February 09, 2009

top 50, Feb. 09

Made for the TLC 1000.
I don't plan to do it again for a long time. A copy for my archives:

1. The Man with a Movie Camera (Vertov, 1929)
2. Sullivan's Travels (Sturges, 1942)
3. A Canterbury Tale (Powell and Pressburger, 1944)
4. The Shop Around the Corner (Lubitsch, 1940)
5. Sherlock Jr. (Keaton, 1924)
6. Love Me Tonight (Mamoulian, 1932)
7. Under the Roofs of Paris (Clair, 1930)
8. Little Man, What Now? (Borzage, 1934)
9. Marie, a Hungarian Legend (Fejos, 1932)
10. Major Barbara (Pascal, 1941)
11. Manhattan (Allen, 1979)
12. The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra (Florey and Vorkapich, 1927)
13. Night at the Crossroads (Renoir, 1932)
14. Mr. Arkadin (Welles, 1955)
15. The Palm Beach Story (Sturges, 1942)
16. 14 Juillet (Clair, 1933)
17. Lonesome (Fejos, 1928)
18. The Gay Divorcee (Sandrich, 1934)
19. A propos de Nice (Vigo, 1930)
20. His Girl Friday (Hawks, 1940)
21. Salt for Svanetia (Kalatozov, 1930)
22. Diary of a Chambermaid (Renoir, 1946)
23. The Love of Zero (Florey, 1927)
24. Easy Living (Leisen, 1937)
25. Cluny Brown (Lubitsch, 1946)
26. F for Fake (Welles, 1974)
27. City Girl (Murnau, 1930)
28. In Spring (Kaufman, 1929)
29. The River (Borzage, 1929)
30. The Scarlet Empress (von Sternberg, 1934)
31. Ecstasy (Machaty, 1933)
32. Le Million (Clair, 1931)
33. Two for the Road (Donen, 1967)
34. Brand Upon the Brain! (Maddin, 2006)
35. Man's Castle (Borzage, 1933)
36. The Good Fairy (Wyler, 1935)
37. One Hour with You (Lubitsch, 1932)
38. Listen to Britain (Jennings and McAllister, 1942)
39. The Docks of New York (von Sternberg, 1928)
40. True Heart Susie (Griffith, 1919)
41. The Cameraman (Sedgwick, 1928)
42. One of Our Aircraft is Missing (Powell and Pressburger, 1942)
43. Swing Time (Stevens, 1936)
44. The Cranes are Flying (Kalatozov, 1957)
45. The Moon is Blue (Preminger, 1953)
46. Exit Smiling (Taylor, 1926)
47. The Crime of M. Lange (Renoir, 1936)
48. Borderline (MacPherson, 1930)
49. The Devil and Miss Jones (Wood, 1941)
50. L'Atalante (Vigo, 1934)

6 comments:

DG said...

Our taste overlaps more than I thought. Maybe it's time I watch some of this shit you're always talking about. Are you still allowed to recommend stuff?

Ian said...

Would you like to be recommended stuff?

Where do our tastes overlap? Aside from Welles and Renoir, I can't see where you'd find any interest in what I like.

DG said...

and Buster and Russia and Maddin...

Ian said...

Those guys aren't well represented, though. And you said "more than I though"--you already knew we shared an affinity for those guys, right?

I think there's a lot on my list that doesn't appeal to you.

DG said...

Why do you think that?

Ian said...

I don't know. Just your reaction to stuff like P&P and Palm Beach Story. I imagine you would think lots on my list "silly."