Masterpieces Of Cinema... According To Me
Submitted by grandpa_chum on Thu, 04/07/2005 - 11:54
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- Broken Flowers Jim Jarmusch 2005
- The Devil's Rejects Rob Zombie 2005
- Grizzly Man Werner Herzog 2005
- Land Of The Dead George Romero 2005
- Munich Steven Spielberg 2005
- Kill Bill Quentin Tarantino 2004
- Million Dollar Baby Clint Eastwood 2004
- Shaun Of The Dead Edgar Wright 2004
- L'Ultimo Pistolero Alessandro Dominici 2002
- The Royal Tenenbaums Wes Anderson 2001
- Almost Famous Cameron Crowe 2000
- Eyes Wide Shut Stanley Kubrick 1999
- Boogie Nights Paul Thomas Anderson 1997
- Jackie Brown Quentin Tarantino 1997
- Fargo The Coen Brothers 1996
- Sydney Paul Thomas Anderson 1996
- Living In Oblivion Tom Dicillo 1995
- Shawshank Redemption Frank Darabont 1994
- Carlito's Way Brian De Palma 1993
- Unforgiven Clint Eastwood 1992
- Barton Fink The Coen Brothers 1991
- Goodfellas Martin Scorsese 1990
- Do The Right Thing Spike Lee 1989
- Field Of Dreams Phil Robinson 1989
- Raising Arizona The Coen Brothers 1987
- The Color Of Money Martin Scorsese 1986
- The Hitcher Robert Harmon 1986
- Platoon Oliver Stone 1986
- Day Of The Dead George Romero 1985
- Once Upon A Time In America Sergio Leone 1984
- The Crimson Permanent Assurance Terry Gilliam 1983
- Scarface Brian De Palma 1983
- Sudden Impact Clint Eastwood 1983
- Conan The Barbarian John Milius 1982
- Creepshow George Romero 1982
- Blow Out Brian De Palma 1981
- Blues Brothers John Landis 1980
- Raging Bull Martin Scorsese 1980
- The Shining Stanley Kubrick 1980
- Stardust Memories Woody Allen 1980
- Apocalypse Now Francis Ford Coppola 1979
- Manhattan Woody Allen 1979
- Animal House John Landis 1978
- Dawn Of The Dead George Romero 1978
- Game Of Death Bruce Lee 1978
- Annie Hall Woody Allen 1977
- Cross Of Iron Sam Peckinpah 1977
- Carrie Brian De Palma 1976
- Keoma Enzo Castellari 1976
- Network Sidney Lumet 1976
- Taxi Driver Martin Scorsese 1976
- Barry Lyndon Stanley Kubrick 1975
- Dog Day Afternoon Sidney Lumet 1975
- Jaws Steven Spielberg 1975
- The Passenger Michelangelo Antonioni 1975
- The Wind And The Lion John Milius 1975
- Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia Sam Peckinpah 1974
- Young Frankenstein Mel Brooks 1974
- Charley Varrick Don Siegel 1973
- Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid Sam Peckinpah 1973
- Revolver Sergio Sollima 1973
- The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie Luis Bunuel 1972
- The Getaway Sam Peckinpah 1972
- The Last House On The Left Wes Craven 1972
- Play It Again, Sam Herbert Ross 1972
- Duel Steven Spielberg 1971
- Once Upon A Time... The Revolution Sergio Leone 1971
- Companeros Sergio Corbucci 1970
- Violent City Sergio Sollima 1970
- Midnight Cowboy John Schlesinger 1969
- The Wild Bunch Sam Peckinpah 1969
- 2001: A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick 1968
- Death Rides A Horse Giulio Petroni 1968
- The Great Silence Sergio Corbucci 1968
- Night Of The Living Dead George Romero 1968
- Once Upon A Time In The West Sergio Leone 1968
- Belle De Jour Luis Bunuel 1967
- Grand Slam Giuliano Montaldo 1967
- A Guide For The Married Man Gene Kelly 1967
- Django Sergio Corbucci 1966
- The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly Sergio Leone 1966
- Navajo Joe Sergio Corbucci 1966
- For A Few Dollars More Sergio Leone 1965
- Simon Of The Desert Luis Bunuel 1965
- Dr. Strangelove Stanley Kubrick 1964
- Fistful Of Dollars Sergio Leone 1964
- The Last Man On Earth Ubaldo Ragona 1964
- The Pawnbroker Sidney Lumet 1964
- Hud Martin Ritt 1963
- Cape Fear J. Lee Thompson 1962
- Hell Is For Heroes Don Siegel 1962
- Lawrence Of Arabia David Lean 1962
- To Kill A Mockingbird Robert Mulligan 1962
- Ride The High Country Sam Peckinpah 1962
- The Hustler Robert Rossen 1961
- The Misfits John Huston 1961
- Viridiana Luis Bunuel 1961
- Psycho Alfred Hitchcock 1960
- North By Northwest Alfred Hitchcock 1959
- Touch Of Evil Orson Welles 1958
- The Bridge On The River Kwai David Lean 1957
- Paths Of Glory Stanley Kubrick 1957
- The Seventh Seal Igmar Bergman 1957
- Invasion Of Body Snatchers Don Siegel 1956
- The Searchers John Ford 1956
- The Night Of The Hunter Charles Laughton 1955
- On The Waterfront Elia Kazan 1954
- Rear Window Alfred Hitchcock 1954
- High Noon Fred Zinnemann 1952
- The Quiet Man John Ford 1952
- Scrooge Brian Desmond Hurst 1951
- Key Largo John Huston 1948
- Red River Howard Hawks 1948
- Monsieur Verdoux Charlie Chaplin 1947
- The Great Dictator Charlie Chaplin 1940
- The Wizard Of Oz Victor Fleming 1939
- A Day At The Races Sam Wood 1937
- Mutiny On The Bounty Frank Lloyd 1935
- Duck Soup Leo McCarey 1933
- City Lights Charlie Chaplin 1931
Author Comments:
In Chronological Order... as usual always a work in progress seeing as how i have not seen every movie ever made.
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I prefer the Wizard of Id of the Wizard of Oz, but otherwise a good list. LOL
This is a good list, glad to see Shawshank gets its due once again, as does The Shining, Jaws and the graet Eyes Wide Shut. No Eternal Sunshine though -- if you had to choose one from last year, would it be that; or have you not seen it?
yeah i've seen it... and i just realized i had garden state and kill bill vol. 2 ranked ahead of it... i'll have to watch it again and rerate it because all three of those are very close together in terms of how much i liked them... but either way, no it's not a masterpiece in my opinion... as close as it gets last year though.
Clone Time! (yoink!)
Eyes wide shut ? seriously ? and no Clockwork Orange ? seriously ?
i haven't seen clockwork orange in 6 years... but it was at the time the one kubrick movie i thought was terrible... but eventually i'll give it another look.
ok... except for the plunge into sinful lust in the masked party and the exceptional work with light in these scenes, I didn't enjoy Eyes Wide Shut at all. Granted, some of A Clockwork Orange's visuals didn't age well but the story remains compelling and the acting is psychedelically in synch with the overall "ultra-violent" feel of the movie... Hmmm, I think I'll have myself a good pint of moloko now and might listen to the latest heavenseventeen record or a bit of Ludwig Van maybe. Nah, who am I kidding ? Let's go out and beat some poor old slob to death.
the thing that really hooked me about eyes wide shut was the fact that it was the best suspense thriller i had seen, at least this side of the shining
Seeing how you included Conan The Barbarian in your list, I assume you are not a complete stranger to the heroic-fantasy genre... so, my question would be: have you seen Jim Henson's and Frank Oz's The Dark Crystal and would you consider it for inclusion in your list or not and why ? Hmmm, ok, so that's about three questions rolled into one, let's not be too picky, please...
I have not seen it, but even though I am far from a fan of the genre it is on my to see list, it looks very interesting and I have always been a henson/oz fan... is it any good?
The Dark Crystal is good but only occasionally brilliant. Labyrinth is better.
I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of Mirrormask by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean with Jim HensonPictures. I want to see how director McKean handles his first tiny budget movie. ($4 million... that's a "4" with only six "0"s.) But along with no money comes creative freedom which gives me great hope.
Gaiman and McKean in a project for Jim Henson Pictures ? How come I'm never told these things ? I'm not sure I completely agree about Labyrinth being better than Dark Crystal but I'll let you be the judge of that... after all even though there is one live actor in it, the thin white Duke always was cartoonish in a way...
Having seen both The Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, I have to say I preferred the Dark Crystal. Apart from everything else, it has certainly aged better (The Labyrinth looks a little dated these days). Also, though the Labyrinth itself was quite clever, and the Escher-like building at the end is visually exciting, I think the breadth of creativity in The Dark Crystal overcomes any other comparisons. Also, I think the pathos in The Dark Crystal makes for a darker, more moving film. The little potato-head people (I don't remember what they're called) are absolutely tragic in their exploitation. One of the most terrifying things I've seen yet is one of those little people getting their essence sucked out of them by being forced to stare at the crystal. I shudder now just remembering that scene.
The people you're referring to are the Podlings
Right, thank you.
Night of the Hunter... a definite masterpiece... and a movie whose social content was so ahead of its time
This is a nice list, I might have to clone it.
I haven't seen The Devil's Rejects yet, is it really that good, I've heard good and bad about it. I liked The Royal Tenenbaums but I thought The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou was much better.
zissou is a great film... but I'm just a tenenbaums guy i guess... and yes, as far as i'm concerned devil's rejects is that good. If you can handle a film with a lot of horrible things going on and a great cop chasing after a bunch of killers for revenge story with no good guys present... then it's one of the best I've seen, and I personally love that kind of movie... the thing that surprised me most about it, after seeing house of 1000 corpses, was that it wasn't creepy at all, which is what i didn't like about rob zombies debut, it seemed to be trying to hard to be creepy... devil's rejects is actually kind of mellow and has some of the best song placements i've seen, in that regard it's alot like Tenenbaums and life aquatic, only replace The Stones and The Beatles with Lynyrd Skynyrd and Terry Reid.
That's good to hear about The Devil's Rejects. I liked House of 1000 Corpses and I'm sure I'll like The Devil's Rejects too.
Yes! Grizzly Man!
Such a beautiful film. Personally, it's the best documentary I've ever seen. Endlessly fascinating and puzzling. It's like a Rubik's Cube of nature and humanity.