My Favorite Kinji Fukasaku Films

17 Tuesday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, Action, Adventure, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Kinji Fukasaku, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Top 313

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1. Battle Royale (2000)

2. Battles Without Honor and Humanity Volumes 1-5 (1973/1974)

3. Shogun’s Samurai (1978)

4. Graveyard of Honor (1975)

5. Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)

6. Yakuza Graveyard (1976)

7. Samurai Reincarnation (1981)

8. Cops vs. Thugs (1975)

9. Fall Guy (1982)

10. Street Mobster (1972)

11. Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)

12. Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)

13. New Battles Without Honor and Humanity Volumes 1-3 (1974/1975/1976)

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1. Blackmail Is My Life (1968)

2. Black Lizard (1968)

My Favorite Clint Eastwood Films

11 Wednesday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cinema, Clint Eastwood, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Music, Mystery, Romance, Sport, Thriller, Top 314, War, Western

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A Perfect World, Absolute Power, American Sniper, Bird, Blood Work, Bronco Billy, Firefox, Flags of Our Fathers, Gran Torino, Heartbreak Ridge, Hereafter, High Plains Drifter, Honkytonk Man, Letters from Iwo Jima, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, Pale Rider, Play Misty for Me, Space Cowboys, Sudden Impact, Sully, The 15:17 to Paris, The Bridges of Madison County, The Eiger Sanction, The Gauntlet, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Rookie 1990, True Crime, Unforgiven, White Hunter Black Heart

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1. White Hunter Black Heart (1990)

2. Bronco Billy (1980)

3. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

4. A Perfect World (1993)

5. Bird (1988)

6. The Bridges of Madison County (1995)

7. Play Misty for Me (1971)

8. Pale Rider (1985)

9. The Gauntlet (1977)

10. Unforgiven (1992)

11. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

12. Gran Torino (2008)

13. Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

14. Million Dollar Baby (2004)

15. Mystic River (2003)

16. Honkytonk Man (1982)

17. American Sniper (2014)

18. High Plains Drifter (1973)

19. Sully (2016)

20. Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

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1. Firefox (1982)

2. Absolute Power (1997)

3. The Eiger Sanction (1975)

4. Sudden Impact (1983)

5. Hereafter (2010)

6. Blood Work (2002)

7. Space Cowboys (2000)

8. True Crime (1999)

9. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)

10. The 15:17 to Paris (2018)

11. The Rookie (1990)

My Favorite Claire Denis Films

07 Saturday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Cinema, Claire Denis, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, German Cinema, Greatest, Horror, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 314, War

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35 Shots of Rum, Bastards, Beau Travail, Chocolat 1988, Friday Night, I Can't Sleep, Nenette and Boni, No Fear No Die, Ten Minutes Older (Vers Nancy) (Anthology Film), The Intruder, Trouble Every Day, White Material

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1. The Intruder (2004)

2. Beau Travail (1999)

3. Bastards (2013)

4. White Material (2009)

5. Trouble Every Day (2001)

6. Friday Night (2002)

7. 35 Shots of Rum (2008)

8. Nenette and Boni (1996)

9. I Can’t Sleep (1994)

10. No Fear, No Die (1990)

11. Chocolat (1988)
(No relation to the 2000 film)

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1. Ten Minutes Older (2002)
(Segment: “Vers Nancy”)
(Anthology Film)

My Favorite Jacques Demy Films

05 Thursday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, American Cinema, Anthology Films, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Jacques Demy, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Musical, Romance, Short Cinema, Top 314

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A Room in Town, Bay of Angels, Donkey Skin, Lola, Model Shop, The Pied Piper 1972, The Seven Deadly Sins (Lust) (Anthology Film), The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Young Girls of Rochefort, Three Seats for the 26th

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1. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

2. Lola (1961)

3. The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)

4. Model Shop (1969)

5. A Room in Town (1982)

6. Bay of Angels (1962)

7. Three Seats for the 26th (1988)

8. Donkey Skin (1970)

9. A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973)

10. Lady Oscar (1979)

11. The Pied Piper (1972)

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

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

My Favorite David Cronenberg Films

28 Wednesday Mar 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, American Cinema, Biography, British Cinema, Canadian Cinema, Canadian Filmmakers, Cinema, Crime, David Cronenberg, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, Horror, Italian Cinema, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Mystery, Portuguese Cinema, Romance, Science Fiction, Sport, Thriller, Top 312

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A Dangerous Method, A History of Violence, Cosmopolis, Crash 1996, Dead Ringers, Eastern Promises, eXistenZ, Fast Company, M. Butterfly, Maps to the Stars, Naked Lunch, Rabid, Scanners, Shivers, Spider, The Brood, The Dead Zone, The Fly 1986, Videodrome

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1. Crash (1996)
(No relation to Paul Haggis 2005 film)

2. Videodrome (1983)

3. A History of Violence (2005)

4. Dead Ringers (1988)

5. Spider (2002)

6. The Fly (1986)

7. Naked Lunch (1991)

8. The Brood (1979)

9. Eastern Promises (2007)

10. Maps to the Stars (2014)

11. Cosmopolis (2012)

12. A Dangerous Method (2011)

13. eXistenZ (1999)

14. M. Butterfly (1993)

15. The Dead Zone (1983)

16. Rabid (1977)

17. Shivers (1975)
(aka They Came from Within)

18. Scanners (1981)

19. Fast Company (1979)

My Favorite Martin Scorsese Films (Revised and Updated)

10 Sunday Apr 2016

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Canadian Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Concert Films, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Martin Scorsese, Music, Music Videos, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Short Cinema, Sport, Thriller, Top 100

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A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, After Hours, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Boxcar Bertha, Cape Fear 1991, Casino, Gangs of New York, Goodfellas, Hugo, Kundun, Mean Streets, Michael Jackson: Bad, My Voyage to Italy, New York New York, New York Stories, No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, Raging Bull, Shine a Light, Shutter Island, Silence, Taxi Driver, The Age of Innocence, The Aviator, The Color of Money, The Departed, The King of Comedy, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Last Waltz, The Wolf of Wall Street, Who's That Knocking at my Door

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1. Raging Bull (1980)

2. Taxi Driver (1976)

3. Casino (1995)

4. Shutter Island (2010)

5. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
(Documentary)

6. Goodfellas (1990)

7. Mean Streets (1973)

8. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

9. Silence (2016)

10. The King of Comedy (1982)

11. Hugo (2011)

12. My Voyage to Italy (1999)
(Documentary)

13. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) (Documentary)

14. The Last Waltz (1978)
(Concert Film)

15. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

16. Kundun (1997)

17. The Age of Innocence (1993)

18. The Departed (2006)

19. After Hours (1985)

20. Cape Fear (1991)

21. Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

22. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)

23. Shine a Light (2008)
(Concert Film)

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1. The Aviator (2004)

2. Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1967)

3. New York New York (1977)

4. Gangs of New York (2002)

5. The Color of Money (1986)

6. Boxcar Bertha (1972)

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

1. New York Stories (1989)
(Segment: “Life Lessons”)

2. Michael Jackson: Bad (1987)
(Music Video)

My Favorite Yasujiro Ozu Films (Revised and Updated)

09 Wednesday Dec 2015

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Lists, Romance, Top 100, Yasujiro Ozu

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A Story of Floating Weeds, An Autumn Afternoon, Dragnet Girl, Early Spring, Early Summer, Equinox Flower, Floating Weeds, Good Morning, I Was Born But..., Late Autumn, Late Spring, Passing Fancy, That Night's Wife, The End of Summer, The Only Son, There Was a Father, Tokyo Chorus, Tokyo Story, Tokyo Twilight, Walk Cheerfully

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1. Tokyo Story (1953)

2. Late Spring (1949)

3. I Was Born, But… (1932)

4. A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)

5. Floating Weeds (1959)

6. Early Summer (1951)

7. An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

8. The End of Summer (1961)

9. Good Morning (1959)

10. Early Spring (1956)

11. Late Autumn (1960)

12. Tokyo Twilight (1957)

13. Equinox Flower (1958)

14. There Was a Father (1942)

15. The Only Son (1936)

16. Passing Fancy (1933)

17. Dragnet Girl (1933)

18. Tokyo Chorus (1931)

19. That Night’s Wife (1930)

20. Walk Cheerfully (1930)

My Favorite Kenji Mizoguchi Films (Revised and Updated)

01 Sunday Nov 2015

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Action, Cinema, Drama, Greatest, History, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Kenji Mizoguichi, Lists, Romance, Top 100

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Osaka Elegy, Princess Yang Kwei-Fei, Sansho the Bailiff, Sisters of the Gion, Street of Shame, The 47 Ronin, The Downfall of Osen, The Life of Oharu, The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums, Ugetsu

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1. Ugetsu (1953)

2. Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

3. The Life of Oharu (1952)

4. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939)

5. Osaka Elegy (1936)

6. The 47 Ronin (1941)

7. Sisters of the Gion (1936)

8. The Downfall of Osen (1935)

9. Street of Shame (1956)

10. Princess Yang Kwei-Fei (1955)

My Favorite Hayao Miyazaki Films (Revised and Updated)

01 Sunday Nov 2015

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Adventure, Animation, Anime, Biography, Cinema, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Greatest, Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Lists, Romance, Top 100, War

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Castle in the Sky, Howl's Moving Castle, Kiki's Delivery Service, My Neighbor Totoro, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Ponyo, Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, The Castle of Cagliostro, The Wind Rises

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1. Spirited Away (2001) (Anime)

2. My Neighbor Totoro (1988) (Anime)

3. Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) (Anime)

4. Princess Mononoke (1997) (Anime)

5. Castle in the Sky (1986) (Anime)

6. Porco Rosso (1992) (Anime)

7. Ponyo (2008) (Anime)

8. The Wind Rises (2013) (Anime)

9. Howl’s Moving Castle (2005) (Anime)

10. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984) (Anime)

11. The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) (Anime)

My Favorite Akira Kurosawa Films (Revised and Updated)

02 Friday Oct 2015

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, Action, Adventure, Akira Kurosawa, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 100, War

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Dersu Uzala, Dodes'ka-den, Dreams, Drunken Angel, High and Low, I Live in Fear, Ikiru, Kagemusha, Madadayo, No Regrets for Our Youth, One Wonderful Sunday, Ran, Rashomon, Red Beard, Rhapsody in August, Sanjuro, Sanshiro Sugata, Sanshiro Sugata Part II, Scandal 1950, Seven Samurai, Stray Dog, The Bad Sleep Well, The Hidden Fortress, The Idiot, The Lower Depths 1957, The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail, The Most Beautiful, The Quiet Duel, Throne of Blood, Yojimbo

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1. Seven Samurai (1954)

2. Ran (1985)

3. Madadayo (1993)

4. Throne of Blood (1957)

5. Ikiru (1952)

6. Rashomon (1950)

7. High and Low (1963)

8. Kagemusha (1980)

9. Yojimbo (1961)

10. The Hidden Fortress (1958)

11. Sanjuro (1962)

12. Stray Dog (1949)

13. Red Beard (1965)

14. Dersu Uzala (1975)

15. The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

16. The Idiot (1951)

17. I Live in Fear (1955)

18. Rhapsody in August (1991)

19. Dreams (1990)

20. The Lower Depths (1957)

21. Dodes’ka-den (1970)

22. Scandal (1950)

23. The Quiet Duel (1949)

24. Drunken Angel (1948)

25. No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)

26. One Wonderful Sunday (1947)

27. Sanshiro Sugata Part II (1945)

28. Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

29. The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail (1945)

30. The Most Beautiful (1944)

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My Favorite Kinji Fukasaku Films

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My Favorite Jacques Demy Films

My Favorite David Cronenberg Films

My Favorite Martin Scorsese Films (Revised and Updated)

My Favorite Yasujiro Ozu Films (Revised and Updated)

My Favorite Kenji Mizoguchi Films (Revised and Updated)

My Favorite Hayao Miyazaki Films (Revised and Updated)

My Favorite Akira Kurosawa Films (Revised and Updated)