In keeping with previous polls, I've gone with the contenders in the top 2,000 films, but they now offer the entire starting spreadsheet. Here are the titles that carry through through the top 5,000 films ever.
2004 3104 Something Different Chytilová, Věra 1963 Czechoslovakia 852162 5272 Christmas on Earth Rubin, Barbara 1963 USA 292189 1843 Fidanzati, I Olmi, Ermanno 1963 Italy 772236 1641 Hud Ritt, Martin 1963 USA 1122362 2437 Organiser, The Monicelli, Mario 1963 Italy 1262377 1969 Billy Liar Schlesinger, John 1963 UK 982390 1938 Cool World, The Clarke, Shirley 1963 USA 1062513 3931 Bay of Angels Demy, Jacques 1963 France 852518 3799 Ro.Go.Pa.G. Godard, Jean-Luc/Ugo Gregoretti/Pier Paolo Pasolini/Roberto Rossellini 1963 Italy 1222566 7856 Notebook Menken, Marie 1963 USA 102571 2767 Borom sarret Sembene, Ousmane 1963 Senegal 202632 2347 Mostri, I Risi, Dino 1963 Italy 872714 4427 Zapruder Film of Kennedy Assassination Zapruder, Abraham 1963 USA 12725 2745 Cleopatra Mankiewicz, Joseph L. 1963 USA 2512770 3370 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Kramer, Stanley 1963 USA 1542783 2205 Raven's End Widerberg, Bo 1963 Sweden 1012810 2535 From Russia with Love Young, Terence 1963 UK 1153052 2991 How to Be Loved Has, Wojciech 1963 Poland 973156 2493 Valparaiso Ivens, Joris 1963 Chile 343233 2775 Rite of Spring Oliveira, Manoel de 1963 Portugal 943234 8397 Twice a Man Markopoulos, Gregory J. 1963 USA 493240 6856 Donovan's Reef Ford, John 1963 USA 1093570 2363 Love Eterne, The Li Han Hsiang 1963 Hong Kong 1263653 4475 Barnvagnen Widerberg, Bo 1963 Sweden 953904 2845 Whip and the Body, The Bava, Mario 1963 Italy 873937 3578 Matango Honda, Ishiro 1963 Japan 894098 3895 X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes Corman, Roger 1963 USA 804128 7745 Kiss Warhol, Andy 1963 USA 554140 4686 Thirteen Assassins, The Kudo, Eiichi 1963 Japan 1254279 5607 Green Years, The Rocha, Paulo 1963 Portugal 914300 4887 À tout prendre Jutra, Claude 1963 Canada 994313 5945 Small World of Sammy Lee, The Hughes, Ken 1963 UK 1074346 6316 Lord of the Flies Brook, Peter 1963 UK 904460 7768 Normal Love Smith, Jack 1963 USA 1054714 13037 Nose, The Alexeieff, Alexandre & Claire Parker 1963 France 114749 4857 Irma la Douce Wilder, Billy 1963 USA 1424755 3091 Threshold of Spring Xie Tieli 1963 China 1094821 5521 Joseph (k*l*an) Juracek, Pavel & Jan Schmidt 1963 Czechoslovakia 384895 4169 Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman, The Okamoto, Kihachi 1963 Japan 1034934 10002 Sword in the Stone, The Reitherman, Wolfgang 1963 USA 754978 4753 Rabbia, La Pasolini, Pier Paolo & Giovanni Guareschi 1963 Italy 104
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 18:25 (ten months ago) link
Either Scorpio Rising or The Leopard; not that big on any part of The Birds without birds, find Contempt a bit of a struggle. My favourite for the year is Hud.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 18:39 (ten months ago) link
Voted for The Silence, over Contempt and High and Low.
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 18:49 (ten months ago) link
I must've subconsciously saved this poll until the day Kenneth Anger's death was announced
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 18:53 (ten months ago) link
First I've heard of that, wow. Saw him introduce some films 10-15 years ago.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 19:01 (ten months ago) link
The main actor in An Actor's Revenge distracted me for speaking in the Japanese version of a Winnie-the-Pooh accent.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 19:06 (ten months ago) link
Picks:
The LeopardThe SilenceHigh and LowThe Big CityMothlightThe Nutty ProfessorMuriel
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 19:07 (ten months ago) link
Top 5:THE BIRDS (Alfred Hitchcock; USA) [#180]FLAMING CREATURES (Jack Smith; USA) [#720]THE HOUSE IS BLACK (Forugh Farrokhzad; Iran) [#241]MURIEL (Alain Resnais; France) [#342]SCORPIO RISING (Kenneth Anger; USA) [#596]
(Much as I love Lewis, Professor ranks maybe 3rd or 4th among the six-film run between 1960 and 1965.)
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 19:09 (ten months ago) link
I've seen surprisingly few of these. Going with The Birds.
― niall horanburger (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 19:14 (ten months ago) link
Would've been really fun if Christmas on Earth had gotten into the top 2,000
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 19:15 (ten months ago) link
'Christmas on Earth' has an astonishing classical beauty, it's one of my favorite films. Pity i can't vote for it.
― No, 𝘐'𝘮 Breathless! (Deflatormouse), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 21:01 (ten months ago) link
Hope you both were able to see the Barbara Rubin documentary from four or five years ago--loved it.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 21:24 (ten months ago) link
Going with The Silence even though I was literally watching Scorpio Rising when I opened this thread. Seems like kind of a weird year for films.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 21:28 (ten months ago) link
Just noticed this:
2714 4427 Zapruder Film of Kennedy Assassination Zapruder, Abraham 1963 USA 1
That is extremely interesting.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 21:30 (ten months ago) link
lol
― No, 𝘐'𝘮 Breathless! (Deflatormouse), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 21:30 (ten months ago) link
i haven't seen the doc, was involved in a couple of Christmas on Earth things, had my ear talked off by Rosebud Pettit, caught the text exhibit at Boo Hooray in 2012, all Barbara Rubined out.
still love the actual film tho.
― No, 𝘐'𝘮 Breathless! (Deflatormouse), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 21:39 (ten months ago) link
An Actor's Revenge - Good. Japan's international reputation is of such reserve and sophistication that I always get a kick out of art focusing on its earthy, working class aspects - like this is an ode to Tokyo that portrays its inhabitants as being as feisty as any I'm Walkin' Heah Ben Grimm types.
The Big City - Probably voting for this? Saw it on the big screen last year. It's a bit difficult to write about its greatness because there's nothing showy about it, it's just a truly great traditional film, has that same effortlessly entertaining vibe of classic Hollywood. First and so far only time I've seen an Anglo-Indian character portrayed in Indian cinema.
Charade - It's fine, great cast of course.
8 1/2- Have mentioned on other threads I think there's more self-awareness to Fellini's indulgence than he's given credit for. Enjoyed the Uncle Scrooge comic shout out, love to imagine Cardinale sinking her teeth into some Carl Barks. Def most of the films inspired by it are dire tho.
The Great Escape - Not my fav Sturges.
Hands Over The City - Pretty great, fun OTT Steiger perf.
The Haunting - Lesbian content from the novel surprisingly intact in the film I thought.
Jason & The Argonauts - Skellingtons.
Judex - This is a lot of fun, kind of a throwback to the age of French pulp serials. Watched it with a friend who laughed out of delight at many moments and got angry stares from an old guy, felt like we were going to be remembered as the annoying hipsters who laugh at old movies :(
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 25 May 2023 09:30 (ten months ago) link
I watched Scorpio Rising for the first in forever after a buncha Tina Turner videos. It belongs on my list. So does Charade, which I missed yesterday.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 25 May 2023 09:32 (ten months ago) link
Throw that dreary Charade away, it bores me
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 May 2023 13:41 (ten months ago) link
Slow curtain. The end.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 25 May 2023 13:44 (ten months ago) link
I voted for An Actor's Revenge straight away but shdve considered Scorpio Rising maybe
― two grills one tap (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 25 May 2023 13:54 (ten months ago) link
Shock Corridor, The Leopard, or Insect Woman ...
honorary mention: Blow Job
― sarahell, Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:24 (ten months ago) link
I may have posted this elsewhere but my favorite part of the birds is suzanne pleshette being cast as an undesireable spinster schoolmarm
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:26 (ten months ago) link
top bird
― sarahell, Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:28 (ten months ago) link
I don't doubt that, to Hitchcock, Pleshette was basically undesirable
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:45 (ten months ago) link
I know she's less than cool these days, but has anyone read Paglia's monograph on The Birds?
― niall horanburger (cryptosicko), Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:50 (ten months ago) link
It's one of the very best in that series (or worst, definitely the most)
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 May 2023 15:02 (ten months ago) link
I love Flaming Creatures, Mothlight and Scorpio Rising, but my heart is really pulling me to vote for The Haunting, gahhh.
― emil.y, Thursday, 25 May 2023 15:09 (ten months ago) link
Really love Le Doulos, High and Low, and the Great Escape. The latter is the best kind of Hollywood big budget '60s all star cast film.
― omar little, Thursday, 25 May 2023 16:21 (ten months ago) link
Still got love for Camille P
Still got love The Birds
Still got love for the streets
― two grills one tap (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 25 May 2023 16:35 (ten months ago) link
This Sporting Life is on my top ten films of all time. Really turns kitchen sink machismo on its head. Richard Harris & Rachel Roberts both incredible in it.
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Thursday, 25 May 2023 16:37 (ten months ago) link
I feel like 1963 is the year that international film really started to loosen up, a lot of conventions were now being regarded as optional (and, sure, a lot of pretensions were now able to be indulged). I think you can see this, for example, even in the distance between the beginning of the Bergman trilogy and its culmination here. It's a cusp year, like 1966 in rock.This list contains my favourites by Malle, Kurosawa, Imamura, Resnais, and Demy on the secondary list. Machorka-Muff by Straub/Huillet didn't make the top 5000 but is a very interesting debut short film. Wish I could remember anything about Barren Lives or The Organizer.I couldn't not vote for Le Mépris here, but I would hope that Les Carabiniers receives more than the zero votes I expect.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 25 May 2023 17:57 (ten months ago) link
It's a cusp year, like 1966 in rock
Lot of that same mojo in A-G cinema in '63, especially glancing over the runners-up list above
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Friday, 26 May 2023 11:25 (ten months ago) link
Based on what I’ve seen: Contempt. (Which is screening locally this summer!)
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 26 May 2023 11:49 (ten months ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 15 June 2023 00:01 (ten months ago) link
A strong year everywhere but in Hollywood. The Birds an exception.
― Josefa, Thursday, 15 June 2023 00:16 (ten months ago) link
And Hud!
― clemenza, Thursday, 15 June 2023 00:17 (ten months ago) link
I’ll accept that (am due for a rewatch though)
― Josefa, Thursday, 15 June 2023 00:23 (ten months ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 16 June 2023 00:01 (ten months ago) link
Not a fan
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Friday, 16 June 2023 00:51 (ten months ago) link
At least half-a-dozen great films with no votes!
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 16 June 2023 14:19 (ten months ago) link
Not enough voters in these polls
― Holly Godarkbloom (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 16 June 2023 14:20 (ten months ago) link
I voted for The Leopard.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 16 June 2023 14:28 (ten months ago) link
1993's Best Movies: 30 Years Later
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Friday, 16 June 2023 16:00 (ten months ago) link
Forgot to vote, but would have chosen Contempt or The Leopard. Of the ones with no votes - I thought The Insect Woman was great, and still haven't seen Muriel or Flaming Creatures
― Dan S, Friday, 16 June 2023 22:51 (ten months ago) link