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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #780 on: August 16, 2009, 01:53:14 PM »
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By Decade
1920's: 1
1930's: 1
1940's: 6
1950's: 9
1960's: 5
1970's: 10
1980's: 5
1990's: 28
2000's: 35

Multiple Appearances By Director
Miyazaki, Hayao - 4
Coen, Ethan & Joel - 3
Cronenberg, David - 3
Hitchcock, Alfred - 3
Kubrick, Stanley - 3
Wilder, Billy - 3
Allen, Woody - 2
Darabont, Frank - 2
Eastwood, Clint - 2
Herzog, Werner - 2
Leone, Sergio - 2
Linklater, Richard - 2
Mendes, Sam - 2
Stanton, Andrew - 2
Van Sant, Gus - 2

Titles Shared With Other Users
Basil - 15
BlueVoid - 18
chardy999 - 19
Clovis8 - 23
corndog - 11
Dracula - 19
Emiliana - 19
ferris - 14
FLYmeatwad - 20
jrod - 24
Junior - 16
_Keith_ - 14
lotr-sam0711 - 16
matt the movie watcher - 14
Melvil - 22
Mr. Hutchinson - 4
NedMeier - 20
oneaprilday - 9
philip918 - 17
pixote - 10
roujin - 15
sdedalus - 13
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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #781 on: August 16, 2009, 01:53:26 PM »
faceboy has taken my shared titles lead with 21.  Especially glad to see The Conformist up so high.  Maybe I've just missed it, but it seems like that film has gotten surprisingly little support.

It hurt me to leave off Duck Amuck.  I probably messed up there.  And I should really rewatch The Family Game and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg before next year's list, along with the early Wiseman films.  And Night and Fog.  Can't wait to check out He Who Gets Slapped, Les parents terribles, and Je t'aime, je t'aime.

And, huh, I guess I really need to see But I’m a Cheerleader.  I didn't realize it was a Top 100-level film for both you and skjerva.

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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #782 on: August 16, 2009, 01:56:53 PM »
8. Written on the Wind (1956)

Looking forward to this one a lot.

On any day, if someone asks me "Wanna watch Written on the Wind?", my answer is always yes.

Yes indeed.  I probably have it too low.

Same with The Shop Around The Corner, which you have too low.
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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #783 on: August 16, 2009, 02:00:07 PM »
Wow, I've been away for 48 hours, and so many great new lists!

I'm especially loving the lists that have Rebecca on them, because I had feared people would leave it off in favour of other Hitchcocks.

I have sooooo many films in common with oad (22) and ses (25)!


OMG, Amores Perros on my list twice! Weird, I read through that list so many times on Friday. I'm sending an email to Wilson asking him to include a new film at #94 - but which one? And here I thought I was done with the tough decisions..... Blue Velvet.

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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #784 on: August 16, 2009, 02:02:35 PM »
Notes:
-This is not a list of the 100 greatest films
-The Decalogue, had it been eligible, would've been #1 (in fact, I like the shorter version, Decalogue 5, better than A Short Film About Killing; both are masterpieces and the longer one includes great additional scenes)
-Will update with more pics and maybe a few capsules
-Will update with #s 101-200 in the next few weeks

1. A Short Film About Killing (1988, Krzysztof Kieslowski)

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2. A Brighter Summer Day (1991, Edward Yang)


3. Il Posto (1961, Ermanno Olmi)

4. The Cool World (1964, Shirley Clarke)
5. The Godfather Part 2 (1974, Francis Ford Coppola)
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6. La Jetee (1962, Chris Marker)


7. The Godfather (1972, Francis Ford Coppola)


8. Taipei Story (1985, Edward Yang)
9. Early Spring (1956, Yasujiro Ozu)
10. The Rules of the game (1939, Jean Renoir)
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11. Welfare (1975, Frederick Wiseman)
12. Army of Shadows (1969, Jean-Pierre Melville)
13. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928, Carl Dreyer)

14. A Man Escaped (1956, Robert Bresson)


15. Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937, Sadao Yamanaka)
16. After Life (1998, Hirokazu Kore-eda)
17. Warrendale (1967, Allan King)
18. Titicut Follies (1967, Frederick Wiseman)
19. High School (1968, Frederick Wiseman)
20. Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go (2007, Kim Longinotto)
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21. Late Spring (1949, Yasujiro Ozu)

22. 35 Shots of Rum (2008, Claire Denis)


23. Friday Night a/k/a Vendredi Soir (2002, Claire Denis)

24. The Long Day Closes (1992, Terence Davies)


25. Death and Transfiguration (1983, Terence Davies)


26. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)
27. Lovers and Lollipops (1956, Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin)
28. Tokyo Twilight (1957, Yasujiro Ozu)

29. In the Mood For Love (2000, Wong Kar-wai)


30. Rififi (1955, Jules Dassin)
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31. Le Trou (1960, Jacques Becker)
32. Diamonds of the Night (1964, Jan Nemec)

33. The Wages of Fear (1953, Henri-Georges Clouzot)


34. Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974, Jacques Rivette)


35. The Mirror (1975, Andrei Tarkovsky)


36. Jeanne Dielman… (1975, Chantal Akerman)
37. Nostalgia a/k/a Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia (1971, Hollis Frampton)
38. The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936, Jean Renoir)

39. Gregory’s Girl (1981, Bill Forsyth)


40. The Apartment (1960, Billy Wilder)

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41. Night and Fog (1955, Alain Resnais)
42. Harlan County U.S.A. (1976, Barbara Kopple)
43. Three Colors: Blue (1993, Krzysztof Kieslowski)

44. The Assassination of Jesse James… (2007, Andrew Dominik)
 

45. Happy Together (1997, Wong Kar-wai)
 

46. The Spirit of the Beehive (1973, Victor Erice)


47. Heat (1995, Michael Mann)

48. La Haine (1995, Mathieu Kassovitz)


49. Sink or Swim (1990, Su Friedrich)

50. Three Times (2005, Hou Hsiao-hsien)


51. I Fidanzati a/k/a The Fiances (1963, Ermanno Olmi)
52. Sunrise (1927, F.W. Murnau)
53. The Round-Up (1966, Miklos Jancso)
54. City of Sadness (1989, Hou Hsiao-hsien)
55. Ratcatcher (1999, Lynne Ramsay)
56. In a Lonely Place (1950, Nicholas Ray)

57. The Loves of a Blonde (1965, Milos Forman)


58. The Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947, Yasujiro Ozu)
59. Shadows (1959, John Cassavetes)
60. The Son a/k/a Le Fils (2002, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
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61. Salesman (1968, Albert and David Maysles; Charlotte Zwerin)
62. Gimme Shelter (1970, Albert and David Maysles; Charlotte Zwerin)
63. Le Jour Se Leve a/k/a Daybreak (1939, Marcel Carne)
64. Sweet Smell of Success (1957, Alexander Mackendrick)
65. Toni (1935, Jean Renoir)
66. Black Peter (1964, Milos Forman)
67. The Cloud-Capped Star (1960, Ritwik Ghatak)
68. Aparajito (1956, Satyajit Ray)
69. Umberto D. (1952, Vittorio De Sica)
70. My Night at Maud’s (1969, Eric Rohmer)
71. Port of Shadows a/k/a Le Quai Des Brumes (1938, Marcel Carne)
72. Killer of Sheep (1977, Charles Burnett)
73. The Heartbreak Kid (1972, Elaine May)
74. Vampyr (1932, Carl Dreyer)
75. Seven Samurai (1954, Akira Kurosawa)
76. Die Hard (1988, John McTiernan)
77. The Browning Version (1951, Anthony Asquith)
78. An Angel At My Table (1990, Jane Campion)
79. A Whole Night (1982, Chantal Akerman)
80. The 400 Blows (1959, Francois Truffaut)
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81. Landscape in the Mist (1988, Theo Angelopoulos)
82. News From Home (1977, Chantal Akerman)
83. M (1931, Fritz Lang)
84. The Man Without a Past (2002, Aki Kaurismaki)
85. Jacquot de Nantes (1991, Agnes Varda)
86. Stalker (1979, Andrei Tarkovsky)
87. Je, Tu, Il, Elle a/k/a I, You, She, He (1974, Chantal Akerman)
88. Ugetsu (1953, Kenji Mizoguchi)
89. Tale of Tales (1979, Yuri Norstein)
90. Office Space (1999, Mike Judge)
91. Back to the Future (1985, Robert Zemeckis)
92. Duck Amuck (1953, Chuck Jones)
93. The World of Apu (1959, Satyajit Ray)
94. Wendy and Lucy (2008, Kelly Reichardt)
95. Persona (1966, Ingmar Bergman)

96. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988, Terence Davies)


97. Children of Paradise (1945, Marcel Carne)
98. To Sleep With Anger (1990, Charles Burnett)
99. Kings of the Road a/k/a In the Course of Time (1976, Wim Wenders)
100. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928, Jean Epstein)
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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #785 on: August 16, 2009, 02:04:35 PM »
We share ten title, Pike.  These lists really having me wanting to watch Marty and The Sweet Hereafter again.  Oh, and 12 Angry Men.  Definitely have to see that again this year.

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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #786 on: August 16, 2009, 02:08:38 PM »
It hurt me to leave off Duck Amuck.  I probably messed up there.  

I'm afraid of opening the Looney Tunes can of worms because I'd inevitably be unable to include them all.  If Duck Amuck, how could I leave out What's Opera, Doc? or The Rabbit Of Seville or One Froggy Evening or Rabbit Seasoning or Dough For The Do-Do, etc etc.
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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #787 on: August 16, 2009, 02:11:25 PM »
I need to see The Assassination of Jesse James.

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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #788 on: August 16, 2009, 02:16:43 PM »
Whoa, Verite, Stalker fell from #7 last year to #86 this year.  Sad!

Yay for the Epstein film at #100!  Too fuzzy in my head to make my list, but I'm really glad to see it here.

Sorry to see Blue and Aparajito instead of Red and Pather Panchali, but life is hard sometimes.

On the other hand, great to see some more love for Rules of the Game, another film (like The Conformist) I thought would be polling better).  *looks for The Conformist on your list ... cries*

Le Quai Des Brumes was a pretty big disappointment to me after Le Jour Se Leve.  I give it another chance someday.  Same with Children of Paradise, actually.

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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #789 on: August 16, 2009, 02:24:49 PM »
20. Black Orpheus (Marcel Camus, 1959)
Full of life and joy in the best way possible. Also, scary and depressing as can be.

Yayayayay!  I felt so dumb leaving this off.

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