The 101 favourite/top (arthouse) films of Tyler1

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31-40

40. Meshes Of The Afternoon (Deren, 1943)


39. Pan's Labyrinth (del Toro, 2006)


38. Brazil (Gilliam, 1985)


37. The Shining (Kubrick, 1980)


36. Spirited Away (Miyazaki, 2001)


35. Barry Lyndon (Kubrick, 1975)


34. The Draughtsman's Contract (Greenaway, 1982)


33. Ugetsu Monogatari (Mizoguchi, 1953)


32. Das Boot (Petersen, 1981)


31. Peking Opera Blues (Tsui, 1986)

*Special thanks to linespalsy for recommending this to me!

21-30

30. Woman In The Dunes (Teshigahara, 1964)


29. Army Of Shadows (Melville, 1969)


28. White Heat (Walsh, 1949)


27. The Maltese Falcon (Huston, 1941)


26. Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (Jackson, 2001)


25. Talk To Her (Almodovar, 2002)


24. Sunset Boulevard (Wilder, 1950)


23. The House Is Black (Farrokhzad, 1963)



22. Aguirre, The Wrath Of God (Herzog, 1971)


21. 12 Angry Men (Lumet, 1957)

11-20

20. Seven Samurai (Kurosawa, 1953)


19. Rio Bravo (Hawks, 1959)


18. The Third Man (Reed, 1949)


17. Stalker (Tarkovsky, 1979)


16. A Brighter Summer Day (Yang, 1991)


15. The Hourglass Sanatorium (Has, 1973)


14. Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964)


13. It's A Wonderful Life (Capra, 1946)


12. Touch Of Evil (Welles, 1958)


11. Mulholland Drive (Lynch, 2001)

Everyone knows what my top 10 is, so here's the complete list:


The Complete List

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2. Sansho The Bailiff (1954)
3. Persona (1966)
4. Trouble In Paradise (1932)
5. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
6. Three Crowns Of The Sailor (1983)
7. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
8. Psycho (1960)
9. Last Year At Marienbad (1961)
10. Marketa Lazarova (1967)
11. Mulholland Drive (2001)
12. Touch Of Evil (1958)
13. It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
14. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
15. The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
16. A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
17. Stalker (1979)
18. The Third Man (1949)
19. Rio Bravo (1959)
20. Seven Samurai (1953)
21. 12 Angry Men (1957)
22. Aguirre, The Wrath Of God (1972)
23. The House Is Black (1963)
24. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
25. Talk To Her (2003)
26. Lord Of The Rings (2001-2003)
27. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
28. White Heat (1949)
29. Army Of Shadows (1969)
30. Woman In The Dunes (1964)
31. Peking Opera Blues (1986)
32. Das Boot (1981)
33. Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)
34. The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
35. Barry Lyndon (1975)
36. Spirited Away (2001)
37. The Shining (1980)
38. Brazil (1985)
39. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
40. Meshes Of The Afternoon (1943)
41. Werckmeister Harmonies (2001)
42. The Blue Kite (1993)
43. Dead Man (1995)
44. Branded To Kill (1967)
45. Red Cliff (2008)
46. A Summer At Grandpa's (1984)
47. Memories Of Murder (2003)
48. City Of God (2003)
49. Five Easy Pieces (1970)
50. Centre Stage (1992)
51. The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
52. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
53. Inglorious Basterds (2009)
54. The Marriage Of Maria Braun (1978)
55. Viridiana (1961)
56. A Matter Of Life And Death (1946)
57. Kind Hearts And Coronets (1949)
58. Network (1976)
59. All About My Mother (1999)
60. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
61. The 400 Blows (1959)
62. A Woman Under The Influence (1974)
63. Freaks (1932)
64. The Earrings Of Madame De... (1953)
65. Spirit Of The Beehive (1973)
66. Harakiri (1962)
67. The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin (1978)
68. Downfall (2004)
69. Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969)
70. Les Diaboliques (1955)
71. Wings Of Desire (1987)
72. Raging Bull (1980)
73. Unforgiven (1992)
74. Grave Of The Fireflies (1988)
75. Sunrise (1927)
76. Rear Window (1954)
77. Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... And Spring (2003)
78. The Conformist (1970)
79. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
80. The Thin Red Line (1998)
81. The Double Life Of Veronique (1991)
82. Blade Runner (1982)
83. Scarface (1932)
84. The Shop Around The Corner (1940)
85. Sonatine (1993)
86. Le Trou (1960)
87. Drowning By Numbers (1988)
88. El Verdugo (1963)
89. M (1931)
90. The Hole (1998)
91. I Am Cuba (1963)
92. The Big Sleep (1946)
93. Man Bites Dog (1992)
94. The Battle Of Algiers (1966)
95. Make Way For Tomorrow (1937)
96. Orpheus (1950)
97. My Man Godfrey (1936)
98. The Holy Mountain (1973)
99. Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders (1973)
100. Fantasia (1940)
101. The Colour Of Pomegranates (1968)

Done.... at last! My first ever attempt at a top 101.

*I know Lord Of The Rings is definitely not arthouse but I just couldnt resist including it.

Feel free to ask me any question about the list. Thanks to everyone who bothered to read this thread!

Was more questioning how you define 'arthouse'. So as you say in point 2, does entertainment value lower eligibility over films 'artistic' merit? Or was that just an example of films that didn't make the cut.

Fantastic list all the same, love having lists that inspire me to check out new film, which yours has certainly done. Amazed you watched Werckmeister Harmonies more than once though! That film was a slog, good, but long. You seen Turin Horse yet?

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Yes, this list is specifically for films with aesthetic merit. I figured that it will be wiser if I made 2 separate lists- one for artistic films (that is, films that are unique and different from the countless others with similar themes) and another for entertaining movies. Of course there needs to be a line drawn between the two. I find it impossible to mix films from both lists together because I use a different set of criteria to judge them. If you're curious, both Mr. Vampire and Save The Green Planet! will make the other list.

In fact, I have seen Werckmeister Harmonies three times. Its unlikely that I will watch Turin Horse because I have this feeling deep under that it will turn out to be more sluggish than WM.

Yeah I was in the same boat as Pyro in that I wasn't sure how you were defining 'arthouse'. Some were obvious but I certainly didn't expect to see Lord of the Rings appear


Anyway Spring, Summer... quickly lost its place as my personal favourite on the list, first to the wonderful A Matter of Life and Death and finally to Fellowship of the Ring.

Others that I really love are Spirited Away, Pan's Labyrinth, 12 Angry Men, Sunset Blvd, Seven Samurai and Psycho. Four of which made my top 100 list and 12 Angry Men which may do in future. I can see why people love Network but I just found a touch too annoying in its overblown lack of subtlety (but still good). And again a few classics that just didn't do it for me - Dr Strangelove, Maltese Falcon and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Overall though great work Tyler. A fair few films that I've been meaning to catch for a long time (Mulholland Drive, Synecdoche New York etc) and a fair pile I wasn't really aware of but will check out.

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Interesting decision, to echo JD, was a bit odd seeing LoTR and some others fall into this one i'm not sure i'd personally refer to them as 'arthouse' but I commend the fact that you don't consider foreign language synonymous with being art house. So when is the next list due?


Re: Turin Horse, Tarr said it's his last film and meant to be his opus, IIRC. Reviews have said it's not quite up there but good. I've only seen WM though, any other recommendations of his?


ps, Save the Green Planet is a gem, think it made at least one of my top whatever number lists

Always admire MoFo's who do lists as I am to lazy the thing that struck me about your great list is how many of them I own

Right now I'm looking at over 600+ movies that are eligible. Its gonna be much more difficult to narrow it down to 101 again because the pool is so wide. A question that I have is should I include films that most people know of (such as Stalag 17) or give the list a more distinctive feel by including lesser appreciated movies (like A Bittersweet Life).


The other film of his I've seen was Damnation which I was completely indifferent to. I couldnt survive after one hour of Satantango because the payoff was not worth its length. I think my only interest in Tarr was that he's Hungarian and I know nothing about Hungarian cinema.

Love Brazil and Pan's Labyrinth, and I'm really glad Fellowship was the highest out of the trilogy. It's rarely considered as the best.

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I just rewatched the LOTR trilogy and was quite unimpressed with Fellowship but my rating of the other two went up.

I have to admit (again) thatI like the list but I have absolutely no clue why some films are included and others aren't. I personally can give some films an Art House Rating and others not, but that seems a bit different than what you're doing here. Please don't rack your brain trying to justify it, but that's MY truth.

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^What specific films would you have thought you would see?

What flaws did you find with it on your last viewing?

There were a number of scenes where the frame rate was altered which made those scenes look like Xena or some TV show. Also, in comparison to the book it was just bland because it was built around merely being a setup for the other two I think whereas the book had a myriad of sub-stories. It just felt like a stepping stone rather than a feature.