Favourite: My 25 Favourite films

Submitted by 1922 on Sat, 02/05/2005 - 02:21
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  1. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, USA 1976)
  2. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, UK 1962)
  3. A Fish Called Wanda (Charles Crichton, UK 1988)
  4. 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet, USA 1957)
  5. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, USA 2000)
  6. Star Wars (George Lucas, USA 1977)
  7. East of Eden (Elia Kazan, USA 1955)
  8. C'era una volta il west (Sergio Leone, I 1968)
  9. The Graduate (Mike Nichols, USA 1967)
  10. Don't Look Now (Nicolas Roeg, USA/I 1973)
  11. Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone, USA 1984)
  12. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
  13. Dead Poets Society (Peter Weir, USA 1989)
  14. The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, USA 1955)
  15. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, USA 192)
  16. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, UK 1980)
  17. Alien (Ridley Scott, UK 1979)
  18. Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore, USA 2002)
  19. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, USA 1954)
  20. Halloween (John Carpenter, USA 1978)
  21. Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood, USA 2004)
  22. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, USA 1958)
  23. Stand By Me (Rob Reiner, USA 1986)
  24. Marathon Man (John Schlesinger, USA 1976)
  25. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, USA 1960)
Author Comments: 

After several attempts, this is now the definite version of my favourite films.
Definite? (Fortunately) not really... So, subject to change (but very rarely).

Honorable Mentions:

All Quiet on the Western Front (Lewis Milestone, USA 1930)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, UK 1968)
The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock, USA 1963)
Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, USA 1980)
After Hours (Martin Scorsese, USA 1985)
American Beauty (Sam Mendes, USA 1999)

In numbers

By Director
Alfred Hitchcock: 3
Sergio Leone: 2

By Actor/ Actress
Alec Guinness: 2
Henry Fonda: 2
Jamie Lee Curtis: 2
Dustin Hoffman: 2
Robert De Niro: 2

By Genre
Drama: 10
Comedy: 3
Thriller: 6
Documentary Feature: 1
Sci-Fi: 2
Horror: 2
Western: 1

By Year (1930-2002):
1955: 2

By Country:
USA: 20
UK: 4
I: 2

By Decade:
1940s: 1
1950s: 5
1960s: 4
1970s: 7
1980s: 5
2000s: 3

Academy Awards: 28 (max. 7)
Best Picture Winners: 5
On AFI 100 list: 10
Average year: 1970

Comments are: welcome, needed, awaited, ...