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Yle News's Best Finnish Films
Favs/dislikes: 32:2. In 2012, YLE News asked 48 critics, journalists, and bloggers to vote for the best Finnish films of all time. This list includes all films that received at least 1 vote. See the [url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-6374952]source[/url] for the vote counts. -
Wei Jun Zi's 100 Classic Martial Arts Films
Favs/dislikes: 72:2. The best martial arts films, selected by critic Wei Jun Zi and published on Sohu.com in 2008. [url=http://yule.sohu.com/s2008/100gf/]Source[/url] -
Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion
Favs/dislikes: 105:2. The Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world. Founded 1932, the festival has since taken place every year in Venice, Italy. It is part of the Venice Biennale, a major biennial exhibition and festival for contemporary art. The festival's Leone d'Oro (Golden Lion) prize is awarded to the best film screened at the festival. [url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000681/]Source[/url] -
UNESCO's Memory of the World
Favs/dislikes: 140:4. In 1995, to celebrate the centenary of cinema, UNESCO worked together with film archives from 49 countries to "compile and publish a list of approximately 15 films each country considers to be representative of its most significant national cinematic heritage." UNESCO suggested that they consider historical importance and cultural/artistic value, but each film archive was allowed to define its own criteria to determine which films were important. The films of each country are listed in the order of the source-pdf. These countries are included. Angola, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Ivory Coast, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Germany, Greece, The Holy See, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Macedonia, Ukraine, United States of America, Venezuela, Yugoslavia These films or collections on the source-pdf are not included in this list, because they are not on IMDb: Canada: - A Selection of OMPB Films Produced between the two World Wars - A Selection of Film Produced by the Government of Canada before the Creation of the National Film Board - Royal Welcome, 8 unknown titles from the Canadian Cameo Series - 4 unknown reels from "Shorts Produced at the London Headquarters of the Canadian Army during the last War" - Animated Films of the National Film Board Ecuador: - part of Obra Filmica Documental Miguel A. Alvarez (35 shorts are included so far) - Obra Filmica Documental Karl Gartelman Kazakhstan: - Two Days in Spring - Baiterek [url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0011/001103/110379Eo.pdf]Source[/url] -
TSZDT's The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films
Favs/dislikes: 395:21. Horror is one of the most readily dismissed genres from critics and film buffs, yet is, arguably, the genre with the most avid and steadfast niche following and remains popular with the general public. With horror films aiming to terrify, spook, shock, disturb, repulse, amuse, entertain and more, it's no wonder the genre is so varied, divisive and controversial. With so many people ignoring or simply not understanding horror, many great films slip under the radar and are relatively unknown to an audience outside of hardcore horror fans. In order to counteract this and bring awareness to the greatness of the genre, this list was created. Compiled using 2,614 lists taken from various critics/polls/magazines/books/websites/forums/horror fans, They Shoot Zombies, Don't They? is intended to be the ultimate canonical top 1000 horror list. Spanning several decades, countries and sub-genres, and using lists from a wide range of people and publications, the resulting list is quite a diverse spread and representation of the best of horror. [url=http://theyshootzombies.com/]Source[/url] -
TSPDT's Brief Encounters
Favs/dislikes: 172:5. This list is a ranked list of the top 250 shorts as compiled by the They Shoot Pictures, Don't They website as a companion to their Top 1000 films. This follows a project originally started and abandoned in 2009 to do the same, the preliminary list for which was the original source of this list. Source (dead link) -
TSPDT's Ain't Nobody's Blues but My Own
Favs/dislikes: 70:11. As a counterpart to the fairly mainstream TSPDT top 1000 list, the Ain't Nobody's Blues But My Own list has been created. The movies on this list had as its solely criterium: they must be mentioned at most once in a top list. 250 film critics/film makers got to choose exactly one of the aforementioned movies. The list hadn't been on the website of TSPDT for several years and hadn't been updated for many years as well. In January 2019 the owner of the site sent us a new update. It's not listed on his website, but you can view the spreadsheet [url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EJKX9yOpKk3dT9BizPambwxhbjfMd7QAWxzlT31l4f8/edit?usp=sharing]here[/url]. The list contains 253 titles instead of 250, because the vote for Buddha's Palm consists of four parts. -
TSPDT's 21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films
Favs/dislikes: 810:17. The 21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films list serves as a companion to the They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1,000 Greatest Films of all time list which, - by its nature - tends to have very few films from the 21st century in it. The 21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films list attempts to highlight and honour this century's most critically revered films and act as a sort of 'resting bay' for many great films that are likely to be included in the 1,000 Greatest Films list sooner or later. [url=http://www.theyshootpictures.com/21stcentury.htm]Source[/url] -
TSPDT's 1,000 Noir Films
Favs/dislikes: 111:9. TSPDT has built a list of 1000 Noir films to expand on its previous 250 Quintessential Noirs. Following the [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/tspdt+100+essential+noir+films/]initial collection of 100 noirs[/url], a further 900 noir films (or films with prominent noir elements) have been added (in a fairly random manner). This list contains the full 1000 films which are the 1,000 most cited noir films (according to TSPDT's research). Please note that this list has not been and will not be ranked. [url=http://www.theyshootpictures.com/noir1000.htm]Source[/url] -
TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films: 1001-2500
Favs/dislikes: 104:1. Since the 2015 TSPDT has released a companion to their greatest 1000 films, consisting of the films ranked 1001-2500. This list contains the most recent version of this list, with all the previous lists in the history. [url=https://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000_startinglist_table.php]Source[/url] -
TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films
Favs/dislikes: 1033:12. The They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1,000 greatest films list is primarily compiled by using over 6000 individual critics' and filmmakers' best-films-of-all-time lists/ballots. The resulting list is very diverse and spans virtually all movie-producing decades and countries. [url=http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000.htm]Source[/url] -
TSPDT's 100 Essential Noir Films
Favs/dislikes: 275:3. To kick things off on their list of 1000 Essential noirs, TSPDT offered up the first 100 of the 1,000 films. These 100 films have been identified, according to their research, as the most mentioned/cited noir films of all-time. Call them the 100 most essential or quintessential, or whatever you like. They are, simply put, the 100 films that most often show up on film noir lists, in film noir festivals, and/or in film noir publications. We at Icheckmovies have made these most essential noirs a separate list which you can find here. The rest of the list can be found here [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/tspdt+1000+noir+films/]TSPDT 1000 Noir Films[/url] [url=http://www.theyshootpictures.com/noir1000.htm]Source[/url] -
Total Sci-Fi's The 100 Greatest Sci-Fi Movies
Favs/dislikes: 301:4. This list is the result of heated debate/scuffles between the frazzled writers of Total Sci-Fi. In addition to settling on the titles themselves, they also had to set the limits of what counts as a 'sci-fi film': they decided that superhero movies were out as that's a distinct genre all of its own, but comedies like Sleeper and Galaxy Quest possess enough genuine science fiction concepts to warrant inclusion, leading to this list of the 100 best Sci-Fi movies of all-time. -
Total Film's 50 Amazing Films You've Probably Never Seen
Favs/dislikes: 112:3. [url]http://www.gamesradar.com/50-amazing-films-youve-probably-never-seen/[/url] -
Tom Vick's Asian Cinema: A Field Guide
Favs/dislikes: 95:0. Asian Cinema: A Field Guide (2007) by Tom Vick is a book about the history of cinema in various regions throughout Asia. This is a list of films mentioned in the book. [b]Part One: The Old Guard[/b] China: Tradition and Resistance (#1-76) Japan: Cinema of Extremes (77-268) India: All That and then Some (269-358) [b]Part Two: Postwar Booms[/b] Hong Kong: The Fine Art of Popular Cinema (359-453) Korea: Rising from the Ashes of History (454-578) [b]Part Three: Recent Arrivals[/b] Iran: A Continuing Conversation (579-637) Taiwan: The Little Island that Could (638-682) [b]Part Four: New Players[/b] [b]South and Southeast Asia: Coming Into Focus[/b] Bangladesh (683 & 684), Bhutan (685 & 686), Cambodia (687-689), Indonesia (690-696), Malaysia and Singapore (697-711), Nepal (712 & 713), Pakistan (714), The Philippines (715-739), Sri Lanka (740-744), Thailand (745-774), Tibet (775-780), Vietnam (781-792) [b]Central Asia and the Middle East: Global Intersections[/b] The Former Soviet Republics, Afghanistan, and Mongolia (793-808), The Middle East (809–841), Turkey (842-852) [b]Part Five: Where to Go from Here[/b] (List of websites and books) [url=https://www.amazon.com/Asian-Cinema-A-Field-Guide/dp/0061145858/]Source[/url] See the [url=http://www.imdb.com/list/ls070806393/]IMDb list[/url] description for a list of films missing from IMDb. -
Time Out's The 101 Most Romantic Films
Favs/dislikes: 49:0. Romance may be dead in the real world, but in cinema, it’ll live forever. Love is simply too elemental of an emotion for filmmakers to ever abandon. If you live on earth, you’ve experienced it. Even if you’ve never, say, robbed a bank with your loved one or stood by your sweetheart as they transformed into a hideous monster, the best romantic films make you understand and sympathise with the decisions of those under love’s spell – because one way or another, we’ve all been there. There are so many movies about love in all its complications that ranking the greatest of them is a manor challenge. To help us curate this list, we chatted to more than 100 filmmakers, actors and writers, from The Notebook author Nicholas Sparks to Notting Hill director Richard Curtis to our own Time Out scribes. We even got Miss Piggy to chime in. Whether you prefer comedies or dramas, horror or sci-fi, we’re sure you’ll find the following list of the 101 greatest romantic movies ever speaks to your own heart as well. Written by Cath Clarke, Dave Calhoun, Tom Huddleston, Catherine Bray, Trevor Johnston, Andy P Kryza, Guy Lodge, Phil de Semlyen, Alim Kheraj & Matthew Singer Last Updated: January 18, 2024 [url=https://www.timeout.com/film/the-100-best-romantic-movies]Source[/url] -
Time Out's The 101 Best Action Movies Ever Made
Favs/dislikes: 39:0. "They get a bad rap from snobs, but don’t mess with action movies—they’re pumped up, loaded with ammo and in your face like Arnold Schwarzenegger on a bad day. Truth be told, no one can live solely on Woody Allen movies or animation alone. We need explosions periodically. Big ones. Preferably accompanied by catchphrases and squealing electric guitars. With crucial contributions from Hong Kong and France, the genre has a global richness that sneaks up on you like a swarthy henchman with a knife clenched between his teeth. And when we arrived at action’s ’80s movies heyday, when Hollywood stars ruled the roost, our research was euphoric. We’ve polled over 50 experts in the field, from essential directors like Die Hard’s John McTiernan to the actual folks in the line of fire, such as Machete himself, Danny Trejo. Critics and experts have weighed in, too." The list has 102 titles because Kill Bill was counted as one entry. List was last updated August 14 2020 Modnote about list order: When Timeout changed the web formatting of the list from its previous pagination the ordering of each group of 10 got reversed. The list here is in it's original correct ordering. [url=https://www.timeout.com/film/the-101-best-action-movies-ever-made]Source[/url] -
Time Out’s The 100 Best Thrillers
Favs/dislikes: 29:3. Everyone has their favourite genre but we can surely all agree that thrillers are the best. And if you don’t believe us, there’s a suspicious figure in that darkened doorway who’d like a word. From the early classics, like Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lodger or Fritz Lang’s M, to the films of David Fincher and Martin Scorsese, they’re rich in nerve-shredding, adrenaline-pumping rides into the darker recesses of the psyche. Thrillers show us horrors and weave in human dramas, but they use those raw materials to forge something particular: a sense of unease and suspense. With masterful control of those elements, Hitchcock could manipulate his audiences like puppets on a string, delivering shocks that reverberate through cinema history. Fincher’s Seven and Zodiac have carried on the legacy, while films like Pig, Nightmare Alley and The Card Counter show that the thriller is the genre for all eras. Even superhero flicks, like Captain America: Civil War and The Batman, have been borrowing liberally from the crime thriller. It is, unlike many of its ill-fated characters, alive and well. But what are the very best of them? As we’ve done with science fiction, horror films, romances, comedies, westerns and war films, we’ve dusted cinema for prints and taken a magnifying glass to its finest thrillers to boil them down to a tonne of all-timers. On the list? Murder, political intrigue, espionage, conspiracy, manipulation, gaslighting and, of course, crime. Lots of crime. Enjoy – and hold on tight. Written by Abbey Bender, Joshua Rothkopf, Phil de Semlyen, Tom Huddleston, Andy Kryza & Tomris Laffly List created in June 2018 (updated June 2021) Last Updated: March 23, 2022 [url=https://www.timeout.com/film/best-thriller-movies]Source[/url] -
Time Out's The 100 Best French Films
Favs/dislikes: 102:2. The 100 best French films according to a diversified professional jury, published in Timeout France. [url=https://www.timeout.fr/paris/films/100-meilleurs-films-francais-home]Source[/url] -
Time Out's The 100 Best British Films
Favs/dislikes: 210:2. Other than location and accent, what signatures mark British cinema? Honestly, it’s hard to peg, if only because the UK movies industry hardly seems limited in the stories it tells and the cinematic experiences it puts onscreen. Want a sweeping, heart-swelling epic? Explore the films of David Lean or Powell and Pressburger. Prefer a smaller scale, more intimate drama? Try Joanna Hogg or Shane Meadows. Thrillers? Romantic period pieces? Sci-fi? Drug movies? You can find them, all with a specific, if sometimes intangible, English slant. To put together this list of the best British movies of all-time, we polled over 150 actors, directors, writers, producers, critics and industry heavyweights, from the likes of Wes Anderson, Mike Leigh, Ken Loach, Sam Mendes and Terence Davies, David Morrissey, Sally Hawkins and Thandie Newton. The results are as diverse as the country itself. Here are the 100 greatest British films ever made. Written by Dave Calhoun, Tom Huddleston, David Jenkins, Derek Adams, Geoff Andrew, Adam Lee Davies, Paul Fairclough, Wally Hammond, Alim Kheraj, Matthew Singer & Phil de Semlyen Last Updated: April 14, 2022 [url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/100-best-british-films]Source[/url] -
Time Out's 1000 Films to Change Your Life
Favs/dislikes: 159:5. "Over 1,000 films are listed in this visually arresting, full-color celebration of the silver screen. Film personalities, including actors, directors, cinematographers, and animators, write about their favorite films from a variety of angles. Martin Scorsese, Nicole Kidman, and Nick Hornby are among those who weigh in. Writers are matched to suitable (or sometimes surprising) themes and genres within the wider subject of how films can alter the course of a life. Movie stills and posters, trivia, and top-ten lists make this a book that can be dipped into or read from cover to cover. Great screen moments — endings, beginnings, kisses, death scenes — are given special spreads. The eclectic approach speaks to fans of big Hollywood blockbusters and factoid-reciting film geeks alike." [url=https://www.amazon.com/Time-1000-Films-Change-Guides/dp/1904978738]Source[/url] -
Tim Dirks's 100+ Most Controversial Films of All-Time
Favs/dislikes: 85:2. Films always have the ability to anger us, divide us, shock us, disgust us, and more. Usually, films that inspire controversy, outright boycotting, picketing, banning, censorship, or protest have graphic sex, violence, homosexuality, religious, political or race-related themes and content. They usually push the envelope regarding what can be filmed and displayed on the screen, and are considered taboo, "immoral" or "obscene" due to language, drug use, violence and sensuality/nudity or other incendiary elements. Inevitably, controversy helps to publicize these films and fuel the box-office receipts. [url=http://www.filmsite.org/controversialfilms.html]Source[/url] -
TIFF's Top Canadian Films
Favs/dislikes: 65:1. In 2015 TIFF organized its decennial poll of Critics, Programmers, Academics and Film Professionals asking 220 of them to name the top Canadian Films of all time. 399 films received votes, this list comprises the 134 films which received at least 3 votes. [url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704203521/http://tiff.net/canadas-all-time-top-ten]Source[/url] -
TIFF - People's Choice Award
Favs/dislikes: 30:1. The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is the leading public film festival in the world, bringing the power of film to life each September. Starting out in 1976 as a collection of films from other festivals - a "festival of festivals" - the Toronto International Film Festival has become one of the most beloved cinematic events in the world, universally regarded as an ideal platform for filmmakers to launch their careers and to premiere their new work. It has been described as "the most important film festival in the world - the largest, the most influential, the most inclusive." * The major prize, the People's Choice Award, is given to a feature-length film with the highest ratings as voted by the TIFF-going populace. * Liam Lacey, The Globe and Mail, September 3, 2005. [url=https://tiff.net/about-tiff-20?tab=awards]Source page[/url] -
The Times's 100 Best French Films
Favs/dislikes: 173:8. The 100 best French Films as chosen by The Times(UK), chosen in groups of ten films: Modern Classics, Modern Cults, Dramas, Romances, Thrillers, Comedies, Nouvelle Vague, Landmarks, Shorts, and Icons. [url=http://web.archive.org/web/20051029151003/http://e-paper.timesonline.co.uk:80/frenchfilm/1/articles/artikel_TMXA_1XA_20050409_1_39.html]Source[/url]
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