ILX All-Time Film and Morbsies Poll: RESULTS Thread for ILX's Favorite Movies, Films, Cinema, Flicks & Moving Pictures

just look at his face

Take a look at these Cannes.

Pretty certain Sans soleil and A Serious Man would have been on my ballot somewhere. Niiice.

I should see Possession again. I stumbled on it once on TV, with zero context, and mainly remember it becoming way more bonkers than expected lol.

On the weekend I watched the several placers I'd never seen. So... I see a viewing of The Thing in my near future as well!

100 - 61: 1 film I haven't seen
60 - 51: 3 films I haven't seen
50 - 41: 4 films I haven't seen

At this rate the top ten will all be films I've never heard of.

I had no idea that the remake of The Thing had any kind of reputation at all.

the shot at the end with the Yello Man enhances the design

In this household we call him "Dieter".

I've seen every movie here except one: never watched It's a Wonderful Life in full, oddly enough.

That's a good film! Only watched it a few years ago - it's not as iconic on the continent as it is in the Anglosphere - and it works.

so far I've seen 27, not seen 27 and partially seen 6, so lots on the list already.

I've not seen about 10 of these and I definitely won't be going anywhere near the ones I bitched about already. Also don't know why California Split is on this list. So much Altman already.

I’ve seen 52 out of 60, voted for 12 so far. I imagine that voted-for percentage will rise in the top 40.

think ive seen 48 of the 60 so far. dunno which i would have voted for if i'd voted, but theres only a couple that i honestly think have no business being there, so good list so far imo.

revisited possession last month and wanted to dunk on it, until i realized its basically the mad max fury road of divorce movies. like the other better sam neil movie on this list, its just big dumb fun

I've seen 41. No serious complaints so far. The closest thing to a film I actively dislike is The Graduate.

I didn't connect with Marienbad either, but I probably had Kael in my head saying that it wasn't any good.

Seen 30.5. You all watch a lot of movies ;)

(the .5 is that I've seen the SECOND half of The Wicker Man, lol)

it's fine to watch IAWL in chunks. lots of great scenes but the story is so mawkish.

I haven't seen Mirror, Celine and Julie, A Brighter Summer Day, Johnny Guitar, OUATI Anatolia, Showgirls.

I've not seen a handful of these -- Anatolia, Daisies, Crumb and Stop Making Sense.

These are my blindspots so far: Rosemary's Baby, Mandy, A Brighter Summer Day, Celine and Julie Go Boating, California Split, 3 Women, The Maltese Falcon, Possession, The Thing.

i guess i respect anyone who comes away from possession thinking it’s “big dumb fun”

I have more respect for their spouse tbh.

Seen 55 out of 60, tho like somebody upthread I didnt finish 400 blows

Today and tomorrow will probably be the best days for me, a list of 50 can be fairly easily put together from past polls and external best-ofs that might place in the 30s and 40 or might place outside #100 - I suspect by the time we get to 20, there'll only be 20 left to fit.

OK, we've got five Morbs medalists to get to today, so let's get on with it...

Get on with it!

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40. THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928, Denmark) [833.36 points; 14 votes; Morbs silver]
S&S: 12 | TSPDT: 18 | BOXD: 32

MORBS SEZ: "pre-1930: Intolerance, The Passion of Joan of Arc, The Navigator, Nosferatu, Greed, Easy Street, The Last Laugh, Safety Last, Mikael, Cops" (in the "pretend you have a ballot for the 2012 edition of S&S" thread)

The Passion of Joan of Arc is captivating. Falconetti = w0ah!
― Leee (Leee), Friday, December 6, 2002 5:07 PM

this movie still knocks me on my ass.
― t0dd swiss, Wednesday, November 18, 2009 9:30 PM

I was really moved by that performance by Maria Falconetti in Joan of Arc
― Dan S, Thursday, January 18, 2018 5:25 PM

I watched it twice in a row. I can't get the images out of my head. Warning: silent film, almost all close-ups, like moving portraiture with a narrative. The set is rly cool.
― Fluffy Bear (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Friday, May 5, 2006 2:13 PM

ORDET and THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC do things to me that no other films do.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Thursday, September 6, 2018 7:14 PM

y'know if only Dreyer had more gore
― hell is auteur people (Noodle Vague), Thursday, January 18, 2018 5:40 PM

seeing 'passion of joan of arc' in a theater is a pretty harrowing experience. an experience that was weirdly complemented by the old guy sitting next to me -- who bore an eerie resemblance to one of the tormenters in the movie -- who kept snorting at every possible moment you could get a chuckle out of. (not many, really.) about a minute after the movie ends, with most of the audience still deadly silent, we hear him say 'i'm still not convinced it's worth owning.'
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, September 17, 2012 2:41 PM

(from "ws of shame" thread)
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― pet carrier (Crabbits), Sunday, September 16, 2012 3:04 PM

Good to see people still think this one whips.

Great start to the week.

omigod J.D.'s comment

not seen this one but Day of Wrath is amazing.

Love this, was on my list. Very mixed feeling about Morbs' pre-1930 list.

I suspect Eric thinks Gertrud the scarier experience.

I dunno. It's not a movie I can warm up to, but I don't think that's valid criticism. (For whatever reason I prefer Bresson's Joan. And after seeing both films ideas for an opera version simmer in the back of my mind.)

I'm kind of disappointed at the idea that this will be "the" Dreyer title, but I couldn't tell you which one I think it ought to be. Also, I rewatched Vampyr this weekend; that was an enjoyable time.

Just catching up this moring:

surprised that I've seen 35 of these, better that I would have expected. Some random thoughts:

54. JURASSIC PARK (Steven Spielberg, 1993, USA) [786 points; 9 votes] -> loved this, saw in theatre when I was 14 which was an amazing experience. Still somehow feels like second tier Spielberg.
49. MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (George Miller, 2015, Australia) [808.73 points; 11 votes] -> This movie made me realize I still really like action movies, it's just that they don't make many good ones
47. FARGO (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1996, USA) [811.1 points; 10 votes] -> my first Coen's movie and for that reason somehow seems like the quintessential one for me for probably that reason
43. SANS SOLEIL (Chris Marker, 1983, France) [825.25 points; 8 votes] -> Neither this nor La Jetée did much for me when I saw them (a long time ago now). I guess I should rewatch.
42. STOP MAKING SENSE (Jonathan Demme, 1984, USA) [826.7 points; 10 votes; Morbs silver] -> this was fine, but don't really get why this is considered so much better than every other concert film

I suspect Eric thinks Gertrud the scarier experience.

Truer =/= scarier, and I'm married now!

I suspect Eric thinks Gertrud the scarier experience.

Truer =/= scarier, and I'm married now!

― Milm & Foovies (Eric H.), Monday, November 1, 2021 10:03 AM (fifty-nine seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

How do you rank it relative to Master of the House?

I loved Transcendental Style in Film but still haven't actually watched this...

"43. SANS SOLEIL (Chris Marker, 1983, France) [825.25 points; 8 votes] -> Neither this nor La Jetée did much for me when I saw them (a long time ago now). I guess I should rewatch."

There's loads of amazing Marker if you don't get on with these.

It's hard for me to imagine recommending Marker to someone who doesn't like either of his landmarks, but give The Last Bolshevik a try.

Master of the House ain't no master in my house. (JK, it's really good.)

i imagined recommending cat without a grin to someone who didn't like sans soleil and lol'd

grin without a cat*

it's early

Cat Listening to Music (1988): a highbrow cat video?

You might want to check out Marker's Le Joli Mai, sort of his precursor to LaRue's "Street Beef."

I was actually thinking of some of the earlier ones like "Sunday in Peking" or "Letter from Siberia" to see his eye working and some of his writing but they may not be available on DVD.

They're streaming on Criterion.

I have not seen Sans Soleil.

Zootopia is another plausibility.

LOL Junktopia ... it's early.

I consider Passion of Joan of Arc to be one of the two great artistic achievements of the silent era, the other being Sunrise.

lmao eric

Le Joli Mai, his precursor to LaRue's "Street Beef."

Marker never got a crane shot though!

lol eric

42. STOP MAKING SENSE (Jonathan Demme, 1984, USA) [826.7 points; 10 votes; Morbs silver] -> this was fine, but don't really get why this is considered so much better than every other concert film

First, I think you have to really like the music; but if you do it also sort of tells a story about the band in some totally abstract way - by way of the introduction of of performers and the editing - that I've never seen another concert film do as successfully. It's some magic touch that Demme had for humanizing performers, as he does something similar with the video he directed for New Order's "Perfect Kiss."

the staging is also just incredibly rad