Bill's Video Rental Guide

Below you'll find my ratings and reviews on everything I've seen or seen again since 1998. I've split them into various categories to make it easier to find one you wish to see. There are many wonderful movies that slip through the cracks every year, and I hope this helps get the word out for some of them.

Documentaries

Film Description	My Reviews	My Rating
28 Up	.
35 Up	.
42 Up	Review
4 Little Girls	Review
An Act of Conscience	Review
American Movie	.
Animals are Beautiful People	.
Andy Warhol	.
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack	.
The Big One	.
Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back	.
Brother's Keeper	Review
Bus 174 (Ônibus 174)	.
Capturing the Friedmans	.
Comedian	.
Control Room	.
Crumb	.
Dark Days	.
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years	.
Devil's Playground	Review
Dogtown and Z-Boys	.
Driver 23	Review
EricCarr: Tale of the Fox	.
The Eruption of Mount St. Helens: IMAX	.
Fahrenheit 9/11	Review
Fast, Cheap, & Out of Control	.
The Fog of War	.
From the Journals of Jean Seberg	.
Gimme Shelter	.
Get Bruce	.
The Gleaners and I (Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse)	.
Hands on a Hard Body	.
Heidi Fleiss, Hollywood Madam	.
Home Movie	.
Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie	.
Hype!	.
I am Trying to Break Your Heart	.
The Kid Stays in the Picture	.
Kurt & Courtney	.
The Last Days	Review
Looking for Richard	.
Lost in La Mancha	.
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision	Review
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster	.
Microcosmos	.
Moving the Mountain	.
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter Jr.	.
My Flesh and Blood	.
Night and Fog	.
Nuyorican Dream	Review
On the Ropes	.
One Day In September	.
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism	.
Overnight
Regret to Inform	.
Return With Honor	Review
Rivers & Tides	.
Roger & Me	.
Shoah	.
Small Wonders	.
South	.
Spellbound	.
Startup.com	.
Super Size Me	.
Tarnation	.
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey	.
The Thin Blue Line	.
Touching the Void	.
Trekkies	.
Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography	.
Waco: The Rules of Engagement	Mini-Review
The War Room	.
Wednesday July 19, 1961	.
Wild Man Blues	.
Word Wars	.
WWII: The Lost Color Archives #1	.
Year of the Horse	.
The Yes Men	.

Dramas

Film Description	My Reviews	My Rating
2001: A Space Odyssey	.
21 Grams	.
25th Hour	.
36 Fillette	.
8 1/2	.
About Schmidt	Review
The Adjuster	.
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole	.
Affliction	.
The Alamo	.
All About My Mother (Todo Sobre mi Madre)	.
All or Nothing	.
All Over Me	.
All the Little Animals	.
Almost Famous	.
Amadeus	.
American Beauty	.
American History X	.
Amistad	.
Amores Perros	.
An Angel at My Table	.
Angela's Ashes	.
Antonia	.
Any Given Sunday	.
The Apostle	.
Ararat	.
Artemisia	.
Artificial Intelligence: AI	Review
At Close Range	.
Au Revoir, Les Enfants (Goodbye, Children)	Review
Apollo 13	.
The Assassination of Richard Nixon	.
Auto Focus	.
Autumn Spring (Babí léto)	.
The Aviator	.
Babettes gæstebud (Babette's Feast)	.
Baadasssss	.
Badlands	.
Bad Lieutenant	.
Baran	.
The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares)	.
Barfly	.
Battleship Potemkin	.
A Beautiful Mind	.
Before the Rain	.
Belle de Jour	.
Better Luck Tomorrow	.
The Bicycle Thief	.
Big	.
Big Fish	.
The Big Kahuna	Review
Billy Elliot	.
Billy Jack	Review
Billy Jack Goes to Washington	.
Black Hawk Down	Review
Black Rain (Kuroi ame)	.
Bliss	.
Bloody Sunday	.
The Blue Kite	.
Boiler Room	.
Bonnie and Clyde	.
Boogie Nights	.
The Boost	.
Bopha!	.
Born Losers	.
Bound for Glory	.
Boys Don't Cry	.
Breaking Away	.
Bringing Out The Dead	.
Broken Vessels	.
Buffalo '66	.
Bully	.
The Butcher Boy	.
Butterfly (La Lengua de las mariposas)	.
Cast Away	.
The Cat's Meow	.
Central Station	.
Character	.
Chicago Cab	.
Chloe in the Afternoon (L'Amour l'apres-midi)	.
City of God (Cidade de Deus)	.
Citizen Kane	.
A Civil Action	.
Clean, Shaven	.
The Color Purple	.
The Cooler	.
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	.
The Contender	.
Cool Hand Luke	.
Cop Land	.
Country Life	.
Cradle Will Rock	.
The Crime of Father Amaro	.
Croupier	.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	.
Cry, The Beloved Country	.
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs	.
Das Boot	.
Dead Man Walking	Review
Devil's Island	.
Diamond Men	.
Dog Day Afternoon	.
The Doors	.
Drugstore Cowboy	.
Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu)	.
The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds	.
Elephant	.
Elizabeth	.
Endurance	.
Enduring Love	.
Erin Brockovich	.
Ermo	.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	.
Europa, Europa	.
Exotica	.
Fahrenheit 451	.
Faithless	.
The Falcon and the Snowman	.
Fallen Angels (Duoluo tianshi)	.
Falling From Grace	.
The Fast Runner	Review
Fat Girl (À ma soeur!)	.
Felicia's Journey	.
Female Perversions	.
Field Of Dreams	Review
Fight Club	.
The Final Cut	.
Finding Graceland	..
Finding Neverland	.
The Fisher King	.
Forrest Gump	.
Four Days in September	.
The French Connection	.
Friday Night Lights	.
Gabbeh	Review
Gadjo dilo	.
Gandhi	.
Gardens of Stone	.
Gattaca	.
The General	.
George Washington	.
Get on the Bus	.
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai	.
Girlfight	.
Girl, Interrupted	.
Girl With a Pearl Earring	.
Gladiator	.
Go	.
Gods and Monsters	.
The Good Girl	.
Good Night, and Good Luck	.
Good Will Hunting	.
Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion)	.
The Green Mile	.
Guilty By Suspicion	.
Guinevere	.
The Hanging Garden	.
Hard Eight	.
Heartbreakers	.
He Got Game	.
Heaven and Earth	.
Heavenly Creatures	.
Heavy	Review
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer	.
High Art	.
Hilary And Jackie	.
Hotel Rwanda	.
The Hours	.
Howards End	.
Hurlyburly	.
The Ice Storm	.
I Shot Andy Warhol	.
Il Postino	.
In America	.
In the Bedroom	.
In the Company of Men	.
The Insider	.
Interiors	.
Invincible (Unbesiegbar)	.
Jackie Brown	.
Jean de Florette	.
Ju Dou	.
Jude	.
K-PAX	Review
Kandahar	.
Kids	.
The King Of Masks	.
Kinsey	.
Kolya	.
The Krays	.
La Double vie de Véronique	.
La Fille Seule (A Single Girl)	.
La Jatee	.
La Promesse (The Promise)	.
Ladder 49	.
The Last Detail	.
The Last Picture Show	.
The Last Samurai	.
The Last Supper	.
The Last Temptation of Christ	.
Last Year at Marienbad	.
Lawn Dogs	.
Lawrence Of Arabia	.
Lean On Me	.
The Legend Of 1900	.
Les Miserables	.
Les Voleurs (Thieves)	.
Let Him Have It	.
Light Sleeper	.
Lilies	.
Little Dorrit	Review
Little Man Tate	.
Little Odessa	.
The Locusts	.
Live From Baghdad	.
Lone Star	.
Lost and Delirious	.
Lost in Translation	.
The Madness of King George	.
Ma Vie en Rose (My Life in Pink)	.
Madadayo	.
Magnolia	.
The Majestic	.
Malcolm X	.
The Man From Elysian Fields	.
The Man on the Train (L'Homme du train)	.
The Man Who Wasn't There	.
The Man Without a Past	.
Manon des sources (Manon of the Spring)	.
Map of the Human Heart	.
Maria Full of Grace	.
Maryam	.
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	.
Max	.
Mean Creek	.
Men With Guns	.
The Merchant of Venice	.
Metropolis	.
Miami Blues	.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	.
Million Dollar Baby	.
The Minus Man	.
Miracle	.
Mon Oncle D'Amerique	Review
Mona Lisa	.
Monster	.
Monster's Ball	.
Moonlight Mile	Review
Moscow on the Hudson	Review
Mountains of the Moon	.
Mr. Saturday Night	.
Mrs. Brown	.
My Dinner With Andre	.
My Father's Glory	.
My First Mister	.
My Girl	.
My Life as a Dog	.
My Life So Far	.
My Own Country	Review
My Son, the Fanatic	.
Mystic River	.
The Myth of Fingerprints	.
Nell	.
Never Cry Wolf	.
Niagara, Niagara	.
Night Falls on Manhattan	.
No Man's Land	Review
Northfork	Review
Not One Less	.
Nothing Personal	.
Nowhere in Africa	.
October Sky	.
Oleanna	.
On Golden Pond	.
Once Around	.
Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored	.
Once Were Warriors	.
Open Range	.
Orlando	.
Owning Mahowny	.
Padre Padrone	.
Panic	.
Papillon	.
The Passion of Anna (En Passion)	.
The Patriot	.
A Perfect World	.
Permanent Record	.
Personal Velocity	.
Phenomenon	.
The Pianist	.
The Piano	.
Platoon	.
Pollock	.
Ponette	.
The Postman	.
Primary Colors	.
The Princess and the Warrior (Der Krieger und die Kaiserin)	.
Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkaskij plennik)	.
Priyatel pokojnika (A Friend of the Deceased)	.
Pulp Fiction	.
Pups	.
The Quiet American	.
Quills	.
Rabbit-Proof Fence	.
Raining Stones	.
The Rainmaker	.
Raise the Red Lantern	.
Raising Victor Vargas	.
The Rapture	.
Ray	.
Red Surf	.
The Red Violin	.
Remember the Titans	.
Requiem For a Dream	.
Reservoir Dogs	.
Restoration	.
Return to Paradise	.
Riding in Cars With Boys	Review
Rocky	.
Romance	.
Rosetta	.
Rosewood	.
Rough Magic	.
Rounders	.
Running on Empty	Review
Saving Private Ryan	.
Savior	.
Say Anything	.
Searching For Bobby Fischer	.
Seabiscuit	.
September	.
Set It Off	.
Sex and Lucia	.
Seven Beauties	Review
Seven Samurai	.
Seventeen Years	.
The Seventh Seal	.
The Shawshank Redemption	.
The Shipping News	.
Sid & Nancy	.
Silver City	.
Simon Birch	.
Sling Blade	.
Small Change (L'Argent de poche)	.
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries	.
The Son (Le Fils)	.
The Son's Room (Stanza del figlio)	.
Sonatine	.
Solaris	.
Sophie's Choice	.
Stolen Summer	Review
The Straight Story	Mini-Review
SubUrbia	.
Summer Of Sam	.
Sunday	.
Sunshine State	.
Suzie Washington	.
The Sweet Hereafter	.
Sweet Sixteen	.
The Terrorist (Malli)	.
They Shoot Horses, Don't They	.
The Thief (Vor)	.
The Thin Red Line	.
The Third Miracle	.
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	.
Thirteen Days	.
Three Colors: Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu)	.
Three Colors: White (Trzy kolory: Bialy)	.
Three Colors: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge)	.
Thirty Two Short Films about Glenn Gould	.
Three Kings	.
THX 1138	.
Titus	Review
Three Seasons	.
To Live (Fu shi lian qu)	.
Together (He ni zai y qi)	.
Traffic	.
Traveller	.
Tree's Lounge	.
The Trial (Le Procès)	.
The Trial of Billy Jack	.
The Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei)	.
Tully	.
Twelve Monkeys	.
Twenty Bucks	.
Twin Falls, Idaho	.
Ulee's Gold	.
Undertow	.
An Unmarried Woman	.
Under The Skin	.
Vagabond	.
Valentin	.
Vera Drake	.
The Virgin Suicides	.
Walkabout	.
We Were Soldiers	.
The Weather Man	.
Welcome to the Dollhouse	.
Whale Rider	.
Whatever	.
What's Eating Gilbert Grape	.
When Trumpets Fade	.
Wild Reeds (Les Roseaux Sauvages)	.
Wings	.
Wit	Review
Woman in the Dunes (Suna no onna)	.
A World Apart	.
Xich lo (Cyclo)	.
XiuXiu: The Sent-Down Girl	.
Y tu mama tambien	.
Yi yi	.
The Young Poisoner's Handbook	.

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Comedies

Film Description	My Reviews	My Rating
2 Seconds (2 secondes)	.
24 Hour Party People	.
The 40 Year Old Virgin	.
About a Boy	.
A Fish Called Wanda	.
Adaptation	.
Alice	.
All I Wanna Do	.
All of Me	.
Amelie	.
American Graffiti	.
American Pie	.
American Pie 2	.
American Splendor	.
Analyze This	.
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	.
Annie Hall	.
Anything Else	.
Austin Powers	.
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	.
Barton Fink	.
Beautiful People	.
Being John Malkovich	.
Being There	Review
Bend It Like Beckham	.
Best in Show	.
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls	.
The Big Lebowski	.
Big Night	.
Billy Madison	.
Blast From The Past	.
Bio-Dome	.
Bottle Rocket	.
Box of Moonlight	.
Brassed Off	.
Buffalo Soldiers	.
Bulworth	.
Canadian Bacon	.
The Castle	.
Catch Me if You Can	.
Celebrity	.
Children of the Revolution	.
City Lights	.
City Slickers	.
Clockwatchers	.
Coffee and Cigarettes	.
Commandments	.
The Commitments	Review
Cousin Bette	.
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course	.
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion	.
Deconstructing Harry	.
Detroit Rock City	.
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo	.
Dick	.
Dirty Work	.
The Dish	.
Divided We Fall	.
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	.
Dogma	Review
Dumb And Dumber	Review
Dummy	.
East is East	.
EDtv	.
Election	.
Elling	.
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill....	.
Fever Pitch	.
For Roseanna	.
Free Enterprise	.
Full Monty	.
The Funeral (Ososhiki)	.
Galaxy Quest	.
Garden State	.
Gazon Maudit (French Twist)	.
Ghost World	.
God Said 'Ha'!	.
God of Cookery (Shi Shen)	.
The Gods Must Be Crazy	.
Gosford Park	.
Grosse Pointe Blank	.
Groundhog Day	.
Happiness	.
Happy Gilmore	.
Happy, Texas	.
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle	.
Harold and Maude	.
Heathers	.
Henry Fool	.
Herman, USA	Review
High Fidelity	.
Human Nature	.
An Ideal Husband	.
Igby Goes Down	Review
Il Mostro (The Monster)	.
In & Out	.
In Good Company	.
In the Weeds	.
Intolerable Cruelty	.
Irma Vep	.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	.
Joe Versus the Volcano	.
Junk Mail	.
Jury Duty	.	zero stars
Kingpin	.
Kissing Jessica Stein	Review
The Last Days of Disco	.
The Last Shot	.
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	.
Life is Beautiful	.
Life of Brian	.
Little Voice	.
Living In Oblivion	.
Local Hero	.
Los Enchiladas	.
Making Mr. Right	.
Manhattan	.
Man On The Moon	.
Matchstick Men	.
Mean Girls	.
Meet the Fockers	.
Meet the Parents	.
Melinda and Melinda	.
A Merry War (Keep the Aspidistra Flying)	.
Metropolitan	.
A Midsummer Night's Dream	.
Mifune (Mifunes sidste sang)	.
A Mighty Wind	.
Mojave Moon	.
Monster in a Box	.
The Mouse That Roared	.
Mr. Wrong	.	zero stars
My Big Fat Greek Wedding	.
My Cousin Vinny	.
Mystery Men	.
Mystery Train	.
Napoleon Dynamite	.
Nurse Betty	.
O Brother, Where Art Thou?	.
Office Space	.
Old School	.
The Opposite of Sex	.
Orgazmo	.
Osmosis Jones	.
Out of Sight	.
Outside Providence	.
Parenthood	.
Pecker	.
Picking up the Pieces	.
Planes, Trains & Automobiles	.
Play It Again, Sam	.
Pleasantville	.
Punch Drunk Love	.
Purple Rose of Cairo	.
Radio Days	.
Raising Arizona	.
The Real Blonde	.
Revenge of the Nerds	.
Rock Star	.
Roger Dodger	.
The Royal Tenenbaums	.
Rushmore	.
Saved!	.
School Daze	.
A Self-Made Hero	Review
Shakes the Clown	.
Shallow Hal	.
Shower (Xizao)	.
Sideways	.
SLC Punk!	.
Slums Of Beverly Hills	.
Small Time Crooks	.
Smoke Signals	.
The Snapper	Review
Son-In-Law	.
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut	.
Spanglish	.
Spanking the Monkey	.
Stardust Memories	.
Starsky & Hutch	.
State and Main	.
The Station Agent	.
Still Crazy	.
Storytelling	.
Strange Brew	.
Stuart Saves His Family	.
Stuck on You	.
Sweet and Lowdown	.
Swingers	.
Take the Money and Run	.
Tampopo	.
A Taxing Woman (Marusa no onna)	.
The Terminal	.
There's Something About Mary	.
Timecode	.
Touch	.
The Truman Show	.
The Van	.
Wag The Dog	.
Waiting For Guffman	.
Waking Ned Devine	.
The Wedding Banquet	.
Wedding Crashers	.
When Harry Met Sally	.
When The Cat's Away	.
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown	.
Wonder Boys	.
You Can Count On Me	.
Your Friends and Neighbors	.
Zelig	.

Action

Film Description	My Reviews	My Rating
Air Force One	.
Aliens	.
The Assignment	.
Batman Begins	.
Battlefield Earth	.
Blade	.
The Bourne Identity	.
Collateral Damage	Review
The Crow	Review
Daredevil	.
Daylight	.	zero stars
Die Hard	.
G.I. Jane	.
Godzilla	.
Hellboy	.
Hero	.
Highlander	.
Hulk	.
Independence Day	.
Kill Bill: Vol 1	.
Kill Bill: Vol 2	.
Lethal Weapon	.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended DVD)	.
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Extended DVD)	.
The Matrix	.
The Matrix Reloaded	Review
The Matrix Revolutions	.
Minority Report	.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith	.
Payback	.
Predator	.
Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt)	.
Sholay	.
Sin City	.
Small Soldiers	.
Spawn	.
Spider-Man	.
Starship Troopers	Mini-Review
Star Wars	.
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	.
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	.
The Stormriders	.
The Terminator	.
Under Siege	.
X2	.
X-Men	.

Thrillers / Mysteries

Film Description	My Reviews	My Rating
28 Days Later	.
8MM	.
American Psycho	.
The Blair Witch Project	.
Blood & Wine	.
Blood Simple	.
Body Snatchers (1993)	.
Bound	.
Bride of Frankenstein	.
Butterfly Kiss	.
Carne Tremula (Live Flesh)	.
Chinatown	.
City of Lost Children	.
Clay Pigeons	.
Confidence	.
Coven	.
The Deep End	.
Deterrence	.
Diabolique (1955 French version)	.
Diva	.
Dolores Claiborne	.
Donnie Darko	.
The Edge	.
eXistenZ	.
The Exorcist	.
Eye of God	.
Eyes Wide Shut	.
Femme Fatale	.
The Final Countdown	.
The Fly	.
Following	.
Frailty	.
Frankenstein	.
Freeway	Review
The Game	.
The General's Daughter	.
House of Games	.
The Gift	.
The Incident	.
Insomnia	.
Joint Security Area (Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok)	.
Killing Zoe	.
Kiss the Girls	.
L.A. Confidential	.
Lantana	.
The Leading Man	.
Limbo	.
The Limey	.
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels	.
Lulu on the Bridge	.
M	.
The Machinist	.
Manchurian Candidate, The	.
Manhattan Project, The	.
Marathon Man	.
Memento	.
Mercury Rising	.
Misery	.
Monsieur Hire	.
Mulholland Drive	.
Panic Room	.
A Perfect Murder	.
Ocean's Eleven	.
One False Move	.
One Hour Photo	.
Open Water	.
Peeping Tom	.
The Phantom of the Opera	.
Phone Booth	.
Pi	.
Picnic at Hanging Rock	.
Playing God	.
Red Dragon	.
Red Rock West	.
The Salton Sea	.
Santa Sangre	.	zero stars
Secret Window	.
Sexy Beast	.
Se7en	.
Shadow of the Vampire	.
The Siege	.
Signs	Review
A Simple Plan	.
Six Ways To Sunday	.
The Sixth Sense	.
Sleepers	.
Sleepy Hollow	.
Solaris	.
A Soldier's Story	.
The Spanish Prisoner	.
Strange Days	.
Strangeland	.
Suicide Kings	.
Swimming Pool	.
Tremors	.
The Two Jakes	.
Vanilla Sky	.
The Vanishing (French version)	.
Wages of Fear	.
Wild Things	.
The X Files	.
Zero Effect	.

Romances / Chick Flicks

Film Description	My Rating
Alfie
All the Real Girls
Anywhere But Here
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Better Than Chocolate
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss
Chocolat
Dangerous Beauty
Days of Heaven
Enchanted April
Eve's Bayou
Ever After
Flirting
Get Real
Gone With the Wind
The Governess
Jerry Maguire
Like Water for Chocolate
Manny & Lo
Me Without You
Mrs. Dalloway
Only the Lonely
Only You
A Price Above Rubies
Return to Me
Sense and Sensibility
Shadowlands
Shakespeare In Love
Sliding Doors
The Souler Opposite
Stealing Home
Steel Magnolias
The Tall Guy
Il Testimone Dello Sposo (The Best Man)
This is My Father
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Titanic
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Upside of Anger
Walking and Talking
The Wedding Singer
What Dreams May Come
XX/XY

Musicals

Film Description	My Reviews	My Rating
Aria	.
Hair	.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch	Review
Little Shop Of Horrors	.
Moulin Rouge	.
Pink Floyd - The Wall	.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show	.
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory	Review
Yentl	Review