My Favorite Richard Fleischer Films

24 Tuesday Mar 2020

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, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Lists, Mystery, Richard Fleischer, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller

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10 Rillington Place, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954, Compulsion, Mandingo, So This Is New York, The Boston Strangler, The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, The Narrow Margin, The Vikings, Violent Saturday

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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 John Charet 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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A Little Princess, Children of Men, Gravity, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Roma, Y Tu Mama Tambien

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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 Waters Films

01 Saturday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, John Waters, Lists, Music, Romance, Thriller

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Desperate Living, Female Trouble, Hairspray 1988, Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos, Polyester

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1. Pink Flamingos (1972)

2. Female Trouble (1974)

3. Hairspray (1988)

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1. Multiple Maniacs (1970)

2. Desperate Living (1977)

3. Polyester (1981)

My Favorite Raoul Walsh Films

01 Saturday Sep 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, 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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A Distant Trumpet, Along the Great Divide, Band of Angels, Battle Cry, Big Brown Eyes, Blackbeard the Pirate, Captain Horatio Hornblower, Cheyenne, Colorado Territory, Dark Command, Distant Drums, Gentleman Jim, Going Hollywood, Gun Fury, High Sierra, Manpower, Me and My Gal, Pursued, Regeneration, Sadie Thompson, Saskatchewan, The Big Trail, The King and Four Queens, The Lawless Breed, The Man I Love, The Naked and the Dead, The Revolt of Mamie Stover, The Roaring Twenties, The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw, The Strawberry Blonde, The Tall Men, The Thief of Bagdad 1924, The World in His Arms, They Died with Their Boots On, They Drive By Night, White Heat

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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)

My Favorite Jacques Tourneur Films

21 Tuesday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, British Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Filmmakers, Greatest, History, Horror, Jacques Tourneur, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 306, Western

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Anne of the Indies, Canyon Passage, Cat People 1942, Great Day in the Morning, I Walked with a Zombie, Night of the Demon, Nightfall, Out of the Past, Stars in My Crown, Stranger on Horseback, The Flame and the Arrow, The Leopard Man, Way of a Gaucho, Wichita

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1. Stars in My Crown (1950)

2. Cat People (1942)

3. Night of the Demon (1957)

4. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

5. The Leopard Man (1943)

6. Out of the Past (1947)

7. Wichita (1955)

8. Canyon Passage (1946)

9. The Flame and the Arrow (1950)

10. Great Day in the Morning (1956)

11. Anne of the Indies (1951)

12. Nightfall (1957)

13. Stranger on Horseback (1955)

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1. Way of a Gaucho (1952)

2. Appointment in Honduras (1953)

My Favorite Sam Taylor Films

18 Saturday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Family, Film Directors, Greatest, Lists, Romance, Sam Taylor, Silent Cinema, Sport, Thriller, Top 305, Uncategorized

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For Heaven's Sake, Girl Shy, Hot Water, My Best Girl, Safety Last, The Freshman 1925, Why Worry?

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1. Safety Last! (1923)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)

2. My Best Girl (1927)

3. The Freshman (1925)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)
(no relation to the 1990 film)

4. Girl Shy (1924)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)

5. For Heaven’s Sake (1926)

6. Hot Water (1924)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)

7. Why Worry? (1923)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)

My Favorite Jacques Tati Films

13 Monday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Documentary, Family, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, Greatest, Italian Cinema, Jacques Tati, Lists, Short Cinema, Sport, Swedish Cinema, Top 306

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Forza Bastia (Short Film), Gai dimanche (Short Film), Jour de Fete, Mon Oncle, Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, Parade, Playtime, School for Postmen (Short Film), Trafic

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1. Playtime (1967)

2. Parade (1974)

3. Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953)

4. Jour de Fete (1949)

5. Mon Oncle (1958)

6. Trafic (1971)

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1. Forza Bastia (1978/2002)
(finished by Sophie Tatischeff)
(Documentary)

2. School for Postmen (1947)

3. Gai dimanche (1935)
(co-directed with Jacques Berr)

My Favorite Frank Tashlin Films

13 Monday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Frank Tashlin, Greatest, Lists, Music, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 305, War, Western

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Artists and Models, Bachelor Flat, Caprice, Cinderfella, Hollywood or Bust, It's Only Money, Rock-a-Bye Baby, Say One for Me, Son of Paleface, Susan Slept Here, The Alphabet Murders, The Disorderly Orderly, The First Time, The Geisha Boy, The Girl Can't Help It, The Glass Bottom Boat, The Lieutenant Wore Skirts, The Man from the Diners' Club, The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell, Who's Minding the Store?, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

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1. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)

2. The Alphabet Murders (1965)

3. The Girl Can’t Help It (1956)

4. The Man from the Diners’ Club (1963)
(I watched it on TCM years back)

5. Bachelor Flat (1962)

6. The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956)

7. Artists and Models (1955)

8. Susan Slept Here (1954)

9. Son of Paleface (1952)

10. The First Time (1952)

11. Who’s Minding the Store? (1963)

12. Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958)

13. Hollywood or Bust (1956)

14. It’s Only Money (1962)

15. The Geisha Boy (1958)

16. The Disorderly Orderly (1964)

17. Cinderfella (1960)

18. The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)

19. The Private Navy of Sgt. O’Farrell (1968)

20. Caprice (1967)

21. Say One for Me (1959)

My Favorite Steven Spielberg Films

07 Tuesday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Film Directors, Greatest, Lists, Science Fiction, Steven Spielberg, Television, Thriller, War

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1941, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Catch Me If You Can, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Duel (Television), E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Minority Report, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Sugarland Express

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1. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

2. 1941 (1979)

3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

4. Jaws (1975)

5. E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (1982)

6. Duel (1971)
(Television)

7. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

8. The Sugarland Express (1974)

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1. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

2. Catch Me If You Can (2002)

3. Jurassic Park (1993)

4. Minority Report (2002)

My Favorite Henry Selick Films

31 Tuesday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Animation, British Cinema, Cinema, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Henry Selick, Horror, Lists, Musical, Top 304

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Coraline, James and the Giant Peach, The Nightmare Before Christmas

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

1. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

2. Coraline (2009)

3. James and the Giant Peach (1996)
(Part Live-Action)

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