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Mad City/C+,A

Madadayo/ C-,D+
Majestic, The (SE)/ C+, A
Malèna/A-,B+

Man for All Seasons/A,A- 

Man from Laramie, The/A-,B-

Man in the Iron Mask (SE)/C+,A-

Man of Flowers/ B+,C
Man Who Knew Too Much (SE)/B+,B+

Man Who Would Be King/A,C+

Marathon Man (SE)/ A-,B

Mars Attacks/C, A

Mask of Zorro/B+,A- 

Mask, The/A-,A

Matrix/B+,A

Meet Joe Black/C+,A-

Meet the Parents (SE)/B+,A

Memento (SE)/ A, A

Mercury Rising/C,A-

Mesmer/C,C+

Message in a Bottle(SE)/C+,A  

Metro/C,B+

Metropolis (Anime) SE/ B, B

Michael Collins/B,B

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (SE)/C+,A

Midway/B-,C+

Mimic/B+,A-

Misadventures of James Spawn/D,B

Misfits, The/ B,B

Mississippi Burning (SE)/A,B+

Mister Johnson/B,C-

Mister Roberts/B-,B 

Monkeybone (SE)/ B+,A

Moonraker/B,A-

Monster's Ball (SE)/ B+, B+
Mother Night (SE)/A-,A-
Moulin Rouge (SE)/ B,A

Mountains of the Moon/B,C+ 

Mr. Baseball/B+,B

Mr. Death/A-,B+

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (SE)/A,B+  

Mr.Nice Guy/C+,A 

Much Ado About Nothing/A,A

Mulholland Dr./ B+, B+

Mummy, The(1932)/B+,B+ 

Mummy, The(1999SE)/B,A 

Muppets from Space/B,A  

Music Man(SE)/A,B+ 

Music of the Heart (SE)/B,B+

My Best Friend's Wedding/B,A

My Favorite Blonde/ B-, A-

My Favorite Season/B+,C+

My Fellow Americans/B, B 

My First Mister (SE)/ B, B+
My Man Godfrey (SE)/ A,B

Mystery Men(SE)/C+,A

Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyessy/ B, C+
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud/B+,B+
Network/ A,B+

Never Been Kissed/C+,B  

New Eve, The/B,B+

New Fist of Fury/C+,D-

Night at the Roxbury/D,B+ 

Nightmare Before Christmas/B+,A-

Nights of Cabiria(SE)A,A  

Ninth Gate, The (SE)/C+,A-

No Escape/D,C+

North by Northwest (SE)/A,A
Not One Less/B+,B+

Notorious/A,B  

Notting Hill (SE)/B,A-  

Nowhere to Run/B,A-

Nurse Betty (SE)/ B+, B+
Nutty Professor II (SE)C,A
O (SE)/ B, A-
O Brother, Where Art Thou/A,A

October Sky/A,A  

Odd Man Out/B+.B 

Oliver/B,C+ 

Omaha (SE)/ C+, D
Omen, The (SE)/B+,B+
On the Waterfront (SE)/ A,B

One False Move(SE)/B+,A- 

One True Thing/B+,A- 

Only Angels Have Wings/A,B+

Opening Night/A,B- 

Operation Condor: Armour of God II/C+,C+ 

Other Sister,The/B-,B 

Our Lady of the Assassins/B+,B+

Out of Africa (SE)/B+,B+  

Out of Sight(SE)/A,A 

Paint Your Wagon/ C+,B+

Pal Joey/ B+,B+

Paleface/ B+, A-
Palmetto/ C,A-
Panic (SE)/ B,A
Paris When it Sizzles/ C,B+
Party, The/ B, C
Patriot, The (SE)/ B+,A

Patton (SE)/ A-,B+

Peacemaker, The/C+,A

Pecker (SE)/C+,A

Peeping Tom (SE)/ A-,A- 

Peggy Sue Got Married/B+,B+

People vs. Larry Flynt/A,A

Perfect Storm (SE)/B,A
Perils of Pauline/B, C+

Permanent Midnight (SE)/B+,A

Phantom/B,A 

Phantom of the Opera (SE)/ B,B
Picking up the Pieces (SE)/D,B

Pillow Book/B+,B+ 

Pitch Black (SE)/B,A-
Planet of the Apes 2001 (SE)/ C, A

Pleasantville (SE)/A,A 

Pollock (SE)/ B, B+

Postman, The /B-,A

Practical Magic (SE)/C,A- 

Predator/B+,B+

Primary Colors/A,A

Princess and the Warrior (SE)/ B+, B-
Princess Diaries (SE)/ C,B

Private Parts/B,C+

Projectionist, The/ C+, C+

Progeny/C-,C+

Purple Noon/ B+, C+

Pushing Tin/C+,B+

Quicksand/B-,B

Quiet Man/B+,D

Quigley Down Under/ B+, B-

Rabid Dogs/B+,C+

Rage at Dawn/C+,D

Raging Bull/A,A-

Railroaded/C+,C  

Raining Stones/B+,C+  

Rainman/A,B+

Rambo: First Blood Part II (SE) /C+,B+

Ran/A,C

Rat (SE)/ C+, B

Rat Pack/C+,B-

Re-Animator/B,B+

Real Blonde/ B+,B+

Reap the Wild Wind/B,B+

Rear Window (SE)/A,B-

Red Corner/C,B+

Red Shoes, The (SE)/A,B  

Red Violin, The/B+,A  

Relic/D,D 

Replacement Killers/C-,A

Requiem for a Dream (SE)/ A,B+
Requiem for a Heavyweight/ B+,B+

Return to Paradise/C,B

Ride With the Devil/B+,A-
Rififi/ B+,B+

Rio Grande/B,A 

River Wild/A-,A

Road to the Awards/A-,A
Road to Singapore/ C+, C+

Rob Roy/B+,B+

Rock Star (SE)/ C+,A

Rollerball/B+,B

Romancing the Stone/B+,B+

Romper Stomper (SE)/B,B+

Ronin (SE)/B-,A

Rope (SE)/B,B-
Rosemary's Baby (SE)/A,B

Rouge/A-,B+(Import) 

Round Midnight/B+,B

Rounders/B-,A- 

Rumble Fish/B+,A- 

Run Lola Run (SE)/B+,A-

Run Silent, Run Deep/B+,B+  

Runaway Bride/C-,B+

Runaway Train/B+,B

Rush Hour (SE)/C+,A

Rush Hour 2 (SE)/ C+,A
S.O.B./ C+, B+
Saboteur (SE)/ B+, B+
Sabrina/ B+,B+
Saint, The (TV)/B,B
Salvador (SE)/ B+, B+
Sanjuro/ B+,B

Saving Private Ryan/B+,A-

Say Anything (SE)/ B+, B

Scarface/B+,F

Score, The (SE)/ B+, A-
Sea of Love/B+,C+

Searchers, The/A,B

Searching for Bobby Fischer/B+,B

Secret Life of Walter Mitty/B+,B+ 

Seeking Asylum/C,C-

Selena/B,A

Serendipity (SE)/ B, B+
Seven (SE)/A-,A
Seven Year Itch/ C+,B+

Seven Years in Tibet/B-,A

Seventh Sign/B+,B+

Sexy Beast (SE)/ B+, A-

Shadow/C,B+

Shadow Magic (SE)/ A- B+
Shadow of a Doubt (SE) / B+, B+
Shadow of the Vampire (SE)/ B+,A-

Shadowlands/A,C 

Shakespeare in Love/A-,A  

Shalako/C+,F 

Shane (SE)/A,C+
Shanghai Noon (SE)/B,A
Shanghai Triad/A-,C+
Shawshank Redemption/A-,A

Shine/A, A

Shootist, The/B+,B
Shower/A,B+
Shrek (SE)/ A,B+

Silence of the Lambs A/A-

Simon Birch/B+,A- 

Six-String Samurai/B,B

Skin Deep/ C+, B

Slap Shot/B+,B+ 

Sleepy Hollow (SE)/B,A

Slums of Beverly Hills/B,B- 

Small Time Crooks/B,B

Snakes Eyes/C-,C+

Snow Falling on Cedars (SE)/C,B+

Soldier/B,A- 

Some like it Hot/ A, C
Somewhere in Time (SE)/C+,C+
Songcatcher (SE)/ B+,B+
Sorry, Wrong Number/ B, B

Space Jam/C+,B

Spanish Prisoner/B+,A- 

Spartacus/A,B 

Spartacus (SE)/ A,B+

Spawn/C+,A

Speed/A-,B

Sphere/C-,A

Spice World/D,A

Spy Game (SE)/ B-,A
Spy Kids/ B+,A

Stand, The (SE)/D+,C+ 

Star Trek: First Contact/C+,A 

Star Wars: Episode I- The Phantom Menace (SE) /C+,B-
Steam/ A-, D

Sting, The/A,B+

Story of Us, The (SE)/C+,B

Strangers on a Train/A,B+  

Striking Distance/C+,A

Strictly Ballroom (SE)/ A-, B+
Stunt Man (SE)/ B+,B

Substitute, The/C-,C+

Sullivan's Travels (SE)/B+,C+
Sunset/ B, B+

Supercop/B,B+

Superman Cartoons/B,B

Sweet Talker/B,C+ 

Swept Away/B,B-

Take Me Out to the Ball Game/ B,A-
Talented Mr. Ripley (SE)/ B,B+
Tall Guy, The/ B+, B
Tampopo/A-,C+ 
Tank Girl/B+,B+
Tao of Steve, The (SE)/B+,B+
Taste of Cherry, A/ A-,B

Tea with Mussolini/B,B+

Telling Lies in America/B,D

Temptation of a Monk/B,B

Ten Commandments/B+,B+ 

Terminator 2/B+,A-

Texas Rangers/ C+, C+
There's No Business Like Show Business/ B,A-

Thief (SE)/B+,B

Thin Red Line, The/B-,A

Thing, The (SE)/B+,B- 

Thinner/B,A-

Third Man, The (SE)A,A

Thirteen Days (SE)/ B+,A-

Three Kings (SE)/A,A

Thunder Road/B,C+

Tiger of Eschnapur/ D+,B

Tiger of Wanchai/C,C+

Titan AE (SE)/C,A
Titus (SE)/B+,B-
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday/ B-, C+

To Kill a Mockingbird/A,A-

Tomorrow the World/B,D
Topaz (SE)/B-,B-
Topkapi/ B+, C+
Torn Curtain (SE)/C,C-

Total Recall/A-,B+

Touch of Evil/B+,C+
Town & Country/ C, B+
Toy Story 2 (SE) /A,A
Traffic/ A,A
Training Day (SE)/ B+, A (F)

Treasures of The Twilight Zone/B,B-

Triumph of the Will (SE)/A,B+
Trouble with Harry, The (SE)/C-,B+

True Grit/B+,B

Truman/C+,C

Truman Show/A,A-

Truth or Consequences, N.M./B-,A

Tucker: The Man and His Dream (SE)/B,A-
Turkish Delight (SE)/B,B+
Two Family House/ B, B+

U.S. Marshals (SE)C+,A-

U-571 (SE)/ B,A
Ulysses/ C+,D
Under Suspicion (SE)/ C-, A-

Universal Soldier/C+,B+

Untouchables, The/ B+,B+
Up in Mabel's Room/B-,C-

Usual Suspects/B,B-

Utu/ B+,D

U-Turn/C-,B+

Vampires (SE)/C,A 

Vanilla Sky (SE)/ C+, A

Vanishing, The/A,B

Velvet Goldmine/B,B 

Vendetta/B,B

Vengeance Valley/B-,C-

Vertigo (SE)/A-,A-

Vikings, The (SE)/ B, B

Wag the Dog/A-,A

Waking Ned Devine/B+,A-  

Walk on the Moon, A/B+,B+

War, The/B+,A 

Waterboy/C,A- 

Waterworld/B+,A

Wayne's World (SE) /B,A
Wedding Party (SE)/ C,C

What Dreams May Come/C,B

What Lies Beneath (SE)/B,A

Where the Red Fern Grows/C+,C

Who Am I?/B,A- 

Whole Nine Yards (SE)/B,B+

Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left For the East?/B,C

Widow of Saint-Pierre (SE)/ B+,C

Wild Bunch, The/A,B+

Wild Reeds/A-,B

Wild Things/C+,A

Wit/ B,A-
Witness for the Prosecution/ B+, B

Wizard of Oz/A,B+

Wolf Man, The/B+,B+  

Wolf/B+,A

Woman in the Dunes/A,B+

Woman on Top/C,A
Wonder Boys (SE)/ A,A

Wonder Man/B,B+

Wonderland/B,B-

Wood, The/C+,B+

Written on the Wind/B,A

X-Files (SE)/C,C

Yi Yi (SE)/ A-,D

Yojimbo/B+,C+    

You've Got Mail (SE)/B+,A 

Zeus and Roxanne/C+,A-
Zoolander (SE)/ B, A

 

 


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