The 2000s – YEAR BY YEAR MOVIE LISTS

THE AUGHTS 

 

Recent Additions in RED – Last Update January 30, 2009

Last 5 Titles Added:

POLYTECHNIQUE [DENIS VILLENEUVE] (2009)
THE INFORMERS [GREGOR JORDAN] (2008)
THE ROAD [JOHN HILLCOAT] (2009)
THE HURT LOCKER [KATHRYN BIGELOW] (2009)
IL DIVO [PAOLO SORRENTINO] (2009)
   

◄ 2000 ►

…We met at Starbucks. Not at the same Starbucks but we saw each other at different Starbucks across the street from each other.

  

  

1. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Fa yeung nin wa)  [WONG KAR-WAI] (CH)
2. YOU CAN COUNT ON ME  [KENNETH LONERGAN]
3. DANCER IN THE DARK  [LARS VON TRIER] (D)
4. REQUIEM FOR A DREAM  [DARREN ARONOVSKY]
5. UNBREAKABLE  [M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN]
6. WONDER BOYS  [CURTIS HANSON]
7. THE HOUSE OF MIRTH  [TERRENCE DAVIES] (UK)
8. NURSE BETTY   [NEIL LABUTE]
9. YI YI (aka A One and a Two) [EDWARD YANG] (CH)
10. CODE UNKNOWN  [MICHAEL HANEKE] (F)
11. CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON (Wo hu cang long)  [ANG LEE] (CH)
12. GEORGE WASHINGTON  [DAVID GORDON GREEN]
13. UNDER THE SAND (Sous le sable)  [FRANÇOIS OZON] (F)
14. AMORES PERROS  [ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU] (M)
15. CAST AWAY  [ROBERT ZEMECKIS]
16. THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR (Der Krieger und die Kaiserin) [TOM TYKWER] (G)
17. BAMBOOZLED  [SPIKE LEE]
18. SNATCH  [GUY RITCHIE] (UK)
19. O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOUGH  [JOEL COEN]
20. WERKMEISTER HARMONIES (Werckmeister harmóniák) [BÉLA TARR] (H)
21. CHARLIE’S ANGELS  [MCG]
22. BEST IN SHOW  [CHRISTOPHER GUEST]
23. ALMOST FAMOUS   [CAMERON CROWE]
24. SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR (Sånger från andra våningen) [ROY ANDERSSON] (S)
25. THE CIRCLE (Dayereh)  [JAFAR PANAHI] (IR)
26. X-MEN  [BRYAN SINGER]
27. BILLY ELLIOT  [STEPHEN DALDRY]
28. MEET THE PARENTS  [JAY ROACH]
29. ERIN BROCKOVICH  [STEVEN SODERBERGH]
30. STATE AND MAIN  [DAVID MAMET]
31. BEFORE NIGHT FALLS  [JULIAN SCHNABEL]
32. TRAFFIC  [STEVEN SODERBERGH]
33. SMALL TIME CROOKS  [WOODY ALLEN]
34. AMERICAN PSYCHO  [MARY HARRON]
35. CHUCK&BUCK  [MIGUEL ARTETA]
36. VIRGIN STRIPPED BARE BY HER BACHELORS (Oh! Soo-jung)  [HONG SANG-SOO] (K)
37. PITCH BLACK  [DAVID TWOHY]
38. THE BEACH  [DANNY BOYLE]
39. QUILLS  [PHILIP KAUFMAN] 
40. GLADIATOR  [RIDLEY SCOTT]
41. CHOCOLAT  [LASSE HALLSTRÖM]
42. HIGH FIDELITY  [STEPHEN FREARS]
43. THE YARDS  [JAMES GRAY]
44. THE TAO OF STEVE  [JENNIPHR GOODMAN]
45. MERCI POUR LE CHOCOLAT (Nightcap)  [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
46. GIRLFIGHT  [KARYN KUSAMA]
47. BOILER ROOM  [BEN YOUNGER]
48. THE GIFT  [SAM RAIMI]
49. VERTICAL LIMIT  [MARTIN CAMPBELL]
50. SHAFT  [JOHN SINGLETON]
51. THE CONTENDER  [ROD LURIE]
52. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS  [RON HOWARD]
53. THE PERFECT STORM  [WOLFGANG PETERSEN] 
54. DR. T & THE WOMEN  [ROBERT ALTMAN] 
55. REMEMBER THE TITANS  [BOAZ YAKIN] 
56. SCREAM 3  [WES CRAVEN] 
57. WHAT LIES BENEATH  [ROBERT ZEMECKIS] 
58. FINDING FORRESTER  [GUS VAN SANT]
59. SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE  [E. ELIAS MERHIGE]
60. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II  [JOHN WOO]
61. ME, MYSELF & IRENE  [PETER & BOBBY FARRELLY]
62. 28 DAYS  [BETTY THOMAS]
63. KEEPING THE FAITH  [EDWARD NORTON]
64. HOLLOW MAN  [PAUL VERHOEVEN]
65. BAISE-MOI (aka Rape Me)  [VIRGINIE DESPENTES & CORALIE TRINH THI] (F)
66. COYOTE UGLY  [DAVID MCNALLY]

Other (unranked):  CHICKEN RUN  [PETER LORD & NICK PARK] (a); CAMERA  [DAVID CRONENBERG] (C) (s);  THE HEART OF THE WORLD [GUY MADDIN] (C) (s);  CONRAD AND BUTLER TAKE A VACATION  [NOAH BAUMBACH] (s)

 

◄ 2001 ►

  …Anybody interested in grabbing a couple of burgers and hittin’ the cemetery?

 

  

1. AMÉLIE (Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain)  [JEAN-PIERRE JEUNET] (F)
2. MULHOLLAND DRIVE  [DAVID LYNCH]
3. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: AI  [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
4. GHOST WORLD  [TERRY ZWIGOFF]
5. THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS  [WES ANDERSON]
6. MEMENTO  [CHRISTOPHER NOLAN] (IMDB 2000)
7. MOULIN ROUGE!  [BAZ LUHRMANN]
8. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING  [PETER JACKSON]
9. TIME OUT (L’Emploi du temps) [LAURENT CANTET] (F)
10. WAKING LIFE  [RICHARD LINKLATER]
11. IN THE BEDROOM  [TODD FIELD]
12. THE OTHERS  [ALEJANDRO AMENÁBAR] 
13. NO MAN’S LAND  [DANIS TANOVIC] 
14. GOSFORD PARK  [ROBERT ALTMAN]
15. THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE  [JOEL COEN]
16. MONSTER’S BALL  [MARC FORSTER]
17. LANTANA  [RAY LAWRENCE] (A)
18. THE DEEP END  [SCOTT MCGEHEE & DAVID SIEGEL]
19. HEIST  [DAVID MAMET]
20. DONNIE DARKO  [RICHARD KELLY]
21. WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER  [DAVID WAIN]
22. BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY  [SHARON MAGUIRE]
23. LEGALLY BLONDE  [ROBERT LUKETIC]
24. VA SAVOIR (aka Who Knows?)  [JACQUES RIVETTE] (F)
25. SEXY BEAST  [JONATHAN GLAZER] (UK) (IMDB 2000)
26. THE HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS (Katakuri-ke no kôfuku) [TAKASHI MIIKE] (J)
27. FROM HELL  [THE HUGHES BROTHERS]
28. HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE  [CHRIS COLUMBUS]
29. BIRTHDAY GIRL  [JEZ BUTTERWORTH]
30. JURASSIC PARK III  [JOE JOHNSTON]
31. THE TAILOR OF PANAMA  [JOHN BOORMAN]
32. THE BUSINESS OF STRANGERS  [PATRICK STETTNER]
33. SPY GAME  [TONY SCOTT]
34. TRAINING DAY  [ANTOINE FUQUA]
35. MILLENNIUM MAMBO (Qianxi Manbo) [HOU HSAIO-HSIEN] (TW)
36. A BEAUTIFUL MIND  [RON HOWARD]
37. SERENDIPITY  [PETER CHELSOM]
38. HANNIBAL  [RIDLEY SCOTT]
39. OCEAN’S ELEVEN  [STEVEN SODERBERGH]
40. CRAZY/BEAUTIFUL  [JOHN STOCKWELL]
41. DON’T SAY A WORD  [GARY FLEDER]
42. HEARTBREAKERS  [DAVID MIRKIN]
43. RUSH HOUR 2  [BRETT RATNER]
44. THE SCORE  [FRANK OZ]
45. BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF (Le Pacte des loups)  [CHRISTOPHE GANS] (F)
46. THE WEDDING PLANNER  [ADAM SHANKMAN]
47. SHALLOW HAL  [PETER & BOBBY FARRELLY]
48. ME WITHOUT YOU  [SANDRA GOLDBACHER]
49. THE SAFETY OF OBJECTS  [ROSE TROCHE]
50. THE ANIMAL  [LUKE GREENFIELD]
51. SUPER TROOPERS  [JAY CHANDRASEKHAR]
52. WHO IS CLETIS TOUT?  [CHRIS VER WIEL]
53. PLANET OF THE APES  [TIM BURTON]
54. THE CURSE OF THE JADE SCORPION  [WOODY ALLEN]
55. CORKY ROMANO  [ROB PRITTS]

Other (unranked):  SPIRITED AWAY (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi)  [HAYAO MIYAZAKI] (Toho) (J) (a);  MONSTERS, INC.  [PETER DOCTER] (Pixar) (a); SHREK  [ANDREW ADAMSON & VICKY JENSON] (a); MY VOYAGE TO ITALY  [MARTIN SCORSESE] (IMDB 1999) (d);  DOGTOWN AND THE Z-BOYS  [STACY PERALTA] (d)

◄ 2002 ►

… I’m lookin’ at your face and I just wanna smash it. I just wanna fuckin’ smash it with a sledgehammer and squeeze it. You’re so pretty.

  

 

1. FAR FROM HEAVEN  [TODD HAYNES] 
2. PUNCH DRUNK LOVE  [P.T. ANDERSON] 
3. TALK TO HER (Hable con ella) [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP) 
4. ABOUT SCHMIDT  [ALEXANDER PAYNE] 
5. ADAPTATION.  [SPIKE JONZE] 
6. Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN  [ALFONSO CUARÓN] (M) (IMDB 2001) 
7. 25^TH HOUR  [SPIKE LEE] 
8. GANGS OF NEW YORK  [MARTIN SCORSESE] 
9. THE PIANIST  [ROMAN POLANSKI] 
10. PANIC ROOM  [DAVID FINCHER]
11. ABOUT A BOY  [CHRIS AND PAUL WEITZ]
12. MONSOON WEDDING  [MIRA NAIR] (IMDB 2001) 
13. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS  [PETER JACKSON] 
14. ATANARJUAT: THE FAST RUNNER  [ZACHARIAS KUNUK] (C) (IMDB 2001)
15. STAR WARS: EPISODE II THE ATTACK OF THE CLONES [GEORGE LUCAS]
16. MORVERN CALLAR  [LYNNE RAMSAY] (UK) 
17. MINORITY REPORT  [STEVEN SPIELBERG] 
18. FRAILTY  [BILL PAXTON] (IMDB 2001) 
19. LILJA 4-EVER [LUKAS MOODYSSON] (S)  
20. NARC  [JOE CARNAHAN] 
21. CATCH ME IF YOU CAN  [STEVEN SPIELBERG] 
22. SUNSHINE STATE  [JOHN SAYLES] 
23. STORYTELLING  [TODD SOLONDZ] (IMDB 2001) 
24. THE BOURNE IDENTITY  [DOUG LIMON] 
25. FEMME FATALE  [BRIAN DE PALMA] 
26. INFERNAL AFFAIRS (Moh gaan dou) [ANDREW LAU & SIU FAI MAK] (Ch) 
27. THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST (Mies vailla menneisyyttä) [AKI KAURISMÄKI] (Fin) 
28. SOLARIS  [STEVEN SODERBERGH] 
29. SPIDER-MAN  [SAM RAIMI] 
30. HUMAN NATURE  [MICHEL GONDRY] 
31. MAN ON THE TRAIN (L’Homme du train) [PATRICE LECONTE] (F) 
32. CHICAGO [ROB JOHNSON] 
33. GERRY  [GUS VAN SANT]  
34. ALL OR NOTHING  [MIKE LEIGH] (UK) 
35. MY MOTHER’S SMILE (Ora di religione (Il sorriso di mia madre)) [MARCO BELLOCCHIO] (I) 
36. THE RING  [GORE VERBINSKI] 
37. THE HOURS  [STEPHEN DALDRY] 
38. SECRETARY  [STEVEN SHAINBERG] 
39. SIGNS  [M.NIGHT SHYAMALAN] 
40. DIE ANOTHER DAY  [LEE TAMAHORI] 
41. HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS  [CHRIS COLUMBUS] 
42. CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND  [GEORGE CLOONEY] 
43. KISSING JESSICA STEIN  [CHARLES HERMAN-WURMFELD] 
44. CHANGING LANES  [ROGER MICHELL] 
45. ROAD TO PERDITION  [SAM MENDES] 
46. HEAVEN  [TOM TYKWER]
47. THE GOOD GIRL  [MIGUEL ARTETA] 
48. 8 MILE  [CURTIS HANSON] 
49. 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE  [MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM] (UK) 
50. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE MIDLANDS [SHANE MEADOWS] (UK) 
51. UNFAITHFUL  [ADRIAN LYNE] 
52. ONE HOUR PHOTO  [MARK ROMANEK] 
53. IRRÉVERSIBLE  [GASPAR NOÉ] (F)
54. BLADE II  [GUILLERMO DEL TORO]
55. EQUILIBRIUM  [KURT WIMMER]
56. INSOMNIA  [CHRISTOPHER NOLAN] 
57. WIMBLEDON  [RICHARD LONCRAINE] 
58. HYSTERICAL BLINDNESS  [MIRA NAIR] (TV)
59. MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING  [JOEL ZWICK]
60. HOLLYWOOD ENDING  [WOODY ALLEN]

Other (unranked): BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE  [MICHAEL MOORE] (d); THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE [NANETTE BURSTEIN & BRET MORGEN] (d);  I AM TRYING TO BREAK YOUR HEART  [SAM JONES] (d) ; SPELLBOUND  [JEFFREY BLITZ] (d);  ICE AGE  [CHRIS WEDGE & CARLOS SALDANHA] (a)

 

 

◄ 2003 ►

… God of Rock, thank you for this chance to kick ass. We are your humble servants. Please give us the power to blow people’s minds with our high voltage rock. In your name we pray, Amen.

 

  

1. DOGVILLE  [LARS VON TRIER]
2. LOST IN TRANSLATION  [SOPHIA COPPOLA]
3. HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG  [VADIM PERELMAN]
4. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING  [PETER JACKSON]
5. RAISING VICTOR VARGAS  [PETER SOLLETT] (IMDB 2002)
6. KILL BILL: VOL. 1  [QUENTIN TARANTINO] 
7. GOOD BYE LENIN!  [WOLFGANG BECKER] (G) 
8. SCHOOL OF ROCK  [RICHARD LINKLATER] 
9. FRIDAY NIGHT (Vendredi Soir)  [CLAIRE DENIS] (F) (IMDB 2002)
10. SEABISCUIT  [GARY ROSS]
11. SHATTERED GLASS  [BILLY RAY]
12. THE STATION AGENT  [THOMAS MCCARTHY]
13. ZATÔICHI  [TAKESHI KITANO] (J)
14. MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD  [PETER WEIR]
15. ELEPHANT  [GUS VAN SANT]
16. 21 GRAMS  [ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU]
17. DIRTY PRETTY THINGS  [STEPHEN FREARS] (UK) (IMDB 2002) 
18. THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS (Les Invasions barbares)  [DENYS ARACAND] (C) 
19. CASA DE LOS BABYS  [JOHN SAYLES]
20. AMERICAN SPLENDOR [SHERI SPRING BERMAN & ROBERT PULCINI]
21. INTOLERABLE CRUELTY  [JOEL COEN]
22. X2: X-MEN UNITED  [BRYAN SINGER]
23. MYSTIC RIVER  [CLINT EASTWOOD]
24. THE COMPANY  [ROBERT ALTMAN]
25. SWIMMING POOL  [FRANÇOIS OZON] (F)
26. PIECES OF APRIL  [PETER HEDGES] 
27. SEDUCING DOCTOR LEWIS (La Grande séduction) [JEAN-FRANÇOIS POULIOT] (C) 
28. COLD MOUNTAIN  [ANTHONY MINGELLA] 
29. CITY OF GOD (Cidade de Deus) [KÁTIA LUND & FERNANDO MEIRELLES] (BZ) (IMDB 2002)
30. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL  [GORE VERBINSKI] 
31. THE SHAPE OF THINGS  [NEIL LABUTE] 
32. BIG FISH  [TIM BURTON]
33. MONSTER [PATTY JENKINS] 
34. BLUE CAR  [KAREN MONCRIEFF] 
35. MATCHSTICK MEN  [RIDLEY SCOTT] 
36. A MIGHTY WIND  [CHRISTOPHER GUEST]
37. THIRTEEN  [CATHERINE HARDWICKE] 
38. OUT OF TIME  [CARL FRANKLIN] 
39. NOT ON THE LIPS (Pas sur la bouche) [ALAIN RESNAIS] (F) 
40. DOWN WITH LOVE  [PEYTON REED] 
41. ANYTHING ELSE  [WOODY ALLEN] 
42. THE MATRIX RELOADED  [THE WACHOWSKI BROTHERS] 
43. OLD SCHOOL  [TODD PHILIPS] 
44. ELF  [JON FAVREAU] 
45. OWNING MAHOWNY  [RICHARD KWIETNIOWSKI] 
46. LOVE ACTUALLY  [RICHARD CURTIS] 
47. THE SECRET LIVES OF DENTISTS  [ALAN RUDOLPH] (IMDB 2002) 
48. THE COOLER  [WAYNE KRAMER] 
49. BAD SANTA  [TERRY ZWIGOFF] 
50. THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS  [THE WACHOWSKI BROTHERS] 
51. CHARLIE’S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE  [MCG] 
52. BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM  [GURINDER CHADHA] (UK) 
53. LAUREL CANYON  [LISA CHOLODENKO] (IMDB 2002) 
54. HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE  [RON SHELTON] 

Other (unranked): FINDING NEMO  [STANTON & UNKRICH] (Pixar) (a);  CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS  [ANDREW JARECKI] (d);  THE FOG OF WAR  [ERROL MORRIS] (d);  A DECADE UNDER THE INFLUENCE  [TED DEMME] (d)

 

◄ 2004 ►

… Nobody sits like this rock sits. You rock, rock. The rock just sits and is. You show us how to just sit here and that’s what we need.

 

  

1. SIDEWAYS [ALEXANDER PAYNE]
2. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND  [MICHEL GONDRY]
3. KILL BILL: VOL. 2  [QUENTIN TARANTINO]
4. BEFORE SUNSET  [RICHARD LINKLATER]
5. MILLION DOLLAR BABY  [CLINT EASTWOOD]
6. THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU [WES ANDERSON]
7. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE [JONATHAN DEMME]
8. THE AVIATOR [MARTIN SCORSESE]
9. COLLATERAL [MICHAEL MANN]
10. VERA DRAKE  [MIKE LEIGH] (UK)
11. A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (Un Long dimanche de fiancailles) [JEAN-PIERRE JEUNET]  (F) 
12. I ♥ HUCKABEES  [DAVID O. RUSSELL] 
13. HOTEL RWANDA [TERRY GEORGE] (Lions Gate/MGM) 
14. BAD EDUCATION (La Mala educación)  [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP) 
15. DOWNFALL (Der Untergang) [OLIVER HIRSCHBIEGEL] (G)
16. KEANE  [LODGE KERRIGAN]
17. BROTHERS (Brødre) [SUSANNE BIER] (D) 
18. MARIA FULL OF GRACE  [JOSHUA MARSTON]
19. CODE 46 [MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM] (IMDB 2003)
20. INTIMATE STRANGERS (Confidences trop intimes) [PATRICE LECONTE] (F)
21. CLOSER [MIKE NICHOLS] 
22. SHAUN OF THE DEAD [EDGAR WRIGHT] 
23. THE BRIDESMAID (La Demoiselle d’honneur) [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F) 
24. MEAN GIRLS  [MARK WATERS] 
25. HERO  [YIMOU ZHANG] (CH) (IMDB 2002) 
26. UNDERTOW  [DAVID GORDON GREEN] 
27. CLEAN  [OLIVIER ASSAYAS] (F/C/UK) 
28. THE INTRUDER (L’Intrus)  [CLAIRE DENIS] (F) 
29. KUNG FU HUSTLE  [STEPHEN CHOW] 
30. WE DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE  [JOHN CURRAN] 
31. GARDEN STATE [ZACH BRAFF]  
32. MEAN CREEK  [JACOB AARON ESTES] 
33. THE LADYKILLERS  [JOEL & ETHAN COEN] 
34. THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (Diarios de motocicleta)  [WALTER SALLES] (SP) 
35. THE MACHINIST  [BRAD ANDERSON] 
36. IN GOOD COMPANY  [PAUL WEITZ] (Universal) 
37. RAY  [TAYLOR HACKFORD] 
38. SPIDER-MAN 2 [SAM RAIMI]
39. SPARTAN  [DAVID MAMET]
40. NAPOLEAN DYNAMITE  [JARED HESS]
41. THE BOURNE SUPREMACY  [PAUL GREENGLASS]
42. THE VILLAGE [M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN]
43. HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE  [DANNY LEINER] 
44. ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGANDY [ADAM MCKAY]
45. FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX  [JOHN MOORE] 
46. SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW  [KERRY CONRAN] 
47. KINSEY  [BILLCONDON]
48. THE DOOR IN THE FLOOR [TOD WILLIAMS]
49. DAWN OF THE DEAD [ZACH SNYDER]
50. BEING JULIA  [ISTVÁN SZABÓ] (C)
51. DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY [RAWSON MARSHALL THURBER]  
52. THE DELICATE ART OF PARKING  [TRENT CARLSON] (C) (IMDB 2003)
53. SAVED!  [BRIAN DANNELLY]
54. ALONG CAME POLLY  [JOHN HAMBURG]
55. WITHOUT A PADDLE  [STEVEN BRILL]
56. MEET THE FOCKERS [JAY ROACH]

Other (unranked):  THE INCREDIBLES [BRAD BIRD] (Pixar) (a);  THE POLAR EXPRESS  [ROBERT ZEMECKIS] (a);  TOUCHING THE VOID  [KEVIN MACDONALD] (IMDB 2003) (d);  FAHRENHEIT 9/11  [MICHAEL MOORE] (d);  SUPER SIZE ME  [MORGAN SPURLOCK] (d);  BORN INTO BROTHELS  [ZANA BRISKI & ROSS KAUFFMAN] (d)

 

◄ 2005 ►

 … We’re not going to open a newspaper one day and read about you being eaten by a bear, are we?

 

  

1. CACHÉ (Hidden) [MICHAEL HANEKE] (F) 
2. THE SQUID AND THE WHALE [NOAH BAUMBACH]
3. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE [DAVID CRONENBERG] 
4. KINGS AND QUEEN (Rois et reine) [ARNAUD DESPLECHIN] (IMDB 2004) (F) 
5. GOOD  NIGHT, AND GOOD  LUCK [GEORGE CLOONEY]
6. THE NEW WORLD  [TERRENCE MALICK]
7. WAR OF THE WORLDS  [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
8. BROKEN FLOWERS [JIM JARMUSCH]
9. HEAD-ON  (Gegen die wand) [FATIH AKIN] (IMDB 2004) (G/T)
10. MUNICH [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
11. STAR WARS: EPISODE III – REVENGE OF THE SITH [GEORGE LUCAS]
12. 2046 [WONG KAR-WAI] (IMDB 2004) (CH)
13. BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN [ANG LEE] 
14. MATCH POINT  [WOODY ALLEN]
15. L’ENFANT  [JEAN-PIERRE DARDENNE & LUC DARDENNE] (B)
16. MANDERLAY  [LARS VON TRIER] 
17. KING KONG [PETER JACKSON]
18. LAST DAYS  [GUS VAN SANT]
19. OLDBOY  [CHAN-WOOK PARK] (IMDB 2003) (K)
20. TROPICAL MALADY (Sud pralad) [APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL] (IMDB 2004) (T)
21. SIN CITY  [ROBERT RODRIGUEZ & FRANK MILLER]
22. JUNEBUG  [PHIL MORRISON]
23. KISS KISS, BANG BANG  [SHANE BLACK]
24. LEMMING  [DOMINIK MOLL] (F)
25. THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU (Moartea domnului Lazarescu) [CRISTI PUIU] (Ro)
26. WALK THE LINE  [JAMES MANGOLD]
27. SUNFLOWER  (Xiang ri kui) [ZHANG YANG] (Ch) 
28. THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED (De battre mon coeur s’est arête)  [JACQUES AUDIARD] (F) 
29. MUTUAL APPRECIATION  [ANDREW BUJALSKI] 
30. NOBODY KNOWS (Dare mo shiranai)  [HIROKAZU KORE-EDA] (IMDB 2004) (J) 
31. CAPOTE [BENNETT MILLER] 
32. HUSTLE AND FLOW  [CRAIG BREWER]
33. CINDERELLA MAN [RON HOWARD]
34. THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN [JUDD APATOW]
35. ELECTION (Hak se wui)  [JOHNNY TO]  (Ch)
36. THE PUFFY CHAIR  [JAY DUPLASS]
37. SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE (Chinjeolhan geumjassi) [CHAN-WOOK PARK] (K)
38. ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW [MIRANDA JULY]
39. THE CONSTANT GARDNER  [FERNANDO MEIRELLES]
40. SYRIANA  [STEPHEN GAGHAN]
41. LA MOUSTACHE  [EMMANUEL CARRÈRE] (F)
42. SARABAND  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (IMDB 2003) (S)
43. BATMAN BEGINS  [CHRISTOPHER NOLAN]
44. MELINDA AND MELINDA [WOODY ALLEN] (IMDB 2004)
45. LAYER CAKE  [MATTHEW VAUGHN] (IMDB 2004) (UK)
46. THE HOLY GIRL (La Niña Santa) [LUCRECIA MARTEL] (IMDB 2004) (SP) 
47. EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED  [LIEV SHREIBER] 
48. C.R.A.Z.Y.  [JEAN-MARC VALLÉE] (C) 
49. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA [ROB MARSHALL] 
50. JARHEAD [SAM MENDES] 
51. SHOPGIRL  [ANAND TUCKER] 
52. MYSTERIOUS SKIN [GREGG ARAKI] (IMDB 2004) 
53. PALINDROMES [TODD SOLONDZ] (IMDB 2004)
54. GABRIELLE  [PATRICE CHÉREAU] (F) 
55. LAND OF THE DEAD  [GEORGE ROMERO] 
56. 3-IRON (Bin-jip) [KIM KI-DUK] (IMDB 2004) (K)
57. TAKESHIS’ [TAKESHI KITANO] (J) 
58. SKY HIGH [MIKE MITCHELL] 
59. RED EYE [WES CRAVEN] 
60. VERS LE SUD (Heading South) [LAURENT CANTENT] (F) 
61. WATER [DEEPA MEHTA] 
62. THE WORLD (Shijie ) [JIA ZHANG KE] (IMDB 2004) (Ch) ( 
63. REGULAR LOVERS [PHILIPPE GARREL] (F) 
64. DOWN IN THE VALLEY  [DAVID JACOBSON] 
65. FUN WITH DICK AND JANE  [DEAN PARISOT] 
66. MR. AND MRS. SMITH [DOUG LIMAN]
67. THE WEDDING CRASHERS  [DAVID DOBKIN]
68. THE FAMILY STONE [THOMAS BEZUCHA]
69. FANTASTIC FOUR  [TIM STORY]
70. TRANSAMERICA  [DUNCAN TUCKER]
71. ELIZABETHTOWN [CAMERON CROWE]
72. CRASH  [PAUL HAGGIS] (IMDB 2004)
73. NORTH COUNTRY  [NIKI CARO]
74. IN HER SHOES  [CURTIS HANSON]
75. WHERE THE TRUTH LIES  [ATOM EGOYAN]
76. RUMOR HAS IT… [ROB REINER]
77. THE MAN  [LES MAYFIELD]
78. TIDELAND  [TERRY GILLIAM]

Other (unranked):  GRIZZLY MAN  [WERNER HERZOG] (d); MAD HOT BALLROOM  [MARILYN AGRELO] (d); THE ARISTOCRATS [PAUL PROVENZA] (d); MURDERBALL [HENRY ALEX RUBIN & DANA ADAM SHAPIRO] (d); MARCH OF THE PENGUINS  [LUC JACQUET] (d); THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER  [JEFF FEUERZEIG] (d); HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE  [HAYAO MIYAZAKI] (IMDB 2004) (Toho) (J) (a); WALLACE & GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT  [STEVE BOX & NICK PARK] (a); ROBOTS  [CHRIS WEDGE & CARLOS SALDANHA] (a); ; MADAGASCAR [ERIC DARNELL & TOM MCGRATH] (a); EMPIRE FALLS [FRED SCHEPISI] (TV) (HBO)

 ◄ 2006►

… Never show anyone. They’ll beg you and they’ll flatter you for the secret, but as soon as you give it up… you’ll be nothing to them.

 

  

1. THE LIVES OF OTHERS (Das Leben der Anderen)  [FLORIAN HENCKEL VON DONNERSMARCK] (G)
2. THE QUEEN  [STEPHEN FREARS]
3. INLAND EMPIRE  [DAVID LYNCH]
4. CHILDREN OF MEN  [ALFONSO CUARÓN]
5. BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN  [LARRY CHARLES]
6. LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA  [CLINT EASTWOOD]
7. THE DEPARTED  [MARTIN SCORSESE]
8. BRICK [RIAN JOHNSON] (IMDB 2005)
9. THE PRESTIGE  [CHISTOPHER NOLAN]
10. BRAND UPON THE BRAIN! [GUY MADDIN] (C)
11. AFTER THE WEDDING (Efter brylluppet)  [SUSANNE BIER] (D)
12. MARIE ANTOINETTE  [SOPHIA COPPOLA]
13. VOLVER [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP)
14. THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP (La Science des rêves) [MICHEL GONDRY]
15. UNITED 93  [PAUL GREENGLASS]
16. OLD JOY  [KELLY REICHARDT]
17. THE ILLUSIONIST  [NEIL BURGER]
18. NOTES ON A SCANDAL  [RICHARD EYRE]
19. A SCANNER DARKLY  [RICHARD LINKLATER]
20. BUBBLE  [STEVEN SODERBERGH] (IMDB 2005)
21. THE FOUNTAIN  [DARREN ARONOVSKY]
22. TELL NO ONE (Ne le dis à personne)  [GUILLAUME CANET] (F)
23. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS [CLINT EASTWOOD]
24. 16 BLOCKS  [RICHARD DONNER]
25. PARIS, JE T’AIME  [VARIOUS] (F)
26. THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY  [KEN LOACH] (UK)
27. TRISTRAM SHANDY: A COCK AND BULL STORY  [MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM] (UK)
28. DREAMGIRLS [BILL CONDON]
29. SUPERMAN RETURNS  [BRYAN SINGER]
30. FRIENDS WITH MONEY  [NICOLE HOLOFCENER]
31. X-MEN: THE LAST STAND  [BRETT RATNER]
32. CASINO ROYALE  [MARTIN CAMPBELL]
33. MIAMI VICE  [MICHAEL MANN]
34. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS  [GABRIELE MUCCINO]
35. INSIDE MAN  [SPIKE LEE]
36. A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION  [ROBERT ALTMAN]
37. SCOOP  [WOODY ALLEN]
38. THE BREAK-UP  [PEYTON REED]
39. THE GOOD SHEPHERD  [ROBERT DE NIRO]
40. LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE  [JONATHAN DAYTON & VALERIE FARIS]
41. DÉJÀ VU  [TONY SCOTT]
42. V FOR VENDETTA [JAMES MCTIEGUE]
43. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA  [DAVID FRANKEL]
44. STRANGER THAN FICTION [MARC FORSTER]
45. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM  [SHAWN LEVY]
46. THE LAKE HOUSE  [ALEJANDRO AGRESTI]
47. LITTLE CHILDREN  [TODD FIELD]
48. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III  [J.J. ABRAMS]
49. AKEELAH AND THE BEE  [DOUG ATCHISON]
50. HALF NELSON  [RYAN FLECK]
51. STARTER FOR TEN  [TOM VAUGHN] (UK)
52. BEERFEST  [JAY CHANDRASEKHAR]
53. TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY [ADAM MCCAY]
54. BLOOD DIAMOND  [EDWARD ZWICK]
55. PAN’S LABYRINTH (El Laberinto del Fauno) [GUILLERMO DEL TORO] (SP)
56. CHARLOTTE’S WEB  [GARY WINICK]
57. FOR YOU CONSIDERATION  [CHRISTOPHER GUEST]
58. COMEDY OF POWER (L’Ivresse du pouvoir) [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
59. THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND  [KEVIN MACDONALD]
60. HOLLYWOODLAND  [ALLEN COULTER]
61. BABEL  [ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU]
62. THANK YOU FOR SMOKING [JASON REITMAN] (IMDB 2005)
63. ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL  [TERRY ZWIGOFF]
64. LADY IN THE WATER  [M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN]
65. SHORTBUS  [JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL]
66. CLERKS II  [KEVIN SMITH]
67. THE FOOT FIST WAY  [JODY HILL]
68. LAST HOLIDAY  [WAYNE WANG]
69. THE DA VINCI CODE  [RON HOWARD]
70. SERAPHIM FALLS  [DAVID VON ANCKEN]
71. STRANGERS WITH CANDY  [PAUL DINELLO] (IMDB 2005)
72. 300  [ZACH SNYDER]
73. THE PROPOSITION  [JOHN HILLCOAT] (IMDB 2005)
74. DANCE PARTY, U.S.A.  [AARON KATZ]
75. THE BENCHWARMERS  [DENNIS DUGAN]
76. THE LAST KISS  [TONY GOLDWYN]
77. BON COP, BAD COP  [ERIC CANUEL]
78. GRANDMA’S BOY  [NICHOLAUS GOOSEN]
79. ALPHA DOG  [NICK CASSAVETES]
80. FAILURE TO LAUNCH  [TOM DEY]
81. THE BLACK DAHLIA  [BRIAN DE PALMA]
82. YOU, ME AND DUPREE  [ANTHONY & JOE RUSSO]
83. MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND [IVAN REITMAN]
84. EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH  [GREG COOLIDGE]

Other (unranked):  OVER THE HEDGE [TIM JOHNSON & KERRY KIRKPATRICK] (a); CARS  [JOHN LASSETER] (a); CURIOUS GEORGE [MATHEW O’CALLAGHAN] (a); HAPPY FEET  [GEORGE MILLER] (a); FLUSHED AWAY  [DAVID BOWERS & SAM FELL] (UK) (a); SHUT UP & SING  [BARBARA KOPPLE & CECILIA PECK] (d); AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH  [DAVID GUGGENHEIM] (d); SHARKWATER  [ROB STEWART] (d) (C); DAVID CHAPELLE’S BLOCK PARTY  [MICHEL GONDRY] (d) (IMDB 2005); WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE: A REQUIEM IN FOUR ACTS  [SPIKE LEE] (d) (TV)

  

 ◄ 2007►

… The coin don’t have no say. It’s just you.

 

  

1. THERE WILL BE BLOOD  [P.T. ANDERSON]
2. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN  [JOEL & ETHAN COEN]
3. ZODIAC  [DAVID FINCHER]
4. THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD  [ANDREW DOMINIK]
5. THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (Le Scaphandre et le papillon) [JULIAN SCHNABEL] (F)
6. THE DARJEELING LIMITED  [WES ANDERSON]
7. 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS & 2 DAYS (4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile) [CRISTIAN MUNGIU] (Ro)
8. GRINDHOUSE  [ROBERT RODRIGUEZ & QUENTIN TARANTINO]
9. MICHAEL CLAYTON  [TONY GILROY]
10. ONCE  [JOHN CARNEY] (IR) (IMDB 2006)
11. MARGOT AT THE WEDDING  [NOAH BAUMBACH]
12. BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD  [SIDNEY LUMET]
13. GONE BABY GONE  [BEN AFFLECK]
14. THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS  [BRUCE MACDONALD] (C)
15. THIS IS ENGLAND  [SHANE MEADOWS] (UK) (IMDB 2006)
16. INTO THE WILD  [SEAN PENN]
17. THE BOSS OF IT ALL (Direktøren for det hele)  [LARS VON TRIER] (D) (IMDB 2006)
18. I’M NOT THERE  [TODD HAYNES]
19. SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET  [TIM BURTON]
20. THE SAVAGES  [TAMARA JENKINS]
21. PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES (Coeurs)  [ALAIN RESNAIS] (F) (IMDB 2006)
22. JUNO  [JASON REITMAN]
23. SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY (Sang sattawat) [APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL] (T) (IMDB 2006)
24. KNOCKED UP  [JUDD APATOW]
25. SUNSHINE  [DANNY BOYLE]
26. RESCUE DAWN  [WERNER HERZOG] (IMDB 2006)
27. EASTERN PROMISES  [DAVID CRONENBERG]
28. THE LOOKOUT  [SCOTT FRANK]
29. ATONEMENT  [JOE WRIGHT]
30. AWAY FROM HER  [SARAH POLLEY] (C) (IMDB 2006)
31. SUPERBAD  [GREG MOTTOLA]
32. WAITRESS  [ADRIENNE SHELLY]
33. OFFSIDE  [JAFAR PANAHI] (IR)
34. HOT FUZZ  [EDGAR WRIGHT] (UK)
35. STARDUST  [MATHEW VAUGHN] (UK)
36. YEAR OF THE DOG  [MIKE WHITE]
37. LADY CHATTERLEY  [PASCALE FERRAN] (F) (IMDB 2006)
38. CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR  [MIKE NICHOLS]
39. THE HOST (Gwoemul)  [JOON-HO BONG] (K) (IMDB  2006)
40. AMERICAN GANGSTER  [RIDLEY SCOTT]
41. LUST, CAUTION (Se, jie)  [ANG LEE] (Ch)
42. SON OF RAMBOW  [GARTH JENNINGS] (UK)
43. JOSHUA  [GEORGE RATLIFF]
44. ENCHANTED  [KEVIN LIMA]
45. LARS AND THE REAL GIRL [CRAIG GILLESPIE]
46. BLACK BOOK (Zwartboek) [PAUL VERHOEVEN] (N) (IMDB  2006)
47. GOYA’S GHOSTS  [MILOS FORMAN] (IMDB  2006)
48. THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM  [PAUL GREENGLASS]
49. I AM LEGEND [FRANCIS LAWRENCE]
50. BREACH  [BILLY RAY]
51. SHOOTER  [ANTOINE FUQUA]
52. CASSANDRA’S DREAM  [WOODY ALLEN]
53. MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS  [WONG KAR-WAI]
54. THE LAST MISTRESS (Une vieille maîtresse)  [CATHERINE BREILLAT] (F)
55. CONTROL  [ANTON CORBIJN]
56. 3:10 TO YUMA  [JAMES MANGOLD]
57. WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY  [JAKE KASDAN]
58. BLADES OF GLORY  [JOSH GORDON & WILL SPECK]
59. IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH  [PAUL HAGGIS]
60. EAGLE VS SHARK  [TAIKA WAITITI]
61. A MIGHTY HEART  [MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM]
62. DISTURBIA  [D.J. CARUSO]
63. BALLS OF FURY [ROBERT BEN GARANT]
64. THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE  [SUSANNE BIER]
65. WE OWN THE NIGHT  [JAMES GRAY]
66. THE NAMESAKE  [MIRA NAIR] (IMDB 2006)
67. LA VIE EN ROSE (La Môme)  [OLIVIER DAHAN] (F)
68. THE MIST  [FRANK DARABONT]
69. THE BUCKET LIST  [ROB REINER]
70. DAN IN REAL LIFE  [PETER HEDGES]
71. ROCKET SCIENCE  [JEFFREY BLITZ]
72. I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY [DENNIS DUGAN]
73. FRACTURE  [GREGORY HOBLIT]
74. MUSIC AND LYRICS  [MARC LAWRENCE]
75. OCEAN’S THIRTEEN  [STEVEN SODERBERGH]
76. GEORGIA RULE  [GARY MARSHALL]
77. SOUTHLAND TALES  [RICHARD KELLY] (IMDB 2006)
78. THE INVASION  [OLIVER HIRSCHBIEGEL]
79. QUIET CITY  [AARON KATZ]
80. BLACK SNAKE MOAN  [CRAIG BREWER] (IMDB 2006)
81. THE HEARTBREAK KID  [THE FARRELLY BROTHERS]
82. THE BROTHERS SOLOMON [BOB ODENKIRK]
83. FACTORY GIRL [GEORGE HICKENLOOPER] (IMDB 2006)
84. WALK ALL OVER ME  [ROBERT CUFFLEY] (C)

Other (unranked):  RATATOUILLE  [BRAD BIRD] (a);  PERSEPOLIS [VINCENT PARONNAUD & MARJANE SATRAPI] (a); THE SIMPSONS MOVIE  [DAVID SILVERMAN] (a); FUTURAMA: BENDER’S BIG SCORE  [DWAYNE CAREY-HILL] (a); BEE MOVIE  [STEVEN HICKNER & SIMON J. SMITH] (a);  NO END IN SIGHT  [CHARLES FERGUSON] (d);  DEEP WATER  [LOUISE OSMOND & JERRY ROTHWELL] (d) (IMDB 2006);  KING OF KONG  [SETH GORDON] (d);  SICKO  [MICHAEL MOORE] (d);  JOY DIVISION [GRANT GEE] (d); HOTEL CHEVALIER  [WES ANDERSON] (s)

 

◄ 2008►

 … Man, I don’t drop character ’till I done the DVD commentary.

 

  

1. A CHRISTMAS TALE (Un Conte de Noël) [ARNAUD DESPLECHIN] (F)
2. MY WINNIPEG  [GUY MADDIN] (C) (IMDB 2007)
3. SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK  [CHARLIE KAUFFMAN]
4. PARANOID PARK  [GUS VAN SANT] (IMDB 2007)
5. BURN AFTER READING  [JOEL & ETHAN COEN]
6. THE EDGE OF HEAVEN (Auf der anderen Seite)  [FATIH AKIN] (G/T) (IMDB 2007)
7. THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON [DAVID FINCHER]
8. HAPPY-GO-LUCKY  [MIKE LEIGH] (UK)
9. THE WRESTLER  [DARREN ARONOVSKY]
10. THE CLASS (Entre les murs) [LAURENT CANTET] (F)
11. BE KIND REWIND  [MICHEL GONDRY]
12. THE DARK KNIGHT  [CHRISTOPHER NOLAN]
13. WENDY AND LUCY [KELLY REICHARDT]
14. VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA  [WOODY ALLEN]
15. RACHEL GETTING MARRIED  [JONATHAN DEMME]
16. MILK  [GUS VAN SANT]
17. LET THE RIGHT ONE IN [TOMAS ALFREDSON] (S)
18. IN BRUGES  [MARTIN MCDONAGH]
19. TROPIC THUNDER  [BEN STILLER]
20. SNOW ANGELS  [DAVID GORDON GREEN] (IMDB 2007)
21. REDBELT  [DAVID MAMET]
22. THE SECRET OF THE GRAIN (La Graine et le mulet) [ABDEL KECHICHE] (F) (IMDB 2007)
23. FROZEN RIVER  [COURTNEY HUNT]
24. DOUBT  [JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY]
25. ROLE MODELS [DAVID WAIN]
26. IRON MAN  [JON FAVREAU]
27. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE  [DANNY BOYLE & LOVELEEN TANDAN]
28. REVOLUTIONARY ROAD [SAM MENDES]
29. FROST/NIXON  [RON HOWARD]
30. PINEAPPLE EXPRESS  [DAVID GORDON GREEN]
31. A GIRL CUT IN TWO (La Fille coupée en deux) [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
32. THE READER  [STEPHEN DALDRY]
33. I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG (Il y a longtemps que je t’aime ) [PHILIPPE CLAUDEL] (F)
34. FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON (Le Voyage du ballon rouge)  [HOU HSAIO-HSIEN] (TW/F) (IMDB 2007)
35. THE VISITOR  [THOMAS MCCARTHY] (IMDB 2007)
36. THE BANK JOB  [ROGER DONALDSON]
37. CHANGELING  [CLINT EASTWOOD]
38. FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL  [NICHOLAS STOLLER]
39. DEFINITELY, MAYBE  [ADAM BROOKS]
40. THE FALL  [TARSEM SINGH] (IMDB 2006)
41. SPEED RACER  [THE WACHOWSKI BROTHERS]
42. FLASH OF GENIUS [MARC ABRAHAM]
43. QUANTUM OF SOLACE  [MARC FORSTER]
44. NICK AND NORAH’S INFINITE PLAYLIST  [PETER SOLLETT]
45. YES MAN  [PEYTON REED]
46. INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL  [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
47. CLOVERFIELD  [MATT REEVES]
48. HANCOCK  [PETER BERG]
49. SMART PEOPLE  [NOAM MURRO]
50. YOU DON’T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN  [DENNIS DUGAN]
51. ZACH AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO  [KEVIN SMITH]
52. ROCKNROLLA  [GUY RITCHIE] (UK)
53. SEVEN POUNDS  [GABRIELE MUCCINO]
54. GHOST TOWN  [DAVID KOEPP]
55. THE DUCHESS OF LANGEAIS (Ne touchez pas la hache) [JACQUES RIVETTE]
56. HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS & ALIENATE PEOPLE [ROBERT W. WEIDE]
57. TWILIGHT  [CATHERINE HARDWICKE]
58. GRAN TORINO  [CLINT EASTWOOD]
59. 27 DRESSES  [ANNE FLETCHER]
60. THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL  [JUSTIN CHADWICK]
61. SEMI-PRO  [KENT ALTERMAN]
62. BABY MAMA  [MICHAEL MCCULLERS]
63. THE INCREDIBLE HULK  [LOUIS LETTERRIER]
64. THE HAPPENING  [M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN]
65. ONE WEEK [MICHAEL MCGOWAN] (C)
66. VALKYRIE [BRYAN SINGER]
67. STEP BROTHERS  [ADAM MCKAY]
68. SEX DRIVE  [SEAN ANDERS]
69. THE ROMANCE OF ASTREA AND CELEDON (Les amours d’Astrée et de Céladon) [ERIC ROHMER] (F) (IMDB 2007)
70. LEATHERHEADS  [GEORGE CLOONEY]
71. PRIDE AND GLORY  [GAVIN O’CONNOR]
72. THE HOUSE BUNNY [FRED WOLF]
73. HAROLD & KUMAR ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY [JON HURWITZ & HAYDEN SCHLOSSBERG]
74. DRILLBIT TAYLOR  [STEVEN BRILL]
75. GET SMART  [PETER SEGAL]
76. AUSTRALIA  [BAZ LUHRMANN] (A)
77. SEX AND THE CITY  [MICHAEL PATRICK KING]
78. JUMPER [DOUG LIMAN]
79. THE LOVE GURU  [MARCO SCHNABEL]
80. STRANGE WILDERNESS  [FRED WOLF]
81. THE INFORMERS [GREGOR JORDAN] (2008)
    

Other (unranked):  WALL • E [ANDREW STATON] (a);  PRESTO [DOUG SWEETLAND] (a) (s);  KUNG FU PANDA [MARK OSBORNE & JOHN STEVENSON] (a);  BOLT [BYRON HOWARD & CHRIS WILLIAMS] (a); FUTURAMA: THE BEAST WITH A BILLION BACKS [PETER AVANZINO] (a);  FUTURAMA: BENDER’S GAME  [DWAYNE CAREY-HILL] (a); WALTZ WITH BASHIR (Vals Im Bashir)  [ARI FOLMAN] (IS) (a/d); ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED [MARINA ZENOVICH] (d)

  

◄ 2009►

… accept the mystery

  

1. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS  [QUENTIN TARANTINO]
2. A SERIOUS MAN [JOEL & ETHAN COEN]
3. JULIA  [ERICK ZONCA] (IMDB 2008)
4. TWO LOVERS  [JAMES GRAY] (IMDB 2008)
5. TOKYO SONATA [KIYOSHI KUROSAWA] (J) (IMDB 2008)
6. UP IN THE AIR  [JASON REITMAN]
7. SUMMER HOURS (L’ Heure d’été)  [OLIVIER ASSAYAS] (F) (IMDB 2008)
8. SUGAR [ANNA BODEN & RYAN FLECK] (IMDB 2008)
9.  IN THE LOOP [ARMANDO IANNUCCI] (UK)
10. THE HURT LOCKER [KATHRYN BIGELOW] (IMDB 2008)
11. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE  [SPIKE JONZE]
12. GOMORRAH (Gomorra) [MATTEO GARRONE] (I) (IMDB 2008)
13. AVATAR  [JAMES CAMERON]
14. DISTRICT 9 [NEILL BLOMKAMP]
15. GOODBYE SOLO [RAMIN BAHRANI] (IMDB 2008)
16.  35 RHUMS (35 Shots of Rum) [CLAIRE DENIS] (F) (IMDB 2008)
17. THE ROAD [JOHN HILLCOAT]
18. ADVENTURELAND  [GREG MOTTOLA]
19. AN EDUCATION [LONE SCHERFIG] (UK)
20. SIN NOMBRE [CARY FUKUNAGA] (M)
21. SOMERS TOWN [SHANE MEADOWS] (UK)
22. LORNA’S SILENCE (Le silence de Lorna) [JEAN-PIERRE DARDENNE & LUC DARDENNE] (B) (IMDB 2008)
23. STAR TREK  [J.J. ABRAMS]
24. (500) DAYS OF SUMMER [MARC WEBB]
25. PONTYPOOL  [BRUCE MCDONALD] (IMDB 2008)
26. BRǛNO  [LARRY CHARLES]
27. RUDO Y CURSI [CARLOS CUARON] (M) (IMDB 2008)
28. HUNGER  [STEVE MCQUEEN] (UK) (IMDB 2008)
29. WATCHMEN  [ZACH SNYDER]
30. WHATEVER  WORKS [WODDY ALLEN]
31. KNOWING [ALEX PROYAS]
32. EVERLASTING MOMENTS (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick) [JAN TROELL] (S) (IMDB 2008)
33. THREE MONKEYS (Üç maymun) [NURI BILGE CEYLAN] (T) (IMDB 2008)
34. STATE OF PLAY  [KEVIN MACDONALD]
35. THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE [STEVEN SODERBERGH]
36. FUNNY PEOPLE  [JUDD APATOW]
37. IL DIVO [PAOLO SORRENTINO] (I) (IMDB 2008)
38. PUBLIC ENEMIES  [MICHAEL MANN]
39. DUPLICITY [TONY GILROY]
40. I LOVE YOU, MAN  [JOHN HAMBURG]
41. THE BROTHERS BLOOM [RIAN JOHNSON] (IMDB 2008)
42. MY SON, MY SON ,WHAT HAVE YE DONE  [WERNER HERZOG]
43. POLYTECHNIQUE [DENIS VILLENEUVE] (C)
44. AWAY WE GO [SAM MENDES]
45. SHERLOCK HOLMES [GUY RITCHIE]
46. TAKEN [PIERRE MOREL] (IMDB 2008)
47. THE HANGOVER [TODD PHILIPS]
48. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN [SHAWN LEVY]
49. ADORATION [ATOM EGOYAN] (C) (IMDB 2008)
50. THE SOLOIST [JOE WRIGHT]
51. SUNSHINE CLEANING [CHRISTINE JEFFS] (IMDB 2008)
52. THE LIMITS OF CONTROL [JIM JARMUSCH]
53. THE INTERNATIONAL [TOM TYKWER]
54. CROSSING OVER [WAYNE KRAMER]
55. HARRY BROWN  [DANIEL BARBER] (UK)
56. NEW IN TOWN  [JONAS ELMER]
57. FANBOYS [KYLE NEWMAN]
58. HE’S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU [KEN KWAPIS]
59. THE PROPOSAL  [ANNE FLETCHER]
60. FIRED UP!  [WILL GLUCK]
61. PAUL BLART: MALL COP  [STEVE CARR] 

 Other (unranked): PONYO (Gake no ue no Ponyo)  [HAYAO MIYAZAKI] (J) (a) (IMDB 2008); FANTASTIC MR. FOX [WES ANDERSON] (a); UP [PETER DOCTER & BOB PETERSON] (a); PARTLY CLOUDY  [PETER SOHN] (a/s); MONSTERS VS. ALIENS [ROB LETTERMAN & CONRAD VERNON] (a); GREY GARDENS [MICHAEL SUCSY] (TV) (HBO); GENIUS WITHIN: THE INNER LIFE OF GLENN GOULD [MICHÈLE HOZER &PETER RAYMONT] (C) (d )

The 90s – YEAR BY YEAR MOVIE LISTS

THE NINETIES

 

Recent Additions in RED

  

◄ 1990 ►

… It’s gettin’ so a businessman can’t expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can’t trust a fix, what can you trust? For a good return, you gotta go bettin’ on chance – and then you’re back with anarchy, right back in the jungle.

  

  

  

1. MILLER’S CROSSING  [JOEL COEN]
2. GOODFELLAS  [MARTIN SCORCESE] (Warner)
3. EVERYBODY’S FINE (Stanno tutti bene)  [GIUSEPPE TORNATORE] (I)
4. TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN! (¡Átame!)  [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP)
5. TWIN PEAKS : THE PILOT  [DAVID LYNCH]
6. EUROPA EUROPA (Hitlerjunge Salomon)  [AGNIESZKA HOLLAND]
7. CLOSE-UP  (Nema-ye Nazdik)  [ABBAS KIAROSTAMI]  (IR)
8. AVALON  [BARRY LEVINSON]
9. GREEN CARD  [PETER WEIR]
10. METROPOLITAN  [WHIT STILLMAN]
11. MISERY  [ROB RIENER]
12. JU DOU [YANG FENGLIANG & ZHANG YIMOU] (CH)
13. PRESUMED INNOCENT [ALAN J. PAKULA]
14. THE GRIFTERS  [STEVEN FREARS]
15. DANCES WITH WOLVES  [KEVIN COSTNER]
16. THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER  [JOHN MCTIERNAN]
17. ALICE [WOODY ALLEN].
18. TO SLEEP WITH ANGER  [CHARLES BURNETT]
19. TOTAL RECALL  [PAUL VERHOVEN]
20. THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL  [AKI KAURISMÄKI] (Fin)
21. AWAKENINGS  [PENNY MARSHALL]
22. REVERSAL OF FORTUNE  [BARBET SCHRODER]
23. JACOB’S LADDER  [ADRIAN LYNNE]
24. DIE HARD 2  [RENNY HARLIN]
25. GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH  [JOE DANTE]
26. MO’ BETTER BLUES  [SPIKE LEE]
27. LA FEMME NIKITA  [LUC BESSON]
28. PUMP UP THE VOLUME  [ALLAN MOYLE]
29. MIAMI BLUES  [GEORGE ARMITAGE]
30. TRUST  [HAL HARTLEY]
31. KING OF NEW YORK  [ABEL FERRARA]
32. DAYS OF THUNDER  [TONY SCOTT]
33. BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III  [ROBERT ZEMECKIS]
34. EDWARD SCISSORHANDS  [TIM BURTON]
35. INTERNAL AFFAIRS  [MIKE FIGGIS]
36. MR. DESTINY  [JAMES ORR]
37. THE HOT SPOT  [DENNIS HOPPER]
38. DREAMS  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (J)
39. THE GODFATHER: PART III   [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA]
40. THE HANDMAID’S TALE  [VOLKER SCHLÖNDORFF]
41. JOE VS. THE VOLCANO  [JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY]
42. THE FRESHMAN  [ANDREW BERMAN]
43. PRETTY WOMAN  [GARRY MARSHALL]
44. THE KRAYS  [PETER MEDAK]
45. HOME ALONE  [CHRIS COLUMBUS]
46. GHOST  [JERRY ZUCKER]
47. I LOVE YOU TO DEATH  [LAWRENCE KASDEN]
48. FLATLINERS  [JOEL SCHMACHER]
49. MEMPHIS BELLE  [MICHAEL CATON-JONES]
50. POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE  [MIKE NICHOLS]
51. WILD AT HEART  [DAVID LYNCH]
52. ARACHNOPHOBIA  [FRANK MARSHALL]
53. THE TWO JAKES  [JACK NICHOLSON]
54. PACIFIC HEIGHTS  [JOHN SCHLESINGER]
55. HENRY AND JUNE  [PHILIP KAUFMAN] 
56. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES  [STEVE BARRON] 
57. ROCKY V  [JOHN G. AVILDSEN]
58. BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES  [BRIAN DE PALMA]
59. DICK TRACY  [WARREN BEATTY]
60. 3 MEN AND A LITTLE LADY  [EMILE ARDOLINO]
61. LOOK WHO’S TALKING TOO  [AMY HECKERLING]
62. ANOTHER 48 HRS.  [WALTER HILL]
63. WILD ORCHID  [ZALMAN KING]
64. PROBLEM CHILD  [DENNIS DUGAN]
65. THE ADVENTURES OF FORD FAIRLANE  [RENNY HARLIN]

  

◄ 1991 ► 

… I guess it’s about time for our William Tell routine.

  

  

1. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS  [JONATHAN DEMME]
2. CAPE FEAR  [MARTIN SCORSESE]
3. TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY  [JAMES CAMERON]
4. BARTON FINK  [JOEL COEN]
5. CITY OF HOPE  [JOHN SAYLES] 
6. THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE (La Double vie de Véronique)  [KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI] (P/F)
7. RAISE THE RED LANTERN (Da hong deng long gao gao gua) [ZHANG YIMOU] (CH)
8. DAYS OF BEING WILD (A Fei jing juen) [WONG KAR-WAI] (CH)
9. NAKED LUNCH  [DAVID CRONENBERG] (C)
10. ONCE AROUND  [LASSE HALLSTRÖM]
11. BLACK ROBE  [BRUCE BERESFORD]
12. THELMA AND LOUISE  [RIDLEY SCOTT]
13. BUGSY  [BARRY LEVINSON]
14. JFK  [OLIVER STONE]
15. EUROPA (Zentropa)  [LARS VON TIER]
16. THE RAPTURE  [MICHAEL TOLKIN]
17. AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE  [JANE CAMPION] (NZ)
18. GRAND CANYON  [LAWRENCE KASDAN]
19. SÓLO CON TU PAREJA (Love in the Time of Hysteria) [ALFONSO CUARON] (SP)
20. L.A. STORY  [MICK JACKSON]
21. SLACKER  [RICHARD LINKLATER]
22. THE ADJUSTER  [ATOM EGOYAN] (C)
23. BOYZ N THE HOOD  [JOHN SINGLETON]
24. HIGH HEELS  [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP)
25. THE FISHER KING  [TERRY GILLIAM]
26. JUNGLE FEVER  [SPIKE LEE]
27. CITY SLICKERS  [RON UNDERWOOD]
28. HOMICIDE  [DAVID MAMET]
29. ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES  [KEVIN REYNOLDS]
30. HOT SHOTS!  [JIM ABRAHAMS]
31. LITTLE MAN TATE  [JODIE FOSTER]
32. PRINCE OF TIDES  [BARBRA STREISAND]
33. POINT BREAK  [KATHRYN BIGELOW]
34. DEAD AGAIN  [KENNETH BRANAGH]
35. JOHNNY STECCHINO  [ROBERTO BENIGNI] (I)
36. KAFKA  [STEVEN SODERBERGH]
37. THE COMMITMENTS  [ALAN PARKER]
38. DOGFIGHT  [NANCY SAVOCA]
39. REGARDING HENRY  [MIKE NICHOLS]
40. THE NAKED GUN 2 ½: THE SMELL OF FEAR  [DAVID ZUCKER]
41. HE SAID, SHE SAID  [KEN KWAPIS & MARISA SILVER]
42. SOUTH OF WAWA  [ROBERT BOYD] (C)
43. MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO  [GUS VAN SANT]
44. DOC HOLLYWOOD  [MICHAEL CATON-JONES]
45. BACKDRAFT  [RON HOWARD]
46. SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY  [JOSEPH RUBEN]
47. GUILTY BY SUSPICION  [IRWIN WINKLER]
48. THE HARD WAY  [JOHN BADHAM]
49. FATHER OF THE BRIDE  [CHARLES SHYER]
50. ONLY THE LONELY  [CHRIS COLUMBUS]
51. THE DOORS  [OLIVER STONE]
52. BILLY BATHGATE  [ROBERT BENTON]
53. HOOK  [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
54. DUTCH  [PETER FAIMAN]
55. SKI SCHOOL  [DAMIAN LEE]

Other:      HEARTS OF DARKNESS: A FILMMAKER’S APOCALYPSE  [BAHR, E. COPPOLA & HICKENLOOPER] (d)

 

◄ 1992 ► 

… It’s the Second Law of Thermodynamics: sooner or later everything turns to shit. That’s my phrasing, not the Encyclopedia Britannica

  

1. UNFORGIVEN  [CLINT EASTWOOD]
2. HUSBANDS AND WIVES  [WOODY ALLEN]
3. BITTER MOON  [ROMAN POLANSKI] (UK)
4. THE PLAYER  [ROBERT ALTMAN]
5. RESERVOIR DOGS  [QUENTIN TARANTINO]
6. HOWARDS END  [JAMES IVORY] (UK)
7. A FEW GOOD MEN  [ROB REINER]
8. GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS  [JAMES FOLEY]
9. THE CRYING GAME  [NEIL JORDAN] (UK)
10. LEOLO  [JEAN-CLAUDE LAUZON] (C)
11. MY COUSIN VINNY  [JONATHAN LYNN]
12. BETTY  [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
13. LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE (Como agua para chocolate) [ALFONSO ARAU] (SP)
14. BASIC INSTINCT  [PAUL VERHOEVEN]
15. ONE FALSE MOVE  [CARL FRANKLIN]
16. UN COEUR EN HIVER (A Heart in Winter) [CLAUDE SAUTET] (F) 
17. BOB ROBERTS  [TIM ROBBINS] 
18. SCENT OF A WOMAN  [MARTIN BREST] 
19. BENNY’S VIDEO  [MICHAEL HANEKE] (G) 
20. SNEAKERS  [PHIL ALDEN ROBINSON]
21. STRICTLY BALLROOM  [BAZ LUHRMANN] (A)
22. MALCOLM X  [SPIKE LEE]
23. SINGLES  [CAMERON CROWE]
24. WAYNE’S WORLD  [PENELOPE SPHEERIS]
25. HARD BOILED (Lat sau san taam)  [JOHN WOO] (Ch) 
26. ORLANDO [SALLY POTTER] 
27. A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN  [PENNY MARSHALL] 
28. PATRIOT GAMES  [PHILLIP NOYCE] 
29. LORENZO’S OIL  [GEORGE MILLER]
30. BAD LIEUTENANT  [ABEL FERRARA] 
31. THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS  [MICHAEL MANN] 
32. OF MICE AND MEN  [GARY SINESE] 
33. ALIEN³  [DAVID FINCHER] 
34. BRAN STOKER’S DRACULA  [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA]
35. TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME [DAVID LYNCH] 
36. BATMAN RETURNS  [TIM BURTON] 
37. CAREFUL  [GUY MADDIN] (C) 
38. A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT  [ROBERT REDFORD] 
39. THUNDERHEART  [MICHAEL APTED] 
40. HOFFA [DANNY DE VITO] 
41. INDOCHINE  [RÉGIS WARGNIER] (F) 
42. SINGLE WHITE FEMALE  [BARBET SCHROEDER] 
43. SHADOWS AND FOG  [WOODY ALLEN] 
44. HONEYMOON IN VEGAS  [ANDREW BERGMAN] 
45. ROMPER STOMPER  [GEOFFREY WRIGHT] 
46. THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE  [CURTIS HANSON] 
47. CAPTAIN RON  [THOM EBERHARDT] 
48. SCHOOL TIES  [ROBERT MANDEL] 
49. JENNIFER 8  [BRUCE ROBINSON] 
50. UNLAWFUL ENTRY  [JONATHAN KAPLAN] 
51. THE MIGHTY DUCKS  [STEPHEN HEREK] 
52. HERO  [STEPHEN FREARS] 
53. LETHAL WEAPON 3  [RICHARD DONNER] 
54. FINAL ANALYSIS  [PHIL JOANOU] 
55. PASSENGER 57  [KEVIN HOOKS] 
56. UNDER SIEGE  [ANDREW DAVIS] 

Other: VISIONS OF LIGHT  [GLASSMAN, MCCARTHY & SAMUELS] (d);  ALADDIN  [RON CLEMENTS & JOHN MUSKER] (a)

◄ 1993 ►

… Wouldn’t it be a trip if Alex Trebek bought a nude painting of me?

  

  

  

1. SHORT CUTS  [ROBERT ALTMAN] (Fine Line/New Line)
2. SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION  [FRED SCHEPISI]
3. THREE COLORS: BLUE (Trois couleurs: Bleu)  [KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI] (F)
4. FEARLESS  [PETER WEIR]
5. SCHINDLER’S LIST  [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
6. THE REMAINS OF THE DAY  [JAMES IVORY] (UK)
7. THE PIANO  [JANE CAMPION] (A)
8. GROUNDHOG DAY  [HAROLD RAMIS]
9. THE FUGITIVE  [ANDREW DAVIS]
10. THE AGE OF INNOCENCE  [MARTIN SCORCESE]
11. SONATINE  [TAKESHI KITANO] (J)
12. DAZED AND CONFUSED  [RICHARD LINKLATER]
13. THE FIRM  [SYDNEY POLLACK]
14. MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY  [WOODY ALLEN]
15. JURASSIC PARK  [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
16. KING OF THE HILL  [STEVEN SODERBERGH
17. MY FAVORITE SEASON (Ma saison préférée) [ANDRÉ TÉCHINÉ] (F)
18. NAKED  [MIKE LEIGH] (UK)
19. A PERFECT WORLD  [CLINT EASTWOOD]
20. PHILADELPHIA [JONATHAN DEMME]
21. TRUE ROMANCE  [TONY SCOTT]
22. SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE  [NORA EPHRON]
23. A BRONX TALE  [ROBERT DE NIRO]
24. LAST ACTION HERO  [JOHN MCTIERNAN]
25. IN THE LINE OF FIRE  [WOLFGANG PETERSEN]
26. KALIFORNIA  [DOMINIC SENA]
27. THE JOY LUCK CLUB  [WAYNE WANG]
28. ALIVE  [FRANK MARSHALL]
29. DAVE  [IVAN REITMAN]
30. WAYNE’S WORLD 2  [STEPHEN SURJIK]
31. WHAT’S EATING GILBERT GRAPE  [LASSE HALLSTROM]
32. CARLITO’S WAY  [BRIAN DE PALMA]
33. MALICE  [HAROLD BECKER]
34. SLIVER  [PHILLIP NOYCE] 
35. CALENDAR [ATOM EGOYAN] (C) 
36. CLIFFHANGER  [RENNY HARLIN] 
37. ARMY OF DARKNESS  [SAM RAIMI]
38. THE PELICAN BRIEF  [ALAN J. PAKULA]
39. FALLING DOWN  [JOEL SCHUMACHER]
40. SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER  [THOMAS SCHLAMME]
41. THE VANISHING  [GEORGE SLUIZER]
42. THIS BOY’S LIFE  [MICHAEL CATON-JONES]
43. POINT OF NO RETURN  [JOHN BADHAM]
44. MRS. DOUBTFIRE  [CHRIS COLUMBUS]
45. TOMBSTONE  [GEORGE P. COSMATOS]
46. TWENTY BUCKS  [KEVA ROSENFELD]
47. IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER  [JIM SHERIDAN] 
48. THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE  [MEL GIBSON] 
49. SHADOW LANDS  [RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH]
50. UNTAMED HEART  [TONY BILL] 
51. DEMOLITION MAN  [MARCO BRAMBILLA] 
52. MAD DOG AND GLORY  [JOHN MCNAUGHTON] 
53. HOT SHOTS! PART DEUX  [JIM ABRHAMS] 
54. BODIES, REST & MOTION  [MICHAEL STEINBERG]
55. CIAO, PROFESSORE!  [LINA WERTMÜLLER] (I)
56. LOADED WEAPON 1  [GENE QUINTANO][
57. INDECENT PROPOSAL  [ADRIAN LYNE]
58. LOOK WHO’S TALKING NOW  [TOM ROPELEWSKI]

◄ 1994 ►

… Let’s avoid confusion. She’ll get some lines, or I’ll nail your knee caps to the floor

  

1. PULP FICTION  [QUENTIN TARANTINO]
2. QUIZ SHOW  [ROBERT REDFORD]
3. BULLETS OVER BROADWAY  [WOODY ALLEN]
4. THREE COLORS: RED  [KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI]
5. WILD REEDS (Les Roseaux sauvages)  [ANDRÉ TÉCHINÉ] (F)
6. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION  [FRANK DARABONT]
7. CHUNGKING EXPRESS  [WONG KAR-WAI] (CH)
8. THE HUDSUCKER PROXY [JOEL COEN]
9. EXOTICA  [ATOM EGOYAN] (C)
10. THREE COLORS: WHITE  [KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI]
11. FORREST GUMP  [ROBERT ZEMECKIS]
12. SPEED  [JAN DE BONT]
13. HEAVENLY CREATURES  [PETER JACKSON] (A)
14. IL POSTINO  [MICHAEL RADFORD] (I)
15. DEATH AND THE MAIDEN  [ROMAN POLANSKI]
16. VANYA ON 42^ND STREET  [LOUIS MALLE]
17. EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN (Yin shi nan nu) [ANG LEE] (T)
18. THE LAST SEDUCTION  [JOHN DAHL]
19. LITTLE WOMEN  [GILLIAN ARMSTRONG]
20. FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL  [MIKE NEWELL]
21. THE SECRET OF ROAN INISH  [JOHN SAYLES]
22. LÉON: THE PROFESSIONAL  [LUC BESSON]
23. CLEAN, SHAVEN  [LODGE H. KERRIGAN]
24. ASHES OF TIME REDUX  [WONG KAR-WAI] (CH)
25. INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE  [NEIL JORDAN]
26. SHALLOW GRAVE  [DANNY BOYLE]
27. L’ENFER (Hell)  [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
28. IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU  [ANDREW BERGMAN]
29. ONCE WERE WARRIORS  [LEE TAMAHORI]
30. NATURAL BORN KILLERS  [OLIVER STONE]
31. BARCELONA [WHIT STILLMAN]
32. CLERKS  [KEVIN SMITH]
33. SIRENS  [JOHN DUIGAN] (A)
34. TRUE LIES  [JAMES CAMERON]
35. DISCLOSURE  [BARRY LEVINSON]
36. ED WOOD  [TIM BURTON]
37. DUMB AND DUMBER  [THE FARRELLY BROTHERS]
38. NOBODY’S FOOL  [ROBERT BENTON]
39. SWIMMING WITH SHARKS  [GEORGE HUANG]
40. MAVERICK  [RICHARD DONNER] 
41. KILLING ZOE  [ROGER AVARY]
42. DOUBLE HAPPINESS  [MINA SHUM]
43. THE PAPER  [RON HOWARD]
44. THE RIVER WILD  [CURTIS HANSON]
45. THE MASK  [CHUCK RUSSELL]
46. THE CLIENT  [JOEL SCHUMACHER]
47. STAR TREK: GENERATIONS [DAVID CARSON] 
48. LEGENDS OF THE FALL  [EDWARD ZWICK] 
49. CLEAN SLATE  [MICK JACKSON] 
50. SURVIVING THE GAME  [ERNEST R. DICKERSON] 
51. CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER  [PHILLIP NOYCE]
52. BLUE CHIPS  [WILLIAM FRIEDKIN]
53. REALITY BITES  [BEN STILLER]
54. BLINK  [MICHAEL APTED]
55. NELL  [MICHAEL APTED] 
56. A SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE  [GILLIES MACKINNON
57. WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN  [LUIS MANDOKI]
58. INTERSECTION  [MARK RYDELL]
59. CLIFFORD  [PAUL FLAHERTY] 
60. LOVE AFFAIR  [GLENN GORDON CARON]
61. PRÊT-À-PORTER (aka Ready to Wear)  [ROBERT ALTMAN]
62. THE FLINTSTONES  [BRIAN LEVANT]
63. EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES  [GUS VAN SANT]
64. TAMMY AND THE T-REX  [STEWART RAFFILL]

Other:  CRUMB  [TERRY ZWIGOFF] (d);  THE LION KING  [ALLERS & MINKOFF] (a) 

◄ 1995 ►

 

 

  

1. SE7EN  [DAVID FINCHER]
2. UNDERGROUND  [EMIR KUSTURICA]
3. GET SHORTY  [BARRY SONNENFELD]
4. CLOCKERS  [SPIKE LEE]
5. LA CÉRÉMONIE  [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
6. LA HAINE (Hate) [MATHIEU KASSOVITZ] (F)
7. SENSE AND SENSIBILITY  [ANG LEE]
8. LE CONFESSIONNAL  [ROBERT LEPAGE] (C)
9. 12 MONKEYS  [TERRY GILLIAM]
10. DEAD MAN WALKING  [TIM ROBBINS]
11. DEAD MAN  [JIM JARMUSCH]
12. SAFE  [TODD HAYNES]
13. LEAVING LAS VEGAS  [MIKE FIGGIS]
14. THE USUAL SUSPECTS  [BRYAN SINGER]
15. BEFORE SUNRISE  [RICHARD LINKLATER]
16. WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE  [TODD SOLONDZ]
17. MIGHTY APHRODITE  [WOODY ALLEN]
18. KICKING AND SCREAMING  [NOAH BAUMBACH]
19. BRAVEHEART  [MEL GIBSON]
20. BOTTLE ROCKET  [WES ANDERSON]
21. WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING  [JON TURTELTAUB]
22. CRIMSON TIDE  [TONY SCOTT]
23. FALLEN ANGELS (Duo luo tian shi) [WONG KAR WAI] (Ch)
24. DIE HARD: WITH A VENGEANCE  [JOHN MCTIERNAN]
25. NIXON  [OLIVER STONE]
26. CLUELESS  [AMY HECKERLING]
27. TO DIE FOR  [GUS VAN SANT]
28. THE FLOWER OF MY SECRET (la flor de mi secreto) [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP)
29. WATERWORLD  [KEVIN REYNOLDS]
30. HEAT  [MICHAEL MANN]
31. DESPERADO  [ROBERT RODRIGUEZ]
32. KISS OF DEATH  [BARBET SCHROEDER]
33. COPYCAT  [JON AMIEL]
34. THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY  [CLINT EASTWOOD]
35. DOLORES CLAIBORNE  [TAYLOR HACKFORD]
36. ROB ROY  [MICHAEL CATON-JONES] 
37. THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE  [BETTY THOMAS]
38. THE ENGLISHMAN WHO WENT UP A HILL BUT CAME DOWN A MOUNTAIN  [C. MONGER] (UK)
39. MURDER IN THE FIRST  [MARC ROCCO]
40. CASINO  [MARTIN SCORSESE]
41. THE UNDERNEATH  [STEVEN SODERBERGH]
42. GOLDENEYE  [MARTIN CAMPBELL]
43. BILLY MADISON  [TAMRA DAVIS]
44. THE BASKETBALL DIARIES  [SCOTT KALVERT]
45. JUST CAUSE  [ARNE GLIMCHER]
46. MR. HOLLAND’S OPUS  [STEPHEN HEREK]
47. ACE VENTURA: WHEN NATURE CALLS  [STEVE OEDEKERK]
48. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT  [ROB REINER]
49. TOMMY BOY  [PETER SEGAL]
50. MALLRATS [KEVIN SMITH]
51. GRUMPIER OLD MEN  [HOWARD DEUTCH]
52. DANGEROUS MINDS  [JOHN N. SMITH]
53. SABRINA  [SYDNEY POLLACK]
54. CANADIAN BACON  [MICHAEL MOORE]
55. OUTBREAK  [WOLFGANG PETERSON]
56. BATMAN FOREVER  [JOEL SCHUMACHER]
57. HIGHER LEARNING  [JOHN SINGLETON]
58. THE NET  [IRWIN WINKLER]
59. CONGO  [FRANK MARSHALL]
60. SHOWGIRLS  [PAUL VERHOEVEN]
61. FOUR ROOMS  [ANDERS, ROCKWELL, RODRIGUEZ, & TARANTINO]

Other:  SISSY-BOY SLAP PARTY  [GUY MADDIN] (C) (s);  TOY STORY  [JOHN LASSETER] (Pixar) (a); POCAHONTAS  [MIKE GARIEL & ERIC GOLDBERG] (a); A GOOFY MOVIE  [KEVIN LIMA] (a)

 

◄ 1996 ►

… I guess it’s just one of those ex-felon, pro-acid kind of non-smoking homes.

 

 

1. FARGO  [JOEL COEN]
2. LONE STAR  [JOHN SAYLES]
3. BREAKING THE WAVES  [LARS VON TRIER] (D)
4. FLIRTING WITH DISASTER  [DAVID O. RUSSELL]
5. TRAINSPOTTING  [DANNY BOYLE] (UK)
6. SECRETS AND LIES  [MIKE LEIGH] (UK)
7. SLING BLADE  [BILLY BOB THORTON]
8. LA PROMESSE  [JEAN-PIERRE DARDENNE & LUC DARDENNE] (B)
9. COURAGE UNDER FIRE  [EDWARD ZWICK]
10. BIG NIGHT  [CAMPBELL SCOTT & STANLEY TUCCI]
11. BOUND  [THE WACHOWSKI BROTHERS]
12. SWINGERS  [DOUG LIMAN]
13. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE  [BRIAN DE PALMA]
14. SHALL WE DANCE (Shall we dansu?) [MASAYUKI SUO] (J)
15. EMMA  [DOUGLAS MCGRATH]
16. CITIZEN RUTH  [ALEXANDER PAYNE]
17. THE CRUCIBLE  [NICHOLAS HYNTER]
18. THAT THING YOU DO!  [TOM HANKS]
19. SMALL FACES  [GILLES MACKINNON] (UK)
20. MY SEX LIFE…OR HOW I GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT (Comment je me suis disputé… (ma vie sexuelle)) [A.DESPLECHIN]
21. THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT  [MILOS FORMAN]
22. FREEWAY  [MATTHEW BRIGHT]
23. THE CABLE GUY  [BEN STILLER]
24. WAITING FOR GUFFMAN  [CHRISTOPHER GUEST]
25. BEAUTIFUL GIRLS  [TED DEMME]
26. JERRY MAGUIRE  [CAMERON CROWE]
27. IRMA VEP  [OLIVIER ASSAYAS] (F)
28. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO + JULLIET    [BAZ LUHRMANN]
29. CRASH  [DAVID CROENENBERG] (C)
30. THE DAYTRIPPERS  [GREG MOTTOLA]
31. EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU  [WOODY ALLEN]
32. HARD EIGHT  [P.T. ANDERSON]
33. SHINE  [SCOTT HICKS] (A)
34. I SHOT ANDY WARHOL  [MARY HARRON]
35. SCREAM  [WES CRAVEN]
36. TIN CUP  [RON SHELTON]
37. RANSOM  [RON HOWARD]
38. GET ON THE BUS  [SPIKE LEE]
39. THE ENGLISH PATIENT  [ANTHONY MINGHELLA]
40. GRACE OF ME HEART  [ALLISON ANDERS]
41. THE PALLBEARER  [MATT REEVES]
42. NÉNETTE ET BONI  [CLAIRE DENIS] (F)
43. ERASER  [CHUCK RUSSELL]
44. FROM DUSK TILL DAWN  [ROBERT RODRIGUEZ]
45. SLEEPERS  [BARRY LEVINSON]
46. 2 DAYS IN THE VALLEY  [JOHN HERZFELD]
47. A VERY BRADY SEQUEL  [ARLENE SANFORD]
48. HAPPY GILMORE  [DENNIS DUGAN]
49. SUBURBIA  [RICHARD LINKLETTER]
50. PRIMAL FEAR  [GREGORY HOBLITT]
51. THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS AND DOGS  [MICHAEL LEHMANN]
52. BRASSED OFF  [MARK HERMAN] (UK)
53. KINGPIN  [THE FARRELLY BROTHERS]
54. CITY HALL  [HAROLD BECKER]
55. BROKEN ARROW  [JOHN WOO]
56. INDEPENDENCE DAY  [ROLAND EMMERICH]
57. FEAR  [JAMES FOLEY]
58. THE BIRDCAGE  [MIKE NICHOLS]
59. PHENOMENON  [JOHN TURTELTAUB]
60. THE ROCK  [MICHAEL BAY]
61. THE NUTTY PROFESSOR  [TOM SHADYAC]
62. MULTIPLICITY  [HAROLD RAMIS]
63. ESCAPE FROM L.A.  [JOHN CARPENTER]
64. TWISTER  [JAN DE BONT]
65. UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL  [JON AVNET]
66. SGT. BILKO  [JONATHAN LYNN]
67. MICHAEL COLLINS  [NEIL JORDAN]
68. A TIME TO KILL  [JOEL SCHUMACHER]
69. THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU  [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER]
70. MICHAEL  [NORA EPHRON]

Other:  WHEN WE WERE KINGS  [LEON GAST] (d)

 

◄ 1997 ►

… I never saved anything for the swim back.

 

1. BOOGIE NIGHTS  [PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON] (Gordon/New Line)
2. THE SWEET HEREAFTER  [ATOM EGOYAN] (C)
3. L.A. CONFIDENTIAL  [CURTIS HANSON]
4. THE ICE STORM  [ANG LEE]
5. IN THE COMPANY OF MEN  [NEIL LABUTE]
6. GOOD WILL HUNTING  [GUS VAN SANT]
7. GATTACA  [ANDREW NICOL]
8. HANA-BI (Fireworks)  [TAKESHI KITANO] (J)
9. COP LAND  [JAMES MANGOLD]
10. TITANIC  [JAMES CAMERON]
11. JACKIE BROWN  [QUENTIN TARANTINO]
12. INSOMNIA  [ERIK SKJOLDBJÆRG]
13. FUNNY GAMES  [MICHAEL HANEKE]
14. FACE/OFF  [JOHN WOO]
15. DONNIE BRASCO  [MIKE NEWELL]
16. THE GAME  [DAVID FINCHER]
17. DECONSTRUCTING HARRY [WOODY ALLEN]
18. CURE [KIYOSHI KUROSAWA] (J)
19. THE EEL (Unagi)  [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (J)
20. THE SPANISH PRISONER  [DAVID MAMET]
21. TASTE OF CHERRY (Ta’m e guilass) [ABBAS KIAROSTAMI]  (IR)
22. THE BUTCHER BOY  [NEIL JORDAN] (IR)
23. LIVE FLESH  (Carne trémula)  [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP)
24. MEN IN BLACK  [BARRY SONNENFELD]
25. CHASING AMY  [KEVIN SMITH]
26. CONTACT  [ROBERT ZEMECKIS]
27. MY BEST FRIEND’S WEDDING  [P.J. HOGAN]
28. ALIEN : RESURRECTION  [JEAN-PIERRE JEUNET]
29. PRIVATE PARTS  [BETTY THOMAS]
30. MOTHER AND SON (Mat I syn)  [ALEKSANDR SOKUROV] (R)
31. WASHINGTON SQUARE  [AGNIESZKA HOLLAND]
32. THE HOUSE OF YES  [MARK S. WATERS]
33. ADDICTED TO LOVE  [GRIFFIN DUNNE]
34. PICTURE PERFECT  [GLENN GORDON CARON]
35. WAG THE DOG  [BARRY LEVINSON]
36. GROSSE POINTE BLANK  [GEORGE ARMITAGE]
37. SCREAM 2  [WES CRAVEN]
38. THE RAINMAKER  [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA]
39. INVENTING THE ABBOTS  [PAT O’CONNOR]
40. THE FULL MONTY  [PETER CATTANEO]
41. LOVE AND DEATH ON LONG ISLAND  [RICHARD KWIETNIOWSKI]
42. BREAKDOWN  [JONATHAN MOSTOW]
43. THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK  [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
44. THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE  [TAYLOR HACKFORD]
45. AS GOOD AS IT GETS  [JAMES L. BROOKS]
46. MR. JEALOUSY  [NOAH BAUMBACH]
47. THE POSTMAN  [KEVIN COSTNER]
48. TOMORROW NEVER DIES  [ROGER SPOTTISWOODE]
49. G.I. JANE  [RIDLEY SCOTT]
50. STARSHIP TROOPERS  [PAUL VERHOEVEN]
51. KITCHEN PARTY  [GARY BURNS] (C)
52. IN & OUT  [FRANK OZ]
53. AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY  [JAY ROACH]
54. LIAR LIAR  [TOM SHADYAC]
55. MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL  [CLINT EASTWOOD]
56. THE FIFTH ELEMENT  [LUC BESSON]
57. AIR FORCE ONE  [WOLFGANG PETERSEN]
58. ANACONDA  [LUIS LLOSA]
59. ROMY AND MICHELE’S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION  [DAVID MIRKIN]
60. THE DEVIL’S OWN  [ALAN J. PAKULA]
61. CON AIR  [SIMON WEST]
62. BEVERLY HILL’S NINJA  [DENNIS DUGAN]
63. NOWHERE  [GREGG ARAKI]
64. SPEED 2: CRUISE CONTROL   [JAN DE BONT]
65. VEGAS VACATION  [STEPHEN KESSLER]
66. TWILIGHT OF THE ICE NYMPHS  [GUY MADDIN] (C)
67. BATMAN AND ROBIN  [JOEL SCHUMACHER]

Other:  ANASTASIA  [DON BLUTH & GARY GOLDMAN] (a)

 

◄ 1998 ►

… Maybe I’m spending too much of my time starting up clubs and putting on plays. I should probably be trying harder to score chicks.

1. RUSHMORE  [WES ANDERSON]
2. HAPPINESS   [TODD SOLONDZ]
3. THE THIN RED LINE  [TERRENCE MALICK]
4. A SIMPLE PLAN   [SAM RAIMI]
5. RUN LOLA RUN (Lola rennt)  [TOM TYKWER] (G)
6. BLACK CAT, WHITE CAT (Crna macka, beli macor)  [EMIR KUSTURICA]
7. THE TRUMAN SHOW  [PETER WEIR]
8. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN   [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
9. FUCKING ǺMǺL (aka Show Me Love)  [LUKAS MOODYSSON] (S)
10. THE BIG LEBOWSKI  [JOEL COEN]
11. THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS (LaVie rêvée des anges) [ERICK ZONCA] (F)
12. SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS  [TAMARA JENKINS]
13. BUFFALO ’66  [VINCENT GALLO]
14. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (La Vita è bella)   [ROBERTO BENIGNI] (I) (IMDB 1997)
15. THE CELEBRATION (Festen)  [THOMAS VINTERBERG] (D)
16. AFTER LIFE  (Wandafuru raifu)  [HIROKAZU KORE-EDA] (J)
17. PLEASANTVILLE  [GARY ROSS]
18. OUT OF SIGHT  [STEVEN SODERBERGH]
19. THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO  [WHIT STILLMAN]
20. SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE  [JOHN MADDEN]
21. YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS  [NEIL LABUTE]
22. PI  [DARREN ARANOVSKY]
23. CENTRAL STATION (Central do Brasil) [WALTER SALLES] (BZ)
24. THE IDIOTS (Idioterne ) [LARS VON TRIER]
25. A CIVIL ACTION  [STEVEN ZAILLIAN]
26. DARK CITY  [ALEX PROYAS]
27. LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS  [GUY RITCHIE] (UK)
28. ZERO EFFECT  [JAKE KASDEN]
29. WAKING NED DEVINE  [KIRK JONES] (UK)
30. SLIDING DOORS  [PETER HOWITT] (UK)
31. HE GOT GAME  [SPIKE LEE]
32. THE OPPOSITE OF SEX  [DON ROOS]
33. ROUNDERS  [JOHN DAHL]
34. RETURN TO PARADISE  [JOSEPH RUBEN]
35. VERY BAD THINGS  [PETER BERG]
36. PECKER  [JOHN WATERS]
37. GREAT EXPECTATIONS  [ALFONSO CUARÓN]
38. THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY  [THE FARRELLY BROTHERS]
39. SECRET DÉFENSE [JACQUES RIVETTE] (F)
40. GODS AND MONSTERS  [BILL CONDON]
41. RONIN  [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER]
42. DR. AKAGI (Kanzo sensei)  [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (J)
43. ARMAGEDDON  [MICHAEL BAY]
44. NEXT STOP WONDERLAND  [BRAD ANDERSON]
45. WILD THINGS  [JOHN MCNAUGHTON]
46. AMERICAN HISTORY X  [TONY KAYE]
47. PRIMARY COLORS  [MIKE NICHOLS]
48. BLADE  [STEPHEN NORRINGTON]
49. BULWORTH  [WARREN BEATTY]
50. THE HOLE (Dong) [TSAI MING-LIANG] (CH)
51. THE SIEGE  [EDWARD ZWICK]
52. APT PUPIL  [BRYAN SINGER]
53. PALMETTO  [VOLKER SCHLONDORFF]
54. ENEMY OF THE STATE  [TONY SCOTT]
55. THE WEDDING SINGER  [FRANK CORACI]
56. CELEBRITY  [WOODY ALLEN]
57. YOU’VE GOT MAIL  [NORA EPHRON]
58. A PERFECT MURDER  [ANDREW DAVIS]
59. SNAKE EYES  [BRIAN DE PALMA]
60. HALLOWEEN H20: 20 YEARS LATER  [STEVE MINER]
61. THE WATERBOY  [FRANK CORACI]
62. BASEKETBALL  [DAVID ZUCKER]
63. 54  [MARK CHRISTOPHER]

 

◄ 1999 ►

… Who cares about this stupid election? We all know it doesn’t matter who gets elected president of Carver. Do you really think it’s going to change anything around here; make one single person smarter or happier or nicer? The only person it does matter to is the one who gets elected. The same pathetic charade happens every year, and everyone makes the same pathetic promises just so they can put it on their transcripts to get into college. So vote for me, because I don’t even want to go to college, and I don’t care, and as president I won’t do anything. The only promise I will make is that if elected I will immediately dismantle the student government, so that none of us will ever have to sit through one of these stupid assemblies again! …Or don’t vote for me… who cares? Don’t vote at all!

 

 

1. MAGNOLIA  [PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON] (Ghoulardi/New Line)
2. ELECTION  [ALEXANDER PAYNE]
3. BEING JOHN MALKOVICH  [SPIKE JONZE]
4. ROSETTA  [JEAN-PIERRE DARDENNE & LUC DARDENNE] (B)
5. FIGHT CLUB  [DAVID FINCHER]
6. THE SIXTH SENSE   [M.NIGHT SHYAMALAN]
7. EYES WIDE SHUT  [STANLEY KUBRICK]
8. THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY  [ANTHONY MINGHELLA]
9. THE STRAIGHT STORY  [DAVID LYNCH]
10. KIKUJIRO (Kikujiro no natsu)  [TAKESHI KITANO] (J)
11. THE MATRIX  [THE WACHOWSKI BROTHERS]
12. GIRL ON THE BRIDGE (La Fille sur le pont)  [PATRICE LECONTE] (F)
13. AMERICAN BEAUTY  [SAM MENDES]
14. GO  [DOUG LIMAN]
15. THE INSIDER   [MICHAEL MANN]
16. BEAU TRAVAIL  [CLAIRE DENIS] (F)
17. EXISTENZ  [DAVID CRONENBERG] (C)
18. RATCATCHER  [LYNNE RAMSAY] (UK)
19. STAR WARS: EPISODE 1 THE PHANTOM MENACE  [GEORGE LUCAS]
20. DROP DEAD GORGEOUS  [MICHAEL PATRICK JANN]
21. GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI  [JIM JARMUSCH]
22. THE COLOR OF LIES (Au coeur du mensong) [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
23. ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (Todo sobre mi madre) [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP)
24. HUMAN RESOURCES  (Ressources humaines)  [LAURENT CANTET] (F)
25. OFFICE SPACE  [MIKE JUDGE]
26. THREE KINGS  [DAVID O. RUSSELL]
27. THE CIDER HOUSE RULES  [LASSE HALLSTRÖM]
28. THE GREEN MILE  [FRANK DARABONT]
29. BOYS DON’T CRY   [KIMBERLY PEIRCE]
30. GIRL, INTERRUPTED  [JAMES MANGOLD]
31. THE LIMEY  [STEVEN SODERBERGH]
32. RAVENOUS  [ANTONIA BIRD]
33. SHOWER (Xizao)  [YANG ZHANG] (CH)
34. RIDE WITH THE DEVIL  [ANG LEE]
35. COOKIE’S FORTUNE  [ROBERT ALTMAN]
36. MUMFORD  [LAWRENCE KASDAN]
37. SWEET AND LOWDOWN  [WOODY ALLEN]
38. TOPSY-TURVY  [MIKE LEIGH] (UK)
39. AMERICAN PIE  [PAUL & CHRIS WEITZ]
40. OCTOBER SKY  [JOE JOHNSTON]
41. GALAXY QUEST  [DEAN PARISOT]
42. THE VIRGIN SUICIDES  [SOPHIA COPPOLA]
43. THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT  [DANIEL MYRICK & EDUARDO SÁNCHEZ]
44. ANGELA’S ASHES  [ALAN PARKER] (UK)
45. ARLINGTON ROAD  [MARK PELLINGTON]
46. NOTTING HILL  [ROGER MICHELL]
47. THE MAN ON THE MOON  [MILOS FORMAN]
48. THE HURRICANE  [NORMAN JEWISON]
49. THE MUMMY  [STEPHEN SOMMERS]
50. FELICIA’S JOURNEY  [ATOM EGOYAN] (C)
51. DEEP BLUE SEA [RENNY HARLIN]
52. SUMMER OF SAM  [SPIKE LEE]
53. THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR  [JOHN MCTIERNAN]
54. DICK  [ANDREW FLEMING]
55. BRINGING OUT THE DEAD  [MARTIN SCORSESE]
56. THE BONE COLLECTOR  [PHILIP NOYCE]
57. NEVER BEEN KISSED  [RAJA GOSNELL]
58. TEN THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU  [GIL JUNGER]
59. PAYBACK  [BRIAN HELGELAND]
60. AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME  [JAY ROACH]
61. ANALYZE THIS  [HAROLD RAMIS]
62. HAPPY, TEXAS  [MARK ILLSLEY]
63. ENTRAPMENT  [JON AMIEL]
64. CRUEL INTENTIONS  [ROBER KUMBLE]
65. PUSHING TIN  [MIKE NEWELL]
66. BOWFINGER  [FRANK OZ]
67. BIG DADDY  [DENNIS DUGAN]
68. END OF DAYS  [PETER HYAMS]
69. THE MESSENGER: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC  [LUC BESSON]
70. DOGMA  [KEVIN SMITH]
71. ANY GIVEN SUNDAY  [OLIVER STONE]
72. 200 CIGARETTES  [RISA BRAMON GARCIA]

Other:  TOY STORY 2 [LASSETER, BRANNON & UNKRICH] (Pixar) (a); HITCHCOCK, SELZNICK AND THE END OF HOLLYWOOD  [MICHAEL EPSTEIN] (d)

THE 80s – YEAR BY YEAR MOVIE LISTS

THE EIGHTIES

 

 

Recent Additions in RED – Last Updated December 17, 2009

Last 5 Titles Added:

THE CRY OF THE OWL (Le cri du hibou) [CLAUDE CHABROL] (1987)
CHOOSE ME  [ALAN RUDOLPH] (1984)
MY DINNER WITH ANDRE  [LOUIS MALLE] (1981)
MS. 45  [ABEL FERRARA] (1981)
LOCAL HERO  [BILL FORSYTH] (1983)

◄ 1980 ►

… Joey, have you ever been in a… in a Turkish prison?

 

 

1. THE SHINING  [STANLEY KUBRICK] (UK)
2. RAGING BULL  [MARTIN SCORSESE]
3. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK  [IRVING KERSHNER] (Fox)
4. THE ELEPHANT MAN  [DAVID LYNCH]
5. STARDUST MEMORIES  [WOODY ALLEN]
6. SUPERMAN II  [RICHARD LESTER]
7. ORDINARY PEOPLE  [ROBERT REDFORD]
8. THE BIG RED ONE  [SAMUEL FULLER]
9. MELVIN AND HOWARD  [JONATHAN DEMME]
10. BAD TIMING  [NICOLAS ROEG] (UK)
11. ‘BREAKER’ MORANT  [BRUCE BERESFORD] (A)
12. KAGEMUSHA  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (J)
13. AIRPLANE!   [JIM ABRAHAMS, DAVID ZUCKER & JERRY ZUCKER]
14. ATLANTIC CITY  [LOUIS MALLE] (C)
15. CITY OF WOMEN (La Città della donne) [FEDERICO FELLINI] (I)
16. THE STUNT MAN  [RICHARD RUSH]
17. THE BLUES BROTHERS  [JOHN LANDIS]
18. DRESSED TO KILL  [BRIAN DEPALMA]
19. OUT OF THE BLUE  [DENNIS HOPPER]
20. FAME  [ALAN PARKER]
21. THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY  [JOHN MACKENZIE] (UK)
22. GLORIA  [JOHN CASSAVETES]
23. LOULOU  [MAURICE PIALAT] (F)
24. THE CHANGELING  [PETER MEDAK] (C)
25. 9 TO 5  [COLIN HIGGINS]
26. HOPSCOTCH  [RONALD NEAME]
27. MY BODYGUARD  [TONY BILL]
28. HEAVEN’S GATE  [MICHAEL CIMINO]
29. THE LAST METRO  [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
30. CADDYSHACK  [HAROLD RAMIS]
31. STIR CRAZY  [SIDNEY POITIER]
32. THE FOG  [JOHN CARPENTER]
33. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS  [LOU ADLER]
34. URBAN COWBOY  [JAMES BRIDGES]
35. AMERICAN GIGOLO  [PAUL SCHRADER]
36. FROM THE LIFE OF MARIONETTES (Aus dem Laben  der Marionetten) [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
37. THE COMPETITION [JOEL OLIANSKY]
38. FRIDAY THE 13^TH  [SEAN S. CUNNINGHAM]
39. CRUISING  [WILLIAM FRIEDKN]
40. WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM  [ART LINSON]
41. HERO AT LARGE  [MARTIN DAVIDSON]
42. THE BLUE LAGOON  [RANDAL KLIESER]
43. FATSO  [ANNE BANCROFT]
44. THE NUDE BOMB  [CLIVE DONNER]
45. SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT II  [HAL NEEDHAM]
46. FLASH GORDON  [MIKE HODGES]
47. POPEYE  [ROBERT ALTMAN]
48. MANIAC  [WILLIAM LUSTIG]
49. XANADU  [ROBERT GREENWALD]
    

 

◄ 1981 ►

…You aren’t too smart, are you? I like that in a man

 

 

1. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK  [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
2. THE ROAD WARRIOR  [GEORGE MILLER] (A)
3. BODY HEAT  [LAWRENCE KASDEN]
4. LOLA  [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
5. BLOW OUT  [BRIAN DE PALMA]
6. CUTTER’S WAY (Cutter and Bone)  [IVAN PASSER]
7. REDS  [WARREN BEATTY]
8. COUP DE TORCHON (Clean Slate)  [BERTRAND TAVERNIER] (F)
9. GALLIPOLI  [PETER WEIR] (A)
10. MY DINNER WITH ANDRE  [LOUIS MALLE]
11. DAS BOOT  [WOLFGANG PETERSEN] (G)
12. THE AVIATOR’S WIFE (La Femme de l’aviateur) [ERIC ROHMER] (F)
13. GREGORY’S GIRL  [BILL FORSYTH] (UK)
14. PRINCE OF THE CITY  [SIDNEY LUMET]
15. THIEF  [MICHAEL MANN]
16. MEPHISTO  [ISTVÁN SZABÓ] (H)
17. THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR (La Femme d’à côté) [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
18. THEY ALL LAUGHED  [PETER BOGDANOVICH]
19. ON GOLDEN POND  [MARK RYDELL]
20. ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK  [JOHN CARPENTER]
21. PENNIES FROM HEAVEN  [HERBERT ROSS]
22. THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN  [KAREL REISZ]
23. RAGTIME  [MILOS FORMAN]
24. CHARIOTS OF FIRE  [HUGH HUDSON] (UK)
25. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY  [JOHN GLEN]
26. AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON  [JOHN LANDIS]
27. MODERN ROMANCE  [ALBERT BROOKS]
28. QUEST FOR FIRE  [JEAN-JACQUES ANNAUD] (C)
29. BLOOD WEDDING (Bodas de sangre)  [CARLOS SAURA] (SP)
30. ARTHUR  [STEVE GORDON]
31. TICKET TO HEAVEN  [RALPH L. THOMAS]
32. TRUE CONFESSIONS  [ULU GROSBARD]
33. STRIPES  [IVAN REITMAN]
34. HISTORY OF THE WORLD: PART ONE  [MEL BROOKS]
35. THE EVIL DEAD  [SAM RAIMI]
36. HÔTEL DES AMÉRIQUES [ANDRÉ TÉCHINÉ] (F)
37. NEIGHBORS  [JOHN G. AVILDSEN]
38. TAPS  [HAROLD BECKER]
39. THE HOWLING  [JOE DANTE]
40. FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER  [RONALD NEAME] 
41. OUTLAND  [PETER HYAMS] 
42. PORKY’S  [BOB CLARK] (C)
43. HALLOWEEN II  [RICK ROSENTHAL]
44. MS. 45  [ABEL FERRARA]
45. THE FINAL CONFLICT  [GRAHAM BAKER]
46. WOLFEN  [MICHAEL WADLEIGH]
47. VICTORY  [JOHN HUSTON]
48. THE CANNONBALL RUN  [HAL NEEDHAM]
49. ROLLOVER  [ALAN J. PAKULA]
50. CLASH OF THE TITANS  [DESMOND DAVIS]
51. GHOST STORY  [JOHN IRVIN]
52. CONTINENTAL DIVIDE  [MICHAEL APTED]
53. FRIDAY THE 13^TH PART 2  [STEVE MINER]
54. THE ENTITY  [SIDNEY J. FURIE]
55. MY BLOODY VALENTINE  [GEORGE MIHALKA]
56. ENDLESS LOVE  [FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI]
57. HELL NIGHT  [TOM DESIMONE]
58. SHARKY’S MACHINE  [BURT REYNOLDS]
59. TARZAN THE APE MAN  [JOHN DEREK]
60. CAVEMAN  [CARL GOTTLIEB]

Other (unranked):  HEAVY METAL  [GERALD POTTERTON & JIMMY T. MURAKAMI] (a);  THE FOX AND THE HOUND  [BERMAN, RICH & STEVENS] (a) 

 

◄ 1982 ►

…We all know most marriages depend on a firm grasp of football trivia.

 

 

1. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL  [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
2. VERONIKA VOSS (Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss)  [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
3. THE VERDICT  [SIDNEY LUMET]
4. FITZCARRALDO  [WERNER HERZOG] (G)
5. FANNY AND ALEXANDER (Fanny och Alexander)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
6. BLADE RUNNER  [RIDLEY SCOTT]
7. THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS (La Notte di San Lorenzo)  [PAOLO TAVIANI & VITTORIO TAVIANI] (I)
8. POLTERGEIST  [TOBE HOOPER]
9. MISSING  [COSTA-GAVRAS]
10. VICTOR/VICTORIA  [BLAKE EDWARDS]
11. TOOTSIE  [SYDNEY POLLACK]
12. DINER  [BARRY LEVINSON]
13. MY FAVORITE YEAR  [RICHARD BENJAMIN]
14. THE KING OF COMEDY  [MARTIN SCORSESE]
15. THE THING  [JOHN CARPENTER]
16. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP  [GEORGE ROY HILL]
17. EATING RAOUL  [PAUL BARTEL]
18. FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH  [AMY HECKERLING]
19. LE BEAU MARRIAGE (The Good Marriage)  [ERIC ROHMER] (F)
20. DEATHTRAP  [SIDNEY LUMET]
21. THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY  [PETER WEIR]
22. STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF KHAN  [NICHOLAS MEYER]
23. WHITE DOG  [SAMUEL FULLER] (Paramount)
24. NIGHT SHIFT  [RON HOWARD]
25. ONE FROM THE HEART  [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA]
26. AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN  [TAYLOR HACKFORD]
27. FIRST BLOOD  [TED KOTCHEFF]
28. 48 HOURS  [WALTER HILL]
29. PINK FLOYD THE WALL  [ALAN PARKER]
30. ROCKY III  [SYLVESTER STALLONE]
31. THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS  [COLIN HIGGINS]
32. A MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT SEX COMEDY  [WOODY ALLEN]
33. LA TRUITE  [JOSEPH LOSEY]
34. IDENTIFICATION OF A WOMAN (Identificazione di una donna) [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI] (I)
35. CREEPSHOW  [GEORGE A. ROMERO]
36. AIRPLANE II: THE SEQUEL  [KEN FINKLEMAN]
37. TRON  [STEVEN LISBERGER]
38. IF YOU COULD SEE WHAT I HEAR  [ERIC TILL]
39. AUTHOR! AUTHOR!  [ARTHUR HILLER]
40. GREASE 2  [PATRICIA BIRCH]
41. CLASS REUNION  [MICHAEL MILLER]
42. ZAPPED!  [ROBERT J. ROSENTHAL]
43. MEGAFORCE  [HAL NEEDHAM]

Other (unranked):  RICHARD PRYOR LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP  [JOE LAYTON];   AN EXERCISE IN DISCIPLINE – PEEL  [JANE CAMPION] (A) (s);  VINCENT  [TIM BURTON] (s) 

 ◄ 1983 ►

… Request permission to relieve bladder.

 

 

1. THE RIGHT STUFF  [PHILIP KAUFMAN]
2. ZELIG  [WOODY ALLEN]
3. THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (Narayama bushiko)  [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (Toei) (J)
4. CONFIDENTIALLY YOURS (Vivement dimanche!) (Finally, Sunday) [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
5. A CHRISTMAS STORY  [BOB CLARK]
6. EL NORTE [GREGORY NAVA] (SP)
7. THE GEISHA (Yokiro)  [HIDEO GOSHA] (J)
8. AND THE SHIP SAILS ON (E la nave va)  [FEDERICO FELLINI] (I)
9. LOCAL HERO  [BILL FORSYTH] (UK)
10. PAULINE AT THE BEACH (Pauline à la plage)  [ERIC ROHMER] (F)
11. RETURN OF THE JEDI  [RICHARD MARQUAND] (Lucusfilm/Fox)
12. THE DEAD ZONE  [DAVID CRONENBERG] (C)
13. À NOS AMOURS (To Our Loves)  [MAURICE PIALAT] (F)
14. RUMBLE FISH  [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA]
15. TERMS OF ENDEARMENT  [JAMES L. BROOKS]
16. EDUCATING RITA  [LEWIS GILBERT]
17. TRADING PLACES  [JOHN LANDIS]
18. STAR 80  [BOB FOSSE]
19. SCARFACE  [BRIAN DEPALMA]
20. MY BROTHER’S WEDDING  [CHARLES BURNETT]
21. VIDEODROME  [DAVID CRONENBERG] (C)
22. BABY IT’S YOU  [JOHN SAYLES]
23. DANTON  [ANDRZEJ WAJDA] (F)
24. VALLEY GIRL  [MARTHA COOLIDGE]
25. OCTOPUSSY  [JOHN GLEN]
26. WARGAMES  [JOHN BADHAM]
27. MONTY PYTHON’S THE MEANING OF LIFE [TERRY GILLIAM & TERRY JONES] (UK)
28. THE MAN WITH TWO BRAINS  [CARL REINER]
29. NEVER CRY WOLF  [CARROLL BALLARD]
30. RISKY BUSINESS [PAUL BRICKMAN]
31. THE OUTSIDERS  [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA]
32. MR. MOM  [STAN DRAGOTI]
33. VACATION  [HAROLD RAMIS]
34. THE BIG CHILL  [LAWRENCE KASDAN]
35. CHRISTINE  [JOHN CARPENTER]
36. NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN  [IRVING KIRSHNER]
37. STRANGE BREW  [RICK MORANIS & DAVE THOMAS]
38. TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE  [VARIOUS]
39. BLUE THUNDER  [JOHN BADHAM]
40. ALL THE RIGHT MOVES  [MICHAELCHAPMAN]
41. BAD BOYS  [RICK ROSENTHAL]
42. CLASS  [LEWIS JOHN CARLINO]
43. SUPERMAN III  [RICHARD LESTER]
44. SUDDEN IMPACT  [CLINT EASTWOOD]
45. PSYCHO II  [RICHARD FRANKLIN]
46. YELLOWBEARD  [MEL DAMSKI]
47. BREATHLESS  [JIM MCBRIDE] 
48. THE LORDS OF DISCIPLINE [FRANC RODDAM]
49. EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS  [MARTIN DAVIDSON] 
50. UNCOMMON VALOR   [TED KOTCHEFF] 
51. EASY MONEY  [JAMES SIGNORELLI]
52. CUJO  [LEWIS TEAGUE] 
53. MAX DUGAN RETURNS  [HERBERT ROSS] 
54. D.C. CAB  [JOEL SCHUMACHER]
55. THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND  [SAM PECKINPAH]
56. LIFE IS A BED OF ROSES (La Vie est un roman)  [ALAIN RESNAIS] (F)
57. FLASHDANCE  [ADRIAN LYNE]
58. PORKY’S II: THE NEXT DAY  [BOB CLARK]
59. SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT III  [DICK LOWRY]
60. STAYING ALIVE  [SYLVESTER STALLONE]
61. JAWS 3-D  [JOE ALVES] 
62. PRIVATE SCHOOL  [NOEL BLACK] 
63. STROKER ACE  [HAL NEEDHAM]
64. DOCTOR DETROIT  [MICHAEL PRESSMAN]

Other:  PASSIONLESS MOMENTS  [JANE CAMPION] (s)

◄ 1984 ►

…Dozens of people spontaneously combust each year. It’s just not really widely reported.

 

 

 

1. ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA  [SERGIO LEONE]
2. BLOOD SIMPLE  [JOEL COEN]
3. PARIS, TEXAS  [WIM WENDERS]
4. THE FLAMINGO KID  [GARY MARSHALL]
5. AMADEUS  [MILOS FORMAN]
6. THIS IS SPINAL TAP  [ROB REINER] 
7. BROADWAY DANNY ROSE  [WOODY ALLEN]
8. INDIANA JONES & THE TEMPLE OF DOOM  [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
9. ROMANCING THE STONE [ROBERT ZEMECKIS] 
10. GREMLINS  [JOE DANTE]
11. PASSAGE TO INDIA  [DAVID LEAN] (UK) 
12. NOTRE HISTOIRE (Our Story) (Separate Rooms) [BERTRAND BLIER] (F) 
13. THE HIT [STEPHEN FREARS] (UK) 
14. A SOLDIER’S STORY  [NORMAN JEWISON] 
15. THE TERMINATOR  [JAMES CAMERON] 
16. BIRDY  [ALAN PARKER] 
17. SIXTEEN CANDLES  [JOHN HUGHES] 
18. UNDER THE VOLCANO  [JOHN HUSTON] 
19. NIGHT OF THE COMET [THOM EBERHARDT] 
20. SPLASH  [RON HOWARD] 
21. THE NATURAL  [BARRY LEVINSON] 
22. RACING WITH THE MOON  [RICHARD BENJAMIN] 
23. THE KILLING FIELDS  [ROLAND JOFFE] 
24. CHOOSE ME  [ALAN RUDOLPH] 
25. GHOST BUSTERS  [IVAN REITMAN] 
26. THE KARATE KID [JOHN G. AVILDSEN] 
27. TOP SECRET!  [JIM ABRAHAMS, DAVID ZUCKER & JERRY ZUCKER] 
28. STRANGER THAN PARADISE  [JIM JARMUSCH] 
29. BEVERLY HILLS COP   [MARTIN BREST] 
30. THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE  [TONY RICHARDSON] 
31. BODY DOUBLE  [BRIAN DE PALMA] 
32. PURPLE RAIN  [ALBERT MAGNOLI] 
33. A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET  [WES CRAVEN] 
34. REVENGE OF THE NERDS  [JEFF KANEW] 
35. IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES  [CHARLES SHYER] 
36. THE ELEMENT OF CRIME (Forbrydelsens element) [LARS VON TRIER] (D) 
37. LA FEMME PUBLIQUE  [ANDREW ZULAWSKI] (F) 
38. TEACHERS  [ARTHUR HILLER] 
39. JOHNNY DANGEROUSLY  [AMY HECKERLING] 
40. RED DAWN  [JOHN MILIUS] 
41. CONAN THE DESTROYER  [RICHARD FLEISCHER] 
42. STREETS OF FIRE  [WALTER HIL]
43. THE LONELY GUY  [ARTHUR HILLER]
44. FIRESTARTER  [MARK. L. LESTER]
45. STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK  [LEONARD NEMOY]
46. CLOAK & DAGGER  [RICHARD FRANKLIN]
47. POLICE ACADEMY  [HUGH WILSON]
48. THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8^TH DIMENSION  [W.D. RICHTER]
49. CHILDREN OF THE CORN  [FRITZ KIRSCH]
50. GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, LORD OF THE APES  [HUGH HUDSON]
51. BACHELOR PARTY  [NEAL ISRAEL]
52. FOOTLOOSE  [HERBERT ROSS]
53. FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER  [JOSEPH ZITO]
54. CANNONBALL RUN II  [HAL NEEDHAM]
55. DUNE  [DAVID LYNCH]
56. AGAINST ALL ODDS  [TAYLOR HACKFORD]
57. THE WOMAN IN RED  [GENE WILDER]
58. MISSING IN ACTION  [JOSEPH ZITO]
59. BLAME IT ON RIO  [STANLEY DONEN]
60. BOLERO  [JOHN DEREK]
61. BREAKIN’/BREAKIN’ 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO  [SAM FIRSTENBERG]
62. HOT DOG… THE MOVIE  [PETER MARKLE]

Other:  A GIRL’S OWN STORY  [JANE CAMPION] (A) (s); STOP MAKING SENSE [JONATHAN DEMME] (c)

 

◄ 1985 ►

…Ronald Reagan? The actor? Then who’s Vice-President? Jerry Lewis?

 

1. THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO  [WOODY ALLEN]
2. TAMPOPO  [JUZO ITAMI] (J)
3. BACK TO THE FUTURE  [ROBERT ZEMECKIS]
4. RAN  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (J)
5. VAGABOND (Sans toit ni loi)  [AGNÈS VARDA] (F)
6. WITNESS  [PETER WEIR
7. DEATH OF A SALESMAN  [VOLKER SCHLÖNDORFF]
8. AFTER HOURS  [MARTIN SCORSESE]
9. COME AND SEE (Idi I smotri)  [ELEM KLIMOV] (R)
10. THE COLOR PURPLE  [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
11. MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS  [PAUL SCHRADER]
12. THE SURE THING  [ROB REINER]
13. THE BREAKFAST CLUB  [JOHN HUGHES]
14. MALA NOCHE (Bad Night) [GUS VAN SANT]
15. PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE [TIM BURTON]
16. KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN  [HECTOR BABENCO]
17. THE GOONIES  [RICHARD DONNER]
18. SILVERADO  [LAWRENCE KASDEN]
19. FLETCH  [MICHAEL RITCHIE]
20. BREWSTER’S MILLIONS  [WALTER HILL]
21. BRAZIL  [TERRY GILLIAM]
22. CLUE  [JONATHAN LYNN]
23. MASK  [PETER BOGDANOVICH]
24. BETTER OFF DEAD…  [SAVAGE STEVE HOLLAND]
25. LOST IN AMERICA  [ALBERT BROOKS]
26. COCOON  [RON HOWARD]
27. REAL GENIUS  [MARTHA COOLIDGE]
28. RENDEZ-VOUS  [ANDRE TECHINE] (F)
29. ENEMY MINE  [WOLFGANG PETERSON]
30. THE JEWEL OF THE NILE  [LEWIS TEAGUE]
31. TEEN WOLF  [ROD DANIEL]
32. AGNES OF GOD  [NORMAN JEWISON]
33. JOSHUA THEN AND NOW  [TED KOTCHEFF] (C)
34. DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN  [SUSAN SEIDELMAN]
35. MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME  [GEORGE MILLER]
36. PALE RIDER  [CLINT EASTWOOD]
37. TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.  [WILLIAM FRIEDKIN]
38. VISION QUEST  [HAROLD BECKER]
39. LADYHAWKE  [RICHARD DONNER]
40. TARGET  [ARTHUR PENN]
41. ST. ELMO’S FIRE  [JOEL SCHUMACHER]
42. COMMANDO  [MARK L. LESTER]
43. WEIRD SCIENCE  [JOHN HUGHES]
44. MY AMERICAN COUSIN  [SANDY WILSON]
45. SUMMER RENTAL  [CARL REINER]
46. FRIGHT NIGHT  [TOM HOLLAND]
47. A VIEW TO A KILL  [JOHN GLEN]
48. EUROPEAN VACATION  [AMY HECKERLING]
49. ROCKY IV  [SYLVESTER STALLONE]
50. THE EMERALD FOREST  [JOHN BOORMAN]
51. RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II  [GEORGE COSMATOS]
52. POLICE ACADEMY 2: THEIR FIRST ASSIGNMENT  [JERRY PARIS]
53. A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY’S REVENGE  [JACK SHOLDER]
54. SPIES LIKE US  [JOHN LANDIS]

Other:  28 UP  [MICHAEL APTED] (d)

 

 ◄ 1986 ►

…If Jesus came back and saw what’s going on in his name, he’d never stop throwing up.

 

 

1. BLUE VELVET  [DAVID LYNCH]
2. ALIENS  [JAMES CAMERON]
3. HANNAH AND HER SISTERS  [WOODY ALLEN]
4. LE RAYON VERT (The Green Ray) (Summer) [ERIC ROHMER] (F)
5. JEAN DE FLORETTE  [CLAUDE BERRI] (F)
6. STAND BY ME  [ROB REINER]
7. SOMETHING WILD  [JONATHAN DEMME]
8. FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF  [JOHN HUGHES]
9. MANON DES SOURCES  [CLAUDE BERRI] (F)
10. DOWN BY LAW  [JIM JARMUSCH]
11. PLATOON  [OLIVER STONE]
12. MONA LISA  [NEIL JORDAN] (UK)
13. MANHUNTER  [MICHAEL MANN]
14. MATADOR  [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP)
15. LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS  [FRANK OZ]
16. THE FLY  [DAVID CRONENBERG] (C)
17. SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT  [SPIKE LEE]
18. SHADOWS IN PARADISE (Varjoja paratiisissa) [AKI KAURISMÄKI] (Fin)
19. RUTHLESS PEOPLE  [ABRAHAMS, ZUCKER & ZUCKER]
20. THE NAME OF THE ROSE  [JEAN-JACQUES ANNAUD]
21. A ROOM WITH A VIEW [JAMES IVORY] (UK)
22. THE MOSQUITO COAST  [PETER WEIR]
23. LUCUS  [DAVID SELTZER]
24. THE COLOR OF MONEY  [MARTIN SCORSESE]
25. HOOSIERS  [DAVID ANSPAUGH]
26. RIVER’S EDGE  [TIM HUNTER]
27. CROCODILE DUNDEE  [PETER FAIMAN]
28. STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME  [LEONARD NEMOY]
29. ABOUT LAST NIGHT…  [EDWARD ZWICK]
30. THE HITCHER  [ROBERT HARMON]
31. PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED  [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA]
32. TOP GUN  [TONY SCOTT]
33. PRETTY IN PINK  [HOWARD DEUTCH]
34. MÉLO [ALAIN RESNAIS] (F)
35. F/X  [ROBERT MANDEL]
36. NOTHING IN COMMON  [GARY MARSHALL]
37. THE MONEY PIT  [RICHARD BENJAMIN]
38. SHORT CIRCUIT  [JOHN BADHAM]
39. RUNNING SCARED  [PETER HYAMS]
40. ¡ THREE AMIGOS !  [JOHN LANDIS]
41. THE KARATE KID PART II  [JOHN G. AVILDSEN]
42. BACK TO SCHOOL  [ALAN METTER]
43. BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA  [JOHN CARPENTER]
44. DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS  [PAUL MAZURSKY]
45. POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE  [BRIAN GIBSON]
46. YOUNGBLOOD  [PETER MARKLE]
47. NINE ½ WEEKS  [ADRIAN LYNE]
48. HEARTBREAK RIDGE  [CLINT EASTWOOD]
49. THE GOLDEN CHILD  [MICHAEL RITCHIE]
50. LEGAL EAGLES  [IVAN REITMAN]
51. HOUSE  [STEVE MINER]
52. CLUB PARADISE  [HAROLD RAMIS]
53. SOUL MAN  [STEVE MINER]
54. ARMED AND DANGEROUS  [MARK L. LESTER]
55. POLICE ACADEMY 3: BACK IN TRAINING  [JERRY PARIS]
56. HOWARD THE DUCK  [WILLIAM HUYCK]

 

◄ 1987 ►

 …I wanted to see exotic Vietnam… the crown jewel of Southeast Asia. I wanted to meet interesting and stimulating people of an ancient culture… and kill them

 

 

1. EMPIRE OF THE SUN  [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
2. RAISING ARIZONA  [JOEL COEN]
3. RADIO DAYS  [WOODY ALLEN]
4. FULL METAL JACKET  [STANLEY KUBRICK]
5. THE LAST EMPEROR  [BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI]
6. MATEWAN  [JOHN SAYLES]
7. NO WAY OUT [ROGER DONALDSON]
8. PELLE THE CONQUEROR (Pelle erobreren)  [BILLE AUGUST] (D/S)
9. AU REVOIR, LES ENFANTS  [LOUIS MALLE] (F)
10. WINGS OF DESIRE (Der Himmel über Berlin)  [WIM WENDERS] (G)
11. BOYFRIENDS AND GIRLFRIENDS (L’Ami de mon amie)  [ERIC ROHMER] (F)
12. HOUSE OF GAMES  [DAVID MAMET]
13. ROXANNE  [FRED SCHEPISI]
14. STAKEOUT  [JOHN BADHAM]
15. BABETTE’S FEAST (Babettes Gæstebud) [GABRIEL AXEL] (D/F)
16. PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES  [JOHN HUGHES]
17. A TAXING WOMAN (Marusa no Onna)  [JUZO ITAMI] (J)
18. THE CRY OF THE OWL (Le cri du hibou) [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
19. HOPE AND GLORY  [JOHN BOORMAN] (UK)
20. BROADCAST NEWS  [JAMES L. BROOKS]
21. PRICK UP YOUR EARS  [STEPHEN FREARS] (UK)
22. THE DEAD  [JOHN HUSTON]
23. LAW OF DESIRE (La Ley del deseo) [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP)
24. EDDIE MURPHY RAW  [ROBERT TOWNSEND]
25. THE UNTOUCHABLES [BRIAN DEPALMA]
26. PREDATOR  [JOHN MCTIERNAN]
27. THE EVIL DEAD II  [SAM RAIMI]
28. THE LOST BOYS  [JOEL SCHUMACHER]
29. LETHAL WEAPON  [RICHARD DONNER]
30. BABY BOOM  [CHARLES SHYER]
31. THE SECRET OF MY SUCCE$S  [HERBERT ROSS]
32. THREE O’CLOCK HIGH  [PHIL JOANOU]
33. SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL  [HOWARD DEUTCH]
34. WALL STREET  [OLIVER STONE]
35. WALKER  [ALEX COX]
36. LIGHT OF DAY  [PAUL SCHRADER]
37. THE BEDROOM WINDOW  [CURTIS HANSON]
38. THE PRINCESS BRIDE  [ROB REINER]
39. TIN MEN  [BARRY LEVINSON]
40. ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING  [CHRIS COLUMBUS]
41. THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK  [MIKE NICHOLS]
42. FATAL ATTRACTION  [ADRIAN LYNE]
43. THREE MEN AND A BABY  [LEONARD NEMOY]
44. MOONSTRUCK  [NORMAN JEWISON]
45. CAN’T BUY ME LOVE  [STEVE RASH]
46. BEVERLY HILLS COP II  [TONY SCOTT]
47. LA BAMBA  [LUIS VALDEZ]
48. SEPTEMBER [WOODY ALLEN]
49. GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM  [BARRY LEVINSON]
50. AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON  [VARIOUS]
51. THE BIG EASY  [JIM MCBRIDE]
52. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS  [JOHN GLEN]
53. SUMMER SCHOOL  [CARL REINER]
54. PROJECT X  [JONATHAN KAPLAN]
55. LESS THAN ZERO  [MAREK KANIEVSKA]
56. HAMBURGER HILL  [JOHN IRVIN]
57. THE RUNNING MAN  [PAUL MICHAEL GLASSER]
58. BLIND DATE  [BLAKE EDWARDS]
59. SPACEBALLS  [MEL BROOKS]
60. HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS  [WILLIAM DEAR]
61. REVENGE OF THE NERDS II: NERDS IN PARADISE  [JOE ROTH]
62. DRAGNET  [TOM MANKIEWICZ]
63. DIRTY DANCING  [EMILE ARDOLINO]
64. OVER THE TOP   [MENAHEM GOLAN]
65. JAWS: THE REVENGE  [JOESEPH SARGENT]
66. WHO’S THAT GIRL?  [JAMES FOLEY]

Other:  THE SHORT & CURLIES [MIKE LEIGH] (TV) (UK)

 

◄ 1988 ►

…I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass… and I’m all out of bubblegum.

 

 

1. ANOTHER WOMAN  [WOODY ALLEN]
2. THE VANISHING (Spoorloos)  [GEORGE SLUIZER]
3. DANGEROUS LIASONS  [STEPHEN FREARS]
4. SALAAM BOMBAY!  [MIRA NAIR] (ID)
5. DIE HARD  [JOHN MCTIERNAN]
6. BULL DURHAM  [RON SHELTON]
7. WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de …) [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP)
8. STORY OF WOMEN (Une affaire de femmes)  [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
9. THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST  [MARTIN SCORSESE]
10. RAIN MAN  [BARRY LEVINSON]
11. EIGHT MEN OUT  [JOHN SAYLES]
12. MIDNIGHT RUN  [MARTIN BREST]
13. A FISH CALLED WANDA  [CHARLES CRICHTON]
14. TALK RADIO  [OLIVER STONE]
15. BILOXI BLUES  [MIKE NICHOLS]
16. THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING  [PHILIP KAUFMAN]
17. TIME OF THE GYPSIES (Dom za vesanje)  [EMIR KUSTURICA]
18. WORKING GIRL  [MIKE NICHOLS]
19. DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS  [FRANK OZ]
20. ARIEL  [AKI KAURISMÄKI] (Fin)
21. THE ACCUSED  [JONATHAN KAPLAN]
22. THEY LIVE  [JOHN CARPENTER]
23. THE CHOCOLATE WAR  [KEITH GORDON]
24. ALIEN NATION  [GRAHAM BAKER]
25. CAMILLE CLAUDEL  [BRUNO NUYTTEN] (F)
26. MYSTIC PIZZA  [DONALD PETRIE]
27. MARRIED TO THE MOB  [JONATHAN DEMME]
28. THE NAKED GUN  [DAVID ZUCKER]
29. PUNCHLINE  [DAVID SELTZER]
30. BIG  [PENNY MARSHALL]
31. CHOCOLAT  [CLAIRE DENIS] (F)
32. COLORS  [DENNIS HOPPER]
33. MISSISSIPPI BURNING  [ALAN PARKER]
34. FRANTIC  [ROMAN POLANSKI]
35. DEAD RINGERS  [DAVID CRONENBERG] (C)
36. BEETLEJUICE  [TIM BURTON]
37. WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?  [ROBERT ZEMECKIS]
38. SCROOGED  [RICHARD DONNER]
39. SHE’S HAVING A BABY  [JOHN HUGHES]
40. COMING TO AMERICA  [JOHN LANDIS]
41. SHOOT TO KILL  [SPOTTISWOODE]
42. ‘CROCODILE’ DUNDEE II  [JOHN CORNELL]
43. YOUNG GUNS  [CHRISTOPHER CAIN]
44. BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY  [JAMES BRIDGES]
45. SCHOOL DAZE  [SPIKE LEE]
46. HAIRSPRAY  [JOHN WATERS]
47. STAND AND DELIVER  [RAMON MENENDEZ]
48. THE DEAD POOL  [BUDDY VAN HORN]
49. WILLOW  [RON HOWARD]
50. THE GREAT OUTDOORS  [HOWARD DEUTCH]
51. BIG TOP PEE-WEE  [RANDAL KLEISER]
52. COCKTAIL  [ROGER DONALDSON]
53. ACTION JACKSON  [CRAIG R. BAXLEY]
54. ARTHUR 2: ON THE ROCKS  [BUD YORKIN]

Other:  MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (Tonari no Tortoro) [HAYAO MIYAZAKI] (J) (a);  TANNER ’88  [ROBERT ALTMAN] (TV) (HBO)
 

 ◄ 1989 ►

… I gave her my heart, she gave me a pen.

 

 

1. DO THE RIGHT THING  [SPIKE LEE]
2. CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS  [WOODY ALLEN]
3. JESUS OF MONTREAL (Jésus de Montréal)  [DENYS ARCAND] (C)
4. CINEMA PARADISO (Nuovo cinema paradise)  [GIUSEPPE TORNATORE] (I)
5. HEATHERS  [MICHAEL LEHMANN]
6. SAY ANYTHING…  [CAMERON CROWE]
7. BLACK RAIN (Kuroi ama) [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (J)
8. DRUGSTORE COWBOY  [GUS VAN SANT]
9. SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE  [STEVEN SODERBERGH
10. MONSIEUR HIRE  [PATRICE LECONTE] (F)
11. THE SEVENTH CONTINENT (Der Siebente Kontinent)  [MICHAEL HANEKE] (G)
12. THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS  [STEVE KLOVES]
13. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY…  [ROB REINER]
14. THE ABYSS  [JAMES CAMERON]
15. ROGER & ME  [MICHAEL MOORE]
16. PARENTHOOD  [RON HOWARD]
17. DEAD CALM  [PHILLIP NOYCE]
18. THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER  [PETER GREENAWAY] (UK)
19. COUSINS  [JOEL SCHUMACHER]
20. CAUSALTIES OF WAR  [BRIAN DE PALMA]
21. THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH  [HAL HARTLEY]
22. SWEETIE  [JANE CAMPION] (NZ)
23. LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN  [ULI EDEL]
24. SEA OF LOVE  [HAROLD BECKER]
25. FIELD OF DREAMS  [PHIL ALDEN ROBINSON]
26. GLORY  [EDWARD ZWICK]
27. MUSIC BOX  [COSTA-GAVRAS]
28. UNCLE BUCK  [JOHN HUGHES]
29. BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II  [ROBERT ZEMECKIS]
30. WAR OF THE ROSES  [DANNY DEVITO]
31. DEAD POETS SOCIETY  [PETER WIER]
32. BORN OF THE 4^TH OF JULY  [OLIVER STONE]
33. LETHAL WEAPON 2  [RICHARD DONNER]
34. HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS  [JOE JOHNSTON]
35. BATMAN  [TIM BURTON]
36. ALWAYS  [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
37. INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE  [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
38. CHRISTMAS VACATION  [JEREMIAH S. CHECHIK]
39. ENEMIES: A LOVE STORY  [PAUL MAZURSKY]
40. MAJOR LEAGUE  [DAVID S. WARD]
41. NEW YORK STORIES  [MARTIN SCORSESE, FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA & WOODY ALLEN]
42. LEAN ON ME  [JOHN G. AVILDSEN]
43. BLACK RAIN  [RIDLEY SCOTT]
44. STEEL MAGNOLIAS  [HERBERT ROSS]
45. FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY  [ROLAND JOFFÉ]
46. FAMILY BUSINESS  [SIDNEY LUMET]
47. LICENSE TO KILL  [JOHN GLEN]
48. GHOSTBUSTERS II  [IVAN REITMAN]
49. GROSS ANATOMY  [THOM EBERHARDT]
50. BILL AND TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE  [STEPHEN HEREK]
51. LOOK WHO’S TALKING  [AMY HECKERLING]
52. TANGO & CASH  [ANDREI KONCHALOVSKY]
53. LOCK UP  [JOHN FLYNN]

Other (unranked):  THE MAKING OF A LEGEND GONE WITH THE WIND  [DAVID HINTON] (d); THE LITTLE MERMAID  [RON CLEMENTS & JON MUSKER] (a)

The 70s – YEAR BY YEAR MOVIE LISTS

THE SEVENTIES

 

 

Recent Additions in RED - Last Updated January 27, 2010

Last 5 Titles Added:

THE SHOUT [JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI] (1978)
DAISY MILLER [PETER BOGDANOVICH] (1974)
COUP DE GRÂCE (Der Fangschuß)  [VOLKER SCHLÖNDORFF] (1976)
THE WOMAN WITH RED HAIR [TATSUMI KUMASHIRO] (1979)
THE HUMAN FACTOR [OTTO PREMINGER] (1979)

 ◄ 1970 ►

… The only trouble with snake women is they copulate with horses, which makes them strange to me. She say’s she doesn’t. That’s why I call her “Doesn’t Like Horses”. But, of course, she’s lying.

 

 

1. THE CONFORMIST (Il Conformista) [BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI] (I)
2. LITTLE BIG MAN  [ARTHUR PENN]
3. CLAIRE’S KNEE (Le Genou de Claire)  [ERIC ROHMER] (F)
4. KES  [KENNETH LOACH] (UK)
5. THE WILD CHILD (L’Enfant sauvage)  [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
6. THE SPIDER’S STRATAGEM (Strategia del ragno)  [BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI] (I)
7. LE CERCLE ROUGE [JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE] (F)
8. LOVEFILM (Szerelmesfilm) [ISTVÁN SZABÓ] (H)
9. THE GARDEN OF DELIGHTS (El Jardin de las delicias) [CARLOS SAURA] (SP)
10. M*A*S*H  [ROBERT ALTMAN] (Fox/Aspen)
11. LES CHOSES DE LA VIE (The Things in Life) [CLAUDE SAUTET] (F) 
12. BED AND BOARD (Domicile conjugal) [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
13. PATTON  [FRANKLIN J. SCHAFFNER] 
14. PERFORMANCE  [DONALD CAMMELL & NICHOLAS ROEG] (UK) 
15. CATCH-22  [MIKE NICHOLS] (Paramount)
16. THE LANDLORD  [HAL ASHBY] (United Artists)
17. FIVE EASY PIECES  [BOB RAFELSON]
18. GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD  [DONALD SHEBIB] (C)
19. DODES’KA-DEN [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (J)
20. THE HONEYMOON KILLERS  [LEONARD KASTLE]
21. EL TOPO  [ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY] (SP)
22. THE GO-BETWEEN  [JOSEPH LOSEY] (UK)
23. LE BOUCHER (The Butcher)  [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
24. THE CROOK (Le Voyou)  [CLAUDE LELOUCH] (F)
25. ZABRISKIE POINT  [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI] (MGM)
26. BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES  [TED POST]
27. LA RUPTURE (The Break-up)  [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
28. WHY DOES HERR R. RUN AMOK ? (Warum läuft Herr R. Amok?) [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
29. TRISTANA  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (SP)
30. THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS (Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini) [VITTORIO DE SICA] (I)
31. I WALK THE LINE [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER] (Columbia)
32. TORA ! TORA ! TORA !  [RICHARD FLEISCHER, KINJI FUKASAKU & TOSHIO MASUDA]
33. THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE  [DARIO ARGENTO] (I)
34. WITCHES’ HAMMER (Kladivo na carodejnice) [OTAKAR VÁVRA ](CZ)
35. THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES  [BILLY WILDER] (MGM)
36. HUSBANDS  [JOHN CASSAVETES]
37. THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN …  [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ]
38. RYAN’S DAUGHTER  [DAVID LEAN] (UK)
39. A DAY AT THE BEACH  [SIMON HESERA] (UK)
40. DIARY OF A MAD HOUSEWIFE  [FRANK PERRY]
41. BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS  [RUSS MEYER]
42. CROMWELL  [KEN HUGHES] (UK)
43. THE GREAT WHITE HOPE  [MARTIN RITT]
44. LOVE STORY  [ARTHUR HILLER]
45. THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE  [SAM PECKINPAH]
46. THEY CALL ME MISTER TIBBS!  [GORDON DOUGLAS]
47. DONKEY SKIN (Peau d’âne)  [JACQUES DEMY] (F)
48. THE AMERICAN SOLDIER (Der Amerikanische Soldat) [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
49. THE CHEYENNE SOCIAL CLUB  [GENE KELLY]
50. MYRA BRECKINRIDGE  [MICHAEL SARNE]

Other (unranked):  START THE REVOLUTION WITHOUT ME  [BUD YORKIN]; WOODSTOCK  [MICHAEL WADLEIGH] (d);  LET IT BE  [MICHAEL LINDSAY-HOGG] (d);  GIMME SHELTER  [ALBERT & D AVID MAYSLES] (d); THE ARISTOCATS  [WOLFGANG REITHERMAN] (Disney) (a)

 

◄ 1971 ► 

… ‘Cause being crazy about a woman like her is always the right thing to do

 

 

1. THE LAST PICTURE SHOW  [PETER BOGDANOVICH]
2. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE  [STANLEY KUBRICK] (UK)
3. THE CEREMONY (Gishiki) [NAGISA OSHIMA] (Japan)
4. STRAW DOGS  [SAM PECKINPAH]
5. CARNAL KNOWLEDGE  [MIKE NICHOLS] (Avco Embassy)
6. WALKABOUT  [NICOLAS ROEG] (UK)
7. THE EMIGRANTS (Utvandrarna)  [JAN TROELL] (S)
8. McCABE & MRS. MILLER  [ROBERT ALTMAN]
9. MON ONCLE ANTOINE [CLAUDE JUTRA] (C)
10. LITTLE MURDERS  [ALAN ARKIN] (Fox)
11. GET CARTER  [MIKE HODGES] (UK)
12. MURMUR OF THE HEART  [LOUIS MALLE] (F)
13. KLUTE  [ALAN J. PAKULA]
14. THE THIRD PART OF THE NIGHT (Trzecia czesc nocy) [ANDRZEJ ZULAWSKI] (P)
15. TWO LANE BLACKTOP  [MONTE HELLMAN]
16. TAKING OFF  [MILOS FORMAN] (Universal)
17. TWO ENGLISH GIRLS (Les Deux anglaises et le continent)  [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
18. HAROLD AND MAUDE  [HAL ASHBY] (Paramount)
19. DEATH IN VENICE (Morte a Venezia)  [LUCHINO VISCONTI] (I)
20. THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA (Gekido no showashi: Okinawa kessen) [KIHACHI OKAMOTO] (J)
21. THE WOLVES (Shussho Iwai) [HIDEO GOSHA] (J)
22. JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN  [DALTON TRUMBO]
23. JUST BEFORE NIGHTFALL (Juste avant la nuit) [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
24. DUCK, YOU SUCKER (aka A Fistful of Dynamite) (Giù la testa)  [SERGIO LEONE] (I)
25. THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH [ROMAN POLANSKI] (UK)
26. THE FRENCH CONNECTION  [WILLIAM FRIEDKIN] 
27. DUEL  [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
28. THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS  [ANTHONY HARVEY]
29. THE HOSPITAL  [ARTHUR HILLER]
30. THE BEGUILED  [DON SIEGEL]
31. FIDDLER ON THE ROOF  [NORMAN JEWISON]
32. THE WIDOW COUDERC (La Veuve Couderc) [PIERRE GRANIER-DEFERRE] (F)
33. ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES  [DON TAYLOR]
34. WANDA  [BARBARA LODEN]
35. MINNIE AND MOSKOWITZ [JOHN CASSAVETES]
36. $ [RICHARD BROOKS]
37. THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK  [JERRY SCHATZBERG]
38. BEWARE OF A HOLY WHORE  [Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte] [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
39. DIRTY HARRY  [DON SIEGEL]
40. SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY  [JOHN SCHLESINGER] (UK)
41. SUMMER OF ’42  [ROBERT MULLIGAN]
42. BANANAS  [WOODY ALLEN]
43. GUMSHOE  [STEPHEN FREARS] (UK)
44. THE BOY FRIEND  [KEN RUSSELL] (UK)
45. THE GRISSOM GANG  [ROBERT ALDRICH]
46. WILLIE WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY  [MEL STUART]
47. SYMPATHY FOR THE UNDERDOG (Bakuto gaijin butai)  [KINJI FUKASAKU] (Toei) (J)
48. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER  [GUY HAMILTON]
49. VALDEZ IS COMING  [EDWIN SHERIN]
50. AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT  [TERRY GILLIAM]
51. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS  [ROBERT MULLIGAN]
52. LAWMAN  [MICHAEL WINNER]
53. A GIRL IS A GUN  [LUC MOULLET] (F)
54. W.R.: THE MYSTERIES OF THE ORGANISM (W.R. – Misterije organizma) [DUSAN MAKAVEJEV] (Y)
55. BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS  [ROBERT STEVENSON]
56. THE ORGANIZATION  [DON MEDFORD]
57. A GIRL IS A GUN (Une aventure de Billy le Kid) [LUC MOULLET] (F)
58. VAMPYROS LESBOS  [FRANCO MANERA (aka JESUS FRANCO)]

 

 ◄ 1972 ►

… He’ll get back home after the war. He’ll be a big hero. Dames’ll be climbin’ all over him. Couple of years go by, and one day there’s gonna be a knock on his door and there’ll be this stranger. “Paul Lazzaro sent me,” the stranger will say …

 

1. THE GODFATHER  [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA] (Paramount)
2. SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE  [GEORGE ROY HILL]
3. DELIVERANCE  [JOHN BOORMAN]
4. LAST TANGO IN PARIS  [BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI] (F)
5. AGUIRRE: THE WRATH OF GOD (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes)  [WERNER HERZOG] (G)
6. AVANTI! [BILLY WILDER] (United Artists)
7. THE NEW LAND (Nybyggarna)  [JAN TROELL] (S)
8. SOLARIS (Solyaris)  [ANDREI TARKOVSKY] (R)
9. CABARET  [BOB FOSSE]
10. THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (F)
11. THE ADVERSARY (Pratidwandi) [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
12. BAD COMPANY  [ROBERT BENTON]
13. FAT CITY  [JOHN HUSTON] (Columbia)
14. CRIES AND WHISPERS (Viskningar och rop)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
15. CHLOÉ IN THE AFTERNOON (L’Amour l’après-midi) (Love in the Afternoon)  [ERIC ROHMER] (F)
16. IMAGES  [ROBERT ALTMAN]
17. THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT (Die Bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant) [RAINER W. FASSBINDER] (G)
18. SLEUTH  [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ]
19. CÉSAR ET ROSALIE  [CLAUDE SAUTET] (F)
20. FEMALE CONVICT SCORPION JAILHOUSE 41 (Joshuu sasori: Dai-41zakkyo-bô) [SHUNYA ITO] (J)
21. FELLINI’S ROMA  [FEDERICO FELLINI] (I)
22. FRENZY  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (UK) (Universal)
23. SOUNDER [MARTIN RITT]
24. JUNIOR BONNER  [SAM PECKINPAH]
25. PRIME CUT  [MICHAEL RITCHIE] (National General/Paramount)
26. THE SEDUCTION OF MIMI  (Mimì metallurgico ferito nell’onore)  [LINA WERTMÜLLER] (I) 
27. THE HOT ROCK [PETER YATES] (Fox)
28. SUCH A GORGEOUS KID LIKE ME (Une belle fille comme moi) [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
29. THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS  [BOB RAFELSON]
30. THE RULING CLASS  [PETER MEDAK] (UK)
31. THE MERCHANT OF FOUR SEASONS (Der Händler der vier Jahreszeiten)  [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
32. CISCO PIKE  [BILL L. NORTON]
33. RED PSALM (Még kér a nép) [MIKLÓS JANCSÓ] (H)
34. UN FLIC (A Cop) (aka Dirty Money) [JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE] (F)
35. CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES  [J. LEE THOMPSON]
36. JEREMIAH JOHNSON  [SYDNEY POLLACK] 
37. PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM  [HERBERT ROSS]
38. THE CANDIDATE  [MICHAEL RITCHIE]
39. EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX * BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK [WOODY ALLEN]
40. THE CAREY TREATMENT [BLAKE EDWARDS] (MGM)
41. THE OTHER [ROBERT MULLIGAN]
42. LIZA (La cagna)  [MARCO FERRERI] (I)
43. PULP  [MIKE HODGES] (UK)
44. THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE  [RONALD NEAME & IRWIN ALLEN]
45. NATHALIE GRANGER  [MARGUERITE DURAS] (F)
46. BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE  [MILTON KATSELAS]
47. DOCTEUR POPAUL (aka High Heels)  [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
48. WHAT? (aka Diary of Forbidden Dreams) (Che?) [ROMAN POLANSKI]

Other (unranked):  SNOOPY COME HOME  [BILL MELENDEZ] (a);  FRITZ THE CAT  [RALPH BAKSHI] (a)

 

◄ 1973 ►

… Let me have a Three Musketeers, and a ball point pen, and one of those combs there, a pint of Old Harper, a couple of flash light batteries and some beef jerky.

 

1. AMERICAN GRAFFITI  [GEORGE LUCAS] (Universal)
2. BADLANDS  [TERRENCE MALICK]
3. AMARCORD  [FEDERICO FELLINI] (I)
4. PAPER MOON  [PETER BOGDANOVICH]
5. THE LONG GOODBYE  [ROBERT ALTMAN]
6. SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE (Scener ur ett äktenskap) [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
7. THE EXORCIST  [WILLIAM FRIEDKIN]
8. THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE  (La Maman et la putain) [JEAN EUSTACHE] (F)
9. MEAN STREETS  [MARTIN SCORSESE] (TPS/Warner)
10. THE ICEMAN COMETH  [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER]
11. THE STING  [GEORGE ROY HILL]
12. DON’T LOOK NOW  [NICOLAS ROEG] (UK)
13. SCARECROW  [JERRY SCHATZBERG]
14. THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE  [PETER YATES] (Paramount)
15. THE WICKER MAN  [ROBIN HARDY] (UK)
16. THE DAY OF THE JACKAL  [FRED ZINNEMANN] (UK)
17. PAPILLON  [FRANKLIN J. SCHAFFNER]
18. DAY FOR NIGHT (La Nuit américaine)  [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
19. THE LAST OF SHEILA  [HERBERT ROSS]
20. CHARLEY VARRICK  [DON SIEGEL]
21. THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE (El Espíratu de la colmena)  [VICTOR ERICE] (SP)
22. HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER  [CLINT EASTWOOD]
23. SISTERS  [BRIAN DE PALMA]
24. BLUME IN LOVE  [PAUL MAZURSKY]
25. SERPICO  [SIDNEY LUMET]
26. A BRIEF VACATION (Una breva vacanza) [VITTORIO DE SICA] (I)
27. PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID  [SAM PECKINPAH]
28. THE LAST DETAIL  [HAL ASHBY]
29. CINDERELLA LIBERTY  [MARK RYDELL]
30. SLEEPER  [WOODY ALLEN]
31. THE SEVEN-UPS [PHILIP D’ANTONI]
32. TWO MEN IN TOWN (Deux hommes dans la ville)  [JOSÉ GIOVANNI] (F)
33. ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE  [JAMES WILLIAM GUERCIO]
34. LA GRANDE BOUFFE (The Big Feast) [MARCO FERRERI] (F)
35. SAVE THE TIGER [JOHN G. AVILDSEN]
36. BREEZY [CLINT EASTWOOD] (Universal)
37. LIVE AND LET DIE  [GUY HAMILTON]
38. THE PAPER CHASE  [JAMES BRIDGES]
39. THE MACKINTOSH MAN [JOHN HUSTON]
40. EMPEROR OF THE NORTH  [ROBERT ALDRICH]
41. MY NAME IS NOBODY (Il Mio nome e Nessuno) [TONINO VALERII] (I)
42. LOVE AND ANARCHY (Film d’amore e d’anarchia, ovvero ’stamattina alle 10 in via dei Fiori nella …) [L WERTMÜLLER] (I)
43. BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY  [JOHN D. HANCOCK]
44. BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES  [J. LEE THOMPSON]
45. WESTWORLD  [MICHAEL CRICHTON]
46. LOVE AND PAIN AND THE WHOLE DAMN THING [ALAN J. PAKULA]
47. MAGNUM FORCE  [TED POST]
48. THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN  [MIKE NICHOLS]
49. THE WAY WE WERE  [SYDNEY POLLACK]
50. GODSPELL  [DAVID GREENE]
51. THE HARRAD EXPERIMENT  [TED POST]

Other (unranked):  CHARLOTTE’S WEB  [NICHOLS & TAKAMOTO] (a); ROBIN HOOD  [WOLFGANG REITHERMAN] (Disney) (a)

 

◄ 1974 ►

… I loved baseball ever since Arnold Rothstien fixed the World Series in 1919.

  

1. CHINATOWN  [ROMAN POLANSKI]
2. THE CONVERSATION  [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA] (Paramount)
3. THE GODFATHER PART TWO  [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA]
4. LENNY  [BOB FOSSE]
5. ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL (Angst essen Seele auf)  [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
6. CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING (Céline et Julie vont en bateau) [JACQUES RIVETTE] (F)
7. A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE  [JOHN CASSAVETES]
8. LACOMBE, LUCIEN  [LOUIS MALLE] (F)
9. CALIFORNIA SPLIT  [ROBERT ALTMAN]
10. LES ORDRES [MICHEL BRAULT] (C)
11. SWEPT AWAY…BY AN UNUSUAL DESTINY IN THE BLUE SEA OF AUGUST [LINA WERTMÜLLER] (I)
12. THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE  [JOSEPH SARGENT]
13. THE YAKUZA  [SIDNEY POLLACK]
14. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN  [MEL BROOKS]
15. THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY (Le Fantôme de la liberté)  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (F)
16. HARRY AND TONTO [PAUL MAZURSKY]
17. THE PARALLAX VIEW  [ALAN J. PAKULA]
18. MARTHA  [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
19. THIEVES LIKE US  [ROBERT ALTMAN]
20. THE GAMBLER  [KAREL REISZ]
21. ALICE IN THE CITIES (Alice in den Städten) [WIM WENDERS] (G)
22. GOING PLACES (Les Valseuses)  [BERTRAND BLIER] (F)
23. ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE  [MARTIN SCORSESE]
24. THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS  [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
25. THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ  [TED KOTCHEFF] (C)
26. THE ENIGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER (Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle – Kaspar Hauser)  [WERNER HERZOG] (G)
27. BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA  [SAM PECKINPAH]
28. THE GREAT GATSBY  [JACK CLAYTON]
29. EFFI BRIEST  (Fontane Effi Briest) [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
30. THE PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE  [BRIAN DEPALMA]
31. BLAZING SADDLES  [MEL BROOKS]
32. MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS  [SIDNEY LUMET]
33. DAISY MILLER [PETER BOGDANOVICH]
34. THE LONGEST YARD  [ROBERT ALDRICH]
35. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE  [TOBE HOOPER]
36. THE SPIKES GANG  [RICHARD FLEISCHER] (MGM)
37. THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT  [MICHAEL CIMINO]
38. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN  [GUY HAMILTON]
39. THE NIGHT PORTER (Il Portiere di notte) [LILIANA CAVANI] (I)
40. THE TOWERING INFERNO  [IRWIN ALLEN & JOHN GUILLERMIN]
41. DEATH WISH  [MICHAEL WINNER] 
42. FOR PETE’S SAKE  [PETER YATES] 
43. DIRTY MARY CRAZY LARRY  [JOHN HOUGH]
44. THE ENFORCER  [JAMES FARGO]
45. EMMANUELLE  [JUST JAECKIN]
46. HERBIE RIDES AGAIN  [ROBERT STEVENSON]
47. EARTHQUAKE  [MARK ROBSON]
48. SUPERDAD  [VINCENT MCEVEETY]
49. ILSA, SHE WOLF OF THE SS  [DON EDMONDS]

Other:  F FOR FAKE  [ORSON WELLES] (d) 

 

◄ 1975 ►

 … To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be unhappy, one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness. I hope you’re getting this down.

 

1. JAWS  [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
2. BARRY LYNDON  [STANLEY KUBRICK]
3. NASHVILLE  [ROBERT ALTMAN] (Paramount)
4. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST  [MILOS FORMAN] (United Artists)
5. LOVE AND DEATH  [WOODY ALLEN]
6. DOG DAY AFTERNOON  [SIDNEY LUMET]
7. FOX AND HIS FRIENDS (Faustrecht der Freiheit)  [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
8. NIGHT MOVES  [ARTHUR PENN]
9. MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL  [TERRY GILLIAM & TERRY JONES]
10. OVERLORD  [STUART COOPER] (UK)
11. JEANNE DIELMAN, 23QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES [CHANTAL AKERMAN] (B)
12. THE STORY OF ADÈLE H. (L’Histoire d’Adèle H.)  [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
13. THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR  [SYDNEY POLLACK]
14. SMILE  [MICHAEL RITCHIE]
15. THE MIRROR (Zerkalo)  [ANDREI TARKOVSKY] (R)
16. THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING  [JOHN HUSTON]
17. PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK  [PETER WEIR] (A)
18. THE PASSENGER (Professione: reporter)  [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI]
19. SHAMPOO  [HAL ASHBY] 
20. THE DAY OF THE LOCUST  [JOHN SCHLESINGER]
21. DERSU UZALA  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
22. THE GREAT WALDO PEPPER  [GEORGE ROY HILL]
23. THE STEPFORD WIVES  [BRYAN FORBES]
24. FRENCH CONNECTION II  [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER]
25. THE LOST HONOR OF KATHARINA BLUM  [VOLKER SCHLÖNDORFF & MARGARETHE VON TROTTA] (G)
26. MANDINGO  [RICHARD FLEISCHER]
27. THE FORTUNE  [MIKE NICHOLS]
28. KINGS OF THE ROAD  [WIM WENDERS] (G)
29. INNOCENTS WITH DIRTY HANDS (Les Innocents aux mains sales)  [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
30. ROLLERBALL  [NORMAN JEWISON]
31. TOMMY  [KEN RUSSELL]
32. THE GYPSY (Le Gitan)  [JOSÉ GIOVANNI] (F)
33. THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW  [JIM SHARMAN]
34. INSERTS  [JOHN BYRUM]
35. L’IMPORTANT C’EST D’AIMER (That Most Important Thing: Love) ( Nachtblende) [ANDRZEJ ZULAWSKI] (F)
36. BLACK MOON  [LOUIS MALLE]
37. THE HINDENBERG  [ROBERT WISE]
38. FUNNY LADY  [HERBERT ROSS]
39. ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN  [JOHN HOUGH]
40. THE STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD  [VINCENT MCEVEETY]
41. SHIVERS  [DAVID CRONENBERG]
42. SUPERVIXENS  [RUSS MEYER]

Other (unranked):  THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG  [NORMAN TOKAR];  GREY GARDENS  [ALBERT & DAVID MAYSLES et al.] (d);  THE MAN WHO SKIED DOWN EVEREST  [BRUCE NYZNIK & LAWRENCE SCHILLER] (d);  KENJI MIZOGUCHI: THE LIFE OF A FILM DIRECTOR (Aru eiga-kantoku no shogai ) [KANETO SHÎNDO] (d) (J)

 

◄ 1976 ►

… Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?

 

 

1. TAXI DRIVER  [MARTIN SCORSESE]
2. THE MIDDLEMAN (Jana Aranya)  [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
3. CRÍA CUERVOS  [CARLOS SAURA] (SP)
4. NETWORK  [SIDNEY LUMET]
5. SMALL CHANGE  (L’Argent de poche) [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
6. SEVEN BEAUTIES (Pasqualino Settebelleze)  [LINA WERTMÜLLER] (I)
7. THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES  [CLINT EASTWOOD]
8. ROCKY  [JOHN AVILDSEN]
9. MONSIEUR KLEIN (Mr. Klein)  [JOSEPH LOSEY] (F)
10. ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN  [ALAN J. PAKULA]
11. THE TENANT (Le Locataire)  [ROMAN POLANSKI] (F)
12. 1900 (Novecento) [BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI] (I)
13. THE BAD NEWS BEARS  [MICHAEL RITCHIE]
14. NICKELODEON  [PETER BOGDANOVICH] (B&W Director’s Cut)
15. MARATHON MAN  [JOHN SCHLESINGER]
16. BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOR (Noirs et blancs en couleur)  [JEAN-JACQUES ANNAUD] (F)
17. CARRIE  [BRIAN DE PALMA]
18. COUP DE GRÂCE (Der Fangschuß)  [VOLKER SCHLÖNDORFF] (G)
19. CHINESE ROULETTE (Chinesisches Roulette) [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
20. OBSESSION  [BRIAN DE PALMA]
21. THE MARQUISE OF O …(Die Marquise von O …) [ERIC ROHMER] (G)
22. BOUND FOR GLORY  [HAL ASHBY] (United Artists)
23. THE INNOCENT   (L’Innocente) [LUCHINO VISCONTI] (I)
24. THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH  [NICOLAS ROEG] (UK)
25. IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES (Ai no corrida) [NAGISA OSHIMA] (J)
26. THE OMEN  [RICHARD DONNER]
27. NEXT STOP, GREENWICH VILLAGE  [PAUL MAZURSKY]
28. ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13  [JOHN CARPENTER]
29. THE FRONT  [MARTIN RITT]
30. BUFFALO BILL AND THE INDIANS, OR SITTING BULL’S HISTORY LESSON  [ROBERT ALTMAN] (United Artists)
31. THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE  [JOHN CASSAVETES]
32. STAY HUNGRY [BOB RAFELSON]
33. THE LAST TYCOON  [ELIA KAZAN]
34. SILVER STREAK  [ARTHUR HILLER]
35. MAÎTRESSE [BARBET SCHROEDER] (F) 
36. THE DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND  [FRED SCHEPISI] (A)
37. LOGAN’S RUN  [MICHAEL ANDERSON]
38. FAMILY PLOT  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Universal)
39. THE GUMBALL RALLEY  [CHARLES BAIL]
40. THE ENFORCER  [JAMES FARGO]
41. SATAN’S BREW (Satanbraten) [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
42. HEART OF GLASS  [WERNER HERZOG]
43. KING KONG  [JOHN GUILLERMIN]
44. UP!  [RUSS MEYER]
45. THE AMAZING DOBERMANS  [BYRON CHUDNOW]

Other (unranked):  HARLAN COUNTY, U.S.A. [BARBARA KOPPLE] (d); FREAKY FRIDAY  [GARY NELSON];  BUGSY MALONE  [ALAN PARKER];  GUS  [VINCENT MCEVEETY];  THE SHAGGY D.A.  [ROBERT STEVENSON]

 

 ◄ 1977 ►

… Oh this young man has had a very trying rookie season, with the litigation, the notoriety, his subsequent deportation to Canada and that country’s refusal to accept him, well, I guess that’s more than most 21-year-olds can handle… Ogie Ogilthorpe!

 

1. ANNIE HALL  [WOODY ALLEN]
2. STAR WARS  [GEORGE LUCAS] (Fox) 
3. 3 WOMEN [ROBERT ALTMAN]
4. KILLER OF SHEEP  [CHARLES BURNETT]
5. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND  [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
6. THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE (Cet obscur objet du désir)  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (F)
7. OPENING NIGHT  [JOHN CASSAVETES]
8. THE ASCENT (Voskhozhdeniye) [LARISA SHEPITKO] (R)
9. SORCERER  [WILLIAM FRIEDKIN]
10. STROSZEK  [WERNER HERZOG] (G)
11. MAN OF MARBLE (Czlowiek z marmur u)  [ANDRZEJ WAJDA] (P)
12. IPHIGENIA (Ifigeneia)  [MICHAEL CACOYANNIS] (GK)
13. PADRE PADRONE  [PAOLO TAVIANI & VITTORIO TAVIANI] (I)
14. THE MAN WHO LOVED WOMEN (L’Homme qui aimait les femmes)  [FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
15. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME  [LOUIS GILBERT] (UK)
16. SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER  [JOHN BADHAM]
17. THE AMERICAN FRIEND (Der Amerikanische Freund) [WIM WENDERS] (G)
18. ERASERHEAD  [DAVID LYNCH]
19. SUSPIRIA  [DARIO ARGENTO] (I)
20. SLAP SHOT  [GEORGE ROY HILL]
21. SHORT EYES  [ROBERT M. YOUNG]
22. THE LATE SHOW  [ROBERT BENTON] (Warner)
23. PROVIDENCE  [ALAIN RESNAIS] (F)
24. THE STATIONMASTER’S WIFE (Bolwieser) [RAINER WERBNER FASSBINDER] (G)
25. THE DUELLISTS  [RIDLEY SCOTT]
26. MARTIN  [GEROGE A. ROMERO]
27. EQUUS  [SIDNEY LUMET]
28. THE CHESS PLAYERS (Shatranj Ke Khilari)  [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
29. THE GOODBYE GIRL  [HERBERT ROSS]
30. THE LAST WAVE  [PETER WEIR]
31. LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR  [RICHARD BROOKS]
32. DEMON SEED  [DONALD CAMMELL]
33. NEW YORK, NEW YORK  [MARTIN SCORSESE]
34. THE GAUNTLET  [CLINT EASTWOOD]
35. THE DEVIL, PROBABY (Le Diable probablement)  [ROBERT BRESSON] (F)
36. SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT  [HAL NEEDHAM]
37. THE BAD NEWS BEARS IN BREAKING TRAINING  [MICHAEL PRESSMAN]
38. THE MODEL COUPLE (Le Couple témoin)  [WILLIAM KLEIN] (F)
39. HIGH ANXIETY  [MEL BROOKS]
40. ORCA  [MICHAEL ANDERSON]
41. THE SERPENT’S EGG (Das Schlangenei)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (G)
42. RABID  [DAVID CRONENBERG]
43. THE DEEP  [PETER YATES]
44. ROSELAND  [JAMES IVORY]
45. THE GREATEST [TOM GRIES/MONTE HELLMAN]
46. KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS  [JOHN CARDOS]

Other (unranked):  PUMPING IRON  [GEORGE BUTLER & ROBERT FIORE] (d); THE RESCUERS  [VARIOUS] (a);  PETE’S DRAGON  [DON CHAFFEY]; HERBIE GOES TO MONTE CARLO  [VINCENT MCEVEETY];  OH, GOD!  [CARL REINER]

 

◄ 1978 ►

… Mom, Dad, this is Larry Kroger. The boy who molested me last month. We have to get married.

 

1. DAYS OF HEAVEN  [TERRENCE MALICK]
2. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS  [PHILIP KAUFMAN]
3. IN A YEAR WITH 13 MOONS (In einem Jahr mit 13 Moden)  [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
4. THE DEER HUNTER  [MICHAEL CIMINO]
5. BLUE COLLAR  [PAUL SCHRADER]
6. WHO’LL STOP THE RAIN  [KAREL REISZ]
7. NATIONAL LAMPOON’S ANIMAL HOUSE  [JOHN LANDIS]
8. EMPIRE OF PASSION (Ai no borai) [NAGISA OSHIMA] (J)
9. SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE  [RICHARD DONNER]
10. THE GREEN ROOM (La Chambre verde) [FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
11. GET OUT YOUR HANDKERCHIEFS (Préparez Vos Mouchoirs) [BERTRAND BLIER] (F)
12. STRAIGHT TIME  [ULU GROSBARD]
13. THE SHOUT [JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI]
14. AUTUMN SONATA (Höstsonaten)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
15. MIDNIGHT EXPRESS  [ALAN PARKER]
16. COMA  [MICHAEL CRICHTON]
17. THE DEMON  (Kichiku) [YOSHITARO NOMURA] (Shochiku) (J)
18. A WEDDING  [ROBERT ALTMAN]
19. A SIMPLE STORY (Une histoire simple)  [CLAUDE SAUTET] (F)
20. SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR  [ROBERT MULLIGAN]
21. THE DRIVER  [WALTER HILL] (Fox)
22. THE SHOOTING PARTY  (Moy laskovyy i nezhnyy zver )  [EMIL LOTEANU] (R)
23. COMING HOME  [HAL ASHBY]
24. CALIFORNIA SUITE  [HERBERT ROSS]
25. HALLOWEEN  [JOHN CARPENTER]
26. VIOLETTE NOZIÈRE [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
27. PRETTY BABY  [LOUIS MALLE] (Paramount)
28. I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND  [ROBERT ZEMECKIS]
29. HEAVEN CAN WAIT  [WARREN BEATTY]
30. GREASE  [RANDAL KLEISER]
31. FINGERS  [JAMES TOBACK]
32. CAPRICORN ONE  [PETER HYAMS]
33. INTERIORS  [WOODY ALLEN]
34. THE CHEAP DETECTIVE  [ROBERT MOORE]
35. JAWS 2  [JEANNOT SZWARC]
36. DAMIEN: OMEN II  [DON TAYLOR]
37. HIGH ANXIETY [MEL BROOKS]
38. PERCEVAL LE GALLOIS  [ERIC ROHMER] (F)
39. THE FURY  [BRIAN DEPALMA]
40. HOOPER  [HAL NEEDHAM]
41. THE WIZ  [NORMAN JEWISON]
42. RETURN FROM WITCH MOUNTAIN [JOHN HOUGH]
43. SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND  [MICHAEL SCHULTZ]
44. ESCAPE FROM WOMENS PRISON  [GIOVANNI BRUSADORI]

Other (unranked):  FILMING “OTHELLO” [ORSON WELLES] (d);  THE LAST WALTZ  [MARTIN SCORSESE] (d)

 

◄ 1979 ►

… Well, a satirical piece in the Times is one thing, but bricks and baseball bats really gets right to the point.

 

1. MANHATTAN  [WOODY ALLEN]
2. APOCALYPSE NOW  [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA]
3. ALIEN  [RIDLEY SCOTT] (UK)
4. THE BLACK STALLION  [CARROLL BALLARD]
5. THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN  (Die Ehe der Maria Braun)  [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
6. TESS  [ROMAN POLANSKI] (UK)
7. THE TIN DRUM (Die Blechtrommel) [VOLKER SCHLÖNDORFF] (G)
8. THE CHINA SYNDROME  [JAMES BRIDGES]
9. ALL THAT JAZZ  [BOB FOSSE]
10. REAL LIFE  [ALBERT BROOKS] (Paramount)
11. VENGEANCE IS MINE  (Fukushû suruwa wareniari)  [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (Shochiku) (J)
12. STALKER  [ANDREI TARKOVSKY] (R)
13. A LITTLE ROMANCE  [GEORGE ROY HILL] (Orion)
14. MAD MAX  [GEORGE MILLER] (A)
15. BUFFET FROID (Cold Cuts)  [BERTRAND BLIER] (F)
16. BREAKING AWAY  [PETER YATES]
17. THE JERK  [CARL REINER]
18. THE IN-LAWS  [ARTHUR HILLER]
19. WISE BLOOD [JOHN HUSTON]
20. NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE (Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht) [WERNER HERZOG] (G)
21. THE WANDERERS [PHIL KAUFMANN]
22. BEING THERE  [HAL ASHBY]
23. THE MUPPET MOVIE  [JAMES FRAWLEY]
24. OVER THE EDGE  [JONATHAN KAPLAN]
25. KRAMER VS. KRAMER  [ROBERT BENTON]
26. LIFE OF BRIAN  [TERRY JONES] (UK)
27. A PERFECT COUPLE  [ROBERT ALTMAN]
28. THE ONION FIELD  [HAROLD BECKER]
29. THE GREAT SANTINI  [LEWIS JOHN CARLINO]
30. ROCKY II  [SYLVESTER STALLONE]
31. MY BRILLIANT CAREER  [GILLIAN ARMSTRONG] (A)
32. 1941  [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
33. LOVE ON THE RUN (L’Amour en fuite)  [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
34. MEATBALLS  [IVAN REITMAN]
35. THE HUMAN FACTOR [OTTO PREMINGER] (UK)
36. WINTER KILLS  [WILLIAM RICHERT]
37. 10  [BLAKE EDWARDS]
38. MOONRAKER  [LEWIS GILBERT]
39. HAIR  [MILOS FORMAN]
40. THE WARRIORS  [WALTER HILL]
41. THE AMITYVILLE HORROR  [STUART ROSENBERG]
42. ROCK ‘N’ ROLL HIGH SCHOOL  [ALAN ARKUSH]
43. THE CHAMP  [FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI]
44. …AND JUSTICE FOR ALL  [NORMAN JEWISON]
45. THE NORTH AVENUE IRREGULARS  [BRUCE BILSON]
46. THE BLACK HOLE  [GARY NELSON]
47. WOYZECK  [WERNER HERZOG] (G)
48. THE WOMAN WITH RED HAIR (Akai kami no onna) [TATSUMI KUMASHIRO] (J)
49. UNIDENTIFIED FLYING ODDBALL  [RUSS MAYBERRY]

 

Other (unranked):  THE CORN IS GREEN  [GEORGE CUKOR] (TV);  RICHARD PRYOR: LIVE IN CONCERT  [JEFF MARGOLIS];  THE BUGS BUNNY / ROAD RUNNER MOVIE [CHUCK JONES AND PHIL MONROE] (a)

 

THE 60s – YEAR BY YEAR MOVIE LISTS

 THE SIXTIES

  

  

Recent Updates in RED – Last Update February 10, 2010

Last 5 Titles Added:

THE HAPPY ENDING [RICHARD BROOKS] (1969)
PLAY DIRTY [ANDRÉ DE TOTH] (1968)
OBALTAN (The Aimless Bullet) [HYUN MOK YOO] (1961)
PORCILE (Pigsty) [PIER PAOLO PASOLINI] (1969)
TITICUT FOLLIES [FREDERICK WISEMAN] (1967)

   ◄ 1960 ►

… a son is a poor substitute for a lover.

  

  

 

1. PSYCHO  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Paramount)
2. L’AVVENTURA  [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI] (I)
3. SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER (Tirez sur le pianiste) [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
4. LA DOLCE VITA  [FEDERICO FELLINI] (I)
5. THE APARTMENT  [BILLY WILDER] (Mirisch/United Artists)
6. WHEN A WOMAN ASCENDS THE STAIRS (Onna ga kaidan o agaru toki)  [MIKIO NARUSE] (Toho) (J)
7. SPARTACUS  [STANLEY KUBRICK] (Universal)
8. SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING  [KAREL REISZ] (UK)
9. LES BONNES FEMMES  [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
10. THE SUN’S BURIAL (Taiyo no hakaba)  [NAGISA OSHIMA] (Shochiku) (J)
11. THE VIRGIN SPRING (Jungfrukällan) [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
12. KILLING IN YOSHIWARA (Yoto monogatari: Hana no Yoshiwara hyaku-nin giri)  [TOMU UCHIDA] (Toei) (J)
13. STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET  [RICHARD QUINE] (Columbia)
14. LE TROU (The Hole) [JACQUES BECKER] (F)
15. DAUGHTERS, WIVES AND A MOTHER (Musume, tsuma haha) [MIKIO NARUSE] (Toho) (J)
16. CRUEL STORY OF YOUTH (Seishun zankoku monogatari)  [NAGISA OSHIMA] (Shochiku) (J)
17. WILD RIVER  [ELIA KAZAN] (Fox)
18. ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS (Rocco e i suoi fratelli) [LUCHINO VISCONTI] (I)
19. HOME FROM THE HILL  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (MGM)
20. TUNES OF GLORY  [RONALD NEAME] (UK)
21. THE HOUSEMAID (Hanyo) [KI-YOUNG KIM] (K)
22. CLASSE TOUS RISQUES  [CLAUDE SAUTET] (F)
23. EYES WITHOUT A FACE (Les Yeux sans visage)  [GEORGES FRANJU] (F)
24. LATE AUTUMN (Akibiyori) [YASUJIRO OZU] (J)
25. TWO WOMEN (La Ciociara)  [VITTORIO DE SICA] (I)
26. THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS  [DELBERT MANN] (Warner)
27. BAD LUCK (Zezowate szczescie) [ANDREZJ MUNK] (P)
28. PURPLE NOON (Plein soleil) [RENÉ CLÉMENT] (F)
29. THE WHITE DOVE (Holubice) [FRANTISEK VLÁCIL] (CZ)
30. ELMER GANTRY  [RICHARD BROOKS] (United Artists)
31. PEEPING TOM  [MICHAEL POWELL] (UK)
32. BELLS ARE RINGING  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (MGM)
33. COMANCHE STATION  [BUDD BOETTICHER]
34. THE ENTERTAINER  [TONY RICHARDSON] (UK)
35. THE YOUNG ONE (La Joven)  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (Mex/US)
36. INNOCENT SORCERERS (Niewinni czarodzieje) [ANDRZEJ WAJDA] (P)
37. BREATHLESS (À bout de souffle) [JEAN LUC GODARD] (F)
38. TAKE AIM AT THE POLICE VAN (Sono gososha o nerae) [SEIJUN SUZUKI] (J)
39. SEVEN THIEVES [HENRY HATHAWAY]
40. NIGHT AND FOG IN JAPAN (Nihon no yoru to kiri) [NAGISA OSHIMA] (Shochiku) (J)
41. THE DEVIL’S EYE (Djävulens öga)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
42. THE SUNDOWNERS  [FRED ZINNEMANN] (Warner)
43. DEVI (The Goddess) [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
44. THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN  [JOHN STURGES] (United Artists)
45. THE UNFORGIVEN  [JOHN HUSTON]
46. THE ANGRY SILENCE [GUY GREEN] (UK)
47. INHERIT THE WIND [STANLEY KRAMER]
48. ERA NOTTE A ROMA (Escape by Night)  [ROBERTO ROSSELLINI] (I)
49. JIGOKU (Hell) [NOBUO NAKAGAWA] (Shintoho) (J)
50. SERGEANT RUTLEDGE  [JOHN FORD] (Warner)
51. CIMARRON  [ANTHONY MANN]
52. THE BAD SLEEP WELL (Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru) [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
53. EXODUS  [OTTO PREMINGER] (MGM)
54. AFRAID TO DIE (Karakkaze yarô)  [YASUZO MASUMURA] (Daiei) (J)
55. ZAZIE DANS LE MÉTRO  [LOUIS MALLE] (F)
56. NEVER ON SUNDAY (Pote tin Kyriaki)  [JULES DASSIN] (GK)
57. IT STARTED IN NAPLES  [MELVILLE SHAVELSON]
58. OCEAN’S ELEVEN  [LEWIS MILESTONE] (Warner)
59. HANNIBAL  [CARLO LUDOVICO BRAGAGLIA] (I)

Other (Unranked): PRESENTATION, OR CHARLOTTE AND HER STEAK (Présentation ou Charlotte et son steak) [ERIC ROHMER] (F) (s);  CHARLOTTE ET SON JULES  (Charlotte and Her Boyfriend) [JEAN-LUC GODARD] (F) (s)

  

◄ 1961 ►

… My pride? I don’t want my pride!

 

 

1. THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY (Såsom i en spegel)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
2. IL POSTO (aka The Sound of Trumpets)  [ERMANNO OLMI] (I)
3. CLÉO FROM 5 TO 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7)  [AGNÈS VARDA] (F)
4. VIRIDIANA  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (SP)
5. THE HUSTLER  [ROBERT ROSSEN] (Fox)
6. DIVORCE – ITALIAN STYLE (Divorzio all’italiana)  [PIETRO GERMI] (I)
7. WEST SIDE STORY  [ROBERT WISE AND JEROME ROBBINS] (United Artists)
8. LA NOTTE  [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI] (I)
9. THE INNOCENTS  [JACK CLAYTON] (Fox) (UK)
10. OBALTAN (The Aimless Bullet) [HYUN MOK YOO] (K)
11. LOLA  [JACQUES DEMY] (F)
12. YOJIMBO  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
13. SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS   [ELIA KAZAN] (Warner)
14. PIGS AND BATTLESHIPS (Buta to gunkan)  [SHOHEI IMUMURA] (J)
15. UNDERWORLD U.S.A.  [SAMUEL FULLER] (Columbia)
16. ONE, TWO, THREE  [BILLY WILDER] (United Artists)
17. LÉON MORIN, PRÊTRE (Leon Morin, Priest) [JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE] (F)
18. ACCATTONE  [PIER PAOLO PASOLINI] (I)
19. EL CID  [ANTHONY MANN] (Allied Artists/Bronston)
20. WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND  [BRYAN FORBES] (UK)
21. TOWN WITHOUT PITY  [GOTTFRIED REINHARDT]
22. VICTIM  [BASIL DEARDEN] (UK)
23. GIRL WITH A SUITCASE (La Ragazza con la valigia) [VALERIO ZURLINI] (I)
24. A WOMAN IS A WOMAN (Une femme est une femme)  [JEAN-LUC GODARD] (F)
25. TWO DAUGHTERS (Teen Kanya)  [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
26.  THE EXILES [KENT MACKENZIE]
27. SAMSON [ANDRZEJ WAJDA] (P)
28. TWO RODE TOGETHER  [JOHN FORD]
29. BLAST OF SILENCE  [ALLEN BARON] (Universal)
30. SOMETHING WILD  [JACK GARFEIN]
31.  A TASTE OF HONEY  [TONY RICHARDSON] (UK)
32. SIBERIAN LADY MACBETH (Sibirska Ledi Magbet) [ANDRZEJ WAJDA] (P)
33. THE YOUNG SAVAGES  [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER] (United Artists)
34. ZERO FOCUS  [Zero no shoten)  [YOSHITARO NOMURA] (J)
35. THE MISFITS  [JOHN HUSTON]
36. LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (L’Année dernière à Marienbad)  [ALAIN RESNAIS] (F)
37. MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS (Matka Joanna od aniolów) [JERZY KAWALEROWICZ] (P)
38. THE PARENT TRAP  [DAVID SWIFT] (Disney)
39. THE GUNS OF NAVARONE  [J. LEE THOMPSON] (Columbia)
40. THE CHILDREN’S HOUR  [WILLIAM WYLER] (United Artists)
41. THE LADIES’ MAN [JERRY LEWIS] (Paramount]
42. THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE  [JOSÉ QUINTERO] (Warner)
43. BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S  [BLAKE EDWARDS] (Paramount)

 

Other (Unranked): ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIONS  [C. GERONIMI, H. LUSKE & W. REITHERMAN] (Disney) (a); THE ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR  [ROBERT STEVENSON] (Disney); MOTHRA (Mosura) [ISHIRÔ HONDA] (J); THE FAT AND THE LEAN  [ROMAN POLANSKI] (P) (s)

 

 ◄ 1962 ► 

… Jean Louise, stand up. Your father’s passing

 

  

1. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD  [ROBERT MULLIGAN] (Universal)
2. JULES AND JIM  [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
3. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE  [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER] (United Artists)
4. KNIFE IN THE WATER (Nóz w wodzie)  [ROMAN POLANSKI] (P)
5. ADVISE & CONSENT  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Columbia)
6. HARAKIRI (Seppuku)  [MASAKI KOBAYASHI] (Toho) (J)
7. SALVATORE GIULIANO  [FRANCESCO ROSI] (I) 
8. THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (El Ángel exterminador)  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (SP)
9. LOLITA  [STANLEY KUBRICK] (MGM/Seven Arts)
10. ALL FALL DOWN  [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER] (MGM)
11. L’ECLISSE (The Eclipse) [MICHAELANGELO ANTONIONI] (I)
12. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA  [DAVID LEAN] (Columbia) (UK)
13. SANJURO  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
14. LE DOULOS (The Finger Man)  [JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE] (F)
15. ELEGANT BEAST (aka The Graceful Brute) (Shitoyakana kedamono) [YUZO KAWASHIMA] (Daiei) (J)
16. HER LONELY LANE (aka A Wanderer’s Notebook) (Hourou-ki)  [MIKIO NARUSE] (J)
17. THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER  [TONY RICHARDSON] (UK)
18. SUNDAYS AND CYBÈLE (Les Dimanches de ville d’Avray)  [SERGE BOURGUIGNON] (F)
19. THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALENCE  [JOHN FORD] (Paramount)
20. MAMMA ROMA  [PIER PAOLO PASOLINI] (I)
21. LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT  [SIDNEY LUMET] (Embassy/Republic)
22. MAFIOSO  [ALBERTO LATTUADA] (I)
23. BILLY BUDD  [PETER USTINOV] (UK)
24. RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY  [SAM PECKINPAH] (MGM)
25. CAPE FEAR  [J. LEE THOMPSON] (Universal)
26. THE TRIAL  (Le Procès)  [ORSON WELLES] (F)
27. ABHIJAN (The Expedition) [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
28. THE MIRACLE WORKER  [ARTHUR PENN]
29. DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES  [BLAKE EDWARDS] (Warner)
30. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?  [ROBERT ALDRICH] (Warner/Seven Arts)
31. MY NAME IS IVAN (aka Ivan’s Childhood) (Ivanovo detstvo) [ANDREI TARKOVSKY] (R)
32. EXPERIMENT IN TERROR  [BLAKE EDWARDS] (Columbia)
33. PITFALL (Otoshiana) (aka Kashi to kodomo)  [HIROSHI TESHIGAHARA] (J)
34. THE MAD FOX (Koiya koi nasuna koi)  [TOMU OCHIDA] (Toei) (J)
35. THE L-SHAPED ROOM [BRYAN FORBES]  (UK)
36. THE ELUSIVE CORPORAL (Le Caporal épinglé) [JEAN RENOIR] (F)
37. BEING TWO ISN’T EASY (Watashi Wa Nisai) [KON ICHIKAWA] (Daiei) (J)
38. DR. NO  [TERENCE YOUNG] (UK)
39. MY LIFE TO LIVE (Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux)  [JEAN-LUC GODARD] (F)
40. BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ  [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER] (United Artists)
41. BLACK TEST CAR  (Kuro no tesuto kaa) [YASUZO MASUMURA] (Daiei) (J)
42. LONELY ARE THE BRAVE  [DAVID MILLER] (Universal)
43. THE COUNTERFEIT TRAITOR  [GEORGE SEATON] (Paramount)
44. BOCCACCIO ’70 [MARIO MONICELLI, FEDERICO FELLINI, LUCHINO VISCONTI & VITTORIO DE SICA] (I)
45. CARNIVAL OF SOULS  [HERK HARVEY] (Herts-Lion)
46. HOW THE WEST WAS WON  [JOHN FORD, HENRY HATHAWAY, GEORGE MARSHALL & RICHARD THORPE]
47. SHINOBI NO MONO (The Ninjas) [SATSUO YAMAMOTO] (Daiei) (J)
48. TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (MGM)
49. PHAEDRA  [JULES DASSIN]
50. SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH  [RICHARD BROOKS]
51. EVA (aka Eve)  [JOSEPH LOSEY] (UK)
52. THE NOTORIOUS LANDLADY  [RICHARD QUINE] (Columbia)
53. THE 300 SPARTANS  [RUDOLPH MATÉ] (Fox)
54. DAVID AND LISA  [FRANK PERRY]
55. WALK ON THE WILD SIDE  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (Columbia)
56. A VERY PRIVATE AFFAIR (Vie privée) [LOUSIE MALLE] (F)
57. THE GRIM REAPER (La Commare secca) [BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI] (I)
58. THE WORLD’S GREATEST SINNER  [TIMOTHY CAREY]
59. WILD GALS OF THE NAKED WEST  [RUSS MEYER]

Other (Unranked): THE MUSIC MAN  [MORTON DECOSTA] (Warner); THE LONGEST DAY  [ANNAKIN, MARTON, OSWALD & WICKI] (Fox); LA JETÉE [CHIRS MARKER] (F) (s); MAMMALS  [ROMAN POLANSKI] (P) (s); WARGAME  [MAI ZETTERLING] (UK) (s); LONELY BOY [WOLF KOENIG, ROMAN KROITOR] (C) (s); THE HOUSE IS BLACK (Khaneh siah ast) [FOROUGH FARROKHZAD] (IR) (d/s)

 

◄ 1963 ► 

… Enough of symbolism and these escapist themes of purity and innocence

 

1. 8½ (Otto e mezzo) [FEDERICO FELLINI] (I)
2. HUD  [MARTIN RITT] (Paramount)
3. BILLY LIAR  [JOHN SCHLESINGER] (UK)
4. WINTER LIGHT (Nattvardsgästerna)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
5. THE LEOPARD (Il Gattopardo) [LUCHINO VISCONTI] (I)
6. THE SERVANT  [JOSEPH LOSEY] (UK)
7. THE BIG CITY (Mahanagar)  [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
8. THE SILENCE (Tystnaden)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
9. AMERICA AMERICA  [ELIA KAZAN] (Warner)
10. THE BIRDS  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Universal)
11. THE GREAT ESCAPE  [JOHN STURGES] (United Artists)
12. CONTEMPT (Le Mépris)  [JEAN LUC GODARD] (F)
13. HIGH AND LOW (Tengoku to jigoku)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
14. I FIDANZATI (The Fiancés)  [ERMANNO OLMI] (I)
15. THE INSECT WOMAN (Nippon konchuki)  [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (Nikkatsu) (J)
16. THE FIRE WITHIN (Le Feu follet)  [LOUIS MALLE] (F)
17. AN ACTOR’S REVENGE (Yukinojo henge)  [KON ICHIKAWA] (Daiei) (J)
18. THE HAUNTING  [ROBERT WISE] (MGM)
19. CHARADE  [STANLEY DONEN] (Universal)
20. MURIEL OU LE TEMPS D’UN RETOUR [ALAIN RESNAIS] (F)
21. THE WHEELER DEALERS  [ARTHUR HILLER] (MGM)
22. HANDS OVER THE CITY (Le Mani sulla città) [FRANCESCO ROSI] (I)
23. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE  [TERENCE YOUNG] (UK)
24. NAKED AMONG WOLVES (Nackt unter Wölfen) [FRANK BEYER] (G)
25. THIS SPORTING LIFE  [LINDSAY ANDERSON] (UK)
26. YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW (Ieri, Oggi, Domani) [VITTORIO DE SICA] (I)
27. BAY OF ANGELS (La Baie des Anges)  [JACQUES DEMY] (F)
28. BYE BYE BIRDIE  [GEORGE SIDNEY]
29. YOUTH OF THE BEAST (Yaju no seishun)  [SEIJUN SUZUKI] (Nikkatsu) (J)
30. SHOCK CORRIDOR  [SAMUEL FULLER] (Allied Artists)
31. LORD OF THE FLIES  [PETER BROOK] (UK)
32. TOM JONES  [TONY RICHARDSON] (UK)
33. THE RUNNING MAN  [CAROL REED] (UK)
34. AUDITION (Konkurs) (aka Talent Competition) [MILOS FORMAN] (CZ)
35. CARBIDE AND SORREL  (Karbid und Sauerampfer)  [FRANK BEYER] (G)
36. IRMA LA DOUCE  [BILLY WILDER] (United Artists)
37. THE CARDINAL  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Columbia)
38. SUZANNE’S CAREER (La Carrière de Suzanne) [ERIC ROHMER] (F)
39. DONOVAN’S REEF [JOHN FORD]
40. THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE [ANTHONY MANN] (Bronston)
41. THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER  [JOHN HUSTON] (Universal)
42. JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS  [DON CHAFFEY]
43. THE NUTTY PROFESSOR  [JERRY LEWIS]
44. LE PETIT SOLDAT  [JEAN LUC GODARD] (F)
45. DETECTIVE BUREAU 2-3: GO TO HELL BASTARDS (Tantei jimusho 23: Kutabare akuto-domo) [SEIJUN SUZUKI] (J)
46. LILIES OF THE FIELD  [RALPH NELSON]
47. DEMENTIA 13  [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA] (Corman)
48. YOUNG APHRODITES (Mikres Afrodites)  [NIKOS KOUNDOUROS] (GK)
49. KANTO WANDERER (Kanto mushuku) [SEIJUN SUZUKI] (Daiei) (J)
50. BEACH PARTY  [WILLIAM ASHER]

Other (Unranked): PASSENGER (Pasazerka)  [ANDRZEJ MUNK] (P) (incomplete); CLEOPATRA  [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ]; FLIPPER  [JAMES B. CLARK]; THE SWORD AND THE STONE  [WOLFGANG REITHERMAN] (a); LA RICOTTA  [PIER PAOLO PASOLINI] (I) (s); THE BAKERY GIRL OF MONCEAU (The Girl at the Monceau Bakery) (La Boulangère de Monceau) [ERIC ROHMER] (F) (s)

 

◄ 1964 ►

… My darling… our marriage… will be a paradise… because we’re both abnormal

 

  

1. WOMAN IN THE DUNES (Suna no onna)  [HIROSHI TESHIGAHARA] (J)
2. CHARULATA (The Lonely Wife)  [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
3. MARNIE  [ALFRED HITHCOCK] (Universal)
4. THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg)  [JACQUES DEMY] (F)
5. ONIBABA  [KANETO SHINDÔ] (Toho) (J)
6. YEARNING (Midareru)  [MIKIO NARUSE] (J)
7. DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I STOPPED WORRYING AND LEARNED TO LOVE THE BOMB  [KUBRICK] (UK)
8. MANJI  [YASUZO MASUMURA] (Daiei) (J)
9. INTENTIONS OF MURDER (Akai satsui) [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (Nikkatsu) (J)
10. I AM CUBA (Soy Cuba/Ya Kuba)  [MIKHAIL KALATOZOV] (R)
11. NOTHING BUT A MAN  [MICHAEL ROEMER] (Cinema 5)
12. SEDUCED AND ABANDONED (Sedotta e abbandonata)  [PIETRO GERMI] (I)
13. THE NAKED KISS  [SAMUEL FULLER] (Allied Artists)
14. LILITH  [ROBERT ROSSEN] (Columbia)
15. THE TRAIN  [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER] (United Artists)
16. THE SOFT SKIN (La Peau douce)  [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
17. KWAIDAN  [MASAKI KOBAYASHI] (Toho) (J)
18. LOVING COUPLES (Älskande par) [MAI ZETTERLING] (S)
19. SÉANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON  [BRYAN FORBES] (UK)
20. FAIL-SAFE  [SIDNEY LUMET] (Columbia)
21. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW (Il Vangelo secondo Matteo) [PIER PAOLO PASOLINI] (I)
22. SEVEN DAYS IN MAY  [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER] (Paramount/Seven Arts)
23. PALE FLOWER (Kawaita hana)  [MASAHIRO SHINODA] (Shochiku) (J)
24. THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA  [JOHN HUSTON] (MGM/Seven Arts)
25. GERTRUD  [CARL THEODOR DREYER] (D)
26. THE BEST MAN  [FRANKLIN J. SCHAFFNER]
27. JOY HOUSE (Les Félins) [RENÉ CLÉMENT] (F)
28. KISS ME, STUPID  [BILLY WILDER] (Mirisch/United Artists)
29. RED DESERT  (Il Deserto Rosso)  [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI] (I)
30. THE PUMPKIN EATER  [JACK CLAYTON] (UK)
31. ZULU  [CY ENDFIELD] (UK)
32. ASSASSINATION (Ansatsu)  [MASAHIRO SHINODA] (Shochiku) (J)
33. GOLDFINGER  [GUY HAMILTON] (UK)
34. A HARD DAY’S NIGHT  [RICHARD LESTER] (UK)
35. A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (Per un pugno di dollari)  [SERGIO LEONE] (I)
36. BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Bande à part)  [JEAN-LUC GODARD]
37. ZORBA THE GREEK (Alexis Zorbas) [MICHAEL CACOYANNIS] (GK) (Fox)
38. THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY  [ARTHUR HILLER]
39. DRY SUMMER (Susuz yaz) [METIN ERKSAN] (T)
40. GATE OF FLESH (Nikutai no mon)  [SEIJUN SUZUKI] (Nikkatsu) (J)
41. DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID (Le Journal d’une femme de chambre)  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (F)
42. A MARRIED WOMAN (Une Femme mariée: Suite de fragments d’un film tourné en 1964) [JEAN-LUC GODARD] (F)
43. HUSH…HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE  [ROBERT ALDRICH]
44. THAT MAN FROM RIO  (L’Homme de Rio)  [PHILIPPE DE BROCA] (F)
45. LADY IN A CAGE [WALTER GRAUMAN] (United Artists/Paramount)
46. PARIS – WHEN IT SIZZLES  [RICHARD QUINE] (Paramount)
47. CHEYENNE AUTUMN  [JOHN FORD]
48. BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (Sei donne per l|assassino) [MARIO BAVA] (I)
49. CRUEL GUN STORY (Kenju zankoku monogatari )  [TAKUMI FURUKAWA] (J)
50. SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL  [RICHARD QUINE]
51. ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS [BYRON HASKIN]
52. NIGHT MUST FALL  [KAREL REISZ] (UK)
53. BECKET  [PETER GLENVILLE] (UK)
54. BLACK PETER (Cerný Petr) [MILOS FORMAN] (CZ)
55. THE KILLERS  [DON SIEGEL]
56. TOPKAPI  [JULES DASSIN]
57. THE OUTRAGE  [MARTIN RITT]
58. BEFORE THE REVOLUTION  (Prima della rivoluzione) [BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI] (I)
59. SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS  [NICHOLAS WEBSTER]

Other (Unranked): MARY POPPINS  [ROBERT STEVENSON] (Disney); A SHOT IN THE DARK  [BLAKE EDWARDS]; THE PINK PANTHER  [BLAKE EDWARDS]

 

◄ 1965 ► 

… He’s crazy Lou, he builds toy airplanes

 

  

1. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO  [DAVID LEAN] (UK)
2. LOVES OF A BLONDE (Lásky jedné plavovlásky)  [MILOS FORMAN] (CZ) 
3. THE SHOP ON MAIN STREET (Obchod na korze)  [JAN KÁDÁR AND ELMAR KLOS] (CZ)
4. THE PAWNBROKER  [SIDNEY LUMET] (IMDB 1964)
5. STORY OF A PROSTITUTE (Shunpu den)  [SEIJUN SUZUKI] (Nikkatsu) (J)
6. FISTS IN THE POCKET (I Pugni in tasca)  [MARCO BELLOCCHIO] (I)
7. THE LOVED ONE  [TONY RICHARDSON] (MGM)
8. JULIET OF THE SPIRITS (Giulietta degli spiriti)  [FEDERICO FELLINI] (I)
9. REPULSION  [ROMAN POLANSKI] (UK)
10. THE COLLECTOR  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Columbia)
11. BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING  [OTTO PREMINGER] (UK)
12. KING RAT  [BRYAN FORBES]
13. IN HARM’S WAY  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Paramount)
14. THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX  [ROBERT ALDRICH]
15. FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (Per qualche dollaro in più)  [SERGIO LEONE] (I)
16. THE FIFTH HORSEMAN IS FEAR [ZBYNEK BRYNYCH] (CZ)
17. SANDRA (Vaghe stell dell’Orsa …)  [LUCHINO VISCONTI] (I)
18. THE 317^TH PLATOON (La 317e Section)  [PIERRE SCHOENDOERFFER] (F)
19. CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (aka Falstaff)  [ORSON WELLES]
20. SAMURAI SPY (Ibun sarutobi sasuke) [MASAHIRO SHINODA] (Shochiku) (J)
21. PIERROT LE FOU  [JEAN LUC GODARD] (F)
22. LE BONHEUR (Happiness)  [AGNÈS VARDA] (F)
23. MICKEY ONE [ARTHUR PENN]
24. A PATCH OF BLUE  [GUY GREEN]
25. MAJOR DUNDEE [SAM PECKINPAH] (Columbia)
26. DARLING  [JOHN SCHLESINGER] (UK)
27. A THOUSAND CLOWNS  [FRED COE]
28. SWORD OF THE BEAST (aka Samurai Gold Seekers) (Kedamono no ken) [HIDEO GOSHA] (J)
29. MAN IS NOT A BIRD (Covek nije tica) [DUSAN MAKAVEJEV] (Y)
30. THE NANNY [SETH HOLT] (Hammer) (UK)
31. THE HILL  [SIDNEY LUMET] (MGM/Seven Arts) (UK)
32. THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT (Rekopis Znaleziony w Saragossie)  [WOJCIECH HAS] (P)
33. RED BEARD (Akahige)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
34. WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR  [JOSEPH CATES]
35. TATTOOED LIFE (Irezumi Ichidai)  [SEIJUN SUZUKI] (Nikkatsu) (J)
36. THUNDERBALL  [TERENCE YOUNG] (UK)
37. THE 10^TH VICTIM (La Decima vittima)  [ELIO PETRI] (I)
38. MIRAGE  [EDWARD DMYTRYK]
39. THE SOUND OF MUSIC  [ROBERT WISE]
40. THE SLEEPING CAR MURDERS (Compartiment tueurs)  [COSTA-GAVRAS] (F)
41. THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD  [MARTIN RITT] (UK)
42. RIDE IN THE WHIRLWIND [MONTE HELLMAN]
43. SHIP OF FOOLS  [STANLEY KRAMER]
44. 36 HOURS  [GEORGE SEATON]
45. THE CINCINNATI KID  [NORMAN JEWISON]
46. PARIS IN 6 (Paris vu par…)  [VARIOUS] (F)
47. HOW TO MURDER YOUR WIFE  [RICHARD QUINE]
48. ALPHAVILLE (Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution)  [JEAN LUC GODARD] (F)
49. BABY THE RAIN MUST FALL  [ROBERT MULLIGAN]
50. FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!  [RUSS MEYER]
51. HELP!  [RICHARD LESTER] (UK)
52. THE KNACK…AND HOW TO GET IT (The Knack) [RICHARD LESTER] (UK)
53. SYLVIA  [GORDON DOUGLAS]
54. CAT BALLOU  [ELLIOT SILVERSTEIN]
55. WHAT’S NEW, PUSSYCAT  [CLIVE DONNER]

Other (Unranked): SIMON OF THE DESERT (Simón Del Desierto) [LUIS BUÑUEL] (s) (SP); BOY ON A BICYCLE  [RIDLEY SCOTT] (s) (UK); THE WAR GAME  [PETER WATKINS] (UK) (TV);  AKO (White Morning) [HIROSHI TESHIGAHARA] (s) (J); LE POULET (The Chicken)  [CLAUDE BERRI] (s) (F) (IMDB 1962); THE RAILRODDER  [GERALD POTTERTON & BUSTER KEATON] (s) (C); A GAME WITH STONES ( Hra s kameny) [JAN SVANLMAJER] (a/s); KUSTOM KAR KOMMANDOS [KENNETH ANGER] (s)

 

◄ 1966 ►

… Dear sweet simple minded Barbara Ann. Barbara Ann whose deepest and most heartfelt yearnings express with a kind of touching lyricism the total vulgarity of our time

   

  

1. PERSONA  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
2. WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF  [MIKE NICHOLS]
3. THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (Il Buono, il brutto, il cativo)  [SERGIO LEONE] (I)
4. SECONDS  [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER]
5. THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (La Battaglia di Algeri)  [GILLO PONTECORVO] (I)
6. CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS (Ostre sledované vlaky)  [JIRÍ MENZEL] (CZ)
7. AU HASARD BALTHAZAR  [ROBERT BRESSON] (F)
8. BLOW UP  [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI] (UK/I)
9. WINGS (Krylya) [LARISA SHEPITKO] (R)
10. THE PORNOGRAPHERS (Jinruigaku nyumon)  [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (Nikkatsu) (J)
11. THE HUNT (La Caza)  [CARLOS SAURA] (SP)
12. FAHRENHEIT 451  [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (UK)
13. RED ANGEL (Akai tenshi) [YASUZO MASUMURA] (Daiei) (J)
14. HUNGER (Sult)  [HENNING CARLSEN] (D/S/N)
15. THE SWORD OF DOOM (Dai-bosatsu tôge) [KIHACHI OKAMOTO] (Toho) (J)
16. THE SAND PEBBLES  [ROBERT WISE]
17. IREZUMI (Tattoo)  [YASUZO MASUMURA] (Daiei) (J)
18. FIGHTING ELEGY (Kenka erejii)  [SEIJUN SUZUKI] (Nikkatsu) (J)
19. THE CHASE  [ARTHUR PENN]
20. A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS  [FRED ZINNEMANN] (UK)
21. LORD LOVE A DUCK  [GEORGE AXELROD] (MGM)
22. THE NAKED PREY  [CORNEL WILDE]
23. MADEMOISELLE [TONY RICHARDSON] (F)
24. THE PROFESSIONALS  [RICHARD BROOKS]
25. LE DEUXIEME SOUFFLE (Second Breath) [JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE] (F)
26. ALFIE  [LEWIS GILBERT] (Paramount)
27. MASCULIN-FEMININ (Masculin, féminin: 15 faits précis)  [JEAN-LUC GODARD] (F)
28. FATHER (Apa)  [ISTVÁN SZABÓ] (H)
29. THE ROUND-UP (Szegénylegények) [MIKLÓS JANCSÓ] (H)
30. WHO ARE YOU, POLLY MAGGOO? (Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo?)  [WILLIAM KLEIN] (F)
31. WHO WANTS TO KILL JESSIE ? (Kdo chce zabít Jessii?) [VACLAV VORLICEK](CZ)
32. THE FAMILY WAY  [ROY BOULTING] (UK)
33. THE FACE OF ANOTHER (Tanin no kao)  [HIROSHI TESHIGAHARA] (Toho) (J)
34. LA GUERRE EST FINIE (The War is Over)  [ALAIN RESNAIS] (F)
35. CAPTIVE’S ISLAND (aka Punishment Island) (Shokei no shima)  [MASAHIRA SHINODA] (Daiei) (J)
36. 7 WOMEN  [JOHN FORD]
37. NAYAK : THE HERO [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
38. CUL-DE-SAC  [ROMAN POLANSKI] (UK)
39. GEORGY GIRL  [SILVIO NARIZZANO] (UK)
40. MORGAN – A SUITABLE CASE FOR TREATMENT (aka Morgan !) [KAREL REISZ] (UK)
41. DAISIES  (Sedmikrasky)  [VERA CHYTILOVÁ] (CZ)
42. YOUNG TÖRLESS (Der Junge Törless)  [VOLKER SCHLÖNDORF] (G)
43. TRACE OF STONES (Spur der Steine) [FRANK BEYER] (G)
44. BLACK GIRL (La Noire de …) [OUSMANE SEMBENE] (F/Sen)
45. THE FORTUNE COOKIE  [BILLY WILDER] (Mirisch/United Artists)
46. A MAN AND A WOMAN (Un homme et une femme)  [CLAUDE LELOUCH] (F)
47. HARPER  [JACK SMIGHT]
48. GRAND PRIX  [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER]
49. LA VIE DE CHATEAU (A Matter of Resistance) [JEAN-PIERRE RAPPENEAU] (F)
50. TORN CURTAIN  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Universal)
51. THE WRONG BOX  [BRYAN FROBES] (UK)
52. TOKYO DRIFTER  [SEIJUN SUZUKI] (Nikkatsu) (J)
53. 10 :30 P.M. SUMMER  [JULES DASSIN]
54. HOW TO STEAL A MILLION  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Columbia/Fox)
55. KING OF HEARTS (Le roi de cœur)  [PHILIPPE DE BROCA] (F/UK) 
56. ARABESQUE  [STANLEY DONEN] 
57. DEAD HEAT ON A MERRY-GO-ROUND [BERNARD GIRARD] 
58. BATMAN : THE MOVIE  [LESLIE H. MARTINSON] 
59. AFTER THE FOX (Caccia alla volpe) [VITTORIO DE SICA] (I)
60. MADE IN U.S.A. [JEAN-LUC GODARD] (F) 

Other (Unranked): CATHY COME HOME  [KEN LOACH] (UK) (TV) (from “The Wednesday Play”); BORN FREE  [JAMES HILL]; THE MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE  [HANNA & BARBERA] (a); PADDLE TO THE SEA  [BILL MASON] (C) (s); THE LITTLE CHAOS  [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G) (s); THE CITY TRAMP  [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G) (s)

 

◄ 1967 ► 

… I want my money. I want my $93,000.

  

1. THE GRADUATE  [MIKE NICHOLS] (Avco Embassy)
2. IN COLD BLOOD  [RICHARD BROOKS]
3. SAMURAI REBELLION (Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu) [MASAKI KOBAYASHI] (Toho-Mifune) (J)
4. VALLEY OF THE BEES (Udoli vcel) [FRANTISEK VLÁCIL]  (CZ)
5. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT  [NORMAN JEWISON]
6. BONNIE AND CLYDE  [ARTHUR PENN]
7. WEEK-END  [JEAN LUC GODARD] (F)
8. POINT BLANK  [JOHN BOORMAN] (MGM)
9. MARKETA LAZAROVÁ  [FRANTISEK VLÁCIL]  (CZ)
10. LE SAMURAÏ  [JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE] (F)
11. ACCIDENT  [JOSEPH LOSEY] (UK)
12. FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD  [JOHN SCHLESINGER] (UK)
13. ANNA KARENINA  [ALEKSANDR ZARKHI] (R)
14. THE FIREMEN’S BALL (Horí, má paneko)  [MILOS FORMAN] (CZ)
15. ELVIRA MADIGAN  [BO WIDERBERG] (S)
16. PLAYTIME  [JACQUES TATI] (F)
17. COOL HAND LUKE  [STUART ROSENBERG]
18. THE SHOOTING  [MONTE HELLMAN]
19. SCATTERED CLOUDS (Midaregumo) [MIKIO NARUSE] (Toho) (J)
20. MOUCHETTE  [ROBERT BRESSON] (F)
21. THE RED AND THE WHITE (Csillagosok, katonák)  [MIKLÓS JANCSÓ] (H)
22. THE TWO OF US (Le vieil homme et l’enfant) [CLAUDE BERRI] (F)
23. MARAT/SADE (aka The Persecution & Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates …)  [P. BROOK] (UK)
24. BELLE DU JOUR  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (F)
25. HOMBRE  [MARTIN RITT]
26. PEPPERMINT FRAPPÉ  [CARLOS SAURA] (SP)
27. SING A SONG OF SEX (aka A Treatise on Japanese Bawdy Songs)  (Nihon shunka-kô) [NAGISA OSHIMA] (J)
28. DAVID HOLZMAN’S DIARY  [JIM MCBRIDE]
29. JAPAN’S LONGEST DAY (Nihon no ichiban nagai hi) [KIHACHI OKAMOTO] (Toho) (J)
30. TWO FOR THE ROAD  [STANLEY DONEN] (Fox)
31. A COLT IS MY PASSPORT (Ta Colt wa ore no passport) [TAKASHI NOMURA] (J)
32. LOVE AFFAIR, OR THE CASE OF THE MISSING SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR (Ljubavni slucaj ili tragedija sluzbenice P.T.T.) [DUSAN MAKAVEJEV] (Y)
33. A MAN VANISHES (Ningen Johatsu) [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (J)
34. BEDAZZLED [STANLEY DONEN] (Fox) (UK)
35. WHO’S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR ?  [MARTIN SCORSESE]
36. OEDIPUS REX (Edipo Re) [PIER PAOLO PASOLINI] (I)
37. THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort)  [JACQUES DEMY] (F)
38. LA COLLECTIONNEUSE  [ERIC ROHMER] (F) 
39. WAIT UNTIL DARK  [TERENCE YOUNG]
40. BEACH RED  [CORNEL WILDE] (MGM)
41. THE DIRTY DOZEN  [ROBERT ALDRICH]
42. BRANDED TO KILL  (Koroshi no rakuin) [SEIJUN SUZUKI] (Nikkatsu) (J) 
43. SILENCE AND CRY (Csend és kiáltás) [MIKLÓS JANCSÓ] (H)
44. REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE  [JOHN HUSTON]
45. THE PRESIDENT’S ANALYST  [THEODORE J. FLICKER] (Paramount)
46. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE  [LEWIS GILBERT]
47. TO SIR, WITH LOVE  [JAMES CLAVELL] 
48. DON’T MAKE WAVES [ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK] (MGM)
49. THE SAILOR FROM GIBRALTAR  [TONY RICHARDSON] (UK) 
50. TWO OR THREE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER (2 ou 3 choses que je sais d’elle) [JEAN-LUC GODARD] (F) 
51. THE FOX  [MARK RYDELL] 
52. BAREFOOT IN THE PARK  [GENE SAKS] (Paramont) 
53. DIABOLICALLY YOURS (Diaboliquement vôtre) [JULIEN DUVIVIER] (F) 
54. CASINO ROYALE  [VARIOUS] (Columbia) 
55. PRIVILEGE  [PETER WATKINS] (UK) 
56. GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER  [STANLEY KRAMER]
57. DOCTOR DOLITTLE  [RICHARD FLEISCHER]
58. THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS  [ROMAN POLANSKI]
59. COMMON LAW CABIN  [RUSS MEYER]

Other (Unranked): WARRENDALE  [ALLAN KING] (d);  TITICUT FOLLIES [FREDERICK WISEMAN] (d); DON’T LOOK BACK [D.A. PENNEBAKER] (d); THE JUNGLE BOOK  [WOLFGANG REITHERMAN] (Disney) (a); THE RELUCTANT ASTRONAUT  [EDWARD MONTAGNE]; LA COTTA  [ERMANNO OLMI] (I) (s); HAKOB HOVNATANYAN  [SERGEI PARADJANOV] (R) (s)

 

 ◄ 1968 ►

…tannis anyone?

 

  

1. ROSEMARY’S BABY  [ROMAN POLANSKI]
2. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY  [STANLEY KUBRICK]
3. THE PROFOUND DESIRE OF THE GODS (Kamigami no Fukaki Yokubo)  [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (J)
4. PETULIA  [RICHARD LESTER]
5. HOUR OF THE WOLF (Vargtimmem)  [INGMAR. BERGMAN] (S)
6. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST  (C’era una volt ail West)  [SERGIO LEONE] 
7. THE SWIMMER  [FRED PERRY]
8. STOLEN KISSES (Baisers volés)  [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
9. DEATH BY HANGING (Koshikei) [NAGISA OSHIMA] (J)
10. SHAME (Skammen)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
11. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD  [GEORGE A. ROMERO]
12. KURONEKO (Black Cat in the Grove) [KANETO SHINDÔ] (Toho) (J)
13. FACES  [JOHN CASSAVETES]
14. THE PLANET OF THE APES  [FRANKLIN J. SCHAFFNER]
15. PRETTY POISON  [NOEL BLACK] (Fox)
16. PLAY DIRTY [ANDRÉ DE TOTH]
17. THE GIRLS (Flickorna) [MAI ZETTERLING] (S)
18. MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT (Memorias del subdesarrollo)  [TOMÁS GUTIÉRREZ ALEA] (SP)
19. THE LION IN WINTER  [ANTHONY HARVEY]
20. THE BRIDE WORE BLACK (La Mariée était en noir)  [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
21. HELL IN THE PACIFIC  [JOHN BOORMAN] (MGM)
22. THE COLOR OF POMEGRANTES (Sayat Nova) [SERGEI PARADJANOV] (R)
23. TARGETS  [PETER BOGDANOVICH] (Corman)
24. ROMEO AND JULIET [FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI]
25. MANDABI (The Money Order) [OUSMANE SEMBENE] (F/Sen) 
26. RACHEL, RACHEL,  [PAUL NEWMAN] 
27. THE ODD COUPLE  [GENE SAKS]
28. BULLIT  [PETER YATES] (Warner/Seven Arts) 
29. THE CREMATOR  [JURAJ HERZ] (CZ)
30. KILL ! (Kiru)  [KIHACHI OKAMOTO] (Toho) (J)
31. SIGNS OF LIFE (Lebenszeichen) [WERNER HERZOG] (G)
32. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER  [ROBERT ELLIS MILLER] (Warner/Seven Arts)
33. DIARY OF A SHINJUKU THIEF (Shinjuku dorobo nikki) [NAGISA OSHIMA] (J)
34. IF….  [LINDSAY ANDERSON]
35. THE BOSTON STRANGLER  [RICHARD FLEISCHER] (Fox)
36. NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY  [JACK SMIGHT] (Paramount)
37. CAPRICIOUS SUMMER  [JIRÍ MENZEL] (CZ)
38. MADIGAN  [DON SIEGEL]
39. LES BICHES (The Darling Does)  [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
40. WILL PENNY  [TOM GRIES]
41. THE STALKING MOON  [ROBERT MULLIGAN]
42. TEOREMA  [PIER PAOLO PASOLINI] (I)
43. THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE  [ROBERT ALDRICH] (Cinerama)
44. HANG ‘EM HIGH [TED POST]
45. THE PRODUCERS  [MEL BROOKS]
46. SPIRITS OF THE DEAD (Historires extraordinaires)  [ROGER VADIM, LOUIS MALLE & FEDERICO FELLINI] (F/I)
47. THE PARTY  [BLAKE EDWARDS]
48. THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR  [NORMAN JEWISON] (Mirisch/United Artists)
49. THE LOVE BUG  [ROBERT STEVENSON]
50. CHARLY  [RALPH NELSON] (Cinerama)
51. SPIDER BABY OR, THE MADDEST STORY EVER TOLD  [JACK HILL]
52. THE SMUGGLERS (Les Contrebandières) [LUC MOULLET] (F)
53. COOGAN’S BLUFF  [DON SIEGEL] (Universal)
54. BARBARELLA  [ROGER VADIM]
55. 5 CARD STUD  [HENRY HATHAWAY]
56. SKIDOO  [OTTO PREMINGER]

Other (Unranked):  HIGH SCHOOL  [FREDERICK WISEMAN] (d); INNOCENCE UNPROTECTED (Nevinost bez zastite) [DUSAN MAKAVEJEV] (d) (Y);  YELLOW SUBMARINE  [GEORGE DUNNING] (a); THE SHAKIEST GUN IN THE WEST  [ALAN RAFKIN];  SAUTE MA VILLE (Blow Up My Town) [CHANTAL AKERMAN] (B) (s)

 

◄ 1969 ►

… First, we’ll have an orgy. Then we’ll go see Tony Bennett.

  

  

1. THE WILD BUNCH  [SAM PECKINPAH] (Warner)
2. ANDREI RUBLEV (Andrei Rublyov)  [ANDREI TARKOVSKY] (R)
3. ARMY OF SHADOWS (L’ Armée des ombres) [JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE] (F)
4. Z  [COSTA-GAVRAS] (F)
5. THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON’T THEY?  [SYDNEY POLLACK] (MGM)
6. THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE  [RONALD NEAME] (UK)
7. THE PASSION OF ANNA (En Passion) [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
8. THE PLOT AGAINST HARRY  [MICHAEL ROEMER] (King Screen) (IMDB 1989)
9. MY NIGHT AT MAUD’S (Ma nuit chez Maud)  [ERIC ROHMER] (F)
10. GOODBYE, COLUMBUS  [LARRY PEERCE] (Paramount)
11. MIDNIGHT COWBOY  [JOHN SCHLESINGER] (United Artists)
12. BURN! (Queimada!) [GILLO PONTECORVO] (I)
13. GOYOKIN  [HIDEO GOSHA] (J) (Toho)
14. DOUBLE SUICIDE (Shinjû: Ten no amijima) [MASAHIRO SHINODA] (Toho) (J)
15. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID  [GEORGE ROY HILL] (Fox)
16. FUNERAL PARADE OF ROSES (Bara no soretsu) [TOSHIO MATSUMOTO] (J)
17. BLIND BEAST (Môjuu)  [YASUZO MASUMURA] (Daiei) (J)
18. WOMEN IN LOVE  [KEN RUSSELL] (UK)
19. THE JOKE  (Zert)  [JAROMIL JIRES] (CZ)
20. THE GYPSY MOTHS  [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER]
21. BOY (Shonen) [NAGISA OSHIMA] (J)
22. THIS MAN MUST DIE (Que la bête meu) [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
23. THE SWIMMING POOL (La Piscine)  [JACQUES DERAY] (F)
24. THE RED TENT (Krasnaya Palatka) [MIKHAIL KALATOZOV] (R/I)
25. BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE  [PAUL MAZURSKY] (Columbia)
26. IL GRANDE SILENZIO (The Big Silence) (The Great Silence) [SERGIO CORBUCCI] (I)
27. THE RITE (Riten)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
28. MISSISSIPPI MERMAID (La Sirène du Mississippi)  [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
29. LA FEMME INFIDÈLE (The Unfaithful Wife)  [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
30. ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE  [PETER R. HUNT] (UK)
31. EASY RIDER  [DENNIS HOPPER] (Columbia)
32. PUTNEY SWOPE  [ROBERT DOWNEY SR.]
33. DILLINGER IS DEAD (Dillinger è morto)  [MARCO FERRERI] (I)
34. COMING APART  [MILTON MOSES GINSBERG]
35. TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN  [WOODY ALLEN] (Palomar)
36. TELL THEM WILLIE BOY IS HERE  [ABRAHAM POLONSKY]
37. A GENTLE WOMAN (Une femme douce) [ROBERT BRESSON] (F)
38. CACTUS FLOWER  [GENE SAKS] (Columbia)
39. THE ARRANGEMENT  [ELIA KAZAN] (Warner)
40. THE RAIN PEOPLE  [FRANCIS FORD COPPPOLA]
41. THE MILKY WAY (La Voie Lactée) [LUIS BUÑUEL] (F)
42. THE DAMNED (La Caduta degli dei) [LUCHINO VISCONTI] (I)
43. THE HAPPY ENDING [RICHARD BROOKS]
44. PORCILE (Pigsty) [PIER PAOLO PASOLINI] (I)
45. ADELHEID [FRANTISEK VLÁCIL]  (CZ)
46. KATZELMACHER  [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
47. ALICE’S RESTAURANT  [ARTHUR PENN] (United Artists)
48. TOPAZ  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK]
49. MR. FREEDOM  [WILLIAM KLEIN]
50. DOWNHILL RACER [MICHAEL RITCHIE]
51. THE GOOD GUYS AND THE BAD GUYS  [BURT KENNEDY]
52. THE APPOINTMENT  [SIDNEY LUMET]
53. MODEL SHOP  [JACQUES DEMY] (Columbia)
54. AGE OF CONSENT  [MICHAEL POWELL] (A)
55. GO, GO, SECOND-TIME VIRGIN (Yuke yuke nidome no shojo) [KOJI WAKAMATSU] (Nikkatsu) (J)
56. SATRYICON [FEDERICO FELLINI] (I)
57. VENUS IN FURS (Paroxismus)  [JESUS FRANCO]
58. LOVE IS COLDER THAN DEATH  (Liebe ist kälter als der Tod) [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)

Other (Unranked): MONTEREY POP  [D.A. PENNEBAKER] (d);  SALESMAN [ALBERT MAYSLES, DAVID MMAYSLES, CHARLOTTE SWERIN] (d); THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES [ROBERT BUTLER]; INVOCATION OF MY DEMON BROTHER [KENNETH ANGER] (s)

 

THE 50s – YEAR BY YEAR MOVIE LISTS

 THE FIFTIES

 

 

Recent Updates in RED - Last Updated February 3, 2010

Last 5 Titles Added:

MY SON JOHN [LEO MCCAREY] (1952)
RUSTY KNIFE [TOSHIO MASUDA] (1958)
THE MATING GAME [GEORGE MARSHALL] (1959)
THE DOCTOR’S HORRIBLE EXPERIMENT (Le Testament du Docteur Cordelier) [JEAN RENOIR] (1959)
I LOVE MELVIN [DON WEIS] (1953)
 

 ◄ 1950 ►

… There was a maharajah who came all the way from India to beg one of her silk stockings. Later he strangled himself with it.

 

 

1. RASHÔMON  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Daiei) (J)
2. SUNSET BOULEVARD  [BILLY WILDER] (Paramount)
3. NIGHT AND THE CITY  [JULES DASSIN] (Fox) (UK)
4. ALL ABOUT EVE  [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ] (Fox)
5. STROMBOLI  [ROBERTO ROSSELLINI] (RKO) (I)
6. LOS OLVIDADOS  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (M)
7. ORPHEUS (Orphée)  [JEAN COCTEAU] (F)
8. WINCHESTER ’73  [ANTHONY MANN] (Universal)
9. TRY AND GET ME (aka The Sound of Fury)  [CY ENDFIELD] (Republic)
10. WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Fox)
11. THE ASPHALT JUNGLE  [JOHN HUSTON] (Warner)
12. STARS IN MY CROWN  [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (MGM)
13. SIDE STREET  [ANTHONY MANN] (MGM)
14. THE UNDERWORLD STORY  [CY ENDFIELD] (United Artists)
15. PANIC IN THE STREETS  [ELIA KAZAN] (Fox)
16. IN A LONELY PLACE [NICHOLAS RAY] (Columbia)
17. GUN CRAZY (aka Deadly Is The Female) [JOSEPH H. LEWIS] (United Artists)
18. RIO GRANDE  [JOHN FORD] (Republic)
19. LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES  [JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE] (F)
20. LAST HOLIDAY  [HENRY CASS] (UK)
21. WAGON MASTER  [JOHN FORD] (Republic)
22. THE FURIES  [ANTHONY MANN] (Paramount)
23. THE FLOWERS OF ST. FRANCIS (Franceso, giullaredi Dio)  [ROBERTO ROSSELLINI] (I)
24. MADELEINE  [DAVID LEAN] (UK)
25. THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER  [ANTHONY PALISSIER] (UK)
26. HARVEY  [HENRY KOSTER] (MCA/Universal)
27. THE DAMNED DON’T CRY  [VINCENT SHERMAN] (Warner)
28. LA RONDE (aka Roundabout)  [MAX OPHÜLS] (F)
29. DEVIL’S DOORWAY  [ANTHONY MANN] (MGM)
30. STORY OF A LOVE AFFAIR (Cronaca di un amore) [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI] (I)
31. VARIETY LIGHTS (Luci del varietà)  [FEDERICO FELLINI & ALBERTO LATTUADA] (I)
32. STAGE FRIGHT  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Warner)
33. BORN YESTERDAY  [GEORGE CUKOR] (Columbia)
34. WHERE DANGER LIVES  [JOHN FARROW] (RKO)
35. BEAUTY AND THE DEVIL  (La Beauté du diable)  [RENÉ CLAIR] (F)
36. FATHER OF THE BRIDE [VINCENT MINNELLI] (MGM)
37. NO WAY OUT [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ] (Fox)
38. THE GUNFIGHTER  [HENRY KING] (Fox)
39. TO JOY (Till glädje) [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
40. WHEN WILLIE COMES MARCHING HOME [JOHN FORD] (Fox)
41. BORN TO BE BAD  [NICHOLAS RAY] (RKO)
42. AVENTURERA  [ALBERTO GOUT] (SP)
43. MYSTERY STREET  [JOHN STURGES] (MGM)
44. CHAMPAGNE FOR CEASAR [RICHARD WHORF]
45. THE HAPPY YEARS  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (MGM)
46. BROKEN ARROW  [DELMER DAVES] (Fox)
47. BRANDED  [RUDOLPH MATÉ] (Paramount)
48. THE JACKPOT  [WALTER LANG] (Fox)
49. D.O.A.  [RUDOLPH MATÉ] (United Artists)
50. THE MEN  [FRED ZINNEMANN] (Columbia) 
51. THE LAWLESS [JOSEPH LOSEY]  (Paramount) 
52. WOMAN ON THE RUN  [NORMAN FOSTER] (Universal) 
53. THE FILE ON THELMA JORDON  [ROBERT SIODMAK] (Paramount) 
54. UNION STATION  [RUDOLPH MATÉ] (Paramount) 
55. SCANDAL (Shunbun) [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (J) (Shochiku) 
56. THE BARON OF ARIZONA  [SAMUEL FULLER] (Lippert) 
57. HOUSE BY THE RIVER  [FRITZ LANG] (Republic) 

Other (Unranked):  CINDERELLA  [VARIOUS] (a) (RKO/Disney); KON-TIKI  [THOR HEYERDAHL] (d);  THE ROCKINGHAM TEA SET (CBS “Studio One”) [FRANKLIN J. SCHAFFNER] (TV)

  

  ◄ 1951 ►

… I don’t go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons.

 

1. STRANGERS ON A TRAIN  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Warner)
2. MISS JULIE (Fröken Julie)  [ALF SJÖBERG] (S)
3. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE  [ELIA KAZAN] (Warner)
4. MIRACLE IN MILAN (Miracolo a Milano)  [VITTORIO DE SICA] (I)
5. DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST (Journal d’un curé de campagne)  [ROBERT BRESSON] (F)
6. EARLY SUMMER (Bakushû) [YASUJIRO OZU] (J)
7. THE BROWNING VERSION  [ANTHONY ASQUITH] (UK)
8. THE RIVER  [JEAN RENOIR]
9. ACE IN THE HOLE (aka The Big Carnival) [BILLY WILDER] (Paramount)
10. WESTWARD THE WOMEN  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (MGM)
11. REPAST (aka A Married Life) (Meshi) [MIKIO NARUSE] (J)
12. A PLACE IN THE SUN  [GEORGE STEVENS] (Paramount)
13. THE LAVENDER HILL MOB  [CHARLES CRICHTON] (UK)
14. THE AFRICAN QUEEN  [JOHN HUSTON] (United Artists)
15. THE TALL TARGET  [ANTHONY MANN] (MGM)
16. PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN  [ALBERT LEWIN] (MGM) (UK)
17. SUMMER INTERLUDE (aka Illicit Interlude) (Sommerlak)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
18. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL  [ROBERT WISE] (Fox)
19. DETECTIVE STORY  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Paramount)
20. THE MATING SEASON  [MITCHELL LEISEN] (Paramount)
21. SUSANA  (The Devil and the Flesh) [LUIS BUÑUEL] (M)
22. CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER R.N.  [RAOUL WALSH] (Warner)
23. THE 13^TH LETTER  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Fox)
24. BELLISSIMA [LUCHINO VISCONTI] (I)
25. PEOPLE WILL TALK  [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ] (Fox)
26. THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE  [JOHN HUSTON]
27. SCROOGE (aka A Christmas Carol)   [BRIAN DESMOND HURST] (UK)
28. THE TALES OF HOFFMANN  [MICHAEL POWELL & EMERIC PRESSBURGER] (UK)
29. FIXED BAYONETS  [SAMUEL FULLER] (Fox)
30. THE STEEL HELMET  [SAMUEL FULLER] (Lippert)
31. THE BIG NIGHT [JOSEPH LOSEY] (United Artisits)
32. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (MGM)
33. THE WELL [RUSSELL ROUSE & LEO POPKIN]
34. HIS KIND OF WOMAN  [JOHN FARROW] (RKO)
35. THE IDIOT (Hakuchi)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (J) (Shochiku)
36. RAWHIDE  [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Fox)
37. STORM WARNING [STUART HEISLER] (MGM)
38. CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY  [ZOLTAN KORDA] (UK)
39. THE RACKET  [JOHN CROMWELL] (RKO)
40. THE HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL  [ROBERT WISE] (Fox)
41. FOURTEEN HOURS  [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Fox)
42. THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT  [ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK] (UK)
43. THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD  [CHRISTIAN NYBY, HOWARD HAWKS] (RKO)
44. SIROCCO  [CURTIS BERNHARDT] (Santana/Columbia)
45. FLYING LEATHERNECKS  [NICHOLAS RAY] (RKO)

Other :  ALICE IN WONDERLAND  [VARIOUS] (Disney) (a)

 

 ◄ 1952 ► 

… Why do you make me do it? You know you’re gonna talk! I’m gonna make you talk! I always make you punks talk! Why do you do it? Why?

 

 

1. IKIRU  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
2. UMBERTO D.  [VITTORIO DE SICA] (I)
3. MOTHER (Okaasan) [MIKIO NARUSE] (J)
4. SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN  [GENE KELLY & STANLEY DONEN] (MGM)
5. CASQUE D’OR (Golden Helmet) (Golden Marie)  [JACQUES BECKER] (F)
6. VIVA ZAPATA!  [ELIA KAZAN] (Fox)
7. BEND OF THE RIVER  [ANTHONY MANN] (Universal) 
8. HIGH NOON  [FRED ZINNEMANN] (Republic/United Artists)
9. ON DANGEROUS GROUND  [NICHOLAS RAY] (RKO)
10. PARK ROW  [SAMUEL FULLER] (United Artists) 
11. THE LIFE OF OHARU (Saikaku ichidai onna)  [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (Toho) (J) 
12. FORBIDDEN GAMES (Jeux interdits)  [RENÉ CLÉMENT] (F)
13. CARRIE  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Paramount)
14. EUROPA ’51 (The Greatest Love) [ROBERTO ROSSELLINI] (I)
15. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST  [ANTHONY ASQUITH] (UK) 
16. OUTCAST OF THE ISLANDS [CAROL REED] (UK)
17. THE QUIET MAN  [JOHN FORD] (Republic) 
18. THE MARRYING KIND  [GEORGE CUKOR] (Columbia)
19. THE NARROW MARGIN  [RICHARD FLEISCHER] (RKO) 
20. SCARAMOUCHE  [GEORGE SIDNEY] 
21. COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA  [DANIEL MANN] (Paramount) 
22. THE WHITE SHEIK (Lo Sciecco bianco)  [FEDERICO FELLINI] (I) 
23. KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL  [PHIL KARLSON] (United Artists)
24. ANGEL FACE  [OTTO PREMINGER] (RKO)
25. SCANDAL SHEET  [PHIL KARLSON] (Columbia)
26. LE PLAISIR  [MAX OPHÜLS] (F)
27. THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (MGM)
28. ÉL (aka This Strange Passion)  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (M)
29. THE WORLD IN HIS ARMS [RAOUL WALSH] (Universal)
30. THE TRAGEDY OF OTHELLO: THE MOOR OF VENICE  [ORSON WELLES] (F / I)
31. SUDDEN FEAR  [DAVID MILLER] (RKO)
32. THE LUSTY MEN  [NICHOLAS RAY]  
33. SECRETS OF WOMEN (Kvinnors väntan)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S) 
34. RUBY GENTRY  [KING VIDOR] (Fox) 
35. MOULIN ROUGE  [JOHN HUSTON] 
36. THE SNIPER  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (Columbia) 
37. RANCHO NOTORIOUS  [FRITZ LANG] 
38. O. HENRY’S FULL HOUSE [HENRY HATHAWAY, H. HAWKS, H. KING, H. KOSTER & JEAN NEGULESCO] (Fox) 
39. CLASH BY NIGHT  [FRITZ LANG] (RKO) 
40. THE BIG SKY  [HOWARD HAWKS] (RKO) 
41. SPRINGFIELD RIFLE  [ANDRE DE TOTH] (Warner)
42. MEXICAN BUS RIDE (aka Ascent to Heaven) (Subida al cielo) [LUIS BUÑUEL] (M)
43. INVITATION [GOTTFRIED REINHARDT] (MGM) 
44. THE CRIMSON PIRATE  [ROBERT SIODMAK] (Warner) 
45. 5 FINGERS  [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ] (Fox)
46. THE HAPPY TIME  [RICHARD FLEISCHER] (Columbia/Stanley Kramer)
47. MY SON JOHN [LEO MCCAREY]
48. FANFAN LA TULIPE  [CHRISTIAN-JAQUE] (F)
49. THE PRISONER OF ZENDA [RICHARD THORPE] (MGM)
50. WHAT PRICE GLORY [JOHN FORD] (Fox)
51. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH  [CECIL B. DEMILLE] (Paramount)
52. A WOMAN WITHOUT LOVE (Una Mujer sin amor) [LUIS BUÑUEL] (M)
53. MACAO  [JOSEF VON STERNBERG] (RKO) 
54. LIMELIGHT  [CHARLES CHAPLIN] (United Artists) 
55. BEWARE, MY LOVELY  [HARRY HORNER] (RKO)
56. THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO  [HENRY KING] (Fox)
57. THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING  [FRED ZINNEMANN] (Columbia)
58. BWANA DEVIL  [ARCH OBOLER] (in 3-D) (United Artists)

Other (Unranked):  THE KILL (CBS “Studio One”) [FRANKLIN J. SCHAFFNER] (TV); NEIGHBOURS  [NORMAN MCLAREN] (C) (s)

 

 ◄ 1953 ►

… Look, Tiger, if I was to be buried in Potter’s Field, it would just about kill me.

  

 

1. UGETSU MONOGATARI  [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (Daiei) (J)
2. THE NAKED SPUR  [ANTHONY MANN] (MGM)
3. SHANE  [GEORGE STEVENS] (Paramount)
4. TOKYO STORY (Tokyo monogatari)  [YASUJIRO OZU] (J)
5. WHERE CHIMNEYS ARE SEEN (Entotsu no mieru basho) [HEINOSUKE GOSHO] (J)
6. SAWDUST AND TINSEL (aka The Naked Night) (Gycklarnas afton)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
7. THE MISTRESS (aka Wild Geese) (Gan)  [SHIRÔ TOYODA] (Daiei) (J)
8. STALAG 17  [BILLY WILDER] (Paramount)
9. THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE… (Madame de…) [MAX OPHÜLS] (F)
10. I VITELLONI  [FEDERICO FELLINI] (I)
11. WAGES OF FEAR (Le Salarie de la peur)  [HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT] (F)
12. THE LADY WITHOUT CAMELIAS (La Signora senza camelia)  [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI] (I)
13. LITTLE FUGITIVE (aka The Coney Island Kid)  [RAY ASHLEY, MORRIS ENGEL & RUTH ORKIN]
14. PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET  [SAMUEL FULLER] (Fox)
15. MAN ON A TIGHTROPE [ELIA KAZAN] (Fox)
16. THE BIG HEAT  [FRITZ LANG] (Columbia)
17. ROMAN HOLIDAY  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Paramount)
18. THE GOLDEN COACH (Le Carrosse d’or)  [JEAN RENOIR] (F) 
19. LAST OF THE COMANCHES  [ANDRÉ DE TOTH]
20. A GEISHA (aka Gion Festival Music) (Gion Bayashi) [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (J)
21. 99 RIVER STREET [PHIL KARLSON]
22. TERMINAL STATION (Stazione Termini)  [VITTORIO DE SICA] (Columbia) 
23. I CONFESS  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Warner)
24. GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Fox)
25. THE BAND WAGON  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (MGM)
26. THE CRUEL SEA [CHARLES FREND] (UK)
27. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY  [FRED ZINNEMANN] (Columbia)
28. THÉRÈSE RAQUIN [MARCEL CARNÉ] (F)
29. A JAPANESE TRAGEDY (Nihon no higeki)  [KEISUKE KINOSHITA] (Shochiku) (J)
30. GATE OF HELL (Jigokumon)  [TEINOSUKE KINUGASA] (Daiei) (J)
31. THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT  [JOHN FORD] (Argosy/Republic)
32. THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T  [ROY ROWLAND]
33. JULIUS CESAR [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ]
34. THE ACTRESS  [GEORGE CUKOR]
35. GENEVIEVE  [HENRY CORNELIUS] (UK)
36. THE MOON IS BLUE  [OTTO PREMINGER] (United Artists)
37. MONIKA (Sommaren med Monika)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
38. I LOVE MELVIN [DON WEIS] (MGM)
39. THE BLUE GARDENIA  [FRITZ LANG] (Warner Brothers)
40. GOLDEN DEMON (Konjiki yasha) [KOJI SHIMA] (Daiei) (J)
41. ISLAND IN THE SKY [WILLAM WELLMAN] (Batjac)
42. EL BRUTO (The Brute)  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (M)
43. DANGEROUS CROSSING  [JOSEPH M. NEWMAN] (Fox)
44. THE HITCH-HIKER  [IDA LUPINO] (RKO)
45. NIAGARA  [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Fox)
46. BEAT THE DEVIL  [JOHN HUSTON] (British Lion/Independent/United Artists)
47. BREAD, LOVE AND DREAMS (Pane, amore e fantasia)  [LUIGI COMENCINI] (I)
48. I VINTI  (The Vanquished)  [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI] (I)
49. MR. HULOT’S HOLIDAY (Les vacances de M. Hulot)  [JACQUES TATI] (F)
50. THE STORY OF THREE LOVES [GOTTFRIED REINHARDT & VINCENTE MINNELLI] (MGM)
51. MOGAMBO  [JOHN FORD] (MGM)
52. THE WILD ONE  [LASZLO BENEDEK] (Columbia)
53. THUNDER BAY  [ANTHONY MANN] (Universal)
54. THE BIGAMIST [IDA LUPINO]
55. VICKI  [HARRY HORNER] (Fox)
56. HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE  [JEAN NEGULESCO] (Fox)
57. THE STRANGER WORE A GUN  [ANDRÉ DE TOTH] (Columbia)

Other (Unranked):  PETER PAN [VARIOUS] (a) (RKO/Disney);  WHITE MANE (Crin blanc: Le cheval sauvage) [ALBERT LAMORRISSE] (F) (s)

 

 ◄ 1954 ►

..Kid, this ain’t your night. We’re going for the price on Wilson.

   

 

 

1. REAR WINDOW  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Paramount)
2. ON THE WATERFRONT  [ELIA KAZAN] (Columbia)
3. SEVEN SAMURAI (Shichinin no samurai)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
4. THE FAR COUNTRY  [ANTHONY MANN] (Universal)
5. SANSHO THE BAILIFF (Sanshô dayû)  [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (Daiei) (J)
6. LA STRADA  [FEDERICO FELLINI] (I)
7. TWENTY FOUR EYES  (Nijushi no hitomi) [KEISUKE KINOSHITA] (Shochiku) (J)
8. AN INN AT OSAKA (Osaka no yado) [HEINOSUKE GOSHO] (Shintoho) (J)
9. SABRINA  [BILLY WILDER] (Paramount)
10. JOHNNY GUITAR  [NICHOLAS RAY] (Republic)
11. SENSO (aka The Wanton Contessa)  [LUCHINO VISCONTI] (I)
12. TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI (Hands off the Loot)  [JACQUES BECKER] (F)
13. LATE CHRYSANTHEMUMS (Bangiku)  [MIKIO NARUSE] (Toho) (J)
14. THE CAINE MUTINY  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (Columbia)
15. DIAL M FOR MURDER  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Warner)
16. A WOMAN OF RUMOUR (Uwasa no onna) [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (Daiei) (J)
17. VOYAGE IN ITALY (Viaggio in Italia) (aka Voyage to Italy) [ROBERTO ROSSELLINI] (I)
18. EXECUTIVE SUITE  [ROBERT WISE] (MGM)
19. SAMURAI 1: MUSASHI MIYAMOTO (Miyamoto Musashi) [HIROSHI INAGAKI] (Toho) (J)
20. MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION  [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Universal)
21. ILLUSION TRAVELS BY STREETCAR  (La Ilusión viaja en tranvía) [LUIS BUÑUEL] (SP)
22. TRACK OF THE CAT  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN]
23. HOBSON’S CHOICE  [DAVID LEAN] (UK)
24. CARMEN JONES  [OTTO PREMINGER]
25. VERA CRUZ  [ROBERT ALDRICH]
26. SALT OF THE EARTH  [HERBERT BIBERMAN] (Independent Productions)
27. IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU  [GEORGE CUKOR]
28. A STAR IS BORN  [GEORGE CUKOR]
29. A LESSON IN LOVE (En Lektion i kärlek)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
30. CRIME WAVE  [ANDRÉ DE TOTH]
31. BROKEN LANCE  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (Fox)
32. BRIGADOON  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (MGM)
33. ROBINSON CRUSOE  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (M)
34. TOO BAD SHE’S BAD  (Peccato che sia una canaglia) [ALESSANDRO BLASETTI] (I)
35. PUSHOVER  [RICHARD QUINE] (Columbia)
36. DOV‘È LA LIBERTÀ…? (Where is Freedom?) [ROBERTO ROSSELLINI] (I) 
37. GARDEN OF EVIL [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Fox)
38. RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11  [DON SIEGEL]
39. THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA  [JOSEPH MANKIEWICZ]
40. RIVER OF NO RETURN  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Fox)
41. LA POINTE-COURTE  [AGNES VARDA] (F)
42. THE COUNTRY GIRL  [GEORGE SEATON] (Paramount)
43. SUDDENLY  [LEWIS ALLEN] (United Artists)
44. HUMAN DESIRE  [FRITZ LANG]
45. PHFFFT  [MARK ROBSON]
46. BLACK WIDOW  [NUNNALLY JOHNSON] (Fox)
47. SILVER LODE  [ALLAN DWAN] (Bogeaus/RKO)
48. GREEN FIRE  [ANDREW MARTON]
49. THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN  [JEAN NEGULESCO] (Fox)
50. LUCKY ME  [JACK DONOHUE]
51. ELEPHANT WALK  [WILLIAM DIETERLE]

Other (Unranked):  CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON  [JACK ARNOLD];  GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS!  (Gojita) [ISHIRÔ HONDA & TERRY O. MORSE] (Toho/Embassy) (J)

 

 ◄ 1955 ►

… Not that you mind the killings! There’s plenty of killings in your book, Lord…

 

 

1. EAST OF EDEN  [ELIA KAZAN] (Warner)
2. SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT (Sommarnattens leende)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
3. PATHER PANCHALI (Song of the Little Road)  [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
4. THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER  [CHARLES LAUGHTON] (United Artists)
5. ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS  [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Universal)
6. FLOATING CLOUDS (Ukigumo) [MIKIO NARUSE] (J)
7. DIABOLIQUE (Les Diaboliques)  [HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT] (F)
8. PICNIC  [JOSHUA LOGAN] (Columbia)
9. ORDET (The Word)  [CARL THEODOR DREYER] (D)
10. MARTY  [DELBERT MANN] (United Artists)
11. THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Paramount)
12. THE MAN FROM LARAMIE  [ANTHONY MANN] (Columbia)
13. RIFIFI (Du rififi chez les homes)  [JULES DASSIN] (F)
14. DEATH OF A CYCLIST  (Muerte de un ciclista)  [JUAN ANTONIO BARDEM] (SP)
15. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE  [NICHOLAS RAY] (Warner)
16. LE AMICHE (The Girlfriends)  [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI] (I)
17. KISS ME DEADLY  [ROBERT ALDRICH] (United Artists)
18. THE CRIMINAL LIFE OF ARCHIBALDO DE LA CRUZ (Ensayo de un crimen) [LUIS BUÑUEL] (SP)
19. IL BIDONE (aka The Swindle)  [FEDERICO FELLINI] (I)
20. FRENCH CANCAN (aka Only the French Can)  [JEAN RENOIR] (F)
21. MY SISTER EILEEN  [RICHARD QUINE] (Columbia)
22. DREAMS (Kvinnodröm)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
23. THE LADYKILLERS  [ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK] (UK)
24. TO CATCH A THIEF  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Paramount)
25. LOLA MONTÈS  [MAX OPHÜLS] (F)
26. IT’S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER [GENE KELLY & STANLEY DONEN] (MGM)
27. PRINCESS YANG KWEI-FEI (Yôkihi)  [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (Daiei) (J)
28. HOUSE OF BAMBOO  [SAMULEL FULLER] (Fox)
29. THE PHENIX CITY STORY [PHIL KARLSON] (Allied Artists)
30. BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK  [JOHN STURGES] (MGM)
31. A GENERATION  (Pokolenie) [ANDRZEJ WAJDA] (P)
32. THE DAM BUSTERS  [MICHAEL ANDERSON] (UK)
33. VIOLENT SATURDAY [RICHARD FLEISCHER] (Fox)
34. THE DESPERATE HOURS  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Paramount)
35. MISTER ROBERTS  [JOHN FORD & MERVYN LEROY] (Warner)
36. THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE  [RICHARD BROOKS] (MGM)
37. THE END OF THE AFFAIR  [EDWARD DMYTRYK]
38. OKLAHOMA!  [FRED ZINNEMANN] (Fox)
39. THE LAST FRONTIER (aka The Savage Wilderness)  [ANTHONY MAN] (Columbia)
40. I LIVE IN FEAR (aka Record of a Living Being) (Ikimono no Kiroku)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
41. MR. ARKADIN  (aka Confidential Report) [ORSON WELLES]
42. THE ROSE TATTOO  [DANIEL MANN] (Paramount)
43. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM  [OTTO PREMINGER] (United Artists)
44. THE COLDITZ STORY  [GUY HAMILTON] (UK)
45. THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI  [MARK ROBSON] (Paramount)
46. RICHARD III  [LAURENCE OLIVIER] (UK)
47. SAMURAI 2: DUEL AT ICHIJOJI TEMPLE (Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijôji no kettô) [HIROSHI INAGAKI] (Toho) (J)
48. THE GIRL IN THE RED VELVET SWING  [RICHARD FLEISCHER] (Fox)
49. LES GRANDES MANOEUVRES  [RENÉ CLAIR] (F)
50. THE BIG COMBO  [JOSEPH H. LEWIS] (Allied Artists)
51. A KID FOR TWO FARTHINGS [CAROL REED] (UK)
52. A LAWLESS STREET [JOSEPH H  LEWIS] (Columbia)
53. TIGHT SPOT  [PHIL KARLSON]
54. ILLEGAL  [LEWIS ALLEN]
55. THE COURT-MARTIAL OF BILLY MITCHELL  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Warner)
56. THE BIG KNIFE  [ROBERT ALDRICH] (United Artists)
57. STELLA  [MICHAEL CACOYANNIS] (GK)
58. THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH  [BILLY WILDER] (Fox)
59. GUYS AND DOLLS  [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ] (MGM) 
60. LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME  [CHARLES VIDOR] (MGM) 
61. 5 AGAINST THE HOUSE  [PHIL KARLSON] (Columbia) 
62. THE LONG GRAY LINE  [JOHN FORD] (Columbia) 
63. SHACK OUT ON 101 [EDWARD DEIN]
64. THE COBWEB [VINCENTE MINELLI] (MGM) 
65. THE VIOLENT MEN  [RUDOLPH MATÉ] (Columbia) 
66. THE INDIAN FIGHTER  [ANDRÉ DE TOTH] (United Artists) 
67. SUMMERTIME (aka Summer Madness)  [DAVID LEAN] (UK)
68. STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND  [ANTHONY MANN]
69. MOONFLEET [FRTIZ LANG] (MGM)
70. KILLER’S KISS  [STANLEY KUBRICK] (United Artists)
71. LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING [HENRY KING] (Fox)
72. I’LL CRY TOMORROW  [DANIEL MANN] (MGM)

Other (Unranked):  THE LADY AND THE TRAMP  [VARIOUS] (a) (Buena Vista/Disney); NIGHT AND FOG (Nuit et brouillard) [ALAIN RESNAIS] (F) (s); NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS  (“The United States Steel Hour”) [ALEX SEGAL] (TV)

 

 ◄ 1956 ►

 …God was wrong!

 

 

 

1. THE SEARCHERS  [JOHN FORD] (Warner)
2. BIGGER THAN LIFE [NICHOLAS RAY] (Fox)
3. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS  [DON SIEGEL] (Allied Artists)
4. THE BURMESE HARP (Biruma no tategoto)  [KON ICHIKAWA] (Nikkatsu) (J)
5. THE KILLING  [STANLEY KUBRICK] (United Artists)
6. SUDDEN RAIN (Shu-u)  [MIKIO NARUSE] (J)
7. FRIENDLY PERSUASSION  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Allied Artists)
8. BABY DOLL  [ELIA KAZAN] (Warner)
9. WRITTEN ON THE WIND  [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Universal)
10. SEVEN MEN FROM NOW  [BRUCE BOETTICHER] (Batjac/Warner)
11. GERVAISE [RENÉ CLÉMENT] (F)
12. MIRACLE IN THE RAIN [RUDOLPH MATÉ] (Warner)
13. THE RAILROAD MAN (Il Ferroviere) [PIETRO GERMI] (I)
14. FLOWING (House of Geisha) (Nagareru) [MIKIO NARUSE] (J)
15. A MAN ESCAPED (Un condamné à mort s’est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut) [ROBERT BRESSON] (F)
16. THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT  [NUNNALLY JOHNSON] (Fox)
17. ATTACK  [ROBERT ALDRICH] (United Artists)
18. GIANT  [GEORGE STEVENS] (Warner)
19. PATTERNS  [FIELDER COOK] (United Artists)
20. THE LAST WAGON  [DELMER DAVES] (Columbia)
21. A KISS BEFORE DYING  [GERD OSWALD] (Crown/United Artists)
22. THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS  [RONALD NEAME] (Fox) (UK)
23. THE WRONG MAN  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Warner)
24. WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS  [FRITZ LANG] (RKO)
25. A GIRL IN BLACK (To Koritsi me ta mavra) [MICHAEL CACOYANNIS] (GK)
26. STREET OF SHAME (Akasen chitai)  [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (Daiei) (J)
27. LUST FOR LIFE  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (MGM)
28. BOB LE FLAMBEUR  [JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE] (F)
29. HIGH SOCIETY  [CHARLES WALTERS] (MGM)
30. SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME  [ROBERT WISE] (MGM)
31. ELENA AND HER MEN (Elena et les hommes) (aka Paris Does Strange Things) [JEAN RENOIR] (F)
32. CRAZED FRUIT (Karutta Kajitsu) [KÔ NAKAHIRA] (Nikkatsu) (J)
33. THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Paramount)
34. EARLY SPRING (Soshun) [YASUJIRO OZU] (J)
35. ANASTASIA  [ANATOLE LITVAK] (Fox)
36. MOBY DICK  [JOHN HUSTON] (Warner)
37. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS  [CECIL B. DEMILLE] (Paramount)
38. THE KILLER IS LOOSE  [BUDD BOETTICHER]
39. DEATH IN THE GARDEN (La mort en ce jardin) [LUIS BUÑUEL] (M/F)
40. THE GIRL CAN’T HELP IT  [FRANK TASHLIN] (Fox)
41. SAMURAI 3: DUAL ON GANRYU ISLAND [HIROSHI INAGAKI] (Toho) (J)
42. LOVERS AND LOLLIPOPS  [MORRIS ENGEL & RUTH ORKIN]
43. JUBAL  [DELMER DAVES] (Columbia)
44. CAROUSEL [HENRY KING] (Fox)
45. FULL OF LIFE  [RICHARD QUINE] (Columbia)
46. THE CATERED AFFAIR  [RICHARD BROOKS] (MGM)
47. THE PROUD ONES  [ROBERT D.WEBB] (Fox)
48. THE HARDER THEY FALL  [MARK ROBSON] (Columbia)
49. …AND GOD CREATED WOMAN (Et Dieu… créa la femme) [ROGER VADIM] (F)
50. AUTUMN LEAVES  [ROBERT ALDRICH]
51. THE SOLID GOLD CADILLAC  [RICHARD QUINE] (Columbia)
52. THE BAD SEED  [MERVYN LEROY] (Warner)
53. THE SWAN  [CHARLES VIDOR] (MGM)
54. FORBIDDEN PLANET  [FRED M. WILCOX] (MGM)
55. THE RACK  [ARNOLD LAVEN]
56. THE KING AND I  [WALTER LANG] (Fox)
57. BUS STOP  [JOSHUA LOGAN] (Fox)
58. BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT [FRITZ LANG]
59. BACK FROM ETERNITY  [JOHN FARROW]
60. GREAT DAY IN THE MORNING  [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (RKO)
61. THE RAINMAKER  [JOSEPH ANTHONY] (Paramount)

Other (Unranked):  THE MYSTERY OF PICASSO (Le Mystère Picasso) [HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT] (F) (d); THE RED BALLOON (La Ballon rouge) [ALBERT LAMORRISSE] (F) (s);  RODAN (Sora no daikaijû Radon) [ISHIRÔ HONDA] (J)

 ◄ 1957 ►

… In brief, from now on, the best of everything is good enough for me.

 

 

1. WILD STRAWBERRIES (Smultronstället)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
2. THE SEVENTH SEAL (Det Sjunde Inseglet)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
3. NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (Le Notti di Cabiria)  [FEDERICO FELLINI] (I)
4. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI  [DAVID LEAN] (UK)
5. PATHS OF GLORY  [STANLEY KUBRICK] (United Artists)
6. THE CRANES ARE FLYING (Letjat zhuravli)  [MIKHAIL KALATOZOV] (R)
7. A FACE IN THE CROWD  [ELIA KAZAN] (Warner)
8. 12 ANGRY MEN  [SIDNEY LUMET] (United Artists)
9. SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS  [ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK] (United Artists)
10. THE SUN LEGEND OF THE END OF THE TOKUGAWA ERA (Bakumatsu Taiyoden) [YUZO KAWASHIMA] (Nik.) (J) 
11. APARAJITO (The Unvanquished)  [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID) 
12. LE NOTTI BIANCHE (White Nights)  [LUCHINO VISCONTI] (I)
13. 3:10 TO YUMA  [DELMER DAVES] (Columbia)
14. THRONE OF BLOOD (Kumonosu jo)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
15. MEN IN WAR  [ANTHONY MANN] (United Artists)
16. THE TALL T  [BUDD BOETTICHER] (Columbia)
17. ACROSS THE BRIDGE  [KEN ANNAKIN] (UK)
18. THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS  [BILLY WILDER] (Warner)
19. KANAL  [ANDRZEJ WAJDA] (P)
20. WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION  [BILLY WILDER] (United Artists)
21. A MATTER OF DIGNITY (To Telefteo psemma) [MICHAEL CACOYANNIS] (GK)
22. LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON  [BILLY WILDER] (Allied Artists)
23. PEYTON PLACE  [MARK ROBSON] (Fox)
24. THE PAJAMA GAME  [GEORGE ABBOTT & STANLEY DONEN] (Warner)
25. THE STRANGE ONE  [JACK GARFEIN] (Columbia)
26. TOKYO TWILIGHT (Tôkyô boshoku) [YASUJIRO OZU] (Shochiku) (J) 
27. BITTER VICTORY  [NICHOLAS RAY] (Columbia) 
28. MAN ON THE TRACKS (Czlowiek na torze)  [ANDRZEJ MUNK] (P)
29. SNOW COUNTRY (Yukiguni)  [SHIRÔ TOYODA] (J)
30. AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER  [LEO MCCAREY] (Fox)
31. THE LOWER DEPTHS (Donzoko)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J) 
32. NIGHT OF THE DEMON (aka Curse Of The Demon)  [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (Columbia) (UK) 
33. FORTY GUNS  [SAMUEL FULLER] (Fox) 
34. IL GRIDO (The Outcry)  [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI] (I) 
35. THE DEVIL STRIKES AT NIGHT (Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam) [ROBERT SIODMAK] (G) 
36. THE TIN STAR  [ANTHONY MANN] (Paramount) 
37. I AM WAITING (Ore wa matteru ze) [KOREYOSHI KURAHARA] (J)
38. TIME WITHOUT PITY  [JOSEPH LOSEY] (UK)
39. SAYONARA [JOSHUA LOGAN] (Warner) 
40. THE ENEMY BELOW  [DICK POWELL] (Fox) 
41. WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER?  [FRANK TASHLIN] (Fox)
42. THE BACHELOR PARTY  [DELBERT MANN] (United Artists)
43. DESIGNING WOMEN  [VINCENT MINNELLI] (MGM)
44. NIGHT PASSAGE  [JAMES NEILSON] (Universal)
45. THE RIVER’S EDGE  [ALLAN DWAN] (Fox)
46. NIGHTFALL  [JACQUES TOURNEUR]
47. OPERATION MAD BALL  [RICHARD QUINE] (Columbia)
48. HEAVEN KNOWS, MR. ALLISON  [JOHN HUSTON] (Fox)
49. THE BROTHERS RICO  [PHIL KARLSON] (Columbia)
50. EDGE OF THE CITY  [MARTIN RITT] (MGM)
51. THE THREE FACES OF EVE  [NUNNALLY JOHNSON] (Fox)
52. GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORAL  [JOHN STURGES] (Paramount)
53. THE TRUE STORY OF JESSE JAMES  [NICHOLAS RAY] (Fox)
54. TIME LIMIT  [KARL MALDEN] (MGM)
55. FEAR STRIKES OUT  [ROBERT MULLIGAN] (Paramount)
56. LES ESPIONS (The Spies) [HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT] (F)
57. BATTLE HYMN  [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Universal)
58. CRIME OF PASSION  [GERD OSWALD] (United Artists)
59. SILK STOCKINGS  [ROUBEN MAMOULIAN] (MGM)
60. ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT (aka Night Ambush) [MICHAEL POWELL & EMERIC PRESSBURGER] (UK)
61. RAINTREE COUNTY  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (MGM)
62. THE YOUNG STRANGER [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER] (RKO)
63. THE WINGS OF EAGLES  [JOHN FORD] (MGM)
64. DECISION AT SUNDOWN  [BUDD BOETTICHER] (Columbia)
65. DESK SET  [WALTER LANG] (Fox)
66. WILD IS THE WIND  [GEORGE CUKOR] (Paramount)
67. UNTIL THEY SAIL  [ROBERT WISE]
68. ISLAND IN THE SUN  [ROBERT ROSSEN] (Fox)
69. THE SUN ALSO RISES  [HENRY KING] (Fox)
70. CHINA GATE  [SAMUEL FULLER] (Fox)

Other (Unranked):  OLD YELLER  [ROBERT STEVENSON] (Disney);  (i) MURDER, (ii) TEETH SMILE, and (iii) BREAK UP THE DANCE [ROMAN POLANSKI] (P) (s)

 

 ◄ 1958 ►

… Quinlan doesn’t have a monopoly on hunches.

 

 

1. VERTIGO  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Paramount)
2. THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (Kakushi toride no san akunin)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
3. TOUCH OF EVIL  [ORSON WELLES] (Universal)
4. ASHES AND DIAMONDS (Popiól I diament)  [ANDRZEJ WAJDA] (P)
5. THE MUSIC ROOM (Jalsaghar)  [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
6. THE LOVERS (Les Amants) [LOUIS MALLE] (F)
7. MAN OF THE WEST  [ANTHONY MANN] (United Artists)
8. A NIGHT TO REMEMBER  [ROY WARD BAKER] (UK)
9. MON ONCLE  [JACQUES TATI] (F)
10. THE BIG COUNTRY  [WILLIAM WYLER] (United Artists)
11. THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (Narayama bushiko)  [KEISUKE KINOSHITA] (Shochiku) (J)
12. THE LONG, HOT SUMMER  [MARTIN RITT] (Fox)
13. THE MAGICIAN (aka The Face) (Ansiktet)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
14. THE YOUNG LIONS  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (Fox)
15. ENDLESS DESIRE (Hateshinaki yokubo) [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (Nikkatsu) (J)
16. CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF  [RICHARD BROOKS] (MGM)
17. THE BRAVADOS  [HENRY KING] (Fox)
18. BUCHANAN RIDES ALONE  [BUDD BOETTICHER] (Columbia)
19. SOME CAME RUNNING  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (MGM)
20. THE QUIET AMERICAN  [JOSEPH MANKIEWICZ] (United Artists)
21. STOLEN DESIRE (Nusumareta yokujo) [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (Nikkatsu) (J)
22. BONJOUR TRISTESSE  [OTTO PREMINGER]
23. ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS (aka Frantic) (Ascenseur pour l’échafaud)  [LOUIS MALLE] (F)
24. THE DEFIANT ONES  [STANLEY KRAMER] (United Artists)
25. GIANTS AND TOYS (Kyojin to gangu)  [YASUZO MASUMURA] (Daiei) (J)
26. LOOK BACK IN ANGER  [TONY RICHARDSON] (UK)
27. SEPARATE TABLES  [DELBERT MANN] (United Artists)
28. THE LOYAL 47 RONIN (Chûshingura) [KUNIO WATANABE] (J)
29. LONELYHEARTS  [VINCENT J. DONEHUE] (United Artists)
30. BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET (Soliti ignoti)  [MARIO MONICELLI] (I)
31. EQUINOX FLOWER (Higanbana)  [YASUJIRO OZU] (J)
32. THE LINEUP  [DON SIEGEL] (Columbia)
33. BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE  [RICHARD QUINE] (Columbia)
34. UNDERWORLD BEAUTY (Ankokugai no bijo)  [SEIJUN SUZUKI] (J)
35. GIGI [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (MGM)
36. THE VIKINGS [RICHARD FLEISCHER] (United Artists)
37. THE KEY  [CAROL REED]
38. RUSTY KNIFE (Sabita naifu) [TOSHIO MASUDA] (J)
39. THE HORSE’S MOUTH  [RONALD NEAME] (UK)
40. RALLY ‘ROUND THE FLAG, BOYS! [LEO MCCAREY] (Fox)
41. INDISCREET  [STANLEY DONEN]
42. WEDDINGS AND BABIES  [MORRIS ENGEL]
43. THE LEFT HANDED GUN  [ARTHUR PENN]
44. PARTY GIRL  [NICHOLAS RAY]
45. TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN  [JOSEPH H. LEWIS]
46. THE BADLANDERS  [DELMER DAVES] (Fox)
47. CHINA DOLL [FRANK BORZAGE]
48. THUNDER ROAD  [ARTHUR RIPLEY]
49. DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS  [DELBERT MANN]
50. GOD’S LITTLE ACRE  [ANTHONY MANN]
51. HOUSEBOAT  [MELVILLE SHAVELSON]
52. THE MANSION OF THE GHOST CAT (aka Black Cat Mansion) (Borei kaibyo yashiki) [NOBUO NAKAGAWA] (J)
53. THE BLACK ORCHID  [MARTIN RITT]
54. THE GODDESS  [JOHM CROMWELL]

Other (Unranked):   THE 7^TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD  [NATHAN JURAN]; NISHI GINZA STATION (Nishi Ginza ekimae) [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (J); TWO MEN AND A WARDROBE  [ROMAN POLANSKI] (P) (s);  DAYBREAK EXPRESS  [D.A. PENNEBAKER] (s) (IMDB 1953);  LES MISTONS (The Mischief Makers) [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F) (s)

 ◄ 1959 ►

 … Now, Mr. Dancer, get off the panties. You’ve done enough damage.

 

 

 

1. THE FOUR HUNDRED BLOWS (Les Quatre cents coups)  [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
2. ANATOMY OF A MURDER  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Columbia)
3. APUR SANSAR  (The World of Apu)  [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
4. SOME LIKE IT HOT  [BILLY WILDER] (Mirisch/United Artists)
5. NORTH BY NORTHWEST  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (MGM)
6. IMITATION OF LIFE  [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Universal)
7. FLOATING WEEDS (Ukigusa) [YASUJIRO OZU] (J)
8. FIRES ON THE PLAIN (Nobi)  [KON ICHIKAWA] (Daiei) (J)
9. ROOM AT THE TOP  [JACK CLAYTON] (UK)
10. IL GENERALE DELLA ROVERE  [ROBERTO ROSSELLINI] (RKO) (I)
11. RIDE LONESOME  [BUDDBOETTICHER] (Columbia/Ranown)
12. BALLAD OF A SOLDIER (Ballada o soldate)  [GRIGORI CHUKHRAJ] (R)
13. HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR  [ALAIN RESNAIS] (F)
14. THE BRIDGE (Die Brücke ) [BERNHARD WICKI] (G)
15. WARLOCK  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (Fox)
16. À DOUBLE TOUR [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
17. THE HUMAN CONDITION, PART I: NO GREATER LOVE (Ningen no joken I) [MASAKI KOBAYASHI] (Shochiku) (J)
18. BEN-HUR  [WILLIAM WYLER] (MGM)
19. DAY OF THE OUTLAW  [ANDRÉ DE TOTH]
20. THE HUMAN CONDITION, PART II: THE ROAD TO ETERNITY (Ningen no joken II) [M. KOBAYASHI] (Shochiku) (J)
21. RIO BRAVO  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Warner)
22. ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW  [ROBERT WISE] (United Artists)
23. PICNIC ON THE GRASS (Le Dejeuner sur l’herbe)  [JEAN RENOIR] (F)
24. GOOD MORNING (Ohayo)  [YASUJIRO OZU] (J)
25. KAPO  [GILLO PONTECORVO] (I)
26. THE NUN’S STORY  [FRED ZINNEMANN]
27. NAZARÍN  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (SP)
28. THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK  [GEORGE STEVENS] (Fox)
29. SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER  [JOSEPH MANKIEWICZ] (Columbia)
30. VIOLENT SUMMER (Estate violenta)  [VALERIO ZURLINI] (I)
31. THE YOUNG PHILADELPHIANS  [VINCENT SHERMAN]
32. NIGHT TRAIN (Pociag) [JERZY KAWALEROWICZ] (P)
33. MY SECOND BROTHER (Nianchan)  [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (Nikkatsu) (J)
34. THE HORSE SOLDIERS  [JOHN FORD]
35. LI’L ABNER [MELVIN FRANK] (Paramount)
36. THESE THOUSAND HILLS [RICHARD FLEISCHER] (Fox)
37. ODD OBSESSION (Kaji) (aka The Key)  [KON ICHIKAWA] (Daiei) (J)
38. DESTINY OF A MAN (Sudba cheloveka)  [SERGEI BONDARCHUK] (R)
39. I’M ALL RIGHT JACK  [JOHN BOULTING] (UK)
40. LAST TRAIN FROM GUN HILL  [JOHN STURGES]
41. THE GAZEBO  [GEORGE MARSHALL]
42. TIGER BAY  [J. LEE THOMPSON] (UK)
43. BLACK ORPHEUS (Orfeu Negro)  [MARCEL CAMUS] (F)
44. PICKPOCKET  [ROBERT BRESSON] (F)
45. A SUMMER PLACE  [DELMER DAVES] (Warner)
46. IT HAPPENED TO JANE  [RICHARD QUINE]
47. SHADOWS [JOHN CASSAVETES]
48. PILLOW TALK [MICHAEL GORDON] (Universal)
49. MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT  [DELBERT MANN]
50. THE FUGITIVE KIND  [SIDNEY LUMET] (United Artists)
51. COMPULSION  [RICHARD FLEISCHER] (Fox)
52. THE CRIMSON KIMONO [SAMUEL FULLER] (Columbia)
53. THE MATING GAME [GEORGE MARSHALL] (MGM)
54. THE LAW (La Legge) [JULES DASSIN] (F)
55. OUR MAN IN HAVANA  [CAROL REED] (UK)
56. ON THE BEACH  [STAKLEY KRAMER]
57. OPERATION PETTICOAT  [BLAKE EDWARDS] (Universal)
58. THE BEST OF EVERYTHING  [JEAN NEGILESCO] (Fox)
59. THE F.B.I. STORY  [MERVYN LEROY] (Warner)
60. NO NAME ON THE BULLET  [JACK ARNOLD] (Universal)
61. THE SHAGGY DOG  [CHARLES BARTON] (Disney)
62. THE LAST ANGRY MAN  [DANIEL MANN] (Columbia)

Other (Unranked):  SLEEPING BEAUTY  [CLYDE GERONIMI] (Disney) (a);   WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN?  (“NBC Sunday Showcase”) [DELBERT MANN] (TV) ;  THE DOCTOR’S HORRIBLE EXPERIMENT (Le Testament du Docteur Cordelier) [JEAN RENOIR] (F) (TV); (i) THE LAMP, and (ii) WHEN ANGELS FALL [ROMAN POLANSKI] (P) (s);  CHARLOTTE ET VÉRONIQUE, OU TOUS LES GARÇONS S’APPELLENT PATRICK  [JEAN-LUC GODARD] (F) (s)

The 40s – YEAR BY YEAR MOVIE RANKINGS

 THE FORTIES

 

 

Recent Updates in RED - Last Update February 5, 2010

Last 5 Titles added:

KITTY [MITCHELL LEISEN] (1945)
RACHEL AND THE STRANGER [NORMAN FOSTER] (1948)
THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE [JOHN CROMWELL] (1945)
POWER OF THE PRESS [LEW LANDERS] (1943)
NO TIME FOR LOVE [MITCHELL LEISEN] (1943)

  

◄ 1940 ► 

… Go ahead. Jump. He never loved you, so why go on living? Jump and it will all be over…

 

  

1. THE GRAPES OF WRATH  [JOHN FORD] (Fox)
2. REBECCA  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (United Artists)
3. WATERLOO BRIDGE  [MERVYN LeROY (MGM)
4. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (United Artists)
5. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY  [GEORGE CUKOR] (MGM)
6. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE  [ROBERT Z. LEONARD] (MGM)
7. HIS GIRL FRIDAY  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Columbia)
8. THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (MGM)
9. THE MORTAL STORM  [FRANK BORZAGE] (MGM)
10. THE WESTERNER  [WILLIAM WYLER] (United Artists)
11. THE THIEF OF BAGHDAD  [BERGER, POWELL & WHELAN] (UK)
12. ANGELS OVER BROADWAY  [BEN HECHT & LEE GARMES] (Columbia)
13. REMEMBER THE NIGHT  [MITCHELL LEISEN] (Paramount)
14. THE GREAT DICTATOR  [CHARLES CHAPLIN] (United Artists)
15. CONTRABAND  [MICHAEL POWELL] (UK)
16. MY FAVORITE WIFE  [GARSON KANIN] (RKO)
17. KITTY FOYLE [SAM WOOD]
18. THE MARK OF ZORRO  [ROUBEN MAMOULIAN] (Fox)
19. GASLIGHT (aka Angel Street) [THOROLD DICKINSON] (UK)
20. STRANGE CARGO  [FRANK BORZAGE] (MGM)
21. ALL THIS, AND HEAVEN TOO [ANATOLE LITVAK] (Warner)
22. CHRISTMAS IN JULY  [PRESTON STURGES] (Paramount)
23. THE LETTER  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Warner)
24. THE LONG VOYAGE HOME  [JOHN FORD] (United Artists)
25. ARIZONA  [WESLEY RUGGLES] (Columbia)
26. BROTHER ORCHID [LLOYD BACON]
27. CITY FOR CONQUEST [ANATOLE LITVAK] (Warner)
28. THE SEA HAWK  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Warner)
29. THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT  [RAOUL WALSH] (Warner)
30. BOOM TOWN  [JACK CONWAY] (MGM)
31. TOO MANY HUSBANDS  [WESLEY RUGGLES] (Columbia)
32. THE GREAT MCGUINTY  [PRESTON STURGES] (Paramount)
33. THE DOCTOR TAKES A WIFE  [ALEXANDER HALL]
34. THREE FACES WEST  [BERNARD VORHAUS]
35. THE INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS  [JOE MAY] (Universal)

Other: FANTASIA  [VARIOUS] (a) (Disney); PINOCCHIO [HAMILTON LUSKE & BEN SHARPSTEEN] (a) (Disney/RKO); HOME MOVIES  [BASIL WRANGELL] (s)

  

 ◄ 1941 ► 

…the Union forever 

  

  

1. CITIZEN KANE   [ORSON WELLES] (Mercury/RKO)
2. THE LITTLE FOXES  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Goldwyn/RKO)
3. THE LADY EVE  [PRESTON STURGES] (Paramount)
4. THE MALTESE FALCON  [JOHN HUSTON] (Warner)
5. HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY  [JOHN FORD] (Fox)
6. SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS  [PRESTON STURGES] (Paramount)
7. THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER (aka All That Money Can Buy) [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (RKO)
8. THE DEVIL AND MISS JONES [SAM WOOD]
9. THE SEA WOLF  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Warner)
10. SUSPICION  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (RKO)
11. MAN HUNT [FRITZ LANG] (Fox)
12. HERE COMES MR. JORDAN  [ALEXANDER HALL] (Columbia)
13. BALL OF FIRE  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Goldwyn/RKO)
14. HIGH SIERRA  [RAOUL WALSH] (Warner)
15. THE FLAME OF NEW ORLEANS  [RENE CLAIR] (Universal)
16. THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE  [RAOUL WALSH] (Warner)
17. TEXAS  [GEORGE MARSHALL] (Columbia)
18. MEET JOHN DOE  [FRANK CAPRA] (Warner)
19. THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE TODA FAMILY (Todake no kyodai) [YASUJIRO OZU]
20. H.M. PULHAM, ESQ.  [KING VIDOR] (MGM)
21. THAT HAMILTON WOMAN  [ALEXANDER KORDA] (United Artists)
22. THAT UNCERTAIN FEELING  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (United Artists)
23. SERGEANT YORK  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Warner)
24. A WOMAN’S FACE  [GEORGE CUKOR] (MGM)
25. LADIES IN RETIREMENT  [CHARLES VIDOR] (Columbia)
26. 49^th PARALLEL (aka The Invaders)  [MICHAEL POWELL] (UK)
27. THE 47 RONIN (Genroku chushingura)  [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (Shochiku) (J)
28. I WAKE UP SCREAMING  [BRUCE HUMBERSTONE] (Fox)
29. THE BRIDE CAME C.O.D. [WILLIAM KEIGLEY] (Warner)
30. PENNY SERENADE  [GEORGE STEVENS] (Columbia)
31. OUT OF THE FOG  [ANATOLE LITVAK] (Warner)
32. MANPOWER  [RAOUL WALSH] (Warner)
33. BLUES IN THE NIGHT  [ANATOLE LITVAK] (Warner)
34. WESTERN UNION  [FRITZ LANG]
35. DRESSED TO KILL  [EUGENE FORDE] (Fox)
36. MR. AND MRS. SMITH  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (RKO)
37. FOUR MOTHERS  [WILLIAM KEIGLEY] (Warner)
38. SMILIN’ THROUGH  [FRANK BORZAGE]

Other:  DUMBO [BEN SHARPSTEEN] (a) (Disney/RKO)

 ◄ 1942 ►

  … I don’t mind a parasite. I object to a cut-rate one.

  

 

1. CASABLANCA  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Warner)
2. MRS. MINIVER  [WILLIAM WYLER] (MGM)
3. THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS  [ORSON WELLES] (Mercury/RKO)
4. TO BE OR NOT TO BE  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (United Artists)
5. TALK OF THE TOWN  [GEORGE STEVENS] (Columbia)
6. GENTLEMAN JIM  [RAOUL WALSH] (Warner)
7. SABOTEUR  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Universal)
8. IN WHICH WE SERVE  [NOEL COWARD & DAVID LEAN] (UK)
9. THE PALM BEACH STORY  [PRESTON STURGES] (Paramount)
10. KINGS ROW  [SAM WOOD] (Warner) 
11. THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES  [SAM WOOD] (RKO)
12. THIS GUN FOR HIRE  [FRANK TUTTLE] (Paramount)
13. THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR  [BILLY WILDER] (Paramount)
14. LARCENY, INC.  [LLOYD BACON] (Warner)
15. THE GLASS KEY  [STUART HEISLER] (Paramount)
16. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Warner)
17. RANDOM HARVEST  [MERVYN LEROY] (MGM)
18. MOONTIDE  [ARCHIE MAYO] (Fox)
19. THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER  [WILLIAM KEIGHLEY] (Warner)
20. ACROSS THE PACIFIC  [JOHN HUSTON] (Warner)
21. CAT PEOPLE  [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (Val Lewton/RKO)
22. ……ONE OF OUR AIRCRAFT IS MISSING  [MICHAEL POWELL & EMERIC PRESSBURGER] (UK)
23. JOHNNY EAGER  [MERVYN LeROY] (MGM)
24. NOW, VOYAGER  [IRVING RAPPER] (Warner)
25. LES VISITEURS DU SOIR  (The Devil’s Envoys)  [MARCEL CARNÉ] (F)
26. THE SPOILERS  [RAY ENRIGHT] (Universal)
27. WOMAN OF THE YEAR  [GEORGE STEVENS] (MGM)
28. THE BLACK SWAN  [HENRY KING] (Fox)
29. YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER  [WILLIAM A. SEITER] (Columbia)
30. ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON  [LEO MCCAREY] (RKO)
31. EYES IN THE NIGHT  [FRED ZINNEMANN] (MGM)
32. THE UNDYING MONSTER  [JOHN BRAHM] (Fox)

Other:  BAMBI  [DAVID HAND] (a) (Disney/RKO)

  

 ◄ 1943 ►

… How do you know what the world is like? Do you know the world is a foul sty? Do you know, if you rip off the fronts of houses, you’d find swine? The world’s a hell. What does it matter what happens in it?

 

  

1. SHADOW OF A DOUBT  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Universal)
2. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP  [MICHAEL POWELL & EMERIC PRESSBURGER] (UK)
3. THE SONG OF BERNADETTE  [HENRY KING] (Fox)
4. THE OX-BOW INCIDENT  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Fox)
5. DAY OF WRATH (Vredens dag)  [CARL THEODOR DREYER] (D)
6. LE CORBEAU (aka The Raven)   [HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT] (F)
7. THE MORE THE MERRIER  [GEORGE STEVENS] (Columbia)
8. EDGE OF DARKNESS  [LEWIS MILESTONE] (Warner) 
9. OSSESSIONE (Obsession)  [LUCHINO VISCONTI] (I) 
10. THE ETERNAL RETURN (L’Éternel retour) [JEAN DELANNOY] (F)
11. HEAVEN CAN WAIT  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (Fox)
12. I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE  [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (Val Lewton/RKO)
13. SAHARA  [ZOLTAN KORDA] (Columbia)
14. JOURNEY INTO FEAR  [NORMAN FOSTER] (RKO)
15. FOR WHOM THE BELL THE TOLLS  [SAM WOOD] (Paramount)
16. CABIN IN THE SKY  [VINCENT MINNELLI] (MGM)
17. FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO  [BILLY WILDER] (Paramount)
18. THE SEVENTH VICTIM  [MARK ROBSON] (Val Lewton/RKO)
19. NO TIME FOR LOVE [MITCHELL LEISEN] (Paramount)
20. THIS LAND IS MINE  [JEAN RENOIR] (RKO)
21. SO PROUDLY WE HAIL!  [MARK SANDRICH] (Paramount)
22. AIR FORCE  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Warner)
23. OLD ACQUAINTANCE  [VINCENT SHERMAN] (Warner)
24. THE HARD WAY  [VINCENT SHERMAN] (Warner)
25. PRINCESS O’ROURKE  [NORMAN KRASNA]
26. HANGMEN ALSO DIE!  [FRITZ LANG] (United Artists)
27. WATCH ON THE RHINE  [HERMAN SHUMLIN] (Warner)
28. THE LEOPARD MAN  [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (Val Lewton/RKO)
29. SANSHIRO SUGATA  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (J)
30. LADY OF BURLESQUE (aka The G-String Murders) [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Hunt Stromberg/United Artists)
31. THE GHOST SHIP  [MARK ROBSON] (Val Lewton/RKO)
32. GUADALCANAL DIARY  [LEWIS SEILER] (Fox)
33. HITLER’S CHILDREN  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (RKO) 
34. POWER OF THE PRESS [LEW LANDERS] (Columbia)

 

◄ 1944 ►

… It’s just like the first time I came here, isn’t it? We were talking about automobile insurance, only you were thinking about murder. And I was thinking about that anklet.

 

 

 

1. DOUBLE INDEMNITY  [BILLY WILDER] (Paramount)
2. MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS  [VINCENT MINNELLI] (MGM)
3. A CANTERBURY TALE  [MICHAEL POWELL & EMERIC PRESSBURGER] (UK)
4. LAURA  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Fox)
5. GASLIGHT  [GEORGE CUKOR] (MGM)
6. THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN’S CREEK  [PRESTON STURGES] (Paramount)
7. SINCE YOU WENT AWAY  [JOHN CROMWELL] (United Artists)
8. HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO  [PRESTON STURGES] (Paramount)
9. NONE SHALL ESCAPE  [ANDRÉ DE TOTH] (Columbia)
10. THE CHILDREN ARE WATCHING US (I Bambini ci guardano)  [VITTORIO DE SICA] (I)
11. LIFEBOAT  [ALFRED HITHCOCK] (Fox)
12. ON APPROVAL  [CLIVE BROOK] (UK)
13. JANE EYRE  [ROBERT STEVENSON] (RKO/Fox)
14. TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Warner)
15. THE LODGER  [JOHN BRAHM] (Fox)
16. ARSENIC AND OLD LACE  [FRANK CAPRA] (Warner)
17. THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW  [FRITZ LANG] (RKO)
18. THE SEVENTH CROSS  [FRED ZINNEMANN] (MGM)
19. MURDER, MY SWEET  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (RKO)
20. MINISTRY OF FEAR  [FRITZ LANG] (Paramount)
21. THIS HAPPY BREED  [DAVID LEAN] (UK)
22. IT HAPPENED TOMORROW  [RENÉ CLAIR] (United Artists)
23. THE UNINVITED  [LEWIS ALLEN] (Paramount)
24. DARK WATERS  [ANDRÉ DE TOTH] (United Artists)
25. THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE  [GUNTHER VON FRITSCH & ROBERT WISE] (Val Lewton/RKO)
26. MADEMOSIELLE FIFI  [ROBERT WISE] (Val Lewton/RKO)
27. NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART  [CLIFFORD ODETS] (RKO)
28. PHANTOM LADY  [ROBERT SIODMAK] (Paramount)
29. TORMENT (Hets)  [ALF SJÖBERG] (S)
30. THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS  [JEAN NEGULESCO] (Warner)
31. EXPERIMENT PERILOUS [JACQUES TOURNEUR]
32. CASANOVA BROWN  [SAM WOOD] (RKO)
33. MR. SKEFFINGTON  [VINCENT SHERMAN] (Warner)
34. DAYS OF GLORY  [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (RKO)
35. SUMMER STORM  [DOUGLAS SIRK] (United Artists)
36. WILSON  [HENRY KING] (Fox)
37. THE GREAT MOMENT  [PRESTON STURGES] (Paramount)
38. ONE MYSTERIOUS NIGHT [BUDD BOETTICHER] (Columbia)
39. THE CANTERVILLE GHOST  [JULES DASSIN] (MGM)

Other:  THE THREE CABALLEROS  [NORMAN FERGUSON] (a) (Disney/RKO)

 ◄ 1945 ►

… It’s awfully easy to lie when you know that you’re trusted implicitly. So very easy, and so very degrading

 

 

1. CHILDREN OF PARADISE (Les Enfants des paradis) [MARCEL CARNÉ] (F)
2. A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN  [ELIA KAZAN] (Fox)
3. BRIEF ENCOUNTER  [DAVID LEAN] (UK)
4. I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING!  [MICHAEL POWELL & EMERIC PRESSBURGER] (UK)
5. MILDRED PIERCE  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Warner)
6. ROME, OPEN CITY (Roma, città aperta)  [ROBERTO ROSSELLINI] (I)
7. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY  [ALBERT LEWIN] (MGM)
8. SCARLET STREET  [FRITZ LANG] (Universal)
9. HANGOVER SQUARE  [JOHN BRAHM] (Fox)
10. OBJECTIVE, BURMA!  [RAOUL WALSH] (Warner)
11. THE SEVENTH VEIL  [COMPTON BENNETT] (UK)
12. THEY WERE EXPENDABLE [JOHN FORD] (MGM)
13. LES DAMES DU BOIS DE BOULOGNE  [ROBERT BRESSON] (F)
14. THE CLOCK  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (MGM)
15. FALLEN ANGEL  [OTTO PREMNIGER] (Fox)
16. THE SOUTHERNER  [JEAN RENOIR] (United Artists)
17. LOVE LETTERS  [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (Paramount)
18. THE STORY OF G.I. JOE  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (United Artists)
19. PRIDE OF THE MARINES  [DELMER DAVES] (Warner)
20. IVAN THE TERRIBLE PART I (Ivan Groznyi I) [SERGEI EISENSTEIN] (R) (IMDB 1944)
21. SPELLBOUND  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (United Artists)
22. AND THEN THERE WERE NONE  [RENÉ CLAIR] (Fox)
23. THE LOST WEEKEND  [BILLY WILDER] (Paramount)
24. MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS  [JOSEPH H. LEWIS] (Columbia)
25. KITTY [MITCHELL LEISEN]
26. VACATION FROM MARRIAGE (aka Perfect Strangers) [ALEXANDER KORDA] (UK)
27. LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN  [JOHN M. STAHL] (Fox)
28. A ROYAL SCANDAL  [ERNST LUBITSCH & OTTO PREMINGER]

29. CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT [PETER GODFREY] (Warner)

30. THE BODY SNATCHER  [ROBERT WISE] (Val Lewton/RKO)
31. DEAD OF NIGHT  [ALBERTO CAVALCANTI, CHARLES CRICHTON, BASIL DEARDEN, & ROBERT HAMER] (UK)
32. BREWSTER’S MILLIONS  [ALLAN DWAN] (Small/United Artists)
33. THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE [JOHN CROMWELL] (RKO)
34. THE GREAT FLAMARION  [ANTHONY MANN]
35. A WALK IN THE SUN  [LEWIS MILESTONE] (Fox)
36. DETOUR  [EDGAR G. ULMER] (PRC)
37. PARIS UNDERGROUND (aka Madame Pimpernel) [GREGORY RATOFF] (UK)
38. ISLE OF THE DEAD  [MARK ROBSON] (Val Lewton/RKO)
39. THE HOUSE ON 92^ND STREET  [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Fox)
40. SARATOGA TRUNK  [SAM WOOD] (Warner)
41. BLITHE SPIRIT  [DAVID LEAN] (UK)
42. CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA  [GABRIEL PASCAL] (UK)
43. SYLVIE AND THE PHANTOM (Sylvie et le fantôme)  [CLAUDE AUTANT-LARA] (F)
44. DILLINGER  [MAX NOSSECK] (King/Monogram)

 

◄ 1946 ► 

… Hate is a very exciting emotion. Haven’t you noticed? Very exciting. I hate you too, Johnny. I hate you so much I think I’m going to die from it.

 

 

1.  THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Goldwyn/RKO)
2. THE BIG SLEEP  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Warner)
3. NOTORIOUS  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (RKO)
4. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE  [FRANK CAPRA] (Liberty/RKO)
5. MY DARLING CLEMENTINE  [JOHN FORD] (Fox)
6. A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH [MICHAEL POWELL & EMERIC PRESSBURGER] (UK)
7. GREAT EXPECTATIONS  [DAVID LEAN] (UK)
8. THE KILLERS  [ROBERT SIODMAK] (Universal)
9. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (La Belle et la bête)  [JEAN COCTEAU] (F)
10. NO REGRETS FOR OUR YOUTH (Waga seishun ni kuinashi)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (J)
11. GILDA  [CHARLES VIDOR] (Columbia)
12. THE STRANGER  [ORSON WELLES] (International/RKO)
13. PAISAN (Paisà)  [ROBERTO ROSSELLINI] (I)
14. HUMORESQUE  [JEAN NEGULESCO] (Warner)
15. GREEN FOR DANGER  [SIDNEY GILLIAT] (UK)
16. CLUNY BROWN  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (*)
17. SHOESHINE (Sciuscià) [VITTORIO DE SICA] (I)
18. THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE  [ROBERT SIODMAK] (RKO)
19. BLACK ANGEL  [ROY WILLIAM NEILL] (Universal)
20. IVAN THE TERRIBLE PART II (Ivan Groznyi II) [SERGEI EISENSTEIN] (R) (IMDB 1958)
21. I SEE A DARK STRANGER  (aka The Adventuress)  [FRANK LAUNDER] (UK)
22. DUEL IN THE SUN  [KING VIDOR] (Selznick)
23. THE DARK CORNER  [HENRY HATHAWAY (Fox)]
24. THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE  [TAY GARNETT] (MGM)
25. THE MURDERERS ARE AMONG US (Die Mörder sind unter uns)[WOLFGANG STAUDTE] (G)
26. THE LOCKET [JOHN BRAHM] (RKO)
27. THREE STRANGERS [JEAN NEGULESCO] (Warner)
28. DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID  [JEAN RENOIR] (United Artists)
29. ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM  [JOHN CROMWELL] (Fox)
30. THE BLUE DAHLIA [GEORGE MARSHALL] (Paramount)
31. DECOY  [JACK BERNHARD] (Monogram)
32. THE VERDICT  [DON SIEGEL] (Warner)
33. THE BATTLE OF THE RAILS (La Bataille du rail)  [RENÉ CLÉMENT] (F)
34. THE RAZOR’S EDGE  [EDMUND GOULDING] (Fox)
35. A SCANDAL IN PARIS (aka Thieves’ Holiday)  [DOUGLAS SIRK] (United Artists)
36. CRISIS (Kris) [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
37. SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT  [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ] (Fox)
38. DECEPTION  [IRVING RAPPER] (Warner)
39. DRAGONWYCK  [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ] (Fox)
40. A LETTER FOR EVIE  [JULES DASSIN] (MGM)
41. THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS [LEWIS MILESTONE] (Paramount)
42. ROMA CITTÀ LIBERA (La Notte Porta Consiglio)  [MARCELLO PAGLIERO] (I) 
43. BEDLAM [MARK ROBSON] (Val Lewton/RKO)
44. TOMORROW IS FOREVER  [IRVING PICHEL] (MGM)
45. TILL THE END OF TIME  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (RKO)
46. UTAMARO AND HIS FIVE WOMEN (Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna)  [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (J)
47. UNDERCURRENT  [VINCENT MINNELLI] (MGM)
48. THE DARK MIRROR  [ROBERT SIODMAK] (Universal)
49. STRANGE IMPERSONATION  [ANTHONY MANN] (Republic)
50. CLOAK AND DAGGER  [FRITZ LANG] (Warner)
51. SHOCK  [ALFRED L. WERKER] (Fox)

 Other:   SONG OF THE SOUTH  [HARVE FOSTER & WILFRED JACKSON] (a) (Disney/RKO)

 ◄ 1947 ► 

… Build my gallows high, baby

 

  

1. OUT OF THE PAST  [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (RKO)
2. ODD MAN OUT  [CAROL REED] (UK)
3. BLACK NARCISSUS  [MICHAEL POWELL & EMERIC PRESSBURGER] (UK)
4. BODY AND SOUL  [ROBERT ROSSEN] (Enterprise/UA)
5. DAISY KENYON  [OTTO PREMINGER]  (Fox)
6. THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR  [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ] (Fox)
7. THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI  [ORSON WELLES] (Columbia)
8. BRUTE FORCE  [JULES DASSIN] (Warner/Universal)
9. PURSUED  [RAOUL WALSH] (Warner)
10. NIGHTMARE ALLEY [EDMUND GOULDING] (Fox)
11. MAGIC TOWN [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (RKO)
12. A DOUBLE LIFE  [GEORGE CUKOR]  (Universal)
13. MONSIEUR VERDOUX  [CHARLES CHAPLIN]
14. POSSESSED  [CURTIS BERNHARDT] (Warner)
15. QUAI DES ORFÈVRES (Jenny Lamour)  [HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT] (F)
16. MIRACLE ON 34^TH STREET  [GEORGE SEATON] (Fox)
17. CROSSFIRE  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (RKO)
18. BORN TO KILL  [ROBERT WISE] (RKO)
19. THE FUGITIVE [JOHN FORD] (RKO)
20. FOREVER AMBER  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Fox)
21. LURED  [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Hunt Stromberg/United Artists)
22. T-MEN  [ANTHONY MANN] (Eagle-Lion)
23. DEEP VALLEY  [JEAN NEGULESCO] (Warner)
24. THE BISHOP’S WIFE  [HENRY KOSTER] (RKO)
25. KISS OF DEATH  [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Fox)
26. BOOMERANG!  [ELIA KAZAN]
27. GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT  [ELIA KAZAN] (Fox)
28. DEAD RECKONING  [JOHN CROMWELL] (Columbia)
29. CHEYENNE  [RAOUL WALSH] (Warner)
30. THE MAN I LOVE  [RAOUL WALSH] (Warner)
31. THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER  [IRVING REIS]
32. GOLDEN EARRINGS  [MITCHELL LEISEN] (Paramount)
33. RAILROADED!  [ANTHONY MANN] (Eagle-Lion)
34. DARK PASSAGE  [DELMER DAVES] (Warner)
35. JOHNNY O’ CLOCK  [ROBERT ROSSEN] (Columbia)
36. LADY IN THE LAKE  [ROBERT MONTGOMERY] (MGM)
37. THE WOMAN ON THE BEACH  [JEAN RENOIR] (RKO)
38. DESPERATE  [ANTHONY MANN] (RKO)
39. ONE WONDERFUL SUNDAY (Subarashiki nichiyobi)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
40. THE PARADINE CASE  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Selznick)
41. THE SIN OF HAROLD DIDDLEBOCK   [PRESTON STURGES]
42. NORA PRENTISS  [VINCENT SHERMAN] (Warner) 
43. THE SEA OF GRASS  [ELIA KAZAN] (MGM) 

Other:  L’ÉCOLE DES FACTEURS (aka School for Postmen)  [JACQUES TATI] (F) (s); FUN AND FANCY FREE  [VARIOUS] (Disney) (a)

 

◄ 1948 ► 

… You’re quite a good chicken strangler as I recall

 

 

1. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE  [JOHN HUSTON] (Warner)
2. RED RIVER  [HOWARD HAWKS] (United Artists)
3. THE RED SHOES  [MICHAEL POWELL & EMERIC PRESSBURGER] (UK)
4. BICYCLE THIEVES (Ladri di biciclette)  [VITTORIO DE SICA] (I)
5. MOONRISE  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Republic)
6. ROPE  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Warner)
7. THEY LIVE BY NIGHT  [NICHOLAS RAY] (RKO)
8. RAW DEAL  [ANTHONY MANN] (Eagle-Lion)
9. LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN  [MAX OPHÜLS] (Universal)
10. PORTRAIT OF JENNIE  [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (Selznick)
11. OLIVER TWIST  [DAVID LEAN] (UK)
12. A FOREIGN AFFAIR  [BILLY WILDER] (Paramount)
13. JOHNNY BELINDA  [JEAN NEGULESCO] (Warner)
14. FORCE OF EVIL  [ABRAHAM POLONSKY] (Enterprise/MGM)
15. CRY OF THE CITY  [ROBER TSIODMAK]
16. THE SEARCH  [FRED ZINNEMANN] (MGM)
17. I REMEMBER MAMA  [GEORGE STEVENS] (RKO)
18. SORRY, WRONG NUMBER  [ANATOLE LITVAK] (Paramount)
19. UNFAITHFULLY YOURS  [PRESTON STURGES] (Fox)
20. THE FALLEN IDOL  [CAROL REED] (UK)
21. 3 GODFATHERS  [JOHN FORD]
22. YELLOW SKY  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Fox)
23. ACT OF VIOLENCE  [FRED ZINNEMANN] (MGM)
24. SPRING IN A SMALL TOWN (Xiao cheng zhi chun) [FEI MU] (Ch)
25. FORT APACHE  [JOHN FORD] (Argosy/RKO)
26. HAMLET  [LAURENCE OLIVIER] (UK)
27. THE BIG CLOCK  [JOHN FARROW] (Paramount)
28. LA TERRA TREMA  [LUCHINO VISCONTI] (I)
29. GERMANY YEAR ZERO (Germania anno zero)  [ROBERTO ROSSELLINI] (I) 
30. ANNA KARENINA  [JULIEN DUVIVIER] (UK)
31. STATE OF THE UNION  [FRANK CAPRA] (Warner)
32. ROAD HOUSE [JEAN NEGULESCO] (Fox)
33. CALL NORTHSIDE 777  [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Fox)
34. BERLIN EXPRESS  [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (RKO)
35. DRUNKEN ANGEL (Yoidore tenshi) [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (J)
36. RACHEL AND THE STRANGER [NORMAN FOSTER] (RKO)
37. WOMEN OF THE NIGHT (Yoru no onnatachi) [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (J)
38. THE MAN FROM COLORADO  [HENRY LEVIN] (Columbia)
39. QUARTET  [KEN ANNAKIN, ARTHUR CRABTREE, HAROLD FRENCH & RALPH SMART] (UK)
40. ENCHANTMENT  [IRVING REIS] (Goldwyn/RKO)
41. ALL MY SONS  [IRVING REIS] 
42. HE WALKED BY NIGHT  [ALFRED L. WERKER/ANTHONY MANN] (Eagle-Lion) 
43. THE SNAKE PIT  [ANATOLE LITVAK] (Fox)
44. SLEEP, MY LOVE  [DOUGLAS SIRK] (*)
45. KEY LARGO  [JOHN HUSTON] (Warner)
46. THE STREET WITH NO NAME  [WILLIAM KEIGHLEY] (Fox)
47. THE NAKED CITY  [JULES DASSIN] (Universal)
48. PORT OF CALL (Hamnstad)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
49. MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE  [H.C. POTTER] (RKO)
50. THE BOY WITH GREEN HAIR [JOSEPH LOSEY] (RKO)
51. LOS QUE VOLVIERON  [ALEJANDRO GALINDA] (SP)
52. ARCH OF TRIUMPH  [LEWIS MILESTONE]
53. THE DARK PAST  [RUDOLPH MATÉ] (Columbia)
54. GOOD SAM  [LEO MCCAREY] (Rainbow/RKO)
55. PITFALL  [ANDRÉ DE TOTH] (United Artists)
56. AN ACT OF MURDER  [MICHAEL GORDON] (Universal)

 

◄ 1949 ►

… Yes, I can be very cruel. I have been taught by masters.

 

 

 

1. THE THIRD MAN  [CAROL REED] (UK)
2. THE HEIRESS  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Paramount)
3. KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS  [ROBERT HAMER] (Ealing) (UK)
4. BITTER RICE (Riso amaro)  [GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS] (I)
5. LATE SPRING (Banshun)  [YASUJIRO OZU] (Shochiku) (J)
6. STRAY DOG  (Nora inu)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Shintoho) (J)
7. TWELVE O’CLOCK HIGH  [HENRY KING] (Fox)
8. WHITE HEAT  [RAOUL WALSH] (Warner)
9. THE RECKLESS MOMENT  [MAX OPHÜLS] (Columbia)
10. A LETTER TO THREE WIVES  [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ] (Fox)
11. THIEVES’ HIGHWAY  [JULES DASSIN] (RKO)
12. WHISKEY GALORE ! (aka Tight Little Island)  [ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK] (Ealing) (UK)
13. BORDER INCIDENT  [ANTHONY MANN] (MGM)
14. THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS  [DAVID LEAN] (UK)
15. ALL THE KINGS MEN  [ROBERT ROSSEN] (Columbia)
16. MADAME BOVARY  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (MGM)
17. ADAM’S RIB  [GEORGE CUKOR]
18. CHRIST IN CONCRETE (aka Give Us This Day)  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (Eagle-Lion) (UK)
19. CRISS CROSS  [ROBERT SIODMAK] (Paramount)
20. INTRUDER IN THE DUST  [CLARENCE BROWN] (MGM)
21. COLORADO TERRITORY  [RAOUL WALSH] (Warner)
22. PASSPORT TO PIMLICO  [HENRY CORNELIUS] (Ealing) (UK)
23. CAUGHT  [MAX OPHÜLS] (MGM)
24. SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON  [JOHN FORD] (Argosy/RKO)
25. CHAMPION  [MARK ROBSON] (United Artists)
26. THE WINDOW  [TED TETZLEFF] (RKO)
27. WE WERE STRANGERS  [JOHN HUSTON] (Columbia)
28. THE AMAZING MR. X  [BERNARD VORHAUS]
29. PINKY  [ELIA KAZAN] (Fox)
30. WHIRLPOOL  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Fox)
31. UNDER CAPRICORN  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Warner)
32. THE SET-UP  [ROBERT WISE] (RKO)
33. THE SMALL BACK ROOM  [MICHAEL POWELL & EMERIC PRESSBURGER] (UK)
34. HOUSE OF STRANGERS  [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ] (Fox)
35. REIGN OF TERROR (aka The Black Book)  [ANTHONY MANN] (Eagle-Lion)
36. THE FAN [OTTO PREMINGER] (Fox)
37. THE HASTY HEART  [VINCENT SHERMAN] (Warner)
38. SHOCKPROOF [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Columbia)
39. HOLIDAY AFFAIR  [DON HARTMAN] (RKO)
40. I SHOT JESSE JAMES  [SAMUEL FULLER] (Lippert)
41. THE BIG STEAL  [DON SIEGEL] (RKO)
42. THE QUIET DUEL (Shizukanaru ketto)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (J)
43. THE UNDERCOVER MAN  [JOSEPH H. LEWIS] (Columbia)
44. THE GREAT MADCAP (El Gran Calavera) [LUIS BUÑUEL] (SP)
45. LE SILENCE DU LA MER   [JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE] (F)
46. THE FOUNTAINHEAD  [KING VIDOR] (Warner)
47. FLAMINGO ROAD  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Warner)
48. THREE STRANGE LOVES (Törst) (t. Thirst)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
49. TENSION  [JOHN BERRY] (MGM)
50. I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Fox)
51. THE STRATTON STORY [SAM WOOD]
52. LUST FOR GOLD  [S. SYLVAN SIMON] (Columbia)
53. SAMSON AND DELILAH  [CECILE B. DEMILLE] (Paramount)
54. A WOMAN’S SECRET  [NICHOLAS RAY] (RKO)
55. KNOCK ON ANY DOOR  [NICHOLAS RAY] (Santana/Columbia)

Other:  BLOOD OF THE BEASTS (Le Sang des bêtes) [GEORGES FRANJU] (F) (d/s); PUCE MOMENT [KENNETH ANGER] (s)

The 30s – Year by Year Movie Rankings

THE THIRTIES

 

Recent Updates in RED - Last Updated January 4, 2010

IT’S A GIFT [NORMAN Z. MCLEOD] (1934)
THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE [HENRY HATHAWAY] (1936)
THE DEVIL-DOLL [TOD BROWNING] (1936)
MARIUS [ALEXANDER KORDA] (1931)
HEARTS DIVIDED  [FRANK BORZAGE] (1936)

 

◄ 1930 ►

… It’s possible for someone to beat you, and beat you, and beat you, and it not hurt at all

 

 

 

1. CITY GIRL  [F.W. MURNAU] (Fox)
2. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT  [LEWIS MILESTONE]
3. MONTE CARLO  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (Paramount)
4. MOROCCO  [JOSEF VON STERNBERG] (Paramount)
5. L’ ÂGE D’OR [LUIS BUÑUEL] (F)
6. HELL’S HEROES  [WILLIAM WYLER]
7. LADIES OF LEISURE  [FRANK CAPRA] (Columbia) (sound version)
8. LILIOM  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Fox)
9. RAFFLES   [GEORGE FITZMAURICE]
10. UP THE RIVER  [JOHN FORD] (Fox)
11. SONG O’ MY HEART  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Fox)

 

 ◄ 1931 ►

… Besides, your hands ain’t so clean. You killed and liked it. You didn’t get them medals for holding hands with them Germans.

 

 

1. M  [FRITZ LANG] (G)
2. THE THREEPENNY OPERA  (Die Dreigroschenoper) [GEORG WILHELM PABST] (G)
3. CITY LIGHTS [CHARLES CHAPLIN] (United Artists)
4. THE MIRACLE WOMAN  [FRANK CAPRA] (Columbia)
5. THE SMILING LIEUTENANT  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (Paramount)
6. THE PUBLIC ENEMY  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Warner)
7. FRANKENSTEIN  [JAMES WHALE] (Universal)
8. LITTLE CAESAR  [MERVYN LEROY] (Warner)
9. DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE [ROUBEN MAMOULIAN] (Paramount)
10. WATERLOO BRIDGE  [JAMES WHALE] (Universal)
11. BAD GIRL  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Fox)
12. MARIUS [ALEXANDER KORDA] (F)
13. OTHER MEN’S WOMEN  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Warner)
14. BERLIN – ALEXANDERPLATZ  [PHIL JUTZI] (G)
15. PLATINUM BLONDE  [FRANK CAPRA] (Columbia)
16. NIGHT NURSE  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Warner)
17. DRACULA [TOD BROWNING] (Universal)
18. DIRIGIBLE  [FRANK CAPRA] (Columbia)
19. FIVE AND TEN  [ROBERT Z. LEONARD] (MGM)
20.  THE MALTESE FALCON  [ROY DEL RUTH] (Warner)
21. ARROWSMITH  [JOHN FORD] (Goldwyn/United Artists)

 

◄ 1932 ►

… You are a crook. I want you as a crook. I love you as a crook. I worship you as a crook. Steal, swindle, rob. Oh, but don’t become one of those useless, good-for-nothing gigolos.

 

1. TROUBLE IN PARADISE  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (Paramount)
2. LOVE ME TONIGHT  [ROUBEN MAMOULIAN] (Paramount)
3. BOUDU SAVED FROM DROWNING (Boudu sauvé des eaux) [JEAN RENOIR] (F)
4. WOODEN CROSSES (Les Croix de bois)  [RAYMOND BERNARD] (F)
5. SCARFACE , THE SHAME OF THE NATION  [HOWARD HAWKS] (United Artists)
6. ONE HOUR WITH YOU  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (Paramount)
7. AFTER TOMORROW  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Fox)
8. RED DUST  [VICTOR FLEMING] (MGM)
9. A FAREWELL TO ARMS  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Paramount)
10. FORBIDDEN  [FRANK CAPRA] (Columbia)
11. I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG  [MERVYN LEROY] (Warner)
12. AMERICAN MADNESS [FRANK CAPRA] (Columbia)
13. SHANGHAI EXPRESS  [JOSEF VON STERNBERG] (Paramount)
14. ONE WAY PASSAGE  [TAY GARNETT] (Warner)
15. SKYSCRAPER SOULS  [EDGAR SELWYN] (MGM)
16. BLESSED EVENT [ROY DEL RUTH] (Warner)
17. THE OLD DARK HOUSE  [JAMES WHALE] (Universal)
18. FREAKS  [TOD BROWNING] (MGM)
19. RAIN  [LEWIS MILESTONE] (United Artists)
20. THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME  [IRVING PICHEL & ERNEST B. SCHOEDSACK] (RKO)
21. JEWEL ROBBERY  [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (Warner)
22. HORSE FEATHERS  [NORMAN Z. MCLEOD] (Paramount)
23. VAMPYR [CARL TH. DREYER] (D/F)
24. WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD?  [GEORGE CUKOR]
25. MAN WANTED  [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (Warner)
26. 20, 000 YEARS IN SING SING  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Warner)
27. RED HEADED WOMAN  [JACK CONWAY] (MGM)
28. BLONDE VENUS  [JOSEF VON STERNBERG] (Paramount)
29. YOUNG AMERICA  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Fox)
30. THREE ON A MATCH [MERVYN LEROY] (Warner)
31. GRAND HOTEL  [EDMUND GOULDING] (MGM)
32. SO BIG!  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Warner)
33. NUMBER SEVENTEEN  [ALFREDHITCHCOCK] (UK)
34. A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT [GEORGE CUKOR] (RKO)

Other (unranked): THE MUSIC BOX [JAMES PARROTT] (s);  TARAZAN THE APE MAN [W.S. VAN DYKE] (MGM)

 

◄ 1933 ►

… Gentlemen, Chicolini here may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don’t let that fool you: he really is an idiot. I implore you, send him back to his father and brothers, who are waiting for him with open arms in the penitentiary. I suggest that we give him ten years in Leavenworth, or eleven years in Twelveworth.

 

1. COUNSELLOR AT LAW  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Universal)
2. KING KONG  [MERIAN C. COOPER & ERNEST B. SCHOEDSACK] (RKO)
3. HALLELUJAH, I’M A BUM  [LEWIS MILESTONE] (United Artists)
4. MAN’S CASTLE  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Columbia)
5. QUEEN CHRISTINA  [ROUBEN MAMOULIAN] (MGM)
6. THE BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN  [FRANK CAPRA] (Columbia)
7. BOMBSHELL  [VICTOR FLEMING] (MGM)
8. THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE (Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse) [FRITZ LANG] (G)
9. PILGRIMAGE  [JOHN FORD] (Fox)
10. HEROES FOR SALE  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Warner)
11. WILD BOYS OF THE ROAD [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Warner)
12. DESIGN FOR LIVING  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (Paramount)
13. ISLAND OF LOST SOULS  [ERLE C. KENTON] (Paramount)
14. DUCK SOUP  [LEO MCCAREY] (Paramount)
15. BABY FACE  [ALFRED E. GREEN] (Warner)
16. THE INVISIBLE MAN  [JAMES WHALE] (Universal)
17. THE SIN OF NORA MORAN  [PHIL GOLDSTONE]
18. MIDNIGHT MARY  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (MGM)
19. DOCTOR BULL  [JOHN FORD] (Fox)
20. LADY FOR A DAY  [FRANK CAPRA] (Columbia)
21. THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII  [ALEXANDER KORDA] (United Artists)
22. LITTLE WOMEN  [GEORGE CUKOR] (RKO)
23. BED OF ROSES  [GREGORY LA CAVA] (RKO)
24. TOPAZE  [HARRY D’ABBADIE D’ARRAST] (RKO/Selznick)
25. 42nd STREET  [LLOYD BACON] (Warner)
26. DINNER AT EIGHT  [GEORGE CUKOR] (MGM/Selznick)
27. I’M NO ANGEL  [WESLEY RUGGLES] (Paramount)
28. THE EMPEROR JONES  [DUDLEY MURPHY] (United Artists)
29. FEMALE  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Warner)
30. LADIES THEY TALK ABOUT  [HOWARD BRETHERTON & WILLIAM KEIGHLEY] (Warner)
31. HOLD YOUR MAN  [SAM WOOD] (MGM)
32. RAFTER ROMANCE [WILLIAM A. SEITER] (RKO)
33. ECSTASY (Ekstase) [GUSTAV MACHATÝ] (CZ/Au)
34. DOUBLE HARNESS [JOHN CROMWELL] (RKO)
35. SHE DONE HIM WRONG  [LOWELL SHERMAN] (Paramount)
36. SECRETS  [FRANK BORZAGE]
37. ONE MAN’S JOURNEY  [JOHN S. ROBERTSON] (RKO)
38. MORNING GLORY [LOWELL SHERMAN] (RKO)
39. TODAY WE LIVE [HOWARD HAWKS] (MGM)
40. CAVALCADE  [FRANK LLOYD] (Fox)

Other:  SONS OF THE DESERT  [WILLIAM A. SEITER]

 

◄ 1934 ►

… Well, I proved once and for all that the limb is mightier than the thumb.

 

 

1. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT  [FRANK CAPRA] (Columbia)
2. THE MERRY WIDOW  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (MGM)
3. L’ATALANTE  [JEAN VIGO] (F)
4. THE SCARLET EMPRESS  [JOSEF VON STERNBERG] (Paramount)
5. A STORY OF FLOATING WEEDS (Ukigusa monogatari)  [YASUJIRO OZU] (Shochiku) (J)
6. THE THIN MAN  [W. S. VAN DYKE] (MGM)
7. THE PRIVATE LIFE OF DON JUAN  [ALEXANDER KORDA]
8. THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (UK)
9. TREASURE ISLAND [VICTOR FLEMING] (MGM)
10. NO GREATER GLORY  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Columbia)
11. IT’S A GIFT [NORMAN Z. MCLEOD] (Paramount)
12. JUDGE PRIEST  [JOHN FORD] (Fox)
13. TWENTIETH CENTURY  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Columbia)
14. WE LIVE AGAIN  [ROUBEN MAMOULIAN]
15. THE LOST PATROL  [JOHN FORD] (RKO)
16. MANDALAY  [MICHAEL CURTIZ]
17. THE RISE OF CATHERINE THE GREAT [PAUL CZINNER, ALEXANDER KORDA] (UK)
18. OUR DAILY BREAD  [KING VIDOR] (Viking/United Artists)
19. ONE NIGHT OF LOVE  [VICTOR SCHERTZINGER] (Columbia)
20. CHAINED  [CLARENCE BROWN] (MGM)
21. IMITATION OF LIFE  [JOHN M. STAHL]
22. LILIOM  [FRITZ LANG] (F)
23. BROADWAY BILL  [FRANK CAPRA] (Columbia)
24. CLEOPATRA  [CECIL B. DEMILLE] (Paramount)
25. MAUVAISE GRAINE (Bad Seed) [BILLY WILDER & ALEXANDER ESWAY] (F)
26. MANHATTAN MELODRAMA  [W. S. VAN DYKE] (MGM)
27. DR. MONICA  [WILLIAM KEIGHLEY] (Warner)
28. STINGAREE  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (RKO)
29. SOMETHING ALWAYS HAPPENS  [MICHAEL POWELL] (Warner/Teddington) (UK)
30. BORN TO BE BAD  [LOWELL SHERMAN] (Fox/United Artists)

Other (unranked): FÉTICHE (The Mascot) [WLADYSLAW STAREWICZ] (s) (F);  LA JOIE DE VIVRE [ANTHONY GROSS & HECTOR HOPPIN] (a/s) (F)

 

◄ 1935 ►

 … Never let it be said that a Sporum ever refused the request of a Ginglebusher.

 

1. THE 39 STEPS  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (UK)
2. THE GOOD FAIRY  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Universal)
3. TONI  [JEAN RENOIR] (F)
4. RUGGLES OF RED GAP  [LEO MCCAREY] (Paramount)
5. THE LIVES OF A BENGAL LANCER  [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Paramount)
6. TOP HAT  [MARK SANDRICH] (RKO)
7. THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN  [JOSEF VON STERNBERG] (Paramount)
8. CARNIVAL IN FLANDERS (La Kermesse Héroïque)  [JACQUES FEYDER] (F)
9. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY  [FRANK LLOYD] (MGM)
10. PETER IBBETSON  [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Paramount)
11. A NIGHT AT THE OPERA  [SAM WOOD] (MGM)
12. ALICE ADAMS  [GEORGE STEVENS] (RKO)
13. HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE   [MITCHELL LEISEN] (Paramount)
14. MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION  [JOHN M. STAHL] (Universal)
15. CAPTAIN BLOOD  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Warner)
16. THE WHOLE TOWN’S TALKING [JOHN FORD] (Columbia)
17. SYLVIA SCARLETT  [GEORGE CUKOR]
18. MAD LOVE  [KARL FEUND]
19. ‘G’ MEN  [WILLIAM KEIGHLEY] (Warner)
20. CHINA SEAS  [TAY GARNETT] (MGM)
21. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT [JOSEF VON STERNBERG] (Columbia)
22. LA BANDERA  [JULIEN DUVIVIER] (F)
23. LIVING ON VELVET [FRANK BORZAGE] (Warner)
24. IF YOU COULD ONLY COOK  [WILLIAM A. SEITER] (Columbia)
25. THE INFORMER  [JOHN FORD] (RKO)
26. STRANDED  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Warner)
27. ANNIE OAKLEY  [GEORGE STEVENS] (RKO)
28. BARBARY COAST  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Goldwyn/UA)
29. ANNA KARENINA  [CLARENCE BROWN] (MGM)
30. THE WEDDING NIGHT  [KING VIDOR] (Goldwyn/UA)

Other: TRIUMPH OF THE WILL (Triumph des Willens)  [LENI RIEFENSTAHL] (d) (G)

 

◄ 1936 ►

 

 

 

1. DODSWORTH  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Goldwyn/United Artists)
2. MAYERLING  [ANATOLE LITVAK] (F)
3. FURY  [FRITZ LANG] (MGM)
4. MY MAN GODFREY  [GREGORY LA CAVA] (Universal)
5. SWING TIME  [GEORGE STEVENS] (RKO)
6. SHOW BOAT  [JAMES WHALE] (Universal)
7. LIBELED LADY [JACK CONWAY] (MGM)
8. MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN  [FRANK CAPRA] (Columbia)
9. THESE THREE  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Goldwyn/United Artists)
10. MODERN TIMES  [CHARLES CHAPLIN] (United Artists)
11. SABOTAGE  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (UK)
12. THE GENERAL DIED AT DAWN  [LEWIS MILESTONE] (Paramount)
13. OSAKA ELEGY (Naniwa ereji)  [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (J)
14. THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE  [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Paramount)
15. THEODORA GOES WILD  [RICHARD BOLESLAWSKI] (Columbia)
16. THE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND [JOHN FORD] (Fox)
17. COME AND GET IT  [HOWARD HAWKS & WILLIAM WYLER] (Goldwyn/United Artists)
18. THE LOWER DEPTHS (Les Bas-fonds)  [JEAN RENOIR] (F)
19. CAMILLE  [GEORGE CUKOR] (MGM)
20. MR. THANK YOU (Arigatô-san) [HIROSHI SHIMIZU] (J)
21. SISTERS OF THE GION (Gion no shimai)  [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (J)
22. THE PETRIFIED FOREST  [ARCHIE MAYO] (Warner)
23. SECRET AGENT  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (UK)
24. DESIRE  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Paramount)
25. THE CRIME OF MONSIEUR LANGE  (Le Crime de Monsieur Lange)  [JEAN RENOIR] (F)
26. BULLETS OR BALLOTS  [WILLIAM KEIGHLEY] (Warner)
27. THE DEVIL IS A SISSY  [W. S. VAN DYKE] (MGM)
28. AFTER THE THIN MAN  [W. S. VAN DYKE] (MGM)
29. THE GAY DESPERADO  [ROUBEN MAMOULIAN] (United Artists)
30. MORE THAN A SECRETARY  [ALFRED E. GREEN] (Columbia)
31. THE PRINCESS COMES ACROSS  [WILLIAM K. HOWARD] (Paramount)
32. THE DEVIL-DOLL  [TOD BROWNING] (MGM)
33. THE EX-MRS. BRADFORD  [STEPHEN ROBERTS] (RKO)
34. THE GREEN PASTURES  [MARC CONNELLY & WILLIAM KEIGHLEY] (Warner)
35. THE MAN WHO COULD WORK MIRACLES  [LOTHAR MENDES] (United Artists)
36. WIFE VS. SECRETARY [CLARENCE BROWN] (MGM)
37. FOLLOW THE FLEET  [MARK SANDRICH] (RKO)
38. LOVE BEFORE BREAKFAST  [WALTER LANG] (Universal)
39. ADVENTURE IN MANHATTAN  [EDWARD LUDWIG] (Columbia)
40. HEARTS DIVIDED  [FRANK BORZAGE]
41. CROWN V. STEVENS  [MICHAEL POWELL] (Warner/Teddington) (UK)

 

◄ 1937 ►

 

 

1. GRAND ILLUSION (La Grande illusion)  [JEAN RENOIR] (F)
2. MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW  [LEO MCCAREY] (Paramount)
3. PÉPÉ LE MOKO  [JULIEN DUVIVIER] (F)
4. THE AWFUL TRUTH  [LEO MCCAREY] (Columbia)
5. STAGE DOOR  [GREGORY LA CAVA] (RKO)
6. YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE  [FRITZ LANG] (United Artists)
7. NOTHING SACRED  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (MGM/Selznick)
8. EASY LIVING  [MITCHELL LEISEN] (Paramount)
9. THE EDGE OF THE WORLD  [MICHAEL POWELL] (UK)
10. DEAD END [WIILLIAM WYLER] (Goldwyn/United Artists)
11. STELLA DALLAS  [KING VIDOR] (Goldwyn/United Artists)
12. THE PRISONER OF ZENDA  [JOHN CROMWELL] (MGM)
13. KNIGHT WITHOUT ARMOUR  [JACQUES FEYDER] (UK)
14. YOUNG AND INNOCENT  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (UK)
15. LOST HORIZON  [FRANK CAPRA] (Columbia)
16. THE GOOD EARTH  [SIDNEY FRANKLIN] (MGM)
17. MARKED WOMAN  [LLOYD BACON] (Warner)
18. WHAT DID THE LADY FORGET ? (Shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka) [YASUJIRO OZU] (J)
19. ANGEL [ERNST LUBITSCH] (Paramount)
20.  THE HURRICANE  [JOHN FORD] (Paramount)
21. SWING HIGH, SWING LOW  [MITCHELL LEISEN]
22. CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS  [VICTOR FLEMING] (MGM)
23. QUALITY STREET  [GEORGE STEVENS] (RKO)
24. CONFESSION  [JOE MAY] (Warner)
25. NIGHT MUST FALL  [RICHARD THORPE] (MGM)
26. TRUE CONFESSION  [WESLEY RUGGLES] (Paramount)
27. BIG CITY  [FRANK BORZAGE] (MGM)
28. IN OLD CHICAGO  [HENRY KING] (Fox)
29. THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA  [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (Warner)
30. SAN QUENTIN  [LLOYD BACON] (Warner)
31. MANNEQUIN  [FRANK BORZAGE] (MGM)
32. STAND-IN  [TAY GARNETT] (United Artists)
33. GREEEN LIGHT  [FRANK BORZAGE] (MGM)
34. FIRE OVER ENGLAND  [WILLIAM K. HOWARD] (UK)
35. LIVING ON LOVE  [LEW LANDERS] (RKO)
36. WINGS OF THE MORNING  [HAROLD D. SCHUSTER] (UK)

Other : SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (a) (Disney/RKO)

 

 ◄ 1938 ►

 

 

1. HOLIDAY  [GEORGE CUKOR] (Columbia)
2. JEZEBEL  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Warner)
3. THE LADY VANISHES  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (UK)
4. PYGMALION  [ANTHONY ASQUITH & LESLIE HOWARD] (UK)
5. PORT OF SHADOWS (Quai des brumes)  [MARCEL CARNÉ] (F)
6. THREE COMRADES  [FRANK BORZAGE] (MGM)
7. ST. MARTIN’S LANE (aka Sidewalks of London)  [TIM WHELEN] (UK)
8. FOUR DAUGHTERS  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Warner)
9. YOU AND ME  [FRITZ LANG] (Paramount)
10. BRINGING UP BABY  [HOWARD HAWKS] (RKO)
11. LA BÊTE HUMAINE  [JEAN RENOIR] (F)
12. A SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER  [LLYOD BACON] (Warner)
13. VIVACIOUS LADY  [GEORGE STEVENS] (RKO)
14. THE MASSEURS AND A WOMAN (Anma to onna)  [HIROSHI SHIMIZU] (J)
15. MARIE ANTOINETTE [W.S. VAN DYKE] (MGM)
16. THE DAWN PATROL  [EDMUND GOULDING] (Warner)
17. THE BAKER’S WIFE (La Femme du Boulanger)  [MARCEL PAGNOL] (F)
18. ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Warner)
19. BLUEBEARD’S EIGHTH WIFE  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (Paramount)
20. YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU  [FRANK CAPRA] (Columbia)
21. THE CHILDHOOD OF MAXIM GORKY (Detstvo Gorkogo)  [MARK DONSKOY] (R)
22. THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD  [MICHAEL CURTIZ & WILLIAM KEIGHLEY] (Warner)
23. TEST PILOT  [VICTOR FLEMING] (MGM)
24. THE SHINING HOUR  [FRANK BORZAGE] (MGM)
25. A YANK AT OXFORD  [JACK CONWAY] (MGM)
26. FOUR MEN AND A PRAYER  [JOHN FORD] (Fox)
27. THE MAD MISS MANTON  [LEIGH JASON] (RKO)
28. PRISON TRAIN  [GORDON WILES] (Equity)

Other:  STRANGE GLORY  [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (s)

 

 ◄ 1939 ►

 

 

1. GONE WITH THE WIND  [VICTOR FLEMING] (MGM/Selznick)
2. THE RULES OF THE GAME (La Règale du jeu) [JEAN RENOIR] (F)
3. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON  [FRANK CAPRA] (Columbia)
4. DESTRY RIDES AGAIN  [GEORGE MARSHALL] (Universal)
5. WUTHERING HEIGHTS  [WILLIAM WYLER] (United Artists)
6. MIDNIGHT  [MITCHELL LEISEN] (Paramount)
7. NINOTCHKA  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (MGM)
8. GUNGA DIN  [GEORGE STEVENS] (RKO)
9. STAGECOACH  [JOHN FORD] (United Artists)
10.  THE WIZARD OF OZ  [VICTOR FLEMING] (MGM)
11. GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS  [SAM WOOD] (MGM)
12. THE ROARING TWENTIES  [RAOUL WALSH] (Warner)
13. BEAU GESTE  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Paramount)
14. ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Columbia)
15. THE STORY OF THE LATE CHRYSANTHMUMS  (Zangiku monogatari)  [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (Shochiku) (J)
16. THE WOMEN  [GEORGE CUKOR] (MGM)
17. DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK  [JOHN FORD] (Fox)
18. THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME  [WILLIAM DIETERLE]
19. LOVE AFFAIR  [LEO MCCAREY] (RKO)
20. THE OLD MAID  [EDMUND GOULDING] (Warner)
21. FIVE CAME BACK  [JOHN FARROW] (RKO)
22. DODGE CITY  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Warner)
23. DARK VICTORY  [EDMUND GOULDING] (Warner)
24. EACH DAWN I DIE  [WILLIAM KEIGHLEY] (Warner)
25. LE JOUR SE LÈVE (Daybreak)  [MARCEL CARNÉ] (F)
26. YOUNG MR. LINCOLN  [JOHN FORD] (Fox)
27. OF MICE AND MEN  [LEWIS MILESTONE] (United Artists)
28. IN NAME ONLY  [JOHN CROMWELL]
29. JESSE JAMES [HENRY KING] (Fox)
30. JAMAICA INN  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (UK)
31. THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Warner)
32. FOUR WIVES  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Warner)
33. GOLDEN BOY  [ROUBEN MAMOULIAN] (Columbia)
34. INTERMEZZO: A LOVE STORY  [GREGORY RATOFF] (MGM/Selznick)
35. BACHELOR MOTHER [GARSON KANIN]
36. THE RAINS CAME  [CLARENCE BROWN] (Fox)
37. MADE FOR EACH OTHER  [JOHN CROMWELL] (Selznick/United Artists)
38. TARZAN FINDS A SON!  [RICHARD THORPE] (MGM)

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A Blog to track the movies I’ve seen.  Arbitrary rankings pulled from a hat….Scott K.