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OFCS's Top 100 Animated Features of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 159:13. 138 reviewers of the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS), the international association of the leading Internet-based cinema journalists, selected the Top 100 Animated Features of All Time. The lsit was compiled from a reminder list of more than 350 feature films (not including animated short films), spanning the years from the 1926 silent film The Adventures of Prince Achmed to recent release Treasure Planet. [url=http://ofcs.org/ofcs-top-100-top-100-animated-features/]Source[/url] -
Amos Vogel's Film as a Subversive Art
Favs/dislikes: 193:12. "Film as a Subversive Art was first published in 1974. According to Vogel--founder of Cinema 16, North America's legendary film society--the book details the "accelerating worldwide trend toward a more liberated cinema, in which subjects and forms hitherto considered unthinkable or forbidden are boldly explored." So ahead of his time was Vogel that the ideas that he penned some 30 years ago are still relevant today, and readily accessible in this classic volume. Accompanied by over 300 rare film stills, Film as a Subversive Art analyzes how aesthetic, sexual, and ideological subversives use one of the most powerful art forms of our day to exchange or manipulate our conscious and unconscious, demystify visual taboos, destroy dated cinematic forms, and undermine existing value systems and institutions." This list contains all movies in the revised version from 2021. Included in this list are movies: 1. with dedicated texts. 2. shown in movie stills. 3. mentioned otherwise as an example of subversive cinema in the context of the text it is mentioned in. Excluded from this list are movies that are mentioned in any other way than an example of subversive cinema. The movies are sorted by appearance in the book. Some movies appear multiple times. In that case, the preferred position is the dedicated text, then a movie still and lastly a mention. The book is divided into parts: Introduction (#1 - #20) Part 1 - Weapons of Subversion: The Subversion of Form (#21 - #170) Part 2 - Weapons of Subversion: The Subversion of Content (#171 - #355) Part 3 - Weapons of Subversion: Forbidden Subjects of the Cinema (#356 - #572) Part 4 - Towards a New Consciousness (#573 - #598) #599 is the back cover. -
Empire's The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 458:12. The 500 movies in this list have been selected by a combination of 10,000 Empire readers, 50 critics and 150 of Hollywood's finest. [url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/500-greatest-movies/]Source[/url] -
Jerry Beck's The 50 Greatest Cartoons
Favs/dislikes: 110:12. The 50 greatest cartoons of all time, from a poll of 1,000 animation professionals conducted by author/film historian Jerry Beck for the 1994 book "The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals". [url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/50-Greatest-Cartoons-Animation-Professionals/dp/187868549X]Source[/url] -
Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
Favs/dislikes: 257:12. This list contains the favorite movies of movie critic Jonathan Rosenbaum who writes for the Chicago Reader. The movies span virtually every decade, and include many an obscure movie. #1 - #1012: original list #1013 - #1073: 2008 additions #1074 - #1133: 2016 additions [url=https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Cinema-Necessity-Film-Canons/dp/0801889715]Source[/url] -
Roger Ebert's Great Movies
Favs/dislikes: 705:12. A list of movies which famous movie critic Roger Ebert considers to be the best movies of all-time. Ebert has written extensive reviews for each and every one of these movies. [url=https://www.rogerebert.com/great-movies]Source[/url] -
TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films
Favs/dislikes: 1033:12. The They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1,000 greatest films list is primarily compiled by using over 6000 individual critics' and filmmakers' best-films-of-all-time lists/ballots. The resulting list is very diverse and spans virtually all movie-producing decades and countries. [url=http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000.htm]Source[/url] -
Emma Beare's 501 Must-See Movies
Favs/dislikes: 161:11. This list is compiled from a collection of movie reviews in the 501 Must See Movies book. The movies have been split up into 10 genres, each with 50 movies (except for the last, which has 51): Action/Adventure & Epic, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Musical, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Mystery/Thriller, War and Western. [url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/659583.501_Must_See_Movies]Source[/url] -
FilmTotaal Forum's Top 100
Favs/dislikes: 172:11. To reward the help iCheckMovies has received from the filmtotaal.nl community with testing our site, we have awarded filmtotaal.nl with their own top list. Each year, the filmtotaal.nl users submit their list of favorite movies, of which the top 100 were compiled into this list. Note (2017-02-16): Due to a decreasing active base, the list has been reverted to the version of 2009. [url=http://forum.filmtotaal.nl/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=5675]Source[/url] -
IMDb's 1970s Top 50
Favs/dislikes: 196:11. Although the 1970s opened with Hollywood experiencing a financial and artistic depression, the decade became a creative high point in the US film industry. Restrictions on language, adult content and sexuality, and violence had loosened up, and these elements became more widespread. The counter-culture of the time had influenced Hollywood to be freer, to take more risks and to experiment with alternative, young film makers (nicknamed "Movie Brats"), as old Hollywood professionals and old-style moguls died out and a new generation of film makers arose and caused Hollywood to be renewed and reborn. -
IMDb's Horror Top 50
Favs/dislikes: 242:11. Horror films are designed to frighten and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time in a cathartic experience. Horror films feature a wide range of styles, from the earliest silent Nosferatu classic, to today's CGI monsters and deranged humans. They are often combined with science fiction when the menace or monster is related to a corruption of technology, or when Earth is threatened by aliens. There are many sub-genres of horror: slasher, teen terror, serial killers, satanic, Dracula, Frankenstein, etc. -
TSPDT's Ain't Nobody's Blues but My Own
Favs/dislikes: 71:11. As a counterpart to the fairly mainstream TSPDT top 1000 list, the Ain't Nobody's Blues But My Own list has been created. The movies on this list had as its solely criterium: they must be mentioned at most once in a top list. 250 film critics/film makers got to choose exactly one of the aforementioned movies. The list hadn't been on the website of TSPDT for several years and hadn't been updated for many years as well. In January 2019 the owner of the site sent us a new update. It's not listed on his website, but you can view the spreadsheet [url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EJKX9yOpKk3dT9BizPambwxhbjfMd7QAWxzlT31l4f8/edit?usp=sharing]here[/url]. The list contains 253 titles instead of 250, because the vote for Buddha's Palm consists of four parts. -
AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers
Favs/dislikes: 116:10. Through the collective judgment of 1,500 leaders from across the American film community - screenwriters, directors, actors, producers, cinematographers, editors, executives, film historians and critics -, AFI has identified 100 movies that inspire us, encourage us to make a difference and send us from the theatre with a greater sense of possibility and hope for the future. [url=http://www.afi.com/100years/cheers.aspx]Source[/url] -
IMDb's 1990s Top 50
Favs/dislikes: 383:10. In the 90s, the belief was sustained that expensive, high-budget films with expensive special effects meant quality. However, the independently-distributed film movement was also proving that it could compete (both commercially and critically) with Hollywood's costly output. This decade also marked the advent of the home viewing of movies, in part made possible by the digital revolution that allowed movies to be greatly modified even after shooting. -
Marshall Julius's Action! The Action Movie A-Z
Favs/dislikes: 94:10. The "250 key movies" rated and reviewed in the book [i]Action! The Action Movie A-Z[/i] (1997) by Marshall Julius. Author's ratings: 1-14 *****, 15-22 ****½, 23-51 ****, 52-92: ***½, 93-140: ***, 141-182: **½, 183-211 **, 212-226 *½, 227-244 *, 245-250 ½ "Vengeful cops and car chases, lunatic villains and martial arts masters, male-bonding, gun fights and super secret agents, swords and sorcerers, wartime Nazi-bashing, boys' own adventures, casual destruction and general death-defiance... this is what we want to see, and if you feel the same way, "Action!" is for you, a fan's guide to the wackiest genre of 'em all, with 250 key movies rated and reviewed" -Introduction [url=https://www.amazon.com/Action-The-Movie-A-Z/dp/0253210917]Source[/url] -
IMDb's Action Top 50
Favs/dislikes: 258:9. Action films usually include high energy, big-budget physical stunts and chases, possibly with rescues, battles, fights, escapes, destructive crises, non-stop motion, spectacular rhythm and pacing, and adventurous, often two-dimensional 'good-guy' heroes battling 'bad guys' - all designed for pure audience escapism. Includes the James Bond 'fantasy' spy/espionage series, martial arts films, and so-called 'blaxploitation' films. A major sub-genre is the disaster film. -
IMDb's Independent Top 50
Favs/dislikes: 245:9. Independent is not a strict genre category, but is rather a grouping of films that are financed outside the regular channels of big production companies. Not being tied to those production companies, independent films often dare to tread outside the more familiar paths used by those companies. -
IMDb's Romance Top 50
Favs/dislikes: 145:9. A sub-genre for the most part, this category shares some features with romantic dramas, romantic comedies, and sexual/erotic films. These are love stories, or affairs of the heart that center on passion, emotion, and the romantic, affectionate involvement of the main characters (usually a leading man and lady), and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story the main plot focus. -
Jennifer Eiss's 500 Essential Cult Movies
Favs/dislikes: 623:9. From the book by Jennifer Eiss. The list is arranged by chapter. Each chapter starts with a top 10 (in alphabetical order), followed by the "best of the rest" (in alphabetical order). #1-83: Dramatic Situatons #84-133: Gripping Tales #134-165: Lights, Camera…! #166-228: Visionary Universes #229-280: Criminal Underworlds #281-360: Tales of Terror #361-432: Cult Humor #433-453: The Wild Wild West #454-502: Film Lab [url=https://www.amazon.com/500-Essential-Cult-Movies-Ultimate/dp/1402774869]Source[/url] -
TSPDT's 1,000 Noir Films
Favs/dislikes: 111:9. TSPDT has built a list of 1000 Noir films to expand on its previous 250 Quintessential Noirs. Following the [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/tspdt+100+essential+noir+films/]initial collection of 100 noirs[/url], a further 900 noir films (or films with prominent noir elements) have been added (in a fairly random manner). This list contains the full 1000 films which are the 1,000 most cited noir films (according to TSPDT's research). Please note that this list has not been and will not be ranked. [url=http://www.theyshootpictures.com/noir1000.htm]Source[/url] -
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies
Favs/dislikes: 587:8. Through the collective judgment of 1,500 leaders from across the American film community - screenwriters, directors, actors, producers, cinematographers, editors, executives, film historians and critics -, AFI has identified 100 movies which set the standard and mark the excellence of the first century of American cinema. The first version of the list only contained films that were made in the first 100 years of American cinema (1896-1996). However, this list is the updated version. [url=http://www.afi.com/100Years/movies10.aspx]Source[/url] -
IMDb's Family Top 50
Favs/dislikes: 159:8. These are non-offensive, wholesome, and entertaining films that do not include topics or scenes with violence, foul language and other profanity, religious issues, gratuitous sexuality and so on, and are specifically designed for children 12 and under (or for family viewing). Children's and family-oriented films may actually be suitable for all age groups, and cover a wide range of genre categories (comedy, adventure, fantasy, musicals, etc.). -
IMDb's Film-Noir Top 50
Favs/dislikes: 338:8. Film noir ('black film') is a branch of the crime/gangster sagas from the 1930s. Strictly speaking, film noir is not a genre, but rather the mood, style or tone of various American films that evolved between the 1940s and 1960s. However, film noir has re-occurred in cyclical form in other years in various neo-noirs. Noirs are usually black and white films with primary moods of melancholy, alienation, bleakness, disillusionment, disenchantment, pessimism, ambiguity, moral corruption, evil, guilt and paranoia. They often feature a cynical, loner hero (anti-hero) and femme fatale, in a seedy big city. -
IMDb's Musical Top 50
Favs/dislikes: 150:8. Musical/dance films are cinematic forms that emphasize full-scale scores or song and dance routines in a significant way (usually with a musical or dance performance integrated as part of the film narrative), or they are films that are centered on combinations of music, dance, song or choreography. Major subgenres include the musical comedy or the concert film. -
IMDb's Sport Top 50
Favs/dislikes: 94:8. Films that have a sports setting (football or baseball stadium, arena, or the Olympics, etc.), event (the 'big game,' 'fight,' 'race,' or 'competition'), and/or athlete (boxer, racer, surfer, etc.) that are central and predominant in the story. Sports films may be fictional or non-fictional; and they are a hybrid sub-genre category, although they are often dramas or comedy films, and occasionally documentaries or biopics.
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