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THE GREAT DIRECTOR’S CHECKLIST SERIES -Volume #17 - The Films of WILLIAM WYLER

THE GREAT DIRECTOR’S CHECKLIST SERIES -Volume #17 - The Films of WILLIAM WYLER


Bonus today. Rank ‘em, rate ‘em, review ‘em or whatever.

WILLIAM WYLER

The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
Funny Girl (1968)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
The Collector (1965)
The Children's Hour (1961)
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Big Country (1958)
Friendly Persuasion (1956)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Roman Holiday (1953)
Carrie (1952)
Detective Story (1951)
The Heiress (1949)
Thunderbolt (1947)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944)
The Fighting Lady (1944)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
The Little Foxes (1941)
The Letter (1940)
The Westerner (1940)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Jezebel (1938)
Dead End (1937)
Come and Get It (1936)
Dodsworth (1936)
These Three (1936)
The Gay Deception (1935)
The Good Fairy (1935)
Glamour (1934)
Counsellor at Law (1933)
Her First Mate (1933)
Tom Brown of Culver (1932)
A House Divided (1931)
The Storm (1930)
Hell's Heroes (1930)
The Love Trap (1929)
The Shakedown (1929)
Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928)
Thunder Riders (1928)
Desert Dust (1927)
The Border Cavalier (1927)
Daze of the West (1927)
The Horse Trader (1927)
The Square Shooter (1927)
The Phantom Outlaw (1927)
Gun Justice (1927)
The Home Trail (1927)
The Ore Raiders (1927)
The Lone Star (1927)
Hard Fists (1927)
The Haunted Homestead (1927)
Galloping Justice (1927)
Shooting Straight (1927)
Blazing Days (1927)
The Silent Partner (1927)
Tenderfoot Courage (1927)
Kelcy Gets His Man (1927)
The Two Fister (1927)
The Stolen Ranch (1926)
Lazy Lightning (1926)
Martin of the Mounted (1926)
The Pinnacle Rider (1926)
Don't Shoot (1926)
The Fire Barrier (1926)
Ridin' for Love (1926)
The Gunless Bad Man (1926)
Crook Buster (1925)

The Collection (Blu-Ray High Definition/DVD)

Pre-orders - BLU-RAY: Akira, The Dark Knight, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Death Proof, Dr No, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Incredible Hulk, JFK, La Femme Nikita, Live and Let Die, Planet of the Apes (Evolution Collection), Planet Terror, Poltergeist, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Third Man, Thunderball, WALL E DVD: Budd Boetticher Collection, Popeye the Sailor Vol #3, Warner Gangster Collection Vol #4

Jim_K

Seen 23
* Own 2

The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
Funny Girl (1968)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
The Collector (1965)
The Children's Hour (1961)
* Ben-Hur (1959)
* The Big Country (1958)
Friendly Persuasion (1956)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Roman Holiday (1953)
Carrie (1952)
Detective Story (1951)
The Heiress (1949)
Thunderbolt (1947)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944)
The Fighting Lady (1944)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
The Little Foxes (1941)
The Letter (1940)
The Westerner (1940)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Jezebel (1938)
Dead End (1937)
Come and Get It (1936)
Dodsworth (1936)
These Three (1936)
The Gay Deception (1935)
The Good Fairy (1935)
Glamour (1934)
Counsellor at Law (1933)
Her First Mate (1933)
Tom Brown of Culver (1932)
A House Divided (1931)
The Storm (1930)
Hell's Heroes (1930)
The Love Trap (1929)
The Shakedown (1929)
Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928)
Thunder Riders (1928)
Desert Dust (1927)
The Border Cavalier (1927)
Daze of the West (1927)
The Horse Trader (1927)
The Square Shooter (1927)
The Phantom Outlaw (1927)
Gun Justice (1927)
The Home Trail (1927)
The Ore Raiders (1927)
The Lone Star (1927)
Hard Fists (1927)
The Haunted Homestead (1927)
Galloping Justice (1927)
Shooting Straight (1927)
Blazing Days (1927)
The Silent Partner (1927)
Tenderfoot Courage (1927)
Kelcy Gets His Man (1927)
The Two Fister (1927)
The Stolen Ranch (1926)
Lazy Lightning (1926)
Martin of the Mounted (1926)
The Pinnacle Rider (1926)
Don't Shoot (1926)
The Fire Barrier (1926)
Ridin' for Love (1926)
The Gunless Bad Man (1926)
Crook Buster (1925)

The Collection (Blu-Ray High Definition/DVD)

Pre-orders - BLU-RAY: Akira, The Dark Knight, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Death Proof, Dr No, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Incredible Hulk, JFK, La Femme Nikita, Live and Let Die, Planet of the Apes (Evolution Collection), Planet Terror, Poltergeist, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Third Man, Thunderball, WALL E DVD: Budd Boetticher Collection, Popeye the Sailor Vol #3, Warner Gangster Collection Vol #4

george kaplan

Jim,

You've seen all of his films that I love, but the ones you haven't seen that are most highly thought of in general, would be The Children's Hour, Detective Story, The Heiress and The Letter.

WILLIAM WYLER

Seen: 16
Like: 3
Own: 3

Rank order:

Ben-Hur (1959)
Roman Holiday (1953)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Detective Story (1951)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Big Country (1958)
Dead End (1937)
Funny Girl (1968)
The Letter (1940)
The Heiress (1949)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Dodsworth (1936)
Jezebel (1938)
Wuthering Heights (1939)

"Movies should be like amusement parks. People should go to them to have fun." - Billy Wilder

"Subtitles good. Hollywood bad." - Tarzan, Sight & Sound 2012 voter.

"My films are not slices of life, they are pieces of cake." - Alfred Hitchcock

"My great humility is just one of the many reasons that I am vastly superior to everyone else." - Ramrod Clerk

Steve Christou

[rant]"Your eyes are full of hate, forty-one. That's good. Hate keeps a man alive."[/rant]

How to Steal a Million (1966)
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Big Country (1958)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Roman Holiday (1953)
Detective Story (1951)
The Westerner (1940)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Jezebel (1938)
Dead End (1937)

William Wyler's Ben-Hur is my number one favorite movie, I just love it.
Also a huge fan of The Big Country, one of my top 10 favorite westerns.

Rankings

1)Ben-Hur (1959)
2)The Big Country (1958)
3)Roman Holiday (1953)
4)Wuthering Heights (1939)
5)Dead End (1937)

Average Rating 3.4 out of 5

Bill McA

Rated from to

The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
Funny Girl (1968)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
The Collector (1965)
The Children's Hour (1961)
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Big Country (1958)
Friendly Persuasion (1956)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Roman Holiday (1953)
Carrie (1952)
Detective Story (1951)
The Heiress (1949)
Thunderbolt (1947)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) (Own the DVD)
The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944)
The Fighting Lady (1944)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
The Little Foxes (1941)
The Letter (1940)
The Westerner (1940)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Jezebel (1938)
Dead End (1937)
Come and Get It (1936)
Dodsworth (1936)
These Three (1936)
The Gay Deception (1935)
The Good Fairy (1935)
Glamour (1934)
Counsellor at Law (1933)
Her First Mate (1933)
Tom Brown of Culver (1932)
A House Divided (1931)
The Storm (1930)
Hell's Heroes (1930)
The Love Trap (1929)
The Shakedown (1929)
Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928)
Thunder Riders (1928)
Desert Dust (1927)
The Border Cavalier (1927)
Daze of the West (1927)
The Horse Trader (1927)
The Square Shooter (1927)
The Phantom Outlaw (1927)
Gun Justice (1927)
The Home Trail (1927)
The Ore Raiders (1927)
The Lone Star (1927)
Hard Fists (1927)
The Haunted Homestead (1927)
Galloping Justice (1927)
Shooting Straight (1927)
Blazing Days (1927)
The Silent Partner (1927)
Tenderfoot Courage (1927)
Kelcy Gets His Man (1927)
The Two Fister (1927)
The Stolen Ranch (1926)
Lazy Lightning (1926)
Martin of the Mounted (1926)
The Pinnacle Rider (1926)
Don't Shoot (1926)
The Fire Barrier (1926)
Ridin' for Love (1926)
The Gunless Bad Man (1926)
Crook Buster (1925)

Seen 20
Own 1

My DVD Collection Film Lists: 2001 (416), 2002 (412), 2003 (374), 2004 (346), 2005 (302), 2006 (221) Film Tracking 2005 (862), 2006 (852) Last 15 Watched: Pretty Boy (1993,Carsten Sønder) 3/5, From the Edge of the City (1998,Constantine Giannaris) 3/5, The Holy Child (2001,Stéphane Clavier) 3/5, Boy's Choir (2000,Akira Ogata) 3/5, The Fire That Burns (1997,Christophe Malavoy) 4/5, Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008,Nicholas Stoller) 3/5, Ong-bak (2003,Prachya Pinkaew) 3/5, I Want to Live! (1958,Robert Wise) 2/5, Nancy Drew (2007,Andrew Fleming) 3/5, But Forever in My Mind (1999,Gabriele Muccino) 3/5, Death at a Funeral (2007,Frank Oz) 3/5, Pumpkinhead (1988,Stan Winston) 4/5, Beach Cafe (2001,Benoît Graffin) 2/5, 15 (2003,Royston Tan) 3/5, Lonely Boy (1962,Wolf Koenig, Roman Kroitor) 3/5