_The 100 Best Films of All Time (94-90) (extended and updated)
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury
Genre: Thriller
Academy Awards: 0
Year: 1962
Imdb-Rating: 8.4
Critic's opinion (Jerry Savaria):
"The Manchurian Candidate" was released in 1962 but was then pulled out of circulation by Frank Sinatra, who was one of the producers, because the film barely made enough profit. It was then re-released in 1988. Some have alluded this film to the Kennedy assassination as proof that maybe Lee Harvey Oswald did act alone. I find it is a polemic of its times, yet it is also as relevant today as it was then. Yes, communism is no longer a threat and assassinations of presidential candidates are certainly not as common as they were forty years ago. What we have today is a world of nightmarish paranoia, seeking the enemy who remains elusive and invisible and fighting a war on terrorism that seems possibly unwinnable. In the 1960's, the soldiers were brainwashed. Today, as possibly evidenced by the upcoming remake, it is the people who may be brainwashed.
93. Gladiator
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris
Genre: Action
Academy Awards: 5 (including Best Picture)
Year: 2000
Imdb-Rating: 8.0
Critic's opinion (Ross Anthony): "Gladiator" does best what it proposes - it be's big! Though I expected more from this two hour fifty minute epic, I still enjoyed it, while most others I spoke with loved it.
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine
Genre: Drama
Academy Awards: 2
Year: 1940
Imdb-Rating: 8.1
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Matt Damon
Genre: War
Academy Awards: 5
Year: 1998
Imdb-Rating: 8.3
Critic's opinion (Jamey Hughton): Saving Private Ryan is one of the best war films of our time, standing strong next to Glory and Platoon. When Steven Spielberg has a vision, it usually seems to work out. Unlike his mindless rampaging dino movie of 1997, this is a true vision. And it seemed to work out just fine.
90. Il Conformista
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Pierre Clementi, Stefania Sandrelli
Genre: Drama
Academy Awards: 0
Year: 1969
Imdb-Rating: 7.6
Critic's opinion (James Berardinelli): THE CONFORMIST is a fine blend of drama and suspense that boasts several strong performances. The real reason to see this film, however, is to absorb Storaro's technique, that of a true master at work. Whether in a theater or on video, this cleaned-up version is worth a look.
i'll second what stumpy said, love the layout...can't wait for the next installment.
I didn't like gladiator at all... but at least you didnt have it in the top half of your top 100 like most.
Thx, chum, thx!
Hmmm... now, I'm afraid you may misunderstand me now. This is not my list of favourite films, but I put this list together out of many different critics' and public's lists of the 100 greatest films ever. But maybe that is what you meant by saying your.
However I hope this doesn't let you down now (for which reason ever) and doesn't "weaken" your interest. The next installment (89-85) follows tomorrow.
P.S.: Neither did I for Gladiator.
I took at is sort of a mix... i mean it can't really be totally void of your personal opinion(unless you did it mathematically, which i'd assume you didn't)... i did know it wasn't a list of your favorite movies... just a personalized list of the 100 widely accepted as great movies... am i correct?
Well, I think it is to 100% mathematically calculated (oh, and I'm so good at maths :) ). I took every (ranked) list I could find and counted the points following this system:
Rank 1 --> 100 points, Rank 2 --> 99 points, ..., Rank 100 --> 1 point.
Maybe not the best system, but the result is full of surprises, and very close.
oh... well i guess i just assumed no one would put that much work into it... but if anyone would it's you... still a great list... i would still rather see a personal one.
Yeah, maybe you get a point there...