ICMForum's Favourite Movies 2021 Edition : Results topic

[cinewest]

#1110(⇩186, #924) The Forbidden Room (2015)

Directed by: Evan Johnson; Guy Maddin
Country: Canada
(356,59 Pts, 8 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1
History: 1110←924←748←832←1340←2888←NA←NA←NA←NA

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ICheckMovies: 660 Checks , 101 Favourites , 3 Official lists
Plot: In this non-linear amalgamation, submarine crewmen and a woodsman wend their way through a voyage of odd experiences.

List of Voters:

connordenney (50)
OldAle1 (94)
beavis (120)
TraverseTown (154)
Wonderful Rainbow (NA)
zuma (NA)
zomgmouse (NA)
Panunzio (627)

I’ll have to help try to get a Guy Maddin film in next time, as well

[Tim2460]

#1118(⇩27, #1091) Kynodontas (2009)
[Dogtooth]
[Κυνόδοντας]

Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos
Country: Greece
(354,5 Pts, 11 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 1118←1091←1034←1065←723←699←472←458←834←739

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ICheckMovies: 6899 Checks , 840 Favourites , 5 Official lists
Plot: Three teenagers live isolated, without leaving their house, because their over-protective parents say they can only leave when their dogtooth falls out.

List of Voters:

russa03 (67)
Melvelet (NA)
Panunzio (148)
Wonderful Rainbow (NA)
rokp (242)
zuma (NA)
ChrisReynolds (NA)
Smoover (NA)
zomgmouse (NA)
AB537 (NA)
Gorro (987)

[Tim2460]

#1119(⇩291, #828) To Have and Have Not (1944)

Directed by: Howard Hawks
Country: USA
(354,31 Pts, 11 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 1119←828←1060←1256←811←1005←1048←1909←1627←899

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ICheckMovies: 5276 Checks , 384 Favourites , 14 Official lists
Plot: During World War II, American expatriate Harry Morgan helps transport a French Resistance leader and his beautiful wife to Martinique while romancing a sensuous lounge singer.

List of Voters:

connordenney (82)
hurluberlu (144)
psychotronicbeatnik (NA)
AB537 (179)
frbrown (199)
Tarris1 (NA)
zuma (NA)
zomgmouse (NA)
Caracortada (796)
Fergenaprido (822)
Mysterious Dude (881)

[Tim2460]

#1120(⇩87, #1033) The Sound of Music (1965)

Directed by: Robert Wise
Country: USA
(354,21 Pts, 9 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–1–1
History: 1120←1033←1143←1102←959←1022←1019←2132←780←NA

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ICheckMovies: 51728 Checks , 2607 Favourites , 22 Official lists
Plot: A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower.

List of Voters:

Fergenaprido (5)
beasterne (151)
Ebbywebby (NA)
Rufus-T (202)
Caracortada (222)
Tarris1 (NA)
Mulholland (381)
AB537 (NA)
Panunzio (775)

[cinewest]

The film that have fallen the most from last year top 1001

Title	Directors	Year	Dif	2021Pos	2020Pos
Zorns Lemma	Hollis Frampton	1970	-1090	1995	905
Szerelem	Károly Makk	1971	-987	1942	955
Ni na bian ji dian	Ming-liang Tsai	2001	-921	1835	914
Khaneh siah ast	Forugh Farrokhzad	1963	-839	1568	729
Johnny Got His Gun	Dalton Trumbo	1971	-730	1655	925
Of Time and the City	Terence Davies	2008	-725	1714	989
I pugni in tasca	Marco Bellocchio	1965	-709	1632	923
Cavalo Dinheiro	Pedro Costa	2014	-704	1516	812
Tagebuch einer Verlorenen	Georg Wilhelm Pabst	1929	-695	1578	883
Gandhi	Richard Attenborough	1982	-692	1572	880
Gummo	Harmony Korine	1997	-657	1635	978
Rebel Without a Cause	Nicholas Ray	1955	-600	1043	443
Ah Fei jing juen	Kar-Wai Wong	1990	-576	1442	866
La promesse	Luc Dardenne; Jean-Pierre Dardenne	1996	-543	1396	853
Häxan	Benjamin Christensen	1922	-507	1080	573
Ai qing wan sui	Ming-liang Tsai	1994	-505	1222	717
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas	F.W. Murnau	1931	-504	1450	946
Vitalina Varela	Pedro Costa	2019	-498	1371	873
Baron Prásil	Karel Zeman	1962	-475	1188	713
Phase IV	Saul Bass	1974	-466	1118	652
Only God Forgives	Nicolas Winding Refn	2013	-452	1204	752
O Pagador de Promessas	Anselmo Duarte	1962	-445	1360	915
Panna a netvor	Juraj Herz	1978	-440	1205	765
Popiól i diament	Andrzej Wajda	1958	-434	1234	800
V for Vendetta	James McTeigue	2005	-408	996	588
Nora inu	Akira Kurosawa	1949	-408	1392	984
The Remains of the Day	James Ivory	1993	-407	1009	602
Él	Luis Buñuel	1953	-403	1258	855

Pedro CostA, and Tsai each with two films of this list leads me to wonder who didn’t vote this year?

[Tim2460]

#1121(⇩61, #1060) Je t'aime; je t'aime (1968)

Directed by: Alain Resnais
Country: France
(354,15 Pts, 7 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–2
History: 1121←1060←769←1236←1348←1118←1344←1261←1250←NA

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ICheckMovies: 599 Checks , 61 Favourites , 3 Official lists
Plot: After attempting suicide, Claude is recruited for a time travel experiment, but, when the machine goes haywire, he may be trapped hurtling through his memories.

List of Voters:

zuma (30)
St. Gloede (36)
Opio (58)
Carmel1379 (NA)
clemmetarey (324)
jeff_v (607)
Jimi Antiloop (NA)

[Tim2460]

#1122(⇧394, #1516) Les glaneurs et la glaneuse (2000)
[The Gleaners & I]

Directed by: Agnès Varda
Country: France
(353,92 Pts, 11 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1
History: 1122←1516←1712←1636←1230←1129←1029←1350←1536←784

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ICheckMovies: 2139 Checks , 220 Favourites , 13 Official lists
Plot: Varda films and interviews gleaners in France in all forms, from those picking fields after the harvest to those scouring the dumpsters of Paris.

List of Voters:

pitchorneirda (43)
Carmel1379 (NA)
lineuphere (188)
sebby (191)
klaus78 (NA)
clemmetarey (353)
OldAle1 (NA)
mathiasa (488)
St. Gloede (498)
Fergenaprido (677)
jeff_v (829)

[Tim2460]

#1123(⇧267, #1390) The Pawnbroker (1964)

Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Country: USA
(353,74 Pts, 8 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 1123←1390←1299←1430←1283←2060←1956←1887←2233←NA

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ICheckMovies: 1026 Checks , 85 Favourites , 3 Official lists
Plot: A Jewish pawnbroker, victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.

List of Voters:

blocho (NA)
cinephage (80)
joachimt (126)
Ebbywebby (NA)
Gordon_Gekko (239)
Mysterious Dude (262)
Lonewolf2003 (481)
Fergenaprido (816)

[Tim2460]

#1124(⇩137, #987) Les rendez-vous d'Anna (1978)
[The Meetings of Anna]

Directed by: Chantal Akerman
Country: France, Belgium, West Germany
(353,36 Pts, 7 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1
History: 1124←987←1022←1580←1642←1140←1066←1050←1010←NA

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ICheckMovies: 403 Checks , 38 Favourites , 5 Official lists
Plot: Anna, a detached and diffident director, arrives in Germany to show her latest film; she checks into a hotel, invites a stranger to her bed, and abruptly tells him to leave. He asks her to ...

List of Voters:

beavis (29)
Opio (52)
zuma (74)
sebby (179)
perceval (352)
ororama (376)
insomnius (NA)

[Tim2460]

#1125(⇩24, #1101) The Ladykillers (1955)

Directed by: Alexander Mackendrick
Country: UK
(353,34 Pts, 9 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1
History: 1125←1101←1699←1081←835←865←728←621←682←889

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ICheckMovies: 5963 Checks , 323 Favourites , 8 Official lists
Plot: Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

List of Voters:

frbrown (30)
AB537 (89)
cayado-coro (NA)
Ebbywebby (NA)
Caracortada (265)
Gordon_Gekko (383)
ChrisReynolds (NA)
zomgmouse (NA)
Mysterious Dude (906)

[Tim2460]

#1126(⇧1, #1127) The Fallen Idol (1948)

Directed by: Carol Reed
Country: UK
(352,36 Pts, 11 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 1126←1127←1059←1083←917←837←941←845←756←883

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ICheckMovies: 1650 Checks , 173 Favourites , 8 Official lists
Plot: A butler working in a foreign embassy in London falls under suspicion when his wife accidentally falls to her death, the only witness being an impressionable young boy.

List of Voters:

tommy_leazaq (75)
joachimt (136)
Ebbywebby (NA)
AB537 (244)
mightysparks (NA)
Nathan Treadway (NA)
ororama (369)
ChrisReynolds (NA)
sebby (476)
jeff_v (749)
Fergenaprido (1113)

[Tim2460]

#1127(⇧114, #1241) Labyrinth (1986)

Directed by: Jim Henson
Country: UK, USA
(351,87 Pts, 8 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 1127←1241←2259←1938←1799←1541←1522←1875←1241←NA

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ICheckMovies: 15458 Checks , 1269 Favourites , 3 Official lists
Plot: Sixteen-year-old Sarah is given thirteen hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue her baby brother Toby when her wish for him to be taken away is granted by the Goblin King Jareth.

List of Voters:

zzzorf (68)
cinephage (86)
wasabi (NA)
TalkingElvish (191)
jvv (NA)
Nathan Treadway (NA)
zomgmouse (NA)
Jimi Antiloop (946)

[Tim2460]

#1128(⇩286, #842) Shrek (2001)

Directed by: Vicky Jenson; Andrew Adamson
Country: USA
(351,22 Pts, 11 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 1128←842←840←1026←1069←764←784←548←649←639

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ICheckMovies: 109145 Checks , 3458 Favourites , 13 Official lists
Plot: A mean lord exiles fairytale creatures to the swamp of a grumpy ogre, who must go on a quest and rescue a princess for the lord in order to get his land back.

List of Voters:

Fergenaprido (51)
Mulholland (84)
zzzorf (178)
jvv (NA)
Tarris1 (NA)
monclivie (342)
maxwelldeux (343)
zomgmouse (NA)
Gordon_Gekko (649)
Panunzio (888)
Obgeoff (908)

[Tim2460]

#1129(⇧36, #1165) Mujô (1970)
[This Transient Life]
[無常]

Directed by: Akio Jissôji
Country: Japan
(351,14 Pts, 7 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1
History: 1129←1165←1331←1359←1524←1122←1418←2522←3505←NA

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ICheckMovies: 219 Checks , 37 Favourites , 4 Official lists
Plot: Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk finds out, the young man becomes an assistant to a master sculptor, only to proceed to complicate matters with his affairs.

List of Voters:

Melvelet (44)
joachimt (90)
Dolwphin (NA)
viktor-vaudevillain (NA)
hurluberlu (235)
mathiasa (322)
Perception de Ambiguity (383)

[Tim2460]

#1130(⇩478, #652) Phase IV (1974)

Directed by: Saul Bass
Country: UK, USA
(351,1 Pts, 10 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 1130←652←648←768←1202←1261←995←NA←3750←NA

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ICheckMovies: 757 Checks , 76 Favourites , 0 Official lists
Plot: Desert ants suddenly form a collective intelligence and begin to wage war on the inhabitants. It is up to two scientists and a stray girl they rescue from the ants to destroy them.

List of Voters:

Jimi Antiloop (62)
mathiasa (120)
Carmel1379 (NA)
peeptoad (NA)
klaus78 (NA)
TraverseTown (329)
clemmetarey (460)
zomgmouse (NA)
insomnius (NA)
sebby (981)

[Tim2460]

#1131(⇩195, #936) Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Country: Mexico, USA
(350,39 Pts, 12 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 1131←936←608←713←681←647←1017←715←714←599

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ICheckMovies: 3481 Checks , 353 Favourites , 9 Official lists
Plot: An American bar room pianist and his prostitute girlfriend go on a trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.

List of Voters:

VincentPrice (143)
psychotronicbeatnik (NA)
peeptoad (NA)
Mulholland (173)
St. Gloede (250)
Lonewolf2003 (313)
jeff_v (330)
Gordon_Gekko (421)
zomgmouse (NA)
Obgeoff (655)
sebby (848)
Mysterious Dude (922)

[tobias]

Interesting that 3 of the 6 are Spanish language (I hadn’t noticed that). I haven’t noticed any particular bias against Spanish language films, though I think Saura does deserve more attention than he receives, especially in the 500<400 poll.

I do think there is a bias against contemporary Latin American cinema, which is much stronger than advertised, and my sense is that it is one of cultural disconnect more than anything (I am guessing the vast majority of participants in these polls are white males of Northern European origin between 25 and 40).

That might also explain some of the neglect Fellini gets on the board, though younger, fluffier filmmakers clearly inspired by him, like Wes Anderson, is a favorite, here. It might also explain some of the bias for films with a male orientation (like crime dramas), here.

With me it's also mostly a lack of interest, not a bias against spanish cinema in general.

I have actually gotten more into Latin American Cinema recently and I've definitely voted for more Latin American than Spanish films. It's still not much but much more than just Viridiana for Spain. I've voted for: The Exterminating Angel (Mexico), Limite (Brazil), Nazarin (Mexico), Simon of the Desert (Mexico), Los Olvidados (Mexico), The Holy Mountain (Mexico), Santa Sangre (Mexico), Memories of Underdevelopment (Cuba) and Iracema (Brazil). I know there's a lot of Bunuel on there but to be fair Spain would not have made it all without Bunuel. I would also add that La Flor (Argentina) was really close. I half regret not voting for it. I've also seen a Latin American film just yesterday with Raul Ruiz' Palomita Blanca which I liked quite a lot. I could also see one of Ruiz' Chilean films sneaking on my list once I see more of them. I'm quite sure II've seen much more Latin American cinema than Spanish cinema. I don't know if that is so unusual. Mexico alone is probably a bigger cinema country than Spain. Brazil and Argentina also have significant industries. During Franco's reign you also had many Spaniards work in Latin America and France instead (because Fascism sucks, also for art). Bunuel and Almendros both got their careers started for real in Latin America (Mexico and Cuba). They're the two Spanish filmmakers I admire the most. In general there's not many Spanish films I'm excited about watching. The only one that comes too mind is El Sur. For Latin America it feels like there is an entire host of them and so many more I've not even heard about.

When it comes to Fellini it's definitely not a bias of mine against Italian cinema. I love myself some Italian cinema, it's just that among the list of Italian directors I like Fellini doesn't rank very highly, Passolini, Rosselini, Antonioni, Bava and Visconti all rank among my favourite directors. But don't worry, I still gave Fellini better marks than any of the Andersons. And these days I kinda feel like watching his Roma film. At least I can agree with him that it's an amazing city so what could go wrong?

Note: Kudos to Tim for conducting the poll

Edit: Mainstreet and those on TSPDT I'm a bit excited about also some of Almodovar's Back-catalouge maybe.

Lack of interest in something often contains an inherent bias, conscious or unconscious, for one reason or another.

You do realize that half the 10 movies from Latin America that you voted for were made by Bunuel, and that they are all pretty old (I specifically mentioned a possible bias against contemporary Latin American cinema, ie. Made in the past 20 years or so).

No matter. Just something I posited based on my observation of what gets attention around here, and what doesn’t.

Oh yeah, certainly, the world is full of biases. I would however say that I'm probably inherently more biased against East-Asian films than Spanish films which on the surface should be culturally similar to Italy, France and Portugal, all 3 cinemas that deeply fascinate me (France closely rivals the USA on my list). On top of that I'm very intruiged by Spanish history (which for example Bunuel toys around with in delightful fashion). So at least some of that must be the output. But then again Spain is a conservative country that was fascist for a very long time and the transition was arguably luke warm compared to Italy which was stormed by Partisans (and almost all my favourite directors from Italy were members of the Communist party - which is maybe also part of the reason I like Fellini less - and why many critics refuse to label him neorealist). I've hardly heard of a single noteworthy film from e.g. Italy's fascist period outside of the obvious beginning of neo-realism in the 40's (Ossessione, Rome Open City, etc.). There probably are one or two, don't get me wrong and I enjoyed Machiste in Hell for example but I've never seen anyone speak about it in a major way. Spain does actually have noteworthy films made in its fascist period. I'm probably just overlooking a lot of great spanish films, I don't deny that but if you'd chart me right now a lot of European countries would come before Spain .

As for Latin America, yeah, there's a lot of Bunuel, I love Bunuel. My argument was that if we cut Bunuel Spain has nothing on my list. My list has an anti-contemporary bias in general and there are actually quite a few recent Latin-American films I highly enjoyed. As I already said La Flor probably should have made my list (and it's as long as 7 normal films). My list has 333 entries which is a small fraction of all the films I've seen and I'd maintain that on average I'm very lucky with my film picks. So me not including e.g. Zama or Stellet Licht doesn't mean I don't think they're great films. But of course I'm by no means an authority on Latin American cinema, I'm just genuinly intruiged by what I've seen and I do have a Latin American director in my top 5 (yes, Ruiz worked mostly in Europe but most if not all of his themes go back to his time in Chile - and I also enjoy his Chilean films). As a European I can say that these films are often closer to me than e.g. films from the US which often feel like fairy-tales. Iracema for example is actually a German co-production co-directed by a Brazilian cameraman who studied in Germany (and I assume has some kind of German descent perhaps) and many of the Latin American films I've seen seem to have a better understanding of their colonial history, of a fleeting, ever changing world vis a vis the USA which just treats the country like a cultural wasteland. The films that e.g. Ruiz and Llinas make are films about wanderers, passing developments that are deeply uncertain, they have a lot of gravity that is hard to attain for even some very strong US-American films. I actually once met a Bolivian guy at an entrance examination and we had to switch between German and English because I couldn't figure out what he spoke better. This would never happen with people from the USA. What I've seen is of course limited and pales compared to others on the forum but I'm certainly becomming more and more engaged in it, especially as availability increases.

[tobias]

Ohayô dropped from completely stable 500-ranks out of the 1000 and never returned.

Makes you wonder if Ozu has been cancelled or something.

You overlook the obvious: Fart joke have been cancelled on this forum.

[Tim2460]

#1132(⇩155, #977) Otoshiana (1962)
[Pitfall]
[おとし穴]

Directed by: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Country: Japan
(350,18 Pts, 9 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 1132←977←852←1013←1225←1262←1094←1100←1174←978

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ICheckMovies: 858 Checks , 89 Favourites , 4 Official lists
Plot: A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit of bad luck, he joins the town's population of lost souls.

List of Voters:

zuma (71)
pitchorneirda (NA)
Ebbywebby (NA)
Wonderful Rainbow (NA)
sol (243)
outdoorcats (NA)
hurluberlu (307)
joachimt (426)
sebby (719)

[weirdboy]

Thanks for hosting Tim! I've updated the iCM list: https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/icm+ ... htysparks/

I do not think it is updated correctly.

I see United 93 at #997 on the linked list and it is now #1002 according to the posts in this thread.

[tobias]

Only 8 in the top 100, 5 of which have lost ground compared to last year.

And everybody focuses on my second sentence (I don't know what a oui problem is, though, Kongs ) but I'm astonished that Le Corbeau is outside our top 1000 while Le Salaire de la Peur is in our top 50, and the popularity of Le Corbeau and Le Salaire de la Peur in France are not that different

That's a good observation. The battle for my favourite Cluzot is almost a free for all between the 3 obvious titles (quai des orfèvres isn't bad either). Le Corbeau is really an excellent film. But of course if L'inferno had been made...

I watched every single Cluzot film I've seen over Arte (maybe not Wages of Fear, not 100 % sure on that one but probably also Arte), so at least in Germany I can attest that our supply is fine.

@Torgo - My Cousin has watched Alexanderplatz. A friend of mine had seen Warum läuft Herr R Amok and recommended it (I only saw it years later). My brother has seen a few but that's probably not fair (he really enjoyed World on a Wire). My primary school teacher mentioned Angst Essen Seele auf in like 4th grade or something and the title made a huge impression on me (it was like the first one I watched). Teachers love Fassbinder, otherwise they are probably not real teachers. Somewhere out there there'll be teachers who still show their pupils Effie Briest and they all hate it with a burning passion (hard to blame them, even though the film has it's good sides too). Die Ehe der Maria Braun feels like something you could make ordinary people watch without warning them preemptively. It's just all around an exceptionally strong film and noone can say no to Schygulla. I'm also going to assume that I know more people that have at least seen some of Fassbinder's late work without me knowing it (and I'm discounting people in the film bubble).

[Torgo]

Thanks for hosting Tim! I've updated the iCM list: https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/icm+ ... htysparks/

I do not think it is updated correctly.

I see United 93 at #997 on the linked list and it is now #1002 according to the posts in this thread.

Tim explained somewhere later that he had to do another small recalculation and it would effect some of the last rankings in the poll. (Mistakes happen and he hasn't done this huge poll before, no problem there)
Had we already controlled if there were separate votes for Das Boot and the Das Boot mini-series by the way

[Tim2460]

#1133(⇧706, #1839) Escape from New York (1981)

Directed by: John Carpenter
Country: USA
(349,9 Pts, 10 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–1–1
History: 1133←1839←1661←1797←1986←1484←1368←1652←1805←NA

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ICheckMovies: 12951 Checks , 717 Favourites , 5 Official lists
Plot: In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.

List of Voters:

brokenface (6)
Tim2460 (NA)
GruesomeTwosome (NA)
VincentPrice (277)
ororama (319)
lineuphere (323)
ChrisReynolds (NA)
mathiasa (560)
zomgmouse (NA)
sebby (640)

[Torgo]

Ohayô dropped from completely stable 500-ranks out of the 1000 and never returned.

Makes you wonder if Ozu has been cancelled or something.

You overlook the obvious: Fart joke have been cancelled on this forum.

Oh my, completely forgot that about Good Morning. So weird.

The film that have fallen the most from last year top 1001

Pedro CostA, and Tsai each with two films of this list leads me to wonder who didn’t vote this year?

Looks quite like that, huh? Could also be that those have been overvoted & outranked by the influx of young, inexperienced low-brow mainstream ICMers with all their Nolans. Probably more of the first with a little bit of the latter.

[Tim2460]

#1134(⇩61, #1073) Die Blechtrommel (1979)
[The Tin Drum]

Directed by: Volker Schlöndorff
Country: West Germany, France, Poland, Yugoslavia
(349,89 Pts, 8 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1
History: 1134←1073←1248←982←1338←1245←1132←1966←1469←NA

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ICheckMovies: 4127 Checks , 298 Favourites , 15 Official lists
Plot: In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.

List of Voters:

cinewest (38)
ororama (109)
Panunzio (113)
Rufus-T (237)
lineuphere (271)
Nathan Treadway (NA)
St. Gloede (446)
Jimi Antiloop (NA)

[Tim2460]

#1135(⇩300, #835) East of Eden (1955)

Directed by: Elia Kazan
Country: USA
(349,65 Pts, 13 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 1135←835←1053←785←866←759←598←644←877←686

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ICheckMovies: 5981 Checks , 495 Favourites , 10 Official lists
Plot: A wilful young man contends against his brother for the attention of their religious father while reconnecting with his estranged mother and falling for his brother's girlfriend.

List of Voters:

GruesomeTwosome (NA)
Obgeoff (187)
St. Gloede (212)
Rufus-T (215)
TalkingElvish (219)
mimurph1 (279)
Panunzio (333)
frbrown (430)
VincentPrice (430)
Gorro (604)
Caracortada (615)
mathiasa (616)
Fergenaprido (1051)

[kongs_speech]

Ohayô dropped from completely stable 500-ranks out of the 1000 and never returned.

Makes you wonder if Ozu has been cancelled or something.

You overlook the obvious: Fart joke have been cancelled on this forum.

I like some fart jokes, but they have to be well-executed, and Good Morning just really grates on my nerves in that regard. It's the favorite film of a close friend and I honestly don't even like it. A Bob's Burgers fart joke, though? Count me in.

[Torgo]

#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)

I just realized that this is the highest [movie] entry to our list, and it hardly 1000ed before? Huh. No new transfer or something, no 50s poll, just purely random?

[Tim2460]

#1136(⇧239, #1375) Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979)
[Nosferatu the Vampyre]

Directed by: Werner Herzog
Country: West Germany, France
(349,37 Pts, 15 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 1136←1375←905←712←998←1008←1208←1038←1199←935

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ICheckMovies: 6940 Checks , 480 Favourites , 6 Official lists
Plot: Count Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.

List of Voters:

tobias (58)
peeptoad (NA)
Ebbywebby (NA)
klaus78 (NA)
clemmetarey (371)
ChrisReynolds (NA)
joachimt (472)
sebby (499)
Mysterious Dude (500)
zomgmouse (NA)
insomnius (NA)
mathiasa (604)
sol (621)
AB537 (NA)
Gorro (959)

[Tim2460]

#1137(⇧733, #1870) Riget (1994)
[The Kingdom]

Directed by:
Country: Denmark, Italy, Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands
(348,52 Pts, 7 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1
History: 1137←1870←1818←1572←968←1004←734←999←751←627

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ICheckMovies: 2928 Checks , 359 Favourites , 7 Official lists
Plot: Doctors at an ultramodern hospital in Denmark become convinced, by way of weird, inexplicable happenings, that the place is haunted.

List of Voters:

72aicm (24)
Mulholland (70)
frbrown (185)
Wonderful Rainbow (NA)
klaus78 (NA)
Leopardi (334)
joachimt (337)

[tobias]

#1070(⇧581, #1651) Ukigumo (1955)
[Floating Clouds]
[浮雲]

Directed by: Mikio Naruse
Country: Japan
(367,92 Pts, 6 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–2–3
History: 1070←1651←1739←1502←1862←1483←1535←1349←2048←NA

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ICheckMovies: 816 Checks , 78 Favourites , 6 Official lists
Plot: A tragic social drama set in post war Japan and concerns a lonely woman trying to find purpose and stability in a devastated Tokyo.

List of Voters:

prodigalgodson (2)
ororama (9)
Mifune (12)
viktor-vaudevillain (NA)
beavis (357)
jeff_v (688)

Now I feel sorry. I feel like it ranked 150-ish before I decided to reorder my list. Then out of a sudden mood I threw it off entirely. Definitely a decission that comes to haunt me now.

[Tim2460]

#1138(⇩253, #885) La meglio gioventù (2003)
[The Best of Youth]

Directed by: Marco Tullio Giordana
Country: Italy
(348,41 Pts, 7 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–1
History: 1138←885←737←524←853←795←779←984←995←NA

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ICheckMovies: 2985 Checks , 558 Favourites , 10 Official lists
Plot: An Italian epic that follows the lives of two brothers, from the 1960s to the 2000s.

List of Voters:

Lammetje (14)
hurluberlu (66)
monclivie (123)
Smoover (NA)
klaus78 (NA)
Lonewolf2003 (431)
Gorro (696)

[tobias]

Tarantino above Ozu, Nolan above Resnais

It's all the damn kids with their nintendos and their Henry Potter and a-phones. We shouldn't let anyone under 50 vote next year.

Be carefull what you wish for, next thing you know the list might be 80 % Classical Hollywood.

Ok, to be fair I actually have no clue how the age of the voters here skews and what people vote for. Maybe they all have Out 1 in their top 10 and adore Iranian cinema like you and us youngsters mess everything up because we've just seen Nolan do a match-cut for the first time in our lives .

[weirdboy]

#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)

I just realized that this is the highest [movie] entry to our list, and it hardly 1000ed before? Huh. No new transfer or something, no 50s poll, just purely random?

I thought Criterion announced upcoming bluray edition? Maybe just my imagination.

[Tim2460]

#1139(⇩97, #1042) A Hard Day's Night (1964)

Directed by: Richard Lester
Country: UK
(348,36 Pts, 10 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 1139←1042←1251←1215←677←943←768←893←872←994

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ICheckMovies: 14461 Checks , 880 Favourites , 18 Official lists
Plot: Over two "typical" days in the life of The Beatles, the boys struggle to keep themselves and Sir Paul McCartney's mischievous grandfather in check while preparing for a live television performance.

List of Voters:

ororama (76)
sol (109)
Mysterious Dude (162)
Ebbywebby (NA)
mightysparks (NA)
Leopardi (335)
VincentPrice (451)
zomgmouse (NA)
insomnius (NA)
AB537 (NA)

[Tim2460]

#1140(⇧56, #1196) Dong (1998)
[The Hole]
[洞]

Directed by: Ming-liang Tsai
Country: Taiwan, France
(347,87 Pts, 9 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 1140←1196←1033←1467←1243←1857←1434←1646←1952←NA

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ICheckMovies: 682 Checks , 83 Favourites , 5 Official lists
Plot: While never-ending rain and a strange disease spread by cockroaches ravage Taiwan, a plumber makes a hole between two apartments and the inhabitants of each form a unique connection, enacted in musical numbers.

List of Voters:

kongs_speech (NA)
Dolwphin (NA)
Melvelet (NA)
peeptoad (NA)
viktor-vaudevillain (NA)
clemmetarey (260)
insomnius (NA)
perceval (639)
jeff_v (659)

[Tim2460]

#1141(⇧360, #1501) L'ange (1982)

Directed by: Patrick Bokanowski
Country: France
(347,37 Pts, 7 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 1141←1501←1357←1377←2143←1470←1568←1298←1797←NA

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ICheckMovies: 186 Checks , 30 Favourites , 1 Official lists
Plot: The climbing of an immense staircase made up of the most varied stairs. Symbolic scenes occur on different levels where characters seem to be prisoners of their deeds and of their own folly...

List of Voters:

prodigalgodson (75)
Dolwphin (NA)
pitchorneirda (NA)
Carmel1379 (NA)
viktor-vaudevillain (NA)
perceval (212)
Perception de Ambiguity (688)

[Tim2460]

#1142(⇩429, #713) Baron Prásil (1962)
[The Fabulous Baron Munchausen]
[Baron Prášil]

Directed by: Karel Zeman
Country: Czechoslovakia
(347,35 Pts, 9 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 1142←713←808←769←1045←1227←1355←4443←NA←NA

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ICheckMovies: 412 Checks , 52 Favourites , 2 Official lists
Plot: The outrageous Baron Munchausen tells of his many adventures, from meeting the Man in the Moon to defeating a Turkish army all by himself.

List of Voters:

brokenface (115)
zuma (116)
Ebbywebby (NA)
Wonderful Rainbow (NA)
klaus78 (NA)
Nathan Treadway (NA)
Panunzio (340)
clemmetarey (428)
Gorro (456)

[Tim2460]

#1143(⇩311, #832) Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953)
[Monsieur Hulot's Holiday]

Directed by: Jacques Tati
Country: France
(346,91 Pts, 9 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 1143←832←948←711←621←760←662←714←593←560

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ICheckMovies: 5191 Checks , 365 Favourites , 22 Official lists
Plot: Monsieur Hulot comes to a beachside hotel for a vacation and accidentally, but good-naturedly, causes havoc.

List of Voters:

Chilton (NA)
Leopardi (118)
outdoorcats (128)
mathiasa (185)
AB537 (274)
frbrown (356)
Mulholland (405)
hurluberlu (411)
zomgmouse (NA)

[Tim2460]

#1144(⇩306, #838) Sult (1966)
[Hunger]

Directed by: Henning Carlsen
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
(346,54 Pts, 9 Votes) , Top 1–10–50: 0–0–0
History: 1144←838←689←1032←1027←1070←882←1571←2898←NA

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ICheckMovies: 637 Checks , 66 Favourites , 3 Official lists
Plot: In 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania, in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is defeat and suffering while his sense of ...

List of Voters:

Traveller (70)
Mysterious Dude (81)
joachimt (113)
jvv (NA)
hurluberlu (296)
beavis (306)
OldAle1 (NA)
perceval (587)
monclivie (894)