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BFI's 100 European Horror Films
Favs/dislikes: 120:2. Part of the BFI Screen Gudes series, this book provides thoughtful analysis on one hundred European horror films from the silent era to the present day. This list is for those using the BFI publication as a viewing guide. [url=https://shop.bfi.org.uk/100-european-horror-films-book.html#.XoeVvogzY2w]Source[/url] -
Cine libre!
Favs/dislikes: 4:0. "Cine libre!" was (or is) a film cycle in Switzerland, where leftists rooted in different socialist traditions gathered. Traditionally they shared a meal, watched a movie and discussed it afterwards, contextualizing, criticising or enhancing its narrative. -
Eureka!'s The Masters of Cinema Series
Favs/dislikes: 189:3. The Masters of Cinema Series is a specially curated DVD collection of classic and world cinema using the finest available materials for home viewing. An ongoing collaboration between mastersofcinema.org and Eureka Entertainment, the MoC Series started in early 2004 and has so far included award-winning DVD editions of films by Carl Th. Dreyer, F. W. Murnau, Jean Renoir, Akira Kurosawa, John Ford, Masaki Kobayashi, Roberto Rossellini, Kaneto Shindo, Nicholas Ray, Satyajit Ray, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Peter Watkins, Sadao Yamanaka, Rene Laloux, Fritz Lang, Shohei Imamura, Vittorio De Sica and many more. MoC Series releases all come with extensive booklets, and where applicable, a host of extra features. [url=https://eurekavideo.co.uk/masters-of-cinema/#page-1]Source[/url] -
Sight & Sound's The Greatest Documentaries of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 125:0. In 2014, Sight & Sound polled 340 documentary critics, curators, academics and filmmakers asking for top 10 documentary lists. Over 1000 films got votes, from years as early as 1892 to as recent as 2013. This list is the combined critics and filmmakers list of all films that received 3 or more votes. You can find the films receiving just one or two votes: [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/sight+and+sound+-the+greatest+documentaries+of+all+time+1+and+2+votes/peacefulanarchy/]here[/url] [url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-sound-magazine/greatest-docs]Source[/url] -
BFI Flipside (Features + Bonus Films - Complete)
Favs/dislikes: 0:0. The BFI Flipside charts "the untold history of British film" through home video releases which are supplemented with additional curated films and supplements. Note: I am choosing to exclude "making of" documentaries or other "extras" content. If its a short film about hammers, then sure its fine, but if it's a documentary about the director, then its a pass. Missing from IMDB: From Stranger in the House (#37): Charlie Chaplin Sails From Southampton (1921) From Legend of the Witches (#39) Out of Step: Witchcraft (1957) From I Start Counting! (#42) New Town from Old (1959) From The Ballad of Tam Lin (#45) Red Red? Red (1971) From Remembrance (#48) Raleigh: The First Few Weeks (1986) Royal Navy Amazon (1980) -
The Criterion Collection
Favs/dislikes: 843:4. Since 1984, the Criterion Collection, has been dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements for a wider and wider audience. The foundation of the collection is the work of such masters of cinema as Kurosawa, Fellini, Bergman, Tarkovsky, Hitchcock, and Kubrick. Each film is presented uncut, in its original aspect ratio, as its maker intended it to be seen. [url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/browse?sort=spine_number&popular=criterion]Source[/url] -
BFI's 100 Film Musicals
Favs/dislikes: 75:1. "From the coming of sound to the 1960s, the musical was central to Hollywood production. Exhibiting – often in spectacular fashion – the remarkable resources of the Hollywood studios, musicals came to epitomise the very idea of 'light entertainment'. Films like Top Hat and 42nd Street, Meet Me in St. Louis and On the Town, Singin' in the Rain and Oklahoma!, West Side Story and The Sound of Music were hugely popular, yet were commonly regarded by cultural commentators as trivial and escapist. It was the 1970s before serious study of the Hollywood musical began to change critical attitudes and foster an interest in musical films produced in other cultures. Hollywood musicals have become less common, but the genre persists and both academic interest in and fond nostalgia for the musical shows no signs of abating. 100 Film Musicals provides a stimulating overview of the genre's development, its major themes and the critical debates it has provoked. While centred on the dominant Hollywood tradition, 100 Film Musicals includes films from countries that often tried to emulate the Hollywood style, like Britain and Germany, as well as from very different cultures like India, Egypt and Japan. Jim Hillier and Douglas Pye also discuss post-1960s films from many different sources which adapt and reflect on the conventions of the genre, including recent examples such as Moulin Rouge! and High School Musical, demonstrating that the genre is still very much alive." [url=http://shop.bfi.org.uk/books/bfi-screen-guides/100-film-musical-book.html#.Wg3fhGhSzIU]Source[/url] -
The Criterion Collection – Blu-ray Releases
Favs/dislikes: 53:0. A List of all of titles in The Criterion Collection's Blu-ray catalogue. -
Cahiers du Cinéma's Annual Top 10 Lists
Favs/dislikes: 264:5. Cahiers du cinéma is an influential French film magazine founded in 1951. The magazine has picked its top ten films of the year, most years. Top ten films were not picked in the years 1952-1954, 1969-1980, and in the year 2003. Rankings can be viewed in my source list URL, or via the link provided in the comments section. In some cases, films tie for a certain spot in the yearly top 10; for example, 2012's #4 spot is tied between three films (consequently, there is no #5 or #6). Some directors definitely appear to be heavily preferred by those responsible for selecting the list. This list does not include the special "best of 1990s" and "best of 2000s" decade lists, though most of those twenty films are included here. (The exceptions are David Lynch's TV show Twin Peaks on the 1990s list, and Gus Van Sant's Elephant, Abdellatif Kechiche's The Secret of the Grain, and Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds on the 2000s decade list.) Other anomalies: The TV show "24" tied for the #10 spot in 2002, along with Gus Van Sant's Gerry. Gerry also tied for #6 on the 2004 list. A TV episode "Travolta et moi" (dir. Patricia Mazuy) from the show "Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge..." was selected as #6 in 1994. Claire Denis' episode "US Go Home" from the same series rated #9 in 1994. Raul Ruiz's Les trois couronnes du matelot (Three Crowns of the Sailor) tied for #7 in 1983 and tied for #8 in 1982. 1968's #4 spot for Histoires extraordinaires is specifically for Federico Fellini's segment "Toby Damnit." 1965's #4 spot for Paris vu par... is specifically for the Jean Rouch episode. 1959's #3 spot was claimed by Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible. Since Part II was released in 1958, it is possible that the award was for Part II, but since my sources didn't specify a part and both parts may have been shown together, I have included Parts I & II in the list. Love it or hate it, here it is... [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahiers_du_cin%C3%A9ma%27s_Annual_Top_10_Lists]Source[/url] -
AFI's Top 400 American Films
Favs/dislikes: 0:0. Sourced from the WayBack Machine See also: https://www.filmsite.org/afi400films.html -
AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores
Favs/dislikes: 24:0. Part of the AFI 100 Years… series, AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores is a list of the top 25 film scores in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute in 2005. -
Sight & Sound's The Greatest Films of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 327:4. The top films in the 2022 Sight and Sound Poll from the combined votes of 1639 critics and 480 directors. Contains films with 4 or more votes. In order by number of votes. [url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time]Source[/url] [url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time/all-voters]All Voters 2022[/url] [url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11BGihZPt8niqlBCpnXEh3yCEe9jzes9uoi6GU690PqU/edit?usp=sharing[/url]Spreadsheet with all votes 2022[/url] [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/sight+and+sounds+the+greatest+films+of+all+time+critics/dolwphin/]Sight and Sound 2022 - Critics list[/url] [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/sight+and+sounds+directors+100+greatest+films+of+all+time/dolwphin/]Sight and Sound 2022 - Directors list[/url] -
Sight & Sound's 75 Hidden Gems
Favs/dislikes: 87:1. As part of the Sight & Sound magazine's 75th anniversary, the editors asked 75 critics from around the world to select a single film that is "unduly obscure and worthy of greater eminence." [url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qJMgmiPnrXYlG_c1LzVXF0SlXGL89u0E/view?usp=sharing]Source[/url] -
BFI's 100 Science Fiction Films
Favs/dislikes: 115:2. "Since its explosion in the 1950s, science fiction has become one of the most popular film genres, with numerous dedicated fan conventions, academic conferences, websites, magazines, journals, book clubs, memorabilia and collectibles. Once relegated to B budget status, today's science fiction films are often blockbuster productions, featuring major stars. Despite its high profile, science fiction is notoriously difficult to define. In his introduction to 100 Science Fiction Films, Barry Keith Grant explains the genre's complexities, while also providing an overview of its history, suggesting that the cinema is an ideal medium for conveying the 'sense of wonder' that critics have argued is central to the genre. From Georges Melies's Le Voyage dans la lune (1902), to the blockbusters of the 1970s that dramatically changed Hollywood, to the major releases of the past few years, the films featured in this book represent a range of periods, countries and types (including alien invasion, space travel, time travel, apocalypse, monsters and anime), and cover the key directors and writers. 100 Science Fiction Films provides a lively and illuminating guide to the genre from the beginning of film history to the present, taking the reader on a comprehensive tour through the rich and varied alternate universe of sci-fi cinema." [url=http://shop.bfi.org.uk/100-science-fiction-films-book.html#.Wg3hHmhSzIU]Source[/url] -
Annecy Festival's 100 Films for a Century of Animation
Favs/dislikes: 69:1. In 2006, to celebrate the end of the first century of animation, Annecy International Animation Film Festival asked 30 animation specialists from around the world to vote for the top 100 animated short films. -
Télérama - Cent ans du cinéma - Les films français
Favs/dislikes: 23:0. In 1995, for the century of the cinema's commemoration, Télérama, a French magazine, published a special issue « Les Meilleurs films du siècle - Cent ans de cinéma ». The purpose of the magazine was to provide a tour of the history of cinema, decade by decade, mentioning significant international and French films and making for each decade a top of best films. This list takes into consideration only the French films in the following way: - The 81 French films in the decade top tens, commencing with the silent era (10 films), the 30's (10 films), until the 90's with only 5 films. (there's 5 entries for Fantômas; 3 entries for the Pagnol's trilogy Marius-Fanny-César; and 1 entry for Smoking-No-Smoking) - Starting from the 82th entry, the list is alphabetical and report all the French films mentioned in the magazine, including the films quoted in the text, but also the films selected for a thematic section. Hence, for each decade the magazine picked one or several French films on the following issues: "the twosome of the decade", "the beautiful love", "the beautiful death", "the scandal", "the unfair flop", "the hit", "the best set", "the line", "the tune", "the spirit of the times", and the "fashion". Thanks to Limguela for compiling this list. -
BFI's 100 Cult Films
Favs/dislikes: 85:1. "Some films should never have been made. They are too unsettling, too dangerous, too challenging, too outrageous and even too badly made to be let loose on unsuspecting audiences. Yet these films, from the shocking Cannibal Holocaust to the apocalyptic Donnie Darko, from the destructive Tetsuo to the awfully bad The Room, from the hilarious This Is Spı¨nal Tap to the campy Showgirls, from the asylum of Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari to the circus of Freaks, from the gangs of The Warriors to the gangsters of In Bruges and from the flamboyant Rocky Horror Picture Show to the ultimate cool of The Big Lebowski, have all garnered passionate fan followings. Cult cinema has made tragic misfits, monsters and cyborgs, such as Edward Scissorhands or Blade Runner's replicants, heroes of our times. 100 Cult Films explains why these figures continue to inspire fans around the globe. Cult film experts Ernest Mathijs and Xavier Mendik round up the most cultish of giallo, blaxploitation, anime, sexploitation, zombie, vampire and werewolf films, exploring both the cults that live hidden inside the underground (Nekromantik, Café Flesh) and the cult side of the mainstream (Dirty Dancing, The Lord of the Rings, and even The Sound of Music). 100 Cult Films is a true trip around the world, providing a lively and illuminating guide to films from more than a dozen countries, across nine decades, representing a wide range of genres and key cult directors such as David Cronenberg, Terry Gilliam and David Lynch." -
Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Favs/dislikes: 161:2. The National Film Registry is the United States National Film Preservation Board's selection of films for preservation in the Library of Congress. The Board was established in 1988. Each year, 25 "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant films" are preserved, to increase awareness for its preservation. To be eligible for inclusion, a film must be at least ten years old but it is not required to be feature-length, nor is it required to have been theatrically released. [url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/]Source[/url] -
AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies Complete Nominations
Favs/dislikes: 9:2. Every film nominated for at least one of the American Film Institute's "100 Years... 100 Movies" lists that were televised annually from 1998 to 2008: 1998: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (400 films nominated) 2000: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs (500 films nominated) 2001: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills (400 films nominated) 2002: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions (400 films nominated) 2003: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (400 characters from 367 films nominated) 2004: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs (400 songs from 348 films nominated) 2005: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes (400 quotes from 342 films nominated) 2006: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers (300 films nominated) 2007: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (400 films nominated) 2008: AFI's 10 Top 10 (488 total films nominated) Lists not included: 1999: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars 2005: AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores 2006: AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals Note: Two songs from "lost films" (Gold Diggers of Broadway and Little Johnny Jones, both from 1929) were nominated for the "100 Songs" list. These two films are not included on this list. Films listed chronologically. -
AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Songs: The Nominations
Favs/dislikes: 17:0. The American Film Institute’s original 2004 list of the 400 songs nominated for the Greatest Movie Songs featured 349 films total. Films released in 2002 and prior were eligible. Lost films not included on list: Gold Diggers of Broadway Little Johnny Jones -
BFI's 100 Road Movies
Favs/dislikes: 72:0. From the earliest days of American cinema, the road movie has been synonymous with American culture and the image America has presented both to itself and the world. But the road movie is not uniquely American, and other national cinemas have offered their own take, adapting it to reflect their own sensibilities and geographies. Whatever its nationality, the road movie has presented a means by which to challenge and confront convention, remaining an ever-changing, fascinating metaphor for life. Beginning with an expansive essay tracing its historical development, "100 Road Movies" provides a comprehensive guide to the development of what is perhaps one of the most enduring, popular, and reflexive of sub-genres. -
The Criterion Collection's Eclipse Series
Favs/dislikes: 132:2. Eclipse from the Criterion Collection is a brand for a line of DVD film series released by the Criterion Collection. It debuted on March 27, 2007. The brand was created to produce budget-priced, high-quality DVD editions of hard-to-find films. The DVDs are released in boxed sets that typically contain between two to seven films across and focus on a specific film director. Future sets will also focus on themes. Typically, they are released monthly. In order to keep prices low, the films do not receive the same degree of remastering nor any of the special features that have became associated with Criterion Collection titles. [url=https://www.criterion.com/library/list_view?b=Eclipse&p=1&pp=all]Source[/url] -
The Criterion Collection: Laserdisc Releases (1984-98)
Favs/dislikes: 22:0. The following is a list of laserdiscs released by The Criterion Collection from 1984 to 1998. -
Edition Filmmuseum
Favs/dislikes: 1:0. EDITION FILMMUSEUM is a joint project of film archives and cultural institutions in the german-speaking part of Europe. Its ambition is to publish film works of artistic, cultural and historical value in DVD editions that both utilise the possibilities of digital media and meet the quality demands of the archival profession. Missing from IMDB (sigh) Dokumentarisch Arbeiten 1 (Edition #17 - Entire Set missing) -Christoph Hübner im Gespräch mit Jürgen Böttcher 1990, 60' -Christoph Hübner im Gespräch mit Peter Nestler 1994, 63' -Christoph Hübner im Gespräch mit Volker Koepp 1995, 60' -Christoph Hübner im Gespräch mit Klaus Wildenhahn 1995, 62' Crazy Cinématographe. Europäisches Jahrmarktkino 1896-1916 (Edition #18) -The Adventures of "Wee Rob Roy" No. 1 GB 1916, 4' -Bain de pieds à la moutarde F 1902, 2' -Das malerische Luxemburg 1912, 6' -Übertragung der Gebeine des Hl. Willibrord 1906, 2' -Echternacher Springprozession 1906, 5' -Schlussprozession Octave 1911, 3' -Kavalkade 1905, 2' -Blumenkorso 1906 1906, 3' -Trauerzug für Großherzog Wilhelm IV 1912, 5' -Eidesleistung der Großherzogin Marie-Adelheid 1912, 5 -Marie-Adelheid im Kino 1912, 1' -Ein Besuch in der Champagnerfabrik Mercier 1907, 9' -Autofahrt durch Trier ca. 1903, 2' -Domausgang zu Trier 1904, 2' -Domausgang am Ostersonntag 1909, 3' -Fronleichnamsprozession in Trier 1909, 3' -Bilder aus Trier 1902-1909, 5' -Leben und Treiben auf dem Viehmarkt 1909, 2' -Blumenkorso 1914 1914, 3' -Straßenszenen in Saarbrücken ca. 1908, 5' Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: ratlos & Die unbezähmbare Leni Peickert (#21) -5 Stunden Parsifal 1998, 1' -Die traurige Nachricht 2006, 1' Der große Verhau & Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. Flotte (#22) -Learning Processes With a Deadly Outcome 2006, 1' -Das gab's nur einmal 2006, 1' Deutschland im Herbst & Die Patriotin (#24) -Neonröhren am Himmel 1998, 1' -100 Jahren deutscher Rhein 1998, 1' Krieg und Frieden & Der Kandidat (#25) -So tückisch sind Friedensschlüsse 2006, 1' -Große Reiche muß man leiten wie man kleine Fischlein brät 1993, 15' -Sturm über Ägypten 2006, 1' Die Macht der Gefühle & Serpentine Gallery Program (#26) -Das tödliche Dreieck 2006, 1' Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit & Vermischte Nachrichten (#27) -Jedes Mal nach dem Untergang 2006, 1' Im Rausch der Arbeit & Abschied von der sicheren Seite des Lebens (#29 - Entire Set missing) -Im Rausch der Arbeit 1997, 15' -Clintons Chefökonom 2007, 24' -Postheroisches Management 1999, 24' -"Ab 50 Eisbein wird es schön!" 2007, 15' -Der Brückengeher 2007!", 24' -Frohe Ostern 1998, 24' -Lagergeld 1995, 10' -Projekt Belsazar 1999, 5' -Rette sich, wer kann 2003, 15' -Abschied von der sicheren Seite des Lebens 2002, 25' -"Der Wind, der reinigt das - -" 1993, 15' -Sowjetische Patrioten von 1941 1991, 15' -Achtung Totalverlust! 2001, 15' -"Die brennende Giraffe" 2007, 4' -Nur Dosen wurden gerettet 2003, 15' -Verstand, unterhalb des Verstandes 2008, 4' Liebe macht hellsichtig & Die siamesischen Hände (#30 - Entire Set missing) -Liebe im Raumanzug 2001, 12' -Der schönste Schatz der Evolution 2006, 24' -Liebe macht hellsichtig 2007, 26' -Tod der Lucrezia 1988, 24' -Der Todeskuß 2001, 15' -Schwarzmarkt der Liebe 2005, 25' -Fifi 2007, 2' -Mega-Stars der Liebeskunst 2007, 24' -Für jede Träne einen Blutstropfen! 2004, 19' -Ich komme jeden Morgen zum Sex 1998,14' -Liebe als Passion 1995, 15' -Die siamesischen Hände 2007, 7' -"Liebesschmerz wie stumme Fische" 2001, 4' -Begehren, das die Welt regiert 1998, 14' -Herzkönigin am jüngsten Tag 1995, 23' -Meine Liebe ist tiefer als das Meer 2001, 15' Krieg ist das Ende aller Pläne & Woher wir kommen, wohin wir gehen (#31 - Entire Set missing) -August 1914 2000, 15' -Krieg ist das Ende aller Pläne 2007, 24' -Als Kriegsrichter im November 1918 2005, 15' -Ich knipse für meinen Verlobten 1999, 15' -Zootiere im Bombenkrieg 1995, 16' -Darwin und die Panzerwaffe 1990, 14' -Was ist Krieg? 2002, 24' -Frauen als Kriegerinnen 2005, 11' -Die Sahara wurde Sumpfgebiet 2000, 15' -Von Ur-Ozean und Snowball-Earth 2006, 15' -Zauberwelt der Evolution 2007, 24' -Erst die Musik, dann die Worte 2003, 15' -Vom Lachen und dem aufrechten Gang 2006, 12' -Das flexible Gedächtnis 2006, 20' -Evolution im Universum 2008, 29' Das Kraftwerk der Gefühle & Finsterlinge singen Baß (#33) -Richard Wagner und das Ruinengesetz in der Musik 1990-2007, 50' -"80.000 Opern!" 1994-2006, 33' -"Wovon nicht sprechen kann, davon muss man singen" 1998-2006, 12' -Der Opern-Arzt 2007, 24' -Sopran gegen Bass 1992-2006, 47' -Finsterlinge singen Bass 2002, 24' -Die Stumme von Portici 1998, 14' -Tanz auf dem Vulkan 2001, 10' -Die Sintflut 1999, 8' Thomas Harlan - Wandersplitter (#35) -Die Organigramme 2007, 4' -Am Ararat 2007, 14' Lutz Dammbeck: Filme und Mediencollagen 1975-1986 (#38) -Gespräch mit Lutz Dammbeck - Teil 1&2, 2008, 43' Nerven (#41) -Bilder von der Volksbewegung in München 1919, 3' -München im Zeichen der Räterepublik 1919, 11' Journey to Justice (#42) -Munich, Capital of Bavaria 1947, 37' München 1945 & Zwischen gestern und morgen (#45) -Fronleichnam 3. Juni 1945 München 1945, 9' -Welt im Film: Filmstart in Geiselgasteig 1947, 3' Der Bettler vom Kölner Dom (#52) -Wohnkultur, wie sie war, wie sie ist, wie sie sein soll! 1928, 15' -
BFI 100 key Noir films
Favs/dislikes: 48:0. The 100 films listed in the book 100 Film Noirs (BFI Screen Guides) . Note that some of these do not fit a strict definition of Film Noir.
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