Gary’s Favorites

The following is a list of all of my favorite movies:

• Forest Gump – Iconic Tom Hanks movie with one of his greatest performances. Hits on huge aspects of history.
• Tombstone – My favorite role of Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday. Keeps you entertained throughout whole movie.
• Avatar – James Cameron makes another masterpiece.
• Silence of the Lambs – Anthony Hopkins is terrifying even with only being in movie a little over 24 minutes total.
• Lord of the Rings : Return of a King – Best Lord of Rings Movie with superb acting and great finish to story and very entertaining.
• Snowpiercer – A little known movie that not many have heard of but my favorite Chris Evans film that totally surprises you.
• Jaws – A movie that still continues to scare people and keep them out of ocean.
• The Dark Knight – Heath Ledger (RIP) made this movie one of my favorites with his take on the Joker.
• Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back – Best Star Wars in my eyes with a lot of action and great continuation of the Star Wars story.
• Night of the Living Dead (1968) – Brought Horror movies to a new level with a simple looking movie.
• Braveheart – My Favorite Mel Gibson role with tons of action and a lot of Story that keeps you wanting more.
• Powder – Not a well known movie but loved the acting and the heart given by Sean Patrick Flanery.
• Whiplash – A truly amazing film on so many levels a must see for sure.
• Black Swan – A remarkable movie in every form from acting to screenplay to lighting, truly a masterful movie.
• The Goonies – Movie that got me started watching all movies “Goonies Never Say Die”.
• Transformers – Action packed movie with giant robot machines, based off a cartoon I use to watch.
• Happy Gilmore – Adam Sandler at his finest. Very funny with tons of quotes people still use today.
• Frankenstein (1931) – One of the very first Horror movies of all time with the best Frankenstein by Boris Karloff
• The Prince of Egypt – On of my Favorite Animated Movies bout the story of Moses. First animated film released by Dreamworks.
• The Prestige – A surprising movie with a fun storyline that deals with magic that keeps you guessing until the very end.
• Saving Private Ryan – A very touching and violent war movie.
• Warrior – Emotional and action packed movie that delivers on many levels.
• Guardians of the Galaxy – Just an all around fun movie that many can relate to and no one expected.
• Nightcrawler – Dark movie filled with unexpected results that shows the range of Jake Gyllenhaal can achieve.
• Donnie Darko – A dark movie that makes you think and wonder with good acting by a young Jake Gyllenhaal.

Favorite 10 Actors

• Johnny Depp
• Will Smith
• Denzel Washington
• Tom Hanks
• Jim Carrey
• Ryan Reynolds
• Morgan Freeman
• Michael Keaton
• Robert Downey Jr
• Jonah Hill
• Leonardo DiCaprio

Favorite 10 Actresses

• Julianne Moore
• Anna Kendrick
• Sandra Bullock
• Cate Blanchett
• Jennifer Lawrence
• Meryl Streep
• Melissa McCarthy
• Elizabeth Banks
• Alison Brie
• Emma Stone