#120: Filmspotting University: Top 5 Films Every Young Filmmaker Should See

Adam

1. Raging Bull

2. Chinatown

3. Blue Velvet

4. Trust

5. L'Avventura / The Passenger

---

Sam

1. Tokyo Story

2. Kill Bill (1 and 2)

3. Herzog-Kinski Marathon

4. Slacker

5. George Washington

---

Rian Johnson

1. Fellini's 8 1/2

2. Brazil

3. Barton Fink

4. Annie Hall / The Apartment

5. Goodfellas

#119: True Stories

Adam

1. All the President’s Men

2. The Right Stuff

3. Bloody Sunday

4. In Cold Blood

5. Salvador

—

6. Paths of Glory

7. Matewan

8. Quiz Show

9. Bad Lands

10. The Pianist

---

Sam

1. All the President’s Men

2. The Right Stuff

3. The Insider

4. Quiz Show

5. Bloody Sunday

—

6. Heavenly Creatures

7. Topsy Turvy

9. Elephant

10. The Straight Story

11. The Big Red One

#118: Sidekicks

Adam

1. Doc Holliday — TOMBSTONE

2. Mike Schnack — AMERICAN MOVIE

3. Charles — A BEAUTIFUL MIND/Dr. Maurtin — MASTER AND COMMANDER

4. Terrence Mann, FIELD OF DREAMS

5. Mouse, DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS/Jim Malone, THE UNTOUCHABLES

—

6. Aaron Altman — BROADCAST NEWS

7. Barry — HIGH FIDELITY

8. Cameron Frye — FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF

9. Lisa Fremont — REAR WINDOW

10. Dude — RIO BRAVO

---

Scott smith

1. Cosmo Brown — SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN

2. Brodie — MALLRATS

3. Barry — HIGH FIDELITY

4. Doc Holliday — TOMBSTONE

5. Laurel Boyd — JERRY MAGUIRE

#117: Drug Movies

Adam

1. Drugstore Cowboy

2. Requiem for a Dream

3. King of New York

4. Traffic

5. 25th Hour

—

6. Less Than Zero

7. Dazed and Confused

8. Midnight Express

9. Easy Rider

10. Sid & Nancy

---

Sam

1. Drugstore Cowboy

2. Last Days

3. Go

4. Traffic

5. The French Connection

—

6. Hurlyburly/24 Hour Party People

7. Lenny

8. Sid & Nancy

9. Requiem for a Dream

10. Thumbsucker

#116: Early Movie Memories

Adam

1. Cinderella

2. Star Wars

3. E.T.

4. Top Gun

5. The Wizard of Oz

---

Sam

1. The Empire Strikes Back

2. E.T.

3. Return of the Jedi

4. Goonies/European Vacation

5. The Karate Kid

#115: Male Bonding Movies

Adam

1. Rio Bravo

2. The Deer Hunter

3. Good Will Hunting

4. Swingers

5. Stand By Me

—

6. Diner

7. Clerks II

8. Beautiful Girls

9. The Outsiders

10. Jules and Jim

---

Sam

1. Rio Bravo

2. Hoosiers

3. Jackass: The Movie

4. Swingers

5. The Last Detail

—

6. Good Will Hunting

7. The Deer Hunter

8. Stand By Me

9. Bottle Rocket

10. Old School

#114: Mindbenders

Adam

1. Mulholland Drive

2. The Conversation

3. Brick

4. THX-1138

5. Donnie Darko

—

6. Blow Up

7. Solaris

8. Primer

9. Waking Life/Scanner Darkly

10. Eternal Sunshine/Being John Malkovich

---

Sam

1. Mulholland Drive

2. Adaptation

3. La Jetee

4. Primer

5. THX-1138

—

6. Pi

7. Solaris

8. Eyes Wide Shut

9. Clean Shaven

10. 2001: A Space Odyssey

#113: Movies We Should've Hated

Adam

1. West Side Story/The Matrix

2. Clueless

3. Spy Game/Man on Fire

4. Pirates of the Caribbean

5. Tigerland

‘Filmspotting Era’

1. Texas Chainsaw Massacre

2. Re-Animator

3. Dark Water

4. Red Eye

5. Personal Velocity

6. The Lake House

---

Sam

1. The Matrix

2. Stagecoach

3. Down With Love

4. Personal Velocity

5. Master & Commander

‘Filmspotting Era’

1. 40 Year Old Virgin

2. Shopgirl

3. Dark Water

4. Brick

5. MI3

6. The Break-Up

7. Serenity