On
March 25, 2001 Ali (Smee153@aol.com) submitted the following: I
was looking at your top 100 movie list and I really enjoyed it however as I was
looking through it I found my favorite movie "Tombstone". I began reading the
Memorable Quotes and found that you made a few mistakes most were just missed
or added words here or there but the one quote where Doc and Wyatt are at Henry
Hookers Ranch. They were talking about Ringo and you added an entire line that
wasnt in the movie and also missed a small part. I just wanted to make you aware
of that. I really enjoyed reading through the list of movies and I do agree with
you on most of the movie choices. Hello
Ali...thanks for pointing our the error and I'm glad you enjoyed viewing the lists.
(AC 4/28/01)
On
March 18, 2001 Dan (ddiggler8@aol.com) submitted the following: Hey,
I really like what you guys have done with this site. Being a fellow geocities
movie review guy, I was wondering how you've accumulated so many hits. I'd really
like to correspond with you both if you'd be interested. My Top 25 are as follows
(100 is a little steep for me, I'm working on a top 50 right now):
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1.
Natural Born Killers -
2.
Boogie Nights -
3.
Apocalypse Now -
4.
Easy Rider -
5.
Taxi Driver -
6.
JFK -
7.
Network -
8.
The Wall -
9.
Manhattan -
10.
Unforgiven -
11.
Boyz in the Hood -
12.
Braveheart -
13.
Magnolia -
14.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -
15.
American History X -
16.
Fight Club -
17.
Rushmore -
18.
Pi -
19.
Silence of the Lambs -
20.
A Clockwork Orange -
21.
Do the Right Thing -
22.
Three Kings -
23. The Day the Earth Stood Still -
24.
Edward Scissorhands -
25.
(tie)The Spanish Prisoner/Lady From Shanghai
Check me out if
you'd like, I look forward to hearing from you.
www.oocities.org/asasidenote/
Hey
Dan...you've got some excellent choices here. I checked out your site and was
quite impressed. I'll get in touch with you soon. (AC 4/28/01)
On
March 17, 2001 George Flamny (Flamny@ert4) submitted the following list: -
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13)Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs -
14)Willy
Wonka and the Chocolate Factory -
15)Mr.
Smith Goes To Washington -
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17)The
Empire Strikes Back -
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19)Return
of the Pink Panther -
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21)Home
Alone II Lost in New York -
22)Duck Soup(The Marx Brothers) -
23)A
Night at the Opera(The Marx Bros) -
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27)The
Great Dictator(Chaplin) -
- 29)The
Three Stooges(Shorts)
- 30)Mr.
Hollands Opus
On
March 15, 2001 Edgar Soberón Torchia (est@sinfo.net) submitted the following:
Hello, I was so
surprised to find my list of favorite films in your selection! I made it in reaction
against those lists that start with "Citizen Kane" -which is not among my favorites
(it might appear in my favorite 300). I made another selection of 100 more films,
which was published in the same site. Anyway thank you for the honor. I live in
Panama, and I started to write film criticism in 1975, in Puerto Rico. I do not
go to the cinema as often as I did in the past. In these days I try to see as
many films from the past as I can. My most recent viewings have been "Nadja",
"The Third Man", "The King and I", "Spiritism" (a silent film with Italian diva
Francesca Bertini), a Mexican film called "Calabacitas tiernas" (Tender Little
Pumpkins), "Odd Man Out"... After a century of cinema there are so many motion
pictures to catch up with! Some of my recent reviews appear in International Movie
Database. Good luck with your work. Edgar. Hey
Edgar...your quite welcome and we thank you for your contribution to the site.
Looking through your top 100 movies, it is apparent you're a movie junkie who
really knows film. I'll have to see if I can spot some of your reviews at the
IMDB. Click here to check out Edgars highly recommended
list (Spanish). (AC 3/15/01)
On
March 11, 2001 Landry (roadkillboy@hotmail) submitted the following: Movies
that get funnier every time you watch them... i
love your site. good work Landra...thanks
for the kind words and for your contribution. A movie that I have not seen which
caught my attention on your list is Marty (1955). For those of you who
may not know much about it either, it took home the Academy Award for Best Picture
in 1955. Directed by Delbert Mann, this film is about a lonely New York butcher
(Ernest Borgnine) who stumbles into a romance. Thanks again. (AC 3/15/01)
On
March 9, 2001 K. Padayachy (padayachy@btinternet.com) submitted the following:
-
Mission:
Impossible - The
Matrix
- Armageddon
- Face/Off
-
The Rock
-
Die Hard
-
The Abyss - Special Edition
- Aliens
- Special Edition
- The
Terminator
- Terminator
2: Judgement Day
- The
Usual Suspects
- Reservoir
Dogs
- Pulp
Fiction
- Predator
- Se7en
- American
History X
- Big
Trouble in Little China
- Run
Lola Run
- Big
Daddy
- Happy
Gilmore
- Dogma
- Sixth
Sense
- Star
Wars
- Empire
Strikes Back
-
Return of the Jedi
- Blair
Witch Project
- Cube
- The
Faculty
- Scream
- Scream
2
- A
Nightmare on Elm Street
- Friday
the 13th VI
-
Evil Dead 2
- Enter
the Dragon Drive
- Shanghai
Noon
Hong
Kong Movies: - The
Killer
-
Bullet in the Head
- Heroic
Trio
- Eastern
Condors
- Mr
Vampire
- Fist
of Legend
- Tai-Chi
Master
- Hard
Boiled
- Story
of Ricky
-
Police Story
- Project
A
- Winners
and Sinners
- Young
Master
- Drunken
Master
- Drunken
Master 2
- Big
Boss
- Fist
of Fury
- Way
of the Dragon
Anime:
- Macross
Plus - The Movie
- Akika
On
March 9, 2001 Julia Schaefer (girl_interruptyd@yahoo.com) submitted the following
list: - 1.
American Beauty
- 2.
Girl, Interrupted
- 3.
Schindler's List
- 4.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- 5.
Beaches
- 6.
Silence of the Lambs
- 7.
Godfather
- 8.
Goodfellas
- 9.
Clockwork Orange
- 10.
Saving Private Ryan
- 11.
The Bone Collector
- 12.
Dogma
- 13.
One Fine Day
- 14.
Chasing Amy
- 15.
Full Metal Jacket
- 16.
The Graduate
- 17.
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
- 18.
Pretty Woman
- 19.
Dirty Dancing
- 20. Casablanca
- 21. Stella
- 22.
When Harry Met Sally
- 23.
Gia
- 24. Foxfire
- 25.The
Wizard of Oz
On
March 8, 2001 Chris Baratta (Baratta@mich.com) submitted the following: This
is my list of the top twenty films ever made. - 1.The
Ice Storm
- 2.The
Big Easy
- 3.Monty
Python's The Life Of Brian
- 4.Happiness
- 5.JFK
- 6.Requiem
For A Dream
- 7.The
Last Temptation Of Christ
- 8.Annie
Hall
- 9.Love
And Death On Long Island
- 10.The
Big Lebowski
- 11.Groundhog
Day
- 12.Short
Cuts
- 13.Fanny
And Alexander
- 14.Magnolia
- 15.Bringing
Out The Dead
- 16.Shawshank
Redemption
- 17.Paradise
Lost:The Child Murders At Robinhood Wood
- 18.Boogie
Nights
- 19.High
Fidelity
- 20.Ragtime
Ten Films
That would fullfill my top 30 (No specific order). - Natural
Born Killers
-
Pulp Fiction
- Heart
Of Darkness:A Filmakers Apocalypse
- A
Fish Called Wanda
- Your
Friends And Neighbors
- M*A*S*H
- Antz
- Crumb
- Do
The Right Thing
- The
Pledge
TOP
FIVE DIRECTORS: - 1.Martin
Scorcese
- 2.Paul
Thomas Anderson
- 3.Todd
Solondz
- 4.Ang
Lee
- 5.Oliver
Stone
TOP
FIVE SCREENWRITERS: - 1.Todd
Solondz
- 2.Harold
Ramis
- 3.Darren
Aronovsky
-
4.Paul Thomas Anderson
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5.Atom Egoyan
TOP
FIVE MALE ACTORS: - 1.Dylan
Baker
- 2.William
H.Macy
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3.Ned Beaty
- 4.Harvey
Keitel
- 5.Jeff
Bridges
TOP
FIVE FEMALE ACTORS: - 1.Frances
Ncdormandt
-
2.Emma Thompson
- 3.Diane
Keaton
- 4.Ellen
Burstyn
- 5.Joan
Allen
Chris..thanks
for the contribution. You've highlighted some wonderful films and I enjoyed the
top 5 lists you submitted as well (specifically your Best Director list). Chris
Baratta has a complete top 100 movie lists which I highly recommend viewing (click
here). (AC 3/8/01)
On
Feb. 28th Anthony (hiredgun@talk21.com) sumitted the following:
Bloody hell! A site on geocities with nice layout and great content! What a find!
Keep it up you two! Films
I like: - One
Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Apocalypse
Now Goodfellas
- Bonnie
and Clyde
-
Grosse Pointe Blank
- American
Beauty
-
Leon
- The
Matrix
- Blade
Runner
-
Raging Bull
Anthony...thank
you very much for the kind words and encouragment. These are excellent picks and
I would really like to see your top 100. (AC 3/8/01)
On
Feb 23, 2001 Ytsen Haringa (yharinga@hotmail.com) submitted the following list:
- 1
Pulp fiction
- 2
Resevoir dogs
- 3
Donnie Brasco
- 4
Trainspotting
- 5
Lock,stock and two smoking barrels
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6 Scarface
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7 Goodfellaz
- 8
Casino
- 9
Boondock Saints
- 10
A life less ordinary.
Ytsen...thanks
for the contribution. I had not heard of Boondock Saints (1999). For those of
you who haven't heard of the film either, it stars William DeFoe and Sean Patrick
Flannery and is about two brothers who try to rid Boston of some punks while being
tracked down by the FBI. (AC 2/26/01)
On
Feb. 8, 2001 Denny (DdWwPpDd@aol.com) submitted the following: Sir:
I'm trying to find out the name of the Opera piece that was played in the movie
Life is beautiful. It was a duet sung by two women, a very pretty piece. I do
not know the name of it, can you help. Thanks Denny Hey
Denny...the opera piece I believe your speaking of is called Barcarolle and it
just so happens that it is my favorite song on the soundtrack. The song is used
in a pivotal and haunting scene in which Benigni plays this song in order to convey
a signal to his wife, for whom he is seperated from. A sample from the soundtrack
is located on our Life is Beautiful page (click here).
(AC 2/15/01)
On
Jan. 29, 2001 Rich K. (richklein99@hotmail) submitted the following list:
- Dead
Man: Jim Jarmusch
- Mystery
Train: Jim Jarmusch
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Stealing Beauty: Bertolucci
- Schindler's
List: Spielberg
- Drugstore
Cowboy: Gus Van Sant
- Ulee's
Gold: unknown
- Fairwell
My Concubine: Kurasawa
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Reqiuem To A Dream: Aronofsky
- The
Graduate:
On
Jan 26, 2001 E. Wilder (citizenkane@lycosmail.com) submitted the following list:
- Ali
: Fear Eats the Soul (Fassbinder, 1974)
- Annie
Hall (Allen, 1977)
- Children
of Paradise (Carne, 1945)
- The
Crowd (Vidor, 1928)
- The
Double Life of Veronique (Kieslowksi, 1992)
-
M (Lang, 1931)
-
Sabotage (Hitchcock, 1935)
- Sherlock,
Jr. (Keaton, 1924)
- The
Trial (Welles, 1963)
- Walkabout
(Roeg, 1971)
- A
Woman is a Woman (Godard, 1961)
On
Jan. 20th, 2001 Bodo Lindernberg pankow4@yahoo.de submitted the following:
Hey.
I have found your internet site searching for a song from the great movie jacobs
ladder. This song I think is from James Brown. The song appears during the party.
Maybe you could help me finding this song.Thanx Bodo Reply:
Hey Bodo...you are in fact correct. The third song at the party in which Jacob
Singer begins dancing is James Brown's "My Thang". I have downloaded the song
to our site or you can listen to a clip in Real Audio
format by clicking here. (AC 1/21/00)
On
January 7th, 2001 Gayle French (smartgal25@hotmail.com) submitted the following
list: - 10.
One flew over the cuckoos nest
- 09.
Titanic 1997 version
- 08.
Jaws
- 07.
E.T.
- 06.
Good Will Hunting
- 05.
Bonnie and Clyde
- 04.
Matrix
- 03.
Dances with Wolves
- 02.
Return of the Jedi
- 01.
Star Wars
On
12/27/00, Ashley (cali_chica40@hotmail) submitted the following list:
- 1) The Story Of
Us
- 2)
Down To You
- 3)
Top Gun
- 4)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- 5)
Field Of Dreams
- 6)
The Replacements
- 7)
For Love Of The Game
- 8)
Back To The Future
- 9)
Romeo and Juliet
- 10)
Sixteen Candles
As
you can probably tell, i'm a teenager, so these may not appeal to everyone's taste
but in my opinion they are 10 of the greatest films ever made!
On
12/12/00, David Barr submitted the following list: - 1.
The Usual Suspects
- 2.
Fight Club
- 3.
Silence Of The Lambs
- 4.
Leon
- 5.
Terminator 2
- 6.
Aliens
- 7.
Heat
On
12/4/00, Farley Kincaid cwalsh@tctimes.com submitted the following:
This is a comment, aaron, mark...i'm glad i could finally find your damn site...poor
speeling on my part...some day, i will submit a list, but probably not from work...is
there another way to do it besides cutting and pasting? also, your site looks
great...i'll let you know my picks when i am able to muster the energy to type
it up...besides, there are so many allegedly good films that i've never seen (ie-never
seen a film by godard, and i also heard some good things about this truffaut guy,
but the french are pricks, right? and what friggin video store (rental) carries
the bicycle thief or los olvidados? nowhere...i must wait to see these...farley
On
11/24/00, Anna (kouremenos_anna@hotmail.com) submitted the following:
Top
10 Films: - 1)
Lawrence of Arabia
- 2)
Sunset Boulevard
- 3)
Forrest Gump
- 4)
Modern Times
- 5)
Vertigo
- 6)
Singin' in the Rain
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7) Gone with the Wind
- 8)
Doctor Zhivago
- 9)
Rebecca
- 10)
The Bridge on the river Kwai
Reply:
Thanks for the contribution Anna. I've yet to see Sunset Boulevard or Singin'
in the Rain. As far as your other selections that I have seen...great picks. Aaron
Caldwell (11/24/00)
On
11/24/00 Ian Scott (Ian@kfupm.edu.sa) submitted the following: Thank
you. I think that your site provides a great service. If you want more information
about foreign films, the World Festival of Foreign Films at www.1worldfilms.com/
is a good site, but not as good as yours.
On
10/17/00 Bill Brasher (belthar@yahoo.com) submitted the following: Your
best director poll is very misleading. The question is "Who is the greatest American
director". However, 2 of the choices, Stanley Kubrick and Alfred Hitchcock are
not American. I think you have definitely identified the 5 greatest directors
of all-time (with apologies to Frank Capra, Elia Kazan, Akiro Kurosawa, and John
Ford), regardless of nationality. Thanks for the site. It's great. Reply:
Thanks for your input and pointing out an inconsistency in our directors poll.
You are correct that Alfred Hitchcock is not American. He was born August 13th,
1899 in the London East End. Because he spent several decades in Hollywood, I
incorrectly included him in our poll, but will probably keep him in it because
of the number of votes he still gets and for our admiration of him. Stanley Kubrick
on the other hand is in fact American, born July 26th 1928 in Bronx, New York.
I believe Kubrick's last years were spent living in England. Thanks again and
take care. (AC 10/17/00)
On
9/17/00 Sijmen (geert_verbanck@hotmail.com) submitted the following: What
a site! I love filmlists, so I can't help loving (and admiring) your site! Great
work!
On
9/6/00 Iago Pazos submitted the following: -
1-The Godfather Part II
-
2-The Godfather
- 3-The
Godfather Part III
- 4-Raging
Bull
- 5-2001,A
Space Odissey
- 6-Apocalypse
Now
- 7-Psycho
- 8-Vertigo
- 9-One
flew over the cukoo´s net
- 10-A
clockwork orange
- 11-Taxi
Driver
- 12-The
Deer Hunter
Reply:
Hello Iago..no arguements here (with the exception of Godfather Part III). Thanks
for the contribution, these are excellent choices. (AC 9/6/00)
On
8/18/00 David Brook (dave_or_did@yahoo.com) submitted
the following: I
came across your web site through one of its links and was very impressed. Its
a very comprehensive, well kept site, and I was wondering if you would be interested
in exchanging links with me. My site is called Daves
UK Film Page.
Thanks Howard.. your site will be listed on our links page. (AC 8/19/00)
On
8/17/00 Barry J. Williams (bwilliam@mail.tmmna.com) submitted the following: Aaron:
What a great list of movies! These matters are, of course, somewhat subjective,
but I found your list to be exciting, diverse and very indicative of a kind of
list I would put together (I never have). Have you thought about dividing your
lists into 100 Best Comedy Movies and 100 Best Dramatic films? It would allow
you to include a lot more movies onto each list. Anyway, very cool list and I
look forward to checking out a few films on your list that I have, for some reason,
not seen, i.e. The Last Detail and Smoke. I have been living in Los Angeles for
the past 8 years working in script and literary development for movies and television.
Recently, however, I have returned to the Midwest where I have been attending
to some family needs and concerns. All the best and warmest regards, Barry J.
Williams P.S. On a list I would create, though, The Godfather, Part II, would
be much, much higher on my list (Top 5) and also in the top 20 would be The Deerhunter,
as amazing a treatise on Vietnam, in many ways, as Apocalype Now. Reply:
Hey Barry...I'm glad you enjoyed the lists and I thank you for your comments and
opinions. It's sounds like we have similar movie tastes and if you have some time,
we would really like to see your choices as well so that we may be enlightened.
As far as splitting the list into the top 100 comedies and top 100 dramas, we
feel (in our opinion) that there really arn't that many "good" comedies. I know
what your getting at, because it's seems strange to place a comedy such as "Planes,
Trains,... up there amidst a powerful drama such as Schindlers Lists. Thanks again
and good luck with your script and literary work for the movies and television.
(AC 8/17/00)
On
8/11/00 Dennis J. submitted the following: Hello,
A friend led me to your terrific Website.
On
8/4/00, Kirk submitted the following list:
In No Particular Order, really: - Blade
Runner
- A
Pure Formality
- Ghost
In The Shell
- Dr.
Strangelove
- The
Player
- Seven
Samuri
- Twelve
Monkeys
- Chinatown
- M
- Ridicule
- Brazil
- A
Clockwork Orange
- The
Exorcist
- To
Live And Die In LA
- The
Princess Bride
- A
Fish Called Wanda
- The
Serpent And The Rainbow
- Mad
Max 2: The Road Warrior
Reply:
Hey Kirk...thanks for the feedback. I had not heard of A Pure Formality (1994).
For those who haven't either, it's a french film that stars Gerard Depardieu and
Roman Polanski and is directed by Gluseppe Tornatore. (AC 8/4/00)
On
7/17/00 About©Classic Movie submitted the following: Congratulations!
Your Web site has been listed as one of the Best New Links (new to our list, that
is) for the current week by the About Classic Movies site, located at http://classicfilm.about.com
This means that we have singled your work out for special recognition. One or
more of your pages are also listed in our Subjects library, which contains listings
of Classic Movies sites we consider worth visiting. (Classic Movie 7/17/00) 
On
7/10/00 Brad Lang submitted the following: You
guys have some very nice pages, with great-looking graphics and interesting sound
bytes. I'll be sure to check out the individual pages and see if some of them
would fit into any of my existing or upcoming tribute articles. (For example,
your Grapes of Wrath page is bookmarked for a future Henry Fonda tribute article.)
My only problem in promoting your lists in more places than the ones I mentioned
is that fact that they're pretty heavily post-1980, and my site (http://classicfilm.about.com/movies/classicfilm)
is dedicated to films made mostly in the 40s, 50s, and 60s. Although my tastes
are very eclectic, I'm pretty sure the regulars on my site will find it odd that
you have only 4-5 films from the 40s on your list, but still include films such
as Crumb and Seven. I know it's a matter of taste, and I've been criticized for
the lack of silent films on my own list. Reply:
Classic Movies was named one of the two best classic film sites on the Web by
Roger Ebert, in an article in Yahoo Internet Life magazine. About as a whole,
according to Media Metrix, is now ranked #1 among news and entertainment sites
and #7 overall on the Web, with double-digit growth in traffic for two months
straight. Among the sites that rank just behind About are NBC Internet, Amazon,
Time Warner, AltaVista, and eBay! (AC 7/10/00) | 
