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top 100 poll - SCFZ fifth annual
Re: top 100 poll - SCFZ fifth annual
"I too am a child burned by future experiences, fallen back on myself and already suspecting the certainty that in the end only those will prove benevolent who believe in nothing." – Marran Gosov
I'm trying to muster the will and the energy to come up with a list.
1 The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun (Djibril Diop Mambéty 1999)
2 Interkosmos (Jim Finn 2006)
3 Pournami (Prabhu Deva 2006)
4 The Fake (Yeon Sang-ho 2013)
5 Fase (Thierry De Mey 2002)
1 Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul 2006)
2 Oxhide II (Liu Jaiyin 2009)
3 In the Cut (Jane Campion 2003)
4 Jackie (Pablo Lorrain 2016)
5 Clean (Oliver Assayas 2004)
6 Morvern Callar (Lynne Ramsay 2002)
7 Goodbye Dragon Inn (Tsai Ming-Liang 2003)
8 Pulse (Kiyoshi Kurosawa 2001)
9 Meek's Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt 2010)
10 Memories of Murder (Bong Joon-ho 2003)
11 The Pope's Toilet (César Charlone 2007)
12 The World (Jia Zhangke 2004)
13 Beeswax (Andrew Bujalski 2009)
14 Kannathil Muthamittal (Mani Ratnam 2002)
15 A Town Called Panic (Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar 2009)
16 A.I. (Steven Spielberg 2001)
17 Fat Girl (Catherine Breillat 2001)
18 The Saddest Music in the World (Guy Maddin 2003)
19 Yi Yi (Edward Yang 2000)
20 The Fits (Anna Rose Holmer 2015)
21 The Young Pope (Paolo Sorrentino 2016)
22 Head-On (Fatih Akin 2004)
23 The VVItch (Robert Eggers 2015)
24 L'iceberg ( Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon 2005)
25 Wu Yen (Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai 2001)
26 Bahubali (S.S. Rajamouli 2015)
27 Police, Adjective ( Corneliu Porumboiu 2009)
28 Happy Hour (Ryūsuke Hamaguchi 20145)
29 Saint Young Men (Noriko Takao 2013)
30 Shara ( Naomi Kawase 2003)
31 A Dangerous Method (David Cronenberg 2011)
32 Our Little Sister (Hirokazu Kore-eda 2015)
33 Offside (Jafar Panahi 2006)
34 Werckmeister Harmonies (Bela Tarr 2000)
35 Adaptation (Spike Jonze 2002)
36 I Am Love (Luca Guadagnino 2009)
37 Innocence (Lucile Hadžihalilović 2004)
38 Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson
39 Pistol Opera (Seijun Suzuki 2001)
40 Waiting for Happiness (Abderrahmane Sissako 2002)
41 Domino (Tony Scott 2005)
42 The Duchess of Langeais (Jacques Rivette 2007)
43 Water Lilies (Céline Sciamma 2007)
44 Wool 100% (Mai Tominaga 2006)
45 Liverpool (Lisandro Alonso 2008)
46 The Romance of Astrea and Celadon (Eric Rohmer 2007)
47 Mister Lonely (Harmony Korine 2007)
48 Lourdes (Jessica Hausner 2009)
49 Shin Godzilla (Hideaki Anno 2016)
50 Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (Sanjay Leela Bhansali 2013)
Probably have to change some stuff around later since I'm sure there's a bunch I missed and the order is pretty random, not sure about going ranked or unranked for points, don't want to short a movie's chances to make the final list after all.
2 Interkosmos (Jim Finn 2006)
3 Pournami (Prabhu Deva 2006)
4 The Fake (Yeon Sang-ho 2013)
5 Fase (Thierry De Mey 2002)
1 Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul 2006)
2 Oxhide II (Liu Jaiyin 2009)
3 In the Cut (Jane Campion 2003)
4 Jackie (Pablo Lorrain 2016)
5 Clean (Oliver Assayas 2004)
6 Morvern Callar (Lynne Ramsay 2002)
7 Goodbye Dragon Inn (Tsai Ming-Liang 2003)
8 Pulse (Kiyoshi Kurosawa 2001)
9 Meek's Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt 2010)
10 Memories of Murder (Bong Joon-ho 2003)
11 The Pope's Toilet (César Charlone 2007)
12 The World (Jia Zhangke 2004)
13 Beeswax (Andrew Bujalski 2009)
14 Kannathil Muthamittal (Mani Ratnam 2002)
15 A Town Called Panic (Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar 2009)
16 A.I. (Steven Spielberg 2001)
17 Fat Girl (Catherine Breillat 2001)
18 The Saddest Music in the World (Guy Maddin 2003)
19 Yi Yi (Edward Yang 2000)
20 The Fits (Anna Rose Holmer 2015)
21 The Young Pope (Paolo Sorrentino 2016)
22 Head-On (Fatih Akin 2004)
23 The VVItch (Robert Eggers 2015)
24 L'iceberg ( Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon 2005)
25 Wu Yen (Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai 2001)
26 Bahubali (S.S. Rajamouli 2015)
27 Police, Adjective ( Corneliu Porumboiu 2009)
28 Happy Hour (Ryūsuke Hamaguchi 20145)
29 Saint Young Men (Noriko Takao 2013)
30 Shara ( Naomi Kawase 2003)
31 A Dangerous Method (David Cronenberg 2011)
32 Our Little Sister (Hirokazu Kore-eda 2015)
33 Offside (Jafar Panahi 2006)
34 Werckmeister Harmonies (Bela Tarr 2000)
35 Adaptation (Spike Jonze 2002)
36 I Am Love (Luca Guadagnino 2009)
37 Innocence (Lucile Hadžihalilović 2004)
38 Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson
39 Pistol Opera (Seijun Suzuki 2001)
40 Waiting for Happiness (Abderrahmane Sissako 2002)
41 Domino (Tony Scott 2005)
42 The Duchess of Langeais (Jacques Rivette 2007)
43 Water Lilies (Céline Sciamma 2007)
44 Wool 100% (Mai Tominaga 2006)
45 Liverpool (Lisandro Alonso 2008)
46 The Romance of Astrea and Celadon (Eric Rohmer 2007)
47 Mister Lonely (Harmony Korine 2007)
48 Lourdes (Jessica Hausner 2009)
49 Shin Godzilla (Hideaki Anno 2016)
50 Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (Sanjay Leela Bhansali 2013)
Probably have to change some stuff around later since I'm sure there's a bunch I missed and the order is pretty random, not sure about going ranked or unranked for points, don't want to short a movie's chances to make the final list after all.
Last edited by ... on Wed Jun 26, 2019 6:13 am, edited 2 times in total.
i won't tally anything until everyone who wants to participate has had a chance to post a ballot, so don't feel rushed! it wouldn't really feel like a proper scfz list if you or kanafani didn't get a ballot in, so i'm happy to push back any (as yet non-existent) deadline if that means you'll both make a ballot.
and brian d posted an all-silent list and greg x posted an all-21st century list?! interesting...
I really wanted to include it, but couldn't make up my mind which film's got to move out to give it spot. So it's my #56 for sure.
Have you seen their recent film "Lost in Paris"? Another lovely film + it features Emmanuelle Riva and Pierre Richard.
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Bonus 5 (<700 views on lb):
Night Awake (Sandy Ding, 2016)
Cartesius (Roberto Rossellini, 1974)
The Traveller (Paul Naschy, 1979)
L’Homme Atlantique (Marguerite Duras, 1981)
Andy Warhol Screen Tests (Andy Warhol, 1965)
Tier 1:
The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1942)
I Walked With A Zombie (Jacques Tourneur, 1943)
The Long Voyage Home (John Ford, 1940)
Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978)
October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (Sergei Eisenstein, 1928)
Heat (Michael Mann, 1995)
The Act of Seeing with One’s Own Eyes (Stan Brakhage, 1971)
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (George Lucas, 2005)
Crash (David Cronenberg, 1996)
An Autumn Afternoon (Yasujiro Ozu, 1962)
Tier 2:
L’Argent (Robert Bresson, 1983)
Black Narcissus (Michael Powell / Emeric Pressburger, 1947)
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999)
Faust (F.W. Murnau, 1926)
Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (David Fincher, 2011)
Mirror (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975)
L’Avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960)
Hostel: Part II (Eli Roth, 2007)
Tier 3:
Moonrise (Frank Borzage, 1948)
Last Year at Marienbad (Alain Resnais, 1961)
The Exorcist III (William Peter Blatty, 1990)
Winter Light (Ingmar Bergman, 1963)
The Third Part of the Night (Andrzej Zulawski, 1971)
A Quiet Place in the Country (1968, Elio Petri)
Zombie Flesh Eaters (Lucio Fulci, 1979)
The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (Raul Ruiz, 1978)
The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton 1955)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hopper, 1974)
Tier 4:
Vanilla Sky (Cameron Crowe, 2001)
The Swimmer (Frank Perry, 1968)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (Jack Arnold, 1957)
Titanic (James Cameron, 1997)
Shanghai Express (Josef von Sternberg, 1932)
The Black Cat (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1934)
Showgirls (Paul Verhoeven, 1995)
Querelle (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982)
Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
The Murderers Are Among Us (Wolfgang Staudte, 1946)
Tier 5:
La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960)
Way Down East (D.W. Griffith, 1920)
The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann, 2013)
Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1955)
Blue (Derek Jarman, 1993)
Ugetsu (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953)
Inglorious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)
Vengeance Is Mine (Shohei Imamura, 1979)
Opera (Dario Argento, 1987)
The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011)
.Bonus 5 (<700 views on lb):
Night Awake (Sandy Ding, 2016)
Cartesius (Roberto Rossellini, 1974)
The Traveller (Paul Naschy, 1979)
L’Homme Atlantique (Marguerite Duras, 1981)
Andy Warhol Screen Tests (Andy Warhol, 1965)
Tier 1:
The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1942)
I Walked With A Zombie (Jacques Tourneur, 1943)
The Long Voyage Home (John Ford, 1940)
Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978)
October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (Sergei Eisenstein, 1928)
Heat (Michael Mann, 1995)
The Act of Seeing with One’s Own Eyes (Stan Brakhage, 1971)
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (George Lucas, 2005)
Crash (David Cronenberg, 1996)
An Autumn Afternoon (Yasujiro Ozu, 1962)
Tier 2:
L’Argent (Robert Bresson, 1983)
Black Narcissus (Michael Powell / Emeric Pressburger, 1947)
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999)
Faust (F.W. Murnau, 1926)
Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (David Fincher, 2011)
Mirror (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975)
L’Avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960)
Hostel: Part II (Eli Roth, 2007)
Tier 3:
Moonrise (Frank Borzage, 1948)
Last Year at Marienbad (Alain Resnais, 1961)
The Exorcist III (William Peter Blatty, 1990)
Winter Light (Ingmar Bergman, 1963)
The Third Part of the Night (Andrzej Zulawski, 1971)
A Quiet Place in the Country (1968, Elio Petri)
Zombie Flesh Eaters (Lucio Fulci, 1979)
The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (Raul Ruiz, 1978)
The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton 1955)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hopper, 1974)
Tier 4:
Vanilla Sky (Cameron Crowe, 2001)
The Swimmer (Frank Perry, 1968)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (Jack Arnold, 1957)
Titanic (James Cameron, 1997)
Shanghai Express (Josef von Sternberg, 1932)
The Black Cat (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1934)
Showgirls (Paul Verhoeven, 1995)
Querelle (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982)
Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
The Murderers Are Among Us (Wolfgang Staudte, 1946)
Tier 5:
La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960)
Way Down East (D.W. Griffith, 1920)
The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann, 2013)
Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1955)
Blue (Derek Jarman, 1993)
Ugetsu (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953)
Inglorious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)
Vengeance Is Mine (Shohei Imamura, 1979)
Opera (Dario Argento, 1987)
The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011)
5 heavenly kings
pestonjee (vijaya mehta, 1988)
utsav (girish karnad, 1984)
the ballad of cable hogue (sam peckinpah, 1970)
rajnigandha (basu chatterjee, 1974)
the whole shootin' match (eagle pennell, 1978)
1.
aag (raj kapoor, 1948)
autumn in the water (sogo ishii, 1995)
avargal (k. balachander, 1977)
canyon passage (jacques tourneur, 1946)
fauborg st martin (jean-claude guiguet, 1986)
femmes femmes (paul vecchiali, 1974)
goliath and the dragon (vittorio cottafavi, 1960)
manoel's destinies (raoul ruiz, 1984)
morocco (josef von sternberg, 1930)
toute une nuit (chantal akerman, 1982)
2.
attakathi (pa. ranjith, 2012)
band baaja baarat (maneesh sharma, 2010)
kabhie kabhie (yash chopra, 1976)
l'intrus (claire denis, 2004)
flammes (adolfo arrieta, 1978)
lovers are wet (tatsumi kumashiro, 1973)
main hoon na (farah khan, 2004)
mouna ragam (mani ratnam, 1986)
sparrow (johnnie to, 2008)
summer vacation 1999 (shusuke kanedo, 1988)
3.
the blade (tsui hark, 1995)
chupke chupke (hrishikesh mukherjee, 1975)
guna (santhana barathi, 1991)
his highness abdullah (sibi malayil, 1990)
meeting a milestone (gautam ghose, 1989)
a night in nude (takashi ishii, 1993)
rangeela (ram gopal varma, 1995)
a scene at sea (takeshi kitano, 1991)
thoovanathumbikal (padmarajan, 1987)
titli (rituparno ghosh, 2002)
4.
aspern (eduardo de gregorio, 1982)
cockfighter (monte hellman, 1974)
die katze (dominik graf, 1988)
dooratwa (buddhadeb dasgupta, 1981)
goopy gyne bagha byne (satyajit ray, 1969)
imsai arasan 23am pulikesi (chimbu devan)
joker (raju murugan, 2016)
kitaab (gulzar, 1977)
pudhupettai (selvaraghavan, 2006)
sahib bibi aur ghulam (abrar alvi, 1962)
5.
and quiet rolls the dawn (mrinal sen, 1979)
amar akbar anthony (manmohan desai, 1977)
bandini (bimal roy, 1963)
destiny's son (kenji misumi, 1962)
fatso! (rajit kapoot, 2012)
ghulami (jp dutta, 1985)
jait re jait (jabbar patel, 1977)
saagar (rohit shetty, 1985)
teesri kasam (basu bhattacharya, 1967)
tere ghar ke samne (vijay anand, 1963)
restricting to 1 film per director and only films watched in past few years. which ends up with an odd list, lacking many all time favorites, but which seems right for now. ranking all over the place.
pestonjee (vijaya mehta, 1988)
utsav (girish karnad, 1984)
the ballad of cable hogue (sam peckinpah, 1970)
rajnigandha (basu chatterjee, 1974)
the whole shootin' match (eagle pennell, 1978)
1.
aag (raj kapoor, 1948)
autumn in the water (sogo ishii, 1995)
avargal (k. balachander, 1977)
canyon passage (jacques tourneur, 1946)
fauborg st martin (jean-claude guiguet, 1986)
femmes femmes (paul vecchiali, 1974)
goliath and the dragon (vittorio cottafavi, 1960)
manoel's destinies (raoul ruiz, 1984)
morocco (josef von sternberg, 1930)
toute une nuit (chantal akerman, 1982)
2.
attakathi (pa. ranjith, 2012)
band baaja baarat (maneesh sharma, 2010)
kabhie kabhie (yash chopra, 1976)
l'intrus (claire denis, 2004)
flammes (adolfo arrieta, 1978)
lovers are wet (tatsumi kumashiro, 1973)
main hoon na (farah khan, 2004)
mouna ragam (mani ratnam, 1986)
sparrow (johnnie to, 2008)
summer vacation 1999 (shusuke kanedo, 1988)
3.
the blade (tsui hark, 1995)
chupke chupke (hrishikesh mukherjee, 1975)
guna (santhana barathi, 1991)
his highness abdullah (sibi malayil, 1990)
meeting a milestone (gautam ghose, 1989)
a night in nude (takashi ishii, 1993)
rangeela (ram gopal varma, 1995)
a scene at sea (takeshi kitano, 1991)
thoovanathumbikal (padmarajan, 1987)
titli (rituparno ghosh, 2002)
4.
aspern (eduardo de gregorio, 1982)
cockfighter (monte hellman, 1974)
die katze (dominik graf, 1988)
dooratwa (buddhadeb dasgupta, 1981)
goopy gyne bagha byne (satyajit ray, 1969)
imsai arasan 23am pulikesi (chimbu devan)
joker (raju murugan, 2016)
kitaab (gulzar, 1977)
pudhupettai (selvaraghavan, 2006)
sahib bibi aur ghulam (abrar alvi, 1962)
5.
and quiet rolls the dawn (mrinal sen, 1979)
amar akbar anthony (manmohan desai, 1977)
bandini (bimal roy, 1963)
destiny's son (kenji misumi, 1962)
fatso! (rajit kapoot, 2012)
ghulami (jp dutta, 1985)
jait re jait (jabbar patel, 1977)
saagar (rohit shetty, 1985)
teesri kasam (basu bhattacharya, 1967)
tere ghar ke samne (vijay anand, 1963)
restricting to 1 film per director and only films watched in past few years. which ends up with an odd list, lacking many all time favorites, but which seems right for now. ranking all over the place.
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That's what I'm mainly doing coz it's quicker. Why is that cheating?
Except for Wiseman's, I restricted my top five to films that I gave at least 4 stars to that were made this decade.
The only major change from my 2018 top 50 is that it's now completely unranked.
Extra 5:
Near Death (Frederick Wiseman, 1989)
Burning (Lee Chang-dong, 2018)
Loveless (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2017)
Mommy (Xavier Dolan, 2014)
Heli (Amat Escalante, 2013)
Unranked:
L'Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934)
Bandits of Orgosolo (Vittorio De Seta, 1961)
Léon Morin, Priest (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1961)
Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
A Summer's Tale (Erich Rohmer, 1996)
Caché (Michael Haneke, 2005)
Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1955)
The Leopard (Luchino Visconti, 1963)
Come and See (Elem Klimov, 1985)
Whistle and I'll Come to You (Jonathan Miller, 1968)
Sunrise: A song of Two Humans (F.W. Murnau, 1927)
The Tale of the Fox (Ladislas and Irene Starewicz, 1937)
The Virgin Spring (Ingmar Bergman, 1960)
London (Garrison Keillor, 1994)
Love Streams (John Cassevetes, 1984)
The Emigrants (Jan Troell, 1971)
The Child (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 2005)
The Crazy Stranger (Tony Gatlif, 1997)
My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin, 2007)
Deseret (James Benning, 1995)
Withnail & I (Bruce Robinson, 1987)
Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh, 2008)
Videodrome (David Cronenberg, 1983)
Macario (Roberto Gavaldon, 1960)
The Long Day Closes (Terence Davies, 1992)
City Lights (Charles Chaplin, 1931)
Edvard Munch (Peter Watkins, 1974)
News From Home (Chantal Akerman, 1977)
Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994)
To Die For (Gus Van Sant, 1995)
Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965)
Veronika Voss (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982)
Edward and Caroline (Jacques Becker, 1951)
Cat People (Jacques Tourneur, 1942)
Red River (Howard Hawks, 1948)
A Matter of Dignity (Michael Cacoyannis, 1958)
Il Posto (Ermanno Olmi, 1961)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (Eleanor Coppola, 1991)
Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
Summer Hours (Olivier Assayas, 2008)
Liebelei (Max Ophuls, 1933)
Woman They Almost Lynched (Allan Dwan, 1953)
Kes (Ken Loach, 1969)
The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir, 1939)
Spring Breakers (Harmony Korine, 2012)
Metropolitan (Whit Stillman, 1990)
The Man Who Fell to Earth (Nicolas Roeg, 1976)
Naked Childhood (Maurice Pialat, 1968)
My Darling Clementine (John Ford, 1946)
Ripley's Game (Liliana Cavani, 2002)
The only major change from my 2018 top 50 is that it's now completely unranked.
Extra 5:
Near Death (Frederick Wiseman, 1989)
Burning (Lee Chang-dong, 2018)
Loveless (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2017)
Mommy (Xavier Dolan, 2014)
Heli (Amat Escalante, 2013)
Unranked:
L'Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934)
Bandits of Orgosolo (Vittorio De Seta, 1961)
Léon Morin, Priest (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1961)
Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
A Summer's Tale (Erich Rohmer, 1996)
Caché (Michael Haneke, 2005)
Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1955)
The Leopard (Luchino Visconti, 1963)
Come and See (Elem Klimov, 1985)
Whistle and I'll Come to You (Jonathan Miller, 1968)
Sunrise: A song of Two Humans (F.W. Murnau, 1927)
The Tale of the Fox (Ladislas and Irene Starewicz, 1937)
The Virgin Spring (Ingmar Bergman, 1960)
London (Garrison Keillor, 1994)
Love Streams (John Cassevetes, 1984)
The Emigrants (Jan Troell, 1971)
The Child (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 2005)
The Crazy Stranger (Tony Gatlif, 1997)
My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin, 2007)
Deseret (James Benning, 1995)
Withnail & I (Bruce Robinson, 1987)
Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh, 2008)
Videodrome (David Cronenberg, 1983)
Macario (Roberto Gavaldon, 1960)
The Long Day Closes (Terence Davies, 1992)
City Lights (Charles Chaplin, 1931)
Edvard Munch (Peter Watkins, 1974)
News From Home (Chantal Akerman, 1977)
Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994)
To Die For (Gus Van Sant, 1995)
Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965)
Veronika Voss (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982)
Edward and Caroline (Jacques Becker, 1951)
Cat People (Jacques Tourneur, 1942)
Red River (Howard Hawks, 1948)
A Matter of Dignity (Michael Cacoyannis, 1958)
Il Posto (Ermanno Olmi, 1961)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (Eleanor Coppola, 1991)
Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
Summer Hours (Olivier Assayas, 2008)
Liebelei (Max Ophuls, 1933)
Woman They Almost Lynched (Allan Dwan, 1953)
Kes (Ken Loach, 1969)
The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir, 1939)
Spring Breakers (Harmony Korine, 2012)
Metropolitan (Whit Stillman, 1990)
The Man Who Fell to Earth (Nicolas Roeg, 1976)
Naked Childhood (Maurice Pialat, 1968)
My Darling Clementine (John Ford, 1946)
Ripley's Game (Liliana Cavani, 2002)
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Yeah, I liked it a lot and almost chose it, but there were a couple scenes that tipped the favor to L'iceberg instead. I've liked all their movies to varying degrees, The Fairy probably least, but L'iceberg seemed the most consistent.Have you seen their recent film "Lost in Paris"? Another lovely film + it features Emmanuelle Riva and Pierre Richard.
Our Little Sister isn't a movie that jumps out at you, but it maintains a tone that lingers long after seeing it for its more subtle attributes.
Extra Five
Nomad (Patrick Tam Kar-Ming, Terry Tong, 1982)
Vapor Trail (Clark) (John Gianvito, 2010)
Omar Gatlato (Merzak Allouache, 1976)
The Sky Turns (Mercedes Álvarez, 2004)
Simone Barbes or Virtue (Marie-Claude Treilhou, 1980)
50
The Wind Will Carry Us (Abbas Kiarostami, 1999)
Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)
Goodbye South, Goodbye (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1996)
A Summer's Tale (Éric Rohmer, 1996)
L'Argent (Robert Bresson, 1983)
News from Home (Chantal Akerman, 1977)
Celine and Julie Go Boating (Jacques Rivette, 1974)
PlayTime (Jacques Tati, 1967)
Stemple Pass (James Benning, 2012)
Welfare (Frederick Wiseman, 1975)
Platform (Jia Zhangke, 2000)
La Ciénaga (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)
Hovering Over the Water (João César Monteiro, 1986)
Mélo (Alain Resnais, 1986)
Too Early/Too Late (Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet, 1982)
Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett, 1978)
We Won't Grow Old Together (Maurice Pialat, 1972)
Colossal Youth (Pedro Costa, 2006)
Doomed Love (Manoel de Oliveira, 1978)
The Mother and the Whore (Jean Eustache, 1973)
Last Chants for a Slow Dance (Jon Jost, 1977)
The House Is Black (Forugh Farrokhzad, 1963)
Hatari! (Howard Hawks, 1962)
Imitation of Life (Douglas Sirk, 1959)
Le Trou (Jacques Becker, 1960)
Street of Shame (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1956)
The Sun Shines Bright (John Ford, 1953)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (Max Ophüls, 1948)
Land Without Bread (Luis Buñuel, 1933)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (Frank Capra, 1933)
L'Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934)
The Big Trail (Raoul Walsh, 1930)
Morocco (Josef von Sternberg, 1930)
Foolish Wives (Erich von Stroheim, 1922)
Les Vampires (Louis Feuillade, 1915)
Du côté d'Orouët (Jacques Rozier, 1971)
Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo (Sadao Yamanaka, 1935)
La Région Centrale (Michael Snow, 1971)
India Song (Marguerite Duras, 1975)
Why Violet (Radwan El-Kashef, 1993)
Mahjong (Edward Yang, 1996)
The Three-Sided Mirror (Jean Epstein, 1927)
Cuadecuc, Vampir (Pere Portabella, 1971)
Stars in My Crown (Jacques Tourneur, 1950)
A New Leaf (Elaine May, 1971)
Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
Regular Lovers (Philippe Garrel, 2005)
Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt, 2006)
Subarnarekha (Ritwik Ghatak, 1965)
The Brick and the Mirror (Ebrahim Golestan, 1965)
Nomad (Patrick Tam Kar-Ming, Terry Tong, 1982)
Vapor Trail (Clark) (John Gianvito, 2010)
Omar Gatlato (Merzak Allouache, 1976)
The Sky Turns (Mercedes Álvarez, 2004)
Simone Barbes or Virtue (Marie-Claude Treilhou, 1980)
50
The Wind Will Carry Us (Abbas Kiarostami, 1999)
Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)
Goodbye South, Goodbye (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1996)
A Summer's Tale (Éric Rohmer, 1996)
L'Argent (Robert Bresson, 1983)
News from Home (Chantal Akerman, 1977)
Celine and Julie Go Boating (Jacques Rivette, 1974)
PlayTime (Jacques Tati, 1967)
Stemple Pass (James Benning, 2012)
Welfare (Frederick Wiseman, 1975)
Platform (Jia Zhangke, 2000)
La Ciénaga (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)
Hovering Over the Water (João César Monteiro, 1986)
Mélo (Alain Resnais, 1986)
Too Early/Too Late (Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet, 1982)
Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett, 1978)
We Won't Grow Old Together (Maurice Pialat, 1972)
Colossal Youth (Pedro Costa, 2006)
Doomed Love (Manoel de Oliveira, 1978)
The Mother and the Whore (Jean Eustache, 1973)
Last Chants for a Slow Dance (Jon Jost, 1977)
The House Is Black (Forugh Farrokhzad, 1963)
Hatari! (Howard Hawks, 1962)
Imitation of Life (Douglas Sirk, 1959)
Le Trou (Jacques Becker, 1960)
Street of Shame (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1956)
The Sun Shines Bright (John Ford, 1953)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (Max Ophüls, 1948)
Land Without Bread (Luis Buñuel, 1933)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (Frank Capra, 1933)
L'Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934)
The Big Trail (Raoul Walsh, 1930)
Morocco (Josef von Sternberg, 1930)
Foolish Wives (Erich von Stroheim, 1922)
Les Vampires (Louis Feuillade, 1915)
Du côté d'Orouët (Jacques Rozier, 1971)
Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo (Sadao Yamanaka, 1935)
La Région Centrale (Michael Snow, 1971)
India Song (Marguerite Duras, 1975)
Why Violet (Radwan El-Kashef, 1993)
Mahjong (Edward Yang, 1996)
The Three-Sided Mirror (Jean Epstein, 1927)
Cuadecuc, Vampir (Pere Portabella, 1971)
Stars in My Crown (Jacques Tourneur, 1950)
A New Leaf (Elaine May, 1971)
Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
Regular Lovers (Philippe Garrel, 2005)
Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt, 2006)
Subarnarekha (Ritwik Ghatak, 1965)
The Brick and the Mirror (Ebrahim Golestan, 1965)
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five bonus
He Who Gets Slapped (Victor Sjostrom, 1924)
Margie (Henry King, 1946)
The Maggie (Alexander Mackendrick, 1954)
Libel (Anthony Asquith, 1959)
La Rupture (Claude Chabrol, 1970)
unranked
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (Fritz Lang, 1922)
Sherlock Jr. (Buster Keaton, 1924)
By the Law (Lev Kuleshov, 1926)
Ladies of Leisure (Frank Capra, 1930)
Night Nurse (William A. Wellman, 1931)
Trouble in Paradise (Ernst Lubitsch, 1932)
Holiday (George Cukor, 1938)
The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir, 1939)
The Strawberry Blonde (Raoul Walsh, 1941)
Day of Wrath (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1943)
Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli, 1944)
Fort Apache (John Ford, 1948)
A Hen in the Wind (Yasujiro Ozu, 1948)
The Heiress (William Wyler, 1949)
Devil's Doorway (Anthony Mann, 1950)
The Browning Version (Anthony Asquith, 1951)
Journey to Italy (Roberto Rossellini, 1954)
Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray, 1955)
Anatomy of a Murder (Otto Preminger, 1959)
Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)
The Virgin Spring (Ingmar Bergman, 1960)
Wild River (Elia Kazan, 1960)
Leon Morin, Priest (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1961)
The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963)
Woman in the Dunes (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964)
Playtime (Jacques Tati, 1967)
Samurai Rebellion (Masaki Kobayashi, 1967)
Petulia (Richard Lester, 1968)
Double Suicide (Masahiro Shinoda, 1969)
The Landlord (Hal Ashby, 1970)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (John Schlesinger, 1971)
A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes, 1974)
The Passenger (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975)
3 Women (Robert Altman, 1977)
News from Home (Chantal Akerman, 1977)
Autumn Sonata (Ingmar Bergman, 1978)
Ms. 45 (Abel Ferrara, 1981)
S.O.B. (Blake Edwards, 1981)
Something Wild (Jonathan Demme, 1986)
And Life Goes On (Abbas Kiarostami, 1992)
The Long Day Closes (Terence Davies, 1992)
A Winter's Tale (Eric Rohmer, 1992)
Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1995)
Inquietude (Manoel de Oliveira, 1998)
Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998)
Belfast, Maine (Frederick, Wiseman, 1999)
Demonlover (Olivier Assayas, 2002)
Entertainment (Rick Alverson, 2015)
American Honey (Andrea Arnold, 2016)
Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, 2016)
He Who Gets Slapped (Victor Sjostrom, 1924)
Margie (Henry King, 1946)
The Maggie (Alexander Mackendrick, 1954)
Libel (Anthony Asquith, 1959)
La Rupture (Claude Chabrol, 1970)
unranked
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (Fritz Lang, 1922)
Sherlock Jr. (Buster Keaton, 1924)
By the Law (Lev Kuleshov, 1926)
Ladies of Leisure (Frank Capra, 1930)
Night Nurse (William A. Wellman, 1931)
Trouble in Paradise (Ernst Lubitsch, 1932)
Holiday (George Cukor, 1938)
The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir, 1939)
The Strawberry Blonde (Raoul Walsh, 1941)
Day of Wrath (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1943)
Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli, 1944)
Fort Apache (John Ford, 1948)
A Hen in the Wind (Yasujiro Ozu, 1948)
The Heiress (William Wyler, 1949)
Devil's Doorway (Anthony Mann, 1950)
The Browning Version (Anthony Asquith, 1951)
Journey to Italy (Roberto Rossellini, 1954)
Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray, 1955)
Anatomy of a Murder (Otto Preminger, 1959)
Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)
The Virgin Spring (Ingmar Bergman, 1960)
Wild River (Elia Kazan, 1960)
Leon Morin, Priest (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1961)
The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963)
Woman in the Dunes (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964)
Playtime (Jacques Tati, 1967)
Samurai Rebellion (Masaki Kobayashi, 1967)
Petulia (Richard Lester, 1968)
Double Suicide (Masahiro Shinoda, 1969)
The Landlord (Hal Ashby, 1970)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (John Schlesinger, 1971)
A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes, 1974)
The Passenger (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975)
3 Women (Robert Altman, 1977)
News from Home (Chantal Akerman, 1977)
Autumn Sonata (Ingmar Bergman, 1978)
Ms. 45 (Abel Ferrara, 1981)
S.O.B. (Blake Edwards, 1981)
Something Wild (Jonathan Demme, 1986)
And Life Goes On (Abbas Kiarostami, 1992)
The Long Day Closes (Terence Davies, 1992)
A Winter's Tale (Eric Rohmer, 1992)
Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1995)
Inquietude (Manoel de Oliveira, 1998)
Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998)
Belfast, Maine (Frederick, Wiseman, 1999)
Demonlover (Olivier Assayas, 2002)
Entertainment (Rick Alverson, 2015)
American Honey (Andrea Arnold, 2016)
Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, 2016)
i shall cop out and post my ballot from last year
an inn at osaka (gosho 1954)
raining in the mountain (hu 1979)
bandits of orgosolo (de seta 1961)
mandala (im 1981)
at sea (hutton 2007)
extraordinary stories (llinas 2008)
mind of clay (kaul 1985)
india song (duras 1975)
the mouth agape (pialat 1974)
toute une nuit (akerman 1982)
dil se... (ratnam 1998)
anne of the indies (tourneur 1951)
la otra (gavaldon 1946)
manoel on the isle of wonders (ruiz 1984)
lightning (naruse 1952)
tenchu! (gosha 1969)
rouge (kwan 1987)
el (bunuel 1953)
journey to italy (rossellini 1954)
day of wrath (dreyer 1943)
the cameraman (keaton/sedgwick 1928)
rue de l'estrapade (becker 1953)
edvard munch (watkins 1974)
one way passage (garnett 1932)
deseret (benning 1995)
pyaasa (dutt 1957)
there's always tomorrow (sirk 1956)
the outlaw and his wife (sjostrom 1918)
pom poko (takahata 1994)
goodbye south goodbye (hou 1996)
die parallelstrasse (khittl 1962)
trouble in paradise (lubitsch 1932)
yi yi (yang 2000)
day of the outlaw (de toth 1959)
lucky star (borzage 1929)
the aviator's wife (rohmer 1981)
in a lonely place (ray 1950)
early summer (ozu 1951)
wagon master (ford 1950)
under the bridges (kautner 1946)
a hero never dies (to 1998)
green snake (tsui 1993)
a good lad (barnet 1943)
nothing but a man (roemer 1964)
panique (duvivier 1946)
hovering over the water (monteiro 1986)
francisca (oliviera 1981)
ticket of no return (ottinger 1979)
mr shosuke ohara (shimizu 1949)
kummatty (aravindan 1979)
+5
song of the scarlet flower (tulio 1938)
the mad fox (uchida 1962)
i by day, you by night (berger 1932)
inca light (fulton 1972)
una donna libera (cottafavi 1954)
an inn at osaka (gosho 1954)
raining in the mountain (hu 1979)
bandits of orgosolo (de seta 1961)
mandala (im 1981)
at sea (hutton 2007)
extraordinary stories (llinas 2008)
mind of clay (kaul 1985)
india song (duras 1975)
the mouth agape (pialat 1974)
toute une nuit (akerman 1982)
dil se... (ratnam 1998)
anne of the indies (tourneur 1951)
la otra (gavaldon 1946)
manoel on the isle of wonders (ruiz 1984)
lightning (naruse 1952)
tenchu! (gosha 1969)
rouge (kwan 1987)
el (bunuel 1953)
journey to italy (rossellini 1954)
day of wrath (dreyer 1943)
the cameraman (keaton/sedgwick 1928)
rue de l'estrapade (becker 1953)
edvard munch (watkins 1974)
one way passage (garnett 1932)
deseret (benning 1995)
pyaasa (dutt 1957)
there's always tomorrow (sirk 1956)
the outlaw and his wife (sjostrom 1918)
pom poko (takahata 1994)
goodbye south goodbye (hou 1996)
die parallelstrasse (khittl 1962)
trouble in paradise (lubitsch 1932)
yi yi (yang 2000)
day of the outlaw (de toth 1959)
lucky star (borzage 1929)
the aviator's wife (rohmer 1981)
in a lonely place (ray 1950)
early summer (ozu 1951)
wagon master (ford 1950)
under the bridges (kautner 1946)
a hero never dies (to 1998)
green snake (tsui 1993)
a good lad (barnet 1943)
nothing but a man (roemer 1964)
panique (duvivier 1946)
hovering over the water (monteiro 1986)
francisca (oliviera 1981)
ticket of no return (ottinger 1979)
mr shosuke ohara (shimizu 1949)
kummatty (aravindan 1979)
+5
song of the scarlet flower (tulio 1938)
the mad fox (uchida 1962)
i by day, you by night (berger 1932)
inca light (fulton 1972)
una donna libera (cottafavi 1954)
something missed here but I dunno...
+5 (<500 views on LB)
Seisaku's Wife (Yasuzô Masumura, 1965)
Doomed Love (Manoel de Oliveira, 1978)
Fly High Run Far (Im Kwon-taek, 1991)
Smoking / No Smoking (Alain Resnais, 1993)
Moving (Shinji Sômai, 1993)
50 (chronological order)
Sherlock, Jr. (Buster Keaton, 1924)
The Crowd (King Vidor, 1928)
City Lights (Charlie Chaplin, 1931)
A Day in the Country (Jean Renoir, 1936)
Angel (Ernst Lubitsch, 1937)
The Flowers of St. Francis (Roberto Rossellini, 1950)
Wagon Master (John Ford, 1950)
Lightning (Mikio Naruse, 1952)
The Band Wagon (Vincente Minnelli, 1953)
Sansho the Bailiff (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954)
Lola Montes (Max Ophüls, 1955)
Pyaasa (Guru Dutt, 1957)
Tokyo Twilight (Yasujiro Ozu, 1957)
Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
Imitation of Life (Douglas Sirk, 1959)
Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)
Le Trou (Jacques Becker, 1960)
The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 1960)
Harakiri (Masaki Kobayashi, 1962)
High and Low (Akira Kurosawa, 1963)
Chimes at Midnight (Orson Welles, 1965)
Seconds (John Frankenheimer, 1966)
Playtime (Jacques Tati, 1967)
The Young Girls of Rochefort (Jacques Demy, 1967)
Army of Shadows (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1969)
Two English Girls (François Truffaut, 1971)
The Spirit of the Beehive (Víctor Erice, 1973)
A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes, 1974)
Celine and Julie Go Boating (Jacques Rivette, 1974)
The Godfather : Part 2 (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir, 1975)
Mikey and Nicky (Elaine May, 1976)
Mr. Klein (Joseph Losey, 1976)
News From Home (Chantal Akerman, 1977)
Sorcerer (William Friedkin, 1977)
The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)
L'Enfant Secret (Larisa Shepitko, 1979)
A Tale of Winter (Eric Rohmer, 1992)
Goodbye South, Goodbye (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1996)
Eureka (Shinji Aoyama, 2000)
The Day I Became a Woman (Marziyeh Meshkiny, 2000)
Yi Yi (Edvard Yang, 2000)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001)
In Vanda's Room (Pedro Costa, 2001)
Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Tsai Ming-liang, 2003)
The Best of Youth (Marco Tullio Giordana, 2003)
The Beaches of Agnes (Agnes Varda, 2008)
Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008)
From What is Before (Lav Diaz, 2014)
Happy Hour (Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, 2015)
+5 (<500 views on LB)
Seisaku's Wife (Yasuzô Masumura, 1965)
Doomed Love (Manoel de Oliveira, 1978)
Fly High Run Far (Im Kwon-taek, 1991)
Smoking / No Smoking (Alain Resnais, 1993)
Moving (Shinji Sômai, 1993)
50 (chronological order)
Sherlock, Jr. (Buster Keaton, 1924)
The Crowd (King Vidor, 1928)
City Lights (Charlie Chaplin, 1931)
A Day in the Country (Jean Renoir, 1936)
Angel (Ernst Lubitsch, 1937)
The Flowers of St. Francis (Roberto Rossellini, 1950)
Wagon Master (John Ford, 1950)
Lightning (Mikio Naruse, 1952)
The Band Wagon (Vincente Minnelli, 1953)
Sansho the Bailiff (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954)
Lola Montes (Max Ophüls, 1955)
Pyaasa (Guru Dutt, 1957)
Tokyo Twilight (Yasujiro Ozu, 1957)
Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
Imitation of Life (Douglas Sirk, 1959)
Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)
Le Trou (Jacques Becker, 1960)
The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 1960)
Harakiri (Masaki Kobayashi, 1962)
High and Low (Akira Kurosawa, 1963)
Chimes at Midnight (Orson Welles, 1965)
Seconds (John Frankenheimer, 1966)
Playtime (Jacques Tati, 1967)
The Young Girls of Rochefort (Jacques Demy, 1967)
Army of Shadows (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1969)
Two English Girls (François Truffaut, 1971)
The Spirit of the Beehive (Víctor Erice, 1973)
A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes, 1974)
Celine and Julie Go Boating (Jacques Rivette, 1974)
The Godfather : Part 2 (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir, 1975)
Mikey and Nicky (Elaine May, 1976)
Mr. Klein (Joseph Losey, 1976)
News From Home (Chantal Akerman, 1977)
Sorcerer (William Friedkin, 1977)
The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)
L'Enfant Secret (Larisa Shepitko, 1979)
A Tale of Winter (Eric Rohmer, 1992)
Goodbye South, Goodbye (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1996)
Eureka (Shinji Aoyama, 2000)
The Day I Became a Woman (Marziyeh Meshkiny, 2000)
Yi Yi (Edvard Yang, 2000)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001)
In Vanda's Room (Pedro Costa, 2001)
Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Tsai Ming-liang, 2003)
The Best of Youth (Marco Tullio Giordana, 2003)
The Beaches of Agnes (Agnes Varda, 2008)
Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008)
From What is Before (Lav Diaz, 2014)
Happy Hour (Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, 2015)
just realized all my films are from the 20th century. lol
well it was a good one
well it was a good one
definitely one of the best centuries for film, if not the best
19th century easily. Had that Greenland hounds movie
am working on this but will likely need till july 4th weekend to come up with something. it'll still be highly arbitrary and unscientific.
that sounds great! no rush, i'll wait until you post a ballot before i start tallying.
if anyone else is planning to post a ballot, let me know, so i don't start tabulating without including it. and i wonder if any of the former scfz regulars might be encouraged to post here (james, twodeadmagpies, mpenalosa, etc) since they were so central to our community not too long ago?
Yeah, were are all these scfz seniors!? Hope they haven't retired from film!
"I too am a child burned by future experiences, fallen back on myself and already suspecting the certainty that in the end only those will prove benevolent who believe in nothing." – Marran Gosov
+5
Joker (Raju Murugan,2016)
Avargal (K Balachander,1977)
Pestonjee (Vijaya Mehta,1988)
Jait re Jait (Jabbar Patel,1977)
Attakathi (Pa Ranjith,2012)
1-10
Le Bonheur (Agnes Varda,1965)
Ballad of Cable Hogue (Sam Peckinpah,1970)
Femmes Femmes (Paul Vecchiali,1974)
Charulata (Satyajit Ray,1964)
Out 1: Noli me tangere (Jacques Rivette,1971)
Martha (Rainer Werner Fassbinder,1974)
Manoel's Destinies (Raúl Ruiz,1984)
Canyon Passage (Jacques Tourneur,1946)
Bay of Angels (Jacques Demy,1963)
Aag (Raj Kapoor,1948)
11-20
A Brighter Summer Day (Edward Yang,1991)
Millennium Mambo (Hou Hsiao-Hsien,2001)
The Green Ray (Eric Rohmer,1986)
Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul,2006)
Ajantrik (Ritwik Ghatak,1958)
Green Snake (Tsui Hark,1993)
Kaagaz Ke Phool (Guru Dutt,1959)
Rangeela (Ram Gopal Verma,1995)
Where is the Friend's Home (Abbas Kiarostami,1987)
Garm Hava (M.S. Sathyu,1973)
21-30
The Hole (Tsai Ming-Liang,1998)
Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 (Johnnie To,2014)
Meeting a Milestone (Goutam Ghose,1989)
36 Chowringhee Lane (Aparna Sen,1981)
Guide (Vijay Anand,1965)
Miss Oyu (Kenji Mizoguchi,1951)
Man of the Story (Adoor Gopalakrishnan,1995)
La Rupture (Claude Chabrol,1970)
The Castaways of Turtle Island (Jacques Rozier,1976)
Deewaar (Yash Chopra,1975)
31-40
Morocco (Josef von Sternberg,1930)
Cockfighter (Monte Hellman,1974)
Thoovanathumbikal (P Padmarajan,1987)
Bhoothakkannadi (AK Lohithadas,1997)
Go Go Tales (Abel Ferrara,2007)
Main Hoon Na (Farah Khan,2004)
D'Est (Chantal Akerman,1993)
Our Beloved Month of August (Miguel Gomes,2008)
A New Leaf (Elaine May,1971)
Iruvar (Mani Ratnam,1997)
41-50
Van Gogh (Maurice Pialat,1991)
Senso (Luchino Visconti,1954)
Friday Night (Claire Denis,2002)
Chitchor (Basu Chatterjee,1976)
Band Baaja Baaraat (Manish Sharma ,2010)
Moving (Shinji Somai,1993)
Ghattashraddha (Girish Kasaravalli,1977)
Kitaab (Gulzar,1977)
Happy Together (Wong Kar-Wai,1997)
Saaransh (Mahesh Bhatt,1974)
Joker (Raju Murugan,2016)
Avargal (K Balachander,1977)
Pestonjee (Vijaya Mehta,1988)
Jait re Jait (Jabbar Patel,1977)
Attakathi (Pa Ranjith,2012)
1-10
Le Bonheur (Agnes Varda,1965)
Ballad of Cable Hogue (Sam Peckinpah,1970)
Femmes Femmes (Paul Vecchiali,1974)
Charulata (Satyajit Ray,1964)
Out 1: Noli me tangere (Jacques Rivette,1971)
Martha (Rainer Werner Fassbinder,1974)
Manoel's Destinies (Raúl Ruiz,1984)
Canyon Passage (Jacques Tourneur,1946)
Bay of Angels (Jacques Demy,1963)
Aag (Raj Kapoor,1948)
11-20
A Brighter Summer Day (Edward Yang,1991)
Millennium Mambo (Hou Hsiao-Hsien,2001)
The Green Ray (Eric Rohmer,1986)
Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul,2006)
Ajantrik (Ritwik Ghatak,1958)
Green Snake (Tsui Hark,1993)
Kaagaz Ke Phool (Guru Dutt,1959)
Rangeela (Ram Gopal Verma,1995)
Where is the Friend's Home (Abbas Kiarostami,1987)
Garm Hava (M.S. Sathyu,1973)
21-30
The Hole (Tsai Ming-Liang,1998)
Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 (Johnnie To,2014)
Meeting a Milestone (Goutam Ghose,1989)
36 Chowringhee Lane (Aparna Sen,1981)
Guide (Vijay Anand,1965)
Miss Oyu (Kenji Mizoguchi,1951)
Man of the Story (Adoor Gopalakrishnan,1995)
La Rupture (Claude Chabrol,1970)
The Castaways of Turtle Island (Jacques Rozier,1976)
Deewaar (Yash Chopra,1975)
31-40
Morocco (Josef von Sternberg,1930)
Cockfighter (Monte Hellman,1974)
Thoovanathumbikal (P Padmarajan,1987)
Bhoothakkannadi (AK Lohithadas,1997)
Go Go Tales (Abel Ferrara,2007)
Main Hoon Na (Farah Khan,2004)
D'Est (Chantal Akerman,1993)
Our Beloved Month of August (Miguel Gomes,2008)
A New Leaf (Elaine May,1971)
Iruvar (Mani Ratnam,1997)
41-50
Van Gogh (Maurice Pialat,1991)
Senso (Luchino Visconti,1954)
Friday Night (Claire Denis,2002)
Chitchor (Basu Chatterjee,1976)
Band Baaja Baaraat (Manish Sharma ,2010)
Moving (Shinji Somai,1993)
Ghattashraddha (Girish Kasaravalli,1977)
Kitaab (Gulzar,1977)
Happy Together (Wong Kar-Wai,1997)
Saaransh (Mahesh Bhatt,1974)
So for this year I wanted to do something a little different. Whenever I’ve made 'top film' lists in the past, I’ve always been partially dissatisfied because my lists ends up being filled with films I haven’t seen in years and sometimes don’t remember as clearly as I’d like to remember them. For this reason, I’m trying out an experiment and only selecting films for which I have written capsules and thus have a slightly easier time recalling them. These aren’t all necessarily the first films to jump to my mind when making a ‘favorites’ list, but I like the idea of this list not only providing a snapshot into what films I’m most interested in at this time, but also how those interests are reflected in my writing. The results are a bit odd, in large part because I don’t tend to write notes on most canonical films I see (there’s already so much written about them so it’s more difficult to find something to say), however I’m hopeful that this list will motivate me to revisit other favorites over the coming year and put my thoughts on them into words.
50 films unranked
Foolish Wives (Erich Von Stroheim, 1922) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/foolish-wives/
Menilmontant (Dmitri Kirsanoff, 1926) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/menilmontant/
Flirtation Walk (Frank Borzage, 1934) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/flirtation-walk/
Two Alone (Elliott Nugent, 1934) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/two-alone/
A Hero of Tokyo (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1935) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/a-hero-of-tokyo/
My Man Godfrey (Gregory La Cava, 1936) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/my-man-godfrey/
They Drive by Night (Raoul Walsh, 1940) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/the ... ight-1940/
A Canterbury Tale (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1944) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/a-canterbury-tale/
Gallant Journey (William A. Wellman, 1946) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/gallant-journey/
Deep Valley (Jean Negulesco, 1947) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/deep-valley/
Good News (Charles Walters, 1947) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/good-news/
Surrender (Allan Dwan, 1950) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/surrender-1950/
Summer Stock (Charles Walters, 1950) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/summer-stock/
Anne of the Indies (Jacques Tourneur, 1951) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/anne-of-the-indies/
Monkey Business (Howard Hawks, 1952) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/mon ... ness-1952/
Castle of the Banned Lovers (Ricardo Freda, 1956) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/cas ... ed-lovers/
The Blue Sky Maiden (Yasuzo Masumura, 1957) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/the ... ky-maiden/
Party Girl (Nicholas Ray, 1958) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/party-girl/
Edo Girl Detective (Tadashi Sawashima, 1958) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/edo-girl-detective/
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Terence Fisher, 1959) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/the ... lles-1959/
Breathing (Robert Breer, 1963) - https://letterboxd.com/film/breathing-1963/
Galaxie (Gregory J. Markopoulos, 1966) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/galaxie/
In Marin County (Peter B. Hutton, 1970) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/in-marin-county/
La Region Centrale (Michael Snow, 1971) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/la-region-centrale/
Fox and His Friends (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/fox ... s-friends/
Sidewinder’s Delta (Pat O’Neill, 1976) - https://letterboxd.com/film/sidewinders-delta/
Music of the Spheres (Jordan Belson, 1977) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/mus ... eres-1977/
Creation (Stan Brakhage, 1979) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/creation-1979/
Champ provencal (Rose Lowder, 1979) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/champ-provencal/
Five Element Ninjas (Chang Cheh, 1982) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/fiv ... nt-ninjas/
Royal Warriors (David Chung, 1986) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/royal-warriors/
The Death of Empedocles (Daniele Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub, 1987) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/the ... mpedocles/
Sathya (Suresh Krissna, 1988) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/sathya/
Remains to be Seen (Phil Solomon, 1989) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/rem ... seen-1989/
Cipher (Tsuneo Tominaga, 1989) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/cipher/
In the Mouth of Madness (John Carpenter, 1994) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/in- ... f-madness/
A Hero Never Dies (Johnnie To, 1998) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/a-hero-never-dies/
Incognito (Julie Dash, 1999) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/incognito-1999/
Work Done (Robert Beavers, 2000) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/work-done/
Christabel (James Fotopoulos, 2001) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/christabel-2001/
PTU (Johnnie To, 2003) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/ptu/
Two Wrenching Departures (Ken Jacobs, 2006) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/two ... epartures/
Retribution (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2006) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/retribution/
Observando el cielo (Jeanne Liotta, 2007) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/obs ... -el-cielo/
A Loft (Ken Jacobs, 2011) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/a-loft/
Brouillard: Passage #14 (Alexandre Larose, 2013) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/bro ... assage-14/
Forgetting Vietnam (Trinh T. Minh-ha, 2016) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/forgetting-vietnam/
Four Diamonds (Ute Aurand, 2016) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/four-diamonds/
Memory Exercises (Paz Encina, 2016) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/memory-exercises/
Fountains of Paris (Stephen Broomer, 2018) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/fountains-of-paris/
50 films unranked
Foolish Wives (Erich Von Stroheim, 1922) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/foolish-wives/
Menilmontant (Dmitri Kirsanoff, 1926) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/menilmontant/
Flirtation Walk (Frank Borzage, 1934) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/flirtation-walk/
Two Alone (Elliott Nugent, 1934) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/two-alone/
A Hero of Tokyo (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1935) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/a-hero-of-tokyo/
My Man Godfrey (Gregory La Cava, 1936) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/my-man-godfrey/
They Drive by Night (Raoul Walsh, 1940) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/the ... ight-1940/
A Canterbury Tale (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1944) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/a-canterbury-tale/
Gallant Journey (William A. Wellman, 1946) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/gallant-journey/
Deep Valley (Jean Negulesco, 1947) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/deep-valley/
Good News (Charles Walters, 1947) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/good-news/
Surrender (Allan Dwan, 1950) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/surrender-1950/
Summer Stock (Charles Walters, 1950) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/summer-stock/
Anne of the Indies (Jacques Tourneur, 1951) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/anne-of-the-indies/
Monkey Business (Howard Hawks, 1952) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/mon ... ness-1952/
Castle of the Banned Lovers (Ricardo Freda, 1956) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/cas ... ed-lovers/
The Blue Sky Maiden (Yasuzo Masumura, 1957) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/the ... ky-maiden/
Party Girl (Nicholas Ray, 1958) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/party-girl/
Edo Girl Detective (Tadashi Sawashima, 1958) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/edo-girl-detective/
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Terence Fisher, 1959) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/the ... lles-1959/
Breathing (Robert Breer, 1963) - https://letterboxd.com/film/breathing-1963/
Galaxie (Gregory J. Markopoulos, 1966) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/galaxie/
In Marin County (Peter B. Hutton, 1970) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/in-marin-county/
La Region Centrale (Michael Snow, 1971) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/la-region-centrale/
Fox and His Friends (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/fox ... s-friends/
Sidewinder’s Delta (Pat O’Neill, 1976) - https://letterboxd.com/film/sidewinders-delta/
Music of the Spheres (Jordan Belson, 1977) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/mus ... eres-1977/
Creation (Stan Brakhage, 1979) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/creation-1979/
Champ provencal (Rose Lowder, 1979) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/champ-provencal/
Five Element Ninjas (Chang Cheh, 1982) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/fiv ... nt-ninjas/
Royal Warriors (David Chung, 1986) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/royal-warriors/
The Death of Empedocles (Daniele Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub, 1987) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/the ... mpedocles/
Sathya (Suresh Krissna, 1988) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/sathya/
Remains to be Seen (Phil Solomon, 1989) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/rem ... seen-1989/
Cipher (Tsuneo Tominaga, 1989) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/cipher/
In the Mouth of Madness (John Carpenter, 1994) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/in- ... f-madness/
A Hero Never Dies (Johnnie To, 1998) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/a-hero-never-dies/
Incognito (Julie Dash, 1999) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/incognito-1999/
Work Done (Robert Beavers, 2000) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/work-done/
Christabel (James Fotopoulos, 2001) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/christabel-2001/
PTU (Johnnie To, 2003) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/ptu/
Two Wrenching Departures (Ken Jacobs, 2006) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/two ... epartures/
Retribution (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2006) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/retribution/
Observando el cielo (Jeanne Liotta, 2007) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/obs ... -el-cielo/
A Loft (Ken Jacobs, 2011) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/a-loft/
Brouillard: Passage #14 (Alexandre Larose, 2013) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/bro ... assage-14/
Forgetting Vietnam (Trinh T. Minh-ha, 2016) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/forgetting-vietnam/
Four Diamonds (Ute Aurand, 2016) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/four-diamonds/
Memory Exercises (Paz Encina, 2016) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/memory-exercises/
Fountains of Paris (Stephen Broomer, 2018) - https://letterboxd.com/arkheia/film/fountains-of-paris/
thanks for the ballot!
i haven't heard from anyone who is still planning to post a ballot, so i might start tallying this very soon. i can accept new ballots while i'm tallying, but if you're planning to post a ballot, please let me know in this thread so i don't post the results without including it. and if you might be planning to edit a ballot you posted already, please also let me know, so i can save tallying it for last.
and lastly, if anyone is in touch with scfz ex-pats and can encourage them to stop by to post a top 50 or top 55, that would be cool! just let me know if it seems likely a new ballot will come in.
i haven't heard from anyone who is still planning to post a ballot, so i might start tallying this very soon. i can accept new ballots while i'm tallying, but if you're planning to post a ballot, please let me know in this thread so i don't post the results without including it. and if you might be planning to edit a ballot you posted already, please also let me know, so i can save tallying it for last.
and lastly, if anyone is in touch with scfz ex-pats and can encourage them to stop by to post a top 50 or top 55, that would be cool! just let me know if it seems likely a new ballot will come in.
i noticed there aren't ballots from karl, mesnalty, patrick, josiah, and other scfz regulars, and even if they don't plan to post a ballot, i think i'll leave this open another seven days just in case they change their minds. pabs also has posted only a partial ballot that i hope he'll extend.
still, anyone planning to edit or post a new ballot, please let me know here.
still, anyone planning to edit or post a new ballot, please let me know here.
I find the idea of thinking of a top 50 too overwhelming, so no ballot from me this time. Maybe next year!
Really like this idea! Produces a very interesting list too. And I definitely relate: I find it easier to recall a film when I've written a capsule for it; and I usually find it much harder to write about movies that are already well-established as canonical.
Thanks! It also made it easier to select films since I had fewer to choose from (definitely a welcome change of pace in that regard). The variance from my previous 'favorites' lists feels somewhat refreshing too, sort of providing a way to rethink how I usually approach choosing favorites.
hooray for a hero never dies and anne of the indies zooming up the charts 
Flip, the problem with me is that, although I see plenty of satisfying films every year, I rarely see even one that's so good that I'm bowled over. It's not often I'll give a film a 4, let alone a 4.5. A solid gold 5/5 is like a once every five years event, judging by my last 10 years of film-watching. So I think I need at least two years before I can make a new ballot again. I need time to see many more films, which is the only way I'll have fresh titles to choose from to add to my ballot. If I don't get to see more great films, my ballot will stay pretty much the same.
I've seen tons of films in the past year that I thought were "good", but far fewer were those I considered "very good" and only a single one of them was what I'd call "great"- at least, compared to the top 50 I compiled last year. So if I complete a list for this year (which I think I still will), it'll only be slight tinkering around the edges, just a nudge here and there, but essentially mostly the same titles coughed up again.
Maybe we should conduct these polls only every two or three years.
I've seen tons of films in the past year that I thought were "good", but far fewer were those I considered "very good" and only a single one of them was what I'd call "great"- at least, compared to the top 50 I compiled last year. So if I complete a list for this year (which I think I still will), it'll only be slight tinkering around the edges, just a nudge here and there, but essentially mostly the same titles coughed up again.
Maybe we should conduct these polls only every two or three years.
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