MestnyiGeroi's " (aka Local Hero's) Favorite Films"

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This is not a conscious attempt to create a list that is interesting, unusual, eccentric, diverse, or in any way representative of cinema’s greatest achievements in any remotely objective sense. This is not an intentional effort to project an intriguing or somehow representative image of my personality or my tastes, and this is certainly not an attempt to educate, surprise, impress or broaden the viewer in any way. This is simply a stab at an honest list of my personal favorite films at this point in time.

I think most of these films are gems of one sort or another, but some are on the list primarily for sentimental reasons. Just my faves as I have drawn them up today (they could be different tomorrow!).

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  1. 1.
    Local Hero

  2. 2.
    Dersu Uzala
    by Akira Kurosawa
  3. 3.
    The Night of the Hunter
    by Charles Laughton
  4. 4.
    Mon Oncle (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jacques Tati
  6. 6.
  7. 7.
  8. 8.
    Bicycle Thieves (The Criterion Collection)
    by Vittorio De Sica
  9. 9.
    Mr. Hulot's Holiday

  10. 10.
    Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Orson Welles
  11. 11.
  12. 12.
    Umberto D. (The Criterion Collection)
    by Vittorio De Sica
  13. 13.
    The Passion of Joan of Arc (The Criterion Collection)
    by Carl Theodor Dreyer
  14. 14.
    Ordet - Criterion Collection
    by Carl Theodor Dreyer
  15. 15.
    Ikiru (The Criterion Collection)
    by Akira Kurosawa
  16. 16.
    Ugetsu (The Criterion Collection)
    by Kenji Mizoguchi
  17. 17.
  18. 18.
    Pather Panchali
    by Satyajit Ray
  19. 19.
    L' Atalante
    by Jean Vigo
  21. 21.
    Men with Guns

  22. 22.
    Wild Strawberries (The Criterion Collection)
    by Ingmar Bergman
  23. 23.
    Casablanca (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Michael Curtiz
  24. 24.
    Ivan's Childhood - Criterion Collection
    by Andrei Tarkovsky
  26. 26.
    Monty Python's Life of Brian (The Criterion Collection)
    by Terry Jones
  27. 27.
    This Is Spinal Tap (The Criterion Collection)
    by Rob Reiner
  28. 28.
    Days and Nights in the Forest (1970)
    by Satyajit Ray
  29. 29.
    The Tree of Wooden Clogs
    by Ermanno Olmi
  30. 30.
    Lone Star

  31. 31.
    The Grapes of Wrath
    by John Ford
  32. 32.
    The Third Man - Criterion Collection (2-Disc Edition)
    by Carol Reed
  33. 33.
    The Searchers
    by John Ford
  34. 34.
    Au Hasard Balthazar (The Criterion Collection)
    by Robert Bresson
  35. 35.
    Charulata
    by Satyajit Ray
  36. 36.
    High Noon (Collector's Edition)

  38. 38.
    Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Special Edition)
    by Terry Gilliam
  39. 39.
    High Sierra (Keep Case Packaging)
    by Raoul Walsh
  41. 41.
    Anna Christie
    by Clarence Brown
  42. 42.
    Lawrence of Arabia (Collector's Edition)
    by David Lean
  43. 43.
    Yojimbo (The Criterion Collection)
    by Akira Kurosawa
  44. 44.
    Gilda

  45. 45.
    In a Lonely Place
    by Nicholas Ray
  46. 46.
    Floating Weeds (Ukigusa) - 1959
    by Yasujiro Ozu
  47. 47.
    Jalsaghar - The Music Room (1958) [VHS]
    by Satyajit Ray
  49. 49.
    Aguirre, the Wrath of God
    by Werner Herzog
  50. 50.
    Andrei Rublev (The Criterion Collection)
    by Andrey Tarkovskiy

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Created by MestnyiGeroi on Aug 06, 2007.
 

Comments

mizoguchi

Untitled — 3 years ago

well, this gives me a few films to seek out!

May 15, 03:05PM | 1 comment | Reply to this

wokelstein

Just a suggestion... — 4 years ago

It might be a good idea to use the existing item listings to make the list look more aesthetically appealing and work better for those working on other lists.

And why not put all your top ten lists (like for 1999, 2003, 1958, 1939) on here as well?

Added on though, looks interesting.

Nov 17, 07:32AM | 3 comments | Reply to this



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