Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Top 97 Films (Part Three)

I know I am a tad bit late in this year's entry of my Top 97 films, but as I wrote in yesterday's post it is because I have been mostly without computer for the past month. But Processed Grass is back, and so are the lists! Check out last year's installment and the initial installment to see how the list has changed over the past two years!

97. Orgazmo (Parker, 1997)

96. Lymelife (Martini, 2009)

95. Batman Returns (Burton, 1992)

94. Tale of Tales (Norshteyn, 1979)

93. Clerks (Smith, 1994)

92. A Serious Man (Coen, 2009)

91. Raising Arizona (Coen, 1987)

90. Psycho (Hitchcock, 1960)

89. Sin City (Miller and Rodriguez, 2005)

88. Mars Attacks! (Burton, 1996)

87. Bolt (Howard and Williams, 2008)
86. Santa Sangre (Jodorowsky, 1989)
85. Election (Payne, 1999)
84. Dont Look Back (Pennebacker, 1967)
83. The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Apatow, 2005)
82. The Squid and the Whale (Baumbach, 2005)

81. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters (Maiellaro and Williams, 2007)
80. The Host (Joon-ho, 2006)
79. Song of the South (Foster and Jackson, 1946)
78. Let the Right One In (Alfredson, 2008)
77. sex, lies, and videotape (Soderbergh, 1989)
76. Fantastic Mr. Fox (Anderson, 2009)
75. Funny Games US (Haneke, 2008)
74. The Nightmare Before Christmas (Selick, 1993)
73. Only Angels Have Wings (Hawks, 1939)
72. Punch-Drunk Love (Anderson, 2004)
71. Magnolia (Anderson, 1999)
70. Sunset Boulevard (Wilder, 1950)
69. Shadow of a Doubt (Hitchcock, 1943)

68. Kicking and Screaming (Baumbach, 1995)
67. Fargo (Coen, 1996)
66. Annie Hall (Allen, 1977)
65. Un Chien Andalou (Bunuel, 1929)
64. Team America: World Police (Parker, 2004)
63. Ed Wood (Burton, 1994)
62. Toy Story (Lasseter, 1995)
61. Speed Racer (Wachowski, 2007)
60. Hot Fuzz (Wright, 2007)
59. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Wright, 2010)
58. Man Push Cart (Bahrani, 2005)
57. Millennium Actress (Kon, 2001)
56. Unfaithfully Yours (Sturges, 1948)
55. Princess Mononoke (Miyazaki, 1997)
54. Summer Wars (Hosoda, 2010)
53. The Tree of Life (Malick, 2011)

52. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Weerasethakul, 2010)
51. Days of Heaven (Malick, 1978)
50. Mulholland Drive (Lynch, 2001)
49. Adventureland (Mottola, 2009)
48. Shaolin Soccer (Chow, 2001)
47. Oldboy (Park, 2003)
46. Ratcatcher (Ramsay, 1999)
45. My Own Private Idaho (Van Sant, 1991)
44. Requiem for a Dream (Aronofsky, 2000)
43. Once (Carney, 2006)
42. Chop Shop (Bahrani, 2008)
41. Bambi (Hand, 1942)

40. Grindhouse (Rodriguez, Roth, Tarantino, Wright, Zombie, 2007)
39. Metropolis (Lang, 1927)
38. Pan's Labyrinth (Del Toro, 2006)
37. Bicycle Thieves (de Sica, 1948)
36. Duck Soup (McCarey, 1933)
35. Porco Rosso (Miyazaki, 1992)
34. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968)
33. My Neighbor Totoro (Miyazaki, 1988)

32. Somewhere (Coppola, 2010)
31. MINDGAME (Yuasa, 2004)
30. Gerry (Van Sant, 2002)
29. The Lion King (Allers and Minkoff, 1994)
28. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Coen, 2000)
27. Paprika (Kon, 2007)

26. King of Comedy (Chow and Lee, 1999)
25. Killer of Sheep (Burnett, 1977)
24. Paranoid Park (Van Sant, 2008)
23. Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)
22. Jackie Brown (Tarantino, 1997)

21. My Fair Lady (Cukor, 1964)
20. Big Fish (Burton, 2003)
19. The Departed (Scorsese, 2006)
18. Grave of the Fireflies (Takahata, 1988)
17. Perfect Blue (Kon, 1998)
16. Umberto D. (de Sica, 1952)
15. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Burton, 2007)
14. Vincent (Burton, 1982)
13. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer, 1928)
12. Rashomon (Kurosawa, 1950)
11. A Clockwork Orange (Kubrick, 1971)

10. Superbad (Mottola, 2007)

9. Hercules (Clements and Musker, 1997)

8. Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Akerman, 1975)

7. Wendy and Lucy (Reichardt, 2008)

6. Elephant (Van Sant, 2003)

5. I'm Not There (Haynes, 2007)

4. South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (Parker, 1999)

3. George Washington (Green, 2000)

2. Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Kubrick, 1964)

1. There Will Be Blood (Anderson, 2007)

So, what do you think of the list? Some big changes, some not so big changes. What else do I need to watch before I do this again next year? Let me know below in the comments section!

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© 2011 Richard James Thorne

7 comments:

  1. This list is adorable. It's such a wonderful balance between classic and modern, accessable and entertaining and artsy and thought provoking. Your pick of movies such as Once, Let the Right one in and Sex lies and videotape is a sign of that I should check out some of the movies on your list I haven't seen. I think I might like it.

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  2. Thanks! I strive for a balance that combines all of my tastes to make for a more nontraditional favorite films list. I still have the personal problem that it likely skews too heavily modern, but I also love modern films and feel that it's easy to skew too far the other way as well.

    Let me know which of the movies you check out! Hope you find something you love.

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  3. Great list! I love the mix of arty and popular, too, eg. great seeing something like Bolt and Tree of Life on your list - both wonderful films in such different ways.

    What are the new additions this year?

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  4. Oh, I should have marked new additions. Totally forgot to do that. I think they are:

    Santa Sangre
    Jackie Brown
    Somewhere
    Tree of Life
    Uncle Boonmee
    Sunset, Blvd
    Requiem for a Dream
    Shaolin Soccer
    A Serious Man

    I think that covers all of them! Hopefully many more by this time next year.

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  5. Of those I've seen, I love the additions! I considered each of them for my own list.

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  6. I would highly recommend watching Primer. It's pretty confusing the first time you watch it, but it's definitely worth multiple watches.

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  7. I'll have to check it out, thanks for the recommendation Jesse!

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