New Sights & Sounds movie poll.....

[EdgarDiazRocks]

Well since the new Sights & Sounds (the definitive) poll is out incorrectly naming Vertigo as the greatest film ever here's the CORRECT list....meaning mine.

 

1. Rashomon

2. Ikiru

3. Seven Samurai

4. Sunset Blvd

5. Citizen Cain

6. High & Low

7. Bicycle Thieves

8. Rear Window

9. After Life - (Kore-eda!)

10. The Apartment

 

Whats yours?

[Raw Biz]

Well since the new Sights & Sounds (the definitive) poll is out incorrectly naming Vertigo as the greatest film ever here's the CORRECT list....meaning mine.

 

1. Rashomon

2. Ikiru

3. Seven Samurai

4. Sunset Blvd

5. Citizen Cain

6. High & Low

7. Bicycle Thieves

8. Rear Window

9. After Life - (Kore-eda!)

10. The Apartment

 

Whats yours?

 

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[RayKingsForemanGrill]

I always hate this - the top 3 are pretty solid, but the rest fluctuate depending on the day:

 

1. Cool Hand Luke

2. Godfather

3. Gladiator

4. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

5. No Country for Old Men

6. Grapes of Wrath

7. Magnificent 7

8. Rear Window

9. Vertigo

10. There Will Be Blood

[RobertR]

My top ten

 

1. Seven Samurai - I watch it every year. I never get tired of it and I find something new every time I watch it. It's just a complete movie in all respects.

 

2. The Godfather - Do I really have to explain?

 

3. Casablanca - Because I'm a softie at heart.

 

4. Citizen Kane - Again a movie I can watch again and again and find something new.

 

5. M - A great thriller with Peter Lorre giving one of the greatest performances of the 20th century. Timeless.

 

6. The Third Man - Love everything about it. It's a toss up about what I love more, Welles' cuckoo clock speech or the ending shot.

 

7. Blue Velvet - The most polarizing film I've ever seen. It's beautiful, scary, disturbing, and mesmerizing.

 

8. Lawrence of Arabia - The ultimate epic.

 

9. Ran - Kurosawa's take on King Lear. Probably something that could only be made by an old man who had suffered failure and despair at some point.

 

10. The Grand Illusion - A film of great humanity. It really puts the lie to the notion of nationalism being a justification for war.

 

The individual ballots for directors should be available soon at BFIs website. I think that's often more interesting than the poll itself which is a pretty conservative thing.

 

Robert