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Not that this should necessarily be a factor, but it also has the greatest movie poster of all time.

Not that this should necessarily be a factor, but it also has the greatest movie poster of all time.

She's a sick twist all right.

She's a sick twist all right.

I also love the implication that Silence needed someone "to go to bat for it." Yeah, that would have really been sticking your neck out.

I also love the implication that Silence needed someone "to go to bat for it." Yeah, that would have really been sticking your neck out.

For the record, here's what Mike D'Angelo said yesterday about the omission of The Silence of the Lambs, among others:

For the record, here's what Mike D'Angelo said yesterday about the omission of The Silence of the Lambs, among others:

Mike D'Angelo did comment on it, briefly, in yesterday's Top 10 post, but I don't think it'll make you any happier.

Mike D'Angelo did comment on it, briefly, in yesterday's Top 10 post, but I don't think it'll make you any happier.

@Zieg: That's awesome. I knew there was a great pun there I wasn't seeing. (I was thinking about going with The Infantmation, but yours is much better.)

@Zieg: That's awesome. I knew there was a great pun there I wasn't seeing. (I was thinking about going with The Infantmation, but yours is much better.)

The more I think about the omission of Silence of the Lambs, the weirder it seems. This isn't some obscure nerd favorite—it's the last movie in history to win all five major Oscars, and it has the AFI #1 villain. Maybe it's just some kind of statistical glitch that none of the A.V. Club writers listed it among their

The more I think about the omission of Silence of the Lambs, the weirder it seems. This isn't some obscure nerd favorite—it's the last movie in history to win all five major Oscars, and it has the AFI #1 villain. Maybe it's just some kind of statistical glitch that none of the A.V. Club writers listed it among their

For in that sleep of Depp what dreams may come…

For in that sleep of Depp what dreams may come…

In the original draft, the dinosaurs just lead a coal miners' strike.

In the original draft, the dinosaurs just lead a coal miners' strike.

Hey, remember the Dinosauroid? They should have just made them all Dinosauroids—hopefully every eight-year-old in the country would have been as freaked out as I was.

Hey, remember the Dinosauroid? They should have just made them all Dinosauroids—hopefully every eight-year-old in the country would have been as freaked out as I was.