My top 10 of every year
Submitted by rudolf55 on Sun, 03/05/2006 - 03:58
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2010
- 1. Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich; 103 min; USA)
- 2. Inception (Christopher Nolan; 148 min; USA/UK)
- 3. Exit Through The Gift Shop (Banksy; 96 min; USA/UK)
- 4. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (Edgar Wright; 112 min; USA/UK/Canada)
- 5. The Ghost Writer (Roman Polanski; 128 min; France/Germany/UK)
- 6. The Social Network (David Fincher; 121 min; USA)
- 7. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part I (David Yates; 146 min; UK/USA)
- 8. Shutter Island (Martin Scorsese; 138 min; USA)
- 9. Kick-Ass (Matthew Vaughn; 117 min; UK/USA)
- 10. The American (Anton Corbijn; 105 min; USA)
2009
- 1. Up (Pete Docter; 96 min; USA)
- 2. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino; 153 min; USA/France/Germany)
- 3. Das Weisse Band - Eine Deutsche Kindegeschichte (Michael Haneke; 144 min; Austria/Germany/France/Italy)
- 4. Un Prophète (Jacques Audiard; 155 min; France/Italy)
- 5. (500) Days Of Summer (Marc Webb; 95 min; USA)
- 6. Coraline (Henry Selick; 96 min; USA)
- 7. A Serious Man (Ethan Coen/Joel Coen; 106 min; USA/UK/France)
- 8. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold; 123 min; UK)
- 9. Up In The Air (Jason Reitman; 109 min; USA)
- 10. De Helaasheid Der Dingen (Felix Van Groeningen; 108 min; Belgium)
2008
- 1. Wall-E (Andrew Stanton; 98 min; USA)
- 2. The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky; 111 min; USA/France)
- 3. Låt Den Rätte Komma In (Tomas Alfredson; 115 min; Sweden)
- 4. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow; 131 min; USA)
- 5. Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs (Peter Avanzino; 90 min; USA)
- 6. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan; 152 min; USA)
- 7. Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle; 120 min; UK/USA)
- 8. Milk (Gus Van Sant; 128 min; USA)
- 9. Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh; 118 min; UK)
- 10. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman; 124 min; USA)
2007
- 1. No Country For Old Men (Joel Coen/Ethan Coen; 122 min; USA)
- 2. 4 Luni, 3 Saptamâni Si 2 Zile (Cristian Mingu; 113 min; Romania)
- 3. Ratatouille (Brad Bird; 107 min; USA)
- 4. The Bourne Ultimatum (Paul Greengrass; 112 min; USA)
- 5. The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik; 160 min; USA)
- 6. Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi/Vincent Parranaud: 96 min; France/USA)
- 7. Le Scaphandre Et Le Papillon (Julian Schnabel; 112 min; France/USA)
- 8. Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg; 100 min; UK/Canada/USA)
- 9. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson; 158 min; USA)
- 10. Hot Fuzz (Adgar Wright; 123 min; UK/France)
2006
- 1. Children Of Men (Alfonso Cuarón; 109 min; UK)
- 2. United 93 (Paul Greengrass; 100 minutes; USA)
- 3. Das Leben Der Anderen (Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck; 137 min; Germany)
- 4. El Laberinto Del Fauno (Guillermo Del Toro; 119 min; Mexico/Spain/USA)
- 5. The Departed (Martin Scorsese; 151 min; USA)
- 6. Letters From Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood; 140 min; Japan/USA)
- 7. Stranger Than Fiction (Marc Forster; 113 min; USA)
- 8. The Last King Of Scotland (Kevin MacDonald; 121 min; UK)
- 9. Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton/Valerie Faris; 101 min; USA)
- 10. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles; 84 min; USA)
2005
- 1. Sin City (Robert Rodriguez; 124 min; USA)
- 2. A History of Violence (David Cronenberg; 96 min; USA)
- 3. Match Point (Woody Allen; 124 min; UK/USA/Luxembourg)
- 4. Wallace and Gromit and the Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Steve Box/Nick Park; 85 min; UK)
- 5. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee; 129 min; USA)
- 6. Sophie Scholl - Die Letzte Tage (Marc Rothemund; 120 min; Germany)
- 7. Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog; 103 min; USA)
- 8. Chinjeolhan Geumjassi (Chan-Wook Park; 115 min; South Korea)
- 9. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Shane Black; 103 min; USA)
- 10. Thank You For Smoking (Jason Reitman; 92 min; USA)
2004
- 1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry; 108 min; USA)
- 2. The Incredibles (Brad Bird; 115 min; USA)
- 3. Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood; 132 min; USA)
- 4. Vera Drake (Mike Leigh; 125 min; UK/France/New Zealand)
- 5. 2046 (Wong Kar-Wai; 129 min; China/France/Germany/Hong Kong)
- 6. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater; 80 min; USA)
- 7. Shaun of the Dead (Edgard Wright; 99 min; UK)
- 8. The Bourne Supremacy (Paul Greengrass; 108 min; USA/Germany)
- 9. Bin-Jip (Ki-Duk Kim; 90 min; South-Korea/Japan)
- 10. Layer Cake (Matthew Vaughn; 105 min; UK)
2003
- 1. Oldboy (Chan-Wook Park; 120 min; South Korea)
- 2. Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton; 100 min; USA)
- 3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson; 251 min; USA/New Zealand/Germany)
- 4. Dogville (Lars Von Trier; 178 min; Denmark/Sweden/Norway/Finland/UK/France/Germany/The Netherlands)
- 5. Elephant (Gus Van Sant; 77 min; USA)
- 6. X-men 2 (Bryan Singer; 133 min; USA)
- 7. Bom Yeoreum Gaeul Gyeoul Geurigo Bom (Ki-Duk Kim; 99 min; South Korea)
- 8. Kill Bill Volume 1 (Quentin Tarantino; 111 min; USA)
- 9. Big Fish (Tim Burton; 125 min; USA)
- 10. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola; 102 min; USA/Japan)
2002
- 1. Adaptation
- 2. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
- 3. Hable Con Ella
- 4. Boksuneun Naui Geot
- 5. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- 6. The Pianist
- 7. In America
- 8. The Bourne Identity
- 9. The 25th Hour
- 10. Le Fils
2001
- 1. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson; 110 min; USA)
- 2. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch; 145 min; USA/France)
- 3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson; 208 min; New Zealand/USA)
- 4. Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff; 111 min; USA/UK/Germany)
- 5. The Man Who Wasn't There (Joel Coen; 116 min; UK/USA)
- 6. Gosford Park (Robert Altman; 137 min; UK)
- 7. Monsters Inc (Pete Docter; 92 min; USA)
- 8. In The Bedroom (Todd Field; 130 min; USA)
- 9. Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain (Jean-Pierre Jeunet; 122 min; France/Germany)
- 10. La Pianiste (Michael Haneke; 131 min; Austria/France/Germany)
2000
- 1. Dancer In The Dark (Lars Von Trier; 140 min; Denmark/Germany/Netherlands/USA/UK/France/Sweden/Finland/Iceland/Norway)
- 2. Yi Yi (Edward Yang; 173 min; Taiwan/Japan)
- 3. Memento (Christopher Nolan; 113 min; USA)
- 4. Werckmeister Harmóniák (Béla Tarr; 145 min; Hungary/France/Italy/Germany)
- 5. Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe; 156 min; USA)
- 6. George Washington (David Gordon Green; 89 min; USA)
- 7. Gladiator (Ridley Scott; 155 min; UK/USA)
- 8. Malèna (Giusseppe Tornatore; 92 min; Italy)
- 9. Fa Yeung Nin Wa (Kar Wai Wong; 98 min; Hong Kong/France)
- 10. Amores Perros (Alejandro González Iñárritu; 153 min; Mexico)
1999
- 1. Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter; 92 min; USA)
- 2. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze; 112 min; USA)
- 3. The Iron Giant (Brad Bird; 86 min; USA)
- 4. The Matrix (Andry Wachowski/Larry Wachowski; 136 min; USA)
- 5. Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson; 188 min; USA)
- 6. Rosetta (Jean-Pierre/Luc Dardenne; 90 min; Belgium)
- 7. Man on the Moon (Milos Forman; 118 min; UK/Germany/Japan/USA)
- 8. Todo Sobre Mi Madre (Pedro Almodóvar; 101 min; Spain/France)
- 9. Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai (Jim Jarmusch; 111 min; USA)
- 10. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (Trey Parker; 81 min; USA)
1998
- 1. The Truman Show (Peter Weir; 103 min; USA)
- 2. The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen; 117 min; USA/UK)
- 3. Festen (Thomas Vinterberg; 105 min; Denmark/Sweden)
- 4. Crna Macka, Beli Macor (Emir Kusturica; 127 min; France/Germany/ Yugoslavia)
- 5. Wandâfuru Raifu (Hirokazu Koreeda; 118 min; Japan)
- 6. Rushmore (Wes Anderson; 93 min; USA)
- 7. Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg; 170 min; USA)
- 8. Buffalo '66 (Vincent Gallo; 110 min; USA)
- 9. A Bug's Life (John Lasseter; 96 min; USA)
- 10. Dark City (Alex Proyas; 100 min; Australia/USA)
1997
- 1. LA Confidential (Curtis Hanson; 138 min; USA)
- 2. Titanic (James Cameron; 194 min; USA)
- 3. The Sweet Hereafter (Atom Egoyan; 112 min; Canada)
- 4. Abre Los Ojos (Alejandro Amenábar; 117 min; Spain/France/Italy)
- 5. Mat I Syn (Aleksandr Sokurov; 73 min; Russia/Germany)
- 6. Hana-Bi (Takeshi Kitano; 103 min; Japan)
- 7. As Good as it Gets (James L. Brooks; 139 min; USA)
- 8. Ta'm E Guilass (Abbas Kiarostami; 95 min; Iran/France)
- 9. Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant; 126 min; USA)
- 10. Chung Gwong Cha Sit (Wong Kar-Wai; 96 min; Hong Kong)
1996
- 1. Trainspotting (Danny Boyle; 94 min; UK)
- 2. Fargo (Joel Coen; 98 min; USA)
- 3. Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh; 142 min; UK/France)
- 4. Breaking The Waves (Lars Von Trier; 159 min; Denmark/Sweden/France/Netherlands/Norway/Iceland)
- 5. Nun Va Goldoon (Mohsen Makhmalbaf; 78 min; Iran/France)
- 6. Shine (Scott Hicks; 105 min; Australia)
- 7. Irma Vep (Olivier Assayas; 99 min; France)
- 8. Microcosmos (Claude Nuridsany; 80 min; France/Switzerland/Italy)
- 9. La Promesse (Jean-Pierre Dardenne/Luc Dardenne; 90 min; Belgium)
- 10. Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson; 91 min; USA)
1995
- 1. Twelve Monkeys (Terry Gilliam; 129 min; USA)
- 2. Toy Story (John Lasseter; 96 min; USA)
- 3. Se7en (David Fincher; 127 min; USA)
- 4. Underground (Emir Kusturica; 170 min; France/Yugoslavia/Germany)
- 5. Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch; 121 min; USA/Germany/Japan)
- 6. Casino (Martin Scorsese; 178 min; USA)
- 7. Badkonake Sefid (Jafar Panahi; 85 min; Iran)
- 8. La Cité Des Enfants Perdus (Jean-Pierre Jeunet; 112 min; France/Germany/Spain)
- 9. Leaving Las Vegas (Mike Figgis; 111 min; France/USA/UK)
- 10. Braveheart (Mel Gibson; 177 min; USA)
1994
- 1. Sátántangó (Béla Tarr; 450 min; Hungary/Germany/Switzerland)
- 2. Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson; 108 min; UK/Germany/New Zealand)
- 3. The Lion King (Roger Allers/Rob Minkoff; 89 min; USA)
- 4. Trois Couleurs: Rouge (Krzysztof Kierslowski; 99 min; Poland/France/Switzerland)
- 5. Chung Hing Sam Lam (Wong Kar-Wai; 102 min; Hong Kong)
- 6. Ed Wood (Tim Burton; 127 min; USA)
- 7. Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis; 142 min; USA)
- 8. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino; 168 min; USA)
- 9. Trois Couleurs: Blanc (Krzysztof Kierslowski; 90 min; France/Poland)
- 10. The Hudsucker Proxy (Joel Coen; 111 min; UK/Germany/USA)
1993
- 1. Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg; 195 min; USA)
- 2. Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg; 127 min; USA)
- 3. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis; 101 min; USA)
- 4. Trois Couleurs: Bleu (Krzysztof Kieslowski; 100 min; France/Poland/UK/Switzerland)
- 5. Ba Wang Bie Ji (Kaige Chen; 171 min; China/Hong Kong)
- 6. In The Name Of The Father (Jim Sheridan; 133 min; Ireland/UK)
- 7. Dazed And Confused (Richard Linklater; 102 min; USA)
- 8. A Perfect World (Clint Eastwood; 138 min; USA)
- 9. What's Eating Gilbert Grape (Lasse Hallström; 118 min; USA)
- 10. A Bronx Tale (Robert De Niro; 121 min; USA)
1992
- 1. Aladdin (Ron Clements/John Musker; 90 min; USA)
- 2. Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood; 133 min; USA)
- 3. The Player (Robert Altman; 124 min; USA)
- 4. Orlando (Sally Potter; 93 min; UK/Russia/France/Italy/The Netherlands)
- 5. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino; 99 min; USA)
- 6. Husbands And Wives (Woody Allen; 108 min; USA)
- 7. Braindead (Peter Jackson; 104 min; New Zealand)
- 8. Accidental Hero (Stephen Frears; 117 min; USA)
- 9. The Crying Game (Neil Jordan; 112 min; UK/Japan)
- 10. Army Of Darkness (Sam Raimi; 96 min; USA)
1991
- 1. La Double Vie De Véronique (Krszystof Kierslowski; 94 min; France/Poland)
- 2. Barton Fink (Joel Coen; 116 min; UK/USA)
- 3. The Commitments (Alan Parker; 118 min; Ireland/US/UK)
- 4. Les Amants Du Pont-Neuf (Leos Carax; 125 min; France)
- 5. Da Hong Deng Long Gao Gao Gua (Zhang Yimou; 125 min; China/Hong Kong/Taiwan)
- 6. Gu Ling Jie Shao Nian Sha Ren Shi Jian (Edward Yang; 237 min; Taiwan)
- 7. The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme; 118 min; USA)
- 8. La Belle Noiseuse (Jacques Rivette; 236 min; France/Switzerland)
- 9. The Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron; 137 min; USA/France)
- 10. Van Gogh (Maurice Pialat; 158 min; France)
1990
- 1. Nema-Ye Nazdik (Abbas Kiarostami; 94 min; Iran)
- 2. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese; 146 min; USA)
- 3. Life Is Sweet (Mike Leigh; 103 min; UK)
- 4. Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton; 105 min; USA)
- 5. Ju Dou (Zhang Yimou; 95 min; Japan/China)
- 6. Milou En Mai (Louis Malle; 107 min; France/Italy)
- 7. Back to the Future 3 (Robert Zemeckis; 114 min; USA)
- 8. Wild At Heart (David Lynch; 120 min; USA)
- 9. Miller's Crossing (Joel Coen; 115 min; USA)
- 10. A Fei Zheng Chuan (Wong Kar-Wai; 94 min; Hong Kong)
1989
- 1. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Steven Spielberg; 127 min; USA)
- 2. Do The Right Thing (Spike Lee; 120 min; USA)
- 3. Bei Qing Cheng Shi (Hou Hsiao-Hsien; 157 min; Hong Kong/Taiwan)
- 4. Crimes And Misdemeanors (Woody Allen; 104 min; USA)
- 5. The Cook The Thief His Wife And Her Lover (Peter Greenaway; 124 min; France/UK)
- 6. Born on the Fourth of July (Oliver Stone; 145 min; USA)
- 7. Dead Poets Society (Peter Weir; 128 min; USA)
- 8. Batman (Tim Burton; 126 min; UK/USA)
- 9. Mystery Train (Jim Jarmusch; 110 min; USA/Japan)
- 10. Back to the Future 2 (Robert Zemeckis; 108 min; USA)
1988
- 1. Krótki Film O Milosci (Krzystof Kieslowski; 86 min; Poland)
- 2. Die Hard (John McTiernan; 131 min; USA)
- 3. Krótki Film O Zabijaniu (Krzystof Kieslowski; 84 min; Poland)
- 4. Dom Za Vesanje (Emir Kusturica; 136 min; UK/Italy/Yugoslavia)
- 5. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (Robert Zemeckis; 104 min; USA)
- 6. Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (Giuseppe Tornatore; 155 min; Italy/France)
- 7. A Fish Called Wanda (Charles Crichton; 108 min; USA/UK)
- 8. Tonari No Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki; 86 min; Japan)
- 9. Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (David Zucker; 85 min; USA)
- 10. Mississippi Burning (Alan Parker; 128 min; USA)
1987
- 1. Au Revoir, Les Enfants (Louis Malle; 104 min; France/West-Germany)
- 2. Der Himmel Über Berlin (Wim Wenders; 127 min; West Germany)
- 3. Babettes Gaestebud (Gabriel Axel; 102 min; Denmark)
- 4. Evil Dead II (Sam Raimi; 85 min; USA)
- 5. Robocop (Paul Verhoeven; 102 min; USA)
- 6. Raising Arizona (Joel Coen; 94 min; USA)
- 7. Broadcast News (James L. Brooks; 133 min; USA)
- 8. The Dead (John Huston; 83 min; UK/Ireland/US)
- 9. The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner; 98 min; USA)
- 10. Spaceballs (Mel Brooks; 96 min; USA)
1986
- 1. Offret (Andrei Tarkovsky; 142 min; Sweden)
- 2. Platoon (Oliver Stone; 127 min; UK/USA)
- 3. Blue Velvet (David Lynch; 120 min; USA)
- 4. Hannah And Her Sisters (Woody Allen; 96 min; USA)
- 5. Le Rayon Vert (Eric Rohmer; 98 min; France)
- 6. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (John Hughes; 102 min; USA)
- 7. The Fly (David Cronenberg; 95 min; UK/USA/Canada)
- 8. The Hitcher (Rober Harmon; 92 min; USA)
- 9. Salvador (Oliver Stone; 122 min; UK/USA)
- 10. Varjojan Paratiisissa (Aki Kaurismäki; 76 min; Finland)
1985
- 1. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis; 117 min; USA)
- 2. Shoah (Claude Lanzmann; 566 min; France)
- 3. Idi I Smotri (Elem Klimov; 142 min; Soviet Union)
- 4. Brazil (Terry Gilliam; 142 min; UK)
- 5. Tong Nien Wang Shi (Hou Hsiao-Hsien; 138 min; Taiwan)
- 6. Mitt Liv Som Hund (Lasse Halström; 101 min; USA)
- 7. After Hours (Martin Scorsese; 93 min; USA)
- 8. The Purple Rose of Cairo (Woody Allen; 82 min; USA)
- 9. The Return Of The Living Dead (Dan O'Bannon; 91 min; USA)
- 10. The Color Purple (Steven Spielberg; 154 min; USA)
1984
- 1. Amadeus (Milos Forman; 160 min; USA)
- 2. Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders; 147 min; West Germany/France/USA)
- 3. Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman; 107 min; USA)
- 4. Once Upon A Time In The West (Sergio Leone; 229 min; Italy/USA)
- 5. The Terminator (James Cameron; 108 min; UK/USA)
- 6. Broadway Danny Rose (Woody Allen; 84 min; USA)
- 7. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Steven Spielberg; 118 min; USA)
- 8. The Killing Fields (Roland Joffé; 141 min; UK)
- 9. This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner; 82 min; USA)
- 10. Love Streams (John Cassavetes; 141 min; USA)
1983
- 1. Star Wars Episode 6: The Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand; 134 min; USA)
- 2. Zelig (Woody Allen; 72 min; USA)
- 3. Sans Soleil (Chris Marker; 100 min; France)
- 4. Nostalghia (Andrei Tarkovsky; 125 min; Italy/Soviet Union)
- 5. El Sur (Victor Erice; 95 min; Spain/France)
- 6. Rumble Fish (Francis Ford Coppola; 94 min; USA)
- 7. Videodrome (David Cronenberg; 89 min; Canada)
- 8. The Right Stuff (Philip Kaufman; 180 min; USA)
- 9. The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese; 108 min; USA)
- 10. À Nos Amours (Maurice Pialat; 95 min; France)
1982
- 1. Fanny Och Alexander (Ingmar Bergman; 312 min; Sweden)
- 2. Gandhi (Richard Attenborough; 188 min; UK/India)
- 3. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott; 117 min; USA/Singapore/Hong Kong)
- 4. Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog; 158 min; Peru/West Germany)
- 5. Missing (Costa-Gavras; 122 min; USA))
- 6. Monty Python: Live At The Hollywood Bowl (Terry Hughes/Ian McNaughton; 77 min; UK)
- 7. The Thing (John Carpenter; 109 min; USA)
- 8. ET The Extra-Terrestial (Steven Spielberg; 115 min; USA)
- 9. Diner (Barry Levinson; 110 min; USA)
- 10. The Verdict (Sidney Lumet; 129 min; USA)
1981
- 1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg; 115 min; USA)
- 2. Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen; 216 min; Germany)
- 3. Mephisto (István Szabó; 144 min; West Germany/Hungary/Austria)
- 4. Gallipoli (Peter Weir; 107 min; Australia)
- 5. Lola (Rainer Werner Fassbinder; 113 min; West Germany)
- 6. An American Werewolf in London (John Landis; 97 min; UK/USA)
- 7. Reds (Warren Beatty; 188 min; USA/Russia)
- 8. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (George Miller; 91 min; Australia)
- 9. Chariots of Fire (Hugh Hudson; 123 min; UK)
- 10. La Femme D'À Côté (François Truffaut; 106 min; France)
1980
- 1. Star Wars Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kerschner; 124 min; USA)
- 2. Kagemusha (Akira Kurosawa; 179 min; Japan)
- 3. The Elephant Man (David Lynch; 124 min; UK/USA)
- 4. The Blues Brothers (John Landis; 133 min; USA)
- 5. Airplane (Jim Abrahams/Jerry Zucker/David Zucker; 88 min; USA)
- 6. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese; 129 min; USA)
- 7. Atlantic City (Louis Malle; 104 min; Canada/France)
- 8. Stardust Memories (Woody Allen; 91 min; USA)
- 9. The Long Good Friday (John Mackenzie; 114 min; UK)
- 10. Le Dernier Métro (François Truffaut; 133 min; France)
1979
- 1. Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky; 168 min; West Germany/Soviet Union)
- 2. Alien (Ridley Scott; 117 min; USA)
- 3. Monty Python's Life of Brian (Terry Jones; 94 min; UK)
- 4. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola; 153 min; USA)
- 5. Manhattan (Woody Allen; 96 min; USA)
- 6. Die Blechtrommel (Volker Schlöndorff; 142 min; West-Germany/France/Poland/Yugoslavia)
- 7. Kramer Vs. Kramer (Robert Benton; 105 min; USA)
- 8. All That Jazz (Bob Fosse; 123 min; USA)
- 9. The China Syndrome (James Bridges; 122 min; USA)
- 10. Die Ehe Der Maria Braun (Rainer Werner Fassbinder; 120 min; West Germany)
1978
- 1. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino; 182 min; UK/USA)
- 2. L'Albero Degli Zoccoli (Ermanno Olmi; 186 min; Italy/France)
- 3. Höstsonaten (Ingmar Bergman; 90 min; Sweden/France/West Germany)
- 4. Days Of Heaven (Terrence Malick; 94 min; USA)
- 5. Dawn Of The Dead (George A. Romero; 126 min; Italy/USA)
- 6. Interiors (Woody Allen; 93 min; USA)
- 7. Halloween (John Carpenter; 91 min; USA)
- 8. In Einem Jahr Mit 13 Monden (Rainer Werner Fassbinder; 124 min; West Germany)
- 9. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Philip Kaufman; 115 min; USA)
- 10. Les Rendez-Vous D'Anna (Chantal Akerman; 127 min; Belgium/France/West Germany)
1977
- 1. Star Wars (George Lucas; 121 min; USA)
- 2. Annie Hall (Woody Allen; 93 min; USA)
- 3. Una Giornata Particolare (Ettore Scola; 110 min; Italy/Canada)
- 4. Voskhozhdeniye (Larisa Shepitko; 111 min; Soviet Union)
- 5. Killer Of Sheep (Charles Burnett; 83 min; USA)
- 6. Cet Obscur Objet Du Désir (Luis Buñuel; 102 min; France/Spain)
- 7. The Last Wave (Peter Weir; 106 min; Australia)
- 8. 3 Women (Robert Altman; 124 min; USA)
- 9. Opening Night (John Cassavetes; 144 min; USA)
- 10. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg; 137 min; UK/USA)
1976
- 1. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese; 113 min; USA)
- 2. Network (Sidney Lumet; 121 min; USA)
- 3. Im Lauf Der Zeit (Wim Wenders; 175 min; West Germany)
- 4. The Outlaw Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood; 135 min; USA)
- 5. All The Presiden'ts Men (Alan J Pakula; 138 min; USA)
- 6. Brutti, Sporchi E Cattivi (Ettore Scola; 115 min; Italy)
- 7. Le Locataire (Roman Polanski; 126 min; France)
- 8. The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie (John Cassavetes; 135 min; USA)
- 9. Carrie (Brian DePalma; 98 min; USA)
- 10. The Shootist (Don Siegel; 100 min; USA)
1975
- 1. Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet; 124 min; USA)
- 2. Zerkalo (Andrei Tarkovsky; 108 min; Soviet Union)
- 3. Jaws (Steven Spielberg; 124 min; USA)
- 4. O Thiasos (Theodoros Angelopoulos; 230 min; Greece)
- 5. Love And Death (Woody Allen; 85 min; France/USA)
- 6. Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick; 184 min; USA)
- 7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam/Terry Jones; 91 min; UK)
- 8. Nashville (Robert Altman; 159 min; USA)
- 9. Professione: Reporter (Michelangelo Antonioni; 126 min; Italy/Spain/France)
- 10. Trollflöjten (Ingmar Bergman; 129 min; Sweden)
1974
- 1. Chinatown (Roman Polanski; 131 min; USA)
- 2. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola; 113 min; USA)
- 3. Angst Essen Seele Auf (Rainer Werner Fassbinder; 93 min; West Germany)
- 4. A Woman Under The Influence (John Cassavetes; 155 min; USA)
- 5. Le Fantôme De La Liberté (Luis Buñuel; 103 min; Italy/France)
- 6. Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks; 93 min; USA)
- 7. Vérités Et Mensonges (Orson Welles; 85 min; France/Iran/West Germany)
- 8. Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks; 106 min; USA)
- 9. Jeder Für Sich Und Gott Gegen Allen (Werner Herzog; 110 min; West Germany)
- 10. Lenny (Bob Fosse; 111 min; USA)
1973
- 1. Scener Ur Ett Äktenskap (Ingmar Bergman; 299 min; Sweden)
- 2. The Sting (George Roy Hill; 129 min; USA)
- 3. El Espíritu De La Colmena (Victor Erice; 97 min; Spain)
- 4. Paper Moon (Peter Bogdanovich; 102 min; USA)
- 5. La Maman Et La Putain (Jean Eustache; 217 min; France)
- 6. Don't Look Now (Nicolas Roeg; 110 min; Italy/UK)
- 7. Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese; 112 min; USA)
- 8. Amarcord (Federico Fellini; 127 min; Italy)
- 9. Papillon (Franklin J Shaffner; 150 min; USA)
- 10. O Lucky Man! (Lindsay Anderson; 183 min; UK)
1972
- 1. Aguirre, Der Zorn Gottes (Werner Herzog; 93 min; West Germany/Peru/Mexico)
- 2. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola; 175 min; USA)
- 3. Solyaris (Andrei Tarkovsky; 169 min; USSR)
- 4. Le Charme Discret De La Bourgeiosie (Luis Buñuel; 97 min; France/Italy/Spain)
- 5. Viskningar Och Rop (Ingmar Bergman; 88 min; Sweden)
- 6. Cabaret (Bob Fosse; 124 min; USA)
- 7. Play It Again, Sam (Herbert Ross; 82 min; USA)
- 8. Die Bitteren Tränen Der Petra Von Kant (Rainer Werner Fassbinder; 124 min; West Germany)
- 9. Ultimo Tango A Parigi (Bernardo Bertolucci; 136 min; Italy/France)
- 10. Fat City (John Huston; 100 min; USA)
1971
- 1. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick; 136 min; UK)
- 2. The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich; 126 min; USA)
- 3. Harold And Maude (Hal Ashby; 91 min; USA)
- 4. Szerelem (Károly Makk; 88 min; Hungary)
- 5. Le Souffle Au Coeur (Louis Malle; 118 min; France/Italy/West Germany)
- 6. Morte A Venezia (Luchino Visconti; 130 min; Italy/France)
- 7. Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo; 111 min; USA)
- 8. The French Connection (William Friedkin; 104 min; USA)
- 9. Walkabout (Nicolas Roeg; 100 min; UK)
- 10. The Beguiled (Don Siegel; 105 min; USA)
1970
- 1. Il Conformista (Bernardo Bertolucci; 107 min; Italy/France/West Germany)
- 2. Dodes'ka-Den (Akira Kurosawa; 140 min; Japan)
- 3. Le Genou De Claire (Eric Rohmer; 105 min; France)
- 4. Tristana (Luis Buñuel; 95 min; France/Italy/Spain)
- 5. Le Cercle Rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville; 140 min; France/Italy)
- 6. Domicile Conjugal (François Truffaut; 100 min; France/Italy)
- 7. Little Big Man (Arthur Penn; 139 min; USA)
- 8. Patton (Franklin J Shaffner; 172 min; USA)
- 9. MASH (Robert Altman; 116 min; USA)
- 10. Kes (Ken Loach; 110 min; UK)
1969
- 1. Z (Costa-Gavras; 127 min; Algerie/France)
- 2. Ma Nuit Chez Maud (Eric Rohmer; 110 min; France)
- 3. Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger; 113 min; USA)
- 4. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Sydney Pollack; 129 min; USA)
- 5. La Voie Lactée (Luis Buñuel; 98 min; France/West Germany/Italy)
- 6. Andrey Rublyev (Andrej Tarkovsky; 205 min; Soviet-Union)
- 7. The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah; 145 min; USA)
- 8. Take The Money And Run (Woody Allen; 85 min; USA)
- 9. Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper; 95 min; USA)
- 10. The Italian Job (Peter Collinson; 99 min; UK)
1968
- 1. C'era Una Volta Il West (Sergio Leone; 165 min; Italy/USA)
- 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick; 141 min; UK/USA)
- 3. Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski; 131 min; USA)
- 4. If... (Lindsay Anderson; 111 min; UK)
- 5. Baisers Volés (François Truffaut; 90 min; France)
- 6. Night of the Living Dead (George Romero; 96 min; USA)
- 7. The Producers (Mel Brooks; 88 min; USA)
- 8. Faces (John Cassavetes; 130 min; USA)
- 9. L'Enfance Nue (Maurice Pialat; 83 min; France)
- 10. Yellow Submarine (George Dunning; 90 min; UK/USA)
1967
- 1. Belle De Jour (Luis Buñuel; 101 min; France/Italy)
- 2. The Graduate (Mike Nichols; 105 min; USA)
- 3. Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn; 112 min; USA)
- 4. Cool Hand Luke (Stuart Rosenberg; 126 min; USA)
- 5. Horí, Má Panenko (Milos Forman; 71 min; Czechoslowakia/Italy)
- 6. The Fearless Vampire Killers (Roman Polanski; 108 min; USA/UK)
- 7. Mouchette (Robert Bresson; 78 min; France)
- 8. In Cold Blood (Richard Brooks; 134 min; USA)
- 9. Le Samouraï (Jean-Pierre Melville; 107 min; France)
- 10. Les Demoiselles De Rochefort (Jacques Demy; 120 min; France)
1966
- 1. Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo (Sergio Leone; 179 min; Italy/Spain)
- 2. Persona (Ingmar Bergman; 85 min; Sweden)
- 3. Il Battaglia Di Algeri (Gillo Pontecorvo; 121 min; Italia/Algeria)
- 4. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf (Mike Nichols; 132 min; USA)
- 5. Krylya (Larisa Shepitko; 85 min; Soviet Union)
- 6. Szegénylegények (Miklós Jancsó; 90 min; Hungary)
- 7. Ostre Sledované Vlaky (Jirí Menzel; 93 min; Czechoslowakia)
- 8. Au Hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson; 95 min; France/Sweden)
- 9. Cul-De-Sac (Roman Polanski; 113 min; UK)
- 10. Alfie (Lewis Gilbert; 114 min; UK)
1965
- 1. Per Qualche Dollaro In Più (Sergio Leone; 132 min; Italy/Spain/West Germany/Monaco)
- 2. Campanadas A Medianoche (Orson Welles; 113 min; France/Spain/Switzerland)
- 3. Akahige (Akira Kurosawa; 172 min; Japan)
- 4. Doctor Zhivago (David Lean; 192 min; USA/Italy)
- 5. Repulsion (Roman Polanski; 104 min; UK)
- 6. Pierrot Le Fou (Jean-Luc Godard; 110 min; France/Italy)
- 7. Lásky Jedné Plavovlásky (Milos Forman; 90 min; Czechoslowakia)
- 8. Le Bonheur (Agnès Varda; 79 min; France)
- 9. The Cincinatti Kid (Norman Jewison; 102 min; USA)
- 10. The Flight Of The Phoenix (Robert Aldrich; 142 min; USA)
1964
- 1. Dr Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick; 93 min; UK)
- 2. Mary Poppins (Robert Stevenson; 137 min; USA)
- 3. Suna No Onna (Hiroshi Teshigahara; 147 min; Japan)
- 4. Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo (Pier Paolo Pasolini; 137 min; Italy/France)
- 5. A Shot in the Dark (Blake Edwards; 102 min; UK/USA)
- 6. Charulata (Satyajit Ray; 117 min; India)
- 7. A Hard Day's Night (Richard Lester; 87 min; UK)
- 8. Il Deserto Rosso (Michelangelo Antonioni; 120 min; Italy/France)
- 9. Bande À Part (Jean-Luc Godard; 97 min; France)
- 10. Becket (Peter Glenville; 148 min; UK/USA)
1963
- 1. Tystnaden (Ingmar Bergman; 95 min; Sweden)
- 2. The Great Escape (John Sturges; 172 min; USA)
- 3. 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini; 138 min; Italy/France)
- 4. Charade (Stanley Donen; 113 min; USA)
- 5. From Russia With Love (Terence Young; 115 min; UK)
- 6. Hud (Martin Ritt; 112 min; USA)
- 7. Le Feu Follet (Louis Malle; 108 min; France)
- 8. Tengoku To Jigoku (Akira Kurosawa; 143 min; Japan)
- 9. El Verdugo (Luis García Berlanga; 90 min; Spain/Italy)
- 10. Vidas Secas (Nelson Pereira Dos Santos; 103 min; Brazil)
1962
- 1. To Kill A Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan; 129 min; USA)
- 2. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (John Ford; 123 min; USA)
- 3. L'Eclisse (Michelangelo Antonioni; 118 min; Italy/France)
- 4. Vivre Sa Vie: Film En Douze Tableaux (Jean-Luc Godard; 83 min; France)
- 5. Sanma No Aji (Yasujiro Ozu; 112 min; Japan)
- 6. Jules Et Jim (François Truffaut; 105 min; France)
- 7. El Ángel Exterminador (Luis Buñuel; 95 min; Mexico)
- 8. Cléo De 5 À 7 (Agnès Varda; 90 min; France/Italy)
- 9. The Manchurian Candidate (John Frankenheimer; 126 min; USA)
- 10. Advise & Consent (Otto Preminger; 139 min; USA)
1961
- 1. Såsom I En Spegel (Ingmar Bergman; 89 min; Sweden)
- 2. Viridiana (Luis Buñuel; 90 min; Mexico/Spain)
- 3. La Notte (Michelangelo Antonioni; 122 min; Italy/France)
- 4. Une Femme Est Une Femme (Jean-Luc Godard; 85 min; Italy/France)
- 5. The Innocents (Jack Clayton; 100 min; USA)
- 6. One, Two, Three (Billy Wilder; 115 min; USA)
- 7. The Hustler (Robert Rossen; 129 min; USA)
- 8. Whistle Down The Wind (Bryan Forbes; 99 min; UK)
- 9. Splendor In The Grass (Elia Kazan; 124 min; USA)
- 10. Breakfast At Tiffany's (Blake Edwards; 110 min; USA)
1960
- 1. The Apartment (Billy Wilder; 119 min; USA)
- 2. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock; 109 min; USA)
- 3. Rocco E I Suoi Fratelli (Luchino Visconti; 177 min; Italy/France)
- 4. Jungfrukällan (Ingmar Bergman; 89 min; Sweden)
- 5. L'Avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni; 141 min; Italy/France)
- 6. Peeping Tom (Michael Powell; 97 min; UK)
- 7. Tirez Sur Le Pianiste (François Truffaut; 85 min; France)
- 8. À Bout De Souffle (Jean-Luc Godard; 85 min; France)
- 9. Les Yeux Sans Visage (Georges Franju; 88 min; France/Italy)
- 10. Tunes Of Glory (Ronald Neame; 107 min; UK)
1959
- 1. Les 400 Coups (François Truffaut; 99 min; France)
- 2. Apur Sansar (Satyajit Ray; 105 min; India)
- 3. Some Like it Hot (Billy Wilder; 120 min; USA)
- 4. North By Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock; 136 min; USA)
- 5. Anatomy Of A Murder (Otto Preminger; 160 min; USA)
- 6. On The Beach (Stanley Kramer; 134 min; USA)
- 7. Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks; 136 min; USA)
- 8. Imitation Of Life (Douglas Sirk; 125 min; USA)
- 9. Shadows (John Cassavetes; 81 min; USA)
- 10. Ben-Hur (William Wyler; 212 min; USA)
1958
- 1. Touch Of Evil (Orson Welles; 95 min; USA)
- 2. Kakushi-Toride No San-Akunin (Akira Kurosawa; 139 min; Japan)
- 3. Mon Oncle (Jacques Tati; 110 min; France)
- 4. Popiól I Diament (Andrzej Wajda; 103 min; Poland)
- 5. Jalsaghar (Satyajit Ray; 100 min; India)
- 6. I Soliti Ignoti (Mario Monicelli; 106 min; Italy
- 7. Ascenseur Pour L'Échafaud (Louis Malle; 88 min; France)
- 8. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock; 128 min; USA)
- 9. Man Of The West (Anthony Mann; 100 min; USA)
- 10. Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (Richard Brooks; 108 min; USA)
1957
- 1. 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet; 92 min; USA)
- 2. The Bridge On The River Kwai (David Lean; 157 min; UK/USA)
- 3. Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick; 87 min; USA)
- 4. Det Sjunde Inseglet (Ingmar Bergman; 96 min; Sweden)
- 5. Le Notti Di Cabiria (Federico Fellini; 110 min; Italy/France)
- 6. Kumonosu Jô (Akira Kurosawa; 105 min; Japan)
- 7. Smultronstället (Ingmar Bergman; 91 min; Sweden)
- 8. Sweet Smell Of Success (Alexander Mackendrick; 96 min; USA)
- 9. Witness For The Prosecution (Billy Wilder; 116 min; USA)
- 10. Letyat Zhuravli (Mikhail Kalatozov; 97 min; Soviet Union)
1956
- 1. Aparajito (Satyajit Ray; 110 min; India)
- 2. The Searchers (John Ford; 114 min; USA)
- 3. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (Don Siegel; 80 min; USA)
- 4. Bob Le Flambeur (Jean-Pierre Melville; 98 min; France)
- 5. Bigger Than Life (Nicholas Ray; 95 min; USA)
- 6. The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock; 101 min; USA)
- 7. Written On The Wind (Douglas Sirk; 99 min; USA)
- 8. Seven Men From Now (Budd Boetticher; 78 min; USA)
- 9. The Killing (Stanley Kubrick; 81 min; USA)
- 10. Akasen Chitai (Kenji Mizoguchi; 87 min; Japan)
1955
- 1. Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray; 120 min; India)
- 2. Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer; 126 min; Denmark)
- 3. The Ladykillers (Alexander Mackendrick; 91 min; UK)
- 4. Du Rififi Chez Les Hommes (Jules Dassin; 122 min; France)
- 5. East of Eden (Elia Kazan; 115 min; USA)
- 6. Night Of The Hunter (Charles Laughton; 93 min; USA)
- 7. Muerte De Un Ciclista (Juan Antonio Bardem; 88 min; Spain/Italy)
- 8. Sommarnattens Leende (Ingmar Bergman; 108 min; Sweden)
- 9. Bad Day At Black Rock (John Sturges; 81 min; USA)
- 10. Ukigumo (Mikio Naruse; 123 min; Japan)
1954
- 1. On the Waterfront (Alia Kazan; 108 min; USA)
- 2. Sanshô Dayû (Kenji Mizoguchi; 124 min; Japan)
- 3. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock; 112 min; USA)
- 4. Les Diaboliques (Henri-Georges Clouzot; 114 min; France)
- 5. Dial M For Murder (Alfred Hitchcock; 105 min; USA)
- 6. Shichinin No Samurai (Akira Kurosawa; 207 min; Japan)
- 7. Johnny Guitar (Nicholas Ray; 110 min; USA)
- 8. A Star Is Born (George Cukor; 176 min; USA)
- 9. Sabrina (Billy Wilder; 113 min; USA)
- 10. French Cancan (Jean Renoir; 102 min; France/Italy)
1953
- 1. Ugetsu Monogatari (Kenji Mizoguchi; 94 min; Japan)
- 2. Le Salaire De La Peur (Henri-Georges Clouzot; 156 min; France/Italy)
- 3. Les Vacances De Monsieur Hulot (Jacques Tati; 114 min; France)
- 4. Madame De... (Max Ophüls; 105 min; France/Italy)
- 5. Roman Holiday (William Wyler; 118 min; USA)
- 6. Stalag 17 (Billy Wilder; 120 min; USA)
- 7. The Big Heat (Fritz Lang; 89 min; USA)
- 8. The Naked Spur (Anthony Mann; 91 min; USA)
- 9. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Howard Hawks; 87 min; USA)
- 10. I Vitelloni (Federico Fellini; 101 min; Italy/France)
1952
- 1. Umberto D. (Vittorio De Sica; 89 min; Italy)
- 2. Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa; 143 min; Japan)
- 3. High Noon (Fred Zinneman; 81 min; USA)
- 4. Jeux Interdits (René Clément; 86 min; France)
- 5. Le Plaisir (Max Ophüls; 97 min; France)
- 6. Saikaku Ichidai Onna (Kenji Mizoguchi; 148 min; Japan)
- 7. Limelight (Charles Chaplin; 137 min; USA)
- 8. The Quiet Man (John Ford; 129 min; USA)
- 9. Singin' in the Rain (Stanley Donen/Gene Kelly; 103 min; USA)
- 10. Casque D'Or (Jacques Becker; 96 min; France)
1951
- 1. A Streetcar Named Desire (Elia Kazan; 121 min; USA)
- 2. Ace In The Hole (Billy Wilder; 111 min; USA)
- 3. Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock; 101 min; USA)
- 4. Bakushû (Yasujiro Ozu; 124 min; Japan)
- 5. Miracolo A Milano (Vittorio De Sica; 100 min; Italy)
- 6. The Day The Earth Stood Still (Robert Wise; 88 min; USA)
- 7. The Browning Version (Anthony Asquith; 90 min; UK)
- 8. The Lavender Hill Mob (Charles Crichton; 81 min; UK)
- 9. A Place In The Sun (George Stevens; 122 min; USA)
- 10. The African Queen (John Huston; 105 min; UK/USA)
1950
- 1. Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder; 110 min; USA)
- 2. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa; 88 min; Japan)
- 3. All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz; 138 min; USA)
- 4. Los Olvidados (Luis Buñuel; 85 min; Mexico)
- 5. La Ronde (Max Ophüls; 97 min; France)
- 6. Orphée (Jean Cocteau; 95 min; France)
- 7. In A Lonely Place (Nicholas Ray; 94 min; USA)
- 8. The Asphalt Jungle (John Huston; 112 min; USA)
- 9. Francesco, Giullare Di Dio (Roberto Rossellini; 83 min; Italy)
- 10. Shubun (Akira Kurosawa; 104 min; Japan)
1949
- 1. The Third Man (Carol Reed; 110 min; UK)
- 2. Banshun (Yasujiro Ozu; 108 min; Japan)
- 3. White Heat (Raoul Walsch; 114 min; USA)
- 4. All The King's Men (Robert Rossen; 109 min; USA)
- 5. Kind Hearts And Coronets (Robert Hamer; 102 min; UK)
- 6. Gun Crazy (Joseph H. Lewis; 86 min; USA)
- 7. The Heiress (William Wyler; 115 min; USA)
- 8. The Set-Up (Robert Wise; 72 min; USA)
- 9. Adam's Rib (George Cukor; 98 min; USA)
- 10. Obsession (Edward Dmytryk; 96 min; UK)
1948
- 1. Letter From An Unknown Woman (Max Ophüls; 86 min; USA)
- 2. The Red Shoes (Emeric Pressburger/Michael Powell; 133 min; UK)
- 3. Rope (Alfred Hitchcock; 80 min; USA)
- 4. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (John Huston; 126 min; USA)
- 5. Germania Anno Zero (Roberto Rossellini; 78 min; Italy)
- 6. Ladri Di Biciclette (Vittorio De Sica; 87 min; Italy)
- 7. Red River (Howard Hawks; 133 min; USA)
- 8. Unfaithfully Yours (Preston Sturges; 105 min; USA)
- 9. Oliver Twist (David Lean; 116 min; UK)
- 10. The Search (Fred Zinnemann; 105 min; Switzerland/USA)
1947
- 1. Black Narcissus (Emeric Pressburger/Michael Powell; 100 min; UK)
- 2. Out Of The Past (Jacques Tourneur; 97 min; USA)
- 3. Nightmare Alley (Edmund Goulding; 110 min; USA)
- 4. Nagaya Shinshiroku (Yasujiro Ozu; 72 min; Japan)
- 5. Monsieur Verdoux (Charles Chaplin; 124 min; USA)
- 6. Quai Des Orfèvres (Henri-Georges Clouzot; 106 min; France)
- 7. The Lady From Shanghai (Orson Welles; 87 min; USA)
- 8. The Ghost And Mrs. Muir (Joseph L. Mankiewicz; 104 min; USA)
- 9. Odd Man Out (Carol Reed; 116 min; UK)
- 10. Panique (Julien Duvivier; 91 min; France)
1946
- 1. It's A Wonderful Life (Frank Capra; 130 min; USA)
- 2. The Best Years Of Our Lives (William Wyler; 172 min; USA)
- 3. A Matter Of Life And Death (Emeric Pressburger/Michael Powell; 104 min; UK)
- 4. My Darling Clementine (John Ford; 93 min; USA)
- 5. Sciuscià (Ragazzi) (Vittorio De Sica; 93 min; Italy)
- 6. Paisà (Roberto Rossellini; 134 min; Italy)
- 7. The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks; 114 min; USA)
- 8. Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock; 101 min; USA)
- 9. Gilda (Charles Vidor; 106 min; USA)
- 10. Green For Danger (Sidney Gilliat; 91 min; UK)
1945
- 1. The Lost Weekend (Billy Wilder; 96 min; USA)
- 2. Roma, Città Aperta (Roberto Rossellini; 100 min; Italy)
- 3. Mildred Pierce (Michael Curtiz; 111 min; USA)
- 4. Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang; 103 min; USA)
- 5. Les Enfants Du Paradis (Marcel Carné; 182 min; France)
- 6. I Know Where I'm Going (Emeric Pressburger/Michael Powell; 91 min; UK)
- 7. Dead Of Night (Alberto Cavalcanti/Basil Dearden/Charles Crichton/Robert Hamer; 103 min; UK)
- 8. They Were Expendable (John Ford; 135 min; USA)
- 9. Blithe Spirit (David Lean; 96 min; UK)
- 10. Les Dames Du Bois De Boulogne (Robert Bresson; 84 min; France)
1944
- 1. Laura (Otto Preminger; 88 min; USA)
- 2. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder; 110 min; USA)
- 3. The Miracle Of Morgan's Creek (Preston Sturges; 98 min; USA)
- 4. Arsenic and Old Lace (Frank Capra; 114 min; USA)
- 5. To Have And Have Not (Howard Hawks; 96 min; USA)
- 6. Meet Me In St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli; 113 min; USA)
- 7. The Woman In The Window (Fritz Lang; 99 min; USA)
- 8. Lifeboat (Alfred Hitchcock; 93 min; USA)
- 9. A Canterbury Tale (Emeric Pressburger/Michael Powell; 124 min; UK)
- 10. Gaslight (George Cukor; 114 min; USA)
1943
- 1. The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (Emeric Pressburger/Michael Powell; 163 min; UK)
- 2. Heaven Can Wait (Ernst Lubitsch; 112 min; USA)
- 3. Vredens Dag (Carl Theodor Dreyer; 97 min; Denmark)
- 4. Le Corbeau (Henri-Georges Clouzot; 92 min; France)
- 5. Ossessione (Luchino Visconti; 140 min; Italy)
- 6. I Walked With A Zombie (Jacques Tourneur; 69 min; USA)
- 7. Five Graves To Cairo (Billy Wilder; 96 min; USA)
- 8. Cabin In The Sky (Vincente Minnelli; 98 min; USA)
- 9. Shadow of a Doubt (Alfred Hitchcock; 108 min; USA)
- 10. Fires Were Started (Humphrey Jennings; 80 min; UK)
1942
- 1. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz; 102 min; USA)
- 2. To Be Or Not To Be (Ernst Lubitsch; 99 min; USA)
- 3. The Palm Beach Story (Preston Sturges; 88 min; USA)
- 4. The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles; 88 min; USA)
- 5. Yankee Doodle Dandy (Michael Curtiz; 126 min; USA)
- 6. This Gun For Hire (Frank Tuttle; 80 min; USA)
- 7. Bambi (David Hand; 70 min; USA)
- 8. The Talk Of The Town (George Stevens; 118 min; USA)
- 9. Cat People (Jacques Tourneur; 73 min; USA)
- 10. Woman Of The Year (George Stevens; 114 min; USA)
1941
- 1. Sullivan's Travels (Preston Sturges; 90 min; USA)
- 2. The Maltese Falcon (John Huston; 97 min; USA)
- 3. How Green Was My Valley (John Ford; 118 min; USA)
- 4. The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges; 94 min; USA)
- 5. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles; 119 min; USA)
- 6. 49th Parallel (Michael Powell; 123 min; UK)
- 7. Hellzapoppin' (H.C. Potter; 84 min; USA)
- 8. High Sierra (Raoul Walsch; 100 min; USA)
- 9. Dumbo (Ben Sharpsteen; 64 min; USA)
- 10. Suspicion (Alfred Hitchcock; 99 min; USA)
1940
- 1. Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock; 130 min; USA)
- 2. The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor; 107 min; USA)
- 3. The Grapes Of Wrath (John Ford; 128 min; USA)
- 4. The Shop Around The Corner (Ernst Lubitsch; 99 min; USA)
- 5. Christmas In July (Preston Sturges; 67 min; USA)
- 6. The Thief Of Bagdad (Ludwig Berger/Michael Powell/Tim Whelan; 106 min; UK)
- 7. Foreign Correspondent (Alfred Hitchcock; 120 min; USA)
- 8. The Great McGinty (Preston Sturges; 82 min; USA)
- 9. Pinocchio (Hamilton Luske/Ben Sharpsteen; 88 min; USA)
- 10. Fantasia (James Algar/Samuel Armstrong; 120 min; USA)
1939
- 1. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (Frank Capra; 129 min; USA)
- 2. The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming; 101 min; USA)
- 3. Zangiku Monogatari (Kenji Mizoguchi; 142 min; Japan)
- 4. La Règle Du Jeu (Jean Renoir; 110 min; France)
- 5. Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch; 110 min; USA)
- 6. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Sam Wood; 114 min; UK)
- 7. Le Jour Se Lève (Marcel Carné; 93 min; France)
- 8. Midnight (Mitchell Leisen; 94 min; USA)
- 9. Destry Rides Again (George Marshall; 94 min; USA)
- 10. Young Mr. Lincoln (John Ford; 100 min; USA)
1938
- 1. Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks; 102 min; USA)
- 2. You Can't Take It With You (Frank Capra; 126 min; USA)
- 3. Le Quai Des Brumes (Marcel Carné; 91 min; USA)
- 4. Angels With Dirty Faces (Michael Curtiz; 97 min; USA)
- 5. The Adventures Of Robin Hood (Michael Curtiz/William Keighley; 102 min; USA)
- 6. La Bête Humaine (Jean Renoir; 100 min; France)
- 7. Pygmalion (Anthony Asquith/Leslie Howard; 96 min; UK)
- 8. The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock; 90 min; UK)
- 9. Holiday (George Cukor; 95 min; USA)
- 10. Jezebel (William Wyler; 104 min; USA)
1937
- 1. La Grande Illusion (Jean Renoir; 114 min; France)
- 2. The Awful Truth (Leo McCarey; 95 min; USA)
- 3. A Day at the Races (Sam Wood; 111 min; USA)
- 4. Make Way For Tomorrow (Leo McCarey; 91 min; USA)
- 5. Pépé Le Moko (Julien Duvivier; 94 min; France)
- 6. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (David Hand; 83 min; USA)
- 7. You Only Live Once (Fritz Lang; 86 min; USA)
- 8. Lost Horizon (Frank Capra; 132 min; USA)
- 9. The Prisoner Of Zenda (John Cromwell; 101 min; USA)
- 10. Angel (Ernst Lubitsch; 91 min; USA)
1936
- 1. Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin; 87 min; USA)
- 2. Dodsworth (William Wyler; 101 min; USA)
- 3. Le Crime De Monsieur Lange (Jean Renoir; 80 min; France)
- 4. Les Bas-Fonds (Jean Renoir; 90 min; France)
- 5. My Man Godfrey (Gregory La Cava; 94 min; USA)
- 6. Gion No Shimai (Kenji Mizoguchi; 69 min; Japan)
- 7. Swing Time (George Stevens; 103 min; USA)
- 8. Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (Frank Capra; 115 min; USA)
- 9. The Prisoner Of Shark Island (John Ford; 96 min; USA)
- 10. Le Roman D'Un Tricheur (Sacha Guitry; 81 min; France)
1935
- 1. A Night at the Opera (Sam Wood; 96 min; USA)
- 2. Top Hat (Mark Sandrich; 101 min; USA)
- 3. Bride Of Frankenstein (James Whale; 75 min; USA)
- 4. La Kermesse Héroïque (Jacques Feyder; 110 min; France/Germany)
- 5. The 39 Steps (Alfred Hitchcock; 86 min; UK)
- 6. Triumph Des Willens (Leni Riefenstahl; 114 min; Germany)
- 7. Toni (Jean Renoir; 82 min; France)
- 8. Mutiny On The Bounty (Frank Lloyd; 132 min; USA)
- 9. The Devil Is A Woman (Josef Von Sternberg; 75 min; USA)
- 10. The Gay Deception (William Wyler; 77 min; USA)
1934
- 1. L'Atalante (Jean Vigo; 89 min; France)
- 2. It Happened One Night (Frank Capra; 105 min; USA)
- 3. Twentieth Century (Howard Hawks; 91 min; USA)
- 4. The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke; 91 min; USA)
- 5. Ukikusa Monogatari (Yasujiro Ozu; 89 min; Japan)
- 6. Man Of Aran (Robert J. Flaherty; 76 min; UK)
- 7. It's A Gift (Norman Z. McLeod; 73 min; USA)
- 8. The Scarlet Empress (Josef Von Sternberg; 104 min; USA)
- 9. The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock; 75 min; UK)
- 10. Sadie McKee (Clarence Brown; 93 min; USA)
1933
- 1. King Kong (Merian C. Cooper/Ernest B. Schoedsack; 100 min; USA)
- 2. 42nd Street (Lloyd Bacon; 89 min; USA)
- 3. Liebelei (Max Ophüls; 88 min; Germany)
- 4. Duck Soup (Leo McCarey; 68 min; USA)
- 5. Gold Diggers Of 1933 (Mervyn LeRoy; 96 min; USA)
- 6. Das Testament Des Dr Mabuse (Fritz Lang; 114 min; Germany)
- 7. Design For Living (Ernst Lubitsch; 91 min; USA)
- 8. Minato No Nihon Musume (Hiroshi Mishimu; 77 min; Japan)
- 9. Queen Christina (Rouben Mamoulian; 99 min; USA)
- 10. Okraina (Boris Barnet; 98 min; Soviet-Union)
1932
- 1. Otona No Miru Ehon - Umarete Wa Mita Keredo (Yasujiro Ozu; 100 min; Japan)
- 2. Trouble In Paradise (Ernst Lubitsch; 83 min; USA)
- 3. Scarface (Howard Hawks; 93 min; USA)
- 4. Love Me Tonight (Rouben Mamoulian; 104 min; USA)
- 5. Boudu Sauvé Des Eaux (Jean Renoir; 85 min; France)
- 6. Horse Feathers (Norman Z Mcleod; 68 min; USA)
- 7. Freaks (Tod Browning; 64 min; USA)
- 8. One Hour With You (Ernst Lubitsch; 80 min; USA)
- 9. Shanghai Express (Josef Von Sternberg; 80 min; USA)
- 10. The Most Dangerous Game (Ernest B. Schoedsack; 63 min; USA)
1931
- 1. City Lights (Charles Chaplin; 87 min; USA)
- 2. M (Fritz Lang; 108 min; Germany)
- 3. Tabu: A Story Of The South Seas (F.W. Murnau; 84 min; USA)
- 4. Le Million (René Clair; 81 min; France)
- 5. À Nous La Liberté (René Clair; 104 min; France)
- 6. Monkey Business (Norman Z Mcleod; 77 min; USA)
- 7. The Public Enemy (William A. Wellman; 83 min; USA)
- 8. Die 3 Groschen-Oper (G.W. Pabst; 112 min; Germany)
- 9. Limite (Mario Peixoto; 120 min; Brazil)
- 10. Frankenstein (James Whale; 71 min; USA)
1930
- 1. All Quiet On The Western Front (Lewis Milestone; 145 min; USA)
- 2. Der Blaue Engel (Josef Von Sternberg; 124 min; Germany)
- 3. Zemlya (Aleksandr Dovzhenko; 75 min; Soviet Union)
- 4. Animal Crackers (Victor Heerman; 97 min; USA)
- 5. City Girl (F.W. Murnau; 90 min; USA)
- 6. Menschen Am Sonntag (Curt Siodmak/Edgar G. Ulmer/Fred Zinnemann/Robert Siodmak; 74 min; Germany)
- 7. Sous Les Toits De Paris (René Clair; 96 min; France)
- 8. Monte Carlo (Ernst Lubitsch; 90 min; USA)
- 9. The Dawn Patrol (Howard Hawks; 108 min; USA)
- 10. Morocco (Josef Von Sternberg; 92 min; USA)
1929
- 1. Chelovek S Kino-Apparatom (Dziga Vertov; 68 min; Soviet Union)
- 2. Die Büchse Der Pandora (Georg Wilhelm Pabst; 133 min; Germany)
- 3. Tagebuch Einer Verlorene (G.W. Pabst; 104 min; Germany)
- 4. The Love Parade (Ernst Lubitsch; 107 min; USA)
- 5. Asphalt (Joe May; 90 min; Germany)
- 6. Blackmail (Alfred Hitchcock; 84 min; UK)
- 7. The Cocoanuts (Robert Florey/Joseph Santley; 96 min; USA)
- 8. Erotikon (Gustav Machatý; 85 min; Czechoslovakia)
- 9. The Hollywood Revue Of 1929 (Charles Reisner; 118 min; USA)
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1928
- 1. Le Passion De Jeanne D'Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer; 110 min; France)
- 2. The Cameraman (Edward Sedgwick; 75 min; USA)
- 3. The Crowd (King Vidor; 104 min; USA)
- 4. The Man Who Laughs (Paul Leni; 110 min; USA)
- 5. The Wind (Victor Sjöstrom; 95 min; USA)
- 6. The Wedding March (Erich Von Stroheim; 113 min; USA)
- 7. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (Charles Reisner; 71 min; USA)
- 8. The Docks Of New York (Josef Von Sternberg; 76 min; USA)
- 9. Oktyabr (Grigori Aleksandrov/Sergei Eisenstein; 103 min; Soviet Union)
- 10. L'Argent (Marcel L'Herbier; 187 min; France)
1927
- 1. Napoléon (Abel Gance; 222 min; France)
- 2. The General (Buster Keaton/Clyde Bruckman; 75 min; USA
- 3. Sunrise: A Song Of Two Humans (FW Murnau; 95 min; USA)
- 4. Metropolis (Fritz Lang; 147 min; Germany)
- 5. The Kid Brother (Ted Wilde; 82 min; USA)
- 6. The Unknown (Tod Browning; 63 min; USA)
- 7. Underworld (Josef Von Sternberg; 80 min; USA)
- 8. My Best Girl (Sam Taylor; 80 min; USA)
- 9. Wings (William A. Wellman; 139 min; USA)
- 10. 7th Heaven (Frank Borzage; 110 min; USA)
1926
- 1. Faust - Eine Deutsche Volkssage (F.W. Murnau; 116 min; Germany)
- 2. Flesh And The Devil (Clarence Brown; 109 min; USA)
- 3. Mat (Vsevolod Pudovkin; 89 min; Soviet Union)
- 4. Der Student Von Prag (Henrik Galeen; 91 min; Germany)
- 5. The Bat (Roland West; 86 min; USA)
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1925
- 1. Seven Chances (Buster Keaton; 56 min; USA)
- 2. The Gold Rush (Charles Chaplin; 96 min; USA)
- 3. Stachka (Sergei Eisenstein; 82 min; Soviet Union)
- 4. The Phantom Of The Opera (Rupert Julian; 93 min; USA)
- 5. Herr Tartüff (F.W. Murnau; 74 min; Germany)
- 6. Du Skal ære Din Hustru (Carl Theodor Dreyer; 107 min; Denmark)
- 7. Lady Windermere's Fan (Ernst Lubitsch; 120 min; USA)
- 8. Bronenosets Potyomkin (Sergei Eisenstein; 75 min; Russia)
- 9. The Lost World (Harry O. Hoyt; 93 min; USA)
- 10. Tumbleweeds (King Baggot; 78 min; USA)
1924
- 1. Greed (Erich Von Stroheim; 239 min; USA)
- 2. Der Letzte Mann (F.W. Murnau; 90 min; Germany)
- 3. The Navigator (Buster Keaton/Donald Crisp; 59 min; USA)
- 4. Michael (Carl Theodor Dreyer; 93 min; Germany)
- 5. The Thief Of Bagdad (Raoul Walsch; 155 min; USA)
- 6. Das Wachsfigurenkabinett (Leo Birinsky; 83 min; Germany)
- 7. The Marriage Circle (Ernst Lubitsch; 85 min; USA)
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1923
- 1. Our Hospitality (Buster Keaton/John G. Blystone; 73 min; USA)
- 2. Safety Last! (Fred C. Newmeyer/Sam Taylor; 70 min; USA)
- 3. Three Ages (Buster Keaton/Edward F. Cline; 63 min; USA)
- 4. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (Wallace Worsley; 95 min; USA)
- 5. La Roue (Abel Gance; 273 min; France)
- 6. A Woman Of Paris: A Drama Of Fate (Charles Chaplin; 78 min; USA)
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1922
- 1. Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie Des Grauens (F.W. Murnau; 94 min; Germany)
- 2. Nanook Of The North (Robert J. Flaherty; 79 min; USA/France)
- 3. Häxan (Benjamin Christensen; 104 min; Denmark/Sweden)
- 4. Foolish Wives (Erich Von Stroheim; 117 min; USA)
- 5. Der Brennende Acker (F.W. Murnau; 110 min; Germany)
- 6. The Toll Of The Sea (Chester M. Franklin; 54 min; USA)
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1921
- 1. Körkarlen (Victor Sjöstrom; 93 min; Sweden)
- 2. Orphans Of The Storm (D.W. Griffith; 150 min; USA)
- 3. The Kid (Charles Chaplin; 68 min; USA)
- 4. Der Müde Tod (Fritz Lang; 105 min; Germany)
- 5. Tol'Able David (Henry King; 99 min; USA)
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1920
- 1. Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene; 71 min; Germany)
- 2. Way Down East (D.W. Griffith; 145 min; USA)
- 3. Der Golem, Wie Er In Die Welt Kam (Carl Boese/Paul Wegener; 85 min; Germany)
- 4. Within Our Gates (Oscar Micheaux; 79 min; USA)
- 5. Pollyanna (Paul Powell; 58 min; USA)
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- 1. Broken Blossoms Or The Yellow Man And The Girl (D.W. Griffith; 90 min; USA)
- 2. True Heart Susie (D.W. Griffith; 87 min; USA)
- 3. Eyes Of Youth (Albert Parker; 78 min; USA)
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- 1. The Poor Little Rich Girl (Maurice Tourneur; 65 min; USA)
- 2. Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm (Marshall Neilan; 78 min; USA)
- 3. Raffles, The Amateur Cracksman (George Irving; 70 min; USA)
- 4. A Romance Of The Redwoods (Cecil B. DeMille; 70 min; USA)
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Watching your list so far, I must say that it is very US-oriented. You have some very fine films listed, but if this is the best of each year? I doubt it. Maybe you should re-title it, my Top ten american films of every year.
Anyway, as far as I can see, you have very good taste, and hopefully your cinematic education will bring you many times on unexplored territory ;-)
The problem is that I only really started watching movies a year ago. And I mean, watching them intensely. So I really haven't seen that many non-US movies yet. But I'm seeing more now. Plus, I only recently found a place that holds many non-US movies. It's hard to find most of them here. Harder than it should be anyway.
This list will probably look a lot different in a year
Nice to see someone opening up to films. I started out pretty much the same as you (film-wise). Wish you luck finding the films you want, and a good time with your discoveries :-)
I'll check your list in the future. Mine is already under reconstruction for over a year now...
Thanks
And I'll check out your list, see if if there's anything I'd want to watch on there
You can do that, but be aware that it is under heavy reconstruction. Beside some additions from last year, the list depicts my tastes from about 3 years ago. The new one which I hope to have up this year will look different. Probably I will use color-encoding like ephender.
I'll wait for the new one then
You've seen a lot of great, great films and I like most of your rankings. But have you not seen Citizen Kane yet? I ask because I didn't see it on the 1941 list.
No, I haven't seen it yet. Don't ask why, I don't have a clue either
I've been meaning to get it
Needless to say, it is essential.
It is so loaded with genius in every scene that repeat viewings prove the film to be critically inscrutable. This makes it very hard to argue with its place as the greatest film ever made.
Needless to say, I recommend it. Strongly. On DVD of course (the VHS version is a piece of shite).
I'll probably have watched it by the end of August. I have a lot of time now anyway.
Good to see you've added Citizen Kane. What did you think of it (other than it was the best film of 1941)?
What qualities stood out for you?
Well, I honestly expected a slightly better movie. It was good, but I expected to be blown away. Maybe my hopes were too high, but I don't think I saw the amazing movie everyone else did.
There were a lot of good qualities, that's true. The acting was great (though I liked Orson Welles more in The Third Man) and the directing and cinematography were great. Most of the problems I had with the movie were in the fact that Kane is profiled to be an incredibly rich person, but every time you see him, I wondered if he really is that rich. The opening news reel showed him as somewhat of a diplomat, it showed him in fancy clothes, surrounded by fancy people. The movie itself just seemed to forget about that introduction.
It's hard to explain it, I guess.
Maybe I just missed something.
If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend 21 Grams. Watch it 2-3 times. It gets more incredible with repeat viewings. The first time I watched it, I was kinda busy putting the pieces together and wasn't confronting the emotions in the film enough to be assaulted by its immense power.
To me, the finest film of the decade so far.
I've seen it, thought it was decent, but I don't think I can bring myself to watching it again.
AfterHours, you should make some movie lists. 21 Grams is one of my 2-3 favorite films of the decade so far, and you're the only other person I've heard with a similar opinion. And if our tastes turn out to be similar on movies, it can't be due to a confounding variable (Scaruffi), since his opinions on cinema haven't influenced me much at all.
I thought he had made some movie lists.
He must've deleted them.
I appreciate the suggestion. I will definitely be making some movie lists in the near future. It is just difficult to find time to seriously attend to both music and film, but I'll get around to it.
In looking at your best films list, our tastes are similar. It seems that, to a certain degree, you've logically matched your films to your music list (2001 = Irrlicht, The Mirror = Rock Bottom, etc.), which is how I often relate to ranking films as well.
For 2009, I have to recommend Moon and Fantastic Mr. Fox. Take a look at those, and see if you might want to revise :P
Still, good choices. I'm going to watch those I have yet to see :D
I've seen Moon. I thought it was good, but not great.
I really want to see Fantastic Mr. Fox, though. I was going to see it last week, but they'd already stopped showing it at the cinema, so I'll have to wait untill it comes out on dvd. Which will probably take several months.
You'll love Fantastic Mr. Fox, especially if you're a big Wes Anderson fan (and you like quirky movies in general).
As for Moon, I have a very special place in my heart for hard science-fiction films (there aren't enough of them IMO), so that may have skewed my opinion of it more towards the positive :D
I know I'll probably love Fantastic Mr. Fox, which is why I don't like that I won't be seeing it for a while.
I can actually understand loving Moon. Part of my disappointment comes from the fact that I'd been hearing everywhere that it was one of the best movies of the year and one of the best sci-fi movies of the last few years. I had expectations and it didn't fully meet them.
But hey, it's your right to love it!
Makes sense - I had no idea what to expect when I watched Moon.
Enjoy Fantastic Mr. Fox when you finally do see it :D