Lists of Bests: James Monaco's Film Masterpieces http://www.listsofbests.com/list/60664 These are the films Monaco cited in his 1985 edition of The Connoisseur's Guide to the Movies as Masterpieces Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:49:40 GMT en-us 0 50 39 0 0 The Big Sleep http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1160299 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1160299"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FFJYA2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Howard Hawks</div> À bout de souffle (Breathless) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/95056 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Luc Godard</div> Casablanca http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35084 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35084"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Ih%2Bl%2BGY5L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Curtiz</div> Citizen Kane - 1941 - Orson Welles http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4568067 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> City Lights (2 Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/269164 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/269164"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00017LVN2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Chaplin</div> The Court Jester http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58984 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58984"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/079215519X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Melvin Frank</div> Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (1936) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2526860 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Renoir</div> Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2848000 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stanley Kubrick</div> 8 1/2 - 1963 - Federico Fellini http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4564466 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Les Quatre Cents Coups (The 400 Blows) - 1959 - Francois Truffaut http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4569770 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/119052 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/119052"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0792844815.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Lester</div> The Godfather (Widescreen Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37049 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37049"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0001NBNB6.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francis Ford Coppola</div> A Hard Day's Night http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55092 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55092"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000542D2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Lester</div> Intolerance (1916) (Silent) (B&W) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63907 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63907"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00007CVS8.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by D.W. Griffith</div> It Happened One Night http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3918994 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3918994"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fLfhjX8FL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Capra</div> It's a Wonderful Life (60th Anniversary Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2059919 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2059919"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000HEWEJO.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Capra</div> Jules and Jim - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45152 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45152"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41i4-ZghKwL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by François Truffaut</div> The Maltese Falcon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49841 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49841"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305729328.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Huston</div> A Man and a Woman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/188484 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/188484"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41S976HHT8L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Claude Lelouch</div> Medium Cool http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194181 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194181"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005QTAT.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Nashville http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43706 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43706"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305918880.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Altman</div> North By Northwest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55190 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55190"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002IQEHI.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Roma, Città Aperta (Open City) in Original Italian http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/91782 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/91782"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000CBVVZK.01-A20DLHEFEL3M7D._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roberto Rossellini</div> Petulia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/608793 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/608793"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000ERVK5I.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Lester</div> Battleship Potemkin (The Ultimate Edition) (2pc) (Full B&W) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2925335 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2925335"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11V8nhj3TyL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sergei Eisenstein</div> Rear Window http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4468628 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4468628"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512K3aVsh5L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Reds (Special Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1898009 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1898009"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000GG4Y32.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Richard III - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/91802 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/91802"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00014K5ZA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Rules of the Game - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36147 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36147"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JLV6.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Renoir</div> Safety Last! (1923) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2438253 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sam Taylor & Fred C. Newmeyer</div> The Searchers (Two-Disc Anniversary Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/589602 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/589602"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000F0UUIM.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Ford</div> Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36508 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36508"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NXVNQ09BL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donen, Stanley</div> The Sorrow and the Pity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/467572 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/467572"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005AFSL.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Stolen Kisses http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43720 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43720"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000JLTR.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by François Truffaut</div> La Strada - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45192 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45192"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JKGQ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Federico Fellini</div> The Tree of Wooden Clogs - 1978 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4528363 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Two or Three Things I Know About Her (2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2514613 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2514613"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000LQMTOI.01-A1HZSA5JUUDTUK._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Luc Godard</div> 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1603791 <div id="position">38</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stanley Kubrick</div> Z http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/842721 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Costa-Gavras</div>