or involuntary by nature?
45.   Gandhi – directed by Richard Attenborough – starring Ben Kingsley – Documentary Drama – Theology –Independence.  ‘Take the Muslim mans’ son that you killed and as a Hindu raise him to be a devout Muslim.’
46.   Nightshift – directed by Ron Howard – starring Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, and Shelley Long – Black Comedy – Prostitution, the world’s oldest profession.  Pros – means nothing, tit – tits, tu - two tits, tion – means nothing.
47.   Dead Poet Society – starring Robin Williams – Drama – Carpes Diem – Seize the Day – Des Cartes.  Following your dreams regardless of the consequences.
48.   Death on the Nile – written by Agatha Christie - starring Peter Ustinov – Mystery - Detective work by using deduction through the eyes of Hercule Poirot.
49.   Diner – directed by Barry Levinson – starring Mickey Rourke, Steve Guttenberg, Ellen Barkin, and Kevin Bacon – Comedy/Drama – Relationships. 
50.   Witches of Eastwick – starring Jack Nicholson, Cher, Michelle Pheifer, and Susan Sarandon – Comedy – Demonic posession and polygamy.
51.   Hoosiers – starring Gene Hackman and Dennis Hopper – Documentary Drama – Coaching, and fathering.
52.   ‘Bugsy’ – starring Warren Beatty, Annette Benning, and Ben Kingsley – Historical – Mafia.
53.   Lord of the Rings – directed by Peter Jackson – Folklore – Wizardry.
54.   Heaven Can Wait – starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie – Comedy/Drama – the afterlife.  The possibility of reincarnation in the here and now.
55.   Star Wars (The Empire Strikes Back) – written and directed by George Lucas – starring Harrison Ford – Space/Drama  – Good vs. evil – Empire vs. free spirit – Technology.
56.   Full Metal Jacket – directed by Stanley Kubrick – starring Matthew Modine – Military – Training techniques – Suicide – War.
57.   Midnight Run – starring Robert DeNiro and Charles Grodin – Comedy/Drama – Bounty hunters – Tracking – Choices.  
58.   The Blues Brothers – directed by John Landis – starring Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi – Comedy – The genre of the Blues and fighting those fucking Nazi’s along the way.
59.   Beetlegeuse – directed by Tim Burton – starring Michael Keaton, Wynona Ryder, Alec Baldwyn, and Geena Davis – Comedy/Horror – the afterlife.  Beetlegeuse, Beetlegeuse, Beetlegeuse.
60.   Good Morning Vietnam – directed by Barry Levinson - starring Robin Williams and Forest Whitaker – Historical comedy – Vietnam War.
61.   Slapshot – starring Paul Newman – Comedy – Hockey – Scorer vs. Tough-guy.  The role of the Owner and upper management at the point of moving a Franchise.
62.   Rear Window- directed by Alfred Hitch cock – starring James Stewart – Psycho-Thriller – Solving a crime.
63.   Patch Adams – starring Robin Williams and Philip Seymour Hoffman – Comedy/Horror – Education and coming off pharmaceutical treatment.  The idealism that humor can heal a persons’ psyche.
64.   Boyz in the Hood – directed by John Singleton – starring Lawrence Fishbourne and Cuba Gooding Jr. and Angela Bisset – Drama – Combating gang activity – Racism.
65.   The Fugitive – starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones – Action – Innocence – Using science to solve a crime. 
66.   Apocolypse Now – directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, and Marlon Brando – Historical Time Period – Fighting a war.
67.   The Jerk – starring Steve Martin, Jackie Mason, and Bernadette Peters – Comedy – multiculturalism – all it takes is an idea.
68.   The Jungle Book - Tarzan
69.   Absence of Malice – starring Paul Newman – Drama – Legal issues – Ethics.
70.   And A River Runs Through It – directed by Robert Redford – starring Brad Pitt (Narration by Robert Redford) – Drama – Relationships.
71.   Lawrence of Arabia – starring Peter O’Toole – Historical – Sovereignty – Laws of the land.
72.   The Titanic – directed by James Cameron – starring Leonardo DeCaprio – Historical – Social classes.
73.   Sleepless in Seattle – directed by Rob Reiner – starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan – Comedy – Coping with death in the family.
74.   Die Hard 2 –written by Goldman - starring Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, and Jeremy Irons – Action – Crime Mastermind.  Hero – protagonist vs Villain – antagonist
75.   The Fight Club – directed by David Fincher - starring Brad Pitt – Conceptual terrorism – How does a man deal with Hate?  What is real and what is a figment of a persons’ imagination?
76.   Tootsie – directed by Barry Levinson – starring Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, and Bill Murray – Comedy – The rights of a feminist.
77.   The Lost Boys – starring Kiefer Sutherland – Film Noir - Conceptual thriller – Vampire’s.
78.   Rocky 2 – starring Sylvester Stallone, Meredith Burgess, and Carl Weathers – Action - Re-match.
79.   Arthur – starring Dudley Moore – Drama/Comedy – Pompous and not caring vs. defined social classes.
80.   Philadelphia – starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington – Social Commentary – The Aids issue in the workplace.  What right’s does the individual have?  Relationships.
81.   Poltergeist – starring Drew Barrymore, and Craig T. Nelson – Sci-fi Horror – Living inside a Television – absolute truth.
82.   Platoon – written and directed by Oliver Stone – starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, and William Dafoe – Action – War stories – the Role of a Unit/Platoon.
83.   Romancing the Stone – starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito – Comedy/Action – A quest and a love story.
84.   The Karate Kid – starring Pat Morita and Ralph Macchia – Action – Mentoring – Martial Arts – Fighting dirty.
85.   Raging Bull – directed by Martin Scorcese – starring Robert DeNiro – Documentary Drama – A boxer who is out of control with his personal life.
86.   Apollo 13 – directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Hanks – Space/Drama documentary – Technology being maximized to its’ fullest.
87.   The Color Purple – starring Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover – Drama – Slavery – The relationship between an African-American man and woman - Slavery.
88.   Angel Heart – starring Mickey Rourke and Lisa Bonet – Film Noir - Thriller – A soul that is owned by Hell.  ‘Louis Cypher’.
89.   Fatal Attraction – starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close – Thriller – A woman that is demonized and willing to torture to get her way.
90.   Blue Velvet – directed by David Lynch – starring Dennis Hopper – Film Noir -Thriller – Psychotic behavior in a social context.
91.   Johnny Handsome – starring Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, and Forest Whitaker – Crime/Action – The mind of the common criminal and his re-adjustment into society after large-scale plastic facial surgery.
92.   Midnight Express – directed by Alan Parker, starring Randy Quaid and John Hurt Action/Documentary – Cultural differences – Crime and punishment – Scapegoating an American due to politics – personal exodus.
93.   Fast Times at Ridgemount High – starring Sean Penn, Judge Reinhold, and Forest Whitaker – Comedy – High School in the U.S.A – 80’s.
94.   Kramer vs. Kramer – starring Dustin Hoffman – Drama – Parents fighting over the custody of a child – relationships.
95.   Risky Business – directed by Jonathon Demme – starring Tom Cruise – Comedic Drama – The average American just before entering Post-Secondary Schooling.
96.   American Beauty – starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Benning – Thriller – Doing what it is you want to do with your life. 
97.   Maximum Overdrive – starring Emilio Estevez – Sci-Fiction – Technology taking over the analog domain.  Analog vs. digital.
98.   Eight Men Out – starring John Cusack – Documentary Drama – The infamous ‘Black Sox’ of 1919.
99.   Do the Right Thing – directed by Spike Lee – starring Spike Lee, John Tuturro, and featuring Samuel L. Jackson – Drama – Will America ever treat African-    Americans as equals?
100. Heartbreak Ridge -  starring Clint Eastwood and  Mario Peebles  - Drama - Army Platoons and their role in shaping the lives of those that serve and grow to be    men.  Adaptation and learning from ones' mistakes throughout a persons' life.  The bonding of personnel that are  involved in something special.  Fighting for what is important in life and never giving up ones' dreams.   
101. Chariots of Fire - directed by Richard Attenborough - The story of the sprinters in the 1924 Summer Olympics. 
102. The Wall - directed by Alan Parker - starring Bob Geldoff - a 2 hour music video, brilliant topography.