Fed up with formulaic "blockbusters" and overhyped cinematic turkeys? Anthony Quinn selects 100 timeless movie classics that never disappoint.Citizen Kane is down on this list at #20. Above it are surprises like A Man Escaped, Sweet Smell of Success, Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Conformist, and The Battle of Algiers. I haven't browsed the lower 80 selections yet; I suspect other surprises will be in store...
22 July 2010
"100 Best Films"
It's nice to see a list of "best films" that includes some unexpected choices - perhaps because it's more Eurocentric than most lists published in the U.S..
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They gotta be kidding! Another damn click whoring slide show?
ReplyDeleteI refuse!
True that, Sue! I'd love to see this whole list but no way am I cycling through ONE HUNDRED times (you'd think they'd at least have 5-10 per page)! One movie per page?! Absurd!
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ReplyDeleteThe Wages of Fear
Unforgiven
Election
Los Olividados
Don't Look Now
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Together
Nights of Cabiria
I Am Cuba
La Kermesse Heroique
Trainspotting
The Leopard
Peeping Tom
Diner
Ridicule
The Reckless Moment
The Searchers
The Lusty Men
Mean Streets
Duel
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Lives of Others
Rififi
The Deer Hunter
La Passion de Jeanne D'Arc
Rumble Fish
In A Lonely Place
Smiles of a Summer Night
Barry Lyndon
The Lost Weekend
Aguierre, Wrath of God
Rebecca
Wild Strawberries
Rashomon
Tokyo Story
Downfall
The Dark Mirror
Toy Story
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Psycho
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
The Fallen Idol
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
His Girl Friday
LA Confidential
There Will Be Blood
Sullivan's Travels
Ball of Fire
Overlord
Meet Me In St. Louis
Sunset Boulevard
The Conversation
Gone With The Wind
Touch of Evil
L'Atalante
Nashville
It Happened One Night
Oliver!
Taxi Driver
Blue Velvet
Breathless
Once Upon a Time in the America
Manhattan
L'enfant Sauvage
Duck Soup
The Last Detail
The Apartment
Groundhog Day
On the Waterfront
The Magnificent Ambersons
Alien
The Red Shoes
Casablanca
Fear Eats The Soul
The Rules of the Game
The Third Man
Sherlock Jr.
Raging Bull
The Big Sleep
Citizen Kane
A Man Escaped
Sweet Smell of Success
Notorious
The Godfather Part I and II
To Have and Have Not
Night of the Hunter
This is Spinal Tap
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Brief Encounter
Chinatown
The Conformist
Vertigo
Great Expectations
The Battle of Algiers
The Lady Eve
The Wild Bunch
Singin' in the Rain
Double Indemnity
All About Eve
Wow. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteMovie at the top of list, Army of Shadows, is playing on Cable early August.
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