Good evening. As you may know, every Thursday when we do our weekly blog post, my novelist chooses a film, television show, or mini-series that is on one of the streaming services presently and writes an article on it. Last week we listed Uncle Buck as an example which, though a comedy, has stood the test of time. The film can come from any genre and be a newer or older film, but it has to be good enough to recommend. These choices can come from Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Apple TV +, Showtime, HBO, Roku and a number of other free premium streaming services such as Freebee. We have literally watched thousands of films and so it is very difficult to make a list of our top ten favorites because once you get into the best of the best it can be like comparing apples to oranges. But we will list ten favorites we think are outstanding, rewatchable and everyone should see. Honestly, we would rather list one hundred. And we would still want to honor more. Here is our list in no particular order:
1. Vertigo
2. A Clockwork Orange
3. The Graduate
4. Pulp Fiction
5. Psycho
6. Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
7. The Manchurian Candidate (Original)
8. Rocky
9. The Apartment
10. It’s a Wonderful Life
And here are twenty-one more that could have easily made our list also in no particular order:
1. The Piano
2. Notorious
3. The Terminator
4. Rear Window
5. Memento
6. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
7. Three Colors: White
8. Taxi Driver
9. Sex, Lies and Videotape
10. Donnie Darko
11. Being There
12. Fargo
13. The Last Picture Show
14. Sling Blade
15. The Truman Show
16. The Silence of the Lambs
17. The Hustler
18. The Shop Around The Corner
19. Thelma and Louise
20. Memories of Murder
21. The Usual Suspects
But there is one film which was originally presented in Poland that we think might be one of the greatest film achievements of all time. But because it was technically a television show it was arguable whether the film should make the list. It is ten hours long and worth every single minute and it is called:
The Dekalog
Each “episode” is set in the same apartment building in Poland and based on one of the Ten Commandments. All the stories are interconnected and have different tones. Some are tragic, some are comedic and all of them are profound. Find this film and watch it. Do not miss this masterpiece.
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