Category Archives: Adventure

My Favorite Richard Fleischer Films

24 Tuesday Mar 2020

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1.   Mandingo (1975)

2.   The Narrow Margin (1952)

3.   The Boston Strangler (1968)

4.   10 Rillington Place (1971)

5.   The Vikings (1958)

6.   20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

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1.   Compulsion (1959)

2.   The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)

3.   Violent Saturday (1955)

4.   So This Is New York (1948)

My Favorite Alfonso Cuaron Films

17 Tuesday Mar 2020

Posted by in 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Adventure, Alfonso Cuaron, American Cinema, British Cinema, Cinema, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Lists, Mexican Cinema, Mexican Filmmakers, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller

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1.   Roma (2018)

2.   Gravity (2013)

3.   Children of Men (2006)

4.   Y Tu Mama También (2001)

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1.   A Little Princess (1995)

2.   Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

My Favorite John Huston Films

15 Wednesday Jan 2020

Posted by in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, John Huston, Lists, Mystery, Sport, Thriller, Top 314

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1.   Wise Blood (1979)

2.   The Maltese Falcon (1941)

3.   Fat City (1972)

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1.   The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

2.   The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

3.   The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

My Favorite Takashi Miike Films

17 Monday Sep 2018

Posted by in 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, British Cinema, Cable/Television, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Lists, Mystery, Short Cinema, Takashi Miike, Thriller, Top 307

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1.   Audition (1999) 

2.   Ichi the Killer (2001)

3.   13 Assassins (2010)

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1.   Three… Extremes (2004)
(Segment: “Box”)
(Anthology Film)

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1.   Imprint (2006)
(Masters of Horror Episode)

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1.   Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000)

2.   Visitor Q (2001)

3.   Dead or Alive (1999)

4.   Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)

5.   Ley Lines (1999)

6.   Blade of the Immortal (2017)

7.   Rainy Dog (1997)

8.   Fudoh: The New Generation (1996)

9.   Shinjuku Triad Society (1995)

10. Dead or Alive: Final (2002)

My Favorite Ching Siu-tung Films

17 Monday Sep 2018

Posted by in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, Action, Adventure, Ching Siu-tung, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Hong Kong Cinema, Hong Kong Filmmakers, Horror, Lists, Romance, Top 307, Uncategorized

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1.   A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)

2.   Swordsman II (1992)
(a.k.a. The Legend of the Swordsman)

3.   Duel to the Death (1983)

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1.   A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)

2.   Fight and Love with a Terracotta Warrior (1989)

3.   A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)

4.   Swordsman III (1993)
(a.k.a. The East Is Red)

My Favorite King Hu Films

17 Monday Sep 2018

Posted by in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Action, Adventure, Chinese Filmmakers, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Hong Kong Cinema, Hong Kong Filmmakers, Horror, King Hu, Lists, Mystery, Taiwanese Cinema, Taiwanese Filmmakers, Top 307, Uncategorized

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1.   A Touch of Zen (1971)

2.   Dragon Inn (1967)

3.   Come Drink with Me (1966)

4.   The Fate of Lee Khan (1973)
(I watched it on youtube)

5.   Legend of the Mountain (1979)

6.   Raining in the Mountain (1979)
(I watched it on youtube)

7.   The Valiant Ones (1975)

Note: King Hu only partially directed The Swordsman (1990).

My Favorite Robert Zemeckis Films

15 Saturday Sep 2018

Posted by in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Animation, Cable/Television, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Lists, Music, Mystery, Robert Zemeckis, Science Fiction, Top 307, Western

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1.   Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
(Animation/Live-Action)

2.   Used Cars (1980)

3.   Back to the Future (1985)

4.   I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)

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1.   Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996)
(Episode from Season 1: “And All Through the House”)
(Episode from Season 3: “Yellow”)
(Episode from Season 6: “You, Murderer”)
(Cable Series)

My Favorite Robert Wise Films

06 Thursday Sep 2018

Posted by in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Horror, Lists, Mystery, Robert Wise, Romance, Science Fiction, Sport, Thriller, Top 306, War, Western

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1.   The Set-Up (1949)

2.   The Haunting (1963)

3.   The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

4.   The Curse of the Cat People (1944)

5.   Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)

6.   The Body Snatcher (1945)

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1.   Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

2.   Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)

3.   Born to Kill (1947)

4.   Executive Suite (1954)

5.   Blood on the Moon (1948)

6.   I Want to Live! (1958)

7.   The Andromeda Strain (1971)

My Favorite Lina Wertmuller Films

05 Wednesday Sep 2018

Posted by in 1970's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Italian Filmmakers, Lina Wertmuller, Romance, Thriller, Top 306, War

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1.   Seven Beauties (1975)

2.   Love & Anarchy (1973)

3.   Swept Away (1974)

4.   The Seduction of Mimi (1972)

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1.   Ciao, Professore! (1992)

2.   All Screwed Up (1974)

3.   Ferdinando and Carolina (1999)

4.   Blood Feud (1978)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

5.   A Night Full of Rain (1978)

My Favorite Raoul Walsh Films

01 Saturday Sep 2018

Posted by 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, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Lists, Music, Musical, Mystery, Pre-1920's Cinema, Raoul Walsh, Romance, Silent Cinema, Sport, Thriller, Top 306, War, Western

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1.   White Heat (1949)

2.   The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

3.   The Roaring Twenties (1939)

4.   Regeneration (1915)

5.   Band of Angels (1957)

6.   Sadie Thompson (1928)

7.   Gentleman Jim (1942)

8.   Going Hollywood (1933)
(I watched it on TCM)

9.   High Sierra (1941)

10. The Strawberry Blonde (1941)

11. Pursued (1947)

12. Colorado Territory (1949)

13. They Drive by Night (1940)

14. They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

15. Me and My Gal (1932)

16. The Big Trail (1930)

17. The Man I Love (1947)

18. Dark Command (1940)

19. Manpower (1941)

20. Big Brown Eyes (1936)

21. Cheyenne (1947)
(I watched it on TCM a few years ago)

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1.   Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)

2.   The World in His Arms (1952)

3.   Along the Great Divide (1951)

4.   The Tall Men (1955)

5.   Distant Drums (1951)

6.   Battle Cry (1955)

7.   The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)

8.   The Naked and the Dead (1958)

9.   A Distant Trumpet (1964)

10. Saskatchewan (1954)

11. The Lawless Breed (1953)

12. The King and Four Queens (1956)

13. Gun Fury (1953)

14. Blackbeard the Pirate (1953)

15. The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)