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Roger Ebert's Great Movies
Favs/dislikes: 705:12. A list of movies which famous movie critic Roger Ebert considers to be the best movies of all-time. Ebert has written extensive reviews for each and every one of these movies. [url=https://www.rogerebert.com/great-movies]Source[/url] -
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
Favs/dislikes: 1872:32. The 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die list is actually a film reference book compiled by various critics worldwide and edited by Steven Jay Schneider. The list spans movies from as early as 1902 up to recent releases. [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1001_Movies_You_Must_See_Before_You_Die]Source[/url] -
Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
Favs/dislikes: 256:12. This list contains the favorite movies of movie critic Jonathan Rosenbaum who writes for the Chicago Reader. The movies span virtually every decade, and include many an obscure movie. #1 - #1012: original list #1013 - #1073: 2008 additions #1074 - #1133: 2016 additions [url=https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Cinema-Necessity-Film-Canons/dp/0801889715]Source[/url] -
The New York Times's Book of Movies
Favs/dislikes: 183:3. This list is drawn from "The New York Times Book of Movies: The Essential 1,000 Films to See", published in 2019. It contains a selection of 1000 reviews that have been printed in The New York Times. The majority of movies in this book are among the "10 Best Films" chosen by New York Times critics at the end of each year. [url=https://www.amazon.com/New-York-Times-Book-Movies/dp/078933657X]Source[/url] -
Leonard Maltin's 100 Must-See Films of the 20th Century
Favs/dislikes: 169:2. A list of the 100 20th century films as chosen by the film critic Leonard Maltin. This list appears in Maltin's book titled Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 2000 (Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide). [url=http://www.filmsite.org/maltin.html]Source[/url] -
David Thomson's Have You Seen?
Favs/dislikes: 148:1. A personal introduction to 1000 movies by the provocative contemporary film critic and historian David Thomson. [url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Have-You-Seen-Introduction-masterpieces/dp/014102075X]Source[/url] -
Amos Vogel's Film as a Subversive Art
Favs/dislikes: 193:12. "Film as a Subversive Art was first published in 1974. According to Vogel--founder of Cinema 16, North America's legendary film society--the book details the "accelerating worldwide trend toward a more liberated cinema, in which subjects and forms hitherto considered unthinkable or forbidden are boldly explored." So ahead of his time was Vogel that the ideas that he penned some 30 years ago are still relevant today, and readily accessible in this classic volume. Accompanied by over 300 rare film stills, Film as a Subversive Art analyzes how aesthetic, sexual, and ideological subversives use one of the most powerful art forms of our day to exchange or manipulate our conscious and unconscious, demystify visual taboos, destroy dated cinematic forms, and undermine existing value systems and institutions." This list contains all movies in the revised version from 2021. Included in this list are movies: 1. with dedicated texts. 2. shown in movie stills. 3. mentioned otherwise as an example of subversive cinema in the context of the text it is mentioned in. Excluded from this list are movies that are mentioned in any other way than an example of subversive cinema. The movies are sorted by appearance in the book. Some movies appear multiple times. In that case, the preferred position is the dedicated text, then a movie still and lastly a mention. The book is divided into parts: Introduction (#1 - #20) Part 1 - Weapons of Subversion: The Subversion of Form (#21 - #170) Part 2 - Weapons of Subversion: The Subversion of Content (#171 - #355) Part 3 - Weapons of Subversion: Forbidden Subjects of the Cinema (#356 - #572) Part 4 - Towards a New Consciousness (#573 - #598) #599 is the back cover. -
Claude Beylie's Les Films-Clés du Cinéma
Favs/dislikes: 19:1. Originnally published in 1984, French critic Claude Beylie reviews 200 masterpieces of cinema. The book was re-released in 2002 with more 30 films reviewed. Can anyone help to get these titles? Update: It was added the films listed in the addendum -
The Village Voice Film Guide - 50 Years of Movies From Classics to Cult Hits
Favs/dislikes: 35:1. "The Village Voice Film Guide compiles spirited landmark reviews of the Voice’s selection of the 150 greatest films ever made" -
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die - Deleted
Favs/dislikes: 119:0. This is a list of all the movies from the "1001 Movies" list from Steven Jay Schneider & Co. that have been removed from the current list. Updated through the edition finalized in 2021. -
Ronald Bergan's Film Book
Favs/dislikes: 15:0. -
Parker Tyler's Underground Film: a critical history
Favs/dislikes: 34:0. "Parker Tyler (1904-1974), one of the few great American film critics, was intimate with and enormously respected by many of the underground and experimental filmmakers of his time. In this book, Tyler evaluated the Underground in general and the seminal films in particular, covering the history and scope of the genre with insight and verve." Missing films: Kenneth Anger - Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome: Sacred Mushroom Edition (1966) (reedited version from 1954 original) -
François Truffaut's The Films in My Life
Favs/dislikes: 117:1. "The Films in My Life (Les Films de ma Vie) is Truffaut’s own selection of more than one hundred essays that range widely over the history of film and pay tribute to Truffaut’s particular heroes, among them Hitchcock, Welles, Chaplin, Renoir, Cocteau, Bergman, and Buñuel." [url=https://www.amazon.com/The-Films-Life-Fran%C3%A7ois-Truffaut/dp/0306805995]Source[/url] -
J. Hoberman and Jonathan Rosenbaum's Midnight Movies
Favs/dislikes: 61:1. "These are a few of the over 100 films discussed in Midnight Movies, a comprehensive and in-depth look at the subculture movies of the past three decades. Here is the complete history of cult films, their makers, and their audience; an examination of how films become "midnight movies," and what keeps audiences coming back to see them over and over; an exploration of the connections between subversive film and the subcultures from which it emerges." Missing films: ?? - Comedome-1 John Waters - Dorothy, The Kansas City Pothead (unfinished) -
Village Voice Critics' Poll: 100 Best Films of the 20th Century
Favs/dislikes: 28:0. 100 Best Films of 20th Century: The reknowned Village Voice newspaper held its "First Annual Film Critics' Poll" at the conclusion of the 20th century. -
Time Out's Centenary Top 100
Favs/dislikes: 24:0. "Directors, producers, actors, programmers and critics were polled to name their top ten films which they felt had been the high points of the last 100 years in world cinema. The resulting list was drawn up from that poll." -
Paul Schrader's Canon Fodder
Favs/dislikes: 34:0. Former film critic, and current screenwriter and director Paul Schrader was challenged to create the movie equivalent of Harold Bloom's The Western Canon. He began writing a book, but eventually stopped short with this long article. -
Mediafilm. Les chefs-d'oeuvre. Cote 1.
Favs/dislikes: 11:0. The oldest and biggest movie database in Québec. 152 chefs-d'oeuvre. First Rule : at least 20 years old. -
The Skandies
Favs/dislikes: 13:0. Every film to make the Skandies Top 20 films of the year since 1996. -
Taschen's movies of the 90's
Favs/dislikes: 56:0. "This guide presents our selection of the best movies from the years 1990 to 1999, covering a wide range of genres, budgets, and cultures, and revealing details from behind the scenes. Packed full of photos and film stills, this opulent factbook pays homage to cinema around the world at the end of the 20th century." Taschen is a famous art book publisher and its movie books are terrific. -
Taschen's movies of the 80's
Favs/dislikes: 50:0. "This guide presents our selection of the best movies from the years 1980 to 1989, covering a wide range of genres, budgets, and cultures, and revealing details from behind the scenes. Packed full of photos and film stills, this opulent factbook pays homage to cinema around the world." Taschen is a famous art book publisher and its movie books are terrific. -
Gail Kinn & Jim Piazza's The Greatest Movies Ever
Favs/dislikes: 6:1. from the book: The Greatest Movies Ever. The Ultimate Ranked List of the 101 Best Films of All Time! -
Taschen's movies of the 70's
Favs/dislikes: 56:0. "This guide presents our selection of the best movies from the years 1970 to 1979, covering a wide range of genres, budgets, and cultures, and revealing details from behind the scenes. Packed full of photos and film stills, this opulent factbook pays homage to cinema around the world." Taschen is a famous art book publisher and its movie books are terrific. -
Top 1000/1001 Lists Consensus
Favs/dislikes: 113:3. Films listed in all 1000/1001 official lists available in ICM (except Beyond the Canon): They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? Jonathan Rosenbaum's 1000 Essential Films 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Have You Seen . . . ?: A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made Halliwell's Top 1000: The Ultimate Movie Countdown Note: The NYT list restricts releases from 1929 to 2002, therefore excludes silent e newly films. -
Bravo Magazine's 100 Essential Films
Favs/dislikes: 14:0. List made by Brazilian culture magazine
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