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The 25 Most Intelligent Movies of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. This list/article is the fourth in a series arguing that for cinema to-be-and-to-be-taken-seriously as an art form, it must forgo and move beyond Hollywood-like visual-based ways of meaning-formation/understanding into actor-, face-, dialogue-, voice-, emo-tion-, body-, character-, feeling,-, behavior/psychology-, and tone-based ones. Readers are strongly advised to read my three previous articles, especially (though by no means only) the lengthy theoretical/aesthetic introduction to the first, which obviously cannot be reprinted here for reasons of brevity, for a fuller understanding of this intellectu-al/critical project (and also because some important information contained therein about several directors to be discussed will also not be reprinted). -
The 30 Best Documentaries of the 2010s
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. What does it mean anymore to search for truth? It’s so tired it’s practically cliche: We think we know the difference between what’s “real” and what’s “fake,” and we use those terms as if we’ve shored up a pretty precise definition between the two in our heads. Functionally, though, we operate as if we care less about what’s “true,” and more about what truth, however it’s defined, does to affect our lives. We’ve transcended finding the difference; we now conceive of truth in terms of whether or not we have to take responsibility for it. The best documentaries of the past 10 years, then, aren’t about the gray area between truth and fiction, but about the responsibility of witnessing: When truth is in the eye of the beholder, what burden must that beholder carry? What is the burden of seeing? And so, the following documentaries chronicle the weight of these burdens. They are movies of work, of identity through work, of physical creation, of physical Creation, of taking responsibility for oneself through the privilege of seeing, of that “taking” as both political action and declaration of individual identity. As for our number one pick, the director’s work is to see, and her film has deep respect for that occupation. We’ve also reserved spots on this list for only one movie per director, unless the film is part of a companion piece. Which means that Frederick Wiseman has made more than one great documentary this decade (see also: Ex Libris and Monrovia: Indiana); so has Robert Greene, and Steve James, and Jodie Mack, and Brett Story… we’re wading into the many shades of capital-”T” truth here, folks. We manipulate it how we see fit. Some honorable mentions of course just barely missed the list—Brimstone & Glory, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Hypernormalisation and This Is Not a Film all come immediately to mind—but the following is essential. -
The 75 Best Movies of the 1920s
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. The 1920s were the heart of the silent film era, building upon the early experiments with the medium and taking it in whatever directions filmmakers across the world could dream. Hollywood, taking advantage of the interruptions to the Italian and French film communities caused by World War I, solidified its grip on the film industry throughout the decade as bigger film studios, like Paramount, MGM, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures and United Artists began taking over the smaller houses. The Roaring ’20s saw the advent of the art film, the movie star and the Academy Awards. It also was the decade where filmmaking rapidly transformed from silent movies to talkies beginning with The Jazz Singer in 1927. Feature films began to dominate shorts, while the genres at play flourished. Looking through the list below, it’s remarkable how many of these movies remain relevant today. Here are the 75 Best Movies of the 1920s: -
The AV Club's 100 best films of the Decade So Far
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The Beginners
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. Movies...ruining the book since the 1920's. For my friends that have been overwhelmed with my recommendations over the years. This is the beginner's list. The list is for luke-warm fan's of film, the one's who would never admit that "the film was better than the novel" (You know who you are), the ones who have briefly ventured into the terrain of Technicolor but have jumped off the train at a screening of "Deuce Bigelow"or have given up after witnessing the less than 'dynamic' range of Keanu Reeves and Nicholas Cage. Fear not, good film exists. I hope that you will be able to knock of these films one by one and succumb to the passion for film that will begin to grow within you. I hope these films will inspire you to look for more films made by the same directors, for more performances by some great actors and pursue beautiful cinematography by the masters of their craft. Ultimately I hope that this list would be the start of your journey through the wonderful world of moving pictures. The films listed are evaluated by year: so take "Jaws" or "Say Anything" for example...not exactly the greatest movies known to man but they were brilliant for the years that they came out. The Impact on the trajectory of film making and cultural significance also plays a huge factor e.g "À bout de souffle (Breathless)" might be a bizarre choice but the French New Wave introduced techniques like starting the dialogue of a scene before cutting to the shots of the characters speaking. Wide consensus or popular approval are considerations for some choices e.g "Titanic" and "Finding Nemo" were chosen as they are enjoyed by a wide array of audiences. Some pictures are in the list because of the brilliant performances by actors e.g the 2011 film "Take Shelter" has an interest premise and is very well made for the budget that was available to them but it's Michael Shannon that completely steals the show and displays some of the finest acting since the beginning of film itself. My specialty is classic American cinema...yes, contrary to hipsterian knowledge, a large percentage of the best films ever made are American and yes, films can be in English and they can be enjoyable - We don't need to sit through "Salo: 120 Days of Sodom" just so we can say that we have seen a movie that regular people who don't appreciate violent intellectual porn haven't. So there is tons of great early American film including some wonderfully dramatic, chiaroscuro inspired Film-Noir. I have also sourced important films from an array of countries, even from Iran for all you 'progressive' cool cats. An endnote: Bias is reduced when using methodology like I have listed above. Many of the film's here I am not fond of at all, including Kubrick's 40min sequence of apes bashing rocks in "2001: Space Oddessey", but these films are still significant and they do have large groups of eccentric fans. Seeing those scribblings of movie lists handed to friends might be long gone, or keeping the place at page 22 of attempts at Tolstoy's "War & Peace"...this indestructible digital version might be the thing that gets you guys on the right track. Please enjoy these films and let me know what you think of them. : ) -
The Best British Film of the 21st Century (Massive)
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. Source: https://www.massive-cinema.com/storyboard/best-british-film-21st-century-poll-results -
The Best Fantasy Films of All Time (Consensus)
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. The list from Reel Fives pre-launch movie rankings for the best fantasy movies of all time. After an extensive online search, found 40 published rankings for fantasy. Reel Fives has taken all of those rankings and aggregated them into definitive rankings for the top 72 fantasy movies of all time. For each ranked list of top movies for the fantasy genre, they have taken the top five ranked films. Top 10 (Original List with 72 Movies) Percent of online top fives movies appear in shown 1 . The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001): 70% 2 . The Wizard of Oz (1939): 50% 3 . The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003): 40% 4 . The Princess Bride (1987): 32.5% 5 . Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001): 30.0% 6 . Pan's Labyrinth (2006): 27.5% 7 . The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002): 22.5% 8 . Beauty And The Beast (1946): 15.0% 9 . Willow (1988): 12.5% 10 . It's a Wonderful Life (1946): 10% Fantasy Movie Ranking Sources with top spot. Games Radar........List of top 50 (The Wizard of Oz) Time Out...............List of top 50 (LOTR: FOTR) Good Movies List.List of top 50 (LOTR: ROTK) Film School WTF..List of top 100 (LOTR Trilogy) List Challenge.......List of top 50 (The Wizard of Oz) Watch Mojo..........List of top 10 (LOTR Trilogy) The Top Tens.......List of top 10 (LOTR: ROTK) Fantasy 100.........List of top 100 (LOTR Trilogy) Ranker..................List of top 388 (LOTR: ROTK) Arrowstorm Entertainment . List of top 5 (LOTR Trilogy) Flickchart.............List of top 2889 (Ghostbusters) Rotten Tomatoes.List of top 50 (The Wizard of Oz) Metacritic.............List of top 575 (The Wizard of Oz) American Film Institute..List of top 10 (The Wizard of Oz) What Culture........List of top 20 (LOTR: FOTR) Film Crave............List of top 500 (LOTR: ROTK) Hub Pages...........List of top 10 (Harry Potter Series) Thoughts on Fantasy.List of top 25 (LOTR Trilogy) AZCentral.............List of top 10 (The Wizard of Oz) Wired Editor's Choice..List of top 10 (Excalibur) Wired Readers' Choice.List of top 10 (LOTR: FOTR) The Daily Beast...List of top 10 (LOTR Trilogy) Reelz....................List of top 10 (LOTR: ROTK) Digital Dream Door..List of top 100 (LOTR: ROTK) IGN.......................List of top 25 (LOTR: FOTR) Funny or Die........List of top 5 with No particular order Cinema Blend......List of top 5 (LOTR Trilogy) Movies Online......List of top 5 (LOTR Trilogy) Top 5 Goodies.....List of top 5 (Pan's Labyrinth) eBay.....................List of top 10 (LOTR Trilogy) Bibliognome........List of top 5 (Willow) 411 Mania...........List of top 5 (LOTR Trilogy) Movie Film Review..List of top 100 (It's a Wonderful Lif) List Surge............List of top 10 (The Hobbit Trilogy) Movie Guide........List of top 10 (It's a Wonderful Life) Black Gate...........List of top 10 (LOTR: TTT) Escape Club........List of top 5 (The Princess Bride) Rinn Reads..........List of top 5 (LOTR Trilogy) Man, I Love Films..List of top 10 (LOTR Trilogy) These Fantastic Worlds..List of top 10 (LOTR: ROTK) The full list with 72 movies and link for every source at the bottom link -
The Best Movies EVAH! (AwardsWatch)
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The Best Norwegian Horror Movies
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The Best, Worst & Most Unusual Hollywood Musicals (1983) ALL Ratings
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. #1-8: 10 stars #9-20: 9 stars #21-77: 8 stars #78-121: 7 stars #122-142: 6 stars #143-155: 5 stars #156-159: 4 stars #160-162: 3 stars #163-167: 2 stars #168-169: 1 star #170-174: 0 stars -
The Best, Worst, and Most Unusual HORROR FILMS (1983) ALL Ratings
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. #1-9: 10 stars #10-32: 9 stars #33-81: 8 stars #82-136: 7 stars #137-187: 6 stars #188-233: 5 stars #234-270: 4 stars #271-299: 3 stars #300-311: 2 stars #312-318: 1 star #319-321: 0 stars -
The BFI 30 Best LGBT Films of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. To mark the 30th anniversary of BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival, BFI is delighted to announce the Top 30 LGBT Films of All Time in the first major critical survey of LGBT films. Over 100 film experts including critics, writers and programmers such as Joanna Hogg, Mark Cousins, Peter Strickland, Richard Dyer, Nick James and Laura Mulvey, as well as past and present BFI Flare programmers, have voted the Top 30 LGBT Films of All Time. The poll’s results represent 84 years of cinema and 12 countries, from countries including Thailand, Japan, Sweden and Spain, as well as films that showed at BFI Flare such as Orlando (1992), Beautiful Thing (1996), Weekend (2011) and Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013). -
The Cinephiliacs
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. Films discussed in the "Double Exposure" section of the Cinephiliacs podcast. Missing: Anne Charlotte Robertson's FIVE YEAR DIARY. (Episode 29). "Police Body Cameras and Evidentiary Videos" (Episode 83). -
The Collider Podcast Recommendations
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. These are the movies and TV shows recommended by Matt Goldberg, Adam Chitwood, Dave Trumbore, Jason Barr, Allison Keene, Sasha Stone, Charles Judson, Kate Erbland, Brendan Bettinger, Curt Holman, Katey Rich, Hunter Daniels, Paul Shirey, Haleigh Foutch, Perri Nemiroff, and Evan Dickson on "The Collider Podcast" (and its predecessor "The Collision") on the film blog collider.com. -
The Complete Steven Seagal Filmography
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. The Complete Steven Seagal Filmography -
The Complete Tony Jaa Filmography
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. Complete Tony Jaa Filmography -
The Director's Cut
Favs/dislikes: 3:1. Films from the 2001 Fantômas album The Director's Cut -
The Dissolve's Movie of the Week
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. Every Movie of the Week that The Dissolve has done. -
The Dissolve's Movies of the Week
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. "Each week, The Dissolve designates a Movie Of The Week for staffers and readers to watch and discuss, with a lead-off essay on Tuesday, a roundtable-style Forum on Wednesday, and other related features." This list includes all past Movies of the Week, as well as the next few weeks of upcoming films. -
The Dissolve's The Best Films of 2014
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. After Richard Linklater’s Boyhood was released in mid-July, there was an immediate sense in the Dissolve office that the rest of the year was a race for second place. Watching a child grow up over a 12-year period is enormously powerful on its own, but through the prism of this one life, Linklater makes so many profound observations about love, family, politics, religion, the South, and the changes that happen at home and in the culture at large. Though we reached a solid consensus over Her in our inaugural poll, that was nothing compared to Boyhood, which topped five of our seven individual ballots, and placed second on a sixth. From there, the best of 2014 branched out into a diverse assortment of auteur favorites, unconventional historical biopics, form-challenging documentaries, and mainstream hits that proved that even a risk-averse Hollywood could still put out smart, innovative, broadly appealing entertainments. The only unifying theme is that 2014 came in like a lion and out like a lamb: Of the films below, only Selma and Inherent Vice were harvested from the late-year awards crop. Otherwise, there are no hidden patterns, just confirmation that great films came in all sizes and from all corners this year. -
The End of Cinema's 30 Essential Wuxia Films
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. "With the highly-anticipated release of two King Hu masterpieces on home video by the Masters of Cinema organization, as well as the critical success of Hou Hsiao-hsien’s The Assassin last year, it seems like the wuxia film is making some inroads into the Western critical consciousness. So I thought I’d put together a guide to some of the essential films of the genre. The Chinese martial arts movie is generally split into two primary subgeneres: the kung fu film and the wuxia film. The kung fu film is newer and focuses primarily on hand-to-hand combat, it’s steeped in traditional fighting forms and there’s a general emphasis on the physical skill of the performer: special effects are generally disdained. Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan are its most famous practitioners and Lau Kar-leung its most important director. Wuxia is a much older form, based ultimately in the long tradition of Chinese adventure literature, in classic novels such as The Water Margin or Journey to the West, or more contemporary works by authors like Louis Cha and Gu Long. Its heroes follow a very specific code of honor as they navigate the jianghu, an underworld of outlaws and bandits outside the normal streams of civilization. Wuxia films often incorporate fantasy elements, using special effects to allow their heroes to fly, shoot concentrated chi energy out of their hands (or eyes) and in other ways violate the laws of physics. Strictly speaking, wuxia should probably be confined to stories of code-following traveling knights-errant, but genres are a fluid and conventional thing, especially in Hong Kong, where films regularly mash together comedy, action, romance, melodrama and horror elements into a single impure whole, and as such, stark lines are difficult to draw. King Hu and Tsui Hark are the essential wuxia directors, and Jet Li, Ti Lung and Jimmy Wang Yu the genre’s greatest stars. The following is a list of 30 of the genre’s highlights, taking a reasonably expansive view of generic boundaries and arranged in chronological order." There are 32 movies on the list, cause Legend of the Mountain and Raining in the Mountain plus Hero and House of Flying Daggers are mentioned together. -
The Film Buff's Bucket List: The 50 Movies of the 2000s to See Before You Die
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. Theaters around the world are dominated by comic book heroes, ice princesses, apocalyptic love-struck teens, and whatever masterpiece Pixar is rolling out. It’s clear that cinema is as healthy as ever. Oscar-worthy directors, indie geniuses and foreign artists are creating stunning, boundary-pushing work. Since the turn of the century, movie lovers have been enjoying a second golden age. But which films are the best of the best? What are the top movies since 2000 to see before you die? Chris Stuckmann, one of YouTube’s most popular film reviewers (70+ million views) gives us his best of the best! In his book debut, Stuckmann delivers his list of the very best 50 Movies since 2000 – with that style and punch that YouTube viewers have come to love. These are the films you must see before you die. -
The Film Stage's Most Overlooked Films of 2019
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The Filmspotting Pantheon
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. Films loved by the podcast 'Filmspotting' so much that they are ineligible for their Top 5 lists. -
The Flabbergasters: Strangest Films Ever Made
Favs/dislikes: 3:1. These are films that I want everyone to see because they are so insane, bizarre and unfathomable that people think I dreamed them or misremember them.
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