My Favourite 20 Films Of All Time
Submitted by Alphavillain on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 04:19
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- 1. Ugetsu Monogatari (1953) Kenji Mizoguchi
- 2. Citizen Kane (1941) Orson Welles
- 3. Andrei Rublev (1966/71) Andrei Tarkovsky
- 4. Mirror (1974) Andrei Tarkovsky
- 5. Black Narcissus (1947) Michael Powell
- 6. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) Orson Welles
- 7. Pierrot Le Fou (1965) Jean-Luc Godard
- 8. 47 Ronin (1940-1) Kenji Mizoguchi
- 9. I Am Cuba (1964) Mikhail Kalatazovshvili
- 10. Persona (1966) Ingmar Bergman
- 11. Passion Of Joan Of Arc (1928) C.T. Dreyer
- 12. The Grapes Of Wrath (1940) John Ford
- 13. Vregens Dag (1943) Carl Theodor Dreyer
- 14. Late Sping (1952) Yasujiro Ozu
- 15. Princess Mononoke (1998) Hayao Miyazaki
- 16. Force Of Evil (1948) Abraham Polonsky
- 17. Alphaville (1965) Jean-Luc Godard
- 18. Hana-Bi 91997) Takashi Kitano
- 19. Rebel Without A Cause (1954) Nicholas Ray
- 20. Hard Boiled (1992) John Woo
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I have to ask, what is the difference between your "favorite films of all time", and the "greatest films of all time"? Do you judge the "greatest films" on less personal criteria, such as originality and historical importance?
You're correct when you ask "Do you judge the "greatest films" on less personal criteria, such as originality and historical importance?" I'd like to be able to have my faves the same as my best list, because that would mean I was able to reconcile the two. Some films, such as "47 Ronin" and "I Am Cuba" are phenomenal technical accomplishments which I would make if I was a director, but they are more examples of "pure cinema" than "great cinema".
I see, thanks.
Alphavillian, I wish you would expand this to 100 films. 20 is obvious while 100 is revealing.