They are The Brothers Karamazov , Casablanca , Dr. Strangelove , High Noon , King Solomon 's Mines , North by Northwest ( a film on which a teenaged Romero worked as a gofer ) , The Quiet Man , Repulsion , Touch of Evil and The Tales of Hoffmann .
Romero chose his favorite top ten movies of all time as : The Brothers Karamazov , Casablanca , Dr. Strangelove , High Noon , King Solomon 's Mines ( 1950 ) , North by Northwest , The Quiet Man , Repulsion , Touch of Evil and The Tales of Hoffman .