My Favorite Michael Curtiz Films

29 Thursday Mar 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Hungarian Filmmakers, Lists, Michael Curtiz, Romance, Thriller, Top 312, Western

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Angels with Dirty Faces, Captain Blood, Casablanca, Dodge City, Mildred Pierce 1945, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Breaking Point, The Comancheros, The Sea Hawk, The Sea Wolf

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1. The Sea Hawk (1940)

2. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

3. Captain Blood (1935)

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1. The Breaking Point (1950)

2. Mildred Pierce (1945)

3. Casablanca (1942)

4. The Sea Wolf (1941)

5. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

6. Dodge City (1939)

7. The Comancheros (1961)

My Favorite George Cukor Films

29 Thursday Mar 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Film Directors, Film Noir, George Cukor, Greatest, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Television, Thriller, Top 312

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A Double Life, A Star Is Born 1954, Adam's Rib, Bhowani Junction, Born Yesterday 1950, Camille, David Copperfield, Dinner At Eight, Gaslight 1944, Holiday, It Should Happen to You, Les Girls, Little Women 1933, Love Among the Ruins (TV Film), My Fair Lady, Pat and Mike, Sylvia Scarlett, The Actress, The Marrying Kind, The Model and the Marriage Broker, The Philadelphia Story, The Women 1939

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1. Bhowani Junction (1956)

2. Sylvia Scarlett (1935)

3. A Star Is Born (1954)
(not the 1937,1876 or 2018 version)

4. Adam’s Rib (1949)

5. The Marrying Kind (1952)

6. Les Girls (1957)

7. The Actress (1953)

8. A Double Life (1947)

9. The Women (1939)
(not the 2008 version)

10. Camille (1936)

11. Gaslight (1944)
(I also love the 1940 version)

12. Holiday (1938)

13. The Philadelphia Story (1940)

14. Pat and Mike (1952)

15. It Should Happen to You (1954)

16. Born Yesterday (1950)
(not the 1993 remake)

17. The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951)

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1. Love Among the Ruins (1975)
(TV Film)

2. Little Women (1933)
(not the 1949 or 1994 versions)

3. Dinner at Eight (1933)

4. David Copperfield (1935)

5. What Price Hollywood? (1932)

6. My Fair Lady (1964)

My Favorite David Cronenberg Films

28 Wednesday Mar 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, American Cinema, Biography, British Cinema, Canadian Cinema, Canadian Filmmakers, Cinema, Crime, David Cronenberg, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, Horror, Italian Cinema, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Mystery, Portuguese Cinema, Romance, Science Fiction, Sport, Television, Thriller, Top 312

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A Dangerous Method, A History of Violence, Cosmopolis, Crash 1996, Dead Ringers, Eastern Promises, eXistenZ, Fast Company, Friday the 13th: The Series (Faith Healer), M. Butterfly, Maps to the Stars, Naked Lunch, Rabid, Scanners, Shivers, Spider, The Brood, The Dead Zone, The Fly 1986, Videodrome

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1. Videodrome (1983)

2. A History of Violence (2005)

3. Crash (1996)
(No relation to Paul Haggis 2005 film)

4. Dead Ringers (1988)

5. The Fly (1986)

6. Spider (2002)

7. Naked Lunch (1991)

8. The Brood (1979)

9. Eastern Promises (2007)

10. Maps to the Stars (2014)

11. Cosmopolis (2012)

12. A Dangerous Method (2011)

13. eXistenZ (1999)

14. M. Butterfly (1993)

15. The Dead Zone (1983)

16. Scanners (1981)

17. Rabid (1977)

18. Shivers (1975)
(a.k.a “They Came from Within”)

19. Friday the 13th: The Series – Season 1 (1988)
19a. Episode: “Faith Healer”
(Television)

20. Fast Company (1979)

21. Crimes of the Future (1970)

22. Stereo (1969)

My Favorite Bernardo Bertolucci Films

27 Tuesday Mar 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, American Cinema, Bernardo Bertolucci, British Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Italian Filmmakers, Lists, Mystery, Romance, West German Cinema

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1900, Before the Revolution, Besieged, Last Tango in Paris, Luna, The Conformist, The Grim Reaper, The Spider's Stratagem

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1. The Conformist (1970)

2. Besieged (1998)

3. The Spider’s Stratagem (1970)

4. Last Tango in Paris (1972)

5. 1900 (1976)

6. Luna (1979)

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1. Before the Revolution (1964)

2. The Grim Reaper (1962)

My Favorite Alex Cox Films

26 Monday Mar 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, Action, Alex Cox, Biography, British Cinema, British Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Dutch Cinema, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Lists, Mexican Cinema, Music, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Spanish Cinema, Thriller, Top 312, Western

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Highway Patrolman, Repo Man, Sid & Nancy, Walker

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1. Walker (1987)

2. Highway Patrolman (1991)

3. Repo Man (1984)

4. Sid & Nancy (1986)

My Favorite Sergio Corbucci Films

25 Sunday Mar 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, American Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, Italian Cinema, Italian Filmmakers, Lists, Sergio Corbucci, Spanish Cinema, Top 312, Western

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Companeros, Django, Navajo Joe, The Great Silence (aka The Big Silence), The Hellbenders, The Mercenary, The Specialists 1969

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1. The Great Silence (1968)
(a.k.a The Big Silence)

2. Django (1966)

3. Companeros (1970)

4. The Mercenary (1968)

5. The Hellbenders (1967)

6. The Specialists (1969)

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1. Navajo Joe (1966)

My Favorite Francis Ford Coppola Films

24 Saturday Mar 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Francis Ford Coppola, Greatest, Lists, Music, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, War

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Apocalypse Now, One from the Heart, Rumble Fish, The Conversation, The Cotton Club, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Godfather Part III, The Rain People

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Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Conversation (1974)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
Rumble Fish (1983)
The Rain People (1969)
The Cotton Club (1984)
One from the Heart (1982)

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The Godfather Part III (1990)

My Favorite Larry Cohen Films

24 Saturday Mar 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, Action, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cable/Television, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, Larry Cohen, Lists, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller, Top 310

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Black Caesar, Bone, God Told Me To, It Lives Again, It's Alive, Masters of Horror: Pick Me Up, Q, The Ambulance, The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover, The Stuff

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1. God Told Me To (1976)

2. It’s Alive (1974)

3. The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)

4. Q (1982)

5. The Stuff (1985)

6. Masters of Horror (2006)
6a. Episode: “Pick Me Up”
(Cable/Television)

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1. Black Caesar (1973)

2. Bone (1972)

3. It Lives Again (1978)

4. The Ambulance (1990)

My Favorite Joel and Ethan Coen Films

23 Friday Mar 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Anthology, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Ethan Coen, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, Joel and Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Lists, Music, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 309, Western

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A Serious Man, Barton Fink, Blood Simple, Burn After Reading, Fargo, Hail Caesar, Inside Llewyn Davis, Miller's Crossing, No Country for Old Men, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski, The Hudsucker Proxy, The Man Who Wasn't There, True Grit 2010

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1. Miller’s Crossing (1990)

2. No Country for Old Men (2007)

3. Raising Arizona (1987)

4. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

5. Fargo (1996)

6. Barton Fink (1991)

7. The Big Lebowski (1998)

8. A Serious Man (2009)

9. True Grit (2010)

10. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
(Anthology Film)

11. Hail, Caesar! (2016)

12. The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)

13. Burn After Reading (2008)

14. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

15. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

16. Blood Simple (1984)

My Favorite Jean Cocteau Films

23 Friday Mar 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Biography, Cinema, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, Jean Cocteau, Lists, Romance, Top 309

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Beauty and the Beast 1946, Les Parents terribles, Orpheus, The Blood of a Poet, The Testament of Orpheus

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1. Orpheus (1950)

2. Les Parents terribles (1948)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

3. Beauty and the Beast (1946)

4. The Blood of a Poet (1930)

5. The Testament of Orpheus (1960)

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