10. Body Double by Brian DePalma
Not too well known. A bit cheesy but nevertheless an entertaining thriller.
9. The Untouchables by Brian De Palma
An outstanding film about how Al Capone (Robert De Niro) is brought down by an honest cop(Kevin Costner) and his mentor (Sean Connery). Gripping from first to last frame.
8. Mission Impossible Series
Please don't tell me you didn't enjoy the special effects and stunts.
The third one was not upto par but on the whole extremely entertaining series. Tom Cruise does a great job.
7. The Good, The Bad, The Ugly by Sergio Leone
Clint Eastwood's best movie ( ok I am stretching here !!!). And to me the most under appreciated performance was by Eli Wallach as "The Ugly". The violence is gory sometimes but great western movie.
6. The Magnificent Seven by John Sturges
Remake of "The Seven Samurai" by Akira Kurosawa. Another western where 7 drifting gunmen are hired by villagers to fight bandits. Kurosawa's version was more elegantly shot but this does make for gripping theater.
5. Indian Jones and the Last Crusade - Steven Spielberg
A rollicking good fun movie and the addition of Sean Connery was a brilliant touch.
4. North by North West - Alfred Hitchcock
Besides the highlight scene shot in the corn fields, an absolutely thrilling whodunnit by the master himself. The charm of Cary Grant added more to the movie.
3. Rear Window - Alfred Hitchcock
Jimmy Stewart, Grace Kelly and a delightful murder mystery combined with the genius of Hitchcock.
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark - Steven Spielberg
The best of the Indiana Jones movies because of the freshness, the surprises and Harrison Ford. George Lucas and Spielberg make a great team.
And for the best......
1. Godfather by Francis Ford Coppola.
Oustanding transfer of an ordinary book onto film. Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino etc in a brilliantly scripted and shot trilogy.
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