Favorite movies of DH Marks

Favorite movies of Donald Harvey Marks, selected in terms of plot content, acting, adaptation, dialog, special personal meaning for impact

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey 

  • Three days of the Condor

  • Apocalypse Now

  • Anna Karenina. There are many versions.

  • Avatar

  • Bridge of Spies

  • Blade Runner, original and 2049

  • Captain Correlli's Mandolin. Based on historical fact.

  • Conclave. Politics around choosing of new pope, with a very surprise ending.

  • City of Angels, di himmel Uber Berlin. 

  • Death of Stalin. A movie of dark humor. Ask me what Stalin thought of dark humor.

  • Deja Vu (technically perfect plot)

  • Ascenseur pour l'Ă©chafaud, 1958. Elevator to the Gallows. Existentialism in the movies.

  • Das Leben der AnderenThe Lives of Others

  • Erased

  • Enemy at the Gate. (Khrushchev makes an appearance)

  • Gone with the Wind. Scenes were shot in Culver City, CA. Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

  • Goodwill Hunting

  • Groundhog Day. See my discussion on thls blog of "What I have not told my family"

  • Her, see my expanded comments https://dhmarks.blogspot.com/2023/10/are-there-samantha-like-intelligent_26.html

  • Inception

  • Inside Man

  • Lucy

  • Magnificent Seven, 2016

  • Manchurian Candidate

  • Margin Call, 2011

  • Meet Joe Black

  • Michael Clayton , 2007

  • Pierrot le Feu. My review of this film was an essential component of my application to medical school. Existentialism in the movies.

  • Paycheck

  • Scenes from a Marriage. Intense!

  • Spotlight

  • The Accountant

  • The Flight of the Phoenix

  • The French Lieutenant's Woman

  • The Firm, 1993

  • The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

  • The Good German

  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

  • The Third Man

  • War and Peace.

  • What Dreams May Come


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