>Mike got me interested in The Big Chill so I watched it and have to say that while it was entertaining, it won't make my top 10 list.
>Here's my personal top 10.
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>1. Casablanca
>2. Godfather I
>3. On The Waterfront
>4. Chinatown
>5. Lawrence of Arabia
>6. The English Patient
>7. A Streetcar Named Desire
>8. Ghandi
>9. Chariots of Fire
>10. The Verdict
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>If I had room I'd add a Nora Ephron film, a Billy Wilder film or a Mel Brooks film.
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>The Verdict nosed out A Few Good Men for the10 spot. Nicholson was awesome but David Mamet's screenplay and Paul Newman's performance are just too good.
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>The English Patient owes its place to Juliette Binoche.
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>Chariots of Fire isn't on many other lists, but for me it's one of the most all-around beautiful films ever made.
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>Casablanca is an easy #1. That film has it all.
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>Citizen Kane, #1 on a lot of lists, doesn't move me, nor do Fellini films, also on most lists.

It's hard to disagree with any of those choices. Like you, I loved "Chariots of Fire." Fellini was more of an acquired taste. I did not like all of his movies.

The thing about "Citizen Kane" was it was so radical for its time. It did things with camera angles and lighting that had not been done before.

Here is a sleeper for you, not any kind of big hit -- "Absence of Malice."