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2001: A Space Odyssey was #1 on both the MoFo ‘60s and the MoFo Sci-Fi Lists.
The Godfather was #1 on the MoFo ‘70s List.
Here are the top ten finishers from the previous MoFo Lists that placed on this countdown.
Pre-‘30s (1):
Metropolis
1930s (2):
The Wizard of Oz and
Gone with the Wind
1940s (4):
Casablanca, The Third Man, Citizen Kane, and
It’s a Wonderful Life
1950s (7):
12 Angry Men, Rear Window, Sunset Boulevard, Vertigo, North by Northwest, The Seven Samurai, and
Singin’ in the Rain
1960s (8):
2001: A Space Odyssey, Psycho, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Once Upon a Time in the West, Lawrence of Arabia, The Apartment, and
Rosemary’s Baby
1970s (10):
The Godfather, Jaws, Taxi Driver, Star Wars, Alien, Chinatown, A Clockwork Orange, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Apocalypse Now, and
The Godfather Part II*
1980s (8):
The Shining, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Back to the Future, The Terminator, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Blade Runner, Raging Bull, and
Die Hard
1990s (8):
GoodFellas, Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, SE7EN, The Shawshank Redemption, The Big Lebowski, Magnolia, and
Schindler’s List
Millennium (6):
LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Muholland Drive, There Will Be Blood, City of God, and
No Country for Old Men
Westerns (5):
The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, Unforgiven, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and
The Searchers
Horror (8):
The Shining, The Thing, Alien, Psycho, The Exorcist, Halloween, Rosemary’s Baby, and
Suspiria
Sci-Fi (10):
2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, The Thing, Alien, Back to the Future, Star Wars, A Clockwork Orange, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, The Terminator 2: Judgement Day, and
The Terminator**
Animated (2):
Toy Story and
Spirited Away
Comic Book Movies (0): none
Documentaries (0): none
Directed by Women (0): none
*plus
Rocky and
The Exorcist for the entire top 12
**plus
The Matrix and
Aliens for the entire top 12
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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
Last edited by Holden Pike; 01-29-21 at 02:00 PM.