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

I thought of Weekend first.

oh thx dunno how i missed that. definitely not confident we will be seeing No Country

I'm quite happy that there's a bunch of ILX-bait left on my list, and a bunch of popular movies, and a bunch of award-bait, and I can't really say "oh no that won't place" about any of it.

I had also taken off The Big Lebowski, it did well in the Coen Bros poll but I didn't think it'd place this much higher than A Serious Man. Can I say No Country For Old Men won't place higher? Actually yeah I think so.

The G-Dard's I could see placing are Breathless and/or Band of Outsiders. Although maybe now Weekend is hitting home for many.

I'd be more surprised by The Shining not making the Top 100 than by it making the Top 10. (I don't think it's shown up yet...)

badlands will be top 10

It did win the road-movie poll. I don't think so, but I'd rather that than the dinosaur Malick film.

it will

I’m very surprised that On the Waterfront hasnt placed. Is there any chance it is still coming? I wouldn’t think so

I think the list so far has been a nice blend of movies as high art and movies as incredible entertainment. one may hope that all the remaining top ten exemplify the best of both aspects.

#1 Freddy Got Fingered

Just about

I misremembered giving Close-Up more than an honorable mention, but that was Friend's House apparently, plus some Panahi. Iranian cinema got me interested in film again as an adult after falling out of the loop as a teen. That started with Close-Up, a decade late, so wOOt!

Goodfellas is my first "never got around to it/will watch" moment for some time. Exactly the sort of thing that 'falling out of the loop' led me to being hopelessly ignorant about lol

100. ROSEMARY'S BABY (Roman Polanski, Roman 1968, USA) [620 points; 10 votes]
99. LA JETÉE (Chris Marker, Chris 1962, France) [623.33 points; 9 votes; 1 first-place vote; Morbs silver]
98. MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO (Miyazaki Hayao, 1988, Japan) [623.9 points; 10 votes]
97. SEVEN SAMURAI (Kurosawa Akira, 1954, Japan) [624.67 points; 9 votes]
96. MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid, 1943, USA) [625.71 points; 7 votes]
95. SHOWGIRLS (Paul Verhoeven, 1995, USA) [628 points; 4 votes]
94. ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011, Turkey) [636 points; 6 votes]
93. ERASERHEAD (David Lynch, 1977, USA) [636.9 points; 10 votes]
92. THE GODFATHER (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972, USA) [643.4 points; 10 votes]
91. LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (Alain Resnais, 1961, France) [645.82 points; 11 votes]

90. MANDY (Panos Cosmatos, 2018, USA) [646.5 points; 8 votes]
89. THIS IS SPINAL TAP (Rob Reiner, 1984, USA) [650.91 points; 11 votes]
88. JOHNNY GUITAR (Nicholas Ray, 1954, USA) [651 points; 6 votes]
87. THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE (Victor Erice, 1973, Spain) [652 points; 8 votes]
86. A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY (Edward Yang, 1991, Taiwan) [655.5 points; 6 votes; 1 first-place vote]
85. THE LADY EVE (Preson Sturges, 1941, USA) [656.4 points; 10 votes; Morbs silver]
84. CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING (Jacques Rivette, 1974, France) [658.57 points; 7 votes]
83. THE KING OF COMEDY (Martin Scorsese, 1983, USA) [659.82 points; 11 votes; Morbs gold]
82. WILD STRAWBERRIES (Ingmar Bergman, 1957, Sweden) [661.5 points; 6 votes]
81. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Frank Capra, 1946, USA) [661.63 points; 8 votes]

80. CALIFORNIA SPLIT (Robert Altman, 1974, USA) [663 points; 6 votes]
79. UNDER THE SKIN (Jonathan Glazer, 2014, UK) [665 points; 12 votes]
78. THE WICKER MAN (Robin Hardy, 1973, UK) [668.5 points; 8 votes]
77. THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (Sergio Leone, 1966, Italy) [670 points; 12 votes; Morbs silver]
76. DAISIES (Vera Chytilová, 1966, Czechoslovakia) [674.29 points; 7 votes; 1 first-place vote]
75. THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (John Ford, 1962, USA) [683.63 points; 8 votes; Morbs gold]
74. DAYS OF HEAVEN (Terrence Malick, 1978, USA) [683.63 points; 8 votes; 1 first-place vote]
73. BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (Spike Jonze, 1999, USA) [700.6 points; 10 votes]
72. PIERROT LE FOU (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965, France) [705 points; 6 votes]
71. MIRROR (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975, USSR) [708.38 points; 8 votes; Morbs gold]

70. M (Fritz Lang, 1931, Germany) [708.67 points; 9 votes]
69. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1943, UK) [715.71 points; 7 votes]
68. CRUMB (Terry Zwigoff, 1994, USA) [716.63 points; 8 votes]
67. PULP FICTION (Quentin Tarantino, 1994, USA) [717.5 points; 10 votes; 1 first-place vote]
66. TOUCH OF EVIL (Orson Welles, 1958, USA) [719.33 points; 9 votes; 1 first-place vote]
65. 3 WOMEN (Robert Altman, 1977, USA) [725.3 points; 10 votes]
64. BACK TO THE FUTURE (Robert Zemeckis, 1985, USA) [728.55 points; 11 votes]
63. ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974, West Germany) [729.2 points; 10 votes; Morbs silver]
62. THE MALTESE FALCON (John Huston, 1941, USA) [733.1 points; 10 votes; Morbs silver]
61. AU HASARD BALTHAZAR (Robert Bresson, 1966, France) [734.91 points; 11 votes]

60. SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS (F.W. Murnau, 1927, USA) [752.6 points; 10 votes; 1 first-place vote]
59. SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK (Charlie Kaufman, 2008, USA) [768.67 points; 9 votes]
58. GROUNDHOG DAY (Harold Ramis, 1993, USA) [772.46 points; 13 votes]
57. IMITATION OF LIFE (Douglas Sirk, 1959, USA) [774 points; 6 votes]
56. THE 400 BLOWS (François Truffaut, 1959, France) [779.33 points; 9 votes]
55. THE GRADUATE (Mike Nichols, 1967, USA) [783.33 points; 9 votes]
54. JURASSIC PARK (Steven Spielberg, 1993, USA) [786 points; 9 votes]
53. THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (Tobe Hooper, 1974, USA) [788.13 points; 8 votes]
52. NOTORIOUS (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946, USA) [793.63 points; 8 votes]
51. PSYCHO (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960, USA) [793.75 points; 12 votes; Morbs silver]

50. PERSONA (Ingmar Bergman, 1966, Sweden) [805.69 points; 13 votes; 1 first-place vote]
49. MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (George Miller, 2015, Australia) [808.73 points; 11 votes]
48. POSSESSION (Andrzej Żuławski, 1981, France-West Germany) [810 points; 9 votes; 1 first-place vote]
47. FARGO (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1996, USA) [811.1 points; 10 votes]
46. SPIRITED AWAY (Miyazaki Hayao, 2001, Japan) [811.27 points; 11 votes]
45. THE THING (John Carpenter, 1982, USA) [815 points; 10 votes]
44. BLUE VELVET (David Lynch, 1986, USA) [822 points; 15 votes]
43. SANS SOLEIL (Chris Marker, 1983, France) [825.25 points; 8 votes]
42. STOP MAKING SENSE (Jonathan Demme, 1984, USA) [826.7 points; 10 votes; Morbs silver]
41. A SERIOUS MAN (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2009, USA) [830.4 points; 15 votes]

40. THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928, Denmark) [833.36 points; 14 votes; Morbs silver]
39. LATE SPRING (Ozu Yasujirō, 1949, Japan) [835.45 points; 11 votes]
38. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1952, USA) [841.82 points; 11 points]
37. CONTEMPT (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963, France) [845.71 points; 7 votes]
36. PLAYTIME (Jacques Tati, 1967, France) [853.27 points; 11 votes; 1 first-place vote; Morbs silver]
35. McCABE & MRS. MILLER (Robert Altman, 1971, USA) [855.6 points; 15 votes]
34. THE LONG GOODBYE (Robert Altman, 1973, USA) [865.38 points; 16 votes; Morbs silver]
33. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (Irvin Kershner, 1980, USA) [872.2 points; 10 votes]
32. CHINATOWN (Roman Polanski, 1974, USA) [873.43 points; 14 votes; Morbs silver]
31. DUCK SOUP (Leo McCarey, 1933, USA) [874.64 points; 14 votes; Morbs silver]

30. BARRY LYNDON (Stanley Kubrick, 1975, UK) [883.23 points; 13 votes; Morbs silver]
29. THE GREEN RAY (Eric Rohmer, 1986, France) [900.88 points; 8 votes; Morbs silver]
28. DOG DAY AFTERNOON (Sidney Lumet, 1975, USA) [901.25 points; 12 votes]
27. JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES (Chantal Akerman, 1975, Belgium) [906 points; 9 votes]
26. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959, USA) [920.79 points; 14 votes; 1 first-place vote; Morbs silver]
25. SUNSET BLVD. (Billy Wilder, 1950, USA) [942.5 points; 12 votes; 1 first-place vote]
24. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Wong Kar-wai, 2000, Hong Kong) [952.55 points; 11 votes]
23. ALIEN (Ridley Scott, 1979, USA) [983.75 points; 12 votes]
22. REAR WINDOW (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954, USA) [1,003.2 points; 15 votes; 1 first-place vote]
21. TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (David Lynch, 1992, USA) [1,012.6 points; 10 votes]

20. DR. STRANGELOVE, OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (Stanley Kubrick, 1964, UK) [1,043.37 points; 19 votes; Morbs silver]
19. CITIZEN KANE (Orson Welles, 1941, USA) [1,050.32 points; 19 votes; Morbs silver]
18. THE APARTMENT (Billy Wilder, 1960, USA) [1,064.07 points; 14 votes]
17. THE BIG LEBOWSKI (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1998, USA) [1,095.83 points; 18 votes; 1 first-place vote]
16. APOCALYPSE NOW (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979, USA) [1,107.60 points; 15 votes; 1 first-place vote]
15. BLADE RUNNER (Ridley Scott, 1982, USA) [1,137.06 points; 17 votes]
14. GOODFELLAS (Martin Scorsese, 1990, USA) [1,138.4 points; 20 votes; Morbs silver]
13. CLOSE-UP (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990, Iran) [1,143.75 points; 12 votes; Morbs silver]
12. THE THIRD MAN (Carol Reed, 1949, UK) [1,146 points; 15 votes; 4 first-place votes]
11. CHILDREN OF MEN (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006, UK) [1,149.08 points; 13 votes]

Still no Keaton or Chaplin...possible though unlikely.

Children of Men would have made my top 20 if I had submitted a ballot. It grows in my estimation every time I watch it. It's not perfect but fuck perfection. I can't understand how it was even made nor can I understand how the man that made it made it since everything else he's made is either boring, nothing or bad.

All About Eve should have cracked the bottom 50. but pointless malingering aside The Lady Eve is not one I've seen and it looks good.

Woody Allen...well you can't tell me it isn't possible?!

Trevor Howard looks so fucking cool in that leather coat you could briefly believe that the Brits are the good nazis

just like a cop— you’re a real cop, i suppose.

From 6 of clemenza’s 7 above (minus Zodiac), add The Shining, Tokyo Story, Stalker, and either another Godard or Jaws.

All About Eve should have cracked the bottom 50.

Done up in little ribbons. I could die right now and nobody'd be confused.

yeah, I was expecting that to place

There's something (not) on this list to disappoint everybody!

yes! I was thinking the absence of any of the many great Italian films (except for The Good, the Bad & the Ugly which only partly counts) on this list is strange

Just remembered one of mine that hasn’t been mentioned at all: Robocop.

Stalker--forgot about that, yes.

one of my least favorite Tarkovsky films

I will have to rewatch it, but as a science fiction film I don’t think it has any of the visual or auditory beauty, or is as interesting a story, or has the metaphysical quality - of 2001, which we got to experience 11 years earlier

a funny thing about the big lebowski is that it’s a period film about 1991 that came out in 1998

worried that my #1 won't make it but I guess it could still be there

Night of the Hunter still might make it, I guess.

Stalker is great and I'll be glad if it places but I'm guessing at this point my fave Andrei Rublev doesn't show up at all. It is an unjust world.

Surprised to see John Waters get shut out too.

oh man, Stalker is #7 on my ballot, which probably means it's horrible

re: andrei rublev

last night i met my new neighbor, who was about my mom's age. we were talking out on the porch, about 45 degrees. she mentioned that she was an artist. i took her card and it mentioned sculpting, so i asked about that. she said that she was very inspired by Rublev, and I told her I was more familiar with Rublev from the film than his actual work. She had never heard of Tarkovsky or the film. then she started talking about how she wasn't vaccinated because it prevents men from having children. Then I told her my dad died of Covid and that he was a complete fucking moron, and that my mom wasn't vaccinated. She said that my mom was right to not be vaccinated still.

in conclusion, some incredibly dumb people are inspired by andrei rublev

A lot of worry on this thread. I think it's been fun. And the results are more than honorable. I like if not love if not adore almost every title that's placed. In fact, there's only one film here I actively loathe (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and its placement makes perfect sense. I suppose Jurassic Park's appearance is mildly odd. But I imagine it would've hit me harder were I born in the mid-1980s with a Happy Meal awaiting me after the screening. Refreshing, if baffling, to encounter so many Playtime haters too.

And the results are more than honorable.

as a film idiot, comparing it to other all-time lists, the ilx list seems much, much, better.

but what do i know. the real answer is that everything is fucking horrible and has never been worse

what was the clip above? about people being horrible?

people are fucking horrible

I think a lot about this is when the majority of ilxors were born

which is not bad. I voted for the films I loved as a child

Me too, and I won't feel bad at all if Raiders is in the top 10.

I loved Stalker as a child. But I moved on and voted for other things.

Its a really good list so far, just about right id say

xpost Haha!

Even as a child, I knew there was something wrong with Star Wars (the 1977 original) but wasn't adept enough to articulate it. Now, blech! Still, my favorite toy ever was the Death Star. Check out this sucker. Note the trash compactor monster which you can see better here than in the film.
https://www.actionfigure411.com/star-wars/images/death-star-space-station-2244.jpg

https://www.actionfigure411.com/star-wars/images/death-star-space-station-2244.jpg

First they came for The Empire Strikes Back, and I did not say anything bc wgaf about TESB
Then they came for Goodfellas etc. etc.

Oh poop. How about this one?
https://starwarsblog.starwars.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Box.jpg

http://www.rebelscum.com/Kenner/MC-DeathStarWorld/header.jpg

even better!

The only one my parents could afford Xmas '82:

https://image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/CTAuctioneers/26/668526/H20253-L203898324.jpg

dont forget that cuarón hates autistic ppl