hello all film fanatics. recently, as one of my new years resolutions i made a list of 100 movies i had to see before the end of the year. i tried to make it a combination of directors i liked lesser known works, directors i had read about, american and foriegn "classics" and whatever else i decided to throw in there. now that i am approaching the end of my list, i was curious to find out what else i should maybe see. so out of some of the "great" directors, what are the important, or rather your favorite works, by them. as in, the hitchcock movies i have seen, may differ from yours. as will our favorites. so off the list of directors what are the 2 or 3 essential movies to see? thanks for any opinions. here are some directors....
FEDERICO FELLINI
FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT
AKIRA KUROSAWA
JEAN-LUC GODARD
INGMAR BERGMAN
FRITZ LANG
JEAN RENOIR
ORSON WELLES
FRANK CAPRA
ALFRED HITCHCOCK
HOWARD HAWKS
JOHN HUSTON
JOHN FORD
DAVID LEAN
BILLY WILDER
STANLEY DONEN
GEORGE CUKOR
GEORGE ROY HILL
ROBERT ALTMAN
WILLIAM FRIEDKIN
SAM PECKINPAH
SERGIO LEONE
MIKE NICHOLS
WOODY ALLEN
SIDNEY LUMET
MILOS FORMAN
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
MARTIN SCORSESE
STANLEY KUBRICK
STEVEN SPIELBERG
JONATHAN DEMME
BRIAN DE PALMA
DAVID LYNCH
this is just some of the directors off my list. as in, i had seen Blue Velvet, but not Wild At Heart. so i tried to brush up a bit on a wide group of movies and see some of what i was missing out on. so off that list what are your top 3 movies per each director above? thanks.
you crazy man.
Didn't BK have a post here
he did. he mustve realised that there were no burger stories in it and deleted it.
Yeah, the admins are right.. calling someone a McDonalds employee is a bit too harsh, perhaps I should have settled for Dennys?
who am I, larry flint?
George Roy Hill has a charming one called The World of Henry Orient that I remember loving... Haven't seen The Sting, but I hear it's terrible.
Nobody ever talks about "Straight Time," directed by Ulu Grossbard, starring Dustin Hoffman, and written by Eddie "Mr. Blue" Bunker. One of the most underrated movies of the 70's and a gangbusters crime flick. M. Emmett Walsh as a crooked parole officer, Gary Busey as a junkie, and Harry Dean Stanton as the partner-in-crime-- what more could you want in a movie?
MOVIES :)
QuoteHaven't seen The Sting, but I hear it's terrible.
You heard wrong.
The Sting is a wonderful little movie. A
lot of fun.
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FEDERICO FELLINI - 8 1/2, La Dolce Vita
FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT - The 400 Blows
AKIRA KUROSAWA - Rashomon, The Hidden Fortress, Ran
JEAN-LUC GODARD - Breathless
INGMAR BERGMAN - Persona
FRITZ LANG - Metropolis
JEAN RENOIR - The Grand Illusion
ORSON WELLES - Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Touch of Evil
FRANK CAPRA - It's a Wonderful Life
ALFRED HITCHCOCK - Psycho, Vertigo, Rope
HOWARD HAWKS - His Girl Friday, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Big Sleep
JOHN HUSTON - The Maltese Falcon, The Asphalt Jungle, Treasure of the Sierra Madre
JOHN FORD - The Grapes of Wrath, My Darling Clementine, The Searchers
DAVID LEAN - A Passage to India, The Bridge on the River Kwai
BILLY WILDER - Double Indemnity, Some Like it Hot
STANLEY DONEN - On the Town, Singin' in the Rain
GEORGE CUKOR - My Fair Lady
GEORGE ROY HILL - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, Slap Shot
ROBERT ALTMAN - M.A.S.H., Nashville, Short Cuts, The Player
WILLIAM FRIEDKIN - The Exorcist, The French Connection
SAM PECKINPAH - Straw Dogs
SERGIO LEONE - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, Once Upon a Time in America
MIKE NICHOLS - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Graduate, Regarding Henry
WOODY ALLEN - Annie Hall, Hannah and Her Sisters, Deconstructing Harry
SIDNEY LUMET - Network, 12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon
MILOS FORMAN - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, The People vs. Larry Flynt
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA - The Godfather, The Godfather 2, Apocalypse Now!
MARTIN SCORSESE - Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, GoodFellas
STANLEY KUBRICK - 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon
STEVEN SPIELBERG - Jaws, E.T., Schindler's List
DAVID LYNCH - Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man, Wild at Heart
See all those, and you're on your way.
Dog Day Afternoon is brilliant.
I would also add Vincente Minnelli's The Bad and the Beautiful. Which of course brings me to: If you haven't seen A Personal Journey Through American Movies with Martin Scorsese, make THAT #1. It will well inform your future viewing.
Quote from: MrBurgerKingYeah, the admins are right.. calling someone a McDonalds employee is a bit too harsh, perhaps I should have settled for Dennys?
you committed what's called thread hijacking. taking a thread someone else has started and shifting the topic to make it your own. i probably wouldn't have had such a problem with it had it not been the first reply to a thread, and the first reply to a thread of someone somewhat new to the boards. it's probably the only time i'll ever do that again, hijacking right off the bat is probably what drives people away from boards like these
wow. mesh i would like to thank you a lot for that list (which is exactly what i was kind of interested in but failed to elicit from anybody else). apologies if my topic was confusing, but i thought it might make an interesting discussion for who holds what as being their favorites. if someone asked ME about billy wilder i might tell them to go see THE APARTMENT, DOUBLE INDEMNITY and SOME LIKE IT HOT. whereas someone else might say to see SUNSET BLVD, THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH and SABRINA. oh well. yeah, ive actually seen
8 1/2, La Dolce Vita The 400 Blows Rashomon Breathless Metropolis
The Grand Illusion Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Touch of Evil It's a Wonderful Life Psycho, Vertigo The Big Sleep The Maltese Falcon The Grapes of Wrath The Searchers Double Indemnity, Some Like it Hot The Bridge on the River Kwai Singin' in the Rain My Fair Lady Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid M.A.S.H., Nashville, Short Cuts, The Player The Exorcist, The French Connection Straw Dogs The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Graduate Annie Hall Deconstructing Harry Network Dog Day Afternoon One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, The People vs. Larry Flynt The Godfather, The Godfather 2, Apocalypse Now! Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, GoodFellas 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Jaws, E.T., Schindler's List Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart
so i think ive done pretty good. but i will definately add some of your suggestions to my new LIST of movies to see. thanks again.
oh, and i was just kind of randomly compiling some "important" directors to flesh out their catalogues but if there is anything else not on there feel free to recommend that too.
Quote from: sphinxQuote from: MrBurgerKingYeah, the admins are right.. calling someone a McDonalds employee is a bit too harsh, perhaps I should have settled for Dennys?
you committed what's called thread hijacking. taking a thread someone else has started and shifting the topic to make it your own. i probably wouldn't have had such a problem with it had it not been the first reply to a thread, and the first reply to a thread of someone somewhat new to the boards. it's probably the only time i'll ever do that again, hijacking right off the bat is probably what drives people away from boards like these
Just so long as it was you who did it and not some prick like Jon Mulvaney, or Ronald McDonald, then I'm fine with it.
Quote from: themodernage02oh, and i was just kind of randomly compiling some "important" directors to flesh out their catalogues but if there is anything else not on there feel free to recommend that too.
I do believe one has not really seen a good survey of American cinema until one has seen several Chaplin shorts, several Chaplin features, and several Buster Keaton features.
At the very least, add to your list:
The Kid
Modern Times
The Great Dictator
The General
Sherlock, Jr.