My 84 Films to See List

[Qrazy]

I've compiled a list of the films I most want to see next... rank/rate/comment, thank ya. I took 3 off that I realized I didn't want to see that badly so the numbers don't quite match.

1. Pierrot le fou Jean-Luc Godard France 1965
2. Berlin Alexanderplatz Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany
3. The Face of Another Hiroshi Teshigahara Japan
4. Fires on the Plain Kon Ichikawa Japan 1959
5. The Burmese Harp Kon Ichikawa Japan 1956
6. Death of a Cyclist Juan Antonio Bardem Spain 1955
7. Miss Julie Alf Sjöberg Sweden 1951
8. Fighting Elegy Seijun Suzuki Japan 1966
9. The Golden Coach Jean Renoir France 1953
10. The Leopard Luchino Visconti Italy 1963
11. Salvatore Giuliano Francesco Rosi Italy 1961
12. Scenes from a Marriage Ingmar Bergman Sweden 1
13. Le trou Jacques Becker France 1960
14. Double Suicide Masahiro Shinoda Japan 1969
15. The Marriage of Maria Braun Rainer Werner Fassbinder 973
16. Winter Light Ingmar Bergman Sweden 1962
17. Touchez pas au grisbi Jacques Becker France 1954
18. My Night at Maud's Eric Rohmer France 1969
19. Yi Yi Edward Yang Taiwan 2000
20. Lacombe Lucien Louis Malle France 1974
21. Sword of the Beast Hideo Gosha Japan 1965
22. An Angel at My Table Jane Campion Australia 1990
23. The Sword of Doom Kihachi Okamoto Japan 1966
24. Twenty-four Eyes Keisuke Kinoshita Japan 1954
25. October (1927)
26. Wanda (1971)
27. High School (1969)
28. Marketta Lazarova (1967)
29. Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
30. The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
31. Beau Travail (1999)
32. Rosetta (1999)
33. Time Regained (1999)
34. Eternity and a Day (1998; Greece-France-Italy-Germany) •828
35. Landscape in the Mist (1988; Greece-France-Italy) •695
36. War and Peace (1967; Russia) •823
37.Saragossa Manuscript, The (1964; Poland) •802
38. Tree of Wooden Clogs, The (1978; Italy) •243
39. Devils, The (1971; UK) •456
40. Kings of the Road (1976; Germany)
41. Medium Cool (1969; US) •975
42. Drowning by Numbers (1991)
44. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
45. Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Salò o le 120 gionate di Sodoma)
46. Charulata (The Lonely Wife)
47. The Travelling Players (O Thiassos)
48. The Man Who Laughs
49. The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant
50. Edvard Munch (1974)
51. Place Promised in our Early Days
52. Whirlwind
53. Samurai Saga
54. Pennies from Heaven (1981)
55. A Passage to India (1984)
56. Ryan's Daughter (1970)
57. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
58. Last King of Scotland
59. Best of Youth
60. Park Row (1952)
61. Leo the Last (1970)
62. Hell in the Pacific (1968)
63. Three Poplars at Plyuschika
64. Tropical Malady (Weerasethakul)
65. The Cloud Capped Star, 1960 (Ritwik Ghatak)
66. Morning Patrol
67. Ulysses Gaze
68. The Emperor and the Assassin
69. After Life
70. All the Real Girls
71. The Goddess.
72. The Blue Kite
73. The Horse Thief.
76. Galaxy Quest
77. Quatermass and the pit
78. The Great War
79. Kirikou and the Sorceress (Michel Ocelot, 1998)
80. Prospero's Books (Peter Greenaway, 1991)
81. Marat/Sade (Peter Brook, 1967)
82. The Up Documentaries (Apted & Almond, 1964-???)
83. Manhunter (1986)
84. The Breaking Point
85. Force of Evil (1948)
86. All That Heaven Allows Douglas Sirk USA 1955
87. Gimme Shelter David Maysles, Albert Maysles &

[Derek]

I can try to give you brief comments if there's any in particular you want to hear about.

1. Pierrot le fou 10.0
2. Berlin Alexanderplatz 9.0
4. Fires on the Plain 8.0
5. The Burmese Harp 9.5
7. Miss Julie 9.0
9. The Golden Coach (haven't seen this, but I love French Cancan so see that if you haven't yet)
10. The Leopard 6.0 (only seen the butchered/dubbed version years ago though)
12. Scenes from a Marriage 8.5 (go for the mini-series)
13. Le trou 8.5
15. The Marriage of Maria Braun 8.5
16. Winter Light 7.0
17. Touchez pas au grisbi 7.0
18. My Night at Maud's 7.0
19. Yi Yi 9.5
20. Lacombe Lucien 6.5
25. October (1927) 7.0
26. Wanda (1971) 8.0
27. High School (1969) 8.5
29. Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) 8.0
31. Beau Travail (1999) 7.5
32. Rosetta (1999) 9.5
33. Time Regained (1999) 7.0
37.Saragossa Manuscript, The (1964; Poland) 7.0
38. Tree of Wooden Clogs, The (1978; Italy) 5.5
44. The Dirty Dozen (1967) 6.5
45. Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Salò o le 120 gionate di Sodoma) 8.5
46. Charulata (The Lonely Wife) 8.5
49. The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant 8.5
57. Doctor Zhivago (1965) 7.0
58. Last King of Scotland 4.0
59. Best of Youth 7.5
60. Park Row (1952) 7.5
64. Tropical Malady (Weerasethakul) 8.0
69. After Life 6.5
70. All the Real Girls 8.5
72. The Blue Kite 6.0
73. The Horse Thief 7.5
83. Manhunter (1986) 6.5
85. Force of Evil (1948) 8.0
86. All That Heaven Allows 8.0
87. Gimme Shelter - 7.5

[Qrazy]

I can't remember if I saw French Cancan or only a few scenes from it, watched it in a French class senior year of high school... pretty sure we watched the whole thing but maybe we split it up and I missed a day. Due for a rewatch.

I'm disappointed you didn't like Last King of Scotland or Tree of Wooden Clogs... for the former because I heard it was good (Uwe Boll's favorite film of that year!) and for the latter because I'm quite enamored with the other three Olmi films I've seen.

[Derek]

I'm disappointed you didn't like Last King of Scotland or Tree of Wooden Clogs... for the former because I heard it was good (Uwe Boll's favorite film of that year!) and for the latter because I'm quite enamored with the other three Olmi films I've seen.

I would actually love to see Wooden Clogs again as I could easily see being more on its wavelength now then when I saw it a few years back. As for The Last King of Scotland, I'm tired of having these foreign/exotic biopics or historical dramas being filtered through the eyes of a middle class white boy. Perhaps I find Idi Amin more interesting then some douche who ends up Uganda because he closed his eyes and spun a globe, but that's just me.

[Spinal]

**** films:
12. Scenes from a Marriage
16. Winter Light
27. High School
42. Drowning by Numbers
72. The Blue Kite
79. Kirikou and the Sorceress
80. Prospero's Books
81. Marat/Sade
82. The Up Documentaries

Also very good:
15. The Marriage of Maria Braun
45. Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom
48. The Man Who Laughs
50. Edvard Munch
57. Doctor Zhivago
87. Gimme Shelter

Good:
14. Double Suicide

OK:
29. Memories of Underdevelopment
31. Beau Travail
49. The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant
76. Galaxy Quest

[Qrazy]

I saw most of Edvard Munch but I was home for the holidays and had to return the dvd so I didn't miss my bus. I didn't realize it was so long... I think I have an hour left.

[monolith94]

great:

36. War and Peace (1967; Russia) •823
37.Saragossa Manuscript, The (1964; Poland) •802
46. Charulata (The Lonely Wife)
54. Pennies from Heaven (1981)
79. Kirikou and the Sorceress (Michel Ocelot, 1998)
80. Prospero's Books (Peter Greenaway, 1991)

good to almost great:

10. The Leopard Luchino Visconti Italy 1963
48. The Man Who Laughs
57. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
68. The Emperor and the Assassin
76. Galaxy Quest

[Spinal]

I'm thinking I need to redo my top 100, and that when I do, High School will be on it.

[origami_mustache]

I haven't seen much, but I think you'd like Theodoros Angelopoulos's films a lot. I haven't gotten to The Traveling Players yet though, it's so damn long. From what I've seen I'd prioritize it something like this:

34. Eternity and a Day
67. Ulysses Gaze
19. Yi Yi
64. Tropical Malady
16. Winter Light
48. The Man Who Laughs
71. The Goddess
35. Landscape in the Mist
41. Medium Cool
70. All the Real Girls
10. The Leopard
69. After Life
54. Pennies from Heaven
57. Doctor Zhivago

[Mysterious Dude]

1. Pierrot le fou **½
3. The Face of Another ***½
4. Fires on the Plain ***½
5. The Burmese Harp ***½
7. Miss Julie ****
10. The Leopard **½
11. Salvatore Giuliano ****
12. Scenes from a Marriage **½
13. Le trou ***½
14. Double Suicide ****
15. The Marriage of Maria Braun **½
16. Winter Light **
18. My Night at Maud's **½
19. Yi Yi **
20. Lacombe Lucien **
21. Sword of the Beast ***
23. The Sword of Doom *½
25. October (1927) ****
26. Wanda (1971) **½
27. High School (1969) ****
29. Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) ****
30. The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982) **
31. Beau Travail (1999) *
32. Rosetta (1999) ***
33. Time Regained (1999) *½
35. Landscape in the Mist **
37. The Saragossa Manuscript **
38. The Tree of Wooden Clogs *½
40. Kings of the Road **
41. Medium Cool ***½
44. The Dirty Dozen (1967) **½
45. Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom [zero stars]
48. The Man Who Laughs ***½
51. Place Promised in our Early Days **½
53. Samurai Saga ***½
54. Pennies from Heaven (1981) ***
58. Last King of Scotland ***
59. Best of Youth **½
64. Tropical Malady **
70. All the Real Girls ****
71. The Goddess ***½
72. The Blue Kite **
76. Galaxy Quest ***½
79. Kirikou and the Sorceress **
81. Marat/Sade ***
85. Force of Evil (1948) ***½
87. Gimme Shelter ***½

[Wryan]

Hell yeah Galaxy Quest on a list with those others.

[Boner M]

16. Winter Light **
19. Yi Yi **
31. Beau Travail (1999) *
38. The Tree of Wooden Clogs *½
40. Kings of the Road **
64. Tropical Malady **
:|

Anyway, don't have time to rate, but these are the ten 'musts'...

The Face of Another
Le trou
Winter Light
Yi Yi
Wanda
Beau Travail
Rosetta
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant
Tropical Malady

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

I've compiled a list of the films I most want to see next... rank/rate/comment, thank ya. I took 3 off that I realized I didn't want to see that badly so the numbers don't quite match.

1. Pierrot le fou Jean-Luc Godard France 1965
3. The Face of Another Hiroshi Teshigahara Japan
5. The Burmese Harp Kon Ichikawa Japan 1956
12. Scenes from a Marriage Ingmar Bergman Sweden 1
13. Le trou Jacques Becker France 1960
18. My Night at Maud's Eric Rohmer France 1969
19. Yi Yi Edward Yang Taiwan 2000
20. Lacombe Lucien Louis Malle France 1974
27. High School (1969)
29. Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
34. Eternity and a Day (1998; Greece-France-Italy-Germany) •828
40. Kings of the Road (1976; Germany)
42. Drowning by Numbers (1991)
54. Pennies from Heaven (1981)


All great films!

[Qrazy]

Anyone care to give lengthier thoughts on Pennies From Heaven? I first heard about it and added it when I added a bunch of Gordon Willis DP'd efforts. I didn't realize it had a number of fans here.

[Russ]

Anyone care to give lengthier thoughts on Pennies From Heaven? I first heard about it and added it when I added a bunch of Gordon Willis DP'd efforts. I didn't realize it had a number of fans here.
I never saw the BBC source from which this originated, but the Ross film probably caught a lot of folks off-guard when it premiered: there were the stunning dance numbers that filled the trailers and previews, but audiences didn't exactly warm to the downbeat narrative which seemed at odds with the style in which the musical numbers were filmed. That, and the fact that Steve Martin was cast completely against type was what today's mainstream audiences probably felt when they went to see Punch Drunk Love thinking it was another raucous Adam Sandler comedy. It's still a fine film though and you'd probably like it quite a bit.

[origami_mustache]

Pennies From Heaven is an interesting genre bender. It's actually a pretty dark comedy/musical that takes place during the Depression. One of the better musicals as well as Steve Martin films I've seen, and Christopher Walken showcases his awesome tap dancing abilities.

[Mysterious Dude]

I actually thought Steve Martin was really terrible in Pennies from Heaven. He was completely miscast and didn't sound at all convincing delivering 1930's dialogue.

I liked enough of the musical sequences to give it a recommendation.

[soitgoes...]

4. Fires on the Plain Kon Ichikawa Japan 1959
5. The Burmese Harp Kon Ichikawa Japan 1956
6. Death of a Cyclist Juan Antonio Bardem Spain 1955
12. Scenes from a Marriage Ingmar Bergman Sweden 1
13. Le trou Jacques Becker France 1960
14. Double Suicide Masahiro Shinoda Japan 1969
15. The Marriage of Maria Braun Rainer Werner Fassbinder 973
16. Winter Light Ingmar Bergman Sweden 1962
19. Yi Yi Edward Yang Taiwan 2000
20. Lacombe Lucien Louis Malle France 1974
21. Sword of the Beast Hideo Gosha Japan 1965
23. The Sword of Doom Kihachi Okamoto Japan 1966
25. October (1927)
31. Beau Travail (1999)
32. Rosetta (1999)
35. Landscape in the Mist (1988; Greece-France-Italy) •695
44. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
46. Charulata (The Lonely Wife)
55. A Passage to India (1984)
57. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
58. Last King of Scotland
60. Park Row (1952)
71. The Goddess.
76. Galaxy Quest
86. All That Heaven Allows Douglas Sirk USA 1955

What I've seen. What I'd prioritize is in bold.

[monolith94]

I actually thought Steve Martin was really terrible in Pennies from Heaven. He was completely miscast and didn't sound at all convincing delivering 1930's dialogue.

I liked enough of the musical sequences to give it a recommendation.
I'd totally agree that Martin was miscast, although I can see where there mind may have been at: they wanted someone who could play "earnest". Although his performance doesn't work, it didn't offend me enough to really distract me, and I thought that the musical sequences were SO incredible that it merits as a must-watch. The title sequence, anything with Bernadette Peters, Walken's striptease… all were so good.

[Epistemophobia]

Berlin Alexanderplatz
The Face of Another
Scenes from a Marriage
The Marriage of Maria Braun
The Sword of Doom
Landscape in the Mist

I love all of these dearly.

[balmakboor]

2. Berlin Alexanderplatz Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany
9. The Golden Coach Jean Renoir France 1953
10. The Leopard Luchino Visconti Italy 1963
15. The Marriage of Maria Braun Rainer Werner Fassbinder 973
19. Yi Yi Edward Yang Taiwan 2000
22. An Angel at My Table Jane Campion Australia 1990
41. Medium Cool (1969; US)
42. Drowning by Numbers (1991)
49. The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant
57. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
64. Tropical Malady (Weerasethakul)
70. All the Real Girls
80. Prospero's Books (Peter Greenaway, 1991)
82. The Up Documentaries (Apted & Almond, 1964-???)
83. Manhunter (1986)
86. All That Heaven Allows Douglas Sirk USA 1955
87. Gimme Shelter David Maysles, Albert Maysles &

I've only seen 17 of those, so we both have similar work ahead. (Did I say work? I meant pleasures.)

Four of those are among my favorite films -- Berlin Alexanderplatz, An Angel at My Table, The Up Docs, and Gimme Shelter. I might even put a few of them on my top ten list if I ever get around to putting another one together.

Manhunter is my favorite Mann film. (Okay, it's the only Mann film I truly like.) Medium Cool seemed, well, really cool when I saw it 25 years ago, but it just felt dated and dull when I re-watched it about six months ago. Drowning by Numbers is awesome, one of my favorite Greenaways along with The Falls and The Cook, The Thief... Prospero's Books is gorgeous and ambitious, but ultimately just a bit too much. (It's been a long time and I should probably re-watch Prospero's Books. I can't really remember too much what. I just remember thinking "too much.")

And I love Doctor Zhivago. It's exactly what an epic love story should be -- and what Titanic should've been. Of course, I lucked out and saw it on the big screen in Seattle during the SIFF.

[TripZone]

I've only seen Pierrot le fou of those (7/10)

[SirNewt]

Touchez is a classic tail of the aging criminal: Jean Gabin reeks of cool.

Can someone fill me in on this 'Prospero's Books' movie. That sounds phenomenal.

[Russ]

a classic tail of the aging criminal

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/6712/tailwolfpostmcxh5.jpg

Sorry. I couldn't help myself.

Carry on.

[Qrazy]

Thanks for the comments folks. I watched Galaxy Quest and enjoyed it but wasn't wowed by it, some minor comments in the Film Discussion thread.

[SirNewt]

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/6712/tailwolfpostmcxh5.jpg

Sorry. I couldn't help myself.

Carry on.

Woops!

[Melville]

As for The Last King of Scotland, I'm tired of having these foreign/exotic biopics or historical dramas being filtered through the eyes of a middle class white boy. Perhaps I find Idi Amin more interesting then some douche who ends up Uganda because he closed his eyes and spun a globe, but that's just me.
I didn't mind the story being told from the perspective of a middle class white boy, but I did mind the story of a national tragedy being turned into that white boy's personal tragedy. It seemed obscene to me that the torture of a fictional foreigner was made out to be the culmination of Idi Amin's reign of terror.

Anyway, here's what I've seen:

10. The Leopard Luchino Visconti Italy 1963 - 8
12. Scenes from a Marriage Ingmar Bergman Sweden - 9
13. Le trou Jacques Becker France 1960 - 9
15. The Marriage of Maria Braun Rainer Werner Fassbinder - 7
16. Winter Light Ingmar Bergman Sweden 1962 - 8.5
19. Yi Yi Edward Yang Taiwan 2000 - 6
23. The Sword of Doom Kihachi Okamoto Japan 1966 - 6
25. October (1927) - 8
31. Beau Travail (1999) - 8
39. Devils, The (1971; UK) - 8
48. The Man Who Laughs - 5
50. Edvard Munch (1974) - 10
55. A Passage to India (1984) - 9
57. Doctor Zhivago (1965) - 6
58. Last King of Scotland - 5
64. Tropical Malady (Weerasethakul) - 8.5
69. After Life - 5.5
70. All the Real Girls - 7.5
76. Galaxy Quest - 3
80. Prospero's Books (Peter Greenaway, 1991) - 2
83. Manhunter (1986) - 5.5
85. Force of Evil (1948) - 7.5
86. All That Heaven Allows Douglas Sirk USA 1955 - 8

[Bridget Jones]

I liked the Last King of Scotland's perspective. :|

Oh, yeah, the Up series is fantastic, but try to space your viewings apart.

[Qrazy]

80. Prospero's Books (Peter Greenaway, 1991) - 2


Care to expound?