The MoFo Top 100 of the 60s: Countdown

I could see The Graduate showing today or tomorrow. I love that movie to pieces, but it is one that seems to fall in and out of favor. Not just with youngins who think it is dated, but even Roger Ebert reassessed it downward at its thirtieth anniversary. I hope I'm wrong and it as at least top twenty-five material, but I have a bad feeling.

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"Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream it takes over as the number one hormone. It bosses the enzymes, directs the pineal gland, plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to Film is more Film." - Frank Capra

I'm going with Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Birds today.

And again, I'll be wrong

I doubt it will show up until the top 30 at least. I'm more worried about two of mine that I thought were locks making it at all now.

Really? I have a feeling it'll edge into the top ten.

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I'm worried that this guy got left peeping in from the outside:

Lets have a couple more guesses otherwise the three posts will be stuck at the bottom of this page. One director has appeared on the countdown before, and one hasn't. That's all the clues I'll give

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The Haunting and The Hustler

Yojimbo and Sound of Music

The Breakdown...



2nd (24 points), 5th (21 points), 6th (20 points), 2x 9th (34 points), 2x 14th (24 points), 15th (11 points), 16th (10 points), 17th (9 points), 22nd (4 points), 23rd (3 points)



2x 1st (50 points), 2x 4th (44 points), 9th (17 points), 12th (14 points), 2x 14th (24 points), 16th (10 points), 20th (6 points),



Both films were the only to receive their respective amount of points so not tie breaking was needed.

Swan Conquers the Martians
Ninja Swan: Retaliation

The Haunting is atmospheric awesomeness. I remember seeing it as a kid and being scared for weeks. Great film. I had it at #16 on my list.

Pierrot le Fou is okay. I haven't been too impressed by Godard yet.

pierrot le fou was my #1.

haven't seen the other.

The Haunting is the 3rd from my list...


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9. The Haunting (1963) - 42nd
10. True Grit (1969) - 69th
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15. Cape Fear (1962) - 84th
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The Haunting was close to making my list. As Swan said its incredibly atmospheric, and just well made overall. Was probably only five spots away from making mine.

Pierrot Le Fout wasn't one of the three Godard's I watched for this I will at some point. Pretty surprised at how better it did than Breathless.

Seen - 28/60
My List - 3/25

Pierrot Le Fou was twelfth on my list. Everyone around here should know I am a huge Godard fan, and I had a handful of his films on my list, all around the same point. I'm glad it managed to break in to the top fifty. I own it on Blu-ray and think it's another really playful, clever film, it's also again beautiful to look at.

Last Year at Marienbad I also had on my list, in fifth place. Maybe a little high, but I thought it was a masterpiece, I was blown away by it. I watched it fairly close to the deadline, and posted about it in Mark's thread too. Fantastic imagery and a really powerful mysterious story pulling you in at the center of it. It also made me learn how to play Nim.

You can also see my actual rankings of Elmer Gantry and A Hard Day's Night.

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5. Last Year at Marienbad
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7. Army of Shadows
8. Contempt
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12. Pierrot Le Fou
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17. L’Avventura
18. Andrei Rublev
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20. Elmer Gantry
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24. A Hard Day's Night
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Still nothing more from my list, though I've seen Pierrot Le Fou.

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I only saw "The Haunting" once and I really did not like it at all. But I hated the book The Haunting of Hill House, which it is based on. So, I was probably a little prejudiced while watching it. I have always wanted to give that movie another try, but I've never gotten around to it. Maybe my opinion will change. Who knows?

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I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity - Edgar Allan Poe

My list:

3. Spartacus
9. The Haunting
10. A Fistful of Dollars
15. Cape Fear
20. The Dirty Dozen
22. Goldfinger
24.The Italian Job

Seen - 18/59