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sprotter's "200 favorite movies over 4 decades (1970 - 2009)"

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My current view of the best movies of the following decades: 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and 00’s.

  1. 1.
    Badlands
    by Terrence Malick
  2. 2.
    The Thin Red Line
    by Terrence Malick
  3. 3.
    Manhattan
    by Woody Allen
  4. 4.
    Annie Hall
    by Woody Allen
  6. 6.
    Chinatown (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Roman Polanski
  7. 7.
    Alien (The Director's Cut)
    by Ridley Scott
  8. 8.
    Blade Runner (The Director's Cut)
    by Ridley Scott
  9. 9.
    Jaws (Two-Disc 30th Anniversary Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg
  11. 11.
    The Conversation
    by Francis Ford Coppola
  12. 12.
    The Godfather, Part II (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
    by Francis Ford Coppola
  13. 13.
    The Godfather (Widescreen Edition)
    by Francis Ford Coppola
  14. 14.
    The French Connection
    by William Friedkin
  15. 15.
    No Country for Old Men
    by Ethan Coen
  16. 16.
    This is Spinal Tap (Special Edition)
    by Rob Reiner
  17. 17.
    Days of Heaven (The Criterion Collection)
    by Terrence Malick
  18. 18.
    McCabe & Mrs. Miller
    by Robert Altman
  20. 20.
    Get Carter
    by Mike Hodges
  21. 21.
    Night Moves

  22. 22.
    Ghost World
    by Terry Zwigoff
  23. 23.
  24. 24.
    Before Sunset
    by Richard Linklater
  25. 25.
    The Long Goodbye
    by Robert Altman
  26. 26.
    Fargo (Special Edition)

  27. 27.
    Unforgiven (Snap Case)
    by Clint Eastwood
  28. 28.
    Red

  29. 29.
    The Ice Storm (The Criterion Collection)
    by Ang Lee
  30. 30.
    Grosse Pointe Blank
    by George Armitage
  31. 31.
    The Parallax View

  32. 32.
    The Thing (Collector's Edition)
    by John Carpenter
  33. 33.
    Crimes and Misdemeanors

  34. 34.
    Short Cuts (The Criterion Collection)
    by Robert Altman
  36. 36.
    JFK - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Barbara Kopple
  37. 37.
    Lone Star

  38. 38.
    Platoon (Special Edition)

  39. 39.
    Time Out

  40. 40.
    Memento (Widescreen Two-Disc Limited Edition)
    by Christopher Nolan
  41. 41.
    Blue
    by Krzysztof Kieslowski
  43. 43.
    GoodFellas (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese
  44. 44.
    The Exorcist (25th Anniversary Special Edition)
    by William Friedkin
  45. 45.
    Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Special Edition)
    by Terry Gilliam
  46. 46.
    Mean Streets (Special Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese
  47. 47.
    The Thin Blue Line
    by Errol Morris
  48. 48.
    Hana-bi
    by Takeshi Kitano
  49. 49.
    Boogie Nights
    by Paul Thomas Anderson
  50. 50.
    Seven (New Line Platinum Series)
    by David Fincher
  51. 51.
    High Fidelity
    by Stephen Frears
  52. 52.
    The Big Lebowski (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
    by Ethan Coen
  53. 53.
    Hannah and Her Sisters

  54. 54.
    Reservoir Dogs (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Quentin Tarantino
  55. 55.
    A History of Violence (New Line Platinum Series)
    by David Cronenberg
  56. 56.
    Halloween (Divimax 25th Anniversary Edition)
    by John Carpenter
  57. 57.
    Secrets and Lies
    by Mike Leigh
  58. 58.
    The Squid and the Whale (Special Edition)
    by Noah Baumbach
  59. 59.
    The Insider
    by Michael Mann
  60. 60.
    Nixon - Collector's Edition
    by Oliver Stone
  61. 61.
    Five Easy Pieces
    by Bob Rafelson
  63. 63.
    Bottle Rocket

  64. 64.
    Waking Life
    by Bob Sabiston
  65. 65.
    Safe
    by Todd Haynes
  66. 66.
    Klute
    by Alan J. Pakula
  67. 67.
    Videodrome (The Criterion Collection)
    by David Cronenberg
  68. 68.
    Don't Look Now
    by Nicolas Roeg
  69. 69.
    L.A. Confidential (Snap Case)

  71. 71.
    24 Hour Party People
    by Michael Winterbottom
  72. 72.
    The Silence of the Lambs (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Jonathan Demme
  73. 73.
  74. 74.
    Barton Fink
    by Ethan Coen
  75. 75.
    Dead Ringers (The Criterion Collection)
    by David Cronenberg
  76. 76.
    Monty Python's Life of Brian (The Criterion Collection)
    by Terry Jones
  77. 77.
    Raise the Red Lantern (MGM World Films)
    by Yimou Zhang
  78. 78.
  79. 79.
    Jackie Brown (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Quentin Tarantino
  80. 80.
    Rosemary's Baby
    by Roman Polanski
  81. 81.
    Deliverance (Deluxe Edition)
    by John Boorman
  82. 82.
    The Royal Tenenbaums (The Criterion Collection)
    by Wes Anderson
  84. 84.
    Die Hard (Five Star Collection)
    by John McTiernan
  85. 85.
    Eat Drink Man Woman
    by Ang Lee
  86. 86.
    Yi Yi (The Criterion Collection)
    by Edward Yang
  87. 87.
    Aguirre, the Wrath of God
    by Werner Herzog
  88. 88.
    The Sweet Hereafter

  90. 90.
    The Usual Suspects (Special Edition)
    by Bryan Singer
  91. 91.
    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    by Ang Lee
  92. 92.
    Dazed & Confused (The Criterion Collection)
    by Richard Linklater
  93. 93.
    Le Cercle Rouge (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jean-Pierre Melville
  94. 94.
    Nashville
    by Robert Altman
  95. 95.
    Cache (Hidden)
    by Michael Haneke
  96. 96.
    Missing (The Criterion Collection)
    by Costa-Gavras
  97. 97.
    Punch-Drunk Love (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Paul Thomas Anderson
  98. 98.
    Blue Collar
    by Paul Schrader
  99. 99.
    Donnie Darko (Widescreen Edition)

  100. 100.
    Aliens (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by James Cameron
  101. 101.
    Sexy Beast

  102. 102.
    The Passenger
    by Michelangelo Antonioni
  103. 103.
    Miller's Crossing
    by Ethan Coen
  104. 104.
    Soldier of Orange

  105. 105.
    Heat (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Michael Mann
  106. 106.
  107. 107.
    Das Boot - The Director's Cut
    by Wolfgang Petersen
  108. 108.
    The Terminator (Special Edition)
    by James Cameron
  109. 109.
    The Story of Qiu Ju
    by Yimou Zhang
  110. 110.
    The Long Good Friday (The Criterion Collection)
    by John Mackenzie
  111. 111.
    Before Sunrise

  112. 112.
    Local Hero

  113. 113.
    The Remains of the Day (Special Edition)
    by James Ivory
  114. 114.
    Catch-22

  115. 115.
    Ed Wood (Special Edition)
    by Tim Burton
  116. 116.
    Who'll Stop The Rain

  117. 117.
  118. 118.
    Naked (The Criterion Collection)
    by Mike Leigh
  119. 119.
    Naked Lunch (The Criterion Collection)
    by David Cronenberg
  120. 120.
    Stroszek
    by Werner Herzog
  121. 121.
    To Live
    by Yimou Zhang
  122. 122.
    Interiors
    by Woody Allen
  124. 124.
    Marathon Man
    by Allan Garden
  125. 125.
    The American Friend
    by Wim Wenders
  126. 126.
    Salvador (Special Edition)

  127. 127.
    There Will Be Blood [Blu-ray]
    by Paul Thomas Anderson
  128. 128.
  129. 129.
    The Conformist (Extended Edition)
    by Bernardo Bertolucci
  130. 130.
    Witness (Special Collector's Widescreen Edition)
    by Peter Weir
  131. 131.
    Dead Man

  132. 132.
  133. 133.
    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

  134. 134.
    eXistenZ
    by David Cronenberg
  135. 135.
    The Shining (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Stanley Kubrick
  136. 136.
    1984

  137. 137.
    The Spanish Prisoner

  138. 138.
    Harold and Maude
    by Hal Ashby
  139. 139.
    Crumb (Special Edition)
    by Terry Zwigoff
  140. 140.
    The King of Comedy

  141. 141.
    Koyaanisqatsi - Life Out of Balance
    by Godfrey Reggio
  142. 142.
    The Deer Hunter

  143. 143.
    Dog Day Afternoon

  144. 144.
    Che (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
    by Steven Soderbergh
  145. 145.
    The Mirror (with Original Mono Soundtrack) (1974)
    by Andrei Tarkovsky
  146. 146.
    A Serious Man [Blu-ray]

  147. 147.
    Gregory's Girl

  148. 148.
    Scenes From a Marriage (The Criterion Collection)
    by Ingmar Bergman
  149. 149.
    Walkabout (The Criterion Collection)
    by Nicolas Roeg
  150. 150.
    The Who - The Kids Are Alright (Special Edition)
    by Jeff Stein
  151. 151.
    American Movie
    by Chris Smith (II)
  152. 152.
    California Split

  153. 153.
    Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace & Music (The Director's Cut)
    by Michael Wadleigh
  154. 154.
    Election [Blu-ray]
    by Alexander Payne
  155. 155.
    Mulholland Dr.
    by David Lynch
  156. 156.
    Stalker
    by Andrey Tarkovskiy
  157. 157.
    Gattaca (Special Edition)
    by Andrew Niccol
  158. 158.
    Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Sam Peckinpah
  159. 159.
    Crash
    by David Cronenberg
  160. 160.
    Straight Time
    by Ulu Grosbard
  161. 161.
  162. 162.
    Hunger (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
    by Steve McQueen
  163. 163.
    The Straight Story

  164. 164.
    The Killing Fields

  165. 165.
    Husbands and Wives
    by Woody Allen
  167. 167.
    Barry Lyndon
    by Stanley Kubrick
  168. 168.
    Pan's Labyrinth (New Line Two-Disc Platinum Series)
    by Guillermo del Toro
  169. 169.
    The Grifters (Miramax Collector's Series)
    by Stephen Frears
  170. 170.
    Two-Lane Blacktop (The Criterion Collection)
    by Monte Hellman
  172. 172.
    Croupier
    by Mike Hodges
  173. 173.
    Mr. Death: The Rise & Fall of Fred A. Leuchter Jr.
    by Errol Morris
  174. 174.
  175. 175.
    Simple Men

  176. 176.
    The Bourne Identity (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
    by Doug Liman
  177. 177.
    In the Loop [Blu-ray]
    by Armando Iannucci
  178. 178.
  179. 179.
    Children of Men (Widescreen Edition)
    by Alfonso Cuarón
  180. 180.
    Best in Show
    by Christopher Guest
  181. 181.
    Under Fire

  182. 182.
    The House of Mirth
    by Terence Davies
  183. 183.
    The Candidate

  184. 184.
    Fat City
    by John Huston
  185. 185.
    District 9 [Blu-ray]
    by Neill Blomkamp
  187. 187.
    Ripley's Game
    by Liliana Cavani
  189. 189.
    Wonderland

  190. 190.
    The Last Detail
    by Hal Ashby
  192. 192.
    The Return
    by Andrei Zvyagintsev
  193. 193.
    A Christmas Tale (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
    by Arnaud Desplechin
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