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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

  5. 6.
    Chinatown (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Roman Polanski

  6. 7.
    Alien (The Director's Cut)
    by Ridley Scott

  7. 8.
    Blade Runner (The Director's Cut)
    by Ridley Scott

  8. 9.
    Jaws (Two-Disc 30th Anniversary Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg

  9. 11.
    The Conversation
    by Francis Ford Coppola

  10. 12.
    The Godfather, Part II (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
    by Francis Ford Coppola

  11. 13.
    The Godfather (Widescreen Edition)
    by Francis Ford Coppola

  12. 14.
    The French Connection
    by William Friedkin

  13. 15.
    No Country for Old Men
    by Ethan Coen

  14. 16.
    This is Spinal Tap (Special Edition)
    by Rob Reiner

  15. 17.
    Days of Heaven (The Criterion Collection)
    by Terrence Malick

  16. 18.
    McCabe & Mrs. Miller
    by Robert Altman

  17. 20.
    Get Carter
    by Mike Hodges

  18. 21.
    Night Moves

  19. 22.
    Ghost World
    by Terry Zwigoff

  20. 23.

  21. 24.
    Before Sunset
    by Richard Linklater

  22. 25.
    The Long Goodbye
    by Robert Altman

  23. 26.
    Fargo (Special Edition)

  24. 27.
    Unforgiven (Snap Case)
    by Clint Eastwood

  25. 28.
    Red

  26. 29.
    The Ice Storm (The Criterion Collection)
    by Ang Lee

  27. 30.
    Grosse Pointe Blank
    by George Armitage

  28. 31.
    The Parallax View

  29. 32.
    The Thing (Collector's Edition)
    by John Carpenter

  30. 33.
    Crimes and Misdemeanors

  31. 34.
    Short Cuts (The Criterion Collection)
    by Robert Altman

  32. 36.
    JFK - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Barbara Kopple

  33. 37.
    Lone Star

  34. 38.
    Platoon (Special Edition)

  35. 39.
    Time Out

  36. 40.
    Memento (Widescreen Two-Disc Limited Edition)
    by Christopher Nolan

  37. 41.
    Blue
    by Krzysztof Kieslowski

  38. 43.
    GoodFellas (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese

  39. 44.
    The Exorcist (25th Anniversary Special Edition)
    by William Friedkin

  40. 45.
    Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Special Edition)
    by Terry Gilliam

  41. 46.
    Mean Streets (Special Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese

  42. 47.
    The Thin Blue Line
    by Errol Morris

  43. 48.
    Hana-bi
    by Takeshi Kitano

  44. 49.
    Boogie Nights
    by Paul Thomas Anderson

  45. 50.
    Seven (New Line Platinum Series)
    by David Fincher

  46. 51.
    High Fidelity
    by Stephen Frears

  47. 52.
    The Big Lebowski (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
    by Ethan Coen

  48. 53.
    Hannah and Her Sisters

  49. 54.
    Reservoir Dogs (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Quentin Tarantino

  50. 55.
    A History of Violence (New Line Platinum Series)
    by David Cronenberg

  51. 56.
    Halloween (Divimax 25th Anniversary Edition)
    by John Carpenter

  52. 57.
    Secrets and Lies
    by Mike Leigh

  53. 58.
    The Squid and the Whale (Special Edition)
    by Noah Baumbach

  54. 59.
    The Insider
    by Michael Mann

  55. 60.
    Nixon - Collector's Edition
    by Oliver Stone

  56. 61.
    Five Easy Pieces
    by Bob Rafelson

  57. 63.
    Bottle Rocket

  58. 64.
    Waking Life
    by Bob Sabiston

  59. 65.
    Safe
    by Todd Haynes

  60. 66.
    Klute
    by Alan J. Pakula

  61. 67.
    Videodrome (The Criterion Collection)
    by David Cronenberg

  62. 68.
    Don't Look Now
    by Nicolas Roeg

  63. 69.
    L.A. Confidential (Snap Case)

  64. 71.
    24 Hour Party People
    by Michael Winterbottom

  65. 72.
    The Silence of the Lambs (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Jonathan Demme

  66. 73.

  67. 74.
    Barton Fink
    by Ethan Coen

  68. 75.
    Dead Ringers (The Criterion Collection)
    by David Cronenberg

  69. 76.
    Monty Python's Life of Brian (The Criterion Collection)
    by Terry Jones

  70. 77.
    Raise the Red Lantern (MGM World Films)
    by Yimou Zhang

  71. 78.

  72. 79.
    Jackie Brown (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Quentin Tarantino

  73. 80.
    Rosemary's Baby
    by Roman Polanski

  74. 81.
    Deliverance (Deluxe Edition)
    by John Boorman

  75. 82.
    The Royal Tenenbaums (The Criterion Collection)
    by Wes Anderson

  76. 84.
    Die Hard (Five Star Collection)
    by John McTiernan

  77. 85.
    Eat Drink Man Woman
    by Ang Lee

  78. 86.
    Yi Yi (The Criterion Collection)
    by Edward Yang

  79. 87.
    Aguirre, the Wrath of God
    by Werner Herzog

  80. 88.
    The Sweet Hereafter

  81. 90.
    The Usual Suspects (Special Edition)
    by Bryan Singer

  82. 91.
    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    by Ang Lee

  83. 92.
    Dazed & Confused (The Criterion Collection)
    by Richard Linklater

  84. 93.
    Le Cercle Rouge (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jean-Pierre Melville

  85. 94.
    Nashville
    by Robert Altman

  86. 95.
    Cache (Hidden)
    by Michael Haneke

  87. 96.
    Missing (The Criterion Collection)
    by Costa-Gavras

  88. 97.
    Punch-Drunk Love (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Paul Thomas Anderson

  89. 98.
    Blue Collar
    by Paul Schrader

  90. 99.
    Donnie Darko (Widescreen Edition)

  91. 100.
    Aliens (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by James Cameron

  92. 101.
    Sexy Beast

  93. 102.
    The Passenger
    by Michelangelo Antonioni

  94. 103.
    Miller's Crossing
    by Ethan Coen

  95. 104.
    Soldier of Orange

  96. 105.
    Heat (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Michael Mann

  97. 106.

  98. 107.
    Das Boot - The Director's Cut
    by Wolfgang Petersen

  99. 108.
    The Terminator (Special Edition)
    by James Cameron

  100. 109.
    The Story of Qiu Ju
    by Yimou Zhang

  101. 110.
    The Long Good Friday (The Criterion Collection)
    by John Mackenzie

  102. 111.
    Before Sunrise

  103. 112.
    Local Hero

  104. 113.
    The Remains of the Day (Special Edition)
    by James Ivory

  105. 114.
    Catch-22

  106. 115.
    Ed Wood (Special Edition)
    by Tim Burton

  107. 116.
    Who'll Stop The Rain

  108. 117.

  109. 118.
    Naked (The Criterion Collection)
    by Mike Leigh

  110. 119.
    Naked Lunch (The Criterion Collection)
    by David Cronenberg

  111. 120.
    Stroszek
    by Werner Herzog

  112. 121.
    To Live
    by Yimou Zhang

  113. 122.
    Interiors
    by Woody Allen

  114. 124.
    Marathon Man
    by Allan Garden

  115. 125.
    The American Friend
    by Wim Wenders

  116. 126.
    Salvador (Special Edition)

  117. 127.
    There Will Be Blood [Blu-ray]
    by Paul Thomas Anderson

  118. 128.

  119. 129.
    The Conformist (Extended Edition)
    by Bernardo Bertolucci

  120. 130.
    Witness (Special Collector's Widescreen Edition)
    by Peter Weir

  121. 131.
    Dead Man

  122. 132.

  123. 133.
    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

  124. 134.
    eXistenZ
    by David Cronenberg

  125. 135.
    The Shining (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Stanley Kubrick

  126. 136.
    1984

  127. 137.
    The Spanish Prisoner

  128. 138.
    Harold and Maude
    by Hal Ashby

  129. 139.
    Crumb (Special Edition)
    by Terry Zwigoff

  130. 140.
    The King of Comedy

  131. 141.
    Koyaanisqatsi - Life Out of Balance
    by Godfrey Reggio

  132. 142.
    The Deer Hunter

  133. 143.
    Dog Day Afternoon

  134. 144.
    Che (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
    by Steven Soderbergh

  135. 145.
    The Mirror (with Original Mono Soundtrack) (1974)
    by Andrei Tarkovsky

  136. 146.
    A Serious Man [Blu-ray]

  137. 147.
    Gregory's Girl

  138. 148.
    Scenes From a Marriage (The Criterion Collection)
    by Ingmar Bergman

  139. 149.
    Walkabout (The Criterion Collection)
    by Nicolas Roeg

  140. 150.
    The Who - The Kids Are Alright (Special Edition)
    by Jeff Stein

  141. 151.
    American Movie
    by Chris Smith (II)

  142. 152.
    California Split

  143. 153.
    Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace & Music (The Director's Cut)
    by Michael Wadleigh

  144. 154.
    Election [Blu-ray]
    by Alexander Payne

  145. 155.
    Mulholland Dr.
    by David Lynch

  146. 156.
    Stalker
    by Andrey Tarkovskiy

  147. 157.
    Gattaca (Special Edition)
    by Andrew Niccol

  148. 158.
    Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Sam Peckinpah

  149. 159.
    Crash
    by David Cronenberg

  150. 160.
    Straight Time
    by Ulu Grosbard

  151. 161.

  152. 162.
    Hunger (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
    by Steve McQueen

  153. 163.
    The Straight Story

  154. 164.
    The Killing Fields

  155. 165.
    Husbands and Wives
    by Woody Allen

  156. 167.
    Barry Lyndon
    by Stanley Kubrick

  157. 168.
    Pan's Labyrinth (New Line Two-Disc Platinum Series)
    by Guillermo del Toro

  158. 169.
    The Grifters (Miramax Collector's Series)
    by Stephen Frears

  159. 170.
    Two-Lane Blacktop (The Criterion Collection)
    by Monte Hellman

  160. 172.
    Croupier
    by Mike Hodges

  161. 173.
    Mr. Death: The Rise & Fall of Fred A. Leuchter Jr.
    by Errol Morris

  162. 174.

  163. 175.
    Simple Men

  164. 176.
    The Bourne Identity (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
    by Doug Liman

  165. 177.
    In the Loop [Blu-ray]
    by Armando Iannucci

  166. 178.

  167. 179.
    Children of Men (Widescreen Edition)
    by Alfonso CuarĂ³n

  168. 180.
    Best in Show
    by Christopher Guest

  169. 181.
    Under Fire

  170. 182.
    The House of Mirth
    by Terence Davies

  171. 183.
    The Candidate

  172. 184.
    Fat City
    by John Huston

  173. 185.
    District 9 [Blu-ray]
    by Neill Blomkamp

  174. 187.
    Ripley's Game
    by Liliana Cavani

  175. 189.
    Wonderland

  176. 190.
    The Last Detail
    by Hal Ashby

  177. 192.
    The Return
    by Andrei Zvyagintsev

  178. 193.
    A Christmas Tale (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
    by Arnaud Desplechin

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