The MoFo Top 100 of the Fifties: The Countdown [Archive] - Page 10

Holden Pike

10-04-16, 09:47 AM

Seven Samurai was twelfth on my list, and the fourth Kurosawa film in my top twenty-five (with Rashômon, Ikiru, and Throne of Blood). That gives Kurosawa five in our top hundred (the four I voted for plus Hidden Fortress). Yes, Hitchcock has an unprecedented seven and three of the top five, but five total is still damn good, and Kurosawa should have at least one more on the eventual '40s list, if not two (Stray Dog and maybe Drunken Angel or The Quiet Duel), bringing his MoFo Decades List total to nine currently, with another one or two to come.

Billy Wilder will have an impressive six on the '50s list, counting the upcoming Sunset Boulevard in the top five (also Stalag 17, Witness for the Prosecution, The Seven Year Itch, Ace in the Hole, and Some Like it Hot), and seven total when added to The Apartment from the '60s List. Plus Wilder will have an absolute lock for the '40s List in Double Indemnity and maybe another (The Lost Weekend should have a decent shot).

Hitch will have nine by the time we get to number one here, these seven plus Psycho and The Birds from the '60s (none from the '70s), but he will have another five to eight when we get to the '40s and at least two from the '30s, if not more! Hitch will definitely be the most named filmmaker, when all is said and done. And Kubrick will have the highest percentage of his films on the lists. Kubrick's career started with three short docs, then the ultra cheap Fear & Desire which he roundly disowned and Killer's Kiss, which was another micro-budget where he was learning his craft on the job and couldn't even afford to shoot sound live on set, overdubbed the entire thing. If you discount those first two features, all eleven of the major films he made afterward are on our MoFo lists, including Paths of Glory and The Killing this round, and two of them took the top spots (2001 and The Shining). But even counting those first two features, that means 85% of Kubrick's movies made our countdowns. No other filmmaker with at least a dozen features is going to come close to that percentage. Hitch may get upwards of twenty movies named, but he made so many.

ANYway, my '50s list not counting the two that didn't make it and the four that are still coming in the top five...

1. Rashômon (#9)
3. In A Lonely Place (#33)
4. Paths of Glory (#8)
5. Singin’ in the Rain (#10)
6. The Seventh Seal (#13)
7. The Bridge on the River Kwai (#7)
8. The 400 Blows (#17)
9. Ace in the Hole (#44)
10. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (#36)
12. Seven Samurai (#6)
13. The Killing (#52)
14. Harvey (#31)
15. Ikiru (#16)
18. Pickup on South Street (#72)
20. Throne of Blood (#37)
21. Alice in Wonderland (#27)
23. Touch of Evil (#20)
24. La Strada (#41)
25. The Big Country (#66)

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Holden Pike

10-04-16, 09:54 AM

Oh, and my updated guess at the order of the top five...

1. Vertigo
2. Rear Window
3. Sunset Blvd.
4. 12 Angry Men
5. North by Northwest

Omnizoa

10-04-16, 09:55 AM

I expected Seven Samurai to be Kurosawa's top film on the countdown, but I also figured it would top 3 for sure.
Me too.

Holden Pike

10-04-16, 10:59 AM

I expected Seven Samurai to be Kurosawa's top film on the countdown, but I also figured it would top 3 for sure. Even though I did not have it on my own list. I had two other Kurosawa films, but while I like Seven Samurai plenty, I don't love it to the degree I do other Kurosawa films, including Throne of Blood.

Me too.

Six is the highest a foreign language film has placed in one of our decades lists, thus far. Bergman's Persona was eleventh on the '60s List, Tarkovsky's Stalker was twentieth on the '70s List, Kurosawa's RAN was seventeenth on the '80s List, and Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke was twenty-second on the '90s List. The Millennium List, which will be re-done in four years or so, also had a foreign language film in the sixth overall spot, with Fernando Meirelles' City of God, and like the '50s List was also the only other decades list to have two foreign language films in the top ten since Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amélie was tenth.

We shall see if any foreign language title gets higher than sixth on the '40s or '30s lists? De Sica's Bicycle Thieves should have a good shot at the top ten anyway next time, while Fritz Lang's M as well as Renoir's Rules of the Game and/or Grand Illusion may be in the mix near the tippy-top of the thirties list?

But I don't foresee this collective ever picking a foreign films as number one. Too many native English speakers are naturally predispositioned against them, even if they consider themselves some manner of film buff.

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Holden Pike

10-04-16, 11:10 AM

So that means there's three Hitchcock film in the top 5. Did Kubrick ever do that?!

Nope. Partially because Kubrick wasn't very prolific, so the most films he even had eligible in a decade were the four in the 1960s, all of which made it with 2001 being #1 and Strangelove at #4 (Spartacus #47 and Lolita #56). For the '70s List Kubrick had Clockwork Orange (#7) and Barry Lyndon (#16), the '80s were The Shining (#1) and Full Metal Jacket (#10) as his only two releases, and his last film Eyes Wide Shut was #15 on the '90s List. So a pair of films in the top ten twice, which ain't bad.

Francis Ford Coppola had three in the top ten for the '70s List, including The Godfather as #1 (Apocalypse Now #9, The Godfather Part II #10), but he was the only other filmmaker with three top tens. David Fincher had two in the top five for the '90s List, with Fight Club #3 and SE7EN #4. Hitch having three of the top five here is unprecedented. And we don't know the order yet. Maybe he even has a lock on the top three?

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Daniel M

10-04-16, 11:46 AM

I had Seven Samurai on my list somewhere, I think around the middle section. Three more of mine to show up :D

Mäx

10-04-16, 11:53 AM

... while Mernau's M ...
Fritz Lang made M. ;)

cricket

10-04-16, 11:56 AM

The Seven Samurai was my easy #1 choice. It's a movie that has so much to offer, and out of what I've seen, I consider it the single greatest achievement ever put to film.

My complete list-

1. The Seven Samurai (1956) #6
2. Pather Panchali (1955) #40
3. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) #7
4. An Affair to Remember (1956) #42
5. The Big Country (1958) #66
6. Shane (1953) #64
7. The 400 Blows (1959) #17
8. Written on the Wind (1956) #82
9. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) #24
10. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) #56
11. Ordet (1955) #46
12. From Here to Eternity (1953) #76
13. Some Like it Hot (1959) #11
14. Dial M for Murder (1954) #14
15. The Idiot (1951)

Like The Magnificent Ambersons, this is a movie that was a bit messed up by the studio. Still, with Kurosawa+Mifune+Hara, there are times of brilliance.
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16. Rififi (1956) #53
17. The Hidden Fortress (1958) #69
18. The Quiet Man (1952) #51
19. Day of the Outlaw (1959)

Some people like this cold western and some don't. I loved it.
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20. Room at the Top (1959) #73
21. Singin' in the Rain (1952) #10
22. The Big Sky (1952)

Howard Hawks western/adventure that I though was a blast.
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23. Pillow Talk (1959)
Doris Day and Rock Hudson are delightful in what is basically the definition of a rom-com.
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24. The Cranes are Flying (1957) #98
25. Touch of Evil (1958) #20

Camo

10-04-16, 12:12 PM

I thought Day of the Outlaw was pretty good, the movie from the Westerns Hof i was close to voting for was The Bravados though.

Daniel M

10-04-16, 12:18 PM

Rio Bravo
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Singin’ in the Rain
Written on the Wind
The Sun Shines Bright
The Long Gray Line
The Searchers
Wichita
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Quiet Man
Stalag 17
In a Lonely Place
Tokyo Story
Ordet
The Naked Spur
Touch of Evil
Seven Samurai
Night of the Demon
The Big Sky
Winchester ‘73
M. Hulot’s Holiday
Monkey Business
Late Chrysanthemums

I forgot to include Day of the Outlaw on my list, and completely forgot it was from this decade until now. I must have not rated it on IMDb at the time. Probably would have been in one of those last six spots.

I'm sad that no Anthony Mann films made it, but I'm more upset that my 5th and 6th films didn't. I think they would have had a shot too if Bluedeed submitted a list, at least The Sun Shines Bright which I think is one of Ford's most personal and moving films. The Long Gray Line overall isn't small and personal, but big and epic, although it has those smaller human, patriotic elements that Ford likes to embed in his films, a perfect fusion of everything that makes his films great and I think one of his most underrated, but I can see why it's not to everyone's tastes.

Camo

10-04-16, 12:22 PM

Winchester '73 nearly made my list.

cricket

10-04-16, 12:23 PM

^^I figured I was the only one to vote for The Big Sky.

Daniel M

10-04-16, 12:25 PM

Yeah it's a cool film that doesn't get talked about much unfortunately. I need to watch it again really as I've only seen it once. Bluedeed probably would have had that on his list too, but it still would have been a struggle to get it in the top 100.

rauldc14

10-04-16, 12:40 PM

You put The Sun Shines Bright on my radar Daniel. You weren't the only vote for it.

Camo

10-04-16, 12:49 PM

01.The 400 Blows
02.Rashomon
03.
04.Night and Fog
05.The Bridge On The River Kwai
06.
07.Tokyo Story
08.
09.A Place In The Sun
10.Wild Strawberries
11.Seven Samurai
12.
13.A Streetcar Named Desire
14.Witness For The Prosecution
15.An Affair To Remember
16.Dial M For Murder
17.Throne of Blood
18.Othello
19.From Here To Eternity
20.Pickpocket
21,The Diary of Anne Frank
22.Anatomy of a Murder
23.Invasion of the Body Snatchers
24.Singing In The Rain
25.

#18.Othello (Orson Welles, 1952)

Welles is a fantastic director and Othello is my favourite Shakespeare so this always had a great chance of working for me. Thought it had a chance when i saw a few people mention it but i knew it was out when we passed the first twenty. Had it one spot below Throne of Blood as i couldn't decide which Shakespeare film i preferred.

#20.Pickpocket (Robert Bresson, 1959)

Starting to really like Bresson. I'd still say i preferred Au Hasard Balthazar, but i liked this better than A Man Escaped. Thought this had a chance right up til about the top thirty. Beautiful film.

#21.The Diary of Anne Frank (George Stevens, 1959)

Didn't have high hopes for this. It's runtime and the fact that i've heard the story a million times was putting me off but i gave it a chance because i loved Stevens A Place In The Sun so much. Very good film that i wrote this about:

The Diary Of Anne Frank (1959) - 4

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Very good film. I am of course aware of Anne Franks story yet i haven't read the book, so i kept interested throughout thanks to seeing a complete picture. It is just so horrific to think that human beings could do this to each other. I think that the situation is made all the more tragic by the matter of fact way this is presented, there's not much melodrama. The scene near the start when Mr Frank explains how they will not be allowed to make a sound between 8AM and 6PM pretty much sets the tone for how the rest of this will be shown, and i wouldn't have wanted it any other way. Anne's way of thinking throughout is fascinating and actually kind of chilling. She has such a positive outlook on everything which makes her all the more likeable and of course the end result that much worse. Shelley Winters, Millie Perkins and Joseph Schildkraut were superb some of my favorite performances of the decade so far, and the rest of the cast were very good too. I actually thought about not watching it after i realized it was three hours long, glad i went for it in the end because it will be another contender for my list.

Think i'm going to check out the rest of George Stevens 50's stuff as i really liked this and A Place In The Sun and though Shane was ok.

Left out my #25 just in case we see the one pointers.

Mr Minio

10-04-16, 12:55 PM

My list:

1. The Seventh Seal
2. Sansho the Bailiff
3. Umberto D.
4. Tokyo Twilight
5. Floating Weeds
6. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (or the whole trilogy if applicable)
7. The Wages of Fear
8. Ballad of a Soldier
9. Sound of the Mountain
10. The Burmese Harp
11. Hiroshima mon amour
12. Venom and Eternity
13. Rashomon
14. Night and the City
15. Fires on the Plain
16. Wild Strawberries
17. Forbidden Games
18. Ordet
19. Ugetsu
20. Destiny of a Man
21. The Cranes Are Flying
22. A Streetcar Named Desire
23. She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
24. Ostatni dzieñ lata [The Last Day of Summer] (1958)
25. The Life of Oharu

rauldc14

10-04-16, 01:50 PM

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1959, Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
582 Points
37 Lists (2nd,2nd,2nd,3rd,3rd,3rd,4th,4th,4th, 5th,6th,6th,6th,7th,7th,7th,9th,9th, 10th,10th,11th,11th,12th,12th,12th,13th, 14th,15th,16th,17th,17th,17th,18th, 18th,21st,23rd,24th)

Daniel M

10-04-16, 01:51 PM

My number 9 but it should have been higher really, one of my favourite ever films :)

rauldc14

10-04-16, 01:54 PM

There's one Hitchcock that I like better, but North by Northwest should be credited for me loving the era of the 1950s. This is a film that I can watch over and over again and I love Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint in this film. It's a film with a little bit of everything and it shows the kind of range that Hitchcock has as a filmmaker. This was on my list at number 4.

Miss Vicky

10-04-16, 01:57 PM

North by Northwest is probably my second favorite Hitch. I had it at #6 on my ballot.

My Ballot
1. East of Eden (#43)
2. A swords and sandals epic that didn't make it
3. Coming Soon
4. Wild Strawberries (#23)
5. Alice In Wonderland (#27)
6. North by Northwest (#5)
7. Lady and the Tramp (#45)
8. Witness for the Prosecution (#24)
9. Smiles of a Summer Night (#56)
10. A Bergman that didn't make it
11. Seven Samurai (#6)
12. A Streetcar Named Desire (#18)
13. Duck Amuck (#89)
14. Coming Soon
15. Coming Soon
16. Rebel Without A Cause (#39)
17. Coming Soon
18. Throne of Blood (#38)
19. Rashomon (#9)
20. Written on the Wind (#82)
21. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (#37)
22. An animated film that didn't make it
23. Room at the Top (#73)
24. On the Waterfront (#15)
25. One pointers, I hope?

Camo

10-04-16, 02:05 PM

North By Northwest is probably my favourite Hitchcock and one of my favourite films overall. I had it at #3 and it could've easily have been my #1.

Didn't expect Sunset to make it this high, will be a big surprise if it isn't next.

Seen 56/100

01.The 400 Blows
02.Rashomon
03.North By Northwest
04.Night and Fog
05.The Bridge On The River Kwai
06.
07.Tokyo Story
08.
09.A Place In The Sun
10.Wild Strawberries
11.Seven Samurai
12.
13.A Streetcar Named Desire
14.Witness For The Prosecution
15.An Affair To Remember
16.Dial M For Murder
17.Throne of Blood
18.Othello
19.From Here To Eternity
20.Pickpocket
21,The Diary of Anne Frank
22.Anatomy of a Murder
23.Invasion of the Body Snatchers
24.Singing In The Rain
25.

Mäx

10-04-16, 02:20 PM

I had North By North West at #18. I like it quite a bit but not nearly as much as most people here.

Seen: 43/96
List: 18/25

1. ...
2. ...
3. Witness for the Prosecution
4. ...
5. Bridge over the River Kwai
6. Paths of Glory
7. La strada
8. Some Like It Hot
9. All About Eve
10. Rififi
11. The Day the Earth Stood Still
12. The Seventh Seal
13. ...
14. Touch of Evil
15. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
16. Ben-Hur
17. High Noon
18. North By Northwest
19. Rashomon
20. From Here to Eternity
21. ...
22. Stalag 17
23. ...
24. Strangers on a Train
25. ...

Chypmunk

10-04-16, 02:30 PM

North By Northwest was my #4, one of Hitch's best imo.

Citizen Rules

10-04-16, 02:36 PM

North by Northwest, another great flick by Hitch. It wasn't on my list but that don't mean I ain't happy to see it. :)

Seven Samurai, I haven't seen this one, I suspect it wouldn't have made my list.

The Gunslinger45

10-04-16, 03:00 PM

I have seen it, but I did not vote for it.

My list: 18
Seen: 50/96

1. Seven Samurai (1954)
2. Ben-Hur (1959)
3. Rashomon (1950)
4. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
5. Rififi (1955)
6. Still to come
7. Tokyo Story (1953)
8. The Ten Commandments (1956)
9. No show
10. The Killing (1956)
11. Sansho the Baliff (1954)
12. Ikiru (1952)
13. Throne of Blood (1957)
14. Hidden Fortress (1958)
15. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
16. No show
17. No show
18. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
19. Dial M for Murder (1954)
20. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
21. Some Like it Hot (1959)
22. No show
23. No show
24. No show
25. Touch of Evil (1958)

rauldc14

10-04-16, 03:04 PM

I will finish seeing 61/100. I wanted to get to 75/100 but it didn't happen.

Guaporense

10-04-16, 03:05 PM

Had Seven Samurai in 3rd place. I don't remember if I had North by Northeast.

Seven Samurai only 6th place? Well that's the highest a non-English movie ever got in decade countdowns, in others they barely got into the top 20-25.

We had, the 1st non-English language movie in each of the decade's:

50's - Seven Samurai
60's - Persona
70's - Stalker
80's - Ran
90's - Princess Mononoke

Seven Samurai was the highest placed non-English film in these countdowns, excluding the animation countdown (which had two Miyazaki movies in the top 10 but that's because of the small number of English language animated films).

Camo

10-04-16, 03:15 PM

City of God was sixth in the millennium one. Which is longer than a decade but still think you're forgetting about it.

And it's North By Northwest.

Guaporense

10-04-16, 03:26 PM

I was only talking about decade countdowns.

seanc

10-04-16, 03:28 PM

Love Hitch but do not like North By Northwest even a little bit. Nothing in the film worked for me. I will give it a try again someday.

Holden Pike

10-04-16, 04:28 PM

Screenwriter Ernest Lehman set out to write "the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures", and he damn near did with North by Northwest, which was second on my list and is my favorite from Hitch. It is a magnum opus, comprising the best elements of everything Hitchcock had done to that point in his career (the year before he unleashed Psycho), wrapped up in a ridiculously cool, funny, and endlessly entertaining tongue-in-cheek take on the spy thriller (a few years before the cinematic James Bond was born). "That wasn't very sporting, using real bullets."

MY LIST
1. Rashômon (#9)
2. North by Northwest (#5)
3. In A Lonely Place (#33)
4. Paths of Glory (#8)
5. Singin’ in the Rain (#10)
6. The Seventh Seal (#13)
7. The Bridge on the River Kwai (#7)
8. The 400 Blows (#17)
9. Ace in the Hole (#44)
10. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (#36)
12. Seven Samurai (#6)
13. The Killing (#52)
14. Harvey (#31)
15. Ikiru (#16)
18. Pickup on South Street (#72)
20. Throne of Blood (#37)
21. Alice in Wonderland (#27)
23. Touch of Evil (#20)
24. La Strada (#41)
25. The Big Country (#66)

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And one-for-one on my guess...
Oh, and my updated guess at the order of the top five...

1. Vertigo
2. Rear Window
3. Sunset Blvd.
4. 12 Angry Men
5. North by Northwest

The Rodent

10-04-16, 04:31 PM

This probably the worst countdown for me.
I had a load I put in as "definite" and there's no spaces left for them now. I reckon I'll get maybe 1 more.

25. Probably Not
24. Probably Not
23. The Ladykillers - 65th
22. Probably Not
21. Probably Not
20. Probably Not
19. Possibly
18. Possibly
17. Pretty Sure It Will
16. Probably Not
15. Probably Not
14. Definitely
13. The Searchers - 18th
12. Hopefully
11. Definitely
10. Definitely
09. Definitely
08. Definitely
07. Probably Not
06. Dial M For Murder - 14th
05. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers - 37th
04. Definitely
03. The Day The Earth Stood Still - 36th
02. Definitely
01. The Blob - 96th

Holden Pike

10-04-16, 04:35 PM

This probably the worst countdown for me.
I had a load I put in as "definite" and there's no spaces left for them now. I reckon I'll get maybe 1 more.

14. Definitely
11. Definitely
10. Definitely
09. Definitely
08. Definitely
04. Definitely
02. Definitely

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The Rodent

10-04-16, 04:38 PM

Next time I think I'll put "Defimight"

NedStark09

10-04-16, 04:43 PM

North By Northwest Is My 7th Film On My List.

Kaplan

10-04-16, 05:05 PM

Since my user name, signature, user title, and profile banner all come from North by Northwest (everything except my actual avatar), it shouldn't be surprising I had it very high on my list, at #2. It's a film I grew up on, seeing every time it came on TV back in the 70s and 80s, which was a lot, and I've seen it bunches of times more as an adult. It might be the movie I've seen overall more times than any other film, or at least close to it, and yeah, I love it a lot. It's Hitchcock having tons of fun outdoing himself at every turn.

My List:

2. North by Northwest (#5)
3. The 400 Blows (#17)
4. The Bridge on the River Kwai (#7)
5. Rashomon (#9)
6. Pickup on South Street (#72)
7. Ikiru (#16)
8. Mon Oncle (#67)
10. Paths of Glory (#8)
11. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (#37)
12. Wages of Fear (#50)
13. From Here to Eternity (#76)
14. All About Eve (#12)
16. Stalag 17 (#48)
18. La Strada (#41)
19. The Killing (#52)
20. Singin’ in the Rain (#10)
21. Room at the Top (#73)
23. Les Diaboliques (#57)
24. Rio Bravo (#22)

Camo

10-04-16, 05:17 PM

Four of our top five were the same, Kaplan :highfive:

mark f

10-04-16, 05:30 PM

North by Northwest was #12 on my list. With Saboteur (1942) Hitch takes his man-on-the-run plot from The 39 Steps and adapts it to WWII America and basically develops the blueprint for his later North by Northwest. It's not quite as full of sex as To Catch a Thief but it's darn close.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EUSSHkZapI
North by Northwest is almost an Alfred Hitchcock "Greatest Hits Collection" movie. It takes the best bits and pieces of Hitch's films for the previous 25 years and distills them into one big entertainment package. I'm guessing you didn't like it because it seemed too light and mainstream. It's true that it isn't as scary or suspenseful as some of his more serious, "unique" films, but I still find it massively watchable.
Others which didn't place in the Top 100:
#7 - Friendly Persuasion (William Wyler, 1956) 4

This may be my fave film released in the year of my birth. It tells a sensitive, humorous story about a Quaker family during the Civil War. Gary Cooper plays the Father and he seems a little too rambunctuous to put up with too many rules, but his wife Dorothy McGuire is one of the congregation's ministers, so he's flexible. His oldest son (Anthony Perkins) feels the need to fight in the Civil War even though it's against Quaker teaching. All in all, the film shows a wonderful family, full of love and some flaws, tons of unexpected humor and some intense battle scenes. It's so wonderful I'll even forgive its Pat Boone theme song. ;)
#13 - The Nun's Story (Fred Zinnemann, 1959) 4+
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The Nun's Story is a very unique film. It's based on a true story told from an insider who was a European nun and specifically delineates why it's so difficult for most people to follow a life which, in this case, the Catholic Church, says is conducive to becoming one with God. The movie doesn't attack the Catholic Church at all. It's just that the central character, Gabrielle (the radiant Audrey Hepburn), who becomes Sister Luke, is the daughter of a famous Belgian surgeon (Dean Jagger: perfection), and her father tells her up front that he cannot see her being obedient to bells and thus, even though she joins the Church in the hope of becoming a nurse in the Belgian Congo, she has a constant struggle to overcome what the Church proclaims as her disobedience. This film is so far different than almost any other film that it almost belongs to its own genre: the quiet and 95% non-melodramatic film about religion. This and Elmer Gantry are easily my two fave films about religion, but they couldn't be more different except for the fact that Dean Jagger is awesome in both of them. Elmer Gantry is a "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" melodrama which still contains more truth than many "indie, realistic" films could ever imagine. The Nun's Story is so sublimely-beautiful, quiet, and yet exhilarating that it could also teach modern-day indie flicks a thing or two about how to tell a potent story.
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The Nun's Story is one of those rare films where the acting is equally as important as the direction. Now, I realize that this comment sounds silly, but what I'm trying to say is that this film is one of the best-acted films I've ever seen, and most of the film is truly involved with people and their souls. If you don't believe me, look at that pic of Audrey above. However, Fred Zinnemann's direction is meticulous and covers a multitude of worldwide locations which is almost mind-boggling. I've always felt that Zinnemann was one of the top-of-the-line directors (A Man For All Seasons, The Day of the Jackal, High Noon, The Men, From Here to Eternity, Oklahoma!, The Search, A Hatful of Rain, The Member of the Wedding), but I find this to easily be his most-complex and effortless direction, although it does resemble a bit what he did later (and won his second Best Director Oscar for) in A Man For All Seasons. Both films are about spiritual concerns, yet the protagonists come and leave them from different perspectives. The thing which really makes this film even more unique is the Peter Finch character of Dr. Fortunati who is a healthy antedote to all those holier-than-thou flicks because he's sexy and gives Sister Luke her own set of punishments every time she shows a semblance of pride.
http://www.princessmonkey.com/audrey/graphics/nun_doctor.jpg
Before I get too far making The Nun's Story sound like some boring, austere flick, I want to make sure that you realize that there are several scenes of excruciating suspense and violence. It's amazing how strong scenes can be when they're surrounded by the normal quiet and then, BANG! There are two such scenes in The Nun's Story and both are basically mind-blowing. Then, there are all the other scenes where people lose loved ones, get a disease, have their dreams dashed, etc., so The Nun's Story is an intense experience all the way through, whether it's because it's so calm or because it's so in-your-face. The Honor Roll of actresses includes Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft, Mildred Dunnock, Beatrice Straight, Colleen Dewhurst, Patricia Collinge, Ruth White, etc.
#16 - The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde's most-perfect play with a dream cast (including Michael Redgrave, Edith Evans, Margaret Rutherford, Joan Greenwood) results in one of the funniest films ever made. I chose this over the more-cinematic British comedies Hobson's Choice (dir. by David Lean, starring Charles Laughton) and The Horse's Mouth (dir. by Ronald Neame, written by and starring Alec Guinness).

My List
1. Alice in Wonderland (#27)
2. The Quiet Man (#51)
3. Paths of Glory (#8)
4. Room at the Top (#73)
5.
6. Some Like It Hot (#11)
7. Friendly Persuasion (Did Not Place)
8. The Caine Mutiny (#80)
9.
10. The Bridge on the River Kwai (#7)
11.
12. North by Northwest (#5)
13. The Nun’s Story (Did Not Place)
14. People Will Talk (#88)
15. Singin’ in the Rain (#10)
16. The Importance of Being Earnest (Did Not Place)
17. A Streetcar Named Desire (#19)
18. The Trouble with Harry (Did Not Place)
19. Night and Fog (#54)
20. Seven Samurai (#6)
21. Oklahoma! (#97)
22. The King and I (Did Not Place)
23. Guys and Dolls (Did Not Place)
24. The Big Country (#66)
25.

cricket

10-04-16, 07:39 PM

I used to love North By Northwest, but when I watched it again for this countdown, I was a little entertained but didn't think that much of it.

gbgoodies

10-05-16, 02:08 AM

North by Northwest is one of my favorite movies, and it was #7 on my list, but if it had been in any other decade, it probably would have been higher on my list.

I've seen 77 of 96 movies so far.

My List:
2. An Affair to Remember (1957)
3. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
4. Oklahoma! (1955)
5. Dial M for Murder (1954)
7. North by Northwest (1959)
8. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
10. Strangers on a Train (1951)
11. Harvey (1950)

gbgoodies

10-05-16, 02:11 AM

23. Pillow Talk (1959)
Doris Day and Rock Hudson are delightful in what is basically the definition of a rom-com.
http://images2.static-bluray.com/reviews/5947_1_large.jpg

It's nice to see some love for Pillow Talk. It was #18 on my list.

I was hoping that it had a chance to make it into the lower half of the countdown, but I guess not. :(

mark f

10-05-16, 02:24 AM

If I'm not mistaken, I recommended Pillow Talk to cricket.

gbgoodies

10-05-16, 02:28 AM

If I'm not mistaken, I recommended Pillow Talk to cricket.

I hope more people listen to you and watch Pillow Talk. It's a great movie, and it's a shame that it didn't make the countdown.

NedStark09

10-05-16, 03:00 AM

1Rio Bravo
2
3 The Ten Commandments
4 Seven Samurai
5
6
7 North By Northwest
8
9 Ben-Hur
10 The Searchers
11Shane
12
13
14 Creature From The Black Lagoon
15 Peter Pan
16 African Queen
17 High Noon
18 Cinderella
19
20 Day The Earth Stood Still
21
22 Lady And The Tramp
23
24 Alice In Wonderland
25

Movie Seen
43/97

14/25 From My List

MovieMeditation

10-05-16, 05:08 AM

I had North by Northwest at #6 on my list.

I owe a lot to that movie and it is one of those that started it all for me. It might have been the first "really old" movie I saw (beyond the 70s, which I already saw as "old as f*ck* at the time).

Anyways, it really showed me the potential of movies as a medium free from year of release, spoken language, color or not etc etc. It showcased that even though I wasn't that into older movies at the time, I was completely taken away and on the edge of my seat during that movie. Hitch quickly rose to who I would even call my favorite director at the time (he might still be). So yeah, thanks Hitch! ;)

Optimus

10-05-16, 07:12 AM

I have never seen a movie from the fifties :(.

Tacitus

10-05-16, 08:03 AM

Not only is North By Northwest (#4 for me) my favourite Hitchcock film, I think it's the best action movie ever made. Even better than Under Siege 2 and Dogville...

Maximum Hitch. :up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZmbbx2p4yI

rauldc14

10-05-16, 11:43 AM

https://www.movieforums.com/images/lists/50s/a09730b7-6edb-4dfa-b218-23d4cb7608d3.jpg

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1958, Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
614 Points
37 Lists (1st,1st,1st,1st,1st,2nd,2nd,2nd, 2nd,2nd,2nd,2nd,4th,5th,5th, 6th,6th,6th,7th,7th,7th,8th,8th,10th, 13th,13th,14th,14th,14th,16th,16th, 18th,21st,21st,22nd,23rd,25th)

Chypmunk

10-05-16, 11:45 AM

Didn't vote for Vertigo, solid enough but overrated imo and glad it's not top three.

rauldc14

10-05-16, 11:48 AM

I also didn't vote for it. There is a lot of greatness in the film, but I like at least half a dozen Hitch films more than this, probably a few more than that.

Tacitus

10-05-16, 12:12 PM

I really like Vertigo, but not as much as a lot of people here do evidently. I had it at #18 - To Catch A Thief was a place above it. ;)

rauldc14

10-05-16, 12:14 PM

I really like Vertigo, but not as much as a lot of people here do evidently. I had it at #18 - To Catch A Thief was a place above it. ;)

I feel like you. I had Strangers on a Train on the end of my ballot, without Vertigo on it. Just the last time I watched Vertigo I didn't see it as a masterpiece. Still a very good film. It was on my first top 100, but not my last one.

NedStark09

10-05-16, 12:14 PM

Vertigo is my 8th Film On My List.

seanc

10-05-16, 12:15 PM

Wow Vertigo #4, in my prediction I had it at #3. Be interesting to see if I'm right about Rear Window. Vertigo is on my list somewhere between 10 and 15.

Daniel M

10-05-16, 12:19 PM

It was my number two and I am very shocked and really disappointed now. You should all be ashamed of yourselves.

NedStark09

10-05-16, 12:22 PM

Only good part of this is ole buddy Camo missed the Number One Film. I realized Rear Window could be number one yet my prediction always was 12 Angry Men. Bare in mind some of this movies are on my list but I never would have picked Vertigo at Number one. On the list yes. Number 1 no.

cricket

10-05-16, 12:31 PM

Vertigo is a weird movie for me. I've always liked it, but I've never been sure how much.

Nemanja

10-05-16, 12:49 PM

Vertigo is my number one :yup:

My list:

1 Vertigo #4
2 The Seventh Seal #13
3 The 400 Blows #17
4 Ordet #46
5 Marty #100
6 Some Like it Hot #11
8 Ace in the Hole #44
9 The Bridge on the River Kwai #7
11 Wild Strawberries #23
12 Umberto D. #61
14 Touch of Evil #20
15 Sweet Smell Of Success #26
16 Paths of Glory #8
17 From Here To Eternity #76
18 Harvey #31
19 A Face in the Crowd #49
23 People Will Talk #88
24 Horror of Dracula #79

Miss Vicky

10-05-16, 12:51 PM

***Does a little happy dance***

Woo-hoo! So glad people's predictions of this coming out on top were wrong. I mean, it's a great movie and I voted for it (#14), but no way is it better than Rear Window. Fingers crossed Hitch comes out on top still, but glad it's not with this.

My Ballot
1. East of Eden (#43)
2. A swords and sandals epic that didn't make it
3. Coming Soon
4. Wild Strawberries (#23)
5. Alice In Wonderland (#27)
6. North by Northwest (#5)
7. Lady and the Tramp (#45)
8. Witness for the Prosecution (#24)
9. Smiles of a Summer Night (#56)
10. A Bergman that didn't make it
11. Seven Samurai (#6)
12. A Streetcar Named Desire (#18)
13. Duck Amuck (#89)
14. Vertigo (#4)
15. Coming Soon
16. Rebel Without A Cause (#39)
17. Coming Soon
18. Throne of Blood (#38)
19. Rashomon (#9)
20. Written on the Wind (#82)
21. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (#37)
22. An animated film that didn't make it
23. Room at the Top (#73)
24. On the Waterfront (#15)
25. One pointers, I hope?

MovieMeditation

10-05-16, 12:55 PM

Wauw. Vertigo isn't the top spot... it's not even 2, hell, it's not even in the top 3! :eek:

I'd be double-dog damned...

Anyways, it was my number 2.

Camo

10-05-16, 01:20 PM

Damn. Expected it to be top two at least, i agree with Daniel you should all be ashamed of yourselves. I had it at #6. Can't decide whether it, NBNW or Notorious is my favourite Hitch. Such a beautiful, haunting film. And yeah it's much better than Rear Window.

Seen 56/100

01.The 400 Blows
02.Rashomon
03.North By Northwest
04.Night and Fog
05.The Bridge On The River Kwai
06.Vertigo
07.Tokyo Story
08.
09.A Place In The Sun
10.Wild Strawberries
11.Seven Samurai
12.
13.A Streetcar Named Desire
14.Witness For The Prosecution
15.An Affair To Remember
16.Dial M For Murder
17.Throne of Blood
18.Othello
19.From Here To Eternity
20.Pickpocket
21,The Diary of Anne Frank
22.Anatomy of a Murder
23.Invasion of the Body Snatchers
24.Singing In The Rain
25.

Camo

10-05-16, 01:21 PM

Miss Vicky

10-05-16, 01:25 PM

And yeah it's much better than Rear Window.

:nope:

Harry Lime

10-05-16, 01:29 PM

I had North by Northwest at #16, Vertigo at #2. The two Hitchcock films that made my list.

Seriously if 12 Angry Men is #1 I will disown you all.

Citizen Rules

10-05-16, 01:37 PM

I looked up all the MoFo reviews on Veritgo and it's the one movie where most all of the reviewers rate it about the same....

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=26231&stc=1&d=1468172144
Vertigo (Hitchcock, 1958)

My Thoughts: When Vertigo came out it was panned by audiences and critics alike. Hitchcock blamed James Stewart for being too old to have a believable romance with Kim Novak. Hitch also blamed Kim Novak, saying she was the wrong choice. Personally I liked Kim Novak in this and everyone loves James Stewart. I never thought of him as being too old for her either.

I did like the movie. I love the way Hitch incorporated vertical themes into many of his scenes and sets, which of course supports the film's title and theme. Two examples are shown below in the photos.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=26236&stc=1&d=1468173291

Midge's apartment, with huge bay windows looking out from dizzying heights to the city scape below. Notice how the set is dressed vertically with points of interest from floor to ceiling.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=26233&stc=1&d=1468172916

The art museum, here too the space is big and tall. Note how Kim Novak looks small and is low in the frame and looking up. Makes me feel dizzy just looking at it.

What I thought failed was: the special effects for the scenes where we see the effects of vertigo. They didn't feel intense enough. Hitch needed to have a couple more brief scenes establishing just how impeded James Stewart's character was by his fear of heights. This is the main part of the film and it should have been emphasized more.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=26237&stc=1&d=1468173298
I bet audiences back in 1958 laughed at the dream sequences. I thought some of the elements were comically fun, and overly cartoonish to be taken seriously...Though other elements of the dream scene looked and worked great.

I think Hitch failed to convey a budding romance between the two leads...or maybe they just didn't have chemistry? They meet, they're in love,then they're separated and they can't live without each other. But it doesn't feel like we the audience, falls in love at the same time. Hitch is a great technical director with his use of creative studio lighting and in Vertigo I think it's Hitch's love for pazazz that gets in the way of the human element being realized.

But hey, this is still a Hitch film which makes it better than the average flick. And you can't go wrong with James Stewart in the lead, especially when Hitch makes even the smallest details look so important. rating_4

Harry Lime

10-05-16, 01:39 PM

Also North by Northwest is so f-ing fun, and Vertigo is so f-ing brilliant, both in the best Hitchcock way.

Camo

10-05-16, 01:44 PM

I'm rewatching Vertigo later because it's better than Rear Window.

Miss Vicky

10-05-16, 01:45 PM

I'm rewatching Vertigo later because it's better than Rear Window.

Fool.

Swan

10-05-16, 01:57 PM

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

Mäx

10-05-16, 02:02 PM

I didn't have Vertigo on my list. I liked it the second time but nothing more. I'm kind of glad, that it didn't make the top 3.

Daniel M

10-05-16, 02:21 PM

As I have repeatedly said on here, when I first watched Vertigo I thought it was a very good film but it didn't connect with me emotionally or blow me away like many masterpieces had and continue to do. I rewatched it again when my brother bought it on Blu-ray and I thought it was absolutely amazing. It's ridiculous in parts but it's not meant to be realistic or whatever, it's meant to be about obsession and desire, it feels so personal and intimate, so beautiful and dark, Hitchcock's direction and use of imagery are magical.

rauldc14

10-05-16, 02:23 PM

I was shocked that it didn't land in the top 3. I thought this would send waves through the masses of Vertigo fans.

Camo

10-05-16, 02:29 PM

I actually watched Vertigo for the first time when i was 8 or 9 with my mum. Hitchcock is my mums favourite director so i watched a bunch with her, none stuck with me more than Vertigo it creeped me right out. When i rewatched it as an adult i found it mesmerizing, one of the most haunting and beautiful films i've ever seen. Can't wait to rewatch it later.

You Vertigo haters can go watch that film about James Stewart being a peeping tom :p

mark f

10-05-16, 02:38 PM

I had Vertigo at #25. It's great but The Trouble with Harry blows it out of the water. :cool: Hey, Holden didn't have it at all.
Vertigo is thought of way better than it once was, but it deserves to be. Vertigo is basically filmed as a dream (or a nightmare if you prefer) and is about obsession, transference, guilt and fate. It's not supposed to be rational, so if your problems with it are that it doesn't make sense, you'll never like it or get what you're supposed to get out of it. If you try to go along with it, you'll be rewarded with a hypnotic experience. I realize that I criticize similar films for similar reasons, but take my word for it :), this one is better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6HReoQl6Mo
My List
1. Alice in Wonderland (#27)
2. The Quiet Man (#51)
3. Paths of Glory (#8)
4. Room at the Top (#73)
5.
6. Some Like It Hot (#11)
7. Friendly Persuasion (Did Not Place)
8. The Caine Mutiny (#80)
9.
10. The Bridge on the River Kwai (#7)
11.
12. North by Northwest (#5)
13. The Nun’s Story (Did Not Place)
14. People Will Talk (#88)
15. Singin’ in the Rain (#10)
16. The Importance of Being Earnest (Did Not Place)
17. A Streetcar Named Desire (#19)
18. The Trouble with Harry (Did Not Place)
19. Night and Fog (#54)
20. Seven Samurai (#6)
21. Oklahoma! (#97)
22. The King and I (Did Not Place)
23. Guys and Dolls (Did Not Place)
24. The Big Country (#66)
25. Vertigo (#4)

Yoda

10-05-16, 02:40 PM

Add me to the list of people who was not blown away by Vertigo. Good chance I'll, like a few others here, will like it more when rewatching it now that I've seen more films, but at the time I found it too odd and surreal. One of those classics I "appreciate" more than enjoy. I like Rear Window a lot more. Come at me, haters.

The Gunslinger45

10-05-16, 02:41 PM

Again I am shocked. Never thought Vertigo would be out of the Top 3 let alone NOT the top Hitchcock. Oh well. Either way, Vertigo was my number 6. A brilliant flick and my favorite Hitchcock. And the last from my list to show up.

My list: 19
Seen: 51/97

1. Seven Samurai (1954)
2. Ben-Hur (1959)
3. Rashomon (1950)
4. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
5. Rififi (1955)
6. Vertigo (1958)
7. Tokyo Story (1953)
8. The Ten Commandments (1956)
9. No show
10. The Killing (1956)
11. Sansho the Baliff (1954)
12. Ikiru (1952)
13. Throne of Blood (1957)
14. Hidden Fortress (1958)
15. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
16. No show
17. No show
18. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
19. Dial M for Murder (1954)
20. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
21. Some Like it Hot (1959)
22. No show
23. No show
24. No show
25. Touch of Evil (1958)

I will release the films that did not make the list after the final reveal .

Citizen Rules

10-05-16, 03:14 PM

Here's how I would rank the 1950s Hitch films:

1 The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
2 Strangers on a Train (1951)
3 Rear Window (1954)
4 The Trouble with Harry (1955)
5 Vertigo (1958)
6 North by Northwest (1959)
7 The Wrong Man (1956)
8 To Catch a Thief (1955)
9 Stage Fright (1950)
10 Dial M for Murder (1954)
11 I Confess (1953)

But there's no such thing as a bad Hitch film.

rauldc14

10-05-16, 03:20 PM

MovieMeditation

10-05-16, 03:23 PM

Here's my pathetic list so far... which is pretty much all of it anyways. Missing 3 big ones though, which is obviously going to be the top 3...

1. Dial M for Murder #14
2. Vertigo #4
3. guaranteed
4. guaranteed
5. guaranteed
6. North by Northwest #5
7. The Man Who Knew Too Much #47
8. Singin' in the Rain #10
9. Strangers on a Train #32
10. Peter Pan #59
11. Seven Samurai #6
12. Ben-Hur #30
13. On the Waterfront #15
14. Sleeping Beauty #58
15. Lady and the Tramp #45
16. Cinderella #60
17. The 400 Blows #17
18. Paths of Glory #8
19. East of Eden #43
20. Animal Farm - did not rank
21. Duck Amuck (short) #55

Holden Pike

10-05-16, 03:23 PM

For me Vertigo isn't in Hitch's own top ten films, forget one of the greatest movies ever made.

What I'm really surprised by at the top of this poll is how well Sunset Boulevard has done. Not that it isn't a great, top tier film (it most definitely is), I just didn't think the MoFo collective was going to have it quite this high. I would have pegged it landing somewhere around fifteen or twelve.

Camo

10-05-16, 03:27 PM

Hitch 50s ranked for me;

01a.North By Northwest
01b.Vertigo (really can't decide between these two.)
03.Dial M For Murder
04.The Wrong Man
05.Strangers On A Train
06.Rear Window
07.The Trouble With Harry

Haven't seen the rest.

Guaporense

10-05-16, 03:33 PM

Vertigo is definitely Hitchcock's best movie, well, after his Angry Birds movie that's it. It's one of the few of his movies that didn't put me into sleep (even North by Northwest almost put me to sleep :), yep I am not a big fan of Hitchcock movies' entertainment value) and in fact was very effective in thrilling me and its very disturbing in it's depiction of obsession, it's atmosphere is mysterious and the movie has an almost fantastical quality that distinguishes from other Hitchcock movies.

Also, the artificiality of the romance works for the movie because they feel like as if they were possessed by the movie's atmosphere. Usually the movie is criticized in that direction but I have no problem with it.

@Holden Pike, I think Sunset Boulevard is a movie with a very universal appeal. The director Billy Wilder's style appears to be more suited to modern millennial tastes' and combined with the movie's universal dramatic appeal it compares favorably to Hitchcock's thriller movies whose effectiveness value has dissipated through the decades.

77topaz

10-05-16, 04:26 PM

Heh, the top end of this countdown really is turning out in a surprising way. I had expected Vertigo and Seven Samurai as #1 and #2 respectively, but instead they're #4 and #6. It also means I'm quite uncertain as to which of the three remaining films is going to finish as #1, though I don't expect it will be Sunset Boulevard.

My list so far, with predictions:
1. Rashomon (#9)
2. Tokyo Story (#21)
3. Seven Samurai (#6)
4. The Man Who Knew Too Much (#47)
5. Vertigo (#4)
6. Floating Weeds (#78)
7. Paths of Glory (#8)
8. Didn't make it
9. Tokyo Twilight (#91)
10. Didn't make it
11. Didn't make it
12. The Killing (#52)
13. Didn't make it
14. Throne of Blood (#38)
15. Ikiru (#16)
16. Forbidden Planet (#55)
17. North by Northwest (#5)
18. The Day the Earth Stood Still (#36)
19. The Seventh Seal (#13)
20. Top 3
21. Rebel Without a Cause (#39)
22. Top 3
23. Didn't make it
24. Didn't make it
25. Probably a one-pointer

rauldc14

10-05-16, 04:32 PM

Fifties Hitch
1. Rear Window
2. North by Northwest
3. Dial M for Murder
4. Strangers on a Train
5. Vertigo
6. To Catch a Thief
7. I Confess
8. The Man Who Knew Too Much
9. Stage Fright

Kaplan

10-05-16, 04:40 PM

I feel like saying HA-HA for Vertigo being beaten out by Rear Window. I've seen Vertigo a dozen times and at no point have I ever ranked it as a favorite. I like it, don't get me wrong, but it's no favorite. Rear Window is Hitchcock's ultimate masterpiece and MOFO has done right in recognizing it. :)

Oh, and Vertigo was not on my list.

seanc

10-05-16, 04:42 PM

I will join

Rear Window
Dial M
Vertigo
I Confess
Strangers On A Train
Stage Fright
To Catch A Thief
The Trouble With Harry
The Man Who Knew Too Much
North By Northwest

Feel like I missed one, maybe not.

Citizen Rules

10-05-16, 04:45 PM

You did miss one:p The Wrong Man (1956). I know you seen it as it was in the first Film Noir Hof.

Ðèstîñy

10-05-16, 04:50 PM

Two of the four I knew would show up. I won't hold my breath on those other two. North by Northwest was number 18 on my list, and Vertigo was number 10.

seanc

10-05-16, 04:51 PM

You did miss one:p The Wrong Man (1956). I know you seen it as it was in the first Film Noir Hof.

Yep, with Fonda. I would put it right before Stage Fright. Wow, 11 movies this decade for him. No wonder they can't all be gold.

Kaplan

10-05-16, 05:07 PM

Yep, with Fonda. I would put it right before Stage Fright. Wow, 11 movies this decade for him. No wonder they can't all be gold.

They pretty much are all gold, though, in their own way. Only Stage Fright is a something of a dud, and even that one is worth seeing.

edarsenal

10-05-16, 09:21 PM

I've yet to see either North by Northwest or Vertigo in their entirety.
I am so ashamed :(

Leaving two left in my list

List:
#1 Cyrano de Bergerac An all time favorite that never made it
#2 On the Waterfront (15)
#3 Bridge Over the River Kwai (7)
#4 Seven Samurai (6)
#5 A Christmas Carol I was VERY surprised that this didn't even show being THE version that everyone recommends
#6 Harvey (31)
#7 Stalag 17 (48)
#8 Hobson's Choice Seen a few high praises on this when I first checked it out for the 50's List
#9 Definitely
#10 Some Like it Hot (11)
#11 Definitely
#12 Night of the Hunter (25)
#13 Streetcar Named Desire (19)
#14 Peter Pan (59)
#15 Alice in Wonderland (27)
#16 The Big Combo A great lil noir that fell to the roadside
#17 Auntie Mame No love for a drunken party animal who takes a young boy into her fold?! You b@st@rds
#18 Witness for the Prosecution (24)
#19 Around the World in Eighty Days Had a real strong feeling this wouldn't, but screw it, I love it
#20 The Barefoot Contessa One of my favorite Ava Gardner roles
#21 In A Lonely Place (33)
#22 The Big Heat Another noir, this time from Fritz Lang starring Glenn Ford that didn't show
#23 The Long Hot Summer no love for a drunken Rosalind Russell and NOW, no love for a barn burning Paul Newman -- I'm effin heart broken I tell ya
#24 The Killing (52)
#25 STILL CONTINUE to have fingers crossed for 1 pointer category
Watched: 48/97

The Rodent

10-05-16, 09:23 PM

Aaaand, Vertigo is that last one I said I was going to get.

25. Probably Not
24. Probably Not
23. The Ladykillers - 65th
22. Probably Not
21. Probably Not
20. Probably Not
19. Possibly
18. Possibly
17. Pretty Sure It Will
16. Probably Not
15. Probably Not
14. Vertigo - 4th
13. The Searchers - 18th
12. Hopefully
11. Definitely
10. Definitely
09. Definitely
08. Definitely
07. Probably Not
06. Dial M For Murder - 14th
05. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers - 37th
04. Definitely
03. The Day The Earth Stood Still - 36th
02. Definitely
01. The Blob - 96th

Citizen Rules

10-05-16, 09:29 PM

List:
#1 Cyrano de Bergerac An all time favorite that never made it
#5 A Christmas Carol I was VERY surprised that this didn't even
#8 Hobson's Choice Seen a few high praises on this when I first )
#16 The Big Combo A great lil noir that fell to the roadside
#17 Auntie Mame No love for a drunken party animal who takes a
#19 Around the World in Eighty Days Had a real strong feeling this wouldn't, but screw it, I love it
#20 The Barefoot Contessa One of my favorite Ava Gardner roles
#21 In A Lonely Place (33)
#22 The Big Heat Another noir, this time from Fritz Lang starring Glenn Ford that didn't show
#23 The Long Hot Summer no love for a drunken Rosalind Russell and NOW, no love for a barn burning Paul Newman -- I'm effin heart broken I tell ya
Watched: 48/97 Nice list of missed films Ed:) I love a lot of them! Actually all of them, though I haven't seen Cyrano de Bergerac and Hobson's Choice.

Frightened Inmate No. 2

10-05-16, 09:32 PM

haven't posted in here for a while.

1. Bigger than Life
2. Vertigo
3. Singin' in the Rain
4.
5.
6. Sweet Smell of Success
7. On the Waterfront
8. Johnny Guitar
9. Pickup on South Street
10. The Night of the Hunter
11. Rebel Without a Cause
12.
13. The Bridge on the River Kwai
14. A Face in the Crowd
15. North By Northwest
16.
17.
18. In a Lonely Place
19.
20. Anatomy of a Murder
21. Strangers on the Train
22.
23. Touch of Evil
24. Paths of Glory
25.

all about eve was my last cut, bette davis is unbelievable. the 400 blows was also one of my last cuts. rashomon is way overrated but it's fine. the seventh seal is good but also overrated and wild strawberries is better. haven't seen seven samurai or ikiru or dial m for murder or the searchers.

very disappointed vertigo isn't higher. best hitchcock, and the highest of five on my list. i'm hoping for a rear window victory at this point, but i would be happy with 12 angry men. it better not be sunset blvd. can't believe singin' in the rain isn't higher too.

Camo

10-05-16, 09:33 PM

I've not seen it yet but i'm a bit surprised he Big Heat didn't show up in the bottom quarter or so, i've seen it mentioned quite a few times here. Didn't love it but The Big Combo was solid, there was a lot to like there.

edarsenal

10-06-16, 12:28 AM

Nice list of missed films Ed:) I love a lot of them! Actually all of them, though I haven't seen Cyrano de Bergerac and Hobson's Choice.

Cyrano was played with theatrical aplomb by Jose Ferrer. He ruined me for attempting to watch any other version. :)

I think you may enjoy Hobson's Choice with Charles Laughton. Wish I could remember the reviews I had read that got me curious about that one so you could read them and decide if its something you may enjoy or not.

And I agree, Camo, I was expecting to see The Big Heat early on.

dadgumblah

10-06-16, 12:55 AM

I truly enjoyed Vertigo, even saw it in re-release on the big screen, but I didn't include it on my list. I usually try to break film countdowns up by giving their directors only one or two movies on the list and I gave Hitch only two here, one being North by Northwest, the other yet to be revealed. :)

Nope1172

10-06-16, 12:57 AM

Glad Vertigo didn't make the Top 3. Very upset that Seven Samurai didn't either though.

Guaporense

10-06-16, 01:19 AM

Prediction:

1st - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/40/Beast_from_20%2C000_Fathoms_poster.jpg
2nd - Rear Window
3rd - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_White_Serpent#/media/File%3AThe_Tale_of_the_White_Serpent_Poster.jpg

gbgoodies

10-06-16, 02:13 AM

I like Vertigo a lot, but it's not my favorite Hitchcock movie. It was #23 on my list.

I've seen 78 of 97 movies so far.

My List:
2. An Affair to Remember (1957)
3. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
4. Oklahoma! (1955)
5. Dial M for Murder (1954)
7. North by Northwest (1959)
8. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
10. Strangers on a Train (1951)
11. Harvey (1950)
23. Vertigo (1958)

Tacitus

10-06-16, 06:05 AM

Waiting patiently to see which between The Lavender Hill Mob and The Dambusters appears first. They were my #5 and #9.

Don't think Johnny Guitar (#21), 12 Angry Men, Sunset Blvd or Rear Window will make it now, sadly.

77topaz

10-06-16, 07:26 AM

Tacitus

10-06-16, 07:38 AM

Must have missed that. You'll be telling me that The Titfield Thunderbolt scraped into the top 60, next. :p

Holden Pike

10-06-16, 07:44 AM

Don't think 12 Angry Men, Sunset Blvd., or Rear Window will make it now, sadly.

Uh, spoiler alert, those are the top three films, we're just waiting on the order. What else did you think was coming? Three Coins in the Fountain? The Conqueror? The Greatest Show on Earth? :D

Camo

10-06-16, 07:46 AM

I have no idea who is being sarcastic here :laugh:

Tacitus

10-06-16, 08:38 AM

It was either WAY over HP's heed or WAY under it. :D

Mr Minio

10-06-16, 11:05 AM

If Sunset wins, MoFos good taste shall triumph.

rauldc14

10-06-16, 01:07 PM

https://www.movieforums.com/images/lists/50s/10a40884-3134-405f-87c4-57fad79416a3.jpg

https://www.movieforums.com/images/lists/50s/tumblr_newfmxy1Mz1rdfgw4o1_500.gif

1950, Directed by Billy Wilder
616 Points
42 Lists (1st,1st,2nd,2nd,2nd,3rd,5th,5th,5th,5th,5th, 5th,5th,6th,8th,8th,9th,9th,9th,9th, 9th,11th,11th,12th,13th,13th,13th,13th, 16th,17th,17th,19th,19th,19th,20th, 20th,20th,21st,21st,22nd,23rd,23rd)

Yoda

10-06-16, 01:09 PM

So, even though I adore 12 Angry Men, I kind of hope Rear Window wins.

I'm a believer in the distinction between "best" and "favorite." I can and do enjoy films for their quality as films, but some films I enjoy above and beyond that quality for personal reasons: because I associate certain people or memories with them, or because they were important for my development, either as a person or was a film watcher. 12 Angry Men falls into the latter camp, so I actually don't expect it to mean quite as much to a neutral observer as it does to me. I get more out of it than Rear Window, but Rear Window is a better example of what film can be.

Miss Vicky

10-06-16, 01:12 PM

I voted for Sunset Blvd at #17, but its placement on my ballot was pretty arbitrary. I watched it several years ago and enjoyed it, but don't remember a whole lot about it. I'd intended to rewatch it before voting, but I procrastinated and ran out of time.

My Ballot
1. East of Eden (#43)
2. A swords and sandals epic that didn't make it
3. Coming Soon
4. Wild Strawberries (#23)
5. Alice In Wonderland (#27)
6. North by Northwest (#5)
7. Lady and the Tramp (#45)
8. Witness for the Prosecution (#24)
9. Smiles of a Summer Night (#56)
10. A Bergman that didn't make it
11. Seven Samurai (#6)
12. A Streetcar Named Desire (#18)
13. Duck Amuck (#89)
14. Vertigo (#4)
15. Coming Soon
16. Rebel Without A Cause (#39)
17. Sunset Blvd. (#3)
18. Throne of Blood (#38)
19. Rashomon (#9)
20. Written on the Wind (#82)
21. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (#37)
22. An animated film that didn't make it
23. Room at the Top (#73)
24. On the Waterfront (#15)
25. One pointers, I hope?

seanc

10-06-16, 01:27 PM

I absolutely love Sunset Blvd. I have seen it three times now and it gets better each watch. I expected to have it higher on my list than my fellow Mofos. That was not the case, I had it at #8. Looking at my list, feels like it should have been #5.

Nemanja

10-06-16, 01:27 PM

I had Sunset Blvd. at 13 :cool: That's all folks!

1 Vertigo #4
2 The Seventh Seal #13
3 The 400 Blows #17
4 Ordet #46
5 Marty #100
6 Some Like it Hot #11
7 Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
8 Ace in the Hole #44
9 The Bridge on the River Kwai #7
10. Les liaisons dangereuses (1959)
11 Wild Strawberries #23
12 Umberto D. #61
13 Sunset Blvd. #3
14 Touch of Evil #20
15 Sweet Smell Of Success #26
16 Paths of Glory #8
17 From Here To Eternity #76
18 Harvey #31
19 A Face in the Crowd #49
20. La grande guerra (1959)
21. Little Fugitive (1953)
22. The Big Knife (1955)
23 People Will Talk #88
24 Horror of Dracula #79
25 One pointers, I hope?

Chypmunk

10-06-16, 01:29 PM

Sunset Blvd was my #5 and is the 20th of my list to show, taking my list to over 5000 points now with just the top two to come and perhaps a one-pointer to get a mention as well.

Hoping 12 Angry Men takes top spot myself, Rear Window is Hitch in good, playful form but it's the lesser of those two films imo.

MovieMeditation

10-06-16, 01:41 PM

I had Sunset Blvd. at #5 on my list!

Excellent movie.

The Gunslinger45

10-06-16, 01:48 PM

I have seen it and it is a great movie, but I did not vote for Sunset Blvd.

My list: 18
Seen: 51/97

1. Seven Samurai (1954)
2. Ben-Hur (1959)
3. Rashomon (1950)
4. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
5. Rififi (1955)
6. Still to come
7. Tokyo Story (1953)
8. The Ten Commandments (1956)
9. No show
10. The Killing (1956)
11. Sansho the Baliff (1954)
12. Ikiru (1952)
13. Throne of Blood (1957)
14. Hidden Fortress (1958)
15. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
16. No show
17. No show
18. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
19. Dial M for Murder (1954)
20. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
21. Some Like it Hot (1959)
22. No show
23. No show
24. No show
25. Touch of Evil (1958)

Miss Vicky

10-06-16, 01:53 PM

As much as I'm hoping Rear Window takes the top spot, I'll be satisfied either way. This list will mark the first time that a film I've voted for has come in at #1 on any MoFo Countdown.

Citizen Rules

10-06-16, 01:53 PM

I enjoyed Sunset Blvd, but it wasn't on my list. I knew it would be top 10, so it didn't need my help.

Mr Minio

10-06-16, 02:28 PM

This list will mark the first time that a film I've voted for has come in at #1 on any MoFo Countdown. Mainstreamer!

Mäx

10-06-16, 02:40 PM

Awesome, that Sunset Boulevard made the top 3! I love this movie and think Gloria Swanson gave one of the best performances ever. I had it at #2.

Seen: 45/98
List: 19/25

1. ...
2. Sunset Boulevard
3. Witness for the Prosecution
4. ...
5. Bridge over the River Kwai
6. Paths of Glory
7. La strada
8. Some Like It Hot
9. All About Eve
10. Rififi
11. The Day the Earth Stood Still
12. The Seventh Seal
13. ...
14. Touch of Evil
15. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
16. Ben-Hur
17. High Noon
18. North By Northwest
19. Rashomon
20. From Here to Eternity
21. ...
22. Stalag 17
23. ...
24. Strangers on a Train
25. ...

Camo

10-06-16, 02:46 PM

Great run for Sunset i had it at #12. It might be my favourite Wilder so far, i'm not sure.

Rooting for 12 Angry Men which i had at #8, may as well reveal it because it's obvious. As much as it's well made and i love Hitch i just don't really like Rear Window. Also my #25 was Rabbit Of Seville; not sure if it was a one pointer or not.

01.The 400 Blows
02.Rashomon
03.North By Northwest
04.Night and Fog
05.The Bridge On The River Kwai
06.Vertigo
07.Tokyo Story
08.12 Angry Men
09.A Place In The Sun
10.Wild Strawberries
11.Seven Samurai
12.Sunset Boulevard
13.A Streetcar Named Desire
14.Witness For The Prosecution
15.An Affair To Remember
16.Dial M For Murder
17.Throne of Blood
18.Othello
19.From Here To Eternity
20.Pickpocket
21,The Diary of Anne Frank
22.Anatomy of a Murder
23.Invasion of the Body Snatchers
24.Singing In The Rain
25.Rabbit of Seville

rauldc14

10-06-16, 02:58 PM

I am starting to get 1940s fever! I know sci Fi is next but looking forward to watching 40s films. Give me the recs now!

edarsenal

10-06-16, 03:23 PM

I have seen it and it is a great movie, but I did not vote for Sunset Blvd.

Really?? I honestly expected to see Sunset on your list. Hmmm,

Well, I did have it as #9 though and like Camo, I have 12 Angry left and my one pointer which I have a rather strong feeling of getting so I'll wait and see.

Oh, and serious reps for Camo's 1 pointer: Rabbit of Seville. THAT is just awesome!

List:
#1 Cyrano de Bergerac
#2 On the Waterfront (15)
#3 Bridge Over the River Kwai (7)
#4 Seven Samurai (6)
#5 A Christmas Carol
#6 Harvey (31)
#7 Stalag 17 (48)
#8 Hobson's Choice
#9 Sunset Boulevard (3)
#10 Some Like it Hot (11)
#11 Definitely
#12 Night of the Hunter (25)
#13 Streetcar Named Desire (19)
#14 Peter Pan (59)
#15 Alice in Wonderland (27)
#16 The Big Combo
#17 Auntie Mame
#18 Witness for the Prosecution (24)
#19 Around the World in Eighty Days
#20 The Barefoot Contessa
#21 In A Lonely Place (33)
#22 The Big Heat
#23 The Long Hot Summer
#24 The Killing (52)
#25 STILL CONTINUE to have fingers crossed for 1 pointer category
Watched: 50/98

Holden Pike

10-06-16, 03:26 PM

I had Sunset Blvd. as my nineteenth pick. I had Billy Wilder's Ace In the Hole ten spots higher and Stalag 17 was one of the last few I eliminated to get down to twenty-five.

MINE...
1. Rashômon (#9)
2. North by Northwest (#5)
3. In A Lonely Place (#33)
4. Paths of Glory (#8)
5. Singin’ in the Rain (#10)
6. The Seventh Seal (#13)
7. The Bridge on the River Kwai (#7)
8. The 400 Blows (#17)
9. Ace in the Hole (#44)
10. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (#36)
12. Seven Samurai (#6)
13. The Killing (#52)
14. Harvey (#31)
15. Ikiru (#16)
18. Pickup on South Street (#72)
19. Sunset Boulevard (#3)
20. Throne of Blood (#37)
21. Alice in Wonderland (#27)
23. Touch of Evil (#20)
24. La Strada (#41)
25. The Big Country (#66)

Kaplan

10-06-16, 03:59 PM

I had Sunset Boulevard at #9.

My List:

2. North by Northwest (#5)
3. The 400 Blows (#17)
4. The Bridge on the River Kwai (#7)
5. Rashomon (#9)
6. Pickup on South Street (#72)
7. Ikiru (#16)
8. Mon Oncle (#67)
9. Sunset Boulevard (#3)
10. Paths of Glory (#8)
11. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (#37)
12. Wages of Fear (#50)
13. From Here to Eternity (#76)
14. All About Eve (#12)
16. Stalag 17 (#48)
18. La Strada (#41)
19. The Killing (#52)
20. Singin’ in the Rain (#10)
21. Room at the Top (#73)
23. Les Diaboliques (#57)
24. Rio Bravo (#22)

NedStark09

10-06-16, 04:25 PM

Im sorry I dont see how Sunset Boulvard ranks above. North By Northwest, Vetigo, Bridge Over The River Kwai, Seven Samurai or Dial M For Murder.

Mäx

10-06-16, 04:27 PM

Just scroll to the top then you can see it. :p

Citizen Rules

10-06-16, 04:27 PM

Ned, do you have a prediction for tomorrow?

Miss Vicky

10-06-16, 04:31 PM

Im sorry I dont see how Sunset Boulvard ranks above. North By Northwest, Vetigo, Bridge Over The River Kwai, Seven Samurai or Dial M For Murder.

Because more people liked it than those other films or other people not named Ned Stark like it more than them. This is a collaborative list, not one of your zillions of countdowns.

The Gunslinger45

10-06-16, 04:33 PM

I say Rear Window will take the top spot.

mark f

10-06-16, 05:13 PM

I had Sunset Blvd. at #9.
Sunset Blvd. (Billy Wilder, 1950) 4
https://theblondeatthefilm.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/sunset-boulevard-1.jpg?w=800
Brilliant film from Billy Wilder focusing on struggling Hollywood screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) who accidentally falls into the "tarantula arms" of faded silent screen star Norma Desmond (silent screen goddess Gloria Swanson) when he tries to elude the guys who want to repossess his car. (I'm deliberately omitting one of the greatest beginnings of any film, where Gillis narrates his story from a most-unusual place and the flashbacks to what happened kick in.) Gillis has a flat tire and needs to lie low for awhile, and he sees a chance to make some money working on Norma's self-written script for her return to films. The downside is that her Sunset Blvd. mansion is full of ghosts from the past, including the wily butler Max (Erich von Stroheim).
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Joe still has some ties to "real life" in the form of his assistant director buddy Artie (Jack Webb) and Artie's girlfriend Betty (Nancy Olsen), a studio reader who earlier had rejected one of Joe's screen treatments but has her own dreams of becoming a screenwriter. Joe eventually finds himself torn between Norma's clinging, self-destructive tendencies and his desire for both people his own age and his friend's woman. Mixed into this situation is that Cecil B. DeMille's production people keep calling Norma about something, and she occasionally has her friends, "The Waxworks" (Buster Keaton, Anna Q. Nilsson and H.B. Warner) over to play bridge.
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The thing which makes Sunset Blvd. great and will continue to appeal to new audiences is that it tells its story smartly and satirically with basically no sentimentality. It's an acid-tongued dark comedy/film noir/quasi-horror flick masquerading as a tragedy, plus it's all about the movies. The dialogue is some of the sharpest that Wilder and his co-screenwriters ever concocted. The way the film uses Hollywood of the late 1940s is immensely enjoyable, from the scene at Schwaub's Drugstore to the visit of DeMille's set while he's filming Samson and Delilah. The acting is really quite extraordinary. Gloria Swanson has the showy part, turning her screen persona into something pathetic, and she plays it with no holds barred. Similarly, Erich von Stroheim plays a character similar to his own life (at least during the silent era) and presents a few of the best surprises in the film. However, William Holden gives the best performance, and I find it his very best ever. He has to play a believable character who straddles reality and the fantasy rabbit-hole world he fell into. He also has to say some of the wittiest lines and make it sound like he's conceived them for a script he's writing. All in all, it's tough to find a film which is anywhere remotely similar to Sunset Blvd., and if you can, it's a pale imitation.
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My List
1. Alice in Wonderland (#27)
2. The Quiet Man (#51)
3. Paths of Glory (#8)
4. Room at the Top (#73)
5.
6. Some Like It Hot (#11)
7. Friendly Persuasion (Did Not Place)
8. The Caine Mutiny (#80)
9. Sunset Blvd. (#3)
10. The Bridge on the River Kwai (#7)
11.
12. North by Northwest (#5)
13. The Nun’s Story (Did Not Place)
14. People Will Talk (#88)
15. Singin’ in the Rain (#10)
16. The Importance of Being Earnest (Did Not Place)
17. A Streetcar Named Desire (#19)
18. The Trouble with Harry (Did Not Place)
19. Night and Fog (#54)
20. Seven Samurai (#6)
21. Oklahoma! (#97)
22. The King and I (Did Not Place)
23. Guys and Dolls (Did Not Place)
24. The Big Country (#66)
25. Vertigo (#4)

Cobpyth

10-06-16, 05:41 PM

I don't think anyone will blame me for revealing my complete list at this point:

1. Vertigo (1958)
2. Touch of Evil (1958)
3. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
4. Floating Weeds (1959)
5. Ikiru (1952)
6. Rear Window (1954)
7. The Searchers (1956)
8. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
9. Rio Bravo (1959)
10. Some Came Running (1958)
11. All About Eve (1950)
12. Nights of Cabiria (1959)
13. In a Lonely Place (1950)
14. Equinox Flower (1958)
15. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
16. Some Like It Hot (1959)
17. Good Morning (1959)
18. The Band Wagon (1953)
19. Wild Strawberries (1957)
20. Rashomon (1950)
21. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
22. The Seventh Seal (1957)
23. Sabrina (1954)
24. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
25. Beat the Devil (1953)

Some notes:

I decided to fill up the last three spots with personal favorites, even though I could've chosen films that I think are objectively (much) better.

I used to love North By Northwest, but when I watched it again for this countdown, I was a little entertained but didn't think that much of it.

Exactly the opposite for me. I was never the biggest fan of it, but then I rewatched North By Northwest a few weeks ago (while the countdown was already running) and I regret not doing it sooner. It would definitely make my list if I had to compose it again today. I remember talking to Daniel about it. It was one of those glorious second viewings. The film completely won me over.

The same happened to me with my second viewing of Vertigo about two years ago, by the way. I fell in love with that film. It's one of Hitch's less purely suspenseful pictures, but it compensates that lack in suspense with probably the most haunting atmosphere ever put on film. Vertigo proves that Hitch was so much more than the filmmaker who created the best nail-biters in the film business.The film proves that he was also a profound poet who was able to visualize a dark aspect of man's soul in one of the most brilliant pieces of cinema ever made. It proves he was even a bigger genius than he was perceived as.

Anyway, obviously Vertigo was my personal favorite and I would've loved it if it had won, but the other two options that are left are also two very strong pictures (Rear Window is even my #6). According to me, the countdown is definitely a success and it proves that MoFos do have good film taste (sometimes)! ;)

cricket

10-06-16, 07:31 PM

I watched Sunset Blvd. twice and I liked it, but that's about it. I wasn't especially fond of either main character.

Harry Lime

10-06-16, 09:35 PM

I had Sunset Boulevard at #5. Amazing film and Wilder's best.

I didn't have either of the top 2.

77topaz

10-06-16, 11:06 PM

I'm definitely surprised Sunset Boulevard made it to #3, I was expecting it more in the #11-#20 range. Anyway, it was #22 on my list and the lowest-placed film on my list to make the overall Top 100.

My list so far, with predictions:
1. Rashomon (#9)
2. Tokyo Story (#21)
3. Seven Samurai (#6)
4. The Man Who Knew Too Much (#47)
5. Vertigo (#4)
6. Floating Weeds (#78)
7. Paths of Glory (#8)
8. Didn't make it
9. Tokyo Twilight (#91)
10. Didn't make it
11. Didn't make it
12. The Killing (#52)
13. Didn't make it
14. Throne of Blood (#38)
15. Ikiru (#16)
16. Forbidden Planet (#55)
17. North by Northwest (#5)
18. The Day the Earth Stood Still (#36)
19. The Seventh Seal (#13)
20. Top 2
21. Rebel Without a Cause (#39)
22. Sunset Boulevard (#3)
23. Didn't make it
24. Didn't make it
25. Probably a one-pointer

dadgumblah

10-07-16, 12:50 AM

A shocker I know, but I've never seen Sunset Boulevard despite having many opportunities to. By the same token, it took me years to see On the Waterfront and A Streetcar Named Desire, just because they were aired a lot and I thought I could view them anytime. But I got over that way of thinking, except for SB, which I will catch.

donniedarko

10-07-16, 01:38 AM

Isn't that funny, I have the next two films at 1 and 2 on my list respectively

mark f

10-07-16, 01:49 AM

I bet you're not the only one.

gbgoodies

10-07-16, 03:04 AM

Sunset Boulevard is a great movie, and it was strongly considered for my list, but it just didn't make the final cuts.

When this countdown ends, I will have seen 81 of 100 movies. That's probably the best I've done in any of these countdowns :), however most of my list didn't make the countdown. :(

It's interesting to note that of the two movies that haven't been revealed yet, one of them is at the top of my list, and the other is at the bottom of my list. Hmm. Can anyone guess which is which? :)

My 1950s List:
1. Will be revealed tomorrow as either #1 or #2.
2. An Affair to Remember (1957)
3. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
4. Oklahoma! (1955)
5. Dial M for Murder (1954)

6. Brigadoon (1954)
7. North by Northwest (1959)
8. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
9. Damn Yankees (1958)
10. Strangers on a Train (1951)

11. Harvey (1950)
12. Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
13. Calamity Jane (1953)
14. Carousel (1956)
15. The Gazebo (1959)

16. The Pajama Game (1957)
17. Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
18. Pillow Talk (1959)
19. The Court Jester (1955 or 1956)
20. Tea for Two (1950)

21. The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
22. It Should Happen to You (1954)
23. Vertigo (1958)
24. Will be revealed tomorrow as either #1 or #2.
25. Hopefully will be on the one-pointers list.

Camo

10-07-16, 03:06 AM

12 Angry Men is first

Tacitus

10-07-16, 06:30 AM

I suppose now's as good a time as any...

1 The Searchers #18
2 The Ladykillers #65
3 Touch Of Evil #20
4 North By Northwest #5
5 The Lavender Hill Mob
6 The Bridge On The River Kwai #7
7 Stalag 17 #48
8 High Noon #28
9 The Dam Busters
10
11 Rififi #53
12 Some Like It Hot #11
13 Sunset Blvd #3
14 On The Waterfront #15
15 Shane #64
16
17 To Catch A Thief #86
18 Vertigo #4
19 Night and Fog #54
20 Seven Samurai #6
21 Johnny Guitar #81 (allegedly)
22 Rashomon #9
23 Forbidden Planet #56
24 Rio Bravo #22
25 The Night of The Hunter #25

Mr Minio

10-07-16, 07:15 AM

Isn't that funny, I have the next two films at 1 and 2 on my list respectively https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aJLUl_2inY

honeykid

10-07-16, 10:04 AM

I had Seven Samurai as my #1 choice. It's on my 100 (along with my #2 choice All About Eve) so was always going to place very highly. Sunset Boulevard was my #5.

Not sure if I'll be about much this weekend, so if I'm not congrats Dustin for all the hard work you've put in. I hope you enjoyed it as much as you thought you would. :)

Holden Pike

10-07-16, 10:50 AM

Since I have the final two back-to-back on my own list, might as well throw this up, now. Here is my full list....

1. Rashômon (1950, Akira Kurosawa)
2. North by Northwest (1959, Alfred Hitchcock)
3. In A Lonely Place (1950, Nicholas Ray)
4. Paths of Glory (1957, Stanley Kubrick)
5. Singin’ in the Rain (1952, Donen & Kelly)
6. The Seventh Seal (1957, Ingmar Bergman)
7. Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, David Lean)
8. The 400 Blows (1959, François Truffaut)
9. Ace in the Hole (1951, Billy Wilder)
10. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, Don Siegel)
11. Fires on the Plain (1959, Kon Ichikawa)
12. Seven Samurai (1954, Akira Kurosawa)
13. The Killing (1956, Stanley Kubrick)
14. Harvey (1950, Henry Koster)
15. Ikiru (1952, Akira Kurosawa)
16. Rear Window (1954, Alfred Hitchcock)
17. 12 Angry Men (1957, Sidney Lumet)
18. Pickup on South Street (1953, Samuel Fuller)
19. Sunset Boulevard (1950, Billy Wilder)
20. Throne of Blood (1957, Akira Kurosawa)
21. Alice in Wonderland (1951, DISNEY)
22. Elevator to the Gallows (1958, Louis Malle)
23. Touch of Evil (1958, Orson Welles)
24. La Strada (1954, Federico Fellini)
25. The Big Country (1958, William Wyler)

The only two of my choices that didn't make it...

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Kon Ichikawa's 野火 - Fires on the Plain (1959) is one of the most brutal and haunting war films ever made. Set in the Philippines in the closing days of WWII as the island is being liberated by U.S. forces, we follow one Japanese soldier, weak and dying from TB, who is left behind and ordered to commit suicide. He can't do it, and so wanders through the Hellscape of that war and its aftermath. It's practically a horror movie as the desperation and death are palpable. It doesn't have the kind of brand name recognition that other Japanese cinema from this period enjoys today, but it is a must-see. Mizoguchi, Kobayashi, Ozu, and of course Kurosawa all made the countdown, but no room for Kon Ichiwa. This is my favorite of his, but also check out The Burmese Harp (1956), another movie about the closing days of the war and some of its horrors though through a soldier who becomes a Buddhist monk. Both are part of The Criterion Collection.

Louis Malle's Ascenseur pour L'échafaud - Elevator to the Gallows (1958) is one of the first films of the French New Wave, and remains one of my favorites. The 400 Blows may well be the first masterpiece from the movement, but the charms and cool of Malle's tale of lovers who don't quite get away with murder after a too clever by half scheme is foiled by getting stuck in an elevator have always delighted me. Miles Davis' score is fu*king gorgeous, and incredibly influential (I have played this soundtrack dozens and dozens of times). Honestly I could watch the lovely Jeanne Morreau walk around the rain soaked streets at night to the strains of Miles' trumpet forever and ever. I'm really surprised this one didn't make the cut. Resnais' Hiroshima, Mon Amour (#75) and Night & Fog (#54), Clouzot's Les Diaboliques (#57) and Wages of Fear (#50), Jules Dassin's Rififi (#53), and of course Truffaut's The 400 Blows (#17) all made the list, as well they should have. Just don't quite get how Malle's debut didn't rate with them? I would have thought it was as likely a lock as all those others.

If you meant to watch it for the countdown and ran out of time or just have never even heard of or considered it, do catch up with Elevator to the Gallows. Very fun, stylish crime pic with some amazing Jazz.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDeZnWEUA_k

Camo

10-07-16, 10:54 AM

Elevator To The Gallows has been on my watchlist for ages. Never heard of Fires on the Plain though, sounds great will have to get to it soon.

Holden Pike

10-07-16, 10:59 AM

I figured Fires on the Plain was a longshot to actually make the countdown (even with fifteen points from me), but I would have bet money Elevator to the Gallows showed up.

Which is why I don't bet money.

Mäx

10-07-16, 11:26 AM

Those are my movies that didn't make the list:

13. Brink of Life (Ingmar Bergman)
21. Rawhide (Henry Hathaway)
23. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Howard Hawks)

I hope my 25th movie makes the one-pointer list.

the samoan lawyer

10-07-16, 11:38 AM

rauldc14

10-07-16, 12:05 PM

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1954, Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
683 Points
40 Lists (1st,1st,1st,1st,1st,3rd,3rd,4th,4th,4th,4th,4th,4th,4th,4th,5th,5th,5th,6th,6th,7th,7th,8th,8th, 10th,10th,10th,10th,13th,13th,15th,16th,16th, 18th,18th,20th,21st,21st,23rd,24th)

rauldc14

10-07-16, 12:05 PM

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1957, Directed by Sidney Lumet
719 Points
42 Lists (1st,1st,1st,1st,1st,1st,2nd,2nd,2nd,3rd,3rd,4th, 4th,5th,5th,6th,6th,6th,6th,6th,6th, 7th,7th,8th,8th,8th,9th,11th,11th,12th,14th, 14th,15th,15th,16th,16th,17th,17th,19th,19th,20th,22nd,24th)

Friendly Mushroom!

10-07-16, 12:12 PM

Congrats to 12 Angry Men winning! I had it lower on my list but it's still a masterpiece. I had Rear Window at 4.

Does this mean we can see the one pointers now?

You did a great job Raul. Thanks

NedStark09

10-07-16, 12:14 PM

Rear Window is my13th film on my list.

NedStark09

10-07-16, 12:15 PM

Will we et a 1 point list of films that did not make the grade as it were or just an honorable mentions list.

Yoda

10-07-16, 12:16 PM

Wow. Can't believe it won. When this started I thought it would be 9th or something.

Obviously, it was my top film, but that's just a personal preference; I think Rear Window is generally more impressive in every measure other than "what do I enjoy watching and thinking about the most."

I see five people other than me had it as their #1: step forward and be counted! :)

Yoda

10-07-16, 12:17 PM

Will we et a 1 point list of films that did not make the grade as it were or just an honorable mentions list.
Yes. I think someone has asked this every three pages since the thread started. ;) And someone asked it just before you. ^

Camo

10-07-16, 12:36 PM

The better film won :D. In the months leading up to this i kept saying i thought 12 Angry Men would win because the Hitchcocks would split the vote then when the Countdown started i doubted myself and started saying a Hitch would win haha. I had it at #8 and didn't have Rear Window as it's one of my least favourite Hitchcocks so far.

Really great job Raul, one of my favourite countdowns :up:

My list that i've already posted; seen 56 i believe:

01.The 400 Blows
02.Rashomon
03.North By Northwest
04.Night and Fog
05.The Bridge On The River Kwai
06.Vertigo
07.Tokyo Story
08.12 Angry Men
09.A Place In The Sun
10.Wild Strawberries
11.Seven Samurai
12.Sunset Boulevard
13.A Streetcar Named Desire
14.Witness For The Prosecution
15.An Affair To Remember
16.Dial M For Murder
17.Throne of Blood
18.Othello
19.From Here To Eternity
20.Pickpocket
21,The Diary of Anne Frank
22.Anatomy of a Murder
23.Invasion of the Body Snatchers
24.Singing In The Rain
25.Rabbit of Seville

Holden Pike

10-07-16, 12:37 PM

12 Angry Men is a great film, timeless even though some of the specifics are dated. Seventeenth on my list, and Rear Window was sixteenth. I wouldn't call 12 Angry Men THE greatest film, but hey, the mob has spoken. I just wish in this voting process there had been a Juror Number Eight to have us walk through logically whether there was really enough evidence to convict this one as the top choice. But so be it.

Again, my full list...

1. Rashômon (#9)
2. North by Northwest (#5)
3. In A Lonely Place (#33)
4. Paths of Glory (#8)
5. Singin’ in the Rain (#10)
6. The Seventh Seal (#13)
7. The Bridge on the River Kwai (#7)
8. The 400 Blows (#17)
9. Ace in the Hole (#44)
10. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (#36)
11. Fires on the Plain (DNP)
12. Seven Samurai (#6)
13. The Killing (#52)
14. Harvey (#31)
15. Ikiru (#16)
16. Rear Window (#2)
17. 12 Angry Men (#1)
18. Pickup on South Street (#72)
19. Sunset Boulevard (#3)
20. Throne of Blood (#37)
21. Alice in Wonderland (#27)
22. Elevator to the Gallows (DNP)
23. Touch of Evil (#20)
24. La Strada (#41)
25. The Big Country (#66)

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edarsenal

10-07-16, 12:40 PM

And there we have it folks!!

Be sure to tip your waitress, clean up your pop and popcorn containers as you leave and just wanna give a thanks to the academy. . .

And a VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO RAUL FOR A DAMN FINE JOB!!!!

https://youtu.be/hQRv0qM_5rQ

List:
#1 Cyrano de Bergerac
#2 On the Waterfront (15)
#3 Bridge Over the River Kwai (7)
#4 Seven Samurai (6)
#5 A Christmas Carol
#6 Harvey (31)
#7 Stalag 17 (48)
#8 Hobson's Choice
#9 Sunset Boulevard (3)
#10 Some Like it Hot (11)
#11 12 Angry Men (1)
#12 Night of the Hunter (25)
#13 Streetcar Named Desire (19)
#14 Peter Pan (59)
#15 Alice in Wonderland (27)
#16 The Big Combo
#17 Auntie Mame
#18 Witness for the Prosecution (24)
#19 Around the World in Eighty Days
#20 The Barefoot Contessa
#21 In A Lonely Place (33)
#22 The Big Heat
#23 The Long Hot Summer
#24 The Killing (52)
#25 STILL CONTINUE to have fingers crossed for 1 pointer category
Watched: 51/100

Camo

10-07-16, 12:40 PM

I see five people other than me had it as their #1: step forward and be counted!

Whoever they are they better use this :D

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Holden Pike

10-07-16, 12:41 PM

And good job, Raul. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmHeP9Sve48

rauldc14

10-07-16, 12:46 PM

Thanks for the support guys while I ran this. I took on something that was perhaps bigger than I could chew, what with a 48+ hour overnight job and a busy life and all. But I'm glad I did it for my one of my favorite film decades of all time. I sound like a broken record but it is EXTREMELY difficult to take these reigns with just an iPad and a phone instead of a real laptop or PC.

I'll have a few more posts coming down the road, so stay tuned.

Yoda

10-07-16, 12:48 PM

Yeah, I didn't even realize until it was already going that he was doing all this on mobile devices. That's...insane. :laugh: If I'd known I would've asked him if he was sure he wanted to do it like twenty times. But it turned out well and it makes me admire the dedication all the more.

Citizen Rules

10-07-16, 12:50 PM

12 Angry Men...won, for all of you who had it on your list, I have one question, was the kid accused of murder, innocent?

Rear Window, is Hitch at his best. Not on my list but happy to see it.

seanc

10-07-16, 12:50 PM

Great job Rauldc. Surprised by the outcome but I love both those films, so I really wasn't rooting either way. I will share my list later.

seanc

10-07-16, 12:54 PM

12 Angry Men...won, for all of you who had it on your list, I have one question, was the kid accused of murder, innocent?.

The beauty of the movie is not knowing. 12 Angry Men was decades ahead of all the true crime docs we see now.

CosmicRunaway

10-07-16, 12:57 PM

I haven't posted in this thread, but I've been following along just the same. You did a great job hosting, Raul! :up:

Camo

10-07-16, 12:58 PM

Yeah, why does it matter?

Yoda

10-07-16, 01:07 PM

12 Angry Men...won, for all of you who had it on your list, I have one question, was the kid accused of murder, innocent?
I dunno, but he was Not Guilty.

Citizen Rules

10-07-16, 01:09 PM

12 Angry Men...won, for all of you who had it on your list, I have one question, was the kid accused of murder, innocent?

The beauty of the movie is not knowing. 12 Angry Men was decades ahead of all the true crime docs we see now. Thanks Sean
I dunno, but he was Not Guilty. Thanks Yoda

Yeah, why does it matter?Because it's a Countdown and we discuss movies and I would like to learn how the fans of this movie perceive it. Because I think the reason I don't like it and the reason others do like it has to do with how the accused kid is perceived.

So I have two different opinions, I like to hear more.

Camo

10-07-16, 01:11 PM

I meant why is it necessary that we know? No need to get super defensive.

Chypmunk

10-07-16, 01:14 PM

Rear Window is a good Hitch, not my favourite but definitely one of his upper echelon films imo. 12 Angry Men fully deserves top spot, both on my list and the countdown :)

My full list:
1. 12 Angry Men (#1)
2. A Street Car Named Desire (#19)
3. All About Eve (#12)
4. North By Northwest (#5)
5. Sunset Blvd. (#3)
6. Witness For The Prosecution (#24)
7. On The Waterfront (#15)
8. Ikiru (#16)
9. Rififi (#53)
10. A Man Escaped (#70)
11. Seven Samurai (#6)
12. Anatomy Of A Murder (#35)
13. The Cranes Are Flying (#98)
14. Strangers On A Train (#32)
15. Children Of Hiroshima
16. Dial M For Murder (#14)
17. In A Lonely Place (#33)
18. Rear Window (#2)
19. Forbidden Planet (#55)
20. The 400 Blows (#17)
21. The War Of The Worlds
22. Night And Fog (#54)
23. Sansho The Bailiff (#34)
24. Rebel Without A Cause (#39)
25. - (still waiting for one-pointers list, might be on it)

All in all 22 films on the list with a grand total of 6546 points between them.

The Rodent

10-07-16, 01:15 PM

I forgot I had Rear Window.

This is my list, which is essentially a 50s sci-fi list :D

25. The Screaming Skull
24. Untamed Women
23. The Ladykillers - 65th
22. Tarantula (1955)
21. It Came From Outer Space
20. The Incredible Shrinking Man
19. Animal Farm
18. 3:10 To Yuma
17. Ice Cold In Alex
16. The Bat (1959)
15. The Flying Saucer
14. Vertigo - 4th
13. The Searchers - 18th
12. Invasion Of The Saucer-Men
11. Journey To The Center Of The Earth
10. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
09. The Fly
08. Rear Window - 2nd
07. The Quatermass Xperiment
06. Dial M For Murder - 14th
05. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers - 37th
04. Invaders From Mars
03. The Day The Earth Stood Still - 36th
02. The Thing From Another World
My #01 Pick. The Blob - 96th

Citizen Rules

10-07-16, 01:21 PM

20. The Incredible Shrinking Man
11. Journey To The Center Of The Earth
09. The Fly
👍 Three of the greatest 50s sci fi. Great choices. Hopefully they will show up on the Sci Fi Countdown.

TONGO

10-07-16, 01:23 PM

Good job Rauld!! :up:

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Citizen Rules

10-07-16, 01:24 PM

My List, those in red didn't make it.

1 Caged (1950)
2 The Bravados (1958)
3 Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
4 The Caine Mutiny (1954)
5 In a Lonely Place (1950)
6 A Star Is Born (1954)
7 Pickup on South Street (1953)
8 East of Eden (1955)
9 Giant (1956)
10 Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
11 An Affair to Remember (1957)
12 Stalag 17 (1953)
13 Forbidden Planet (1956)
14 The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
15 A Place in the Sun (1951)
16 Some Came Running (1958)
17 Winchester '73 (1950)
18 All About Eve (1950)
19 The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
20 The African Queen (1951)
21 Touch of Evil (1958)
22 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
23 The Fly (1958)
24 Harvey (1950)
25 Lust for Life (1956)

Thank you Raul for all of your hard work! I really enjoyed this countdown!

Miss Vicky

10-07-16, 01:24 PM

Why must the finales for these lists always result in disappointment for me?!

12 Angry Men is a very good movie and I voted for it at #15, but I much prefer Rear Window, which I had at #3.

The first time I watched a Hitchcock film, I watched The Birds and I absolutely hated it - so much so that I was hesitant to try any more Hitch. But later I was convinced by MoFos to give him a chance and I was blown away by Rear Window.

If I'd been completely honest with my rankings, Rear Window would've been my #2, but I wanted to give the film that I did put there an extra boost in hopes it would make the countdown. It didn't. Oh well.

My Ballot
1. East of Eden (#43)
2. The Robe
3. Rear Window (#2)
4. Wild Strawberries (#23)
5. Alice In Wonderland (#27)
6. North by Northwest (#5)
7. Lady and the Tramp (#45)
8. Witness for the Prosecution (#24)
9. Smiles of a Summer Night (#56)
10. Brink of Life
11. Seven Samurai (#6)
12. A Streetcar Named Desire (#18)
13. Duck Amuck (#89)
14. Vertigo (#4)
15. 12 Angry Men (#1)
16. Rebel Without A Cause (#39)
17. Sunset Blvd (#3)
18. Throne of Blood (#38)
19. Rashomon (#9)
20. Written on the Wind (#82)
21. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (#37)
22. Animal Farm
23. Room at the Top (#73)
24.On the Waterfront (#15)
25. Still hoping for that one pointer list

The Rodent

10-07-16, 01:26 PM

Yep, well done Raoul!
Hosting is never an easy task but you've done a top job.

Citizen Rules

10-07-16, 01:27 PM

I'm checking out your guys list for neat 1950s films that I haven't seen. I've already found some gems that I'm very keen to watch. So keep posting them!

Chypmunk

10-07-16, 01:39 PM

Forgot to say thanks to Raul for all the hard work that's gone into this ... really is appreciated! (as would the one-pointers list be please ;))

Loner

10-07-16, 01:48 PM

My list

1. Ben-Hur
2. High Noon
3. The Night of the Hunter
4. A Face in the Crowd
5. The Big Country
6. The Quiet Man
7. The Bravados
8. Throne of Blood
9. The Seventh Seal
10. The Bridge on the River Kwai
11. Paths of Glory
12. Kiss Me Deadly
13. Forbidden Games
14. Mon Oncle
15. Diabolique
16. The Asphalt Jungle
17. Death of a Cyclist
18. Umberto D.
19. The Killing
20. Sunset Blvd.
21. Fires on the Plain
22. La Strada
23. Nights of Cabiria
24. The Bad Seed
25. Bob le Flambeur

Nope1172

10-07-16, 01:54 PM

Wow, 12 Angry Men cleaned up, I was not expecting that. I will post my full list later.

The Gunslinger45

10-07-16, 02:01 PM

Well done Raul! Very nicely done!

Here is my complete list. Ashes and Diamonds, Godzilla, Bob le Flambeur, Asphalt Jungle, On Dangerous Ground, and I Live in Fear sadly did not make the list.

1. Seven Samurai (1954)
2. Ben-Hur (1959)
3. Rashomon (1950)
4. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
5. Rififi (1955)
6. Vertigo (1958)
7. Tokyo Story (1953)
8. The Ten Commandments (1956)
9. Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
10. The Killing (1956)
11. Sansho the Baliff (1954)
12. Ikiru (1952)
13. Throne of Blood (1957)
14. Hidden Fortress (1958)
15. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
16. Godzilla (aka Gojira) (1954)
17. Bob le Flambeur (1956)
18. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
19. Dial M for Murder (1954)
20. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
21. Some Like it Hot (1959)
22. Asphalt Jungle (1950)
23. On Dangerous Ground (1952)
24. I Live in Fear (1955)
25. Touch of Evil (1958)

The Gunslinger45

10-07-16, 02:02 PM

Now where is the 1 point list? :D

Mäx

10-07-16, 02:18 PM

10. Brink of Life
So, i'm not the only one. :up:

I had Rear Window on #4 and 12 Angry Men as my #1. Two absolutely fantastic movies!

Seen: 47/100
List: 21/25

1. 12 Angry Men
2. Sunset Boulevard
3. Witness for the Prosecution
4. Rear Window
5. Bridge over the River Kwai
6. Paths of Glory
7. La strada
8. Some Like It Hot
9. All About Eve
10. Rififi
11. The Day the Earth Stood Still
12. The Seventh Seal
13. Brink of Life
14. Touch of Evil
15. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
16. Ben-Hur
17. High Noon
18. North By Northwest
19. Rashomon
20. From Here to Eternity
21. Rawhide
22. Stalag 17
23. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
24. Strangers on a Train
25. ...

MovieMeditation

10-07-16, 02:21 PM

Loved you as a host, raul, just as I did with the HoFs! Great work my friend. :up:

Kind of wanted to see Rear Window top the list, as it seem like the "less safe" movie of the two, but I love them both even so. They were both on my list too, obviously, and actually with 12 Angry Men ABOVE Rear Window... so, I guess I perhaps didn't want it to win, at least not at the time. :D They were my #3 and #4, respectively.

Camo

10-07-16, 03:21 PM

Miss Vicky

10-07-16, 03:28 PM

My #1s for each Countdowns placing:

90's: Unforgiven #12
80's:The King of Comedy #29
Comics: The Dark Knight #1
70's: Taxi Driver #3
TV:The Sopranos #7
Animated: Princess Mononoke #9
60's: Once Upon A Time In The West t#5
Documentaries: Enron: The Smartest Guys In the Room #24
Action: Once Upon A Time In The West #95
50's: The 400 Blows #17

I don't remember what my top picks were for all of the lists, but I know my highest placing #1 choice was Up, which came in at #2 on the Animation Countdown.

My lowest placing #1 was for the 70s list: Charlotte's Web, which failed to make the list at all.

Camo

10-07-16, 03:38 PM

It was actually the Animation Countdown that i first posted my #1s from each Countdown, it randomly came to mind so i copied and pasted them from there and added what has happened since.

Chypmunk

10-07-16, 04:04 PM

I like that idea Camo ...

My #1s for each countdown placing:

60s - 2001: A Space Odyssey #1
50s - 12 Angry Men #1

:) :p :D

Hang on though .... that makes me Mister Average :bawling:

Nope1172

10-07-16, 04:05 PM

Everyone get hype for the SCI-FI Countdown

Coming soon!

mark f

10-07-16, 04:29 PM

Rear Window is Hitch's most-perfect film. I had it at #5. 12 Angry Men was my #11.
I give 12 Angry Men 4, but that shouldn't make it sound like I don't think it's a great movie. If I give something that, it's basically equivalent to most people's 5. I'm trying to think back to when I first watched the film and how I may have reacted. I was a teenager, but that would have been the early '70s. It was probably my introduction to how a jury might work, especially one where almost everybody sees the case as cut-and-dried. Of course, I understood it was a melodrama where everyone slightly exaggerates their words and acting for dramatic effect. It's still filmed "realistically", so it gets to have it both ways as a realistic drama and a highly-theatrical experience.
http://thesituationist.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/12-angry-men.jpg
The other jurors want Juror #3 to convince them...
The real key to 12 Angry Men's success is Reginald Rose's tightly-wound script, which provides all the jurors with their own flaws and personalities and starts them on a path due east. Then as the film slowly reveals all the flaws and personalities of the people we've never seen (those mentioned at or testifying during the trial), the semblance of doubt begins to take root in more than just one juror's mind, and the path seems to shift ever so subtly until near the end, the jury appears to be heading due west. It's all left to the viewer to decide how they would vote and how they may change their opinion based on the pieces of evidence being examined throughout the film. As far as I'm concerned, the strongest scene in the film the first time I watched it remains the most memorable one to me still: the scene where Juror #8 produces the knife. Besides being the centerpiece of the script, it's also Sidney Lumet's best-directed scene.
My List
1. Alice in Wonderland (#27)
2. The Quiet Man (#51)
3. Paths of Glory (#8)
4. Room at the Top (#73)
5. Rear Window (#2)
6. Some Like It Hot (#11)
7. Friendly Persuasion (Did Not Place)
8. The Caine Mutiny (#80)
9. Sunset Blvd. (#3)
10. The Bridge on the River Kwai (#7)
11. 12 Angry Men (#1)
12. North by Northwest (#5)
13. The Nun’s Story (Did Not Place)
14. People Will Talk (#88)
15. Singin’ in the Rain (#10)
16. The Importance of Being Earnest (Did Not Place)
17. A Streetcar Named Desire (#19)
18. The Trouble with Harry (Did Not Place)
19. Night and Fog (#54)
20. Seven Samurai (#6)
21. Oklahoma! (#97)
22. The King and I (Did Not Place)
23. Guys and Dolls (Did Not Place)
24. The Big Country (#66)
25. Vertigo (#4)

Citizen Rules

10-07-16, 04:32 PM

13. The Nun’s Story (Did Not Place)
22. The King and I (Did Not Place)
23. Guys and Dolls (Did Not Place)
I really liked all those films and all were on my short list but sadly I didn't have the room for them. I thought you might had one of mine on your list Lust for Life.

Harry Lime

10-07-16, 05:15 PM

Ugh. 12 Angry Men won? I hate you all. Even those that didn't vote for it. It's a collective thing.

Harry Lime

10-07-16, 05:16 PM

Big thanks to raul for running this thing. Great job! It's not your fault an average to slightly above average film got the most points...or is it?

Harry Lime

10-07-16, 05:17 PM

And here's my list:

1. Rashomon
2. Vertigo
3. The Searchers
4. Pickpocket
5. Sunset Boulevard
6. Pather Panchali
7. The Night of the Hunter
8. The Music Room
9. Los Olvidados
10. In a Lonely Place
11. Singin' in the Rain
12. Tokyo Story
13. The Bridge on the River Kwai
14. Throne of Blood
15. Moi un noir
16. North by Northwest
17. Mon Oncle
18. Smiles of a Summer Night
19. Voyage in Italy
20. Paths of Glory
21. The Lavendar Hill Mob
22. The Human Condition I
23. The Sun Legend of the End of the Tokugawa Era
24. Touch of Evil
25. Night and Fog

Kaplan

10-07-16, 05:46 PM

I had 12 Angry Men on my list (at #22), but I was really rooting for Rear Window to take the #1 spot. For you see, Rear Window was my #1 film, a film where Hitchcock is at the peak of his mastery of suspense and filmmaking, so much so he has to create additional challenges for himself, such as a protagonist confined to a wheelchair and a limited set, seen only from the vantage of our confined hero. Still, #2 is pretty good.

My complete list...

1. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock - 1954)
2. North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock - 1959)
3. The 400 Blows (François Truffaut - 1959)
4. The Bridge on the River Kwai (David Lean - 1957)
5. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa - 1951)
6. Pickup on South Street (Samuel Fuller - 1953)
7. Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa - 1952)
8. Mon Oncle (Jacques Tati - 1958)
9. Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder - 1950)
10. Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick - 1957)
11. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Don Siegel - 1956)
12. Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot - 1955)
13. From Here to Eternity (Fred Zinnemann - 1953)
14. All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz - 1950)
15. Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud) (Louis Malle - 1958)
16. Stalag 17 (Billy Wilder - 1953)
17. Journey to Italy (Roberto Rossellini - 1954)
18. La Strada (Federico Fellini - 1954)
19. The Killing (Stanley Kubrick - 1956)
20. Singin’ in the Rain (Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen - 1952)
21. Room at the Top (Jack Clayton - 1959)
22. 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet - 1957)
23. Les Diaboliques (Henri Georges Clouzot - 1955)
24. Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks - 1959)
25. Where the Sidewalk Ends (Otto Preminger - 1950)

Frightened Inmate No. 2

10-07-16, 05:48 PM

here's my list. i had five nicholas ray's, five hitchcock's, two kazans and two welles. bolded films didn't make it.

1. Bigger than Life
2. Vertigo
3. Singin' in the Rain
4. Rear Window
5. The Wrong Man
6. Sweet Smell of Success
7. On the Waterfront
8. Johnny Guitar
9. Pickup on South Street
10. The Night of the Hunter
11. Rebel Without a Cause
12. Othello
13. The Bridge on the River Kwai
14. A Face in the Crowd
15. North By Northwest
16. 12 Angry Men
17. The Big Combo
18. In a Lonely Place
19. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
20. Anatomy of a Murder
21. Strangers on a Train
22. Night and the City
23. Touch of Evil
24. Paths of Glory
25. Bitter Victory

and my next 25 in order, just for fun

ace in the hole (watched after submitting list)
the wages of fear
all about eve
the 400 blows
all that heaven allows
the lusty men
east of eden
pather panchali
caged
party girl (watched after submitting list)
lili
gun crazy
the kiling
on dangerous ground
winchester 73
some like it hot
marty
wild strawberries
tokyo story
the tin star
riot in cell block 11
cat on a hot tin roof
wagon master
nights of cabiria
the hitch-hiker

Kaplan

10-07-16, 05:49 PM

Three films from my list didn't make the countdown.

Where the Sidewalk Ends. My 1-pointer. The film noir Laura has many fans, and the film is lauded and will certainly make the 40s list. But Laura has a brother, a brutal and darker brother, and it’s Where the Sidewalk Ends. They share the same director (Otto Preminger) and the same two leads (Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney) and it’s about a cop whose hatred of criminals compels him to cross the line in the name of justice.

Journey to Italy. Roberto Rossellini directed this poignant story of a couple visiting Italy (Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders), whose marriage is in turmoil. Cut off from their home routine, they’re forced to look at each other and question their place in the world, while discovering a connection to the past, and of humanity’s continuous struggles and commonalities. I was really hoping this would make the countdown, and I sort of wish I’d placed it a little higher on my own list.

Elevator to the Gallows. Louis Malle does film noir with a distinct existential style, and Miles Davis provides an experimental, haunting jazz score. I’d seen it a couple times before, but watched it again to see if I wanted it on my list, and obviously it holds up. Maybe I placed it a little high on my list, but it deserved a spot on the countdown for the score, if nothing else.

rauldc14

10-07-16, 05:50 PM

Big thanks to raul for running this thing. Great job! It's not your fault an average to slightly above average film got the most points...or is it?

It was on my list, but Rear Window was my number 1

Frightened Inmate No. 2

10-07-16, 05:52 PM

oh yeah, elevator to the gallows would've been my #16 if i had seen it in time.

jiraffejustin

10-07-16, 05:52 PM

1. Ikiru (1952; Akira Kurosawa)
2. Ordet (1955; Carl Dreyer)
3. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959; Masaki Kobayashi)
4. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959; Masaki Kobayashi)
5. Rear Window (1954; Alfred Hitchcock)
6. The Searchers (1956; John Ford)
7. Sansho the Bailiff (1954; Kenji Mizoguchi)
8. Umberto D. (1952; Vittorio De Sica)
9. Bigger Than Life (1956; Nicholas Ray)
10. The Killing (1956; Stanley Kubrick)
11. Elevator to the Gallows (1958; Louis Malle
12. Johnny Guitar (1954; Nicholas Ray)
13. Seven Samurai (1954; Akira Kurosawa)
14. Rio Bravo (1959; Howard Hawks)
15. Sweet Smell of Success (1957; Alexander Mackendrick)
16. Sunset Blvd. (1950; Billy Wilder)
17. The Furies (1950; Anthony Mann)
18. Day of the Outlaw (1959; Andre De Toth)
19. Singin' in the Rain (1952; Stanley Donen)
20. In a Lonely Place (1950; Nicholas Ray)
21. Kanal (1957; Andrzej Wajda)
22. Dial M for Murder (1954; Alfred Hitchcock)
23. Night and Fog (1955; Alain Resnais)
24. On the Waterfront (1954; Elia Kazan)
25. Underworld Beauty (1958; Seijun Suzuki) (On IMDb this is listed as "Ankokugai no bijo")'

My list

SkyDog

10-07-16, 06:19 PM

Thanks for the time and effort Rauldc. You did great!

I ended up finishing strong, with 8 of the final 10 (all of which I've seen), to hit 24/25.

Seen: 60/100 (+10)
My List: 24/25 (+8)

1. Tokyo Story (21)
2. Ikiru (16)
3. The Seven Samurai (6)
4. Pather Panchali (40)
5. Sunset Blvd. (3)
6. Touch of Evil (20)
7. Vertigo (4)
8. 12 Angry Men (1)
9. Wages of Fear (50)
10. Wild Strawberries (23)
11. Nights of Cabiria (71)
12. Tokyo Twilight (91)
13. H-8 (--)
14. Night of the Hunter (25)
15. Paths of Glory (8)
16. Sansho the Bailiff (34)
17. The 400 Blows (17)
18. Rififi (53)
19. Hiroshima, Mon Amour (75)
20. The Bridge on the River Kwai (7)
21. Singin' in the Rain (10)
22. The Seventh Seal (13)
23. Rear Window (2)
24. Witness for the Prosecution (24)
25. Throne of Blood (38)

I knew H-8 stood no chance - I'd be surprised if anyone else has even seen it.

I feel bummed I wasn't around for the previous polls. Don't have as much viewing experience with the '40s, but I'm planning to participate when it lands...

Swan

10-07-16, 06:23 PM

Raul, you're a champ. :up:

seanc

10-07-16, 06:24 PM

Here is mine

All About Eve
Anatomy Of A Murder
Streetcar Named Desire
Rear Window
Witness For The Prosecution
Dial M For Murder
12 Angry Men
Sunset Blvd
In A Lonely Place
The Sweet Smell Of Success
Detective Story
On The Waterfront
Vertigo
Smiles Of A Summer Night
Ikiru
High Noon
Mon Oncle
Wild Strawberries
The Big Country
Pather Panchali
I Vitteloni
Touch Of Evil
A Face In The Crowd
The Seventh Seal
East Of Eden

The Gunslinger45

10-07-16, 06:34 PM

My number 1's for the countdowns I have done

50's - Seven Samurai
Docs - A Personal Journey through American Cinema with Martin Scorsese (did not place)
60's - Dr Strangelove
Animation - Frozen
70's - Taxi Driver
80's - Blue Velvet
90's - Clerks

NedStark09

10-07-16, 06:56 PM

Raul laid the ground work on how Countdowns should be run. I know some ,may have wanted the movies listed faster But I think Raul ran this so well and should get an ovation.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j314/elfkeke/woohoo.gif (http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j314/elfkeke/woohoo.gif)

Miss Vicky

10-07-16, 06:59 PM

Raul laid the ground work on how Countdowns should be

?

He did a great job... but ground work?

You do realize that we've done quite a few of these types of countdowns before, right?

cricket

10-07-16, 07:32 PM

I'm glad 12 Angry Men won. I didn't vote for it because I don't feel any passion for it at this time, but I think it's a superb film.

Rear Window is the only movie older than me that I've ever seen at the cinema. I loved it, and it was one of the best movie going experiences of my life. I watched it again for this countdown, and like most Hitch, my enthusiasm has lessened. I enjoyed it, but I found it to be silly at times. Hopefully I'll love it again some day.

Where does all the love for a 1 pointer list come from? It was interesting at first when nobody knew it was coming. Now it seems that a lot of folks are intentionally trying to vote for movies that nobody else did. Who cares about about a bunch of crap movies? I'm much more interested in what almost made the countdown.

Fantastic job Raul, your hard work is very much appreciated.

77topaz

10-07-16, 07:41 PM

Hmm... it's interesting that in this countdown the top two films have 719 and 683 points respectively, but if I recall correctly the top two of the sixties countdown both had over one thousand points, and I don't think the difference in the number of submitted lists between these two countdowns was so large that it would explain away the points disparity. So, I guess people are more spread out about their favourite fifties films compared to their favourite sixties films?

edarsenal

10-07-16, 07:44 PM

love the idea of #1 placements

50's Cyrano de Bergerac NO SHOW
60's The Great Escape #30
70's The Godfather #1
90's Leon #23
Now I did participate in the Millennium List but have no record of what I had. . .

Captain Spaulding

10-07-16, 07:50 PM

Captain Spaulding's 50's Ballot

#1) Some Like It Hot
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#2) Rio Bravo
http://media.giphy.com/media/VonocWeUEiYvu/giphy.gif

#3) A Face in the Crowd
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2011/09/19/arts/video-facecrowd/video-facecrowd-videoSmall.jpg

#4) Seven Samurai
https://38.media.tumblr.com/f5540f7061149be64853258cd13c6df5/tumblr_inline_nmrkkgrubD1r4j8j1_500.gif

#5) A Streetcar Named Desire
http://25.media.tumblr.com/d8afe58a0c609b5a8aabf48c14a0d0f7/tumblr_mkwf3ahQbm1rv8zdao1_r1_500.gif

#6) Sunset Boulevard
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oA9zXRrEo88/UKUcZy_NvwI/AAAAAAAAHKE/5xioFgs_fxQ/s1600/readyforcloseup1.gif

#7) The Bridge on the River Kwai
http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m52fv7XgeB1qdx4k4o1_500.gif

#8) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
https://mattsko.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/paul-liz-cat-ona-hot-tin-roof-gif-501.gif

#9) Harvey
https://33.media.tumblr.com/e61da1a54a88d7ffd639f533ccc6c56e/tumblr_mrmt79vrdo1r89qoso1_500.gif

#10) Anatomy of a Murder
https://uproxx.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/saul7.gif

#11) The Gunfighter
https://le0pard13.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/the-gunfighter-1950.jpg

#12) Baby Doll
http://data.whicdn.com/images/58538228/large.gif

#13) Johnny Guitar
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F_F_mb2tvBA/VV2IO9KsULI/AAAAAAAAOGo/DFzUTCpK9xo/s1600/joan%2Bpounds%2Bthe%2Bpiano.gif

#14) The Seven Year Itch
http://66.media.tumblr.com/4bd4abc828b8fb9f3b0a01687b7222a8/tumblr_n7mzx556mG1qfy8apo1_500.gif

#15) The Searchers
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2ex0IaAmbx0/UHbx0zG3ptI/AAAAAAAALM8/iPseh07kKIc/s1600/tumblr_lmnhalwqr11qzyy9go1_500.gif

#16) Rear Window
https://66.media.tumblr.com/b867edd0c9d7200fc466aee088baaf7d/tumblr_nob4awr9QV1rw4rkuo1_500.gif

#17) La Strada
https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrdnzmu5dv1qfg94wo1_500.gif

#18) Strangers on a Train
https://66.media.tumblr.com/e0c552ba1ea0bc99b81429c8aa86e659/tumblr_muf2oimqsU1st94tso1_500.gif

#19) All About Eve
https://mattsko.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/all-about-eve-500.gif

#20) Winchester '73
http://66.media.tumblr.com/aea42e34022bd445648c7edde9bf7b92/tumblr_o7hlejUg1c1v4dcn7o1_r2_400.gif

#21) The Hidden Fortress
https://media.giphy.com/media/9tFyXlqUvbcly/giphy.gif

#22) Rififi
http://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz72c0iJcw1qcay1ao1_500.gif

#23) The Defiant Ones
https://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m384wzdH9v1qi66kho1_500.gif

#24) The Wages of Fear
http://66.media.tumblr.com/a81b745811c34171196bdba94c568ad6/tumblr_n4h094ZceU1tvfwzoo1_500.jpg

#25) Fires on the Plain
http://images.popmatters.com/features_art/l/labowskie-fires-splsh.jpg

Movies That Barely Missed the Cut
The Cranes Are Flying
Marty
In a Lonely Place
The Lusty Men
Kanal
Wild Strawberries
Touch of Evil
Forbidden Games
It Should Happen to You
The Killing

Miss Vicky

10-07-16, 08:09 PM

Cobpyth

10-07-16, 08:19 PM

Also going to steal Camo's idea.

My #1 film for each list:

90s: Goodfellas - #1
80s: Once Upon a Time in America - #16
70s: Chinatown - #6
Animation: Spirited Away - #3
60s: 8 1/2 - #16
50s: Vertigo - #4

NedStark09

10-07-16, 08:20 PM

As too your comments Vicky this is my first and only countdown i took part in so i dont know anyone elses work. All I know is it was ran the very best possible and it felt like an event.

cricket

10-07-16, 08:29 PM

@Cricket

I'm not sure why you think the 1 pointers list is "crap" movies. I genuinely love the film I put at number 25, but I knew that it stood no chance of making the list proper. I put it at 25 in hopes of getting it some recognition.

I'm guessing some others may be voting for something they wouldn't have, had it not been for a 1 pointer list. For your movie, if you had it higher, wouldn't it get better recognition? I just think that someone putting a movie at the end of their list, and being the only one to vote for it, is not really doing anything positive for the movie.

Miss Vicky

10-07-16, 08:34 PM

As too your comments Vicky this is my first and only countdown i took part in so i dont know anyone elses work. All I know is it was ran the very best possible and it felt like an event.

I'm not denying that, but that doesn't make this countdown "groundwork." You act like the fact that you weren't here for those other lists means that they don't count.

Raul is just the latest in a line of countdown hosts that put in the considerable time, work, and dedication it takes to make one of these happen.

Miss Vicky

10-07-16, 08:35 PM

Sexy Celebrity

10-07-16, 08:37 PM

This is over? Were the 1 Pointer Sisters revealed?

77topaz

10-07-16, 09:18 PM

I don't have many countdowns yet for the #1 Placements thing, but I'll try it anyway:

60's: 2001: A Space Odyssey - #1
50's: Rashomon - #9
Action: Don't know yet, but hopefully in the Top 10

77topaz

10-07-16, 09:19 PM

This is over? Were the 1 Pointer Sisters revealed?

Nope, not yet...

cricket

10-07-16, 09:23 PM

90's: Goodfellas
80's: An American Werewolf in London
70's: Taxi Driver
Animation: Ratatouille
60's: Elmer Gantry
50's: The Seven Samurai
If I had sent In an action list: Die Hard

Beatle

10-07-16, 11:18 PM

The Bridge on the River Kwai was my favorite and no1, I'm that looser who's in Raul's post.

7 is pretty good, but I'd be lying by saying I'm not bitterly disappointed to see it higher or even at no1. Still, 7 is pretty good.

dadgumblah

10-07-16, 11:34 PM

Great job, Raul! I highly enjoyed this countdown, with so many great movies from the 50's to choose from.

I had Rear Window at #4 and Twelve Angry Men at #14. Rear Window is my favorite Hitchcock film and Twelve Angry Men is a superb film. I had only seen the latter in the last year, I believe, but it stays with me and I want to see it again. So, here is my complete list:

1.Night of the Hunter #25
2.The Searchers #19
3.Harvey #31
4.Rear Window #2
5.The Ten Commandments #29
6.Shane #64
7.Witness For the Prosecution #24
8.East of Eden #43
9.All About Eve #12
10.Seven Samurai #6
11.The Bridge on the River Kwai #7
12.The Big Country #66
13.Ben-Hur #30
14.12 Angry Men #1
15.The Asphalt Jungle (did not place)
16.Anatomy of a Murder #35
17.Bad Day at Black Rock (did not place)
18.The Quiet Man #51
19.On the Waterfront #15
20.Singin' in the Rain #10
21.North by Northwest #5
22.Some Like It Hot #11
23.Wild Strawberries #23
24.High Noon #28
25.The Band Wagon (didn't place)

Omnizoa

10-07-16, 11:44 PM

I see five people other than me had it as their #1: step forward and be counted! :)

1. 12 Angry Men
2. Alice in Wonderland
3. Rabbit Fire
4. Duck Amuck
5. Duck Dodgers in the 24th and 1/2 Century
6. What’s Opera, Doc?
7. Ali Baba Bunny
8. Seven Samurai
9. Forbidden Planet
10. Lady and the Tramp
11. Sleeping Beauty
12. Cinderella
13. Ikiru
14. Peter Pan
15. Seventh Seal

12 Angry Men...won, for all of you who had it on your list, I have one question, was the kid accused of murder, innocent?
That's not answered in the movie, so no one can say for sure, but there is a reasonable doubt that he is guilty. That distinction is important.

Nope1172

10-07-16, 11:50 PM

Here was my fill list:

1. Seven Samurai
2. North by Northwest
3. Paths of Glory
4. Singin' in the Rain
5. 12 Angry Men
6. Ace in the Hole
7. Rear Window
8. Bridge on the River Kwai
9. Dial M for Murder
10. Rashomon
11. The Hitchhiker
12. The Day the Earth Stood Still
13. Witness for the Prosecution
14. High Noon
15. On the Waterfront
16. Strangers on a Train
17. Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
18. Rififi
19. Some Like it Hot
20. Sunset Boulevard
21. The Searchers
22. Forbidden Planet
23. Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
24. Mon Oncle
25. Godzilla Raids Again
_______

Friendly Mushroom!

10-08-16, 12:16 AM

Nope1172

10-08-16, 12:17 AM

Oh **** that was my one pointer! :mad::p
No way! :lol:

Friendly Mushroom!

10-08-16, 12:32 AM

Guess so. So um, should we ask for a 2-point list?

NedStark09

10-08-16, 12:57 AM

can we show our lists now or do we need to wait till 1 pointers is done

Friendly Mushroom!

10-08-16, 01:36 AM

You can show

Fabulous

10-08-16, 02:25 AM

My List:

1. 12 Angry Men
2. Dial M for Murder
3. The Bridge on the River Kwai
4. Stalag 17
5. The 400 Blows
6. The Enemy Below
7. The Man Who Knew Too Much
8. The Ten Commandments
9. North by Northwest
10. On the Waterfront
11. Ace in the Hole
12. Paths of Glory
13. The Trouble with Harry
14. The Nun's Story
15. Rear Window
16. Vertigo
17. Sunset Boulevard
18. Rio Bravo
19. The African Queen
20. The Flame and the Arrow
21. Singin' in the Rain
22. Bad Day at Black Rock
23. A Streetcar Named Desire
24. The Night of the Hunter
25. No Way Out

Horroist

10-08-16, 03:28 AM

A fantastic compilation indeed!

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m012qqWobt1rn5b0zo1_400.gif

Great job, Raul!

Here's my complete list:

1. Rashomon (1950)
2. Pather Panchali (1955)
3. 12 Angry Men (1957)
4. Seven Samurai (1954)
5. Wild Strawberries (1957)
6. Tokyo Story (1953)
7. Jalsaghar [The Music Room] (1958)
8. The Seventh Seal (1957)
9. The Wages of Fear (1953)
10. On the Waterfront (1954)
11. Ugestu (1953)
12. High Noon (1952)
13. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
14. Ben-Hur (1959)
15. The Ten Commandments (1956)
16. Paths of Glory (1957)
17. Les diaboliques (1955)
18. The 400 Blows (1959)
19. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
20. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
21. Rear Window (1954)
22. Vertigo (1958)
23. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
24. Roman Holiday (1953)
25. Singin' in the Rain (1952)

gbgoodies

10-08-16, 03:30 AM

Thank You Raul for running a great countdown! You did a fantastic job! :up:

I see five people other than me had it as their #1: step forward and be counted! :)

It should have been easy to figure out that 12 Angry Men was #1 on my list because I nominated it for the second 50s HoF. I was hoping that would give it the push it needed to top this countdown, and it looks like it worked. :D

My 1950s List:
1. 12 Angry Men (1957)
2. An Affair to Remember (1957)
3. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
4. Oklahoma! (1955)
5. Dial M for Murder (1954)

6. Brigadoon (1954)
7. North by Northwest (1959)
8. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
9. Damn Yankees (1958)
10. Strangers on a Train (1951)

11. Harvey (1950)
12. Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
13. Calamity Jane (1953)
14. Carousel (1956)
15. The Gazebo (1959)

16. The Pajama Game (1957)
17. Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
18. Pillow Talk (1959)
19. The Court Jester (1955 or 1956)
20. Tea for Two (1950)

21. The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
22. It Should Happen to You (1954)
23. Vertigo (1958)
24. Rear Window (1954)
25. Hopefully will be on the one-pointers list.

All the movies listed in red were on my list, but they didn't make the countdown. :( Hopefully some of you will at least watch some of these movies, and maybe even love them as much as I love them. :) Or, maybe not. :shrug:

12 Angry Men...won, for all of you who had it on your list, I have one question, was the kid accused of murder, innocent?

Whether or not he's innocent is not the point of the movie. The point is that the 12 jurors went into the jury room so sure that he was guilty that they were ready to convict him in just a few minutes, but one lone juror was able to show the other 11 jurors that it wasn't as clear-cut as it seemed, and there was room for doubt.

gbgoodies

10-08-16, 03:37 AM

Oh, and for my countdown #1's, I'm usually pretty far off the mark, and sometimes, my #1's don't even make the countdown. :shrug:

1950s: 12 Angry Men (1957) (#1)
1960s: Sunday in New York (1963) (#200)
1970s: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (#14)
Animation: WALL-E (2008) (#4)
Documentaries: Raiding the Lost Ark: A Filmumentary (Jamie Benning-2012) (#131)

SilentVamp

10-08-16, 12:37 PM

Since I am at the library's computer, I only have about 30 minutes left on here, but I have finally made it through all of the posts that I missed in this countdown and now I will reveal my list:

1. Compulsion
2. Dial M for Murder (14)
3. Harvey (31)
4. Marty (100)
5. Strangers On a Train (32)
6. Oklahoma (97)
7. A Face In the Crowd (49)
8. The Defiant Ones
9. Giant (77)
10. Singin' In the Rain (10)
11. High Noon (28)
12. Father Of the Bride
13. Friendly Persuasion
14. Witness For the Prosecution (24)
15. Cat On a Hot Tin Roof (62)
16. The Diary of Anne Frank
17. The Importance of Being Earnest
18. To Hell and Back
19. Julius Caesar
20. Blackboard Jungle
21. Somebody Up There Likes Me
22. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
23. Anatomy Of a Murder (35)
24. Smiles Of a Summer Night (56)
25. Pillow Talk

I made the one-pointer list for the 60's, but I know my 25th film won't make it this time because I know I saw it on someone else's list.

Nostromo87

10-08-16, 02:42 PM

Thanks for hosting Raul.
Even though I didn't give it a lot of points I'd have liked to see Sunset Blvd win.

Nostromo's 1950s List

#25. Queen of Outer Space (1958)

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#24. Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman (1958)

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#23. Bell, Book & Candle (1958)

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Jimmy Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, & witchcraft!

#22. Paths of Glory (1957)

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#21. Sunset Blvd (1950)

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Several years ago I'd have put this #1, probably

#20. I Was A Teenage Werewolf (1957)

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A James Dean clone werewolf movie

#19. House on Haunted Hill (1959)

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#18. House of Wax (1953)

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#17. Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)

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#16. Curse Of The Demon (1957)

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#15. Treasure Island (1950)

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#14. The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad (1958)

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#13. Alice In Wonderland (1951)

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#12. The Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)

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#11. The Mummy (1959)

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#10. The Fly (1958)

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#9. Horror Of Dracula (1958)

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#8. The Mad Magician (1954)

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Underseen Vincent Price gem

#7. A Christmas Carol (1951)

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There are so many versions of it, I'm most likely to see this or the George C. Scott version. Also wanted it to be like I am giving Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield for Christmas

#6. The Seven Year Itch (1955)

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#5. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)

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Jayne did it! She beat Marilyn Monroe finally

#4. The Girl Can't Help It (1956)

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#3. Gidget (1959)

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A little teenage girl goes to the beach and gets made fun of by her friends and the older surfer boys. She decides she wants to become a surfer girl, after almost drowning 20 feet from shore. A heartfelt film. I can't believe I put Gidget ahead of Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield.

#2. King Creole (1958)

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Underseen, underrated classic

#1. Viva Zapata! (1952)

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Movie made me do push-ups and smoke a cigar at the same time, so it has to win

The End

Omnizoa

10-08-16, 03:40 PM

So I don't want to be that person, but uh... when can I start crossin' stuff out?

honeykid

10-08-16, 04:38 PM

Excellent work, Dustin. :)

I had the last two films on my list, as you can see. Anyway, here's what the top 25 should've looked like.

1. Seven Samurai
2. All About Eve
3. The Cruel Sea
4. Les Diabolique
5. Sunset Boulevard
6. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
7. Throne Of Blood
8. Night And Fog
9. Niagara
10. The Dam Busters
11. The Sweet Smell Of Success
12. 12 Angry Men
13. Dracula (The Horror Of Dracula)
14. Singin' In The Rain
15. The Asphalt Jungle
16. Touch Of Evil
17. Them!
18. House On Haunted Hill
19. The Seventh Seal
20. An Inspector Calls
21. Julius Caesar
22. Carve Her Name With Pride
23. I'm All Right Jack
24. The House Of Wax
25. The Killer Shrews

Chypmunk

10-08-16, 04:40 PM

25. The Killer Shrews
Sheer class :up:

77topaz

10-08-16, 05:52 PM

My whole list (well, except the film that might still be revealed as a one-pointer):
1. Rashomon (1950) (#9)
2. Tokyo Story (1953) (#21)
3. Seven Samurai (1954) (#6)
4. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) (#47)
5. Vertigo (1958) (#4)
6. Floating Weeds (1959) (#78)
7. Paths of Glory (1957) (#8)
8. Early Summer (1951)
9. Tokyo Twilight (1957) (#91)
10. Early Spring (1956)
11. The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (1952)
12. The Killing (1956) (#52)
13. The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
14. Throne of Blood (1957) (#38)
15. Ikiru (1952) (#16)
16. Forbidden Planet (1956) (#55)
17. North by Northwest (1959) (#5)
18. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) (#36)
19. The Seventh Seal (1957) (#13)
20. Rear Window (1954) (#2)
21. Rebel Without a Cause (1955) (#39)
22. Sunset Boulevard (1950) (#3)
23. Othello (1952)
24. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
25. Probably a one-pointer

Yoda

10-08-16, 06:33 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9-w-A1B1mg

Not as in depth as I'd like. But still good.

Citizen Rules

10-08-16, 06:43 PM

Thanks for posting that Yoda, very interesting, I enjoyed watching it. Yes the cinematography was amazing. An excerpt from my review of 12 Angry Men
I was impressed with the cinematography, especially the establishing camera shot of the court house building. I loved the way the camera made the building look monolithic and imposing. Then the camera goes inside to an upper deck and looks down at the people coming into the building, and it makes them look so small and insignificant....Brilliantly done!

Then the camera shot becomes close up and personal as we follow different people down the corridors. Finally the camera pauses for 2 seconds at these huge and foreboding court room doors. Then into the courtroom itself.....What a wonderful done opening shot!

NedStark09

10-08-16, 06:53 PM

Ned's 25 50s List

1 Rio Bravo
2 Treasure Island
3 The Ten Commandments
4 Seven Samurai
5 Godzilla
6 Old Yeller
7 North By Northwest
8 Vertigo
9 Ben-Hur
10 The Searchers
11 Shane
12 The Robe
13 Rear Window
14 Creature From The Black Lagoon
15 Peter Pan
16 The African Queen
17 High Noon
18 Cinderella
19 Hondo
20 Day The Earth Stood Still
21 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
22 Lady And The Tramp
23 Blood Alley
24 Alice In Wonderland
25 Ivanhoe.

Omnizoa

10-08-16, 07:00 PM

Excerpt from my review:

Ultimately as much as crime solving may be an interesting idea for a movie, it doesn't appear to be the purpose of this movie. We never see the defendant again after the opening and really the movie neither seems to be about the characters themselves or the legal process. It seems to be about nothing less than the value of rationality in the pursuit of justice.

We have a sort of Inception moment partway through the movie where Fonda's character, Davis (he's one of maybe 3 characters ever named, but not referred to by name), is in the bathroom and another character asks him, "What if you convince all of us he's innocent and he really did do it?"

That's a good question, what if he really did do it? Reasonable doubt is not proof, so even if everybody sides Not Guilty, it's still possible the kid committed the crime and gets away with it.

The movie never explores this question, but perhaps because the answer should be reasonable to infer given the course of reasoning offered to us? Okay, let's say he did it: What does that mean?

It doesn't mean he'll kill again. It doesn't mean he didn't feel bad about it. It doesn't even mean the murder wasn't justified. All it means is that a criminal wasn't punished.

The inverse of that is an innocent who is punished.

Not punishing a criminal isn't an inherent moral wrong, it's a neutral judgment. If the punishment is death then it's a crime we are committing which is morally excusable. It's not morally "good" to put criminals to death, but it's not morally "bad" either, SO LONG... as the criminal in question is actually guilty and deserving of that level of judgment.

That's what's in question here. Davis begins the movie with no hard evidence to suggest the kid's innocence, but circumstances provoke him to question the fairness of such a verdict. Maybe he is guilty, but is he guilty of a crime worth killing him for?

Even if none of that were in question though, the original question still remains an important one: What if he's guilty and he gets away with it?

Well, then that presents us a new conundrum: Which is worse? To give a killer a second chance or to condemn an innocent to death?

I think the implications speak for themselves: What we have to lose letting a killer go free is indefinite, and while it could potentially prove far more disastrous than one innocent death, one innocent death is precisely a consequence we can be certain of if we make the wrong decision. And even then it begs the question of whether condemning innocents can even be justified given a certain outcome.

What sort of justice is that?