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BEST HOLLYWOOD MOVIES
 
If it has a big budget, an all-star cast, a famous director, and huge box office success, it's a Hollywood movie -- and it might even be worth a look. Here are some of the best products the big-studio engines have cranked out, using the full scale medium of motion picture as far as their top dollar will buy:
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Contemporary Selections for Best Hollywood Movie
 
 
1977First Choice: Star Wars    
Second Choice: Strange Encounters of the Third Kind  
 
1978First Choice: Superman    
 
1979First Choice: Apocalypse Now    
Second Choice: Alien   
 
1980First Choice: Superman II    
Second Choice: The Empire Strikes Back   
 
1981First Choice: Raiders of the Lost Ark    
Second Choice: Excalibur   
 
1982First Choice: E.T., The Extra Terrestrial    
Second Choice: Blade Runner   
Also worth watching: Tron 
 
1984First Choice: Ghostbusters    
Second Choice: The Karate Kid 
Also Worth Watching: The Terminator  
  
1985First Choice: Out of Africa    
Second Choice: Back to the Future   
 
1986First Choice: Stand by Me    
Second Choice: Aliens   
 
1987First Choice: Empire of the Sun 
Second Choice: Robocop 
 
1988First Choice: Beetlejuice 
Second Choice: Who Framed Roger Rabit   
 
1989First Choice: Batman    
Second Choice: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade   
 
1990First Choice: Ghost    
Second Choice: The Hunt for Red October   
Also worth watching: Pretty Woman, Total Recall 
 
1991First Choice: Terminator 2: Judgment Day    
Second Choice: The Silence of the Lambs   
 
1992First Choice: Far and Away    
Second Choice: The Last of the Mohicans   
 
1993First Choice: Jurassic Park    
Second Choice: Schindler's List   
 
1994First Choice: Interview with the Vampire    
Second Choice: Pulp Fiction   
Also worth watching: True Lies 
 
1995First Choice: Twelve Monkeys    
Second Choice: Batman Forever   
 
1996First Choice: Independence Day   
Second Choice: The Rock   
Also worth watching: The English Patient 
 
1997First Choice: Titanic    
Second Choice: Face/Off   
Also worth watching: Air Force One, Ransom 
 
1998First Choice: Armageddon    
Second Choice: Deep Impact   
Also worth watching: Great Expectations, Enemy of the State 
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(No Classic Selections Reviewed)
 
 
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