I'm a newbie, here's my top 100 list

[davey12]

I just joined, after hearing about this place from some good pals who are on here (I'd name names, but I know them by their Real Life names, which may or may not be helpful). As my inaugural post, here's a list of my top 112 movies that I recently came up with. I limited myself to one film per filmmaker, so it wouldn't be bogged down with movies by Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese (among others), and this list would certainly look very different if I were to make it again even today (lots would stay, lots more would probably wind up swapped out for equally worthy picks). Anyway, enough prefacing. Enjoy!

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
8 1/2
2001: a space odyssey
A Chump at Oxford
A Hard Day's Night
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
Alice (Svankmajer)
The Apartment
Apocalypse Now
Ashes and Diamonds
L'Atalante
Au Hasard Balthasar
Babe: Pig in the City
Bad Day at Black Rock
La Belle et la Bete
The Bank Dick
The Bicycle Thief
Black Sabbath (Bava)
The Bride of Frankenstein
Brief Encounter
Brigham City
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Carnival of Souls
Chungking Express
Citizen Kane
Cleo From 5 to 7
The Curse of the Cat People
Days of Heaven
Dead of Night
The Decalogue
Destry Rides Again
The Devil and Daniel Webster
Dog Day Afternoon
Duck Soup
Dumbo
E.T. - the extra-terrestrial
The Emperor and the Nightingale (Jrnka)
Eraserhead
Fireworks (Kitano)
Forbidden Games
Gates of Heaven
The General
The Gold Rush
Good Morning
Gran Torino
Grey Gardens
Gun Crazy
Gunga Din
Hannah and Her Sisters
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Harold and Maude
Hot Fuzz
Ikiru
The Iron Giant
It's A Wonderful Life
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Koyaanisqatsi
The Last Temptation of Christ
Last Year at Marienbad
Laura
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Los Olvidados
Love on Delivery
Metropolis
Le Million
Millions
Mon Oncle
My Darling Clementine
My Dinner With Andre
My Neighbor Totoro
Nashville
Near Dark
New York Doll
The Night of the Hunter
No Country For Old Men
Oedipus Rex (Pasolini)
On the Waterfront
Pan's Labyrinth
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Pather Panchali
Punch-Drunk Love
Rachel Getting Married
The Red Shoes
Return to Oz
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Rules of the Game
Sans Soleil
Sansho the Bailiff
Shock Corridor
The Shop Around the Corner
Singin' in the Rain
Solaris
Spider Baby
Strangers in Good Company
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Tender Mercies
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
The Third Man
Time Indefinite
Top Hat
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Truman Show
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Unfaithfully Yours
The Vanishing (1988)
Vertigo
Wall-E
Where the Wild Things Are
Wild Strawberries
Wings of Desire
The Wizard of Oz
Z

[Thirdmango]

I approve of Davey. He is excellent.

[Melville]

Nice list. I especially like your inclusion of the following:


8 1/2
2001: a space odyssey
Apocalypse Now
Au Hasard Balthasar
Babe: Pig in the City
Carnival of Souls
Citizen Kane
Days of Heaven
The Devil and Daniel Webster
Duck Soup
Eraserhead
Gun Crazy
Hannah and Her Sisters
It's A Wonderful Life
Koyaanisqatsi
Metropolis
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Pather Panchali
Punch-Drunk Love
The Royal Tenenbaums
Shock Corridor
The Shop Around the Corner
Solaris
The Third Man
Top Hat
Vertigo

[Sven]

Enough great ones on there to forgive it its trespasses. Welcome aboard.

[Wryan]

You limited yourself to one film per filmmaker and chose Last Temptation of Christ. Innnteresting!

Welcome. Please do not feed Barty. He grows stronger on both your tears and your logic.

[Sycophant]

Welcome aboard, Davey. Specific shout outs to Happiness of the Katakuris, Love on Delivery, Fireworks, and Hot Fuzz on your list and My Neighbor Totoro in your avatar.

[Sycophant]

AsiancultAsiancultAsiancult

lol

[Ezee E]

Millions? The Bank Dick?

Really?

[D_Davis]

Hey, guy.

The ones I really like:

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
2001: a space odyssey
Alice (Svankmajer)
Babe: Pig in the City
The Bride of Frankenstein
Carnival of Souls
Chungking Express
Eraserhead
Fireworks (Kitano)
Gates of Heaven (Morris?)
Harold and Maude
The Iron Giant
My Neighbor Totoro
Near Dark
Return to Oz
Spider Baby
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Truman Show
The Vanishing (1988)
Vertigo
Wizard of Oz


The ones I really dislike

Apocalypse Now
Hot Fuzz
Pan's Labyrinth


The ones I've never seen

A Chump at Oxford
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
The Apartment
Ashes and Diamonds
L'Atalante
Au Hasard Balthasar
Bad Day at Black Rock
La Belle et la Bete
The Bank Dick
The Bicycle Thief
Brief Encounter
Brigham City
Cleo From 5 to 7
Days of Heaven
Dead of Night
The Decalogue
Destry Rides Again
Forbidden Games
Good Morning
Gran Torino
Grey Gardens
Hannah and Her Sisters
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Last Year at Marienbad
Laura
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Los Olvidados
Love on Delivery
Le Million
Mon Oncle
My Darling Clementine
My Dinner With Andre
Nashville
New York Doll
No Country For Old Men
Oedipus Rex (Pasolini)
On the Waterfront
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Pather Panchali
Rachel Getting Married
The Rules of the Game
Sans Soleil
Shock Corridor
The Shop Around the Corner
Strangers in Good Company
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Tender Mercies
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Time Indefinite
Top Hat
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Unfaithfully Yours
Wall-E
Where the Wild Things Are
Wild Strawberries
Wings of Desire
Z

[number8]

I'm gonna have to run this list by the Match-Cut supercomputer to determine if you're qualified to stay here or not. Please stand by.

[Mara]

I'm gonna have to run this list by the Match-Cut supercomputer to determine if you're qualified to stay here or not. Please stand by.

Don't give Antoine ideas. I'm sure he has other things to do.

[davey12]

Thanks for all the responses and welcomings! That was indeed Errol Morris' Gates of Heaven; I love that film dearly. Jon's endorsement warms the cockles of my heart. I will beware of Barty. I hope the supercomputer approves of my taste.

I was rather ambivalent towards The Bank Dick on first viewing (which was also, I should note, when I was, like, 13). After familiarizing myself just a bit more with Fields' work, I find it's one of the most brilliant and rewarding of American comedies, and the only one of Fields' features I've seen that's as consistently perfect as his best shorts ("The Fatal Glass of Beer" remains the ideal introduction to the man, and one of the best ways a human being could ever spend twenty minutes of life).

Anyone ever seen Spider Baby? Everyone should.

[balmakboor]

Anyone ever seen Spider Baby? Everyone should.

Sure have. Liked it a lot.

Btw, I just finally saw Moon in a theater this evening -- after twice on DVD -- and it's now neck and neck with A Single Man for my favorite movie of 2009.

What does that have to do with this thread? Err, nothing really? Sorry about that.

[davey12]

Those were two of my favorites of '09 as well--especially A Serious Man, which is one of my three favorite films from the Coens (alongside No Country For Old Men and either Raising Arizona or The Big Lebowski, depending on the day). I need to see Moon again (I've only seen it once so far). I welcome any and all Moon and Serious Man lovin' on this thread.

[balmakboor]

Yeah. I liked A Serious Man as well. ;)

[davey12]

That's a cool and interesting top ten, by the way. Kudos on Playtime, Sans Soleil, Gimme Shelter, and Spirited Away. I really need to see Berlin Alexanderplatz.

[balmakboor]

That's a cool and interesting top ten, by the way. Kudos on Playtime, Sans Soleil, Gimme Shelter, and Spirited Away. I really need to see Berlin Alexanderplatz.

Thanks. I've spent a lot of time -- about 30 years -- of serious watching to get to this point. Berlin Alexanderplatz and Gimme Shelter are two of the films that've been on there the longest.

I should add that, no, Salo is not on there to be provocative. I truly consider it a great movie and one of the most pleasant surprises of the past two years.

[MadMan]

NOOOOBBBB!!!!

Strange welcoming ceremony aside (don't worry about that hot iron....wait, what?) glad to see yah here. Thoughts on ye list-ratings for the ones I've seen:

2001: a space odyssey-100
Apocalypse Now-100
Bad Day at Black Rock-85
Black Sabbath (Bava)-81
Carnival of Souls-90
Citizen Kane-100
Duck Soup-94
Dumbo-90
E.T. - the extra-terrestrial-95
Eraserhead-86, but it really is beyond ratings
The General-97
The Gold Rush-100
Gran Torino-92
Gun Crazy-90
Gunga Din-83
It's A Wonderful Life-100
Koyaanisqatsi-90
Metropolis-100
Nashville-100
Near Dark-90
The Night of the Hunter-88
No Country For Old Men-97
On the Waterfront-95
The Royal Tenenbaums-100
Spider Baby-77
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans-100
The Third Man-100
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre-95
The Truman Show-100
Vertigo-100
Where the Wild Things Are-94
The Wizard of Oz-100

Goddamn good gear, guv.

[SirNewt]

Love the list. La Belle et la Bete, is an all time favorite of mine and is in need of much love around here so you're cool in my book. Welcome to match-cut the biggest pile of hedonistic, pretentious, fun you can find on the internet.

[Qrazy]

I was rather ambivalent towards The Bank Dick on first viewing (which was also, I should note, when I was, like, 13). After familiarizing myself just a bit more with Fields' work, I find it's one of the most brilliant and rewarding of American comedies, and the only one of Fields' features I've seen that's as consistently perfect as his best shorts ("The Fatal Glass of Beer" remains the ideal introduction to the man, and one of the best ways a human being could ever spend twenty minutes of life).

It's a Gift?

[soitgoes...]

It's a Gift?Bleh?

[Qrazy]

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
A Chump at Oxford
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
Black Sabbath (Bava)
Brigham City
The Curse of the Cat People
Dead of Night
Gates of Heaven
Gran Torino
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Near Dark
New York Doll
Oedipus Rex (Pasolini)
Rachel Getting Married
The Shop Around the Corner
Spider Baby
Strangers in Good Company
Tender Mercies
Time Indefinite


Haven't seen these.

I support many of your choices. Welcome.

[Qrazy]

Bleh?

Bah. I preferred it to The Bank Dick.

[soitgoes...]

Bah. I preferred it to The Bank Dick.
I didn't, but it's mostly due to the wife character. I wanted to turn it off because she was so grating. I know that's her role but still. The Old Fashioned Way remains my favorite. I think it was Russ who steered me towards it back at the old site.

[Qrazy]

I didn't, but it's mostly due to the wife character. I wanted to turn it off because she was so grating. I know that's her role but still. The Old Fashioned Way remains my favorite. I think it was Russ who steered me towards it back at the old site.

Thoughts on Silence? I'm mixed on Shinoda but when I like him, I quite like him. I'd like to see that and Assassination.

[soitgoes...]

Thoughts on Silence? I'm mixed on Shinoda but when I like him, I quite like him. I'd like to see that and Assassination.
It was good, not great. I'm still waiting to see something by him that blows me away. I thought it might've been this one going into it. It is interesting to see Christianity tackled in a Japanese film, but since it's split 50/50 between Japanese and English it felt clunky. It begs the question, why do Portuguese priests speak English in a Japanese film?

[Qrazy]

It was good, not great. I'm still waiting to see something by him that blows me away. I thought it might've been this one going into it. It is interesting to see Christianity tackled in a Japanese film, but since it's split 50/50 between Japanese and English it felt clunky. It begs the question, why do Portuguese priests speak English in a Japanese film?

I wouldn't say he's ever blown me away but I quite like Pale Flower and Samurai Spy.

[soitgoes...]

I wouldn't say he's ever blown me away but I quite like Pale Flower and Samurai Spy.I still need to see those two. Double Suicide's still my favorite of his.

Sorry for hijacking the thread for a minute davey12.

[SirNewt]

I still need to see those two. Double Suicide's still my favorite of his.

Sorry for hijacking the thread for a minute davey12.

But can you think of a more fitting intro to Match-Cut.

[BuffaloWilder]

Babe: Pig In the City?


...Man after my own heart, over here.

[Qrazy]

I still need to see those two. Double Suicide's still my favorite of his.

Sorry for hijacking the thread for a minute davey12.

I didn't like Double Suicide.