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Stewball
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Re: Top five for each decade

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djross wrote:
Stewball wrote:Are you counting Black Swan and 2001 as musicals.


No.


Then you probably wouldn't be able to figure out which 14 of these I consider musicals:

30s:
Gone With The Wind
The Wizard of Oz


40s:
Dumbo
Fantasia


50s:
All About Eve
High Noon


60s:
2001: A Space Odyssey
Inherit the Wind
Bullitt
Dr. Strangelove
The Lion in Winter


70s:
Fiddler on the Roof
Jesus Christ Superstar
Rollerball
A Clockwork Orange
Emperor of the North


80s:
Streets of Fire
Footloose
Moonstruck
A Soldier's Story
Little Shop of Horrors


90s:
Braveheart
Fight Club
The Silence of the Lambs
Evita
The Devil's Advocate


00s:
Gladiator
O Brother Where Art Thou
Undisputed
(500) Days of Summer
Blacksnake Moan

10s:
Her (10+)
The Accountant (10+)
Inception
Like Sunday, Like Rain
The Counselor


And there are tons of honorable mentions from the 21st century.

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not including shorts. 1960s were very difficult to choose from, i have like ten films with the exact same score.

1910s
the child of paris (1913)
after death (1915)
the dying swan (1917)
the mystery of the rocks of kador (1912)
hyprocrites (1915)

1920s
the man with a movie camera (1929)
the passion of jeanne d'arc (1928)
by the law (1926)
metropolis (1927)
the wheel (1923)

1930s
earth (1930)
girls in uniform (1931)
m (1931)
portrait of a young man in three movements (1931)
the lady vanishes (1938)

1940s
day of wrath (1943)
the stranger (1946)
angels of the streets (1943)
late spring (1949)
his girl friday (1940)

1950s
a man escaped (1956)
diary of a country priest (1951)
pickpocket (1959)
ordet (1955)
pather panchali (1955)

1960s
2001: a space odyssey (1968)
persona (1966)
shadows of our forgotten ancestors (1964)
the umbrellas of cherbourg (1964)
happiness (1965)

1970s
a man who sleeps (1974)
aguirre, the wrath of god (1972)
eraserhead (1977)
out 1, don't touch me (1971)
india song (1975)

1980s
the angel (1982, bokanowski)
come and see (1985)
the cook, the thief, the wife and her lover (1989)
koyaanisqatsi (1982)
blue velvet (1986)

1990s
underground (1995)
i stand alone (1998)
breaking the waves (1996)
sátántangó (1994)
naked (1993)

2000s
celestial subway lines/salvaging noise (2005)
inland empire (2005)
dancer in the dark (2000)
irreversible (2002)
trains of winnipeg (2004)

2010s
melancholia (2011)
the turin horse (2011)
house of tolerance (2011)
follow me (2010, hammel)
nostalgia for the light (2010)

von trier, lynch, noé, tarr, dreyer, lang and bresson are the only ones across multiple decade. bresson interestingly has my top 3 films of the 1950s.

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1920s
1. Metropolis
2. Man With a Movie Camera
3. Un Chien Andalou
4. The Gold Rush
5. The Passion of Joan of Arc

1930s
1. City Lights
2. Stagecouch
3. All Quiet on the Western Front
4. The Grand Illusion
5. Gone with the Wind

1940s
1. Citizen Kane
2. The Grapes of Wrath
3. Stary Dog
4. Rope
5. Bicycle Thieves

1950s
1. Throne of Blood
2. The Searchers
3. Vertigo
4. The Seventh Seal
5. Tokyo Story

1960s
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. La Dolce vita
3. Breathless
4. Psycho
5. Persona

1970s
1. Apocalypse Now
2. Chinatown
3. The Godfather
4. The Mirror
5. Taxi Driver

1980s
1. Ran
2. Full Metal Jacket
3. Fanny and Alexander
4. Raging Bull
5. The Shining

1990s
1. La Haine
2. Pulp Fiction
3. American Beauty
4. Boogie Nights
5. The Big Lebowski

2000s
1. There Will Be Blood
2. Children of Men
3. Dancer in the Dark
4. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
5. Mulholland Drive

2010s
1. The Turin Horse
2. Birdman
3. A Seperation
4. Prisoners
5. Take Shelter

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Re: Top five for each decade

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Collating results, here are the films with multiple votes (apologies in advance for any errors that may be discovered):

1920s
    4. The Man With a Movie Camera
    4. The Passion of Joan of Arc
    4. Sherlock Jr.
    2. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
    2. The General
    2. The Kid
    2. The Last Laugh
    2. Metropolis

1930s
    7. M
    4. City Lights
    3. Earth
    3. The Rules of the Game
    2. Trouble in Paradise
    2. Duck Soup
    2. Gone With the Wind
    2. The Lady Vanishes
    2. Modern Times
    2. Only Angels Have Wings
    2. The Wizard of Oz

1940s
    5. Double Indemnity
    4. Bicycle Thieves
    4. The Third Man
    3. Casablanca
    3. Citizen Kane
    3. The Maltese Falcon
    3. Treasure of the Sierra Madre
    2. Fantasia
    2. His Girl Friday
    2. The Lady Eve
    2. Late Spring
    2. Out of the Past

1950s
    6. The Seven Samurai
    5. 12 Angry Men
    4. Vertigo
    3. Rear Window
    3. The Seventh Seal
    3. Sunset Boulevard
    2. Dial M for Murder
    2. A Man Escaped
    2. North By Northwest
    2. Rashomon
    2. Paths of Glory
    2. Singin’ in the Rain
    2. Some Like it Hot
    2. Tokyo Story

1960s
    8. 2001: A Space Odyssey
    4. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
    3. Dr. Strangelove
    2. L’Eclisse
    2. Harakiri
    2. High and Low
    2. Once Upon a Time in the West
    2. Persona
    2. Psycho
    2. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

1970s
    5. The Godfather
    4. Aguirre: The Wrath of God
    4. Stalker
    3. A Woman Under the Influence
    3. Apocalypse Now*
    3. Taxi Driver
    2. A Clockwork Orange
    2. Days of Heaven
    2. The Godfather: Part II
    2. Star Wars: A New Hope
    2. Barry Lyndon
*Votes for Apocalypse Now include one vote for Apocalypse Now Redux (which was actually given for a different decade).

1980s
    4. Ran
    4. The Shining
    2. Airplane!
    2. Blue Velvet
    2. Brazil
    2. Come and See
    2. Fanny and Alexander
    2. The Fly
    2. Full Metal Jacket
    2. Love Streams
    2. Possession
    2. Raging Bull
    2. Robocop
    2. Shoah
    2. The Thing

1990s
    4. Goodfellas
    4. Naked
    4. Sátántangó
    3. The Big Lebowski
    3. The Silence of the Lambs
    3. The Wind Will Carry Us
    2. Breaking the Waves
    2. Fargo
    2. Gummo
    2. Pulp Fiction
    2. The Thin Red Line
    2. Underground

2000s
    3. Gladiator
    3. No Country for Old Men
    3. There Will Be Blood
    2. City of God
    2. Dogville
    2. Inland Empire
    2. Irreversible
    2. Memento

2010s
    6. Inception
    3. Drive
    2. Black Swan
    2. Django Unchained
    2. Her
    2. Moonrise Kingdom
    2. The Raid 2
    2. The Turin Horse

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Re: Top five for each decade

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djross wrote:Collating results, here are the films with multiple votes (apologies in advance for any errors that may be discovered):


I'd noticed that 2001 was getting a lot of votes, and Kubrick probably got the most movies listed. And I reeeally wanted to fit Pulp Fiction in the 90s but just couldn't swing it. I had it head to head with Evita, if that ain't a culture clash kick in the head.

And my OCD won't allow me not to mention the absence of The Accountant. Since I believe our grandchildren are going to be recognizing it as the unsung masterpiece of the Golden Age of Cinema (*ducks*), I can only attribute it's absence to: 1) people haven't seen it, 2) a general dislike for puzzle type thought-flicks, or 3) a lack of desire to look deeper due to the superficial action theme and the effort, including multiple viewings, it would require--though it's ultimately the most rewatchable movie I've seen. There, I said it and I'm glad. 8-)

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djross wrote:
mattorama12 wrote:Also...am I the biggest populist of the regular forum posters?


Perhaps, but I think I'm the only one who would include four musicals in these lists (five if you count Duck Soup).

Think again!

Though mood, as always, rules (as in—today would I feel worse if this thing had no Minnelli, or no Preminger?)

2010s
The Skin I Live In (Pedro Almodóvar, 2011)
Spring Breakers (Harmony Korine, 2013)
Computer Chess (Andrew Bujalski, 2013)
Maps to the Stars (David Cronenberg, 2014)
Experimenter (Michael Almereyda, 2015)

2000s
The Wayward Cloud (Tsai Ming-liang, 2005)
Two Lovers (James Gray, 2008)
Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh, 2008)
Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)
My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin, 2007)

1990s
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (David Lynch, 1992)
Henry Fool (Hal Hartley, 1997)
Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Joe Dante, 1990)
The Long Day Closes (Terence Davies, 1992)

1980s
Hail Mary (Jean-Luc Godard, 1985)
Modern Romance (Albert Brooks, 1981)
Fast-Walking (James B. Harris, 1982)
City of Pirates (Raúl Ruiz, 1984)
Out of the Blue (Dennis Hopper, 1980)

1970s
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes (Stan Brakhage, 1971)
News from Home (Chantal Akerman, 1977)
In a Year of 13 Moons (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1978)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
The Devil, Probably (Robert Bresson, 1971)

1960s
Gertrud (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1964)
Marnie (Alfred Hitchcock, 1964)
Charulata (Satyajit Ray, 1964)
The Crazy-Quilt (John Korty, 1966)
Playtime (Jacques Tati, 1967)

1950s
The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Singin' in the Rain (Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1952)
There's Always Tomorrow (Douglas Sirk, 1956)
Gun Crazy (Joseph H. Lewis, 1950)
The Band Wagon (Vincente Minnelli, 1958)

1940s
A Canterbury Tale (The Archers, 1944)
Ball of Fire (Howard Hawks, 1941)
My Darling Clementine (John Ford, 1946)
The More the Merrier (George Stevens, 1943)
Good News (Charles Walters, 1947)

1930s
La Bête humaine (Jean Renoir, 1938)
Only Angels Have Wings (Howard Hawks, 1939)
Design for Living (Ernst Lubitsch, 1933)
Ruggles of Red Gap (Leo McCarey, 1935)
Wild Boys of the Road (William A. Wellman, 1933)

1920s
The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928)
Sherlock Jr. (Buster Keaton, 1924)
Hindle Wakes (Maurice Elvey, 1927)
Lonesome (Pál Fejös, 1928)
Street Angel (Frank Borzage, 1928)

1910s
Broken Blossoms (D.W. Griffith, 1919)
The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (Maurice Tourneur, 1914)
The Land Beyond the Sunset (Harold M. Shaw, 1912)
I Don't Want to Be a Man (Ernst Lubitsch, 1918)
The Queen of Spades (Yakov Protazanov, 1916)

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2010s

Mysteries of Lisbon
A Separation
Parasite
Manchester by the Sea
Life of Pi

2000s

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Mulholland Dr.
The White Ribbon
The Witnesses
Lilya 4-Ever

1990s

A Brighter Summer Day
The Ice Storm
The Thin Red Line
Fallen Angels
A Moment of Innocence

1980s

Local Hero
My Life as a Dog
Crimes and Misdemeanours
Once Upon a Time in America
Aliens

1970s

Stalker
Murmur of the Heart
The Last Picture Show
Annie Hall
Solaris

1960s

2001: A Space Odyssey
Persona
Rocco and His Brothers
Psycho
High and Low

1950s

Tokyo Story
Some Like It Hot
Sansho the Bailiff
The Night of the Hunter
From Here to Eternity

1940s

It's a Wonderful Life
The Thief of Bagdad
Black Narcissus
Casablanca
The Shop Around the Corner

1930s

King Kong
Duck Soup
All Quiet on the Western Front
Only Angels Have Wings
Top Hat

1920s

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Metropolis
The General
The Wind

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1920’s

1. The Passion of Joan of Arc
2. The Gold Rush
3. He Who Gets Slapped
4. Master of the House
5. Safety Last!

1930’s

1. Freaks
2. Duck Soup
3. The Informer
4. M
5. The Thin Man

1940’s

1. Day of Wrath
2. The Best Years of Our Lives
3. The Bicycle Thieves
4. The Third Man
5. Casablanca

1950’s

1. Sunset Boulevard
2. Paths of Glory
3. Ikiru
4. Mon Oncle
5. The Seventh Seal

1960’s

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Viridiana
3. Dr. Strangelove
4. Once Upon a Time in the West
5. Psycho

1970’s

1. Apocalypse Now
2. Eraserhead
3. A Clockwork Orange
4. Salo
5. The Exorcist

1980’s

1. Blue Velvet
2. The Shining
3. Shoah
4. Brazil
5. Come and See

1990’s

1. Magnolia
2. The Big Lebowski
3. Naked
4. Jacob’s Ladder
5. Funny Games

2000’s

1. Irreversible
2. There Will Be Blood
3. The Royal Tenenbaums
4. Inglourious Basterds
5. Dogtooth

2010’s

1. The House that Jack Built
2. The Master
3. Son of Saul
4. Her
5. Call Me by Your Name

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