Blinded By Nostalgia: My 1000 Favorite Films. (in progress)

Summer of '88. I was 9 years old. A friend asked if I wanted to watch a scary movie...

This film has haunted me ever since.

I read somewhere that the farmhouse used in this film was relocated and turned into a restaurant. I wonder if they serve head cheese?

After TCM, my next 06 favorite films directed by Tobe Hooper: 2-Poltergeist (1982) 3-Salem's Lot (1979) 4-Lifeforce (1985) 5-The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) - Maybe not the film Hooper had set out to make, and even reviled by some TCM fans, but I admire it nonetheless. 6-Invaders from Mars (1986) - A flawed film, to be sure, but also one that scared the dickens out of me as a child, the same way that 1978's 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' did. Kids really shouldn't watch films about parents being replaced by evil aliens. Oh, the childhood paranoia.

RIP Gunnar Hansen and Marilyn Burns, and now Tobe Hooper

A flawless script + Ingrid + Bogie = Perfection.

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Favorite Films Directed By Michael Curtiz: 1-Casablanca (1942) - AA Won for Best Director. 2-The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 3-Captain Blood (1935) 4-Mildred Pierce (1945) 5-The Sea Hawk (1940) 6-Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) 7-The Walking Dead (1936) 8-The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) 9-Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) 10-The Sea Wolf (1941) 11-Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) 12-The Breaking Point (1950) -- In a related list to this film:

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Top 16 Films Starring John Garfield: 1) Body and Soul (1947) AA Best Actor nom.-

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Lilli Palmer: 1) Body and Soul (1947) 2) The Counterfeit Traitor (1962) 3) The House That Screamed (1969) 4) Modigliani of Montparnasse (1958) 5) Thunder Rock (1942) 6) Secret Agent (1936) 7) Good Morning, Boys (1937) 8) The Four Poster (1952) 9) The Rake's Progress (1945) 10) Mädchen in Uniform (1958) 11) A Girl Must Live (1939) 12) Cloak and Dagger (1946) 13) Conspiracy of Hearts (1960) 14) Peter the Great (1986) - GG Best Supporting Actress (in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television) nom. 15) Leviathan (1962) 16) The Boys from Brazil (1978) 17) Adorable Julia (1962) ------------------------ 18) Operation Crossbow (1965) 19) But Not for Me (1959) - GG Best Actress nom. 20) The Other Side of the Wind (2018)

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2) The Sea Wolf (1941) 3) Humoresque (1946) 4) The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) 5) Force of Evil (1948) 6) The Breaking Point (1950) 7) He Ran All the Way (1951) 8) Destination Tokyo (1943) 9) Gentleman's Agreement (1947) 10) Out of the Fog (1941) 11) Four Daughters (1938) - AA Best Supporting Actor nom. 12) They Made Me a Criminal (1939) 13) Air Force (1943) 14) Nobody Lives Forever (1946) 15) Juarez (1939) 16) Pride of the Marines (1945) ----------------------- 17) Between Two Worlds (1944)

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Artax!!!!!

Still traumatized.

Movie vs book, I do prefer the book, but in large part because the movie only covers the first half of the book. That's right, kids, there is a whole other adventure in the book. And oh how I wish Wolfgang had filmed a sequel that covered the second half of the book, same cast and all. Alas.

The author of the book, Michael Ende, disliked the film, and that's putting it mildly, painful as that is to say. Well, you can't please everybody, especially authors, who tend to dislike film adaptations of their work.

Fun Fact: Alan Oppenheimer, who voiced Falkor, also voiced Skeletor in the original He-Man series.

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I've no plans to call on you, Clarice. The world is more interesting with you in it.

Top 25 films starring Anthony Hopkins. In Order and completely subjective: 1) The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - AA Won for Best Actor/GG Best Actor nom. 2) The Elephant Man (1980) 3) Howards End (1992) 4) The Remains of the Day (1993) -AA/GG Best actor nom. 5) The Lion in Winter (1968) 6) Dracula (1992) 7) 84 Charing Cross Road (1987) 8) A Bridge Too Far (1977) 9) Shadowlands (1993) 10) The Bunker (1981) 11) The Bounty (1984) 12) Great Expectations (1989) 13) Juggernaut (1974) 14) The Tenth Man (1988) - GG Best Actor nom. (Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television) 15) The Father (2020) - AA Won for Best Actor/GG Best Actor nom. 16) The Efficiency Expert (1992) 17) The Good Father (1985) 18) Hitchcock (2012) 19) Red Dragon (2002) 20) The Innocent (1993) - A troubled production and release, but not nearly as bad as some critics would have you believe. It's a weird if imperfect little movie, and it goes in directions that you don't see coming, with characters that were intriguing in their sadness and dubiety. And speaking of the characters, that brings us to the casting. I don't know if Schlesinger was being cute, but the casting was a little peculiar. You have a Brit (Anthony Hopkins, whose voice sometimes verges on a bad Bogie impersonation) playing a Yank, a Yank (Campbell Scott, who's more believable) playing a Brit, and an Italian-Swede (Isabella Rossellini, looking and acting more like her mother) playing a German. It's not too much of a distraction. So don't be scared off by the reviews and the IMDb rating; it's not a bad film, really. 21) The Mask of Zorro (1998) - Entertaining swashbuckler that did everything a summer blockbuster was/is supposed to do, without being too dumb...and it features Catherine Zeta-Jones at the peak of her physical beauty. 22) Thor: Ragnarok (2017) - Well, I liked it better than the first two films, but I am really growing weary of the constantly flippant and juvenile humor that is permeating films these days. Basically, you have people who aren't terribly adept (or subtle) at comedy trying to be funny, so they fall back on the easiest, most predictable jokes possible, usually grade-school stuff (see: 'Deadpool'). 23) The Dresser (2015) 24) Amistad (1997) - AA/GG Best Actor nom. 25) Nixon (1995) - AA/GG Best Actor nom. ------------------- 26) Magic (1978) - GG Best Actor nom. 27) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982) 28) Proof (2005) 29) Fracture (2007) - I still can't wrap my mind around Crawford's actions at the end of this film. It made no sense once soever and flew in the face of his so-called genius. 30) Chaplin (1992) 31) Across the Lake (1988)

My Favorite Films Starring Jodie Foster: 1) The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - AA/GG Won for Best Actress. 2) Taxi Driver (1976) - AA Best Supporting Actress nom. 3) Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) 4) Contact (1997) - GG Best Actress nom. 5) The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976) 6) A Very Long Engagement (2004) 7) Five Corners (1987) 8) Bugsy Malone (1976) 9) Tom Sawyer (1973) 10) Inside Man (2006) 11) Little Man Tate (1991) 12) The Accused (1988) - AA/GG Won for Best Actress. -------------------- 13) Panic Room (2002) 14) Candleshoe (1977) 15) Maverick (1994) 16) Carny (1980)

Scott Glenn's Top 10 Films: 1) The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 2) The Right Stuff (1983) 3) Apocalypse Now (1979) 4) The Hunt for Red October (1990) 5) The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) 6) Silverado (1985) 7) Nashville (1975) 8) The Keep (1983) 9) Miss Firecracker (1989) 10) Training Day (2001) ---------------------- 11) The Virgin Suicides (1999) 12) Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981) 13) Backdraft (1991) 14) Secretariat (2010) 15) Courage Under Fire (1996) 16) The Challenge (1982)

My Favorite Films Directed By Jonathan Demme: 1-The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - AA Won for Best Director./GG Best Director nom. 2-Something Wild (1986) 3-Melvin and Howard (1980) 4-Who Am I This Time? (1982) 5-Swing Shift (1984) 6-Last Embrace (1979) 7-Philadelphia (1993) 8-A Master Builder (2013) 9-The Manchurian Candidate (2004) 10-Married to the Mob (1988) 11-Citizens Band (1977)

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"Mr. Vaughn, what we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, an eating machine. It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks, and that's all."

The above quote was Hooper's description of the Great White Shark in 'Jaws' (1975). I've always assumed it must have influenced Ash's description of the Xenomorph: "You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? A perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility ... I admire its purity. A survivor; unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality."

After all, I believe Ridley himself once described 'Alien' as "Jaws in space".

Top 16 Films directed by Mr. Scott: 1) Alien (1979) 2) Blade Runner (1982) 3) The Duellists (1977) 4) Thelma & Louise (1991) - AA Best Director nom. 5) Gladiator (2000) - AA/GG Best Director nom. 6) Legend (1985) 7) Kingdom of Heaven (2005) 8) Matchstick Men (2003) 9) Black Hawk Down (2001) - AA Best Director nom. 10) The Martian (2015) - GG Best Director nom. Liked the science and the story. The dialogue had me rolling my eyes a bit. 11) The Last Duel (2021) 12) American Gangster (2007) - GG Best Director nom. 13) Prometheus (2012) -

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My 15 favorite films starring Michael Fassbender: 1-X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) 2-Band of Brothers (2001) 3-Jane Eyre (2011) 4-12 Years a Slave (2013) - AA Best Actor nom. 5-Inglourious Basterds (2009) 6-X-Men: First Class (2011) 7-300 (2006) 8-Hunger (2008) 9-Shame (2011) - GG Best Actor nom. 10-Fish Tank (2009) 11-Steve Jobs (2015) - AA Best Actor nom. 12-Slow West (2015) - Not as good on second viewing, but it has its moments. 13-Prometheus (2012) 14-A Dangerous Method (2011) 15-Alien: Covenant (2017)

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A precious, once jovial piece of my childhood, dimmed slightly, now, by the eventual fates of these beloved characters. Couldn't we have left them alone on Endor with their happy ending?

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Top 34 films starring Peter Cushing, including some small roles. In order, somewhat: 1-Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) 2-Horror of Dracula (1958) 3-The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) 4-Horror Express (1972) 5-Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) 6-Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) 7-Cash on Demand (1962) 8-Moulin Rouge (1952) 9-The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) 10-The Brides of Dracula (1960) 11-The Mummy (1959) 12-Shock Waves (1977) 13-A Chump at Oxford (1940) 14-The Man in the Iron Mask(1939) 15-Hamlet (1948) 16-Time Without Pity (1957) 17-The Flesh and the Fiends (1960) 18-Twins of Evil (1971) 19-The Vampire Lovers (1970) 20-Tales from the Crypt (1972) 21-Asylum (1972) 22-The Gorgon (1964) 23-From Beyond the Grave(1974) 24-Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) 25-Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1973) 26-The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) 27-Night Creatures (1962) 28-The House That Dripped Blood (1971) 29-Torture Garden (1967) 30-The Creeping Flesh (1973) 31-The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) 32-The Skull (1965) 33-Vigil in the Night (1940) 34-The Risk (1960) Suspect (original title) ---------------------- 35-Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) 36-The End of the Affair (1955) 37-Madhouse (1974) 38-Trouble in the Sky (1960) - Cone of Silence (original title) 39-Island of Terror (1966) 40-Top Secret! (1984) 41-Alexander the Great (1956) 42-Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954)

The first Hitchcock film I ever saw. The initiation was swift.

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My Top 08 films starring Kim Novak: 1) Vertigo (1958) 2) Picnic (1955) 3) Strangers When We Meet (1960) 4) Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) 5) Middle of the Night (1959) 6) The Notorious Landlady (1962) 7) Pushover (1954) 8) 5 Against the House (1955) ---------------------- 9) Bell Book and Candle (1958) 10) Of Human Bondage (1964) 11) The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) 12) Pal Joey (1957) 13) Phffft (1954)

A mesmerizing and, quite honestly, flawless film. I actually prefer it over the book. And that's nothing against the book; the book is terrific, perhaps among my 20 favorites. I just find the film to be perfect in almost every way: a wonderfully adept encapsulation of the book, simultaneously joyful and haunting.

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The Criterion Collection Essay

Favorite David Lean Films: 1-Great Expectations - AA Best Director nom. -

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My Top 16 Favorite Films Starring Valerie Hobson: 1) Great Expectations (1946) 2) Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 3) Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 4) The Rocking Horse Winner (1949) 5) Contraband (Blackout) (1940) 6) The Spy in Black (1939) 7) The Interrupted Journey (1949) 8) Werewolf of London (1935) 9) Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935) 10) Lovers, Happy Lovers! (1954) - 'Monsieur Ripois' 11) The Promoter (1952) - "The Card" (original title) 12) Clouds Over Europe (1939) 13) The Adventures of Tartu (1943) 14) The Hideout (1948) - 'The Small Voice' (Original Title) 15) Murder Will Out (1952) - 'The Voice of Merrill' 16) This Man Is News (1938)

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Top 07 Films Starring Grace Kelly: 1) Rear Window (1954) - Along with...

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Wendell Corey's Top 12: 1) Rear Window (1954) 2) The Search (1948) 3) Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) 4) The Killer Is Loose (1956) - For me, Corey's greatest performance. 5) The Accused (1949) 6) Holiday Affair (1949) 7) Harriet Craig (1950) 8) The Furies (1950) 9) Carbine Williams (1952) 10) I Walk Alone (1948) 11) The Rack (1956) 12) The Rainmaker (1956) ----------------------- 13) The File on Thelma Jordon (1950) 14) The Bold and the Brave (1956) 15) The Big Knife (1955)

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"It’s me, Ana”

A peek inside a child's secret world, somewhere betwixt dark reverie and cruel reality.

A brilliant and haunting work of art.

I remember reading somewhere, a while back, that Erice once suggested revisiting Ana's story in 30 years time to see how she turned out. That date has now long come and gone, but it's not too late, just much later. I, for one, would love to learn what became of that sad little girl. Then again, maybe it's a story better left untold.

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The Spirit of the Beehive: Spanish Lessons

Wait, so he left his family behind? Did that bother anyone else?

Another film firmly and inseparably bound to my childhood.

Top 30 Films directed by Steven Spielberg, according to me. The top 9 are all included in my Top 500: 1) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - AA/GG Best Director nom. 2) Jaws (1975) - GG Best Director nom. 3) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - AA/GG Best Director nom. 4) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - AA/GG Best Director nom. 5) Jurassic Park (1993) 6) Duel (1971) 7) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8) Saving Private Ryan (1998) - AA/GG Won for Best Director. 9) Schindler's List (1993) - AA/GG Won for Best Director 10) Empire of the Sun (1987) 11) Minority Report (2002) 12) The BFG (2016) - Oh be quiet. Spielberg has not lost his magic touch. I think posterity will view this film more favorably. 13) War of the Worlds (2005) - Better than its rating suggests. 14) A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) - GG Best Director nom. Roger Ebert's Great Movies 15) Catch Me If You Can (2002) 16) The Color Purple (1985) - GG Best Director nom. 17) War Horse (2011) 18) The Adventures of Tintin (2011) 19) The Sugarland Express (1974) 20) Munich (2005) - AA/GG Best Director nom. 21) Bridge of Spies (2015) 22) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) 23) The Fabelmans (2022) 24) Lincoln (2012) - AA/GG Best Director nom. I gotta admit, as much as I love history, I got a little bored watching this one. Maybe it was just one of those days, when my mind was elsewhere. 25) Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) - (segment "Kick the Can") 26) Wet Side Story (2021) 27) The Post (2017) - GG Best Director nom. 28) Ready Player One (2018) - Spielberg, who I see a lot of the people who hated the film are placing the bulk of the blame on, did as good as he could with the mediocre Zak Penn script he had to work from, making a film that is, at the very least, entertaining, because it is certainly that. But so much untapped potential. 29) Amistad (1997) - GG Best Director nom. 30) 1941 (1979) - Despite its reputation, not an entirely bad movie... it's just not, as Spielberg himself admitted, funny enough. ----------------------- 31) The Terminal (2004) - I might re-watch this one down the road, see if I gave it a fair shake. 32) Hook (1991) - Peter Pan was one of my favorite books growing up, and Spielberg was one of my favorite filmmakers, so needless to say my expectations were high, maybe too high. Heart was in the right place, screenplay was a failure. Maybe if Spielberg had been able to film it in 1985 when he initially planned, the outcome would have been different... 33) Always (1989) - Another letdown, but I would not call it a bad film. 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' on the other hand... ugh. But more on that in a sec. 34) The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) - Some people consider this one underrated. I can't say I agree. I like some parts of it but, overall, very disappointing. 35) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) - Spielberg nuked the fridge. Not many films have let me down as much as this one did. Hopefully the next installment in the series, if it ever happens, removes the bad taste still in my mouth. Though I recently read that the next installment will now be directed by James Mangold, so.

Bob Balaban: 1) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 2) Moonrise Kingdom (2012) 3) Midnight Cowboy (1969) - Not a big part. 4) The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) 5) 2010 (1984) 6) Capote (2005) 7) Catch-22 (1970) 8) Ghost World (2001) 9) Prince of the City (1981) 10) Gosford Park (2001) 11) Me, Natalie (1969) 12) Girlfriends (1978) 13) Isle of Dogs (2018) - King (voice) 14) Clockwatchers (1997) 15) Absence of Malice (1981) 16) Waiting for Guffman (1996) 17) Recount (2008) 18) Best in Show (2000) 19) Bob Roberts (1992) 20) Alice (1990) 21) Deconstructing Harry (1997) 22) Altered States (1980) 23) The French Dispatch (2021)

You may know his face but probably not his name, Roberts Blossom's Top 11 films: 1) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 2) Resurrection (1980) 3) Home Alone (1990) 4) Escape from Alcatraz (1979) 5) The Hospital (1971) 6) Christine (1983) 7) Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) 8) Reuben, Reuben (1983) 9) The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) 10) Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile (1974) 11) Vision Quest (1985) - Faults aside, and there are a few, one of the seminal coming-of-age sports films of the 80's, and the soundtrack is pretty awesome as well. Oh, and the introduction of Linda Fiorentino, every 80's high school boy's dream girl. --------------------- 12) Flashpoint (1984) - Unrealized potential aside, this is a faulty but somewhat enjoyable 70s conspiracy thriller made in the 80s.

Horror films have rarely been able to balance comedy with genuine frights so seamlessly, while also being able to incorporate an authentically heartbreaking romantic angle.

The Oscar-winning transformation scenes by f/x master Rick Baker are what all special effects artists should aspire to. CGI does not belong in horror.

My Top 10 Werewolf Movies, excluding 'The Monster Squad': 1) An American Werewolf in London (1981) 2) The Company of Wolves (1984) - I can't understand the middling IMDb score. 3) The Wolf Man (1941) 4) Wolfen (1981) 5) The Howling (1981) 6) Silver Bullet (1985) 7) Werewolf of London (1935) 8) Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) 9) The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) 10) Wilczyca (1983) - 'She-Wolf'

And for the record, I did not like 'Ginger Snaps' or 'Dog Soldiers'.

Top 13 films starring the lovely Jenny Agutter, another childhood crush of mine: 1) An American Werewolf in London (1981) 2) The Railway Children (1970) 3) The Eagle Has Landed (1976) 4) The Riddle of the Sands (1979) 5) Walkabout (1971) 6) The Avengers (2012) 7) Equus (1977) 8) The Snow Goose (1971) 9) Logan's Run (1976) 10) Amy (1981) 11) Sometimes Always Never (2018) 12) Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) 13) Darkman (1990) ----------------------- 14) I Start Counting (1969)

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...in Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they had 500 years of democracy and peace - and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock...

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Favorite James Cameron films, in order: 1-The Terminator 2-Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3-Aliens 4-The Abyss 5-Titanic - AA/GG Won for Best Director. 6-True Lies 7-Avatar - AA Best Director nom./GG Won for Best Director.

Favorite Michael Biehn films, in order: 1-The Terminator (1984) 2-Aliens (1986) 3-The Abyss (1989) 4-Tombstone (1993) 5-Rampage (1987) 6-Planet Terror (2007) 7-The Rock (1996)

My Top 10 Favorite Films Starring Lance Henriksen, Not To Mention His Role As "Frank Black" In The Underrated Television Series 'Millennium': 1) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 2) The Terminator (1984) 3) Aliens (1986) 4) Near Dark (1987) 5) The Right Stuff (1983) 6) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 7) Prince of the City (1981) 8) Tarzan (1999) - Kerchak (voice) 9) The Pit and the Pendulum (1991) 10) Dead Man (1995) -------------------- 11) Johnny Handsome (1989) 12) Pumpkinhead (1988) - Achieves what it sets out to do. It has grown in stature among horror fans in the years since its release. Stan Winston, we miss you. 13) Jagged Edge (1985) 14) Appaloosa (2008) - Promising first act is compromised by cliche-ridden, predictable second and third acts, and Renée Zellweger was miscast. But it's not a complete waste of time for western fans, though they will likely be the ones less forgiving of its faults. 15) Alien³ (1992) - Meh. I can take it or leave it, depending on my mood.

Goonies never say die!

Another one near and dear to my heart. Oh the nostalgia, it hurts. I don't know if there is any film that makes me want to be a kid again more than this one does when I watch it.

My Top 07 Favorite Films Directed By Richard Donner: 1) The Goonies (1985) 2) Lethal Weapon (1987) 3) Superman (1978) 4) The Omen (1976) 5) Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) 6) Superman II (2006) - The Richard Donner Cut 7) Ladyhawke (1985) - Yes, I agree. A horrible soundtrack. ------------------ 8) Scrooged (1988) 9) Maverick (1994) 10) Radio Flyer (1992)

In Memoriam - My Favorite films starring Mary Ellen Trainor, who I just found out died from pancreatic cancer in 2015. Her name may not be very recognizable, but if you've ever watched 'Goonies' or 'Monster Squad', or even 'Lethal Weapon', like, say, a few bazillion times in the 80's like I did, you'd know her face immediately: 1) The Goonies (1985) 2) The Monster Squad (1987) 3) Lethal Weapon (1987) 4) Die Hard (1988) 5) The Stone Boy (1984) 6) Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) 7) Anywhere But Here (1999) 8) Romancing the Stone (1984) -------------------- 9) Scrooged (1988) 10) Ghostbusters II (1989)

I still insist that 'Star Wars' (1977) is the better, more enjoyable film, but not by much. One of the greatest sequels of all time.

[UPDATE] After the tragic death of Carrie Fisher, I decided to revisit the original trilogy. I now believe 'The Empire Strikes Back' to be superior to 'Star Wars', but shall leave them where they are, for the time being. RIP Leia.

My favorite Star Wars films in order of preference: 1) Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 2) Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) 3) Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 4) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) 5) Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) 6) Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) 7) Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) 8) Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) 9) Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) 10) Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) - Yes, the new characters were underwhelming and the direction of the old characters was misguided; yes, Rian Johnson's decision to deconstruct the Star Wars mythos (that was always going to go over about as well as re-writing the Bible) was, to say the least, a real bad idea; and yes, the bathos was out of place, way out place. And those criticisms are only a few of the reasons why fan reaction was so negative. Many people legit hated this film, and I can see where they're coming from. But all that being said, my personal reaction was not as negative. Like most, I was disappointed with many of the directions the film took, but... I didn't outright hate the film. That doesn't mean I want to see them continue along this path, it's just that I don't think 'The Last Jedi' necessarily "killed" Star Wars. Not for me, anyways. Though it has wounded it. 11) Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019) - Oh Disney, what have you done. There's no easy way to say it, this film was a mess. I don't know where to start. I won't say it wasn't entertaining, to a degree, but the plot/script was so poorly structured and calculated, even a little insulting, and incongruent with past films and the Star Wars mythos in general.

My Top 13 Films Starring Julian Glover, "Grand Maester Pycelle" to 'Game of Thrones' fans: 1) Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 2) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 3) Five Million Years to Earth (1967) - In a related list:

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Favorite films directed by Roy Ward Baker: 1) A Night to Remember (1958) 2) Five Million Years to Earth (1967) 3) The One That Got Away (1957) 4) Don't Bother to Knock (1952) 5) The Vampire Lovers (1970) 6) Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971) 7) Tiger in the Smoke (1956) 8) Asylum (1972) 9) Scars of Dracula (1970) 10) Inferno (1953) 11) The October Man (1947) 12) Operation Disaster (1950) 13) Jacqueline (1956) 14) I'll Never Forget You (1951)

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I can't say Vanderhof's ideology was entirely practical, but that's not really the point.

Top 30 Films Starring Lionel Barrymore: 1) You Can't Take It with You (1938) 2) It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 3) Captains Courageous (1937) 4) Dinner at Eight (1933) 5) David Copperfield (1935) 6) Key Largo (1948) 7) Grand Hotel (1932) 8) On Borrowed Time (1939) 9) West of Zanzibar (1928) 10) Camille (1936) 11) Sadie Thompson (1928) 12) Treasure Island (1934) 13) Since You Went Away (1944) 14) Broken Lullaby (1932) 15) The Stranger's Return (1933) 16) The Devil-Doll (1936) 17) The Road to Glory (1936) 18) Duel in the Sun (1946) 19) Mark of the Vampire (1935) 20) The Show (1927) 21) The Valley of Decision (1945) 22) The Yellow Ticket (1931) 23) Ah, Wilderness! (1935) 24) Arsène Lupin (1932) 25) The Girl from Missouri (1934) 26) A Family Affair (1937) 27) This Side of Heaven (1934) 28) Sweepings (1933) 29) Let Freedom Ring (1939) 30) A Yank at Oxford (1938) ------------------------ 31) Guilty Hands (1931) 32) The Mysterious Island (1929) 33) Rasputin and the Empress (1932) 34) The Tepmptress (1926) 35) Test Pilot (1938) 36) Looking Forward (1933) - The last 10 minutes sapped a lot of the strength from this movie. 37) Mata Hari (1931) 38) A Guy Named Joe (1943) 39) One Man's Journey (1933) 40) The Little Colonel (1935)

Top 16 Films Starring Jean Arthur: 1) You Can't Take It with You (1938) 2) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 3) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) 4) Shane (1953) 5) The More the Merrier (1943) - AA Best Actress nom. 6) Only Angels Have Wings (1939) 7) The Whole Town's Talking (1935 8) History Is Made at Night (1937) 9) The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) 10) A Foreign Affair (1948) 11) The Talk of the Town (1942) 12) Easy Living (1937) 13) If You Could Only Cook (1935) 14) Diamond Jim (1935) 15) A Lady Takes a Chance (1943) 16) The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936) ------------------------- 17) Too Many Husbands (1940) 18) Arizona (1940)

Top 13 films starring Mischa Auer, credited roles only: 1) You Can't Take It with You (1938) 2) And Then There Were None (1945) 3) Destry Rides Again (1939) 4) My Man Godfrey (1936) - AA Best Supporting Actor nom. 5) Hold That Ghost (1941) 6) Hellzapoppin' (1941) 7) Spring Parade (1940) 8) One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937) 9) Three Smart Girls (1936) 10) The Princess Comes Across (1936) 11) The Rage of Paris (1938) 12) The Yellow Ticket (1931) 13) ) The Flame of New Orleans (1941) -------------------------- 14) Up in Mabel's Room (1944)

My Top 27 Films Starring Halliwell Hobbes; Include Undredited Roles: 1) You Can't Take It With You (1938) 2) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) 3) To Be or Not to Be (1942) 4) Captain Blood (1935) - Lord Sunderland (uncredited) 5) Lady for a Day (1933) 6) Gaslight (1944) 7) The Sea Hawk (1940) 8) Waterloo Bridge (1940) - Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited) 9) Mr. Skeffington (1944) - Soames (uncredited) 10) Miracle in the Rain (1956) 11) Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) 12) A Christmas Carol (1938) - Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited) 13) The Prince and the Pauper (1937) 14) Dracula's Daughter (1936) 15) Canyon Passage (1946) 16) Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) 17) That Hamilton Woman (1941) 18) Journey for Margaret (1942) 19) Forever and a Day (1943) 20) Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) 21) Midnight Mary (1933) 22) Payment Deferred (1932) 23) Folies Bergère de Paris (1935) 24) The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) 25) The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) 26) Platinum Blonde (1931) 27) The Key (1934) ------------------- 28) Cynara (1932) 29) The Bachelor Father (1931) 30) Looking Forward (1933) 31) Rose-Marie (1936) - Mr. Gordon (uncredited) 32) His Butler's Sister (1943) 33) Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935) 34) The Light That Failed (1939)

For James Stewart See #90

I'll never understand what drove Gus Van Sant to remake this film, scene for scene no less. What was the point? You can't improve upon perfection.

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Top 16 Films Starring Janet Leigh: 1) Psycho (1960)- AA Best Supporting Actress nom./GG Won for Best Supporting Actress -

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In a related list ... My Top 25 Films Starring Martin Balsam, Roughly In Order: 1) Psycho (1960) 2) On the Waterfront (1954) - Gillette (uncredited) 3) 12 Angry Men (1957) 4) The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) 5) The Sentinel (1977) 6) Seven Days in May (1964) 7) Murder on the Orient Express (1974) 8) Cape Fear (1962) 9) Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) 10) Catch-22 (1970) 11) A Thousand Clowns (1965) 12) Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) 13) Middle of the Night (1959) 14) Time Limit (1957) 15) Everybody Go Home! (1960) 16) Hombre (1967) 17) All the President's Men (1976) 18) Trilogy (1969) 19) Confessions of a Police Captain (1971) 20) Cape Fear (1991) 21) Me, Natalie (1969) 22) Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973) 23) The Bedford Incident(1965) 24) Little Big Man (1970) 25) The Anderson Tapes (1971)

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Vera Miles: 1) Psycho (1960) 2) The Searchers (1956) 3) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 4) Psycho II (1983) 5) The Wrong Man (1956) 6) Autumn Leaves (1956) 7) Wichita (1955) 8) 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956) 9) The FBI Story (1959) 10) Back Street (1961) 11) A Touch of Larceny (1959) 12) Into the Night (1985) - Cameo

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My 11 Favorite films starring Simon Oakland: 1) Psycho (1960) 2) Bullitt (1968) 3) West Side Story (1961) 4) I Want to Live! (1958) 5) Emperor of the North (1973) 6) The Sand Pebbles (1966) 7) The Night Stalker (1972) 8) The Night Strangler (1973) 9) Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973) 10) The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960) 11) Scandalous John (1971) - An updating of Don Quixote. John Ritter, you dirty back-shooter! It's a Disney film, but at times a bit elegiac, so maybe not one that all kids would likely enjoy. --------------------- 12) Murder, Inc. (1960) 13) The Satan Bug (1965)

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"Everything begins and ends at exactly the right time and place."

"...waiting a million years, just for us... "

Hypnotic and unsettling, a different kind of horror film, and Peter Weir's greatest masterpiece. The film guards its secrets well, a fact that may, in the end, frustrate some viewers

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Picnic at Hanging Rock: What We See and What We Seem

Favorite films directed by Peter Weir: 1-Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) 2-Witness (1985) - AA/GG Best Director nom.Also included on this list. 3-The Truman Show (1998) - AA/GG Best Director nom. Also included on this list. 4-Gallipoli (1981) - Also included on this list. 5-Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - AA/GG Best Director nom. 6-The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) 7-The Last Wave (1977) 8-Fearless (1993) 9-Dead Poets Society (1989) - AA/GG Best Directing nom. 10-Green Card (1990) --------------------- 11-The Way Back (2010) 12-The Mosquito Coast (1986)

Top 08 films starring Rachel Roberts: 1) Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) 2) Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) 3) This Sporting Life (1963) - AA/GG Best Actress nom. 4) When a Stranger Calls (1979) 5) O Lucky Man! (1973) 6) Murder on the Orient Express (1974) 7) The Reckoning (1969) 8) Yanks (1979)

The most underrated movie of all time. 6.9? That score insults the Toecutter!

My Top 11 favorite films starring Mel Gibson, plus another 10 that I moderately liked: 1) Mad Max (1979) 2) Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) 3) Lethal Weapon (1987) 4) Gallipoli (1981) 5) Braveheart (1995) - Great film, yes, but also almost entirely fictional, which is a shame. - In a related list:

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Patrick McGoohan, credited roles only: 1) Braveheart (1995) 2) The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963) 3) Escape from Alcatraz (1979) 4) Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) 5) Hell Drivers (1957) 6) Scanners (1981) 7) Two Living, One Dead (1961) 8) Treasure Planet (2002) 9) All Night Long (1962) 10) Silver Streak (1976) ----------------------- 11) The Quare Fellow (1962) 12) A Time to Kill (1996)

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I still watch it every 4th of July and it still feels as fresh and as frightening as the first time. I still don't go in the water.

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Top 18 Films Starring Roy Scheider, In Order: 1) Jaws (1975) 2) The French Connection (1971) - AA Best Supporting Actor nom. 3) Klute (1971) 4) Sorcerer (1977) 5) 2010 (1984) - Listen, I love '2001' as much as anyone, but that does not keep me from enjoying this somewhat underrated sequel. It can be enjoyed on its own terms, you know. It doesn't have to be taken as canon. 6) Marathon Man (1976) 7) The Seven-Ups (1973) 8) Loving (1970) 9) Cohen and Tate (1988) 10) 52 Pick-Up (1986) 11) The Outside Man (1972) 12) Last Embrace (1979)--Get's better as it goes along, but for some maybe not enough to compensate for its faults. 13) Blue Thunder (1983) - You may have trouble swallowing a few things, but outside of that this is a fairly entertaining action film. Dan O'Bannon of 'Alien' (1979) fame wrote the screenplay. 14) Romeo Is Bleeding (1993) - ok, this film was a mess, I concede that, and critics ripped it to shreds. I cant argue with them. But there were enough good elements in it -chief among them was Olin's exaggerated, but appropriate, performance- to allow me to forgive some of the bad parts. This is the type of movie Hollywood should be remaking: original movies that have the ingredients to be very good but fall short, not movies that already ARE good. But then everyone would say, "of all the movies to remake, they choose 'Romeo is Bleeding'?!?!" You can't win. 15) The Rainmaker (1997) - Not bad, but I expected a better, less heavy-handed film from Coppola. But recommended. 16) All That Jazz (1979) - GG/AA Best Actor nom. 17) RKO 281 (1999) 18) Naked Lunch (1991)

Top 15 Films Starring Robert Shaw, In Order (In A Credited Role): 1) Jaws (1975) 2) The Sting (1973) 3) From Russia with Love (1963) 4) The Dam Busters (1955) - Flt / Sgt. J. Pulford, D.F.M. 5) A Man for All Seasons (1966) - AA/GG Best Supporting Actor nom. 6) The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) 7) The Hireling (1973) 8) The Guest (1963) - 'The Caretaker' (Original Title) 9) End of the Game (1975) 10) Black Sunday (1977) 11) A Reflection of Fear (1973) 12) The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964) 13) Libel (1959) - First Photographer 14) Tomorrow at Ten (1965) 15) Swashbuckler (1976) - Script and pacing problems aside, a good, hearty and occasionally funny "swashbuckler". Sure, it ain't 'The Crimson Pirate', which it obviously strode to be (it was even based on a story called “The Scarlet Buccaneer”), but it's a fairly entertaining pirate film, and I like pirate films. ----------------------- 16) The Birthday Party (1968) 17) Figures in a Landscape (1970) 18) Robin and Marian (1976)

Top 13 Films Starring Richard Dreyfuss, In Order: 1) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 2) Jaws (1975) -

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Murray Hamilton: 1) Jaws (1975) 2) The Graduate (1967) 3) The Hustler (1961) 4) Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 5) Seconds (1966) 6) Bright Victory (1951) 7) The Amityville Horror (1979) 8) No Time for Sergeants (1958) 9) The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) 10) No Way to Treat a Lady (1968) 11) The Boston Strangler (1968) 12) Casey's Shadow (1978) 13) 1941 (1979) 14) The Way We Were (1973) ----------------------- 15) The FBI Story (1959) 16) Houseboat (1958)

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Denholm Elliott's Top 30 Films: 1) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 2) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 3) Watership Down (1978) 4) A Room with a View (1985) - AA Best Supporting Actor nom. 5) Alfie (1966) 6) Breaking the Sound Barrier (1952) 7) The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird (1952) - (English version, voice) 8) Nothing But the Best (1964) 9) The Cruel Sea (1953) 10) Blade on the Feather (1980) 11) The Heart of the Matter (1953) 12) The Holly and the Ivy (1952) 13) A Bridge Too Far (1977) 14) Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980) 15) The Night My Number Came Up (1955) 16) Saint Jack (1979) 17) Noises Off... (1992) 18) The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970) 19) Zulu Dawn (1979) 20) You Must Be Joking! (1965) 21) King Rat (1965) 22) The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955) 23) Station Six-Sahara (1963) 24) Hotel du Lac (1986) 25) The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) 26) The Ringer (1952) - Based on Edgar Wallace's famous play, filmed several times previously. Maybe the identity of "The Ringer" could have been camouflaged better, but a fine cast of characters keep things interesting. 27) The Boys from Brazil (1978) 28) Trading Places (1983) 29) The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968) 30) September (1987) ------------------------ 31) Stealing Heaven (1988) 32) Robin and Marian (1976) 33) One Against the Wind (1991) 34) Maurice (1987) 35) Quest for Love (1971) - Not a bad film, but I felt the story had a lot more potential, more ideas they could have played with if they had not focused almost entirely on the relationship between Bell and Collins; so it's basically a romance in the guise of a science fiction film, but with good performances from the aforementioned Tom Bell and Joan Collins. 36) The Vault of Horror (1973) 37) A Private Function (1984)

Harrison Ford: #54

Ah, Jack Flack. My childhood avatar.

This list is as much influenced by my childhood as anything more critical, if not more so, sometimes motivated more by nostalgia and emotion than by intellectually. For that reason, this film ranks very high on this list. It transports me to the happier, simpler days of my youth, before everything went to pot.

The screenplay was based on -well, inspired by- Cornell Woolrich's short story "The Boy Cried Murder", previously made into the film 'The Window' (1949).

My 21 Favorite Films Starring John McIntire: 1-Psycho (1960) 2-Cloak & Dagger (1984) 3-The Asphalt Jungle (1950) 4-Winchester '73 (1950) 5-Elmer Gantry (1960) 6-The Phenix City Story (1955) 7-Westward the Women (1951) 8-The Far Country (1954) 9-Summer and Smoke (1961) 10-The Tin Star (1957) 11-Command Decision (1948) 12-The Street with No Name (1948) 13-An Act of Murder (1948) 14-To Hell and Back (1955) - Narrator (uncredited) 15-Under the Gun (1951) 16-Call Northside 777 (1948) 17-The President's Lady (1953) 18-The Fox and the Hound (1981) 19-Stranger on Horseback (1955) 20-Shadow on the Wall (1950) 21-Honkytonk Man (1982) 22-Flaming Star (1960) ------------------------- 23-The Rescuers (1977)

My Favorite 10 Movies That Star Dabney Coleman: 1) Cloak & Dagger (1984) 2) Tootsie (1982) 3) On Golden Pond (1981) 4) Bite the Bullet (1975) 5) Rolling Thunder (1977) 6) The Slender Thread (1965) 7) Melvin and Howard (1980) 8) WarGames (1983) 9) This Property Is Condemned (1966) 10) The Towering Inferno (1974) ------------------------- 11) Downhill Racer (1969) 12) The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) 13) Dying Room Only (1973)

And My 15 Favorite Films Starring Michael Murphy: 1) Cloak & Dagger (1984) 2) McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) 3) What's Up, Doc? (1972) 4) The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) 5) Phase IV (1974) 6) Nashville (1975) 7) The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974) 8) Away from Her (2006) 9) Brewster McCloud (1970) 10) MASH (1970) 11) Manhattan (1979) 12) Batman Returns (1992) 13) Truman (1995) 14) Magnolia (1999) 15) An Unmarried Woman (1978) ---------------------- 16) Countdown (1967) 17) The Front (1976) 18) X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) 19) Strange Behavior (1981) - ORIGINAL TITLE: 'Dead Kids'. A not-so-bad, semi-original horror film that has attracted a smallish cult following. I just mentioned this a few comments ago, but I'll reiterate: if you're going to remake a film, why not remake lesser-known or flawed films that might have had an interesting premise/idea but that were imperfect in their execution, and/or never found an audience (in the case, both), not classic films that were done right the first time, especially when the people remaking them have nothing new to offer. The obvious reason they don't do this is, known entities have a better chance of turning a profit, and guaranteed profit always trumps creative risks in Hollywood. But, in the right hands, this film has all the potential to be polished up into something special.

My Favorite 10 Films Starring Jeanette Nolan: 1) Psycho (1960) - Norma Bates (voice, uncredited) 2) Cloak & Dagger (1984) 3) The Big Heat (1953) 4) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 5) The Happy Time (1952) 6) The Horse Whisperer (1998) 7) The Fox and the Hound (1981) 8) Macbeth (1948) 9) Tribute to a Bad Man (1956) 10) The Great Impostor (1961) --------------------- 11) The Halliday Brand (1957) 12) The Rescuers (1977) 13) The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957) - The climax is anything but, but the first hour is quite entertaining.

The most delightful movie ever made? Screw you, DaveHedgehog!

Favorite 08 films directed by Rouben Mamoulian, in order: 1-Love Me Tonight (1932) 2-Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) 3-Queen Christina (1933) 4-Applause (1929) 5-The Mark of Zorro (1940) 6-Silk Stockings (1957)- 7-Becky Sharp (1935) 8-City Streets (1931) -------------------- 9-Golden Boy (1939)

My Top 10 Films Starring Maurice Chevalier: 1) Love Me Tonight (1932) 2) The Love Parade (1929) - AA Best Actor nom. 3) The Merry Widow (1934) 4) Man About Town (1947) 5) Gigi (1958) - GG Best Actor (Comedy/Musical) nom. 6) The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) 7) Love in the Afternoon (1957) - GG Best Actor (Comedy/Musical) nom. 8) One Hour with You (1932) 9) Folies Bergère de Paris (1935) 10) The Big Pond (1930) - AA Best Actor nom. ---------------------- 11) Fanny (1961) - GG Best Actor nom. 12) In Search of the Castaways (1962)

Elizabeth Patterson: 1) Love Me Tonight (1932) 2) Dinner at Eight (1933) 3) Remember the Night (1940) 4) I Married a Witch (1942) 5) The Cat and the Canary (1939) 6) Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) 7) Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) 8) Intruder in the Dust (1949) 9) Lady on a Train (1945) 10) My Sister Eileen (1942) 11) Little Women (1949) 12) A Bill of Divorcement (1932)

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David Manners' Top 13 Films: 1) Dracula (1931) 2) The Mummy (1932) 3) The Black Cat (1934) 4) The Last Flight (1931) 5) The Miracle Woman (1931) 6) A Bill of Divorcement (1932) 7) Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935) 8) Journey's End (1930) 9) Roman Scandals (1933) 10) The Millionaire (1931) 11) Torch Singer (1933) 12) The Death Kiss (1932) 13) A Woman Rebels (1936)

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For me, Bergman's greatest work, and the one I can most easily revisit.

Wild Strawberries: “Where Is the Friend I Seek?”

Top 40 Favorite Films directed and/or written by Ingmar Bergman (Of the ones I've seen), in order: 1) Wild Strawberries (1957) 2) The Seventh Seal (1957) 3) Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) 4) Hour of the Wolf (1968) 5) Through a Glass Darkly (1961) 6) Cries & Whispers (1972) - AA Best Directing nom. 7) The Magician (1958) 8) Sawdust and Tinsel (1953) 9) Fanny and Alexander (1982) - AA/GG Best Director nom. 10) Autumn Sonata (1978) 11) Persona (1966) 12) The Silence (1963) 13) Scenes from a Marriage (1973) 14) Summer Interlude (1951) 15) The Passion of Anna (1969) 16) Summer with Monika (1953) 17) Dreams (1955) 18) The Best Intentions (1992) - (written by) 19) Winter Light (1963) 20) Face to Face (1976) - AA Best Director nom. 21) After the Rehearsal (1984) 22) Faithless (2000) - (written by) 23) From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) 24) The Virgin Spring (1960) - One of the few Bergman-directed films that he did not write himself. "It won for Best Foreign Language Film at the 1961 Academy Awards, and was also the basis for the 1972 exploitation horror film The Last House on the Left" -Wikipedia. 25) Shame (1968) 26) Saraband (2003) 27) In the Presence of a Clown (1997) 28) Eva (1948) - (written by) 29) Sunday's Children (1992) - (written by) 30) Waiting Women (1952) 31) A Lesson in Love (1954) 32) The Devil's Eye (1960) 33) The Rite (1969) 34) The Serpent's Egg (1977) 35) Torment (1944) 36) To Joy (1950) 37) Port of Call (1948) 38) Crisis (1946) 39) The Touch (1971) 40) The Magic Flute (1975)

Also: 'Bergman Island' (2005)

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"Never, Oh! never. Nothing will die; The stream flows, the wind blows, the cloud fleets, the heart beats. Nothing will die." - Alfred Lord Tennyson.

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1-The Elephant Man (1980) 2-Pygmalion (1938) - AA Best Actress nom. 3-A Man for All Seasons (1966) - AA Best Supporting Actress nom. 4-Sons and Lovers (1960) 5-Separate Tables (1958) AA Won for Best Supporting Actress; GG Best Supporting Actress nom. 6-Outcast of the Islands (1951) 7-Murder on the Orient Express (1974) 9-'I Know Where I'm Going!' (1945) 10-All Passion Spent (1986) 11-Major Barbara (1941) 12-The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987) 13-Sailor of the King (1953) ----------------------- 14-Toys in the Attic (1963) - GG Best Supporting Actress nom.

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Top 12 films directed by Francis Ford Coppola, the top 3 are all included on this list: 1) The Godfather (1972) - AA Best Director nom./GG Won for Best Director. 2) The Conversation (1974) - GG Best Director nom. 3) The Godfather: Part II (1974) AA Won for Best Director./GG Best Director nom. 4) Apocalypse Now (1979) - AA Best Director nom./GG Won for Best Director 5) Dracula (1992) 6) The Outsiders (1983) 7) The Godfather: Part III (1990) - AA/GG Best Director nom. 8) Rumble Fish (1983) 9) One from the Heart (1982) 10) The Rain People (1969) 11) The Cotton Club (1984) - GG Best Director nom. 12) The Rainmaker (1997) - Watchable, but was hoping for something better.

Joe Spinell: 1) The Godfather (1972) 2) The Godfather: Part II (1974) 3) Taxi Driver (1976) 4) Rocky (1976) 5) The Ninth Configuration (1980) 6) Sorcerer (1977) 7) Farewell, My Lovely (1975) 8) Rocky II (1979) 9) Maniac (1980) 10) Big Wednesday (1978) 11) The Seven-Ups (1973) 12) Cops and Robbers (1973) 13) Eureka (1983) 14) Night Shift (1982) 15) Last Embrace (1979) 16) Winter Kills (1979)

Alex Rocco: 1) The Godfather (1972) 2) The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) 3) Lady in White (1988) 4) The Stunt Man (1980) 5) The Entity (1982) 6) A Bug's Life (1998) - Thorny (voice) 7) Batman: Year One (2011) - Falcone (voice) 8) Slither (1973) 9) The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) 10) The Outside Man (1972) 11) Freebie and the Bean (1974) 12) Hearts of the West (1975) 13) Get Shorty (1995) 14) That Thing You Do! (1996)

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Cat People: Darkness Betrayed

My favorite films directed by Jacques Tourneur: 1) Cat People (1942) 2) Out of the Past (1947) 3) Curse of the Demon (1957) Aka - 'Night of the Demon' 4) I Walked with a Zombie (1943) 5) Nightfall (1957) 6) Wichita (1955) 7) The Leopard Man (1943) 8) Canyon Passage (1946) 9) Circle of Danger (1951) 10) The Comedy of Terrors (1963) 11) Berlin Express (1948) 12) Great Day in the Morning (1956) 13) Easy Living (1949) 14) Stranger on Horseback (1955) 15) Experiment Perilous (1944) 16) The Flame and the Arrow (1950)

Notable absence: 'Stars in My Crown' (1950) - I didn't like the fox hunt.

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My 23 personal favorite Jack Nicholson. In Order. And yes, there are a few notable omissions, I know. But I have my reasons, be it for excessive drug use or animal cruelty, or maybe I just didn't like the film: 1-Chinatown (1974) - AA Best Actor nom./GG Won for Best Actor. 2-The Shining (1980) 3-One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - GG Won for Best Actor. 4-Five Easy Pieces (1970) - AA/GG Best Actor nom. 5-The Passenger (1975) 6-Terms of Endearment (1983) - AA/GG Won for Best Supporting Actor. The film is a perfect blend of humor and sentimentality that only a first class *beep* who hated his mother would not be moved by. 7-Batman (1989) 8-Carnal Knowledge (1971) GG Best Actor nom. 9-Broadcast News (1987) 10-The Shooting (1966) 11-About Schmidt (2002) - AA Best Actor nom./GG Won for Best Actor. 12-The Departed (2006) 13-Ride in the Whirlwind (1966) 14-The Last Detail (1973) - AA/GG Best Actor nom. 15-A Few Good Men (1992) -AA Best Actor nom./GG Won for Best Actor. 16-As Good as It Gets (1997) AA/GG Won for Best Actor. 17-The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) 18-The Two Jakes (1990) - Not as bad as its reputation may lead you to believe. It's a sequel to an all-time classic, so of course it's going to be subject to scrutiny. 19-The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) 20-The Missouri Breaks (1976) 21-Goin' South (1978) -Mary Steenburgen's film debut, and one of the three films Jack directed, not including uncredited work on 'The Terror'. It's a peculiar western, but not a complete failure. In fact, it's quite enjoyable. But listening to Nicholson's nasally delivery and looking at his crazed eyes, one must assume that there is some truth to the rumors of rampant cocaine use throughout filming. 22-The Pledge (2001) 23-Reds (1981) - AA/GG Best Supporting Actor nom. --------------------- 24-The Raven (1963) 25-Prizzi's Honor (1985) - AA Best Actor nom./GG Won for Best Actor. 26-The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

My 12 favorite films starring Faye Dunaway: 1) Chinatown (1974) - AA/GG Best Actress nom.

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James Hong: 1-Chinatown (1974) 2-Blade Runner (1982) 3-The In-Laws (1979) 4-Hero (2002) - Qin Emperor (English version, voice) 5-Big Trouble in Little China (1986) 6-Kung Fu Panda (2008) 7-The Sand Pebbles (1966) 8-Bound for Glory (1976) 9-Mulan (1998) - Chi Fu (voice) 10-Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) 11-Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) 12-Go Tell the Spartans (1978) 13-China Gate (1957) 14-Breathless (1983) 15-The Two Jakes (1990) 16-Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) 17-The Missiles of October (1974) 18-Airplane! (1980)

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