Movie Dearest Proudly Presents: The 3rd Annual Dearie Awards!

Yes, it's that time of year again, time for some awards that are even gayer than the Tonys: The 3rd Annual Movie Dearest Awards!

The "Dearies" honor the best and brightest of film, television and theater as covered here on Movie Dearest, and this year myself and my fellow Men on Film — Chris Carpenter, Neil Cohen and our newest contributor James Jaeger — are excited to announce some changes for the 2009 festivities.

First, instead of giving you all the goods in one day, we're prolonging the suspense by announcing the winners one a day for the next week. And, since there was so much to love in the past year, we're also naming, for the first time, the honorable mentions in each of our categories — Stage Show, Television Show, New Star, Woman, Man and Movie of the Year. Plus, we are adding a brand new category, Documentary of the Year, which will be announced later today.

So stay tuned ...

Reel Thoughts: The 2010 Neelys!

These are the first Neelys Awards of the new decade, named after Patty Duke's boozy, doped-up character in Valley of the Dolls. They’re bestowed with love, even for the Worst 10, because I love seeing bad movies as much as good movies; in both cases, they move me ... even if it is just a run for the exit.

Here are the best 2009 had to offer:

1. Up in the Air: Jason Reitman (Juno and Thank You for Smoking) keeps getting better and better as a director, and his new film is the perfect tale for our time of economic disaster. George Clooney hasn’t been this effortlessly charming in a long time, and his banter with Vera Farmiga elevated a bad movie year immensely. Anna Kendrick could have been clichéd but instead became someone you cared about as Clooney’s know-it-all colleague.


2. Inglourious Basterds: Quentin Tarantino’s fantastic, Nazi killin’, bloody fun exploitation flick has scenes of suspense that Hitchcock would envy. Brad Pitt is a hoot, Christoph Waltz is scary good, and both Diane Kruger and Mélanie Laurent are strong, powerful women in Tarantino’s deft bit of historical wish fulfillment. It’s like a feel-good Valkyrie, and I loved every grossly hilarious minute.

3. A Single Man: Is it style over substance that makes Tom Ford’s film feel less involving than other top picks? Perhaps, although Colin Firth is heartbreaking in the lead role of George Falconer, a closeted gay man in 1962 Los Angeles who is so bereft at the death of his partner, he spends one long day planning to kill himself. Ford’s vision is exquisite, and A Single Man is a timeless classic of love lost, and society’s callous indifference.


4. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire: At one time, Precious was my top film of the year, but on second thought, others rose higher. The outspoken Lee Daniels’ brutally real depiction of a young girl’s struggle to escape poverty and abuse makes for a gripping, unforgettable film. Gabourey Sidibe is amazing in the title role, while Mo’Nique is shocking in her fiercely hateful performance as Precious’ mother from hell.

5. Julie & Julia: Meryl Streep is the incandescent embodiment of Julia Child, while Amy Adams is less lucky with her half of Nora Ephron’s comic drama. When a film makes you cheer a well-cooked meal, you know it’s something special, and Julie & Julia is never more special than when Streep is on screen.


6. A Serious Man: The Coen Brothers have a merciless way of treating their characters, and Michael Stuhlbarg’s hapless Larry Gopnik fares no better. Was his family cursed by the Dybbuk (Jewish evil spirit) that entered the otherwise unconnected opening scene? I’m not sure, but I am sure that the Coens captured their late 60s Jewish and collegiate worlds perfectly, in a story that rivals the Book of Job.

7. District 9: After seeing the gritty realism that infuses Neill Blomkamp’s hard-hitting sci-fi take on Apartheid, Avatar looks like a video game. I hate seafood, but I was cheering on the alien prawns to victory, hoping against hope that the ET’s would do more than just phone home.


8. Sherlock Holmes: Sure, the film is popcorn entertainment, but Guy Ritchie makes a thrilling leap into period action, while Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law take honors as the couple of the year, even if their love dare not speak its name.

9. The Messenger: This story of two men charged with notifying the next of kin when servicemen are killed really resonates. Every person killed in action leaves a huge hole in their family’s lives, as The Messenger reminds us. Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson give milestone performances.


10. The Year in Animation: It’s kind of a cheat, but the tenth best films were the fine animated films Up, Fantastic Mr. Fox and Coraline. Up was Pixar’s most mature film yet, with profound messages about love and loss. Fantastic Mr. Fox finally made me like Wes Anderson, with visually gorgeous stop-animation and a wicked Roald Dahl story. Coraline was also a visual treat, with a creepy tale about getting what you wish for ... and regretting it.

Now the time has come to reward the horrid and reveal the vile. The Neelys 2010 are a little different this year, because I’ve decided to give each movie its own award of shame:

— The Sudoku Award for Most Aggravating Number-Obsessed Movie: Nicolas Cage’s Knowing, which somehow never knew how annoying and illogical it was.


— The Can We Revoke His Visa Award for Bad Citizenship Award: Gerard Butler’s ridiculous revenge flick, Law Abiding Citizen, wherein he rights the unfair murder of his wife by killing countless other folks.

— The Not-So-Gleeful Award for Incompetent Choir Movies: The excruciating Mark Pease Experience. You know it’s really bad when Jason Schwartzman isn’t the worst part of the film. That would be Ben Stiller in floppy hair.

— The That’ll Kill Your Résumé Award for Worst Buzz Kill to its Stars’ Careers: Sandra Bullock had an amazing year (The Proposal and The Blind Side), until you realize that she produced the steaming pile of rom-com crap known as All About Steve. Ditto Bradley Cooper, whose hangover will commence once he spots this incompetent trash on cable. Stalker comedy is bad enough, but did they have to steal and ruin a perfectly good gay film title?


— The That Joke is Jurassic Award: Land of the Lost, Will Ferrell’s painfully awful reboot of the cheesy Saturday morning kids’ show. When the height of comedy is Ferrell’s love of A Chorus Line, you know the humor well’s run dry.

— The Roe vs. Wade Award for a Movie That Should Have Been Aborted: In The Unborn, Odette Yustman is tormented by the evil spirit of her dead fetal twin. The audience is tormented by bad dialogue and cheap scares, and Judaism is set back two thousand years by its lame-brained mysticism.

— The “I Know Anne Archer, and You, Beyoncé, Are No Anne Archer” Award: The ludicrous Fatal Attraction rip-off Obsessed contains a weird bit of reverse racism wherein the devil lady Ali Larter stops at nothing to ruin Beyoncé’s happy home, with none of that pesky psychological suspense to get in the way. Lame catfights ensue.


— The Angelina’s Nightmare Award for Worst Adoption Movie: Following Orphan, Vera Farmiga would be forgiven if she never wants to play a mother again. First, in Joshua, she has a little devil boy. Even worse, in Orphan she has … Peter Sarsgaard as a husband! The horror! And that’s before they adopt a nasty little Eastern European tot with a daddy fixation. There’s good schlock, and then there’s trash like Orphan. No wonder adoption advocates were up in arms over the film!

— The “Does 3-D Stand for Dim-Witted, Depressing and Dull?” Award: With The Final Destination, the most tired entry in the Final Destination series, even 3-D couldn’t bring it back to life. Filled with the worst actors, the laziest plotting and the least imaginative death scenarios, it’s almost as if the series cheated death, only to be killed off by this lame sequel.

— The Prop 8 Award for Worst Wedding Testimonial: The wretched chick flick Bride Wars pits Anne Hathaway against best friend Kate Hudson as battling bridezillas bound and determined to be married at the Plaza Hotel. If this is marriage, who wants it?


— The Isaiah Washington Award for Worst Use of the F-Word: The Hangover, an otherwise entertaining film, is ruined by homophobic “guy banter” like Bradley Cooper yelling “Paging Dr. F****t!” at Ed Helms and gross groomsman Zach Galifianakis freaking out when a tailor measures his inseam.

— Finally, the Neely for Worst Film of the Year is the Chemical Castration Award for Worst Cinematic Man-Whore: Ghosts of Girlfriends Past was Matthew McConaughey squandering his remaining sex appeal on a sour holiday fable about a jerk who uses women, then supposedly grows a heart and soul. Now that Taylor Lautner’s grown killer abs, we don’t even need to see Matthew shirtless, so he had better choose his next projects more wisely.

Lastly (and certainly least), it’s time for the coveted Elizabeth Berkley Awards for acting below and against the call of duty.


This year’s Worst Actor pains me to announce, because he’s just so damn hot ... until he opens his mouth. Channing Tatum’s deadly dull performance in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra actually acts as an anti-aphrodisiac, negating his obvious assets while it kills your brain cells watching it.

This year’s Worst Actress just keeps getting work (including what I hope will be her first good performance as Joan Jett in Runaways) despite a complete lack of apparent ability. Kristin Stewart in The Twilight Saga: New Moon gave new meaning to the word “underplaying”, as she barely seems awake throughout the film. No emotion is within her grasp and no line is dramatic enough to rouse her from her stupor. Stewart makes Chloë Sevigny look like Vanessa Redgrave in comparison.

It’s a new decade, so here’s hoping that 2010 brings a better class of films!

By Neil Cohen, resident film critic of Movie Dearest and Phoenix's Echo Magazine.

Reel Thoughts Interview: August: Osage County's Jolly Perv

Don’t kid Laurence Lau about the mustache he wears in the current national tour of the Tony Award-winning August: Osage County. Although he’s in his fifties, Lau is eternally young looking, and it was agreed that the mustache would both add to his character’s persona and age him at the same time. “It sort of fits Steve Heidebrecht to have a mustache,” Lau explained recently. “Kind of looks like a guy stuck in the 70’s.” Unfortunately, Lau laughed, he had to keep it when he recently filmed his scenes for All My Children’s fortieth anniversary show. The “’stache”, as he calls it, is not exactly what upstanding Greg Nelson, the character he played in the soap opera’s golden era of the mid-80s, would ever wear.

In Tracy Letts’ epic dysfunctional family play, August: Osage County, the Weston family converges on the deteriorating family home when the patriarch disappears, leaving behind his cancer-stricken, pill-popping wife Violet. Esteemed actress Estelle Parsons (an Oscar winner for Bonnie and Clyde) plays the obscenely caustic Violet, but it can be argued that Lau’s louse Steve drives the most disturbing subplot. Steve is younger daughter Karen’s fiancé, and he strikes up a wildly inappropriate relationship with Karen’s fourteen year-old niece. If you have only seen Letts’ more surreal or cartoonish plays like Bug or Killer Joe, you’ll marvel at how effortlessly Letts plunges into the withering heart of a fairly typical upper middle class family, and in the process depicts the disintegration of America’s society as well.


Lau has mostly been known for his work on daytime dramas like All My Children, Another World, One Life to Live, and most recently, As the World Turns. It’s sad news that CBS has canceled As the World Turns, which premiered fifty-three years ago. The show features two of the most high profile gay characters on daytime TV, Luke (Van Hansis) and Noah (Jake Silbermann).

Laurence Lau added some welcome drama when he joined the show as Brian Wheatley, a non-profit director who ended up marrying Luke’s grandmother, Lucinda Walsh (Elizabeth Hubbard). He upset Luke by urging him to hide his sexual orientation for the good of Luke’s non-profit, and later shocked Luke by kissing him. Wheatley was forced to face that he was gay, breaking Lucinda’s heart and driving him to leave town.

Lau’s performance turned a three month role into a more complex one that ran for over seven months. “I was so proud to be asked to take on this storyline,” Lau explained. He and Hubbard felt that Brian should genuinely fall in love with Lucinda, only to discover that he couldn’t resist his feelings for her grandson. “Thereby, what would ensue would be a real tragedy for her and for Brian, to discover that his whole life had been one long journey of denial, painful denial, and what it cost him and what it cost her. The writers kept it going and the audience was really responding.

At the end, they treated the story with lots of respect. They had a wonderful resolve where Brian broke down in tears, crying and shouting, 'I’m gay! I’m gay! Is that what you want to hear?' He was at the point where he wanted to end it all because he was so torn apart. It was touching and heartbreaking to have that moment.”

Later, they brought him back for a final resolution Lau enjoyed. “He came back and he was comfortable in his own skin for the first time in his life. The people that he’d hurt so badly were accepting of him. I thought that was great to play and I got these wonderful letters from across the country from men who had spent years of their lives in similar circumstances. Many of the letters were heartbreaking and beautiful in expressing how much they appreciated that story.” Lau added modestly, “I just spoke the words. I give a lot of credit to producer Chris Goutman and the writers. I was very honored to be a part of it.”


On the other hand, his performance as the amoral Steve Heidebrecht is sure to land him a whole new set of fans. “The jolly perv. That’s my affectionate name for him,” Lau joked. He really enjoyed playing against type, and delving into Steve’s motivations. “Steve doesn’t really think,” he explained. “He doesn’t even realize what he’s up to. He skips along the surface of life without really engaging the seriousness of the consequences of his actions. In that sense, it might be even scarier to confront somebody who’s unaware of their own actions. In a way, he kind of disarms the audience in the beginning. It’s more of a shocker when people really grasp, “My god, this guy’s a pedophile.” It’s fun to play him with an innocent charm and then underneath that is a very destructive person.”

Lau is thrilled to be part of Tracy Lett’s Pulitzer prize-winning play, and marveled that he has “the best seat in the house” at the big dinner table scene in Act II, where Parson’s really lets loose. “I’m looking right across the dining room table and she knocks me out every night. The authenticity of the family drama — all the secrets that come pouring out of the dysfunctional large family,” is what makes August: Osage County so special. “The anger and the rage and the pain and the betrayal and the lies; ultimately, the tragedy of this disintegrating family — I think a lot of people can relate to that,” he explained, adding that they always get standing ovations. “It touches people in really deep ways. The genius of Tracy Letts is that he found humor throughout the entire play that makes it possible to experience this tragedy. If there was no humor, you couldn’t endure it. There’s all this from-the-gut laughter that comes out of the characters and the situations. There’s no gimmick laughter.”


Lau had just returned from filming the 40th Anniversary episode of All My Children, which airs January 5, the same day he opens in August: Osage County in Tempe. He filmed three scenes that set up flashbacks, and it took him back to the days when he and Kim Delaney were the most popular couple on daytime TV. “It was like Romeo and Juliet. We were from opposite sides of the tracks. I had no idea it was going to take off like a rocket. I had a great time, until they blew Jenny up on a Jet-ski,” he joked.

As for future projects, Lau would love to work with Letts and director Annie Shapiro again, and hopes to play some more dramatic roles. “I’ve played a nice guy a lot.” He stopped short of predicting his future projects. “You know what they say, 'You hear God laughing when you start making plans.' We’ll see what happens.”

August: Osage County will play Tempe's Gammage Auditorium from Janury 5 to 10. For more information on the tour, including future dates and locations, visit the show's official website.

Interview by Neil Cohen, resident film critic of Movie Dearest and Phoenix's Echo Magazine.

Film Fan Fridays for Friday January 1, 2010!

Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!

Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday January 1, 2010. Welcome to 2010, I hope it is a great year for everyone and a great year for film!

We actually have no new releases in Toronto this week which makes it strange to be writing this, put it's Friday and I just can't help myself. Since we start the first day of the first year with nothing new to see, it's be perfect time to look back at 2009. I've be busy making & checking lists over the past few weeks which I'm happy to share with you now. I've come up with my Favourite Films from 2009 which ended up being a lot - 30 in fact! I also created a video montage of all the posters of the films I saw at the theatre which you can see here. Trekking further down memory lane I explored A Decade of Movie Memories - 10 memorable film experiences per year for the past ten years. Also, as there are tons 'of the decade' lists I've made a link list of Films of the Decade lists for your enjoyment.

Want to make your own 2009 lists? Check out the following for reference & inspiration:
2009 Release by Title
2009 Releases by Release Date
#1 Box Office Films in 2009
IMDb Top Films
Metacritic Top Films

Done with 2009 and want to see what 2010 has in store for us? Check out the list of Upcoming 2010 films.

Happy list-ing! Have a happy & safe New Years weekend!

Shannon

Metacritic Top 200 in 2009

I don't check Metacritic often enough, perhaps as it's one of the few lists out there that has titles that aren't as accessible as sites like IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes. Metacritic has far more foreign and indie films in their top lists - something I consider a good thing, but frustrating if you can't see the films but thats because Metacritic gives a score (a weighted average of scores by critics) and for me is what wish lists are made from.

Having a look at their lists they do list the best reviewed films by year and I'm thrilled to see that The Hurt Locker tops their 2009 and also to see Hirokazu Kore-eda's fantastic Still Walking / Aruitemo aruitemo ranks in at #3. Along with the best reviewed films of 2009, I've also pulled out the 2009 titles from their all time top 200 and an impressive 12 titles made that list. As the 200 will change over time I've added a list of 200 for reference purposes. If you feel like reminiscing on 2008 you can see their top 15 from 2008 here.

Interesting comparison to the IMDb list there are few films in common - Up is the only film that made both overall top (200 or 250) lists.

2009 Movies on the Metacritic Top 200 as of Dec 31, 2009
12. Hurt Locker, The
34. 35 Shots of Rum
64. Still Walking
73. Goodbye Solo
84. Tulpan
93. Up
99. Gomorrah
136. Beaches of Agnes, The
148. Ponyo
169. Education, An
181. Forbidden Lie$
190. Passing Strange

Metacritic: The Best-Reviewed Movies of 2009 as of Dec 31, 2009
1. Hurt Locker, The
2. 35 Shots of Rum
3. Still Walking
4. Goodbye Solo
5. Tulpan
6. Up
7. Gomorrah
8. Beaches of Agnes, The
9. Ponyo
10. Education, An
11. Forbidden Lie$
12. Passing Strange
13. Crazy Heart
14. Seraphine
15. Summer Hours
16. Avatar
17. Revanche
18. In the Loop
19. Fantastic Mr. Fox
20. Star Trek

Metacritic Top 200 as of Dec 31, 2009
1. Godfather, The
2. Superman II
3. Army of Shadows
4. Pan's Labyrinth
5. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
6. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
7. Ratatouille
8. Manchurian Candidate, The
9. Spirited Away
10. Pulp Fiction
11. Killer of Sheep
12. Hurt Locker, The
13. WALL-E
14. Sideways
15. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The
16. Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The
17. Reversal of Fortune
18. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
19. Schindler's List
20. Amadeus: Director's Cut
21. Yi Yi (A One and a Two)
22. Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The
23. Class, The
24. Raging Bull
25. There Will Be Blood
26. Toy Story
27. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The
28. Werckmeister Harmonies
29. Moolaadé
30. Fast Runner, The
31. Star Wars
32. Triplets of Belleville, The
33. Queen, The
34. 35 Shots of Rum
35. Beau Travail
36. Do The Right Thing
37. Secrets & Lies
38. Patton
39. Waltz with Bashir
40. No Country for Old Men
41. Raiders of the Lost Ark
42. After Hours
43. Crying Game, The
44. Saving Private Ryan
45. L.A. Confidential
46. Apocalypse Now Redux
47. My Voyage to Italy
48. Bloody Sunday
49. Sweet Hereafter, The
50. Topsy-Turvy
51. Being John Malkovich
52. Incredibles, The
53. Before Sunset
54. Hannah and Her Sisters
55. Almost Famous
56. American Splendor
57. Gosford Park
58. United 93
59. Truman Show, The
60. Capturing the Friedmans
61. Persepolis
62. Lost in Translation
63. Best of Youth, The
64. Still Walking
65. Lives of Others, The
66. 4 Little Girls
67. House of Flying Daggers
68. Man on Wire
69. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
70. Finding Nemo
71. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
72. No End in Sight
73. Goodbye Solo
74. Stop Making Sense
75. Goodfellas
76. Piano, The
77. Letters from Iwo Jima
78. Once
79. Superman: The Movie
80. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The
81. Ghost World
82. Brazil
83. Capote
84. Tulpan
85. Overlord
86. Band of Outsiders
87. Time Out
88. Thelma & Louise
89. Away from Her
90. Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut
91. Chicken Run
92. Blade Runner: The Director's Cut
93. Up
94. Y Tu Mamá También
95. Nobody Knows
96. L'Enfant (The Child)
97. Little Women
98. Shakespeare in Love
99. Gomorrah
100. Fog of War, The
101. Quiz Show
102. Howards End
103. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
104. Crumb
105. Maria Full of Grace
106. Fateless
107. Tootsie
108. Brokeback Mountain
109. Shine
110. Tarnation
111. Murderball
112. Grizzly Man
113. All About My Mother
114. English Patient, The
115. Marooned in Iraq
116. Wind Will Carry Us, The
117. sex, lies, and videotape
118. To Die For
119. Slumdog Millionaire
120. Million Dollar Baby
121. 42 UP
122. Say Anything...
123. Rushmore
124. Straight Story, The
125. To Be and to Have
126. Dead Ringers
127. Boys Don't Cry
128. Easy Rider
129. I'm Going Home
130. In the Bedroom
131. Ten
132. Chinatown
133. Das Boot
134. Russian Ark
135. Deliver Us from Evil
136. Beaches of Agnes, The
137. Our Daily Bread
138. 2001: A Space Odyssey
139. Under the Sand
140. Grifters, The
141. Traffic
142. Talk to Her
143. This Is England
144. Player, The
145. Son, The
146. Sweet Sixteen
147. Departed, The
148. Ponyo
149. Diner
150. American Beauty
151. Fugitive, The
152. Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
153. Flight of the Red Balloon, The
154. Before Night Falls
155. Bourne Ultimatum, The
156. You Can Count On Me
157. Pianist, The
158. Boogie Nights
159. Children Underground
160. Edge of Heaven, The
161. Savages, The
162. Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition, The
163. Offside
164. Los Angeles Plays Itself
165. Knocked Up
166. Turtles Can Fly
167. Festival Express
168. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
169. Education, An
170. Half Nelson
171. Street Fight
172. About Schmidt
173. Last Letter, The
174. Love & Diane
175. Domestic Violence
176. Neil Young: Heart of Gold
177. Last Seduction, The
178. Fargo
179. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
180. Intruder, The
181. Forbidden Lie$
182. Iron Giant, The
183. Atonement
184. Alexandra
185. Host, The
186. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
187. Out of Sight
188. Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience
189. In the Mood for Love
190. Passing Strange
191. 24 Hour Party People
192. Paragraph 175
193. Circle, The
194. Sound and Fury
195. Since Otar Left
196. Halloween
197. Sling Blade
198. Calle 54
199. Christmas Tale, A
200. In the Shadow of the Moon

IMDb Top 250 in 2009

fI love watching the IMDb Top 250 list, from reading about people to working through the titles to seeing what new will crop up on the list. Although I'm thankful this year there was no huge brouhaha like the 2008 The Dark Knight fiasco so we can watch it as a great way to look at the films that were a combination of acclaimed and loved.

As of Dec 31, 2009 there were 6 titles from 2009 that graced the top 250. This is less that last year, where there were 9 titles on the top 250. As the 250 list is based on votes, it changes over time I've also added the entire Top 250 for reference.

2009 Films on IMDb Top 250:
26. Avatar
68. Inglourious Basterds
70. Up
100. District 9
144. Star Trek
227. (500) Days of Summer


IMDb's Top 250 as of Dec 31, 2009:
1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4. Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
6. Schindler's List (1993)
7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
8. 12 Angry Men (1957)
9. The Dark Knight (2008)
10. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
11. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
12. Star Wars (1977)
13. Casablanca (1942)
14. Goodfellas (1990)
15. Shichinin no samurai (1954)
16. Cidade de Deus (2002)
17. Fight Club (1999)
18. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
19. Rear Window (1954)
20. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
21. The Usual Suspects (1995)
22. Psycho (1960)
23. C'era una volta il West (1968)
24. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
25. The Matrix (1999)
26. Avatar (2009)
27. Memento (2000)
28. Se7en (1995)
29. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
30. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
31. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
32. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
33. North by Northwest (1959)
34. Citizen Kane (1941)
35. Léon (1994)
36. Apocalypse Now (1979)
37. American Beauty (1999)
38. American History X (1998)
39. Forrest Gump (1994)
40. Taxi Driver (1976)
41. Vertigo (1958)
42. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
43. WALL·E (2008)
44. Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)
45. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
46. Alien (1979)
47. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
48. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
49. The Shining (1980)
50. Paths of Glory (1957)
51. The Departed (2006)
52. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
53. The Pianist (2002)
54. Aliens (1986)
55. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
56. Das Leben der Anderen (2006)
57. M (1931)
58. Double Indemnity (1944)
59. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
60. Chinatown (1974)
61. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
62. The Third Man (1949)
63. L.A. Confidential (1997)
64. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
65. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
66. Das Boot (1981)
67. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
68. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
69. El laberinto del fauno (2006)
70. Up (2009)
71. City Lights (1931)
72. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
73. Raging Bull (1980)
74. The Prestige (2006)
75. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
76. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
77. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
78. La vita è bella (1997)
79. Some Like It Hot (1959)
80. Back to the Future (1985)
81. Der Untergang (2004)
82. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
83. Modern Times (1936)
84. Gran Torino (2008)
85. Amadeus (1984)
86. Rashômon (1950)
87. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
88. Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)
89. All About Eve (1950)
90. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
91. Braveheart (1995)
92. The Elephant Man (1980)
93. Sin City (2005)
94. Metropolis (1927)
95. Rebecca (1940)
96. The Green Mile (1999)
97. The Great Dictator (1940)
98. The Apartment (1960)
99. The Sting (1973)
100. District 9 (2009)
101. The Great Escape (1963)
102. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
103. Batman Begins (2005)
104. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
105. Gladiator (2000)
106. Jaws (1975)
107. Ladri di biciclette (1948)
108. Unforgiven (1992)
109. Blade Runner (1982)
110. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
111. No Country for Old Men (2007)
112. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
113. On the Waterfront (1954)
114. Die Hard (1988)
115. Touch of Evil (1958)
116. Oldboy (2003)
117. Det sjunde inseglet (1957)
118. Fargo (1996)
119. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
120. Mononoke-hime (1997)
121. Strangers on a Train (1951)
122. Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)
123. Heat (1995)
124. Donnie Darko (2001)
125. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
126. The Wrestler (2008)
127. High Noon (1952)
128. There Will Be Blood (2007)
129. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
130. Notorious (1946)
131. The Sixth Sense (1999)
132. Annie Hall (1977)
133. The Deer Hunter (1978)
134. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
135. Platoon (1986)
136. The Big Sleep (1946)
137. The General (1926)
138. Snatch. (2000)
139. Ben-Hur (1959)
140. Into the Wild (2007)
141. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
142. The Big Lebowski (1998)
143. Yojimbo (1961)
144. Star Trek (2009)
145. Ran (1985)
146. It Happened One Night (1934)
147. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
148. Life of Brian (1979)
149. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
150. The Lion King (1994)
151. Finding Nemo (2003)
152. Smultronstället (1957)
153. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
154. The Graduate (1967)
155. Trainspotting (1996)
156. Stand by Me (1986)
157. Gone with the Wind (1939)
158. Toy Story (1995)
159. The Terminator (1984)
160. Ratatouille (2007)
161. Groundhog Day (1993)
162. Scarface (1983)
163. Amores perros (2000)
164. The Thing (1982)
165. 8½ (1963)
166. Gandhi (1982)
167. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
168. V for Vendetta (2005)
169. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
170. The Gold Rush (1925)
171. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
172. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
173. Les diaboliques (1955)
174. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
175. The Princess Bride (1987)
176. The Incredibles (2004)
177. Le salaire de la peur (1953)
178. Casino (1995)
179. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
180. Children of Men (2006)
181. The Wild Bunch (1969)
182. The Killing (1956)
183. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
184. Hotaru no haka (1988)
185. In Bruges (2008)
186. The Exorcist (1973)
187. Le notti di Cabiria (1957)
188. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
189. The Hustler (1961)
190. Harvey (1950)
191. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
192. Ed Wood (1994)
193. The Kid (1921)
194. King Kong (1933)
195. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
196. Good Will Hunting (1997)
197. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
198. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
199. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
200. Big Fish (2003)
201. Dial M for Murder (1954)
202. Låt den rätte komma in (2008)
203. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
204. Brief Encounter (1945)
205. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
206. Stalag 17 (1953)
207. Crash (2004/I)
208. Sleuth (1972)
209. Duck Soup (1933)
210. The African Queen (1951)
211. Magnolia (1999)
212. Rocky (1976)
213. Mystic River (2003)
214. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
215. Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007)
216. Manhattan (1979)
217. Rope (1948)
218. Network (1976)
219. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
220. Wo hu cang long (2000)
221. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
222. La strada (1954)
223. Patton (1970)
224. Changeling (2008)
225. The Conversation (1974)
226. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
227. (500) Days of Summer (2009)
228. Planet of the Apes (1968)
229. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
230. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
231. Glory (1989)
232. Spartacus (1960)
233. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
234. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
235. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
236. La battaglia di Algeri (1966)
237. Mulholland Dr. (2001)
238. Barry Lyndon (1975)
239. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
240. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
241. His Girl Friday (1940)
242. Toy Story 2 (1999)
243. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
244. Casino Royale (2006)
245. Brazil (1985)
246. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
247. Tonari no Totoro (1988)
248. Blood Diamond (2006)
249. Mou gaan dou (2002)
250. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

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