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Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 31/7/2008 2:47:38 PM

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How it works is I'll make a Top Ten list for every letter, including some which just missed out and than will produce a Top 24 based on which films tops each letters list, plus a shoutish review explaining why. The fun thing is at this stage I'm not even sure of all the films which will be included. Please add your thoughts and own lists if you see fit. So thats get started!

Top Ten Films Starting with the letter A
1. The Apartment [Billy Wilder,1960,US,120 Min] 10/10
2. All about Eve (Joseph L Mankiewicz,1950,US,138 Min) 10/10
3. Anatomy of a Murder (Otto Preminger,1959,US,160 Min) 10/10
4. Annie Hall (Woody Allen,1977,US,93 Min) 10/10
5. American Beauty (Sam Mendes,1999,US,122 Min) 10/10
6. Alien (Ridley Scott,1979,US/GB,117 Min) 10/10
7. Amelie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet,2001,Fr/Ger,125 Min) 10/10
8. Assault on Precinct 13 (John Carpenter,1976,US,91 Min) 9/10
9. Amores Perros (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu,2000,Mex,154 Min) 9/10
10. American Psycho (Mary Harron,2000,US/Can,101 Min) 9/10

Close calls:Airplane! A Ma Soeur, Amsteur, Aguirre Wrath of God, The African Queen and Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert.

I will edit my list if I see new films which I feel worthing of making the top ten. More next week.

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 31/7/2008 2:56:29 PM

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Good to see both Am�lie and Aop13 make the 10

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 31/7/2008 2:59:49 PM

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Though I can see Wilder fans being less amused

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 31/7/2008 3:08:22 PM

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Nice list. You're going to struggle for 10 films when you get to Q though.

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 31/7/2008 3:12:42 PM

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Nice list. You're going to struggle for 10 films when you get to Q though.

I've watched 7 films beginning with Q and Les Quatre Cents Coups. So its possible.

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 31/7/2008 3:26:58 PM

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I've not seen several films on Elephant's list. My own top 10 would be:
Angels with Dirty Faces
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
All the President's Men
Apollo 13
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Apocalypse Now
Alien
Armour of God

I'm just on for watching All Quiet on the Western Front now so that might pop in, who knows.

Worst film beginning with A The Avengers

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 31/7/2008 3:35:12 PM

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Good idea for a list, though it might lose some muscle because of the lack of actual reviews. Still, you seem to have an extensive film knowledge.

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 31/7/2008 3:54:16 PM

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No love for American History X around here?

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 31/7/2008 3:59:02 PM

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Yes i like it, it's just not top Ten mentrial in my view. Yeah I am aware of the problem for Q,X and Z, but I'll come up with something promise

And as for the Apartment I still haven't seen it, otherwise I am certain it would be high up on the list.

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 1/8/2008 10:18:05 AM

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Top Ten Films Starting with the Letter B
1. Blue Velvet (David Lynch,1986,US,120 Min) 10/10
2. Brazil (Terry Gilliam,1985,GB,142 Min) 10/10
3. The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks,1946,US,114 Min) 10/10
4. Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1974, US, 94 Mins) 10/10
5. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott,1982,US,117 Min) 10/10
6. The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen,1998,US,117 Min) 10/10
7. The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock,1963,US,119 Min) 9/10
8. Black Narcissus (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger,1946,GB,100 Min) 9/10
9. Brief Encounter (David Lean,1945,GB,86 Min) 9/10
10. Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson,1997,US,156 Min) 9/10

Just missing out: Blowup,Boys Don't Cry, Bambi, Barton Fink, Batman Begins, Bad Timing, Being John Malkovich and The Bird With the Crystal Plumage.

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 1/8/2008 5:09:05 PM

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Nice approach

And some great films listed so far

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 1/8/2008 6:59:42 PM

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Top Ten Films Starting with the Letter B
1. Blue Velvet (David Lynch,1986,US,120 Min) 10/10
2. Brazil (Terry Gilliam,1985,GB,142 Min) 10/10
3. The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks,1946,US,114 Min) 10/10
4. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott,1982,US,117 Min) 10/10
5. The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen,1998,US,117 Min) 10/10
6. The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock,1963,US,119 Min) 9/10
7. Black Narcissus (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger,1946,GB,100 Min) 9/10
8. Brief Encounter (David Lean,1945,GB,86 Min) 9/10
9. Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson,1997,US,156 Min) 9/10
10. Blowup (Michelangelo Antonioni,1966,GB,111 Min) 9/10

Just missing out: Boys Don't Cry, Badlands, Bambi, Barton Fink, Batman Begins, Bad Timing, Being John Malkovich and The Bird With the Crystal Plumage.

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 5/8/2008 3:10:05 PM

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Thanks!

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 5/8/2008 3:23:14 PM

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Top Ten Films Starting with the letter C
1. Chinatown (Roman Polanski,1974,US,131 Min) 10/10
2. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz,1942,US,136 Min) 10/10
3. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick,1971,GB,136 Mins) 10/10
4. Crash (David Cronenberg,1996,Can,100 Min) 10/10
5. Cruising (William Friedkin,1980,US,106 Min) 9/10
6. Carrie (Brian De Palma,1976,US,98 Min) 9/10
7. Cradle Will Rock (Tim Robbins,1999,US,133 Min) 9/10
8. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee,2000,China/Tok/US,120 Min) 9/10
9. Clerks (Kevin Smith,1994,US,90 Min) 9/10]
10. Crimes of Passion (Ken Russell,1984,US,107 Min) 9/10

Just missing out Capote, Children of Men, Cinderella, Climates, A Canterbury Tale, Chungking Express, Cabaret, Clueless and Cool Hand Luke.

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 5/8/2008 3:43:51 PM

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Carrie! I like you too! Speaking of Brian De Palma and C, what are your thoughts on Carlito's Way?

I'd put Casino in there too, but this is great list (even if Chinatown is very much overrated).

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 5/8/2008 3:47:31 PM

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I guess the thing with Caltios Way is that I've seen it, but a long time ago so would need to see it again, at the moment I don't rate it highly enough to make the list. And I wasn't a big fan of Casino,one Scorsesea duds for me.

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 5/8/2008 3:47:36 PM

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Good choice with Alien, American Psycho, Brazil, Blade Runner, The Birds and A Clockwork Orange so far.

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 5/8/2008 3:49:40 PM

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And I wasn't a big fan of Casino,one Scorsesea duds for me.

Nooo!

You're supposed to say it is underrated. Everyone here thinks so. Oh well...

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 5/8/2008 10:38:39 PM

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4. Crash (David Cronenberg,1996,Can,100 Min) 10/10

Yay

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 5/8/2008 10:48:54 PM

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Carrie! I like you too! Speaking of Brian De Palma and C, what are your thoughts on Carlito's Way?

I'd put Casino in there too, but this is great list (even if Chinatown is very much overrated).

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 5/8/2008 11:10:00 PM

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I'm sorry, I just don't like the film very much. Then again, I always like to be proven wrong when it's on the subject of films, but as far as Chinatown goes, I've never understood quite what it is about it. Maybe you can enlighten me?

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 6/8/2008 2:18:19 PM

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On the Crash subject I've just started reading the Ballard Novel and have hopes, as the film is surely one of the most perfect ever and you get so much more on repeat watches.

Top Ten Films Starting with the letter D
1. The Double Life of Veronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski,1991,Pol,98 Min) 10/10
2. Dumbo (Ben Sharpsteen,1941,US,64 Min) 10/10
3. Don't Look Now (Nicolas Roeg,1973,GB/It,110 Min) 9/10
4. La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960, It, 176 Min) 9/10
5. Die Hard (John Mctiernan,1988,US,132 Min) 9/10
6. Deep Red (Dario Argento,1975,It,126 Min) 9/10
7. Dead Man's Shoes (Shane Meadows,2004,GB,90 Min) 9/10
8. Dangerous Liasons (Stephen Frears,1988,US,120 Min) 9/10
9. Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet,1975,US,130 Min) 9/10
10. Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly,2001,US,113 Min) 9/10

Just missing out:The Descent, Dark City, Dead Ringers, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, The Devils, The Devils Backbone, Diamonds are Forever Dick Tracy, and Days Of Being Wild

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 6/8/2008 2:30:27 PM

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Just missing out: Dark City, Dead Ringers, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, The Devils, The Devils Backbone, Diamonds are Forever and Dick Tracy.

Just missing out on what? Being thrown on a bonfire.

Like the main list. Les Diaboliques, Dancer in the Dark, Dark Blue, Dark Passage, The Day of the Jackal, A Day at the Races, Dead Calm, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Do the Right Thing, Doctor Zhivago, Double Indemnity, Dr No, Dr Strangelove, Drunken Master, Duck Soup. Are all worth a look too.

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 12/8/2008 2:56:26 PM

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Well Diamonds are Forever is in my top five Bond Films ever and if your fan which i am then thats a good thing therefore it was pretty near, on the other hand I saw Dr No. recently and it hasn't aged well.

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 12/8/2008 3:01:18 PM

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Each to their own. The moon buggy sequence, Charles Gray as Blofeld, Wint and Kidd, Tiffany Case with a machine gun on the oil rig and I for one would have thrown Jimmy Dean's Willard Whyte straight back to the kidnappers.

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 12/8/2008 3:06:37 PM

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Top Ten Films Starting with the letter E
1. The Exorcist (William Friedkin,1973,US,122 Min) 10/10
2. Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper,1969,US,95 Min) 9/10
3. Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton,1990,US,105 Min) 9/10
4. Eraserhead (David Lynch,1976,US,89 Min) 9/10
5. The Elephant Man (David Lynch,1980,US,124 Min) 9/10
6. The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi,1982,US,86 Min) 9/10
7. 8 Women (Francois Ozon,2001,Fr/It,111 Min) 9/10
8. EdWood (Tim Burton,1994,US,127 Min) 9/10
9. Election (Alexander Payne,1999,US,103 Min) 9/10
10. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry,2004,US,108 Min) 9/10

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 12/8/2008 7:32:40 PM

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Each to their own. The moon buggy sequence, Charles Gray as Blofeld, Wint and Kidd, Tiffany Case with a machine gun on the oil rig and I for one would have thrown Jimmy Dean's Willard Whyte straight back to the kidnappers.

Add in the fight in the elevator and they are all reasons why I love Diamonds are forever!

Oh and dont forget bambi and thumper. Though they did suffer from something a lot of female ass-kicking characters used to suffer from in the movies. They could bash heads with the best of them but one well-aimed sludge to their mouth and they go down like a ton of bricks.

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 13/8/2008 10:57:28 PM

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I've only just come across this thread.
Some great films listed so far - don't agree with all of your choices, but that's only to be expected and part of the fun of a thread like this.
I was disappointed not to see Amadeus included under the A's.
Looking forward to the rest of your choices.

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 18/8/2008 2:47:04 PM

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Haven't seen it yet otherwise it may have been in with the A's.
All I can say about DAF is that it was a different format for a Bond film at the time, i like the way Las Vegas was captured and all the things you mention I love about it too. Speaking of Bond....

Top Ten Films Starting With the letter F
1. From Russia With Love (Terence Young,1963,GB,116 Min) 9/10
2. Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick,1987,GB,116 Min) 9/10
3. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam,1998,US,118 Min) 9/10
4. Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes,2002,US/Fr,107 Min) 9/10
5. Four Weddings and A Funeral (Mike Newell,1993,GB,117 Min) 9/10
6. The Fly (David Cronenberg,1986,US,100 Min) 9/10
7. Freeway (Matthew Bright,1996,US,98 Min) 9/10
8. A Fish Called Wanda (Charles Crichton,1988,GB,108 Min) 9/10
9. Fight Club (David Fincher,1999,US,139 Min) 9/10
10. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu,2007,113 Min) 9/10

Near Misses: Fellini's Roma, The Fisher King, 5X2, The Fourth Man, Freeway II:Confessions of a Trickbaby and The French Connection.

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RE: Elephant Boy's best Films Alphabetically - 18/8/2008 3:51:22 PM

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Top Ten Films Starting with the letter G
1. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola,1971,US,175 Min) 10/10
2. Great Expections (David Lean,1946,GB,118 Min) 9/10
3. Goldfinger (Guy Hamilton,1964,GB,112 Min) 9/10
4. The Graduate (Mike Nichols,1967,US,108 Min) 9/10
5. The Ghost and Mrs Muir (Joseph L. Mankiewicz,1947,US,104 Min) 9/10
6. Gremlins (Joe Dante,1984,US,111 Min) 9/10
7. The Go-Between (Joseph Losey,1971,GB,116 Min) 8/10
8. Gregory's Girl (Bill Forsyth,1980,GB,91 Min) 8/10
9. Gattaca (Andrew Niccol,1997,US,106 Min) 8/10
10. The Griffters (Stephen Frears,1990,US,110 Min) 8/10

Mentions For:Ghostbusters, Ghost World, Ginger Snaps, Gladiater, Glengerry Glen Ross,The Golden Coach, Goldeneye, Goodbye Lenin! Good Morning, Night and Groundhog Day.

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