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(A quick perusal of this list will reveal it�s no �BEST� list � though I think many of these are among �The Best� of the filmed/taped arts. I love each of these pieces, and for varied reasons � a fine performance, a theme that resonated strongly, or that I�m simply always amused and entertained when I see them no matter how many years go by. The inability to be totally objective with �Old Friends� is clear. Part of the experience of watching something I remember from an earlier time is the way it renews the original experience. I�m not seeing it �anew�, I�m transported to my original viewing and that moment is recaptured. When a later viewing of a film doesn�t do that, it comes off the list. This list is the product of fifty+ years of film watching! See if any of these strike a chord in you. � K. Robert Eaton) (*=black & white)
1. 1933 � 42nd Street* � James Seymour & Rian James � From the Novel by Bradford Ropes (Lloyd Bacon)
2. 1934 � The Thin Man* � Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett � From the Novel by Dashiell Hammett (W. S. Van Dyke)
3. 1935 � Top Hat* � Dwight Taylor & Allan Scott (Mark Sandrich)
4. 1938 � The Adventures of Robin Hood � Seton I. Miller & Norman Reilly Raine (William Keighley)
5. 1939 � Destry Rides Again* � Felix Jackson, Gertrude Purcell & Henry Myers � From the Novel by Max Brand (George Marshall)
6. 1939 � Mr. Smith Goes to Washington* � Sidney Buchman � Story by Lewis R. Foster (Frank Capra)
7. 1940 � The Mark of Zorro* � John Tainton Foote, Garrett Fort & Bess Meredyth (Rouben Mamoulian)
8. 1940 � Our Town* � Thornton Wilder, Frank Craven & Harry Chantlee � From the Play by Thornton Wilder (Sam Wood)
9. 1940 � The Philadelphia Story* � Donald Ogden Stewart � From Phillip Barry�s Play (George Cukor)
10. 1941 � The Little Foxes* � Lillian Hellman, from her Play (William Wyler)
11. 1941 � The Maltese Falcon* � John Huston � From the Novel by Dashiell Hammett (John Huston)
12. 1942 � Casablanca* � Julius J. Epstein/Philip G. Epstein/Howard Koch � Unproduced Play �Everybody Comes to Rick�s� by Murray Burnett & Joan Alison (Michael Curtiz)
13. 1942 � Kings Row* � Casey Robinson � From the Henry Bellamann Novel (Sam Wood)
14. 1943 � The Ox-Bow Incident* � Lamar Trotti � From the Novel by Walter Van Tilburg Clark (William Wellman)
15. 1943 � Sahara* � John Howard Lawson & Zoltan Korda (Zoltan Korda)
16. 1944 � Laura* � Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein and Betty Reinhardt � From the Novel by Vera Caspary (Otto Preminger)
17. 1944 � Murder, My Sweet* � John Paxton � From the Novel �Farewell, My Lovely� by Raymond Chandler (Edward Dmytryk)
18. 1944 � Tall in the Saddle* � Michael Hogan & Paul J. Fix (Edwin L. Marin)
19. 1944 � A Wing and a Prayer* � Jerome Cady (Henry Hathaway)
20. 1945 � A Walk in the Sun* � Robert Rossen � From the Novel by Harry Brown (Lewis Milestone)
21. 1946 � The Best Years of Our Lives* � Robert Sherwood � From the Novel �Glory for Me� by Mackinlay Kantor (William Wyler)
22. 1946 � The Big Sleep* � William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett & Jules Furthman � From the Novel by Raymond Chandler (Howard Hawks)
23. 1946 � The Lady in the Lake* � Steve Fisher � From the Novel by Raymond Chandler (Robert Montgomery)
24. 1946 � Song of the South � Dalton Raymond � Animated sequences based on the writings of Joel Chandler Harris (Live Action: Harve Foster� Animated sequences: Various)
25. 1947 � The Ghost & Mrs. Muir* � Philip Dunne � From the Novel by R. A. Dick (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
26. 1947 � Miracle on 34th Street* � George Seaton � Story by Valentine Davies (George Seaton)
27. 1948 � Call Northside 777* � Jerome Cady & Jay Dratler (Henry Hathaway)
28. 1948 � Key Largo* � Richard Brooks & John Huston � From the Play by Maxwell Anderson (John Huston)
29. 1948 � Sitting Pretty* � F. Hugh Herbert � From the Novel �Belvedere� by Gwen Davenport (Walter Lang)
30. 1949 � Twelve O�Clock High* � Sy Bartlett & Beirne Lay, Jr. (Henry King)
31. 1950 � All About Eve* � Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
32. 1950 � Broken Arrow � Michael Blankfort � From the Novel �Blood Brother� by Elliot Arnold (Delmer Daves)
33. 1950 � The Gunfighter* � William Bowers & William Sellers (Henry King)
34. 1950 � The Men* � Carl Foreman (Fred Zinnemann)
35. 1950 � Winchester 73* � Robert L. Richards & Borden Chase, Story by Stuart N. Lake (Anthony Mann)
36. 1951 � The Day the Earth Stood Still* � Edmund H. North (Robert Wise)
37. 1951 � Rawhide* � Dudley Nichols (Henry Hathaway)
38. 1951 � The Thing (From Another World)* � Charles Lederer � From the Short Story �Who Goes There?� by James W, Campbell, Jr. (Christian Nyby)
39. 1952 � The Bad and the Beautiful* � Charles Schnee (Vincent Minelli)
40. 1952 � High Noon* � Carl Foreman � From the story �The Tin Star� by John W. Cunningham (Fred Zinnemann)
41. 1952 � The Quiet Man � Frank Nugent � Story by Maurice Walsh (John Ford)
42. 1952 � The Sound Barrier* � Terrence Rattigan (David Lean)
43. 1952 � Viva Zapata!* � John Steinbeck (Elia Kazan)
44. 1953 � From Here to Eternity* � Daniel Taradash � From the Novel by James Jones (Fred Zinnemann)
45. 1953 � Roman Holiday* � Ian McLellan & John Dighton (William Wyler)
46. 1953 � Shane � A. B. Guthrie, Jr. � From the Novel by Jack Schaefer (George Stevens)
47. 1953 � Young Bess � Arthur Wimperis & Jan Lustig � From the Novel by Margaret Irwin (George Sidney)
48. 1954 � The Barefoot Contessa � Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
49. 1954 � The Bridges at Toko-Ri � Valentine Davies � From the Novel James Michener (Mark Robson)
50. 1954 � The Country Girl* � George Seaton � From the Play by Clifford Odets (George Seaton)
51. 1954 � Executive Suite* � Ernest Lehman � From the Novel by Cameron Hawley (Robert Wise)
52. 1954 � Johnny Guitar � Philip Yordan � From the Novel by Roy Chanslor (Nicholas Ray)
53. 1954 � Men of the Fighting Lady� Art Cohn (Andrew Marton)
54. 1954 � On the Waterfront* � Budd Schulberg, from his Novel (Elia Kazan)
55. 1954 � Suddenly* � Richard Sale � (Lewis Allen)
56. 1954 � Them!* � Ted Sherdeman � Story by George Worthing Yates (Gordon Douglas)
57. 1955 � Bad Day at Black Rock � Millard Kaufman � From the Story �Bad Time in Hondo� by Howard Briskin (John Sturges)
58. 1955 � Lady and the Tramp � Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Ralph Wright & Don DaGradi � From the Story by Ward Greene (Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Luske)
59. 1955 � Marty* � Paddy Chayevsky, from his Play (Delbert Mann)
60. 1955 � Picnic � Daniel Taradash � From the Play by William Inge (Joshua Logan)
61. 1955 � The Purple Plain � Eric Ambler � From the Novel by H. E. Bates (Robert Parrish)
62. 1955 � Stranger on Horseback � Don Martin & Herb Meadow � From a story by Louis L�Amour (Jacques Tourneur)
63. 1955 � The Tall Men � Sidney Boehm & Frank Nugent � From the Novel by Clay Fisher (Raoul Walsh)
64. 1955 � To Catch a Thief� John Michael Hayes � From the Novel by David Dodge (Alfred Hitchcock)
65. 1955 � The Trouble with Harry � John Michael Hayes � From the Novel by Jack Trevor (Alfred Hitchcock)
66. 1955 � Wichita � Daniel B. Ullman (Jacques Tourneur)
67. 1956 � The Fastest Gun Alive* � Frank D. Gilroy & Russel Rouse (Russel Rouse)
68. 1956 � Friendly Persuasion � Michael Wilson � From the Novel by Jessamyn West (William Wyler)
69. 1956 � Invasion of the Body Snatchers* � Daniel Mainwaring � From the Novel by Jack Finney (Don Siegel)
70. 1956 � Jubal � Russell S. Hughes & Delmer Daves � From the Novel �Jubal Troop� by Paul Wellman (Delmer Daves)
71. 1956 � The King and I � Ernest Lehman � From the Oscar Hammerstein Book of the Stage Musical (Walter Lang)
72. 1956 � The Rainmaker � N. Richard Nash, from his Play (Joseph Anthony)
73. 1956 � Patterns* � Rod Serling, from his teleplay (Fielder Cook)
74. 1956 � Trapeze � James R. Webb (Carol Reed)
75. 1957 � An Affair to Remember � Delmer Daves & Leo McCarey (Leo McCarey)
76. 1957 � The Bridge on the River Kwai � Carl Foreman � From the Novel by Pierre Boulle (David Lean)
77. 1957 � Gunfight at the OK Corral� Leon Uris � (John Sturges)
78. 1957 � Peyton Place � John Michael Hayes � From the Novel by Grace Metalious (Mark Robson)
79. 1957 � Saint Joan* � Graham Greene � From the Play by George Bernard Shaw (Otto Preminger)
80. 1957 � The Spirit of St. Louis � Billy Wilder & Wendell Mayes � From the Book by Charles Lindbergh (Billy Wilder)
81. 1957 � Sweet Smell of Success* � Clifford Odets & Ernest Lehman (Alexander Mackendrick)
82. 1957 � 3:10 to Yuma* � Halsted Welles (Delmer Daves)
83. 1957 � Twelve Angry Men* � Reginald Rose, from his Play & Teleplay (Sidney Lumet)
84. 1957 � Witness for the Prosecution* � Billy Wilder & Harry Kurnitz � From the Play by Agatha Christie (Billy Wilder)
85. 1958 � Auntie Mame � Betty Comden & Adolph Green � From the Novel by Patrick Dennis and the Play from it by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee (Morton DaCosta)
86. 1958 � The Big Country � James R. Webb, Sy Bartlett & Robert Wilder � From the Novel by Donald Hamilton (William Wyler)
87. 1958 � Cat on a Hot Tin Roof � Richard Brooks & James Poe � From the Play by Tennessee Williams (Richard Brooks)
88. 1958 � Gigi � Alan Jay Lerner (& lyrics) � From the Novel by Colette (Vincent Minelli)
89. 1958 � The Inn of the Sixth Happiness � Isobel Lennart � From the Novel �The Small Woman� by Alan Burgess (Mark Robson)
90. 1958 � The Sheepman � William Bowers & James Edward Grant (George Marshall)
91. 1958 � Some Came Running � John Patrick & Arthur Sheekman � From the Novel by James Jones (Vincent Minnelli)
92. 1958 � Teacher�s Pet* � Fay & Michael Kanin (George Seaton)
93. 1958 � The Young Lions* � Edward Anhalt - From the Novel by Irwin Shaw (Edward Dmytryk)
94. 1959 � Anatomy of a Murder* � Wendell Mayes � From the Novel by Robert Travor (Otto Preminger)
95. 1959 � Ben-Hur � Karl Tunberg (w/assists) � From the Novel by General Lew Wallace (William Wyler � Some �action� by Andrew Marton)
96. 1959 � The Best of Everything � Mann Rubin & Edith R. Sommer � From the Novel by Rona Jaffe (Jean Negulesco)
97. 1959 � Cash McCall � Lenore Coffee & Marion Hargrove � From the Novel by Cameron Hawley (Joseph Pevney)
98. 1959 � The Gallant Hours* � Beirne Lay, Jr, & Frank D. Gilroy (Robert Montgomery)
99. 1959 � Never So Few � Millard Kaufman � From the Novel by Tom T. Chamales (John Sturges)
100. 1959 � The Nun�s Story � Robert Anderson � From the Novel by Kathryn C. Hulme (Fred Zinnemann)
101. 1959 � On the Beach* � John Paxton & James Lee Barrett � From the Novel by Nevil Shute (Stanley Kramer)
102. 1959 � Pork Chop Hill* � James R. Webb (Lewis Milestone)
103. 1959 � The Wonderful Country � Robert Ardrey � From the Novel by Tom Lea (Robert Parrish)
104. 1959 � Warlock � Robert Alan Arthur � From the Novel by Oakley Hall (Edward Dmytryk)
105. 1960 � The Apartment* � Billy Wilder & I. A. L. Diamond (Billy Wilder)
106. 1960 � The Dark at the Top of the Stairs � Irving Ravetch & Harriet Frank, Jr.� Based on the Play by William Inge (Delbert Mann)
107. 1960 � From the Terrace � Ernest Lehman � From the Novel by John O�Hara (Mark Robson)
108. 1960 � Inherit the Wind* � Nathan E. Douglas & Harold Jacob Smith � From the Play by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee (Stanley Kramer)
109. 1960 � The Last Voyage � Andrew L. Stone (Andrew L. Stone)
110. 1960 � The Magnificent Seven � William Roberts � After The Seven Samurai (John Sturges)
111. 1960 � Psycho* � Joseph Stefano � From the Novel by Robert Bloch (Alfred Hitchcock)
112. 1960 � Sunrise at Campobello � Dore Schary, from his Play (Vincent J. Donehue)
113. 1961 � The Children�s Hour* � Lillian Hellman, from her Play (William Wyler)
114. 1961 � The Hustler* � Robert Rossen & Sidney Carroll � From the Novel by Walter Tevis (Robert Rossen)
115. 1961 � One-Eyed Jacks � Guy Trosper & Calder Willingham � From the Novel �The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones� by Charles Neider (Marlon Brando)
116. 1961 � A Raisin in the Sun* � Lorraine Hansberry, from her Play (Daniel Petrie)
117. 1961 � Something Wild* � Jack Garfein & Alex Karmel, from Karmel�s Novel �Mary Ann� (Jack Garfein)
118. 1961 � West Side Story � Ernest Lehman � Based on the Play by Arthur Laurents, after �Romeo & Juliet� (Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins)
119. 1961 � The Young Doctors* � Joseph Hayes � From the Novel �The Final Diagnosis� by Arthur Hailey (Phil Karlson)
120. 1961 � The Young Savages* � Edward Anhalt, Evan Hunter & J. P. Miller (John Frankenheimer)
121. 1962 � Advise & Consent* � Wendell Mayes � From the Novel by Allan Drury (Otto Preminger)
122. 1962 � Experiment in Terror* � The Gordons, from their Novel �Operation Terror� (Blake Edwards)
123. 1962 � In the French Style* � Irwin Shaw, from two of his stories, �A Year to Learn the Language� & �In the French Style� (Robert Parrish)
124. 1962 � Lonely Are The Brave* � Dalton Trumbo � From the Novel �Brave Cowboy� by Edward Abbey (David Miller)
125. 1962 � The Manchurian Candidate* � George Axelrod � From the Novel by Richard Condon (John Frankenheimer)
126. 1962 � The Miracle Worker* � William Gibson, from his Play (Arthur Penn)
127. 1962 � Period of Adjustment � Isobel Lennart � From the Play by Tennessee Williams (George Roy Hill)
128. 1962 � Requiem for a Heavyweight* � Rod Serling, from his teleplay (Ralph Nelson)
129. 1962 � To Kill a Mockingbird* � Horton Foote � From the Novel by Harper Lee (Robert Mulligan)
130. 1962 � Two for the Seesaw* � Isobel Lennart � From the Play by William Gibson (Robert Wise)
131. 1963 � Charade � Peter Stone (Stanley Donen)
132. 1963 � Hud* � Irving Ravetch & Harriet Frank, Jr, - From the Novel by Larry McMurtry (Martin Ritt)
133. 1963 � It�s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World � William & Tania Rose (Stanley Kramer)
134. 1963 � Love With the Proper Stranger* � Arnold Schulman (Robert Mulligan)
135. 1963 � Soldier in the Rain* � Blake Edwards & Maurice Richlin � From the Novel by William Goldman (Ralph Nelson)
136. 1963 � Toys in the Attic* � James Poe � From the Play by Lillian Hellman (George Roy Hill)
137. 1964 � The Americanization of Emily* � Paddy Chayevsky � From the Novel by William Bradford (Arthur Hiller)
138. 1964 � Becket � Edward Anhalt � After the Play by Anouilh (Peter Glenville)
139. 1964 � The Best Man* � Gore Vidal, from his Play (Franklin J. Schaffner)
140. 1964 � Father Goose � Peter Stone & Frank Tarloff (Ralph Nelson)
141. 1964 � From Russia With Love � Richard Maibaum & Johanna Harwood � From the Novel by Ian Fleming (Terence Young)
142. 1964 � Hamlet � William Shakespeare Bill Colleran & John Gielgud)
143. 1964 � The Night of the Iguana* � Anthony Veiller � From the Play by Tennessee Williams (John Huston)
144. 1964 � Seven Days in May* � Rod Serling � From the Novel by Fletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II (John Frankenheimer)
145. 1964 � Zulu � John Prebble & Cy Endfield (Cy Endfield)
146. 1965 � Bunny Lake Is Missing* � John & Penelope Mortimer � From the Novel by Evelyn Piper (Otto Preminger)
147. 1965 � Inside Daisy Clover � Gavin Lambert, from his Novel (Robert Mulligan)
148. 1965 � Mirage* � Peter Stone � From the Novel by Walter Ericson (Edward Dmytryk)
149. 1965 � The Pawnbroker* � David Friedkin & Morton Fine � From the Novel by Edward Lewis Wallant (Sidney Lumet)
150. 1965 � A Thousand Clowns* � Herb Gardner, from his Play (Fred Coe)
151. 1965 � The War Lord � John Collier & Millard Kaufman � From the Play �The Lovers� by Leslie Stevens (Franklin J. Schaffner)
152. 1966 � Grand Prix � Robert Alan Arthur (John Frankenheimer)
153. 1966 � The Group � Sidney Buchman � From the Novel by Mary McCarthy (Sidney Lumet)
154. 1966 � Harper* � William Goldman � From the Novel �The Moving Target� by John Ross Macdonald (Jack Smight)
155. 1966 � The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming � William Rose � From the Novel �The Off-Islanders� by Nathaniel Benchley (Norman Jewison)
156. 1966 � The Professionals � Richard Brooks � From the Novel by Frank O�Roarke (Richard Brooks)
157. 1966 � The Sand Pebbles � Robert Anderson � From the Novel by Richard McKenna (Robert Wise)
158. 1966 � Walk, Don�t Run � Sol Saks, story by Robert Russell & Frank Ross (Charles Walters)
159. 1966 � Who�s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?* � Ernest Lehman � From the Play by Edward Albee (Mike Nichols)
160. 1967 � Bonnie and Clyde � David Newman & Robert Benton (Arthur Penn)
161. 1967 � The Graduate � Calder Willingham & Buck Henry � From the Novel by Charles Webb (Mike Nichols)
162. 1967 � The Fox � Lewis John Carlino & Howard Koch � From the Novel by D. H. Lawrence (Mark Rydell)
163. 1967 � Guess Who�s Coming To Dinner � William Rose (Stanley Kramer)
164. 1967 � In the Heat of the Night � Sterling Silliphant (Norman Jewison)
165. 1967 � Up The Down Staircase � Tad Mosel � From the Novel by Bel Kaufman (Robert Mulligan)
166. 1967 � Wait Until Dark � Robert & Jane Howard-Carrington � Based on the Play by Frederick Knott (Terence Young)
167. 1968 � Bullitt � Harry Kleiner & Alan R. Trustman � From the Novel �Mute Witness� by Robert L. Pike (Peter Yates)
168. 1968 � Rachel, Rachel � Stewart Stern � From the Novel �A Jest of God� by Margaret Laurence (Paul Newman)
169. 1968 � Romeo and Juliet � Franco Brusati, Maestro D�Amico and Franco Zeffirelli, from the play by William Shakespeare (Franco Zeffirelli)
170. 1968 � The Stalking Moon � Alvin Sargent � From the Novel by Theodore V. Olsen (Robert Mulligan)
171. 1968 � The Subject was Roses � Frank D. Gilroy, from his Play (Ulu Grosbard)
172. 1968 � The Thomas Crown Affair � Alan R. Trustman (Norman Jewison)
173. 1969 � John and Mary � John Mortimer � From the Novel by Mervyn Jones (Peter Yates)
174. 1969 � Oh, What a Lovely War! � Len Deighton � From the Stage Show by Joan Littlewood & Charles Chilton (Richard Attenborough)
175. 1969 � The Reivers � Irving Ravetch & Harriet Frank, Jr. � From the Novel by William Faulkner (Mark Rydell)
176. 1969 � The Wild Bunch � Walon Green & Sam Peckinpah (Sam Peckinpah)
177. 1970 � The Great White Hope � Howard Sackler, from his Play (Martin Ritt)
178. 1970 � Little Big Man � Calder Willingham � From the Novel by Thomas Berger (Arthur Penn)
179. 1970 � M*A*S*H � Ring Lardner, Jr. � From the Novel by Richard Hooker (Robert Altman)
180. 1970 � The Out-of-Towners � Neil Simon (Arthur Hiller)
181. 1970 � Patton � Francis Ford Coppola & Edmund H. North � �Patton: Ordeal and Triumph� by Ladislas Farago & �A Soldier�s Story� by Omar Bradley (Franklin J. Schaffner)
182. 1970 � Scrooge � Leslie Bricusse � From the Novel by Charles Dickens (Ronald Neame)
183. 1970 � Tora! Tora! Tora! � Larry Forrester, Hideo Ogunii & Ryuzo Kikushima Novels: Ladislas Farago/Gordon W. Prange (Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda & Kinji Fukasaku)
184. 1970 � Valdez Is Coming � Roland Kibbee & David Rayfiel (Edwin Sherin)
185. 1971 � Klute � Andy K. Lewis & Dave Lewis (Alan J. Pakula)
186. 1971 � Play Misty for Me � Jo Heims & Dean Reisner (Clint Eastwood)
187. 1971 � Red Sky at Morning � Marguerite Roberts � From the Novel by Richard Bradford (James Goldstone)
188. 1972 � The Candidate � Jeremy Larner (Michael Ritchie)
189. 1972 � The Getaway � Walter Hill � From the Novel by Jim Thompson (Sam Peckinpah)
190. 1972 � Hickey and Boggs� Walter Hill (Robert Culp)
191. 1972 � Jeremiah Johnson � John Milius & Edward Anhalt (Sydney Pollack)
192. 1972 � 1776 � Peter Stone, from his Play (Peter Hunt)
193. 1973 � The Day of the Jackal� Kenneth Ross � From the Novel by Frederick Forsyth (Fred Zinnemann)
194. 1973 � The Last of Sheila � Stephen Sondheim & Anthony Perkins (Herbert Ross)
195. 1973 � The Laughing Policeman � Thomas Rickman � From the Novel by Maj Sjowall & Per Walhloo (Stuart Rosenberg)
196. 1973 � The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing� Eleanor Perry � From the Novel by Marilyn Dunham (Richard Sarafian)
197. 1973 � Papillon� Dalton Trumbo & Lorenzo Semple, Jr. - From the Novel by Henri Charri�re (Franklin J. Schaffner)
198. 1973 � The Three Musketeers � George MacDonald Fraser � From the Book by Alexandre Dumas, p�re (Richard Lester)
199. 1973 � The Way We Were � Arthur Laurents, from his Novel (Sydney Pollack)
200. 1974 � The Execution of Private Slovik (TV) � Lamont Johnson, Richard Levinson & William Link � From the Book by William Bradford Huie (Lamont Johnson)
201. 1974 � �The Law� (TV) � Joel Oliansky & William Sackheim (John Badham)
202. 1974 � �The Missiles of October� (TV) � Stanley R. Greenberg (Anthony Page)
203. 1974 � QBVII (TV) � Edward Anhalt � From the Novel by Leon Uris (Tom Gries)
204. 1974 � The Taking of Pelham One Two Three � Peter Stone � From the Novel by John Godey (Joseph Sargent)
205. 1975 � Bite the Bullet � Richard Brooks (Richard Brooks)
206. 1975 � Jaws � Peter Benchley & Carl Gottlieb � From the Novel by Peter Benchley (Steven Spielberg)
207. 1976 � All the President�s Men � William Goldman � From the Book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward (Alan J. Pakula)
208. 1976 � The Bad News Bears � Bill Lancaster (Michael Ritchie)
209. 1976 � Marathon Man � William Goldman, from his Novel (John Schlesinger)
210. 1976 � The Shootist � Miles Hod Swarthout & Scott Hale � From the Novel by Glendon Swarthout (Don Siegel)
211. 1977 � Close Encounters of the Third Kind � Steven Spielberg (Steven Spielberg)
212. 1977 � The Deep � Peter Benchley & Tracy Keenan Wynn, from Benchley�s Novel (Peter Yates)
213. 1977 � The Goodbye Girl � Neil Simon (Herbert Ross)
214. 1977 � I never promised you a rose garden � Gavin Lambert & Lewis John Carlino � From the Novel by Hannah Green (Anthony Page)
215. 1977 � Islands in the Stream � Denne Bart Petitclerc � From the Novel by Ernest Hemingway (Franklin J. Schaffner)
216. 1977 � Julia � Alvin Sargent � From the Book �Pentimento� by Lillian Hellman (Fred Zinnemann)
217. 1977 � The Late Show � Robert Benton (Robert Benton)
218. 1977 � �Nero Wolfe� (TV) � Frank D. Gilroy � From the Novel �The Doorbell Rang� by Rex Stout (Frank D. Gilroy)
219. 1977 � Star Wars � George Lucas (George Lucas)
220. 1978 � �Centennial� (TV) � Charles Larson, John Wilder & Jerry Zeigman � Novel: James Michener (Virgil W. Vogel, Paul Krasny, Harry Falk & Bernard McEveety)
221. 1978 � Coma � Michael Crichton � From the Novel by Robin Cook (Michael Crichton)
222. 1978 � Comes A Horseman � Dennis Lynton Clark (Alan J. Pakula)
223. 1978 � Coming Home � Waldo Salt & Robert C. Jones � Story by Nancy Dowd (Hal Ashby)
224. 1978 � A Different Story � Henry Olek (Paul Aaron)
225. 1978 � A Dream of Passion � Jules Dassin (Jules Dassin)
226. 1978 � Foul Play � Colin Higgins (Colin Higgins)
227. 1978 � Go Tell the Spartans � Wendell Mayes, Story by Daniel Ford (Ted Post)
228. 1978 � Heaven Can Wait � Warren Beatty & Elaine May � From the Play by Harry Segall (Warren Beatty)
229. 1978 � Ice Castles � Donald Wrye & Gary L. Baim (Donald Wrye)
230. 1978 � In Praise of Older Women � Paul Gottlieb � From the Novel by Stephen Vizinczey � Narration & Additional Text by Barrie Wexler (George Kaczender)
231. 1978 � Magic � William Goldman, from his Novel (Richard Attenborough)
232. 1978 � Superman-The Movie � Maio Puzo, David Newman, Robert Benton & Leslie Newman � From the Comic Series (Richard Donner)
233. 1978 � An Unmarried Woman � Paul Mazursky Paul Mazursky)
234. 1978 � Watership Down � Martin Rosen � From the Novel by Richard Adams (Martin Rosen)
235. 1978 � Who�ll Stop the Rain? � Judith Roscoe � From the Book �Dog Soldiers� by Robert Stone (Karel Reiz)
236. 1979 � Alien � Dan O�Bannon � Story by Dan O�Bannon & Ronald Shusett (Dan O�Bannon)
237. 1979 � The China Syndrome � Mike Gray, T. S. Cook & James Bridges (James Bridges)
238. 1979 � Kramer vs. Kramer � Robert Benton (Robert Benton)
239. 1979 � A Little Romance � Allan Burns � From the Novel by Patrick Cauvin (George Roy Hill)
240. 1979 � Manhattan* � Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman (Woody Allen)
241. 1979 � Norma Rae � Irving Ravetch & Harriet Frank, Jr. (Martin Ritt)
242. 1979 � Star Trek: The Motion Picture � Harold Livingstone & Alan Dean Foster (Robert Wise)
243. 1979 � Time After Time � Nicholas Meyer, story by Karl Alexander & Steve Hayes (Nicholas Meyer)
244. 1979 � Yanks � Colin Welland & Walter Bernstein (John Schlesinger)
245. 1980 � Altered States � Sidney Aaron � From the Novel by Paddy Chayevsky (Ken Russell)
246. 1980 � Ordinary People � Alvin Sargent � From the Novel by Judith Guest (Robert Redford)
247. 1980 � The Return of the Secaucus Seven � John Sayles (John Sayles)
248. 1981 � Arthur � Steve Gordon (Steve Gordon)
249. 1981 � Body Heat � Lawrence Kasdan (Lawrence Kasdan)
250. 1981 � Continental Divide � Lawrence Kasdan (Michael Apted)
251. 1981 � Das Boot � Wolfgang Petersen (Wolfgang Petersen)
252. 1981 � Dragonslayer � Hal Barwood & Matthew Robbins (Matthew Robbins)
253. 1981 � First Monday in October � Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee, from their Play (Ronald Neame)
254. 1981 � The French Lieutenant�s Woman � Harold Pinter � From the Novel by John Fowles (Karel Reiz)
255. 1981 � The Four Seasons � Alan Alda (Alan Alda)
256. 1981 � On Golden Pond � Ernest Thompson, from his Play (Mark Rydell)
257. 1981 � Quest for Fire � G�rard Brach � From the Novel �La Guerre du Feu by J. H. Rosny (Jean-Jacques Annaud)
258. 1981 � Raggedy Man � William D. Wittliff (Jack Fisk)
259. 1981 � Raiders of the Lost Ark � Lawrence Kasdan (Steven Spielberg)
260. 1981 � S.O.B. � Blake Edwards (Blake Edwards)
261. 1981 � Whose life is it, anyway? � Brian Clark & Reginald Rose, from Clark�s Play (John Badham)
262. 1982 � Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean � Ed Graczyk, from his Play (Robert Altman)
263. 1982 � E.T.- The Extra-Terrestrial � Melissa Mathison (Steven Spielberg)
264. 1982 � Fifth of July (TV) � Lanford Wilson�s Play (Kirk Browning & Marshall W. Mason)
265. 1982 � 48 Hours � Roger Spottiswoode and Walter Hill & Larry Gross and Steven E. de Souza (Walter Hill)
266. 1982 � The Grey Fox � John Hunter (Philip Borsos)
267. 1982 � I ought to be in pictures � Neil Simon, From his Play (Herbert Ross)
268. 1982 � My Favorite Year � Norman Steinberg & Dennis Palumbo, story by Palumbo (Richard Benjamin)
269. 1982 � Personal Best � Robert Towne (Robert Towne)
270. 1982 � Poltergeist � Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais & Mark Victor (Tobe Hooper)
271. 1982 � The Secret of N*I*M*H � Don Bluth, John Pomeroy, Gary Foldman & Will Finn � Novel: �Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh"/Robert C. O�Brien (Don Bluth)
272. 1982 � Sophie�s Choice � Alan J. Pakula � From the Novel by William Styron (Alan J. Pakula)
273. 1982 � Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn � Jack B. Sowards (Nicholas Meyer)
274. 1982 � Still of the Night � Robert Benton & David Newman (Robert Benton)
275. 1982 � Tootsie � Larry Gelbart & Murray Schisgal, story by Don McGuire (Sydney Pollack)
276. 1982 � Victor/Victoria � Blake Edwards, from the German film of �Viktor und Viktoria� written by Rheinhold Schunzel (Blake Edwards)
277. 1983 � The Big Chill � Lawrence Kasdan & Barbara Benedek (Lawrence Kasdan)
278. 1983 � Gorky Park � Dennis Potter � From the Novel by Martin Cruz Smith (Michael Apted)
279. 1983 � Silkwood � Nora Ephron & Alice Arlen (Mike Nichols)
280. 1983 � Terms of Endearment � James L. Brooks � From the Novel by Larry McMurtry (James L. Brooks)
281. 1983 � Without a Trace � Beth Gutcheon, from her novel �Still Missing� (Stanley R. Jaffe)
282. 1983 � Yentl � Jack Rosenthal & Barbra Streisand � From a Story by Isaac Bashevis Singer (Barbra Streisand)
283. 1984 � The Brother From Another Planet � John Sayles (John Sayles)
284. 1984 � �A Christmas Carol� (TV) � Roger O. Hirson � From the Short Story by Charles Dickens (Clive Donner)
285. 1984 � Falling in Love � Michael Cristofer (Ulu Grosbard)
286. 1984 � Iceman � Chip Proser & John Drimmer (Fred Schepisi)
287. 1984 � The Natural � Roger Towne & Phil Dusenberry � Freely adapted from Bernard Malamud�s Novel (Barry Levinson)
288. 1984 � Places in the Heart � Robert Benton (Robert Benton)
289. 1984 � Romancing the Stone � Diane Thomas (Robert Zemeckis)
290. 1984 � Starman � Bruce A. Evans & Raynold Gideon (John Carpenter)
291. 1984 � Swing Shift � �Rob Morton� (Actually) Ron Nyswaner, Bo Goldman & Nancy Dowd (Jonathan Demme)
292. 1984 � 2010 � Peter Hyams � From the Novel by Arthur C. Clarke (Peter Hyams)
293. 1985 � �Anne of Green Gables� (TV) � Kevin Sullivan & Joe Wiesenfeld � From the Novel by Lucy Maude Montgomery (Kevin Sullivan)
294. 1985 � Cocoon � Tom Benedek � From the Novel by David Saperstein (Ron Howard)
295. 1985 � Creator � Jeremy Leven, from his Novel (Ivan Passer)
296. 1985 � Explorers � Eric Luke (Joe Dante)
297. 1985 � Hannah and Her Sisters � Woody Allen (Woody Allen)
298. 1985 � Jagged Edge � Joe Esterhas (Richard Marquand)
299. 1985 � Legend � William Hjortsberg (Ridley Scott) (European Version � Now supplanted by the Director�s Cut)
300. 1985 � Maxie � Patricia Resnick � From the Novel �Marion�s Wall� by Jack Finney (Paul Aaron)
301. 1985 � Murphy�s Romance � Harriet Frank, Jr. & Irving Ravetch (Martin Ritt)
302. 1985 � Out of Africa � Kurt Luedtke, from writings of �Isak (Karen Blixen)Dinesen� (Sydney Pollack)
303. 1985 � Pale Rider � Michael Butler & Dennis Shryak (Clint Eastwood)
304. 1985 � Silverado � Lawrence & Mark Kasdan (Lawrence Kasdan)
305. 1985 � Twice in a Lifetime � Colin Welland (Bud Yorkin)
306. 1985 � Witness � Earl W. Wallace & William Kelley (Peter Weir)
307. 1986 � Aliens � James Cameron, Walter Hill & David Giler (James Cameron)
308. 1986 � Children of a Lesser God � Hesper Anderson & Mark Medoff, from Medoff�s Play (Randa Haines)
309. 1986 � Clan of the Cave Bear � John Sayles � From the Novel by Jean M. Auel (Michael Chapman)
310. 1986 � Highlander � Gregory Widden, Peter Bellwood & Larry Ferguson (Russell Mucahy)
311. 1986 � Hoosiers � Angelo Pizo (David Anspaugh)
312. 1986 � Just Between Friends � Allan Burns (Allan Burns)
313. 1986 � The Manhattan Project � Marshall Brickman & Thomas Baum (Marshall Brickman)
314. 1986 � The Morning After � James Hicks (Sidney Lumet)
315. 1986 � �Penalty Phase� (TV) � Gale Patrick Hickman (Tony Richardson)
316. 1986 � Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home � Harve Bennett, Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes & Nicholas Meyer (Leonard Nimoy)
317. 1987 � �Anne of Avonlea� (TV) � Kevin Sullivan � From the Novels of Lucy Maude Montgomery (Kevin Sullivan)
318. 1987 � Baby Boom � Nancy Meyers & Charles Shyer (Charles Shyer)
319. 1987 � Broadcast News � James L. Brooks (James L. Brooks)
320. 1987 � Cop � James B. Harris � From the Novel by James Ellroy (James B. Harris)
321. 1987 � Dirty Dancing � Eleanor Bergstein (Emile Ardolino)
322. 1987 � Fatal Attraction � James Dearden, from his own Short �Diversion� (Adrian Lyne)
323. 1987 � Gardens of Stone � Ronald Bass � From the Novel by Nicholas Proffitt (Francis Ford Coppola)
324. 1987 � Harry and the Hendersons � William Dear & Bill Martin, story by Ezra D. Rappaport (William Dear)
325. 1987 � Lethal Weapon � Shane Black (Richard Donner)
326. 1987 � No Way Out � Robert Garland � Novel �The Big Clock� by Kenneth Fearing (Roger Donaldson)
327. 1987 � Nuts � Tom Topor, Darryl Ponicsan & Alvin Sargent, from Topor�s Play (Martin Ritt)
328. 1987 � Predator � Jim & John Thomas (John McTiernan)
329. 1987 � Some Kind of Wonderful � John Hughes (Howard Deutch)
330. 1987 � Stakeout � Jim Kouf (John Badham)
331. 1987 � The Witches of Eastwick � Michael Cristofer � Novel by John Updike (George Miller)
332. 1988 � The Accidental Tourist � Frank Galati & Lawrence Kasdan, From Anne Tyler�s book (Lawrence Kasdan)
333. 1988 � The Accused � Tom Topor (Jonathan Kaplan)
334. 1988 � Alien Nation � Rockne S. O�Bannon (Graham Baker)
335. 1988 � Big � Gary Ross & Anne Spielberg (Penny Marshall)
336. 1988 � �The Bourne Identity� (TV) � Carol Sobieski � From the Novel by Robert Ludlum (Roger Young)
337. 1988 � Bull Durham � Ron Shelton (Ron Shelton)
338. 1988 � Crossing Delancey � Susan Sandler, from her Play (Joan Micklin Silver)
339. 1988 � Dangerous Liaisons � Christopher Hampton, from his Play (Stephen Frears)
340. 1988 � Die Hard � Jeb Stuart & Steven E. de Souza � From the Novel �Nothing Lasts Forever� by Roderick Thorp (John McTiernan)
341. 1988 � Gorillas in the Mist � Anna Hamilton Phelan/ Story: Anna Hamilton Phelan & Tab Murphy � Article: Harold T. P. Hayes & Dian Fossey's work (Michael Apted)
342. 1988 � The Milagro Beanfield War � John Nichols & David Ward � From the Novel by John Nichols (Robert Redford)
343. 1988 � Moon Over Parador � Leon Capetanos & Paul Mazursky, story by Charles G. Booth (Paul Mazursky)
344. 1988 � A New Life � Alan Alda (Alan Alda)
345. 1988 � The Presidio � Larry Ferguson (Peter Hyams)
346. 1988 � Punchline � David Seltzer (David Seltzer)
347. 1988 � Running On Empty � Naomi Foner (Sidney Lumet)
348. 1988 � Shoot To Kill � Michael Burton, Daniel Petrie, Jr. & Harv Zimmel, from Zimmel�s Story (Roger Spottiswoode)
349. 1988 � Sunset � Blake Edwards, from Rod Amateau�s Story (Blake Edwards)
350. 1988 � Who Framed Roger Rabbit? � Jeffrey Price/Peter S. Seaman � Book: �Who Censored Roger Rabbit?�/Gary K. Wolf (Robert Zemeckis, Animation: Richard Williams)
351. 1988 � Working Girl � Kevin Wade (Mike Nichols)
352. 1989 � The Abyss � James Cameron (James Cameron)
353. 1989 � Always � Jerry Belson (Steven Spielberg)
354. 1989 � �Bridge To Silence� (TV) � Louisa Burns-Bisogno � From a Story by Louisa Burns Bisogno & Tom Bisogno (Karen Arthur)
355. 1989 � Chances Are � Perry & Randy Howze (Emile Ardolino)
356. 1989 � Dad � Gary David Goldberg � From the Novel by William Wharton (Gary David Goldberg)
357. 1989 � The Fabulous Baker Boys � Steve Kloves (Steve Kloves)
358. 1989 � Field of Dreams � Phil Alden Robinson � From the Book �Shoeless Joe� by W. P. Kinsella (Phil Alden Robinson)
359. 1989 � Farewell to the King � John Milius � From the Novel by Pierre Schoendoerffer (John Milius)
360. 1989 � Glory � Kevin Jarre � Based on �Lay This Laurel� by Lincoln Kirstein, �One Gallant Rush� by Peter Burchard and the letters of Robert Gould Shaw (Edward Zwick)
361. 1989 � Immediate Family � Barbara Benedek (Jonathan Kaplan)
362. 1989 � In Country � Frank Pierson & Cynthia Cidre � From the Novel by Bobbie Ann Mason (Norman Jewison)
363. 1989 � Old Gringo � Luis Puenzo & Aida Bortnik � From the Novel by Carlos Fuentes (Luis Puenzo)
364. 1989 � �Roe vs. Wade� (TV) � Alison Cross (Gregory Hoblit)
365. 1989 � Sex, Lies and Videotape � Steven Soderbergh (Steven Soderbergh)
366. 1989 � Stanley & Iris � Harriet Frank, Jr. & Irving Ravetch � Based on the Novel �Union Street� by Pat Barker (Martin Ritt)
367. 1989 � Steel Magnolias � Robert Harling, from his Play (Herbert Ross)
368. 1989 � When Harry Met Sally� � Nora Ephron (Rob Reiner)
369. 1989 � Winter People � Carol Sobieski � From the Novel by John Ehle (Ted Kotcheff)
370. 1990 � �Caroline?� (TV) � Michael de Guzman � Based on the Novel �Father�s Arcane Daughter� by E. L. Konigsburg (Joseph Sargent)
371. 1990 � Dances With Wolves � Michael Blake, from his Novel (Kevin Costner)
372. 1990 � Defenseless � James Hicks � Story by James Hicks & Jeff Burkhart (Martin Campbell)
373. 1990 � �Extreme Close-Up� (TV) � Marshall Herskovitz � Story by Herskovitz & Edward Zwick (Peter Horton)
374. 1990 � Funny About Love � Norma Steinberg & David Frankel � From an Article by Bob Greene (Leonard Nimoy)
375. 1990 � �Heat Wave� (TV) � Michael Lazarou (Kevin Hooks)
376. 1990 � The Hunt For Red October � Larry Ferguson & Donald Stewart � From Tom Clancy�s Novel (John McTiernan)
377. 1990 � �The Image� (TV) � Brian Rehak (Peter Werner)
378. 1990 � Kindergarten Cop � Murray Salem, Herschel Weingrod & Timothy Harris, Story by Murray Salem (Ivan Reitman)
379. 1990 � The Long Walk Home � John Cork (Richard Pierce)
380. 1990 � Longtime Companion � Craig Lucas, from his play (Norman Ren�)
381. 1990 � Memphis Belle � Monte Merrick (Michael Caton-Jones)
382. 1990 � Mr. Destiny � James Orr & Jim Cruikshank (James Orr)
383. 1990 � Postcards from the Edge � Carry Fisher, from her Book (Mike Nichols)
384. 1990 � Pretty Woman � J. F. Lawton (Garry Marshall)
385. 1990 � Quigley Down Under � John Hill (Simon Wincer)
386. 1990 � White Palace � Ted Tally & Alvin Sargent (Luis Mandoki)
387. 1991 � �Bump in the Night� (TV) � Christopher Lofton � Based on the Novel by Isabelle Holland (Karen Arthur)
388. 1991 � City Slickers � Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel (Ron Underwood)
389. 1991 � Class Action � Carolyn Shelby, Christopher Ames & Samantha Shad (Michael Apted)
390. 1991 � �Crazy From the Heart� (TV) � Linda Voorhees (Thomas Schlamme)
391. 1991 � Dead Again � Scott Frank (Kenneth Branagh)
392. 1991 � The Doctor � Robert Caswell � From �A Taste of My Own Medicine� by Dr. Ed Rosenbaum (Randa Haines)
393. 1991 � Dogfight � Bob Comfort (Nancy Savoca)
394. 1991 � Fried Green Tomatoes � Fannie Flagg & Carol Sobieski, from Flagg�s Novel �Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Caf� (Jon Avnet)
395. 1991 � Grand Canyon � Lawrence & Meg Kasdan (Lawrence Kasdan)
396. 1991 � �I�ll Fly Away� (Pilot) (TV) � Joshua Brand & John Falsey (Joshua Brand)
397. 1991 � Impromptu � Sarah Kernochan (James Lapine)
398. 1991 � JFK � Oliver Stone & Zachary Sklar � From �Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy� by Jim Marrs & �On the Trail of the Assassins� by Jim Garrison (Oliver Stone)
399. 1991 � �Long Road Home� (TV) � Jane-Howard Hammerstein � From the Novel by Ronald B. Taylor (John Korty)
400. 1991 � �Lucky Day� (TV) � John Axness & Jennifer Miller (Donald Wrye)
401. 1991 � Man in the Moon � Jenny Wingfield (Robert Mulligan)
402. 1991 � One Good Cop � Heywood Gould (Heywood Gould)
403. 1991 � Paradise � Mary Elizabeth Donoghue � From the Novel �Le Grand Chermin� by Jean-Loup Hubert (Mary Elizabeth Donoghue)
404. 1991 � �Plymouth� (TV) � Lee David Zlotoff (Lee David Zlotoff)
405. 1991 � The Prince of Tides � Pat Conroy & Becky Johnston, from Conroy�s Book (Barbra Streisand)
406. 1991 � Sarah, Plain and Tall (TV) � Patricia MacLachlan & Carol Sobieski, from MacLachlan�s Book (Glenn Jordan)
407. 1991 � The Silence of the Lambs � Ted Tally � From the Novel by Thomas Harris (Jonathan Demme)
408. 1991 � Soapdish � Robert Harling & Andrew Bergman, from Harling�s Story (Michael Hoffman)
409. 1991 � Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country � Nicholas Meyer & Denny Martin Flynn � Story by Leonard Nimoy, Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal (Nicholas Meyer)
410. 1991 � Terminator 2: Judgement Day � James Cameron & William Wisher, Jr. (James Cameron)
411. 1992 � The Bodyguard � Lawrence Kasdan (Mick Jackson)
412. 1992 � The Last of the Mohicans � Michael Mann & Christopher Crowe � Novel: James Fenimore Cooper (Michael Mann)
413. 1992 � Passion Fish � John Sayles (John Sayles)
414. 1992 � Sneakers � Phil Alden Robinson, Lawrence Lasker & Walter F. Parkes (Phil Alden Robinson)
415. 1992 � Wind � Rudy Wurlitzer & Mac Gudgeon, from the Story by Jeff Benjamin, Roger Vaughan & Kimball Livingston (Carroll Ballard)
416. 1993 � �The American Clock� (TV) � Frank Galati � From the Play by Arthur Miller (Bob Clark)
417. 1993 � �And the Band Played On� (TV) � Arnold Schulman � From the Book by Randy Shilts (Roger Spottiswoode)
418. 1993 � Dave � Gary Ross (Ivan Reitman)
419. 1993 � The Fugitive � Jeb Stuart & David Twohy � From the TV premise of Roy Huggins (Andrew Davis)
420. 1993 � Gettysburg � Ronald F. Maxwell � From the Novel �The Killer Angels� by Michael Shaara (Ronald F. Maxwell)
421. 1993 � �I�ll Fly Away: Then and Now� (TV) � John Falsey (Ian Sander)
422. 1993 � Schindler�s List � Steven Zaillian � From the Novel by Thomas Keneally (Steven Spielberg)
423. 1993 � Sleepless in Seattle � Nora Ephron, David S. Ward & Jeff Arch, story by Jeff Arch (Nora Ephron)
424. 1993 � Sommersby � Nicholas Meyer/Sarah Kernochan � Story: Meyer & Anthony Shaffer � Film �The Return of Martin Guerre� by Daniel Vigne/Jean Claude Carri�re (Jon Amiel)
425. 1993 � �Suddenly, Last Summer� (TV) � Tennessee Williams� Play (Richard Eyre)
426. 1994 � Blink � Dana Stevens (Michael Apted)
427. 1994 � Four Weddings and a Funeral � Richard Curtis (Mike Newell)
428. 1994 � The Getaway � Walter Hill & Amy Holden Jones � From the Novel by Jim Thompson (Roger Donaldson)
429. 1994 � Little Women � Robin Swicord � From Louisa May Alcott�s Novel (Gillian Armstrong)
430. 1994 � Nell � William Nicholson & Mark Handley, from Handley�s Play �Idioglossia� (Michael Apted)
431. 1994 � �A Place for Annie� (TV) � Cathleen Young & Lee Guthrie (John Gray)
432. 1994 � The River Wild � Dennis O�Neill (Curtis Hanson)
433. 1994 � Star Trek (VII) Generations � Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga, story by Rick Berman, Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga (David Carson)
434. 1994 � Stargate � Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich (Roland Emmerich)
435. 1994 � �The Substitute Wife� (TV) � Stan Daniels (Peter Werner)
436. 1995 � The American President � Aaron Sorkin (Rob Reiner)
437. 1995 � Apollo 13 � William Broyles, Jr. & Al Reinert � From the Novel �Lost Moon� by Jim Lovell & Jeffrey Kluger (Ron Howard)
438. 1995 � The Bridges of Madison County � Richard LaGravanese � Based on the Novel by Robert James Waller (Clint Eastwood)
439. 1995 � �Buffalo Girls� (TV) � Cynthia Whitcomb � From the Book by Larry McMurtry (Rod Hardy)
440. 1995 � Clueless � Amy Heckerling (Amy Heckerling)
441. 1995 � �The Heidi Chronicles� (TV) � Wendy Wasserstein, from her Play (Paul Bogart)
442. 1995 � Mighty Aphrodite � Woody Allen (Woody Allen)
443. 1995 � Mr. Holland�s Opus � Patrick Sheane Duncan (Steven Herek)
444. 1995 � Outbreak � Lawrence Dworet & Robert Roy Pool (Wolfgang Petersen)
445. 1995 � Sabrina � Barbara Benedek/David Rayfiel � Based on Film script by Wilder, Taylor & Lehman, from Taylor�s Play, �Sabrina Fair� (Sydney Pollack)
446. 1995 � Sense and Sensibility � Emma Thompson, from Jane Austen�s novel (Ang Lee)
447. 1996 � Courage Under Fire � Patrick Sheane Duncan (Edward Zwick)
448. 1996 � Executive Decision � Jim & John Thomas (Stuart Baird)
449. 1996 � �Mary & Tim� (TV) � Ann Becket � From the Script for �Tim� by Michael Pate & the Book by Colleen McCullough (Glenn Jordan)
450. 1996 � Riders of the Purple Sage (TV) � Gill Dennis � From the Book by Zane Grey (Charles Haid)
451. 1996 � Star Trek (VIII) First Contact � Brannon Braga & Ronald D. Moore, story by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga & Ronald D. Moore (Jonathan Frakes)
452. 1996 � Tin Cup � John Norville & Ron Shelton (Ron Shelton)
453. 1997 � As Good As It Gets � Mark Andrus & James L. Brooks � From a Story by Mark Andrus (James L. Brooks)
454. 1997 � G. I. Jane � David Twohy & Danielle Alexandra, from her Story (Ridley Scott)
455. 1997 � L.A.Confidential � Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson � Based on the Novel by James Ellroy (Curtis Hanson)
456. 1998 � Dangerous Beauty � Jeanine Dominy � From the Novel by Margaret Rosenthal (Marshall Herskovitz)
457. 1998 � The Horse Whisperer � Eric Roth & Richard LaGravanese � From the Novel by Nick Evans (Robert Redford)
458. 1998 � Primary Colors � Elaine May � From Joe Klein�s Novel (Mike Nichols)
459. 1998 � Saving Private Ryan � Robert Rodat (Steven Spielberg)
460. 1998 � Shakespeare in Love � Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard (John Madden)
461. 1998 � The Shipping News � Robert Nelson Jacobs (Lasse Hallstr�m)
462. 1998 � Six Days, Seven Nights � Michael Browning (Ivan Reitman)
463. 1998 � Star Trek (IX) Insurrection � Michael Piller, story by Rick Berman & Michael Piller (Jonathan Frakes)
464. 1998 � Twilight � Robert Benton & Richard Russo (Robert Benton)
465. 1999 � American Beauty � Alan Ball (Sam Mendes)
466. 1999 � Anna and the King � Steve Meerson & Peter Krikes � From the Diaries of Anna Leonowens (Andy Tennant)
467. 1999 � For Love of the Game � Dana Stevens (Sam Raimi)
468. 1999 � Limbo � John Sayles (John Sayles)
469. 1999 � Notting Hill � Richard Curtis (Roger Michell)
470. 2000 � The Contender � Rod Lurie (Rod Lurie) )
471. 2000 � Erin Brokovich � Susanna Grant (Steven Soderbergh) )
472. 2000 � The Gift � Billy Bob Thornton & Tom Epperson (Sam Raimi) )
473. 2000 � The Legend of Bagger Vance � Jeremy Leven � Based on the Novel by Steven Pressfield (Robert Redford) )
474. 2000 � Wonder Boys � Steve Cloves (Curtis Hanson) )
475. 2001 � �Dinner With Friends� (TV) � Donald Margulies, from his Play (Norman Jewison) )
476. 2001 � K-PAX � Charles Leavitt � Based on the Novel by Gene Brewer (Iain Softley) )
477. 2001 � Life As A House � Mark Andrus (Irwin Winkler) )
478. 2001 � Monster�s Ball � Milo Addica & Will Rokos (Marc Forster) )
479. 2002 � A Beautiful Mind � Akiva Goldsman � From the Novel by Sylvia Nasar (Ron Howard) )
480. 2002 � Bend It Like Beckham � Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges & Guljit Bindra (Gurinder Chadha) )
481. 2002 � Dragonfly � Story by Brandon Camp & Mike Thompson; Screenplay by David Seltzer, Brandon Camp & Mike Thompson Tom Shadyac
482. 2002 � Far From Heaven � Todd Haynes (Todd Haynes) )
483. 2002 � The Rookie � Mike Rich (John Lee Hancock) )
484. 2002 � Sunshine State � John Sayles (John Sayles) )
485. 2003 � In The Cut � Jane Campion & Susanna Moore, from Moore�s Novel (Jane Campion) )
486. 2003 � The Missing � Ken Kaufman � From the Novel by Thomas Edison (Ron Howard) )
487. 2003 � Open Range � Craig Storper � From the Novel �The Open Range Men� by Lauran Paine (Kevin Costner)
488. 2004 � Garden State � Zach Braff (Zach Braff)
Reviews
At Long Last Love (1975)
Can't agree with the universal panning of this movie.
Bogdonovich & company made this with endless tongue in cheek, and as an homage to the stage musicals of the 20s and stage AND film musicals of the 30s - glib, off-handed, seemingly "UN-artful" if you will. Also, the actors all sang - or spoke - their songs IN REAL TIME, in what was a brave attempt to duplicate the reality and presence of a live production.
Obviously, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I clearly saw this film much more in the spirit on Bogdonovich's vision than those who wemt in looking for something else. I feel a lot of baggage was brought to this film by the audience, and the movie was never really "seem" or "heard" by them. Too bad, because technically this is how musicals SHOULD be made.
I enjoyed the movie very much, and lament that it isn't available to allow everyone to make up their own mind about how well the vision of the director, cast, Musical Director and all concerned was carried out.
The Contender (2000)
A succinct and masterfully written political/suspense film - NOT "thriller."
If you think you might have a yen for a suspensful political film that has the temerity to actually have a PRINCIPLE at its core - and would be amenable to wathcing one of the two best pieces of writing construction I've seen in over 45 years of film going, DO NOT read any other comments on this film. Just see it. Know as little about it as possible. (Why people are so dumb as to want to know how the magician performs her/his tricks is beyond me! All it does is spoil the "magic".) Let Rod Lurie's crackling amnd wry script and the performances of ALL concerned tell you this story without any other outside clues or hints. (Which is good advise for any film of any genre, actually.) Know as little as possible - let it surprise you. And it will. As for me I'll urge you to see this film, and I'll studiously tell you NOTHING about it, like a good friend should. Missing it will be your loss - I HAVE a copy. (In fact, I might just watch it again tonight myself.)
The Contender (2000)
A succinct and masterfully written political/suspense film - NOT "thriller."
If you think you might have a yen for a suspensful political film that has the temerity to actually have a PRINCIPLE at its core - and would be amenable to wathcing one of the two best pieces of writing construction I've seen in over 45 years of film going, DO NOT read any other comments on this film. Just see it. Know as little about it as possible. (Why people are so dumb as to want to know how the magician performs her/his tricks is beyond me! All it does is spoil the "magic".) Let Rod Lurie's crackling amnd wry script and the performances of ALL concerned tell you this story without any other outside clues or hints. (Which is good advise for any film of any genre, actually.) Know as little as possible - let it surprise you. And it will. As for me I'll urge you to see this film, and I'll studiously tell you NOTHING about it, like a good friend should. Missing it will be your loss - I HAVE a copy. (In fact, I might just watch it again tonight myself.)
Thirteen Days (2000)
A fine re-telling of one of our finest hours.
Told with a minimum of fluff ( and an odd penchant for crawling in and out of black & white for no apparent reason ), this film chronicles very well the events of the "Cuban Missile Crisis" of 1962. All the primary participants of our government's reaction to - and handling of - this crisis are well represented ( Jackie & Lyndon had little to do with this - Jackie being away from Washington for much of the two weeks of these events, and Johnson was never a major confidante of John or Bobby Kennedy ). I would recommend anyone interested in this subject should also see "The Missiles of October" for a slightly different perspective.
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
A Dreadful Summary...
Please don't let the summary above deter you from seeing this wonderful film. I don't know what edition of this book he read, but it is absolutely incorrect that major changes are made in this script, which was beloved by Harper Lee! The film basically retells one half of the book - if that matters to you - leaving a separate plot line out all together. But what IS presented in the film is totally true to the original. I'm afraid this summarizer's Cliff Notes must've been missing a page.
The Scarlet Letter (1979)
An excellent production of Hawthorne's book!
Don't let Michael's comment deter you from watching this very faithful, well-acted AND produced version of the book. If actually reading the book itself isn't your cup of tea, you won't go wrong by viewing this 4-hour, videotaped production from PBS. Its leads are excellently and richly portrayed - it has a fine sense of time and place - and only the quite inept view of the Salem Custom House (special effects creation) stands as less than exemplary. The director clearly wanted a sense of the realism of the pounding sea in the scene with Hester & Roger, which heightens the emotional urgency, and the baby crying is annoying because a baby crying is often QUITE ANNOYING! If a dramatic presentation of the tale is your interest, you won't go wrong with this one.
Legend (1985)
DO NOT think of this as Ridley Scott's film!
Some truly warped dolt at Universal tried to turn this film into something for the "TOP GUN" crowd, and managed to make a mess of it. Ridley Scott's movie, as far as I know is still only available in PAL format in England. The running time is the same, but you could teach a class on how not to make a film by showing the two versions. The American version, for instance, threw out a Jerry Goldsmith score - Scott's choice thanks to "Alien" - and replaced it with some techno-pop junk from Tangerine Dream which does nothing for the film, droning along as it does, since the T.D. boys NEVER SAW THE FILM, they just provided "x-minutes of this & x-minutes of that." This is a gossamer film in the original - thin and wispy - ready to disappear into smoke. The re-cut inexplicably removes as much of the fantasy as possible - Mia Sara's a princess, for example, all of which references are gone. Try to find someone with an English copy they've had converted, or get one yourself and have it done.
The Country Girl (1982)
A fine production of the play.
Faye Dunaway's Georgie Elgin is a fine characterization of a very complex character. If your only knowledge of this piece is the film adaptation, you'll find the full play an enlightening experience. (We could only wish that Grace Kelly was given the FULL original script to film, as her portrayal of Georgie is so extraordinary.) If you've seen the film, give yourself a treat, and view this fine production of the full play. It's an opportunity to see Dick Van Dyke in a purely dramatic role, and Ken Howard as the director, Bernie Dodd. Good play, well done!