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10-09-16
24 out of 25. Not bad, I suppose.

1. Seven Samurai (#6)
2. Sunset Blvd. (#3)
3. The Bridge on the River Kwai (#7)
4. Rio Bravo (#22)
5. The Searchers (#18)
6. Paths of Glory (#8)
7. The Seventh Seal (#13)
8. Rashomon (#9)
9. Ikiru (#16)
10. Throne of Blood (#38)
11. Singin' in the Rain (#10)
12. Kiss Me Deadly (#63)
13. The Ladykillers (#65)
14. North by Northwest (#5)
15. 12 Angry Men (#1)
16. All About Eve (#12)
17. Rififi (#53)
18. In a Lonely Place (#33)
19. The Lavender Hill Mob (N/A)
20. Roman Holiday (#92)
21. Some Like It Hot (#11)
22. Sweet Smell of Success (#26)
23. Touch of Evil (#20)
24. The 400 Blows (317)
25. Stalag 17 (#48)
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10-09-16
Originally Posted by mark f
You're taking whatsisname's article which supposedly disproves the reasonaable doubt too seriously.
Eh well I was the one who posted whatsisname's article here years ago but I do have a few opinions I've formulated on my own. This is one I had the first time I watched this movie and one I've had every time I've seen it since

Two general, longtime pet peeves of mine are A) When these righteous man vs the system kinda movies over-stack the deck against the hero in the name of drama and B) When message movies over-simplify issues by unfairly/inaccurately representing the opposing side. I realize that dramatic deck stacking is a common device in a lot of great films (like Lumet's Serpico) but 12 Angry Men's script is contrived to the level that it undermines and muddles its point by making the evidence against the killer too convincing. And then yes it's just annoying to me how it ends with so little doubt that they did the right thing

Not necessarily about similar themes, but a much richer and more intelligent courtroom drama on this list is Anatomy of a Murder



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10-09-16
My list:

1. Rear Window
2. Rashomon
3. La Strada
4. Sansho the Bailiff
5. Bridge on the River Kwai
6. 12 Angry Men
7. Nights of Cabiria
8. Tokyo Story
9. Paths of Glory
10. Some Like it Hot
11. Touch of Evil
12. The Seventh Seal
13. Sunset Blvd.
14. Pather Panchali
15. Ikiru
16. Rio Bravo
17. Umberto D
18. Anatomy of a Murder
19. Mon Oncle
20. Diabolique
21. The Wages of Fear
22. Singin' in the Rain
23. Rebel Without a Cause
24. Dial M for Murder
25. Cinderella



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10-09-16
Originally Posted by Upton
Two general, longtime pet peeves of mine are A) When these righteous man vs the system kinda movies over-stack the deck against the hero in the name of drama and B) When message movies over-simplify issues by unfairly/inaccurately representing the opposing side.
You should walk a day in my shoes.
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10-09-16
MoFo 50's list for me:

100. Marty -

99. House of Wax -

98. The Cranes are Flying -
- 21th
97. Oklahoma -

96. The Blob -

95. Some Came Running -

94. Caged -

93. Human Condition Part 1 -

92. Roman Holiday -

91. Tokyo Twilight -
- 4th
90. The Music Room -

89. Duck Amuck -

88. People Will Talk - NOT SEEN
87. Creature from the Black Lagoon -

86. To Catch a Thief -

85. Bigger than Life -

84. The African Queen -

83. A Place in the Sun - NOT SEEN
82. Written on the Wind -

81. Johnny Guitar -

80. Caine Mutiny - NOT SEEN
79. Horror of Dracula -

78. Floating Weeds -
- 5th
77. Giant - NOT SEEN
76. From Here to Eternity - NOT SEEN
75. Hiroshima Mon Amour -
- 11th
74. Seven Year Itch -

73. Room at the Top -

72. Pickup on South Street -

71. Nights of Cabiria -

70. A Man Escaped -

69. Hidden Fortress -

68. Ugetsu -
- 19th
67. Mon Oncle -

66. The Big Country - NOT SEEN
65. The Ladykillers - NOT SEEN
64. Shane - NOT SEEN
63. Kiss Me Deadly -

62. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof -

61. Umberto D -
- 3rd
60. Cinderella - NOT SEEN
59. Peter Pan - NOT SEEN
58. Sleeping Beauty - NOT SEEN
57. Les Diaboliques -

56. Smiles of a Summer Night - NOT SEEN
55. Forbidden Planet -

54. Night and Fog -

53. Rififi -

52. The Killing -

51. The Quiet Man - NOT SEEN
50. Wages of Fear -
- #7
49. A Face in the Crowd -

48. Stalag 17 -

47. The Man Who Knew Too Much -

46. Ordet -
- #18
45. The Lady and The Tramp -

44. Ace in the Hole -

43. East of Eden -

42. An Affair to Remember -

41. La Strada -

40. Pather Panchali -

39. Rebel Without a Cause -

38. Throne of Blood -

37. Invasion of the Body Snatchers -

36. The Day The Earth Stood Still -

35. Anatomy of a Murder -

34. Sansho the Bailiff -
- #2
33. In a Lonely Place -

32. Strangers on a Train -

31. Harvey -

30. Ben-Hur -

29. The Ten Commandments - NOT SEEN
28. High Noon -

27. Alice in Wonderland - NOT SEEN
26. Sweet Smell of Success -

25. The Night of the Hunter -

24. Witness for the Prosecution -

23. Wild Strawberries -

22. Rio Bravo -

21. Tokyo Story -

20. Touch of Evil -

19. A Streetcar Named Desire -
- #22
18. The Searchers -

17. The 400 Blows -

16. Ikiru -

15. On the Waterfront -

14. Dial M for Murder -

13. The Seventh Seal -
- #1
12. All About Eve -

11. Some Like It Hot -

10. Singin' in the Rain -

9. Rashomon -
- #13
8. Paths of Glory -

7. The Bridge on the River Kwai -

6. Seven Samurai -

5. North by Northwest -

4. Vertigo -

3. Sunset Boulevard -

2. Rear Window -

1. 12 Angry Men -


Seen: 85/100
List: 12/25
To see: 15
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10-10-16
Added to the lists section!

Movie Forums: Top 100 of the 1950s

Decent chance one or two of these are unintentional duplicates and/or linked to the wrong year/title/whatever, so lemme know ASAP if you guys notice anything.



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10-10-16
Caught a couple others, too. All fixed. Lemme know if you guys see any more. Whoever's updated their lists might need/want to do so again, to be safe.



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10-10-16
Great job with the list, had a lot of fun watching the countdown.

Here is my list. A few are definitely sentimental favorites from watching them with my Dad or family as a kid, but I am happy with the overall results.

1. The Seventh Seal

Really love this classic, it is also in my top 10 all time favorites.




2. The 400 Blows
3. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
4. Forbidden Planet
5. 12 Angry Men
6. Rashomon
7. The Bridge on the River Kwai
8. The Ten Commandments
9. Singing in the Rain
10. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
11. The Day the Earth Stood Still
12. Bad Day at Black Rock
13. The Blob
14. Stalag 17
15. Darby O'Gill and the Little People
16. Journey to the Center of the Earth
17. The War of the Worlds
18. The Fly
19. The Monolith Monsters



20. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
21. Treasure Island
22. Paths of Glory
23. The Caine Mutiny
24. Invaders From Mars
25. The Hanging Tree



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10-10-16
Seen 63/100.

Full List:

  1. Rio Bravo
  2. Vertigo
  3. Singin’ in the Rain
  4. Written on the Wind
  5. The Sun Shines Bright
  6. The Long Gray Line
  7. The Searchers
  8. Wichita
  9. North by Northwest
  10. Rear Window
  11. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
  12. The Quiet Man
  13. Stalag 17
  14. In a Lonely Place
  15. Tokyo Story
  16. Ordet
  17. The Naked Spur
  18. Touch of Evil
  19. Seven Samurai
  20. Night of the Demon
  21. The Big Sky
  22. Winchester ‘73
  23. M. Hulot’s Holiday
  24. Monkey Business
  25. Late Chrysanthemums
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10-10-16
As the one-pointer list looks like it might not be happening now ....might as well state my #25 was

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10-10-16
My one-pointer was the German anti-war film Die Brücke (The Bridge).
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10-10-16
90/100. Not bad. Got some films to watch.
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10-10-16
My #25 film was Demetrius and the Gladiators, the sequel to my #2 film, The Robe.



I first saw it when I was a teenager. It was the movie that got me started on swords-and-sandals flicks and also on my weird fascination with Victor Mature.



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10-10-16
I mentioned Rabbit of Seville was my #25 and possibly a one pointer. Here's my write up for it from the Looney Tunes HOF; although i mostly talk about What's Opera Doc? haha.

Rabbit of Seville


This is one of my absolute favourite Looney Tunes cartoons, favourite doesn't always mean best for me but i truly think this is one of the best. Saying that, i completely agree with gbg i prefer What's Opera Doc? and i also think it is better. The only reason i didn't nominate What's Opera Doc? was because i expected someone else too, same with Duck Dodgers.
I went with the next best thing, another fantastic Looney Tunes venture into classical music.

Anyway i don't want to compare this to What's Opera Doc? throughout because it will sound like i'm being negative even though this is one of my favourites, but the main things that are missing is the emotional touch to WOD and IMO WOD has the best voice acting (singing) in any Looney Tunes cartoon particularly from Elmer Fudd.


Elmers face when he first realizes he's on stage is one of my favourites in Looney Tunes. While a bit lesser than the voice acting in the short i keep mentioning, it is still incredibly fantastic here. It doesn't have Elmer's continually changing character as much but it also has Bugs fast singing at the start that is one of the few things it eclipses WOD on. I love when Bugs is wearing the green dress thing, and he is snipping his scissors, i watched this short in slow motion once and that part was actually the part that made me fall in love with Looney Tunes Animation. Not that it is a particularly amazing scene but i think it is the best done in this short. The classic scene here is of course Bugs barber scene with the fruit and Elmer's ensuing chase having reverted to anti-bugs after lifting his spell haha. The best thing about this short may be Bugs face for me. In my Duck Amuck write up i praised them not forgetting about Daffy's facial expression and movement so this may seem pretty inconsistent (coz it is) but i adore how often Bugs has that bug eyed so pleased with himself look throughout the cartoon. Gives an air of smugness that no character captures better than Bugs IMO.

With Nope mentioning repetitive jokes i'd just like to give a shout out to the guy off screen comes in with a bigger weapon joke.

Sorry for mentioning What's Opera Doc? so often btw i just find it difficult not to compare them and i was also expecting it to be nominated.

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