The Criterion Collection is the upper echelon of video releases. Collecting some of the most important movies in history, Criterion gives these films the royal treatment by preserving and remastering them for future generations. This usually includes such classics as Seven Samurai, Lord of the Flies and The 400 Blows. Lumped in with these classics, however, are some rather odd choices. Not necessarily bad films, but bad choices.Check out our list of films that Criterion regards as ‘important’ films that your children’s children will have the pleasure of watching as classics after the jump.

There are more than 1,000 films that can be classified within the genre of “college” or “university,” and we’ve narrowed down the list to the 20 greatest. So, what constitutes a “college” or “university” movie? Well, the main character(s) must be in college or on a college campus for the majority of the film – so no post-high school, pre-college kids like those in American Pie, Superbad, Say Anything, American Graffiti and the like. Though we do have a film that has guys OUT of college, they’re trying to start a fraternity, which is SO college. No film schools, no law schools, no medical schools. We’re talkin’ straight undergrad, son. Read on to see who made the cut then vote for your favorite after the jump!

Driving hours across long stretches of farmland in the middle of nowhere doesn’t make for the most appealing of journeys. Thank goodness there are movies that take something as excruciatingly boring and turn it into something entertaining albeit utterly implausible. So if you find yourself dreading the lengthy voyage from point A to point B, just think about these road trip classics. Just don’t try to reenact as I’m pretty most of the events in these movies are illegal. See our picks after the jump.

Let me ask you something. You ever seen Speed Racer? You ever seen Speed Racer…..on weed? To be perfectly blunt, pun intended, there are movies that can only be enjoyable when under the influences. But just like with medicine and beer, there are some movies that don’t work well with the wacky tobaccy. We count down the best and the worst movies to keep in mind when the next time you’re browsing Netflix. See our picks after the jump!

It’s never too early to start thinking ahead. Laden with sequels and comic book movies and comic book movie sequels, here are the top 20 guy movies coming out in 2011, Part 1 (#20-11)
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It’s back but this time it’s being made by real filmmakers. The film is being directed by Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Revo… Click to read more

Based on actual rentals, Paul Blart: Mall Cop topped the list of the most-rented movie of 2009, logging more than 4.5 million Redbox rentals, and proving definitively that the country is doomed. I bet if Reagan were here to save us Gran Torino would have been #1.