My Favorite John Frankenheimer Films

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1.   The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

2.   The Comedian (1957)
(Episode of “Playhouse 90”)
(Television)

3.   Seconds (1966)

4.   Days of Wine and Roses (1958)
(Episode of “Playhouse 90”)
(Television)

5.   Seven Days in May (1964)

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

1.   Tales from the Crypt (1992)
(Episode: “Maniac at Large”)
(Cable/Television)

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

1.   Ronin (1998)

2.   52 Pick-Up (1986)

3.   French Connection II (1975)

My Favorite John Ford Films

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1.   The Sun Shines Bright (1953)

2.   The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

3.   Wagon Master (1950)

4.   7 Women (1966)

5.   Sergeant Rutledge (1960)

6.   The Long Gray Line (1955)

7.   Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

8.   Donovan’s Reef (1963)

9.   Two Rode Together (1961)

10. The Horse Soldiers (1959)

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

12. The Rising of the Moon (1957)
(Anthology)

13. The Wings of Eagles (1957)

14. The Searchers (1956)

15. The Quiet Man (1952)

16. Fort Apache (1948)

17. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

18. My Darling Clementine (1946)

19. The Long Voyage Home (1940)

20. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

21. The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

22. The Whole Town’s Talking (1935)

23. Judge Priest (1934)

24. Pilgrimage (1933)

25. Hangman’s House (1928)

26. Four Sons (1928)

27. Upstream (1927)

28. 3 Bad Men (1926)

29. Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)

30. Doctor Bull (1933)

31. They Were Expendable (1945)

32. How Green Was My Valley (1941)

33. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

34. Stagecoach (1939)

35. Rio Grande (1950)

36. Wagon Train – Season 4 (1960)
36a. Episode: “The Colter Craven Story”
(Television)

37. 3 Godfathers (1948)

38. Mogambo (1953)

39. The Fugitive (1947)
(no relation to the TV series or the 1993 film)

40. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

41. The Hurricane (1937)

42. Wee Willie Winkie (1937)

43. The Informer (1935)

44. The Lost Patrol (1934)

45. Flesh (1932)

46. Just Pals (1920)

47. Hell Bent (1918)

48. Bucking Broadway (1917)

49. Straight Shooting (1917)

50. The Iron Horse (1924)

51. Tobacco Road (1941)

52. Air Mail (1932)

53. When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)

54. The Last Hurrah (1958)

55. Mister Roberts (1955)
(co-directed with Mervyn LeRoy)

56. Mary of Scotland (1936)

57. What Price Glory (1952)

58. Arrowsmith (1931)

59. The World Moves On (1934)

60. Four Men and a Prayer (1938)

61. The Shamrock Handicap (1926)
(I watched it online)

62. Up the River (1930)

63. Riley the Cop (1928)
(I watched it online)

64. Submarine Patrol (1938)
(I watched it online)

65. Men Without Women (1930)

66. Seas Beneath (1930)

67. The Blue Eagle (1926)
(I watched it online)

68. Born Reckless (1930)

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

1.   How the West Was Won (1962)
1a. Segment: “The Civil War (1861-1865)”
(Anthology)

2.   By Indian Post (1919)
(I watched it online)

My Favorite Clint Eastwood Films

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

1.   White Hunter Black Heart (1990)

2.   Bird (1988)

3.   Play Misty for Me (1971)

4.   Gran Torino (2008)

5.   The Bridges of Madison County (1995)

6.   A Perfect World (1993)

7.   Unforgiven (1992)

8.   Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

9.   Million Dollar Baby (2004)

10. Mystic River (2003)

11. Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

12. Pale Rider (1985)

13. Honkytonk Man (1982)

14. Bronco Billy (1980)

15. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) 

16. High Plains Drifter (1973)

17. The Blues (2003)
Episode: “Piano Blues”
(Documentary)
(Television)

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

1.   The Mule (2018)

2.   American Sniper (2014)

3.   Richard Jewell (2019)

4.   Sully (2016)

5.   Breezy (1973)

6.   Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

7.   The Gauntlet (1977)

8.   Firefox (1982)

9.   Sudden Impact (1983)

10. The Eiger Sanction (1975)

My Favorite Stanley Donen Films

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

1.   Two for the Road (1967)

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

3.   Charade (1963)

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

5.   Funny Face (1957)

6.   On the Town (1949)
(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)

20. Deep in My Heart (1954)

21. Kiss Them for Me (1957)

22. Arabesque (1966)

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

1.   The Little Prince (1974)

2.   Movie Movie (1978)

3.   Lucky Lady (1975)

My Favorite Brian De Palma Films

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

1.   The Fury (1978)

2.   Femme Fatale (2002)

3.   Blow Out (1981)

4.   Dressed to Kill (1980)

5.   Carrie (1976)

6.   Hi, Mom! (1970)

7.   Casualties of War (1989)

8.   Sisters (1972)

9.   Body Double (1984)

10. Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

11. Raising Cain (1992)

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

1.   Greetings (1968)

2.   Carlito’s Way (1993)

3.   Scarface (1983)

4.   The Untouchables (1987)

My Favorite Jonathan Demme Films

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

1.   Something Wild (1986)

2.   Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids (2016)
(Concert Film)

3.   Handle with Care (1977)
(a.k.a. Citizens Band)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

4.   Rachel Getting Married (2008)

5.   Stop Making Sense (1984)
(Concert Film)

6.   Swing Shift (1984)
(Original Cut/Workprint)
(I watched it online)

7.   Who Am I This Time? (1982)
(Episode of PBS American Playhouse)
(Television)

8.   Melvin and Howard (1980)

9.   The Agronomist (2003)
(Documentary)

10a. Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006)
10b. Neil Young Trunk Show (2009)
10c. Neil Young Journeys (2011)
(Documentaries/Concert Films)

11. Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
(Performance Film)

12. Storefront Hitchcock (1998)
(Concert Film)

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

1.   Enlightened (2011)
1a. Episode: “Sandy”
(Cable/Television)

My Favorite Guillermo del Toro Films

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

1.   Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

2.   The Devil’s Backbone (2001)

3.   Cronos (1993)

4.   The Shape of Water (2017)

5.   Crimson Peak (2015)

6.   Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

7.   Hellboy (2004)

8.   Pacific Rim (2013)

9.   Mimic (1997)

10. Blade II (2002)

My Favorite Larry Cohen Films

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

1.   God Told Me To (1976)

2.   Q: The Winged Serpent (1982)

3.   It’s Alive (1974)

4.   The Stuff (1985)

5.   The Ambulance (1990)

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

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

1.   Bone (1972)

2.   Black Caesar (1973)

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

4.   It Lives Again (1978)