Tuesday, December 3

Hollywood Votes on 100 Favorite Movies

Hollywood itself was surveyed on its favorite films of all time and came up with 100 of them.  Polled were Oscar winners, studio heads, producers, agents, actors and more.  As is standard fare with any polls, this one is loaded with curious choices, glaring omissions, a general lack of foreign films and films that are included but with rankings that seem out of whack.  On the good side, this provided an easy posting and I am rejoicing.

100.  The Seven Samurai  (1954)

  99.  Bonnie and Clyde  (1967)
  98.  Reservoir Dogs  (1992)
  97.  Airplane!  (1980)
  96.  Pan's Labyrinth  (2006)
  95.  Dr. Zhivago  (1965)
  94.  The Deer Hunter  (1978)
  93.  Close Encounters of  the Third Kind
          (1977)
  92.  Up  (2009)
  91.  Rocky  (1976)
  90.  Memento  (2000)
  
  89.  Braveheart  (1995)
  88.  Slumdog Millionaire  (88)
  87.  Lord of the Rings: The Return of
          the King  (2003)  
  86.  Beauty and the Beast  (1991)
  85.  Seven  (1995)
  84.  Inception  (2010)
  83.  Die Hard  (1988)
  82.  The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship
          of the Ring   (2001)
  81.  Amadeus  (1984)
  80.  On the Waterfront (1954)

  79.  Wall-E  (2008)

  78.  12 Angry Men  (1957)
  77.  Ghostbusters  (1984)
  76.  Brokeback Mountain  (2005)
  75.  Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  74.  Blazing Saddles  (1974)
  73.  All the President's Men  (1976)
  72.  Young Frankenstein  (1974)
  71.  Almost Famous  (2000)
  70.  Vertigo  (1958)

  69.  Gladiator  (2009)
  68.  Monty Python and the Holy Grail
          (1975)
  67.  Avatar  (2009)
  66.  The Lion King  (1994)
  65.  Raging Bull  (1980)
  64.  Mary Poppins  (1964)
  63.  Groundhog Day  (1993)
  62.  North by Northwest  (1959)
  61.  West Side Story  (1961)
  60.  Amelie  (2001)
  
  59.  Thelma & Louise  (1991)
  58.  Sunset Blvd.  (1950)
  57.  The Dark Knight  (2008)
  56.  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
         (2004)
  55.  Taxi Driver  (1976)
  54.  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid  
          (1969)
  53.  Good Will Hunting  (1997)
  52.  All About Eve  (1950)
  51.  The Big Lebowski  (1998)
  50.  Jurassic Park  (1993)

  49.  Rear Window  (1954)

  48.  The Usual Suspects  (1995)
  47.  Some Like It Hot  (1959)
  46.  Saving Private Ryan  (1998)
  45.  Titanic  (1997)
  44.  The Matrix  (1999)
  43.  Toy Story  (1995)
  42.  Alien  (1979)
  41.  Psycho  (1960)
  40.  Fight Club  (1999)

  39.  The Shining  (1980)

  38.  When Harry Met Sally  (1989)
  37.  Dr. Strangelove (etc)  (1964)
  36.  Ferris Bueller's Day Off  (1986)
  35.  A Clockwork Orange  (1971)
  34.  American Beauty  (1999)
  33.  Fargo  (1996)
  32.  The Empire Strikes Back  (1980)
  31.  The Princess Bride  (1987)
  30.  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 
          (1975)

  29.  Blade Runner  (1982)

  28.  The Graduate  (1967)
  27.  The Breakfast Club (1985)
  26.  Singin' in the Rain  (1952)
  25.  The Sound of Music  (1965)
  24.  Jaws  (1975)
  23.  Lawrence of Arabia  (1962)
  22.  Silence of the Lambs  (1991)
  21.  Chinatown  (1974)
  20.  It's a Wonderful Life  (1946)

  19.  Goodfellas  (1990)

  18.  Annie Hall  (1977)
  17.  Apocalypse Now  (1979)
  16.  To Kill a Mockingbird  (1962)
  15.  Gone With the Wind  (1939)
  14.  Forrest Gump  (1994)
  13.  Raiders of the Lost Ark  (1981)
  12.  Back to the Future  (1985)
  11.  Star Wars  (1977)
  10.  Schindler's List  (1993)
  
    9.  2001: A Space Odyssey  (1968) 
    8.  E. T. The Extra Terrestrial  (1982)
    7.  The Godfather: Part II  (1974)
    6.  Casablanca  (1942)
    5.  Pulp Fiction  (1994)
    4.  The Shawshank Redemption  (1994)
    3.  The Wizard of Oz  (1939)
    2.  Citizen Kane  (1941)
    1.  The Godfather  (1971) 


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3 comments:

  1. Where is Ben Hur? My Fair Lady? The Quiet Man?Shane? As you said, some glaring omissions...

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  2. An odd list. One noir, no westerns, and lots of fluff. Craig

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  3. I looked at the list again. Since the pollsters included several Disney cartoons, it's a great slight that they omitted some hilarious Bugs Bunny Looney Tunes cartoons -- he was my hero (with an attitude). I even have several (expensive) Bugs Bunny silk neckties that I wore proudly when a work or social occasion called for a tie. Craig

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