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5-Star Reviews From Leonard Matlin's 1997 Movie and Video Guide - Page 4

In 1997, Leonard Matlin published a small brick of a book of movie reviews (7 inches by 4.3 inches by 1600+ pages). His reviews were short, to the point and frequently hilarious and, most importantly agreed with my assessments of the films I'd already viewed and provided an excellent guide when I needed to decide which films I wanted to rent from a video store. Of the 16,000 or so movies he reviewed, he rated about 440 films as 5-star - his highest rating - and here they are.
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Fantasia (1940)
Fantasia (1940)
121
95%7.7
Faust (1926)
Faust (1926)
122
91%8.1
Field of Dreams (1989)
Field of Dreams (1989)
123
87%7.5
The Five Heartbeats (1991)
The Five Heartbeats (1991)
124
39%7.5
Floating Weeds (1959)
Floating Weeds (1959)
125
96%7.9
Forbidden Games (1952)
Forbidden Games (1952)
126
100%8.0
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
127
95%7.5
The Four Musketeers (1974)
The Four Musketeers (1974)
128
76%6.9
The French Connection (1971)
The French Connection (1971)
129
97%7.7
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
130
82%7.0
From Here to Eternity (1953)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
131
90%7.6
Gandhi (1982)
Gandhi (1982)
132
85%8.0
The General (1926)
The General (1926)
133
92%8.2
Glory (1989)
Glory (1989)
134
93%7.8
Go (1999)
Go (1999)
135
91%7.2
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
136
97%9.2
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
137
96%9.0
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
138
67%7.6
The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
139
85%7.3
The Gold Rush (1925)
The Gold Rush (1925)
140
100%8.1
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
141
90%8.1
Goodfellas (1990)
Goodfellas (1990)
142
96%8.7
Grand Illusion (1937)
Grand Illusion (1937)
143
97%8.1
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
144
100%8.1
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940)
145
92%8.4
The Great Escape (1963)
The Great Escape (1963)
146
94%8.2
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
147
72%6.7
Greed (1924)
Greed (1924)
148
96%8.1
The Grey Fox (1982)
The Grey Fox (1982)
149
100%7.4
The Gunfighter (1950)
The Gunfighter (1950)
150
100%7.7
Gunga Din (1939)
Gunga Din (1939)
151
92%7.2
Hamlet (1948)
Hamlet (1948)
152
95%7.6
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
153
91%7.9
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
154
98%7.6
Harold and Maude (1971)
Harold and Maude (1971)
155
86%7.9
Hearts and Minds (1974)
Hearts and Minds (1974)
156
90%8.2
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
157
100%8.1
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
158
88%7.4
Henry V (1944)
Henry V (1944)
159
100%7.0
Henry V (1989)
Henry V (1989)
160
100%7.5
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