My top 5 films is such a hard thing for me to decide because I truly love watching all movies, especially the great ones.
1) A Bronx Tale- this is by far my favorite movie of all time, but it is so hard pointing out one specific thing I love about it. The one thing that sticks out in my mind is the conflict between Robert De Niro's character (Lorenzo Anello) and Chazz Palimenteri's character (Sonny Lospecchio). They are both father figures in Cologero Anello's life and they are complete opposites. Lorenzo, an honest man is a city bus driver and Sonny is a local mob boss. Throughout the movie they are the constant conflict and it is played out beautifully by these two actors, and at the end Lorenzo realizes that Sonny was needed in his son's life, not as a role model but as a friend that taught him the right thing to do and saves his life in the end, protecting him from doing something Sonny would've done himself.

2) The Godfather- not much has to be said here because this is an absolute classic. Marlon Brando is absolutely phenominal as Vito Corleone. What I love most is that he portrays a deadly, feared mob boss in the movie, but he grows on you so much that when he dies you feel so much remorse for a man that is a criminal. Marlon Brando played this role to the T, and was simply amazing.

3) He Got Game- Basketball star Ray Allen plays high school basketball superstar Jesus Shuttlesworth. Denzel Washington plays his encarcerated father, (Convicted of Murdering his wife, which was an accident) who comes back into his son's life as he nears his decision on what he will be doing with his basketball career. My favorite thing about this movie is the relationship between Jesus Shuttlesworth and his Father. Jake needs his son to pick a certain college in order to get early parole and become a free man, however, Jesus hates his father not just because of the murder, but because of how hard he would push him as a young boy to become great. Jake has to completely rebuild his relationship with his son and it's incredible how hard he tries just to gain his son's love again. After one final very heated and emotional one on one basketball game where Jesus finally beats his dad, he decides to attend the college his dad needs in order to get early parole.

4) Avatar- This movie is one of my favorites because of all the visual affects. The fact that James Cameron was able to in his mind create a whole world, and a whole type of race is incredible. However for him to then convert it into Avatar, is visually astonishing.

5) The Dark Knight- This movie rounds out my top 5. My favorite thing about this movie Heath Ledger's performance as the joker. He is by far the best villian I've ever seen in any movie. He is evil, crazy, funny, disturbing and so many other things. Although he is a villian, you can't help but like him throughout the movie. He was amazing in his final performance as an actor.