I like movies, so I started this list of movies I've watched in May of 2004. It is in roughly reverse chronological order. High quality films are flagged with 3 or 4 asterisks. If you want more details, I recommend IMDb For the non-fiction/documentaries, I have tried not to give high marks for films because I agreed with their POV.

• Signs (DVD - this movie blows)
• Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (DVD)
• Waking Up In Reno
• Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (DVD)
• The Way Home (Jibeuro) (DVD)
• How to Get A Head In Advertising (DVD)
• Frida Mar-05
• Hotel Rwanda
• Bad Education - Aldomovar Feb-05
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissuo*** - Wes Anderson
• Bad Santa (DVD) Jan-05
• Closer
• Kinsey
• Sideways
• Vera Drake
• A Mighty Wind (DVD)
• The Motorcycle Diaries ****
• Garden State
• The Believer (DVD)
• Max (DVD) - Oct-04
• Mad Love (DVD)
• Monster (DVD) ***
• House of Sand and Fog (DVD) ***
• Der Krieger und die Kaiserin (DVD) - Tom Tykwer Sep-04
• Maria Full of Grace
• Melvin Goes to Dinner (DVD) - Bob Odenkirk
• Raising Victor Vargas (DVD) - Aug-04
• Shadow of the Vampire (DVD) - E. Elias Merhige
• The Corporation
• Control Room
• Sophie's Choice (DVD)
• Hunting of the President
• The Manchurian Candidate (DVD) ***
• The Fog of War (DVD) - Errol Morris ****
• The Stepford Wives - Jul-04
• Farhenheit 9/11 - Micheal Moore
• Fidel - Estela Brava (DVD)
• Mean Girls - Mark Waters
• Pieces of April - (DVD)
• Saved! - Brian Dannelly Jun-04
• Super Size Me - Morgan Spurlock
• Coffee and Cigarettes - Jim Jarmusch
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Michel Gondry ***
• 8 1/2 - Frederico Fellini May-04 ***

Since I started this list after 25 years of trying to watch good movies, here are some of my favorites from the past, grouped by great directors and writers.

Errol Morris:

• The Fog of War (2004) ****
• Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) ***
• Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997) ***
• Thin Blue Line, The (1988) ****
  

John Sayles:

• Sunshine State (2002) ***
• Limbo (1999) (written by) ****
• Men with Guns (1997) aka Hombres armados ****
• Lone Star (1996) ***
• Secret of Roan Inish, The (1994)
• Passion Fish (1992) ***
• City of Hope (1991) ****
• Eight Men Out (1988) ***
• Clan of the Cave Bear, The (1986)
• Brother from Another Planet, The (1984) ****
  

Jim Jarmusch:

• Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) ***
• Year of the Horse: Neil Young and Crazy Horse Live (1997) ***
• Dead Man (1995) ***
• Night on Earth (1991) ****
• Mystery Train (1989)
• Stranger Than Paradise (1983)

Robert Altman:

• Gosford Park (2001)
• Dr. T & the Women (2000) ***
• Cookie's Fortune (1999)
• Kansas City (1996)
• Prêt-à-Porter (1994) ***
• Short Cuts (1993) ****
• Player, The (1992) ****
• Vincent & Theo (1990) ***
• Beyond Therapy (1987)
• Popeye (1980)
• Perfect Couple, A (1979)
• 3 Women (1977)
• Nashville (1975) ***
• MASH (1970) ***
  

Joel and Ethan Coen:

• Ladykillers, The (2004)
• Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
• Man Who Wasn't There, The (2001)
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) ***
• Big Lebowski, The (1998) ***
• Fargo (1996) ****
• Hudsucker Proxy, The (1994) ***
• Barton Fink (1991)
• Miller's Crossing (1990) ***
• Raising Arizona (1987) ***
• Blood Simple. (1984) ***

Tim Robbins:

• Cradle Will Rock (1999) ***
• Arlington Road (1999)
• Dead Man Walking (1995) ****

Ang Lee:

• Ice Storm, The (1997) ****
• Sense and Sensibility (1995)
• Yin shi nan nu (1994) aka Eat Drink Man Woman***
• Hsi yen (1993) aka The Wedding Banquet
• Tui shou (1992) aka Pushing Hands

Terry Gilliam:

• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
• Twelve Monkeys (1995)
• Fisher King, The (1991) ***
• Brazil (1985) ****
• Meaning of Life, The (1983)
• Time Bandits (1981) ***
• Life of Brian (1979) ***
• Jabberwocky (1977)
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) ****

Stanley Kubrick:

• Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
• Full Metal Jacket (1987) ***
• Shining, The (1980)
• Clockwork Orange, A (1971) ***
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) ***
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) ***

Spike Lee:

• 25th Hour (2002) ***
• Bamboozled (2000) ***
• Original Kings of Comedy, The (2000)
• Summer of Sam (1999) ****
• Best Man, The (1999)
• Get on the Bus (1996)
• Girl 6 (1996)
• Clockers (1995)
• Crooklyn (1994) ***
• Malcolm X (1992) ***
• Jungle Fever (1991)
• Mo' Better Blues (1990)
• Do the Right Thing (1989) ****
• School Daze (1988)
• She's Gotta Have It (1986) ***

Woody Allen:

• Anything Else (2003)
• Hollywood Ending (2002)
• Curse of the Jade Scorpion, The (2001)
• Small Time Crooks (2000)
• Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
• Deconstructing Harry (1997) ***
• Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
• Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
• Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
• Husbands and Wives (1992) ***
• Alice (1990) ***
• Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) ****
• New York Stories (1989)
• Radio Days (1987)
• Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
• Purple Rose of Cairo, The (1985)
• Zelig (1983) *** - precursor to Forest Gump
• Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, A (1982) ***
• Stardust Memories (1980)
• Manhattan (1979)
• Annie Hall (1977)
• Sleeper (1973) ***
• Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972) ***
• Play It Again, Sam (1972)
• Bananas (1971) ***

Mike Leigh:

• Vera Drake (2004)
• All or Nothing (2002) ***
• Topsy-Turvy (1999)
• Career Girls (1997)
• Secrets & Lies (1996) ****