LIST - O - MANIA
Last update 10/14/04
from the mind of Nathaniel R
favorite films by yearShort Explanation of List
# after title indicates number of viewings --if viewings are multiple.
(Generally I don't tend to view films repeatedly). Rankings are extremely subject to change especially since some of this is based on childhood favorites and when you re-watch as an adult some stuff holds up. Some does not.
* I don't watch films on television -so that accounts for some of the giant holes in my viewing. But I don't consider that I've seen a movie if there were commercial interruptions. Unless I'd previously seen it. I can't concentrate with stop and go. That's television rhythym... it's not the cinema.
Future Editions to this List ?
These will become top tens. The lists for each year will expand just as soon as I've seen 10 films that I at least like from that particular moment in time...which means that many of these #1 rankings may fall considerably.
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1950 Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder) 2
1951 A Place in the Sun (George Stevens) 3
1952 Singin' in the Rain (Donen/Kelly) 5
1953 Roman Holiday (William Wyler) 2
1954 Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock)
1955 All That Heaven Allows (Douglas Sirk)
1956 The King and I (Lang)
1957 Funny Face (Stanley Donen)
1958 Auntie Mame (DaCosta) 2
1959 Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder) 3
1960 Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock) 3
1961 West Side Story (Robert Wise) 12
1962 Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean)
1963 Frederico Fellini's 8 1/2 (Frederico Fellini)
1964 My Fair Lady (George Cukor) 4
1965 The Sound of Music (Robert Wise) 8
1966 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy)
1967 Persona (Ingmar Bergman)
1968 Oliver! (Carol Reed) 4
1969 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (Mazursky) 2
1970 M*A*S*H* (Robert Altman)
1971 Klute (Alan Pakula)
1972 Cabaret (Bob Fosse) 4
1973 Cries and Whispers (Ingmar Bergman)
1974 Chinatown (Roman Polanski)
1975 Shampoo (Hal Ashby)
1976 Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese)
1977 Annie Hall (Woody Allen)
1978 Grease (Randall Kleiser) 10
1979
01 Manhattan (Woody Allen) 3
02 Apocalypse Now (Francis Coppola)
03 All that Jazz (Bob Fosse) 2
04 Kramer Vs. Kramer (Robert Benton)
05 The Muppet Movie (James Frawley) 2
06 Norma Rae (Martin Ritt)
07 Alien (Ridley Scott)
08 Breaking Away (Peter Yates) 2
09 The Life of Brian (Terry Jones)
10 Chapter Two (Robert Moore)
11 A Little Romance (George Roy Hill)
more favorites 1915-1949
more favorites 1980 -1989
more favorites 1990 -1999
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