stevo3001's Top 100 Movies
 

This looks like fun, I'd like to give it a try:

100: When The Wind Blows (Jimmy T Murakami, UK 86)

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Quaint little cartoon story of a sweet old couple pottering around their cottage before and after nuclear war. Hard to watch, harder to forget, especially in its outstanding ending.



99: Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa, Japan 61)

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Mifune’s charisma enables him to believably and thrillingly manipulate everyone into a great sword showdown in a bravura Kurosawa display.



98: His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, USA 40)

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Repartee so fast and sharp that the inevitability of some of the plot is easily overlooked.



97: House of Flying Daggers (Zhang Yimou, China 04)
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So very beautiful.



96: Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, USA 59)

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Great work from everyone involved producing some of the funniest movie magic.



95: The Straight Story (David Lynch, USA 99)

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Richard Farnsworth personifies real goodness in a pure, deeply affecting film that gets better and better as it starts to age.



94: Do The Right Thing (Spike Lee, USA 89)

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Mesmerising as it simmers, shocking as it boils over.


93: Jesus of Montreal (Denys Arcand, Canada 89)
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The lead actor in a radical passion play finds his life starting to follow a pattern in an eerie film that is both spiritual and sceptical.



92: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel Coen, USA 00)

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A feel-great experience, with lovable performance and hilarious dialogue complemented by an inspired soundtrack.



91: Alien (Ridley Scott, USA 79)

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Introducing one of the greatest action heroes and some of the most terrifying monsters in the bleakest and scariest of the series.

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Pretty good start , I'll probably check out some of the films you've mentioned already

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90: The President’s Last Bang (Sang-soo Im, South Korea 05)

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Political thrillers don’t come any more lean, muscular and exciting than this true story.



89: Dawn of the Dead (George Romero, USA 79)

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Superbly constructed film that catches you in a world, in a mall, that seems like a drowsy version of reality rather than a fantasy.



88: The Haunting (Robert Wise, USA 63)

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Things go bump in the night. They do nothing but go bump, and the film is far scarier for it.



[87: The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, USA 80)

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The series hits by far its greatest peak in a darkly majestic piece.



86: Grave of the Fireflies (Isao Takahate, Japan 88)

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Heartbreaking.



85: Ratatouille (Brad Bird, USA 07)

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Master craftsmanship (as usual) from Pixar which, as well as being a fine film, adds to the experience of criticism and eating.



84: Earth (Aleksandr Dovzhenko, USSR 30)

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Poetic, forceful propaganda about the value of the land, the people and their power to gain from the land.



83: Kung Fu Hustle (Stephen Chow, China 04)

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Crazy and extremely fun.



82: All About Eve (Joseph L Mankiewicz, USA 50)

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Bette Davis is legendary in this crackling, nasty comedy.



81: Ran (Akira Kurosawa, Japan 85)

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Gorgeous and immense.

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I like. :)

Anyone who starts with When The Wind Blows immediately has my attention. ;)

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Interesting list so far. When the Wind Blows is based on the Raymond Briggs book, no? I never knew there was a film adaptation, I'll have to see if I can find it.

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Yep, it is. Well worth watching too. ;)

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Interesting list.... can't wait to see what else you have on it... :)

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80: Shane (George Stevens, USA 53)

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What ‘heroes’ ‘should’ do and how we need them.



79: Threads (Mick Jackson, UK 84)

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Traumatising.



78: Sonatine (Takeshi Kitano, Japan 93)

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Elegant, sad and haunting.



77: Spoorloos (George Sluizer, Holland 88)

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Simple, extremely effective and challenging horror. The final decision Rex makes says a lot about the difference between a) cinema logic and real logic; b) overstressed logic and clear logic.



76: L’Atalante (Jean Vigo, France 34)

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Evocative, wonderfully acted love story.



75: Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, Japan 50)

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Fascinating and groundbreaking.



74: The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (Robert Wiene, Germany 20)

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So very far from our world.



73: The Blues Brothers (John Landis, USA 80)

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Cool.



72: Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, USA 42)

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Quite a lot has already been written about this movie, and most of it is true.



71: Woyzeck (Werner Herzog, West Germany 79)

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Some moments, including the opening sequence, are up there with the finest of Herzog and Kinski, and the film lasts long in the memory.

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70: Atanarjuat (Zacharias Kunuk, Canada 01)

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Timeless and truly amazing preservation of an Inuit legend.



69: Sholay (Ramesh Sippy, India 75)

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All-out Bollywood asskicker, consistently exciting and aided by a terrific score.



68: The Searchers (John Ford, USA 56)

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The searching seems almost more important than the finding in this epic, until we see what is found and what is then left behind.



67: Ugetsu Monogatari (Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan 53)

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Artful and spooky.



66: Fargo (Joel Coen, USA 96)

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Can’t decide which scene or character I love most in this masterfully cratfed gem.



65: The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, Algeria/Italy 66)

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Powerful, instructive film with a documentary realism and urgency.



64: Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, USA 59)

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That all you got?’ ‘That’s what I got.’ Among a lot of other things, maybe the greatest buddy movie.



63: Trois Coleurs: Blanc (Krzysztof Kieslowski, France 94)

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‘Home at last!’ :lol: Most immediate and enjoyable and also, for me, the most memorable of the renowned trilogy.



62: La Regle du Jeu (Jean Renoir, France 39)

http://www.filmreference.com/images/sjff_01_img0411.jpg

Perceptive, savage and important.



61: F***ing Amal (Lukas Moodysson, Sweden 98)

http://www.filmfestivals.com/berlin99/img/amal.jpg

Moodysson uses his gift for creating endearing characters to fabulous effect in this real, heartwarming story.

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Interesting you pick White out of the trilogy. I prefered Red myself.

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He's got 60 more movies.

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Here's the deal: He's not you. Amazing, innit?

Top list Stevo. There are some wonderfully interesting and diverse films there (and a few which are all out wonderful). ;)

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60: Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, USA 79)

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Spectacular madness with repeated stunning moments.



59: Once Were Warriors (Lee Tamahori, New Zealand 94)

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Brutally powerful.




58: Le Trou (Jacques Becker, France 60)

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Fascinating mechanics and logistics of a prison break.



57: Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, UK 62)

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Epic journey brought to the screen with nearly flawless skill.




56: Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog, USA 05)

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The bears (and the nature photography overall) are magnificent and Treadwell is the least likely of Herzog mad heroes in this mindblowing, multilayered documentary



54= The Godfather & The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, USA 72 & 74)

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Stately and impressive.



53: Amadeus (Milos Forman, USA 84)

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Salieri’s predicament is an unusual and, especially here, a very interesting one; how do you cope with a rival who is boorish and insolent but can write music that sings with ‘the voice of God’?



52: Raising Arizona (Joel Coen, USA 87)

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The first several minutes are just about as good as anything in recent cinematic history. The rest is awful damn good too.



51: The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, France 53)

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Keeps your nerves on edge for almost all the film.

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Right, will not voice opinion on other people's list...got it. Thank you so much.

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Great list so far, I love that that you have Kung fu Hustle on there. I tell people about that one all the time. I still haven't seen Shaolin Soccer (also Stephen Chow) but have heard that's pretty good too.

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50: 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, USA 68)

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Many very different classic scenes.



49: The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, UK 73)

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Makes olde British tradition, folk music and Britt Ekland unavoidably unsettling .



48:Alexander Nevsky (Sergei Eisenstein, USSR 38)

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Glorious patriotic rabble-rouser.



47: Grosse Pointe Blank (George Armitage, USA 97)

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Witty, endearing, uplifting; I love watching this movie.



46: An Inconvenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim, USA 06)

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A message this important needed to be perfectly delivered. It is.



45: Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, USSR 25)

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Monumental.





44: Pom Poko (Isao Takahata, Japan 94)

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Starts out silly, ends up heartrending, always imaginative.



43: Persona (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden 66)

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Intriguing thought piece.



42: Au Hasard, Balthazar (Robert Bresson, France 66)

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A simple, dignified and profoundly affecting hero tells us much about the cruelties of the world.



41: Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter/ Ash Brannon/ Lee Unkrich, USA 99)

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Brilliant characterisation, great animation, very funny, willing to take on serious issues; just wonderful.

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Eclectic and interesting so far...

Keep em coming...

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40: Late Spring (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan 49)

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If there is a God, I hope they are pretty much like either Setsuko Hara or Chishu Ryu.



39: Assault on Precinct 13 (John Carpenter, USA 76)

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Stripped down, mean, awesome.



38: Detour (Edgar G Ulmer, USA 45)

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Look at her face! A film that cares about nothing except having its fantastic villainess thrash the ‘hero’ through the heartless plot pitilessly and at breakneck speed. Exhilirating.



37: Freaks (Tod Browning, USA 32)

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Tremendously influential morality tale.



36: M (Fritz Lang, Germany 31)

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Lorre is one of the most memorable of villains in this realistic thriller.



35: Blue Velvet (David Lynch, USA 86)

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Other worlds of light and dark just around the corner; brilliantly done.



34: A Night At The Opera (Sam Wood, USA 35)

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‘Hey, you big bully. What's the idea of hitting that little bully?’ The Marx Brothers at their considerable best.



33: Day of Wrath (Carl Theodore Dreyer, Denmark 43)

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Horrifying tale of religion at its worst, its impact on society and psyche.



32: Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog, Germany 83)

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Majestic insanity.



31: Onibaba (Kaneto Shindo, Japan 64)

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Exquisite ghost story.

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30: Ju Dou (Zhang Yimou, China 90)

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Passionate and stunning.



29: Our Hospitality (Buster Keaton, USA 23)

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Probably Keaton’s straight-up funniest film.



28: Kind Hearts and Coronets (Robert Hamer, USA 49)

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Charming, smart, scalpel-sharp black humour.



26= Airplane! (Jim Abrahams/ Jerry Zucker/ David Zucker, USA 80) & 26= Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, USA 74)

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It’s just possible that, over the course of my life, I have laughed more at these two films than every other film I’ve seen combined.



25: The Gospel According to St Matthew (Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy 64)

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Realistic, all-business, very effective telling of the Gospel story.



24: Tillsammans (Lukas Moodysson, Sweden 00)

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Human, funny, generous gem with the happiest of endings.



23: Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, USA 58)

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Compelling and extremely interesting.



22: The Incredibles (Brad Bird, USA 04)

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Flawless action comedy withe wonderfully rich characterisation.



21: My Darling Clementine (John Ford, USA 46)

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Apparently the history is all wrong, but everything about this often understated, well-played movie is right.

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20: Nosferatu (FW Murnau, Germany 22)

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Primally horrifying.



19: Harakiri (Masaki Kobayashi, Japan 62)

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Ezquisitely constructed film that carefully slices up the concept up of warrior honour.



18: Hoop Dreams (Steve James, USA 94)

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Immense in scope, insightful in the small moments, a great work of art.



17: Dr Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, USA 63)

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MADness gleefully, creatively, comprehensively ridiculed.



16: Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, USA 03)

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Sweet, sad, perceptive and perfectly, permanently resonant.



15: The Third Man (Carol Reed, UK 49)

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Looks great, sounds great and is always smart and fun.



14: The Year My Voice Broke (John Duigan, Australia 87)

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Magical and real, this is the best film ever made about growing up.



13: Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur, USA 47)

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Mitchum is great in a thrilling noir.



12: The Bride of Frankenstein (James Whale, USA 35)

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Deliriously imaginative.



11: Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, USA 57)

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Dark delight featuring some of the sharpest dialogue you’ll ever hear delivered by two actors giving the performances of their lives.