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  1. Eureka!'s The Masters of Cinema Series's icon

    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]
  2. 100 Modern Soundtracks (BFI Screen Guide)'s icon

    100 Modern Soundtracks (BFI Screen Guide)

    Favs/dislikes: 13:0. Philip Brophy's book provides a soundmap to a hundred films that engage the ears. Covering titles as diverse as "Way of the Dragon" and "Apocalypse Now," "Le Samourai" and "Stalker," "Angel Dust" and "Citizen Kane," each entry outlines the film's distinctive contribution to the hitherto underexplored world of sound and music in cinema.
  3. iCM Forum's Favourite Movies 1002-2000's icon

    iCM Forum's Favourite Movies 1002-2000

    Favs/dislikes: 14:0. Compiled using lists submitted by members of the [url=https://forum.icmforum.com/]unofficial iCheckMovies forum[/url]. Updated for 2024. Huge thanks to Tim2460 for organising it all and calculating all the results, to [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/profiles/peacefulanarchy/]PeacefulAnarchy[/url] and [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/profiles/allisoncm/]Allisoncm[/url] for doing the previous lists, and to [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/profiles/mightysparks/]mightysparks[/url] for hosting the main list, which you can find [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/icm+forums+1001+favourite+movies/mightysparks/]here[/url]. This list can also be found on [url=https://www.imdb.com/list/ls088455812/]IMDB[/url]. And thanks to everyone who submitted lists!
  4. BFI's 100 European Horror Films's icon

    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]
  5. Cine libre!'s icon

    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.
  6. Sight & Sound's The Greatest Documentaries of All Time's icon

    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]
  7. BFI Flipside (Features + Bonus Films - Complete)'s icon

    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)
  8. The Criterion Collection's icon

    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]
  9. BFI's 100 Film Musicals's icon

    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]
  10. The Criterion Collection – Blu-ray Releases's icon

    The Criterion Collection – Blu-ray Releases

    Favs/dislikes: 53:0. A List of all of titles in The Criterion Collection's Blu-ray catalogue.
  11. Cahiers du Cinéma's Annual Top 10 Lists's icon

    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]
  12. AFI's Top 400 American Films's icon

    AFI's Top 400 American Films

    Favs/dislikes: 0:0. Sourced from the WayBack Machine See also: https://www.filmsite.org/afi400films.html
  13. AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores's icon

    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.
  14. Sight & Sound's The Greatest Films of All Time's icon

    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]
  15. Sight & Sound's 75 Hidden Gems's icon

    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]
  16. BFI's 100 Science Fiction Films's icon

    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]
  17. Annecy Festival's 100 Films for a Century of Animation's icon

    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.
  18. Télérama - Cent ans du cinéma - Les films français's icon

    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.
  19. BFI's 100 Cult Films's icon

    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."
  20. Library of Congress's National Film Registry's icon

    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]
  21. AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies Complete Nominations's icon

    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.
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    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
  23. BFI's 100 Road Movies's icon

    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.
  24. The Criterion Collection's Eclipse Series's icon

    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]
  25. The Criterion Collection: Laserdisc Releases (1984-98)'s icon

    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.
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