Fave Films of the Decade

Woodson

Woodson

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List your top 3-5 fave films of each decade, the 20's, 30's 40's ...etc. Here's my list....


20's
The Kid
The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Gold Rush
Nosferatu


30's
M
The Wizard of Oz
It Happened One Night
City Lights
Bringing Up Baby

40's
It's a Wonderful Life
The Bicycle Thief
The Third Man
The Great Dictator
The Grapes of Wrath

50's
The 400 Blows
Tokyo Story
The Seventh Seal
Singin' in the Rain
Rear Window

60's
Once Upon A Time In The West
Persona
8 1/2
Lawrence of Arabia
In the Heat of the Night

70's
Rocky
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
A Clockwork Orange
The Godfather II
Taxi Driver

80's
Once Upon A Time In America
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
The Shining
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

90's
Braveheart
Shawshank Redemption
Leon
Schindler's List
Casino

00's
Infernal Affairs
Ichi The Killer
Narc
City of God
Battle Royale
 
Re: Fave Films of the Decade

Good list!

A few that I would add:

Destry Rides Again - 30's

The Best Years Of Our Lives - 40's

On The Waterfront - 50's

A Face In The Crowd - 50's

The Last Picture Show - 70's

Network - 70's

Tender Mercies - 80's

Cinema Parasdiso - 80's

To Live - 90's

If I come up with more I will post again.
 
Re: Fave Films of the Decade

Nice, great list.

Lumet's Network .. definetly one of my faves....

Cinema Parasdiso I have.. but still haven't watched it. Ppl are saying it's a great film.
 
Re: Fave Films of the Decade

Some more:
60's
Easy Rider
Le Bon, La Brute et Le Truand (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly)
70's
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
80'
Blade Runner
90's
La Vita I Bella
00's
Lord of The Ring (Trilogy)
 
Re: Fave Films of the Decade

Great list! I'll agree with:

The Passion of Joan of Arc, M (which was brilliant), It Happened One Night (which was really well made but a little silly), Seventh Seal, Singing in the Rain, Lawrence of Arabia (even though I felt it got very tedious at times. Still, I got to see it in an AMAZING 70mm print. If you think 35mm is good, 70 is astounding and this is a gorgeous movie to start with.) Clockwork Orange (flat out great), both Godfathers were very good if over-rated, E.T. was great but silly, and I loved all the Star Wars films (Why did you mention only Jedi, the worst of the three, though?) The Shining was good, but not Kubrick's best, Shawshank Redemption was wonderful if a bit contrived, and City of God was knock-your-socks-off intense and really just a great movie.

Braveheart...meh. It was good but not best of the decade good. Battle Royale was good, but sleazy, too. Too much violence without a good enough message to back it up. Then again, I used to feel the same way about Clockwork Orange and now I don't....

Also great (but all recent): Dogville (flawed and not a great film, but so unique I have to give it credit), Eraserhead (not so recent, but also partially novelty...still...stunning given what it is), Mulholland Dr., Dr. Strangelove (better than the Shining), and Being John Malkovich. That film is beautiful and hilarious.
 
Re: Fave Films of the Decade

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi , reminds most of my childhood, and it stuck to me more, felt more than the other ones.

Those are grest lists, and movies you are naming are one of my fave also for example Being John Malkovich but didn't make my top 5 list. Sure they might be in my top 15 or top 20 but not top 5.
 
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