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Erica Ambler wrote:

1996 Breaking The Waves (von Trier) (Asmussen)

That is one of the shittest films I have ever seen.



You're welcome.

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:)

Three decades, to start:

2000-2010
2010: MYSTERIES OF LISBON
2009: A SERIOUS MAN
2008: BURN AFTER READING
2007: THERE WILL BE BLOOD
2006: PAN'S LABYRINTH
2005: THE SUN
2004: 2046
2003: OLDBOY
2002: FEMME FATALE
2001: A.I.: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
2000: EUREKA

1990-1999
1999: TITUS
1998: THE BIG LEBOWSKI
1997: HAPPY TOGETHER
1996: SECRETS & LIES
1995: NIXON
1994: CHUNGKING EXPRESS
1993: THREE COLORS: BLUE
1992: BARAKA
1991: THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE
1990: METROPOLITAN

1980-1989
1989: THE DECALOGUE
1988: DEAD RINGERS
1987: THE DEAD
1986: BLUE VELVET
1985: RAN
1984: ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
1983: THREE CROWNS OF THE SAILOR
1982: THE THING
1981: BLOW OUT
1980: KAGEMUSHA

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Erica Ambler wrote:

Two films in common, Harms. Should I be worried?

Probably not, but you never know.

Two more decades:

1970-1979
1979: STALKER
1978: AUTUMN SONATA
1977: THE LAST WAVE
1976: THE TENANT
1975: BARRY LYNDON
1974: F FOR FAKE
1973: DON’T LOOK NOW
1972: AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD
1971: THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
1970: THE CONFORMIST

1960-1969
1969: ANDREI RUBLEV
1968: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
1967: POINT BLANK
1966: WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
1965: CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT
1964: THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH
1963: CONTEMPT
1962: THE TRIAL
1961: LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD
1960: PEEPING TOM

1999 THREE KINGS (Russell)
1998 THE BIG LEBOWSKI (Coens)
1997 HAMSUN (Troell)
1996 SECRETS & LIES (Leigh)
1995 LA CÉRÉMONIE (Chabrol)
1994 ASHES OF TIME (Wong)
1993 SHORT CUTS (Altman)
1992 THE CRYING GAME (Jordan)
1991 MADAME BOVARY (Chabrol)
1990 BOILING POINT (Kitano)

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You prefer ASHES OF TIME to CHUNGKING EXPRESS, Sharky?

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Harmsway wrote:

You prefer ASHES OF TIME to CHUNGKING EXPRESS, Sharky?

Yes. Though I need to watch EXPRESS again.

Harmsway wrote:

Three decades, to start:

2000-2010
2010: MYSTERIES OF LISBON
2009: A SERIOUS MAN
2008: BURN AFTER READING
2007: THERE WILL BE BLOOD
2006: PAN'S LABYRINTH
2005: THE SUN
2004: 2046
2003: OLDBOY
2002: FEMME FATALE
2001: A.I.: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
2000: EUREKA

1990-1999
1999: TITUS
1998: THE BIG LEBOWSKI
1997: HAPPY TOGETHER
1996: SECRETS & LIES
1995: NIXON
1994: CHUNGKING EXPRESS
1993: THREE COLORS: BLUE
1992: BARAKA
1991: THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE
1990: METROPOLITAN

1980-1989
1989: THE DECALOGUE
1988: DEAD RINGERS
1987: THE DEAD
1986: BLUE VELVET
1985: RAN
1984: ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
1983: THREE CROWNS OF THE SAILOR
1982: THE THING
1981: BLOW OUT
1980: KAGEMUSHA

Some great choices there, Harms.

My pick of the past twenty years:

2010: ANOTHER YEAR (Mike Leigh)
2009: TETRO (Francis Ford Coppola)
2008: DEPARTURES (Yojiro Takita)
2007: CONTROL (Anton Corbijn)
2006: STILL LIFE (Jia Zhangke)
2005: KING KONG (Peter Jackson)
2004: NOBODY KNOWS (Hirokazu Koreeda)
2003: LOST IN TRANSLATION (Sofia Coppola)
2002: ABOUT SCHMIDT (Alexander Payne)
2001: MULHOLLAND DRIVE (David Lynch)
2000: EUREKA (Shinji Aoyama)
1999: BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (Spike Jonze)
1998: THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS (Erick Zonca)
1997: TITANIC (James Cameron)
1996: TRAINSPOTTING (Danny Boyle)
1995: HEAT (Michael Mann)
1994: PULP FICTION (Quentin Tarantino)
1993: FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE (Chen Kaige)
1992: BITTER MOON (Roman Polanski)
1991: LIFE IS SWEET (Mike Leigh)

Sharky wrote:

Harmsway wrote:

You prefer ASHES OF TIME to CHUNGKING EXPRESS, Sharky?

Yes. Though I need to watch EXPRESS again.

ASHES OF TIME is the one Wong film I really can't bring myself to admire. I find more to like about even BLUEBERRY NIGHTS.

And, Loomster, any list putting TITANIC, KING KONG, EUREKA, and MULHOLLAND DRIVE side by side is a brave one.

And now we're back into the really, really great decades:

1950-1959
1959: HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR
1958: VERTIGO
1957: NIGHTS OF CABIRIA
1956: BIGGER THAN LIFE
1955: ORDET
1954: SENSO
1953: TOKYO STORY
1952: OTHELLO
1951: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
1950: SUNSET BOULEVARD

1940-1949
1949: THE THIRD MAN
1948: THE RED SHOES
1947: THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI
1946: GREAT EXPECTATIONS
1945: BRIEF ENCOUNTER
1944: IVAN THE TERRIBLE
1943: DAY OF WRATH
1942: CASABLANCA
1941: CITIZEN KANE
1940: FANTASIA

2011: Midnight in Paris (Allen)
2010: Inception (Nolan)

2009: Inglourious Basterda (Tarantino)
2008: WALL-E (Stanton)
2007: Le scaphandre et le papillon (Schneibel)
2006: The Lives of Others (Henckel von Donnersmarck)
2005: Munich (Spielberg)
2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Gondry)
2003: The Return (Zvyagintsev)
2002: The City of God (Meirelles)
2001: Amelie (Jeunet)
2000: Gladiator (Scott)

1999: Est-Ouest (Wargnier)
1998: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Gilliam)
1997: Life is Beautiful (Benigni)
1996: Prisoner of the Mountains (Bodrov)
1995: The Usual Suspects (Singer)
1994: Burnt By the Sun (Mikhalkov)
1993: Schindler's List (Spielberg)
1992: Unforgiven (Eastwood)
1991: The Silence of the Lambs (Demme)
1990: Goodfellas (Scorsese)

I haven't seen enough movies to make the most sophisticated lists. :silent: I'll try a decade.

1969: THE WILD BUNCH
1968: ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
1967: POINT BLANK
1966: SECONDS
1965: REPULSION
1964: THE TRAIN
1963: THE BIRDS
1962: THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
1961: THE HUSTLER
1960: PSYCHO

These are favorites, BTW. I make no claims to what's best, hence 1968. With 1963, I've not seen 8 1/2 in years, but that's one biggie I've seen from '63.

Let's try another...

1959: NORTH BY NORTHWEST
1958: VERTIGO
1957: THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
1956: THE SEARCHERS
1955: THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
1954: ON THE WATERFRONT
1953: THE NAKED SPUR
1952: THE NARROW MARGIN
1951: A PLACE IN THE SUN
1950: SUNSET BOULEVARD

1949: THE THIRD MAN
1948: THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
1947: OUT OF THE PAST
1946: THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
1945: DETOUR
1944: DOUBLE INDEMNITY
1943: SHADOW OF A DOUBT
1942: CASABLANCA
1941: SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS
1940: THE GRAPES OF WRATH

2011: THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: SECRET OF THE UNICORN
2010: THE KING'S SPEECH
2009: INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
2008: GRAN TORINO / THE DARK KNIGHT
2007: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
2006: THE DEPARTED / LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
2005: GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK
2004: MILLION DOLLAR BABY
2003: MYSTIC RIVER
2002: ROAD TO PERDITION
2001: MULHOLLAND DRIVE
2000: MEMENTO
1999: TOY STORY 2
1998: THE BIG LEBOWSKI
1997: L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
1996: FARGO
1995: SE7EN / THE USUAL SUSPECTS / TOY STORY / GOLDENEYE
1994: PULP FICTION
1993: SCHINDLER'S LIST
1992: UNFORGIVEN
1991: JFK
1990: GOODFELLAS
1989: INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
1988: DIE HARD
1987: THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
1986: PLATOON
1985: BACK TO THE FUTURE
1984: ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
1983: SCARFACE
1982: BLADE RUNNER
1981: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
1980: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
1979: APOCALYPSE NOW
1978: THE DEER HUNTER
1977: STAR WARS
1976: ROCKY
1975: JAWS
1974: THE GODFATHER: PART II
1973: PAPILLON
1972: THE GODFATHER
1971: DIRTY HARRY
1970: PATTON
1969: THE WILD BUNCH
1968: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
1967: THE JUNGLE BOOK
1966: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
1965: FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE
1964: GOLDFINGER / DR. STRANGELOVE
1963: FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE / THE GREAT ESCAPE
1962: LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
1961: BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
1960: PSYCHO

Harmsway wrote:

1982: THE THING

Never knew you were so fond of this one.

The White Tuxedo wrote:

1953: THE NAKED SPUR

I'm guessing I missed your review of it during my hiatus, glad to see someone else finds it an absolutely cracking little western. Even if I do find it onlky the 3rd best Western of its year, after ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO and of course SHANE. :)

Because I can largely do it off the top of my head, my hardly-ever-changing 50s list...

1950: IN A LONELY PLACE
1951: A PLACE IN THE SUN
1952: ON DANGEROUS GROUND
1953: SHANE
1954: ON THE WATERFRONT
1955: REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
1956: A TOWN LIKE ALICE
1957: PATHS OF GLORY
1958: VERTIGO
1959: ANATOMY OF A MURDER

1941: CITIZEN KANE, not SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS

That's what happens when you rush a list.

RE: NAKED SPUR. I couldn't think of what to put. I listed a number of defaults on my lists.

Loomis wrote:

Harmsway wrote:

1982: THE THING

Never knew you were so fond of this one.

My great affection for it is a relatively recent happening. But while I do like THE THING, I wouldn't necessarily consider it one of the very best of the 80s; I'm just not that fond of 1982's other offerings.

I love E.T., though that's pretty unfashionable these days. As much as I dig Carpenter's THE THING, there's much less to it.