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Kenneth Turan, film critic for The Los Angeles Times and Morning Edition and the author of Not to be Missed: Fifty Four Favorites from a Lifetime of Film (Public Affairs, 2014), talks about what makes his favorite films great, from the silent era to recent features.
Do you have a favorite movie that rarely makes the "Best Of" lists?
What's your pick for the 55th movie to add to the list? Check
out listener suggestions and Turan's list below, and be sure to catch
him at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria on August 3rd. He'll be
screening the film Chinatown (directed by Roman Polanski) followed by a discussion and a Q&A.
Your Off-The-Beaten-Path Movie Recommendations
In the Beginning
- Metropolis (1927): Stream on Netflix
- Wings (1927)
The Thirties
- Trouble in Paradise (1932)
- Bringing Up Baby (1938)
The Forties
- The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
- To Have and Have Not (1944)
- Brief Encounter (1945)
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947): Stream on Netflix
- Force of Evil (1948)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- The Third Man (1949)
The Fifties
- Born Yesterday (1950)
- The Night of the Hunter (1955)
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956): Stream on Netflix
- Paths of Glory (1957)
- The 400 Blows (1959): Stream on Hulu Plus
The Sixties
- 8 1/2 (1963)
- To Sir, with Love (1967)
- Targets (1968)
- The Lion in Winter (1968)
The Seventies
- French Connection (1971)
- Nashville (1975)
- Blue Collar (1978)
- Mad Max (1979)
The Eighties
- My Dinner with Andre (1981): Stream on Hulu Plus
- Fanny and Alexander (1982)
- Betrayal (1983)
- Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire) (1987)
- Cinema Paradiso (1988): Stream on Netflix
- The Decalogue (1989)
The Nineties
- Miller's Crossing (1990)
- Raise The Red Lantern (1991)
- A Midnight Clear (1992)
The New Century
- The House of Sand (2005)
Kenneth Turan's list of "54 Movies Not to Be Missed."
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Perhaps there's a rule against
too much Kurosawa. I've made a point of seeing "Ikiru" once a decade
for 50 years. It's never failed to move me. I've gone from regarding
the film as a moving examination of an old bureaucrat trying to
accomplish something before cancer kills him to identifying with the
main character.
It is ironic that one translation of "Ikiru", "To Live", is also the name of a sweeping epic from China which follows a man and his family for decades from the end of World War II, through the battles between the Koumintang and the Red Army, to the craziness of the Great Leap Forward, and the frenzied insanity of the Cultural Revolution. A mark of this film's artistry is the stunned reaction of college students as the human cost of China's Communist Revolution sinks in and they recognize their good fortune to be living in America.
A film's importance may be judged by its social impact, e.g., D. W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation" or "Days of Glory" ("Indigènes"), whether a film separates the old from the new ("Birth of a Nation" again, or "Gold Rush", "Bonnie and Clyde", "Blade Runner", "Star Wars", "Invaders of the Lost Ark", "Titanic"), but my opinion is that a film's worth is whether it holds up over time and repeated viewing. That's why I was disheartened to note the absence of "La Grande Illusion" and "Rififi" ("Du rififi chez les hommes").
It is ironic that one translation of "Ikiru", "To Live", is also the name of a sweeping epic from China which follows a man and his family for decades from the end of World War II, through the battles between the Koumintang and the Red Army, to the craziness of the Great Leap Forward, and the frenzied insanity of the Cultural Revolution. A mark of this film's artistry is the stunned reaction of college students as the human cost of China's Communist Revolution sinks in and they recognize their good fortune to be living in America.
A film's importance may be judged by its social impact, e.g., D. W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation" or "Days of Glory" ("Indigènes"), whether a film separates the old from the new ("Birth of a Nation" again, or "Gold Rush", "Bonnie and Clyde", "Blade Runner", "Star Wars", "Invaders of the Lost Ark", "Titanic"), but my opinion is that a film's worth is whether it holds up over time and repeated viewing. That's why I was disheartened to note the absence of "La Grande Illusion" and "Rififi" ("Du rififi chez les hommes").
Aug. 03 2014 06:53 PM
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Perhaps there's a rule against
too much Kurosawa. I've made a point of seeing "Ikiru" once a decade
for 50 years. It's never failed to move me. I've gone from regarding
the film as a moving examination of an old bureaucrat trying to
accomplish something before cancer kills him to identifying with the
main character.
It is ironic that one translation of "Ikiru", "To Live", is also the name of a sweeping epic from China which follows a man and his family for decades from the end of World War II, through the battles between the Koumintang and the Red Army, to the craziness of the Great Leap Forward, and the frenzied insanity of the Cultural Revolution. A mark of this film's artistry is the stunned reaction of college students as the human cost of China's Communist Revolution sinks in and they recognize their good fortune to be living in America.
A film's importance may be judged by its social impact, e.g., D. W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation" or "Days of Glory" ("Indigènes"), whether a film separates the old from the new ("Birth of a Nation" again, or "Gold Rush", "Bonnie and Clyde", "Blade Runner", "Star Wars", "Invaders of the Lost Ark", "Titanic"), but my opinion is that a film's worth is whether it holds up over time and repeated viewing. That's why I was disheartened to note the absence of "La Grande Illusion" and "Rififi" ("Du rififi chez les hommes").
It is ironic that one translation of "Ikiru", "To Live", is also the name of a sweeping epic from China which follows a man and his family for decades from the end of World War II, through the battles between the Koumintang and the Red Army, to the craziness of the Great Leap Forward, and the frenzied insanity of the Cultural Revolution. A mark of this film's artistry is the stunned reaction of college students as the human cost of China's Communist Revolution sinks in and they recognize their good fortune to be living in America.
A film's importance may be judged by its social impact, e.g., D. W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation" or "Days of Glory" ("Indigènes"), whether a film separates the old from the new ("Birth of a Nation" again, or "Gold Rush", "Bonnie and Clyde", "Blade Runner", "Star Wars", "Invaders of the Lost Ark", "Titanic"), but my opinion is that a film's worth is whether it holds up over time and repeated viewing. That's why I was disheartened to note the absence of "La Grande Illusion" and "Rififi" ("Du rififi chez les hommes").
Aug. 03 2014 06:03 PM
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Brief Encounter. Keltoum's Daughter. Beat the Devil.
Aug. 03 2014 03:47 PM
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Petrified forest Spellbound Bad day at blackrock The lonlieness of the long distance runner Junior Bonner
Aug. 03 2014 11:47 AM
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Toy Story. Overlooked because it
appeals to children, but every aspect of it is perfect:
characterization, story, design (sound and look), and it is more than
the sum of its parts. I teach it all the time to point out to kids and
adults alike that just because a book or movie looks simple or
simplistic, doesn't mean it can't be great.
Aug. 03 2014 11:23 AM
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Strange that there are only two
from the 1970's. In some ways this was the real golden age of film, in
my opinion. Where are The Conversation or Taxi Driver?
Aug. 03 2014 10:04 AM
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King Kong. For the special effects alone.
Others of note: You Can't Take it With You (Jean Arthur!!) and Arsenic and Old Lace (Cary Grant is amazing!)
Others of note: You Can't Take it With You (Jean Arthur!!) and Arsenic and Old Lace (Cary Grant is amazing!)
Aug. 03 2014 09:50 AM
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Laura from 1944, a film noir that is one of the classiest movies ever. The set design, acting, photography, clothes, all great.
Aug. 02 2014 05:20 PM
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YOJIMBO
Aug. 02 2014 07:38 AM
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Blade Runner - so influential. Completely changed the look and sensibility of sci-fi films.
The Seven Beauties - incredibly powerful on the sacrifices - physical and moral - for survival.
The Seven Beauties - incredibly powerful on the sacrifices - physical and moral - for survival.
Aug. 01 2014 04:45 PM
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North by Northwest
Aug. 01 2014 09:49 AM
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Life is Beautiful; Appocolypse Now; The Graduate; Il Postino;
Aug. 01 2014 09:23 AM
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Indochine (1992), Children of Heaven (1997)...
Aug. 01 2014 08:56 AM
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I love "The Americanization of Emily" with Julie Andrews and James Garner from the sixties.
Aug. 01 2014 08:56 AM
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"Sleeper" by Woody Allen
Aug. 01 2014 08:54 AM
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The Alec Guiness 40s/50s UK domestics - Kind Hearts & Coronets, The Lavender Hill Mob, etc.
Two Way Stretch - w/ Peter Sellers & the Carry On mob.
Two Way Stretch - w/ Peter Sellers & the Carry On mob.
Aug. 01 2014 08:51 AM
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Zev Shanken from Teaneck has
great choices but doesn't have Powell and Pressberger's "Stairway to
Heaven" 1947. ("A Matter of Life and Death") filmed in both black and
Technicolor with Kim Hunter and David Niven. Martin Scorcese restored it
brilliantly several years ago. Also "The Red Shoes "
Aug. 01 2014 07:41 AM
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The Americanization of Emily
Jul. 31 2014 11:10 PM
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A Patch of Blue (1965) with Sidney Poitier, Elizabeth Hartman and Shelley Winters who won an Academy Award for this role.
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) with Ingrid Bergman.
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) with Ingrid Bergman.
Jul. 31 2014 09:53 PM
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Four Friends (1981)
Jul. 31 2014 09:19 PM
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Very hard to find, because there
is no DVD , but worth seeing when shown is Krzystof Zanussi's
"Camouflage." Also in my top ten, but not listed are Kieślowski's
"Camera Buff". (Polish title: "Amator." Errol Morris's "Fast, Cheap,
and Out of Control."
Jul. 31 2014 08:36 PM
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The Shining, Stanley Kubrick (1980)
Jul. 31 2014 08:16 PM
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Mr. Turan deserves his opinion, but so few movies from the Thirties? That throws into question his whole viewpoint.
Jul. 31 2014 07:20 PM
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Ikirau! For goodness sakes. Nothing can top it.
Jul. 31 2014 07:20 PM
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Ryan's Daughter
Jul. 31 2014 03:17 PM
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Yes, The Conversation.
Jul. 31 2014 02:53 PM
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Fanny and Alexander
Jul. 31 2014 01:51 PM
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How about 81/2 and Rashomon? Also, Woman in the Dunes.
Jul. 31 2014 01:08 PM
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1960's 'Bonnie and Clyde' Beatty and Dunaway
Jul. 31 2014 01:02 PM
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To Connie-
How could I have forgotten it. I Know Where I'm Going is the best romantic movie ever. I've seen it a dozen times and look forward to seeing it again.
How could I have forgotten it. I Know Where I'm Going is the best romantic movie ever. I've seen it a dozen times and look forward to seeing it again.
Jul. 31 2014 12:30 PM
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Hitchcock's Notorious (1946) The
best movie about unrequited love I have ever seen...suspenseful, stylish
with a great cast and the beautiful presence of Ingrid Bergman and Cary
Grant
Jul. 31 2014 12:27 PM
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"I Know Where I'm Going!"; a Powell/Pressburger film from 1945 with Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey.
Also, "Local Hero", 1983, by Bill Forsyth.
Also, "Local Hero", 1983, by Bill Forsyth.
Jul. 31 2014 12:26 PM
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1950s
- North by Northwest
- Rear Window
1930s
- Bride of Frankenstein
- North by Northwest
- Rear Window
1930s
- Bride of Frankenstein
Jul. 31 2014 12:18 PM
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Here are the movies left out of the top 54.
Lawrence of Arabia
On the Waterfront
High Noon
Il Postino
Cinema Paradiso
Lawrence of Arabia
On the Waterfront
High Noon
Il Postino
Cinema Paradiso
Jul. 31 2014 12:15 PM
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In Bruges, The Conversation, Playtime
Jul. 31 2014 12:14 PM
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Last Picture Show
Jul. 31 2014 12:13 PM
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Abbot and Costello Meet
Frankenstein should be #55. Just for the reason that the genres of
Science Fiction, Horror, and Comedy could be mixed together in one film.
Especially with Universal*s Greatest Monsters vs. their greatest
comedy team. By the way, the cameo appearance by Vincent Price in the
film was the icing on the cake.
Jul. 31 2014 12:12 PM
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Oops, I see "Chimes at Midnight" is listed at the very end. Never mind.
Jul. 31 2014 12:10 PM
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My fav sport film of all time is 'Eight Men Out'... not your corny "rah rah rah" fare,by any stretch. 1980's
Jul. 31 2014 12:10 PM
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Orson Welles' "Chimes at Midnight" (1966), the muddy, chaotic battle scene of which is still being ripped off.
Jul. 31 2014 12:08 PM
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Great list here, folks. Thanks
Jul. 31 2014 12:07 PM
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A Lion in Winter, yes!
Witness for the Prosecution
Witness for the Prosecution
Jul. 31 2014 12:05 PM
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Suite Habana (2003)
Jul. 31 2014 12:04 PM
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Only two films from the 70s? Come on. Woody Allen, Kubrick, Scorsese, Peckinpah, Cohen Bros, ... HELLO??
His list is extremely arbitrary and outdated, in regard to the films listed as well as the diner menu style font (Broadway?).
His list is extremely arbitrary and outdated, in regard to the films listed as well as the diner menu style font (Broadway?).
Jul. 31 2014 12:04 PM
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Arsenic & Old Lace, 1944
Seven Beauties, 1975
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, 1995
Seven Beauties, 1975
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, 1995
Jul. 31 2014 12:03 PM
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"The Best Years of Our Lives" and my Labor Day fav, "Picnic"
Jul. 31 2014 12:02 PM
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1970's- 'The Dresser' with Albert Finney & Tom Courtenay.. brilliant film...!
Jul. 31 2014 12:01 PM
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Kurosawa's "High And Low" (1963), a terrific adaptation of an Evan Hunter (aka Ed McBain) novel.
Jul. 31 2014 12:01 PM
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A Lion In Winter
Kate Hepburn delivers some of the best "burns" in film.
Kate Hepburn delivers some of the best "burns" in film.
Jul. 31 2014 12:00 PM
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5000 Fingers of Dr. T.
Dr. Seuss sets!!!
Dr. Seuss sets!!!
Jul. 31 2014 12:00 PM
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No Robert Altman! Gotta fix
that. I nominate Nashville. So many interesting characters seemingly
randomly interacting. So many aspects of American life in the 70s--so
many important themes: political apathy, complacency, craving fame,
sexual mores, patriotism and hypocrisy, etc.
Jul. 31 2014 12:00 PM
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Another vote for Trouble in
Paradise, an early Lubitsch gem, and for Some Like It Hot. And I'd add
Breaking Away, a brilliant coming-of-age film. And Children of Paradise
-- yes, of course, the greatest ever.
Jul. 31 2014 11:59 AM
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1970s - How about TAXI DRIVER!
Jul. 31 2014 11:58 AM
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My problem with Howard's End is that never actually show Howard nor his keister. Was it edited out?
Jul. 31 2014 11:58 AM
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My number 55: Betrayal - from the
Harold Pinter stage play. Ben Kingsley, Jeremy Irons and Patricia
Hodge. An inside out look at friendship, marriage and the corrosive
effect of long-term infidelity. Too talk-y for some but fits me just
right.
Only possible improvement might have been Helen Mirren for Patricia Hodge. Have fun looking up the rumored reason why she was not cast.
Only possible improvement might have been Helen Mirren for Patricia Hodge. Have fun looking up the rumored reason why she was not cast.
Jul. 31 2014 11:57 AM
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Madame Rosa with Simone Signoret and Cinema Paradiso
Jul. 31 2014 11:57 AM
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, 1947: Gene Tierney & Rex Harrison
Jul. 31 2014 11:56 AM
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caller Vincent would've gone on forever.
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To Have and Have Not
The Searchers
Bringing Up Baby
Only Angels Have Wings
Apocalypse Now
12 Angry Men
Seems like we've left off a lot of great movies for some amusing bu mediocre ones. "Importance of Being Ernest"? Really? I mean, it's ok but BEST FILMS?
The Searchers
Bringing Up Baby
Only Angels Have Wings
Apocalypse Now
12 Angry Men
Seems like we've left off a lot of great movies for some amusing bu mediocre ones. "Importance of Being Ernest"? Really? I mean, it's ok but BEST FILMS?
Jul. 31 2014 11:56 AM
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My favorite Hitchcock is Rope.
Jul. 31 2014 11:56 AM
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12 years a slave
Jul. 31 2014 11:55 AM
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Tokyo Story for its heartbreaking story and beautiful cinematography.
Jul. 31 2014 11:55 AM
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Coen Brothers, yes!
Wasn't a fan of Daughters of The Dust.
Wasn't a fan of Daughters of The Dust.
Jul. 31 2014 11:55 AM
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In contrast to the other decades
you list, the silent era lasted almost three decades, during which the
art of sequential storytelling was invented…for the first time in
history.
Although I know you don't prefer science fiction or societal critiques, but what about METROPOLIS which is still influencing filmmakers 90 years later?
Since you like romantic tales, what about SUNRISE, the original long-form love story?
Although I know you don't prefer science fiction or societal critiques, but what about METROPOLIS which is still influencing filmmakers 90 years later?
Since you like romantic tales, what about SUNRISE, the original long-form love story?
Jul. 31 2014 11:54 AM
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Raging Bull
Jul. 31 2014 11:53 AM
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off the top of my head: Rebecca by Hitchcock? African Queen? Gaslight?
Jul. 31 2014 11:53 AM
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From the 50's: In A Lonely Place.
Jul. 31 2014 11:52 AM
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1930s: TROUBLE in PARADISE (Ernst Lubitsch)!
Jul. 31 2014 11:51 AM
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Here are a couple of suggestions:
add to 1940s: Lifeboat
add to 1980s: This is Spinal Tap
add to 1940s: Lifeboat
add to 1980s: This is Spinal Tap
Jul. 31 2014 11:51 AM
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"Some Like It Hot" of course....not to mention "Murder on the Orient Express"
Jul. 31 2014 11:51 AM
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What, nothing by Samuel Fuller?
Jul. 31 2014 11:51 AM
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Something Wild.
Jul. 31 2014 11:51 AM
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1946 Stairway to Heaven is one of
my most favorite and one of the first in my memory confronting racism
and the treatment of non white people
Jul. 31 2014 11:51 AM
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Some Like it Hot
The Graduate
Coen brothers - take your pick
The Graduate
Coen brothers - take your pick
Jul. 31 2014 11:50 AM
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Where's 2001: A Space Odyssey
Jul. 31 2014 11:49 AM
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How about the little gem "To Have
and Have Not"? Walter Brennen is fantastic, the humor drama, moral
cause! It's brilliant. And it's a template plot for Casablanca. My
favorite!
Jul. 31 2014 11:47 AM
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Glad to see "The Best of Youth" made the list but its wasn't made as a movie. It was a tv series.
Jul. 31 2014 11:47 AM
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Brian,
How did Turan arrive at the number 55? Why not 47 or 38?
How did Turan arrive at the number 55? Why not 47 or 38?
Jul. 31 2014 11:46 AM
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Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders
Jul. 31 2014 11:46 AM
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No Scorsese, Kubrick, Malick,
Peckinpah, Cohen Bros, Allen, Lynch or Lee... Are you serious? 0/10 for
not even trying to troll me.
Jul. 31 2014 11:03 AM
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This is Mr. Turan's "favorites" list ... not necessarily what he considers the "best" movies?
For #55: a Bergman, another Kurosawa, a Godard? Coen Bros? I like Mr. Turan's choices, I wish there were more!
For #55: a Bergman, another Kurosawa, a Godard? Coen Bros? I like Mr. Turan's choices, I wish there were more!
Jul. 31 2014 11:02 AM
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The Saddest Music in the World
Closely Watched Trains
Metropolis
Closely Watched Trains
Metropolis
Jul. 31 2014 10:02 AM
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Dr. Strangelove & Fail Safe
Jul. 31 2014 10:00 AM
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I'm so happy to see "Make Way for Tomorrow" on the list. It is the most heartbreaking movie ever.
Movies I'd add are "The Three Strangers" with Peter Lorre, Sidney Greenstreet and Geraldine Fitzgerald and "The River," 1951, directed by Jean Renoir, based on the novel by Rumer Godden.
Movies I'd add are "The Three Strangers" with Peter Lorre, Sidney Greenstreet and Geraldine Fitzgerald and "The River," 1951, directed by Jean Renoir, based on the novel by Rumer Godden.
Jul. 31 2014 09:57 AM
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This is a very good list, but I'm shocked to find Lawrence of Arabia and Citizen Kane missing from it.
Other worthy candidates for such a list in my opinion would include The Godfather Part II( I like it better than The Godfather, but I'm glad that one of these two made Mr. Turan's list), In the Heat of the Night, A Man For All Seasons, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Paths of Glory, The Seventh Seal, The Grand Illusion, On the Waterfront, and A Streetcar Named Desire.
Three favorite movies of mine that rarely make a "best of list" are The Great Escape, The Swimmer, and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
I'm thankful that Mr. Turan left comic book superhero movies off of his list. I wish Hollywood would kick its obsession with this garbage. We don't need to see Spiderman 17, Batman 15, or Avengers 12.
Jul. 31 2014 09:52 AM
Other worthy candidates for such a list in my opinion would include The Godfather Part II( I like it better than The Godfather, but I'm glad that one of these two made Mr. Turan's list), In the Heat of the Night, A Man For All Seasons, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Paths of Glory, The Seventh Seal, The Grand Illusion, On the Waterfront, and A Streetcar Named Desire.
Three favorite movies of mine that rarely make a "best of list" are The Great Escape, The Swimmer, and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
I'm thankful that Mr. Turan left comic book superhero movies off of his list. I wish Hollywood would kick its obsession with this garbage. We don't need to see Spiderman 17, Batman 15, or Avengers 12.
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