I have a rather large DVD collection. Not record breaking or anything, but larger than many people have. I’m up to over 250 DVD titles and that doesn’t count seasons of TV episodes like The Twilight Zone. Obviously the movies I own are going to be the ones I like most, but here’s a top 25 list of my favorites from my collection (at least for now). I found I wasn’t able to limit the list to just ten. For those who are interested, my entire DVD collection is listed at IMDb.

My Top 25 DVDs

  1. Sahara
  2. The Blues Brothers
  3. Young Frankenstein
  4. A Christmas Story
  5. The Impostors
  6. The 10th Kingdom
  7. Shaun of the Dead
  8. The Princess Bride
  9. Pirates of the Caribbean series
  10. Murder By Death
  11. It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
  12. Timeline
  13. The Untouchables
  14. Indiana Jones Trilogy
  15. The Lord of the Rings trilogy
  16. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  17. Hook
  18. Das Boot
  19. Planet of the Apes (the original one)
  20. The 13th Warrior
  21. Groundhog Day
  22. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
  23. The Court Jester
  24. Killer Klowns from Outer Space

    25. 25a. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
    25b. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

For a movie to become a favorite of mine, it must have comedy, some action, a decent plot, usually good or memorable music, and especially must be clever. Except for Killer Klowns, which I like just because it’s goofy and kinda lame. Sure makes me laugh, though. Most movies have some of these features, but many miss out when it comes to cleverness. So when a movie is obviously clever and plenty of moments that make me laugh, regardless of whether it’s a comedy or something else, then it’s a winner with me.

For what it’s worth, I’ve also gone through my DVD collection and removed some of the movies. I specifically looked for movies with sex scenes and pulled them out, listing them on eBay. I decided that I didn’t want them in my house. For my sake as well as for my three boys. There’s already too much of that kind of thing assaulting men’s minds without purposefully keeping them in your house. That meant even getting rid of movies like Highlander and Flatliners, although I liked them in general. The movies could have done just as well without showing that kind of material, but since they chose to include it, I’ve chosen to exclude them. There are plenty of other quality movies out there that DIDN’T choose to include sex scenes, and so are more worth my money. I’ve made a couple tiny exceptions; for example, the Matrix trilogy has a a brief scene in the 2nd of the three, but I kept it for the sake of the overall story that’s spread over three movies.

Current music: Heart of the Castle, by Kenny Kleinpeter