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a couple top favorite lists
MY FAVORITE MOVIES (US only, no "Ran", "Das Boot", etc.) |
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| 20 | "Blade Runner" | |
| 19 | John Carpenter's "The Thing" | |
| 18 | "Aliens" | |
| 17 | "Dr. Strangelove" | |
| 16 | "Fargo" | |
| 15 | "Raiders of the Lost Ark" | |
| 14 | "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" | |
| 13 | "Snow Falling On Cedars" | |
| 12 | "Fletch" | |
| 11 | "Ever After" | |
| 10 | "Airplane!" | |
| 9 | "The Empire Strikes Back" | |
| 8 | Disney's animated "Jungle Book" | |
| 7 | "L.A. Confidential" | |
| 6 | "Empire of the Sun" | |
| 5 | "Bridge On the River Kwai" | |
| 4 | "Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail" | |
| 3 | Terrance Malik's "The Thin Red Line" | |
| 2 | "2001: A Space Odyssey" | |
| 1 | "Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan" | |
MY FAVORITE SONGS (With a self-imposed limit of 2 songs per artist!) |
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| 50 | 25 | "Can't Stand Losing You" - The Police | |
| 49 | 24 | "Call and Answer" - Bare Naked Ladies | |
| 48 | 23 | ""Me, Myself and I" - De La Sol | |
| 47 | 22 | "Ship of Fools" - World Party | |
| 46 | 21 | "Criminal" - Fiona Apple | |
| 45 | 20 | "Red Sector A" - Rush | |
| 44 | 19 | "Gratitude" - Danny Elfman | |
| 43 | 18 | "Candy-O" - The Cars | |
| 42 | 17 | "Sweet Emotion" - Aerosmith | |
| 41 | 16 | "Digging In the Dirt" - Peter Gabriel | |
| 40 | "Desperate But Not Serious" - Adam Ant | 15 | "Legend of a Mind" - The Moody Blues |
| 39 | "Dear God" - XTC | 14 | "God Shuffled His Feet" - Crash Test Dummies |
| 38 | "Private Life" - Oingo Boingo | 13 | "True Faith" - New Order |
| 37 | "This Corrosion" - Sisters of Mercy | 12 | "Brother" - Toad the Wet Sprocket |
| 36 | "The Only One I Know" -Charlatans UK | 11 | "Mysterious Ways" - U2 |
| 35 | "You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart" - Sinead O'Connor | 10 | "Ugly Truth Rock" - Matthew Sweet |
| 34 | "The Unguarded Moment" - The Church | 9 | "It's Good to be King" - Tom Petty |
| 33 | "Hey Jude" - The Beatles | 8 | "One Tree Hill" -U2 |
| 32 | "Never Let Me Down Again" -Depeche Mode | 7 | "Brain Damage/Eclipse" - Pink Floyd |
| 31 | "Private Idaho" - The B52's | 6 | "Solsbury Hill" - Peter Gabriel |
| 30 | "Here Comes My Girl" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 5 | "Going Under" - Devo |
| 29 | ""I Wanna Be Sedated" - The Ramones | 4 | "Medicine Show" - Big Audio Dynamite |
| 28 | "Orange Crush" - REM | 3 | "The Magnificent Seven" - The Clash |
| 27 | ""The Dangerous Type" - The Cars | 2 | "Starship Troopers" - Yes |
| 26 | "Space Oddity" - David Bowie | 1 | "South Central Rain" -REM |
Other songs missing the cut: Fascination (Human League), Holiday in Cambodia (Dead Kennedys), What's On Your Mind (Information Society), Beds Are Burning (Midnight Oil), Walking On the Moon (The Police), Pyscho Killer (Talking Heads), Fortress Around Your Heart (Sting), Seattle (Public Image Ltd.), Crime of the Century (Supertramp), Here's Where the Story Ends (The Sundays) - numerous songs by the Cure, The Who, U2, REM and many, many more that i can't think of right now.