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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #3150 on: September 04, 2011, 04:04:59 AM »
Some stats from my Top 100:

Decade breakdown:

20s: 4
30s: 12
40s: 15
50s: 18
60s: 17
70s: 8
80s: 5
90s: 9
00s: 10
10s: 2

Top Years:

1939: 5
1954: 4
1964: 4

Countries:

USA: 63
Japan: 4
Hong Kong/Taiwan/China: 6
France: 14
UK: 6
USSR: 1
Misc: 3
Italy: 3

Directors:

Alfred Hitchcock: 5
Howard Hawks: 4
John Ford: 4
Powell & Pressburger: 4
Terrence Malick: 4
Orson Welles: 4
Jean-Luc Godard: 3
Guys named "Jacques": 5
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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #3151 on: September 04, 2011, 05:40:44 AM »
I have not changed mine since last year. So here it is again:

1. Life Of Brian (Terry Jones  1979)
2. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki  2001)
3. The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover (Peter Greenaway  1989)
4. The Third Man (Carol Reed  1949)
5. Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby  1971)
6. The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen  1998)
7. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola  1979)
8. Fight Club (David Fincher  1999)
9. Ring of Bright Water (Jack Couffer  1969)
10. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Speilberg  1981)
11. Memento (Christopher Nolan  2000)
12. Once upon a time in the West (Sergio Leone  1968)
13. The Matrix (Andy & Larry Wachowski  1999)
14. Sunset Blvd. (Billy Wilder  1950)
15. Goodbye Mr Chips (Sam Wood  1939)
16. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Shane Black  2005)
17. Dead Poets Society (Peter Weir  1989)
18. Metropolis (Fritz Lang  1927)
19. Sanjuro (Akira Kurosawa  1962)
20. Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick  1957)
21. Harvey (Henry Koster  1950)
22. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino  1996)
23. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones  1975)
24. The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner  1987)
25. Once Were Warriors (Lee Tamahori  1994)
26. To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan  1962)
27. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze  1999)
28. Secretary (Steven Shainberg  2002)
29. Stalag 17 (Billy Wilder  1953)
30. Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood  1992)
31. El Topo (Alejandro Jodorowsky  1970)
32. Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro  2006)
33. The Proposition (John Hillcoat  2005)
34. Nosferatu: A Symphony of Terror (F. W. Murnau  1922)
35. The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont  1994)
36. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger  1943)
37. The Vanishing (George Sluizer  1988)
38. The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming  1939)
39. Sling Blade (Billy Bob Thornton  1996)
40. A Fish Called Wanda (Charles Crichton  1988)
41. A Shot in the Dark (Blake Edwards  1964)
42. The Blues Brothers (John Landis  1980)
43. Amelie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet  2001)
44. Alien (Ridley Scott  1979)
45. M (Fritz Lang  1931)
46. Bad Boy Bubby (Rolf de Heer  1993)
47. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Mel Stuart  1971)
48. Volver (Pedro Almodovar  2006)
49. North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock  1959)
50. Aliens (James Cameron  1986)
51. Blue Velvet (David Lynch  1986)
52. Falling Down (Joel Schumacher  1993)
53. Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch  1995)
54. Dead Man Walking (Tim Robbins  1995)
55. Die Hard (John McTiernan  1988)
56. American Beauty (Sam Mendes  1999)
57. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz  1942)
58. Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper  1969)
59. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean  1962)
60. Singin' in the Rain (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly  1952)
61. The Hurt Locker (Katherine Bigelow  2009)
62. The Sound of Music (Robert Wise  1965)
63. Once (John Carney  2006)
64. Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring (Kim Ki-duk  2003)
65. The Five Obstructions (Lars von Trier  2003)
66. L.A. Confidential (Curits Hanson  1997)
67. Mystic River (Clint Eastwood  2003)
68. Leon: The Professional (Luc Besson  1994)
69. The Holy Mountain (Alejandro Jodorowsky  1973)
70. 28 Days Later (Danny Boyle  2002)
71. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis  1993)
72. It's a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra  1946)
73. Letters From Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood  2006)
74. My Man Godfrey (Geogory La Cava  1936)
75. Primer (Shane Carruth  2004)
76. Terminator 2 (James Cameron  1991)
77. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring (Peter Jackson  2001)
78. The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer  1994)
79. American History X (Tony Kaye  1998)
80. The Lord of the Rings: Return of The King (Peter Jackson  2003)
81. Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan  2005)
82. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson  2002)
83. Boxing Day (Kriv Stenders  2007)
84. African Queen (John Huston  1951)
85. The Castle (Rob Stitch  1997)
86. Terminator (James Cameron  1986)
87. Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks  1938)
88. Clerks (Kevin Smith  1994)
89. Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant  1997)
90. Oldboy (Chan-wook Park  2003)
91. The City of Lost Children (Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Marc Caro  1995)
92. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel and Ethan Coen  2000)
93. Not Quite Hollywood (Mark Hartley  2008)
94. Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger  1969)
95. Love Exposure (Sion Sono  2008)
96. Ostrov (a.k.a. The Island) (Pavel Lungin  2006)
97. Mary and Max (Adam Elliot  2009)
98. Project A: Part 2 (Jackie Chan  1987)
99. The Killer (John Woo  1989)
100. Pink Flyod: The Wall (Alan Parker  1982)

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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #3152 on: September 04, 2011, 06:33:19 AM »
Ok!  Mine's finally done.  My ballot is submitted.  Like last year, I made a little slideshow of my Top 100 . I managed to get it down to 6 minutes!

(I'll post this in text form in a day or two...)



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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #3153 on: September 04, 2011, 06:39:25 AM »
This is in no particular order. Hope it is not too late.

Still Walking
Apocalypse Now Redux
Late Spring
Last Year at Marienbad
L'Avventura
Satantango
Pather Panchali
Apur Sansar
Scenes from a marriage
Autumn Sonata

You still have time; remember to email it in as well.

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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #3154 on: September 04, 2011, 06:48:11 AM »
Lovely presentation ferris (and it played well at 21" fullscreen).

Off to see Days of Heaven at the pictures now. See if it makes my list! 8)
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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #3155 on: September 04, 2011, 07:17:45 AM »
@oad: My favorite list so far! I feel like we have very similar tastes. The only film on your list that I have seen and not liked is Brazil. Everything else just made me smile.
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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #3156 on: September 04, 2011, 07:55:55 AM »

What we share in common placed really high on my list: Do the Right Thing, Poltergeist, The Godfather Part 2, Office Space, The Assassination of Jesse James, The Godfather.  All six are in my top 50, five of those six are in my top 40, three of those five are in my top 20, and one of those three is in my top 5.  :)
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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #3157 on: September 04, 2011, 08:33:57 AM »
Off to see Days of Heaven at the pictures now. See if it makes my list! 8)
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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #3158 on: September 04, 2011, 09:25:03 AM »
Here's what was submitted:

1.   There Will Be Blood (Anderson, 2007)

2.   Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Kubrick, 1964)
3.   George Washington (Green, 2000)
4.   South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (Parker, 1999)
5.   I’m Not There (Haynes, 2007)

6.   Elephant (Van Sant, 2003)
7.   Wendy and Lucy (Reichardt, 2008)
8.   Jeanne Dielman (Ankerman, 1975)
9.   Hercules (Clements and Musker 1997)
10.   Superbad (Mottola, 2007)

11.   A Clockwork Orange (Kubrick, 1971)
12.   Rashômon (Kurosawa, 1950)
13.   The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer, 1928)
14.   Vincent (Burton, 1982)
15.   Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Burton, 2007)
16.   Umberto D. (de Sica, 1952)
17.   Perfect Blue (Kon, 1998)
18.   Grave of the Fireflies (Takahata, 1988)
19.   The Departed (Scorsese, 2006)
20.   Big Fish (Burton, 2003)

21.   My Fair Lady
22.   Jackie Brown (Tarantino)
23.   Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)
24.   Paranoid Park (Van Sant, 2008)
25.   Killer of Sheep (Burnett, 1977)
26.   King of Comedy (Chow and Lee, 1999)
27.   Paprika (Kon, 2007)
28.   O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Coen, 2000)
29.   The Lion King (Allers and Minkoff, 1994)
30.   Gerry (Van Sant, 2002)

31.   Mind Game (Yuasa, 2004)
32.   Somewhere
33.   My Neighbor Totoro (Miyazaki, 1988)
34.   2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968)
35.    Porco Rosso (Miyazaki, 1992)
36.   Duck Soup
37.   Bicycle Thieves (De Sica, 1948)
38.   Pan’s Labyrinth (Del Toro, 2006)
39.   Metropolis (Lang, 1927)
40.   Grindhouse (Rodriguez, Roth, Tarantino, Wright, Zombie 2007)

41.   Bambi (Hand, 1942)
42.   Chop Shop (Bahrani, 2008)
43.   Once (Carney, 2006)
44.   Requiem For A Dream
45.   My Own Private Idaho (Van Sant, 1991)
46.   Ratcatcher (Ramsay, 1999)
47.   Oldboy (Park, 2003)
48.   Shaolin Soccer
49.   Adventureland (Mottola, 2009)
50.   Mulholland Drive

51.   Days of Heaven
52.   Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
53.   The Tree of Life
54.   Summer Wars (Hosoda, 2010)
55.   Princess Mononoke (Miyazaki, 1997)
56.   The Room (Wiseau, 2003)
57.   Unfaithfully Yours (Sturges, 1948)
58.   Millennium Actress (Kon, 2001)
59.   Man Push Cart (Bahrani, 2005)
60.   Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Wright, 2010)

61.   Hot Fuzz (Wright, 2007)
62.   Speed Racer (Wachowski, 2007)
63.   Toy Story (Lasseter, 1995)
64.   Ed Wood (Burton, 1994)
65.   Team America: World Police (Parker, 2004)
66.   Un Chien Andalou (Buñuel, 1929)
67.   Annie Hall (Allen, 1977)
68.   Fargo (Coen, 1996)
69.   Kicking and Screaming (Baumbach, 1995)
70.   Shadow of a Doubt (Hitchcock, 1943)
71.   Sunset Blvd.
72.   Magnolia
73.   Punch-Drunk Love (Anderson, 2004)
74.   Only Angels Have Wings (Hawks, 1939)
75.   The Nightmare Before Christmas (Selick, 1993)
76.   Funny Games (US) (Haneke, 2008)
77.   Fantastic Mr. Fox
78.   sex, lies, and videotape (Soderbergh, 1989)
79.   Let the Right One In (Alfredson, 2008)
80.   Song of the South (Foster and Jackson, 1946)

81.   The Host
82.   Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Move Film for Theaters (Maiellaro and Willis, 2007)
83.   The Squid and the Whale (Baumbach, 2005)
84.   The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Apatow, 2005)
85.   Dont Look Back (Pennebaker, 1967)
86.   Election
87.   Santa Sangre
88.   Bolt
89.   Mars Attacks! (Burton, 1996)
90.   Sin City

91.   Psycho (Hitchcock, 1960)
92.   Raising Arizona (Coen, 1987)
93.   A Serious Man
94.   Clerks (Smith, 1994)
95.   Tale of Tales
96.   Batman Returns (Burton, 1992)
97.   Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Charles, 2006)
98.   Lymelife (Martini, 2009)
99.   Kung Fu Hustle (Chow, 2004)
100.   Orgazmo (Parker, 1997)

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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #3159 on: September 04, 2011, 09:45:05 AM »
Not 97 films.  :o

 

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