Top 5 favorite Woody Allen films
 

Mine are:
Annie Hall
Hannah and her sisters
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Manhattan
Love & Death/ Sleeper

Ok maybe top 6, what are yours?

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As a director:

Hannah and Her Sisters
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Bullets Over Broadway
Manhattan
Manhattan Murder Mystery

I'd have to add Play It Again, Sam if we include films he wrote and starred in, although Herbert Ross directed it.

There are many others which are on the cusp and could be included without my feeling guilty.

This is in no particular order:

Love and Death
Midnight in Paris
Bullets over Broadway
Annie Hall
Purple Rose of Cairo

This is very difficult to choose because each of his films are so unique and powerful in different ways. Crimes and Misdemeanors should probably be on that list as well.

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The early funny ones. The worst is when he is foolish enough to think he is Ingmar Bergman. Not only is Interiors a very bad movie, it is one of the worst movies ever made by someone who wasn't named Ed Wood.

I've got some pretty big gaps here, and probably some unusual opinions, but I tend to like his goofier efforts. In order, my favorites are:

1. Sleeper
2. Annie Hall
3. Everyone Says I Love You
4. Manhattan Murder Mystery
5. Small-Time Crooks

Didn't really dig much on Manhattan, though I realize I'm probably in the minority there. There's also a pretty big gap for me between those top three and all the others.

I liked Stardust Memories, thou in that he was trying to be more Fellini than Bergman. I liked it thou.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jTpD7xk1Bc&feature=related

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That just missed my top 5. Decent enough (if uneven), and extra points for being MST3K's progenitor.

Top five...

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• Crimes & Misdemeanors
• Hannah & Her Sisters
• Bullets Over Broadway
• Love & Death
• Manhattan Murder Mystery

Bottom five...

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• Hollywood Ending
• Anything Else
• The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
• Celebrity
• Shadows & Fog

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In no particular order

Annie Hall
Mighty Aphrodite
Celebrity
Vicky Christina Barcelona
Manhattan

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It's not that bad. Why do you think that about Interiors? forgetting the Ingmar Bergman aspect. I take it you don't like September either?

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Annie Hall
Sweet and Low Down
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Crimes & Misdemeanors
Purple Rose of Cairo

There are a bunch I'd need to see again before knowing how to rank them all, and a few that might bump some off of this top five...

Good question:

Sleeper
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Hannah and Her Sisters
Everybody Says I Love You
Annie Hall

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I mean, A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy is also a Bergman movie, Smiles of a Summer Night, to be exact. Do you hate that too?

And let's see...

Manhattan
Bullets over Broadway
Annie Hall
Hannah and Her Sisters
Zelig

This list is just what I'm feeling right now. I love so many of them, it's so hard to choose just five!

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Annie Hall
Sleeper
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Zelig
Love and Death

Mine are...

Sleeper
Annie Hall
Crimes and Misdemeaners
Purple Rose of Cairo
Hannah and Her Sisters

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1. Match Point

2. Annie Hall

3. Crimes and Misdemeanors

4. Radio Days

5. Sleeper


a few runner-ups: Mighty Aphrodite, Sweet and Lowdown, Scoop, Shadows and Fog

Really really enjoyed Midnight in Paris. Allen's jab at the "crypto-facist airhead zombies" tea party was delicious and perfect.

As Director

Broadway Danny Rose
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Radio Days
Annie Hall
Hannah and Her Sisters

Others

The Front - actor
Play It Again Sam - writer, actor.

Could only come up with a top ten.

As a director in no particular order:

• Annie Hall
• Interiors
• Hannah and Her Sisters
• Bullets Over Broadway
• Manhattan
• The Purple Rose of Cairo
• September
• Radio Days
• Husbands and Wives
• Mighty Aphrodite

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Nice to see more love for Interiors.

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Bloody Hell.

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What?

I think he said "Bloody Hell" :laugh:

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:dizzy:

Always loved Interiors. Such a powerful and emotional film. It truly showed the diversity of Allen.

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1. Hannah and Her Sisters
2. Purple Rose of Cairo
3. Manhattan
4. Mighty Aphrodite
5. Play it Again Sam (as writer and performer)

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1. Crimes and Misdemeanors
2. Manhattan
3. Hannah and her Sisters
4. Midnight in Paris
5. Annie Hall

I've seen 12 of his films if i counted right, still got a few of his most acclaimed ones to see like Crimes and Misdemeanors.

1.Take the Money and Run
2.Mahattan
3.The Purple Rose of Cairo
4.Annie Hall
5.Midnight in Paris

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1. Annie Hall
2. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex
3. Crimes and Misdemeanors
4. Bullets Over Broadway
5. Hannah and Her Sisters

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So great to see some love for Small Time Crooks...that movie cracks me up and I think it's one of Woody's most underrated films.

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I highly recommend Crimes and Misdemeanors...brilliant film.

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I'm going to be (deliberately) controversial with my #5 pick:

1) Crimes and Misdemeanors
2) Stardust Memories
3) Manhattan
4) Bullets Over Broadway
5) Celebrity

Do I actually think Celebrity is a better film than for instance Radio Days or Hannah and Her Sisters? Probably not, but I do love it quite a bit and it astounds me that I'm one of the very few people who does.

Nice to see some love for Small Time Crooks.

My three favorite Woody Allen movies are Midnight in Paris, Zelig, and Match Point. I don't think it's an accident that they are all very different movies. A number of his movies just blend together as one group of quality

Four and five are tricky, I guess I'll go safe with Annie Hall and Everything you ever wanted to know about sex....

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Over Christmas I bought my 50th Woody Allen film. That wraps up the movies he wrote and directed plus some of his earlier films that he wrote and starred in. I still need a few that he wrote like Don't Drink the water (both versions) A Crisis inn Six scenes if it is ever released on Video, and his shorts if they are available.

After rewatching Hannah and Her Sisters a few weeks ago, I'd definitely put that in my top 5 as well. Stunning film. I'm curious what a rewatch of Radio Days would do to me.

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1. Manhattan
2. Midnight in Paris
3. Crimes and Misdemeanors
4. Hannah and Her Sisters
5. Zelig
6. Annie Hall

I've said elsewhere I love Woody Allen's films. Manhattan is his masterpiece. I can watch Midnight in Paris over and over, and I pretty much did the first year of its release. I usually watch Hannah and Her Sisters every November, though I sort of skipped it this year, except it was on TCM or something shortly after Thanksgiving and I caught chunks of it. There's only a few of his that are a real chore to get through.

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1. Crimes and Misdemeanors
2. Blue Jasmine
3. Hannah and Her Sisters
4. Midnight in Paris
5. Manhattan

That grouping probably says something about me...

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1) Annie Hall
2) Sleeper
3) The Purple Rose of Cairo
4) Manhattan
5) Bananas

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Sleeper
Midsummer Night's sex Comedy
manhattan Murder Mystery
Small time Crooks
Scoop

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1. Manhattan
2. Crimes and Misdemeanors
3. Love and Death
4. Broadway Danny Rose
5. Radio Days

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Bananas

Play It Again Sam

Mighty Aphrodite

Annie Hall

Love And Death

Sleeper

5) Take the Money and Run
4) Sleeper
3) Love and Death
2) A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
1) Manhattan

Annie Hall
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Stardust Memories
Love and Death
Interiors

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If movies he directed:

Annie Hall
Manhattan
Broadway Danny Rose
Hannah and Her Sisters
Crimes and Misdemeanors

But I love The Front as much as anything and I'd like to add Manhattan Murder Mystery is a lot of fun.

1. Annie Hall
2. Play it Again, Sam
3. Manhattan
4. Love and Death
5. Manhattan Murder Mystery

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One of my favourite directors, even when he makes a lesser film, it still worth seeing.

In no order

1 Hannah & Her Sisters
2 Zelig
3 Love And Death
4 Crimes & Misdemeanors
5 Take The Money And Run

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Sleeper
Zelig
Love and Death
Broadway Danny Rose
Annie Hall/Bullets over Broadway

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I'll go with top 3


Midnight in Paris
Cassandra's Dream
Vicky Cristina Barcelona


yes I know my taste in Woody Allen movies is so different than anybody else :rolleyes:

Very pleased with your #1...I think it's Woody's best film

Nice to see some love for Small Time Crooks, but I hated Scoop

Nice to see some love for Everyone Says I Love You, but with a list of 15 films, I'm surprised no love for Hannah and her Sisters? Curious as to why that one didn't make your list?

hadn't seen it at that point, definitely top 5

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This is tough. These are my favorites. Although I could easily change my mind here.

Love and Death
Deconstructing Harry
Sweet and Lowdown
Manhattan
Play It Again Sam (yeah, I’m counting it)

Honorable mentions (cheating)
Melinda and Melinda
Blue Jasmine
Small Time Crooks

Same here! I definitely go with the earlier films like Sleeper, Take the Money and Run, and Bananas.

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Annie Hall
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Match Point
Zelig
Love and Death

Let me try this again
1. Hannah and Her Sisters
2. Purple Rose of Cairo
3. Midnight in Paris
4. Play it Again Sam (as writer and performer)
5. Mighty Aphrodite

I really enjoy most of his films that I've seen, but top 5 for me at this time:

1. Broadway Danny Rose
2. Annie Hall
3. Sleeper
4. Zelig
5. Bananas

Probably my least favorite director, ever.


Sorry...

Manhattan = Annie Hall




Other Woody Allen films

Sorry, but none. He's my least favorite actor.

You just kinda blew my mind, I wasn't even thinking of him as an actor.

He thought he was one. :)

With probably the most notable filmography in the history of cinema, it is impossible to list only 5 of his films.
I think only 3-4 of them can't be called masterpieces.
I've seen most of his films numerous times (some of them 10-12 times and can't stop do it). Woody is also superb when act in his works. It took me some time to get used to when he stopped acting.
For a man like me who just live with the art in his veins, I can't imagine the life without a new movie by Allen every year and constant re-watch of all titles in his catalog.

Anyway, here are my top 10 listed chronologically:

• Take the Money and Run
• Annie Hall
• Broadway Danny Rose
• Hannah and Her Sisters
• Radio Days
• Husbands and Wives
• Deconstructing Harry
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Whatever Works
• You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
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Damn, can't stop...what a feast...

• The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
• To Rome With Love
• A Rainy Day in New York

Manhattan
Annie Hall
Stardust Memories
Love and Death
Hannah and Her Sisters

Annie Hall
Stardust Memories (surprised how much this has people split on it)
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Love and Death
Crimes and Misdemeanors

I've only seen Manhattan and Annie Hall. I think the former film is great and the latter film is good.

Got a bunch of blind spots but here we go:


Annie Hall
Sleeper
Bananas
Broadway Danny Rose
Play it Again, Sam (an honorary Allen movie, if not one he actually directed)

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Zelig
Midnight in Paris
Bullets over Broadway
Love and Death
Bananas, or... dunno, maybe I should mention also one of the Manhattan/Annie Hall subgenre, some are very good but my memories of them have merged a bit.

Only seen three, so three it is....

1. Blue Jasmine
2. Bananas
3. Annie Hall

Don't @ me :shifty:

1. Stardust Memories
2. Zelig
3. Love and Death
4. Broadway Danny Rose
5. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask

Better than Annie Hall, imo.

Blasphemy!

Annie Hall was a pretty good Sam reboot.

*puts hands over his ears*
Can’t hear you!

In all seriousness, I’m glad to see someone else appreciate Stardust Memories. Underrated film.

Since this thread is active again, I might as well update this:

1. Manhattan
2. Hannah And Her Sisters
3. Crimes and Misdemeanors
4. Annie Hall