My Favorite Zhang Yimou Films

15 Saturday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, Adventure, Chinese Cinema, Chinese Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Hong Kong Cinema, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Romance, Taiwanese Cinema, Thriller, Top 307, War, Zhang Yimou

≈ 4 Comments

Tags

Coming Home 2014, Curse of the Golden Flower, Happy Times, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Ju Dou, Not One Less, Raise the Red Lantern, Red Sorghum, Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, Shanghai Triad, The Road Home, The Story of Qiu Ju, To Live

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

1. House of Flying Daggers (2004)

2. Raise the Red Lantern (1991)

3. Coming Home (2014)
(no relation to the 1978 film)

4. Hero (2002)

5. Ju Dou (1990)
(co-directed with Yang Fengliang)

6. Not One Less (1999)

7. The Road Home (1999)

8. Shanghai Triad (1995)

9. To Live (1994)

10. The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)

11. Red Sorghum (1988)

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

1. Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005)

2. Happy Times (2000)

3. Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)

My Favorite William Wyler Films

12 Wednesday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 307, War, Western, William Wyler

≈ 10 Comments

Tags

Ben-Hur 1959, Counselor at Law, Dodsworth, Funny Girl, Jezebel, Roman Holiday, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Big Country, The Collector, The Desperate Hours 1955, The Good Fairy, The Heiress, The Letter, The Little Foxes, These Three, Wuthering Heights 1939

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

1. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

2. Dodsworth (1936)

3. The Letter (1940)

4. Counselor at Law (1933)

5. The Little Foxes (1941)

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

1. The Big Country (1958)

2. Roman Holiday (1953)

3. Funny Girl (1968)

4. The Heiress (1949)

5. Wuthering Heights (1939)

6. These Three (1936)

7. The Good Fairy (1935)

8. The Desperate Hours (1955)

9. The Collector (1965)

10. Ben-Hur (1959)

11. Jezebel (1938)

My Favorite John Woo Films

11 Tuesday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, Action, American Cinema, Chinese Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Hong Kong Cinema, Hong Kong Filmmakers, Japanese Cinema, John Woo, Korean Cinema, Lists, Science Fiction, Taiwanese Cinema, Thriller, Top 307, War

≈ 8 Comments

Tags

A Better Tomorrow 1986, A Better Tomorrow II, Bullet in the Head, Face/Off, Hard Boiled, Hard Target, Red Cliff, The Killer

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

1. The Killer (1989)

2. Bullet in the Head (1990)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

3. Hard Boiled (1992)

4. A Better Tomorrow (1986)

5. Red Cliff (2008)

6. A Better Tomorrow II (1987)

7. Face/Off (1997)

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

1. Hard Target (1993)

My Favorite Robert Wise Films

06 Thursday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Horror, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Robert Wise, Romance, Science Fiction, Sport, Thriller, Top 306, War, Western

≈ 10 Comments

Tags

Blood on the Moon, Born to Kill, Executive Suite, I Want to Live!, Odds Against Tomorrow, Run Silent Run Deep, Somebody Up There Likes Me, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star!, The Andromeda Strain, The Body Snatcher, The Curse of the Cat People, The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951, The Haunting 1963, The House on Telegraph Hill, The Sand Pebbles, The Set-Up, The Sound of Music, West Side Story

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

1. The Haunting (1963)

2. Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)

3. The Set-Up (1949)

4. The Curse of the Cat People (1944)

5. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

6. The Body Snatcher (1945)

7. The Andromeda Strain (1971)

8. Born to Kill (1947)

9. Blood on the Moon (1948)

10. West Side Story (1961)
(co-directed with Jerome Robbins)

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

1. Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)

2. Executive Suite (1954)

3. The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)

4. I Want to Live! (1958)

5. Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

6. Star! (1968)

7. The Sand Pebbles (1966)

8. The Sound of Music (1965)

9. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

My Favorite James Whale Films

05 Wednesday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, American Cinema, British Filmmakers, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Horror, James Whale, Lists, Musical, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Top 306, War

≈ 7 Comments

Tags

Bride of Frankenstein, Frankenstein 1931, Show Boat 1936, The Great Garrick, The Invisible Man, The Old Dark House 1932, Waterloo Bridge 1931

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

1. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

2. The Old Dark House (1932)

3. Show Boat (1936)

4. The Invisible Man (1933)

5. Frankenstein (1931)

6. Waterloo Bridge (1931)

7. The Great Garrick (1937)

My Favorite Lina Wertmuller Films

05 Wednesday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Italian Filmmakers, Lina Wertmuller, Romance, Thriller, Top 306, War

≈ 6 Comments

Tags

A Night Full of Rain, All Screwed Up, Blood Feud, Ciao Professore!, Ferdinando and Carolina, Love & Anarchy, Seven Beauties, Swept Away 1974, The Seduction of Mimi

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

1. Seven Beauties (1975)

2. Love & Anarchy (1973)

3. Swept Away (1974)

4. The Seduction of Mimi (1972)

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

1. Ciao, Professore! (1992)

2. All Screwed Up (1974)

3. Ferdinando and Carolina (1999)

4. Blood Feud (1978)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

5. A Night Full of Rain (1978)

My Favorite Orson Welles Films

02 Sunday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Docufiction, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Iranian Cinema, Italian Cinema, Lists, Miniseries, Mystery, Orson Welles, Short Cinema, Spanish Cinema, Swiss Cinema, Television, Thriller, Top 306, War

≈ 7 Comments

Tags

Around the World with Orson Welles (Documentary miniseries), Chimes at Midnight, Citizen Kane, F for Fake, Filming Othello, Macbeth 1948, Mr. Arkadin, Othello 1951, The Fountain of Youth, The Immortal Story, The Lady from Shanghai, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Stranger, The Trial, Touch of Evil

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

1. Chimes at Midnight (1965)

2. F for Fake (1973)

3. The Trial (1962)

4. Touch of Evil (1958)

5. Citizen Kane (1941)

6. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

7. The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

8. Othello (1951)

9. Mr. Arkadin (1955)

10. The Immortal Story (1968)

11. The Stranger (1946)

12. Filming Othello (1978)
(Documentary)

13. Macbeth (1948)

14. Around the World with Orson Welles (1955)
(TV Documentary miniseries)

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

1. The Fountain of Youth (1956)
(I watched it on youtube)
(TV Short)

Note: In case any of you readers are interested, Netflix is going to premier Orson Welles last film The Other Side of the Wind (1972-1976) in November (November 2, 2018). The film can best be described as both completed and uncompleted (read here for more info). Here is the link to the trailer in case any of you readers are interested below 🙂

My Favorite Peter Watkins Films

02 Sunday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, American Cinema, Biography, British Cinema, British Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Lists, Music, Mystery, Norwegian Cinema, Peter Watkins, Science Fiction, Swedish Cinema, Television, Thriller, Top 306, War

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

Culloden (a.k.a. The Battle of Culloden), Edward Munch, La Commune (Paris 1871), Privilege, Punishment Park, The Gladiators, The War Game

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

1. La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000)

2. Edward Munch (1974)

3. The War Game (1965)
(British TV Film)

4. Punishment Park (1971)

5. Culloden (1964)
(a.k.a. The Battle of Culloden)
(British TV Film)

6. Privilege (1967)

7. The Gladiators (1969)

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

≈ 8 Comments

Tags

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

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

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)

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

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 Andrzej Wajda Films

01 Saturday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, Andrzej Wajda, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Lists, Mystery, Polish Cinema, Polish Filmmakers, Romance, Top 306, War, Yugoslavian Cinema

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

A Generation, A Love in Germany, Ashes and Diamonds, Danton, Kanal, Katyn, Korczak, Man of Iron, Man of Marble, Pan Tadeusz, Samson, Siberian Lady Macbeth, The Revenge

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

1. Ashes and Diamonds (1958)

2. Man of Marble (1977)

3. Man of Iron (1981)

4. Korczak (1990)

5. Katyn (2007)

6. Kanal (1956)

7. Danton (1983)

8. A Generation (1954)

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

1. Siberian Lady Macbeth (1961)

2. A Love in Germany (1983)

3. Samson (1961)

4. Pan Tadeusz (1999)

5. The Revenge (2002)

cinematiccoffee

~ Fine Conversations About Cinema

Category Archives: History

My Favorite Zhang Yimou Films

My Favorite William Wyler Films

My Favorite John Woo Films

My Favorite Robert Wise Films

My Favorite James Whale Films

My Favorite Lina Wertmuller Films

My Favorite Orson Welles Films

My Favorite Peter Watkins Films

My Favorite Raoul Walsh Films

My Favorite Andrzej Wajda Films