Comments on: Favourite films of all time

By: msg

msg — Tue, 27 Jan 2004 09:05:58 +0000

Not all-time as much as just off the top as they came: do des ka den Hara Kiri La Strada The Seventh Seal Chinatown Godfather 3 North by Northwest Steamboat Bill Jr. A Touch of Evil Big Fish

By: Robert Brager

Robert Brager — Tue, 27 Jan 2004 09:04:28 +0000

My favorites generally coincide with a very minute amount of themes and some films, depending on setting (courtroom drama, halls of power) bore me to tears regardless of the strength of their mise-en-scene or plot. Like many of you, I’ve filtered out directorial overlap… much to my chagrin. Bedazzled (Donen, 1967) Vertigo (Hitchcock, 1958) Branded to Kill (Suzuki, 1967) The Ruling Class (Medak, 1971) China Is Near (Bellocchio, 1967) Diabolik (Bava, 1968) An Actor’s Revenge (Ichikawa, 1963) The Bad Sleep Well (Kurosawa, 1960) Vij (Ptushko, 1967) The Reckless Moment (Ophuls, 1949) The Duellists (Scott, 1977) Rififi (Dassin, 1954) Le Corbeau (Clouzot, 1943) The Phantom of the Paradise (De Palma, 1974) Angel Face (Preminger, 1952) Sebastian (Greene, 1968) Niagara (Hathaway, 1953) The Conformist (Bertolucci, 1970) Mystery Street (Siegel, 1950) Grisbi (Becker, 1954) The Devil & Daniel Webster (Dieterle, 1941) Giants & Toys (Masumura, 1958) The Abominable Dr. Phibes (Fuest, 1971) Blow Up (Antonioni, 1966) He Who Gets Slapped (Sjostrom, 1924)

By: Glenn Condell

Glenn Condell — Tue, 27 Jan 2004 05:46:03 +0000

I’ve actually been maintaining a list on my PC for years – pared down, it looks like this: The Best Citizen Kane Do the Right Thing The Conformist The Conversation The Crying Game 2001 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Nashville The Tin Drum Secretary Honourable mentions: Smiles of a Summer’s Night, Crumb, What have I done to deserve this?, Madness of King George, The Usual Suspects, Withnail and I, Shooting Party, Jesus of Montreal, The Straight Story, Matewan, The Sting, Cabaret, Taxi Driver, Mephisto, Hannah and her sisters, Zelig, Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, 9 Queens, Le Colonel Chabert, In the Name of the Father, City of Women, Apocalype Now, Memento. Worst movie of all time: Eraserhead in the art house; Family Business in the multiplex. Though anything by Peter Greenaway or US analogue David Lynch (with the shining exception of The Straight Story) would do.

By: Noahj.geo

Noahj.geo — Mon, 26 Jan 2004 01:13:42 +0000

Here is a list of movies that I believe are fantastic. I’d hate to make a ‘Best 10 Movies of All-Time List’. Most people would leave out foreign films, which would be a huge mistake. If you’re looking for good social commentary, start here: Gattaca Memento Boondock Saints Chasing Amy Butterfly Effect (in theaters) American History X The Graduate Finding Forrester Apt Pupil Baxter (French Film, and just for the hell of it)

By: Michael Otsuka

Michael Otsuka — Fri, 02 Jan 2004 10:26:53 +0000

‘Fanny and Alexander’ and ‘A Clockwork Orange’ are two that haven’t been mentioned above which would be among my top ten.

By: Icy Hot Stunta

Icy Hot Stunta — Fri, 26 Dec 2003 09:40:46 +0000

Excellent lists so far, my “movies to watch” list is now ridiculously long. Here are my top ten (in no particular order): Fight Club The Usual Suspects Michael Collins Boondock Saints 2001: A Space Odyssey JFK Niagara, Niagara Apocalypse Now Mad Max Battle of Algiers

By: pj

pj — Thu, 25 Dec 2003 03:23:42 +0000

Tina I think you’re criteria would be the one I would apply. My list of movies I’ve seen 10 times or more and still love 1. Rocky (it is unfair to evaluate this great movie based on its poor sequels) 2. Enter the Dragon 3. Up in Smoke 4. Animal House 5. The General (1927, Buster Keaton) 6. Chariots of Fire 7. Personal Best (it’s basically Chariots of Fire with lesbian americans in the 1970s instead of English twits from the 20s) 8. Star Wars (it was a tough call vs. ESB but that had no ending and Return of the Jedi sucked) 9. The Matrix 10. The Naked Gun (Yes, its stupid, but its great. When I saw it in the theater it had ten times the burst out laughter of any movie I’ve ever seen in the theater.)

By: Tina

Tina — Wed, 24 Dec 2003 15:20:56 +0000

Movies that I can watch over and over without getting bored, and always find something new: The Adventures of Robin Hood (Errol Flynn, of course) The Blues Brothers Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan Star Trek: First Contact Pride and Prejudice (I know it’s not a movie, I don’t care) Bull Durham Death Takes a Holiday (1932?) Casablanca Henry V (Branagh)

By: Jeffrey Kramer

Jeffrey Kramer — Tue, 23 Dec 2003 13:07:52 +0000

City Lights The Wizard of Oz Pinocchio Sullivan’s Travels My Darling Clementine The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Singin’ in the Rain Dr. Strangelove The Godfather Monty Python and the Holy Grail Films cited so far which I’ve never seen: Y Tu Mama Tambien (Cuaron) The Evil Dead 2 Everything on Drapetomaniac’s list except ‘Do the Right Thing’.

By: scott h.

scott h. — Tue, 23 Dec 2003 05:05:16 +0000

While I was reading this, Turner Classic Movies was running their montage of great movies. Maybe if I could do 100 I could do justice to a best movies list. But I’ll do one anyway. In no particular order (except for number 1): “The General” (Buster Keaton) “Jaws” “North By Northwest” “Casablanca” “The Empire Strikes Back” “Lawrence of Arabia” “It’s a Wonderful Life” “The Evil Dead 2” “Citizen Kane” “Harvey” “Dude, Where’s My Car?” Ok, I’m kidding about the last one. If you want to make things more difficult for yourself, look at this list of 100.

By: drapetomaniac

drapetomaniac — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 22:25:36 +0000

The Eleventh Commandment (Keita) The May Lady (Bani-Etemad) Black Market (Telmassani) I Like it Like That (Martin) Do the Right Thing (Lee) Raise the Red Lantern (Zhang) Yi Yi (Yang) Flames (Sippy) What Have I Done to Deserve This (Almodovar) Destiny (Chahine)

By: Vinteuil

Vinteuil — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:56:45 +0000

John Isbell—it goes without saying that The Seven Samurai is number eleven on everyone’s list of ten.

By: Jeremy Osner

Jeremy Osner — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:10:10 +0000

And as long as I’ve submitted a #10, I should probably back up and include #9, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Bunuel).

By: Jeremy Osner

Jeremy Osner — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:08:09 +0000

Oh okay, and how about #10: The Seven Samurai (Kurosawa). (And the whole list it should be emphasized, is ordered randomly by what order I thought of them.) (Well except for the top of the list; “The Lifeboat” is actually the best movie of all time, not just the first one I thought of.)

By: Jeremy Osner

Jeremy Osner — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 18:04:12 +0000

Lists of favorites are funny… I read this post and I immediately began thinking of movies I would put on such a list. I have no way of knowing however if these are actually the movies that I have enjoyed most in my life, or just the ones bubbling to the surface at the moment. Is such a distinction even meaningful? I will follow the 1 film per director rule. The Lifeboat (Hitchcock) The Stranger (Welles) Y Tu Mama Tambien (Cuaron) A Night at the Opera (Marx) Mildred Pierce (Curtiz) Rio Bravo (Hawks) The Killing (Kubrick) Brazil (Gilliam) I guess that’s it—8 for me bubbling up right now. Ask me another day, get a different answer. BUt “Lifeboat” would still be at the top. Best movie ever.