The Xixax DECADEpenticon

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What Is This? No, it's not more voting and waiting so you can all breathe a sigh of relief.  Actually the work has already been done for you.  A while back some of you may remember a little bit of grumbling about possibly abandoning the Dekapenticon in favor of an list compiling the greatest films of each decade.

How Did I Already Vote? To compile the films for the Decadepenticon we went over the initial list of over 650 films nominated by Xixax members and broke them down by decade.  Each nominated film received one point and anything with 2 or more votes was eligible to place.  This left some holes in the 20's and 30's where not even a full ten films could be ranked and an fair amount of tie's (like the 40's) but while it may not be "official" (because nobody was informed they were voting for it) we still think it's an interesting reference for people interested in checking out some films.  So those of you who did not nominate any films from the 1920's, did not get a say in which films were the best of the 20's.

This list is a tally of VOTES ONLY, not of your preference for these movies. As such it is not representative of what a proper decades-list would look like. Note the discrepancy between the placement of films in this list and in the final deka. Films with more votes ranked higher despite their low ranking in the latter because preference was not taken into account. Enjoy it for what it is.

Why Did You Do This Again? Mostly this is just for fun, and a good at-a-glance reference for those of you interested in the tastes of the board or in checking out some films from any particular decade.  And since we had already collected all the information we needed, we thought it would be a fun way to satisfy those people who wanted to do the Best Of Decade list as well as just our other Best Of All Time.  So without further adeiu...

THE XIXAX DECADEPENTICON



1. The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (1928)
2. The General (1927)
3. Metropolis (1927)
4. The Kid (1921) & Sherlock Jr. (1924) & Sunrise (1927) (tie)
7. Battleship Potemkin (1925)




1. Modern Times (1936)
2. City Lights (1931)
3. Wizard Of Oz (1939)
4. M (1931) & Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939) (tie)
6. Duck Soup (1933) & A Night At The Opera (1935) (tie)




1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
3. Casablanca (1942)
4. The Third Man (1949)
5. Double Indemnity (1944)
6. Notorious (1946)
7. Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948)
8. Bicycle Thief (1948) & The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946) & Dumbo (1941) & Maltese Falcon (1941) &
Philadelphia Story (1940) & Rope (1948) & Sullivans Travels (1941) & To Have And Have Not (1944) (tie)




1. Vertigo (1958)
2. 400 Blows (1959)
3. Singin' In The Rain (1952)
4. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
5. Wild Strawberries (1957)
6. Rear Window (1954) & Seven Samurai (1954) & Seventh Seal (1957) (tie)
9. 12 Angry Men (1957) & Touch Of Evil (1958) (tie)




1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2. Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned To Stop Worrying & Love The Bomb (1964)
3. Psycho (1960)
4. The Graduate (1967)
5. 8 1/2 (1963)
6. La Dolce Vita (1960)
7. Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) & Persona (1966) (tie)
9. The Good The Bad & The Ugly (1966)
10. Weekend (1967)




1. Annie Hall (1977) & Taxi Driver (1976) (tie)
3. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
4. Barry Lyndon (1975)
5. The Godfather (1972)
6. One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest (1975)
7. Network (1976)
8. Apocalypse Now (1979)
9. The Godfather Part II (1974) & Manhattan (1979) (tie)




1. Do The Right Thing (1989)  & The Shining (1980) & Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (tie)
4. Raging Bull (1980)
5. Back To The Future (1985) & Brazil (1985) (tie)
7. Blue Velvet (1986)
8. Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
9. Fanny And Alexander (1982) & Paris, Texas (1984) & Raising Arizona (1987) (tie)




1. Magnolia (1999)
2. Boogie Nights (1997)
3. Pulp Fiction (1994)
4. Goodfellas (1990)
5. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
6. The Big Lebowski (1997)
7. Barton Fink (1991) & Rushmore (1988) (tie)
9. Jackie Brown (1997)
10. Short Cuts (1993)




1. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)
2. Mulholland Drive (2001) & Punch-Drunk Love (2002) (tie)
4. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
5. Requiem For A Dream (2000)
6. Adaptation (2002)
7. Amelie (2001)
8. Dancer In The Dark (2000)
9. In The Mood For Love (2000)
10. City Of God (2002) & Ghost World (2001) (tie)

[ono]

More proof the 80s sucked, though I don't fault Shining at all.

The 90s list is interesting.  Eyes Wide Shut picked up a lot of support in round two from the looks of this.

[modage]

i've actually seen all but 4, so i'll be checking those out in 2006 for sure!

[Kal]

Great list and good presentation... excellent work guys!

[ShanghaiOrange]

More proof the 80s sucked, though I don't fault Shining at all.

The 80s didn't suck, man. Just like with the music of the 80s, the quality stuff went underground.

[ono]

Examples?

[JG]

well i have alot of movies to see for sure.  i think i'm going to go all out on netflix the next few months. 

[ShanghaiOrange]

The whole idea of the modern independent movie started in the eighties: Jarmusch, Lee, Hartley, uh, other people.

[Alethia]

Examples?

cassavetes - love streams
altman - secret honor, oc and stiggs
clarke - made in britain, the firm, christine
herzog - fitzcarraldo, battle of the little soldier
wiseman - multihandicapped, deaf
coppola - the outsiders, rumble fish
allen - zelig, purple rose of cairo, radio days, broadway danny rose, hannah, crimes and misdemeanors
fassbinder - lola, veronika vozz, querelle
bergman - fanny and alexander
carax - boy meets girl, mauvais sang
fuller - the big red one, white dog
scorsese - raging bull, the king of comedy, last temptation
demme - melvin and howard, stop making sense
van sant - drugstore cowboy
babenco - pixote
godard - slow motion, passion, hail mary

ah the 80's weren't so bad

[Pubrick]

i was made in the 80s.

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Examples?

1. Do The Right Thing (1989)  & The Shining (1980) & Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (tie)
4. Raging Bull (1980)
5. Back To The Future (1985) & Brazil (1985) (tie)
7. Blue Velvet (1986)
8. Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
9. Fanny And Alexander (1982) & Paris, Texas (1984) & Raising Arizona (1987) (tie)

[Redlum]

Nice idea. All essential films looking at all those films makes me happy.

p.s. great avatar Mod.

[grand theft sparrow]

1. Magnolia (1999)
2. Boogie Nights (1997)
3. Pulp Fiction (1994)
4. Goodfellas (1990)
5. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
6. The Big Lebowski (1997)
7. Barton Fink (1991) & Rushmore (1988) (tie)
9. Jackie Brown (1997)
10. Short Cuts (1993)

No complaints about any films on this list but it shows that more folks need to see Naked.

[hedwig]

1. Magnolia (1999)
2. Boogie Nights (1997)
3. Pulp Fiction (1994)
4. Goodfellas (1990)
5. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
6. The Big Lebowski (1997)
7. Barton Fink (1991) & Rushmore (1988) (tie)
9. Jackie Brown (1997)
10. Short Cuts (1993)

No complaints about any films on this list but it shows that more folks need to see Naked.

tru. 'twas one of the ones i would've included had i seen it before i voted. + Gattaca.. sigh, more power to the underrated classics.

[squints]

No 70s Altman...interesting