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The 100 Best Films Ever Made
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timark_uk
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Well, at least according to some guy called Anthony Quinn. It's a 5 day series, starting at 100 and running to number 1 on Friday. Today we have 100-81 :
100. Army In The Shadows (1969, Jean-Pierre Melville) 99. The Wages Of Fear (1953, Henri-Georges Clouzot) 98. Unforgiven (1992, Clint Eastwood) 97. Election (1999, Alexander Payne) 96. Los Olividados (1950, Luis Bunuel) 95. Don't Look Now (1973, Nicolas Roeg) 94. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975, Peter Weir) 93. Together (2001, Lukas Moodysson) 92. Nights of Cabiria (1958, Federico Fellini) 91. I Am Cuba (1964, Mikhail Kalatozov) 90. La Kermesse Heroique (1936, Jacques Feyder) 89. Trainspotting (1995, Danny Boyle) 88. The Leopard (1963, Luchino Visconti) 87. Peeping Tom (1960, Michael Powell) 86. Diner (1982, Barry Levinson) 85. Ridicule (1996, Patrice Leconte) 84. The Reckless Moment (1949, Max Ophuls) 83. The Searchers (1956, John Ford) 82. The Lusty Men (1952, Nicholas Ray) 81. Mean Streets (1973, Martin Scorcese) 80. Duel (1971, Steven Spielberg) 79. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938, Michael Curtiz) 78. The Lives of Others (2007, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck) 77. Rififi (1955, Jules Dassin) 76. The Deer Hunter (1978, Michael Cimino) 75. La Passion de Jeanne D'Arc (1928, Carl Dreyer) 74. Rumble Fish (1983, Francis Ford Coppola) 73. In a Lonely Place (1950, Nicholas Ray) 72. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955, Ingmar Bergman) 71. Barry Lyndon (1975, Stanley Kubrick) 70. The Lost Weekend (1945, Billy Wilder) 69. Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972, Werner Herzog) 68. Rebecca (1940, Alfred Hitchcock) 67. Wild Strawberries (1957, Ingmar Bergman) 66. Rashomon (1951, Akira Kurosawa) 65. Tokyo Story (1953, Yasukiro Ozu) 64. Downfall (2004, Oliver Hirschbiegel) 63. The Dark Mirror (1946, Robert Siodmak) 62. Toy Story (1995, John Lasseter) 61. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943, Powell and Pressburger) 60. Psycho (1960, Alfred Hitchcock) 59. Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970, Vittorio de Sica) 58. The Fallen Idol (1948, Carol Reed) 57. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978, Fred Schepisi) 56. His Girl Friday (1940, Howard Hawks) 55. LA Confidential (1997, Curtis Hanson) 54. There Will Be Blood (2007, Paul Thomas Anderson) 53. Sullivan's Travels (1942, Preston Sturges) 52. Ball of Fire (1941, Howard Hawks) 51. Overlord (1975, Stuart Cooper) 50. Meet Me In St Louis (1944, Vincente Minnelli) 49. Sunset Blvd (1950, Billy Wilder) 48. The Conversation (1974, Francis Ford Coppola) 47. Gone With The Wind (1939, Victor Fleming) 46. Touch Of Evil (1958, Orson Welles) 45. L'Atalante (1934, Jean Vigo) 44. Nashville (1975, Robert Altman) 43. It Happened One Night (1934, Frank Capra) 42. Oliver! (1968, Carol Reed) 41. Taxi Driver (1976, Martin Scorcese) 40. Blue Velvet (1986, David Lynch) 39. Breathless (1960, Jean-Luc Godard) 38. Once Upon a Time in America (1984, Sergio Leone) 37. Manhattan (1979, Woody Allen) 36. L'Enfant Sauvage (1969, Francois Truffaut) 35. Duck Soup (1933, Leo McCarey) 34. The Last Detail (1973, Hal Ashby) 33. The Apartment (1960, Billy Wilder) 32. Groundhog Day (1993, Harold Ramis) 31. On The Waterfront (1954, Elia Kazan) 30. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942, Orson Welles) 29. Alien (1979, Ridley Scott) 28. The Red Shoes (1948, Powell and Pressburger) 27. Casablanca (1942, Michael Curtiz) 26. Fear Eats The Soul (1974, Rainer Werner Fassbinder) 25. The Rules of The Game (1939, Jean Renoir) 24. The Third Man (1949, Carol Reed) 23. Sherlock Jr (1924, Buster Keaton) 22. Raging Bull (1980, Martin Scorsese) 21. The Big Sleep (1946, Howard Hawks) 20. Citizen Kane (1941, Orson Welles) 19. A Man Escaped (1956, Robert Bresson) 18. Sweet Smell of Success (1957) 17. Notorious (1946, Alfred Hitchcock) 16. The Godfather I and II (1971-74, Francis Ford Coppola) 15. To Have and Have Not (1945 Howard Hawkes) 14. Night of the Hunter (1955, Charles Laughton) 13. This is Spinal Tap (1983, Rob Reiner) 12. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949, Robert Hamer) 11. Brief Encounter (1945, David Lean) 10. Chinatown (1974, Roman Polanski) 9. The Conformist (1970, Bernardo Bertolucci) 8. Vertigo (1958, Alfred Hitchcock) 7. Great Expectations (1946, David Lean) 6. The Battle of Algiers (1965, Gillo Pontecorvo) 5. The Lady Eve (1941, Preston Sturges) 4. The Wild Bunch (1969, Sam Peckinpah) 3. Singin' in the Rain (1952, Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly) 2. Double Indemnity (1944, Billy Wilder) 1. All About Eve (1950, Joseph L Mankiewicz)
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jonlumb
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What's 81 supposed to be?
I've only seen 2 of that list; Trainspotting and Unforgiven.
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Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:18 am |
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timark_uk
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Mean Streets. Updating the OP now. Mark
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Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:20 am |
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timark_uk
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I've only seen seven of those twenty. Mark
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Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:21 am |
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Fogmeister
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I've only seen Trainspotting  and I haven't even heard of the others. I don't doubt it will include all the usual films though. Usual Suspects, Shawshank Redemption, E.T., At least one of the Star Wars films, Close Encounters, Hmm... wonder what else? ::EDIT:: Just remembered, I've never seen Trainspotting 
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Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:22 am |
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big_D
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Hmm, there are some interesting films in there, but I wouldn't class many of them as "best ever" material, let alone top 100... 
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Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:25 am |
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Spreadie
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 Epic. I've seen three of the twenty listed.
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Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:28 am |
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Perhaps I'm reading too much into this, but... Spike Milligan wrote a Goon Show called The Fear of Wages at about the same time, obviously as a pun on the film. The Goon Show also starred Peter Sellers. Peter Sellers is perhaps most famous for creating a character called Clouseau... Does anyone see the links? I've only seen Picnic at Hanging Rock, but not all the way through. I was so bored by it.
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Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:28 am |
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Paul1965
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I've seen six of them, but I don't think any of these would make my Top 100 or even Top 200.
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Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:26 am |
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l3v1ck
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Expect a rant if I don't see my favourite films in there.
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Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:19 pm |
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leeds_manc
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I've only seen 5 so far, should be an interesting list  (tried watching Picnic but it was a corrupted downlo-i mean broken DVD.)
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Mon Sep 14, 2009 5:35 pm |
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snowyweston
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3 for me so far - quite interested to see how this pans out if the obscure titles appearing in the list are anything to go by.
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Mon Sep 14, 2009 5:52 pm |
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F_A_F
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I wonder where "Howard the Duck" will appear? 
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Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:33 pm |
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F_A_F
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Oh and in all seriousness, this is one of the greatest films of all time. Helped me get a module in World Cinema a few years back. If Stephen King describes it as the scariest movie he's ever seen.....and it's based on a true story.....you know it has to be good.
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pcernie
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I've only saw Trainspotting and Unforgiven from that list - tried watching Mean Streets but found it boring at the time, would give it another go however...
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