“Only narrative films”
NOOOOOOOOOO.
The ten magnificients (ordered chronologically):
Enthusiasm (Dziga Vertov, 1931)
Man’s favorite sport? (Howard Hawks, 1964)
The passenger (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975)
L’enfant secret (Phillipe Garrel, 1982)
Mammame (Raoul Ruiz, 1986)
A child’s garden and the serious sea (Stan Brakhage, 1991)
Strange days (Kathryn Bigelow, 1995)
The brown bunny (Vincent Gallo, 2003)
The happening (Michael M. Shyamalan, 2008)
Film Socialisme (Jean-Luc Godard, 2010)
Had to put several authors I love aside like Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Vincente Minnelli, Straub & Huillet and Kinuyo Tanaka, but the list nowadays is this. Not sure about which Godard I’d put but I’m certain it will be from the 90s on forward.
@yeso YES to that Killer of Sheep. Not one of my favorites but one that deserves some love at least.
Dude, Into the Spiderverse is an amazing movie, absolutely zero sins involved in putting that on your list. The levels of creativity and quality in taking advantage of the visual medium and animation techniques to do something that couldn’t simply work in a live-action film is just delightful. I have all the respect in the world for that movie, unlike for most of the stuff Disney has been pumping out (I do have respect for the people who like those, please take no offense!).
@captain Don’t worry, I was joking. I put those films once I saw that there were other people putting them in their lists, too, but I’d have changed the list to fit in with the rules.
Brazil (1985, Terry Gillam)
Blow Up (1966, Michelangelo Antonioni)
Fish Tank (2009, Andrea Arnold)
Amelie (2001, Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
Adaptation (2003, Charlie Kaufman)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014, Wes Anderson)
Mulholland Drive (2001, David Lynch)
Sweetie (1989, Jane Campion)
Vivre Sa Vie (1962, Jean-Luc Godard)
Read My Lips (2001, Jacques Audiard)
You know what, when I write them out like this, I kind of realize why sometimes my friends get frustrated by my choice of movies. These are all movies that have a specific vision to them that you need to be on board for the ride from the beginning.
I almost went with this one instead of Blow Up. I feel like people don’t appreciate Antonioni’s english films nearly enough. His collaborations with Monica Vitti are all brilliant and transcendent, but I there’s something about his big studio pictures that have an extra layer of hypnotic coolness that elevates it.
I’m going to think about my movie list only as long as it takes me to think of ten movies I think could be on a list.
Come and See (1985)
if I wanted to show off I’d say Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000), if I wanted to be more personally nostalgic I’d say The Host (2006), but if I’m going to be truly honest I’d have to choose Parasite (2019) Drunken Master 2 (1978) The Big Lebowski (1998) Jurassic Park (1993) Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Sorry To Bother You (2018) Once Were Warriors (1994) Amadeus (1984) (replacing Pan’s Labyrinth) Battle Royale (2000)
Well I thought of more than 10 so I pared it down a bit.
Oh man, what a cluster. I’m not that much of a movie liker. Every time I see a movie I think, is this my new favorite movie? Is it anyone’s new favorite movie? If not, why did they even make it? Lol. But I am even less beholden to the public / Insert Credit opinion on movies than video games. I can just put down some random movies I like best and I don’t care what anyone else thinks. Some of these I’ve only seen once and were just great theater experiences.
Snatch (2000)
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2010)
Hunt For The Wilderpeople (2016)
What We Do In The Shadows (2014)
Only Yesterday (1991)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri (2017)
Wind River (2017)
Best In Show (2000)
@captain I remember being surprised by the conciseness of it both times I watched it, so I thiiiink I saw the 82 minute version, so that’s what I’ll go with.
@BluntForceMama Lot of great picks here but special shoutout to Only Yesterday. I almost put it on my list. The older I get, I like Takahata’s movies more than Miyazaki’s (obviously they’re both brilliant filmmakers), and this one in particular is full of subtly heavy moments and strange levities that I just relate to so hard.
@BluntForceMama Wilderpeople ended up being one of my favorite surprise watches over the course of quarantine. Went into it not knowing at all what it was, truly a random pick based on the actors in it, and was blown away!