SpideyFan914's NEW Top Fifty Movie Countdown!

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#7:



www.imdb.com/title/tt0075686/
"I feel that life is divided into the horrible and the miserable. That's the two categories. The horrible are like, I don't know, terminal cases, you know, and blind people, crippled. I don't know how they get through life. It's amazing to me. And the miserable is everyone else. So you should be thankful that you're miserable, because that's very lucky, to be miserable." -Alvy Singer (Woody Allen)
ANNIE HALL (1977)
No matter how many movies Woody Allen makes, he will never beat Annie Hall. It's a romantic comedy about.... um.... Will, it's about two people. And it's hilarious. If you haven't seen Annie Hall, I must say I pity you. There's nothing really else to be said.
Last Year: 15

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#6:



www.imdb.com/title/tt1019452/
"The Uncertainty Principle. It proves we can't ever really know what's going on." -Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlburg)
A SERIOUS MAN (2009)
This movie is.... maybe not for everyone. But it is definitely a must-see. Why? Because there has never been another movie like it. Ever. Not even the Coen Brothers' other movies truly compare to the utter absurdity and frustration of A Serious Man. I'm actually surprised to see that IMDb lists it just as a drama - it's one of the funniest dark comedies I've ever seen! Watch this movie, and receive everything with simplicity. Don't overanalyze, just look at that parking lot!
Last Year: 23

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#5:



www.imdb.com/title/tt0268126/
"I'll tell you a secret. The last act makes a film. Wow them in the end, and you got a hit. You can have flaws, problems, but wow them in the end, and you've got a hit." -Robert McKee (Brian Cox)
ADAPTATION. (2002)
A stroke of genius, Adaptation is a movie within a movie within itself. And you thought Inception was complicated. What makes this film great is that it works on so many different layers - as a story about Charlie Kaufman, as a movie about flowers (sort of), as a self-conscious critique on screenwriting, as the most truthful depiction of writing I've ever seen, as a comedy, as a drama - it keeps going. I've seen the film three times now, and each time I'm able to appreciate in an entirely different way. Charlie Kaufman has legitimately outdone himself, a feat in itself.
Last Year: 14

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#4:



www.imdb.com/title/tt0071315/
"Have you ever heard the expression 'Let sleeping dogs lie'? Sometimes you're better off not knowing." -Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson)
CHINATOWN (1974)
A powerhouse of twists and turns, Chinatown boasts secrets within secrets within secrets. It is the ultimate conspiracy movie, with an ending you will never forget. With one of the best all-time scripts (I swear, this is the last time I'll say that), one of my favorite directors (Roman Polanski), and two of my favorite actors in the leading roles (Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunawaye), it's kind of hard to top....
Last Year: 7

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#3:



www.imdb.com/title/tt0021749/
"Tomorrow the birds will sing." -The Tramp (Charlie Chaplin)
CITY LIGHTS (1931)
Yet another Charlie Chaplin masterpiece. In this silent film, the Tramp falls in love with a blind flower girl, and he gives everything to help her in whatever little ways he can. It's beautiful, and hilarious. A prime example of the genuine genius of Charlie Chaplin.
Last Year: 4

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#2:



www.imdb.com/title/tt0082971/
"Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?" -Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford)
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
Don't act so surprised. Raiders has been a favorite film for me since the very first time I saw it - it just whisks you away with a whirlwind action/adventure like nothing else. Two hours of sheer enjoyment is enough to top any list far as I'm concerned, plus Indiana is easily my favorite hero save Spider-Man himself!
Last Year: 1


Hm, so that was my #1 last year.... What will it be this year?? Stay tuned for the grand finale - TOMORROW!!!

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#1:

www.imdb.com/title/tt0067185/
"Oh, Harold... That's *wonderful.* Go and love some more." -Maude (Ruth Gordon)
HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971)
Brilliant, beautiful, and even quite funny! I cannot put my love for this movie in words - so I'll just leave it that and let you all check it out for yourselves.
Last Year: 2

(Seriously, this was #2 last year - what's taking so long, peoples???)

So tomorrow I'll put up the statistics - directors, decades, all that stuff. And I'll close it off with a rather glorious announcement which I think it's time to make.

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Okay, all - just as last year, now comes the counting up of stats. 'Cause why not?

1895-1928: 0 LY: 2
1928-1939: 2 LY: 2
1940-1949: 6 LY: 4
1950-1959: 4 LY: 6
1960-1969: 6 LY: 8
1970-1979: 9 LY: 5
1980-1989: 3 LY: 3
1990-1999: 9 LY: 6
2000-2011: 11 LY: 13


Silent: 1.5 (Modern Times is sort of silent)
English Talkie: 44.5
Foreign Language: 4

B&W: 14
Color: 36


Favorite Actor: Charlie Chaplin (4)
Favorite Actress: Faye Dunawaye (3)

PIXAR: 3
Directed by
Charlie Chaplin: 4
The Coen Brothers: 3
Alfred Hitchcock: 3
Stanley Kubrick: 3
Akira Kurosawa: 3
Sidney Lumet: 2
Roman Polanski: 2
Sam Raimi: 2
Martin Scorcese: 2
Steven Spielberg: 2
Quentin Tarantino: 2
Billy Wilder: 2
Woody Allen: 1
Hal Ashby: 1
Frank Capra: 1
Michael Curtiz: 1
Francis Ford Coppola: 1
David Fincher: 1
Michel Gondrey: 1
George Roy Hill: 1
John Huston: 1
Spike Jonze: 1
Richard Kelly: 1
Sam Mendes: 1
Hayao Miyazaki: 1
Arthur Penn: 1
Ridley Scott: 1
Kevin Smith: 1
Guillermo del Toro: 1

Written by Charlie Kaufman: 2



And finally, here's the full list of movies I considered for the Top Fifty:

The Maltese Falcon
2. The Elephant Man
3. WALL-E
4. Rashomon
5. The General
6. When Harry Met Sally
7. Chasing Amy
8. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
9. We Need to Talk About Kevin
10. Rosemary's Baby
11. The Iron Giant
12. Edward Scissorhands
13. Citizen Kane
14. Spirited Away
15. Rear Window
16. Pan's Labyrinth
17. The Philadelphia Story
18. The Apartment
19. Clerks.
20. Reservoir Dogs
21. Inglourious Basterds
22. The Great Dictator
23. The Sugarland Express
24. The Wrestler
25. The Incredibles
26. Lilo & Stitch
27. For a Few Dollars More
28. The Lion King
29. The Avengers
30. The Dark Knight
31. Raiders of the Lost Ark
32. Rope
33. Casablanca
34. Living in Oblivion
35. La Strada
36. (500) Days of Summer
37. Sullivan's Travels
38. Burn After Reading
39. Ed Wood
40. The Shining
41. Up in the Air
42. In a Lonely Place
43. Up
44. Groundhog Day
45. The Circus
46. Forrest Gump
47. Key Largo
48. Finding Nemo
49. Fight Club
50. Raging Bull
51. Kramer vs. Kramer
52. Vertigo
53. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
54. Little Big Man
55. Toy Story 3
56. Monsieur Verdoux
57. Rebecca
58. Leon: the Professional
59. Ikiru
60. Taxi Driver
61. Young Frankenstein
62. Catch Me If You Can
63. Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
64. It's a Wonderful Life
65. Planet of the Apes
66. Monsters, Inc.
67. Double Indemnity
68. A Serious Man
69. Witness for the Prosecution
70. Blue Velvet
71. Goodfellas
72. Repulsion
73. The Big Lebowski
74. Alien
75. Some Like It Hot
76. West Side Story
77. Modern Times
78. An American Werewolf in London
79. The Conversation
80. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
81. Rififi
82. Strangers on a Train
83. Harold and Maude
84. The Graduate
85. Psycho
86. The Hudsucker Proxy
87. Harvey
88. Midnight in Paris
89. North by Northwest
90. Ratatouille
91. Bonnie and Clyde
92. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
93. Network
94. Shadow of a Doubt
95. Chinatown
96. American Beauty
97. Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind
98. Annie Hall
99. Hannah and Her Sisters
100. Spider-Man 2
101. Jaws
102. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
103. Black Swan
104. Dreams
105. Spider-Man
106. The Elephant Man
107. City Lights
108. Princess Mononoke
109. The Truman Show
110. Adaptation.
111. The Descendants
112. Night of the Living Dead
113. Dog Day Afternoon
114. A Clockwork Orange
115. Fail-Safe
116. 2001: A Space Odyssey
117. Gangs of New York
118. Knife in the Water
119. Back to the Future
120. Donnie Darko
121. Jurassic Park
122. The Wizard of Oz
123. Toy Story
124. Barton Fink







And now, the real reason you're all here - that exciting announcement I mentioned yesterday. Here's a hint: It might just involve the end of the world.

HEROES AND VILLAINS: SEASON FIVE
COME THE APOCALYPSE
Friday, June 22, 2012

That's right, everyone! It is finally time.... for the long-awaited final season of that thing from years ago! So if you wanna reread, you have these two weeks to do so, but if you don't (and really, who would?) I will also post a PREVIOUSLY on Tuesday the 19th. Get ready for the grand conclusion.