British Cinema

My Favorite Woody Allen Films (2023 Edition)

by John Charet

Please note that I am judging Woody Allen on here as a filmmaker and not as a person. Yes, I am aware of all of the controversies that have plagued his personal life and I do not condone any of them.

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  1. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
  2. Manhattan (1979)
  3. Midnight in Paris (2011)
  4. Match Point (2005)
  5. Husbands and Wives (1992)
  6. Stardust Memories (1980)
  7. Zelig (1983)
  8. Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
  9. Radio Days (1987)
  10. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
  11. Another Woman (1988)
  12. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
  13. Annie Hall (1977)
  14. Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
  15. Love and Death (1975)
  16. Sleeper (1973)
  17. Take the Money and Run (1969)

My Favorite Robert Aldrich Films (2023 Edition)

by John Charet

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  1. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
  2. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
  3. Hustle (1975)
  4. Autumn Leaves (1956)
  5. The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
  6. The Killing of Sister George (1968)
  7. Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
  8. Attack (1956)
  9. The Big Knife (1955)
  10. Vera Cruz (1954)
  11. Ulzana’s Raid (1972)
  12. Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
  13. Emperor of the North (1973)
  14. The Longest Yard (1974)
  15. Apache (1954)
  16. The Grissom Gang (1971)
  17. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
  18. The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
  19. …All the Marbles (1981)
  20. Too Late the Hero (1970)
  21. World for Ransom (1954)
  22. Big Leaguer (1953)

My Favorite Andrew Dominik Films

by John Charet

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1.   The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

2.   One More Time with Feeling (2016)
(Documentary)

3.   Mindhunter – Season 2 (2019)
3a. Episode 4 (2019)
3b. Episode 5 (2019)
(Streaming Series)

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

1.   Killing Them Softly (2012)

2.   Chopper (2000)

My Favorite William Wyler Films

by John Charet

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1.   The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

2.   Dodsworth (1936)

3.   Hell’s Heroes (1929)

4.   Counselor at Law (1933)

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1.   The Heiress (1949)

2.   The Letter (1940)

3.   The Collector (1965)

4.   The Little Foxes (1941)

5.   Roman Holiday (1953)

6.   Jezebel (1938)

My Favorite Noah Baumbach Films

by John Charet

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1.   Marriage Story (2019)

2.   The Meyerowitz Stories (2017)

3.   The Squid and the Whale (2005)

4.   De Palma (2015)
(co-directed with Jake Paltrow)
(Documentary)

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1.   Frances Ha (2012)

2.   While We’re Young (2014)

3.   Mistress America (2015)

4.   Greenberg (2010)

5.   Margot at the Wedding (2007)

6.   Mr. Jealousy (1997)

7.   Kicking and Screaming (1995)
(no relation to the 2005 film)

My Favorite Milos Forman Films

by John Charet

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1.   Loves of a Blonde (1965)

2.   Taking Off (1971)

3.   The Firemen’s Ball (1967)

4.   Black Peter (1963)

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

1.   Man on the Moon (1999)

My Favorite Richard Fleischer Films

by John Charet

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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 Stuart Cooper Films

by John Charet

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1.   Overlord (1975)

2.   Little Malcolm (1974)

3.   The Disappearance (1977)

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

1.   A Test of Violence (1970)
(Documentary Short)