My Favorite Samuel Fuller Films

17 Tuesday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Samuel Fuller, Thriller, Top 313, War, Western

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China Gate, Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street, Fixed Bayonets!, Forty Guns, Hell and High Water, House of Bamboo, I Shot Jesse James, Merrill's Marauders, Park Row, Pickup on South Street, Run of the Arrow, Shock Corridor, Street of No Return, The Baron of Arizona, The Big Red One, The Crimson Kimono, The Naked Kiss, The Steel Helmet, Underworld U.S.A., Verboten!, White Dog

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1. Shock Corridor (1963)

2. Park Row (1952)

3. White Dog (1982)

4. Pickup on South Street (1953)

5. The Steel Helmet (1951)

6. The Naked Kiss (1964)

7. The Big Red One (1980)

8. Run of the Arrow (1957)

9. Verboten! (1959)

10. Forty Guns (1957)

11. China Gate (1957)

12. Underworld U.S.A. (1961)

13. Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street (1974)

14. The Crimson Kimono (1959)

15. House of Bamboo (1955)

* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)

1. Merrill’s Marauders (1962)

2. The Baron of Arizona (1950)

3. I Shot Jesse James (1949)

4. Fixed Bayonets! (1951)

5. Street of No Return (1989)

6. Hell and High Water (1954)

My Favorite John Frankenheimer Films

14 Saturday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cable/Television, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, Horror, Italian Cinema, John Frankenheimer, Lists, Romance, Science Fiction, Sport, Thriller, Top 313, War

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52 Pick-Up, Black Sunday 1977, French Connection II, Grand Prix, Path to War (Cable Film), Reindeer Games, Ronin, Seconds, Seven Days in May, Tales from the Crypt (Maniac at Large) (Cable Series), The Comedian (Playhouse 90) (Television), The Fourth War, The Gypsy Moths, The Horsemen, The Manchurian Candidate 1962, The Train

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

2. Seconds (1966)

3. Black Sunday (1977)

4. The Train (1964)

5. Ronin (1998)

6. 52 Pick-Up (1986)

7. French Connection II (1975)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Cable/Television)

1. The Comedian (1957)
(Playhouse 90 episode)

2. Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996)
(Episode from 1992: “Maniac at Large”)

* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)

1. The Gypsy Moths (1969)

2. Grand Prix (1966)

3. The Horsemen (1971)

4. Seven Days in May (1964)

5. Reindeer Games (2000)

6. Path to War (2002)
(Cable film)

7. The Fourth War (1990)

My Favorite John Ford Films

13 Friday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Film Directors, Greatest, History, John Ford, Lists, Mexican Cinema, Pre-1920's Cinema, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 314, War, Western

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3 Bad Men, 3 Godfathers, 7 Women, Bucking Broadway, Cheyenne Autumn, Doctor Bull, Donovan's Reef, Drums Along the Mohawk, Fort Apache, Four Sons, Gideon's Day (a.k.a. Gideon of Scotland Yard), Hangman's House, How Green Was My Valley, Judge Priest, Mary of Scotland, Mogambo, My Darling Clementine, Pilgrimage, Rio Grande, Sergeant Rutledge, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Stagecoach, Steamboat Round the Bend, Straight Shooting, The Fugitive 1947, The Grapes of Wrath, The Hurricane 1937, The Informer, The Iron Horse, The Last Hurrah, The Long Gray Line, The Long Voyage Home, The Lost Patrol, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Prisoner of Shark Island, The Quiet Man, The Searchers, The Sun Shines Bright, The Whole Town's Talking, The World Moves On, They Were Expendable, Tobacco Road, Two Rode Together, Up the River, Wagon Master, Young Mr. Lincoln

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1. Wagon Master (1950)

2. The Sun Shines Bright (1953)

3. Fort Apache (1948)

4. 7 Women (1966)

5. Stagecoach (1939)

6. The Fugitive (1947)
(no relation to the 1993 film)

7. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

8. The Quiet Man (1952)

9. My Darling Clementine (1946)

10. How Green Was My Valley (1941)

11. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

12. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

13. Judge Priest (1934)

14. The Searchers (1956)

15. Pilgrimage (1933)

16. Sergeant Rutledge (1960)

17. Gideon’s Day (1958)
(a.k.a. Gideon of Scotland Yard)

18. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

19. The Informer (1935)

20. Hangman’s House (1928)

21. Four Sons (1928)

22. 3 Bad Men (1926)

23. The Iron Horse (1924)

24. They Were Expendable (1945)

25. Tobacco Road (1941)

26. The Long Voyage Home (1940)

27. Two Rode Together (1961)

28. Rio Grande (1950)

29. 3 Godfathers (1948)

30. The Whole Town’s Talking (1935)

31. Doctor Bull (1933)

32. Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)

* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)

1. Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

2. Donovan’s Reef (1963)

3. The Long Gray Line (1955)

4. Mogambo (1953)

5. The Last Hurrah (1958)

6. The Hurricane (1937)

7. Mary of Scotland (1936)

8. The Lost Patrol (1934)

9. The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

10. The World Moves On (1934)

11. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

12. Up the River (1930)

13. Bucking Broadway (1917)

14. Straight Shooting (1917)

My Favorite Robert J. Flaherty Films

13 Friday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Documentary, Drama, Family, Film Directors, German Cinema, Greatest, Irish Cinema, Lists, Silent Cinema, Top 313

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Elephant Boy, Louisiana Story, Man of Aran (Documentary), Moana 1926 (Documentary), Nanook of the North (Documentary), The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (Documentary)

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1. Nanook of the North (1922)
(Documentary)

2. Louisiana Story (1948)

3. Moana (1926)
(Documentary)
(no relation to the 2016 Disney film)

4. Man of Aran (1934)
(Documentary)

5. The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950)
(Documentary)

* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)

1. Elephant Boy (1937)
(co-directed with Zoltan Korda)

My Favorite Terence Fisher Films

13 Friday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Adventure, British Cinema, British Filmmakers, Cinema, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Horror, Lists, Mystery, Science Fiction, Terence Fisher, Top 313

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Dracula (a.k.a. Horror of Dracula), Dracula: Prince of Darkness, Frankenstein Created Woman, Sword of Sherwood Forest, The Brides of Dracula, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Devil Rides Out, The Gorgon, The Hound of the Baskervilles 1959, The Mummy 1959, The Revenge of Frankenstein

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1. Dracula (1958)
(a.k.a. Horror of Dracula)

2. The Devil Rides Out (1968)

3. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

4. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

5. The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)

* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)

1. Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)

2. The Gorgon (1964)

3. The Brides of Dracula (1960)

4. The Mummy (1959)

5. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)

6. Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)

My Favorite Federico Fellini Films

12 Thursday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Fantasy, Federico Fellini, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Horror, Italian Cinema, Italian Filmmakers, Lists, Music, Mystery, Romance, Top 313

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8 1/2, Amarcord, And the Ship Sails On, Fellini Satyricon, Fellini's Casanova, I Vitteloni, Il bidone, Juliet of the Spirits, La Dolce Vita, La Strada, Nights of Cabiria, Roma, Spirits of the Dead (Toby Dammit) (Anthology Film), The Clowns (Documentary), The White Sheik, Variety Lights

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1. 8 1/2 (1963)

2. La Dolce Vita (1960)

3. Amarcord (1973)

4. Nights of Cabiria (1957)

5. La Strada (1954)

6. I Vitelloni (1953)

7. Fellini Satyricon (1969)

8. Juliet of the Spirits (1965)

9. Fellini’s Casanova (1976)

10. Roma (1972)

11. Il bidone (1955)

12. The White Sheik (1952)

13. Variety Lights (1950)
(co-directed with Alberto Lattuada)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)

1. Spirits of the Dead (1968)
(Segment: “Toby Dammit”)
(Anthology Film)

* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)

1. And the Ship Sails On (1983)

2. The Clowns (1970)
(Documentary)

My Favorite Allan Dwan Films

09 Monday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Canadian Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Lists, Musical, Pre-1920's Cinema, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 314, Uncategorized, War, Western

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A Modern Musketeer, Driftwood, Heidi 1937, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Robin Hood 1922, Sands of Iwo Jima, Silver Lode, Slightly Scarlet, The Iron Mask 1929, Zaza

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1. Silver Lode (1954)

2. Slightly Scarlet (1956)

3. Driftwood (1947)

4. Robin Hood (1922)

5. Zaza (1923)

6. The Iron Mask (1929)

7. A Modern Musketeer (1917)

* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)

1. Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

2. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)

3. Heidi (1937)

My Favorite Carl Theodor Dreyer Films

08 Sunday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Biography, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Cinema, Comedy, Danish Cinema, Danish Filmmakers, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Horror, Lists, Romance, Silent Cinema, Swedish Cinema, Top 314

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Day of Wrath, Gertrud, Leaves from Satan's Book, Master of the House, Michael 1924, Ordet, The Parson's Widow, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Vampyr

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1. Gertrud (1964)

2. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

3. Day of Wrath (1943)

4. Vampyr (1932)

5. Ordet (1955)

6. Michael (1924)

7. Master of the House (1925)

8. The Parson’s Widow (1920)

9. Leaves from Satan’s Book (1921)

My Favorite Stanley Donen Films

08 Sunday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Gene Kelly, George Abbott, Greatest, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Sport, Stanley Donen, Thriller, Top 314

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Arabesque, Bedazzled 1967, Charade, Damn Yankees, Deep in My Heart, Fearless Fagan, Funny Face, Give a Girl a Break, Indiscreet, It's Always Fair Weather, Kiss Them for Me, Love Is Better Than Ever, On the Town, Once More with Feeling!, Royal Wedding, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Singin' in the Rain, Staircase, Surprise Package, The Grass is Greener, The Little Prince 1974, The Pajama Game, Two for the Road

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1. Two for the Road (1967)

2. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
(co-directed with Gene Kelly)

3. Charade (1963)

4. On the Town (1949)
(co-directed with Gene Kelly)

5. Funny Face (1957)

6. It’s Always Fair Weather (1955)
(co-directed with Gene Kelly)

7. The Pajama Game (1957)
(co-directed with George Abbott)

8. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

9. Royal Wedding (1951)

10. Staircase (1969)

11. Bedazzled (1967)

12. Damn Yankees! (1958)
(co-directed with George Abbott)

13. The Grass Is Greener (1960)

14. Indiscreet (1958)

15. Once More, with Feeling! (1960)

16. Give a Girl a Break (1953)

17. Surprise Package (1960)

18. Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)

19. Fearless Fagan (1952)

* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)

1. The Little Prince (1974)

2. Kiss Them for Me (1957)

3. Arabesque (1966)

4. Deep in My Heart (1954)

My Favorite Vittorio De Sica Films

07 Saturday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Anthology Films, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Italian Filmmakers, Lists, Romance, Short Cinema, Top 314, Vittorio de Sica

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Bicycle Thieves, Marriage Italian-Style, Miracle in Milan, Shoeshine, The Children Are Watching Us, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, Two Women, Umberto D., Yesterday Today and Tomorrow

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1. Umberto D. (1952)

2. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1961)

3. Bicycle Thieves (1948)

4. Marriage Italian-Style (1964)

5. Miracle in Milan (1951)

6. Two Women (1960)

7. Shoeshine (1946)

8. The Children Are Watching Us (1944)

9. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)

1. Boccaccio ’70 (1962)
(Segment: “La riffa”)
(Anthology Film)

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