Showing posts with label Rules of the Game. Show all posts
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Sunday, June 1, 2025

Films 101: "The 100 Best Movies of All Time"

Films 101:

The 100 Best Movies of All Time

The home page for Films101.com says, “the best movies of all time, picked by critics and filmmakers.” On their about page, it offers slightly more detail, saying that the Films 101 database “comes from all-time best movie lists and movie awards.” There’s no indication when the list was initially posted and how often or when it has been updated but the most recent movies in their top 1000 are from 2024.

The website also offers ratings (again, with no explanation of where they come from), yearly top tens, and links for blockbusters, award winners, foreign films, genres, and more.

1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. Vertigo (1958)
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
4. The Godfather (1972)
5. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
6. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
7. Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di Biciclette) (1948)
8. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
9. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
10. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)

11. Rashômon (1950)
12. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) (1959)
13. The Searchers (1956)
14. Psycho (1960)
15. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
16. Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)
17. Casablanca (1942)
18. Raging Bull (1980)
19. Pulp Fiction (1994)
20. Taxi Driver (1976)

21. The Sweet Life (La Dolce Vita) (1960)
22. Apocalypse Now (1979)
23. Chinatown (1974)
24. M – Eine Stadt Sucht Einen Mörder (1931)
25. Some Like It Hot (1959)
26. Metropolis (1927)
27. Goodfellas (1990)
28. Annie Hall (1977)
29. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
30. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

31. The Conformist (Il Conformista) (1970)
32. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
33. The Godfather Part II (1974)
34. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
35. The Adventure (L’Avventura) (1960)
36. Schindler’s List (1939)
37. The Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (1955)
38. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
39. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
40. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

41. Gone with the Wind (1939)
42. On the Waterfront (1954)
43. Raise the Red Lantern (Da Hong Deng Long Gao Gao Gua) (1991)
44. All About Eve (1950)
45. Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim) (1961)
46. Beauty of the Day (Belle de Jour) (1967)
47. The Apu Trilogy: The World of Apu (Apur Sansar) (1959)
48. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) (1972)
49. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
50. Ran (1985)

51. Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (1937)
52. In the Mood for Love (Dut Yeung Nin Wa) (2000)
53. Double Indemnity (1944)
54. To Live (Ikiru) (1952)
55. Nashville (1975)
56. Do the Right Thing (1989)
57. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
58. The Graduate (1967)
59. Wings of Desire (Der Himmel uber Berlin) (1988)
60. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925)

61. Nosferatu, a Symphony of Terror (aka “Nosferatu, the Vampire”) (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) (1922)
62. North by Northwest (1959)
63. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoise (Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie) (1972)
64. The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957)
65. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982)
66. L’Atalante (aka “Le Chaland Qui Passe”) (1934)
67. L.A. Confidential (1997)
68. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
69. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)
70. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945)

71. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966)
72. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
73. King Kong (1933)
74. Unforgiven (1992)
75. The Third Man (1949)
76. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
77. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
78. It Happened One Night (1934)
79. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
80. Ugetsu (aka “Ugetsu Mongatari” or “Tales of a Pale Moon After the Rain”) (1953)

81. Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s Kinoapparatom) (1929)
82. Mulholland Drive (2001)
83. The Apartment (1960)
84. The Wild Bunch (1969)
85. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
86. Blade Runner (1982)
87. Fargo (1996)
88. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
89. Rear Window (1954)
90. Rome, Open City (Roma Città Aperta) (1945)

91. Ashes and Diamonds (Popiól I Diament) (1958)
92. The Spirit of the Beehive (El espíritu de la colmena) (1973)
93. Touch of Evil (1958)
94. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
95. City Lights (1931)
96. Playtime (1967)
97. Jaws (1975)
98. Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bete) (1946)
99. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
100. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

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Originally posted 8/11/2019; last updated 6/1/2025.
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Wednesday, April 5, 2023

They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They? "The 100 Greatest Films"

They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They?:

The 100 Greatest Films

They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They? (Theyshootpictures.com) offers up a list of the 1000 greatest films, as generated by aggregating more than 15,000 lists. The introduction page offers a list of some of the most prominent sources. Lists are weighted although there isn’t a detailed explanation of exactly how.

1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. Vertigo (1958)
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
4. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
5. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
6. The Godfather (1972)
7. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)
8. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
9. The Searchers (1956)
10. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)

11. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
12. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
13. Apocalypse Now (1979)
14. The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette) (1947)
15. Taxi Driver (1976)
16. Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)
17. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)
18. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) (1959)
19. In the Mood for Love (Dut Yeung Nin Wa) (2000)
20. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925)

21. L’Atalante (aka “Le Chaland Qui Passe”) (1934)
22. Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s Kinoapparatom) (1929)
23. The Mirror (Zerkalo) (1974)
24. Rashômon (1950)
25. City Lights (1931)
26. Psycho (1960)
27. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
28. Andrei Rublev (1996)
29. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
30. Some Like It Hot (1959)

31. The Godfather Part II (1974)
32. The Sweet Life (La Dolce Vita) (1960)
33. Mulholland Drive (2001)
34. The Word (Ordet) (1954)
35. Raging Bull (1980)
36. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
37. The Adventure (L’Avventura) (1960)
38. Rear Window (1954)
39. Playtime (1967)
40. Sunset Boulevard (1950)

41. Touch of Evil (1958)
42. Casablanca (1942)
43. The Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (1955)
44. Contempt (Le Mépris) (1963)
45. Barry Lyndon (1975)
46. Stalker (1979)
47. Blade Runner (1982)
48. Close-Up (Nema-ye Nazdik) (1989)
49. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
50. The General (1926)

51. Beau Travail (1999)
52. Modern Times (1936)
53. M – Eine Stadt Sucht Einen Mörder (1931)
54. The Third Man (1949)
55. Late Spring (1949)
56. North by Northwest (1959)
57. Ugetsu (aka “Ugetsu Monogatari” or “Tales of a Pale Moon After the Rain”) (1953)
58. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966)
59. The Apartment (1960)
60. Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (1937)

61. Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) (1957)
62. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982)
63. Rio Bravo (1959)
64. Goodfellas (1990)
65. Shoah (1985)
66. Pierrot Goes Wild (or "Crazy Pete") (Pierrot le Fou) (1965)
67. Journey to Italy (1954)
68. Metropolis (1927)
69. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
70. Once Upon a Time in the West (C’era Una Volta Il West) (1968)

71. Chinatown (1974)
72. La Strada (1954)
73. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945)
74. Do the Right Thing (1989)
75. The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) (1963)
76. Amarcord (1972)
77. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
78. A Man Escaped (Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut) (1956)
79. The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957)
80. Pulp Fiction (1994)

81. The Wild Bunch (1969)
82. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
83. Sansho the Bailiff (Sansho Dayu) (1954)
84. The Conformist (Il Conformista) (1971)
85. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
86. Viridiana (1961)
87. Blue Velvet (1986)
88. Pickpocket (1959)
89. Nashville (1975)
90. The Shining (1980)

91. Gertrud (1964)
92. The Gold Rush (1925)
93. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
94. Jaws (1975)
95. The Jetty (La Jetée) (aka “The Pier”) ()
96. Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim) (1961)
97. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7) (1962)
98. Sunless (Sans Soleil) (1983)
99. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
100. To Be Or Not to Be (1942)

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Monday, December 5, 2022

Sight & Sound: Top 100 Movies

Sight & Sound:

Top 100 Movies

The British magazine, Sight & Sound, has done a poll of critics and/or directors every decade since 1952. 12 of those lists have been aggregated here to create this top 100.

1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
3. Vertigo (1958)
4. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925)
5. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)
6. The Godfather (1972)
7. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
8. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)
9. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
10. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

11. The Bicycle Thief, aka “The Bicycle Thieves” (Ladri di Biciclette) (1947)
12. L’Atalante (aka “Le Chaland Qui Passe”) (1934)
13. The Godfather Part II (1974)
14. The Adventure (L’Avventura) (1960)
15. The Searchers (1956)
16. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
17. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
18. Raging Bull (1980)
19. Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)
20. Apocalypse Now (1979)

21. Rashômon (1950)
22. Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s Kinoapparatom) (1929)
23. In the Mood for Love (Dut Yeung Nin Wa) (2000)
24. Close-Up (Nema-ye Nazdik) (1960)
25. The Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (1955)
26. The General (1927)
27. Ugetsu (aka “Ugetsu Mongatari” or “Tales of a Pale Moon After the Rain”) (1953)
28. City Lights (1931)
29. Mulholland Drive (2001)
30. The Mirror (Zerkalo) (1974)

31. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) (1959)
32. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
33. Taxi Driver (1976)
34. Andrei Rublev (1996)
35. La Strada (1954)
36. Stalker (1979)
37. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
38. The Word (Ordet) (1954)
39. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
40. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966)

41. Modern Times (1936)
42. Le Mépris (1963)
43. The Sweet Life (La Dolce Vita) (1960)
44. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
45. Beau Travail (1999)
46. Playtime (1967)
47. Psycho (1960)
48. Some Like It Hot (1959)
49. Shoah (1985)
50. Greed (1924)

51. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
52. Barry Lyndon (1975)
53. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
54. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7) (1962)
55. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
56. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982)
57. Come and See (1985)
58. Goodfellas (1990)
59. Late Spring (1949)
60. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)

61. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
62. A Man Escaped (Un Condamné À Mort S’est Échappé Ou Le Vent Souffle Où Il Veut) (1956)
63. Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) (1957)
64. The Jetty (La Jetée) (aka “The Pier”) (1962)
65. Viridiana (1961)
66. Once Upon a Time in the West (C'era Una Volta il West) (1968)
67. The Gold Rush (1925)
68. Satan’s Tango (Sátántangó) (1994)
69. Gertrud (1964)
70. Journey to Italy (1954)

71. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Angst Essen Seele Auf) (1974)
72. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
73. Blade Runner (1982)
74. Blue Velvet (1986)
75. Pierrot Goes Wild (or "Crazy Pete") (Pierrot le Fou) (1965)
76. Jaws (1975)
77. Kes (1969)
78. Don’t Look Now (1973)
79. Pickpocket (1959)
80. The Mother and the Whore (La Maman et la Putain) (1973)

81. The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957)
82. Salo, or The 120 days of Sodom (Salò o le centoventi giornate di sodoma) (1975)
83. The Conformist (Il Conformista) (1970)
84. Chinatown (1974)
85. Sunless (Sans Soleil) (1983)
86. Money (L’Argent) (1983)
87. Hidden (Caché) (2004)
88. Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
89. Louisana Story (1948)
90. Ivan the Terrible (1944)

91. Daybreak (Le Jour Se Lève) (1939)
92. The Earth Trembles (La Terra Trema) (1948)
93. Brief Encounter (1946)
94. Crash (2005)
95. Le Million (1931)
96. Touch of Evil (1958)
97. Do the Right Thing (1989)
98. Amarcord (1972)
99. Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
100. Metropolis (1927)

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Originally posted 7/28/2019; last updated 5/29/2023.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2005

Halliwell’s Best Films: Top 100

Leslie Halliwell/John Walker:

Top 100 Films

From ThePendragonSociety.com: “The Halliwell film guide was a highly respected English publication, originally complied by Leslie Halliwell until his death in 1989 in partnership with John Walker. Walker continued to publish the guide into the 21st century and brought out a book listing what he considered to be the best 1000 films in 2005.” Listed here are the top 100.

1. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
2. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
4. The Godfather (1972) / The Godfather Part II (1974) / The Godfather Part III (1990)
5. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
6. Citizen Kane (1941)
7. Raging Bull (1980)
8. Vertigo (1958)
9. Some Like It Hot (1959)
10. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)

11. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
12. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
13. Taxi Driver (1976)
14. The Searchers (1956)
15. The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957)
16. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
17. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
18. The Third Man (1949)
19. The Apu Trilogy:

  • Pather Panchali (1955)
  • Aparajito (1956)
  • The World of Apu (1959)
20. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945)

21. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoise (Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie) (1972)
22. Andrei Rublev (1996)
23. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)
24. Viridana (1961)
25. Toy Story (1995)
26. Rashômon (1950)
27. Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) (1957)
28. To Be Or Not to Be (1942)
29. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
30. The Lord of the Rings:

31. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
32. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966)
33. Alexander Nevsky (Aleksandr Nevskiy) (1938)
34. Beauty of the Day (Belle de Jour) (1967)
35. Casablanca (1942)
36. Goodfellas (1990)
37. Tristana (1970)
38. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
39. Breaking the Waves (1996)
40. Sullivan’s Travels (1941)

41. Frankenstein (1931)
42. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925)
43. Double Indemnity (1944)
44. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
45. Week End (1967)
46. Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim) (1961)
47. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) (1959)
48. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
49. Wings of Desire (Der Himmel uber Berlin) (1988)
50. Fitzcarraldo (1982)

51. If… (1968)
52. The Wild Bunch (1969)
53. The Red Shoes (1948)
54. Annie Hall (1977)
55. Tom Jones (1963)
56. On the Waterfront (1954)
57. West Side Story (1961)
58. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
59. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
60. Great Expectations (1946)

61. The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) (1963)
62. Schindler’s List (1993)
63. Ashes and Diamonds (Popiól I Diament) (1958)
64. Liberty for Us (À Nous la Liberté) (1931)
65. Antoine Doinel Tetralogy:

  • The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
  • Stolen Kisses (1968)
  • Bed and Board (1970)
  • Love on the Run (1979)
66. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
67. Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot’s) (1953)
68. Laurel & Hardy short films (1921-1943)
69. Chinatown (1974)
70. Star Wars:

71. Gosford Park (2001)
72. Rear Window (1954)
73. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) (1972)
74. A Short Film About Killing (1987)
75. M*A*S*H (1970)
76. Cries and Whispers (Viskningar Och Rop) (1972)
77. All the President’s Men (1976)
78. The Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria) (1957) *
79. King Kong (1933)
80. Gone with the Wind (1939)

81. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
82. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982)
83. North by Northwest (1959)
84. The Band Wagon (1953)
85. Yojimbo (1961)
86. Brief Encounter (1946)
87. Deliverance (1972)
88. Fargo (1996)
89. Cabaret (1972)
90. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

91. Days of Heaven (1978)
92. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
93. High Noon (1952)
94. His Girl Friday (1940)
95. Manhattan (1979)
96. Duck Soup (1933)
97. Henry V (1944)
98. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
99. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
100. The Graduate (1967)

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Friday, July 7, 1989

50 years ago: Rules of the Game released

The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu)

Released: July 7, 1939

Studio: Gaumont Film Company

Genre: comedy/foreign

Box Office (numbers in millions):

Domestic: 0.27 Worldwide: ?

Adjusted for Inflation:

Domestic: ? Worldwide: ?

Directing: Jean Renoir

Screenwriting: Jean Renoir, Carl Koch

Starring: Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parely, Marcel Dalio, Julien Carette

Review:

This is writer/director Jean Renoir’s “masterpiece,” PM a “brilliant social comedy.” T95 It was notable for “the fluid, deep-focus photography; the script’s heady mix of humor, pathos, and tragedy; and most of all, the sense that we are witnessing the boundaries of an art form becoming limitless.” PM “The film effects audacious slides from melodrama into farce, from realism into fantasy, and from comedy into tragedy.” T95

This was “the daddy of all those ‘weekend gathering in a country house’ movies.” T98 The story centered “on a lavish country house party given by the Marquis de la Chesnaye and his wife (Dalio, Gregor).” T95 “Romantic intrigues, social rivalries, and human foibles are all observed with an unblinking eye that nevertheless refuses to judge. The carnage of the rabbit shoot, the intimations of mortality introduced by the after-dinner entertainment, and Renoir’s own performance are all unforgettable. Embracing every level of French society, from the aristocratic hosts to a poacher turned servant, the film presents a hilarious yet melancholic picture of a nation riven by petty class distinctions.” T95

The movie is as “much else a celebration of life as living theatre.” T98 Upon its original release, Rules was banned as “too demoralizing” T95 and wasn’t available again in its original form until 1956. T95

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