ERASERHEAD (1977), HAXAN (1923, DENMARK)

Happy Halloween!

It would appear that I've just about exhausted the Horror film index of the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. But here are a couple of 1001 films technically listed as horror that I haven't done a blog on before.

Happy Halloween film #1

Eraserhead

One night during the 80's, I suggested to a couple of buddies we get a couple of "trippy" movies. One was Cocaine Fiends, a Reefer Madnesslike 30's propoganda film where the heroine is given "headache powder," that she becomes addicted to and then the revelation of the film comes in the line "You dumb, broad. That's not headache powder! That's COCAINE."

Cocaine Fiends was good for some campy laughs, but then we watched in Eraserhead. This put a damper on our jovial mood. What the hell was this about? I was given several looks of confusion from my friends during our viewing, as I was the one who chose this oddity afterall. But we watched it to completion.

Trying to read the plot straight: A young man named Henry Spencer appears to be hatched from outer space and sent to earth by a creator figure. He wears a suit, has a "tall" hair style and lives modestly within an industrial complex. His profession is as a printer in a factory. He briefly meets the sexy neighbor who lives across the hall.

He meets up with his girlfriend, Mary and they have dinner with her parents. The girlfriend's mom serves them a type of chicken dish that bleeds and moves. We find out that the girlfriend is pregnant and the scene ends.

We are now in Henry and Mary's apartment and they have since gotten married and have a loud baby that resembles an alien. Mary can't stand the sounds that the alien baby makes and moves out.

The baby gets sick and Henry tries to take care of it.

We then cut to a new character, a blonde with puffy cheeks, who performs a song about heaven on a stage.

The attractive neighbor comes over and sleeps with Henry. 

Henry then appears on the stage with the blonde before his head pops off and shows that he is also an alien!

A kid takes Henry's head to a factory where they make erasers out of it.

But apparently it is all a dream, as Henry is back in his original form and we see Henry cut open the bandages that surround his baby and the insides of the baby spill out in a white foam!

Erasehead ends with a shot of the creator figure before the blonde with the puffy cheeks and Henry embrace.&nbsp

I may have the order of a couple of scenes off, though recounting the plot of Eraserhead is pretty pointless. Director David Lynch has said that no interpretation he has ever heard of this film has matched his.

Anyway, after me and my friends finished the film, they asked me what the hell that was all about. I said I didn't know and that was the end of it.

Happy Halloween! film #2

Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages

Truly a hard film to put a label on. This Danish silent gives a narrated trip on witchcraft through the middle ages. But don't worry, Satan fans. There's plenty of him there too!

You can experience this either through subtitles or through the narrative talents of Naked Lunch author William S. Burroughs if you watch the updated version from the 60's.

Some of the artwork they show depicting Satan and his minions is admittedly stunning while Burrough's gives us a brief history lesson of withcraft, sorcery and demons in Europe's middle ages.

But that's just the first part!

Then we have a series of dramatic scenes featuring Satan, worshippers of Satan and those being preyed upon by Satan.

And if that weren't enough, we come to another series of scenes depicting those accussed of withcraft (featuring a 78-year-old flower seller named Marda Pederson) and her single minded accusers.

Finally, we come to the modern part of the film (Modern being 1920) where the church has now been replaced by psychiatry and demonic possession is replaced by neuroses of various kinds.

Häxan probably seemed so groundbreaking and ahead of its time (it has a rich history of being banned) but at the same time it seems like a bit of an enigma. How do you categorize it? What is the point here? And why did I watch this right after Eraserhead?

Oh, well. Happy Halloween.

MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (1943)

Experimental/Avant Garde Cinema Week Day 7

There are several experimental or avant garde films on the 1001 movie list. In trying to figure out how to deal with them, I decided that the best way for me to handle these often tough nuts to crack is just watch them and try to answer ten basic questions about them on my personally devised standardized test. So let us conclude the films for this week with...

Meshes of the Afternoon

1. What happens?
A flower is placed on a sidewalk and picked up by a young woman. She walks up the steps to her house and goes in after struggling with the key. The house has newspapers on the floor and a loaf of bread on the table with a knife in it. The telephone leading up the stairs is off the hook. She goes up the stairs of her room and sees a phonograph playing. She sits in a chair by the window and falls asleep.

A faceless and shroudded figure walks on the pathway outside the house and the woman attempts to follow her. The woman can't catch the figure and goes back into the house and finds the knife from the bread on the steps leading upstairs. She races up the stairs to find the knife now on her bed and the telephone in her bed and off the hook.

She becomes disoriented before taking the needle off the phongraph. She sees an image of herself sitting in the chair facing the window where she fell asleep! She goes to the window and once again sees the shrouded figure outside and she sees the image of herself once again chasing the shrouded figure.

The shrouded figure goes into the house and one of the representations of the woman follows her. The figure places the flower on the woman's bed as the woman watches.

We witness the cycle of a version of the young woman following the shrouded figure again as the version of the woman inside the house takes the key to the house out of her mouth before it turns into a knife.

The three versions of the woman are now at a table inside the house where the knife turns back into a key.

One of the versions of the woman goes up to another version of the woman in the chair and appears about to stab her. As the woman in the chair reacts, the stabbing version of the woman turns into a man. The man turns away from her and proceeds upstairs and puts a flower on the bed as the woman follows.

They sit on the bed together before the woman grabs the knife and appears to shatter the image of him with the knife handle.

An ocean view is now followed by the same man walking down the path before going into the woman's house. After he enters the house, he sees the woman dead in her chair.

2. Was it heavy? Did it achieve total heaviosity?
Yes, ladies and gentlemen...we have now achieved total heaviosity!

3. What was your favorite part?
Not really one particular part. More of how the entire film fits together.

4. What was your least favorite part?
The fact that the face of the shrouded figure looks a bit like an iron was a little distracting.

5. Did you get it?
I think so. And I've got to declare Meshes of the Afternoon as my favorite of the seven films from Experimental/Avant Garde Cinema Week!

6. Might the viewing experience have been enhanced from either prescription or non-prescription medication of some kind?
I believe with the right medication, you might be tempted to watch this a dozen times or so.

7. What about the sex?
The man and woman sit in the bed together, but anything beyond that is left to the imagination.

8. What about the violence?
The image of the woman at the end was more disturbing because we did not see the violence.

9. Describe this film in one sentence starting with "This is the film that..."
"This is the film that was so hard to describe I typed a 410 word summary for a film that only lasted only 14 minutes."

10. Would you watch it again?
Yes, I would like that.

SALO: OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM (1975)

Experimental/Avant Garde Cinema Week Day 5

There are several experimental or avant garde films on the 1001 movie list. In trying to figure out how to deal with them, I decided that the best way for me to handle these often tough nuts to crack is just watch them and try to answer ten basic questions about them on my personally devised standardized test. So let us continue with a most unpleasant viewing experience...

Salo: or the 120 Days of Sodom 

1. What happens?
We witness a series of acts of total depravity perpetrated by libertine fascists during the waning days of World War II.

2. Was it heavy? Did it achieve total heaviosity?
I suppose you could make a case for this movie saying something about how absolute power corrupts absolutely, but I was too busy being repulsed by the whole thing to notice.

3. What was your favorite part?
The opening credits and theme written presumably by the maestro, Ennio Morricone

4. What was your least favorite part?
Everything that occured after the opening credits and theme written presumably by the maestro, Ennio Morricone

5. Did you get it?
No. And if I did, I wouldn't admit it.

6. Might the viewing experience have been enhanced from either prescription or non-prescription medication of some kind?
No...No...and no.

7. What about the sex?
There's plenty, just nothing remotely enjoyable to see.

8. What about the violence?
More than I care to remember.

9. Describe this film in one sentence starting with "This is the film...
This is the film that no matter how one may feel about it, you should really be sickened by it.

10. Would you watch it again?
Only if I'm tied to a chair and my eyes are pried open like Alex in A Clockwork Orange.

HEAVEN AND EARTH MAGIC (1962)

Experimental/Avant Garde Cinema Week Day 5

There are several experimental or avant garde films on the 1001 movie list. In trying to figure out how to deal with them, I decided that the best way for me to handle these often tough nuts to crack is just watch them and try to answer ten basic questions about them on my personally devised standardized test. So let us continue with...

Heaven and Earth Magic

1. What happens?
A series of cut-out animation images come and go throughout the length of the film. Some of the images seem related. Some seem arbitrary.

2. Was it heavy? Did it achieve total heaviosity?
I will yield the answer to this to question number 6.

3. What was your favorite part?
I thought the cut-out animation presented during the beginning was a clever way to open a film.

4. What was your least favorite part?
When I realized that the cut-animation that opened the film was actually going to go on for the entire film.

5. Did you get it?
Once again, I will yield to question number 6.

6. Might the viewing experience have been enhanced from either prescription or non-prescription medication of some kind?
Let me put it this way. During my 66 minute viewing, I was often bored or distracted. However, with the right type of medicinal enhancement, this film might look like freakin' Citizen Kane to me! Oh, Heaven and Earth Magic! Why couldn't I have seen you in 1988?

7. What about the sex?
Not much definable in the way of sex.

8. What about the violence?
Not much definable in the way of violence.
No sex? No violence? Why, it's an avant-garde film for the entire family!

9. Describe this film in one sentence starting with "This is the film..."
"This is the film that you really shouldn't see straight."

10. Would you watch it again?
As soon as they perfect a Wayback Machine and I can get back to 1988.

HOLD ME WHILE I'M NAKED (1966)

Experimental/Avant Garde Cinema Week Day 4

There are several experimental or avant garde films on the 1001 movie list. In trying to figure out how to deal with them, I decided that the best way for me to handle these often tough nuts to crack is just watch them and try to answer ten basic questions about them on my personally devised standardized test. So let us continue with...

Hold Me While I'm Naked

1. What happens?
A filmmaker is making a movie and seems quite content with his finished product. However, some of his cast memembers are not so happy. One of his actresses thinks that he is filming her without clothes too much and quits. The filmmaker goes home and takes a shower before his mother makes him lunch.

2. Was it heavy? Did it achieve total heaviosity?
There was some heaviness to it, though I didn't have much trouble lifting it.

3. What was your favorite part?
(Tie) Naked blonde in the shower
or
Filmmaker's mother cooks him lunch

4. What was your least favorite part?
Felt sorry that a bird died.

5. Did you get it?
I think so.

6. Might the viewing experience have been enhanced from either prescription or non-prescription medication of some kind?
Possibly, though the jury is still out on that one.

7. What about the sex?
Shots of boobs in the shower (not in the shower of the filmmaker) and behind stained glass.

8. What about the violence?
Nothing other than the bird dying.

9. Describe this film in one sentence starting with "This is the film..."
"This is the film where a visionary tries to make a profound artistic statement, yet the essence of his dreams remain ultimately unfulfilled"
or
"This is the film where there are several good boob shots in the shower!"
(Choice of description dependent on who I'm talking too)

10. Would you watch it again?
I watched it again already. And you may think it was just because of the boob shots in the shower, but I was really just trying to get more meaning out of it...I'm serious!

WAVELENGTH (1967)

Experimental/Avant Garde Cinema Week Day 3

There are several experimental or avant garde films on the 1001 movie list. In trying to figure out how to deal with them, I decided that the best way for me to handle these often tough nuts to crack is just watch them and try to answer ten basic questions about them on my personally devised standardized test. So let us continue with...

Wavelength

1. What happens?
We see a room. It appears to be a business of some kind which overlooks a fairly busy city street. There is a chair, a desk, a phone and a few pictures in the room. A couple of girls wander in and listen to "Strawberry Fields Forever." The room changes intermittently between light and shadow, between silence and a loud buzzing. There appears to be a man die at some point and a woman comes in a few minutes later and calls the authorities. We conclude by coming to a close-up picture of the ocean which the viewer appears to be taken into it.

2. Was it heavy? Did it achieve total heaviosity?
Few are heavier.

3. What was your favorite part?
The woman that called the police did break up the monotony of staring at the wall for the last ten minutes, though I also liked the "Strawberry Fields Forever" interlude.

4. What was your least favorite part?
I could only take so much of that buzzing sound.

5. Did you get it?
Sometimes yes, sometimes not so much.

6. Might the viewing experience have been enhanced from either prescription or non-prescription medication of some kind?
Without question

7. What about the sex?
The woman that called the police, I imagine being sexy in a goth kind of way. Didn't really get a good look at her though.

8. What about the violence?
A guy appears to be killed. How and why is up to your imagination. I admit I kind of like that.

9. Describe this film in one sentence starting with "This is the film..."
This is the film where nothing much happens for long periods of time, though if you were to argue that by nothing happening, many things happen really are happening, I would't try to argue with you.

10. Would you watch it again?
I might. Maybe after a fast so my head will be clear of my preconceived bourgeois ideas of what a proper narrative should be.

SCORPIO RISING (1964)

Experimental/Avant Garde Cinema Week Day 2

There are several experimental or avant garde films on the 1001 movie list. In trying to figure out how to deal with them, I decided that the best way for me to handle these often tough nuts to crack is just watch them and try to answer ten basic questions about them on my personally devised standardized test. So let us continue with...

Scorpio Rising

1. What happens?
Well, there's this guy working on his motorbike. He seems to like James Dean, Marlon Bradon, skulls, tatoos, cigarettes and...leather...and chains. We see his friends, who also like leather quite a bit... Well, that was an interesting shot they just showed! Then the friends take the motorbikes to a party. Doesn't seem to be many women at the party, but all appear to be having a good time!... Oh, dear...why did they do that? And we see a motorcycle race, interspresed with a film about, uh...Jesus. I mean that literally. Interspersed with a film about Jesus!

Oh, my. Then there's a Nazi chess board..and uh, did I mention that there were 50's and 60's tunes like "Devil in Disguise," "My Boyfriend's Back," "Heatwave," and "Wipeout," playing throughout?

2. Was it heavy? Did it achieve total heaviosity?
It was heavy, though did not achieve total heaviosity.

3. What was your favorite part?
As I mentioned, the musical choices were very good.

4. What was your least favorite part?
I guess I would say all the shirtless leather boys, but I'm just so damn open minded I only had to use the skip ahead on this video three times!

5. Did you get it?
I think so. Wait, I'm not supposed to get it. I'm changing my response to no. Final answer.

6. Might the viewing experience have been enhanced from either prescription or non-prescription medication of some kind?
No, not this time.

7. What about the sex?
There was plenty of underlying sex here. It's just not sex for my team. But you know, everything can't be Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS!

8. What about the violence?
There are a few things happening which you might want to label as violence, but the victims don't seem to be very unhappy about it.

9. Describe this film in one sentence starting with "This is the film..."
"This is the film where these guys like leather and chains and they are into motorcycles and"...on second thought, I probably wouldn't describe this movie.

10. Would you watch it again?
Probably not. But it did make we want to listen to some more Fifties and Sixties tunes!

AN ANDALUSIAN DOG (1928, FRANCE)

Experimental/Avant Garde Cinema Week Day 1

There are several experimental or avant garde films on the 1001 movie list. In trying to figure out how to deal with them, I decided that the best way for me to handle these often tough nuts to crack is just watch them and try to answer ten basic questions about them on my personally devised standardized test. So let us now begin with...

An Andalusian Dog

1. What happens?
This guy sharpens a straight razor and slices into the eyeball of this woman. Then we see another guy in female attire riding a bicycle who falls down on a curb. Then we see yet another guy with ants crawling on his hand. And this other guy (or is it a different guy?) gropes a woman's breast and buttocks. Then he begins pulling a piano with a deer and a couple of clerics on it. A lady gets run over by a car. And then we see the two main characters buried in the sand. I may have missed a few details here and there.

2. Was it heavy? Did it achieve total heaviosity?
Yes, it was very heavy and coming to a Film Studies 101 class near you.

3. What was your favorite part?
I suppose the dragging the piano weighed down by clerics scene if I had to choose one.

4. What was your least favorite part?
I suppose the dragging the piano weighed down by a dead deer scene if I had to choose one.

5. Did you get it?
Yes, I got it. Well, maybe not. Can I get back to you on that one?

6. Might the viewing experience have been enhanced from either prescription or non-prescription medication of some kind?
Absolutely

7. What about the sex?
I repeat there was a scene where we see excessive groping of breasts and buttocks.

8. What about the violence?
Eyeball slicing. Hit by car. Oh, and I forgot to mention a guy gets shot dozens of times. I'm not sure if he dies or not or just turns into a deer weighing down a piano that someone is trying to drag.

9. Describe this film in one sentence starting with "This is the film..."
"This is the film where they slice the eyeball and then the director successfully makes a film that intentionally makes no sense at all."

10. Would you watch it again?
I'm sure I will if I ever decide to take another Film Studies class.

CHARIOTS OF FIRE (1981, GREAT BRITAIN)

* This post really has nothing to do with Chariots of Fire, I just needed a blog heading.







The 2013 edition of the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die book is finally out and this time lists a whopping 50 (give or take a couple) titles! Like it's not taking long enough for me to finish as is! Anyway, I thought it was a good time to check on my progress.











The new list of 50 includes:

Movies I've seen before and looks like I've now got to watch again
1. The Towering Inferno
2. RoboCop
3. Local Hero
4. Bowling for Columbine
5. Dead Ringers
6. The Devils
7. Wall Street
8. Mary Poppins
9. Oklahoma!
10. Field of Dreams

Movies I've heard of but have never seen
1. Summer with Monika
2. Cabin in the Woods
3. The Draughtsman's Contract
4. The Exterminating Angel
5. F for Fake
6. The Hired Hand
7. Osama
8. Mrs. Miniver
9. Skyfall
10. Some Came Running

And movies I don't know from Adam
1. Distant Voices, Still Lives
2. Diva
3. Elephant
4. Fireworks
5. Limite
6. A Throw of the Dice
7. The Adventures of Prince Achmed
8. The Goddess
9. Sleeping Dogs
10. The Consequences of Love

I could get into the relative merits of what has been added and taken away from the new 1001 list, but that's a discussion for another day.

I've counted the films I've seen since this blog began and numbered them on this list. At 535 films seen, I'm still not even half way to the end (which is now 1152!), but 46% of the movies down...that's further than I thought I would get. No reason for me to stop (other than my sanity, job, marriage, family and physical well-being) now.

Movies seen since blog began
1. A Trip to the Moon (1902) 1
2. The Great Train Robbery (1903) 2
3. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
4. Les Vampires (1915)
5. Intolerance (1916)
6. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919)
7. Broken Blossoms (1919)
8. Way Down East (1920)
9. Within Our Gates (1920)
10. The Phantom Carriage (1921)
11. Orphans of the Storm (1921)
12. The Smiling Madame Beudet (1922)
13. Dr. Mabuse, Parts 1 and 2 (1922)
14. Nanook of the North (1922)
15. Nosferatu, A Symphony of Terror(1922) 3
16. Haxan (1923) 4
17. Foolish Wives (1922)
18. Our Hospitality (1923) 5
19. The Wheel (1923)
20. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
21. Strike (1924)
22. Greed (1924)
23. Sherlock, Jr. (1924) 6
24. The Last Laugh (1924)
25. The Great White Silence (1925)
26. Seven Chances (1925) 7
27. The Phantom of the Opera (1925) 8
28. The Battleship Potemkin (1925)
29. The Gold Rush (1925) 9
30. The Big Parade (1925)
31. The Eagle (1925)
32. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
33. Metropolis (1927) 10
34. Sunrise (1927)
35. The General (1927) 11
36. The Unknown (1927) 12
37. October (1927)
38. The Jazz Singer (1927)
39. Napoleon (1927)
40. The Kid Brother (1927) 13
41. The Crowd (1928)
42. The Docks of New York (1928)
43. An Andalusian Dog (1928) 14
44. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
45. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) 15
46. Storm over Asia (1928)
47. Blackmail (1929) 16
48. The Man with the Movie Camera (1929)
49. Pandora's Box (1929) 17
50. A Throw of Dice (1929)
51. The Blue Angel (1930)
52. The Age Of Gold (1930)
53. Earth (1930)
54. Little Caesar (1930) 18
55. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
56. Freedom For Us (1931) 19
57. The Million (1931) 20
58. Tabu (1931)
59. Dracula (1931) 21
60. Frankenstein (1931) 22
61. City Lights (1931) 23
62. The Public Enemy (1931) 24
63. M (1931) 25
64. The Bitch (1931)
65. Limite (1931)
66. Vampyr (1932) 26
67. Love Me Tonight (1932) 27
68. Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
69. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
70. Trouble in Paradise (1932)
71. Scarface: The Shame Of A Nation (1932) 28
72. Shanghai Express (1932)
73. Freaks (1932) 29
74. Me and My Gal (1932)
75. Zero for Conduct (1933)
76. 42nd Street (1933) 30
77. Footlight Parade (1933) 31
78. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) 32
79. She Done Him Wrong (1933) 33
80. Duck Soup (1933) 34
81. Queen Christina (1933)
82. Land Without Bread (1933)
83. King Kong (1933) 35
84. The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
85. Sons of the Desert (1933) 36
86. It's a Gift (1934) 37
87. Triumph of the Will (1934)
88. L'Atalante (1934) 38
89. The Black Cat (1934)
90. Judge Priest (1934) 39
91. It Happened One Night (1934)
92. The Thin Man (1934) 40
93. The Goddess (1934)
94. Captain Blood (1935) 41
95. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) 42
96. A Night at the Opera (1935)
97. The 39 Steps (1935) 43
98. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 44
99. Top Hat (1935) 45
100. Peter Ibbertson (1935)
101. A Day in the Country (1936)
102. Modern Times (1936)
103. Swing Time (1936) 46
104. My Man Godfrey (1936) 47
105. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
106. Camille (1936) 48
107. Sabotage (1936) 49
108. Dodsworth (1936) 50
109. Things to Come (1936)
110. The Story of a Cheat (1936)
111. Captains Courageous (1937) 51
112. Midnight Song (1937)
113. Grand Illusion (1937) 52
114. Stella Dallas (1937)
115. The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
116. Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
117. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 53
118. The Awful Truth (1937) 54
119. Pepe Le Moko (1937) 55
120. Jezebel (1938)
121. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 56
122. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
123. Olympia (1938)
124. The Baker's Wife (1938)
125. Bringing Up Baby (1938) 57
126. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
127. Stagecoach (1939) 58
128. The Story of the Late Chrysanthemums (1939)
129. Babes in Arms (1939)
130. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 59
131. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 60
132. Destry Rides Again (1939)
133. Only Angels Have Wings (1939) 61
134. Gone With the Wind (1939) 62
135. Daybreak (1939)
136. Gunga Din (1939) 63
137. Ninotchka (1939) 64
138. The Rules of the Game (1939)
139. Wuthering Heights (1939)
140. His Girl Friday (1940) 65
141. Rebecca (1940) 66
142. Fantasia (1940) 67
143. The Philadelphia Story (1940) 68
144. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 69
145. Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) 70
146. Pinocchio (1940) 71
147. The Mortal Storm (1940)
148. The Bank Dick (1940) 72
149. Citizen Kane (1941) 73
150. The Lady Eve (1941) 74
151. The Wolf Man (1941)
152. The Maltese Falcon (1941) 75
153. Sergeant York (1941)
154. Dumbo (1941)
155. High Sierra (1941) 76
156. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
157. How Green Was My Valley (1941) 77
158. The Palm Beach Story (1942) 78
159. Now, Voyager (1942) 79
160. Casablanca (1942) 80
161. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
162. Cat People (1942)
163. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
164. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) 81
165. Mrs. Miniver (1942)
166. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) 82
167. Fires Were Started (1943)
168. The Man in Grey (1943)
169. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
170. I Walked with a Zombie (1943) 83
171. The Seventh Victim (1943)
172. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) 84
173. Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 85
174. Ossessione (1943)
175. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
176. To Have and Have Not (1944) 86
177. Laura (1944) 87
178. Gaslight (1944) 88
179. Henry V (1944)
180. Ivan the Terrible, Parts One and Two (1944)
181. Double Indemnity (1944) 89
182. Murder, My Sweet (1944)
183. The Battle of San Pietro (1945)
184. Spellbound (1945)
185. Mildred Pierce (1945) 90
186. The Children of Paradise (1945) 91
187. Open City (1945) 92
188. The Lost Weekend (1945)
189. Detour (1945) 93
190. I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
191. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 94
192. Brief Encounter (1946) 95
193. Paisan (1946)
194. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) 96
195. My Darling Clementine (1946) 97
196. The Stranger (1946) 98
197. Beauty and the Beast (1946) 99
198. The Big Sleep (1946) 100
199. The Killers (1946) 101
200. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
201. Great Expectations (1946) 102
202. Notorious (1946) 103
203. Black Narcissus (1946) 104
204. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 105
205. Gilda (1946) 106
206. Monsieur Verdoux (1947) 107
207. Out of the Past (1947)
208. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) 108
209. Odd Man Out (1947)
210. The Bicycle Thief (1948) 109
211. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
212. Secret Beyond the Door (1948)
213. Force of Evil (1948)
214. Spring in a Small Town (1948)
215. Red River (1948)
216. Rope (1948) 110
217. The Snake Pit (1948) 111
218. The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
219. The Paleface (1948) 112
220. The Red Shoes (1948) 113
221. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 114
222. Louisiana Story (1948)
223. The Heiress (1949)
224. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 115
225. Gun Crazy (1949)
226. Adam's Rib (1949) 116
227. Whiskey Galore! (1949)
228. White Heat (1949)
229. The Reckless Moment (1949)
230. The Third Man (1949) 117
231. On the Town (1949) 118
232. Orpheus (1949)
233. The Asphalt Jungle (1950) 119
234. Rashomon (1950)
235. Winchester '73 (1950) 120
236. Rio Grande (1950) 121
237. All About Eve (1950)
238. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
239. Los Olvidados (1950)
240. In a Lonely Place (1950)
241. Ace in the Hole (1951)
242. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 122
243. Strangers on a Train (1951) 123
244. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) 124
245. Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)
246. The African Queen (1951) 125
247. Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
248. An American in Paris (1951) 126
249. A Place in the Sun (1951)
250. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 127
251. The Quiet Man (1952)
252. Forbidden Games (1952) 128
253. Angel Face (1952)
254. Singin' in the Rain (1952) 129
255. Ikiru (1952)
256. Europa '51 (1952)
257. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
258. The Big Sky (1952)
259. High Noon (1952) 130
260. Umberto D (1952)
261. The Golden Coach (1952)
262. The Bigamist (1953)
263. The Band Wagon (1953) 131
264. Madame De… (1953)
265. From Here to Eternity (1953)
266. Tokyo Story (1953) 132
267. Roman Holiday (1953) 133
268. Wages of Fear (1953) 134
269. The Naked Spur (1953) 135
270. Pickup on South Street (1953) 136
271. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) 137
272. The Big Heat (1953) 138
273. Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953) 139
274. Voyage in Italy (1953)
275. Tales of Ugetsu (1953) 140
276. Shane (1953) 141
277. Beat the Devil (1953) 142
278. Summer with Monika (1953)
279. Johnny Guitar (1954)
280. On the Waterfront (1954)
281. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) 143
282. Les Diaboliques (1954) 144
283. Animal Farm (1954) 145
284. Rear Window (1954) 146
285. A Star Is Born (1954)
286. The Barefoot Contessa (1954) 147
287. The Road (1954) 148
288. The Seven Samurai (1954)
289. The Wanton Countess (1954)
290. Silver Lode (1954)
291. Carmen Jones (1954) 149
292. Sansho the Baliff (1954) 150
293. Salt of the Earth (1954)
294. Artists and Models (1955)
295. Guys and Dolls (1955) 151
296. Pather Panchali (1955)
297. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) 152
298. The Mad Masters (1955)
299. Hill 24 Doesn’t Answer (1955)
300. The Ladykillers (1955) 153
301. Marty (1955) 154
302. Ordet (1955) 155
303. Bob the Gambler (1955) 156
304. Kiss Me Deadly (1955) 157
305. The Man from Laramie (1955)
306. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
307. The Phenix City Story (1955)
308. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) 158
309. Night and Fog (1955)
310. The Night of the Hunter (1955) 159
311. The Sins of Lola Montes (1955)
312. The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
313. Oklahoma! (1955)
314. Forbidden Planet (1956) 160
315. The Burmese Harp (1956) 161
316. The Searchers (1956) 162
317. A Man Escaped (1956) 163
318. Written on the Wind (1956)
319. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) 164
320. Giant (1956)
321. All That Heaven Allows (1956) 165
322. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) 166
323. The Wrong Man (1956)
324. Bigger Than Life (1956)
325. High Society (1956)
326. The Ten Commandments (1956)
327. 12 Angry Men (1957)
328. The Seventh Seal (1957) 167
329. An Affair to Remember (1957) 168
330. Wild Strawberries (1957) 169
331. The Nights of Cabiria (1957)
332. Throne of Blood (1957) 170
333. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
334. The Unvanquished (1957)
335. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
336. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 171
337. Mother India (1957)
338. The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
339. Paths of Glory (1957) 172
340. Sweet Smell of Success (1957) 173
341. Man of the West (1958) 174
342. Touch of Evil (1958)
343. Cairo Station (1958) 175
344. Gigi (1958) 176
345. The Defiant Ones (1958) 177
346. Vertigo (1958) 178
347. Ashes and Diamonds (1958) 179
348. Horror of Dracula (1958) 180
349. My Uncle (1958)
350. The Music Room (1958)
351. Some Came Running (1958)
352. The 400 Blows (1959) 181
353. North by Northwest (1959) 182
354. Some Like It Hot (1959) 183
355. Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 184
356. Eyes without a Face (1959) 185
357. Ride Lonesome (1959) 186
358. Black Orpheus (1959) 187
359. Shadows (1959) 188
360. The World of Apu (1959)
361. Breathless (1959) 189
362. Ben-Hur (1959)
363. Pickpocket (1959)
364. Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) 190
365. Rio Bravo (1959) 191
366. The Hole (1959)
367. Floating Weeds (1959) 192
368. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
369. La Dolce Vita (1960)
370. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
371. Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
372. The Adventure (1960) 193
373. The Young One (1960)
374. The Cloud-Capped Star (1960)
375. The Housemaid (1960)
376. Psycho (1960) 194
377. Revenge of the Vampire / Black Sunday (1960)
378. Peeping Tom (1960) 195
379. The Apartment (1960)
380. Spartacus (1960) 196
381. Splendor in the Grass (1961)
382. Last Year at Marienbad (1961) 197
383. The Pier (1961)
384. One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
385. Lola (1961)
386. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) 198
387. The Night (1961)
388. Jules and Jim (1961)
389. Viridiana (1961)
390. The Ladies Man (1961)
391. Through a Glass Darkly (1961) 199
392. Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
393. The Hustler (1961)
394. West Side Story (1961) 200
395. The Exiles (1961)
396. A Dog's Life (1962)
397. Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
398. Dog Star Man (1962)
399. An Autumn Afternoon (1962) 201
400. The Eclipse (1962)
401. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
402. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 202
403. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
404. Lolita (1962) 203
405. Keeper of Promises (1962)
406. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 204
407. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) 205
408. My Life to Live (1962) 206
409. Heaven and Earth Magic (1962) 207
410. The Exterminating Angel (1962)
411. The Birds (1963) 208
412. The Nutty Professor (1963)
413. Blonde Cobra (1963)
414. The Cool World (1963)
415. 8 1/2 (1963) 209
416. Passenger (1963)
417. Contempt (1963) 210
418. Hud (1963)
419. Winter Light (1963) 211
420. Flaming Creatures (1963)
421. The Great Escape (1963)
422. Shock Corridor (1963) 212
423. The Leopard (1963) 213
424. Barren Lives (1963)
425. Mediteranee (1963)
426. The House is Black (1963)
427. The Haunting (1963) 214
428. An Actor's Revenge (1963)
429. The Servant (1963)
430. Goldfinger (1964)
431. Scorpio Rising (1964) 215
432. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) 216
433. Marnie (1964) 217
434. My Fair Lady (1964) 218
435. Woman in the Dunes (1964) 219
436. Dr. Strangelove (1964) 220
437. A Hard Day's Night (1964) 221
438. The Red Desert (1964)
439. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1964) 222
440. The Masque of the Red Death (1964) 223
441. Before the Revolution (1964)
442. Gertrud (1964) 224
443. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
444. Black God, White Devil (1964)
445. The Demon (1964)
446. Mary Poppins (1964)
447. Vinyl (1965)
448. The Shop on Main Street (1965) 225
449. Doctor Zhivago (1965) 226
450. The War Game (1965)
451. Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
452. The Battle of Algiers (1965) 227
453. The Sound of Music (1965)
454. The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
455. Alphaville (1965) 228
456. Chimes at Midnight (1965)
457. Repulsion (1965) 229
458. Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
459. Pierrot Goes Wild (1965) 230
460. Faster, Pussy Cat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
461. Golden River (1965)
462. The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short (1965)
463. Hold Me While I'm Naked (1966) 231
464. Blowup (1966)
465. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) 232
466. Daisies (1966)
467. Come Drink with Me (1966)
468. Seconds (1966)
469. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
470. Persona (1966) 233
471. Masculine-Feminine (1966) 234
472. Balthazar (1966) 235
473. In the Heat of the Night (1967) 236
474. Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1967) 237
475. The Graduate (1967) 238
476. Playtime (1967) 239
477. Report (1967)
478. Hombre (1967) 240
479. Belle de Jour (1967)
480. The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
481. Week End (1967) 241
482. Le Samourai (1967) 242
483. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
484. Point Blank (1967) 243
485. Wavelength (1967) 244
486. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 245
487. The Red and the White (1967)
488. Marketa Lazarova (1967)
489. The Jungle Book (1967)
490. The Fireman's Ball (1967)
491. Earth Entranced (1967)
492. Closely Watched Trains (1967) 246
493. Vij (1967)
494. The Cow (1968)
495. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) 247
496. Planet of the Apes (1968) 248
497. Faces (1968)
498. Rosemary's Baby (1968) 249
499. If… (1968)
500. Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
501. The Producers (1968) 250
502. David Holzman's Diary (1968)
503. Shame (1968) 251
504. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 252
505. Hour of the Wolf (1968) 253
506. Targets (1968) 254
507. Night of the Living Dead (1968) 255
508. My Night with Maud (1969)
509. Lucia (1969)
510. A Touch of Zen (1969)
511. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 256
512. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
513. Satyricon (1969) 257
514. Z (1969) 258
515. The Conformist (1969)
516. Easy Rider (1969) 259
517. High School (1969)
518. In the Year of the Pig (1969)
519. The Wild Bunch (1969) 260
520. Andrei Rublev (1969)
521. The Butcher (1969) 261
522. The Color of Pomegranates (1969) 262
523. Kes (1969)
524. Tristana (1970)
525. Five Easy Pieces (1970) 263
526. El Topo (1970)
527. Woodstock (1970)
528. Deep End (1970)
529. The Spider's Stratagem (1970)
530. Little Big Man (1970) 264
531. The Ear (1970)
532. Patton (1970)
533. M*A*S*H (1970) 265
534. Performance (1970)
535. Gimme Shelter (1970)
536. Zabriskie Point (1970)
537. The Bird with The Crystal Plumage (1970)
538. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
539. Wanda (1971)
540. W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (1971)
541. A Clockwork Orange (1971) 266
542. The Sorrow and the Pity (1971)
543. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) 267
544. McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) 268
545. Walkabout (1971) 269
546. Klute (1971) 270
547. Harold and Maude (1971) 271
548. Red Psalm (1971)
549. Get Carter (1971)
550. The French Connection (1971) 272
551. Shaft (1971) 273
552. Dirty Harry (1971) 274
553. Murmur of the Heart (1971)
554. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
555. The Last Picture Show (1971) 275
556. Straw Dogs (1971)
557. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
558. The Devils (1971)
559. The Hired Hand (1971)
560. Wake in Fright (1971)
561. The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
562. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
563. Cabaret (1972) 276
564. Last Tango in Paris (1972)
565. High Plains Drifter (1972) 277
566. Sleuth (1972)
567. Deliverance (1972) 278
568. Solaris (1972) 279
569. The Godfather (1972) 280
570. Cries and Whispers (1972) 281
571. Fat City (1972)
572. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
573. The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (1972)
574. Frenzy (1972)
575. Pink Flamingos (1972)
576. Superfly (1972)
577. The Sting (1973) 282
578. The Mother and the Whore (1973)
579. Badlands (1973) 283
580. American Graffiti (1973) 284
581. Papillon (1973)
582. Enter the Dragon (1973) 285
583. Mean Streets (1973) 286
584. The Long Goodbye (1973)
585. The Wicker Man (1973)
586. Day for Night (1973) 287
587. Don't Look Now (1973) 288
588. Sleeper (1973) 289
589. Serpico (1973) 290
590. The Exorcist (1973) 291
591. Turkish Delight (1973)
592. The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
593. Fantastic Planet (1973) 292
594. Amarcord (1973)
595. The Harder They Come (1973) 293
596. F is for Fright (1973)
597. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
598. Dersu Uzala (1974)
599. The Conversation (1974) 294
600. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
601. The Mirror (1974)
602. A Woman Under the Influence (1974) 295
603. Young Frankenstein (1974) 296
604. Chinatown (1974) 297
605. Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
606. Blazing Saddles (1974) 298
607. The Godfather Part II (1974) 299
608. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) 300
609. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) 301
610. The Towering Inferno (1974)
611. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 302
612. One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 303
613. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
614. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) 304
615. The Wall (1975)
616. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 305
617. Barry Lyndon (1975) 306
618. Fox and His Friends (1975)
619. India Song (1975)
620. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
621. Manila in the Claws of Brightness (1975)
622. Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) 307
623. Nashville (1975) 308
624. Cria! (1975)
625. The Travelling Players (1975)
626. Jaws (1975) 309
627. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
628. Carrie (1976) 310
629. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) 311
630. All the President's Men (1976) 312
631. Rocky (1976) 313
632. Taxi Driver (1976) 314
633. Network (1976) 315
634. Ascent (1976)
635. In the Realm of the Senses (1976) 316
636. 1900 (1976)
637. The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) 317
638. Star Wars (1977) 318
639. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 319
640. The Last Wave (1977)
641. Annie Hall (1977) 320
642. Last Chants for a Slow Dance (1977)
643. Stroszek (1977)
644. Man of Marble (1977)
645. Saturday Night Fever (1977) 321
646. Killer of Sheep (1977)
647. Eraserhead (1977) 322
648. Ceddo (1977)
649. The American Friend (1977)
650. The Hills Have Eyes (1977) 323
651. Soldier of Orange (1977)
652. Suspiria (1977)
653. Sleeping Dogs (1977)
654. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
655. Five Deadly Venoms (1978)
656. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
657. The Deer Hunter (1978) 324
658. Grease (1978) 325
659. Days of Heaven (1978) 326
660. Dawn of the Dead (1978) 327
661. Shaolin Master Killer (1978)
662. Up in Smoke (1978)
663. Halloween (1978) 328
664. The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
665. Real Life (1979)
666. My Brilliant Career (1979) 329
667. Stalker (1979)
668. Alien (1979) 330
669. Breaking Away (1979)
670. The Tin Drum (1979)
671. All That Jazz (1979) 331
672. Being There (1979) 332
673. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) 333
674. Life of Brian (1979) 334
675. Apocalypse Now (1979) 335
676. The Jerk (1979)
677. The Muppet Movie (1979)
678. Manhattan (1979) 336
679. Mad Max (1979) 337
680. Nosferatu: Phantom Of The Night (1979)
681. Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
682. Ordinary People (1980) 338
683. Atlantic City (1980) 339
684. The Last Metro (1980)
685. The Shining (1980) 340
686. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 341
687. The Elephant Man (1980)
688. The Big Red One (1980) 342
689. Loulou (1980)
690. Airplane! (1980) 343
691. Raging Bull (1980) 344
692. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 345
693. Das Boot (1981) 346
694. Gallipoli (1981) 347
695. Chariots of Fire (1981) 348
696. Body Heat (1981) 349
697. Reds (1981)
698. An American Werewolf in London (1981) 350
699. Three Brothers (1981)
700. Man of Iron (1981)
701. Too Early, Too Late (1981)
702. Diva (1981)
703. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
704. E.T.: The Extra-Terestrial (1982)
705. The Thing (1982)
706. Poltergeist (1982)
707. Blade Runner (1982)
708. The Evil Dead (1982) 351
709. Tootsie (1982)
710. Yol (1982)
711. Diner (1982)
712. Fitzcaraldo (1982) 352
713. Gandhi (1982)
714. The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
715. A Question of Silence (1982)
716. Fanny and Alexander (1982) 353
717. The Draughtsman’s Contract (1982)
718. A Christmas Story (1983) 354
719. El Norte (1983)
720. Videodrome (1983)
721. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 355
722. The Big Chill (1983)
723. Sunless (1983)
724. The Last Battle (1983)
725. Money (1983)
726. Utu (1983)
727. Terms of Endearment (1983) 356
728. The Fourth Man (1983)
729. The King of Comedy (1983)
730. The Right Stuff (1983)
731. Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
732. Once Upon a Time in America (1983)
733. Scarface (1983)
734. The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
735. Local Hero (1983)
736. Amadeus (1984) 357
737. The Terminator (1984) 358
738. Paris, Texas (1984)
739. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) 359
740. This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 360
741. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
742. Ghostbusters (1984)
743. A Passage to India (1984)
744. Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
745. The Killing Fields (1984)
746. The Natural (1984)
747. The Breakfast Club (1985) 361
748. Ran (1985) 362
749. Come and See (1985)
750. The Official Story (1985)
751. Out of Africa (1985) 363
752. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) 364
753. Back to the Future (1985) 365
754. The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985)
755. Brazil (1985) 366
756. Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
757. The Quiet Earth (1985) 367
758. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
759. Prizzi's Honor (1985) 368
760. Vagabond (1985)
761. Shoah (1985)
762. The Color Purple (1985) 369
763. Manhunter (1986) 370
764. Stand By Me (1986)
765. Blue Velvet (1986) 371
766. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
767. She's Gotta Have It (1986)
768. The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
769. The Fly (1986) 372
770. Aliens (1986) 373
771. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) 374
772. Down by Law (1986)
773. A Room with a View (1986) 375
774. Children of a Lesser God (1986)
775. Platoon (1986)
776. Caravaggio (1986)
777. Tampopo (1986)
778. Peking Opera Blues (1986)
779. Salvador (1986)
780. Top Gun (1986) 376
781. Sherman's March (1986) 377
782. The Horse Thief (1986)
783. Brightness (1987)
784. Wings of Desire (1987)
785. Project A, Part II (1987)
786. Babette's Feast (1987) 378
787. Raising Arizona (1987)
788. Full Metal Jacket (1987) 379
789. Withnail and I (1987)
790. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
791. Goodbye Children (1987)
792. Broadcast News (1987)
793. Housekeeping (1987)
794. The Princess Bride (1987) 380
795. Moonstruck (1987)
796. The Untouchables (1987) 381
797. Red Sorghum (1987) 382
798. The Dead (1987) 383
799. Fatal Attraction (1987)
800. A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
801. Wall Street (1987)
802. RoboCop (1987)
803. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) 384
804. The Vanishing (1988)
805. Bull Durham (1988)
806. Ariel (1988)
807. The Thin Blue Line (1988) 385
808. Akira (1988)
809. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
810. Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988)
811. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
812. The Naked Gun (1988) 386
813. Big (1988)
814. Dangerous Liaisons (1988) 387
815. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) 388
816. Landscape in the Mist (1988) 389
817. The Decalogue (1988)
818. Die Hard (1988)
819. A Tale of the Wind (1988)
820. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) 390
821. Rain Man (1988)
822. The Story of Women (1988)
823. The Accidental Tourist (1988)
824. Alice (1988)
825. Dead Ringers (1988)
826. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
827. Batman (1989) 391
828. When Harry Met Sally (1989) 392
829. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
830. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989)
831. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
832. My Left Foot (1989)
833. The Killer (1989)
834. Do the Right Thing (1989) 393
835. Roger & Me (1989)
836. Glory (1989)
837. The Asthenic Syndrome (1989)
838. Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989)
839. Say Anything (1989) 394
840. The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
841. A City of Sadness (1989)
842. Field of Dreams (1989)
843. No Fear, No Die (1990)
844. Reversal of Fortune (1990)
845. Goodfellas (1990)
846. Jacob's Ladder (1990)
847. King of New York (1990)
848. Dances with Wolves (1990) 395
849. Europa Europa (1990)
850. Pretty Woman (1990) 396
851. Archangel (1990)
852. Trust (1990)
853. Close-Up (1990) 397
854. Edward Scissorhands (1990) 398
855. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1990)
856. Total Recall (1990) 399
857. Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
858. Boyz 'n the Hood (1991)
859. Raise the Red Lantern (1991) 400
860. Delicatessen (1991) 401
861. A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
862. Naked Lunch (1991)
863. The Beautiful Troublemaker (1991) 402
864. The Rapture (1991)
865. My Own Private Idaho (1991)
866. Thelma & Louise (1991)
867. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 403
868. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 404
869. JFK (1991) 405
870. Slacker (1991)
871. Tongues Untied (1991)
872. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991) 406
873. The Double Life of Veronique (1991) 407
874. Strictly Ballroom (1992) 408
875. The Player (1992) 409
876. Reservoir Dogs (1992) 410
877. Romper Stomper (1992)
878. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
879. Unforgiven (1992) 411
880. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
881. Candy Man (1992)
882. A Tale of Winter (1992)
883. Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1992)
884. The Crying Game (1992)
885. Man Bites Dog (1992)
886. The Actress (1992)
887. Farewell My Concubine (1993)
888. Thirty Two Films about Glenn Gould (1993)
889. Groundhog Day (1993)
890. Short Cuts (1993)
891. Philadelphia (1993) 412
892. Jurassic Park (1993)
893. The Age of Innocence (1993)
894. The Puppetmaster (1993)
895. Schindler's List (1993) 413
896. Three Colors: Blue (1993) 414
897. The Piano (1993) 415
898. The Blue Kite (1993)
899. The Wedding Banquet (1993)
900. Three Colors: Red (1994) 416
901. Hoop Dreams (1994)
902. Forrest Gump (1994) 417
903. Clerks (1994) 418
904. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) 419
905. The Lion King (1994) 420
906. Satantango (1994)
907. Natural Born Killers (1994)
908. The Last Seduction (1994)
909. Pulp Fiction (1994) 421
910. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
911. The Wild Reeds (1994)
912. Chungking Express (1994) 422
913. Crumb (1994) 423
914. Heavenly Creatures (1994) 424
915. Through the Olive Trees (1994) 425
916. Riget (1994) 426
917. Dear Diary (1994)
918. Casino (1995)
919. Deseret (1995)
920. Babe (1995)
921. Toy Story (1995) 427
922. Strange Days (1995)
923. Braveheart (1995)
924. Safe (1995)
925. Clueless (1995)
926. Heat (1995) 428
927. Zero Kelvin (1995)
928. Seven (1995)
929. Smoke (1995) 429
930. The White Balloon (1995) 430
931. Cyclo (1995)
932. Underground (1995)
933. The Brave Heart Will Take the Bride (1995)
934. Dead Man (1995) 431
935. The Usual Suspects (1995)
936. The Pillow Book (1996)
937. Three Lives and Only One Death (1996)
938. Fargo (1996) 432
939. Independence Day (1996) 433
940. Secrets and Lies (1996)
941. Breaking the Waves (1996) 434
942. The English Patient (1996)
943. Gabbeh (1996) 435
944. Lone Star (1996)
945. Trainspotting (1996)
946. Scream (1996) 436
947. Deconstructing Harry (1997) 437
948. L.A. Confidential (1997)
949. Happy Together (1997)
950. Princess Mononoke (1997) 438
951. Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control (1997)
952. The Butcher Boy (1997) 439
953. The Ice Storm (1997) 440
954. Boogie Nights (1997)
955. Kundun (1997)
956. The Sweet Hereafter (1997) 441
957. Funny Games (1997)
958. Taste of Cherry (1997)
959. Open Your Eyes (1997)
960. Mother and Son (1997) 442
961. Titanic (1997) 443
962. Hana-Bi (1997)
963. Tetsuo (1998)
964. The Celebration (1998)
965. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
966. Buffalo 66 (1998)
967. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
968. Run Lola Run (1998) 444
969. Rushmore (1998)
970. Pi (1998) 445
971. Happiness (1998)
972. The Thin Red Line (1998) 446
973. The Idiots (1998)
974. Sombre (1998)
975. Ring (1998)
976. There's Something About Mary (1998)
977. Magnolia (1999)
978. Beau Travail (1999)
979. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
980. Taboo (1999)
981. Rosetta (1999)
982. All About My Mother (1999) 447
983. Three Kings (1999)
984. The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
985. The Audition (1999)
986. Time Regained (1999)
987. Fight Club (1999) 448
988. Being John Malkovich (1999) 449
989. American Beauty (1999)
990. Attack the Gas Station! (1999)
991. Eyes Wide Shut (1999) 450
992. The Sixth Sense (1999)
993. The Matrix (1999) 451
994. Toy Story 2 (1999) 452
995. Nine Queens (2000) 453
996. The Captive (2000)
997. In the Mood for Love (2000) 454
998. Ali Zaoua, Prince of the Streets (2000)
999. Gladiator (2000)
1000. Kippur (2000)
1001. A One and a Two (2000)
1002. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
1003. Amores Perros (2000)
1004. Meet the Parents (2000)
1005. Signs & Wonders (2000)
1006. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) 455
1007. Traffic (2000)
1008. The Gleaners and I (2000)
1009. Memento (2000)
1010. Dancer in the Dark (2000)
1011. O Brother Where Art Thou (2000)
1012. Amelie (2001) 456
1013. What Time Is It There? (2001)
1014. And Your Mother Too (2001)
1015. Kandahar (2001)
1016. Spirited Away (2001) 457
1017. The Piano Teacher (2001)
1018. The Son's Room (2001)
1019. No Man's Land (2001) 458
1020. Moulin Rouge (2001)
1021. Monsoon Wedding (2001) 459
1022. Fat Girl (2001)
1023. Mulholland Dr. (2001) 460
1024. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
1025. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings (2001)
1026. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) 461
1027. Gangs of New York (2002)
1028. The Pianist (2002)
1029. Talk to Her (2002) 462
1030. City of God (2002) 463
1031. Russian Ark (2002) 464
1032. Chicago (2002) 465
1033. Bowling for Columbine (2002)
1034. The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
1035. Kill Bill (2003)
1036. Drowning by Numbers (1988)
1037. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
1038. Muriel's Wedding (1994) 466
1039. Shine (1996) 467
1040. The Big Lebowski (1998)
1041. Lantana (2001)
1042. Adaptation (2002) 468
1043. Far From Heaven (2002) 469
1044. Hero (2002)
1045. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
1046. Bus 174 (2002)
1047. Uzak (2002)
1048. Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
1049. Irreversible (2002)
1050. Oldboy (2003) 470
1051. Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
1052. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
1053. The Best of Youth (2003)
1054. Lost in Translation (2003)
1055. Elephant (2003)
1056. Aileen Wuornos: The Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)
1057. Osama (2003)
1058. Farenheit 9/11 (2004)
1059. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
1060. Collateral (2004)
1061. The Aviator (2004)
1062. Million Dollar Baby (2004) 471
1063. Downfall (2004) 472
1064. A Very Long Engagement (2004)
1065. Sideways (2004)
1066. Head-On (2004)
1067. 3-Iron (2004)
1068. The Consequences of Love (2004)
1069. Moolade (2004)
1070. Hidden (2005)
1071. Go, Live and Become (2005)
1072. Paradise Now (2005)
1073. Brokeback Mountain (2005) 473
1074. Tsotsi (2005)
1075. The Constant Gardner (2005) 474
1076. Crash (2005)
1077. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
1078. The Prestige (2006)
1079. The Lives of Others (2006) 4751080. United 93 (2006)
1081. Children of Men (2006) 476
1082. Pan's Labyrinth (2006) 477
1083. Apocalypto (2006)
1084. The Departed (2006)
1085. Borat (2006) 478
1086. Once (2006)
1087. The Queen (2006) 479
1088. The Host (2006) 480
1089. The Last King Of Scotland (2006)
1090. Babel (2006) 481
1091. Volver (2006)
1092. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) 482
1093. La Vie En Rose (2007) 483
1094. No Country For Old Men (2007)
1095. Into the Wild (2007) 484
1096. There Will Be Blood (2007) 485
1097. Atonement (2007)
1098. Surfwise (2007) 4861099. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) 487
1100. Paranormal Activity (2007) 488
1101. Wall-E (2008) 489
1102. The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) 490
1103. The Dark Knight (2008) 491
1104. The Wrestler (2008) 492
1105. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) 493
1106. Gomorra (2008)
1107. The Class (2008) 494
1108. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 495
1109. Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008) 496
1110. Let The Right One In (2009) 497
1111. The Hurt Locker (2009) 498
1112. An Education (2009) 499
1113. The Hangover (2009) 500
1114. Precious (2009) 501
1115. Avatar (2009) 502
1116. Fish Tank (2009) 503
1117. The White Ribbon (2009) 504
1118. Inglorious Basterds (2009) 505
1119. District 9 (2009) 506
1120. In the Loop (2009) 507
1121. Monsters (2010) 508
1122. Of Gods and Men (2010) 509
1123. Black Swan (2010) 510
1124. Four Lions (2010) 511
1125. The Social Network (2010) 512
1126. Inception (2010) 513
1127. The King’s Speech (2010) 514
1128. True Grit (2010) 515
1129. Senna (2010) 516
1130. Toy Story 3 (2010) 517
1131. Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
1132. Le Havre (2011) 518
1133. Shame (2011)
1134. The Tree of Life (2011) 519
1135. The Kid with a Bike (2011) 520
1136. The Girl with the Dragoon Tattoo (2011) 521
1137. Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy (2011) 522
1138. Drive (2011) 523
1139. War Horse (2011) 524
1140. A Separation (2011) 525
1141. Bridesmaids (2011) 526
1142. The Descendants (2011) 527
1143. Hugo (2011) 528
1144. The Artist (2011) 529
1145. Les Miserables (2012) 530
1146. Amour (2012) 531
1147. Argo (2012) 532
1148. Lincoln (2012) 533
1149. Skyfall (2012)
1150. Django Unchained (2012) 534
1151. The Life of Pi (2012) 535
1152. The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

LIFE OF PI (2012), ARGO (2012), DJANGO UNCHAINED (2012), LINCOLN (2012), AMOUR (2012, FRANCE), SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN (2012), ZERO DARK THIRTY (2012)

Argo

Well, it's time for another editon of the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die book (5th revised). Past editions have replaced a few movies (about 10-12) with very recent ones. The movies that have changed in updated editions have almost all been within the past ten years or so.

Django Unchained

You may say this is because there is a core list of movie classics that shouldn't be changed or you may say the editors and publishers don't want to take older movies out since all the films are listed in chronological order and you would have to reshuffle the entire book to include older listings.

Lincoln

Regardless, this new edition has promised 50! new films. Before knowing what is on the list, I made sure that I went through all the Oscar nominated films from the previous year. I knew the Life of Pi (a fantastical and entertaining journey and my choice for Best Picture) was on the front cover and Lincoln (a film dominated by Daniel Day Lewis's Lincoln portrayal which was as stunning as its reputation) was on the back cover.

There were also blurbs on the dust jacket for Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino's over-the-top Western), Argo (an entertaining political film, but Best Picture of the year?) and the depressing, but moving Foreign film winner Amour, a film about an elderly woman who has a stroke and has to be cared for by her husband.

Amour

The 5th revised edition is now out and the winners (or those included in the book) from this list are:

Amour

Argo

Django Unchained

Les Miserables

The Life of Pi

Lincoln

The Life of Pi

I was also glad to see that Les Miserables made the list. I like the movie adaptation, but if you like musicals at all, try to catch this perfomed live if you can. I will also gladly perform "Do You Hear the People Sing" to any that would like me to sing it. (As of this writing, I haven't gotten any takers.)



Les Miserables



And the didn't quite make the book list from Oscar nominated films is:

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Searching for Sugar Man

Silver Linings Playbook

Zero Dark Thirty

Zero Dark Thirty

Beasts of the Southern Wild was tough little indie film which might not quite make my list either. However, I am glad it received praise and found an audience.

Silver Linings Playbook struck me as a well-written date movie. It wouldn't quite make my list, though it isn't without its charm.

Zero Dark Thirty was a hard hitting dramatization of the hunt for Osama Bin-Laden. It would probably have made my list, but the book doesn't seem to agree.

Seaching for Sugarman was the one I was really surprised wasn't on the list. The book usually adds a documentary or two with each new addition and I thought this Oscar winning crowd pleaser about the search for a mysterious folk singer would be included. Well, it's definitely on my list.



Searching for Sugar Man

Looks like that's six titles knocked off from the new book. Only 44 to go with the new entries. "Only" about 500 movies to go total...more coffee, please!