Our 'to get' movie list:
A Man Apart (2003) 5.2 Man emerges to head a drug cartel after previous
head is
imprisoned
Balseros (2002) 6.8 documentary of Cubans fleeing on raft
Bloody Sunday (2002) 7.6 drama of events of Sunday, January 30th, 1972, in
Northern Ireland
Bus 174 (Omibus174) (2002) 8.2 documentary on hijacked bus in Rio de Janerio
Business of Fancydancing (2002) 7.8 successful, gay Indian poet confronts his
past when he returns
Capturing the Friedmans (2003) 8.0 2nd-best documentary of 2003 abt. family
after sex scandal
Cold Mountain (2003) 7.4 Civil War
Dark Days (2000) 7.4 Homeless community living under Penn Station in NYC
Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001) 7.3 documentary
about skateboarding in Venice Beach, Calif.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) 7.0 by director of Brazil and Twelve
Monkeys
Fog of War (2003) 7.8 documentary abt. Robert McNamara, frm Sec. of
Defense
Girl With a Pearl Earring (2003) Dutch master painter Johannes Vermeer paints
maid
Girlfight (2000) 7.1 Young Mexican girl becomes boxer
Grand Canyon (1991) 6.7 revolves
around six residents from different backgrounds whose lives intertwine in
modern-day Los Angeles
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) 7.7 A rock-and-roll drag queen tells her
bizarre life story
In America (2002) 8.1 Irish family immigrates to America
Joy Luck Club, The (1993) 7.3 Based on
the novel by Amy Tan, it follows a 8 Chinese-American daughters & dau.
Kill Bill: Vol 1 (2003) 8.2 treatis on martial arts; victim of attack seeks
revenge
Kingpin 7.1 (2003) TV mini-series like Godfather, drugs
Last Dance (2002) 8.6 Documentary dance-theater piece about the Holocaust
Lost in Translation (2003) 8.2 Two Americans meet in Tokyo
My Architect: A Son's Journey (2003) 7.7 documentary
My Flesh and Blood (2003) Documentary of CA woman who adopted 11 special-needs
children
Open Range (2003) 7.6 cattle boss & crew are threatened by corrupt
lawman
Paper Clips (2003) Documentary abt. Holocaust
Paragraph 175 (1999) 8.2 Documentary abt. homosexuals in Nazi concentration
camps
Real Women Have Curves (2002)
7.0 Mexican-American teenager struggling to break free from her
mother
Southern Comfort (2001)
7.3 documentary: the last year of a female-to-male transsexual dying of ovarian
cancer
Station Agent, The (2003) young dwarf relocates to an abandoned train station in
rural New Jersey
Stevie (2002) 8.0 documentary; return to check on a boy he Big Brothered 10 yrs.
ago
What Alice Found (2003) 7.0 A poor
young woman is recruited by a couple traveling in an RV into the world of truck
stop prostitution
What I Want My Words to Do to You (2003) 8.3
documentary about writing class in women's prison
Winged Migration (Peuple migrateur) (2001) 8.0 documentary on the migratory
patterns of birds
Older Movies to Consider:
Awakenings (1990) 7.4 True story of awakening victims of an encephalitis
epidemic
Brazil (1985) 8.0 Comedy/sci-fi; Orwell with a Python twist
Cooler Climate, A (1999) TV women's movie about relationships
Happy Gilmore (1996) 6.7 Rejected hockey player puts his skills to golf to save
house -maybe saw this?
Once Upon A Time in America (1984) 8.2 Crime/drama about childhood friendship and
betrayal
Pacific Heights (1990) Based on a real life experience, a couple Patty and Drake
buy their dream house
Presumed Innocent (1990) Harrison Ford
Shall We Dansu? (1996) 7.5 He's an overworked accountant; she's an accomplished
dancer.
Stand By Me (1986) Stephen King story about learning from a life changing
experience
Titus (1999) 7.3 Julie Taymor's adaptation of Shakespeare's play
Thin Blue Line, The (1988) documentary abt. corrupt justice system in Dallas
County, Texas
Not Available here:
Molly (1999) - inspirational
tale of "miracle" treatment curing autistic woman
Looking for an Echo (2000) 6.9 The lead singer of an oldies group reminisces
'Maybe' movies:
All or Nothing (2001) 7.4 British, family relationships
French Kiss (1995) 6.2 Comedy by director of Grand Canyon
Secrets and Lies (1996) 7.8 British, family relationships
15 Minutes (2001) 6.3 murderers commit videotaped crimes to become media
darlings
28 Days
28 Days Later (2002) 7.3 Sci-fi; virus almost wipes out the human race
13th Warrior
25th Hour (2002) 7.7 Last day of a drug dealer's freedom
A Gentleman's Game (2001) 7.1 Young boy gets good at golf
A Man for All Seasons (1966) Story of Thomas More and King Henry VIII's divorce
About A Boy (2002) 7.6 A little boy teaches a man how to grow up
About Schmidt (2002) 7.7 A man in his 60's reflects on his life after his wife dies
Accidental Tourist, The (1988) Anne Tyler's bk about travel writer
Across the Line (2000) 6.4 Latino illegal witnesses a murder on the Texas border
Adaptation (2002) 7.9 Making The Orchid Thief into a movie
All the Pretty Horses (2000) Friends from San Angelo, TX to Mexico
All the Real Girls (2003) 6.9 Young love in Appalachia
Almost Famous -rock & roll of the '70's
Along Came a Spider (2001)6.2 A congressman's daughter is kidnapped from a private school
Amadeus (1984) story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback mode
American Outlaws (2001) 5.9 an updated version of the story of Jesse James and
his gang
American Splendor (2003) 8.1 true life story; a movie abt.
Cleveland comic book guy
Antwone Fisher (20020 7.3 Psychiatrist helps navy seaman with fits of violent rage
Apostle, The (1997) Robert Duvall is preacher with messed up life
Artificial Intelligence (2001) 7.1 A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become
"real"
Attack of the Clones (2002) 7.6 Star Wars Episole II A Jedi Shall Not Know Anger. Nor Hatred. Nor Love.
Bandits (2001) 6.9 Two bank robbers and a girl
Barbershop (2002) 7.0 day in the life of a South Side Chicago barbershop
Beautiful Mind, A (2001) 8.0 diagnosed paranoid-schizophrenic wins Nobel Prize
for game theory
Behind Enemy Lines (2001) 6.2 A Navy pilot is shot down over enemy territory
Being John Malkovich - comedy
Believer, The (2001) 7.3 True story of
an American Nazi Party leader in the 1960s who was revealed to be Jewish
Billy Elliot (2000) 7.7 A young boy torn between his love of dance and the
disintegration of his family.
Black Hawk Down (2001) 8.0 123 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia
Blood Work (2002) 6.5 retired FBI heart transplant returns to work
Blow (2001) 7.2 story of George Jung, man who established the American
cocaine market in the 1970's
Bone Collector, The
Bounce - evolves emotionally after plane crash brings him together with widow of one of its
victims
Bourne Identity, The (2002) 7.2 A man washes ashore, bullet-riddled without memory
Boys on the Side (1995)
Braveheart (1995) 8.3 13th Century Scot overthrows English King Edward the Longshanks
Buena Vista Social Club (1999) 7.2 - Cuban music documentary
Catch Me If You Can (2002) 7.6 Based on true story of a successful con artist
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) 6.4 WWII love story
Cell, The - thriller, a therapist uses virtual-reality to travel inside the
subconscious of a serial killer
Changing Lanes (2002) 7.0 a lawyer and a businessman in NYC share a small automobile accident
Chicago 7.7 (2002) a musical
Chocolat (2000) - 7.5 A woman and her daughter open a chocolate shop in a French
village
Cider House Rules, The
Cinema Paradiso (1989) 8.3 A filmmaker recalls his childhood when he fell in
love with the movies
City by the Sea (2002) 6.2 Cop, dysfunctional family
Civil Action, A. (1998) 6.4 Families sue for toxic dumping
Code, The (2001) 7.4 Linux is traced from its early days as a
hobby project of Linus Torvalds's
Confidence (2003) 6.8 Con scheme
Contender, The
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword
and a notorious fugitive
Crazy in Alabama (1999) 6.1 abused wife heads to CA seeking
freedom
Dancer Upstairs, The (2002) 7.0 Police hunt terrorist in South America
Daughter from Danang
(2002) 7.7
documentary "Americanized" woman and her Vietnamese mother reunited
Deep End, The (2001) Mom spirals out of control trying to protect son from being
found guilty of murder
Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood (2002)
Door to Door (2002) 7.1 A man with cerebral palsy is determined to become a
salesman
Driven (2001) - Sylvester Stallone car racing
Dog of Flanders, A
Dogma
Double Jeopardy
End of Days
Enemy at the Gates (2001) 7.3 Russian and German snipers during the Battle of Stalingrad WWII
Enemy Within, The
Existenz - computer game sci-fi
Eye of the Beholder
For Love of the Game
Far from Heaven (2002) 7.8 1950's Connecticut housewife and exec husband
Faust (2000)
Felicia's Journey - Naive Irish teenager searching for her boyfriend becomes
prey for psychopath
Field of Dreams (1998) Man on farm hears voices urging him to build a baseball
field
Fight Club(1999) 8.4 Disillusioned man puts punch in his life
Finding Forrester (2000) 7.7 An afro-American teen writing prodigy finds a mentor in
a reclusive author
Four Feathers, The (2002) 6.3 British officer resigns, receives 4 white feathers
from friends
Frequency (2000) cross-time link: changing the past to affect the future
Frida (2002) 7.5 Biography of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo
Gangs of New York, The (2002) 7.3 1863 Five Points area of New York, Bill the Butcher
General's Daughter, The
Girl, Interrupted (low)
Gladiator
Good Girl, The (2002) 7.2 A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy
Good Thief, The 6.8 (2002) gambler attempts to rob a casino in southern France
Gosford Park (2001) 7.6 Violence, mystery, sex, and murder, 1932 English manor
setting
Green Mile, The
Grosse Point Blank - 10-year high school reunion
Guilty, The (1999) 6.8 Life's ironic twists; lawyer/judge screws over x-secretery
Hannibal (2001) 6.5 Anthony Hopkins follow-up to Silence of the Lambs
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) 7.4
Havana - 1958 Cuban revolution with Robert Redford
Hearts in Atlantis (2001) 6.9 A widowed mother and her son take in a mysterious drifter
High Crimes (2002) 6.1 formulaic mass-market mystery/thriller
Hollow Man
Hours, The (2002) 7.8 Three women in different eras who are all affected by Virginia Woolf
House Divided, A interracial family in 1880's Georgia
House of Mirth (2000) 7.3
Impostur
In the Bedroom (2001) 7.6 young man, older woman, x-husband
Insomnia (2002) 7.7 Two homicide detectives are sent to a northern town to investigate
a murder
Insider, The
Intacto 6.9 (2001) Man has ability to steal, sell, or give away good luck to
anyone he chooses
Iron Giant - kid's animation
Italian Job, The (2003) 6.8 Thieves plan to pull off heist of their lives via L.
A. traffic jam
The Jack Bull
Keeping the Faith - three childhood 'best friends'; romantic comedy/drama
Jerry Seinfeld - Comedian
Joe the King
Joy Ride
K-19 (2002) 6.8 Russian submarine
K-Pax (2001) 7.2 a patient at a mental hospital claims to be from a far away
planet
Kid, The
Laurel Canyon
Last Castle, The
Legend of Bagger Vance
Liberty Heights
Limbo
Limey, The
Lonesome Dove (1989) long Western; two former Texas rangers who decide to move
cattle
Little Voice
Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 8.9 part 1 of the
trilogy
Lorenzo's Oil
(1992) 7.0 A boy develops a disease so
rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his father decides tackles the problem
himself
Made in America
Magnolia
Majestic, The (2001) 6.7 Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer loses his
memory in car accident
Man from Elysian Fields, The (2001) 6.7 A failed novelist goes to work for an
escort service
Mansfield Park(1999) 7.3 - adaptation of Jane Austin's controversial novel
Meet the Parents
Memento (2000) Memento is this year's Sixth Sense
Men of Honor - black man overcomes Navy's prejudice
Mesmer
Mexican, The (2001) A man tries to transport an ancient gun called The Mexican
The Mighty
Minority Report(2002) 8.0 In the future, criminals are caught before the crimes they commit
Minus Man, The - character study about serial-killer young man
Monsoon Wedding (2001) 7.5 An arranged marriage in India
Month By the Lake, A
Moonlight Mile (2002) 6.8 A man lingers in the family home of his fiancé after
her death
Mothman Prophecies, The (2002) 6.7 A reporter is drawn to a small West Virginia
town
Mulholland Drive (2001) 8.3 A lost woman with amnesia is helped in L.A.
Mumford - fake psychologist ?maybe
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) 7.5 Greek woman wants to marry a non-Greek
O Brother (2000) Three stumblebum convicts escape to go on a quest
Ocean's Eleven (2001) 7.6 Eleven criminal associates plot to rob a string of
casinos in Las Vegas
Others, The (2001) 8.1 A woman lives in a darkened old house with her two
photosensitive children
The Other Sister
Panic Room (2002)
7.3 Three men search for a fortune in a mansion while
a woman hides in one of its rooms
Partners in Crime
Passion of Mind - psychological thriller; a woman struggles to distinguish
between her two lives
Patriot, The
Perfect Storm
Personal Velocity (2002) 6.5 Vignettes of 3 women trying to free themselves from
the men in their lives
Phone Booth 7.5 (2002) Man is trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist
Pianist, The (2002) 8.6 A man survives the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of WW2
Pilot's Wife, The 5.3 (2001) Pilot husband disappears
Pitch Black (sci-fi)
Playing by Heart
Pledge, The (2001) 7.0 A retiring police chief pledges to catch the killer of a
young child
Pollock (2000) 7.4 biography of the artist
Prophet's Game, The - a retired detective with a personal vendetta; gory
Punch-drunk Love (2002) 7.8 A stupid man; awful movie
Quiet American, The (2002) 7.5 British, American, Vietnamese girl love
triangle
Rabbit-proof Fence 7.8 (2003) 1931 Australian Outback, 1500-mi. rabbit fence
Random Hearts
Recruit, The (2003) 6.4 A CIA trainee is asked to help find a mole in the Agency
Red Dragon (2002) 7.4 Prequel to 'Silence of the Lambs.'
Red Violin, The - flashbacks to history of violin that is being auctioned in
Canada
Reindeer Games (2000) 5.5 Con assumes identity of dead cellmate on the outside
Remember the Titans (2002) 7.5 - corny, affirmative-action football story;
feel-good Disney
Restraining Order
Return to Me - in the tradition of old-style Hollywood romances - Valentine
movie
Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) 6.3 A single mother has a son at the age of 15 in 1968
Road to Perdition (2002) 7.8 A hitman's son witnesses what his father does for a
living
Rock Star (2001) 6.1 Lead singer of a tribute band becomes lead singer of the
real band he idolizes
Rogue Trader
Route 9
Rules of Engagement - Military courtroom; a retired marine lawyer
returning to defend his friend
Runaway Bride
Score, The (2001) 7 Aging thief hopes to retire; a young kid blackmails him into
doing one last heist
Seabiscuit (2003) 7.7 true story about underdog race horse
Se7en (1995) 8.3 New cop, about-to-retire cop chase serial killer whose clues
are 7 Deadly Sins
Serendipity (2001) 6.8 A couple reunite years after the night they first met
Shipping News, The (2001 7.1 masterful tale of loss, recovery, and pain
Simpatico
Simple Plan, A - Neo-noir thriller; small-town buddies discover $4 million in
cash
Sixth Sense, The
Sleepy Time Gal, The (2001) 6.9 A women dying of cancer and her family
Skulls
Space Cowboys - A retired astronaut is called to help stop an old satellite from
crashing back to Earth
Spellbound (2002) 8.5 documentary of national spelling bee
Spy Game (2001) 7.2 Retiring CIA agent recalls his training
Soft Fruit - comic/drama; 4 argumentative Aussie siblings return home to care
for their sick mother
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) 6.5 Yet another Star Trek movie ...
Star Wars Episone 2: Attack of the Clones
Stigmata
Stir of Echoes
Story of Us, The - married couple go through hard times in fifteen years
of marriage; touching, insightful
Straight Story, The - old man on lawnmower goes to see dying brother
Sum of All Fears (2002) 7.0 Tom Clancy movie; nuclear weapons at the Super Bowl
Sunshine (1999) The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.
Sweet Home Alabama (2002) 6.2 white-trash background woman runs away to New Yawk
Swordfish (2001) hacker
Talk to Her (2002) Spanish 8.3 Two men meet while they care for their
girlfriends who are in a coma
Taxi Driver
Talented Mr. Ripley, The
Tears of the Sun (2003) 6.2 Special Ops commander leads woman doc out
of Nigeria
Thirteen Days (2000) 7.6 Cuban missile crisis
Three Kings - Gulf War
(2000) 7.5 bootcamp prior to going to Vietnam
Total Recall 2070
Traffic (2000) losing the drug war
Training Day (2001) 7.3 On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a
rookie cop works with a rogue detective
Trapped (2002) 6.0 daughter is kidnapped, parents turn the table on seemingly
foolproof plan
True Crime - well-made film about a journalist
Tuesdays With Morrie
Tumbleweeds
Twelve Monkeys (1995) A lone time traveler from the year 2035 must solve a riddle that may save his people
Two Family House (2000) 7.6 Italian-American couple with different
goals struggle for dreams in the Bronx
U-571
Unbreakable (2000) A suspense thriller with supernatural overtones;
Bruce Willis
Under Suspicion (2002) 6.2 A lawyer is asked to come to the police station
to clear up a few loose...
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Vanilla Sky (2001) 7.0 publisher finds his life taking a turn for the surreal
after a car accident
Waking Ned Devine - old section: Comic Irish fable; little old man enlisting entire town to
hoodwink lottery official
Walk on the Moon
Watcher, The - detective tracking a serial killer
We Were Soldiers (2002) 7.4 Vietnam
Whale Rider (2002) 8.2 New Zealand aborigine
What Lies Beneath - Scary, spooky mystery
Whole 9 Yards
Windtalkers (2002) 5.9 Navajo Marines use their native language as an
unbreakable radio cypher
Winslow Boy, The
Witness Protection
You Can Count on Me (2000) 8.3 Druggie brother is 'better' than
banker straight sister
Hallmark movies we've seen:
Johnson County 2002
Journey
Lost Child, The 2000
Love Letter, The (1999)
Night Ride Home
Piano Lesson, The (1995)
Old Man (1997)
Painted House, A (2003)
Sarah, Plain and Tall (1992)
To Dance with the White Dog (1999)
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