ICMForum's Favourite Movies 2021 Edition : Results topic

[Tim2460]

#546(⇩112, #434) Ostre sledované vlaky (1966)
[Closely Watched Trains]

Directed by: Jirí Menzel
Country: Czechoslovakia
(694,93 Pts, 15 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–1–2
History: 546←434←605←772←982←835←763←1092←958←NA

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ICheckMovies: 2571 Checks , 245 Favourites , 14 Official lists
Plot: An apprentice train dispatcher at a village station seeks his first sexual encounter and becomes despondent when he is unable to perform.

List of Voters:

ororama (10)
zuma (19)
toromash (67)
mjf314 (NA)
Chilton (NA)
Panunzio (121)
Ritesh (NA)
Obgeoff (270)
klaus78 (NA)
lineuphere (288)
outdoorcats (NA)
Lonewolf2003 (518)
zomgmouse (NA)
AB537 (NA)
Fergenaprido (753)

[Tim2460]

#545(⇧84, #629) Lilja 4-ever (2002)
[Lilya 4-Ever]

Directed by: Lukas Moodysson
Country: Sweden, Denmark
(695,46 Pts, 16 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1
History: 545←629←622←550←603←827←651←929←718←423

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ICheckMovies: 4752 Checks , 467 Favourites , 6 Official lists
Plot: Sixteen-year-old Lilja and her only friend, the young boy Volodja, live in Russia, fantasizing about a better life. One day, Lilja falls in love with Andrej, who is going to Sweden, and invites Lilja to come along and start a new life.

List of Voters:

clemmetarey (34)
Lakigigar (55)
hurluberlu (57)
Traveller (73)
mimurph1 (140)
Coryn (NA)
Mysterious Dude (171)
Gorro (173)
Torgo (217)
mightysparks (NA)
Gordon_Gekko (291)
filmbantha (417)
monclivie (424)
Lonewolf2003 (830)
Obgeoff (919)
Jimi Antiloop (1015)

[Tim2460]

#544(⇧92, #636) Faces (1968)

Directed by: John Cassavetes
Country: USA
(697,75 Pts, 14 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 544←636←561←681←462←441←455←573←661←NA

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ICheckMovies: 2718 Checks , 250 Favourites , 11 Official lists
Plot: A middle-aged man leaves his wife for another woman. Shortly after, his ex-wife also begins a relationship with a younger partner. The film follows their struggles to find love amongst each other.

List of Voters:

Opio (64)
DudeLanez (NA)
OldAle1 (99)
zuma (105)
Panunzio (107)
Dolwphin (NA)
lineuphere (185)
viktor-vaudevillain (NA)
sebby (217)
TraverseTown (219)
Smoover (NA)
perceval (310)
Lonewolf2003 (356)
zomgmouse (NA)

[Tim2460]

#543(⇧67, #610) Baraka (1992)

Directed by: Ron Fricke
Country: USA
(698,06 Pts, 13 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–1–2
History: 543←610←619←590←524←506←549←839←905←NA

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ICheckMovies: 5337 Checks , 687 Favourites , 4 Official lists
Plot: A collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion.

List of Voters:

Torgo (9)
Traveller (44)
Obgeoff (87)
Tim2460 (NA)
monclivie (122)
rokp (124)
cinephage (155)
Panunzio (178)
Mysterious Dude (187)
maxwelldeux (248)
klaus78 (NA)
mimurph1 (355)
zomgmouse (NA)

[Tim2460]

#542(NEW) The Lighthouse (2019)

Directed by: Robert Eggers
Country: Canada, USA
(698,71 Pts, 16 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 542←1289←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA

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ICheckMovies: 4040 Checks , 417 Favourites , 2 Official lists
Plot: Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity whilst living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

List of Voters:

Coryn (58)
Melvelet (60)
Panunzio (64)
tommy_leazaq (64)
pitchorneirda (NA)
zuma (138)
Carmel1379 (NA)
Ritesh (NA)
brokenface (233)
Gorro (329)
Gordon_Gekko (366)
joachimt (417)
hurluberlu (494)
zomgmouse (NA)
insomnius (NA)
AB537 (NA)

[Tim2460]

#541(⇩41, #500) Valerie a týden divu (1970)
[Valerie and Her Week of Wonders]

Directed by: Jaromil Jires
Country: Czechoslovakia
(699,3 Pts, 17 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 541←500←404←533←586←785←1068←944←1398←NA

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ICheckMovies: 1725 Checks , 233 Favourites , 7 Official lists
Plot: Inspired by fairytales such as Alice in Wonderland and Little Red Riding Hood, is a surreal tale in which love, fear, sex and religion merge into one fantastic world.

List of Voters:

TalkingElvish (80)
Good_Will_Harding (97)
St. Gloede (122)
Carmel1379 (NA)
peeptoad (NA)
maxwelldeux (177)
Ebbywebby (NA)
clemmetarey (197)
Wonderful Rainbow (NA)
tobias (211)
TraverseTown (242)
outdoorcats (NA)
ororama (383)
joachimt (388)
ChrisReynolds (NA)
Gorro (540)
insomnius (NA)

[joachimt]

Went to bed, woke up, worked all day, came here, had to skip five pages, too many posts to read.

Good Friday isn't a public holiday in the Netherlands? That surprises me.

No, although schools are closed. But last week was a week of tests, so I had a lot of grading to do. It also wasn't a free day for teachers and although this is officially my day off, I did join some meetings I thought were important.
It's pretty normal for teacher to also work on days off. Tomorrow it's Saturday, but I still have about 50 pages of relativity and electromagnetism to grade, so I'll be working again.

[Tim2460]

#540(⇩72, #468) Sommarnattens leende (1955)
[Smiles of a Summer Night]

Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
Country: Sweden
(701,84 Pts, 14 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 540←468←545←737←717←851←780←1064←720←803

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ICheckMovies: 2809 Checks , 278 Favourites , 13 Official lists
Plot: In Sweden at the turn of the century, members of the upper class and their servants find themselves in a romantic tangle that they try to work out amidst jealousy and heartbreak.

List of Voters:

cinewest (53)
ororama (59)
Good_Will_Harding (69)
AB537 (76)
klaus78 (76)
Obgeoff (101)
tobias (114)
Teproc (148)
rokp (186)
outdoorcats (NA)
clemmetarey (470)
lineuphere (481)
Mysterious Dude (558)
jeff_v (595)

[Onderhond]

A post every 7 minutes it a bit fast, yes. Every 10 might be better. Either way, I agree that we should slow down the pace for the Top 250 or Top 100, as is customary. It also allows people more time to comment on this thread without it getting jumbled or forgotten, and fostering discussion is almost always a good thing.

The irony being that the bottom 500 are usually more comment-worthy? I mean, top 100 is pretty much the same bunch of films every year. What's there to say about them anymore?

[Tim2460]

#539(⇩61, #478) Sans toit ni loi (1985)
[Vagabond]

Directed by: Agnès Varda
Country: France
(703,17 Pts, 19 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 539←478←564←726←661←878←868←781←697←973

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ICheckMovies: 2004 Checks , 204 Favourites , 9 Official lists
Plot: A young woman's body is found frozen in a ditch. Through flashbacks and interviews, we see the events that led to her inevitable death.

List of Voters:

beavis (68)
Opio (79)
wasabi (NA)
pitchorneirda (NA)
psychotronicbeatnik (NA)
tobias (187)
Ebbywebby (NA)
Wonderful Rainbow (NA)
viktor-vaudevillain (NA)
Teproc (210)
klaus78 (NA)
Mulholland (410)
sol (449)
sebby (465)
St. Gloede (474)
zomgmouse (NA)
maxwelldeux (562)
jeff_v (588)
mathiasa (664)

[Tim2460]

#538(⇩2, #536) Holy Motors (2012)

Directed by: Leos Carax
Country: France, Germany
(705,04 Pts, 17 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–2–2
History: 538←536←591←714←905←700←511←650←1499←NA

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ICheckMovies: 5586 Checks , 735 Favourites , 8 Official lists
Plot: From dawn to dusk, a few hours in the shadowy life of a mystic man named Monsieur Oscar.

List of Voters:

cinewest (6)
pitchorneirda (7)
OldAle1 (108)
Obgeoff (115)
St. Gloede (121)
Ebbywebby (NA)
ChrisReynolds (202)
lineuphere (219)
jvv (NA)
TraverseTown (319)
mathiasa (329)
connordenney (NA)
Lonewolf2003 (381)
Jimi Antiloop (NA)
beavis (494)
perceval (866)
Panunzio (878)

[Tim2460]

#537(⇧26, #563) Y tu mamá también (2001)
[Y Tu Mamá También]

Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
Country: Mexico
(707,03 Pts, 15 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–2
History: 537←563←725←777←907←616←658←740←1098←NA

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ICheckMovies: 15973 Checks , 1379 Favourites , 14 Official lists
Plot: In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.

List of Voters:

Coryn (19)
AB537 (29)
Melvelet (NA)
outdoorcats (146)
Fergenaprido (148)
peeptoad (NA)
Mysterious Dude (180)
jeff_v (181)
GruesomeTwosome (NA)
Smoover (NA)
klaus78 (NA)
monclivie (356)
Panunzio (359)
ChrisReynolds (NA)
Obgeoff (571)

[OldAle1]

#602(⇩263, #339) Die Büchse der Pandora (1929)
[Pandora's Box]

Directed by: Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Country: Germany
(639,12 Pts, 16 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 602←339←441←549←613←505←661←748←999←464

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ICheckMovies: 3199 Checks , 299 Favourites , 16 Official lists
Plot: The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.

List of Voters:

DudeLanez (NA)
mathiasa (98)
russa03 (101)
clemmetarey (114)
Carmel1379 (NA)
Caracortada (152)
Ebbywebby (NA)
joachimt (212)
outdoorcats (NA)
St. Gloede (320)
Gorro (370)
zuma (NA)
hurluberlu (383)
Smoover (NA)
lineuphere (545)
zomgmouse (NA)

I think this is the only film (so far) this year that definitely should have made my list, but didn't. Just re-watched it in February before the 1929 poll and unaccountably did not add it to my list, which I was already updating. Louise Brooks really had one of the greatest presences in film history, just magnetic. Well, next year for sure. Lots of films so far, particularly it seems in the 500s-600s, that I will be considering if I can get around to seeing them again.

But no real surprises so far.

[Tim2460]

#536(⇧105, #641) Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)

Directed by: Alan Parker
Country: UK
(707,41 Pts, 12 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–1–4
History: 536←641←697←563←1018←846←912←541←587←817

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ICheckMovies: 17187 Checks , 1433 Favourites , 7 Official lists
Plot: A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.

List of Voters:

cinephage (3)
Traveller (29)
hurluberlu (45)
1SO (49)
Teproc (81)
kongs_speech (NA)
Tim2460 (NA)
peeptoad (NA)
rokp (221)
Smoover (NA)
zomgmouse (NA)
sol (731)

[Tim2460]

#535(⇧15, #550) Platoon (1986)

Directed by: Oliver Stone
Country: USA, UK
(708,49 Pts, 17 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1
History: 535←550←603←495←422←448←565←340←314←314

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ICheckMovies: 42904 Checks , 2208 Favourites , 22 Official lists
Plot: A young soldier in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

List of Voters:

Gordon_Gekko (13)
filmbantha (53)
sebby (56)
sol (58)
blocho (NA)
Tim2460 (NA)
Lonewolf2003 (120)
peeptoad (NA)
maxwelldeux (306)
1SO (400)
jeff_v (453)
Smoover (NA)
Mysterious Dude (556)
monclivie (608)
Panunzio (644)
Gorro (773)
hurluberlu (1123)

[Torgo]

A post every 7 minutes it a bit fast, yes. Every 10 might be better. Either way, I agree that we should slow down the pace for the Top 250 or Top 100, as is customary. It also allows people more time to comment on this thread without it getting jumbled or forgotten, and fostering discussion is almost always a good thing.

The irony being that the bottom 500 are usually more comment-worthy? I mean, top 100 is pretty much the same bunch of films every year. What's there to say about them anymore?

It is kind of true ..

#542(NEW) The Lighthouse (2019)

List of Voters:

Coryn (58)
Melvelet (60)
Panunzio (64)
tommy_leazaq (64)
pitchorneirda (NA)
zuma (138)
Carmel1379 (NA)
Ritesh (NA)
brokenface (233)
Gorro (329)
Gordon_Gekko (366)
joachimt (417)
hurluberlu (494)
zomgmouse (NA)
insomnius (NA)
AB537 (NA)

.. certainly for titles like this one. What a high entry!

[Tim2460]

#534(⇩73, #461) My Darling Clementine (1946)

Directed by: John Ford
Country: USA
(708,53 Pts, 16 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–1–2
History: 534←461←475←547←324←407←480←588←514←548

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ICheckMovies: 5034 Checks , 364 Favourites , 19 Official lists
Plot: The Earps battle the Clantons at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.

List of Voters:

connordenney (3)
ororama (45)
Smoover (NA)
cinephage (99)
VincentPrice (135)
psychotronicbeatnik (NA)
viktor-vaudevillain (NA)
Teproc (242)
TalkingElvish (245)
jeff_v (252)
outdoorcats (NA)
OldAle1 (NA)
sol (427)
hurluberlu (429)
Mulholland (450)
insomnius (NA)

[Tim2460]

#533(⇩174, #359) Sayat Nova (1969)
[The Color of Pomegranates]
[Цвет граната]

Directed by: Sergei Parajanov
Country: Soviet Union
(709,63 Pts, 12 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–1–3
History: 533←359←412←504←688←973←1371←2563←1278←NA

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ICheckMovies: 1996 Checks , 239 Favourites , 12 Official lists
Plot: A super-stylized, surreal biography of Armenian troubadour Sayat Nova, whose life is depicted through non-narrative amalgamations of poetic images.

List of Voters:

hurluberlu (5)
russa03 (14)
klaus78 (27)
pitchorneirda (68)
perceval (79)
Dolwphin (NA)
Gorro (135)
frbrown (150)
beavis (196)
zuma (NA)
OldAle1 (NA)
insomnius (NA)

[Fergenaprido]

Went to bed, woke up, worked all day, came here, had to skip five pages, too many posts to read.

Good Friday isn't a public holiday in the Netherlands? That surprises me.

No, although schools are closed. But last week was a week of tests, so I had a lot of grading to do. It also wasn't a free day for teachers and although this is officially my day off, I did join some meetings I thought were important.
It's pretty normal for teacher to also work on days off. Tomorrow it's Saturday, but I still have about 50 pages of relativity and electromagnetism to grade, so I'll be working again.

That's different from here. There are "P.A. Days"/"P.D. Days" where the kids get a day off school but the teachers go to work (PD is Professional Development, I forget what PA stands for), but public holidays every gets off. Obviously, if teachers have marking to do they take that home and do it in the evening or on their days off.

A post every 7 minutes it a bit fast, yes. Every 10 might be better. Either way, I agree that we should slow down the pace for the Top 250 or Top 100, as is customary. It also allows people more time to comment on this thread without it getting jumbled or forgotten, and fostering discussion is almost always a good thing.

The irony being that the bottom 500 are usually more comment-worthy? I mean, top 100 is pretty much the same bunch of films every year. What's there to say about them anymore?

Haha, fair point!

[Tim2460]

#532(⇩238, #294) Sånger från andra våningen (2000)
[Songs from the Second Floor]

Directed by: Roy Andersson
Country: Sweden, Norway, Denmark
(711,1 Pts, 15 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1
History: 532←294←387←583←575←465←497←483←619←NA

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ICheckMovies: 3094 Checks , 403 Favourites , 13 Official lists
Plot: Where are we humans going? A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. We meet people in the city. People trying to communicate, searching compassion and get the connection of small and large things.

List of Voters:

klaus78 (18)
russa03 (59)
Obgeoff (67)
Teproc (103)
Dolwphin (NA)
clemmetarey (161)
Wonderful Rainbow (NA)
Torgo (202)
Panunzio (211)
perceval (256)
Melvelet (NA)
Jimi Antiloop (299)
zuma (NA)
zomgmouse (NA)
insomnius (NA)

[Tim2460]

#531(⇧59, #590) Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

Directed by: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen
Country: USA, UK, France
(711,45 Pts, 16 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–2
History: 531←590←527←456←518←657←594←524←NA←NA

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ICheckMovies: 13155 Checks , 1128 Favourites , 8 Official lists
Plot: A week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.

List of Voters:

Teproc (11)
cinewest (46)
beasterne (68)
outdoorcats (73)
Chilton (NA)
sol (113)
clemmetarey (116)
mimurph1 (131)
Torgo (210)
Leopardi (298)
Obgeoff (508)
zomgmouse (NA)
VincentPrice (621)
sebby (651)
Lonewolf2003 (710)
monclivie (743)

[pitchorneirda]

#561(⇩53, #508) Up (2009)
History: 561←508←617←433←367←310←292←299←274←198

Not really holding "up" to its title

[clemmetarey]

#542(NEW) The Lighthouse (2019)

Directed by: Robert Eggers
Country: Canada, USA
(698,71 Pts, 16 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 542←1289←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA←NA

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ICheckMovies: 4040 Checks , 417 Favourites , 2 Official lists
Plot: Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity whilst living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

List of Voters:

Coryn (58)
Melvelet (60)
Panunzio (64)
tommy_leazaq (64)
pitchorneirda (NA)
zuma (138)
Carmel1379 (NA)
Ritesh (NA)
brokenface (233)
Gorro (329)
Gordon_Gekko (366)
joachimt (417)
hurluberlu (494)
zomgmouse (NA)
insomnius (NA)
AB537 (NA)

Forgot to add it to my list, but it's great to see it's debuting so high.

[Tim2460]

#530(⇩151, #379) Spring Breakers (2012)

Directed by: Harmony Korine
Country: USA, France
(713,4 Pts, 17 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–1–3
History: 530←379←323←490←558←625←724←986←NA←NA

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ICheckMovies: 9972 Checks , 512 Favourites , 5 Official lists
Plot: Four college girls hold up a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation. While partying, drinking, and taking drugs, they are arrested, only to be bailed out by a drug and arms dealer.

List of Voters:

TraverseTown (2)
Lakigigar (11)
connordenney (30)
Dolwphin (NA)
Carmel1379 (NA)
GruesomeTwosome (NA)
Jimi Antiloop (194)
Wonderful Rainbow (NA)
Melvelet (NA)
mathiasa (282)
mimurph1 (291)
St. Gloede (463)
maxwelldeux (477)
beavis (500)
hurluberlu (510)
Lonewolf2003 (590)
Gorro (900)

[Tim2460]

#529(⇩116, #413) Paper Moon (1973)

Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
Country: USA
(713,55 Pts, 22 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 529←413←420←449←456←388←652←595←521←460

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ICheckMovies: 6070 Checks , 736 Favourites , 6 Official lists
Plot: During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.

List of Voters:

brokenface (68)
mathiasa (144)
Smoover (NA)
Mulholland (156)
VincentPrice (184)
Ebbywebby (NA)
beasterne (193)
jvv (NA)
St. Gloede (243)
joachimt (275)
sol (276)
Nathan Treadway (NA)
Fergenaprido (327)
filmbantha (345)
zuma (NA)
ChrisReynolds (NA)
sebby (515)
Gordon_Gekko (531)
Mysterious Dude (572)
AB537 (NA)
Caracortada (758)
monclivie (778)

[Tim2460]

#528(⇧91, #619) Obchod na korze (1965)
[The Shop on Main Street]

Directed by: Elmar Klos; Ján Kadár
Country: Czechoslovakia
(715,82 Pts, 17 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–2
History: 528←619←472←493←470←450←452←417←498←792

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ICheckMovies: 1495 Checks , 215 Favourites , 12 Official lists
Plot: A carpenter in the Nazi-occupied Slovak State is appointed "Aryan controller" of a Jewish widow's store.

List of Voters:

pitchorneirda (17)
Leopardi (34)
joachimt (89)
tommy_leazaq (133)
lineuphere (137)
Rufus-T (140)
Ritesh (NA)
Caracortada (220)
Gordon_Gekko (227)
klaus78 (NA)
filmbantha (279)
outdoorcats (NA)
Fergenaprido (476)
Panunzio (535)
Gorro (538)
AB537 (NA)
Mysterious Dude (765)

[pitchorneirda]

#538(⇩2, #536) Holy Motors (2012)
Top 1–10–50: 0–2–2

List of Voters:

cinewest (6)
pitchorneirda (7)
OldAle1 (108)
Obgeoff (115)
St. Gloede (121)
Ebbywebby (NA)
ChrisReynolds (202)
lineuphere (219)
jvv (NA)
TraverseTown (319)
mathiasa (329)
connordenney (NA)
Lonewolf2003 (381)
Jimi Antiloop (NA)
beavis (494)
perceval (866)
Panunzio (878)

Only two top 100, I can't believe it...
I understand it can be divisive, but it's a key movie, and those who liked it should praise it a bit more.
It's a milestone, it's like a summary of what French cinema has best to offer, it's an homage to the free spirits Cocteau and Godard. And so much more than that. It's an explosion of joy, just listen to the lyrics of Manset's song "Revivre". Listen! It's an ode to cinema and to life.
Seeing it stucked between random stuff like "Y tu mama también" and "Pink Floyd: The Wall" is soul-crushing.
I agree with cinewest, the poll doesn't seem to get stronger as we move higher in the rankings.

[Tim2460]

#527(⇧95, #622) Doro no kawa (1981)
[Muddy River]
[泥の河]

Directed by: Kôhei Oguri
Country: Japan
(717,31 Pts, 18 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1
History: 527←622←658←481←395←381←493←868←1771←NA

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ICheckMovies: 382 Checks , 94 Favourites , 5 Official lists
Plot: In post-War Japan, a boy from a noodle store-owning family befriends a neighboring boy living in poverty.

List of Voters:

Melvelet (29)
mjf314 (NA)
Mysterious Dude (76)
AdamH (95)
Dolwphin (NA)
Ritesh (NA)
cinephage (158)
jvv (NA)
joachimt (236)
Smoover (NA)
Nathan Treadway (NA)
tommy_leazaq (316)
Gorro (414)
zzzorf (540)
Lonewolf2003 (596)
Torgo (630)
perceval (646)
Perception de Ambiguity (5492)

[Tim2460]

#526(⇧326, #852) I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)

Directed by: Michael Powell; Emeric Pressburger
Country: UK
(717,97 Pts, 16 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–2
History: 526←852←720←596←1039←1811←1288←1246←1349←970

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ICheckMovies: 2129 Checks , 162 Favourites , 12 Official lists
Plot: A young Englishwoman goes to the Hebrides to marry her older, wealthier fiancé. When the weather keeps them separated on different islands, she begins to have second thoughts.

List of Voters:

ororama (25)
OldAle1 (38)
cayado-coro (NA)
Dolwphin (NA)
lineuphere (127)
psychotronicbeatnik (NA)
Rufus-T (171)
tobias (171)
sol (198)
TalkingElvish (202)
outdoorcats (NA)
tommy_leazaq (358)
frbrown (510)
zomgmouse (NA)
insomnius (NA)
sebby (1305)

[Fergenaprido]

#538(⇩2, #536) Holy Motors (2012)
Top 1–10–50: 0–2–2

List of Voters:

cinewest (6)
pitchorneirda (7)
OldAle1 (108)
Obgeoff (115)
St. Gloede (121)
Ebbywebby (NA)
ChrisReynolds (202)
lineuphere (219)
jvv (NA)
TraverseTown (319)
mathiasa (329)
connordenney (NA)
Lonewolf2003 (381)
Jimi Antiloop (NA)
beavis (494)
perceval (866)
Panunzio (878)

Only two top 100, I can't believe it...
I understand it can be divisive, but it's a key movie, and those who liked it should praise it a bit more.
It's a milestone, it's like a summary of what French cinema has best to offer, it's an homage to the free spirits Cocteau and Godard. And so much more than that. It's an explosion of joy, just listen to the lyrics of Manset's song "Revivre". Listen! It's an ode to cinema and to life.
Seeing it stucked between random stuff like "Y tu mama también" and "Pink Floyd: The Wall" is soul-crushing.
I agree with cinewest, the poll doesn't seem to get stronger as we move higher in the rankings.

Count me on the other side of that divide then. I didn't care for it when my friend selected it for our movie night one week. Which maybe makes sense since I don't care much for Godard either. It did help me define the essence of what I call "Al films" (my friend's name is Al) - films that are slightly odd that focus more on mood and cinematography than a structured narrative (which could be loosely termed "arthouse", but that's not necessarily the right definition for an Al film) - which helped to temper my expectations for future movie night picks by him.

[kongs_speech]

#538(⇩2, #536) Holy Motors (2012)
Top 1–10–50: 0–2–2

List of Voters:

cinewest (6)
pitchorneirda (7)
OldAle1 (108)
Obgeoff (115)
St. Gloede (121)
Ebbywebby (NA)
ChrisReynolds (202)
lineuphere (219)
jvv (NA)
TraverseTown (319)
mathiasa (329)
connordenney (NA)
Lonewolf2003 (381)
Jimi Antiloop (NA)
beavis (494)
perceval (866)
Panunzio (878)

Only two top 100, I can't believe it...
I understand it can be divisive, but it's a key movie, and those who liked it should praise it a bit more.
It's a milestone, it's like a summary of what French cinema has best to offer, it's an homage to the free spirits Cocteau and Godard. And so much more than that. It's an explosion of joy, just listen to the lyrics of Manset's song "Revivre". Listen! It's an ode to cinema and to life.
Seeing it stucked between random stuff like "Y tu mama también" and "Pink Floyd: The Wall" is soul-crushing.
I agree with cinewest, the poll doesn't seem to get stronger as we move higher in the rankings.

Relax. Some people's favorites didn't even make the list. Yeah, Holy Motors is a swell flick, but that's some serious hyperbole and it feels like you're judging those of us who didn't vote for it, or even those who did, just not "highly enough."

[Tim2460]

#525(⇧461, #986) Dr. Mabuse; der Spieler (1922)
[Dr. Mabuse the Gambler]

Directed by: Fritz Lang
Country: Germany
(718,13 Pts, 18 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1
History: 525←986←992←914←709←577←590←531←669←658

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ICheckMovies: 2396 Checks , 201 Favourites , 13 Official lists
Plot: Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.

List of Voters:

Mifune (14)
DudeLanez (NA)
St. Gloede (88)
tobias (120)
mimurph1 (129)
outdoorcats (143)
Ritesh (NA)
tommy_leazaq (157)
Ebbywebby (NA)
klaus78 (NA)
perceval (347)
Gordon_Gekko (357)
Torgo (429)
joachimt (532)
zomgmouse (NA)
Jimi Antiloop (610)
Gorro (955)
Obgeoff (962)

[Tim2460]

#524(⇩104, #420) Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)
[Elevator to the Gallows]

Directed by: Louis Malle
Country: France
(718,99 Pts, 24 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 524←420←414←429←508←549←391←485←560←509

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ICheckMovies: 3400 Checks , 487 Favourites , 8 Official lists
Plot: A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

List of Voters:

Chilton (NA)
Caracortada (113)
tobias (126)
mimurph1 (145)
Ritesh (NA)
Panunzio (156)
peeptoad (NA)
Lonewolf2003 (167)
joachimt (173)
Ebbywebby (NA)
outdoorcats (NA)
ChrisReynolds (NA)
OldAle1 (NA)
Fergenaprido (487)
Gordon_Gekko (506)
Smoover (NA)
zomgmouse (NA)
perceval (562)
AB537 (NA)
jeff_v (751)
Mysterious Dude (769)
Gorro (797)
Obgeoff (967)
sebby (1001)

[Tim2460]

#523(⇧56, #579) Bakushû (1951)
[Early Summer]
[麦秋]

Directed by: Yasujirô Ozu
Country: Japan
(719,43 Pts, 16 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 1–2–2
History: 523←579←570←406←542←483←510←732←606←697

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ICheckMovies: 1586 Checks , 215 Favourites , 6 Official lists
Plot: A family chooses a match for their daughter Noriko, but she, surprisingly, has her own plans.

List of Voters:

perceval (1)
Lammetje (10)
lineuphere (94)
Tim2460 (NA)
Dolwphin (NA)
Obgeoff (140)
Ritesh (NA)
Good_Will_Harding (NA)
Lonewolf2003 (249)
Tarris1 (NA)
outdoorcats (NA)
Gorro (365)
OldAle1 (NA)
zomgmouse (NA)
Caracortada (919)
Fergenaprido (984)

[Tim2460]

#522(NEW) The Browning Version (1951)

Directed by: Anthony Asquith
Country: UK
(720,61 Pts, 15 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 522←1018←793←958←893←1108←1032←1023←1268←NA

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ICheckMovies: 841 Checks , 111 Favourites , 3 Official lists
Plot: Forced to retire from an English public school, an unpopular professor must confront his failure as a teacher and husband.

List of Voters:

pitchorneirda (56)
blocho (NA)
Tarris1 (65)
AdamH (67)
rokp (78)
monclivie (94)
Obgeoff (94)
Ritesh (NA)
Lonewolf2003 (220)
Fergenaprido (309)
zuma (NA)
ChrisReynolds (NA)
joachimt (489)
AB537 (NA)
sebby (1361)

[Tim2460]

#521(⇩11, #510) Krótki film o milosci (1988)
[A Short Film About Love]

Directed by: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Country: Poland
(721,87 Pts, 15 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–2–2
History: 521←510←535←593←498←466←441←452←568←628

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ICheckMovies: 2474 Checks , 333 Favourites , 6 Official lists
Plot: An innocent virgin spies on his frontal neighbor and falls in love with her, thus starts using tricks on her which he hopes will lead to them meeting.

List of Voters:

toromash (7)
AdamH (8)
DudeLanez (NA)
sebby (130)
brokenface (170)
Obgeoff (180)
connordenney (188)
AB537 (206)
TraverseTown (213)
tobias (232)
mightysparks (NA)
zuma (NA)
OldAle1 (NA)
clemmetarey (430)
joachimt (453)

[Tim2460]

#520(⇩64, #456) Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

Directed by: Woody Allen
Country: USA
(721,95 Pts, 18 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–1–3
History: 520←456←281←348←359←513←390←334←453←459

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ICheckMovies: 9686 Checks , 882 Favourites , 12 Official lists
Plot: An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.

List of Voters:

sol (10)
Good_Will_Harding (19)
monclivie (44)
Opio (134)
TalkingElvish (161)
rokp (170)
Ebbywebby (NA)
Wonderful Rainbow (NA)
Panunzio (201)
Caracortada (257)
Tarris1 (NA)
1SO (312)
maxwelldeux (466)
Smoover (NA)
insomnius (NA)
sebby (762)
Obgeoff (806)
hurluberlu (1013)

[Tim2460]

#519(⇩3, #516) Ivan Groznyy (1944)
[Ivan the Terrible; Part I]
[Иван Грозный]

Directed by: Sergei M. Eisenstein
Country: Soviet Union
(722,65 Pts, 15 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1
History: 519←516←706←773←674←711←581←567←384←520

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ICheckMovies: 2571 Checks , 195 Favourites , 19 Official lists
Plot: During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people.

List of Voters:

rokp (18)
OldAle1 (60)
frbrown (62)
DudeLanez (NA)
Dolwphin (NA)
clemmetarey (145)
St. Gloede (156)
joachimt (157)
Ebbywebby (NA)
Wonderful Rainbow (NA)
hurluberlu (374)
Gorro (450)
Obgeoff (458)
zomgmouse (NA)
AB537 (NA)

[Tim2460]

#518(⇩51, #467) Mon oncle (1958)
[Mon Oncle]

Directed by: Jacques Tati
Country: France, Italy
(722,81 Pts, 20 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–2
History: 518←467←512←466←419←503←412←501←441←499

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ICheckMovies: 4654 Checks , 463 Favourites , 16 Official lists
Plot: Monsieur Hulot visits the technology-driven world of his sister, brother-in-law, and nephew, but he can't quite fit into the surroundings.

List of Voters:

sol (31)
TalkingElvish (47)
Dolwphin (NA)
Leopardi (126)
hurluberlu (131)
ororama (159)
Ebbywebby (NA)
jvv (NA)
perceval (235)
Tarris1 (NA)
outdoorcats (NA)
beavis (324)
Obgeoff (329)
OldAle1 (NA)
Gordon_Gekko (469)
zomgmouse (NA)
Panunzio (596)
AB537 (NA)
mathiasa (777)
Gorro (927)

[Tim2460]

#517(⇧21, #538) Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Directed by: Edgar Wright
Country: UK, France, USA
(723,23 Pts, 22 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–2
History: 517←538←456←559←390←366←386←392←284←196

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ICheckMovies: 75224 Checks , 6757 Favourites , 12 Official lists
Plot: A man's uneventful life is disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.

List of Voters:

VincentPrice (19)
Teproc (38)
Fergenaprido (158)
TalkingElvish (174)
GruesomeTwosome (NA)
Ebbywebby (NA)
mimurph1 (212)
Leopardi (228)
jvv (NA)
mightysparks (NA)
Gordon_Gekko (296)
maxwelldeux (357)
Mysterious Dude (369)
beavis (402)
ChrisReynolds (NA)
Panunzio (468)
sebby (550)
zomgmouse (NA)
ororama (604)
AB537 (NA)
Gorro (664)
monclivie (964)