Comedians, writers, and producers Robert Ben Garant and Tom Lennon split their duties in selecting their favorite titles from the collection: the first five are from Lennon, the last are from Garant. Best known for their work on The State and Reno 911! the pair also cowrote the book Writing Movies For Fun and Profit, available from Touchstone Publishing.
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The List
1
My Life as a Dog
Lasse Hallström
1985
102 min
2
Brazil
UnavailableTerry Gilliam
1985
143 min
3
The Ice Storm
UnavailableAng Lee
1997
113 min
4
Bicycle Thieves
Vittorio De Sica
1948
89 min
5
This Is Spinal Tap
UnavailableRob Reiner
1984
82 min
6
Hard Boiled
John Woo
1992
126 min
7
Hopscotch
Ronald Neame
1980
104 min
8
Crumb
UnavailableTerry Zwigoff
1995
120 min
9
Stagecoach
John Ford
1939
96 min
10
Sullivan’s Travels
Preston Sturges
1941
91 min