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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 AV Club's 100 best films of the Decade So Far
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. -
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 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 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 Guardian - The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Films of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. Just the list, no snazzy extras? You've come to the right place -
The Hankyoreh's 100 Korean Films
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. For the 100th anniversary of Korean film, Hankyoreh and CJ Cultural Foundation organized a selection committee with 38 experts from the film industry, (including directors, producers, critics, programmers, and researchers of film history) to select 100 films to represent 100 years of Korean film. Top 11 in chronological order "The Border City" (2002) and "The Border City 2" (2009) are included together, but the former is missing on ICM and IMDB. -
The Science of Scare: The scariest movies of all time — 2023 update
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. Whether it's zombies, ghosts or anything else that goes 'bump in the night', is there anything better than a good horror movie? But of the hundreds of horror flicks, which is the ultimate 'king of fright night'? Our scientific study tracked heart rates throughout some of the world's most iconic horror films, to study the science of scary, and find the undisputed scariest horror film of all time! -
Thrillist's The 57 Best Horror Movies of 2021
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. The 50 best horror movies of 2021 according to Thrillist. -
Tim Dirks' Visual and Special Effects Milestones (Filmsite)
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. This list hasn't really been updated since 2010 with new movies. I guess that's good as everything needs a little hindsight. removed: El Apóstol (lost) added: The Pixar Story (standing in for an early test) -
Time Magazine's Top 10 Movie Performances (all years)
Favs/dislikes: 3:1. A collected list of all films that feature a performance selected by Time Magazine as a top 10 movie performance in a year (the category first began in 2008). Sorted by list year and rank. -
TimeOut's 12 Best Stand-Up Specials Of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. "TimeOut watched and ranked the best stand-up comedians’ specials of all time, so get ready to laugh your ass off. If you’re too tired to go out to one of the city’s best comedy clubs, just stay in and appreciate the true best comedians of all time doing what they do best in these videos. Who knows, maybe one will inspire you to try your own hand at one of the city’s open mic nights." -
Top 100 Corporate Crime Movies
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. by Corporate Crime Reporter -
Top 50 Films about Drugs
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. Based on several lists available on Internet Others lists with the same methodology: Top 50 Business Films https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+business+films/baalman/ Top 50 Rock'n Roll Films https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+rockn+roll+films/baalman/ Top 50 Car Movies https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+car+movies/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Films https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+films/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Arts and Artists https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+art+and+artists/baalman/ Top 50 Dystopian Films https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+dystopian+films/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Politics https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+politics/baalman/ Top 50 Plot Twist Films https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+plot+twist+films/baalman/ Top 50 Surrealistic Films http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+surrealistic+films/baalman/ Top 50 Disturbing Films https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+disturbing+films/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Law https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+law/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Writers and Writing https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+writers+and+writing/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Conspiracy (Theories) https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+conspiracy+theories/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Mental Illness http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+mental+illness/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Serial Killers https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+serial+killers/baalman/ Top 50 Pandemic Movies https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+pandemic+movies/baalman/ -
Top 50 Films About Politics
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. Based on several lists available on Internet. Methodology: Eligibility: Lists with 10 to 30 entries. Not eligible: too specific lists such as "available on Netflix", documentaries only, "best of the decade", etc. and lists made by users in imdb, mubi, icm, etc Distribution of points: For ranked lists: #1: 20 points #2: 18 points and so on until #10: 2 points #11 or lower: 1 point Not ranked lists: points are splitted equally. For instance: lists with 15 entries: 20+18+...+2+1+1+1+1+1=115 / 15 = 7.67 => 8 points for each film. Tied films split the points Bonus for each additional entry: 2 points Tie-brake rules: #1: Total of points #2: Number of entries #3: Year of release #4: Alphabetical order About this list: Lists used: 47 Nominated films: 188 My Top 10 (based on nominated films) (in alphabetical order) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Face in the Crowd, A (1957) Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003) Great Dictator, The (1940) Mani Sulla Città, La (1963) Memorias del Subdesarrollo (1968) Nashville (1975) Terra em Transe (1967) Untergang, Der (2004) Z (1969) Others lists with the same methodology: Top 50 Business Films https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+business+films/baalman/ Top 50 Car Movies https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+car+movies/baalman/ Top 50 Rock'n Roll Films https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+rockn+roll+films/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Films https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+films/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Arts and Artists https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+art+and+artists/baalman/ Top 50 Dystopian Films https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+dystopian+films/baalman/ Top 50 Plot Twist Films https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+plot+twist+films/baalman/ Top 50 Surrealistic Films http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+surrealistic+films/baalman/ Top 50 Disturbing Films https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+disturbing+films/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Media https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+media/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Law https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+law/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Writers and Writing https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+writers+and+writing/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Conspiracy (Theories) https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+conspiracy+theories/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Mental Illness http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+mental+illness/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Serial Killers https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+serial+killers/baalman/ Top 50 Pandemic Movies https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+pandemic+movies/baalman/ Top 50 Films about Drugs https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+drugs/baalman/ -
Top 50 Films About Writers and Writing
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. Based on several lists available on Internet. Methodology: Eligibility: Lists with 10 to 30 entries. Not eligible: too specific lists such as "available on Netflix", documentaries only, "best of the decade", etc. and lists made by users in imdb, mubi, icm, etc Distribution of points: For ranked lists: #1: 20 points #2: 18 points and so on until #10: 2 points #11 or lower: 1 point Not ranked lists: points are splitted equally. For instance: lists with 15 entries: 20+18+...+2+1+1+1+1+1=115 / 15 = 7.67 => 8 points for each film. Tied films split the points Bonus for each additional entry: 2 points Tie-brake rules: #1: Total of points #2: Number of entries #3: Year of release #4: Alphabetical order About this list: Lists used: 56 Nominated films: 207 My Top 10 (based on nominated films) (in alphabetical order) Almost Famous (2000) Barton Fink (1991) Deconstructing Harry (1997) Hours, The (2002) Lost Weekend, The (1945) Manhattan (1979) Såsom i en Spegel (1961) Scaphandre et le Papillon, Le (2007) Sult (1966) Sunset Blvd. (1950) Others lists with the same methodology: Top 50 Business Films https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+business+films/baalman/ Top 50 Rock'n Roll Films https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+rockn+roll+films/baalman/ Top 50 Car Movies https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+car+movies/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Films https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+films/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Arts and Artists https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+art+and+artists/baalman/ Top 50 Dystopian Films https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+dystopian+films/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Politics https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+politics/baalman/ Top 50 Plot Twist Films https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+plot+twist+films/baalman/ Top 50 Surrealistic Films http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+surrealistic+films/baalman/ Top 50 Disturbing Films https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+disturbing+films/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Media https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+media/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Law https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+law/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Conspiracy (Theories) https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+conspiracy+theories/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Mental Illness http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+mental+illness/baalman/ Top 50 Films About Serial Killers https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+serial+killers/baalman/ Top 50 Pandemic Movies https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+pandemic+movies/baalman/ Top 50 Films about Drugs https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/top+50+films+about+drugs/baalman/ -
Total Film's 23 Awesome Welsh Movies
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. -
United States Settings of Horror Movies
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. The films appearing on a map made for Horror on Screen, showing the most significant horror films set in each US state (and Washington D.C.) 1-4: Alabama, 5-7: Alaska, 8-14: Arizona, 15-19: Arkansas, 20-32: California, 33-37: Colorado, 38-44: Connecticut, 45-49: Delaware, 50-55: Florida, 56-61: Georgia, 62-65: Hawaii, 66: Idaho, 67-72: Illinois, 73-74: Indiana, 75-78: Iowa, 79-81: Kansas, 82-84: Kentucky, 85-90: Louisiana, 91-97: Maine, 98-102: Maryland, 103-108: Massachusetts, 109-114: Michigan, 115-119: Minnesota, 120-122: Mississippi, 123-124: Missouri, 125: Montana, 126-128: Nebraska, 129-134: Nevada, 135-139: New Hampshire, 140-145: New Jersey, 146-151: New Mexico, 152-160: New York, 161-167: North Carolina, 168-169: North Dakota, 170-174: Ohio, 175-179: Oklahoma, 180-186: Oregon, 187-195: Pennsylvania, 196-199: Rhode Island, 200-201: South Carolina, 202: South Dakota, 203-208: Tennessee, 209-216: Texas, 217-221: Utah, 222-226: Vermont, 227-229: Virginia, 230-233: Washington, 234-236: Washington D.C., 237-241: West Virginia, 242-246: Wisconsin, 247: Wyoming. -
VGDebatt - Top 20 from the 1970s
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VGDebatt - Top 250
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Vulture's 50 Best Music Documentary and Concert Films Ever
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. The list of 50 documentaries below features old classics, new favorites, and a few films that deserve a wider audience. It touches on pop, hip-hop, rock, punk, R&B, jazz, country, and folk; collectively, it tells a story of art forms, cultures, and business models in transition. Most important, these documentaries (and exceptional concert films, in case you were wondering) contain performances that are as essential to understanding these artists as any of their records. Think of these 50 titles as a time capsule, ready to be opened today, next year, or decades from now. -
Vulture's The 50 Greatest Sports Movies of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. By Tim Grierson and Will Leitch This story was originally published in 2019 and has been updated to include recent releases.* It is strange that sports movies are considered a genre since, all told, they really are just a setting. It’s like saying that “desert movies” are a genre, or “ocean movies” are. The best sports movies are independent of the sport they’re depicting, with universal stories that should appeal to anyone whether they love the sport or not. Though loving the sport does help. This is to say: Our favorite sports movies tend to avoid the traditional “meet hero, see hero overcome adversity, see hero win big game” sports movie structure, or at least deconstruct it enough to justify themselves. The thing audiences love about sports and movies, the thing they have in common, is that they are unpredictable: You never know when you sit down to watch either what’s going to happen. But for some reason, many sports movies insist on being predictable, adhering to the formula. Those are not the sort of sports movies you will find on our list of the 50 best sports movies of all time. The best sports surprise us: These great sports movies do the same. *The only recent release they included was The Way Back; I don't know which film it knocked off the list from their original one.
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