The 2011 Wyss Film Festival

I love watching movies with Jayme. It's definitely one of my favorite things to do. To me, there's nothing better than settling in on the couch, watching a good film, and forgetting about all the other problems in the world. I am also an avid lover of the arts, and there's definitely something magical about filmmaking when it's done well. The right movie can transport you to a new dimension, churn your imagination, or make you experience new emotions. That being the case, I have decided as my 2011 New Year's resolution to watch as many movies as I can (a New Year's resolution I feel I can keep). I'm going to try to stay current with modern movies, as well as catch up on classic films. With all the great filmmaking in the world today, I don't want to miss any of it! So without further ado, here is a running list of all the movies I have watched in 2011!




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Ben-Hur (1959)
Letters To God (2010)
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? (1967)
Quantum Of Solace (2008)
Out Of Time (2003)
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
Hollywoodland (2006)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Lars And The Real Girl (2007)
Crazy Heart (2009)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Obsessed (2009)
The Third Man (1949)
Dances With Wolves (1990)
Mutiny On The Bounty (1935)
Evan Almighty (2007)
Adventureland (2009)
Zodiac (2007)
A Place In The Sun (1951)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
The Machinist (2004)
Henry Poole Is Here (2008)
To Save A Life (2009)
Leap Year (2010)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Reservation Road (2007)
Midnight Meat Train (2008)
The Things We Lost In The Fire (2007)
Bedtime Stories (2008)
Albino Alligator (1996)
Secretariat (2010)
Eight Men Out (1988)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
The Air I Breathe (2007)
Saw V (2008)
An American In Paris (1951)
Snow Angels (2007)
A Serious Man (2009)
Pathology (2008)
Giant (1956)
The Haunting In Connecticut (2009)
The Jazz Singer (1927)
Observe And Report (2009)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Take (2007)
Catch A Fire (2006)
The Paradine Case (1947)
Orphan (2009)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Office Space (1999)
Nothing But The Truth (2008)
Soylent Green (1973)
The Abandoned (2006)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Extract (2009)
Patton (1970)
House (2008)
The Wrong Man (1956)
Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
Keeping The Faith (2000)
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)
Couples Retreat (2009)
Frankenstein (1931)
Away We Go (2009)
Now And Then (1995)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Beyond A Reasonable Doubt (2009)
Superman (1979)
Old Dogs (2009)
Planet Of The Apes (2001)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Dear John (2009)
Lions For Lambs (2007)
Stagecoach (1939)
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (2008)
Awake (2007)
Make Mine Music (1946)
Fatal Attraction (1987)
The Unborn (2009)
The Cell (2000)
From Here To Eternity (1953)
Untraceable (2008)
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Rebel Without A Cause (1955)
The Last House On The Left (2009)
Seven Pounds (2008)
Made For Each Other (1939)
Big Fan (2009)
The Eye (2008)
All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008)
Black Sheep (1996)
Strangers On A Train (1951)
Precious (2009)
The Strangers (2008)
Amadeus (1984)
Crazy On The Outside (2010)
16 Blocks (2006)
The Birth Of A Nation (1915)
The Lodger (2009)
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Thelma & Louise (1991)
The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus (2009)
Lakeview Terrace (2008)
Chariots Of Fire (1981)
Batman Begins (2005)
Blade Runner (1982)
The Invention Of Lying (2009)
Stage Fright (1950)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Do The Right Thing (1989)
Quid Pro Quo (2008)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Donnie Darko (2001)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Cover (2008)
The Great Train Robbery (1903)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Junction Boys (2001)
The Alphabet Killer (2008)
Little Caesar (1931)
Eastern Promises (2007)
The Ninth Gate (1999)
The Wolfman (2010)
Cat Ballou (1965)
Brothers (2009)
So I Married An Axe Murderer (1993)
The Box (2009)
Blue Velvet (1986)


My Top 10 Films
(from the first 6 months of 2011, in alphabetical order)

A Place In The Sun (1951)
Amadeus (1984)
Dances With Wolves (1990)
Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
Nothing But The Truth (2008)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Seven Pounds (2008)
Strangers On A Train (1951)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Thelma & Louise (1991)

Honorable Mentions:
All Quiet On The Western Front (1930), Ben-Hur (1959), Giant (1956), Mutiny On The Bounty (1935), Precious (2009), Reservation Road (2007), Stagecoach (1939), The Machinist (2004), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Zodiac (2007)


Top Films: First Half Of 2011





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Jacob's Ladder (1990)
A Man For All Seasons (1966)
Interview With The Vampire (1994)
Cadillac Records (2008)
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
At First Sight (1999)
City Slickers (1991)
White Heat (1949)
After.Life (2009)
The New World (2005)
To Catch A Thief (1955)
The Book Of Eli (2010)
Un Chien Andalou (1928)
Valkyrie (2008)
In Cold Blood (1967)
The Great Debaters (2007)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
The United States Of Leland (2003)
Caddyshack (1980)
Copying Beethoven (2006)
Raising Arizona (1987)
A Perfect Getaway (2009)
Jason And The Argonauts (1963)
The Situation (2007)
Escape From Alcatraz (1979)
Adoration (2008)
Alice In Wonderland (2010)
The French Connection (1971)
Shutter Island (2010)
Amistad (1997)
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Without A Paddle (2004)
Brazil (1985)
In Society (1944)
Capote (2005)
Hoosiers (1986)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
My Left Foot (1989)
Salt (2010)
Birdman Of Alcatraz (1962)
Michael Clayton (2007)
Out Of Africa (1985)
Dinner For Schmucks (2010)
Goodfellas (1990)
Get Low (2009)
The Seven-Year Itch (1955)
Cop Out (2010)
The Pit And The Pendulum (1961)
Lackawanna Blues (2005)
A Cry In The Dark (1988)
House Of Usher (1960)
The Informers (2008)
The Majestic (2001)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Monster's Ball (2001)
The Paper Chase (1973)
Clash Of The Titans (2010)
Elmer Gantry (1960)
Salem Witch Trials (2002)
Working Girl (1988)
The Private Eyes (1980)
Knowing (2009)
Peyton Place (1957)
Airheads (1994)
Flaming Creatures (1963)
Step Brothers (2008)
Lilies Of The Field (1963)
Finding Neverland (2004)
A Soldier's Story (1984)
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)
King Solomon's Mines (1950)
Open Water (2003)
December Boys (2007)
Nosferatu: Eine Symphonie Des Grauens (1922)
Running Scared (2006)
The Wedding Date (2005)
Bugsy (1991)
I'm Still Here (2010)
Sophie's Choice (1982)
Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
Harry Brown (2009)
A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
Youth In Revolt (2009)
Friday The 13th (1980)
27 Dresses (2008)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
The Last Exorcism (2010)
I Want To Live! (1958)
Hook (1991)
Lust For Life (1956)
Paper Moon (1973)
Mystery Team (2009)
A League Of Their Own (1992)
Angels & Demons (2009)
Swing Time (1936)
Prefontaine (1997)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Quicksand (1950)
Juno (2007)
The Aviator (2004)
Norwood (1970)
Shrek The Third (2007)
Laura (1944)
Repo Men (2010)
The Patriot (2000)
The Odd Couple (1968)
Glory (1989)
With Honors (1994)
Starsky & Hutch (2004)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
The Life Of Emile Zola (1937)
True Grit (2010)
Boyz N The Hood (1991)
The Greatest Show On Earth (1952)
A Christmas Story (1983)
Surrogates (2009)
Barabbas (1961)
The Others (2001)
The Longest Day (1962)
Blue Valentine (2010)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Arsenic And Old Lace (1944)
Elf (2003)
Taps (1981)
Frozen (2010)
Freaky Friday (1976)
The 40-Year Old Virgin (2005)
The Other Guys (2010)


My Top 10 Films
(from the second half of 2011, in alphabetical order)

A Cry In The Dark (1988)
Harry Brown (2009)
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
Michael Clayton (2007)
Paper Moon (1973)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Shutter Island (2010)
Sophie's Choice (1982)
The Others (2001)
The Patriot (2000)

Honorable Mentions:
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), A League Of Their Own (1992), Escape From Alcatraz (1979), Get Low (2009), Lilies Of The Field (1963), My Left Foot (1989), Mystery Team (2009), The Majestic (2001), The Sixth Sense (1999), The Towering Inferno (1974)


Top Films: Second Half Of 2011




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