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, Horror, Hungarian Filmmakers, Lists, Michael Curtiz, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 312, Western

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Angels with Dirty Faces, Captain Blood, Casablanca, Doctor X, Dodge City, Mildred Pierce 1945, Santa Fe Trail, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Breaking Point, The Charge of the Light Brigade, The Comancheros, The Kennel Murder Case, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The Sea Hawk, The Sea Wolf, Virginia City

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1. The Breaking Point (1950)

2. Mildred Pierce (1945)

3. Casablanca (1942)

4. The Sea Wolf (1941)

5. The Sea Hawk (1940)

6. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

7. Captain Blood (1935)

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1. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)

2. Santa Fe Trail (1940)

3. Virginia City (1940)

4. Dodge City (1939)

5. The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

6. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

7. The Comancheros (1961)

8. The Kennel Murder Case (1933)

9. Doctor X (1932)

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, Thriller, Top 312

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A Dangerous Method, A History of Violence, Cosmopolis, Crash 1996, Dead Ringers, Eastern Promises, eXistenZ, Fast Company, 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. Crash (1996)
(No relation to Paul Haggis 2005 film)

2. Videodrome (1983)

3. A History of Violence (2005)

4. Dead Ringers (1988)

5. Spider (2002)

6. The Fly (1986)

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. Rabid (1977)

17. Shivers (1975)
(aka They Came from Within)

18. Scanners (1981)

19. Fast Company (1979)

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, 2000's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, Anthology Films, Bernardo Bertolucci, Biography, British Cinema, Chinese Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Italian Filmmakers, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Top 312

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1900 (Novecento), Before the Revolution, Besieged, La Luna, Last Tango in Paris, Little Buddha, Love and Anger (Agony) (Anthology Film), Partner, Stealing Beauty, Ten Minutes Older (Histoire d'eaux) (Anthology Film), The Conformist, The Dreamers, The Grim Reaper, The Last Emperor, The Sheltering Sky, The Spider's Stratagem, Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man

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1. 1900 (1976)

2. Last Tango in Paris (1972)

3. The Conformist (1970)

4. La Luna (1979)

5. The Spider’s Stratagem (1970)

6. Before the Revolution (1964)

7. The Grim Reaper (1962)

8. Partner (1968)

9. Besieged (1999)

10. Stealing Beauty (1996)

11. The Dreamers (2003)

12. The Sheltering Sky (1990)

13. The Last Emperor (1987)

14. Little Buddha (1993)

15. Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Anthology Films)

1. Love and Anger (1969)
(Segment: “Agony”)

2. Ten Minutes Older (2002)
(Segment: “Histoire d’eaux”)

My Favorite Alex Cox Films

26 Monday Mar 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000'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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Death and the Compass, Highway Patrolman, Repo Man, Revengers Tragedy, Searchers 2.0, Sid & Nancy, Straight to Hell, Three Businessmen, Walker

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1. Walker (1987)

2. Highway Patrolman (1991)

3. Repo Man (1984)

4. Sid & Nancy (1986)

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1. Searchers 2.0 (2007)

2. Revengers Tragedy (2002)

3. Three Businessmen (1998)

4. Death and the Compass (1992)

5. Straight to Hell (1987)

My Favorite Costa-Gavras Films

26 Monday Mar 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, Algerian Cinema, American Cinema, Biography, Cinema, Costa-Gavras, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, Greatest, Greek Filmmakers, History, Italian Cinema, Lists, Thriller, Top 312

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Missing, State of Siege, The Confession, Z

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1. Z (1969)

2. State of Siege (1972)

3. The Confession (1970)

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1. Missing (1982)

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, Grand Canyon Massacre, Minnesota Clay, Navajo Joe, Ringo and His Golden Pistol, The Great Silence (aka The Big Silence), The Hellbenders, The Mercenary

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1. The Great Silence (1968)
(aka The Big Silence)

2. Django (1966)

3. The Mercenary (1968)

4. Companeros (1970)

5. The Hellbenders (1967)

6. Navajo Joe (1966)

7. Minnesota Clay (1965)

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1. Ringo and His Golden Pistol (1966)

2. Grand Canyon Massacre (1964)
(billed as Stanley Corbett)

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, 2000's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Argentine Cinema, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Francis Ford Coppola, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, Horror, Italian Cinema, Lists, Music, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Romanian Cinema, Spanish Cinema, Thriller, Top 311, War

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Apocalypse Now, Bram Stoker's Dracula, One from the Heart, Rumble Fish, Tetro, The Conversation, The Cotton Club, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Godfather Part III, The Outsiders, The Rain People, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, Youth Without Youth

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1. Apocalypse Now (1979)

2. The Conversation (1974)

3. The Godfather Part II (1974)

4. The Godfather (1972)

5. Rumble Fish (1983)

6. The Rain People (1969)

7. The Cotton Club (1984)

8. One from the Heart (1982)

9. The Godfather Part III (1990)

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1. Tetro (2009)

2. Youth Without Youth (2007)

3. Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

4. Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)

5. The Outsiders (1983)

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, Full Moon High, God Told Me To, It's Alive, Masters of Horror: Pick Me Up, Q, Special Effects, The Ambulance, The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover, The Stuff

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1. God Told Me To (1976)

2. Q (1982)

3. It’s Alive (1974)

4. The Stuff (1985)

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

6. Black Caesar (1973)

7. Bone (1972)

8. The Ambulance (1990)

9. Special Effects (1984)

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1. Pick Me Up (2006)
(Masters of Horror Episode)

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1. Full Moon High (1981)

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, 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, Intolerable Cruelty, Miller's Crossing, No Country for Old Men, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski, The Hudsucker Proxy, The Ladykillers 2004, 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. Barton Fink (1991)

5. Fargo (1996)

6. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

7. A Serious Man (2009)

8. The Big Lebowski (1998)

9. True Grit (2010)

10. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

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

12. The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)

13. Burn After Reading (2008)

14. Hail, Caesar! (2016)

15. Blood Simple (1984)

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1. The Ladykillers (2004)

2. Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

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My Favorite Michael Curtiz Films

My Favorite George Cukor Films

My Favorite David Cronenberg Films

My Favorite Bernardo Bertolucci Films

My Favorite Alex Cox Films

My Favorite Costa-Gavras Films

My Favorite Sergio Corbucci Films

My Favorite Francis Ford Coppola Films

My Favorite Larry Cohen Films

My Favorite Joel and Ethan Coen Films