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Top 15 Ukrainian Films
Favs/dislikes: 9:0. Cinema Journalism Bureau of Ukraine and the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine, 2012 poll -
BBC Culture's 'The 100 Greatest Comedies of All Time: Who Voted?' (All films)
Favs/dislikes: 8:0. All films with at least one vote in the BBC Culture poll used to create their list of "100 Greatest Comedies of All Time". Not in IMDb: Lagos Na Wah!! Part 1 (Kehinde Soaga, 1994) [Number 5 in Aderinsola Ajao's list] Zawjati Min Al-Hippies ('My Wife Is a Hippy', Atef Salem, 1973) [Number 4 in Nour El Safoury's list] Toxic Shock (Vanessa Renwick, 1983) [Number 6 in Tara Judah's list] Saddle Sores (Vanalyne Green, 1999) [Number 7 in Tara Judah's list] Dear Lorde (Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby, 2015) [Number 8 in Tara Judah's list] Al-Maganeen fi Naaeem (Hassan al-Saify, 1962) [Number 9 in Chadi Zeneddine's list] Going over the alphabetical list of critics, Catherine Bray is the first one whose films had all been mentioned already by someone else. -
Film Comment's Best Films of 2014
Favs/dislikes: 8:0. According to the source: "A note on the poll’s workings: over 100 North American colleagues ranked their favorites in two categories: 1) those that received theatrical runs and 2) those viewed this year but currently with no announced plans for U.S. theatrical distribution. For each ballot, a first-place choice was allotted 20 points, 19 for second, and so on." These are the films in the first category. For the films in the second category, look [url=http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/film+comments+best+unreleased+films+of+2014/gershwin/]here[/url] -
Film Studies Association of Canada's Top 100 Films
Favs/dislikes: 8:0. I humbly submit my latest attempt at making a "100 Best Films" list. I understand why most intelligent film scholars reject list-making and canon formation altogether. I do it mainly because I'm appalled at all of the lists I see in print. The AFI Best 100 American Films is, of course, the worst of the well-known examples because it was a totally corrupt exercise at promoting Hollywood (Major) studio films that were already available on video. It did nothing to help preserve and distribute worthy and lesser-known titles. I also have problems in producing a list of only 100 films. The BFI idea of creating a repertory of 360 films for every (non-holi)day of the year is a great one, but unfortunately, theirs is much too heavily weighted towards Hollywood product -- over one third of the titles are American (139). My own film studies formation (at Concordia and NYU) led me to see more American and French films than any other, and most people would agree that in the historical development of film style, they are the two key nations. But the Hollywood dominance of "best films" lists has become unacceptable. (And, I am sure that if FSAC were to do a compilation of their own members' choices, we would see a similar trend.) My list reflects a choice of films which, for me, represents the development of "Film as Art" whatever that might mean. I regret the exclusion of animated films÷I considered including one or two titles, but in the end decided it was best for me to stay away from a field I know very little about. I didn't deliberately exclude "entertainment" -- approximately a quarter of my list could classify here -- but this was not a major consideration. Peter Rist Concordia University -
James Beardinelli: Closing out the Decade with Another Top 10
Favs/dislikes: 8:0. One of the most significant film critic James Beardinelli chose his top 10 movies of the noughties Here is his description about the list: [Note: I don't want to get drawn into tedious arguments about whether the next decade begins in 2010 or 2011. Purists will argue that it starts in 2011 and, in an absolute sense, they're correct. But who really cares? Relativistically, any 10-year period can represent a decade, so there's nothing "wrong" about speaking of the "decade of the '00s" (meaning 2000-2009). It's a little cleaner. Don't bother to spar with me about it either by e-mail or in the forums. It's a pointless distinction. By writing this, I have already given it more attention than it deserves.] Everyone's doing it and I did it ten years ago, so why not again? Admittedly, compiling an annual Best 10 can become tiresome but I figure that, best case, I've only got about another five of these end-of-decade lists to do, so I might as well enjoy them while I can. I feel confident that my choices here represent my true feelings about the films and where they deserve to be placed alongside their 2000-2009 fellows. Avatar is a little fresh, so its position could change, but the rest have been allowed to marinate. Any "best of" list, including this one, is a representation of an individual's opinions. It's highly personal. By some set of "objective" criteria, I'm sure few (if any) of these titles would make a '00s Top 10 list, but that's not what it's about. This represents a brief catalog of the ten movies released between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2009 that have impacted me the most forcefully in one way or another. They provided experiences I treasure and that have enriched me. I reserve the right to change the titles (or their order) in the future - I cannot predict how any fluidity in my opinions might alter the way I think about a particular movie in 5, 10, or 20 years. So, without further annoying preliminary commentary, I present… -
Jean-Louis Bory. French Critic
Favs/dislikes: 8:0. Jean-Louis Bory, the famously french movie critic. Critics from 1961 to 1979. From his 8 books : Des yeux pour voir, La nuit complice, Ombre vive, L'écran fertile, La lumière écrit, L'obstacle et la gerbe, Rectangle multiple, Dernières chroniques cinématographiques -
Joe Leydon's Guide to Essential Movies You Must See
Favs/dislikes: 8:0. In his "Guide to Essential Movies You Must See: If You Read, Write About, or Make Movies", veteran film critic Joe Leydon analyzes the movies that have defined genres, influenced filmmakers and serve as standards by which other films are measured. (2004) -
Jonathan Rosenbaum's Ten Overlooked Fantasy Films on DVD (and 2 that should be!)
Favs/dislikes: 8:0. Actually 13 as there were two films in 6th place -
Movies in the Book "Orson Welles: A Critical View " by André Bazin
Favs/dislikes: 8:0. Movies mentioned by André Bazin in his analysis of Orson Welles and his cinema. -
Outside the Cinema
Favs/dislikes: 8:0. Movies reviewed on the Outside the Cinema podcast including movies watched or reviewed during special live shows and the top 6 list from ep. 100. End of the year roundtables and tv-shows (Firefly, Buffy) are not included so far. Comments, questions, remarks? Feel free to leave a comment! Movies covered with Ryan are 1-99 Movies covered during ep. 100: 195-236 Kickstarter movies: 557-568, 571-588, 591-619, 2008 - 01-87 2009 - 88-236 2010 - 237-341 2011 - 342-437 2012 - 438-533 2013 - 534-623 2014 - 624- Missing because movie is not in IMDB: The eye of the condor, episode 320. -
The Bad Movie Bible
Favs/dislikes: 8:0. Based on the book by Rob Hill, it seeks to catalog the best of the worst films of all time. It's comprised of four sections: #1 - #25: Action #26 - #51: Sci-Fi/Fantasy #52 - #76: Horror #77 - #102: The Rest -
The Films of World War II
Favs/dislikes: 8:0. All of the movies featured in the book The Films of World War II: A Pictorial Treasury of Hollywood's War Years. -
The Guardian's Greatest Films of All Time: The Crime 25
Favs/dislikes: 8:1. From 2010 -
Thomas Leitch's Crime Films
Favs/dislikes: 8:0. "This chronological list of one hundred crime films aims to strike a balance among a greatest-hits list, a list of especially influential crime films, a list of films that exemplify the leading subgenres this book considers, and a list of films analyzed in particular detail in the preceding chapters." from Genres in American Cinema series -
Une histoire du cinéma français III - The noir years and grey years 40-59
Favs/dislikes: 8:0. An exhaustive history of French cinema coordinated by Claude Beylie. 3rd Part Chapter The noir years and grey years 40-59 Missing: India Fantasy, Anthony Gross et Hector Hoppin, 1955 animation. - Le Loup et l'agneau, Jean Image 39-55 (première version détruite). - Callisto, la petite nymphe de Diane, André-Édouard Marty (André Marty) 1943, animation, court : https://vimeo.com/119062945 - Cap'taine Sabord, André Rigal, animation court. - Les Enfants du ciel, Vilma de Quiche 1946. - Jacky, Jacotte et les sortilèges, Antoine Payen 1948 - La Princesse Clé de sol, La Rapsodie de Saturne, Jean Image 1946 - Choupinet 1946, Le Troubadour de la joie 49, de Omer Boucquey, animation. - Actualités romaines 1947, Fantom's Party, Jac Rémise 1948, animation. - Bonjour Paris, Jean Image 1953, animation. The few entries after 1959 are thematic mentions (mostly an actor or a director). All the lists: [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/une+histoire+du+cinema+francais+i+-+the+pioneers+years+1880-1918/peacefulanarchy/]Une histoire du cinéma français I[/url] [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/une+histoire+du+cinema+francais+ii+-+les+annees+folles+and+the+magnificent+years+19-39/peacefulanarchy/]Une histoire du cinéma français II[/url] [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/une+histoire+du+cinema+francais+iii+-+the+noir+years+and+grey+years+40-59/peacefulanarchy/]Une histoire du cinéma français III[/url] [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/une+histoire+du+cinema+francais+iv+-+the+breakdown+years+60-79/peacefulanarchy/]Une histoire du cinéma français IV[/url] [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/une+histoire+du+cinema+francais+v+-+today+years+80-2000/peacefulanarchy/]Une histoire du cinéma français V[/url] [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/une+histoire+du+cinema+francais+vi+-+short+films+and+animated+films/peacefulanarchy/]Une histoire du cinéma français VI[/url] Thanks to [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/profiles/limguela+sjostrom-raume/]Limguela Sjostrom-Raume[/url] for providing the lists. -
Western Writers of America's Top 50 Western TV Movie or Mini-Series
Favs/dislikes: 8:0. -
William C. Wees's Light Moving in Time
Favs/dislikes: 8:0. "Although previous studies have recognized the visual bias of avant-garde film, this is the first to place the visual aesthetics of avant-garde film in a long-standing, multidisciplinary discourse on vision, visuality, and art." Full Title: Light Moving in Time: Studies in the Visual Aesthetics of Avant-Garde Film Missing Films: Creation (Jordan Belson) High Voltage (James Whitney) Infinity (Jordan Belson) Li (James Whitney) Yantra Study (James Whitney) -
A Critical Anthology of Spanish Cinema (1906-1995)
Favs/dislikes: 7:0. During the celebration of the centenary of the Spanish cinema (1996), the Spanish Association of Film Historians, with the support of the Spanish National Film Archive and the Institute of Cinematography and Visual Arts, prepared a series of reviews that analysed more than 300 titles. Signed by 45 of its most prestigious members, they were published in a volume of nearly 1000 pages that, rather than listing the pick of Spanish cinema, presents a model of it on a small scale. Thus were included masterpieces, emblematic and outstanding titles but also singular or poorly known works as well as films with an eloquent irregularity, that started aesthetic and industrial trends or that were warmly received by popular audiences. From the book "Antología Crítica del Cine Español". Julio Pérez Perucha (coord.). Ed. Cátedra. Madrid, 1998. ISBN: 8437615976. All titles are listed in the same order they're presented in the book. -
BBC Culture's 'The 100 Greatest Foreign-Language films: Who Voted?' (All films)
Favs/dislikes: 7:0. All films with at least one vote in the BBC Culture poll used to create their list of "100 Greatest Foreign-Language Films". Not in IMDb: Power (Ade Love, 1981) [Number 10 in Toni Kan's list] Going over the alphabetical list of critics, Luke Buckmaster is the first one whose films had all been mentioned already by someone else. -
Chicago Tribune's 100 Best Films of the Century
Favs/dislikes: 7:0. -
Christopher Tookey's Top 100 Greatest Films
Favs/dislikes: 7:0. Christopher Tookey (born 9 April 1950) is an award-winning English film critic. He has written for both the Sunday Telegraph and The Daily Mail. He has presented the Radio 4 programmes The Film Programme and Back Row. In 2013, he won the award as "Arts Reviewer of the Year" from the London Press Club. -
Cinema and the Spanish Civil War
Favs/dislikes: 7:0. A selection of 70* representative titles for the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) by film historian Magí Crusells. Only films, fictional or documentary, released in theatres that take place, at least partially, in the war period. From the book "Cine y Guerra Civil española: imágenes para la memoria", Magí Crusells. Ediciones JC, Madrid, 2006. ISBN 84-89564-48-5. * IMDb missing entries: - Celestino García Moreno (1939) - Nos prisonniers (1937) - Frente de Vizcaya y 18 de Julio (1937) - Fin del Frente Rojo Cantábrico (La toma de Gijón) (1937) - Entre la esperanza y el fraude: España 1931-39 (1977) -
Collider's Top 20 Films of the 2000s
Favs/dislikes: 7:0. Collider film critic Matt Goldberg chosen his top 20 film of the last decade. He explained on that list: I’ve really enjoyed the lists I’ve posted this week and I hope you have too. I keep notes year-round on everything I feel is worth noting about particular movies so I don’t forget and I can compile it into what (hopefully) makes or an informative read. However, this list I’ve been dreading. Unlike the other lists, there’s no real recommendation at work here. It’s a list designed to highlight mostly beloved and established films. It’s also difficult to factor in films of 2008 and 2009 because I don’t know their staying power. Finally, it’s a list that will ultimately please no one because there’s no way I can narrow the hundreds of great films that have come out over the last ten years into twenty that I’ve determined are better than all the rest. So why am I doing it? I have my reasons. They’re not very good ones, but I have them. The decade is ending, these films left an impact on me, and so I’ll call them out for their greatness and accept that there were plenty of other movies that could have filled in just as easily. Hit the jump to start the countdown. -
Estonian Association of Film Journalists Top 10 Estonian Films
Favs/dislikes: 7:0. 2011 Poll -
Film Comment's Best Films of 2015
Favs/dislikes: 7:1. According to the source: "A note on the poll’s workings: over 100 North American colleagues ranked their favorites in two categories: 1) those that received theatrical runs and 2) those viewed this year but currently with no announced plans for U.S. theatrical distribution. For each ballot, a first-place choice was allotted 20 points, 19 for second, and so on." These are the films in the first category. For the films in the second category, [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/film+comments+best+unreleased+films+of+2015/gershwin/]look here[/url]. The list contains 22 entries instead of 20 because Miguel Gomes' Arabian Nights is a triptych.
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