MoFo Best Picture: 1960s Edition

[jiraffejustin]

The gist of it: you send me your top ten (or less) films of the year in ranked order. After I tabulate the scores, the top ten scoring films will be our nominees. Then you send me your top five (or less) of the nominees in ranked order. The film with the highest score will be named our best picture of the year.

We will start with 1960. Any feature length film that IMDb has listed from the year is eligible.

I will give you some time to do some watching. A week should be sufficient. I will announce our nominees in a week. You can turn in a list now or anytime between now and the 13th.

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

i've only seen 3 films from 1960 :(. luckily i really like all of them, but i'll try to at least watch the apartment, the savage innocents, and maybe when a women ascends the stairs, the virgin spring, or la dolce vita.

[jiraffejustin]

1960 is one of the best years in the history of film for me. You have a bunch of great movies to choose from:

The Apartment
The Bad Sleep Well
Breathless
The City of the Dead
Eyes Without a Face
Peeping Tom
Psycho
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

I am sure there is even more greatness out there that I haven't seen yet, but I'd put those movies up against any other year's cream of the crop.

[mark f]

I sent my list in. It had two from jj's list. :)

[gbgoodies]

Here's a link to IMDB's list of movies from 1960:

http://www.imdb.com/search/title?year=1960,1960&title_type=feature&sort=moviemeter,asc

[Miss Vicky]

I've only seen Psycho and Spartacus and I don't like Spartacus.

[jiraffejustin]

I sent my list in. It had two from jj's list. :)

Did you put #7 there on purpose or is that just a coincidence?

[mark f]

Coincidence, although there was some strategic voting this round.

[christine]

I'm in!

[Mr Minio]

I won't be participating in this, but if someone's interested this is my top 10 of 1960:

1. Naked Island - Kaneto Shindô
2. Inherit the Wind - Stanley Kramer
3. The Hole - Jacques Becker
4. The Adventure - Michelangelo Antonioni
5. Niewinni Czarodzieje - Andrzej Wajda
6. Psycho - Alfred Hitchcock
7. Do widzenia, do jutra... - Janusz Morgenstern
8. Virgin Spring - Ingmar Bergman
9. Breathless - Jean-Luc Godard
10. Zezowate Szczê¶cie - Andrzej Munk

[Citizen Rules]

Is this list in addition to a top 100 60s list?

[jiraffejustin]

I won't be participating in this, but if someone's interested this is my top 10 of 1960:

1. Naked Island - Kaneto Shindô
2. Inherit the Wind - Stanley Kramer
3. The Hole - Jacques Becker
4. The Adventure - Michelangelo Antonioni
5. Niewinni Czarodzieje - Andrzej Wajda
6. Psycho - Alfred Hitchcock
7. Do widzenia, do jutra... - Janusz Morgenstern
8. Virgin Spring - Ingmar Bergman
9. Breathless - Jean-Luc Godard
10. Zezowate Szczê¶cie - Andrzej Munk


Why not? You already have a top ten, and this would help a couple of those movies.

[jiraffejustin]

Is this list in addition to a top 100 60s list?

Nope. It's just a silly, little game we play for fun. :)

[Cobpyth]

Alright, I'll play. Be sure to remind me about it before the 13th! ;)

[jiraffejustin]

Will do!

[Citizen Rules]

Good enough for me, I'm in.:)

[Thursday Next]

I am going to try and watch Plein Soleil before I turn in my list. I think I've only seen 10 movies from 1960.

[Daniel M]

Films I have seen from the year:

L'Avventura
La Dolce Vita
Breathless
Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (short)
Elmer Gantry
The Apartment
Psycho
The Magnificent Seven

[mark f]

Trivia - IMDb says I've seen 197 movies from 1960, but I've forgotten some, at least until I've seen the titles to jog my memory. :Collective raspberry:.

[cricket]

Sent

[Citizen Rules]

Did you guys scroll through the whole IMDB list? It says there's 2,272 titles. I only looked up to 500 titles, but didn't count which one's I've seen.

[Mr Minio]

Trivia - IMDb says I've seen 197 movies from 1960 Can't be, because even I have seen 273 films from the 60's!


EDIT: How stupid I am!!! 60's != 1960

[Sane]

1960 looks like a pretty good year. I'll submit a list once I see Rocco and His Brothers - which I already had lined up to watch.

Here are some decent or better films that won't make my list :)

The Bad Sleep Well - Akira Kurosawa
Spartacus - Stanley Kubrick
The Little Shop of Horrors - Roger Corman
Night & Fog in Japan - Nagisa Oshima
Two Women - Vittorio De Sica
Elmer Gantry - Richard Brooks

[Zotis]

I love the era, but I haven't delved into it a lot yet.

Off the top of my head I would highly recommend, The Cranes Are Flying, Shinobi no Mono, and I Start Counting.

[Sane]

Turned out I didn't like Rocco & His Brothers enough to vote for it - but found a great Alain Delon movie to fill out a top 10 :)

I think 1960 might be notable for, among other things, being the only year when Mikio Naruse was the premier Japanese director - people should check out his films from around that time.

[jiraffejustin]

The participation has been pretty good so far. I've been spamming like crazy though, so that's probably part of it. If you haven't voted and haven't received a PM from me yet, watch your back... it's coming for you.

[gbgoodies]

The participation has been pretty good so far. I've been spamming like crazy though, so that's probably part of it. If you haven't voted and haven't received a PM from me yet, watch your back... it's coming for you.


I'm have't forgotten about this. I'm still watching movies before submitting my list.
But feel free to keep reminding me. :)

[MovieGal]

actually Im participating and I sent them to you Justin!

[Zotis]

On second thought, I don't think I've seen enough 60's films to make top 10 lists for each individual year.

[TokeZa]

1. Psycho (1960) by Alfred Hitchcock
2. Breathless (1960) by Jean-Luc Godard
3. L'avventura (1960) by Michelangelo Antonioni
4. Peeping Tom (1960) by Michael Powell
5. The Virgin Spring (1960) by Ingmar Bergman
6. Hanyo (1960) by Kim Ki-young
7. Le Trou (1960) by Jacques Becker
8. The Testament of Orpheus (1960) by Jean Cocteau
9. La Dolce vita (1960) by Federico Fellini
10. Comanche Station (1960) by Budd Boetticher

[Mr Minio]

Psycho as number one? I thought you're more hipster than that, TokeZa

[jiraffejustin]

TokeZa, are you participating in the game or just sharing the list? Typically I'd prefer your list to be PM'd to me and not shared in the thread until after the voting ends, but it's fine this time.


And Minio, play, damnit! :walter:

[rauldc14]

When is this due? I'll admit my list I turn in will be rather short for this year.

[jiraffejustin]

In two days! It's due on the 13th. I thought I sent you a PM, but maybe you are one of the ones that slipped through the crack.

[Cobpyth]

Could you perhaps make it the 14th or 15th? I won't be able to watch any films until the 14th, because of my exam and I still want to see Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well.

If not, I'll send you my favorites right now.

[jiraffejustin]

Yeah, I can push it back until the 15th for you.

[rauldc14]

Could you perhaps make it the 14th or 15th? I won't be able to watch any films until the 14th, because of my exam and I still want to see Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well.

If not, I'll send you my favorites right now.

For being busy with school you are on here an awful lot. :p

Sorry, had to say it :)

[Cobpyth]

For being busy with school you are on here an awful lot. :p

Sorry, had to say it :)

I'm just an atrociously bad student. :p

Thanks, Jiraffe!!

[gbgoodies]

Yeah, I can push it back until the 15th for you.


Is that extension for everyone, or just Cobpyth? I still have a list of movies I want to watch before I submit my list, but I can submit my list by the 13th if I have to.

[jiraffejustin]

it applies to everyone

[gbgoodies]

it applies to everyone

Thank you. :)

[gbgoodies]

My list is done and sent. :)

[jiraffejustin]

Today is the last day to get your votes in!

[christine]

come on everyone vote!

[Cobpyth]

I regret saying it, but with all my studies going on, I wasn't able to watch the Kurosawa film I wanted to watch (sorry for making you move the deadline, Jiraffe). I hope it got enough points, so I can still watch it and vote for it in the second round.

I'll PM you my nominations now.

[jiraffejustin]

Don't worry about it, it wouldn't have made it anyway :p. I was the only person to vote for it. I am fine with pushing deadlines back if people need it though, so no worries.

[Cobpyth]

I'll probably love it when I watch it. It really seems like my kind of film.

Do you prefer The Bad Sleep Well or High & Low, Jiraffe?

[jiraffejustin]

Probably The Bad Sleep Well, but there's not a huge gap between them.

[jiraffejustin]

Here's a list of voters:

mark f
Godoggo
the samoan lawyer
Swan
Captain Spaulding
Tyler1
WBadger
christine
cricket
jiraffejustin
linespalsy
The Sci-Fi Slob
Sane
Camo
rauldc14
kkl10
jal90
gbgoodies
Daniel M
Citizen Rules
Cobpyth


If you can think of anybody else that might want to participate, send them this way. I will probably leave this open until midnight my time (UTC) before announcing our nominees.

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

I can send one in a couple hours

[WBadger]

Have you guys done any other years or is this the first one

[rauldc14]

Have you guys done any other years or is this the first one

I know we did 2013, if I remember correctly 2012 too.

[jiraffejustin]

Have you guys done any other years or is this the first one

We did '13 and '12 as Raul said, but we used the Oscar eligibility lists with those.

[jiraffejustin]

It's 1961 time.

Votes are due on the 7th

[Captain Spaulding]

I thought you said we'd get two weeks?

I had seen quite a few films from 1960--- enough that I could nominate 10 movies and still leave off several movies that I thoroughly enjoy. 1961 is the opposite. I don't even think I've seen 10 movies from that year, and not all of them are great. I think I have La Notte and Jules and Jim on my DVR, though, so that's two more potential nominees I have available to watch.

At the very least, I have The Hustler, Yojimbo and The Innocents to fall back on. The Misfits and Splendor in the Grass are both solid, interesting films. And um . . . yeah, besides 101 Dalmatians and Night Tide, some random movie with Dennis Hopper, that's about it for me when it comes to 1961. Any recommendations?

[jiraffejustin]

I thought you said we'd get two weeks?

I forgot, good call. It's September 7th.

[gbgoodies]

I thought you said we'd get two weeks?

I had seen quite a few films from 1960--- enough that I could nominate 10 movies and still leave off several movies that I thoroughly enjoy. 1961 is the opposite. I don't even think I've seen 10 movies from that year, and not all of them are great. I think I have La Notte and Jules and Jim on my DVR, though, so that's two more potential nominees I have available to watch.

At the very least, I have The Hustler, Yojimbo and The Innocents to fall back on. The Misfits and Splendor in the Grass are both solid, interesting films. And um . . . yeah, besides 101 Dalmatians and Night Tide, some random movie with Dennis Hopper, that's about it for me when it comes to 1961. Any recommendations?


These are the movies from 1961 that are on my list so far (in no particular order), but I'm not done checking my DVDs yet, so I may have missed some movies:

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Lover Come Back
All in a Night's Work
Come September
Tammy Tell Me True
101 Dalmatians
The Absent-Minded Professor
West Side Story
The Parent Trap
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
The Innocents
One-Eyed Jacks
One, Two, Three
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Guns of Navarone
Master of the World
The Pit and the Pendulum
A Raisin in the Sun
The Hustler
The Misfits

[jiraffejustin]

Any recommendations?

The Human Condition trilogy (the third part is from 61)
Viridiana
The Rebel a.k.a. Call Me Genius
A Woman is a Woman
The Man in the Back Seat (if you can find it)
Blast of Silence

[gbgoodies]

This might help. It's a link to IMDB's list of movies from 1961:

http://www.imdb.com/year/1961/

[Mr Minio]

1. Last Year at Marienbad - Alain Resnais
2. Through a Glass Darkly - Ingmar Bergman
3. Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer - Masaki Kobayashi
4. Judgment at Nuremberg - Stanley Kramer
5. The Night - Michelangelo Antonioni
6. Matka Joanna od Aniołów - Jerzy Kawalerowicz
7. Yojimbo - Akira Kurosawa
8. The End of Summer - Yasujiro Ozu
9. The Steamroller and the Violin - Andriej Tarkowski
10. The Innocents - Jack Clayton

Bite me!

[jiraffejustin]

With attention being elsewhere in the forum right about now, I don't want this to be forgotten about. Bump.

[rauldc14]

My initial list will be rather short. That's ok though!

[Swan]

Sent my list in. It's no good.

[rauldc14]

A movie that hasn't been mentioned is Two Women. A great performance from Sophia Loren!

[Citizen Rules]

Forgive me for being clueless...I did submit my initial list, but now I need to chose from the nominees, is that correct? What are the nominees?

[jiraffejustin]

Forgive me for being clueless...I did submit my initial list, but now I need to chose from the nominees, is that correct? What are the nominees?

Psycho won that already. If it hadn't turned into a runaway victory for Psycho, I would have sent everyone that initially voted a PM inviting them to vote for the nominees. We are on 1961 now.

[Citizen Rules]

Thanks.:)

[Godoggo]

I don't remember. Did I send my list in yet?

[jiraffejustin]

Nope

[Godoggo]

Alright, I'll get on that then. :)

[christine]

We've still got all next week haven't we?

[jiraffejustin]

Yep

[jiraffejustin]

Get your 1961 nominations in! Votes are due on September 7th.