My Favorite Robert Zemeckis Films

15 Saturday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Animation, Cable/Television, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Lists, Music, Mystery, Robert Zemeckis, Romance, Science Fiction, Top 307, Western

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Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II, Back to the Future Part III, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Romancing the Stone, Tales from the Crypt (And All Through the House) (Cable Series), Tales from the Crypt (Yellow) (Cable Series), Tales from the Crypt (You Murderer) (Cable Series), Used Cars, Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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1. Back to the Future (1985)

2. Used Cars (1980)

3. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
(Part Animation/Part Live-Action)

4. I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Cable/Television)

1. Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996)
(Episode from Season 1: “And All Through the House”)
(Episode from Season 3: “Yellow”)
(Episode from Season 6: “You, Murderer”)
(Cable Series)

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

1. Back to the Future Part III (1990)

2. Back to the Future Part II (1989)

3. Romancing the Stone (1984)

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

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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)

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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 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

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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

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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 William A. Wellman Films

05 Wednesday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Top 306, War, Western, William A. Wellman

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A Star Is Born 1937, Night Nurse, Nothing Sacred, Roxie Hart, The Ox-Bow Incident, The Public Enemy, The Story of G.I. Joe, Wild Boys of the Road

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1. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

2. The Public Enemy (1931)

3. A Star Is Born (1937)
(I also love the 1954 version)

4. Nothing Sacred (1937)

5. Night Nurse (1931)

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

1. Wild Boys of the Road (1933)

2. Roxie Hart (1942)

3. The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)

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 King Vidor Films

26 Sunday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, King Vidor, Lists, Musical, Romance, Silent Cinema, Sport, Top 306, War, Western

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Bardelys the Magnificent, Billy the Kid, Bird of Paradise, Duel in the Sun, H.M. Pulham Esq., Hallelujah, La Boheme, Not So Dumb, Our Daily Bread, Show People, Stella Dallas, Street Scene, The Big Parade, The Champ, The Citadel, The Crowd, The Patsy 1928, The Texas Rangers 1936, The Wedding Night

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1. The Crowd (1928)

2. The Big Parade (1925)

3. Show People (1928)

4. The Patsy (1928)
(no relation to the 1964 Jerry Lewis film)

5. Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)

6. La Boheme (1926)

7. Street Scene (1931)

8. Not So Dumb (1930)

9. Our Daily Bread (1934)

10. Duel in the Sun (1946)

11. Hallelujah (1929)

12. Billy the Kid (1930)

13. Bird of Paradise (1932)

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1. Stella Dallas (1937)

2. The Champ (1931)

3. The Citadel (1938)

4. H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)

5. The Wedding Night (1935)

6. The Texas Rangers (1936)

My Favorite Edgar G. Ulmer Films

24 Friday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Austrian Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Edgar G. Ulmer, Film Directors, Film Noir, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Horror, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Silent Cinema, Thriller, Top 306, Western

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Bluebeard, Detour, Her Sister's Secret, Murder Is My Beat, People on Sunday, Ruthless, Strange Illusion, The Black Cat 1934, The Man from Planet X, The Naked Dawn, The Strange Woman

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1. Detour (1945)

2. The Black Cat (1934)
(no relation to the Edgar Allan Poe story)

3. The Naked Dawn (1955)

4. Bluebeard (1944)

5. Ruthless (1948)

6. Strange Illusion (1945)

7. Her Sister’s Secret (1946)

8. The Strange Woman (1946)

9. Murder Is My Beat (1955)

10. The Man from Planet X (1951)

11. People on Sunday (1930)
(co-directed with Robert Siodmak)

My Favorite Jan Troell Films

23 Thursday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, Biography, Cinema, Danish Cinema, Drama, Film Directors, Finnish Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Jan Troell, Lists, Norwegian Cinema, Swedish Cinema, Swedish Filmmakers, Top 306, War, Western

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Everlasting Moments, Flight of the Eagle, Hamsun, Here's Your Life, The Emigrants, The New Land, Zandy's Bride

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1. The New Land (1972)

2. Everlasting Moments (2008)

3. Hamsun (1996)

4. The Emigrants (1971)

5. Here’s Your Life (1966)

6. Flight of the Eagle (1982)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

7. Zandy’s Bride (1974)

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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Canyon Passage, Cat People 1942, 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, Wichita

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1. Cat People (1942)

2. Night of the Demon (1957)

3. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

4. Out of the Past (1947)

5. Stars in My Crown (1950)

6. The Leopard Man (1943)

7. Wichita (1955)

8. Canyon Passage (1946)

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

1. Nightfall (1957)

2. Stranger on Horseback (1955)

3. The Flame and the Arrow (1950)

My Favorite Andre De Toth Films

21 Tuesday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Andre De Toth, British Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, Horror, Hungarian Filmmakers, Lists, Thriller, Top 305, War, Western

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Carson City, Crime Wave, Day of the Outlaw, House of Wax, Man in the Saddle, Pitfall, Play Dirty, Ramrod, Riding Shotgun, Springfield Rifle, The Bounty Hunter, The Indian Fighter, The Stranger Wore a Gun, Thunder Over the Plains

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1. Day of the Outlaw (1959)

2. Play Dirty (1969)

3. Pitfall (1948)

4. Crime Wave (1954)

5. Ramrod (1947)

6. Man in the Saddle (1951)

7. House of Wax (1953)

8. The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)

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

1. Springfield Rifle (1952)

2. The Bounty Hunter (1954)

3. Riding Shotgun (1954)

4. Thunder Over the Plains (1953)

5. Carson City (1952)

6. The Indian Fighter (1955)

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