Alphabet Meme

I'm volunteering to air my critical sensibilities once again, thanks to Richard's own memetic entry and solicitation for other bloggers to join in. The rules (courtesy of Fletch at Blog Cabins) go something like this:

It's a simple concept (my favorite kind) - pick your favorite film for each letter of the alphabet. Some will be tough because there's too many choices (R, S, T, L, N, E...wait a sec - that's Wheel of Fortune) and others will be tough because there are so few choices that you have trouble finding much of anything (Q, anyone?). I'm sure I missed some great ones and I'm hoping that you find them.

The Rules

1. Pick one film to represent each letter of the alphabet.

2. The letter "A" and the word "The" do not count as the beginning of a film's title, unless the film is simply titled A or The, and I don't know of any films with those titles.

3. Return of the Jedi belongs under "R," not "S" as in Star Wars Episode IV: Return of the Jedi. This rule applies to all films in the original Star Wars trilogy; all that followed start with "S." Similarly, Raiders of the Lost Ark belongs under "R," not "I" as in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Conversely, all films in the LOTR series belong under "L" and all films in the Chronicles of Narnia series belong under "C," as that's what those filmmakers called their films from the start. In other words, movies are stuck with the titles their owners gave them at the time of their theatrical release. Use your better judgement to apply the above rule to any series/films not mentioned.

4. Films that start with a number are filed under the first letter of their number's word. 12 Monkeys would be filed under "T."

5. Link back to Blog Cabins in your post so that I can eventually type "alphabet meme" into Google and come up #1, then make a post where I declare that I am the King of Google.

6. If you're selected, you have to then select 5 more people.

I could probably watch these in endless rotation, so it's a good thing I'm gainfully employed and thus largely prohibited from whiling away my days in a cinematic trance, like so:

After Hours (1985)

Being John Malkovich

Children of Men

Darjeeling Limited, The

Easy Living (1937)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Ghost in the Shell

Hulk (2003)

Incredibles, The

Jetée, La

King of Comedy, The

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The

Monsoon Wedding

Night at the Opera, A

O Brother Where Art Thou?

Psycho

Quatre Cents Coups, Les

Rebecca (1940)

Sex, Lies, and Videotape

THX 1138

Unfaithfully Yours (1984)

Vernon, Florida

WarGames

X Files, The (1998)

Y Tu Mamá También

Zelig

As far as tagging goes, I'm following Richard's lead and just throwing the line out for more volunteers. Wimping out is just fine, of course, as long you can stand to look at yourself in the mirror, yo?