My DVD Movie Collections

I've started collecting movies since 1992. I've collected hundreds of VHS and Video CDs titles. Unfortunately, due to many circumstances, I've to let it go. Yes, I've thrown all my precious collections into trash bin!!

In 2002, I've started collecting movies again. But this time in DVD format. Now, after seven years, my collections stood at 417 titles. My top ten collections based on IMDB rating are:

1. The Shawshank Redemption

Released: 1994
IMDB Rank (Rate): #1 (9.2)
My Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

Director: Frank Darabont
Writer: Stephen King

Cast:
Tim Robbins
Morgan Freeman



Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.


2. Seven Samurai

Released: 1954
IMDB Rank (Rate): #13 (8.8)
My Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writer: Akira Kurosawa

Cast:
Takashi Shimura
Toshirô Mifune
Yoshio Inaba


(In Japanese) A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves.


3. The Lord of the Ring : The Return of the King

Released: 2003
IMDB Rank (Rate): #14 (8.8)
My Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

Director: Peter Jackson
Writer: J.R.R. Tolkien

Cast:
Elijah Wood
Sean Astin
Viggo Mortensen
Orlando Bloom

(Third of the trilogy) The former Fellowship of the Ring prepare for the final battle for Middle Earth, while Frodo & Sam approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring.


4. City of God

Released: 2002
IMDB Rank (Rate): #17 (8.8)
My Rating: To be reviewed

Director: Fernando Meirelles
Writer: Paulo Lins

Cast:
Alexandre Rodrigues
Leandro Firmino




(In Portuguese) Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer.


5. The Lord of the Ring : The Fellowship of the Ring

Released: 2001
IMDB Rank (Rate): #20 (8.7)
My Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

Director: Peter Jackson
Writer: J.R.R. Tolkien

Cast:
Elijah Wood
Sean Astin
Viggo Mortensen
Orlando Bloom

(First of the trilogy) In a small village in the Shire a young Hobbit named Frodo has been entrusted with an ancient Ring. Now he must embark on an Epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it.


6. Fight Club

Released: 1999
IMDB Rank (Rate): #22 (8.7)
My Rating: To be reviewed

Director: David Fincher
Writer: Chuck Palahniuk

Cast:
Edward Norton
Brad Pitt




An office employee and a soap salesman build a global organisation to help vent male aggression.


7. Memento

Released: 2000
IMDB Rank (Rate): #27 (8.6)
My Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

Director: Christopher Nolan
Writer: Jonathan Nolan

Cast:
Guy Pearce
Carrie-Anne Moss



A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife.


8. The Matrix

Released: 1999
IMDB Rank (Rate): #30 (8.7)
My Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

Director: Andy & Larry Wachowski
Writer: Andy & Larry Wachowski

Cast:
Keanu Reeves
Carrie-Anne Moss
Laurence Fishburne


(First of the trilogy) A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against the controllers of it.


9. The Lord of the Ring : The Two Towers

Released: 2002
IMDB Rank (Rate): #32 (8.6)
My Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

Director: Peter Jackson
Writer: J.R.R. Tolkien

Cast:
Elijah Wood
Sean Astin
Viggo Mortensen
Orlando Bloom

(Second of the trilogy) Frodo and Sam continue on to Mordor in their mission to destroy the One Ring. Whilst their former companions make new allies and launch an assault on Isengard.


10. Taxi Driver

Released: 1976
IMDB Rank (Rate): #38 (8.6)
My Rating: To be reviewed

Director: Martin Scorsese
Writer: Paul Schrader

Cast:
Robert De Niro
Jodie Foster




A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as night time taxi driver in a city whose perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out, attempting to save a teenage prostitute in the process.


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