Martin Scorsese’s Guilty and Unguilty Pleasures

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Martin Scorsese lists his guilty pleasures in an article for Film Comment, along with an additional "100 random pleasures" divided into 50 guilty and 50 unguilty pleasures.
1-30 are the guilty pleasures described in detail in the main body of the article.
31-80 are the guilty pleasures in the random pleasures list, which he describes by saying: "On the whole, these films are not good. They’re guilty. But there are things in them that make you like them, that make them worthwhile."
81-130 are the unguilty pleasures in the random pleasures list, which he describes as "films that I love, even though something spoils them."
Published in the May/June 1998 edition of Film Comment.

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  1. 3 new

    The Ten Commandments

    1956, in 12 top lists Check
  2. 4 new

    Giant

    1956, in 10 top lists Check
  3. 73 -30

    Raintree County

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 34 -30

    The Bible: In the Beginning...

    1966, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 72 -30

    Quo Vadis

    1951, in 1 top list Check
  6. 55 -30

    King of Kings

    1961, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 10 new

    In Harm's Way

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 125 -30

    Krasnaya palatka

    1969 — a.k.a. The Red Tent, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 77 -30

    Sodom and Gomorrah

    1962, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 44 -30

    The FBI Story

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 37 -30

    The Brothers Karamazov

    1958 — a.k.a. The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 124 -30

    The Razor's Edge

    1946, in 1 top list Check
  13. 32 -30

    Alexander the Great

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 96 -30

    The Flight of the Phoenix

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 5 new

    The Silver Chalice

    1954, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 23 new

    One-Eyed Jacks

    1961, in 10 top lists Check
  17. 7 new

    The Counterfeit Traitor

    1962, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 31 -30

    The Agony and the Ecstasy

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 47 -30

    Forever Amber

    1947, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 33 -30

    Barabbas

    1961, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 2 new

    Khartoum

    1966, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 68 -30

    The Pride and the Passion

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 9 new

    Twelve O'Clock High

    1949, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 6 new

    Hell's Angels

    1930, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 63 -30

    Ocean's Eleven

    1960, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 111 -30

    The Long Ships

    1964, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 88 -30

    The Chapman Report

    1962, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 56 -30

    The Last Valley

    1971, in 1 top list Check
  29. 79 -30

    The Three Musketeers

    1948, in 1 top list Check
  30. 119 -30

    Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

    1951, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 85 -30

    The Big Lift

    1950, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 74 -30

    Sands of the Kalahari

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 82 -30

    Arsenic and Old Lace

    1944, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 84 -30

    Battleground

    1949, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 50 -30

    Helen of Troy

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 30 new

    The Magic Box

    1951, in 0 top lists Check
  37. 60 -30

    Middle of the Night

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 8 new

    Play Dirty

    1969, in 0 top lists Check
  39. 22 new

    Exorcist II: The Heretic

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 14 new

    Always Leave Them Laughing

    1949, in 0 top lists Check
  41. 76 -30

    The Snows of Kilimanjaro

    1952, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 49 -30

    Halls of Montezuma

    1950, in 0 top lists Check
  43. 115 -30

    The Man in the Iron Mask

    1939, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 99 -30

    The Haunting

    1963, in 6 top lists Check
  45. 42 -30

    Damn Yankees

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  46. 65 -30

    Pal Joey

    1957, in 1 top list Check
  47. 120 -30

    Pay or Die!

    1960, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 126 -30

    Shake Hands with the Devil

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 109 -30

    Leave Her to Heaven

    1945, in 12 top lists Check
  50. 66 -30

    People Will Talk

    1951, in 0 top lists Check
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