List by Julie Patron
My own personal canon
My favorite films - the ones that left a big impression, the ones that formed me, the ones I return to over and over, the ones that give you a clue about me, etc. etc. Not necessarily "the best" films.
I've grouped them by 5s (or more) according to rough categories -
1. Top 10 favorites of ALL TIME
2. Favorite Coen brothers
3. Favorite Hitchcocks
4. Favorite animated
5. 5 really perfect looking films
6. Comfort movies I can watch over and over
7. Some non-English language classics I really like
8. Some English language classics I really like
9. My favorite musicals
10. 3 from Johnnie To, 2 from Zhang Yimou
11. Favorite thriller/horror
12. 15 recent-ish (>90s) serious-ish
13. 15 recent-ish fun/funny
14. The ten movies I watched most throughout my childhood (until I was 18), in reverse chronological order
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ha, La Haine really deserved to be on there ;)
I like the way you broke up the list into categories! PS. "The Fall" seems to be on a lot of Favorites lists -- cool that a movie with such a limited release (despite such a beautiful storyline / cinematography) hasn't gone unnoticed.
Thanks Maria. I'm always glad to find those who love The Fall, and those who haven't heard of it yet so I can tell them to watch it :)
Beautiful list. Love that The Fall is up so high. Can't get enough of that film.
The last row is my favourite ;)
Aw, thanks Dirk. Yea, I had to go personal - there's no way I can start to make any list based on pure quality when I haven't seen entire national cinemas, entire filmographies of great directors, etc. I stand by The Fall =) And hah, I had to include those early movies! They're IMPORTANT.
i'm gonna make it a point to see all 36 i haven't seen from this list as soon as possible.
shit, that's like, the best compliment ever. I need to update this list too!
and the organization of this list is so much more deliberate than my dumping ground of random favorites. i couldn't do one like this myself because it's way too thoughtful :)
Tell you what Julie, your list is awesome, I will be watching some of the film from your list that I have not seen before, very nice list, maybe one of the best list i seen in here, if not the best.
Aw geez yall, thanks. I'm going to update it at the end of the year. I hardly have anything I've seen recently on the list, and I bet there's some ones I'd like to add. Thanks! Also, looking forward to seeing what you guys think of some of my favorites (also, no judging for those last two rows =)