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Paste's The 100 Best Vampire Movies of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. By Mark Rozeman, Jim Vorel and Paste staff | September 26, 2022 | 11:11am Existing in some form or another for thousands of years, these blood-sucking creatures serve as one of horror’s most creatively flexible monsters. Besides ghoulish monsters, they can be charmers, warriors, sex symbols, sources of comedy, nihilistic philosophers and aliens. Though mostly confined to horror, vampires have also bleed their way into everything from slapstick comedy to award-winning dramas. Oftentimes, these seemingly villainous predators can even serve as sympathetic protagonists or badass antiheroes. Moreover, vampirism itself has stood in as a natural metaphor for a great number of motifs—drug or alcohol addiction, sex, racism, xenophobia, religion, economic disparity and mental illness, to name just a few. Popularized in folklore and books, the vampire were a natural fit for the silver screen. Today, Paste is counting down the 100 greatest vampire films that cinema has to offer. First—a few caveats. One, unlike Paste’s previous lists numbering film noirs) or cinematic robots, there are far fewer vampire movies that one could classify as being truly “Great.” This scarcity of quality means that some of the earlier entries might be more problematic than those in the latter segment. In such cases, we have ensured that each installment has something of worth to offer viewers, whether it’s a great visual style, a clever story twist, a standout performance or production design so laughably strange and half-baked that it veers into “so bad, it’s good” territory. The Paste writers have also strived to curate a diverse selection of choices. Granted, filmmakers like Mario Bava and institutions like England’s Hammer Film Productions will be making multiple appearances, but we’ve worked to bring in variety whenever possibly. What’s more, though erotic horror is obviously a popular vampire subgenre, it’s one that we weren’t able to fully dive into without feeling as though we needed to have our souls cleansed afterwards. So if we’ve overlooked your favorite vampire-lesbian erotica, we apologize in advance. Finally—no, none of the Twilight or Underworld films are on this list. (A stand had to be made.) -
Paste's The 100 Greatest Movie Robots of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. Robots are a mainstay of the genre for good reason: They stand in as cogent symbols of humanity’s drive to create, to build, to extend its understanding of the human condition. And they carry with them all the wonder, hubris, hope and dread that that drive compels. With sci-fi being as vogue in popular culture as ever, now is the perfect time to reflect back on our favorite ’bots as represented in film. ---Paste, June 17th 2021 Note: Blade Runner, Star Wars, and The Avengers: Age of Ultron are named twice on the list. Transformers: The Movie and Transformers (2007) are both included as a single entry. -
Paste's The 50 Best Monster Movies of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. By Jim Vorel and Paste Movies Staff | September 29, 2022 | 10:27am When you hear the term “monster movie,” you might think you know what to expect. A giant, irradiated bug stomping all over a modern metropolis, perhaps, or an inhuman beast stalking a group of campers foolish enough to blunder into its territory. The connotation of “monster” is a negative one, after all, but it’s also a term that reveals the inherent prejudice of those who use it. A “monster” is simply that which we find exotic, frightening and difficult to categorize—it’s an aberration in the natural order, and with that realization the fear comes naturally. We always fear what we don’t understand, as the likes of H.P. Lovecraft and Carmine Falcone have memorably opined. A “monster movie,” then, is a bit wider term than one might initially realize, composed of everything from man’s battles against the natural world (as in Jaws) to struggles with the repressed self, as seen in almost any werewolf feature. There are beasts aplenty here, and a smattering of snarling aliens, but also lovable monsters and misunderstood creatures that never wanted to do any harm. Some are unabashed villains, while others are actually the protagonists of their films. Here are the 50 best monster movies of all time, but first let’s discuss which movies you will and won’t see on this list. Defining a “Monster Movie” — The threat or focus of a monster movie has to be something inhuman. Human behavior can of course be “monstrous,” but a monster as we’re defining it here isn’t a human, unless that human has physically transformed somehow. By that token, an earthly animal (like the shark in Jaws, or the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park) can be “monsters,” per se, especially if they’re presented in unrealistically heightened ways, such as being bigger than normal, or operating with unnatural malevolence. A human can also transform into a monster, as in the case of a werewolf. — Alien creatures, likewise, are also capable of being monsters, but they’re far more likely to qualify if they kill by physically attacking you with tooth and claw. The xenomorph of Alien? Monster. The ray gun-wielding, chattering martians of Mars Attacks? Not monsters. — The monsters shouldn’t be supernatural in origin. By this token, a ghost is not a monster. Neither is a zombie, as they’re undead and not a flesh-and-blood creature. Disqualifying “undead” in general also keeps vampires off this particular list, but don’t fret: You can visit our list of the [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/pastes+the+100+best+vampire+movies+of+all+time/fergenaprido/]100 best vampire films[/url] of all time, or the [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/pastes+50+best+zombie+movies+of+all+time/panunzio/]50 best zombie movies[/url] of all time. — In order to keep the list from being completely dominated by entries from specific franchises such as the Godzilla series, we will hold ourselves to a maximum of only two entries per franchise. Never fear, we’ve ranked every Godzilla movie in the past, as well. -
Pitchfork Media's The Top 50 Music Videos of the 1990s
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. "They were still a young art form when the 1990s began, but by the end of the decade music videos and video directors were arguably at their commercial and artistic peak. In 1999, MTV's "TRL" was launching teen pop stars and serving as a better barometer of what Generation Y was listening to than the Billboard charts. Meanwhile, Spike Jonze-- who almost single-handedly codified a generation's idealized music videos by artfully employing Gen X totems such as irony, 70s nostalgia, geek chic, intertextuality, and trash culture-- was being nominated for a best director Oscar for Being John Malkovich. Throughout the decade, MTV-- with a huge assist from Clear Channel-- glued together a pseudo-music monoculture in the U.S. like almost nothing before. Songs like Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Dr. Dre's "Nothing But a G Thang", and Britney Spears' "...Baby One More Time" altered the landscape of pop culture so quickly in large part because they were delivered to all corners of the U.S. simultaneously by MTV. It wasn't just inevitable hits whose influence was quickened by MTV either; oddities such as Folk Implosion's "Natural One" or Danzig's "Mother 93" (or, say, Green Jelly's "Three Little Pigs", to name just one of many execrable examples) became out-of-leftfield hits for almost no other reason than someone at MTV decided they should become Buzz Bin videos. MTV's ability to place a song and musician into the pop music conversation was unparalleled at the time, and by the end of the decade that meant absurd levels of both financial and creative commitment to music videos. Creatively, videos at the time were dominated by a handful of visionary directors-- Jonze, Michel Gondry, and Chris Cunningham-- and there's no getting away from that in our list of our top 50 videos of the 90s." Missing from IMDB: Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube Pavement - Cut Your Hair Spiritualized - Come Together Wilco - Outtasite (Outta Mind) PJ Harvey - Man-Size -
Popmatters - The 10 Greatest Motion Picture Trilogies of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 3:1. It’s safe to say that, unless they are based on some similarly styled source material (book, play, etc.), the motion picture trilogy is a product of popularity. Though its narrative and cinematic symmetry can be breathtaking to behold, most three part films were not preplanned. Instead, they were forged out of a desire to please the audience mixed with a need to repay the cast/crew. George Lucas can argue all he wants to that his Star Wars saga—now finally out on Blu-ray—was always intended as three separate three-part projects (guess the crappy prequels destroyed that dream, right big G?) but Fox barely wanted to release the first film. So what fodder did he have for contemplating such a massive vision? The answer is obvious—he didn’t. Like most eventual franchises, box office gave Luke Skywalker’s real pappy a chance to dream, resulting in the genre’s first example of the law of diminishing returns. There are a couple of factors inherent in determining the best trilogies of all time. First, the three films included have to be linked in some significant way. They can’t be a pure product of money-oriented moviemaking. Secondly, all three movies must be worth watching. A sloppy second act or atrocious third movement means the overall quality is compromised. A few can survive this kind of scrutiny—most cannot. Finally, there is a subjective element known as “completeness”. Do the films that make up this multi-faceted narrative really deliver on their designs, is there an all encompassing arc, or are we stuck seeing the same old story told over and over again? By answering these important questions, and taking into consideration other objective criteria like continuity and completeness, a final assessment can be reached. With the high def arrival of everyone’s favorite (?) space sagas, now’s as good a time as any to countdown the all time greats of triangular tale-spinning. Some may surprise you. Others will shock you. But in the context of this discussion, all are worthy of classics consideration: -
Popmatters: The 10 Greatest Sword and Sorcery Films of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. Film goes through phases. Sometime, digital animation rules. Then we get a heaping helping of gross out comedies. A gimmick like 3D can come along and set the standard for a while only to make way for something even more stunt-like. The cyclical nature of cinema can be sparked by the times (the post-modern movement of the ‘70s) or the arrival of a game changing concept (the sci-fi blockbuster bonanza post-Star Wars). In Italy, at the end of the ‘50s, filmmakers were looking for a way out of the gloomy authenticity of neo-realism. They wanted more entertainment value and less social commentary. Enter the peplum, the sword and sandal epics that saw stars like Steve Reeves reinvent their image as mighty gladiatorial warriors. With the success of the genre came an entire new realm of action and adventure. Filmmakers around the world embraced the concept and then decided to expand its elements. They found new and often exciting ways to reinvent it for their own needs, looking to both the distant past and the far off future. Thus, we had variations such as the historical period piece, the barely costumed cautionary tale, and of course, the sci-fi influenced sword and sorcery take. Over the last four decades there have been dozens of attempts to take the material out of its comic book/pulp fiction orientation and turn it into something magical. For the most part, they are often considered nothing more than bumbling b-movies. The most recent example (a remake of the noted Arnold Schwarzenegger Conan vehicle from the ‘80s, now out on DVD and Blu-ray) argues for both the good and the bad within the archetypes. For the most part, many of these movies fail upward. Still, there are several examples of their overall artistic bent. Thus we have a considered list of the 10 Best Sword and Sorcery Films of All Time. While few are masterworks, most make the investment well worth the traveling back in time, including a pen and ink product aided by an illustrator who almost singlehandedly redefined the concept: -
Rolling Stone: 50 Best Erotic Thrillers of All Time
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Rolling Stone's 50 Essential LGBTQ Movies
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. From coming-out dramas to cult comedies, documentaries to blockbusters — our list of films that reflected and represented queer culture onscreen By DAVID FEAR & JERRY PORTWOOD & JENNA SCHERER & MARIA FONTOURA & TIM GRIERSON JUNE 25, 2020 2:45PM ET It’s grainy, faded, and, given the clip is now 125 years old, more than a little worse for wear. But this brief footage is not so ancient that you can’t clearly make out two men, waltzing together, as a third man plays a violin in the background. It was an experimental short made by William Dickson, designed to test syncing up moving pictures to prerecorded sound, a system that he and Thomas Edison were developing known as the Kinetophone. It’s known as “[url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/movies/dickson+experimental+sound+film/]The Dickson Experimental Sound Film[/url],” and dates back to 1895, the same year movies were born. While there’s nothing to outright suggest that these men were romantically involved or attracted to each other during the roughly 20-second length of their pas de deux, there is nothing that contradicts that notion either. It’s considered by many to be one of the first examples of gay imagery in film, and a reminder that homosexual representation has been with the medium from the very beginning. That clip appears in [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/movies/the+celluloid+closet/]The Celluloid Closet[/url], Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s documentary based on Vito Russo’s study of homosexuality in the movies, along with countless examples of how gay characters showed up, per narrator Lily Tomlin, as “something to laugh at, or something to pity, or even something to fear.” The history of representation is long, and extremely storied, often shaping how the public viewed “the love that dare not speak its name” for better or worse. But since those two men first danced, there have also been scores of stories, characters, and filmmakers that have presented the varied, multitudinous aspects of LGBTQ experiences 24 frames per second that have gone past those stereotypes, or flipped them on their heads. Some have been documents of a moment or era of gay history, some have been used as correctives to decades of negative clichés, and others have simply celebrated the fact that the movies can be queer, they’re here, get used to it. In honor of LGBTQ Pride Month, we’re singling out 50 essential LGBTQ films — from comedies to dramas, documentaries to cult classics, underground experimental work to studio blockbusters. It is nowhere near a comprehensive rundown of every great movie to feature out-and-proud heroes and villains, or a queer sensibility, or even just visible (and/or risible) examples of gay life in cinema; we could have easily made this list twice as long. Rather, consider this a primer that helps illustrate the relationship between queer culture and the silver screen. Notes: 1. This list is in alphabetical order. 2. At the bottom they included "Watch these films with a 30-day free trial to Amazon Prime or a free trial to Hulu here" so it's possibly they only picked films that were available on either of those two streaming services. -
Rotten Movies We Love: The Book
Favs/dislikes: 3:1. Ever been crushed to learn your favorite movie -- or a new one you're dying to see -- has been given the big green splat from Rotten Tomatoes' infamous Tomatometer? The site's editors stand by their critics and scores, but they also feel your pain: Fresh films shouldn't get all the glory! In Rotten Movies We Love, the RT team celebrates 101 Rotten movies that can't be missed, including: 01-19 - Box office slayers and household names 20-27 - So bad they're good 28-36 - Not their best work (or so they said) 37-50 - Cult leaders 51-66 - Ahead of their time 67-78 - Sequels worth a second look 79-101 - Basic Instincts Featuring 16 essays from some of the world's most well-known film critics -- Leonard Maltin, Terri White, Amy Nicholson, David Fear, K. Austin Collins, and more -- and punctuated with black-and-white film stills and punchy graphics, it's a fun romp through the quirkier corners of film history, sure to delight any cinephile or pop-culture fanatic. -
Rotten Tomatoes’ 150 Best Sports Movies of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. In the arena of the sports movie, every story can be told. The impossible underdog team that survives a brutal season into the final game. The kid who’s just starting out and the veteran being pulled back into the game, who both share the same odds: Against. Stories of the power of coming together as a selfless team, and myths of individual strength when you remove all the limits. Sports movies make us cheer, laugh, cry, and scream. They even make us think about renewing that gym membership. We’re going all the way to the end zone with our list of the 150 Best Sports Movies of All Time, sorted by Adjusted Tomatometer from at least 20 reviews each. (The Adjusted Tomatometer is our special formula which takes into account, among other factors, the movie’s year of release and its number of reviews.) Just about every sport ever played is here: football (Rudy), baseball (Bull Durham), hockey (Miracle), soccer (Bend It Like Beckham), boxing (Rocky), ice skating (I, Tonya). There’s racing: by foot (Without Limits), by car (Talladega Nights), by horse (Seabiscuit). We got fictional sports (Rollerball) and sports we made up through sheer tyranny of will (Murderball). If it’s in the spirit of competition, it’s in this list. Because this is a movie list, there are no TV movies (we pour one out for Brian’s Song), and nothing rated Rotten — even fan favorites like Any Given Sunday. Please deal with your rage accordingly before continuing. And with our most recent updates, we welcome in new popular hits like Ben Affleck’s The Way Back, Best Picture nominee Ford v Ferrari, wrestling family drama Fighting With My Family, the vertigo-inducing Free Solo, and Maiden, about the first all-woman crew in a global yacht race. Ready? For the leisure, life, and love of the game, here are the 150 Best Sports Movies of All Time! -
Rotten Tomatoes Top Rated Westerns
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. Movies with 40 or more critic reviews vie for their place in history at Rotten Tomatoes. Eligible movies are ranked based on their Adjusted Scores. A movie must have 40 or more rated reviews to be considered. -
r/TrueFilm's Greatest Film Poll
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. The Lord of the Rings (14), Toy Story (41), Kill Bill (80) and The Three colors (109) were polled considering the whole trilogy/duology -
Seventeen's 55 Best Teen Movies You Can't Grow Up Without Watching
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. By Noelle Devoe, Tamara Fuentes And Jasmine Gomez Feb 8, 2021 Some days, all you want to do after you finish your homework is throw on a pair of comfy AF sweatpants and binge some iconic movies. Of course, there are all kinds of movie genres, but it's always fun to watch a flick that you can REALLY relate to. Because let's face it, there's really nothing better than a good teen movie. These teen movies cover everything from dealing with those awkward moments when you’re around your crush to figuring out how you’re going to deal with the college application process. So grab some popcorn and get ready to relate to all of these characters as you go down this list. These are the best teen movies that you definitely have to watch. -
Slant Magazine's The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. "These films are fearless in breaking down boundaries and thrusting us into worlds beyond our own", according to the Slant Magazine editors who curated this list in August 2019. -
Slant's The 100 Best Films of the 1980s
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. In 2019, Billboard teamed up with SiriusXM to determine the 500 best songs of the 1980s, with Olivia Newton-John’s 1981 pop hit “Physical” topping the list. It’s an apt choice for many reasons, foremost among them that the ‘80s, if mainstream American filmmaking from the era is any indication, might be called the decade of the body—of turning away from the more cerebral, auteurist cinema of the New Hollywood and toward star-driven genre vehicles, featuring the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Cruise, and Melanie Griffith, who in Brian De Palma’s delirious Body Double plays a porn star named—wait for it—Holly Body. Conventional historical accounts of the decade see this transformation through the lens of box office, as studio practices tended toward market saturation, and stardom became dependent on the potential to make viewers feel rather than think. But that narrative overlooks the plethora of small, seedy gems made by Hollywood filmmakers starring well-known actors still vying to challenge audiences with daring visions of the modern world. Such as William Friedkin’s Cruising, Michael Mann’s Thief, and Martin Scorsese’s After Hours, whose nocturnal animals discover new, and often unwanted, shades of themselves while moving through city streets. If the neon-lit cityscape is an essential image in ‘80s films for the way it expresses the allure and danger of living by night, it also points up how a fear of AIDS—and its association with city life—leapt into the collective consciousness. Maybe that’s partly why Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner seems to epitomize ‘80s aesthetics for many: The replicant, whose body often looks like an ideal and healthy human, is actually a machine. The city, though, need not be essential for the metaphor to work. In fact, author John Kenneth Muir argues that, in a film like John Carpenter’s The Thing, which is set in Antarctica, the necessity of a blood test to determine “what is really going on inside the human body” could be understood as a direct reference to the AIDS epidemic. If that potentially sounds like a grim diagnosis of the decade’s films, it actually points to the vitality of the decade’s cinematic artistry, as filmmakers from across the globe emerged to share their haunted visions of sex, music, and voyeurism. In France, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Leos Carax, and Luc Besson each helped create cinéma du look as a hybrid strain of popular and art cinema with a lush visual style. Meanwhile, aging master Robert Bresson was making his last (and arguably finest) film. In Canada, David Cronenberg showed us how exploding heads, penetrative home video, and wayward twin gynecologists could encapsulate various maladies of the times. And in Taiwan, Edward Yang and Hou Hsiao-hsien were at the forefront of New Taiwanese Cinema, diagnosing the twin poles of urbanization and globalization as they started to define contemporary life. The number of singular filmmakers who emerged in the decade is extensive. Auteurs such as Abbas Kiarostami and Souleymane Cissé created works that helped further introduce the realities of their respective countries to audiences around the globe, while, back in the U.S., Lizzie Borden and Donna Deitch were making their first feature films, each of which has endured as a classic of queer cinema. The decade’s films help us understand that, in order to see all titles of consequence, one needs to remain open to movies playing at the multiplex, the arthouse, and the grindhouse. The latter includes numerous slasher films, itself a subgenre enamored with the dangers and pleasures of the flesh. We must remember that, sometimes, wisdom comes from unlikely places, so consider this seemingly throwaway line from 1982’s The Slumber Party Massacre as words to live by: “It’s not the size of your mouth; it’s what’s in it that counts.” Clayton Dillard Published on April 23, 2020 By Staff -
Slant's The 100 Best LGBTQ Movies of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. Cinema isn’t the sole mechanism for making our presence known, but it can be among the most powerful. Published on June 18, 2020 This list includes all versions of Slant Magazine's LGBTQ movies. View the list history to find the previous versions. All lists are chronological. V1: "[url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/50-essential-lgbt-films/]50 Essential LGBT Films[/url]" June 27, 2013 (also the same as [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/slant+magazines+50+essential+lgbt+films/sandero/]SanderO's icm list[/url]) V2: "[url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625005638/http://www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/the-greatest-lgbtq-films-of-all-time]The 75 Greatest LGBT Films of All Time[/url]" June 21, 2016 V3: "[url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608010804/https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/the-100-best-lgbtq-movies-of-all-time/]The 100 Best LGBTQ Movies of All Time[/url]" June 7, 2019 V4: "The 100 Best LGBTQ Movies of All Time" June 18, 2020 (current version) Original Intro: "You’ve sported a red equal sign on Facebook, watched Nancy Pelosi show Michele Bachmann her politically correct middle finger, and read some of those other lists that have compiled lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) films, hailing usual suspects like High Art and Brokeback Mountain as gay equivalents of Vertigo (oh, don’t Citizen Kane me; we’re talking regime upheaval here). Now, as you continue to celebrate the crushing of DOMA and Prop 8 (and toss some extra confetti for Pride Month while you’re at it), peruse Slant’s own list of LGBT movies you owe it to yourself to see. Curated by co-founder and film editor Ed Gonzalez, this 50-wide roster is a singular trove of queer-themed gems and classics, spanning the past eight decades and reflecting artists as diverse as Kenneth Anger, Derek Jarman, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder. You won’t find The Birdcage among our ranks, but you will find Paul Morrissey’s Trash, Ira Sach’s The Delta, David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive, and Céline Sciamma’s Tomboy. Consider the list a hat tip to what’s shaped up to be a banner LGBT year, particularly on screen, with lesbian romance Blue Is the Warmest Color taking top honors at Cannes, and Xavier Dolan releasing the masterful Laurence Anyways, which also made our cut. R. Kurt Osenlund" Second Intro: "Last week, in the aftermath of the attack on Orlando's Pulse nightclub, one call to action rose above the din: “Say their names.” New Yorkers chanted it steps from the Stonewall Inn. The mother of a child gunned down at Sandy Hook penned it in an open letter. The Orlando Sentinel printed the names. Anderson Cooper recited them. A gunman murdered 49 people and wounded 53 others in the wee hours of that awful Sunday, massacring LGBTQ people of color and their allies in the middle of Pride Month, and the commemoration of the dead demanded knowing who they were. “These,” as MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell urged his viewers, “are the names to remember.” In the midst of mourning, the titles herein seem to me more essential than ever, a globe-spanning, multigenerational testament to our existence in a world where our erasure is no abstraction. From Carl Theodor Dreyer's Michael to Todd Haynes's Carol, naming and seeing emerge, intertwined, as radical acts—acts of becoming (Sally Potter's Orlando) and acts of being (Shirley Clarke's Portrait of Jason), acts of speech (Marlon Riggs's Tongues Untied) and acts of show (Jennie Livingston's Paris Is Burning) that together reaffirm the revolutionary potential of the seventh art. “My name is Harvey Milk,” the San Francisco supervisor, memorialized in Rob Epstein's The Times of Harvey Milk, proclaimed in 1978, less than one year before his assassination. “And I'm here to recruit you!” The cinema isn't the sole mechanism for making our presence known, but it can, if the films listed below are any indication, be among the most powerful, projecting the complexities of the LGBTQ experience onto the culture's largest, brightest mirror. There's rage here, and also love; isolation, and communal spirit; fear, and the forthright resistance to it. These films are essential because we are essential: The work of ensuring that we aren't erased or forgotten continues apace, and the struggle stretches into a horizon that no screen, no matter its size, can quite capture. But this is surely a place to start. Matt Brennan" Third & Fourth intros are essentially the same. -
Soundvenue's 25 Best Danish Movies of the 21st Century
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. Voted on by 115 people from the Danish film industry. -
Stacker's 100 Best International Movies of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. WRITTEN BY: Molly Pennington April 24, 2021 From 'Metropolis' to 'Parasite': 100 best international movies of all time International cinema has always had a profound influence on American movies. At the same time, many of the great films in languages other than English retool the styles and genres of popular American movies. Have you ever forgotten you were reading subtitles as you were swept up in the action on screen? Westerns, film noirs, and even romances tap into universal visual languages of movement, action, and emotion that draw in worldwide audiences. Stacker’s list of the 100 best international movies includes the science fiction masterpiece of German Expressionist style, “Metropolis,” with its epic, futuristic city and iconic robot gone bad. You’ll also find the smash hit “Parasite,” a taut thriller from South Korea that captured acclaim across the globe for its suspenseful, tragicomic look at two families from different classes. We feature work from major auteurs of European cinema like Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut of the French New Wave, Vittorio De Sica of Italian neorealism, and Spanish surrealist Luis Buñuel. Our list also includes major Japanese masterpieces from Akira Kurosawa, Masaki Kobayashi, and Hirokazu Koreeda, Hong Kong cinema’s Wong Kar-wai, Tawainese auteurs Ang Lee and Edward Yang, and contemporary films from South Korea’s Lee Chang-dong and Bong Joon-ho. International cinema often has a political or philosophical bent—a rebel core—as it frequently explores the human condition within histories of oppression. While African cinema and women directors are underrepresented on this list and across the international film festival circuit, Céline Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” from France in 2019 masterfully reinvents ideas around gendered gaze. Get ready for films you’ve heard about and obscure gems that just may become your new cinematic obsession. Stacker compiled data (from July 2020) on all international movies to come up with a Stacker score—a weighted index split evenly between IMDb and Metacritic scores. To qualify, the film had to be directed by a non-American, be primarily in a language other than English, have a Metascore, and have at least 5,000 votes. Ties were broken by Metascore, and further ties were broken by IMDb user rating. Stacker’s list combines the scores from critics and audiences to give you a sense of a movie’s greatness. Check out our list to see what you’ve already watched—and what great and underappreciated must-see to add to your watchlist. -
Stacker's 110 Monumental Movies from Film History
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. From the article "110 monumental movies from film history and why you need to see them". The priority in making this list was to create a holistic collection of significant films throughout history, meaning blockbuster epics and art-house favorites alike. Numerous academic sources were reviewed, as were a full slate of directors, genres/subgenres, decades, countries, trends, technical achievements, themes, narrative devices, and more. -
Synthwave Cinema
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. "This is a list that covers the movies that have the greatest affect on the Synthwave genre. From Dystopian Cyberpunk movies, Carpenter's Horror Classics, Tangerine Dream's 80's Soundtracks, Outrun Action, Classic B-Movies, Essential Anime, Futuristic Sci-Fi, and modern Retro Revisions....this is Synthwave Cinema." Created by TheScientist on rateyourmusic.com -
Taste of Cinema - The 15 Best Epic Movies of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. The greatest epics are movies unparalleled in magnificence. Their visions are only matched by the jaw-dropping spectacles they exhibit on screen. Every frame carries tremendous ambition that translates into piercing emotions for the audience. These filmmakers had the audacity to dramatize their ideas in majestic splendor. They transport us from vast desert landscapes to the gaping void of space, from dismal jungles to countries torn apart by the drums of war. But there is something all of these epics share in common. However Homeric their journeys are, they all lead down a long, winding path into our humanity. -
Taste of Cinema's 25 Weird Animated Movies That Are Worth Your Time
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. "There is an odd perception among the general populace that animated movies are made for children. While there’s an obvious connection between children and brightly colored cartoons, adults by nature want to make things for themselves. The people that get into making animation are obviously driven by the desire to draw. But many times these people are driven by curious forces. The animation medium provides a level of creativity and freedom not seen in many other film genres. It’s only natural that a group of people would take that freedom and run with it. Like running off a cliff at high speeds, falling down into a vat of acid that eats your flesh and melts your brain. This list is collection of those decisions. It’s a list of animated films that are strange, eclectic, disturbing, or just plain bizarre. Most of the choices here are geared towards an adult audience. All of the choices here have been picked to watch while under the influence of strong self-assessment." -
The 101 Best Movie Sequels of All Time - Vulture
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The 20 Eeriest Movies of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. The word “horror” is defined by Merriam-Webster as “painful and intense fear, dread…” Not a surprising summation of what the Horror Film genre tries to instill. In the past decade, theatrical horror films have been dominated by the company Blumhouse Productions. Their spotty releases have included “Paranormal Activity”, “Sinister”, as well as the “Insidious” and “The Purge” soon-to-be franchises. It seemed, for a bit, that the genre was relegated to “jump-scares” and loud musical stings that make audiences leap. Those releases, as well as others, have a very hit-or-miss final result. 2016’s “The Witch” shows a light at the end of the tunnel. And here is the reason why. One sub-genre of horror doesn’t particularly scream box-office gold, and that, more than anything else, has led to its scarcity. That genre is the EERIE FILM; Movies that take a while to develop characters audiences care about, and instill a general sense of “dread.” These films may not make you jump, but instead rely on mood and atmosphere, as well as successful character likeability, to get under your skin. The 20 films on this list use the slow-burn technique. The attention given to the smaller details, and the surrounding locations all add up to movies that stay with you long after the final credits. Even thinking about a terrifically eerie movie is enough to give you goosebumps for years, even decades later. Here, in chronological order of release, are 20 films that are sure to induce shivers and happily warrant repeat viewings. It’s certainly no wonder that each and every title on this list has its loyal cult following. Some titles are already required viewing for any respectable horror fan. It’s to be hoped that even more of these films you have never heard of. If you’re not familiar with some of these, you might want to take the time to seek them out. They are all definitive examples of EERIE movies. -
The 20 Most Cinematic Television Episodes of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. Some might consider putting the words “cinematic” and “television” together in one sentence a heresy. How could a medium largely confined to entertaining an audience that never wants to be challenged, be compared to what is one of the greatest art forms of our generation? How can its fragmented, disjointed, recklessly infantile structuring ever come close to mirroring the meticulousness and the patience of great cinema? But time and again, and especially in the last 10 years, they have been brought together over and over. As film studios became decidedly more focused on tentpole filmmaking, and content-driven storytelling shifted to independent platforms, TV gradually became an appealing venue for film artists to explore concepts that required both budgets and sovereignty. As it became more and more frequent and premium and standard cable networks became just as popular as network, the very audiences that were content with confetti-like comedy and cop dramas, became the most impassioned receptors of auteur work, just as film audiences showed up in droves to spend their earnings on baseless drivel. With the advent of streaming services and the ability to watch entire seasons of a television show at once, the line between the two industries is fading away. Which is why it is fascinating to look back and contemplate how television makes for such great cinema and here are 20 of the most cinematic TV episodes of all time – evidence of that reflection:
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