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And here's to good old Teresa Wright, too — from being married to Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig to  having her Uncle Charlie try to kill her in a Hitchcock movie to being Matt Damon's nice landlady in The Rainmaker, now there's a lady who had quite a career.

Absolutely, including one of the great underrated performances: Dennis Farina.

Absolutely, including one of the great underrated performances: Dennis Farina.

To repeat from previous comments, Donnie Darko was 2001.

To repeat from previous comments, Donnie Darko was 2001.

Tension mounts as Bottom 20 votes tallied by AV Club for: An Alan Smithee Film, Burn Hollywood Burn, Body of Evidence, Bonfire of the Vanities, Cop and a Half, Cutthroat Island, Exit to Eden, Fair Game, Feeling Minnesota, It's Pat, Jade, Last Action Hero, Last Boy Scout, Maverick, North, Nothing But Trouble, Slam Dunk

Tension mounts as Bottom 20 votes tallied by AV Club for: An Alan Smithee Film, Burn Hollywood Burn, Body of Evidence, Bonfire of the Vanities, Cop and a Half, Cutthroat Island, Exit to Eden, Fair Game, Feeling Minnesota, It's Pat, Jade, Last Action Hero, Last Boy Scout, Maverick, North, Nothing But Trouble, Slam Dunk

OK, subjective stuff, put to a vote, different strokes for different folks, blah, blah, blah … but, "Silence of the Lambs" didn't even make the top FIFTY?

OK, subjective stuff, put to a vote, different strokes for different folks, blah, blah, blah … but, "Silence of the Lambs" didn't even make the top FIFTY?

Nothing gets by Lou Lumenick, including the indoor shot of the beach, the indoor shot of the bridge, the indoor shot on the deck of the boat, the indoor shot of Joaquin Phoenix running through a field, the indoor shot of the motorcycles in the desert, and so many other indoor shots in this all-indoor movie. Lou is a

Nothing gets by Lou Lumenick, including the indoor shot of the beach, the indoor shot of the bridge, the indoor shot on the deck of the boat, the indoor shot of Joaquin Phoenix running through a field, the indoor shot of the motorcycles in the desert, and so many other indoor shots in this all-indoor movie. Lou is a

Very good list. AV Club definitely should do '50s. (Rio Bravo over Searchers for me.)

Very good list. AV Club definitely should do '50s. (Rio Bravo over Searchers for me.)

Big, big thumbs-up, particularly to Election and to the greatly underrated Carlito's Way.

Big, big thumbs-up, particularly to Election and to the greatly underrated Carlito's Way.

Michael Douglas hitting on Jesse Eisenberg's girlfriend in "Solitary Man," if not rock bottom, pretty close to it.

Michael Douglas hitting on Jesse Eisenberg's girlfriend in "Solitary Man," if not rock bottom, pretty close to it.

Good stuff. Kind of expected "Seven" and "L.A. Confidential" to be a little higher, but good to find "The Limey," a truly underrated film. Fingers crossed for "Miller's Crossing" and "The Grifters" to make the top 20, and maybe a buried treasure or two, too? ("The Rapture," maybe?)

Good stuff. Kind of expected "Seven" and "L.A. Confidential" to be a little higher, but good to find "The Limey," a truly underrated film. Fingers crossed for "Miller's Crossing" and "The Grifters" to make the top 20, and maybe a buried treasure or two, too? ("The Rapture," maybe?)

The big surprise for Queen Latifah at the end is that Julia Roberts dies AGAIN.