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[Mitchell]

OK here goes. In this thread feel free to suggest and discuss the best films released between 1950 and 1969.
The limit here is currently 100 films BUT if enough people feel they can do lists of 150 or even 200 I will strongly consider making those the limit.

Taking the limit as 100 though

1. 1000
2. 750
3. 500
4. 400
5. 350
6. 320
7. 300
8. 280
9. 260
10. 250
11. 245
12. 240
13. 235
14. 230
15. 225
16. 220
17. 215
18. 210
19. 205
20. 200

25. 175
30. 150
31. 148
32. 146
33. 144
34. 142
35. 140

40. 130
45. 120
50. 110
55. 100
60. 90
65. 80
70. 70
75. 60
80. 50
85. 40
90. 30

95. 20
96. 18
97. 16
98. 14
99. 12
100. 10


Again hope this will put an emphasis on ordering the higher end of the list and won't penalise those who submit smaller lists or give a bias to either the films we've all seen or high ranking films on a few lists.

The deadline for votes is 15th May at the moment and the list will be counted down before the end of the month. Again don't expect a list with enteries as long as displayed on previous votes on here. The final countdown for every set will be 150 or maybe 200 depending on votes but the full list of multiple votes will be made available.

Best places to start...

http://uk.imdb.com/chart/1950s
http://uk.imdb.com/chart/1960s
http://www.theyshootpictures.com/

[birdistheword]

Official: 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey 2. Andrey Rublyov (Andrei Rublev) 3. The Seven Samurai 4. 8 1/2 5. Jules et Jim 6. Vertigo 7. Persona 8. The Searchers 9. À bout de souffle 10. Tokyo Story 11. L'avventura 12. Singin' In The Rain 13. Rear Window 14. Dr. Strangelove 15. Sunset Boulevard 16. The Battle of Algiers 17. The Wild Bunch 18. Faces (dir. Cassavetes) 19. Diary of a Country Priest 20. The Apu Trilogy 21. The 400 Blows 22. Some Like It Hot 23. Hiroshima mon amour 24. Touch of Evil 25. The Leopard 26. Bonnie & Clyde 27. Ikiru 28. Rebel Without A Cause 29. The Seventh Seal 30. The African Queen 31. The Night Of The Hunter 32. The Manchurian Candidate 33. Lawrence of Arabia 34. On The Waterfront 35. La dolce vita 36. Ugetsu monogatari 37. Ordet (dir. Dreyer) 38. Belle de jour 39. Blow-Up 40. Rashomon 41. La Strada 42. A Hard Day's Night 43. The Gospel According to St. Matthew 44. Last Year at Marienbad 45. Au hasard Balthazar 46. M. Hulot's Holiday 47. The Conformist 48. Weekend 49. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 50. All About Eve 51. The Producers 52. The Earrings of Madame de... 53. Ma nuit chez Maud 54. Bob le flambeur 55. Tirez sur le pianiste 56. Night and Fog 57. Wild Strawberries 58. Playtime 59. L'eclisse 60. White Heat 61. An Autumn Afternoon 62. Written on the Wind 63. Psycho 64. Masculine-Feminine 65. Los Olvidados 66. Sansho the Bailiff 67. The Hustler 68. Repulsion 69. Chimes at Midnight 70. The Life of Oharu 71. Shadows 72. Throne Of Blood 73. North By Northwest 74. Pickpocket 75. Marnie 76. A Streetcar Named Desire 77. The Exterminating Angel 78. Le Notti di Cabiria 79. The Birds 80. Mouchette 81. Paths of Glory 82. A Face In The Crowd 83. A Star Is Born (dir. Cukor) 84. Long Day's Journey Into Night (dir. Lumet) 85. The Apartment 86. The Wages of Fear 87. Once Upon A Time In The West 88. The Graduate 89. Rosemary's Baby 90. The River (dir. Renoir) 91. Early Summer 92. Umberto D. 93. Strangers On A Train 94. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 95. Night Of The Living Dead 96. Les Cousins 97. Cape Fear 98. Mon Oncle 99. Ace In The Hole (The Big Carnival) 100. Anatomy Of A Murder

[Jimmy TKB]

33. The Night Of The Hunter



Damn, what a great movie!

How about this gem from 1962?



Or the original The Fly?

[jmmrsn]

SUGGESTIONS: HIGH NOON THE DIRTY DOZEN THE GUNS OF NAVARONE NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S EASY RIDER

[Mitchell]

OK, like the Music poll i'm going to go through the years with some popular and praised films 1950 All About Eve Asphalt Jungle, The Diary of a Country Priest Flowers of St.Francis, The/Francesco, giullare di Dio In a Lonely Place La Ronde Los Olvidados/The Young and the Damned Rashomon Rio Grande Sunset Blvd. Un Chant D'Amour Wagon Master Harvey Cinderalla Annie Get Your Gun Treasure Island Cyrano de Bergerac Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion Cheaper by the Dozen Father of the Bride

[worrywort]

Officially 30. On The Waterfront 29. Rear Window 28. The African Queen 27. The Battle of Algiers 26. To Kill A Mockingbird 25. A Man for All Seasons 24. Vertigo 23. To Catch a Thief 22. The Graduate 21. The Killing 20. 12 Angry Men 19. Mary Poppins 18. The Producers 17. Wages of Fear 16. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 15. Anatomy of a Murder 14. Roman Holiday 13. Point Blank 12. Bridge on the River Kwai 11. Charade 10. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 09. Stalag 17 08. Psycho 07. Great Escape 06. Diabolique 05. Night of the Hunter 04. Paths of Glory 03. Hard Day's Night 02. Some Like it Hot 01. Dr. Strangelove

[Agrimorfee]

Where is Jean-Luc Godard in this mix for everyone? I've only seen Contempt (good, but not something i want to see again) and Une Femme Est Une Femme (which I fell in love with just last week) List under construction: The Court Jester, 1956 ("The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true!") 2001: A Space Odyssey-Stanley Kubrick, 1968 The Sound of Music-Robert Wise, 1965 West Side Story

[birdistheword]

Dude, I have Breathless (À bout de souffle) in the top ten with Weekend and Masculine-Feminine in the middle.

Contempt is overrated, not a fan. I'd also recommend Alphaville as a contender, it has its charms.

[Slackmo]

The Court Jester, 1956
("The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true!")

This movie could not be any more fun. Great reco, aggie.

[Agrimorfee]

Would it help anyone if I were to post the original 499 movie favorites list? I don't know if anyone recovered it pre-crash...it might be beneficial for the continuing crisis polls.

[Mitchell]

No need, it's in the archieve. I'd rather people posted personal suggestions instead of just picking off that list. I'll make sure every eligible film on that list is mentioned though.

[birdistheword]

BTW, big Criterion sale:
http://www.deepdisco...udioId=2&page=1

[Mitchell]

1951 Ace in the Hole/The Big Carnival African Queen, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Early Summer Europa '51/The Greatest Love Forbidden Games/Jeux Interdits Le Plaisir/House of Pleasure Miracle in Milan Place in the Sun, A River, The Strangers on a Train Streetcar Named Desire, A Alice in Wonderland American in Paris, An Scrooge...aka Christmas Carol, A Thing from Another World, The ...aka Thing, The Place in the Sun, A Lavender Hill Mob, The Quo Vadis Man in the White Suit, The Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel, The

[Agrimorfee]

BTW, big Criterion sale:
http://www.deepdisco...udioId=2&page=1

Bird, thanks for the tip. I finally ordered the deluxe Fanny & Alexander set...$35 (incl. tax), compared to Tower Records' $60 + tax pricetag!

... Weekend ...

Fascinatingly weird....I nearly died watching the traffic jam sequence ...

[nic]

01. Contempt 02. Lolita 03. The Wild Bunch 04. The Good, the Bad & the Ugly 05. La Dolce Vita 06. Rosemary's Baby 07. My Life To Live 08. Jules et Jim 09. Alphaville 10. Dr Strangelove: 11. On The Waterfront 12. Night of the Living Dead 13. Rear Window 14. The Ladykillers 15. Psycho i'm in a HURRY and also in a godard phase as you can see. the ladykillers with alec guiness is radical. wild bunch & good the bad & the ugly are movies i can rewatych forever ever . fucking fuck.

[birdistheword]

I haven't seen Guiness in "Ladykillers," but I made the awful mistake of watching the Coen Brothers/Tom Hanks version first. I hope it hasn't ruined it for me.

[avec]

Seventh Seal Virgin Spring Bob Le Flambeur Le Samourai off the top of my head. Don't know if these were mentioned or not. Just noticed the thread, when are lists due? Birdisword I think mine will resemble yours quite a bit, we have similar tastes for the period.

[velocity]

Seventh Seal

Virgin Spring

Bob Le Flambeur
Le Samourai

off the top of my head. Don't know if these were mentioned or not. Just noticed the thread, when are lists due? Birdisword I think mine will resemble yours quite a bit, we have similar tastes for the period.

May 12ish.

[Mitchell]

Seventh Seal

Virgin Spring

Bob Le Flambeur
Le Samourai

off the top of my head. Don't know if these were mentioned or not. Just noticed the thread, when are lists due? Birdisword I think mine will resemble yours quite a bit, we have similar tastes for the period.

The cack re-make didn't spoil The Ladykillers for me. A fantastic film and one of a handful of Ealing comedy classics that will make my list.


and yes May 12th.

[Mitchell]

1952 High Noon Ikiru/To Live/Doomed/Living Life of Oharu, The Limelight Othello Quiet Man, The Singin' in the Rain Umberto D. Jeux interdits/Forbidden Games Wages of Fear, The/Le Salaire de la peur