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[Cosmic Bus]

As chosen by Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss:

Aguirre: the Wrath of God (1972)
The Apu Trilogy (1955, 1956, 1959)
The Awful Truth (1937)
Baby Face (1933)
Bande à part (1964)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
Blade Runner (1982)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Brazil (1985)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Camille (1936)
Casablanca (1942)
Charade (1963)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Chinatown (1974)
Chungking Express (1994)
Citizen Kane (1941)
City Lights (1931)
City of God (2002)
Closely Watched Trains (1966)
The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)
The Crowd (1928)
Day for Night (1973)
The Decalogue (1989)
Detour (1945)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Dodsworth (1936)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Drunken Master II (1994)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
8 1/2 (1963)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Finding Nemo (2003)
The Fly (1986)
The Godfather, Parts I and II (1972, 1974)
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966)
Goodfellas (1990)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Ikiru (1952)
In A Lonely Place (1950)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
It's A Gift (1934)
It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
Kandahar (2001)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
King Kong (1933)
The Lady Eve (1941)
The Last Command (1928)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Léolo (1992)
The Lord of the Rings (2001-03)
The Man With a Camera (1929)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Metropolis (1927)
Miller's Crossing (1990)
Mon oncle d'Amérique (1980)
Mouchette (1967)
Nayakan (1987)
Ninotchka (1939)
Notorious (1946)
Olympia, Parts 1 and 2 (1938)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Out of the Past (1947)
Persona (1966)
Pinocchio (1940)
Psycho (1960)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Pyaasa (1957)
Raging Bull (1980)
Schindler's List (1993)
The Searchers (1956)
Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Singing Detective (1986)
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Star Wars (1977)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Sunrise (1927)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Swing Time (1936)
Talk to Her (2002)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Tokyo Story (1953)
A Touch of Zen (1971)
Ugetsu (1953)
Ulysses' Gaze (1995)
Umberto D (1952)
Unforgiven (1992)
White Heat (1949)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Yojimbo (1961)

Having seen 38 of their choices, I can at least say that it's a nicely varied list, clearly wanting to praise some great lesser-known films rather than going with so many of the expected picks. I'm particularly happy to see Chungking Express, Miller's Crossing, and Once Upon a Time in the West there.

 

[border]

The Fly? Finding Nemo? LOTR gets the whole trilogy listed but Star Wars doesn't -- and they picked A New Hope over Empire Strikes Back?

 

[TheDuce22]

Where the hell is Rocky and Braveheart.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

That is one of the better lists, although it does leave a few off (Memento, for starters), but what list is perfect? They did a good job.

 

[WrathOfOtaibah]

No Patton?

I agree, good list. Not riddled with movies that brought in money at the box office but quality movies.

 

[hobart]

Obviously favorites are going to be left off... but... I like this list. Different, new... fresh.

 

[Triumph]

Appalling lack of Kurosawa. No Rashomon? No Seven Samurai(possibly the best movie EVAR)? List is poop.

 

[Macam]

City of God was well done, but I didn't find it particularly impactful in the least.

 

[AlphaSnake]

Pulp Fiction is on the list which means that list rules

 

[shuri]

Finding Nemo?!...

 

[tyguy20204]

Pulp Fiction is incredibly overrated.

 

[karasu]

It has Yojimbo, so I guess that's cool. it's a pretty good list, I'm so happy to see Drunken master II and Talk to Her there.

 

[cubicle47b]

It has Yojimbo and Ikiru but not Seven Samurai, Ran, or Rashomon. Anyway, lists like these rarely match up well to what I consider brilliant movies.

 

[goodcow]

No Metal Cow Solid.

 

[Dan]

I have to question what the qualifications were for this. It's like they grabbed some obvious contenders, added some obscure stuff, and filled it out with some recent favorites in some crazy effort to make the list appeal to all kinds of people.

Besides, why should I trust the opinions of people who can't even count? There's like 105 movies on that list.

 

[White Man]

Aguirre: the Wrath of God (1972)

I endorse this list. That movie is awesome.

. . .but where's the New Wave love?

 

[Gibbo]

No Metal Cow Solid.

Screw them. I liked it

 

[Litigation Manuel]

The Incredibles should've been on there instead of Finding Nemo, but otherwise a decent list. At least judging by what I have seen.

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

No Lion King? Fuck this list

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

This list looks like it was written by a couple of real Dicks.

 

[SD-Ness]

These need to be included...

Seven Samurai
Memento
American Beauty
Empire Strikes Back
Nightmare Before Christmas
Shawshank Redemption

 

[moist]

no American Ninja 2 : The Confrontation?


list is ass

 

[Mr Mike]

Er, that's 106...

 

[Lambtron]

I don't take much credence in these lists, but I don't think there's a problem with Memento not being on there. It was interesting, and the way the story was told was definitely creative and unique... but the film wasn't all that great, it was tedious to watch, and in my opinion horrendously overrated. I was so excited to see it, and at the end I was like, "Uh, that's all?"

But whatever, I've been drinking a lot of haterade.

 

[Matlock]

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
The Fly (1986)
The Godfather, Parts I and II (1972, 1974)
King Kong (1933)
The Lord of the Rings (2001-03)
Metropolis (1927)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Pinocchio (1940)
Psycho (1960)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Star Wars (1977)
Taxi Driver (1976)

I've seen bits and pieces of a lot of the other ones (only counting ones I've watched the whole way through), but man oh man do I have a long way to go.


Also, where the fuck's Dog Day Afternoon?

 

[Optimistic]

Pulp Fiction is incredibly overrated.

Explain. I bet you can't. You're probably just another pusher of the populist backlash against one of the best and most influential films of the '90s. Quite a few people cite Pulp Fiction as overrated but they can never support such an opinion.

 

[Prince of Space]

Ugh, Finding Nemo is such an overrated turd.

 

[totoro'd]

cool, I agree with some (Drunken Master 2, Farewell My Concubine, Blade Runner, LOTR trilogy), but they need Gone with the Wind and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

edit: oops, and no Studio Ghibli love? those bastards

 

[Cosmic Bus]

Explain. I bet you can't. You're probably just another pusher of the populist backlash against one of the best and most influential films of the '90s. Quite a few people cite Pulp Fiction as overrated but they can never support such an opinion.

I kind of agree with tyguy. Pulp Fiction's influence is undeniable, but honestly, I don't think it's nearly as interesting/entertaining/enjoyable as his other films. Overrated isn't quite what I'd used to describe it, but there's no way I could be persuaded to think of it as an all-time great.

 

[Dilbert]

They picked "The Decalogue" (which is actually TEN shortish films) and ignored Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Trois Couleurs" trilogy? Hmmmm.

 

[Cosmic Bus]

They picked "The Decalogue" (which is actually TEN shortish films) and ignored Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Trois Couleurs" trilogy? Hmmmm.

Yeah, I'd have preferred that choice, as well. In regards to the Decalogue, though, the argument can be made that the ten of them, like Colors, are loosely tied together in the sense that they all take place in and around one housing complex in Warsaw, with some characters appearing briefly here and there throughout the series.

 

[Ill Saint]

Any list without La Dolce Vida, Satyricon, Andrei Rublev and Battleship Potemkin is a joke.

 

[Hitman]

No Shawshank Redemption? WTF. LIST GAY.

 

[Alex Anderson]

Appalling lack of Kurosawa. No Rashomon? No Seven Samurai(possibly the best movie EVAR)? List is poop.

Agreed. The lack of Seven Samurai is a glaring, glaring omission. BUT IT'S GOT DRUNKEN MASTER II -_-

59 of the movies/series listed are from before 1965. I've barely seen any of these.

 

[Dilbert]

Yeah, I'd have preferred that choice, as well. In regards to the Decalogue, though, the argument can be made that the ten of them, like Colors, are loosely tied together in the sense that they all take place in and around one housing complex in Warsaw, with some characters appearing briefly here and there throughout the series.

I would have taken Rouge alone, even without the other two in the trilogy. It's among my favorite films of all time, and works well even if you haven't seen the rest of the series.

 

[J2 Cool]

a lot of questionable picks and absences. That's why these lists are damn near impossible.

 

[Kabuki Waq]

No shawshank makes this list Automatically suck.

 

[Coop]

Blade runner fuck yeah

 

[MIMIC]

[insert personally-approved movie here] didn't make the list! [insert personalized criticism here].

JESUS CHRIST!

 

[NintendosBooger]

No comedy?

 

[Polari]

Terrible list. Finding Nemo? Seriously? Don't get me wrong it was pretty good, but it is far too formulaic and uninspired to be considered one of the 100 greatest films of all time.

Also, they have Hitchcock's vastly overrated Notorious, but snub his true gems like Vertigo (how the hell can any greatest films list be complete without this one?), North by Northwest (ditto) AND Rear Window?!? Seriously, what... the... fuck?

Also they have Cronenberg's deeply average The Fly. Pathetic.

This list is just your usual film critic wankery and nothing more. Time Magazine is such a joke.

Oh, and Dirty Harry, anyone?

 

[sprsk]

Appalling lack of Kurosawa. No Rashomon? No Seven Samurai(possibly the best movie EVAR)? List is poop.

Tokyo story is on there and anyone whos anyone knows ozu > kurosawa

 

[Pedigree Chum]

Can't say I agree with everything on that list, but this...

City of God (2002)

...makes me very happy Easily my favorite movie ever, by far. If you haven't seen it, stop what you're doing and get your hands on it immediately.

 

[MIMIC]

Can't say I agree with everything on that list, but this...



...makes me very happy Easily my favorite movie ever, by far. If you haven't seen it, stop what you're doing and get your hands on it immediately.

*checks Rotten Tomatoes*

OK.

 

[ElyrionX]

No Collateral? No Heat?

WTF?

 

[Triumph]

Tokyo story is on there and anyone whos anyone knows ozu > kurosawa

UNPOSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!

Also, no Passion of the Christ? Baby Jesus am cry.

 

[Chesapeake Silt]

I don't think I can even think of 100 movies that I like enough to 'list'. Actually, I've only seen 30 or so of those movies. Uh, ouch. Maybe I need to adjust my netflix queue or something.

I'm glad to see my avatar represented on somebody's list, though.

 

[Shinobi]

No Jaws.

No Raiders of the Lost Ark.

No Seven.

No credibility.

 

[Macam]

I don't take much credence in these lists, but I don't think there's a problem with Memento not being on there. It was interesting, and the way the story was told was definitely creative and unique... but the film wasn't all that great, it was tedious to watch, and in my opinion horrendously overrated. I was so excited to see it, and at the end I was like, "Uh, that's all?"

But whatever, I've been drinking a lot of haterade.

You're right on it. Memento isn't a particularly noteworthy film; it has its following, but I'll never understand people that really try to put it beyond what it was. The Machinist was essentially the same formula, but I found it far more interesting just in the way it was executed, although I'll say both movies are rather gimmicky and ultimately flat in the end.

As for Pulp Fiction, I can't tell you how many movies that attempted to mirror it in structure and other elements year after year since it debuted. It's a wildly entertaining for the most part, but really, it's massively influential is where I see it really to be deserving.

 

[methodman]

No Half Baked? WTF?!