Directors best movie grid (1 Viewer)

[Dheiner]

50s action/adventure
The African Queen
Ben Hur
North by Northwest

90s animated
Toy Story
A Bug's Life
The Nightmare Before Christmas

30s comedy
Duck Soup
Animal Crackers
A Night at the Opera

40s drama
Rebecca
Casablanca
The Big Sleep
(Only because Kane will get enough votes without mine.)

60s musicals
The Sound of Music
The Music Man
Camelot

80s science fiction
Robocop
Blade Runner
Back to the Future

 

[Angelo.M]

50s action/adventure
seven samurai
the bridge on the river kwai
the hidden fortress

90s animated
the iron giant
ghost in the shell
ninja scroll (animatrix fans ought to check this out)

30s comedy
modern times
city lights
the thin man

40s drama
casablanca
the bicycle thief
double indemnity

60s musicals
west side story
a hard day's night
the umbrellas of cherbourg

80s science fiction
blade runner
the road warrior
aliens

 

[Lew Crippen]

40s Dramas:

The Bicycle Thief
Black Narcissus
Citizen Kane

I decided that Welles actually might not get enough votes.



Brian, you might want to check out Ai no corrida, tied for 157th on the august S&S 100 list. This has by far the most graphic sex that I’ve seen in a mainstream film. Just in case you thought that this was too academic a list.

 

[Jeff Gross]

I was thinking of doing something like this after becoming frustrated with IMDB's genre lists. Because they have films in so many categories, their lists become meaningless.

I look forward to seeing the results of this.


50s action/adventure

North by Northwest
Seven Samurai
Wages of Fear


90s animated

Beauty and the Beast
Aladdin
Lion King


30s comedy

Bringing Up Baby
It Happened One Night
Duck Soup


40s drama

Casablanca
Rebecca
The Bicycle Thief


60s musicals

My Fair Lady
West Side Story
The Sound of Music


80s science fiction

Blade Runner
Aliens
The Terminator

 

[Kirk Tsai]

50s action/adventure
Seven Samurai
North By Northwest
Bridge on the River Kwai

90s animated
Toy Story
Princess Mononoke
Toy Story 2

30s comedy
City Lights
Trouble in Paradise
Duck Soup

40s drama
The Bicycle Thief
Casablanca
The Red Shoes

60s musicals
West Side Story
Mary Poppins
A Hard Day's Night

80s science fiction
The Empire Strikes Back
E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial
Back To The Future

 

[Jim_K]

FYI Lew, Akira was released in the 80's

50s action/adventure
Seven Samurai
Bridge on the River Kwai
North By Northwest

90s animated (This list would be different if I were to list non-theatrical releases)
Ghost in the Shell
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Iron Giant

30s comedy
My Man Godfrey
Ninotchka
Trouble in Paradise

40s drama
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
White Heat
The Red Shoes

60s musicals
The Sound of Music
West Side Story
The Producers

80s science fiction
Blade Runner
The Terminator
Robocop

 

[ErikG]

50s Action/Adventure
Ben Hur


90s Animated
The Iron Giant
Toy Story
Toy Story 2


30s Comedy
abstain


40s Drama
abstain


60s Musicals
abstain


80s Science Fiction
The Empire Strikes Back
Flash Gordon
Return of the Jedi

 

[SteveGon]

Here are my picks:


50s action/adventure:

Seven Samurai
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Wages of Fear

90s animated:

The Iron Giant
Ghost in the Shell
The Nightmare Before Christmas

30s comedy:

Ninotchka
It Happened One Night
My Man Godfrey

40s drama:

Casablanca
Citizen Kane
The Bicycle Thief

80s science fiction:

Robocop
The Terminator
Blade Runner


I'll skip the musicals - they're not really my cup of tea.

Tough making only three choices in the 30s comedy and 40s drama fields. :frowning:

 

[george kaplan]

BTW,

I realize that sometimes people change some of their choices. Please do this the way Lew has done, by making a new post. I'm entering these into my excel sheet as I read them, so if you go back and modify the original I might never catch it.

Thanks.

 

[Brook K]

This is hard

50s action/adventure
High Noon
Bob Le Flambeur
Seven Samurai

90s animated
Toy Story
The Iron Giant
Princess Mononoke

30s comedy
It Happened One Night
Trouble In Paradise
The Thin Man

40s drama
The Maltese Falcon
The Red Shoes
Germany Year Zero

60s musicals
The Sound Of Music
West Side Story
My Fair Lady

80s science fiction
The Road Warrior
The Terminator
The Last Starfighter

 

[JenB]

50s action/adventure

North by Northwest
The African Queen
Bridge on the River Kwai

90s animated

Kiki's Delivery Service
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Toy Story

Tough one-I had several other faves this decade also.

30s comedy

Modern Times
City Lights

40s drama

Casablanca
It's a Wonderful Life
Citizen Kane

60s musicals

Mary Poppins
Camelot
West Side Story

Another tough one since I had over 5 other faves for this decade because the 1960s were a great time for musicals.

80s science fiction

The Empire Strikes Back
Flash Gordon
Return of the Jedi

Also, a very tough one as well since I again had over 10 other faves this decade because the 1980s had many great science fiction movies.

 

[Kirk Tsai]

Looking over some other's lists, the genre distinctions is looking to be a major problem. I discount High Noon for action/adventure since it's going to be in my Westerns, and The Red Shoes will be in my Musicals.

 

[george kaplan]

Well genres are always fuzzy. In this case, feel free to put a movie in more than one genre if you like. Lots of movies don't fall clearly into a single category. But looking at the results (so far), I think it's all going to work out in the end.

 

[Rand]

50s action/adventure
Seven Samurai
Ben-Hur
The Bridge on the River Kwai

90s animated
The Nightmare Before Christmas

30s comedy
Modern Times
Bringing Up Baby
My Man Godfrey

40s drama
Citizen Kane
The Best Years of Our Lives
Casablanca

60s musicals
West Side Story
The Music Man
The Sound of Music

80s science fiction
Blade Runner
Aliens
The Empire Strikes Back

 

[Jeff Gross]

I'm surprised at how poorly Disney is fairing in the animated category. The 1990s was a great decade for them. The produced the only animated movie to be nominated for best picture and the highest grossing animated films in that time frame.

 

[Walter Kittel]

50s action / adventure
Ben Hur
The Hidden Fortress
The Enemy Below

90s animated
Princess Mononoke
Toy Story
Ghost In The Shell

30s comedy
City Lights
My Man Godfrey
A Night At The Opera

40s drama
Citizen Kane
Out of the Past
Double Indemnity

60s musical
My Fair Lady
The Music Man
A Hard Day's Night

80s SF
The Quiet Earth
Blade Runner
Scanners

- Walter.

 

[Lew Crippen]

Thanks Jim. My new list for 90s Animation:

 

[george kaplan]

Lew, Just curious. You haven't seen films like Toy Story and Beauty & the Beast or you just don't like them?

 

[Lew Crippen]

George,

I don’t care for Beauty and the Beast enough to cast a vote, but I can well understand those who do. I’ve only seen Toy Story in the midst of a kid’s birthday party and while it seemed quite good (good enough, in fact that I have it on my Netflix list), I can’t in good conscience cast a vote.

I’m sure based on seeing Spirited Away that there are some Japanese animation from the 90s that I’d like, but this is a film form that I need to catch up on.

 

[ErikG]

Update for my list:


40's Drama
Casablanca


60's Musicals
Mary Poppins