Top 10 films seen for the first time in 2017

[baby doll]

• Blind Husbands (Erich von Stroheim, 1919)
• Tokyo Chorus (Ozu Yasujiro, 1931)
• Japanese Girls at the Harbor (Shimizu Hiroshi, 1933)
• Morning's Tree-Lined Street (Naruse Mikio, 1936)
• The Shanghai Gesture (Josef von Sternberg, 1941)
• The Sound of the Mountain (Naruse Mikio, 1954)
• Night and Fog in Japan (Oshima Nagisa, 1960)
• Electra, My Love (Miklós Jancsó, 1974)
• Captain Fantastic (Matt Ross, 2016)
• Neruda (Pablo LarraÃ*n, 2016)

[Stay Puft]

1. The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (Nan Goldin, 1986)
2. Julieta (Pedro Almodóvar, 2016)
3. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)
4. Hidden Figures (Theodore Melfi, 2016)

[Idioteque Stalker]

1. The Great Dictator (1940) *****
2. Two Days, One Night (2014) ****
3. Jackie (2016) ****
4. Paterson (2016) ****
5. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) ****
6. Toni Erdmann (2016) ****
7. The Handmaiden (2016) ****
8. Krisha (2016) ****
9. L'Eclisse (1962) ***
10. Silence (2016) ***

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11. Allied (2016) **

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[Stay Puft]

1. The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (Nan Goldin, 1986)
2. Rome, Open City (Roberto Rossellini, 1945)
3. Julieta (Pedro Almodóvar, 2016)
4. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)
5. Hidden Figures (Theodore Melfi, 2016)

[Melville]

1. Sing Street
2. Dark Days
3. Hell or High Water
4. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
5. Searching for Sugar Man
6. Birth
7. Life Itself
8. La La Land
9. Silence
10. Lilya 4-Ever

Worst: Love Actually.

[origami_mustache]

1. O.J.: Made In America
2. 20th Century Women
3. High-Rise
4. Atomic w/ Mogwai performing the score live.

[Dead & Messed Up]

1. Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen, 1981)
2. Amelie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Peter Hunt, 1969)
4. Don't Breathe (Fede Alvarez, 2016)
5. Jeff, Who Lives at Home (Snap-Zooms, 2011)
6. Game Change (Jay Roach, 2012)
7. Lights Out (David F. Sandberg, 2016)

[Dukefrukem]

I am destroying that 1000 Movies to See Before I die list this year.

1 The Great Dictator Chaplin, Charles 1940 95
2 Singin’ in the Rain Kelly, Gene 1952 94
3 Hell or High Water Mackenzie, David 2016 91
4 Kubo and the Two Strings Knight, Travis 2016 90
5 Dead of Night Cavalcanti, Alberto 1945 80
6 The Innocents Clayton, Jack 1961 75
7 Hacksaw Ridge Gibson, Mel 2016 74
8 Spirited Away Miyazaki, Hayao 2001 73
9 Manchester by the Sea Lonergan, Kenneth 2016 72
10 War Dogs Phillips, Todd 2016 71

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11 Hotel Rwanda George, Terry 2004 69
12 Repulsion Polanski, Roman 1965 69
13 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Aldrich, Robert 1962 66
14 Locke Knight, Steven 2013 65
15 Justice League Dark Oliva, Jay 2017 64
16 Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Zwick, Edward 2016 63
17 Hitch Tennant, Andy 2005 63
18 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Burton, Tim 2005 62
19 Monty Python and the Holy Grail Jones, Terry 1975 62
20 Prisoners Villeneuve, Denis 2013 61
21 Inferno Howard, Ron 2016 60
22 Wait Until Dark Young, Terence 1967 59
23 The Bank Job Donaldson, Roger 2008 58
24 Gone with the Wind Fleming, Victor 1939 56
25 Mechanic: Resurrection Gansel, Dennis 2016 55
26 Arrival Villeneuve, Denis 2016 50
27 The Incredible Shrinking Man Arnold, Jack 1957 49
28 Pretty Woman Marshall, Garry 1990 42
29 Fortune Cookie Aronofsky, Darren 1991 45
30 Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust Kawajiri, Yoshiaki 2000 42
31 The Girl on the Train Taylor, Tate 2016 40
32 Perfect Blue Kon, Satoshi 1997 35
33 Santa Sangre Jodorowsky, Alejandro 1989 30
34 `31 Zombie, Rob 2016 20

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[Idioteque Stalker]

17 Hitch Tennant, Andy 2005 63
19 Monty Python and the Holy Grail Jones, Terry 1975 62

Very nice job so far, but this part is unfortunate.

[Dukefrukem]

Very nice job so far, but this part is unfortunate.

Monty Python did not sit well with me and I was seduced by Smith and James.

Life of Brian on the other hand (Which I just watched today) is a much, MUCH, better film.

[Dukefrukem]

Looks like I'm snowed in for the next 1.5 days so I'll be watching a shit ton. Next up:

Into the Wild
Annie Hall
8½
The Best Years of our Lives

[Peng]

Interested to read your thoughts on 8½ (I'm very mixed). The Best Years of our Lives is such a masterpiece though; even as a restless 13-14 teen I was very absorbed throughout its long running time. Really need to see it again one of these days.

[Irish]

Interested to read your thoughts on 8½ (I'm very mixed).

Interested in your very mixed thoughts in 8½

[Peng]

I thought I wrote something on it, but checking back when I watched and gave it 6/10 on October 2015, apparently I haven't. Only a reference to it when I watched All That Jazz a month later: "Sprawling and messy, but also an absolutely electrifying self-portrait that sucks me into its world in the way that 8 1/2 can't." Thinking back after so long, that's probably about it. Very creative in its visual expression of Fellini's self, but the way it progresses just keep pushing me out.

[Idioteque Stalker]

1. The Tale of Princess Kaguya (2013) *****
2. The Great Dictator (1940) *****
3. Two Days, One Night (2014) ****
4. Jackie (2016) ****
5. Paterson (2016) ****
6. Scenes from a Marriage (1973) ****
7. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) ****
8. Toni Erdmann (2016) ****
9. The Handmaiden (2016) ****
10. Krisha (2016) ****

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11. The Trip to Italy (2014) ***
12. The Trip (2011) ***
13. L'Eclisse (1962) ***
14. Silence (2016) ***
15. Allied (2016) **
16. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) **
17. Eliminators (2016) *

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[transmogrifier]

1. Violence at Noon (1966) - 82
2. Walkabout (1971) - 75
3. Performance (1970) - 73
4. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) - 73
5. The Man Who Stole the Sun ​(1979) - 72
6. Manchester by the Sea​ (2016) - 72

[Stay Puft]

1. The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (Nan Goldin, 1986)
2. The Red Shoes (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1948)
3. Rome, Open City (Roberto Rossellini, 1945)
4. Julieta (Pedro Almodóvar, 2016)
5. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)
6. John Wick (David Leitch & Chad Stahelski, 2014)
7. Hidden Figures (Theodore Melfi, 2016)

[Ivan Drago]

1. Guys and Dolls (Joseph K. Mankiewicz, 1955)
2. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (Russ Meyer, 1970)
3. Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1995)
4. Elle (Paul Verhoeven, 2016)
5. Split (M. Night Shyamalan, 2017)
6. Blue Jay (Alexandre Lehmann, 2016)
7. Silence (Martin Scorsese, 2016)
8. Moana (Musker/Clements, 2016)
9. Fences (Denzel Washington, 2016)
10. Hidden Figures (Theodore Melfi, 2016)


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11. The Founder (John Lee Hancock, 2016)
12. A Monster Calls (J.A. Bayona, 2016)
13. 20th Century Women (Mike Mills, 2016)
14. Showgirls (Paul Verhoeven, 1995)
15. Assassin's Creed (Justin Kurzel, 2016)

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1. Guys and Dolls (Joseph K. Mankiewicz, 1955)
2. OJ: Made In America (Ezra Edelman, 2016)
3. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (Russ Meyer, 1970)
4. Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1995)
5. Paterson (Jim Jarmusch, 2016)
6. Elle (Paul Verhoeven, 2016)
7. Silence (Martin Scorsese, 2016)
8. Split (M. Night Shyamalan, 2017)
9. Blue Jay (Alexandre Lehmann, 2016)
10. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)


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11. Knight of Cups (Terrence Malick, 2016)
12. Moana (Musker/Clements, 2016)
13. Life, Animated (Roger Ross Williams, 2016)
14. Fences (Denzel Washington, 2016)
15. Hidden Figures (Theodore Melfi, 2016)
16. Neruda (Pablo Larrain, 2016)
17. The Founder (John Lee Hancock, 2016)
18. A Monster Calls (J.A. Bayona, 2016)
19. Julieta (Pedro Almodovar, 2016)
20. 20th Century Women (Mike Mills, 2016)
21. The Red Turtle (Michael Dudok de Wit, 2016)
22. Dolemite (D'Urville Martin, 1975)
23. Showgirls (Paul Verhoeven, 1995)
24. Assassin's Creed (Justin Kurzel, 2016)

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[Idioteque Stalker]

1. The Tale of Princess Kaguya (2013) *****
2. The Great Dictator (1940) *****
3. Two Days, One Night (2014) ****
4. Jackie (2016) ****
5. Paterson (2016) ****
6. Scenes from a Marriage (1973) ****
7. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) ****
8. Toni Erdmann (2016) ****
9. The Handmaiden (2016) ****
10. Krisha (2016) ****

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11. Kundun (1997) ***
12. Grey Gardens (1975) ***
13. The Trip to Italy (2014) ***
14. Loving (2016) ***
15. The Trip (2011) ***
16. The Jungle Book (2016) ***
17. L'Eclisse (1962) ***
18. Silence (2016) ***
19. Tickled (2016) ***
20. Midnight Special (2016) **
21. Finding Dory (2016) **
22. Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) **
23. Allied (2016) **
24. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) **
25. Eliminators (2016) *

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[Mr. McGibblets]

100!:

1. The Bad Sleep Well (1960) ****
2. The Super Cops (1974) ****
3. Harakiri (1962) ****
4. The Innocents (1961) ****
5. Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) ****
6. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984) ****
7. Gremlins (1984) ****
8. The Informant (2009) ****
9. Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould (1993) ****
10. Night of the Comet (1984) ***

The worst is still Edmond. 2nd worst is The Overnight (2015).

[Dukefrukem]

Anatomy of a Murder (1959) just slid into my top 100 all time list.

That Jimmy Stewart man.

[baby doll]

• Blind Husbands (Erich von Stroheim, 1919)
• The Girl With the Hat Box (Boris Barnet, 1927)
• Tokyo Chorus (Ozu Yasujiro, 1931)
• Japanese Girls at the Harbor (Shimizu Hiroshi, 1933)
• Morning's Tree-Lined Street (Naruse Mikio, 1936)
• The Shanghai Gesture (Josef von Sternberg, 1941)
• Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (Kenneth Anger, 1954)
• Death by Hanging (Oshima Nagisa, 1968)
• Electra, My Love (Miklós Jancsó, 1974)
• Captain Fantastic (Matt Ross, 2016)

[Dead & Messed Up]

1. Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen, 1981)
2. Amelie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
3. Get Out (Jordan Peele, 2017)
4. Raise the Red Lantern (Zhang Yimou, 1991)
5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Peter Hunt, 1969)
6. Don't Breathe (Fede Alvarez, 2016)
7. Streets of Fire (Walter Hill, )
8. Jeff, Who Lives at Home (Snap-Zooms, 2011)
9. Game Change (Jay Roach, 2012)
10. Lights Out (David F. Sandberg, 2016)

[Dead & Messed Up]

Monty Python did not sit well with me and I was seduced by Smith and James.

Life of Brian on the other hand (Which I just watched today) is a much, MUCH, better film.

Yeah, Life of Brian is an improvement in most ways, although I have a weakness for Holy Grail, it being my first exposure to the Pythons - the Lancelot sequences are as good as any comedy I've ever seen. "I'm sorry, I just get carried away."

[Stay Puft]

1. Platform (Jia Zhangke, 2000)
2. The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (Nan Goldin, 1986)
3. Paterson (Jim Jarmusch, 2016)
4. The Red Shoes (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1948)
5. Rome, Open City (Roberto Rossellini, 1945)
6. Julieta (Pedro Almodóvar, 2016)
7. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)
8. John Wick (David Leitch & Chad Stahelski, 2014)
9. The Red Turtle (Michaël Dudok de Wit, 2016)
10. Hidden Figures (Theodore Melfi, 2016)