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

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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 Kinji Fukasaku Films

17 Tuesday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, Action, Adventure, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Kinji Fukasaku, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Top 313

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1. Battle Royale (2000)

2. Battles Without Honor and Humanity Volumes 1-5 (1973/1974)

3. Shogun’s Samurai (1978)

4. Graveyard of Honor (1975)

5. Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)

6. Yakuza Graveyard (1976)

7. Samurai Reincarnation (1981)

8. Cops vs. Thugs (1975)

9. Fall Guy (1982)

10. Street Mobster (1972)

11. Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)

12. Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)

13. New Battles Without Honor and Humanity Volumes 1-3 (1974/1975/1976)

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1. Blackmail Is My Life (1968)

2. Black Lizard (1968)

My Favorite William Friedkin Films

15 Sunday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cable/Television, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, German Cinema, Greatest, Horror, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller, Top 313, War, William Friedkin

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Bug, Cruising, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Cockroaches) (TV Series), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Mascara) (TV Series), Jade, Killer Joe, Rampage 1987/1992, Rules of Engagement, Sorcerer, Tales from the Crypt (On a Deadman's Chest) (Cable Series), The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (Off Season) (TV Series), The Birthday Party, The Boys in the Band, The Brink's Job, The Exorcist, The French Connection, The Hunted, The Night They Raided Minsky's, The People vs. Paul Crump (TV Documentary), The Twilight Zone (Nightcrawlers) (TV Series), To Live and Die in L.A.

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

1. Sorcerer (1977)

2. The Exorcist (1973)

3. The French Connection (1971)

4. Bug (2006)

5. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

6. The Birthday Party (1968)

7. Cruising (1980)

8. Killer Joe (2011)

9. Rampage (1987/1992)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
(No relation to the 2018 monster movie or video game)

10. The Boys in the Band (1970)

11. Jade (1995)

12. The Night They Raided Minsky’s (1968)

13. The Brink’s Job (1978)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (TV Documentaries)

1. The People vs. Paul Crump (1962)

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

1. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-2015)
(Episode from 2007: Cockroaches)
(Television)

2. Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996)
(Episode from 1992: On a Deadman’s Chest)
(Cable Television)

3. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-2015)
(Episode from 2009: Mascara)
(Television)

4. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962-1965)
(Episode from 1965: Off Season)

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

1. The Hunted (2003)

2. Rules of Engagement (2000)

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

1. The Twilight Zone (1985-1989)
(Episode from 1985: Nightcrawlers)

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

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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”)

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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

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

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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)

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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 Louis Feuillade Films

12 Thursday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in Action, Adventure, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, Greatest, Lists, Louis Feuillade, Mystery, Pre-1920's Cinema, Silent Cinema, Thriller, Top 313

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Fantomas (Film Serial), Judex (Film Serial), Les Vampires (Film Serial)

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1. Les Vampires (1915/1916)
(Film Serial)

2. Judex (1916)
(Film Serial)

3. Fantomas (1913/1914)
(Film Serial)

My Favorite Clint Eastwood Films

11 Wednesday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cinema, Clint Eastwood, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Music, Mystery, Romance, Sport, Thriller, Top 314, War, Western

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A Perfect World, Absolute Power, American Sniper, Bird, Blood Work, Bronco Billy, Firefox, Flags of Our Fathers, Gran Torino, Heartbreak Ridge, Hereafter, High Plains Drifter, Honkytonk Man, Letters from Iwo Jima, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, Pale Rider, Play Misty for Me, Space Cowboys, Sudden Impact, Sully, The 15:17 to Paris, The Bridges of Madison County, The Eiger Sanction, The Gauntlet, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Rookie 1990, True Crime, Unforgiven, White Hunter Black Heart

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1. White Hunter Black Heart (1990)

2. Bronco Billy (1980)

3. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

4. A Perfect World (1993)

5. Bird (1988)

6. The Bridges of Madison County (1995)

7. Play Misty for Me (1971)

8. Pale Rider (1985)

9. The Gauntlet (1977)

10. Unforgiven (1992)

11. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

12. Gran Torino (2008)

13. Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

14. Million Dollar Baby (2004)

15. Mystic River (2003)

16. Honkytonk Man (1982)

17. American Sniper (2014)

18. High Plains Drifter (1973)

19. Sully (2016)

20. Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

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1. Firefox (1982)

2. Absolute Power (1997)

3. The Eiger Sanction (1975)

4. Sudden Impact (1983)

5. Hereafter (2010)

6. Blood Work (2002)

7. Space Cowboys (2000)

8. True Crime (1999)

9. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)

10. The 15:17 to Paris (2018)

11. The Rookie (1990)

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

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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)

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1. Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

2. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)

3. Heidi (1937)

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