Happy Birthday to Steve Buscemi, who turns 60 today.
I love Steve Buscemi. What a great face! I like an interesting face. And I like when he’s in those Adam Sandler movies. I don’t care what people say – I don’t hate Sandler (but I don’t love him, either).
Anyway! It’s close to Christmas & I have a lot of bullshit going on & I don’t have time to dilly-dally (I love that word). So let’s just get to my countdown…
Here are My Top Ten Steve Buscemi Movies (ranked by how much I like the movie – not by performance). I’ve seen 24 in total, though, so let’s start counting down from 24 to be awkward.
The Rest That I’ve Seen:
24. Rising Sun
23. Domestic Disturbance
22. The Grifters
21. Mr. Deeds
20. Escape From L.A.
19. The Island
18. The Hotel Transylvania Movies
17. Grown Ups
16. Ghost World
15. 28 Days
14. Billy Madison
13. Airheads
12. Fargo
11. Armageddon
Top Ten:
10. The Big Lebowski
9. Big Daddy
7. Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead
6. Big Fish
5. Pulp Fiction
4. Con Air
3. Reservoir Dogs
2. The Wedding Singer
1. Monsters, Inc.
Need To Re-Watch:
Monster House (I know I liked it at the time but don’t remember it now)
Some I’ve Not Seen:
Miller’s Crossing, Barton Fink, Billy Bathgate, The Hudsucker Proxy, Desperado, Interview, On The Road
Honorable Mention:
I need to mention an episode of Tales From The Crypt called Forever Ambergris, which starred Steve Buscemi & The Who’s Roger Daltrey. I reviewed that episode in full a couple of years ago and, for some odd reason, it’s become my second most-viewed post of the past five years. A week doesn’t go by without it getting some views. I have no idea why. Maybe it’s because of the nasty images from it that I posted (it was a pretty damn gross episode!). This is Buscemi and it’s not the worst he looks in the show:
Well, I have to say that I’m happy it’s one of my most-viewed posts since it’s one of my favorites. I went to town on that one! I actually made a half-arsed effort to make that one somewhat entertaining. What I mean is this: it sucks slightly less than my usual shit. So here’s a link to that post if you’re bothered. 🙂
Oh, and tomorrow afternoon I’ll do my best to post my review of a little indie film called Star Wars: The Last Jedi…. (I’m so damn excited!).
I love Steve Buscemi! 🙂 Great post!
Thanks! Steve Buscemi is awesome. 😁
Ghost World not making the Top 10. Tough crowd. Great idea for a list.
Thanks, Alex! I know I liked Ghost World but barely remember it now. 🙂
Whatever happened to the two female leads?
Hmm. Dunno but I think Scarlett Johansson ended up doing okay for herself! 😉
I meant to add a wink to that haha. They’ve both done well. Scarlett for sure, but Thora has had her own success too.
I love him too and have seen all but of few of the movies you mentioned. I think one of my favorite’s was Fargo.
Buscemi is great. 🙂 I do like Fargo but don’t love it like most people do. Great film, though.
I love him so much in Airheads… and everything else.
I love that face of his. 🙂 I really need to watch Airheads again to refresh my memory on it.
Ghost World would be high in my top ten of his films, for sure. (But mainly for Thora Birch)
My number one would almost certainly be ‘Trees Lounge’ (1996), written and directed by Steve, as well as starring him. I don’t see it mentioned here.
I also liked his small role in The Sopranos TV series.
Best wishes, Pete.
I could do with rewatching Ghost World as I don’t remember it much. A few people on Twitter also mentioned Trees Lounge. I’d not even heard of it! Sounds like I better check it out. 🙂 And I should probably watch The Sopranos someday too…
Trees Lounge was Steve’s own project, and it shows in a good way. The Sopranos is one of the best TV shows ever, packed with a snappy script, and great performances.
Best wishes, Pete.
Don’t miss Miller’s Crossing or Barton Fink.
I’ll add them to my (very large) Watchlist. 😉 I do have Miller’s Crossing on DVD so know that one is possible!
“Man, would you look at that Steve Buscemi. Every one of his teeth are in business for themselves!”
Ha! I had to Google that quote. 😁 Tom! The Bomb! Happy New Year!!! 😀🎉
And to you too Mutey! May your 2018 be filled with great movies and memories!
And man-parts! Wait. No. I’m quoting one of your comments. Pretend I didn’t say that.
A great post for an actor who never lets me down.
Thanks, Vinnie! Agreed – Buscemi never disappoints. 🙂
He’s incapable of giving a bad performance it seems.
I just remembered ‘The Grey Zone’ (2001). How did I forget that powerful film?
Oh man – another one I don’t know! I’ll have to go look that one up now. And I really do need to watch The Sopranos as I’ve somehow been able to avoid all spoilers on that for years. 🙂
The Grey Zone is a concentration camp film. I found it quite hard to watch at times. It’s not ‘Son of Saul’, but good enough.
I loaned my next door neighbour the full box sets of every episode of The Sopranos. He sat up all night for a couple of days, until he had seen them all! 🙂
Hmm. Yeah, doesn’t sound like an easy watch! May look into it when/if in the mood. More likely to finally watch The Sopranos someday. 😊