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  1. Kim Newman's Nightmare Movies's icon

    Kim Newman's Nightmare Movies

    Favs/dislikes: 38:1. This list contains all movies mentioned in Kim Newman's "Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen Since the 1960s"; an encycopaedic critical reference guide to modern horror, taking Night of the Living Dead (1968) as its starting point, and continuing to the publication date of the second edition in 2011. While chiefly concerned with the evolution of the horror film, the book will occasionally mention non-horror to compare and contrast. #1-119: Chapter 1 - Shoot 'Em in the Head! or The Birth of the Hate Generation #120-273: Chapter 2 - The Indian Summer of the British Horror Film #274-396: Chapter 3 - The Changing Face of Classical Gothic: #397-563: Chapter 4 - Devil Movies or: "If the mousse tastes chalky, don't eat it." #564-687: Chapter 5 - Deep in the Heart of Texas or: The Down-Home, Up-Country, Multi-Implement Massacre Movie #688-1245: Chapter 6 - Paranoia Paradise or: Five Things to Worry About #1246-1460: Chapter 7 - Tales of Ordinary Madness or: The Close-Up Crazies #1461-1595: Chapter 8 - Auteurs #1596-1764: Chapter 9 - The Weirdo Horror Film or: Cult, Kitsch, Camp, Sick, Punk and Pornography #1765-1889: Chapter 10 - Psycho Movies or: "I didn't Raise my Girl to be a Severed Head" #1890-1977: Chapter 11 - Ghost Stories #1978-2162: Chapter 12 - Return to the past #2163-2331: Chapter 13 - Cannibal Zombie Gut-Crunchers - Italian Style! #2332-2398: Chapter 14 - Fun with the Living Dead #2399-2428: Postscript: The Post-Modern Horror Film #2429-2723: Chapter 2.1 - The Lecter Variations #2724-3133: Chapter 2.2 - Vampires and Other Stereotypes #3134-3604: Chapter 2.3 - Scream and Scream Again: Franchises, Post-Modernism, Remakes #3605-3973: Chapter 2.4 - At First Just Ghostly #3974-4151: Chapter 2.5 - Virtual Realities and Imaginary Friends #4152-4351: Chapter 2.6 - Why Are Your Doing This to Me? #4352-4439: Chapter 2.7 - More Auteurs #4440-4720: Chapter 2.8 - Zombie Apocalypse Now! #4721-4725: Postscript: There will still be blood
  2. Guide For The Film Fanatic (Complete)'s icon

    Guide For The Film Fanatic (Complete)

    Favs/dislikes: 39:0. Guide For The Film Fanatic (Core/Addendum)
  3. Rating the Movies (1990) - ALL Films's icon

    Rating the Movies (1990) - ALL Films

    Favs/dislikes: 1:0. "Lost in a maze of movies and can't decide which to watch? Whatever you look for in a movie - action-packed adventure, spine-tingling suspense, sophisticated romance, realistic drama, side-splitting comedy, a look at life in another land or era - Rating the Movies will help you choose the very best. This reliable source of information summarizes and rates over 3900 films [actually it doesn't; there are 3895 entries in total]. Each review includes key information on leading performers, directors, running time, year of release, videotape and Closed-Captioned availability, MPAA rating, and Academy Awards and nominations. Rating the Movies is updated, to include the very latest important films - Dick Tracy, Total Recall, Driving Miss Daisy, Born on the Fourth of July, Back to the Future Part III, Die Hard 2: Die Harder, Pretty Woman, and many more. Of course, all the great classics that made movie history are here too, including such colorful swashbucklers as The Adventures of Robin Hood and such sweeping epics as Gone With the Wind. Rating the Movies is the indispensable guide that belongs on every movie lover's bookshelf." 439 films receive ★★★★ 207 films receive ★★★½ 1429 films receive ★★★ 385 films receive ★★½ 1096 films receive ★★ 112 films receive ★½ 209 films receive ★ 18 films receive No Stars ISBN: 0881764043 1-439: ★★★★ 440-646: ★★★½ 647-2075: ★★★ 2076-2460: ★★½ 2461-3555: ★★ 3556-3667: ★½ 3668-3876: ★ 3877-3894: No Stars NOTE: Once Upon a Time in America appears twice (the cut 135 minute version receives the rating ★★)
  4. Poll 2022: Top 250 Favourite Film List conducted and proudly presented by HelenWelonmelon (Letterboxd)'s icon

    Poll 2022: Top 250 Favourite Film List conducted and proudly presented by HelenWelonmelon (Letterboxd)

    Favs/dislikes: 2:0. . HelenWelonmelon: "Dear film friends, stimulated by Adrian Tofei's big poll for the best films of all time, I would also like to start a poll to determine the best films. In my opinion, most surveys have always suffered from the fact that the participants were only allowed to name 1, 10 or maybe 25 titles. Although the result is of course interesting, it is not really meaningful. The famous Sight and Sound poll in particular is pretty silly, as it forces film critics and film historians to name only 10 films out of thousands seen. Basically it's like a lottery and actually only tells you which film is most often named as favorite film and not whether the film is generally rated as outstanding. For example, if you ask a survey about the most overrated films, many of the supposedly best ones would also be named there. That's why a Top 250 survey among film connoisseurs make a lot more sense, since then it is not only decisive for the result which films are named, but also which of the typical poll champions are not named. A Top 250 also offers the advantage that probably mostly people who are somewhat familiar with the history of film vote. That's why this survey is primarily aimed at people who have actually seen many films themselves, who have their own opinions and who don't just bluntly copy internet best lists. Please link your Top 250 lists below. I will then evaluate them by the end of the year. There is no need for a ranking within the Top 250, as each film named gets one point at the end. In any case, I'm very curious to see how many letterboxd users post their Top 250 here. I hope, of course, that there will be many. Please think carefully about which titles you choose and make sure that you don't forget a favorite film, as subsequent changes will no longer be taken into account. Please draw the attention of many potential participants to this survey. I hope that Adrian Tofei will allow me to promote this survey here and not delate my comment." . Note: - It is very time-consuming to import a list presented by Letterboxd to ICM, hence the restriction to all titles with at least 3 votes instead of the 2 votes on Letterboxd. . ------------------------------------------------------------------ . Poll 2023: Top 500 Favourite Film List . HelenWelonmelon: "Dear film friends, many thanks again to all 224 participants in the last survey. As already announced, the Top 500 survey will follow this year. All 224 participants in the last survey are cordially invited. Please create a list of your 500 favorite films and link them below in the comments. . -> no ranking is necessary -> each film named gets one point . Of course, Letterboxd users who did not take part last year can and should also submit a Top 500 list. The more people take part, the more differentiated the end result. However, since this survey is primarily aimed at people who have seen a large number of films, the first-time participants should have seen at least 3000 films. This is to prevent that only the most popular films have a chance of a good placement. The main problem with all film surveys is that films have varying degrees of popularity and therefore popular films always have an advantage. Logically, films that 80-100% of all participants have seen have a much better chance of being placed in the overall list than films that only 10-20% have seen. Especially since these 10-20% are usually the people who have seen a great many films, which further reduces the chance of being named. Because for someone who has seen 1000 films, the chance of a film ending up in the top 500 is 1 in 2, 3000 is 1 in 6, 5000 is 1 in 10, 10,000 is 1 in 20, etc. However, since, in contrast to most other polls, many relatively unknown films are also included in the overall list at the end, this means that such films also receive more attention and may achieve a higher ranking next year. Inevitably, over the years, some popular films will fall in the overall ranking and some unpopular films will rise. If this Top 500 survey is successful, it is planned to repeat it next year. I hope that through word of mouth the number of participants will increase every year. . -> Why 500 Films?: Since this survey is planned annually and is primarily aimed at film experts who have seen a large number of films, it is important that a larger number of films are named because: 1. Even people who have seen well over 5000 films still have enough space for annual changes, which is not the case to this extent in a new TOP 250 survey and the end result for 2023 and the following year will hardly change. 2. The total number of titles mentioned in the poll will increase significantly, which is the very purpose of this poll. 3. A top 500 survey leads to a much more nuanced end result. If there were 56,000 individual votes for 224 Top 250 lists, it would be 112,000 for 224 Top 500 lists. . -> Why no ranking and one point for each film?: Sometimes there were suggestions that the survey could be done on ranked lists with different points depending on the placement. Experience has shown that three points speak against this. 1. A ranking with a corresponding distribution of points would once again unassailably favor the popular films. Because in the vast majority of cases, everyone's absolute favorite films (top 20-top 100) will be the films they saw relatively early and essentially caused them to engage with films. And these are usually popular films, which fall in front of you relatively quickly. 2. Requiring each participant to rank their favorite films and rack their brains over whether a film is 175th or 176th would certainly discourage many from posting a list. And probably especially those who have seen an extremely large number of films and who have trouble limiting their favorite films to only 500 titles. 3. Evaluating the lists would be much more time-consuming and complicated, and I wouldn't be able to do it that easily in terms of time. . I hope now that probably many will submit a top 500 by the end of the year (Deadline is December 31st, 2023) and that this survey and the result at the end will be entertaining and exciting. Of course, no one will completely agree with the final result, but each participant can at least try to influence the result in their favor and support their favourites."
  5. Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide.'s icon

    Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide.

    Favs/dislikes: 21:0. From the Silent Era Through 1965. All 3, 3.5 et 4 stars ratings. Second Edition
  6. 5001 Nights at the Movies. Pauline Kael's icon

    5001 Nights at the Movies. Pauline Kael

    Favs/dislikes: 31:1. Pauline Kael, the New Yorker movie critic. Critics from 1968 to 1991. From her book titled 5001 Nights at the Movies.
  7. Guide for the Film Fanatic (addendum)'s icon

    Guide for the Film Fanatic (addendum)

    Favs/dislikes: 41:0. Collection of additional "must-see" Danny Perry's movies, presented in the back of his "Guide for the Film Fanatic" (1986) The core list can be found here: [url=http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/guide+for+the+film+fanatic/thebanjohype]Guide for the Film Fanatic[/url]
  8. Terror on Tape - A Complete Guide to Over 2,000 Horror Movies on Video (1994)'s icon

    Terror on Tape - A Complete Guide to Over 2,000 Horror Movies on Video (1994)

    Favs/dislikes: 2:0. All the movies in the book. Ratings: #: 1-38 **** Excellent #: 39-129 ***½ Very Good #: 130-467 *** Good #: 468-1015 **½ Average #: 1016-1617 ** Fair #: 1618-1860 *½ Poor #: 1861-2063 * Very Poor #: 2064-2104 ½ The Worst TV Series: Dark Shadows, The Outer Limits, The Twilight Zone, The Addams Family, Alfred Hitchcock Presents (three Hitchcock-directed episodes), Dark Shadows, It, Jack the Ripper, Salem's Lot, The Green Man, Monsters, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond, Tales from the Crypt, Tales from the Darkside, Amazing Stories, The Tommyknockers TV Episodes: Thriller: If It's a Man, Hang Up, Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense: A Distant Scream, The Wide World of Mystery: Frankenstein: Part 1 & 2, Guardian of the Abyss, The House That Bled to Death, Thriller: One Deadly Owner, Hammer House of Horror: The Silent Scream, Nightmare Classics: The Turn of the Screw, Hammer House of Horror: Visitor from the Grave, Hammer House of Horror: Witching Time, Nightmare Classics: Carmilla, Hammer House of Horror: Carpathian Eagle, Hammer House of Horror: Charlie Boy, Hammer House of Horror: Children of the Full Moon, Thriller: A Killer in Every Corner, Thriller: A Killer with Two Faces, Thriller: Murder Motel, Thriller: The Next Victim, Hammer House of Horror: Rude Awakening, The Wide World of Mystery: Shadow of Fear, Nightmare Classics: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Hammer House of Horror: The Thirteenth Reunion, Hammer House of Horror: The Two Faces of Evil, Hammer House of Horror: Growing Pains
  9. Guide for the Film Fanatic's icon

    Guide for the Film Fanatic

    Favs/dislikes: 84:2. In his Guide for the Film Fanatic (1986), Danny Peary provides short reviews for over 1600 “Must See” films. A list of Peary’s “Additional Must See” titles (not reviewed in the book) is available here: https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/guide+for+the+film+fanatic+addendum/red.hexapus/
  10. Dictionary of Films from Jacques Lourcelles's icon

    Dictionary of Films from Jacques Lourcelles

    Favs/dislikes: 52:0. 1508 movies up to year 1992. Movies from every part of the world selected and analyzed by Jacques Lourcelles, a french cinema critic. A lot of movies (mostly french) you won't find on any other lists
  11. 1001 movies you must see before you die (all editions)'s icon

    1001 movies you must see before you die (all editions)

    Favs/dislikes: 165:1. The famous book of Schneider "1001 movies you must see before you die" has several editions. Every few years a new edition is published with new titles (after removing some other titles). Also there are editions especially for a certain country with additional titles from that country. In this list I'll try to collect as many titles as possible that were in at least one edition of this book. So far I included, apart from the original US editions (rank 1-1250), the Dutch (rank 1251-1261), the Swedish (rank 1262-1283), the Greek (rank 1284-1325), the Norwegian (rank 1326-1332), the Finnish (rank 1333-1351), the Danish (rank 1352-1363), the Brazilian (rank 1364-1375), the Hungarian (rank 1376-1381) and the French (rank 1382-1398) editions. I found information about the Portuguese, Spanish, Slovanian, Croatian, Turkish and Polish editions, but these didn't have additional titles. I’ll search for more editions. If you’ve got information about any other, please let me know.
  12. Sci Fi on Tape - A Comprehensive Guide to Over 1,250 Science Fiction and Fantasy Films on Video (1997)'s icon

    Sci Fi on Tape - A Comprehensive Guide to Over 1,250 Science Fiction and Fantasy Films on Video (1997)

    Favs/dislikes: 4:0. All the films in the book. Ratings: #: 1-42 **** Excellent #: 43-77 ***½ Very Good #: 78-386 *** Good #: 387-653 **½ Average #: 654-1095 ** Fair #: 1096-1239 *½ Poor #: 1240-1322 * Very Poor #: 1323-1336 ½ The Worst Serials: Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941), Dick Tracy (1937), Dick Tracy Returns (1938), Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939), The Phantom Empire (1935), Spy Smasher (1942), Superman (1948), Atom Man vs. Superman (1950), Captain America (1944), Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. (1941), Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940), The Green Hornet (1940), King of the Rocket Men (1949), Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945), Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940), Undersea Kingdom (1936), The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940), The Lost Planet (1953), The Purple Monster Strikes (1945) TV Mini-Series/Series: Quatermass and the Pit (1958), V (1983), Adventures of Superman, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981), Intruders (1992), Max Headroom (1985), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973), Tales of Tomorrow (1951), Alice in Wonderland (1985), Blake's 7 (1978), Gulliver's Travels (1996), The Invaders (1995), The Martian Chronicles (1980), Quantum Leap (1989), Red Dwarf (1988), Space Rangers (1993), The Tripods (1984), UFO (1969), Wild Palms (1993), Amazing Stories (1985), Golden Years (1991), RoboCop (1994), Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (1954), Space Patrol (1950) After the A-Z of all the "films", the book ends with another section that features ratings on many individual episodes of the following TV Series: Doctor Who, Lost in Space, The Outer Limits, The Prisoner, Space: 1999, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Twilight Zone, The X-Files
  13. Film - Ronald Bergan (2006): A-Z of Directors - WHAT TO WATCH's icon

    Film - Ronald Bergan (2006): A-Z of Directors - WHAT TO WATCH

    Favs/dislikes: 4:0. A-Z of Directors. Directors in total: 204.
  14. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (All Editions Combined)'s icon

    1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (All Editions Combined)

    Favs/dislikes: 10:0. The movies from every "1001 Movies to See Before You Die" editions from 2003 to the last update in 2021. This list includes 1245 movies from 1902 to 2020.
  15. Dizionario dei capolavori del cinema (Dictionary of Cinema Masterpieces)'s icon

    Dizionario dei capolavori del cinema (Dictionary of Cinema Masterpieces)

    Favs/dislikes: 27:0. "Dizionario dei capolavori del cinema" is an Italian book written by Fernando Di Giammatteo and Cristina Bragaglia and published by Bruno Mondadori Editore in 2004. It lists 1244 of the "most significative movies" released between 1895 and 2004.
  16. Leonard Maltin's BOMBs's icon

    Leonard Maltin's BOMBs

    Favs/dislikes: 10:0. The films that the American film critic and historian Leonard Maltin considers to be BOMBs - The Worst Movies of All Time. #1-167: BOMBs featured in Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide (3rd Edition, 2015). #168-959: BOMBs post-1965 in Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide 2010. #960-1143: BOMBs featured in Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide 2000; i.e. these entries are not included in Maltin's 2010 Movie Guide. #1144-1187: BOMBs featured in Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide 2014 and/or 2015. Notice any missing BOMBs? Please don't hesitate to PM or leave a comment!
  17. Doubling the Canon 2021 Nominations's icon

    Doubling the Canon 2021 Nominations

    Favs/dislikes: 12:0. List of nominations for the 2021 Doubling the Canon poll. More info here: [url=https://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5347]DtC 2021 Nominations Thread[/url] These nominations have no iCM/IMDb page (yet): [url=https://letterboxd.com/film/episode-1/]Episode 1 (2003)[/url] [url=https://letterboxd.com/film/parallel-i-iv/]Parallel I-IV (2014)[/url]
  18. TimeOut's 1000 Films to change your life (2006)'s icon

    TimeOut's 1000 Films to change your life (2006)

    Favs/dislikes: 3:1. Films are sorted by the order they appear in the book (including stills). Note: some films appear or are mentioned several times throughout the book. If a film is mentioned in more than one chapter it is listed under the chapter it is first mentioned (i.e. not necessarily the chapter the film is discussed the most). "Confession: there are, in fact, 1158 films mentioned in 1000 Films. Happy viewing!" #1-14: First pages & Introduction #15-159: Joy #160-301: Anger #302-442: Food for thought #443-533: Desire #534-616: Fear #617-720: Sadness #721-899: Exhilaration #900-1024: Regret #1025-1086: Contempt #1087-1162: Wonder (#1163: Only picture of the poster) (#1164-1177: Index of titles) (#1178: Penultimate page) "My Girl 2" should not really count as the inclusion of that movie is a typo. Films mentioned in the sections "Contributors", "Useful websites" and "100 to watch" (100 reviews of films - all of which are featured in the book - taken from Time Out Film Guide that in turn mention other films) are not listed. + Page 100: "Flight" Page 102: "End of Restriction"
  19. The Big Screen - The Story of the Movies (2012) - David Thomson's icon

    The Big Screen - The Story of the Movies (2012) - David Thomson

    Favs/dislikes: 14:0. All films mentioned in Thomson's book. + "Band of Brothers", "Berlin Alexanderplatz", "Boardwalk Empire", "Brideshead Revisited", "Deadwood", "Dexter", "Downtown Abbey", "I Love Lucy", "John Adams", "Mad Men", "Mission: Impossible", "Monty Python's Flying Circus", "Perry Mason", "Rawhide", "Sex and the City", "Six Feet Under", "The Sopranos", "Starsky and Hutch", "Star Trek", "True Blood", "24", "Twin Peaks", "The Wire", "The World at War" and "You Bet Your Life" among other TV-(mini)series. Also included are "Cathy Come Home" and "The Century of the Self". ISBN: 978-0-374-53413-4
  20. Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema's icon

    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]
  21. Robert Sklar's Film: An International History's icon

    Robert Sklar's Film: An International History

    Favs/dislikes: 4:0. "[The Book] presents the entire history of motion pictures, from pre-cinema to the present. Providing a complete analysis of the principal films, directors, and national cinemas, it supplies a thorough grounding in the social, economic, and political circumstances critical to an understanding of film as both art and industry." Missing: Childhood Rivalry in Bali and New Guinea (1952) - Margaret Mead & Gregory Bateson Shang hai zhan zheng (1912) - unknown Workers' Newsreel—Unemployment Special (1931) - Robert Del Duca and Leo Seltzer
  22. James Monaco's How to Read a Film's icon

    James Monaco's How to Read a Film

    Favs/dislikes: 15:0. "Monaco once again looks at film from many vantage points, as both art and craft, sensibility and science, tradition and technology. After examining film's close relation to other narrative media such as the novel, painting, photography, television, and even music, the book discusses the elements necessary to understand how films convey meaning, and, more importantly, how we can best discern all that a film is attempting to communicate." Full Title: How to Read a Film: Movies, Media, and Beyond
  23. The Hong Kong Filmography (1977-1997)'s icon

    The Hong Kong Filmography (1977-1997)

    Favs/dislikes: 2:0. A Reference Guide to 1,100 Films Produced by British Hong Kong Studios. Author: John Charles. 387 pages. Ratings: #1-5: 10★ #6-28: 9★ #29-136: 8★ #137-288: 7★ #289-512: 6★ #513-741: 5★ #742-865: 4★ #866-997: 3★ #998-1066: 2★ #1067-1098: 1★ + The Great Conqueror's Concubine II (7★) + Zu Time Warrior, 5★ (version of Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain) Armour of God II: 8★ HK version; 5★ US version Crossings: 8★ 103 m version; 6★ 92 min version The Protector: 6★ HK version; 5★ US version Black Mask: 5★ HK version; 4★ US version ISBN: 978-0786443239
  24. Halliwell's Top 1000: The Ultimate Movie Countdown's icon

    Halliwell's Top 1000: The Ultimate Movie Countdown

    Favs/dislikes: 139:2. "Trading on its impeccable reputation, Halliwell’s now presents it’s Top 1,000 favorite films. Starting at number 1,000, each entry includes a plot summary, cast and crew, awards, key critical comments, DVD and soundtrack availability, and a wealth of other interesting details. To supplement the countdown, there is commentary from film stars, show business personalities, well-known critics, and the movers and shakers in the film industry, each naming their favorite films or weighing in on Halliwell’s selection. Illustrated throughout with classic and modern film stills and posters, this is a book that every cinema fan will want to own. John Walker is one of Britain’s leading film critics." The list has 43 extra films, because trilogies, or series, are counted as one entry (The Godfather, The Apu Trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, Antoine Doinel, Laurel and Hardy shorts, etc...) [url=https://www.amazon.com/Halliwells-Top-1000-Ultimate-Countdown/dp/0007181655]Source[/url]
  25. The Horror Show Guide: The Ultimate Frightfest of Movies's icon

    The Horror Show Guide: The Ultimate Frightfest of Movies

    Favs/dislikes: 2:0. All entries from the book written by Mike Mayo. From atomic bombs to zealous zombies, this cinephile’s guidebook reviews 1,000 of the wickedest, weirdest, and wackiest scary movies from every age of horror. With reviews on many overlooked, underappreciated gems such as Alice Sweet Alice, Daughters of Darkness, and Zombie, as well as the numerous Stephen King adaptations and modern updates such as Night of the Living Dead 3D and The Wolfman, new devotees as well as the discriminating dark cinema enthusiast will love this big, beautiful, end-all, be-all guide to an always popular film genre.
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