Thursday 18 October 2012

*Guest post* Marc's Top 101 Films of All Time


Marc Ivamy- Top 101 Films Of All Time


The latest flix-pert to rise to the '101 list challenge' is top blogger (check out the AMAZING film blog http://the-wrath-of-blog.blogspot.co.uk/) and film reviewer-and, to boot, my cousin- Marc Ivamy.

This is certainly the most varied Top 101 so far, ranging from 'Flash Gordon' to 'Night and Fog'  (A very powerful film, and a favorite documentary-if it's possible to describe such a film as a favorite- of mine) via 'Robocop' and movie 'marmite' selections such as 'Eraserhead' and Argentos'  'Suspiria'. 

It is clearly the list of a seasoned and knowledgable filmgoer, with world cinema well represented, and some bold personal choices. Impressive selection here then, with Marc proving he can walk the walk as well as talking the 'all-things-film' talk.


Here's the list.


101. The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, 1980)
100. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Amy Heckerling, 1982)
99. The Dark Knight Rises (Christopher Nolan, 2012)
98. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
97. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)
96. Little Children (Todd Field, 2006)
95. An American Werewolf in London (John Landis, 1981)
94. The Masque of the Red Death (Roger Corman, 1964)
93. The Brood (David Cronenberg, 1979)
92. Hour of the Wolf (Ingmar Bergman, 1968)
91. Natural Born Killers (Oliver Stone, 1994)
90. Flash Gordon (Mike Hodges, 1980)
89. Robocop (Paul Verhoven, 1987)
88. Sullivan's Travels (Preston Sturges, 1941)
87. Secrets and Lies (Mike Leigh, 1996)
86. The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)
85. Cannibal Holocaust (Ruggero Deodato, 1980)
84. The Crucible (Nicholas Hynter, 1996)
83. Blow-Up (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966)
82. Bad Timing (Nicolas Roeg, 1980)
81. Q: The Winged Serpent (Larry Cohen, 1982)
80. Carnival of Souls (Herk Harvey, 1962)
79. The 400 Blows (Francois Truffaut, 1959)
78. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
77. Au Hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966)
76. Back to the Future (Robert Zemekis, 1985)
75. Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2002)
74. Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
73. Martin (George A. Romero, 1977)
72. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Milos Forman, 1975)
71. Performance (Donald Cammell/Nicolsa Roeg, 1970)
70. If... (Lindsay Anderson, 1968)
69. Wall-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
68. Black Sabbath (Mario Bava, 1963)
67. Dr Stranglove (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
66. The Ladykillers (Alexander Mackendrick, 1955)
65. Kuroneko (Kaneto Shindo, 1968)
64. The Day the Earth Stood Still (Robert Wise, 1951)
63. Singin' in the Rain (Stanley Donen/Gene Kelly, 1952)
62. Susperia (Dario Argento, 1977)
61. Haxon (Benjamin Christensen, 1922)
60. Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson (2008)
59. Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965)
58. Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948)
57. Fargo (Joel/Ethan Coen, 1996)
56. Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
55. Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1984)
54. El Topo (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1970)
53. Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965)
52. The Devils (Ken Russell, 1971)
51. Daisies (Vera Chytilova, 1966)
50. Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)
49. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
48. Knife in the Water (Roman Polanski, 1962)
47. Yojimbo (Akira Kurasawa, 1961)
46. Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966)
45. Crumb (Terry Zwigoff, 1994)
44. The Double Life of Veronique (Krzystof Kieslowski, 1991)
43. Veronika Voss (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982)
42. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (Russ Meyer, 1970)
41. The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke, 2009)
40. Night and Fog (Alain Resnais, 1955)
39. Memories of Murder (Joon-ho Bong, 2003)
38. All the President's Men (Alan J. Pakula, 1976)
37. The Elephant Man (David Lynch, 1980)
36. Mirror (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975)
35. The Grapes of Wrath (John Ford, 1940)
34. The Texas Chain-Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974)
33. Peeping Tom (Michael Powell, 1960)
32. The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)
31. The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
30. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
29. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)
28. Strike (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)
27. Freaks (Todd Browning, 1932)
26. La Belle et la bete (Jean Cocteau, 1946)
25. The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1974)
24. Modern Times (Charles Chaplin, 1936)
23. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)
22. Once Upon a Time in the West (Sergio Leone, 1968)
21. The Innocents (Jack Clayton, 1961)
20. The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939)
19. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Luis Bunuel, 1972)
18. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
17. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
16. Come and See (Elem Klimov, 1985)
15. Rashomon (Akira Kurasawa, 1950)
14. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007)
13. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Don Seigel, 1956)
12. Network (Sidney Lumet, 1976)
11. Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950)
10. Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958)
09. Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986)
08. Weekend (Jean-Luc Godard, 1968)
07. A Matter of Life and Death (Michael Powell, 1946)
06. Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
05. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
04. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (Fritz Lang, 1933)
03. The Exterminating Angel (Luis Bunuel, 1962)
02. Eraserhead (David Lynch, 1977)
01. Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979)

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