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@ M. Carter – I LOVED Annie Hall. It really did live up to all the hype. And I’ve been putting off Citizen Kane for the same reasons. I’ll just buckle down and finally see it.

@ Care – Yes, I’m a bit ashamed. I did finally manage to see TKAM a few days ago, and thought it was fantastic. And Jessica from thebluestockings swears by All About Eve too. I’ll move it to the top of the list. Of course I remember your Lit Flicks review! That was a lot of fun. We wanted to do it again this year, but Jess is 8 months pregnant, and I’m too lazy!

Of all those on your list, I’d say “Citizen Kane” and “Annie Hall” are two that will not disappoint. I waited for years to see “Citizen Kane” because I was convinced it wouldn’t live up to the hype; it surpassed it. “Annie Hall” remains one of the best romantic comedies (albeit a bittersweet one) I’ve ever seen.
.-= M. Carter @ the Movies´s last blog ..Netflix Pick: “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) =-.

What I would say, for whatever its worth, is that I would start with these…

9. The General (Keaton; 1927)
17. It Happened One Night (Capra; 1934)
23. Bringing Up Baby (Hawks; 1939)
26. The Maltese Falcon (Huston; 1941)
27. Citizen Kane (Welles; 1941)
28. Casablanca (Curtiz; 1943)
41. Singin’ in the Rain (Donen; 1952)
44. On the Waterfront (Kazan; 1954)
46. Rear Window (Hitchcock; 1954)
47. Rebel Without a Cause (Ray; 1955)
49. The Searchers (Ford; 1956)
51. Vertigo (Hitchcock; 1958)
53. The Seventh Seal (Bergman; 1959)
54. Breathless (Godard; 1960)
57. Jules and Jim (Truffaut; 1962)
58. Lawrence of Arabia (Lean; 1962)
59. To Kill a Mockingbird (Mulligan; 1962)
65. Bonnie and Clyde (Penn; 1967)
74. The Producers (Brooks; 1968)
77. The Wild Bunch (Peckinpah; 1969)
79. M*A*S*H (Altman; 1970)
82. The French Connection (Friedkin; 1971)
86. Cabaret (Fosse; 1972)
98. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Spielberg; 1977)
.-= Mad Hatter´s last blog ..I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight (DEATH AT A FUNERAL TRAILER…Again…) =-.

I’ve been flirting with checking out The Decalogue again. Last time I only got to three of the ten films.

1980s
1. Raging Bull
2. Fanny and Alexander
3. The Decalogue (with a sub-vote for “A Short Film About Killing” depending on where things get ranked by other voters; count my vote for whatever helps Kieslowski most on the list)
4. The Shining
5. The Thin Blue Line
6. The Right Stuff
7. Berlin Alexanderplatz
9. Do The Right Thing
10. Hannah and Her Sisters
11. Crimes and Misdemeanors
12. Blade Runner
13. Fitzcarraldo/Burden of Dreams (tie)
15. Stranger Than Paradise
16. Raiders of the Lost Ark
17. My Dinner With Andre
18. After Hours
19. Paris, Texas
20. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
21. The Last Metro
22. Once Upon A Time in America
23. House of Games
24. Pauline at the Beach
25. Veronika Voss

1990s
1. Goodfellas
2. Blue
3. All About My Mother
4. Chungking Express
5. Magnolia
6. The Big Lebowski
7. Red
8. Rushmore
9. The Double Life of Veronique
10. JFK
11. Pulp Fiction
12. Breaking the Waves
13. Happy Together
14. Boogie Nights
15. Unforgiven
16. Bringing Out the Dead
17. Safe
18. The Insider
19. Groundhog Day
20. Dead Man
21. Three Kings
22. Being John Malkovich
23. Heat
24. L.A. Confidential
25. The Thin Red Line

2000s
1. There Will Be Blood
2. In the Mood for Love
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. The Royal Tenenbaums
5. Lost In Translation
6. Talk To Her
7. Sideways
8. I’m Not There
9. Zodiac
10. The Fog of War
11. No Country for Old Men
12. Half Nelson
13. WALL-E
14. Adaptation
15. Grizzly Man
16. Cache
17. Revanche
18. The Squid and the Whale
19. Synecdoche, New York
20. Ratatouille
21. Paranoid Park
22. Hunger
23. Mulholland Dr.
24. Yi yi
25. Brokeback Mountain

Crucial Omissions from the End of the 1970s:
Apocalypse Now
Days of Heaven

@ Shannon – Thanks! This is the best idea I’ve ever stole from anyone. Thanks for pioneering it.

Being distracted by directors whose work you enjoy is a good thing! I think you are doing great and always look forward to updates!
.-= Shannon the Movie Moxie´s last blog ..DIY Club: Tracking back to November =-.