tectactoe: SIGHT & SOUND: Sput Edition

tectactoe 04.14.22	Drop your ten favorite films below and I'll add you to the list. Just names are fine (I can add the director and year) but if the name of your film describes multiple films (remakes, etc.), please specify to which one you're referring. (You can include an album you want, too, otherwise I'll just choose something random.) In the spirit of the Sight & Sound Poll, the entries will be unranked, so don't worry about ranking them. Just your ten favorites. Feel free to comment and update your list with time, too, if your favorites change.
GhandhiLion 04.14.22	I prefer Sun Ra. Faust are great though
robertsona 04.14.22	oh yea sure ill do this lemem think
YoYoMancuso 04.14.22	Blade Runner (Scott, 1982) Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990) Hereditary (Aster, 2018) The Master (Anderson, 2012) Mulholland Dr. (Lynch, 2001) No Country For Old Men (Coen, 2007) Once Upon A Time In The West (Leone, 1968) Paris, Texas (Wenders, 1984) The Social Network (Fincher, 2010) Stalker (Tarkovsky, 1979) album: michael jackson - thriller
GhandhiLion 04.14.22	based
robertsona 04.14.22	Spirited Away Miyazaki 2001 La regle de jeu Renoir 1939 Sunrise a song of two humans Murnau 1927 La maman et la putain Eustache 1973 Pather panchali Ray 1955 Vertigo Hitchcock 1958 Gertrud Dreyer 1964 The searchers Ford 1956 The River Tsai 1997 Banshun Ozu 1949
porcupinetheater 04.14.22	Marketa Lazarova (Vlacil, 1967) La Notte (Antonioni, 1961) Children of Paradise (Carne, 1945) The Turin Horse (Tarr, 2011) The Mirror (Tarkovsky, 1975) Paris, Texas (Wenders, 1984) Beau Travail (Denis, 1999) Ugetsu (Mizoguchi, 1953) Pather Panchali (Ray, 1955) The Cremator (Herz, 1969)
tectactoe 04.14.22	Based, MIRROR is the best Tark, agreed.
someone 04.14.22	used to read that zine a lot back in the day gonna pile up a list soon
Drifter 04.14.22	this is a music website
porcupinetheater 04.14.22	That's why we stuntin'
someone 04.14.22	The Cremator (Herz, 1969) Stalker (Tarkovsky, 1979) High and Low (Kurosawa, 1963) La grande bellezza (Sorrentino, 2013) Le Silence de la mer (Melville, 1949) ObecnÃ¡ Å¡kola (SvÄ›rÃ¡k, 1991) Her (Jonze, 2013) The Wind Rises (Miyazaki, 2013) Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino, 2009) La PlanÃ¨te sauvage (Laloux, 1973)
porcupinetheater 04.14.22	someone big on years that end in 3 & 9, sick
notagenius 04.14.22	sight & sound is the only magazine I read when I go to the library Amadeus (Forman, 1984) As Good As It Gets (Brooks, 1997) Deep End (Skolimowski, 1971) Metropolis (Lang, 1927) Ma nuit chez Maud (Rohmer, 1969) Das Boot (Petersen, 1981) Dog Day Afternoon (Lumet, 1975) Ã€ bout de souffle (Godard, 1960) Fallen Angels (Wong, 1995) The Age of Innocence (Scorsese, 1993) album: Miles Davis - Ascenseur pour l'echafaud OST
ItsTheSquirrel 04.14.22	Parasite (Bong, 2019) The Matrix (Wachowskis, 1999) The Double Life of VÃ©ronique (KieÅ›lowski, 1991) Arrival (Villeneuve, 2016) The Lighthouse (Eggers, 2019) Punch-Drunk Love (Anderson, 2002) Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Sciamma, 2019) Trainspotting (boyle, 1996) Spirited Away (Miyazaki, 2001) Lilya 4-ever (Moodysson, 2002) Lots of super recent stuff I know, but I only seriously got into films like a year and a half ago so to me most of these are new
tectactoe 04.14.22	two more based takes, HIGH AND LOW is indeed Kurosawa's best (sry SEVEN SAMURAI and YOJIMBO and IKIRU, et al) and I never thought that would be the Melville film I'd see getting votes but I agree that's a fantastic movie. (I think my favorite of his is probably LE DOULOS, though.)
YoYoMancuso 04.14.22	i still need to watch Mirror which is funny bc itâ€™s the only Tarkovsky that isnâ€™t 3 hours
tectactoe 04.14.22	Ooh nice, I haven't heard anyone mention DEEP END in a while, I forgot how awesome that movie is. That extended scene with "Mother Sky" playing is just perfect. Always love to see Rohmer love, too. Squirrel: Nice to see VERONIQUE there. Many, many years ago when I first started wanting to get "into" film, that was the first foreign language movie that really grabbed me and kind of showed me that movies can be "art" (not to sound too wanky lol). Have loved Kieslowski ever since, and recommend both his THREE COLORS trilogy and DEKALOG if you haven't already seen them.
someone 04.14.22	never realised how many 1973 and 2013 films are in my faves. crazy
Sinternet 04.14.22	ooh, im not a huge film guy so my picks aren't all that interesting but ill contribute Princess Mononoke (Miyazaki, 1997) Mary and Max (Elliot, 2010) American Beauty (Mendes, 1999) The Wicker Man (Hardy, 1973) Persepolis (Satrapi/Paronnaud, 2007) The Shining (Kubrick, 1980) Whisper of the Heart (Kondo, 1995) The End of Evangelion (Anno/Tsurumaki, 1997) A Woman Under the Influence (Cassavetes, 1974) Withnail & I (Robinson, 1987)
Avagantamos 04.14.22	I've seen like 5 movies since I graduated high school, so I'm kind of a pleb when it comes to film, but whatever Office Space (Mike Judge, 1999) Twelve Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1995) The Big Lebowski (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1998) Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2001) Fargo (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1996) Adaptation (Spike Jonze, 2002) Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (Sergio Leone, 1966) æ´»ç€ [To Live] (å¼ è‰ºè°‹ [Zhang Yimou], 1994) åƒã¨åƒå°‹ã®ç¥žéš ã— [Spirited Away] (å®®å´Žé§¿ [Hayao Miyazaki], 2001) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002)
tectactoe 04.14.22	Nice, nice. GOOD/BAD/UGLY sits just outside my own top ten. Amazing film. Leone is probably a top 5 director for me. Dude had a small and very niche filmography but he never missed.
ArsMoriendi 04.14.22	Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) Being There (Hal Ashby, 1979) History of the World, Part I (Mel Brooks, 1981) Clerks (Kevin Smith, 1994) American History X (Tony Kaye, 1998) The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998) Mysterious Skin (Gregg Araki, 2004) Inland Empire (David Lynch, 2006) Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman, 2015) Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, 2016) I organized these by year rather than a ranking, since I have no idea how I'd rank this
ItsTheSquirrel 04.14.22	Already Three Colors, Blue would probably be number 11 or 12 on my list. I have Dekalog on blu-ray but haven't yet watched it, I've just built it up in my mind so much that actually starting it is making me nervous
CottonSalad 04.14.22	Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) Winter Light (Bergman, 1963) Dodesâ€™ka-Den (Kurosawa, 1970) Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels (Akerman, 1972) Alice in the Cities (Wenders, 1974) Nostalghia (Tarkovsky, 1983) Three Colors: Red (Kieslowski, 1994) In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar Wai, 2000) The Wind Rises (Miyazaki, 2013) 24 Frames - (Kiarostami, 2017)
CottonSalad 04.14.22	@porc The amount of times Iâ€™ve watched BEAU TRAVAIL, wanting to love itâ€¦4 times The amount of times Iâ€™ve loved itâ€¦only the last time. I have Hope.
CottonSalad 04.14.22	@Ars Watched Rear Window and Being There just in the past year for the first time - both amazing yah
Trifolium 04.14.22	Subscribed, will compile my list tomorrow! Very nice idea!
porcupinetheater 04.14.22	Cotton, come hang, we'll watch a bunch of contemporary contemplative cinema Tsai Ming Liang and chill Also Winter Light is best Bergman, excellent game
Ryus 04.14.22	WOMAN IN THE DUNES (Teshigahara, 1964) DOUBLE INDEMNITY (Wilder, 1944) ERASERHEAD (Lynch, 1977) EYES WIDE SHUT (Kubrick, 1999) THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (Hooper, 1974) TROPICAL MALADY (Weerasethakul, 2004) PERFUMED NIGHTMARE (Tahimik, 1977) AUDITION (Miike, 1999) THE MASTER (Anderson, 2012) COME AND SEE (Klimov, 1985)
ArsMoriendi 04.14.22	@Cotton: In the Mood for Love is great! Good choice...I know nothing else from your list though
Yotimi 04.15.22	Come and see Monty python and the holy grail Stalker Playtime Fargo Pulp fiction 2001 a space odyssey Truman show Naked Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory
CottonSalad 04.15.22	Sput watch party when?
dedex 04.15.22	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam & Jones, 1975) Amadeus (Forman, 1984) Clerks (Smith, 1994) Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994) Spirited Away (Miyazaki, 2001) AstÃ©rix & ObÃ©lix: Mission ClÃ©opÃ¢tre (Chabat, 2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003) Dikkenek (Van Hoofstadt, 2006) OSS 117: Le Caire, Nid d'Espions (Hazanavicius, 2006) The Dark Knight (Nolan, 2008)
Trifolium 04.15.22	Totally impossible but this is my list for now (next to Indigo Jam Unit - Demonstration please!): ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (Leone, 1968) KOOKY (SvÄ›rÃ¡k, 2010) STRICTLY BALLROOM (Luhrmann, 1992) THE BAD SLEEP WELL (Kurosawa, 1960) E.T. (Spielberg, 1982) THE RED TURTLE (Dudok de Wit, 2016) REAR WINDOW (Hitchcock, 1954) SLOW WEST (Maclean, 2015) CASABLANCA (Curtiz, 1942)
Pangea 04.15.22	damn you all have such a sophisticated movie taste
dedex 04.15.22	lmao mine is half normie half silly
garas 04.15.22	All over the place selection: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended) (Jackson, 2001) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Coen, 2000) The Dark Crystal (Henson & Oz, 1982) Princess Mononoke (Miyazaki, 1997) MacskafogÃ³ (in English: Cat City) (Ternovszky, 1986) Animals Are Beautiful People (Uys, 1974) Midsommar (Aster, 2019) Dracula (Browning, 1931) PostÅ™iÅ¾iny (in English: Cutting It Short) (Menzel, 1980) Szaffi (Dargay, 1985)
garas 04.15.22	Kudos to @Sinternet for including Persepolis on that list, very-very good! Also all great Miyazaki picks. @someone The Wind Rises was soooooo good.
CottonSalad 04.15.22	The Wind Rises was soooooo good. [2] Saw it in theatres 3 times the week it came out - ah undergrad days haha
dedex 04.15.22	@Ars: ye boi Clerks gang m/
Rowan5215 04.15.22	fuck it mask off 1. Barton Fink (Coen Bros., 1991) 2. Scream (Craven, 1996) 3. Stand by Me (Reiner, 1986) 4. Alien (Scott, 1979) 5. The Thing (Carpenter, 1982) 6. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Jackson, 2001) 7. Donnie Darko (Kelly, 2001) 8. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Wright, 2010) 9. The Shining (Kubrick, 1980) 10. Inside Llewyn Davis (Coen Bros., 2013)
Egarran 04.15.22	According to my IMdB ratings: 1. Children of Men (CuarÃ³n, 2006) 2. Howl's Moving Vastle (Miyazaki, 2004) could've been Spirited Away 3. Breaking the Waves (Von Trier, 1996) 4. 2001 (Kubrick, 1968) 5. The Matrix (Wachowski, 1999) 6. Drowning by Numbers (Greenaway, 2011) 7. Alien (Scott, 1979) 8. Back to the Future. (Zemeckis, 1985) 9. Ed Wood (Burton, 1994) 10. My Life as a Turkey (Allen, 2011) The caco crowd is mocking me for my love of this movie, but you should watch it right now: https://vimeo.com/82069929
CottonSalad 04.15.22	Miyazaki for Sput Emperor
notagenius 04.15.22	Coen also got mentioned a lot. different ones, not just Fargo.
Trifolium 04.15.22	Yeah Miyazaki is everywhere and rightfully so. That's one fine list Egarran!
Egarran 04.15.22	Thank you. But I had to leave out so many. Yours is fine too, I'm surprised to see ET there. I want to watch The Red Turtle.
Trifolium 04.15.22	E.T. always makes me cry twice and it contains movie magic and I love it dearly. The Red Turtle is indeed fantastic and I'd recommend watching it obviously. It's Miyazaki endorsed even: "Miyazaki showed him the short film Father and Daughter and asked him to find its director, MichaÃ«l Dudok de Wit, with the prospect of co-producing a feature film. Wild Bunch approached Dudok de Wit in London and convinced him to take on the project." If that isn't enough reason to watch it I don't know what is.
Egarran 04.15.22	Your endorsement was enough
Trifolium 04.15.22	ðŸ˜
CottonSalad 04.15.22	Jealous of the bromance tbh
JohnnyoftheWell 04.15.22	ummmm in no particular order and mostly off the top of my head and very unfinal but Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001) Love Exposure (Sion Sono, 2008) The Conformist (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970) Ichi the Killer (Takashi Miike, 2001) Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku, 2000) Kara no Kyoukai 5: Mujun Rasen (Takayuki Hirao, 2008) Kick Ass (Matthew Vaughn, 2010) 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, 1963) The Third Generation (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1979) Ed Wood (Tim Burton, 1994) [somewhat stealing this off Eg, but also it breaks my heart and I love it] album ummmmmm idk. pick a good one!
Ryus 04.15.22	i did not like ichi the killer at all, even though audition is in my top 10. maybe i should rewatch it
dedex 04.15.22	@Cotton: Such a bromance that a year and a half ago, they had the exact same number of comments: https://imgur.com/lruMEUR
JohnnyoftheWell 04.15.22	I'm kinda the opposite - defs rate Audition as a well-crafted movie but it never grabbed me by the shirt or had me particularly invested in any of the ensemble (apart from the guy's adorable dinosaur lovin kid), whereas the way Ichi flips between titillating and outright repulsive had me going for days. Baller of a movie
dedex 04.15.22	that dick stabbing scene in Battle Royale still is classic af
CottonSalad 04.15.22	Iâ€™ve got a lot of work to doâ€¦BUT, mom always told me good relationships are effort.
JohnnyoftheWell 04.15.22	defs, but nothing tops the dick scissors scene in love exposure
CottonSalad 04.15.22	What about the hammer scene in Antichrist or the fire extinguisher in Irreversible
Ryus 04.15.22	the fire extinguisher scene in irreversible is burned in my brain because i wasnt expecting it at all lol. everyone (rightly) talks about the awfulness of that scene but i was blindsided by the fire extinguisher one
CottonSalad 04.15.22	Oh, same. One Hundo P.
Trifolium 04.15.22	Omg dedex ðŸ’š That's a blast from the past!!! And Cotton, I don't know what Egarran thinks (although I can guess) but there's room for more people in our bromance!
JesperL 04.15.22	not in order bc i can't order & limiting myself to post-2000 films: manchester by the sea sicario prisoners green room three billboards outside ebbing missouri the bourne ultimatum the descent tangerine i'm thinking of ending things shoplifters
CottonSalad 04.15.22	PolyPlyCotton Gonna need to Mod request a name change
hansoloshotfirst 04.15.22	Blues Brothers (Landis, 1980) Brazil (Gilliam, 1985) Fallen Angels (Wong, 1995) M (Fritz Lang, 1931) Paris, Texas (Wenders, 1984) Sonatine (Kitano, 1993) The Big Lebowski (Coen, 1998) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Leone, 1966) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Jackson, 2001) Wild at Heart (Lynch, 1990) Album: Television - Marquee Moon I am somewhat satisfied with my list, but this is as good as it gets. Impossible task there are at least 30 movies missing from this list. Are there really people out there, who have a set top ten? (or even worse a ranked list)
Egarran 04.15.22	Yup, cotton is welcome inside. Hah, very nice dedex! Oh yeah I could have Battle Royale here. And Mulholland Drive. So many classic scenes in that. I was thinking Spielberg too, probably Close Encounters.
JohnnyoftheWell 04.15.22	i still feel a little guilty for winging an essay exam on M in my undergrad 2nd yr without ever having once seen the film. was one of my better papers that year
tectactoe 04.15.22	@Ars: Interesting Lynch pic! Probably the only one of his movies I genuinely despite haha, but I respect the pick and know the film has a very vocal minority. @Cotton: Interesting pic for Kiarostami. Though not my favorite of his, I loved the picture and thought its conceit was genuinely inspired and cool. Lovely swan song for a master. Also agreed that RED is the best of the trilogy and JEANNE DIELMAN is the best Akerman :) @Ryus: Goddamn I agree with this list so hard. DUNES of course, but INDEMNITY is also the best Wilder, ERASERHEAD is the best Lynch (kinda tied w/ MULHOLLAND DR. I suppose), EWS best Kubrick, MASTER best Anderson, TCM one of the best pure horror films ever, and while TROPICAL MALADY isn't my favorite Joe (UNCLE BOONMEE), it's top 3 and I'm always happy to see love for him. Incredible list. @Yotimi: Nice picks! Surprised it took this long for someone to mention 2001. Always love to see Tati, too. @dedex: I think so far your list contains the most films I haven't seen myself! (4) @Trif: You only gave me nine picks!! Gimme one more, silly :) @garas: Nice Hungary representation! @Rowan: Love the Coen picks. Those two would be in my personal top five of theirs (alongside MILLERS CROSSING, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, and THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE)! @Egarran: Nice LVT choice. Perosnal fave is DANCER IN THE DARK but BTW is #2 for sure. @Johnny: Didn't have you pegged for such a vulgur auteurist, but ya love to see it. Interesting Fassbinder pick, I'm very hot and cold on him but thassa good one.
tectactoe 04.15.22	I love AUDITION because the film could totally be read as either incredibly feminist, or incredibly misogynist, but not both. Very tricky high wire act that Miike pulls off quite deftly imo.
CottonSalad 04.15.22	Love being represented by Interstellar Space - what a beaut of a record It was actually my second Kiarostami after Close-Up, but that immediately prompted me to watch EVERYTHING he has ever done haha...I would say the Koker Trilogy is what I would recommend to anyone as "the best" stuff to check, but I have a soft spot for what he is going after in 24 Frames :]
garas 04.15.22	> Nice Hungary representation! Haha, indeed, the nostalgia...! (Even Midsommar is Hungary-related.) Cat City is eternal, still so damn relevant even these days... y'know: East-EU, mafia state...
Trifolium 04.15.22	OH NO! Ok, my 10th pick is... issss..... Hmmmm. Difficult! 12 ANGRY MEN (Lumet, 1957)
YoYoMancuso 04.15.22	glad to see the Lynch love on here
Ryus 04.15.22	@tec hell yeah. ive honestly never seen any other weerasethakul film but i know i need to. and agreed, mulholland is about tied with eraserhead. if you havent seen perfumed nightmare, check it out bc its incredible
Ryus 04.15.22	close-up is wonderful, the only kiarostami ive seen but its strangely emotional.
Egarran 04.15.22	Oh right Three Billboards was sweet. Otoh I forgot all about it.
porcupinetheater 04.15.22	Johnny have you watched Antiporno
notagenius 04.15.22	The Descent is the horror film I've seen the most times.
JesperL 04.15.22	yeah same probs re the descent, either that one or cabin in the woods lol
Egarran 04.15.22	Love Cabin. There was just a nice reddit thread about it: https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/u2qr4w/10_years_later_the_cabin_in_the_woods_is_still/
ArsMoriendi 04.15.22	James L Brooks, Albert Brooks, and Mel Brooks, a lot of Brooks
tectactoe 04.16.22	Albert Brooks is the best Brooks tbh
ArsMoriendi 04.16.22	Albert Brooks is cool and all, but Mel Brooks is the best
notagenius 04.16.22	James L. Brooks is more of a successful producer. He worked alongside Albert Brooks on The Simpons. As Good As It Gets is the only one of his works that sticks out in my mind. Nevertheless, because I was very little when I saw the film, it helped shape my most basic values in life. It should be one of the most influential films for me.
tectactoe 04.16.22	Never been too huge on Mel Brooks's style of comedy tbh. I do love YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN but stuff like THE PRODUCERS, BLAZING SADDLES, SPACEBALLS, etc., aren't that funny to me ðŸ˜¢
IsisScript80 04.16.22	â€œAre there really people out there, who have a set top ten? (or even worse a ranked list)â€ In my case, definitely not. And itâ€™s probably disingenuous by self-limitations like an â€œonly one film per directorâ€ rule or some such (Iâ€™ve actually listed two by Scott, but the general feeling appliesâ€” several of my entries could be Kubrick alone). Anyway, this is damn near impossibleâ€¦ and Iâ€™m almost certainly wrong about my own choices, but as Iâ€™m sat on my arse here (definitely no order): Blade Runner 2001: A Space Odyssey Itâ€™s a Wonderful Life Princess Mononoke The Good, The Bad and the Ugly Se7en Alien Unforgiven The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Arrival The above is probably bullshit too, as overall, the Coen Brothers are probably my favourite directors ever but not one of their movies Iâ€™ve listed, so this exercise is probably futile, lol.
Egarran 04.16.22	Good list and a controversial LotR pick.
IsisScript80 04.16.22	^ Thank you, :) and as much as I love the whole LotR trilogy pretty much as one, itâ€™s the second film that I found the most profoundâ€¦ it had the edge, heart and was before Jackson seemed to be showing signs of getting drunk on the excess that hampered later efforts.
Trifolium 04.16.22	It's my fave LotR too ðŸ’š Ents, Theoden, lots of orcs, lots of Gollum, hmmmmmmmmmmm ðŸ˜
Pangea 04.16.22	the first one is my fave i think but the ents are my favourite part of lotr in general
JohnnyoftheWell 04.16.22	"Johnny have you watched Antiporno" oh yikes yes. loved the middle finger to all things subtlety. don't know what I'd have thought about it if I hadn't seen Tag first, but (I think) addressed a lot of the things I didn't like about the way that film's narrative was framed and I appreciated it for that
ArsMoriendi 04.16.22	I actually hated As Good As It Gets I felt like Nicholson's character was an offputting creep for the entire movie, even at the end when he was supposedly better, and at no point should've attracted Helen Hunt's character. Like I get that he's supposed to have OCD and be a shut-in, but he honestly comes off more like a sociopath than anything else. Like what person with OCD is randomly going to be this abusive to his friends and partner (and animals like that cat at the beginning) just for having OCD? And then this poor woman keeps giving him a chance for some reason and we're supposed to be happy that she ends up with him?
notagenius 04.16.22	>ArsMoriendi you're discussing my favourite nuisance. lol You're right, what you said is exactly the first impression he gives in the film. If we explore more deeply the reason why, he's a typical character with an avoidant personality (AVPD), who pushing people away before they can hurt him. He would write the most romantic novels, but was afraid to pursue love. And "surprisingly", this freak was the only one who actually helped the neighbor and the waitress. He didn't expect romance or friendship at all, everything he did was willful. No matter how ridiculous his logic was (when we looked at them as a "normal" grown-up), he did childish but good things. And at his innermost being, he has many qualities that are lost in adults, like being innocent, absolute sincerity, caring without purpose, genuine listening, no hypocrisy, no pleasing, no indifference and being helpful to others (again, without any purpose). The huge contrast with his â€œappearanceâ€. It was probably what made me understand the essence of exploring a person. Such people are annoying, but they would never ever really hurt anyone, and they don't take anything away from anyone. Of course, the other characters in this film are all interesting too. Amazingly perceptive creation, great humor. It is more than a romantic comedy. The ordinary lives of ordinary (problematic) people can be really wonderful. Gosh, I really miss this film.
protokute 04.16.22	Here it goes, the ones that had the most persistent effect on me. (not ranked). 1. The Red Shoes (Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell, 1948) 2. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005) 3. Before Sunrise (the whole trilogy maybe) (Richard Linklater, 1995) 4. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Cappola, 1979) 5. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966) 6. Awakenings (Penny Marshall, 1981) 7. Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir, 1975) 8. Claire's Knee (Eric Rohmer, 1970) 9. The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973) 10. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Alfonso CuarÃ³n, 2004) edit: If I could choose an album for the list then maybe The Millennium - Begin, or something from the 60's or whatever the heck you feel like
protokute 04.16.22	Wild at Heart may also be the one Lynch film I really enjoyed throughout.
Winesburgohio 04.17.22	tec u kno what about to hit u dawg Seven Samurai (Kurosawa) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Gondry) Szerelem (Makk) The 40 Year Old Virgin (Apatow) Back to the Future (Zemeckis) The Last Picture Show (Bogdanovich) Late Spring (Ozu) Memoria (Weerasethakul) Ti Xi Qu: West of Tracks (Bing) Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (Lynch)
Ryus 04.17.22	late spring is most certainly a slapper
LeddSledd 04.17.22	never thought I'd say it but I need to watch more movies damn
Winesburgohio 04.17.22	Great lists abound, certified kinography everywhere. Miiiiight change my Lynch pick to Eraserhead watch this space!!!
Trebor. 04.17.22	Frances Ha Blade Runner The Royal Tenenbaums The Witch Barton Fink Come and See In the Mood for Love Synecdoche; New York Secrets and Lies There Will be Blood
Kompys2000 04.17.22	Super cool list idea! I've recently started collecting DVDs so I'm definitely gonna be scouring y'all's top 10s for any hidden gems I should be on the lookout for :3 It's Such A Beautiful Day (Don Hertzfeldt, 2012) Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001) This is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, 1984) WALL-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008) Raising Arizona (Joel Cohen, 1987) Attack the Block (Joe Cornish, 2011) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000) Juno (Jason Reitman, 2007) Spider-Man 2 (Sam Raimi, 2004) Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Jake Kasdan, 2007)
Trifolium 04.17.22	WALL-E best Pixar yes yes yes yes.
notagenius 04.17.22	Checked specifically and carefully to see if anyone had mentioned Pasolini. There wasn't.
Egarran 04.17.22	He must suck then
zakalwe 04.17.22	Pulp Fiction Blade Runner Shawshank Redemption Aliens Goodfellas The Big Lebowski The Goonies Terminator 2 Kingpin The Life of Brian
JohnnyoftheWell 04.17.22	where is kes you filthy poser what are these yankie gangster twats doing on your lot
YoYoMancuso 04.17.22	watched Solaris last night and Tarkovsky is making a strong case for my fav filmmaker. His style is so hypnotic
zakalwe 04.17.22	To be fair Kes is an absolute classic.
protokute 04.17.22	Kes is pretty nice indeed
Ryus 04.17.22	shawshank redemption is so bad
Trebor. 04.17.22	lol noooo
Winesburgohio 04.18.22	its pretty bad
Divaman 04.18.22	The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Peter Jackson, 2001, 2002, 2003) The Star Wars Trilogy (George Lucas, 1977, 1980, 1983) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones, 1975) Aliens (James Cameron, 1986) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Nicolas Meyer, 1982) The Avengers: Infinity War (Anthony and Joe Russo, 2018) Night of the Living Dead (George Romero, 1968) Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982) The Producers (Mel Brooks, 1967) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974)
Havey 04.18.22	ah, the cinema
Snake. 04.18.22	ngl i haven't watched enough movies to put together a top 10 without feeling shame
Storm In A Teacup 04.18.22	This can be quite the list when you include trilogies as one entry.
Divaman 04.18.22	I just couldn't see rating them separately. In my mind, each of those trilogies is a complete entry.
Colton 04.18.22	Superbad Unforgiven Kung Fu Dunk The Godfather 3:10 To Yuma Finding Nemo A Bronx Tale The Guardian Yellow Submarine
Egarran 04.18.22	Damn
hansoloshotfirst 04.18.22	to be a a bit of a stickler: George Lucas directed only the first one, Kershner did the Empire Strikes Back and Marquand did Return of the Jedi.
Pheromone 04.18.22	holy shit ill do this soon
Pheromone 04.18.22	Yi Yi (Yang, 2000) It's Such a Beautiful Day (Hertzfeldt, 2012) Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion (Anno, 1997) Rear Window (Hitchcock, 1954) Funeral Parade of Roses (Matsumoto, 1969) A Brighter Summer Day (Yang, 1991) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Hooper, 1974) Still Walking (Kore-eda, 2008) Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Sciamma, 2019) Trainspotting (Boyle, 1996) this was unsurprisingly hard and maybe needed more than a 10 minute think i am happy with my choices
Trifolium 04.18.22	Phero I voted for Rear Window too let's watch it together sometime ðŸ˜ðŸ’ž
Pheromone 04.18.22	Yes! Yes! Yes! We can feast on dutch snacks and fear the tension of the film together !
CottonSalad 04.18.22	Best Hitchcock agreed
Egarran 04.18.22	I've seen 3 of phero's movies, so I'll order the full treatment.
IsisScript80 04.18.22	â€˜â€¦End of Evangelionâ€™ is fucking incredible, but needs the preceding series to make sense of itâ€¦ canâ€™t be watched in isolation. And yep, I also agree with â€˜Rear Windowâ€™ as fave Hitchcock.
Pheromone 04.18.22	let us watch all 10 together, all running at the same time, ega my dear
tectactoe 04.18.22	@Isis; I agree, narrowing down the list to ten is nearly impossible. I kind of have my own canonical "top ten" which I use for lists such as this and don't really question it, otherwise I'd go insane. @protokute: Love CLAIRE'S KNEE, beautiful pick. Can't go wrong with Rohmer, but that one is near the top for me. Such a deceivingly rich and layered film. Rohmer's self-delusional philanderer shenanigans at their finest. @Wines: Exquisite list, as expected. Surprised/happy to see Joe's latest so high - not my favorite of his but easily top three (still awating your extensive thoughts over at rym, bb...) Also love the Lynch pick, a totally underrated film in his catalog imo. Never pegged you for a BACK TO THE FUTURE guy - I assume it has at least a little something to do with nostalgia? But interesting pick nonetheless
tectactoe 04.18.22	@Trebor: Nice to see Baumbach make a list. Personal favorite is MISTRESS AMERICAN but FRANCES HA still slaps hard. @Kompys: Hertzfeldt! ISABD doesn't quite crack my top ten but it has been among my thirty-or-so favorite films of all time since I first saw it. One of the rare films that can make me basically sob on command. @zakalwe: This is such a certified zak list and that's why I love you, my man. @Diva: Always good to see TCSM mentioned - one of the greatest "pure" horror films of all time imo. In the spirit of the list requirements, I've truncated any votes for a trilogy as the first entry. If you wish to change either entry to a different specific film, just let me know. @Colton: interesting........ @Phero: Good shit, always love Hertzfeldt love, and very nice to see FUNERAL PARADE here!
tectactoe 04.18.22	Also, in catching up with some of the conversation, NOTORIOUS is the best Hitchcock (REAR WINDOW isn't even the best Hitchcock film of 1954 and yes I'm serious) and I agree that SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION is kinda poopy but to each their own, no shame here fellas.
Trifolium 04.18.22	Notorious was amaaaaaaaaazing agreed. Loved it too. Nothing can beat that 'stare into the camera moment' from Rear Window for me though, yikes!
Pheromone 04.18.22	> I agree that SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION is kinda poopy spoilers!
Icebloom 04.18.22	Iâ€™m a pleb when it comes to movies, but this would probably be my top 10: 1. Arrival 2. Django Unchained 3. The Green Mile 5. Forrest Gump 4. Interstellar 6. LÃ©on 7. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 8. Nebraska 9. Shawshank Redemption 10. Wall-E
Divaman 04.18.22	Oo, good choice of albums for me. You peeked at my 5's, didn't you? : )
protokute 04.18.22	I still haven't watched Wall-E
Egarran 04.18.22	> Never pegged you for a BACK TO THE FUTURE fan It is a perfect script. Worth watching just to be amazed at how smooth it rolls along.
YoYoMancuso 04.18.22	Yi Yi almost made my list, what a film
Pheromone 04.18.22	yi yi is probably me #1 in all honesty
Trebor. 04.18.22	YoYo loves Yi Yi
Pheromone 04.18.22	Phero loves Yo Yo
IsisScript80 04.18.22	Ah, â€˜Panopticonâ€™ for album! Sweeet! I wonder what put that one in mind, lol. Nice one, tec. :)
tectactoe 04.18.22	@Diva / Isis - ðŸ˜ WALL-E is indeed pretty great. I'd rank it probably third among all Disney/Pixar collabs behind TOY STORY 2 (yes that's right) and TOY STORY. Also quite enjoyed INSIDE OUT, though not sure if I'd put it above WALL-E.
Ryus 04.18.22	toy story #1 is the king of pixar. formative film for me
tectactoe 04.18.22	I'd be inclined to agree but TOY STORY 2 was the first film I can legitimately "remember" seeing as a kid. Like, actually recall the memory, not just be aware of it based on stories from other people lol. I was 10 or 11 years old and went with my dad, absolutely loved it. Even as an adult rewatching all of them, TS2 imo improves upon almost every single facet of the original while somehow sidestepping a lot of the nuisances that often befall sequels. But of course that special nostalgic tie is still massively strong. Weirdly enough, I know I loved the original TOY STORY as a kid but cannot actually remember whether I saw it in theaters.
ItsTheSquirrel 04.18.22	I kinda feel like I got the short end of the stick since my big childhood favourite franchise was fucking Cars
TheSonomaDude 04.18.22	i love this so much Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog, 1982) The Shining (Stanely Kubrick, 1980) Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979) Werckmeister Harmonies (Bela Tarr, 1999) Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990) The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982) El Topo (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1970) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Toby Hooper, 1974) An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (Terence Nance, 2012) Amadeus (Milos Forman, 1984)
Ryus 04.18.22	i love "the thing" so much, could have easily been included here.
TheSonomaDude 04.18.22	The Thing is probably my favorite horror film. i just wrote a thesis paper on it for a film class and it was well-received by the professor. i've seen it possibly a few hundred times over the years lol. i'd never get sick of it, it's one of those movies where you realize something new with every viewing. genius filmmaking.
Winesburgohio 04.18.22	While there is a hefty dollop of nostalgia involved BTTF has never lost itâ€™s glorious sheen / Iâ€™ve seen Memoria twice, both in theatres, and it might be the most achingly humane thing Iâ€™ve yet seen
fogza 04.19.22	virtually impossible, here's my lame list 1. Syriana - Stephen Gaghan - 2005 2. Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola - 1979 3. Heat - Michael Mann - 1995 4. Aliens - James Cameron - 1986 5. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Steven Spielberg - 1989 6. Michael Clayton - Tony Gilroy - 2007 7. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Steven Spielberg - 1977 8. The Idiots - Lars von Trier - 1998 9. The Naked Lunch - David Cronenberg - 1991 10. Topsy Turvy - Mike Leigh - 1999
notagenius 04.19.22	oh ya Heat is amazing
IsisScript80 04.19.22	â€œI love "the thing" so much, could have easily been included here.â€ I remember seeing it for the first timeâ€¦ I was in my teens and it was on TV (Iâ€™d already seen my fair share of Alien movies by that pointâ€”as many as released at that time), but this came on and I watched it, not knowing anything about it and having no preconceptionsâ€¦ and holy shit, it was powerful. The imagination, the EXEMPLARY use of practical effects (dog sequenceâ€¦ jeez!), the feel, everythingâ€¦ incredible.
fogza 04.19.22	The Thing is amazing. Was also pretty awesome seeing Jesper include the Descent, nice to see someone else really digs that one
Egarran 04.19.22	Fantastic list fogza.
fogza 04.19.22	your list makes me think i should check out more by greenaway, i've only seen that zed and noughts movie but it was really interesting
notagenius 04.19.22	When I watched The Thing as a kid I thought it was so cool when Blair was graphically analyzing it on the computer, many of the other sci-fi movies had fake computer equipment, but The Thing used the Intertec Superbrain, it felt real to me.
protokute 04.19.22	@tec Would love to read your critique on Picnic at Hanging Rock someday
Trifolium 04.19.22	Still happy to see Porco-san every time I open this list!
Pheromone 04.19.22	raging bull is an interesting scorsese pick
tectactoe 04.19.22	THE THING may as well be two different movies for me. Can't get into the mechanical grotesquerie, even for as much as I can "appreciate" the use of practical effects. (And I understand that, to some extent, it's very purposely expressionistic and overboard, but... eh...) However, the isolated set piece is phenomenal, and there are heaps of legitimate tension almost anytime "the thing" is only a tangential threat - e.g. the "blood test" sequence is as gripping as anything I can immediately call to mind. @fogza - a lovely and wonderfully varied list, but my favorite pick here is MICHAEL CLAYTON. Massively underrated crime drama that is about 1000x more subversive than anyone ever gives it credit for. @proto - haven't seen that in probably close to a decade. Unfortunately I hadn't started logging / writing about movies I'd seen until ca. 2016 so I'll need to revisit it at some point. Wouldn't mind chomping through Weir's filmography at some point - it's a very interesting collection and there are several I've yet to see at all.
ArsMoriendi 04.19.22	Omg The Thing is brilliant That was one of the movies I almost put on my listâ€¦ that and Little Miss Sunshine. Oh fuck Iâ€™m imagining Paul Dano as a body horror alien now
someone 04.19.22	man, my picks now seem really snobbish. The Thing, Alien and 2001 were all close contenders
robertsona 04.19.22	I liked The Thing a ton too
fogza 04.19.22	"raging bull is an interesting scorsese pick" is it? i think it's his best film
Pheromone 04.19.22	i just feel out of the three of taxi driver, raging bull, and goodfellas (which i have inexplicably have linked together in my head), the other two capture similar themes but with a more opus feel for some reason when i started to write this reply i thought i'd have an articulate way of describing my thinking
tectactoe 04.19.22	While I do think RAGING BULL is nearly perfect from a technical standpoint (direction, editing, script, etc.), what makes it one of my favorite films of all time is the way it masquerades as a "boxing film," when in reality it's the most devastating portraiture of debilitating male jealousy that's ever been put to film. That LaMotta is a boxer is not merely a coincidence - for it's one of the few professional ventures in the world where violence is not just accepted but encouraged - but it's also not "the point."
fogza 04.19.22	i never really clicked with taxi driver, like there were parts i just couldn't digest, but raging bull is like lithium hitting water, just rings so true
Pheromone 04.19.22	i still do love raging bull do not get me wrong, it's an uncomfortable film. TALKING OF UNCOMFORTABLE FILMS WITH DE NIRO IN, the first half of once upon a time in america is the goat film, the second half is not even close
fogza 04.19.22	100% raging bull is the opposite of a fun watch, no doubt. if i ran an open air summer picnic film night, i would not pick raging bull as the sunday feature
tectactoe 04.19.22	most of my favorite films are in fact not fun to watch, but they evoke the most emotion out of me, uncomfortable or otherwise, which is what makes them special. (only being sort of flippant here.) any Leone film is goated tbh. one of tha best 2 eva do it.
fogza 04.19.22	tec, if you ran a summer open air picnic film night, what would you pick?
Pheromone 04.19.22	tec would choose the birth of a nation
DoofDoof 04.19.22	I'm basic as hell... 1. Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola - 1979 2. Eraserhead - David Lynch - 1977 3. Fight Club - David Fincher - 1999 4. LOTR The Two Towers - Peter Jackson - 2002 5. The Matrix - Wachowski Borthers - 1999 6. Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino - 1994 7. Alien - Ridley Scott - 1979 8. Withnail & I - Bruce Robinson - 1987 9. Trainspotting - Danny Boyle - 1996 10. Spirited Away - Hayao Miyazaki - 2001
ArsMoriendi 04.19.22	I mean if youâ€™re gonna be basic, those are good choices Though to be honest I still havenâ€™t seen Apocolypse Now and I never heard of your #8â€¦ seen the rest though and not a bad movie there
tectactoe 04.19.22	That milieu deserves a film just as carefree and buoyant and inviting so Iâ€™d probably say something like WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN or A WOMAN IS A WOMAN, or for stubborn people who require something in English and/or more recent Iâ€™d go like SUPPORT THE GIRLS or maybe THE MEND. I only bust out THE BIRTH OF A NATION when Iâ€™m actively trying to alienate people
Pheromone 04.19.22	i wanted to force a funny-movie into my list so almost snuck in a four lions or a lock, stock then figured that'd be disingenuous
fogza 04.19.22	I wrestled with putting Monty Python and the Holy Grail on the list.
Pheromone 04.19.22	that's been a popular one, whodathunk it my monty python as-a-whole take would shock and sadden you i fear
DoofDoof 04.19.22	Cheers Ars, yeah 8 was a cult comedy brit film starring Richard E. Grant - I wanted a comedy to make the top 10 Apocalypse Now is an essential epic, I mean almost inevitable you'll get to it at some point if you have any love of films
YoYoMancuso 04.19.22	Stalker has been chosen way more times than I expected. I'm happy though because it's a masterpiece
fogza 04.19.22	i had a friend that reminded me of Withnail, that movie always makes me a little sad
fogza 04.19.22	"my monty python as-a-whole take would shock and sadden you i fear" yeah i can totally understand people not liking monty python and would not be saddened by a negative take on it
Pheromone 04.19.22	i love fawlty towers however
notagenius 04.19.22	I like Picnic at Hanging Rock, but I'm afraid I don't understand it well. It possibly has a hint of Australia breaking away from old England and the awakening of female self-awareness. But I'm afraid I'm missing enough background knowledge. I like it firmly for aesthetic reasons, because every frame is breathtakingly beautiful. as well as the soundtrack and mystic.
alamo 04.19.22	house of wax hercules before sunrise/sunset/midnight cant pick one brokeback mountain the texas chainsaw massacre song of the sea black swan rec portrait of a lady on fire hush
Pheromone 04.19.22	the before trilogy is chefs kiss
tectactoe 04.19.22	My spicy take of the day is: MIDNIGHT > SUNSET > SUNRISE (all great tho)
Ryus 04.19.22	i love the texas chainsaw representation itt
Pheromone 04.19.22	the ending of before sunset> before sunrise > before midnight > the rest of before sunset (also still great tho)
budgie 04.19.22	r u guys ready 1. SCREAM (1996) 2. THE EVIL DEAD (1981) 3. LAKE MUNGO (2008) 4. THE BLACKCOAT'S DAUGHTER (2015) 5. THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985) 6. JAWS (1975) 7. THE WICKER MAN (1973) 8. NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (1986) 9. BANSHEE CHAPTER (2013) 10. NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984)
Ryus 04.19.22	the wicker man is so fucking good. one of my favs
Pheromone 04.19.22	i love you budgie
budgie 04.19.22	the combination of bright, happy, colorful & inclusive nature cult community + horrible pagan sacrifice is fucking awesome midsommar i think tried hard to rehash on that but it felt too deliberate or something idk
fogza 04.19.22	Budgie = best list
Pheromone 04.19.22	hereditary >>>>>>>>>>>> midsommar
Ryus 04.19.22	yeah the atmosphere is super unique. the soundtrack is so good too. willow's song. fck
Trebor. 04.19.22	Based Blackcoat Daughter pick
Divaman 04.19.22	Hmm, looks like budgie's are all horror films. Except for Jaws.
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tectactoe 04.19.22	Indeed HEREDITARY > MIDSOMMAR but both are relatively mid. UNFRIENDED: DARK WEB (Susco) and IT COMES AT NIGHT (Shults) are probably my top 2 "pure" horror picks of the last five years but there are a lot of "sorta-horror" movies that I'd rank above them but am not sure if they exactly qualify. Like MOTHER!, THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER, IN FABRIC, THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT, CLIMAX, POSSESSOR, etc.
tectactoe 04.19.22	whatchu talking about Diva, JAWS is the horror film.
Pheromone 04.19.22	finding nemo was budgie's #11 diva
Divaman 04.19.22	Fucking Nemo? Is that a porn film?
Pheromone 04.19.22	this was unexpected horniness from you diva
Divaman 04.19.22	Hey buddy, you're the one who added a porn film to budgie's list.
budgie 04.19.22	my #11 was killer klowns from outer space tyvm
Divaman 04.19.22	That doesn't sound like a porn movie.
alamo 04.19.22	i hated blackoats daughter because i am dumb and (spoiler alert))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) didnt get those two were supposed to be the same person
alamo 04.19.22	also if i had to rank i guess sunset > sunrise > midnight but each of them represent a different stage of a relationship and life so perfectly its p much impossible to compare
alamo 04.19.22	i forgot to specify my house of wax is the 2005 remake with paris hilton ðŸ˜¬ðŸ˜¬ðŸ˜¬
budgie 04.19.22	did you see REC 3 ? the wedding horror comedy one? i loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooved iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit
Divaman 04.19.22	I saw that. It was pretty fun.
budgie 04.19.22	i dont remember askiing u a damn thing !@!!!!!!!!!!!!
Divaman 04.19.22	Sure you did. You said, "did you see...?" I saw. Honestly, you're so forgetful sometimes.
Divaman 04.19.22	It's all those concussions.
someone 04.19.22	forgot about the Evil Dead trilogy
tectactoe 04.19.22	THE EVIL DEAD > ARMY OF DARKNESS > EVIL DEAD II no idea how ED2 has become the consensus favorite.
porcupinetheater 04.19.22	Evil Dead II is miles ahead of AoD what
Egarran 04.19.22	Yeah that's a weird ranking tec. Nice budgie list. Jaws and Wicker Man could easily be on mine as well.
alamo 04.19.22	lol ive never watched it since i didnt care much for 2 but i had no idea its a horror comedy???????????????? gonna have to check it this weeknd is 4 good too?
budgie 04.19.22	"no idea how ED2 has become the consensus favorite." because it embraced the camp/comedy i think. i do like the first one the best though just bc its more sinister "lol ive never watched it since i didnt care much for 2 but i had no idea its a horror comedy???????????????? gonna have to check it this weeknd is 4 good too?" didnt know there was a 4th i gotta check it tonight!! and yeah rec3 is more like shaun of the dead or something. not super light hearted but way more comedy than youd expect from the franchise
dedex 04.20.22	oh shit yeah Evil Dead II why didn't I include it
Cimnele 04.20.22	i cant think of films unless I'm obsessed with them mmm i love Heart of Glass and The Conversation and Apocalypse Now and just a bunch of miserable 70s garbage let me post seven more at random The Assassination of Richard Nixon Fritz the Cat Brazil? i can't get to ten Tetsuo the Iron Man um or Sohgo Ishii's "1/2 Mensch" film which is like an hour-long promo for Einsturzende Neubauten? which is the best film i've ever seen but has no movie qualities at all that's eight, stopping here because I have no idea what I'm talking about
Pangea 04.20.22	Okay you moviesnobs have had your say, now it's my turn Hot Fuzz (Wright 2007) Monty Python Life of Brian (Jones 1979) Jurassic Park (Spielberg 1993) Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Jackson 2001) Good Will Hunting (van Sant 1997) Spirited Away (Miyazaki 2001) The Lion King (Allers and Minkoff 1994) Wall-E (Stanton 2008) 12 Years a Slave (McQueen 2013) Whiplash (Chazelle 2014) probably idk i'm not all that invested into movies
dedex 04.20.22	probably, yet this is a solid selection my man
notagenius 04.20.22	Good Will Hunting is finally on the list!
fogza 04.20.22	How do you like them apples?
Winesburgohio 04.20.22	surprised mine are the only votes for Seven Samurai & Eternal Sunshine, the latter has been absent from some prominent "films of the century so far" discourse. has it fallen out of favor
IsisScript80 04.20.22	^ â€˜Eternal Sunshine...â€™ is great, very inventive visually (Michel Gondry, of course) and is a hit on all levels, but I think that overall, itâ€™s one of those films one admires opposed to deeply loves, therefore wonâ€™t truly be on many peopleâ€™s â€˜Top 10 EVAARâ€™ lists.
notagenius 04.20.22	Romance films appear relatively less frequently here. I think I'm the only one listed them more often.
Pangea 04.20.22	i considerer eternal sunshine for sure
fogza 04.20.22	i also considered eternal sunshine, especially since it would have filled the noticeably absent romance space on my list. it's just not a movie i repeat watch very often. honestly 10 spots is pretty tough
notagenius 04.20.22	I have a problem with Eternal Sunshine. have never been touched by it. I always felt that the film was forcing two people who were not attracted to each other to be together.
IsisScript80 04.20.22	â€œ have never been touched by it.â€ Personal connection is key, but I never got the sense that the film was forcing people to be together who had no attractionâ€¦ the opposite in fact; itâ€™s the ramifications of people who HAVE that initial connection, but who are essentially incompatible as people in a relationship, and would they be due to repeat the pattern.
fogza 04.20.22	Yeah what isis said
notagenius 04.20.22	^ I'm probably talking about the emotional expression aspect of the performance. If you give me a clip, tell me that Kate Winslet and Jim Carey were deeply in love. Oh man No way. Their attentions were rarely focused on each other. Their body language were inclined to be separate. I like both actors, it's just that the acting in this is really strange.
Egarran 04.20.22	I would put Being John Malkovich just above Eternal Sunshine, but they're both fantastic.
tectactoe 04.20.22	@porc, Egarran, budgie: Shrug. ARMY OF DARKNESS just brought a lot more originality to the table and its reflexive humor felt genuine. EVIL DEAD II, while I understand it was meant to be a remake-slash-sequel, felt closer to self-parody, but not in a good way. Went way too over the top with its proclaimed self-awareness imo. That's why I love the original the best - the humor is (mostly) unintentional, and there's still an underlying tone of horror amid the ludicrous amounts of camp e.g. the tree-scene in the forest is legitimately unsettling. (Not so in ED2.)
notagenius 04.20.22	still believe in Miss Little Sunshine will show up. nope Little Miss Sunshine
tectactoe 04.20.22	Haven't been keeping track (yet) but just based on memory of typing them all into the list, I'd wager a guess that SPIRITED AWAY is the most voted-for film thus far, and Miyazaki might possibly be the most voted-for director, too. Makes sense, as his films are wholly and totally "universal" (by design, of course) and appeal to literally every age group sort of transcend cultural boundaries. Personally, I've never found the same undying love and attachment to the bulk of his films as so many others have (though I've desperately tried). As an animator, he's simply one of the best. Quite possibly (and quite likely) the very best. But, and I realize I'm an outlier here, his storytelling often strikes me as a bit too whimsical and slapdash, often unfocused and messy under the pretense of "fantasy". Most people will cite those exact traits as features, not flaws, and I can't blame them. Just something that's personally kept me admiring most of his work without falling unabashedly in love with it. PORCO ROSSO, on the other hand.... What a film.
notagenius 04.20.22	I can do that real quick. mmt
notagenius 04.20.22	first column is the frequency N (N>=3) 7 â€¢ SPIRITED AWAY (Miyazaki, 2001) 6 â€¢ THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (Jackson, 2001) 5 â€¢ THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (Hooper, 1974) 5 â€¢ BLADE RUNNER (Scott, 1982) 4 â€¢ THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY (Leone, 1966) 4 â€¢ THE BIG LEBOWSKI (Coen, 1998) 4 â€¢ STALKER (Tarkovsky, 1979) 4 â€¢ PULP FICTION (Tarantino, 1994) 4 â€¢ ALIEN (Scott, 1979) 3 â€¢ WALL-E (Stanton, 2008) 3 â€¢ TRAINSPOTTING (Boyle, 1996) 3 â€¢ THE WICKER MAN (Hardy, 1973) 3 â€¢ THE SHINING (Kubrick, 1980) 3 â€¢ THE MATRIX (Wachowski, 1999) 3 â€¢ THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (Jackson, 2002) 3 â€¢ REAR WINDOW (Hitchcock, 1954) 3 â€¢ PRINCESS MONONOKE (Miyazaki, 1997) 3 â€¢ PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (Sciamma, 2019) 3 â€¢ PARIS, TEXAS (Wenders, 1984) 3 â€¢ GOODFELLAS (Scorsese, 1990) 3 â€¢ COME AND SEE (Klimov, 1985) 3 â€¢ ARRIVAL (Villeneuve, 2016) 3 â€¢ APOCALYPSE NOW (Coppola, 1979) 3 â€¢ AMADEUS (Forman, 1984) 3 â€¢ ALIENS (Cameron, 1986) 3 â€¢ 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (Kubrick, 1968)
fogza 04.20.22	so modal
tectactoe 04.20.22	Nicely done, and glad to see my intuition re SPIRITED AWAY was correct (for now). Also interest to me is that the first and second entries of LOTR rank above the third entry, which I've always assumed was the ubiquitous fan favorite. (I've only seen the first one myself, wasn't a fan and so never bothered with the sequels.) Love that TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE is so high up, too. Chef's kiss.
notagenius 04.20.22	*am just scribbling a sum of data for fun, the official ones are of course waiting for tec Director Ranked (over 5) 13 Miyazaki 12 Coen 10 Jackson 9 Scott 7 Lynch 7 Kubrick 7 Anderson 6 Tarkovsky 6 Tarantino 6 Leone 5 Villeneuve 5 Spielberg 5 Scorsese 5 Hooper 5 Hitchcock
Divaman 04.20.22	Well in fairness, for both LOTR and Star Wars, I actually chose the whole trilogy as a single entity because I don't really think you can separate them, and you randomly assigned me the first film of each series. But in reality, if I had to choose one from each, my choices would be Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
tectactoe 04.20.22	Honestly wasn't even sure I was going to curate an "overall" list out of this, because I was skeptical there'd be enough overlap to constitute something meaningful. But it's looking more promising than I originally assumed. Still think it's more interesting to peruse the lists individually (as is the case with the actual S&S poll, imo) but so far the assimilation is delightfully non-canonical in many ways (while still being highly "accessible" overall).
Sinternet 04.20.22	i think for lotr two towers is generally the fan favourite, but return of the king got a lot of plaudits as a standin for the whole trilogy especially in awards and nominations and such good list so far yeah, especially love to see the wicker man love, few like spirited away and aliens which just missed out on miy top 10
YoYoMancuso 04.20.22	"Love that TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE is so high up, too" Modern horror movies could learn a lot from this one. I watched this and MIDSOMMAR back to back and I appreciate the way they both used broad daylight
YoYoMancuso 04.20.22	Fellowship has gotta be my favorite LOTR
notagenius 04.20.22	I was actually surprised that not many people mentioned STAR WARS while the people around me are all unshakable fans of STAR WARS.
Pheromone 04.20.22	i wonder which lists are most expected or unexpected from the user love texas chainsaw massacre being repped
tectactoe 04.20.22	zak's list is almost exactly what I'd have guessed it would have been lol.
fogza 04.20.22	"I was actually surprised that not many people mentioned STAR WARS while the people around me are all unshakable fans of STAR WARS." I love the original trilogy but I think my enthusiasm for it has actually waned a little because of all the star wars garbage released over the last 23 years
Pheromone 04.20.22	yeah zak's is definitely the most expected
Divaman 04.20.22	What Star Wars garbage? None of that ever happened.
fogza 04.20.22	i have seen it diva, and it can't be unseen.
fogza 04.20.22	we should repeat this for worst movies, attack of the clones would definitely make my bottom 10 EDIT: i checked my bottom 10 and i guess it wouldn't make it
protokute 04.20.22	@tectactoe I mostly agree with you on Miyazaki films, although I think I have a more overall positive opinion and liking of the films. Interestingly though, and I believe to be in the minority too, Porco Rosso is the one I just can't get into, as I couldn't relate at all with the characters and story.
notagenius 04.20.22	we should repeat this for worst movies [2] There may be some arguments but will be fun
Pheromone 04.20.22	i dont think id be able to compile a top 10 list for worst movies if i was being cheeky id probably put a coen brothers movie on there
tectactoe 04.20.22	These are the films to which I've assigned the ten lowest ratings. Some hot takes in here. But keep in mind, I've only officially "scored" movies I've seen since sometime around ~2012(ish), so I've almost certainly seen worse films than these for which I don't have an "official" score but will likely never watch again to ever allot one. (Stuff like AIRBUD and the Jim Carrey GRINCH movie immediately come to mind.) More than ten entries because the last several are tied with a score of 8/100: â€¢ BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR (Brady, 2011) â€” 0/100 â€¢ THE HOLY MOUNTAIN (Jodorowsky, 1973) â€” 1/100 â€¢ FREDDY GOT FINGERED (Green, 2001) â€” 2/100 â€¢ BIO-DOME (Bloom, 1996) â€” 2/100 â€¢ 9 SONGS (Winterbottom, 2004) â€” 3/100 â€¢ LITTLE NICKY (Brill, 2000) â€” 4/100 â€¢ NORBIT (Robbins, 2007) â€” 5/100 â€¢ THE ROOM (Wiseau, 2003) â€” 6/100 â€¢ HALLOWEEN 5: THE REVENGE OF MICHAEL MYERS (Othenin-Girard, 1989) â€” 7/100 â€¢ FAT ALBERT (Zwick, 2004) â€” 8/100 â€¢ BATMAN & ROBIN (Schumacher, 1997) â€” 8/100 â€¢ TRASH HUMPERS (Korine, 2009) â€” 8/100 â€¢ THE CAT IN THE HAT (Welch, 2003) â€” 8/100 â€¢ AMERICAN PIE PRESENTS: BETA HOUSE (Waller, 2007) â€” 8/100
Divaman 04.20.22	Batman & Robin would probably make mine, along with Catwoman. I actually saw half a redeeming quality in Little Nicky. It's bad, but not as bad as I expected.
Divaman 04.20.22	>i have seen it diva, and it can't be unseen. You're mistaken, fogza. I have completely unseen it, at least the parts that I even bothered seeing in the first place.
Egarran 04.20.22	I could put The Hobbit on my worst list Fellowship has gotta be my favorite LOTR [2]
ArsMoriendi 04.20.22	Honestly, Freddy Got Fingered is hilarious and gets way overhated. Sure itâ€™s dumb and mean spirited as fuck but uh uh my hooves look at my hooves idk
budgie 04.20.22	heyy i like halloween 5 my least favorite among my lowest ratings on letterboxd (im not including D-grade indie productions that nobody has heard of) the babysitter: killer queen (2020) bite (2015) color out of space (2019) black christmas (2019) the hunt (2020) run hide fight (2020) the house that jack built (2018) lucky (2020) rubber (2010) the love witch (2016)
Divaman 04.20.22	Of course, I probably saved myself untold trauma by never actually seeing the last two films of the sequel trilogy. Before the second one even came out, Mark Hamill himself pretty much said that the film was dogshit, and I decided to believe him.
budgie 04.20.22	oh shit egarran, yeah the 21st century hobbit productions are on my list too i just never rated them
Divaman 04.20.22	They're not on mine. I actually liked them, although they're not even in the same stratosphere as the LOTR films.
budgie 04.20.22	i take the position that theyre sacrilegious and violate the sanctity of middle earths spirit
Kompys2000 04.20.22	Re: Miyazaki, I think his films are not super tightly-plotted and almost all of them really start to meander somewhere in their middle thirds. Still, he's usually good enough at building an appealing world that I'm in no rush to get to the next story beat (vs. Takahata stuff like Only Yesterday where the world is so crushingly miserable that every wasted second feels like an hour)
notagenius 04.20.22	or "10 Films on the IMDB Top 250 You Dislike"
tectactoe 04.20.22	1. Forrest Gump
Divaman 04.20.22	I don't know if I could find 10 films on the IMBD Top 250 that I have seen and dislike. I'm pretty good at knowing ahead of time which films I'm probably going to dislike, so I don't see them in the first place.
Divaman 04.20.22	I just recently saw Forrest Gump again, and it wasn't my favorite, but it was more good than not.
Divaman 04.20.22	Two films that most people consider classics that I saw and didn't like: 2001: A Space Odyssey and Jacob's Ladder.
Pheromone 04.20.22	> I'm pretty good at knowing ahead of time which films I'm probably going to dislike, so I don't see them in the first place. ahrd - some films take me by surprise in that i don't really enjoy them (any coen brothers film, there will be blood, rosemary's baby etc etc) but i don't actively dislike them
notagenius 04.20.22	imdb top films I don't like: The Intouchables, Schindler's List, Inception
Divaman 04.20.22	If I've ever had that experience, I can't call it to mind Phero.
Divaman 04.20.22	The closest I've come is when I've watched a horror film I expected to be mediocre, and it turned out to be much worse, e.g. the remake of The Fog.
tectactoe 04.20.22	Now I'm curious. Browsing through the IMDb Top 250, here are the first 25 films in which I've graded lower than 51/100 (which would equate to 2.5/5 per my scale, or thumbs-down in a purely binary sense): 1. FORREST GUMP (Zemeckis, 1994) â€” 34/100 2. CITY OF GOD (Lund, Mierelles, 2002) â€” 49/100 3. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (Benigni, 1997) â€” 50/100 4. THE GREEN MILE (Darabont, 1999) â€” 40/100 5. THE PIANIST (Polanski, 2002) â€” 47/100 6. AMERICAN HISTORY X (Kaye, 1998) â€” 47/100 7. THE INTOUCHABLES (Nakache, Toledano, 2011) â€” 43/100 8. GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (Takahata, 1988) â€” 42/100 9. THE SHINING (Kubrick, 1980) â€” 49/100 10. ALIENS (Cameron, 1986) â€” 45/100 11. AMERICAN BEAUTY (Mendes, 1999) â€” 38/100 12. THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (Nolan, 2012) â€” 42/100 13. JOKER (Phillips, 2019) â€” 26/100 14. OLDBOY (Park, 2003) â€” 49/100 15. PRINCES MONONOKE (Miyazaki, 1997) â€” 44/100 16. STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI (Marquand, 1983) â€” 49/100 17. THE HUNT (Vinterberg, 2012) â€” 47/100 18. AMÃ‰LIE (Jeunet, 2001) â€” 48/100 19. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (Kubrick., 1971) â€” 36/100 20. SNATCH (Ritchie, 2000) â€” 47/100 21. INCENDIES (Villeneuve, 2010) â€” 50/100 22. A BEAUTIFUL MIND (Howard, 2001) â€” 47/100 23. RASHOMON (Kurosawa, 1950) â€” 47/100 24. KILL BILL (Tarantino, 2003) â€” 50/100 25. JURASSIC PARK (Spielberg,. 1993) â€” 46/100 Only truly controversial opinions there, I think, would be THE SHINING and RASHOMON, but I've long tried to explain why I think those are among Kubrick's and Kurosawa's worst films, respecitvely, and most people just look at me like I'm nuts so I have since accepted the fact that I'm the weirdo in those cases.
tectactoe 04.20.22	Also there are a fairly large handful of films on that list I haven't seen and likely never will, and even more that rank in the 3/5 (51-60 out of 100) range for me, indicating a thumbs up and plenty of merit, but nowhere near what I'd consider true greatness.
Pheromone 04.20.22	explain your old boy rating tec, that's one that sticks out on first impression there and grave of the fireflies and maybe snatch to a lesser degree
notagenius 04.20.22	I don't care about THE SHINING, but A CLOCKWORK ORANGE only hits 36 which is incomprehensible.
ArsMoriendi 04.20.22	Wow that American History-X rating makes me sad Such a classic film, one of my favorites
Divaman 04.20.22	I'd disagree with a bunch of them, including The Green Mile, Aliens, Joker, Return of the Jedi and Jurassic Park. But your taste is your taste.
Pheromone 04.20.22	this proves the theory that ars is a neo-nazi
Divaman 04.20.22	The only ones on the IMDB Top 250 list that I'd say I disliked are 2001, V for Vendetta and maybe Interstellar and Dr. Strangelove.
Pheromone 04.20.22	DR STRANGELOVE ?????!!!! i need to take a break from this thread
Ryus 04.20.22	just looked up the top 250 on imdb and sheesh, theres a lot of shit there. dr strangelove is certainly not shit though
Divaman 04.20.22	Yep. How many roles do you really need to see Peter Sellers play in one movie?
tectactoe 04.20.22	@Phero: my small capsule about OLDBOY from ca. October 2016: ~~ Not actively trying to dissent; for what itâ€™s worth, I enjoyed THE HANDMAIDEN for its shlocky, grubby fun, and having heard nothing but praise for OLDBOY, I expected something similar(ish), but also something more. Perhaps thatâ€™s part of the problem: The modus operandi here is â€œshock value,â€ usually in the form of either [1] torturous, gruesome violenceâ€”as someone particularly squeamish toward teeth-related torture, this was brutalâ€”or [2] overplotted, ostensibly harrowing revelations. Reminds me of KILL BILL (funny this should come out the same year) w.r.t. the formerâ€”but thatâ€™s a Park trademark at this point, and not something I automatically abhor as long as it at least aligns somewhat with the general timbre of the film (and in this case, it does)â€”and INCENDIES w.r.t. the latter, which is unquestionably the most problematic thing for me. That is to say, a narrative scaffolding that operates, unfolds, hell, exists solely to serve up a supreme pizza revelation with all the toppings only to take a massive dump on your chest. Addmitedly, I didnâ€™t see [the twist(s)] coming, but they rely on such belabored, muddied, and/or unwieldy setups that the shock and surprise theyâ€™re intended to elicit becomes severely undermined in retrospect. I suppose you could say the same about THE HANDMAIDEN, to a degreeâ€”and now Iâ€™m wondering if my reaction(s) to these two films would be flip-flopped had I watched them in chronological orderâ€”but thereâ€™s an intentionally overboard sense of both high fantasy and reflexive salaciousness that allows its trashy convolution to play in lockstep within the temperament it establish. Plus, there was less adherence to violence as a means for manufacturing straight discomfort, and a much more rigid formal quality that felt better cohered to Parkâ€™s twisted sensibilities. (And yes, it does fall apart in the Third Act when things get to cumbersome for their own good.) But OLDBOY canâ€™t settle on a single mood, taking itself too seriously at times and not seriously enough at other, and from the get-go just plods through one half-baked lapse after another, a continuous exercise in ostentatious design and gaudy surface texture (e.g. the â€œhallway fightâ€ is maybe the most over-lauded single sequenceâ€¦ ever?) with little more depth than a puddle. Ridiculousness can be fun sometimes, sure: THE HANDMAIDEN, by my estimation, is â€œfun.â€ This, however, is too obnoxious to be â€œfunâ€ for over two hours. Itâ€™s phenomenally directed and edited, though, so credit where itâ€™s due. ~~
tectactoe 04.20.22	And my capsule of GRAVE OF FIREFLIES from ca. May 2018: ~~ [Spoilers ahead.] Incredibly weird movie that left me perplexed at the unanimous praise it has received over the years. My only explanation is that it's easy to mistake emotional response for quality. Sure, children dying and cities getting bombed are inherently tragic and bound to trip anyoneâ€™s tear ducts whoâ€™s not a total robot. But precisely what is the point? Skimming through top reviews I found many people citing this as an anti-war statement, causing me to immediately deflect to my sentiments of e.g. 12 YEARS A SLAVE: Do we need a perpetual jackhammer of agony and suffering to understand that slavery (or war, in this case) is bad? At least that film had a somewhat interesting and modulated trajectory. This, on the other hand, is an unabashed descent into miseryâ€”one conscious effort after another solely meant to make the audience feel shittier and shittier about the fate of our protagonists (which, stupidly, is undermined by the first goddamn scene). There are too many holes in this story, too, e.g. the aunt may be a mega bitch, but why wouldnâ€™t Seita, able-bodied and young as he is, at least help her out just a little? Still finding it hard to believe anybody could be that cruel, though, sending their adolescent niece and nephew off into war-torn wilderness with literally nothing. But, oh! Apparently Sieta has access to his mother's bank account, a safety net he inanely waits to use until his sister already resembles an anorexia patient. Iâ€™m also struggling to accept that any kid his age, no matter how stubborn or unwilling to conduct household chores, would vie for miserable, unstable conditions and starvation over merely tolerating a crabby relative. What weâ€™re left with is essentially Seita committing the world's slowest form of manslaughter andâ€”and this is where perhaps my biggest grip liesâ€”the film sheepishly sidesteps legitimate thorniness by having him die shortly thereafter, alone in a train station, physically and mentally exonerated from the burden of responsibility for having killed his sister. Not only is this a ship-in-a-bottle level construction of Relentlessly Depressing Cinema, but its main man is so incredibly dumb and thoughtless that I canâ€™t get on board, especially when coupled with the Cosmic Absolution that waives his own stupidity past any chance he might have to suffer from it. ~~
IsisScript80 04.20.22	Edit: Shit, when did all these replies happen? And glimpsing the aboveâ€¦ :0 :0 :0 Divaman: â€œTwo films that most people consider classics that I saw and didn't like: 2001: A Space Odyssey and Jacob's Ladder.â€ â€˜Jacobâ€™s Ladderâ€™ couldâ€™ve easily been on my top 10 list (wrote it mood-dependent). Adore that film so muchâ€¦ Back to Miyazaki, IIRC, from my understanding of his writing process, he just begins storyboarding and in the best sense possible, effectively makes it up as he goes along. Given his talent and sensibilities, this yields on the whole amazing results, however it can lead to meandering and (in the case I found with something like â€˜Howlâ€™sâ€¦â€™, something of a rushed, slapdash ending). But when it all comes together, heâ€™s pretty much unrivalled; the sheer conviction to craft, along with an immense imagination, and a refusal to patronise the audience is captivating and has been so for decades.
Divaman 04.20.22	Think I'm just too tied to linear storytelling to enjoy films like Jacob's Ladder or 2001.
Ryus 04.20.22	"Yep. How many roles do you really need to see Peter Sellers play in one movie?" at least 15, possibly 20
Divaman 04.20.22	Enjoy, then.
budgie 04.20.22	"25. JURASSIC PARK (Spielberg,. 1993) â€” 46/100" what tf did u just say?
Ryus 04.20.22	kill bill sucks jahgreed
IsisScript80 04.20.22	tectactoeâ€™s straight-out running a sacred cow abattoir.
budgie 04.20.22	"kill bill sucks jahgreed" my spicy take is all tarantino films suck. at least i havent liked a single one
evilford 04.20.22	Definitely not a movie buff but ill put my 2 cents in The Dark Knight (Nolan, 2008) Inception (Nolan, 2010) Die Hard (1988, McTiernan) Captain America: Civil War (2016, Russo, Russo) Avengers: Endgame (2019, Russo, Russo) Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980, Kershner) Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983, Marquand) Office Space (1999, Judge) Reservoir Dogs (1992, Tarantino) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003, Jackson)
evilford 04.20.22	Very American plebe/himbo movie taste but I enjoy it lol
TheSonomaDude 04.20.22	"my spicy take is all tarantino films suck. at least i havent liked a single one" Jackie Brown and Inglorious Basterds are two magnificent films, but i've come to terms that nearly all of his other movies are at least somewhat overrated. Django is one of those movies I'll never understand why people adore so much. Really flawed script imo and certainly not his best.
notagenius 04.20.22	cannot agree. Pulp Fiction, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, Reservoir Dogs, From Dusk Till Dawn (if being counted in) all in top queue for me. Great ones. It's just that the Asian movies parody in Kill Bill seems a bit idiotic to me. But still acceptable
Sinternet 04.20.22	re: grave of the fireflies the majority of the details are based on a short semi-autobiographical story, so i'm not sure many of those criticisms hold weight when they actually did happen moreover you assign a massive amount of agency to a character who is canonically about 14, in a wartorn conservative country, feels very much that you decry the character for not acting with a level of rationality that would be unfair to expect
Egarran 04.20.22	Ok list Pan but Whiplash? I actively hate that movie and it goes straight on my bottom 10.
TheSonomaDude 04.20.22	whiplash might be the finest written/directed bad movie ever made
tectactoe 04.20.22	Re re GRAVE OF FIREFLIES: It is not the first time Iâ€™ve said this and will not be the last, but just because something happened in real life does not necessarily mean it will translate to good/compelling/interesting cinema. And obviously in this particular case, my biggest complaint (the fatal finale) did not happen in real life, making it nothing more than a chickenshit revision. Regarding the protagonist. Regardless of his situation or his age, on the film he exhibits enough common sense and wherewithal to make informed decisions, and I cannot fathom anybody, 14 y/o or not, who would make some of the abysmal choices he made. Again, you can say â€œitâ€™s based on real events,â€ but to believe most of these elements werenâ€™t highly exaggerated is foolish.
Kompys2000 04.20.22	I've heard Grave of the Fireflies suffers from a pretty bad English dub, but I've never seen the original Japanese version so I wouldn't be able to weigh in there myself. Either way, idk if I would go so far as to call it a 'bad' movie but it's definitely not something I would ever recommend to a friend unless they were like, researching WWII-era Japan (and even then I'd rec THE WIND RISES before GOTF)
Pheromone 04.20.22	once upon a time in hollywood at this point is easily my favourite tarantino
tectactoe 04.20.22	PULP FICTION suffers from pop culture saturation, but to see something like that in the nineties was truly remarkable, there was nothing else quite like it at the time and it still remains vastly superior to all the imitations it has since spawned and/or influenced. Second favorite Tarantino is the massively underrated and misunderstood DEATH PROOF (which should never have been released as a grindhouse double bill with PLANET TERROR). Those are the only two Tarantino films Iâ€™ve rated above 80/100, both very well deserving imo.
Divaman 04.21.22	I like the Kill Bill movies, especially the first one. And I like Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction.
fogza 04.21.22	Reservoir dogs is easily Tarantino's best movie. PF is trashy fun, and IB is good in parts. The rest ranges from bad to dull to fatally flawed (Hateful 8 has a great setup and totally lame resolution)
notkanyewest 04.21.22	Literally never even have considered this exercise before weirdly, like I watch a lot of movies but beyond knowing my favorite 2 or 3 and then broadly a top echelon I've never thought about my all time 10. Good excuse to give it a shot No particular order SUNSET BOULEVARD (Wilder, 1950) NASHVILLE (Altman, 1975) THE SEVENTH SEAL (Bergman, 1957) CLUELESS (Heckerling, 1995) DRESSED TO KILL (De Palma, 1980) SCHOOL OF ROCK (Linklater, 2003) SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Donen & Kelly, 1952) THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (Hooper, 1974) FIRST REFORMED (Schrader, 2017) WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER (Wain, 2001)
DoofDoof 04.21.22	Top 10 â€˜Least Favouriteâ€™ films - usually based on the viewing experience as much as the poor quality of the movie, context is everything as most times you only watch a film you hate once: 1. LITTLE NICKY 2. THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS 3. CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST 4. THE TERMINAL 5. GODZILLA (1998) 6. SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING 7. ALICE IN WONDERLAND (2010) 8. BICENTENNIAL MAN 9. BAD SANTA 2 10. ALEXANDER
DoofDoof 04.21.22	Little Nicky - stoned with a friend and some of his buddies, they laughed throughout, I had to pretend to laugh a few times, I could put a few Sandler movies on this list Royal Tenenbaums - watched on a flight, most masturbatory back slapping session Iâ€™ve ever endured Cannibal Holocaust - stoned again, wanted to wash my eyeballs for a week after, just unnecessary The Terminal - last knockings of first serious relationship, her parents took us all to this, Hanks playing a â€˜funny foreignerâ€™ - shoot me
DoofDoof 04.21.22	Godzilla (1998) - uni friend had just got out of hospital after a suicide attempt, his family who we met through the experience took a group of us to see this - something about a big pile of fish? Cusack? Spider-Man: Homecoming - canâ€™t watch this shit, always an annoying superhero with the quips and nerd empowerment, but now attention deficit visuals. Alice in Wonderland (2010) - Burtonâ€™s Planet of the Apes was maybe as bad or even worse, but what the hell was the point of this? Looks awful, no plot, unloveable in every way.
DoofDoof 04.21.22	Bicentennial Man - I actually found Williams creepy most of the time, this is just a total fail Bad Santa 2 - no good jokes, just an ungainly mean spirited pile of excrement, much worse than the pretty shit first one Alexander - three hours. Total duffer, one of the most ill conceived historical epics ever, tedious to get through and frequently laughable
tectactoe 04.21.22	Only one with which I can take issue there is THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, but I do understand the criticism to some extent. Wes gonna Wes, though, and if his deliberately symmetric and cartoonish style isn't your thing, you're gonna have a bad time. (I think MOONRISE KINGDOM and his latest, THE FRENCH DISPATCH, suffer a little more from this aesthetic asphyxiation, tbh.)
fogza 04.21.22	yeah i liked the tenenbaums... and i know it's a bad movie but i have a soft spot for the '98 godzilla
tectactoe 04.21.22	@evilford: Nice call on OFFICE SPACE, absolutely love that film. One of the greatest comedies of the nineties imo, a perfectly exaggerated replication of the daily office environment. @notkanye: Lovely list, too. NASHVILLE is probably my favorite Altman as well (though I love MCCABE & MRS. MILLER) and FIRST REFORMED finished atop my favorites of 2017. Schrader finally back on top of his game there, and imo that movie was superior to the two "classics" upon which it was riffing (WINTER LIGHT and DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST).
Pheromone 04.21.22	love tenenbaums, easily my favourite wes (who admittedly im not massively fond of) and ! office space is okay
fogza 04.21.22	office space is cool but it loses steam ðŸš‚
IsisScript80 04.21.22	â€œWes gonna Wesâ€ And Wes he doesâ€¦ I never actually liked â€˜The Royal Tenenbaumsâ€™; rubs me up the wrong way. â€˜Fantastic Mr. Foxâ€™, brilliantâ€¦ â€˜Grand Budapest Hotelâ€™ fantasticâ€¦ â€˜The Darjeeling Limitedâ€™, â€˜Moonrise Kingdomâ€™â€¦ whatnot, all really good if youâ€™re in the mood. â€˜The French Dispatchâ€™ had a lovely-written script, and he obviously directed the shit out of it, per his usual m.o., but it was so self-indulgent and masturbatory even for him. All style, zero heart. Gave not one shit for any character or storyline presented. Felt grating to watch and far longer than its runtime. When Anderson gets it right, his gorgeous visual style is a real plus and makes for a fantastic cinematic experience, when not, it has an inorganic, entirely distancing effect that just serves to irritate, IMO.
Pheromone 04.21.22	the french dispatch looked so overwhelmingly self-indulgent that it bordered on satire
someone 04.21.22	â€˜The French Dispatchâ€™ i loved, but i wish he stopped travelling farther and farther away from realism
Ryus 04.21.22	"the french dispatch looked so overwhelmingly self-indulgent that it bordered on satire" fr. it was too wes anderson. and i liked grand budapest
fogza 04.21.22	good to know, i was thinking of checking the french dispatch but something has held me back. wes is a bit 50/50 for me, but the grand budapest was pretty sweet.
someone 04.21.22	if Grand Budapest is a beautiful fruity sweet biscuit from a European craftsman you cannot have enough of, French Dispatch is a chocolate fondue buffet you are not allowed to leave until you consume your weight's worth of pastry
tectactoe 04.21.22	Those were almost my exact thoughts on THE FRENCH DISPATCH. One thing I (typically) love about Wes's work is that he manages to sift genuine emotion through the heavy decoration, such that it hits you even harder almost because you're not expecting it. (Similar to Hartley, in a way.) Didn't experience any of that with THE FRENCH DISPATCH, which is supposed to be "an ode to journalism" but really just feels like "an ode to Wes Anderson". I tend to have an allergic reaction to anthology films, too, and this one showcases the major problem(s) therein: I'd rather just have a full-length version of the first story (THE CONCRETE MASTERPIECE, I believe it was called).
fogza 04.21.22	"such that it hits you even harder almost because you're not expecting it" life aquatic and tenenbaums both have that moment that's like someone (just a random person, not sputnik's famous someone) threw an ice cold drink in your face, i agree
tectactoe 04.21.22	Most of his films do, at least for me. Even BOTTLE ROCKET and DARJEELING LIMITED. (But hard agree with LIFE AQUATIC and TENENBAUMS, too - I cry ugly tears during the jaguar shark scene and Chas's brief reconciliation with his dad every single time.) RUSHMORE is the one that gets me the hardest, that final moment when Rosemary takes off Max's glasses, lets out a huge sigh of relief and quietly smiles. But there are even a ton of smaller moments, like that very tiny look of surprise on Max's dad's face when Max dedicates his latest play to his late mother.
fogza 04.21.22	tec did you like darjeeling? i struggled with that one, tbh
tectactoe 04.21.22	I was cool on it when I first saw it, but came around to it with a second (and subsequent) viewings. If you're interested, here are my (longer than usual) thoughts about my second-ever viewing from April 2017: https://letterboxd.com/tectactoe/film/the-darjeeling-limited/1/
YoYoMancuso 04.21.22	tec i've been reading your letterboxd reviews and you know your stuff dawg
fogza 04.21.22	ok dokes, interesting.
DoofDoof 04.21.22	'â€œWes gonna Wesâ€ And Wes he doesâ€¦ I never actually liked â€˜The Royal Tenenbaumsâ€™; rubs me up the wrong way. â€˜Fantastic Mr. Foxâ€™, brilliantâ€¦ â€˜Grand Budapest Hotelâ€™ fantasticâ€¦' yeah, for some reason I quite enjoy 'Grand Budapest' but not 'Tenenbaums'
YoYoMancuso 04.21.22	Rushmore will probably forever be my favorite Anderson, although I also like his stop-motion films a lot
protokute 04.21.22	Rushmore felt so off for me?????
TheSonomaDude 04.21.22	i love seeing the film knowledge on here. film has always been my no. 1 passion and i'm in college for my MFA rn. i miss the imdb message boards because we'd have these kinds of discussions. thanks guys
Pheromone 04.21.22	proto i agree! that film is super irking and both the male characters are awful
tectactoe 04.21.22	Likely won't be changing anybody's mind, but I almost feel compelled to at least explain why RUSHMORE is included in my ten favorite films of all time, so here's what I wrote back in Jan 2018 after having seen the movie, like, a million times: ~~ The mere thought of having to convey this movieâ€™s collective emotional force and how it's grown since I first saw it is giving me anxiety for several reasons, not least of which is that I've long touted THE LIFE AQUATIC as Anderson's finest work, something I no longer believe to be the case. As fantastic as that film remains, every revisit of RUSHMORE has nudged it closer to perfection, a masterpiece of starry-eyed expressionism, and something I would now consider among my all-time favorites. It hybridizes precociousness and immaturityâ€”a cross-pollination that barely makes sense as writtenâ€”with unflinching conviction, balancing the awkward and the tender, and dissecting how the enamel of self-absorption can conceal the good intentions within us all. As with most of Andersonâ€™s films, its characters exist in world isolated from our own, yet make decisions and sputter sentiments that are unmistakably relatable and empathetic; each peculiar action coupled by legitimate affection and every reason for aberration well understood. Nobodyâ€™s perfect. Everyone is endowed with what they perceive to be flaws, and itâ€™s easy to detect such flaws in others. [cont...]
tectactoe 04.21.22	[...cont] Part of what makes this coming-of-age story unique is how it prescribes these imperfections to remind us that weâ€™re never too old to do some growing up. Three people at different stages in their livesâ€”(1) the overly ambitious but heavily misguided teenager who is equally determined and uncertain, materialistically ashamed of his upbringing and afflicted by the absence of adolescent motherly compassion, (2) the young adult who has suffered a tragic loss and is reluctant to move on, shrouded by totemistic mnemonics, oblivious to her own self-worth, and incapable of creating proper boundaries or developing real feelings beneath her newfound cynicism, and (3) the self-made millionaire who exudes success in every direction except internally, unsatisfied with the aspects of his life that cannot be monetarily controlled, and so desperately threatened by someone thirty years his junior that he resorts to juvenile harassment as a temporary remedyâ€”that all share one defining attribute: insecurity. RUSHMORE isn't built upon ideal but unfair expectations that "change" is a necessary rectification; instead, it boasts acceptance. Growing up isnâ€™t simply getting old. Itâ€™s embracing who we areâ€”flaws and allâ€”and finding the elegance in our foibles, knowing that truly adaptive comfort is more robust a solution than spurious alteration. ~~
Divaman 04.21.22	Me like movies.
budgie 04.22.22	me like nachos
tectactoe 04.25.22	Nacho Libre (2006, Dir. Jared Hess)
Egarran 04.25.22	I'm beginning to suspect I haven't seen the real Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I was not quite as fond of it as you guys. I mostly remember a girl running around screaming. And a sad lack of chainsaw kills. The worst chainsaw kill I know is from Scarface. That shit scarred li'l Eg deep.
Divaman 04.25.22	You're probably remembering the right one, Eggy. You're right that there weren't a lot of chainsaw kills. People came away from that film thinking they had seen a lot more than they had actually seen, thanks to sound effects, etc. The most upsetting scene is probably the meat hook scene.
tectactoe 04.25.22	It's definitely more of a brooding mood piece that what we think of as a traditional "slasher" nowadays. No actual chainsaw deaths from what I can recall. Just a lot of other harrowing imagery and uncomfortable circumstances....Leather face slamming the metal door shut, or sitting in his decked-out living room licking his lips, or the decrepit old grandpa trying his damndest to use a hammer while the family cheers him on.
Pheromone 04.25.22	TCM is one of those films where you can taste the atmosphere plus that chase seen is top 3 tense moments in cinema history
Pheromone 04.25.22	or decrepit old grandpa finger lickin
fogza 04.25.22	"No actual chainsaw deaths from what I can recall." there's one chainsaw death, poor old franklin
tectactoe 04.25.22	Ah yes yes, totally forgot about that one.
notkanyewest 04.26.22	My love for TCM really has nothing to do with horror I just think it's one of the most visceral and weirdly beautiful looking movies ever made. Once every few months I just queue up the ending on the ol youtube and get chills
notkanyewest 04.26.22	It is funny how prevalent it is on these lists though I hadn't looked at anyone else's and thought I was being kind of cute by picking it
TheSonomaDude 04.26.22	yeah i agree about that regarding the TCM. The shot composition is beautifully done, and the colors look so nice. that grainy 16mm film makes it look so weird.
tectactoe 04.27.22	snuff film vibes
robertsona 04.27.22	Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a very interestingly directed film. Lots of cool shots. Definitely not a favorite of mine. My friend seemed to point to the girl running around screaming as an element that appealed to him; drama subordinated to a weird kind of haptic experience (because of its drawn-out-ness eventually the activity gets a bit abstracted in our head, becomes "just running")
tectactoe 04.27.22	I've experienced a similar sensation with the film, but more so during the extended dinner sequence, specifically the way Sally is just continuously screaming in the background while bound to the chair, the occasional close-up shots of her sweating forehead and wide-open eyes darting feverishly back 'n' forth. Haunting stuff imo.
Azazzel 05.03.22	some good picks ITT, wish I could follow your accounts on here but we could post our letterboxd if you've got one. https://letterboxd.com/Kayo_/ Hiroshima mon Amour Diary of a Country Priest Tree of Life Under the Skin Upstream Color 5 is fine for me
notkanyewest 05.05.22	Carruth is a POS and thus he'll prob never make another movie but upstream color is so good
DadKungFu 05.05.22	Ikiru Andrei Rublev The Passion of Joan of Arc Stalker The Act of Killing The Third Man The Color of Pomegranates Winter Light Late Spring A Hidden Life
tectactoe 05.05.22	@notkanye: Agree, and PRIMER is fantastic, too. Never meet your heroes. @Azazzel and DadKungFu: Both your lists are short of the ten-entry requirement ðŸ˜ Please amend at your earliest convenience!
Egarran 05.05.22	Nice Dad, that's old school. I bet your 10. pick is Battleship Potemkin.
tectactoe 05.05.22	There are three films on Dad's list I kinda hate but I still respect the hell outta that list. I tend to find that I'm the outlier on those movies (THE ACT OF KILLING, THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES, and WINTER LIGHT).
tectactoe 05.05.22	'Hate' is too strong a word. 'Am totally ambivalent toward' is probably more accurate.
Rowan5215 05.05.22	trebor with the correct Coens pick gg has anyone on this site seen Pig. absolutely beautiful film, I wish I could hug it
DadKungFu 05.05.22	Fixed my top 10, although it's a soft pick that I probably won't include in like a week
tectactoe 05.05.22	MILLER'S CROSSING > BARTON FINK but still an acceptable answer. Always glad to see pretty much any Coen pick besides LEBOWSKI or FARGO. Yes PIG is still my second fave of 2021 (MEMORIA holds the top spot, but just barely). Was totally thrown for a loop when it ended up being nothing like what I was expecting based on the cast and general premise.
ItsTheSquirrel 05.05.22	I don't know if it's just because I knew going in that it was a drama but I was so underwhelmed by Pig, thought it was way too obvious in how it handled its themes
tectactoe 05.05.22	I was expecting something more genre-based, Ã la MANDY, so I ended up pleasantly surprised (because I hated MANDY). I knew precisely nothing about PIG going into it, though, aside from the very small Hulu synopsis. For the first six or seven minutes I thought it took place in the late-1800s until the yellow Camaro pulls up lmao.
Trebor. 05.05.22	We doing least favorite? 1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2. Sing 3. Ready Player One 4. Transformers 2 5. Man of Steel 6. Space Jam 2 7. Jack and Jill 8. Lion King remake 9. Dumbo remake 10. Turbo
tectactoe 05.06.22	I am not a prequel truther by any means (nor am I even really much of a STAR WARS fan at all, honestly), but you really think REVENGE OF THE SITH is worse than PHANTOM MENACE and (especially) ATTACK OF THE CLONES?!
neekafat 05.06.22	Fuck wait i missed this how
Sinternet 05.06.22	tpm is miles more enjoyable than rots, good lore shit (midichlorian bs aside) and has a really enjoyable campy vibe and some excellent choreography, rots is melodramatic and angsty but i guess its somewhat more entertaining than the borefest that is aotc
Trebor. 05.06.22	"I am not a prequel truther by any means (nor am I even really much of a STAR WARS fan at all, honestly), but you really think REVENGE OF THE SITH is worse than PHANTOM MENACE and (especially) ATTACK OF THE CLONES?!" Yeah, it annoys me much more. It's a joyless slog and everything that happens is incredibly stupid. I hate 1 and 2 almost equally but I didn't want to take up 3 slots
IsisScript80 05.06.22	To this day, I'd say that I really like 'Revenge of the Sith'--it's the only one of the prequels that actually has a reason for existing, and even Hayden Christensen in moments, showed a tiny hint of acting ability. SooOo much better than the previous two--Attack of the Clones' being the dullest, most boring thing I've come across bearing the 'Star Wars' tag--only beaten in sheer unadulterated shittiness by the recent 'Rise of Skywalker', which is some kind of feat unto itself.
garas 05.06.22	Bruh, how could Revenge of the Sith annoy you more than Phantom Menace? The pace of events is a key factor on the story, so don't blame all on that :p
Egarran 05.06.22	He must have really liked JarJar
tectactoe 05.06.22	A (very very very small) part of me almost understands where PHANTOM MENACE apologists are coming from, esp. if their feelings toward the film are tethered to nostalgia. I remember seeing the film with my dad, uncle, and cousins in theaters; I wasn't a STAR WARS fan as a child so I wasn't all that excited anyway, but everyone else was, and I vividly remember the rest of them loving the film at the time, probably because they'd been starving over a decade and a half for new STAR WARS material. What I'll never understand, though, are the vulgar auterists who claim ATTACK OF THE CLONES is one of the best of the entire series. I know a shocking amount of people with this opinion, in fact, who sort of place importance on artistic vision and conservative originality. While those things are indeed great, they don't somehow assuage genuinely poor filmmaking and storytelling.
Rowan5215 05.06.22	Barton Fink is like my favourite ever but I mean, Miller's is a fucking classic too. that and Llewyn Davis duke it out for my #2 spot, but all 3 would be in my top 20 films if we were making lists that long. astonishing how good a run they were on for a while there also, yes, I was expecting Pig to be knockoff John Wick and was blown away by what it actually was. just a fucking beautiful film with an astonishing Nic Cage performance, I think about the Derek scene like once a day
neekafat 05.06.22	ANNIHILATION (Garland, 2018) THE BEFORE TRILOGY (Linklater, 1995, 2004, 2013) BLADE RUNNER (Scott, 1982) ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Gondry, 2005) THE MALTESE FALCON (Huston, 1941) NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Coen, Coen, 2007) THE PRINCE OF EGYPT (Chapman, Hickner, Wells, 1998) STAR TREK (Abrams, 2009) STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH (Lucas, 2005) TAKE SHELTER (Nichols, 2011)
Egarran 05.06.22	Heeyyy we see what you did there
budgie 05.06.22	i couldnt finish take shelter, felt like i was going to die from anxiety
Zig 08.04.22	the mirror, tarkovsky 1975 sansho the bailiff, mizoguchi 1954 persona, bergman 1966 harakiri, kobayashi 1962 ordet, dreyer 1955 the ascent, shepitko 1977 la belle noiseuse, rivette 1991 the cranes are flying, kalatozov 1957 the white ribbon, haneke 2009 os verdes anos, rocha 1963
DadKungFu 08.04.22	Ordet and LA Belle Noiseuse are top of my watch list. Great top 10
robertsona 08.04.22	ordet is so good, although I'm slightly more drawn to Gertrud. Top 5 director of all time
tectactoe 08.04.22	VAMPYR is an excellent Dreyer flick that always goes under the radar. Also - finally another LA BELLE NOISEUSE fan. King shit.
tectactoe 08.04.22	Somehow I missed neek's entry like five months ago. Sorry my man. Added!
notkanyewest 08.06.22	Been working through the hollywood era of Verhoeven recently and surprised no one here gave him a shout he seems perfect for this site (backhanded compliment)
notkanyewest 08.06.22	Starship troopers is a hell of a movie
Egarran 08.06.22	I've never seen Showgirls but a lot of people claim it's mandatory Verhoeven. The last I've seen of his was Elle, it's damn good/unpleasant.
tectactoe 08.07.22	SHOWGIRLS is the epitome of perfectly average in every conceivable way. Its reputation precedes it. It's not remotely as trashy or vile as most people want to believe, but it's also not the shlocky misunderstood masterpiece that more recent defenders want to claim. It's fine ðŸ¤·â€â™‚ï¸
Egarran 08.07.22	Not what I wanted to hear tbh
tectactoe 03.23.23	I have been toying with the idea of adding either ANGEL or THE LAST DETAIL to my personal Pantheon but I'm having trouble deciding which - if any - film it could possibly replace. So many others that are (and always have been) on the fringe, too: THE AVIATOR'S WIFE; THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY; THE CONVERSATION; THE GOLD RUSH; SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS; DAY OF THE OUTLAW; MENILMONTANT; EYES WIDE SHUT; MOROCCO; A STAR IS BORN ('54, of course)... Aye caramba.
robertsona 04.21.24	1. The Mother and the Whore (1973) 2. Spirited Away (2001) 3. Sunrise (1927) 4. The Rules of the Game (1939) 5. A Brighter Summer Day (1991) 6. Playtime (1967) 7. The River (1997) 8. Yi Yi (2000) 9. Gertrud (1964) 10. Vertigo (1958) 11. Safe (1995) 12. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) 13. The Searchers (1956) 14. Rear Window (1954) 15. The Green Ray (1986) 16. Lâ€™Enfant (2005) 17. News From Home (1976) 18. Persona (1966) 19. An Autumn Afternoon (1964) 20. Days of Heaven (1978) 21. Pather Panchali (1955) 22. The 400 Blows (1959) 23. Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) 24. Late Spring (1949) 25. Rio Bravo (1959) 26. Citizen Kane (1941) 27. The Clock (1945) 28. A Touch of Zen (1971)
robertsona 04.21.24	Made this today idk
tectactoe 04.21.24	NICE BUMP! Will update when I get to a computer
Ryus 04.21.24	so many spirited away appearances jeez dont think i will ever understand his films but i guess i understand why he shows up so much
IsisScript80 04.21.24	"dont think i will ever understand his films but i guess i understand why he shows up so much" My understanding of his method is that he basically does a genius version of "make it up as you go along", whereby he starts storyboarding (or making manga) with no real idea of where the narrative will go (although general themes and sensibilities are always in place). He just kinda feels it out whilst making it, leading to a (usually very successful) result.
robertsona 04.21.24	Spirited Away strikes me as essentially pure fantasy escapism despite real scary elements. I saw it in theaters upon release age 6 and said â€œfavorite movie ever foreverâ€ and only changed my mind 3-4 years ago, though nothing else on my list is like Spirited Away, either
ReefaJones 04.21.24	Barry Lyndon (1975 Directed by Stanley Kubrick) The Devils (1971 Directed by Ken Russell) There Will Be Blood (2007 Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson) Persona (1966 Directed by Ingmar Bergman) Woman in the Dunes (1964 Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara Fallen Angels (1995 Directed by Wong Kar-wai) Harakiri (1962 Directed by Masaki Kobayashi) Naked (1993 Directed by Mike Leigh) Blade Runner (1982 Directed by Ridley Scott) Princess Mononoke (1997 Directed by Hayao Miyazaki)
gabba 04.21.24	Wonderful thread, thankful for the bump to discover it! CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (Lee, 2000) DEAD MAN (Jarmusch, 1995) DONNIE DARKO (Kelly, 2001) LA HAINE (Kassovitz, 1995) LOST HIGHWAY (Lynch, 1997) MANHATTAN (Allen, 1979) SATANTANGO (Tarr, 1994) THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN (Jeunet, 1995) THE SHINING (Kubrick, 1980) UNDERGROUND (Kusturica, 1995) album: Neil Young - Dead Man
mouldypigeon 04.21.24	Withnail & I (Robinson, 1987) Mind Game (Yuasa, 2004) Modern Times (Chaplin, 1936) Possession (Zulawski, 1981) Alien (Scott, 1979) Wings of Desire (Wenders, 1987) One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (Forman, 1975) Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Gondry, 2004) Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (Gilliam, 1998) Natural Born Killers (Stone, 1994)
AlexKzillion 04.21.24	now that i've seen ten movies Titanic (Cameron, 1997) Love Streams (Cassavetes, 1984) Oppenheimer (Nolan, 2023) Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990) Before Sunset (Linklater, 2004) Lady Bird (Gerwig, 2017) Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) Life is Beautiful (Benigni, 1997) Happy Gilmore (Dugan, 1996) Old Joy (Reichardt, 2006)
Winesburgohio 04.21.24	some fine new editions. i really love Old Joy too Alex (and Happy Gilmore for that matter)
tectactoe 04.22.24	Kelly Reichardt ðŸ’˜
tectactoe 04.28.24	Updated (finally). Thought about updating my own personal list but.... I'm pretty sure those are still my ten favorite films of all time so ðŸ¤·â€â™‚ï¸
gabba 04.29.24	Thanks tectactoe! Itâ€™s great to see Kieslowski represented here with two films, both with IrÃ¨ne Jacob in the main role.
tectactoe 05.04.24	Love Kieslowski; even though he doesn't break my Top 10 (or even Top 20), the overall strength and consistency of his filmography is remarkable. My initial foray into the world of "arthouse" cinema can be traced back to THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE, actually - it was the film that truly piqued my interest in the medium as more than just source of mindless entertainment, many, many years ago. I think my absolute favorite piece of Kieslowski's work is DEKALOG THREE. The whole DEKALOG collection is fantastic, obviously, and, to an extent, functions better (and somewhat more appropriately) when considered in toto, but over the years, PART THREE has won me over as the best of all ten episodes for a variety of reasons, but mostly because it includes one of my favorite "tropes" in cinema.
gabba 05.04.24	Kieslowski was huge in my class back at high school, his Three Colors Trilogy opened a whole new cinematic universe for us, among other key movies like â€œWings of Desireâ€ or some of Peter Greenawayâ€™s works. I was stunned by â€œThe Pillow Bookâ€, I thought it was super-deep, even though in retrospect Iâ€™d say itâ€™s just pretentious. Iâ€™ve seen Dekalog many-many years ago, I think I still have it somewhere on VHS recorded from TV, but no device to check it. Nevertheless, that I need to remedy somehow. Arthouse movies in the late 80s/early 90s are really special form me, but probably they arenâ€™t unique in any way compared to those from a different era, they just caught me at my puberty when I was most sensitive to them, even if some were just pseudo-philosophical crap.
Egarran 05.04.24	Have you seen Drowning By Numbers? As a movie snob I have no problem saying I love that movie.
gabba 05.04.24	I also like Drowning by Numbers, and The Cook, The Thiefâ€¦ is great too. But Prosperoâ€™s Books was unwatchable for me, and The Pillow Book something I canâ€™t imagine liking anymore, past my teen years.
tectactoe 05.07.24	Top 25 All Time (roughly in order): 1. HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT (Borzage) 2. RAGING BULL (Scorsese) 3. MODERN ROMANCE (Brooks) 4. WOMAN IN THE DUNES (Teshigahara) 5. THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY (BuÃ±uel) 6. THE SHOOTING (Hellman) 7. RUSHMORE (Anderson) 8. THE LAST LAUGH (Murnau)3 9. LA BELLE NOISEUSE (Rivette) 10. NOTORIOUS (Hitchcock) 11. THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY (Leone) 12. THE AVIATOR'S WIFE (Rohmer) 13. DREAM WORK (Tscherkassky) 14. THE CONVERSATION (Coppola) 15. THE GOLD RUSH (Chaplin) 16. DAY OF THE OUTLAW (De Toth) 17. SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (Mackendrick) 18. ANGEL (Lubitsch) 19. MENILMONTANT (Kirsanoff) 20. EYES WIDE SHUT (Kubrick) 21. A STAR IS BORN (Cukor) 22. MOROCCO (Sternberg) 23. THE LAST DETAIL (Ashby) 24. IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY (Hertzfeldt) 25. GERRY (Van Sant)
cylinder 05.07.24	still taking entries?
Egarran 05.07.24	He is indeed, let's have it.
tectactoe 05.07.24	New entries welcome until the list is full. (If/when that ever happens, not likely.)
Havey 05.07.24	1. MOANA (Flaherty, 1926) 2. GERTRUD (Dreyer, 1964) 3. VAMPYR (Dreyer, 1932) 4. TIE XI QU: WEST OF THE TRACKS (Wang, 2002) 5. HUMANITY AND PAPER BALLOONS (Yamanaka, 1937) 6. MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (Vertov, 1929) 7. WAVELENGTH (Snow, 1967) 8. THE WONDER RING (Brakhage, 1955) 9. THE LUSTY MEN (Ray, 1952) 10. MURIEL, OR THE TIME OF RETURN (Resnais, 1963)
cylinder 05.07.24	The Squid and the Whale (Baumbach, 2005) The Phantom of Liberty (Bunuel, 1974) Rushmore (Anderson, 1998) Little Miss Sunshine (Dayton/Faris, 2006) Fantastic Planet (Laloux, 1973) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Ford, 1962) Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Huston, 1948) Little Big Man (Penn, 1970) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Forman, 1975)
Winesburgohio 05.08.24	Vampyr is probably my #11 (lucky number incidentally)
gabba 05.08.24	These lists are amazing! Haven't seen Vampyr, but there was a screening of Nosferatu with a postrock/metal band playing live music to it, worked really well.
tectactoe 05.08.24	VAMPYR is amazing. Not really anywhere near my Top 100 but a marvelous work of art nonetheless. I have the Criteron edition of VAMPYR and highly recommend it for any collectors. The physical packaging and insert are great, the high-def transfer of the film itself is beautiful, and there's an interesting mini-doc about Dreyer's career.
tectactoe 05.08.24	Also commenting to say THE LUSTY MEN is so good/underrated. â€What difference would [my presence] have made?â€ / â€œMaybe nothing. Maybe everything.â€
Ryus 05.08.24	"TIE XI QU: WEST OF THE TRACKS" based
Winesburgohio 05.09.24	big-wanged wang bing