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| Syd |
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I decided to bite the bullet, and put Dekalog in first place. This knocks Maltese Falcon out of the #1 spot it's occupied for more than 30 years.
1 Dekalog 1989
2 Maltese Falcon, The 1941
3 Singin' in the Rain 1951
4 All About Eve 1950
5 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The 1948
6 Passion of Joan of Arc, The 1928
7 Citizen Kane 1941
8 Sunrise 1927
9 Schindler's List 1993
10 High and Low 1963
11 Modern Times 1936
12 Fiddler on the Roof 1971
13 City Lights 1931
14 Samurai Rebellion 1967
15 Young Frankenstein 1974
16 Pinocchio 1940
17 Monty Python's Life of Brian 1979
18 Apartment, The 1960
19 Conversation, The 1974
20 Wizard of Oz, The 1939
21 It Happened One Night 1934
22 Secrets and Lies 1996
23 Fish Called Wanda, A 1988
24 Court Jester, The 1956
25 Glory 1989
26 Gold Rush, The 1925
27 8 1/2 1963
28 Minority Report 2002
29 Whale Rider 2003
30 Macbeth 1971
31 Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke) 1997
32 Rules of the Game, The 1939
33 Sweet Hereafter, The 1997
34 Little Big Man 1970
35 Yi Yi 2000
36 Bound 1996
37 Crying Game, The 1992
38 Hero 2002
39 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
40 My Man Godfrey 1936
41 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935
42 Music Man, The 1962
43 Patton 1970
44 Red River 1948
45 Strangers on a Train 1951
46 Crumb 1995
47 Spirited Away 2001
48 Seppuku (Harakiri) 1962
49 Right Stuff, The 1983
50 Princess Bride, The 1987 |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:27 pm |
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Here's my second 50.
51 Third Man, The 1949
52 Grand Illusion, The 1937
53 In America 2002
54 Finding Neverland 2004
55 Departed, The 2006
56 Breaking Away 1979
57 Taxi Driver 1976
58 Aladdin 1992
59 Tootsie 1982
60 Capote 2005
61 Battleship Potemkin, The 1925
62 Henry V 1989
63 Housekeeping 1987
64 Henry V 1944
65 Million Dollar Baby 2004
66 Man in the White Suit, The 1951
67 Thief of Bagdad, The 1924
68 Down and Out in Beverly Hills 1986
69 Yojimbo 1961
70 Almost Famous 2000
71 Eat Drink Man Woman 1994
72 Man Who Would Be King, The 1975
73 Groundhog Day 1993
74 Manchurian Candidate, The 1962
75 Atlantic City 1980
76 Talk To Her 2002
77 Jerry Maguire 1996
78 Great Expectations 1946
79 Children of Heaven 1997
80 Toy Story 2 1999
81 Say Anything 1989
82 Toy Story 1995
83 Stop Making Sense 1984
84 Day for Night 1973
85 Lion in Winter, The 1968
86 Dreamlife of Angels, The 1999
87 Magnificent Ambersons, The 1942
88 Silence of the Lambs, The 1991
89 Fargo 1996
90 Rear Window 1954
91 Wonder Boys 2000
92 Grizzly Man 2005
93 Monsoon Wedding 2001
94 Trouble in Paradise 1932
95 Jean de Florette 1986
96 Lady Eve, The 1941
97 Twentieth Century 1934
98 Our Hospitality 1923
99 Boyz N the Hood 1991
100 Kagemusha 1980
101 is Bread and Tulips. It really hurt to leave that out of my top 100. Of course, I could change my mind about Dekalog. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:46 pm |
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| Syd, there are a few on your list that I couldn't agree with but there are a whole bunch (and not the obvious ones), on your list that I also wanted to include, but we have to make choices. A week from now and one would probably have a 25% difference list. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:46 pm |
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| I actually have a second hundred film list which I'll share after we get done tabulating. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:40 pm |
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| I'll need a couple more days to arrange my list in a way that reflects my absolute favorite top 50. Its tough. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:54 pm |
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mo_flixx wrote: Syd wrote:
All the versions of "Imitation of Life" and "A Star is Born" come close.
My problem is whether to do Dekalog as a single entity, because if I do, it will be #1.
This is a movie I forgot to put on my list. It definitely belongs there.
Some of the "Dekalog" stories were longer TV shows with basically the same plots. I've forgotten all the details now. I should check out the imdb.com .
"The Kingdom" by von Trier was another TV show released here as a movie - pretty amazing...and definitely my favorite von Trier.
Two of the sections of Dekalog, the ones on "Thou Shalt Not Kill" and "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery" were expanded into A Short Film About Killing and A Short Film About Love. I've only seen the Dekalog versions.
I counted the three parts of Trois Coleurs as separate films. Blue and White are in my second hundred. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:57 pm |
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Syd wrote:
Two of the sections of Dekalog, the ones on "Thou Shalt Not Kill" and "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery" were expanded into A Short Film About Killing and A Short Film About Love. I've only seen the Dekalog versions.
Thanks for this info. I didn't have time to check. I've seen all versions. All are slightly different and hold up very well. It would be hard for me to choose between the 2 "Short Films" and their "Dekalog" versions frankly. |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:51 am |
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My fifty:
1. Third Man, The
2. Maltese Falcon, The
3. Casablanca
4. Citizen Kane
5. Pinocchio
6. Godfather, The (I)
7. Schindler's List
8. Beauty and the Beast (original)
9. Wizard of Oz, The
10. It's a Wonderful Life
11. Hannah and Her Sisters
12. To Kill a Mockingbird
13. Yojimbo
14. Goodfellas
15. La Dolce Vita
16. Stalag 17
17. Virgin Spring, The
18. Raging Bull
19. Bonnie and Clyde
20. Babel
21. High Noon
22. Platoon
23. Year of Living Dangerously, The
24. Of Mice and Men ('39)
25. Zorba the Greek
26. Bridge on the River Kwai
27. A Christmas Story
28. Pan's Labyrinth
29. Shane
30. Battle of Algiers, The
31. Babette's Feast
32. Network
33. All About Eve
34. Right Stuff, The
35. Young Frankenstein
36. Lavender Hill Mob
37. Raiders of the Lost Ark
38. Treasure of the Sierra Madre
39. Il Postino
40. Conversation, The
41. Treasure Island (Disney)
42. Do the Right Thing
43. All the President's Men
44. Annie Hall
45. A Christmas Carol ('38)
46. Empire of the Sun
47. Hamlet (Branagh)
48. M.A.S.H.
49. Glory
50. American Graffiti |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:07 am |
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| Gary--Interesting to see Murder by Contract on your list. I still remember it as a chilling little film. Unavailable on DVD; what a bummer. |
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| Trish |
| Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:30 am |
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why does Lorne want the titles to be read ie
Princess Bride, The
I didn't do that on my list - I suppose I can edit and change those titles to appear that way - but why? why does it matter? |
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| Trish |
| Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:32 am |
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| nevermind, I fixed my list - I wouldn't want any of my movies not counted |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:45 am |
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billyweeds wrote: Gary--Interesting to see Murder by Contract on your list. I still remember it as a chilling little film. Unavailable on DVD; what a bummer.
You actually saw it? Great, I thought Yunfat and I were the only ones. It was one of his favourites too. I didn't know that it wasn't available for home viewing, but it doesn't surprise me. It was an extremely low budget classic. A sleeper that is still asleep as far as audiences go. I saw it one summer when I was running a store in a town about 100 miles from Wpg. I had never heard of it, but I saw every movie that came to that rather uninteresting town. It was not surprisingly the first time I had seen Vince Edwards and he was never better, though that's not saying very much. He was perfect in the part. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:48 am |
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| Yambu, the 1938 version of A Christmas Carol is my favourite also. Billy disagrees. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:49 am |
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| Dang it, I forgot The Eagle. Probably would just miss the top 100, but it's one of the best swashbucklers ever made. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:50 am |
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marantzo wrote: Yambu, the 1938 version of A Christmas Carol is my favourite also. Billy disagrees.
My favorite version has Kermit and Miss Piggy. |
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