My Top 10 Film Lists Year-by-Year (work in progress)

Submitted by grandcosmo on Wed, 12/21/2005 - 03:37

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1. Topsy-Turvy - Mike Leigh
2. The Winslow Boy - David Mamet
3. Eyes Wide Shut - Stanley Kubrick
4. One Day in September - Kevin Macdonald
5. Election - Alexander Payne
6. The Limey - Stephen Soderbergh
7. The Insider - Michael Mann
8. Magnolia - Paul Thomas Anderson
9. Sweet and Lowdown - Woody Allen
10. Man of the Century - Alan Abraham
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1. Heat - Michael Mann
2. Sense and Sensibility - Ang Lee
3. Clockers - Spike Lee
4. Casino - Martin Scorsese
5. Smoke - Wayne Wang
6. Persuasion - Roger Michell
7. Before Sunrise - Richard Linklater
8. Se7en - David Fincher
9. Crumb - Terry Zwigoff
10. Get Shorty - Barry Sonnenfeld
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1. House of Games - David Mamet
2. Full Metal Jacket - Stanley Kubrick
3. The Last Emperor - Bernardo Bertolucci
4. Radio Days - Woody Allen
5. Raising Arizona - Joel Coen
6. Broadcast News - James L. Brooks
7. The Dead - John Huston
8. Ishtar - Elaine May
9. Tin Men - Barry Levinson
10. Matewan - John Sayles
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1. Barry Lyndon - Stanley Kubrick
2. California Split - Robert Altman
3. Love and Death - Woody Allen
4. Jaws - Steve Speilberg
5. The Man Who Would Be King - John Huston
6. Night Moves - Arthur Penn
7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Terry Giliam and Terry Jones
8. The Four Musketeers - Richard Lester
9. Nashville - Robert Altman
10. Dog Day Afternoon - Sidney Lumet
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1. Tunes of Glory - Ronald Neame
2. The Apartment - Billy Wilder
3. Breathless - Jean-Luc Godard
4. Psycho - Alfred Hitchcock
5. La Dolce Vita - Federico Fellini
6. Commanche Station - Budd Boetticher
7. Shoot the Piano Player - Francois Truffaut
8. Bells Are Ringing - Vincent Minnelli
9. Sink the Bismark - Lewis Gilbert
10. Jazz on a Summer's Day - Aram Avakian and Bert Stern
1959
1. Rio Bravo - Howard Hawks
2. North By Northwest - Alfred Hitchcock
3. Some Like It Hot - Billy Wilder
4. Ride Lonesome - Budd Boetticher
5. The 400 Blows - Francois Truffaut
6. I'm All Right, Jack - John Boulting
7. Pickpocket - Robert Bresson
8. Ben-Hur - William Wyler
9. The Mouse That Jack Built - Robert McKimson
10. Odds Against Tomorrow - Robert Wise
1958
1. Touch of Evil - Orson Welles
2. Some Came Running - Vincent Minnelli
3. Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock
4. The Horse's Mouth - Ronald Neame
5. Buchanon Rides Alone - Budd Boetticher
6. The Last Hurrah - John Ford
7. The Geisha Boy - Frank Tashlin
8. A Night to Remember - Roy Ward Baker
9. Mon oncle - Jacques Tati
10. Rock-a-Bye Baby - Frank Tashlin
1957
1. The Bridge on the River Kwai - David Lean
2. The Tall T - Budd Boetticher
3. Sweet Smell of Success - Alexander Mackendrick
4. Witness for the Prosecution - Billy Wilder
5. Paths of Glory - Stanley Kubrick
6. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt - Fritz Lang
7. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter - Frank Tashlin
8. An Affair to Remember - Leo McCarey
9. A Face in the Crowd - Elia Kazan
10. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral - John Sturges
1956
1. The Searchers - John Ford
2. A Man Escaped - Robert Bresson
3. The Killing - Stanley Kubrick
4. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt - Fritz Lang
5. Seven Men From Now - Budd Boetticher
6. The Wrong Man - Alfred Hitchcock
7. The Battle of the River Plate - Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
8. Hollywood or Bust - Frank Tashlin
9. While the City Sleeps - Fritz Lang
10. Written on the Wind - Douglas Sirk
1955
1. Night and Fog - Alan Resnais
2. Night of the Hunter - Charles Laughton
3. Bob Le Flambeur - Jean-Pierre Melville
4. French Cancan - Jean Renoir
5. Rififi - Jules Dassin
6. Kiss Me Deadly - Robert Aldrich
7. Moonfleet - Fritz Lang
8. Artists and Models - Frank Tashlin
9. East of Eden - Elia Kazan
10. One Froggy Evening - Chuck Jones
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1. The Band Wagon - Vincent Minnelli
2. The Golden Coach - Jean Renoir
3. The Cruel Sea - Charles Frend
4. The Naked Spur - Anthony Mann
5. Pickup on South Street - Samuel Fuller
6. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Howard Hawks
7. The Big Heat - Fritz Lang
8. Shane - George Stevens
9. Duck! Rabbit! Duck! - Chuck Jones
10. From Here to Eternity - Fred Zinnemann
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1. Sunset Blvd. - Billy Wilder
2. All About Eve - Joseph L. Mankiewicz
3. Rashomon - Akira Kurosawa
4. The Asphalt Jungle - John Huston
5. Wagon Master - John Ford
6. Rio Grande - John Ford
7. In a Lonely Place - Nicholas Ray
8. La Ronde - Max Ophuls
9. Winchester '73 - Anthony Mann
10. Annie Get Your Gun - George Sidney
1949
1. The Heiress - William Wyler
2. The Third Man - Carol Reed
3. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon - John Ford
4. Kind Hearts and Coronets - Robert Hamer
5. On the Town - Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
6. A Letter to Three Wives - Joseph L. Mankiewicz
7. White Heat - Raoul Walsh
8. I Was a Male War Bride - Howard Hawks
9. The Set-Up - Robert Wise
10. The Fountainhead - King Vidor
1948
1. The Red Shoes - Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
2. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - John Huston
3. Red River - Howard Hawks
4. Letter From an Unknown Woman - Max Ophuls
5. Unfaithfully Yours - Preston Sturges
6. Fort Apache - John Ford
7. A Foreign Affair - Billy Wilder
8. The Big Clock - John Farrow
9. The Pirate - Vincent Minnelli
10. I Remember Mama - George Stevens
1947
1. Black Narcissus - Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
2. Out of the Past - Jacques Tourneur
3. Nightmare Alley - Edmund Goulding
4. Monsieur Verdoux - Charles Chaplin
5. Lady from Shanghai - Orson Welles
6. Odd Man Out - Carol Reed
7. Crossfire - Edward Dmytryk
8. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir - Joseph L. Mankiewicz
9. Pursued - Raoul Walsh
10. T-Men - Anthony Mann
1946
1. The Big Sleep - Howard Hawks
2. The Best Years of Our Lives - William Wyler
3. Notorious - Alfred Hitchcock
4. A Matter of Life or Death/Stairway to Heaven - Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
5. My Darling Clementine - John Ford
6. Great Expectations - David Lean
7. It's A Wonderful Life - Frank Capra
8. The Postman Always Rings Twice - Tay Garnett
9. Canyon Passage - Jacques Tourneur
10. Gilda - Charles Vidor
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1. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek - Preston Sturges
2. Murder, My Sweet - Edward Dmytryk
3. To Have and Have Not - Howard Hawks
4. Double Indemnity - Billy Wilder
5. Meet Me in St. Louis - Vincent Minnelli
6. Laura - Otto Preminger
7. Going My Way - Leo McCarey
8. Gaslight - George Cukor
9. Hail the Conquering Hero - Preston Sturges
10. It Happened Tomorrow - Rene Clair
1943
1. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
2. Shadow of a Doubt - Alfred Hitchcock
3. Heaven Can Wait - Ernst Lubitsch
4. Air Force - Howard Hawks
5. Journey Into Fear - Fritz Lang
6. Five Graves to Cairo - Billy Wilder
7. The More the Merrier - George Stevens
8. Sahara - Zoltan Korda
9. The Human Comedy - Clarence Brown
10. Destination Tokyo - Delmer Daves
1942
1. To Be or Not To Be - Ernst Lubitsch
2. Casablanca - Michael Curtiz
3. The Magnificent Ambersons - Orson Welles
4. The Palm Beach Story - Preston Sturges
5. Yankee Dooodle Dandy - Michael Curtiz
6. One of Our Aircraft is Missing - Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
7. This Gun for Hire - Frank Tuttle
8. The Major and the Minor - Billy Wilder
9. Saboteur - Alfred Hitchcock
10. My Favorite Blonde - Sidney Lanfield
1941
1. Citizen Kane - Orson Welles
2. The Maltese Falcon - John Huston
3. The Lady Eve - Preston Sturges
4. Sullivan's Travels - Preston Sturges
5. How Green Was My Valley - John Ford
6. Hellzapoppin' - H.C. Potter
7. 49th Parallel - Michael Powell
8. Man Hunt - Fritz Lang
9. The Devil and Daniel Webster - William Dieterle
10. Dumbo - Ben Sharpsteen
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grandpa_chum12/27/2005

oh man, welcome... you love my kind of movies.

AfterHours12/27/2005

Thank you for giving "Magnolia" some due. It's still largely under-recognized.

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