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| randall |
Posted - 14/11/2013 : 22:50:47
randall�s Favorite 100 Films That Are At Least Ten Years Old (alpha)
I consider them separate movies, with one exception.
12 ANGRY MEN (1957)
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
THE 400 BLOWS (1959)
ALIEN (1979)
ALIENS (1986)
ALL THE PRESIDENT�S MEN (1976)
NATIONAL LAMPOON�S ANIMAL HOUSE (1978)
ANNIE HALL (1976)
APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
ARTHUR (1981)
BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925)
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1946)
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
BLADE RUNNER (1982)
BLAZING SADDLES (1974)
BLOOD SIMPLE (1984)
BODY HEAT (1981)
BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (1919)
CASABLANCA (1942)
CHINATOWN (1974)
CITIZEN KANE (1941)
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1979)
COOL HAND LUKE (1967)
CRIES AND WHISPERS (1972)
DARBY O�GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE (1959)
A DAY AT THE RACES (1937)
DAY FOR NIGHT (1973)
THE DIRTY DOZEN (1967)
DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
DOG DAY AFTERNOON (1975)
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
AKIRA KUROSAWA�S DREAMS (1990)
FANTASIA (1940)
FARGO (1996)
FITZCARRALDO (1982)
FULL METAL JACKET (1987)
THE GAME (1997)
THE GODFATHER (1972)
THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY (1966)
GOODFELLAS (1990)
GRAND ILLUSION (1937)
HALLOWEEN (1978)
THE HELLSTROM CHRONICLE (1971)
INTOLERANCE (1916)
JAWS (1976)
JURASSIC PARK (1993)
KING KONG (1933)
KOYAANISQATSI (1982)
LA JETEE (1962)
LA STRADA (1954)
LADY & THE TRAMP (1955)
THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS (2001-2003) The director sez it�s one long movie, so do I.
M (1931)
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
MANHATTAN (1979)
MARY POPPINS (1964)
M*A*S*H (1970)
THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964)
MOBY DICK (1956)
MODERN TIMES (1936)
MY FAVORITE YEAR (1982)
NASHVILLE (1976)
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1935)
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
PATTON (1970)
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925)
PLANET OF THE APES (1968)
THE PRODUCERS (1968)
PSYCHO (1960)
PULP FICTION (1994)
RASHOMON (1950)
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
ROGER & ME (1989)
ROSEMARY�S BABY (1968)
THE RULES OF THE GAME (1939)
SAFETY LAST! (1923)
THE SEARCHERS (1956)
THE SEVENTH SEAL (1957)
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
SINGIN� IN THE RAIN (1952)
THE SORROW AND THE PITY (1969)
THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
SPARTACUS (1960)
STAR WARS (1977)
SUNRISE (1927)
SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
SUPERMAN (1978)
THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984)
TOY STORY (1995)
A TRIP TO THE MOON (1902)
UNFORGIVEN (1992)
WILD STRAWBERRIES (1957)
THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
YOJIMBO (1961)
THE ONE I FORGOT
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| Sean |
Posted - 20/11/2014 : 23:37:26
I meant to post here but forgot. Anyway, just mentioning that I finished this list (there were a few I hadn't seen). I mistakenly didn't keep a list of the ones I hadn't seen, but the one that stands out was MOBY DICK (1956). I didn't elevate it to my Top 100 but I did give it 9/10.
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| randall |
Posted - 15/11/2013 : 10:16:56
quote:
Originally posted by GHcool
My crabby complaints:
The French New Wave films I like are few and far between. I recognize that it was an important movement in history, but 400 Blows just sort of ... blows. Sorry. I had to go there. Its not really that bad. It just doesn't move me one way or another. The same goes for Fellini.
The same criticism I gave Sean about Dr. Mabuse applies to Dr. Caligari: if you're gonna pick a German Expressionist film, why not go with what is, in my mind, clearly the best; Metropolis, of course!
Does Halloween really stand the test of time? I understand it was groundbreaking and has some good performances. Maybe you "had to be there."
I carefully renamed my thread to make it immune from criticism. My favorites are my favorites, and that's that!
I go back to my original post to you: whatever floats your boat. I think CALIGARI gets more done in a fraction of the time than METROPOLIS, a great and grand picture to be sure, but why do I have to choose any German Expressionist? CALIGARI is still creepy, end of story.
Same with the midcentury world-film creative blossoming: movies weren't like this before, and those guys even sat at the feet of our studio-bound shit shovelers! [Warner noir, gangsters, etc.] There are several more classics that would make my top 200.
Regarding HALLOWEEN, it is so stripped down and inventive that it doesn't date: it has the same power today on a true innocent [someone who doesn't know anything before seeing it] as it did in 1978, just as does PSYCHO [ditto]. Both pictures are visceral; they can make you jump out of your skin, even over this span of time. I disagree on the performances, however; Jamie Lee Curtis is merely serviceable and Donald Pleasance is chewing the scenery with every syllable. What makes this movie work is the filmmaking, the way your attention is proscribed and something can be lurking anywhere just off camera or beyond focus, the icily effective DIY music. The sheer power of shrewdly-drawn cinema defies its microbudget and is a role model for young filmmakers. I submit that not only is it one of my favorites, it's also one of the Greatest!
EDIT: More fun comments on this list -- including a top 100 by CBS News's David Morgan -- here. |
| Sean |
Posted - 15/11/2013 : 03:36:15
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Originally posted by randa14
NATIONAL LAMPOON�S ANIMAL HOUSE (1978)
BLAZING SADDLES (1974)
I was a little surprised to see these here, but I guess if LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS is OK on my list and Buster Keaton / Charlie Chaplin / Marx Brothers are OK on anyone's list then these two are OK on yours. 
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DAY FOR NIGHT (1973)
THE HELLSTROM CHRONICLE (1971)
INTOLERANCE (1916)
THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964)
MOBY DICK (1956)
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925)
THE SORROW AND THE PITY (1969)
I just added these to my queue (four I'll have to download). A few I'd never heard of.
Overall I have no 'complaints' about your list , many of the ones on here that aren't on mine would be in my next 100.
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| GHcool |
Posted - 15/11/2013 : 00:54:32
My crabby complaints:
The French New Wave films I like are few and far between. I recognize that it was an important movement in history, but 400 Blows just sort of ... blows. Sorry. I had to go there. Its not really that bad. It just doesn't move me one way or another. The same goes for Fellini.
The same criticism I gave Sean about Dr. Mabuse applies to Dr. Caligari: if you're gonna pick a German Expressionist film, why not go with what is, in my mind, clearly the best; Metropolis, of course!
Does Halloween really stand the test of time? I understand it was groundbreaking and has some good performances. Maybe you "had to be there." |
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