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Conan The Westy 
"Father, Faithful Friend, Fwiffer"
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 Posted - 01/20/2007 : 08:34:19
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1994 had some gems:
The Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump
The Madness of King George
Pulp Fiction
Ed Wood
Bullets over Broadway
Quiz Show
Three Colours: Red
Heavenly Creatures
The Lion King
The Mask
Maverick
Muriel's Wedding
Clerks
True Lies
And not forgetting those sleazy (and in one case freezy) classics -
John Wayne Bobbitt Uncut
Eskimo Gang Bang
As an added bonus it saw the end of the Police Academy franchise with
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thefoxboy 
"Four your eyes only."
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Posted - 01/20/2007 : 10:06:40
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Originally posted by wildhartlivie
quote:
Originally posted by lemmycaution
Some geezers, like me, think that 1939 was the zenith.
STAGECOACH
ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS
NINOTCHKA
MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
THE WOMEN
GUNGA DIN
GWTW
WIZARD OF OZ
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
MIDNIGHT
FOUR FEATHERS
HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
GOODBYE MR CHIPS
YOU CAN'T CHEAT AN HONEST MAN
STORY OF THE LAST CHRYSANTHEMUM
RULES OF THE GAME
How funny. Before I had scrolled down past the initial posting, I was thinking 1939 myself. Benj, you really MUST try to see some of those films. I don't want to ask what the one you've seen is... but I'd guess The Wizard of Oz?
To those stellar films listed by lemmy, I'd add:
Of Mice and Men
Destry Rides Again
Hound of the Baskervilles
Beau Geste
Dark Victory
Young Mr. Lincoln
James Whale's The Man in the Iron Mask
Love Affair - Leo McCarey's first love affair tragedy involving meeting at the Empire state Building
I was about to have a guess at the one movie, Wizard of Oz would be my pick too.  |
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Sean 
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 01/20/2007 : 11:05:26
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Originally posted by wildhartlivie
[How funny. Before I had scrolled down past the initial posting, I was thinking 1939 myself. Benj, you really MUST try to see some of those films. I don't want to ask what the one you've seen is... but I'd guess The Wizard of Oz?
I'm guessing Gone with the Wind. |
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Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 01/20/2007 : 11:57:41
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Originally posted by wildhartlivie
quote:
Originally posted by lemmycaution
Some geezers, like me, think that 1939 was the zenith.
STAGECOACH
ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS
NINOTCHKA
MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
THE WOMEN
GUNGA DIN
GWTW
WIZARD OF OZ
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
MIDNIGHT
FOUR FEATHERS
HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
GOODBYE MR CHIPS
YOU CAN'T CHEAT AN HONEST MAN
STORY OF THE LAST CHRYSANTHEMUM
RULES OF THE GAME
How funny. Before I had scrolled down past the initial posting, I was thinking 1939 myself. Benj, you really MUST try to see some of those films. I don't want to ask what the one you've seen is... but I'd guess The Wizard of Oz?
To those stellar films listed by lemmy, I'd add:
Of Mice and Men
Destry Rides Again
Hound of the Baskervilles
Beau Geste
Dark Victory
Young Mr. Lincoln
James Whale's The Man in the Iron Mask
Love Affair - Leo McCarey's first love affair tragedy involving meeting at the Empire state Building
Yes, '39 seems to be the busiest year in my film collection.
I have 17 films, many of the above plus:
Batchelor Mother
Intermezzo
The Roaring Twenties
The Spy In Black
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 01/20/2007 : 15:11:04
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benj, buddy, we've got to know: which is the one and only 1939 flick you've seen? [My guess: OZ.]
And I repeat, like any enthusiast, I envy you your first viewing of this list: I predict that even 65+ years later, you'll really enjoy at least half of them without having to allow for the passage of time.
The problem with classics, though, is illuminated by the two ladies "of a certain age" who were headed out of the theater after a stunning Shakespeare performance.
"Did you like the play, honey?" one says to the other.
"It was great -- but so many cliches!"
So it is with movies.
P.S. These were not the same little old ladies who were headed out of the theater at intermission when they were stopped by the house manager.
"Aren't you enjoying the play?"
"We love it, young man!"
"Aren't you going to see Act Two?"
"We're dying to see Act Two!"
"Then why are you leaving?"
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Posted - 01/20/2007 : 15:54:01
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Sorry... not Oz or GWTW. I seem to recall shocking the FWFR community with the revelation I've not seen either before now.
Nope- spurred on by my love of Harvey, I watched Mr Smith Goes To Washington. It was quite saddening that, just around the time I was growing aware of the great James Stewart, he passed away  |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 01/21/2007 : 10:46:57
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OK, I went through the IMDb Top 250 and added up the number of movies from each year, first sorted by number of movies, then chronologically. Here it is:-
Year - No of movies in Top 250
2004 - 9
1957 - 9
1999 - 8
2003 - 7
2001 - 7
1998 - 7
1995 - 7
2005 - 6
2000 - 6
2002 - 5
1994 - 5
1975 - 5
1960 - 5
1959 - 5
1946 - 5
2006 - 4
1985 - 4
1980 - 4
1979 - 4
1974 - 4
1967 - 4
1962 - 4
1952 - 4
1951 - 4
1950 - 4
1940 - 4
1997 - 3
1996 - 3
1988 - 3
1987 - 3
1986 - 3
1984 - 3
1983 - 3
1982 - 3
1972 - 3
1968 - 3
1963 - 3
1961 - 3
1955 - 3
1954 - 3
1953 - 3
1939 - 3
1938 - 3
1931 - 3
1993 - 2
1992 - 2
1991 - 2
1989 - 2
1981 - 2
1977 - 2
1973 - 2
1971 - 2
1969 - 2
1966 - 2
1965 - 2
1958 - 2
1956 - 2
1949 - 2
1948 - 2
1945 - 2
1944 - 2
1941 - 2
1933 - 2
1927 - 2
1990 - 1
1978 - 1
1976 - 1
1970 - 1
1964 - 1
1947 - 1
1943 - 1
1942 - 1
1936 - 1
1935 - 1
1934 - 1
1930 - 1
1925 - 1
1924 - 1
1922 - 1
1920 - 1
Year - No of movies in Top 250
2006 - 4
2005 - 6
2004 - 9
2003 - 7
2002 - 5
2001 - 7
2000 - 6
1999 - 8
1998 - 7
1997 - 3
1996 - 3
1995 - 7
1994 - 5
1993 - 2
1992 - 2
1991 - 2
1990 - 1
1989 - 2
1988 - 3
1987 - 3
1986 - 3
1985 - 4
1984 - 3
1983 - 3
1982 - 3
1981 - 2
1980 - 4
1979 - 4
1978 - 1
1977 - 2
1976 - 1
1975 - 5
1974 - 4
1973 - 2
1972 - 3
1971 - 2
1970 - 1
1969 - 2
1968 - 3
1967 - 4
1966 - 2
1965 - 2
1964 - 1
1963 - 3
1962 - 4
1961 - 3
1960 - 5
1959 - 5
1958 - 2
1957 - 9
1956 - 2
1955 - 3
1954 - 3
1953 - 3
1952 - 4
1951 - 4
1950 - 4
1949 - 2
1948 - 2
1947 - 1
1946 - 5
1945 - 2
1944 - 2
1943 - 1
1942 - 1
1941 - 2
1940 - 4
1939 - 3
1938 - 3
1936 - 1
1935 - 1
1934 - 1
1933 - 2
1931 - 3
1930 - 1
1927 - 2
1925 - 1
1924 - 1
1922 - 1
1920 - 1
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 01/21/2007 : 10:50:56
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And here's the full list, chronologically...
Rank - Movie - Year
73 The Departed 2006
226 Casino Royale 2006
232 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan 2006
247 The Prestige 2006
67 Sin City 2005
87 Batman Begins 2005
117 V for Vendetta 2005
178 Cinderella Man 2005
189 Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005
196 Walk the Line 2005
38 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004
44 Untergang, Der 2004
59 Hotel Rwanda 2004
77 Million Dollar Baby 2004
92 The Incredibles 2004
107 Crash 2004
118 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 2004
170 Finding Neverland 2004
186 Before Sunset 2004
4 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003
94 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003
108 Finding Nemo 2003
122 Oldboy 2003
181 Mystic River 2003
185 Big Fish 2003
233 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003
18 Cidade de Deus 2002
20 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002
47 The Pianist 2002
167 Ying xiong 2002
209 Hable con ella 2002
14 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001
30 Fabuleux destin d'Am�lie Poulain, Le 2001
50 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi 2001
104 Donnie Darko 2001
182 Shrek 2001
222 Monsters, Inc. 2001
244 No Man's Land 2001
26 Memento 2000
58 Requiem for a Dream 2000
124 Wo hu cang long 2000
138 Gladiator 2000
141 Amores perros 2000
201 Snatch. 2000
32 Fight Club 1999
33 American Beauty 1999
34 The Matrix 1999
115 The Sixth Sense 1999
130 The Green Mile 1999
144 Toy Story 2 1999
179 Magnolia 1999
212 The Straight Story 1999
45 American History X 1998
64 Saving Private Ryan 1998
151 Lola rennt 1998
184 The Big Lebowski 1998
218 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 1998
239 Central do Brasil 1998
245 Festen 1998
54 L.A. Confidential 1997
82 Vita � bella, La 1997
113 Mononoke-hime 1997
105 Fargo 1996
175 Trainspotting 1996
215 Sling Blade 1996
17 The Usual Suspects 1995
40 Se7en 1995
93 Braveheart 1995
174 Toy Story 1995
190 Twelve Monkeys 1995
192 Heat 1995
229 Haine, La 1995
2 The Shawshank Redemption 1994
8 Pulp Fiction 1994
41 L�on 1994
86 Forrest Gump 1994
194 Ed Wood 1994
7 Schindler's List 1993
171 Groundhog Day 1993
63 Reservoir Dogs 1992
116 Unforgiven 1992
27 The Silence of the Lambs 1991
89 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991
21 Goodfellas 1990
120 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989
165 Glory 1989
100 Nuovo cinema Paradiso 1988
158 Die Hard 1988
205 Hotaru no haka 1988
98 Full Metal Jacket 1987
129 The Princess Bride 1987
225 Himmel �ber Berlin, Der 1987
71 Aliens 1986
134 Platoon 1986
155 Stand by Me 1986
106 Ran 1985
123 Back to the Future 1985
200 Idi i smotri 1985
237 Brazil 1985
81 Amadeus 1984
111 Once Upon a Time in America 1984
199 The Terminator 1984
110 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 1983
176 A Christmas Story 1983
228 Scarface 1983
96 Blade Runner 1982
143 Gandhi 1982
217 The Thing 1982
16 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
52 Boot, Das 1981
10 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1980
62 The Shining 1980
69 Raging Bull 1980
97 The Elephant Man 1980
37 Apocalypse Now 1979
55 Alien 1979
127 Life of Brian 1979
213 Manhattan 1979
131 The Deer Hunter 1978
11 Star Wars 1977
119 Annie Hall 1977
36 Taxi Driver 1976
12 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975
48 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975
84 Jaws 1975
161 Dog Day Afternoon 1975
250 The Man Who Would Be King 1975
3 The Godfather: Part II 1974
43 Chinatown 1974
156 The Conversation 1974
210 Young Frankenstein 1974
83 The Sting 1973
180 The Exorcist 1973
1 The Godfather 1972
204 Sleuth 1972
231 Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes 1972
57 A Clockwork Orange 1971
240 Harold and Maude 1971
162 Patton 1970
135 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969
163 The Wild Bunch 1969
24 C'era una volta il West 1968
79 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
220 Rosemary's Baby 1968
112 Cool Hand Luke 1967
132 The Graduate 1967
202 In the Heat of the Night 1967
214 Bonnie and Clyde 1967
5 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il 1966
142 Battaglia di Algeri, La 1966
137 Per qualche dollaro in pi� 1965
236 Doctor Zhivago 1965
19 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964
74 The Great Escape 1963
149 8� 1963
203 Tengoku to jigoku 1963
28 Lawrence of Arabia 1962
42 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962
70 The Manchurian Candidate 1962
230 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962
126 Yojimbo 1961
183 Judgment at Nuremberg 1961
195 The Hustler 1961
22 Psycho 1960
95 The Apartment 1960
169 Spartacus 1960
241 Inherit the Wind 1960
249 � bout de souffle 1960
25 North by Northwest 1959
75 Some Like It Hot 1959
121 Ben-Hur 1959
207 Quatre cents coups, Les 1959
216 Anatomy of a Murder 1959
35 Vertigo 1958
78 Touch of Evil 1958
15 12 Angry Men 1957
39 Paths of Glory 1957
53 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957
80 Sjunde inseglet, Det 1957
128 Notti di Cabiria, Le 1957
150 Smultronst�llet 1957
208 Kumonosu j� 1957
211 Witness for the Prosecution 1957
242 Sweet Smell of Success 1957
125 The Killing 1956
235 The Searchers 1956
146 Diaboliques, Les 1955
153 The Night of the Hunter 1955
197 Du rififi chez les hommes 1955
9 Shichinin no samurai 1954
13 Rear Window 1954
88 On the Waterfront 1954
114 Salaire de la peur, Le 1953
206 Stalag 17 1953
227 Roman Holiday 1953
66 Singin' in the Rain 1952
101 High Noon 1952
234 Umberto D. 1952
248 Ikiru 1952
85 Strangers on a Train 1951
139 The African Queen 1951
164 The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951
243 A Streetcar Named Desire 1951
29 Sunset Blvd. 1950
65 Rash�mon 1950
76 All About Eve 1950
157 Harvey 1950
46 The Third Man 1949
136 Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949
49 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948
140 Ladri di biciclette 1948
191 Out of the Past 1947
31 It's a Wonderful Life 1946
102 Notorious 1946
103 The Big Sleep 1946
166 Belle et la b�te, La 1946
193 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946
147 Brief Encounter 1945
221 The Lost Weekend 1945
61 Double Indemnity 1944
223 Arsenic and Old Lace 1944
148 Shadow of a Doubt 1943
6 Casablanca 1942
23 Citizen Kane 1941
56 The Maltese Falcon 1941
72 Rebecca 1940
109 The Great Dictator 1940
172 The Philadelphia Story 1940
177 The Grapes of Wrath 1940
90 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
91 The Wizard of Oz 1939
168 Gone with the Wind 1939
145 The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938
188 The Lady Vanishes 1938
238 Bringing Up Baby 1938
68 Modern Times 1936
198 Bride of Frankenstein 1935
133 It Happened One Night 1934
154 Duck Soup 1933
187 King Kong 1933
51 M 1931
99 City Lights 1931
219 Frankenstein 1931
224 All Quiet on the Western Front 1930
60 Metropolis 1927
152 The General 1927
173 The Gold Rush 1925
246 Sherlock Jr. 1924
159 Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens 1922
160 Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das 1920
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 01/21/2007 : 10:56:38
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I'd expect 2006 to change as more movies are added and watched and the scores change (often downwards).
So, it certainly looks like a heavy bias towards more modern movies, with 1957 certainly looking like the odd one out. And looking at the excellent movies from that year it's clearly one of the world's best movie years. |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 01/21/2007 : 11:40:08
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Originally posted by Se�n
I'd expect 2006 to change as more movies are added and watched and the scores change (often downwards).
So, it certainly looks like a heavy bias towards more modern movies, with 1957 certainly looking like the odd one out. And looking at the excellent movies from that year it's clearly one of the world's best movie years.
So, class, what can we deduce from Se�n's Show and Tell [and say thank you, Se�n, for a highly thorough and elucidating presentation]?
Yes, hand up in the back row? That's right -- everyone over 50 has died, or night as well have.
Yes, you in the striped shirt? Well, possibly everyone else has the attention span of a gnat.
What's that, you with the perm? Tastes may change. Quite probably.
Class dismissed.
 
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 01/21/2007 : 12:47:39
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quote:
Originally posted by Se�n
I'd expect 2006 to change as more movies are added and watched and the scores change (often downwards).
So, it certainly looks like a heavy bias towards more modern movies, with 1957 certainly looking like the odd one out. And looking at the excellent movies from that year it's clearly one of the world's best movie years.
I've always found IMDB rankings skewed toward latter movies, especially as surveys show many younger people actually shy away from black and white or subtitled films. [That's how somebody talked Universal into remaking PSYCHO in color. ] So as geezers like lemmy, Whippy and me kick our respective buckets, grand years like 1939 will lose even more of their reputations.
Hmmm. 1957. Isn't that the year they gave Best Picture to AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS? |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 01/21/2007 : 13:18:41
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quote:
Originally posted by Se�n
I'd expect 2006 to change as more movies are added and watched and the scores change (often downwards).
So, it certainly looks like a heavy bias towards more modern movies, with 1957 certainly looking like the odd one out. And looking at the excellent movies from that year it's clearly one of the world's best movie years.
Yes, well... we all know that 1957 was an amazing year for many things. Lots of great movies was just one of the fantastic things that happened that year. For instance, the Frisbee was introduced, John Lennon met Paul McCarteny for the first time, Jailhouse Rock came out, and much more.
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Paddy C
"Does not compute! Lame!"
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Posted - 01/21/2007 : 14:11:48
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Ladies, gentlemen, please allow me to make a case for an oft-forgotten year in motion picture history: 1976. Not a sequel or a remake to be found here, and not even many adaptated scripts either. Many of these movies are bursting with originalty, creativity and feature memorable performers at the peak of their powers...
Network
Taxi Driver
Rocky
The Omen
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Carrie
Marathon Man
All the President's Men
Logan's Run
Bugsy Malone
The Man who fell to Earth |
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Cheese_Ed 
"The Provolone Ranger"
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Posted - 01/21/2007 : 16:36:50
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Originally posted by Se�n
OK, I recall 2003 being an excellent year, so, let's see if it gives 1999 a run for it's money:-
I've seen all these and can attest to their excellence:-
LOTR: Return of the King
Oldboy
Finding Nemo
Kill Bill: Vol 1
Mystic River
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
X2
Lost in Translation
21 Grams
Love Actually
Good Bye Lenin
House of Sand and Fog
The Snow Walker
I haven't seen these (yet) but are supposed to be good:-
Dogville
Big Fish
The Station Agent
The Triplets of Belleville
Zatoichi
Osama
Seabiscuit
and these are arguably pretty good:-
POTC Curse of the Black Pearl
Tokyo Godfathers
and a couple of decent feature-length documentaries:-
Touching the Void
The Corporation
So, how's that? 
Couple more I think are strong from 2003:
Identity
Owning Mahowny
Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, The
28 Days Later
All The Real Girls
Capturing the Friedmans
Cold Mountain
Elf
Intolerable Cruelty
Magdalene Sisters, The
Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World
Old School
Pieces of April
Winged Migration
American Splendor
House of Sand and Fog
Last Samurai, The
Thirteen
Those are from my personal movie list, so perhaps the year I have listed isn't 100% accurate.
Hard to argue against any of these years (except 1939 ), great topic, BC. |
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Cheese_Ed
"The Provolone Ranger"
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Posted - 01/21/2007 : 16:40:06
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quote:
Originally posted by Paddy C
Ladies, gentlemen, please allow me to make a case for an oft-forgotten year in motion picture history: 1976. Not a sequel or a remake to be found here, and not even many adaptated scripts either. Many of these movies are bursting with originalty, creativity and feature memorable performers at the peak of their powers...
Network
Taxi Driver
Rocky
The Omen
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Carrie
Marathon Man
All the President's Men
Logan's Run
Bugsy Malone
The Man who fell to Earth
Couple more from my list:
Silent Movie
Song Remains the Same, The
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