My Favorite Allan Dwan Films

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

1.   Silver Lode (1954)

2.   Driftwood (1947)

3.   Robin Hood (1922)

4.   Slightly Scarlet (1956)

5.   Manhandled (1924)

6.   Zaza (1923)

7.   The Iron Mask (1929)

8.   A Modern Musketeer (1917)

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

1.   Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

2.   Heidi (1937)

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 Jacques Demy Films

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

1.   The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)

2.   Model Shop (1969)

3.   A Room in Town (1982)

4.   Lola (1961)

5.   The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

6.   Bay of Angels (1962)

7.   Donkey Skin (1970)

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

1.   The Seven Deadly Sins (1961)
(Segment: “Lust”)
(Anthology Film)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

My Favorite Pierre Etaix Films

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

1.   Yoyo (1965)

2.   Land of Milk and Honey (1971)
(Documentary)

3.   The Suitor (1963)

4.   As Long As You’ve Got Your Health (1966)

5.   Le Grand Amour (1969)

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

1.   Happy Anniversary (1962)

2.   Rupture (1961)
(co-directed with Jean-Claude Carriere)

3.   Feeling Good (1965/1971/2010)

My Favorite Joe Dante Films

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

1.   Masters of Horror (2005)
1a. Episode: “Homecoming”
(Cable/Television)

2.   The Second Civil War (1997)
(Cable/Television)

3.   Matinee (1993)

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

1.   Eerie, Indiana (1991-1992)
(Episodes from 1991: “Forever Ware”, “The Retainer”, “The Losers” and “Heart on a Chain”)
(Episodes from 1992: “The Hole in the Head Gang”)
(Television)

2.   Police Squad! (1982)
(Episodes: “Ring of Fear
(A Dangerous Assignment”
and
“Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don’t Laugh)”)
(Television)

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

1.   Gremlins (1984)

2.   The ‘Burbs (1989)

3.   Innerspace (1987)

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

1.   Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
(Segment: “It’s a Good Life”)

My Favorite George Cukor Films

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

1.   Sylvia Scarlett (1935)

2.   Bhowani Junction (1956)

3.   Adam’s Rib (1949)

4.   A Star Is Born (1954)

5.   Les Girls (1957)

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

1.   A Double Life (1947)

2.   Edward, My Son (1949)

3.   The Actress (1953)

4.   The Marrying Kind (1952)

5.   Pat and Mike (1952)

6.   Holiday (1938)

7.   The Philadelphia Story (1940)

8.   Love Among the Ruins (1975)
(Television)

9.   The Women (1939)

10. Travels with My Aunt (1972)

11. It Should Happen to You (1954)

12. The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951)

13. Born Yesterday (1950)

14. Gaslight (1944)

15. A Woman’s Face (1941)

16. Camille (1936)

17. Little Women (1933)

18. Dinner at Eight (1933)

19. David Copperfield (1935)

My Favorite Charlie Chaplin Films

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

1.   City Lights (1931)

2.   Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

3.   The Gold Rush (1925)

4.   Limelight (1952)

5.   Modern Times (1936)

6.   The Great Dictator (1940)

7.   A Woman of Paris (1923)

8.   The Kid (1921)

9.   The Circus (1928)

10. A King in New York (1957)

11. A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema) (Keystone Shorts)

1.   His Prehistoric Past (1914)

2.   The New Janitor (1914)

3.   Dough and Dynamite (1914)

4.   His Trysting Place (1914)

5.   Gentlemen of Nerve (1914)

6.   His Musical Career (1914)

7.   Getting Acquainted (1914)

8.   The Property Man (1914)

9.   Laughing Gas (1914)

10. Mabel’s Married Life (1914)

11. A Busy Day (1914)

12. The Rounders (1914)

13. Those Love Pangs (1914)

14. Caught in the Rain (1914)

15. Twenty Minutes of Love (1914)

16. His New Profession (1914)

17. The Masquerader (1914)

18. Recreation (1914) 

19. The Face on the Bar Room Floor (1914)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema) (Essanay Shorts)

1.   The Bank (1915)

2.   Work (1915)

3.   The Tramp (1915)

4.   In the Park (1915)

5.   His New Job (1915)

6.   A Jitney Elopement (1915)

7.   Shanghaied (1915)

8.   Burlesque on ‘Carmen’ (1915)

9.   Police (1916)

10. A Night in the Show (1915)

11. A Woman (1915)

12. By the Sea (1915)

13. The Champion (1915)

14. A Night Out (1915)

15. Triple Trouble (1918)
(co-directed with Leo White)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema) (Mutual Shorts)

1.   The Immigrant (1917)

2.   Behind the Screen (1916)

3.   The Pawnshop (1916)

4.   The Floorwalker (1916)

5.   The Fireman (1916)

6.   One A.M. (1916)

7.   The Rink (1916)

8.   The Count (1916)

9.   The Vagabond (1916)

10. The Adventurer (1917)

11. The Cure (1917)

12. Easy Street (1917) 

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema) (First National Shorts)

1.   The Pilgrim (1923)

2.   Shoulder Arms (1918)

3.   A Dog’s Life (1918)

4.   The Bond (1918)

5.   Payday (1922)

6.   The Idle Class (1921)

7.   Sunnyside (1919)

8.   A Day’s Pleasure (1919)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Compilation Films)

1.   The Chaplin Revue (1959)

My Favorite Brad Bird Films

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

1.   The Iron Giant (1999)
(Animated Film)

2.   Ratatouille (2007)
(Animated Film)

3.   The Incredibles (2004)
(Animated Film)

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

1.   Amazing Stories (1985-1987)
Episode: Family Dog (1987)
(Animated Segment)

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

1.   Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)

My Favorite Wes Anderson Films

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

1.   The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

2.   Rushmore (1998)

3.   Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

4.   Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
(Animated Film)

5.   The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

6.   Isle of Dogs (2018)
(Animated Film)

7.   The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

8.   The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

9.   Bottle Rocket (1996)

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

1.   Hotel Chevalier (2007)

My Favorite Robert Altman Films

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

1.   Nashville (1975)

2.   McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

3.   Short Cuts (1993)

4.   The Long Goodbye (1973)

5.   Tanner ’88 (1988)
(Miniseries)
(Cable/Television)

6.   3 Women (1977)

7.   Great Performances (1996)
7a. Episode: “Robert Altman’s Jazz ’34”
(Documentary)
(Television)

8.   The Player (1992)

9.   Secret Honor (1984)

10. California Split (1974)

11. Streamers (1983)

12. Gosford Park (2001)

13. Cookie’s Fortune (1999)

14. A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

15. Tanner on Tanner (2004)
(Miniseries)
(Cable/Television)

16. The Company (2003)

17. Vincent & Theo (1990)

18. A Wedding (1978)

19. Images (1972)

20. Brewster McCloud (1970)

21. MASH (1970)

22. That Cold Day in the Park (1969)

23. Kansas City (1996)

24. Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976)

25. Thieves Like Us (1974)

26. Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)

27. Gun (1997)
27a. Episode: “All the President’s Women”
(Television)

28. Fool for Love (1985)

29. The Gingerbread Man (1998)

30. The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (1988)
(Television)

31. Health (1980)
(I watched it online)

32. A Perfect Couple (1979)

33. Ready to Wear (1994)
(a.k.a. Pret-a-Porter)

34. Dr. T & the Women (2000)

35. O.C. & Stiggs (1985)
(theatrically released in 1987)

36. Beyond Therapy (1987)

37. Popeye (1980)

38. Quintet (1979)

39. Countdown (1968)

40. Basements (1987)
40a. “The Dumb Waiter”
40b. “The Room”
(Cable/Television)
(I watched the former on an old VHS tape and the latter online)

41. Nightmare in Chicago (1964)
(Television)
(I watched it online)

42. The Delinquents (1957)

43. The James Dean Story (1957)
(Co-directed with George W. George)
(Documentary)

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

1.   Aria (1987)
(Segment: “Les Boreades”)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (TV Episodes)

1.   Combat (1962-1967)
(Episodes from 1962: “Forgotten Front”, “Rear Echelon Commandos”, “Any Second Now”, “Escape to Nowhere”, “Cat and Mouse”, “I Swear by Apollo” and “The Prisoner”)
(Episodes from 1963: “The Volunteer”, “Off Limits” and “Survival”)

2.   The Gallant Men (1962-1963)
(Pilot Episode from 1962: “Battle Zone”)

3.   Route 66 (1960-1964)
(Episode from 1961: “Some of the People, Some of the Time”)   

4.   Peter Gunn (1958-1961)
(Episode from 1961: “The Murder Bond”)

5.   Lawman (1958-1962)
(Episode from 1961: “The Robbery”)

6.   Bonanza (1959-1973)
(Episodes from 1960: “Silent Thunder”)
(Episodes from 1961: “Bank Run”, “The Duke”, “The Rival”, “The Secret”, “The Dream Riders”, “Sam Hill” and “The Many Faces of Gideon Finch”)

7.   Maverick (1957-1962)
(Episode from 1960: “Bolt from the Blue”)

8.   Bronco (1958-1962)
(Episode from 1960: “The Mustangers”)

9.   Sugarfoot (1957-1961)
(Episode from 1959: “Apollo with a Gun”)
(Episode from 1960: “The Highbinder”)

10. M Squad (1957-1960)
(Episode from 1958: “Lover’s Lane Killing”)

11. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1965)
(Episode from 1957: “The Young One”)
(Episode from 1958: “Together”)