Ben Samara is a senior at The College of New Jersey, formerly Trenton State. He will graduate in May of 2006 with a B.A. in Professional Writing and a minor in Interactive Multimedia. He is also a contributor to TheOscarIgloo.com -- a year-round website devoted to the Academy Awards race -- where he posts his reviews and writes a bi-weekly column.

Top 10 1970-Present:
Gladiator, Scarface, Star Wars: Episode IV � A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V � The Empire Strikes Back, Ghostbusters, The Karate Kid, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Back to the Future, Heat

Pre-1970:
12 Angry Men, Rear Window, Singin� in the Rain, On the Waterfront, It�s a Wonderful Life, Mary Poppins, King Kong (1933), West Side Story, The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, Goldfinger

Dreamcatcher, Cage, Cage II, No Holds Barred, Teen Wolf Too, Taxi, The Hulk, The Next Karate Kid, Batman & Robin, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III