Best films...

So, one might ask, just what are my favorite films, and what is my criterion for a film being favorite?

To answer the second question first, a favorite film is one that, given the time and inclination to watch a movie, I will be glad to watch yet again, either from the beginning or not.

My favorite movies are, in the order in which they occurred to me just now:

• Casablanca (Bogie, Bergman, Henreid, Raines)


• Apollo 13 (Tom Hanks)


• Remember the Titans (Denzel Washington)


• My Favorite Year (Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker)


• The Thin Man (William Powell, Myrna Loy)


• My Man Godfrey (William Powell, Carole Lombard)


• The Maltese Falcon (Bogie, Astor, Lorre, Greenstreet)


• The Big Sleep (Bogie & Bacall)


• Велое сольнце пустыни (White Sun of the Desert)


• Inherit the Wind (Spencer Tracy, Fredric March)


• Cyrano de Bergerac (1950, José Ferrer)


• The 13th Warrior (Antonio Banderas)

I feel compelled to expand on my choices (past mentioning memorable actors), but time is short, and it's been one heck of a long day.

Cheers...