Art is the principal way in which the human mind has tried to remake the world in a way that makes sense. The carefully edited, slow-motion, action replay of a rugby tackle, a car crash or a sex act has more significance than the original event. Thanks to virtual reality, we will soon be moving into a world where a heightened super-reality will consist entirely of action replays, and reality will therefore be all the more rich and meaningful.
I might be a nihilist except that I don’t believe in anything.
― Mitchell Heisman
They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? (TSPDT) is a modest but growing film resource dedicated to the art of motion picture filmmaking and most specifically to that one particular individual calling the shots from behind the camera - the film director.
This list is based on TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films, a list compilated by Bill Georgaris using thousands of best-of/all-time lists.
www.theyshootpictures.com
Perfect story: ✔
Great Directing: ✔
Great acting: ✔
By many great directors:
Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Stanley Kubrick, Sergio Leon, Alfred Hitchcock, The Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater, David Fincher, Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, Ingmar Bergman, Milos Forman, Roman Polanski, alejandro gonzález iñárritu.
IMDB Top 1000 - 14/11/05
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 42 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...)
Source: https://www.amazon.com/Halliwells-Top-1000-Ultimate-Countdown/dp/0007181655
This list is drawn from "The New York Times Book of Movies: The Essential 1,000 Films to See", published in 2019. It contains a selection of 1000 reviews that have been printed in The New York Times. The majority of movies in this book are among the "10 Best Films" chosen by New York Times critics at the end of each year.
Source: https://www.amazon.com/New-York-Times-Book-Movies/dp/078933657X
HollyWood Movies based on Popularity
All credits go to IMDb user: gibboanx
The horror and the heroism of war has long been a staple of cinema and the background for many different story genres, from anti-war comedies such as M*A*S*H to the heroic feats of combat troops and fighter pilots played by the likes of John Wayne and other screen favorites. Here are the 101 most memorable war films ever produced.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7249742-101-war-movies-you-must-see-before-you-die
"Few talk about the ’90s as a filmmaking renaissance on par with the late ’60s and early ’70s, but for many of the film critics at The A.V. Club, it was the decade when we were coming of age as cinephiles and writers, and we remember it with considerable affection. Those ’70s warhorses like Martin Scorsese and Robert Altman posted some of the strongest work of their careers, and an exciting new generation of filmmakers—Quentin Tarantino, Joel and Ethan Coen, Wong Kar-Wai, Olivier Assayas, David Fincher, and Wes Anderson among them—were staking out territory of their own. Presented over three days—with two 20-film lists, then a separate one for the top 10—our Top 50 survey was conducted in an effort to reflect group consensus and individual passion, with the disclaimer that all such lists have a degree of arbitrariness that can’t be avoided. (On Thursday, we’ll run a supplemental list of orphans, also-rans, and personal favorites that will undoubtedly be quirkier.) One more note before digging in: Filmmakers who had a particularly good decade were often divided against themselves in the voting. Which Coen brothers movie is the strongest? Which color from Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Three Colors trilogy shone the brightest? Peel slowly and see…"
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The Top 50:
http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-50-best-films-of-the-90s-1-of-3,86304/
http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-50-best-films-of-the-90s-2-of-3,86361/
http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-50-best-films-of-the-90s-3-of-3,86467/
Goodies:
http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-best-films-of-the-90s-orphans-outliers-and-per,86534/ (added them after rank 50)
http://www.avclub.com/articles/47-do-you-remember-the-90s,86583/
http://www.avclub.com/articles/our-mosthated-movies-of-the-90s,86560/
List of Nominees and Winners.
Roberto Benigni in "Life Is Beautiful" - WINNER
Tom Hanks in "Saving Private Ryan"
Ian McKellen in "Gods and Monsters"
Nick Nolte in "Affliction"
Edward Norton in "American History X"
James Coburn in "Affliction" - WINNER
Robert Duvall in "A Civil Action"
Ed Harris in "The Truman Show"
Geoffrey Rush in "Shakespeare in Love"
Billy Bob Thornton in "A Simple Plan"
Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth"
Fernanda Montenegro in "Central Station"
Gwyneth Paltrow in "Shakespeare in Love" - WINNER
Meryl Streep in "One True Thing"
Emily Watson in "Hilary and Jackie"
Kathy Bates in "Primary Colors"
Brenda Blethyn in "Little Voice"
Judi Dench in "Shakespeare in Love" - WINNER
Rachel Griffiths in "Hilary and Jackie"
Lynn Redgrave in "Gods and Monsters"
"Elizabeth" Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Peter Howitt
"Pleasantville" Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Jay Hart
"Saving Private Ryan" Art Direction: Tom Sanders; Set Decoration: Lisa Dean Kavanaugh
"Shakespeare in Love" Art Direction: Martin Childs; Set Decoration: Jill Quertier - WINNER
"What Dreams May Come" Art Direction: Eugenio Zanetti; Set Decoration: Cindy Carr
"A Civil Action" Conrad L. Hall
"Elizabeth" Remi Adefarasin
"Saving Private Ryan" Janusz Kaminski - WINNER
"Shakespeare in Love" Richard Greatrex
"The Thin Red Line" John Toll
"Beloved" Colleen Atwood
"Elizabeth" Alexandra Byrne
"Pleasantville" Judianna Makovsky
"Shakespeare in Love" Sandy Powell - WINNER
"Velvet Goldmine" Sandy Powell
"Life Is Beautiful" Roberto Benigni
"Saving Private Ryan" Steven Spielberg - WINNER
"Shakespeare in Love" John Madden
"The Thin Red Line" Terrence Malick
"The Truman Show" Peter Weir
"Dancemaker" Matthew Diamond, Jerry Kupfer
"The Farm: Angola, U.S.A." Jonathan Stack, Liz Garbus
"The Last Days" James Moll, Ken Lipper - WINNER
"Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth" Robert B. Weide
"Regret to Inform" Barbara Sonneborn, Janet Cole
"The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years" Keiko Ibi - WINNER
"A Place in the Land" Charles Guggenheim
"Sunrise over Tiananmen Square" Shui-Bo Wang, Donald McWilliams
"Life Is Beautiful" Simona Paggi
"Out of Sight" Anne V. Coates
"Saving Private Ryan" Michael Kahn - WINNER
"Shakespeare in Love" David Gamble
"The Thin Red Line" Billy Weber, Leslie Jones, Saar Klein
"Central Station" Brazil
"Children of Heaven" Iran
"The Grandfather" Spain
"Life Is Beautiful" Italy - WINNER
"Tango" Argentina
"Elizabeth" Jenny Shircore - WINNER
"Saving Private Ryan" Lois Burwell, Conor O’Sullivan, Daniel C. Striepeke
"Shakespeare in Love" Lisa Westcott, Veronica Brebner
"Elizabeth" David Hirschfelder
"Life Is Beautiful" Nicola Piovani - WINNER
"Pleasantville" Randy Newman
"Saving Private Ryan" John Williams
"The Thin Red Line" Hans Zimmer
"A Bug’s Life" Randy Newman
"Mulan" Music by Matthew Wilder; Lyrics by David Zippel; Orchestral Score by Jerry Goldsmith
"Patch Adams" Marc Shaiman
"The Prince of Egypt" Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by Hans Zimmer
"Shakespeare in Love" Stephen Warbeck - WINNER
"I Don’t Want To Miss a Thing" from "Armageddon" Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
"The Prayer" from "Quest for Camelot" Music by Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster; Lyric by Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Tony Renis and Alberto Testa
"A Soft Place To Fall" from "The Horse Whisperer" Music and Lyric by Allison Moorer and Gwil Owen
"That’ll Do" from "Babe: Pig in the City" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
"When You Believe" from "The Prince of Egypt" Music and Lyric by Stephen Schwartz - WINNER
"Elizabeth" Alison Owen, Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, Producers
"Life Is Beautiful" Elda Ferri and Gianluigi Braschi, Producers
"Saving Private Ryan" Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon and Gary Levinsohn, Producers
"Shakespeare in Love" David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick and Marc Norman, Producers - WINNER
"The Thin Red Line" Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau and Grant Hill, Producers
"Bunny" Chris Wedge - WINNER
"The Canterbury Tales" Christopher Grace, Jonathan Myerson
"Jolly Roger" Mark Baker
"More" Mark Osborne, Steve Kalafer
"When Life Departs" Karsten Kiilerich, Stefan Fjeldmark
"Culture" Will Speck, Josh Gordon
"Election Night (Valgaften)" Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen - WINNER
"Holiday Romance" Alexander Jovy, JJ Keith
"La Carte Postale (The Postcard)" Vivian Goffette
"Victor" Simon Sandquist, Joel Bergvall
"Armageddon" Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell, Keith A. Wester
"The Mask of Zorro" Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell, Pud Cusack
"Saving Private Ryan" Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Ronald Judkins - WINNER
"Shakespeare in Love" Robin O’Donoghue, Dominic Lester, Peter Glossop
"The Thin Red Line" Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Paul Brincat
"Armageddon" George Watters II
"The Mask of Zorro" David McMoyler
"Saving Private Ryan" Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns - WINNER
"Armageddon" Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung, John Frazier
"Mighty Joe Young" Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Allen Hall, Jim Mitchell
"What Dreams May Come" Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson, Kevin Mack - WINNER
"Gods and Monsters" Bill Condon - WINNER
"Out of Sight" Scott Frank
"Primary Colors" Elaine May
"A Simple Plan" Scott B. Smith
"The Thin Red Line" Terrence Malick
"Bulworth" Screenplay by Warren Beatty, Jeremy Pikser; Story by Warren Beatty
"Life Is Beautiful" Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto Benigni
"Saving Private Ryan" Robert Rodat
"Shakespeare in Love" Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard - WINNER
"The Truman Show" Andrew Niccol
Up to 400 films are shown every year as part of the Berlinale's public programme, the vast majority of which are world or European premieres. Films of every genre, length and format can be submitted for consideration. The Golden Bear (German Goldener Bär) is the highest prize awarded for the best film shown during this festival.
Source:
https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2017/03_preistrger_2017/03_preistraeger_2017.html
Contemporary Stage/Novel-to-Film
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.
http://www.alsolikelife.com/FilmDiary/rosenbaum.html
Shortlist from The Oscars 1995-1999 nominees.
The best films of the 1990s came from filmmakers who not only had unique visions but who opened new doors to the endless possibilities of cinematic storytelling.
Source:
Years 1931-2018 come from:
The New York Times: Book of Movies
the essential 1,000 films to see
2019 ed
Years after 2018 come from NYT website.
work in progress
There are discrepancies between the website and the book, particular for years after 2003. Please leave a comment for any errors you find.
Anti-Everything / Negativist / Theatre of Cruelty / Efılist / Vhemt/ Necessitarian, Annihilate, Hellish, Atrocity and Nihilistic! (The Movies of Death)
by bodhikurnigku