Lists of Bests: The X List (National Society of Film Critics) http://www.listsofbests.com/list/46494 This is the definitive list from the book *"The X List: The National Society of Film Critics' Guide to the Movies That Turn Us On"* edited by Jami Bernard (Da Capo Press, 2005, ISBN 0-306-81445-5 "amazon":http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/105-7162265-4876430?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=The+X+list&x=17&y=30 ). This is a companion volume of sorts to the NSFC's well known book "The A List: 100 Essential Films" which came out in 2002. The list is presented in alphabetical order as in the book. There are 80 entries on the list. Notes: 1) The entry on Hercules also includes Reeve's follow up film, Hercules Unchained, as a pair. 2) I don't believe Ichikawa's The Makioka Sisters is in print anymore, though there was a VHS version and a Laserdisc version put out by Critierion, who will hopefully put out the DVD version. 3) The film Talk Dirty to Me (1980) is the pornographic movie directed by Anthony Spinelli "IMDb":http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081596/ starring John Leslie and Jessie St. James. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:11:00 GMT en-us 0 50 80 50 0 The Age of Innocence http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77623 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/77623"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003CX8S.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Anatomy of Hell http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/221205 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/221205"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0006IIPYE.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1100857211_.jpg" /></a></div> A Nos Amours - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/882561 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/882561"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000F6IHSQ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V56621056_.jpg" /></a></div> Ayn Rand - A Sense of Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/124711 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/124711"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305609241.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Paxton</div> Baby Doll http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/256612 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/256612"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EBD9SU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elia Kazan</div> Baby Face (1933) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3268122 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3268122"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01G9G35NR6L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred E. Green</div> Bad Education (Original Uncut NC-17 Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37662 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37662"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0007OCG5G.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Baise-Moi http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62077 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62077"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005U12T.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Virginie Despentes</div> Basic Instinct http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92333 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92333"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000JCFPE.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Verhoeven</div> Behind the Green Door http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3203521 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Art Mitchell</div> Belle de Jour http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46263 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46263"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JKP9.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Beyond the Valley of the Dolls http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/538181 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/538181"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EXDSC0.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Black Sunday (aka The Mask of Satan) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/475433 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/475433"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00002NDM3.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mario Bava</div> Blue Velvet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61522 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61522"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0792844793.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Lynch</div> Body Heat http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65287 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65287"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6304698518.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lawrence Kasdan</div> Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52588 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52588"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003RQNJ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Roy Hill</div> Bye Bye Birdie http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/119111 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/119111"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0767827651.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Sidney (II)</div> Carmen Jones http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85408 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85408"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005RT38.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Otto Preminger</div> Contempt - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65541 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65541"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JKPT.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Crash http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35059 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35059"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513X2YYYHWL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Cronenberg</div> Crimes of Passion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/189798 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/189798"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005R240.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ken Russell</div> Days of Heaven - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2834223 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Deep Throat http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2391823 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gerard Damiano</div> Don't Look Now http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42680 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42680"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000069I0A.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicolas Roeg</div> Ecstasy (Extase) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1357661 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1357661"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00006673P.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gustav Machatý</div> Eyes Wide Shut http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/112125 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/112125"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005ML1O.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stanley Kubrick</div> Eyes Without a Face - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39401 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39401"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002V7O0Q.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Georges Franju</div> The Fabulous Baker Boys http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2518625 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2518625"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000LP6KMQ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Kloves</div> Femme Fatale http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/132991 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/132991"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000897EA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brian De Palma</div> La Femme Nikita http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86614 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86614"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6304615477.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Luc Besson</div> Forever Mine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/504667 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/504667"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000059PQC.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Schrader</div> Frankenstein Created Woman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/383884 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/383884"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/630584190X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terence Fisher</div> The Garden Of The Finzi Continis http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/191339 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/191339"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005BJX7.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vittorio De Sica</div> Gilda http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66984 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66984"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004XPPK.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Vidor</div> Great Expectations http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41275 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41275"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000035Z20.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfonso Cuarón</div> Hercules http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/648448 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/648448"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00023XK3Y.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pietro Francisci</div> Horror of Dracula http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41668 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41668"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00006G8K0.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terence Fisher</div> In the Cut (Unrated Director's Cut) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50123 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50123"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000ZMGWK.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jane Campion</div> In the Mood for Love - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35906 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35906"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51626KRF46L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kar Wai Wong</div> In the Realm of the Senses http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35051 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35051"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305049378.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nagisa Oshima</div> Intimacy (Unrated, Widescreen Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36822 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36822"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000BWVD9.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patrice Chéreau</div> Irma Vep http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194094 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194094"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1572522380.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Olivier Assayas</div> Irréversible http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007246 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1007246"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00007G2FC.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> It Happened One Night http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43337 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43337"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000022TSL.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Capra</div> Kinsey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37675 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37675"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51F0K8FKFQL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Condon</div> Klute http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/155254 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/155254"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005U2KC.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan J. Pakula</div> The Last of the Mohicans http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58556 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58556"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00001U0GQ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Mann</div> Last Tango in Paris http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65299 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65299"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71P4CZY4D1L._SL75_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bernardo Bertolucci</div> Laura http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47501 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47501"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00008LDNZ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rouben Mamoulian</div> Laurel Canyon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38889 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38889"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00009MEKN.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lisa Cholodenko</div>