My Favorite Douglas Sirk Films

03 Friday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Douglas Sirk, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, German Filmmakers, Greatest, History, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 305, War, Western

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A Scandal in Paris, A Time to Love and a Time to Die, All I Desire, All That Heaven Allows, Captain Lightfoot, Has Anybody Seen My Gal?, Imitation of Life, Interlude, Lured, Magnificent Obsession, Shockproof, Taza Son of Cochise, The Tarnished Angels, There's Always Tomorrow, Thunder on the Hill, Written on the Wind

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1. Written on the Wind (1956)

2. Imitation of Life (1959)

3. There’s Always Tomorrow (1956)

4. A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

5. All That Heaven Allows (1955)

6. The Tarnished Angels (1957)

7. Magnificent Obsession (1954)

8. All I Desire (1953)

9. Interlude (1957)

10. Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952)

11. Thunder on the Hill (1951)

12. Lured (1947)

13. A Scandal in Paris (1946)

14. Shockproof (1949)

15. Captain Lightfoot (1955)

16. Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)

My Favorite G.W. Pabst Films

19 Tuesday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, Adventure, Austrian Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, G.W. Pabst, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Lists, Musical, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 304, War

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Diary of a Lost Girl, Don Quixote 1933, Kameradschaft, L'Atlantide, Pandora's Box, Secrets of a Soul, The Love of Jeanne Ney, The Threepenny Opera 1931, The White Hell of Pitz Palu, Westfront 1918

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

1. Pandora’s Box (1929)

2. Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)

3. Kameradschaft (1931)

4. Westfront 1918 (1930)

5. The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927)

6. The Threepenny Opera (1931)

7. The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
(co-directed with Arnold Fanck)

8. Secrets of a Soul (1926)

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

1. Don Quixote (1933)

2. L’Atlantide (1932)

My Favorite Max Ophuls Films

17 Sunday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Cinema, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, Italian Cinema, Lists, Max Ophuls, Romance, Thriller, Top 305

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Caught, Everybody's Woman, La Ronde, Le Plaisir, Letter from an Unknown Woman, Liebelei, Lola Montes, The Earrings of Madame de..., The Exile, The Reckless Moment

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

1. The Earrings of Madame de… (1953)

2. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)

3. La Ronde (1950)

4. Le Plaisir (1952)

5. Lola Montes (1955)

6. The Reckless Moment (1949)

7. Caught (1949)

8. Liebelei (1933)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

9. Everybody’s Woman (1934)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

10. The Exile (1947)

My Favorite F.W. Murnau Films

13 Wednesday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, F.W. Murnau, Fantasy, Film Directors, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, Horror, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 310

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City Girl, Faust, Nosferatu 1922, Phantom, Sunrise, Tabu: A Story of the South Seas, Tartuffe, The Finances of the Grand Duke, The Haunted Castle, The Last Laugh

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

1. Sunrise (1927)

2. Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)

3. The Last Laugh (1924)

4. Nosferatu (1922)

5. Faust (1926)

6. City Girl (1930)

7. Tartuffe (1925)

8. Phantom (1922)

9. The Finances of the Grand Duke (1924)

10. The Haunted Castle (1921)

My Favorite Ernst Lubitsch Films

28 Monday May 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Ernst Lubitsch, Fantasy, Film Directors, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, History, Lists, Musical, Pre-1920's Cinema, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 314, War

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Angel, Anna Boleyn, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, Broken Lullaby, Carmen 1918, Cluny Brown, Design for Living, Eternal Love, Heaven Can Wait 1943, I Don't Want to Be a Man, Lady Windermere's Fan, Madame DuBarry, Monte Carlo, Ninotchka, One Hour With You, Sumurun, That Uncertain Feeling, The Doll, The Love Parade, The Marriage Circle, The Merry Widow 1934, The Oyster Princess, The Shop Around the Corner, The Smiling Lieutenant, The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg, The Wild Cat, To Be or Not to Be 1942, Trouble in Paradise

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

1. Trouble in Paradise (1932)

2. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

3. One Hour with You (1932)
(with assistance from George Cukor)

4. Heaven Can Wait (1943)

5. The Wild Cat (1921)

6. The Love Parade (1929)

7. Monte Carlo (1930)

8. The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)

9. Design for Living (1933)

10. The Marriage Circle (1924)

11. Eternal Love (1929)

12. Broken Lullaby (1932)

13. Lady Windermere’s Fan (1925)

14. The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)

15. The Oyster Princess (1919)

16. Madame DuBarry (1919)

17. The Doll (1919)

18. Anna Boleyn (1920)

19. Sumurun (1920)

20. The Merry Widow (1934)

21. Angel (1937)

22. Cluny Brown (1946)

23. Ninotchka (1939)

24. That Uncertain Feeling (1941)

25. To Be or Not to Be (1942)

26. Bluebeard’s Eight Wife (1938)

27. Carmen (1918)

28. I Don’t Want to Be a Man (1918)

My Favorite Fritz Lang Films

19 Saturday May 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, Austrian Filmmakers, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Cinema, Fritz Lang, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, Italian Cinema, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Pre-1920's Cinema, Romance, Science Fiction, Silent Cinema, Thriller, Top 314, War, Western

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American Guerrilla in the Philippines, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956, Clash by Night, Cloak and Dagger, Destiny, Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, Fritz Lang's Indian Epic: The Indian Tomb, Fritz Lang's Indian Epic: The Tiger Of Eschnapur, Fury 1936, Hangmen Also Die!, Harikari, House by the River, Human Desire, Liliom, M, Man Hunt, Metropolis, Ministry of Fear, Moonfleet, Rancho Notorious, Scarlet Street, Secret Beyond the Door, Spies, The Big Heat, The Blue Gardenia, The Return of Frank James, The Spiders Parts I and II, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse, The Woman in the Window, Western Union, While the City Sleeps, Woman in the Moon, You and Me, You Only Live Once

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

1. M (1931)

2. Spies (1928)

3. Scarlet Street (1945)

4. While the City Sleeps (1956)

5. Liliom (1934)

6. Fury (1936)

7. The Woman in the Window (1944)

8. You Only Live Once (1937)

9. Moonfleet (1955)

10. The Big Heat (1953)

11. Rancho Notorious (1952)

12. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)

13. Die Nibelungen (1924)

14. Destiny (1921)

15. The Tiger of Eschnapur/The Indian Tomb (1959)
(a.k.a. Fritz Lang’s Indian Epic)

16. Metropolis (1927)

17. The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)

18. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)

19. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922)

20. You and Me (1937)

21. Clash by Night (1952)

22. Secret Beyond the Door (1948)

23. The Blue Gardenia (1953)

24. Human Desire (1954)

25. House by the River (1950)

26. Ministry of Fear (1944)

27. Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

28. Man Hunt (1941)

29. Western Union (1941)

30. The Return of Frank James (1940)

31. Cloak and Dagger (1946)

32. Woman in the Moon (1929)

33. The Spiders Parts I and II (1919/1920)

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

1. Harikari (1919)

2. American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)

My Favorite Werner Herzog Films

26 Thursday 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, Adventure, American Cinema, Australian Cinema, Biography, British Cinema, Canadian Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, History, Horror, Irish Cinema, Italian Cinema, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Science Fiction, Short Cinema, Sport, Top 314, War, Werner Herzog

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Aguirre the Wrath of God, Bad Lieutenant: Port Call of New Orleans, Ballad of the Little Soldier (Documentary), Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Documentary), Cobra Verde, Encounters at the End of the World (Documentary), Even Dwarfs Started Small, Fata Morgana (Documentary), Fitzcarraldo, Grizzly Man (Documentary), Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (Documentary), Heart of Glass, Herdsmen of the Sun (Documentary), How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (Documentary), Into the Abyss (Documentary), Invisible, La Soufriere (Documentary Short), Land of Silence and Darkness (Documentary), Lessons of Darkness (Documentary), Little Dieter Needs to Fly (Documentary), Lo & Behold Reveries of the Connected World (Documentary), My Best Fiend (Documentary), Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979, Precautions Against Fanatics (Short Cinema), Rescue Dawn, Signs of Life, Stroszek, Ten Minutes Older (Ten Thousand Years Older) (Short Cinema), The Dark Glow of the Mountains (Documentary), The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, The Flying Doctors of East Africa (Documentary), The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Stein (Documentary), The White Diamond (Documentary), The Wild Blue Yonder (Documentary), Wheel of Time (Documentary), Where the Green Ants Dream, Woyzeck

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

1. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)

2. Grizzly Man (2005)
(Documentary)

3. Fitzcarraldo (1982)

4. Lessons of Darkness (1992)
(Documentary)

5. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)

6. Stroszek (1977)

7. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)

8. Lo & Behold, Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
(Documentary)

9. The White Diamond (2004)
(Documentary)

10. Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984)
(Documentary)

11. Fata Morgana (1971)
(Documentary)

12. Cobra Verde (1987)

13. Woyzeck (1979)

14. Bad Lieutenant: Port Call of New Orleans (2009)

15. Rescue Dawn (2006)

16. The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
(Documentary)

17. Invisible (2001)

18. Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
(Documentary)

19. Into the Abyss (2011)
(Documentary)

20. Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
(Documentary)

21. Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
(Documentary)

22. Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)
(Documentary)

23. The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974)
(Documentary)

24. Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)
(Documentary)

25. Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)

26. Heart of Glass (1976)

27. Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)

28. Signs of Life (1968)

29. Herdsmen of the Sun (1989)
(Documentary)

30. The Dark Glow of the Mountains (1984)
(Documentary)

31. My Best Fiend (1999)
(Documentary)

32. Wheel of Time (2003)
(Documentary)

33. How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (1976)
(Documentary)

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

1. La Soufriere (1977)
(Documentary Short)

2. Precautions Against Fanatics (1969)

3. Ten Minutes Older (2002)
(Segment: “Ten Thousand Years Older”)

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

1. The Flying Doctors of East Africa (1969)
(Documentary)

My Favorite Rainer Werner Fassbinder Films

12 Thursday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, History, Lists, Miniseries, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Television, Thriller, Top 314, Western

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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Berlin Alexanderplatz (Miniseries), Beware of a Holy Whore, Chinese Roulette, Despair, Effi Briest, Fox and His Friends, Germany in Autumn (Anthology Film) (Documentary), Gods of the Plague, I Only Want You To Love Me (TV Film), In a Year of 13 Moons, Katzelmacher, Lola 1981, Love Is Colder Than Death, Martha (TV Film), Mother Kusters' Trip to Heaven, Querelle, Satan's Brew, The American Soldier, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, The Marriage of Maria Braun, The Merchant of Four Seasons, The Third Generation, Veronika Voss, Whity, Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?, World on Fire (TV Serial)

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1. Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
(German Miniseries)

2. Querelle (1982)

3. The Third Generation (1979)

4. In a Year of 13 Moons (1978)

5. Despair (1978)

6. The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)

7. Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)

8. Effi Briest (1974)

9. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

10. The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)

11. Veronika Voss (1982)

12. Fox and His Friends (1975)

13. Lola (1981)
(no relation to the 1961 film)

14. Mother Kusters’ Trip to Heaven (1975)

15. Chinese Roulette (1976)

16. Satan’s Brew (1976)

17. I Only Want You To Love Me (1976)
(German TV Film)

18. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)

19. Martha (1974)
(German TV Film)

20. World on a Wire (1973)
(German TV Serial)

21. Whity (1971)

22. Gods of the Plague (1970)

23. Katzelmacher (1969)

24. The American Soldier (1970)

25. Love Is Colder Than Death (1969)

26. Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
(co-directed with Michael Fengler)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Anthology Films)

1. Germany in Autumn (1978)
(Documentary)

My Favorite Rainer Werner Fassbinder Films (Revised and Updated)

17 Wednesday May 2017

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, Lists, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Romance, Science Fiction, Television, Top 100, Western

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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Berlin Alexanderplatz, Beware of a Holy Whore, Fox and His Friends, Gods of the Plague, I Only Want You to Love Me, In a Year of 13 Moons, Katzelmacher, Lola 1981, Love Is Colder Than Death, Querelle, The American Soldier, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, The Merchant of Four Seasons, The Third Generation, Veronika Voss, Whity, World on a Wire

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

1. Querelle (1982)

2. Fox and His Friends (1975)

3. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

4. In a Year of 13 Moons (1978)

5. Veronika Voss (1982)

6. The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971)

7. Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
(Mini-Series)

8. Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)

9. I Only Want You to Love Me (1976)
(TV Film)

10. Whity (1971)

11. Love Is Colder Than Death (1969)

12. The American Soldier (1970)

13. Gods of the Plague (1970)

14. World on a Wire (1973)
(TV Film)

15. Katzelmacher (1969)

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

1. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)

2. The Third Generation (1979)

3. Lola (1981)

My Favorite G.W. Pabst Films (New)

23 Sunday Oct 2016

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, Adventure, Austrian Cinema, Austrian Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, G.W. Pabst, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, Lists, Musical, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 100, War

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Diary of a Lost Girl, Joyless Street, Kameradschaft, Pandora's Box, Secrets of a Soul, The Loves of Jeanne Ney, The Threepenny Opera 1931, The White Hell of Pitz Palu, Westfront 1918

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

1. Pandora’s Box (1929)

2. Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)

3. The Loves of Jeanne Ney (1927)

4. The Threepenny Opera (1931)

5. Joyless Street (1925)

6. Westfront 1918 (1930)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

7. Kameradschaft (1930)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

8. Secrets of a Soul (1926)

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

1. The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929) (co-directed with Arnold Fanck)

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My Favorite Werner Herzog Films

My Favorite Rainer Werner Fassbinder Films

My Favorite Rainer Werner Fassbinder Films (Revised and Updated)

My Favorite G.W. Pabst Films (New)