#298 - Le Cercle Rouge

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Le Cercle Rouge (The Red Circle)

Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville

October 20, 1970
298 on the List

So many foreign films.

The last one was not my life's high point.

But hey, this is all a part of me branching out and learning more about films. And this doesn't look so bad compared to Swedish hippies.

Approx. 140 minutes later:
I have to admit - this is something like 620 minutes later. I've never had a movie entice sleep with such ease before - this one did.

But it's not because it was particularly boring, in fact, I really enjoyed the movie. It's because whenever dialogue wasn't occurring (it almost never did) the movie was completely silent. No background music, chattering extras, birds, nothing. Unnaturally noiseless. This resulted in me clutching the remote like a lifeline, thumb hovering over the Mute button, as I awaited the ear-splitting sound of a cough sure to shatter the deafening silence.

Now, one may say, such a lack of sound may be an artistic view of how stealthy the thieves were in their heist. I agree, and believe that concept is quite clever if it's what Mr. Melville was going for. But if that's the case, it shouldn't have been "gone for" the entire 2 1/4 hours of the film.

Again, I thoroughly enjoyed the story itself. Corey, the beautiful-mustache guy, is calm and collected in a way that urges you to hand over your wallet while you simultaneously applaud. It's a tough process, but he'll walk you through it. He's a gentleman.

#490 - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Directed by Tim Burton

December 21, 2007
490 on the List

Another film I've seen a thousand times.

Sweeney Todd is the Tim Burton remake of the musical from a long time ago. I don't know when, and - my goodness - for some reason, opening a new tab to search Google is the most taxing thing I can think to ruin the next 5 seconds of my life with. Also it's 2 AM, so I'm not in a "credibility" mood.

This film is pretty dark, but that's Burton for you. The brightest work he's ever produced was his whacked version of Batman, which I'm sure is on this list waiting to bite me for that.

Overall, I like it. Great music with clever lyrics. Even a small cameo from Borat. Partay! Is that something he would say? The closest I've ever come to watching it was spelling it just now, and it exhausted me. Your guess is as good as mine. I'm sticking with "Partay!"

#494 - Sideways

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Sideways
Directed by Alexander Payne
January 21, 2005
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Yet another film I've already seen.

Sideways is a strange movie. While, to the teenager in me, it's the most boring movie I've ever sat through - film connoisseur in me recognizes it is as art.

Alexander Payne's latest work actually won a ton of Golden Globes this year, for The Descendants, starring George Clooney. I plan to watch it.

But back to Sideways. Starring one of my favorites - PAUL G! - and one of my least favorites, the ever-creepy Denis Leary. I truly can't stand him. No idea why. I respect him as a talented actor, he just gives me the willies.

Anyway, it's good.

Dark, brooding, slow, thought-provoking. Good.

#500 - Ocean's Eleven

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Ocean's Eleven
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
December 7, 2001
500 on the List



I hit the wall hard. Moments ago, I sat here clicking Generate a thousand times, only to find out that of the three dozen movies Random.org chose for me to watch next - Zero are available on Netflix. Way to go Netflix. Movie site. Yessir.

So, Basically, I'm gonna go down the list and eliminate a few of the movies I've already seen. Not much a post for those, but the point of this whole project is the show you guys that I'm keeping my resolution, and not exactly to review the film itself.

Ocean's Eleven is a classic heist movie that will immediately, if not later, convince you that you too can steal and crack wise on a Saturday night in Vegas.

Made up of almost a completely all star cast, this is definitely a must-see and one I'll add to my collection someday.

So I guess not "top priority".

But let's not get crazy - it's #500.

#405 - Dirty Dancing

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Dirty Dancing

Directed by Emile Ardolino

August 21, 1987
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As the manliest man you know, I'm not looking forward to the hardcore emasculation that will occur in the next hour and 41 minutes.

Approx. 101 minutes later:
What a fantastic movie.

I'm amazed at how much fun I had watching it. I really am. I wholeheartedly expected this post to list all the reasons why I don't like this classic, while everyone else does. And here I am; everyone else.

And Swayze? Fogettaboutit. Even I fell in love with the dude. Rest in peace, big guy.

I'm not even sure how to wrap this up, since most of you reading this have already seen it and are probably blown away by the idea that I hadn't yet. So I guess that's all.

I loved it. And I'm still a man. Boom.

#303 - Together

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Together (Tillsammans)

Directed by Lukas Moodysson
August 25, 2000
303 on the List



The first pothole in my journey, I took a little too much time since I finished Brick. So let's get started.

Together scares me somethin' fierce. It's Swedish. It's just the Swedishest thing I've ever witnessed. Sorry, Swedes.

Also, the tags on Netflix for this film are as follows...

Comedies, Foreign Movies, Gay & Lesbian Movies, Foreign Comedies, Foreign Gay & Lesbian Movies, Scandinavian Movies, Gay & Lesbian Comedies, Swedish Movies

Here goes, I guess.

Approx. 102 most likely painful minutes later:
First off, do not watch this with your parents. All sorts of naked.

Taking place in 1975 Sweden, the title of this movie is a driving force in this film.

One of the characters recalls his childhood, where "18 people lived in two small rooms. The toilet was in the yard." He says that he sometimes wonders whether or not he enjoyed that more, when they had each other, than now, when he has all the money he needs but is alone. "I think loneliness is the most awful thing in this world." I completely agree. As an only child, that struck a chord.

While there were certain moments that were compelling, like that one, and when Goran gets fed up towards the end, I'm still not completely sure why this film is almost smack dab in the middle of the list. Claiming, with naked assurance, superiority to half the list.

But, I will say, I'm pondering it. In a way that I think I will ponder it again in the future.

In some ways, it was a forgetful hippie story about blind rebellion - but in others, it gets to the root of why that whole movement started in the first place. To bring us together.

#489 - Brick

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Brick

Directed by Rian Johnson

April 7, 2006

489 on the List

There's not much for me to say before I watch this one for the first time. I have no idea what it's going to be about, even with the trailer to help. But I do know that I like the feel of it. Word to the wise, that's a red-band trailer, meaning it would only be shown - rarely - before an R rated movie in theaters. You can tell, because the start of the trailer, displaying the rating, is bloodred, instead of skipthroughthemeadowgreen. I honestly don't think it's so bad, but I don't have a kid. Just be aware.

Let's do this.

Approx. 110 minutes later:
Let me begin by clearing up that this is one of the strangest movies I've ever seen. And not the clearest, throughout. I had to read two synopsi(?) in order to make sure I'd gotten it. And I had.

So here's the deal. Understand from the get-go that this is gumshoe film noir. Like those old black and white detective flicks with a lot of "dame" and "rubbed me the wrong way.." kind of talk, except it's not displayed comedically. You need to know it because it's essential to following the story.

Basically everyone in this film is to be regarded as an adult. Virtually no one answers to real adults, goes to class, etc. With the exception of Brendan and the vice principal of the school, and their relationship is construed as a hotshot detective and the mayor/chief of police's might go. I may rewatch this soon, as I think I would have enjoyed it more, knowing all of that sooner.

Essential = Subtitles. I mean that. You don't like subtitles? You suck it up or don't ever watch this movie. Even with a direct English translation flashing at the bottom of the screen, they had my head spinning. No one talks like this in real life. And if they do, I wouldn't engage it.

With all that said, I loved it. The feel was intriguing and had my brain stimulated. It's more art than a reflection of real life. Absolutely. Nothing about this story would really happen, except with older, more vocabulary-crippled gangsters.

#244 - Dazed and Confused

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Dazed and Confused

Directed by Richard Linklater

September 24, 1993

244 on the List

This is where the fun begins. Not because I love this movie, but because I've never seen it. Random.org sets me up today with Dazed and Confused - a movie I can only assume is about sex, beer, drugs, and high-pitched McConaughey laughter.

I have heard that it's one of the most underrated movies of all time, so let's hope it lives up to that.

Approx. 103 minutes later:
Dazed and Confused may well be one of the most underrated movies of all time. The reason is precisely because of how it's marketed. Most probably expect a Superbad/Fast Times at Richmond High experience (fun, but overall shallow), and what they get is a carefully thought out coming-of-age story and man, it's smoky in here.

The characters feel so tangible at certain times in the film, it's as if you're watching real people act a fool when they were in high school, a candid camera carefully trained on them. Almost everyone delivers a genuine performance, something that many directors are lucky to have a handful of in their cast. Even McConaughey. I guess. But he totally high-pitch laughed.

One of my favorite things about this movie was that they had so many opportunities to make it shallow, but they didn't. I'll take this time to throw out there - No nudity. I know, surprised me, too.

The protagonist, Pink, throughout the movie, is having internal conflict on whether to "sell out". Taken literally, yes, the particular rebellion itself is petty and stupid. But the symbolism of him standing up to his coach for his "hoodlum friends" is really what the whole movie is about. One of his lines to his coach is "You don't even know them", so the film is careful to make that statement not apply to the audience. We do know them now.

And yes. They're hoodlums.

But we love them for it.

#325 - Kill Bill Vol. 1

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Kill Bill, Vol. 1
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
October 10, 2003
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For my first hack at The List - the quite fitting Kill Bill. Admittedly, I've already seen (and geeked on) this film. It's one of my favorites. The reason it's first is because my girlfriend, Anna, had not seen it.

If I am a kung fu film fan, I'm outstandingly unaware of it. So honestly the only reason I watched this one in the first place is because it's by Tarantino, and I'm like middleschool crushing on the dude's right brain. It turns out, though, that it's extremely well put together, albeit incorrigibly violent.

Speaking of which, Tarantino has been quoted as "strongly detesting" violence, drugs, and product placement (Red Apple cigarettes, and Fruit Brute cereal can be found in many of his films), even though the first two are main elements in pretty much all of his movies.

Verdict:
Very violent - accurately rated R, in that regard. However, aside from an almost-rape moment, absolutely no sex. So, if your parents don't mind the violence, this one won't have your toes curling as you and your loved ones enjoy a nice bowl of porn flakes.

Anna is 20, and had her eyes closed for a lot of the fight scenes. So no sensitive stomachs.

Annalysis: (This is when Anna will sometimes say what she thought of the film. A girl's point of view. Just remember though - if I liked it and she hated it, she probably just has bad taste in movies.)

"It was an interesting look into film noire. I am really intrigued by the "volume" aspect. It seems that each film is a piece, adding up to a whole, so they both get equal attention.

Uma Thurman does very well, able to say a lot without words. And sometimes, I felt like she was channeling Samuel L. Jackson.

I feel like my female sensibilities were waiting for more background story for the Bride, but I'm sure her story will be told in the other volume.

I didn't expect it to be that much of a "slasher", but it did well at that. If you are not a fan of action, there is not much else going on in this volume, but I recognized there was more to come.

Because of all that, at times it seemed on the verge of being two dimensional - I say verge because there was always deepness present, keeping it interesting - until the last 4 seconds of the movie. That's when I understood what the story was going to be. And I liked it."

Table of Contents

For those who clicked the link in the last post, you may have noticed it's a bit tricky to navigate the list. So I'm posting it here, all typed out. By me. Long time. I must warn you: it's daunting.

500. Ocean’s Eleven (Soderbergh - 2001)

499. Saw (Wan - 2004)

498. Back to the Future Part II (Zemeckis - 1989)

497. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Lee - 2000)

496. Superman Returns (Singer - 2006)

495. Jailhouse Rock (Thorpe - 1957)

494. Sideways (Payne - 2004)

493. In the Company of Men (LaBute - 1997)

492. Amores Perros (Iñárritu - 2000)

491. Ben-Hur (Wyler - 1959)

490. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Burton - 2007)

489. Brick (Johnson - 2005)

488. Princess Mononoke (Miyazaki - 1997)

487. Superbad (Mottola - 2007)

486. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Edwards - 1961)

485. The Wicker Man (Hardy - 1973)
484. The Fountain (Aronofsky - 2006)

483. The Big Red One (Fuller - 1980)

482. Scream (Craven - 1996)

481. Topsy-Turvy (Leigh - 1999)

480. The Son’s Room (Moretti - 2001)

479. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (McLeod - 1947)

478. Flesh (Morrissey - 1968)

477. Rebel Without a Cause (Ray - 1955)

476. Santa Sangre (Jodorowsky - 1989)

475. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (Verbinski - 2006)

474. Enter the Dragon (Clouse - 1973)

473. Into the Wild (Penn - 2007)

472. Le Doulos (Melville - 1962)

471. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Cuarón - 2004)

470. Glengarry Glen Ross (Foley - 1992)

469. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Gilliam - 1998)

468. The Crow (Proyas - 1994)

467. The Deer Hunter (Cimino - 1978)

466. Snatch (Ritchie - 2000)

465. 12 Monkeys (Gilliam - 1995)

464. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Donen - 1954)

463. Juno (Reitman - 2007)

462. Dead Man’s Shoes (Meadows - 2004)

461. Halloween (Carpenter - 1978)

460. Crash (Haggis - 2004)

459. Ikiru (Kurosawa - 1952)

458. Batman (Burton - 1989)

457. Full Metal Jacket (Kubrick - 1987)

456. 28 Days Later (Boyle - 2002)

455. Top Gun (Scott - 1986)

454. The Bourne Supremacy (Greengrass - 2004)

453. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Spielberg - 2008)

452. Unbreakable (Shyamalan - 2000)

451. Speed (De Bont - 1994)

450. King Kong (Jackson - 2005)

449. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Lucas - 1999)

448. A History of Violence (Cronenberg - 2005)

447. Ten (Kiarostami - 2002)

446. High Fidelity (Frears - 2000)

445. Dumb and Dumber (Farrelly - 1994)

444. Hairspray (Waters - 1988)

443. Dog Day Afternoon (Lumet - 1975)

442. Atonement (Wright - 2007)

441. Being John Malkovich (Jonze - 1999)

440. Akira (Otomo - 1988)

439. Grosse Pointe Blank (Armitage - 1997)

438. The Lost Boys (Schumacher - 1987)

437. Spider-Man (Raimi - 2002)

436. Beauty and the Beast (Trousdale/Wise - 1991)

435. American Psycho (Harron - 2000)

434. The Cat Concerto (Hanna/Barbera - 1947)

433. Good Will Hunting (Van Sant - 1997)

432. X-Men 2 (Singer - 2003)

431. Electra Glide in Blue (Guercio - 1973)

430. Big Trouble in Little China (Carpenter - 1986)

429. Danger: Diabolik (Bava - 1968)

428. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Herzog - 1974)

427. Spring in a Small Town (Fei - 1948)

426. Enduring Love (Michell - 2004)

425. Wonder Boys (Hanson - 2000)

424. To Have and Have Not (Hawks - 1944)

423. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (Tarantino - 2004)

422. A Man Escaped (Bresson - 1956)

421. Lethal Weapon (Donner - 1987)

420. Jerry Maguire (Crowe - 1996)

419. Days of Heaven (Malick - 1978)

418. V for Vendetta (McTeigue - 2005)

417. Lords of Dogtown (Hardwicke - 2005)

416. Bad Taste (Jackson - 1987)

415. Dawn of the Dead (Romero - 1978)

414. The Double Life of Véronique (Kieslowski - 1991)

413. Finding Nemo (Stanton - 2003)

412. Heathers (Lehmann - 1989)

411. Spider-Man 2 (Raimi - 2004)

410. A Hard Day’s Night (Lester - 1964)

409. Men in Black (Sonnenfeld - 1997)

408. Zelig (Allen - 1983)

407. The Jungle Book (Reitherman - 1967)

406. Iron Man (Favreau - 2008)

405. Dirty Dancing (Ardolino - 1987)

404. RoboCop (Verhoeven - 1987)

403. Do the Right Thing (Lee - 1989) 
402. Little Miss Sunshine (Dayton/Faris - 2006) 
401. Batman Returns (Burton - 1992)

400. The Incredibles (Bird - 2004)

399. Greed (von Stroheim - 1924)

398. Killer of Sheep (Burnett - 1977)

397. Night of the Living Dead (Romero - 1968)

396. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Dominik - 2007)

395. Casino (Scorsese - 1995)
394. Cloverfield (Reeves - 2008)
393. Garden State (Braff - 2004)
392. Paris, Texas (Wenders - 1984)
391. Mulholland Drive (Lynch - 2001)
390. 2 Days in Paris (Delpy - 2007)
389. Election (Payne - 1999)
388. The English Patient (Minghella - 1996)
387. Rain Man (Levinson - 1988)
386.The Great Silence (Corbucci - 1968)
385. Ace in the Hole (Wilder - 1951)
384. The Shop Around the Corner (Lubitsch - 1940)
383. Serenity (Whedon - 2005)
382. Caché (Haneke - 2005)
381. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Jones/Gilliam - 1975)
380. Children of Men (Cuarón - 2006)
379. Ratatouille (Bird - 2007)
378. The Goonies (Donner - 1985)
377. Mean Streets (Scorsese - 1973)
376. Zodiac (Fincher - 2007)
375. Four Weddings and a Funeral (Newell - 1994)
374. Hot Fuzz (Wright - 2007)

373. Wall-E (Stanton - 2008)

372. Army of Darkness (Raimi - 1992)

370. Rocky (Avildsen - 1976)

369. The Breakfast Club (Hughes - 1985)

368. Airplane! (Abrahams/Zucker - 1980)

367. Cabaret (Fosse - 1972)

366. Predator (McTiernan - 1987)

365. The Bourne Identity (Liman - 2002)

364. Natural Born Killers (Stone - 1994)

363. Good Morning, Vietnam (Levinson - 1987)

362.The Elephant Man (Lynch - 1980)

361. Clerks (Smith - 1994)

360. The Return (Zvyagintsev - 2003)

359. The Lady Eve (Sturges - 1941)

358. Russian Ark (Sokurov - 2002)

357. The Long Goodbye (Altman - 1973)

356. Napoléon (Gance - 1927)

355. Sunshine (Boyle - 2007)

354. Un chien andalou (Buñuel - 1929)

353. Bugsy Malone (Parker - 1976)

352. Unfaithfully Yours (Sturges - 1948)

351. Zulu (Endfield - 1964)

350. Planet of the Apes (Schaffner - 1968)

349. Arthur (Gordon - 1981)

348. Au hasard Balthazar (Bresson - 1966)

347. All About Eve (Mankiewicz - 1950)

346. Leave Her to Heaven (Stahl - 1945)

345. Fatal Attraction (Lyne - 1987)

344. The Last Waltz (Scorsese - 1978)

343. Monsters, Inc. (Docter - 2001)

342. The Gold Rush (Chaplin - 1925)

341. The Passenger (Antonioni - 1975)

340. High and Low (Kurosawa - 1963)

339. Spirited Away (Miyazaki - 2001)

338. Jules et Jim (Truffaut - 1962)

337. 300 (Snyder - 2006)

336. Titanic (Cameron - 1997)

335. The Seventh Seal (Bergman - 1957)
334. The Magnificent Ambersons (Welles - 1942)
333. Grease (Kleiser - 1978)
332. The Sixth Sense (Shyamalan - 1999)
331. The Green Mile (Darabont - 1999)
330. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Lucas - 2005)
329. The Lives of Others (von Donnersmarck - 2006)
328. The Truman Show (Weir - 1998)
327. The Nightmare Before Christmas (Selick - 1993)
326. Out of Sight (Soderbergh - 1998)
325. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Tarantino - 2003)
324. Lone Star (Sayles - 1996)
323. The Last Seduction (Dahl - 1994)
322. Aladdin (Clements/Musker - 1992)
321. Funny Face (Donen - 1957)

320. Braveheart (Gibson - 1995)

319. The Lion King (Allers/Minkoff - 1994)

318. Rebecca (Hitchcock - 1940)

317. Midnight Run (Brest - 1988)

316. Trainspotting (Boyle - 1996)

315. Sense and Sensibility (Lee - 1995)

314. Sweet Smell of Success (Mackendrick - 1957)

313. Battleship Potemkin (Eisenstein - 1925)

312. Suspiria (Argento - 1977)

311. American History X (Kaye - 1998)

310. Gremlins (Dante - 1984)

309. Transformers (Bay - 2007)

308. The Terminator (Cameron - 1984)

307. Midnight Cowboy (Schlesinger - 1969)
306. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Spielberg - 1989)
305. The Prestige (Nolan - 2006)

304. Radio Days (Allen - 1987)

303. Together (Moodyson - 2000)

302. The Best Years of Our Lives (Wyler - 1946)

301. Love and Death (Allen - 1975)

300. Sawdust and Tinsel (Bergman - 1953)

299. The Palm Beach Story (Sturges - 1942)

298. Le cercle rouge (Melville - 1970)

297. It Happened One Night (Capra - 1934)

296. All the President’s Men (Pakula - 1976)
295. The Untouchables (De Palma - 1987)
294. The Red Balloon (Lamorisse - 1956)
293. La maman et la putain (Eustache - 1973)
292. Le belle et la bête (Cocteau - 1946)
291. Rocco and His Brothers (Visconti - 1960)
290. Rashomon (Kurosawa - 1950)
289. John Carpenter’s The Thing (Carpenter - 1982)
288. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Zemeckis - 1988)
287. Secrets and Lies (Leigh - 1996)
286. L’avventura (Antonioni - 1960)
285. Solaris (Tarkovsky - 1972)
284. Scarface (De Palma - 1983)

283. Ran (Kurosawa - 1985)

282. The Godfather Part III (Coppola - 1990)

281. Interview with the Vampire (Jordan - 1994)

280. Mad Max 2 (Miller - 1982)

279. National Lampoon’s Animal House (Landis - 1978)

278. Carlito’s Way (De Palma - 1993)

277. On the Town (Donen/Kelly - 1949)

276. Layer Cake (Vaughn - 2004)

275. My Neighbour Totoro (Miyazaki - 1988)

274. Sin City (Rodriguez/Miller - 2005)

273. The Maltese Falcon (Huston - 1941)

272. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (Argento - 1970)

271. Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (Burton - 1985)

270. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Puiu - 2005)

269. A Place in the Sun (Stevens - 1951)

268. The Lady Vanishes (Hitchcock - 1938)

267. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Allen - 1989)

266. Ghost World (Zwigoff - 2001)

265. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Spielberg - 2001)

264. American Graffiti (Lucas - 1973)

263. Das Boot (Petersen - 1981)

262. The Virgin Suicides (Coppola - 1999)

261. Roman Holiday (Wyler - 1953)

260. Field of Dreams (Robisnon - 1989)

259. Groundhog Day (Ramis - 1993)
258. The Blues Brothers (Landis - 1980)

257. The Black Cat (Ulmer - 1934)
256. Le Quai des brumes (Carné - 1938)
255. Ninotchka (Lubitsch - 1939)
254. The Verdict (Lumet - 1982)
253. First Blood (Kotcheff - 1982)
252. The Leopard (Visconti - 1980)

251. Darling (Schlesinger - 1965)

250. Sunrise (Murnau - 1927)
249. My Darling Clementine (Ford - 1946)
248. Pandora’s Box (Pabst - 1929)

247. All That Jazz (Fosse - 1979)

246. The Philadelphia Story (Cukor - 1940)

245. Downfall (Hirschbiegel - 2004)

244. Dazed and Confused (Linklater - 1993)

243. Heimat (Reitz - 1984)

242. King Kong (Cooper/Schoedsack - 1933)

241. Brighton Rock (Boulting - 1947)

240. Forrest Gump (Zemeckis - 1994)

239. Cinema Paradiso (Tornatore - 1988)

238. Requiem for a Dream (Aronofsky - 2000)
237. Delicatessen (Jeunet/Caro - 1991)

236. Black Narcissus (Powell/Pressburger - 1947)

235. Battle Royale (Fukasaku - 2000)

234. The Bourne Ultimatum (Greengrass - 2007)

233. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Spielberg - 1984)

232. Jurassic Park (Spielberg - 1993)

231. Shaun of the Dead (Wright - 2004)

230. Howl’s Moving Castle (Miyazaki - 2004)

229. Festen (Vinterberg - 1998)

228. No Country for Old Men (Coen - 2007)

227. Léon (Besson - 1994)

226. Romeo + Juliet (Luhrmann - 1996)
225. Get Carter (Hodges - 1971)

224. Distant Voices, Still Lives (Davies - 1988)
223. Safe (Haynes - 1995)
222. Mother and Son (Sokurov - 1997)
221. McCabe & Mrs Miller (Altman - 1971)
220. Far From Heaven (Haynes - 2002)
219. The Outlaw Josey Wales (Eastwood - 1976)
218. Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (Tati - 1953)
217. The Magnificent Seven (Sturges - 1960)
216. Sunday Bloody Sunday (Schlesinger - 1971)
215. Jackie Brown (Tarantino - 1997)
214. Army of Shadows (Melville - 1969)
213. Songs from the Second Floor (Andersson - 2000)
212. M (Lang - 1931)
211. Moulin Rouge! (Luhrmann - 2001)
210. Platoon (Stone - 1986)
209. Local Hero (Forsyth - 1983)
208. The Departed (Scorsese - 2006)
207. The Misfits (Huston - 1961)
206. The Exorcist (Friedkin - 1973)
205. The Addiction (Ferrara - 1995)
204. The Bride of Frankenstein (Whale - 1935)
203. Life of Brian (Jones - 1979)
202. The Killer (Woo - 1989)
201. JFK (Stone - 1991)
200. Before Sunrise (Linklater - 1995)
199. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Hooper - 1974)
198. Fargo (Coen - 1996)

197. Point Break (Bigelow - 1991)
196. Amélie (Jeunet - 1999)

195. It’s a Wonderful Life (Capra - 1946)

194. Bicycle Thieves (De Sica - 1948)

193. Ed Wood (Burton - 1994)

192. Eraserhead (Lynch - 1977)

191. Brokeback Mountain (Lee - 2005)

190. Big (Marshall - 1988)

189. Ghostbusters (Reitman - 1984)

188. School of Rock (Linklater - 2003)

187. The Big Country (Wyler - 1958)

186. United 93 (Greengrass - 2006)

185. Paths of Glory (Kubrick - 1957)

184. Dirty Harry (Siegel - 1971)

183. Le Samourai (Melville - 1967)

182. Performance (Cammell/Roeg - 1970)

181. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (Meyer - 1970)

180. To Kill a Mockingbird (Mulligan - 1962)

179. Toy Story 2 (Lasseter - 1999)

178. Hellzapoppin’  (Potter - 1941)

177. City of God (Meirelles/Lund - 2002)

176. A Canterbury Tale (Powell/Pressburger - 1944)

175. Rushmore (Anderson - 1998)

174. Superman the Movie (Donner - 1978)

173. Memento (Nolan - 2000)

172. The Wizard of Oz (Fleming - 1939)

171. Brief Encounter (Lean - 1945)
170. La Haine (Kassovitz - 1995)

169. Viridiana (Buñuel - 1961)
168. Tootsie (Pollack - 1982)
167. Don’t Look Now (Roeg - 1973)
166. Goldfinger (Hamilton - 1964)
165. Partie de campagne (Renoir - 1936)
164. The Searchers (Ford - 1956)
163. The Bridge on the River Kwai (Lean - 1957)
162. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Craven - 1984)
161. The Year of Living Dangerously (Weir - 1982)
160. Being There (Ashby - 1979)
159. The Royal Tenenbaums (Anderson - 2001)
158. Unforgiven (Eastwood - 1992)
157. True Romance (Scott - 1993)
156. Saving Private Ryan (Spielberg - 1998)
155. Badlands (Malick - 1973)
154. Betty Blue (Beineix - 1986)
153. The Innocents (Clayton - 1961)
152. Boogie Nights (Anderson - 1997)
151. Gladiator (Scott - 2000)
150. The French Connection (Friedkin - 1971)
149. The Red Shoes (Powell/Pressburger - 1948)

148. Z (Costa-Gavras - 1969)
147. Notorious (Hitchcock - 1946)
146. Shampoo (Ashby - 1975)
145. Sophie’s Choice (Pakula - 1982)
144. There Will Be Blood (Anderson - 2007)
143. Cyrano De Bergerac (Rappeneau - 1991)
142. Almost Famous (Crowe - 2000)
141. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Hand - 1937)
140. As Good as It Gets (Brooks - 1997)
139. Blow Out (De Palma - 1981)
138. Cool Hand Luke (Rosenberg - 1967)
137. Dances with Wolves (Costner - 1990)

136. Amadeus (Forman - 1984)

135. Duck Soup (McCarey - 1933)
134. Seven (Fincher - 1995)
133. Double Indemnity (Wilder - 1944)
132. Pan’s Labyrinth (del Toro - 2006)
131. The Last of the Mohicans (Mann - 1992)
130. The Man Who Would Be King (Huston - 1975)
129. Harvey (Koster - 1950)
128. Lost in Translation (Coppola - 2003)

127. The Sting (Hill - 1973)

126. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Peckinpah - 1973)
125. A Bout de souffle (Godard - 1960)

124. The Silence of the Lambs (Demme - 1991)
123. A Woman Under the Influence (Cassavetes - 1974)
122. The Princess Bride (Reiner - 1987)
121. Los Olvidados (Buñuel - 1950)
120. The Battle of Algiers (Pontecorvo - 1966)
119. The Wages of Fear (Clouzot - 1953)
118. Withnail and I (Robinson - 1987)
117. Miller’s Crossing (Coen - 1990)
116. Rio Bravo (Hawks - 1959)
115. Blazing Saddles (Brooks - 1974)
114. The Conversation (Coppola - 1974)
113. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (McKay - 2004)
112. I Am Cuba (Payne - 1964)
111. Fitzcarraldo (Herzog - 1982)
110. Before Sunset (Linklater - 2004)
109. Touch of Evil (Welles - 1958)
108. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Olmi - 1978)
107. An American Werewolf in London (Landis - 1981)
106. A Man for All Seasons (Zinnemann - 1966)
105. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Forman - 1975)
104.The Rules of the Game (Renoir - 1939)
103. Rear Window (Hitchcock - 1954)
102. The Hustler (Rossen - 1961)
101. Raising Arizona (Coen - 1987)
100. Network (Lumet - 1976)

99. Toy Story (Lasseter - 1995)

98. North by Northwest (Hitchcock - 1959)
97. Reservoir Dogs (Tarantino - 1992)
96. American Beauty (Mendes - 1999)
95. Yojimbo (Kurosawa - 1961)
94. The Wild Bunch (Peckinpah - 1969)
93. Spirit of the Beehive (Erice - 1973)
92. Once Upon a Time in America (Leone - 1984)
91. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Marquand - 1983)
90. When Harry Met Sally (Reiner - 1989)
89. Magnolia (Anderson - 1999)
88. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (Hughes - 1986)
87. The King of Comedy (Scorsese - 1983)
86. Carrie (De Palma - 1976)
85. Blue Velvet (Lynch - 1986)
84. L.A. Confidential (Hanson - 1997)
83. Brazil (Gilliam - 1985)
82. The Great Escape (Sturges - 1963)
81. Batman Begins (Nolan - 2005)
80. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Powell/Pressburger - 1943)
79. The Thin Red Line (Malick - 1998)

78. Rosemary’s Baby (Polanski - 1968)

77. Spartacus (Kubrick - 1960)
76. Manhattan (Allen - 1979)
75. A Matter of Life and Death (Powell/Pressburger - 1946)
74. The Treasure of Sierra Madre (Huston - 1948)
73. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Gondry - 2004)
72. 12 Angry Men (Lumet - 1957)
71. The Night of the Hunter (Laughton - 1955)
70. Stand by Me (Reiner - 1986)
69. Three Colours Red (Kieslowski - 1994)
68. Annie Hall (Allen - 1977)
67. Tokyo Story (Ozu - 1953)
66. Edward Scissorhands (Burton - 1990)
65. Harold and Maude (Ashby - 1971)

64. Oldboy (Chan-wook - 2003)
63. Sunset Boulevard (Wilder - 1950)
62. The Graduate (Nichols - 1967)
61. The Usual Suspects (Singer - 1995)
60. Come and See (Klimov - 1985)
59. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Spielberg - 1977)
58. His Girl Friday (Hawks - 1940)
57. Lawrence of Arabia (Lean - 1962)
56. Casino Royale (Campbell - 2006)
55. La Dolce Vita (Fellini - 1960)
54. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Jackson - 2002)

53. Donnie Darko (Kelly - 2001)
52. The Shining (Kubrick - 1980)
51. 8 ½ (Fellini - 1963)
50. Seven Samurai (Kurosawa - 1954)
49. Evil Dead (Raimi - 1987)

48. This Is Spinal Tap (Reiner - 1984)

47. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Spielberg - 1982)

46. On the Waterfront (Kazan - 1954)

45. Psycho (Hitchcock - 1960)

44. Schindler’s List (Spielberg - 1993)

43. The Big Lebowski (Coen - 1998)

42. Kind Hearts and Coronets (Hamer - 1949)

41. The 400 Blows (Truffaut - 1959)
40. Vertigo (Hitchcock - 1978)

39. The Matrix (Wachowski - 1999)

38. Heat (Mann - 1995)

37. A Clockwork Orange (Kubrick - 1971)

36. Andrei Rublev (Tarkovsky - 1967)

35. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Cameron - 1991)

34. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson - 2003)

33. Alien (Scott - 1979)

32. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Hill - 1969)

31. Gone with the Wind (Fleming/Cukor/Wood - 1939)

30. Aliens (Cameron - 1986)

29. Die Hard (McTiernan - 1988)

28. Citizen Kane (Welles - 1941)

27. Some Like It Hot (Wilder - 1959)

26. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Kubrick - 1964)
25. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Leone - 1967)

24. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Jackson - 2001)
23. Back to the Future (Zemeckis - 1985)
22. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (Lucas - 1977)
21. The Third Man (Reed - 1949)
20. Blade Runner (Scott - 1982)
19. The Godfather Part II (Coppola - 1974)
18. Casablanca (Curtiz - 1942)
17. Taxi Driver (Scorsese - 1976)
16. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick - 1968)
15. The Dark Knight (Nolan - 2008)
14. Once Upon a Time in the West (Leone - 1968)
13. Chinatown (Polanski - 1974)
12. The Apartment (WIlder - 1960)
11. Raging Bull (Scorsese - 1980)
10. Fight Club (Fincher - 1999)
9. Pulp Fiction (Tarantino - 1994)
8. Singin' in the Rain (Donen/Kelly - 1952)
7. Apocalypse Now (Coppola - 1979)
6. GoodFellas (Scorsese - 1990)
5. Jaws (Spielberg - 1970)
4. The Shawshank Redemption (Darabont - 1994)
3. Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back (Kershner - 1980)
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Spielberg - 1982)

1. The Godfather (Coppola - 1972)