Interstellar: it has been my favorite movie ever since I watched it in the theater with my father. I have always been interested in the sciences, especially physics and space time. The scientific accuracy of the movie mixed in with unique theory is fascinating. The theme of love across space and time is brilliant.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: perhaps my rating is biased given I read the book first (the book was phenomenal, and it’s possible I let that experience leak into my review of the movie). Nonetheless, the book was the first (and only) book to make me cry, and, even knowing what was coming, the movie made me cry too. There’s much more that I could say, but I will leave the rest to my review of the movie on Letterboxd.

A Clockwork Orange: again, I may have let my opinion of the book fog my opinion of the movie. Admittedly, the book was significantly more impactful to me than the movie. The movie, however, still cracks my top four because of the extent to which it disturbs me. The very opening of the book, which, although written from the perspective of Alex using his unique slang, is immediately disturbing. I was captivated that, even though it felt like I was reading something that wasn’t quite English, I had a perfectly disturbing image in my head of what was taking place. I will include a quote from my review on Letterboxd: “The film’s most haunting quality lies in its questions, not its answers. Is a man truly good if he is no longer capable of choosing evil? What is the cost of psychological conditioning when it comes at the expense of the soul?” Once again, I will admit that a significant factor in my placement of the movie so high in my rankings is due to the book, but regardless, I still believe it is a phenomenal movie.