If you are just dying to see a movie and are just about to run to the video store, but you have no idea what to rent, then you are on the right page. Below, I have listed a mixture of contemporary, modern classics, and classics, most of which can be found on the rental shelves. I have rated them on the basis of a 1-10 scale, with 10 being the greatest. They are in order within the categories from the oldest to the most recent. Only the movies that could score a 7 or above can make it to this elite page. There are plenty of titles to satisfy the hungry movie renter. If anyone can think of some I have overlooked (and I know there will be many, since I just pulled them out at random) then then email me and I will rate them as well. Titles with links will take you to a more in-depth review. With all that said, here are my suggestions, starting with the 10's, the greatest movies of all times...

10

The Godfather (1972)
Henry V (1989)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Devil In a Blue Dress (1995)
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
Life Is Beautiful (La Vita è bella) (1997)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
American History X (1998)
American Beauty (1999)

9

Casablanca (1942)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
The Untouchables (1987)
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
Wuthering Heights (1992)
As Good As It Gets (1997)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Elizabeth (1998)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
The Red Violin (1999)
Dogma (1999)

8

The Maltese Falcon (1941)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Psycho (1960)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Top Gun (1986)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Heat (1995)
The English Patient (1996)
Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh's version)(1996)
Shine (1996)
Gods and Monsters (1997)
Hideous Kinky (1998)
One True Thing (1998)
Sliding Doors (1998)
Boys Don't Cry (1999)

7

Key Largo (1948)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Emma (1996)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Pushing Tin (1999)
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

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