The Semi-Annual Top 25 List
Aug. 28th, 2005 02:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jetpack_monkeyYeah, I can't sleep, so I'm whipping up my (belated) Semi-Annual Top 25 Favorite Movies list. Every six months (on my birthday and half-birthday), I shift, re-order, and update my list of my 25 favorite movies ever made. The only qualifying factor is that I must have the film on either VHS or DVD. Movie downloads do not count (sorry, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern).
This year's list, under the cut is presented in the following format:
#) Title of Film (Director, Year of Release) {#-Rank Six Months Ago}
1) Brazil (Gilliam, 1985) {1}
2) Harold and Maude (Ashby, 1971) {3}
3) Amelie (Jeunet, 2001) {2}
4) Almost Famous (Crowe, 2000) {5}
5) The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) {4}
6) North by Northwest (Hitchcock, 1959) {10}
7) Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) {8}
8) M (Lang, 1931) {N/A}
9) The Graduate (Nichols, 1967) {17}
10) The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Powell & Pressburger, 1943) {N/A}
11) Rashomon (Kurosawa, 1950) {N/A}
12) Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994) {15}
13) Manhattan (Allen, 1979) {N/A}
14) When Harry Met Sally (Reiner, 1989) {11}
15) Dawn of the Dead (Romero, 1978) {14}
16) The Big Lebowski (Coen, 1998) {6}
17) Trainspotting (Boyle, 1996) {12}
18) Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) {7}
19) Heavenly Creatures (Jackson, 1994) {20}
20) His Girl Friday (Hawks, 1940) {N/A}
21) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam & Jones, 1975) {19}
22) Halloween (Carpenter, 1978) {16}
23) Boogie Nights (Anderson, 1997) {N/A}
24) High Fidelity (Frears, 2000) {13}
25) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Gondry, 2004) {N/A}
Returning after an absence: M, His Girl Friday, Boogie Nights
Entering the list for the first time: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Rashomon, Manhattan, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Dropped since February: Lord of the Rings (whole trilogy -- cheating, I know), Curse of Frankenstein, Annie Hall, Videodrome, Martin, Donnie Darko, Re-Animator
Biggest gain: The Graduate
Biggest loss: Dr. Strangelove
This year's list, under the cut is presented in the following format:
#) Title of Film (Director, Year of Release) {#-Rank Six Months Ago}
1) Brazil (Gilliam, 1985) {1}
2) Harold and Maude (Ashby, 1971) {3}
3) Amelie (Jeunet, 2001) {2}
4) Almost Famous (Crowe, 2000) {5}
5) The Apartment (Wilder, 1960) {4}
6) North by Northwest (Hitchcock, 1959) {10}
7) Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) {8}
8) M (Lang, 1931) {N/A}
9) The Graduate (Nichols, 1967) {17}
10) The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Powell & Pressburger, 1943) {N/A}
11) Rashomon (Kurosawa, 1950) {N/A}
12) Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994) {15}
13) Manhattan (Allen, 1979) {N/A}
14) When Harry Met Sally (Reiner, 1989) {11}
15) Dawn of the Dead (Romero, 1978) {14}
16) The Big Lebowski (Coen, 1998) {6}
17) Trainspotting (Boyle, 1996) {12}
18) Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) {7}
19) Heavenly Creatures (Jackson, 1994) {20}
20) His Girl Friday (Hawks, 1940) {N/A}
21) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam & Jones, 1975) {19}
22) Halloween (Carpenter, 1978) {16}
23) Boogie Nights (Anderson, 1997) {N/A}
24) High Fidelity (Frears, 2000) {13}
25) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Gondry, 2004) {N/A}
Returning after an absence: M, His Girl Friday, Boogie Nights
Entering the list for the first time: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Rashomon, Manhattan, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Dropped since February: Lord of the Rings (whole trilogy -- cheating, I know), Curse of Frankenstein, Annie Hall, Videodrome, Martin, Donnie Darko, Re-Animator
Biggest gain: The Graduate
Biggest loss: Dr. Strangelove
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Date: 2005-08-28 04:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-08-28 10:45 pm (UTC)There's some awesome flicks on that list, btw ♥