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The Criterion Collection
Favs/dislikes: 844:4. Since 1984, the Criterion Collection, has been dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements for a wider and wider audience. The foundation of the collection is the work of such masters of cinema as Kurosawa, Fellini, Bergman, Tarkovsky, Hitchcock, and Kubrick. Each film is presented uncut, in its original aspect ratio, as its maker intended it to be seen. [url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/browse?sort=spine_number&popular=criterion]Source[/url] -
The Guardian's 1000 Films to See Before You Die
Favs/dislikes: 248:4. "Well over a century has passed since the Lumière brothers frightened the life out of Parisians with The Arrival of a Train at a Station, and well over a million titles have since been recorded - if the Internet Movie Database is anything to go by. Out of these million-plus movies, our team of experts has picked what we believe is the essential 1,000 - those that best sum up the dazzling achievement and variety of the movies." [url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/series/1000-films-to-see-before-you-die]Source[/url] -
Total Sci-Fi's The 100 Greatest Sci-Fi Movies
Favs/dislikes: 301:4. This list is the result of heated debate/scuffles between the frazzled writers of Total Sci-Fi. In addition to settling on the titles themselves, they also had to set the limits of what counts as a 'sci-fi film': they decided that superhero movies were out as that's a distinct genre all of its own, but comedies like Sleeper and Galaxy Quest possess enough genuine science fiction concepts to warrant inclusion, leading to this list of the 100 best Sci-Fi movies of all-time. -
UNESCO's Memory of the World
Favs/dislikes: 140:4. In 1995, to celebrate the centenary of cinema, UNESCO worked together with film archives from 49 countries to "compile and publish a list of approximately 15 films each country considers to be representative of its most significant national cinematic heritage." UNESCO suggested that they consider historical importance and cultural/artistic value, but each film archive was allowed to define its own criteria to determine which films were important. The films of each country are listed in the order of the source-pdf. These countries are included. Angola, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Ivory Coast, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Germany, Greece, The Holy See, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Macedonia, Ukraine, United States of America, Venezuela, Yugoslavia These films or collections on the source-pdf are not included in this list, because they are not on IMDb: Canada: - A Selection of OMPB Films Produced between the two World Wars - A Selection of Film Produced by the Government of Canada before the Creation of the National Film Board - Royal Welcome, 8 unknown titles from the Canadian Cameo Series - 4 unknown reels from "Shorts Produced at the London Headquarters of the Canadian Army during the last War" - Animated Films of the National Film Board Ecuador: - part of Obra Filmica Documental Miguel A. Alvarez (35 shorts are included so far) - Obra Filmica Documental Karl Gartelman Kazakhstan: - Two Days in Spring - Baiterek [url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0011/001103/110379Eo.pdf]Source[/url] -
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese
Favs/dislikes: 251:3. "From one of the world's most acclaimed directors comes an absorbing and informative look at the evolution of American film and how the medium both shaped Scorsese's own artistic vision and influenced the whole of American culture. Hundreds of film stills, many in color, plus dialogue, quotations, and other sources add to and illustrate each chapter's overriding theme." List is of all works with cited clips, in order of first appearance. Part 1: 1-40 Part 2: 41-74 Part 3: 75-99 [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Personal_Journey_with_Martin_Scorsese_Through_American_Movies]Source[/url][Source is the film itself, the wikipedia page includes some films mentioned only in passing] -
AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills
Favs/dislikes: 149:3. 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 are considered the most thrilling. Thrills encompass many genres, including courtroom dramas, disasters, epics, horror, musicals, film-noir, sci-fi, sports , suspense, war and westerns. [url=http://www.afi.com/100Years/thrills.aspx]Source[/url] -
Arts & Faith's Top 100 Films
Favs/dislikes: 182:3. The Arts & Faith's Top 100 Films (previously known as the 100 most spiritually significant films) list has been selected by the [url=http://artsandfaith.com]Arts & Faith[/url] members, which is dedicated to the combination of art and faith. 2020 update added a new restriction of one film per director, but other films that would have made the list without that restriction can be seen in the subtitle for each main entry in the source. [url=http://artsandfaith.com/index.php?/films/year/8-2020-top-100/]Source[/url] -
César Award - Best French Film
Favs/dislikes: 50:3. The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma. The name of the award comes from the sculptor César Baldaccini. They are considered to be the French equivalent of the American Academy Awards. [url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000157/]Source[/url] -
DIFF's The 100 Greatest Arab Films
Favs/dislikes: 47:3. In 2013, the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) invited 475 film critics, writers, novelists, academics, and other arts professionals to select the 10 most important films in the history of Arab cinema. They compiled the results into a top 100, which they published in a book, "Cinema of Passion." The book includes analysis of each film in both English and Arabic, written by 20 film critics. All of the films on this list received at least 9 votes. The most-represented countries are Egypt, Morocco, Syria, Algeria, and Tunisia. See [url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhCbA3xledPhdEZKUVJCWWU2RXZyd09kMUVpemxvVWc]this spreadsheet[/url] for the vote counts, top directors, and top films for each country. [url=http://gulfnews.com/leisure/movies/news/dubai-international-film-festival-picks-top-100-arab-films-1.1251874]Source[/url] -
Dutch Film Festival's Dutch Film Top 50
Favs/dislikes: 37:3. In 2008 Nederland 2, the Dutch Film Festival, cinema.nl and VPRO banded together to let the general public vote for the Dutch Film Top 50. The public was able to vote for 3 films from a preselected list of 800+ Dutch films. Around 15000 people submitted their vote. This list is the result of that poll. -
Eureka!'s The Masters of Cinema Series
Favs/dislikes: 189:3. The Masters of Cinema Series is a specially curated DVD collection of classic and world cinema using the finest available materials for home viewing. An ongoing collaboration between mastersofcinema.org and Eureka Entertainment, the MoC Series started in early 2004 and has so far included award-winning DVD editions of films by Carl Th. Dreyer, F. W. Murnau, Jean Renoir, Akira Kurosawa, John Ford, Masaki Kobayashi, Roberto Rossellini, Kaneto Shindo, Nicholas Ray, Satyajit Ray, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Peter Watkins, Sadao Yamanaka, Rene Laloux, Fritz Lang, Shohei Imamura, Vittorio De Sica and many more. MoC Series releases all come with extensive booklets, and where applicable, a host of extra features. [url=https://eurekavideo.co.uk/masters-of-cinema/#page-1]Source[/url] -
FLM's Best Swedish Films of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 64:3. In 2012, FLM asked 50 film critics and academics to vote for the best Swedish films of all time. The original list was a top 25. In 2022 FLM ran a new poll with 72 participants, again producing a top 25. This list contains all films with at least 2 votes. Votes for Utvandrarna/Nybyggarna and Jag är nyfiken - gul/blå were combined. [url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTzgJ_E3ni71I67E5bYDkyP_MuEotgewbwzHXz-8u19t9UHlDFC3hKZtE1Gs5c3c4uQtPwiBU26R09X/pub]2022 All Films and Ballots[/url] [url=http://flm.nu/2012/08/de-25-basta-svenska-filmerna-genom-tiderna/]2012 Source[/url] [url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhCbA3xledPhdDF6Qjd2LU5tbnBrYlFGTy1OU2g5bnc]2012 All Films and Ballots[/url] -
ICM Forum's 500<400
Favs/dislikes: 193:3. Every September, members of the [url=http://www.icmforum.com/]ICM Forum[/url] vote for the top 500 films with fewer than 400 checks on iCM (at the time of voting). Films released in the current or previous year are ineligible. [url=https://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=6075]Source[/url] -
Kinema Junpo's Top 200 Japanese Films
Favs/dislikes: 165:3. The top 200 Japanese movies of all time as chosen by the Kinema Junpo magazine. [url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330015712/http://www.kinejun.jp/special/90alltimebest/index.html]Source[/url] -
KOFA's 100 Korean Films
Favs/dislikes: 49:3. In 2013, the Korean Film Archive asked 62 film scholars, professors, critics and curators to vote for the top 100 Korean films. The top 12 is ranked and the rest is in chronological order. 3 films tied for 1st place. [url=https://eng.koreafilm.or.kr/kofa/publication/books/PB_0000000170?page=&year=]Source[/url] KOFA previously made a list of the [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/kofas+100+korean+films+1936-1996/mjf314/]top 100 Korean films from 1936-1996[/url]. -
Locarno Film Festival - Golden Leopard
Favs/dislikes: 31:3. The Golden Leopard is the top prize at the Locarno International Film Festival, held annually in Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. Directors in the process of getting an international reputation are allowed to be entered in the competitive selection. The winning films are chosen by a jury. The award went under many names until it was named the Golden Leopard in 1968. [url=https://pardo.ch/pardo/history/palmares.html]Source[/url] -
LoveHKFilm.com's The Best Hong Kong Films Ever
Favs/dislikes: 73:3. In 2012, LoveHKFilm.com asked its readers to vote for the best Hong Kong films ever. 166 people participated - mostly normal fans, but also some film fest personnel and producers. This was LoveHKFilm.com's final poll, following three decade polls ([url=http://www.lovehkfilm.com/blog/damnyoukozo/2010/01/07/top-50-of-the-decade-postmortem-full-list-stats-and-other-stuff/]2000s[/url], [url=http://www.lovehkfilm.com/blog/damnyoukozo/2010/04/08/top-100-of-the-nineties-postmortem-full-list-plus-random-notes/]1990s[/url], [url=http://www.lovehkfilm.com/blog/damnyoukozo/2012/03/31/top-100-hong-kong-films-of-the-eighties-postmortem-full-list-stats/]1980s[/url]). [url=http://www.lovehkfilm.com/blog/damnyoukozo/2013/05/04/the-best-hong-kong-films-ever-postmortem-full-list-stats-apology/]Full list with points and runners up[/url] [url=http://www.lovehkfilm.com/blog/damnyoukozo/2012/12/17/the-best-hong-kong-films-ever-numbers-200-171/]Countdown with images and descriptions of each movie[/url] [url=http://www.lovehkfilm.com/blog/damnyoukozo/2013/01/03/the-best-hong-kong-film-performances-part-5-the-best-performance-ever-the-full-list/]Best performances[/url] -
Público's Top Portuguese Films to Show in Schools
Favs/dislikes: 51:3. 10 important Portuguese personalities chose their top 10 Portuguese films to be shown in schools. Among them were directors, poets, writers, a philosopher, an art curator, an architect and a film critic. The lists were published by the newspaper Público in April 2012. Here are all films nominated from Portugal, ordered by number of nominations (and alphabetically). 1 = 8 votes; 2 and 3 = 6 votes; 4 and 5 = 4 votes; 6-10 = 3 votes; 11-18 = 2 votes; 19-58 = 1 vote. [url=https://www.publico.pt/2012/04/23/culturaipsilon/noticia/filmes-que-deveriam-ser-mostrados-nas-escolas-303881]Source[/url] -
Roy Menarini's Il Grande Cinema Italiano
Favs/dislikes: 65:3. 250 films from throughout Italy's history, 1905-2011. From the book by Roy Menarini. [url=https://www.amazon.com/grande-cinema-italiano-Roy-Menarini/dp/8874550650/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1448737166&sr=8-1&keywords=Il+Grande+Cinema+Italiano]Source[/url] -
Scott Hocking's 100 Greatest Films of Australian Cinema
Favs/dislikes: 69:3. From the book by Scott Hocking. From indigenous issues and rites of passage, to sexual repression, mateship, larrikins and more, Australian films provide a cultural snapshot of our sunburnt country, as seen through the lenses of some of the world’s finest filmmakers. [url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6284687-100-greatest-films-of-australian-cinema]Source[/url] -
Spike Lee's Essential List of Films for Filmmakers
Favs/dislikes: 154:3. This is the list that Spike Lee distributes to his graduate students at NYU every year. Spike says: "I've Been A Professor At The NYU Graduate Film For The Past 15 Years.The 1st Day Of Every Class I Hand Out My List Of Films That I Feel You Must See If You Want To Make Films. Please Look At This List And See What You Might Have Missed. As I Tell My Students If You Want Your Film "Game" To Be Tight You Must Have Seen Great Movies, World Cinema, It Just Can't Be Hollywood Films. Educate Yourself. Learn. Grow. Evolve. Make Great Films. Peace, Onward And Upward, Spike Lee." [url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spikelee/the-newest-hottest-spike-lee-joint/posts/574874]Source[/url] -
The New York Times's Book of Movies
Favs/dislikes: 183:3. This list is drawn from "The New York Times Book of Movies: The Essential 1,000 Films to See", published in 2019. It contains a selection of 1000 reviews that have been printed in The New York Times. The majority of movies in this book are among the "10 Best Films" chosen by New York Times critics at the end of each year. [url=https://www.amazon.com/New-York-Times-Book-Movies/dp/078933657X]Source[/url] -
Time Out’s The 100 Best Thrillers
Favs/dislikes: 29:3. Everyone has their favourite genre but we can surely all agree that thrillers are the best. And if you don’t believe us, there’s a suspicious figure in that darkened doorway who’d like a word. From the early classics, like Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lodger or Fritz Lang’s M, to the films of David Fincher and Martin Scorsese, they’re rich in nerve-shredding, adrenaline-pumping rides into the darker recesses of the psyche. Thrillers show us horrors and weave in human dramas, but they use those raw materials to forge something particular: a sense of unease and suspense. With masterful control of those elements, Hitchcock could manipulate his audiences like puppets on a string, delivering shocks that reverberate through cinema history. Fincher’s Seven and Zodiac have carried on the legacy, while films like Pig, Nightmare Alley and The Card Counter show that the thriller is the genre for all eras. Even superhero flicks, like Captain America: Civil War and The Batman, have been borrowing liberally from the crime thriller. It is, unlike many of its ill-fated characters, alive and well. But what are the very best of them? As we’ve done with science fiction, horror films, romances, comedies, westerns and war films, we’ve dusted cinema for prints and taken a magnifying glass to its finest thrillers to boil them down to a tonne of all-timers. On the list? Murder, political intrigue, espionage, conspiracy, manipulation, gaslighting and, of course, crime. Lots of crime. Enjoy – and hold on tight. Written by Abbey Bender, Joshua Rothkopf, Phil de Semlyen, Tom Huddleston, Andy Kryza & Tomris Laffly List created in June 2018 (updated June 2021) Last Updated: March 23, 2022 [url=https://www.timeout.com/film/best-thriller-movies]Source[/url] -
Total Film's 50 Amazing Films You've Probably Never Seen
Favs/dislikes: 112:3. [url]http://www.gamesradar.com/50-amazing-films-youve-probably-never-seen/[/url] -
TSPDT's 100 Essential Noir Films
Favs/dislikes: 275:3. To kick things off on their list of 1000 Essential noirs, TSPDT offered up the first 100 of the 1,000 films. These 100 films have been identified, according to their research, as the most mentioned/cited noir films of all-time. Call them the 100 most essential or quintessential, or whatever you like. They are, simply put, the 100 films that most often show up on film noir lists, in film noir festivals, and/or in film noir publications. We at Icheckmovies have made these most essential noirs a separate list which you can find here. The rest of the list can be found here [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/tspdt+1000+noir+films/]TSPDT 1000 Noir Films[/url] [url=http://www.theyshootpictures.com/noir1000.htm]Source[/url]
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