Favourite Films
My, unordered, top 100 films. The best of the best.
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Collections
Spider-Man (Avengers) Collection 3 watched
The Avengers Collection 4 watched
The Dark Knight Collection 3 watched
The Lord of the Rings Collection 3 watched
Captain America Collection 3 watched
Star Wars Collection 9 watched
Thor Collection 3 watched
Iron Man Collection 3 watched
Spider-Man Collection 3 watched
Harry Potter Collection 8 watched
Toy Story Collection 4 watched
The Matrix Collection 4 watched
Alien Collection 4 watched
Americanized Godzilla Collection 4 watched
Anchorman Collection 3 watched
The Animatrix Collection 9 watched
The Apu Trilogy 3 watched
Austin Powers Collection 3 watched
The Avengers Collection 4 watched
Back to the Future Collection 3 watched
Batman Collection 4 watched
Before... Collection 3 watched
Bill & Ted's Most Excellent Collection 3 watched
Captain America Collection 3 watched
The Conjuring Collection 3 watched
The Dark Knight Collection 3 watched
Dead or Alive Collection 3 watched
The Decalogue 10 watched
Evil Dead Collection 4 watched
Fear Street Collection 3 watched
Firefly Collection 3 watched
Friday the 13th Collection 11 watched
Futurama Collection 4 watched
Gamera (Heisei) Collection 4 watched
Gamera (Showa) Collection 8 watched
Gates of Hell Trilogy 3 watched
Ghostbusters Collection 3 watched
Godzilla Anime Trilogy 3 watched
Godzilla Collection 3 watched
Godzilla (Heisei) Collection 7 watched
Godzilla (Millennium) Collection 6 watched
Godzilla (Showa) Collection 15 watched
Guinea Pig Collection 6 watched
Halloween Collection 10 watched
Harry Potter Collection 8 watched
The Hobbit Collection 3 watched
The Human Condition 3 watched
The Hunger Games Collection 4 watched
Indiana Jones Collection 4 watched
Iron Man Collection 3 watched
John Wick Collection 3 watched
Lone Wolf and Cub Collection 6 watched
The Lord of the Rings Collection 3 watched
The Matrix Collection 4 watched
A Nightmare on Elm Street Collection 7 watched
Ocean's Collection 3 watched
The Orphic Trilogy 3 watched
Pitch Perfect Collection 3 watched
Planet of the Apes (Reboot) Collection 3 watched
Re-Animator Collection 3 watched
Rebirth of Mothra Collection 3 watched
Rebuild of Evangelion Collection 4 watched
RoboCop Collection 3 watched
Rush Hour Collection 3 watched
Samurai Collection 3 watched
Scream Collection 5 watched
Spider-Man (Avengers) Collection 3 watched
Spider-Man Collection 3 watched
Star Trek: Alternate Reality Collection 3 watched
Star Wars Collection 9 watched
Texas Chainsaw Massacre Collection 7 watched
Thor Collection 3 watched
Three Colors Collection 3 watched
Toy Story Collection 4 watched
The Twilight Collection 5 watched
The Up Collection 9 watched
Wallace & Gromit Collection 4 watched
War and Peace Collection 4 watched
Ace Ventura Collection 2 of 3 watched
Blair Witch Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Boogeyman Collection 2 of 3 watched
Bridget Jones Collection 2 of 3 watched
Despicable Me Collection 2 of 3 watched
Divergent Collection 2 of 3 watched
Fantastic Beasts Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Godfather Collection 2 of 3 watched
High School Musical Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Jack Ryan Collection 2 of 3 watched
James Bond Collection 25 of 26 watched
Jumanji Collection 2 of 3 watched
Jurassic Park Collection 4 of 5 watched
Kidulthood Collection 2 of 3 watched
Kingsman Collection 2 of 3 watched
Kung Fu Panda Collection 2 of 3 watched
Living Dead Collection 3 of 4 watched
Mad Max Collection 3 of 4 watched
Mariachi Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Millennium Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Mummy Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Omen Collection 3 of 4 watched
Resident Evil Collection 5 of 6 watched
The Robert Langdon Collection 2 of 3 watched
Shrek Collection 3 of 4 watched
The Slumber Party Massacre Collection 2 of 3 watched
SpongeBob Collection 2 of 3 watched
Spy Kids Collection 3 of 4 watched
Tetsuo Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Transporter Collection 3 of 4 watched
X-Men Collection 6 of 7 watched
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Crew & studios
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Co-Directors
Masayuki 3
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Producers
Scott Rudin 50
Stan Lee 41
Tim Bevan 39
Eric Fellner 39
Kevin Feige 35
Bruce Berman 27
Tessa Ross 23
Avi Arad 22
Jason Blum 22
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Writers
Agnès Varda 30
Yasujirō Ozu 27
Joel Coen 22
Ethan Coen 21
Kōgo Noda 19
Ian Fleming 17
Woody Allen 16
Stephen King 16
Wes Anderson 15
David Lynch 15
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Editors
Michael Kahn 22
José Salcedo 17
Joel Coen 15
Ethan Coen 14
Paul Hirsch 14
Lee Smith 14
Jon Harris 13
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Cinematography
Dean Cundey 19
Bill Pope 16
Sven Nykvist 14
Peter Deming 14
Robby Müller 13
Oliver Wood 13
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Production Design
David Wasco 14
Rick Carter 14
Stuart Craig 14
Ken Adam 13
Takeo Kita 12
Jess Gonchor 11
Carol Spier 11
Peter Lamont 11
Wynn Thomas 11
Bo Welch 10
Arthur Max 10
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Art Direction
Hans Dreier 14
Gary Tomkins 13
Gary Jopling 11
Peter Dorme 11
Hal Pereira 10
Ray Chan 10
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Set Decoration
Nancy Haigh 19
Gene Serdena 14
Anna Pinnock 13
Larry Dias 12
Robert Gould 11
Jay Hart 11
Tim Croshaw 11
Anne Kuljian 10
Jan Pascale 10
Tammy S. Lee 10
Aric Cheng 10
George Lee 10
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Visual Effects
Craig Barron 16
John Knoll 15
Brian Adler 14
Phil Tippett 12
John Bruno 11
Tim Burke 11
Russell Earl 11
Ken Ralston 10
Janek Sirrs 10
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Composers
Hans Zimmer 39
Danny Elfman 38
Howard Shore 36
John Powell 19
Tyler Bates 18
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Sound
Skip Lievsay 56
Andy Nelson 46
Leslie Shatz 33
Anna Behlmer 31
Ron Bartlett 28
Paul Massey 28
Tom Johnson 25
David Parker 25
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Costumes
Edith Head 25
Mary Zophres 23
Mark Bridges 18
Ann Roth 17
Sandy Powell 15
Kym Barrett 12
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Make-Up
Ve Neill 25
Bill Corso 24
Sian Grigg 19
Rick Baker 17
Judy Chin 16
Donald Mowat 14
Julie Hewett 14
Dick Smith 12
Paul Engelen 12
Kate Biscoe 12
Naomi Donne 12
Fern Buchner 11
Luisa Abel 11
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Studios
Paramount 157
20th Century Fox 110
Toho 87
Canal+ 82
Shochiku 53
BBC Films 47
Miramax 46
CNC 42
Lionsgate 40
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Co-Directors
Ágnes Hranitzky 4.5
Lee Unkrich 4.0
Mahiro Maeda 3.0
Masayuki 2.7
Kazuya Tsurumaki 2.5
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Producers
Giuseppe Amato 5.0
Kim Kyeong-taek 5.0
Evelyn O'Neill 5.0
Gary Kurtz 5.0
Yutaka Narita 5.0
Victor Lyndon 5.0
Syd Lim 5.0
Gilly Ruben 5.0
Craig Markey 5.0
Michael White 5.0
Fred Baker 5.0
Kristina Ceyton 5.0
Barry Jenkins 5.0
Mark Ceryak 5.0
Andrew Lauren 5.0
Ben Barenholtz 5.0
Vittorio De Sica 5.0
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Writers
Leigh Brackett 5.0
Lee Unkrich 5.0
Barry Jenkins 5.0
Kim Krizan 5.0
Edward Neumeier 5.0
James Baldwin 5.0
Cesare Zavattini 5.0
Terry Zwigoff 5.0
Paddy Chayefsky 5.0
Joseph Kessel 5.0
Georges Méliès 5.0
Nat Perrin 5.0
Karel Zeman 5.0
Charlie Kaufman 4.8
Andrei Tarkovsky 4.8
Greta Gerwig 4.8
Masaki Kobayashi 4.8
Zenzō Matsuyama 4.8
Edward Yang 4.7
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Editors
Hisashi Sagara 5.0
Simon Njoo 5.0
Valeriya Belova 5.0
Chen Po-Wen 5.0
Mario Morra 5.0
Mitsuzô Miyata 5.0
Dana Bunescu 5.0
Charles Burnett 5.0
Leslie Jones 4.8
Lee Unkrich 4.7
Tricia Cooke 4.7
Wong Ming-Lam 4.7
Jacques Witta 4.7
Willard Nico 4.7
Matyas Fekete 4.7
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Cinematography
Yorick Le Saux 5.0
Julia Fabry 5.0
Radek Ładczuk 5.0
Mitch Breit 5.0
Peter Smokler 5.0
Lars Skree 5.0
David Raedeker 5.0
Gábor Medvigy 5.0
Walt Lloyd 5.0
Yoshio Miyajima 4.8
Jean Rabier 4.8
Vadim Yusov 4.7
Henri Alekan 4.7
Mahmoud Kalari 4.7
Farhad Saba 4.7
Claire Duguet 4.7
Sam Levy 4.6
Christian Berger 4.6
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Production Design
Chris Jones 5.0
Thomas Grézaud 5.0
Anna Asp 5.0
Georges Méliès 5.0
Masao Yamazaki 5.0
Heidi Lüdi 5.0
Björn Thulin 5.0
Andrzej Rafał Waltenberger 5.0
Mikhail Bogdanov 4.8
Giuseppe Bassan 4.7
Keiko Mitsumatsu 4.7
Bernard Evein 4.7
Piero Poletto 4.7
Nelson Lowry 4.5
Stephonik Youth 4.5
Michael Seymour 4.5
Rona Liu 4.5
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Art Direction
Eric Dean 5.0
Robert Parle 5.0
Rocio Gimenez 5.0
Roger Christian 5.0
Satoshi Kuroda 5.0
Peter Andrus 5.0
Gayle Simon 5.0
Carl Jules Weyl 5.0
Julie Ann Horan 5.0
Leslie Dilley 4.7
Kazuo Oga 4.7
Bernard Evein 4.7
Shigemasa Toda 4.7
Arthur Lawson 4.7
Kazue Hirataka 4.7
Pedro Moura 4.5
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Set Decoration
Ian Whittaker 5.0
Zach Selter 5.0
Lynn Christopher 5.0
Béla Zsolt Tóth 5.0
Sándor Katona 5.0
Yang Hong-sam 4.7
Simon Guilbault 4.5
Meriam Rodriguez 4.5
Leslie McCarthy-Frankenheimer 4.5
Michele Poulik 4.5
Jenny Oman 4.5
Kieron Thomas 4.5
Lorna Cashmore 4.5
Jim Wallis 4.5
Lisa Fischer 4.5
Edgar G. Ulmer 4.5
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Visual Effects
Marty Pepper 5.0
Camille Geier 4.7
Rohan Claassen 4.5
Kent Houston 4.5
Pierre Rousseau 4.5
Olivier Cauwet 4.5
Jeremy Hattingh 4.5
Tolga Goktekin 4.5
Benoît Brière 4.5
Erik Shepherd 4.5
Tom Wood 4.5
Kenneth Coyne 4.5
Aurelia Abate 4.5
Steve Dellerson 4.5
Mark Driscoll 4.5
Jeremy Dawson 4.5
Grant Anderson 4.5
George Merkert 4.5
Patrick Phillips 4.5
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Composers
Eduard Artemyev 5.0
Michael Galasso 5.0
Javier Navarrete 5.0
Robert Schumann 5.0
Giovanni Fusco 4.8
Fabio Pignatelli 4.7
Massimo Morante 4.7
Bo Harwood 4.7
Mihály Víg 4.7
David Byrne 4.7
Jonny Greenwood 4.6
Zdeněk Liška 4.5
Michael Abels 4.5
Daniel Lopatin 4.5
Carmine Coppola 4.5
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Sound
Tu Duu-chih 5.0
Iwao Ôtani 5.0
Gordon Davidson 5.0
Sam Gemette 5.0
Leslie Hodgson 5.0
Tex Rudloff 5.0
Julien Sicart 5.0
Ed Downham 5.0
Richard Quinn 5.0
Richard Chaim 5.0
Semyon Litvinov 5.0
Diego Garrido 5.0
Bo Persson 5.0
Bo Harwood 5.0
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Costumes
Nelli Fomina 5.0
Deirdre Scully 5.0
Yoshirô Muraki 5.0
Andrea Galer 5.0
Céline Sciamma 5.0
Grace Snell 5.0
János Breckl 5.0
Jo Slater 5.0
Hanna Ćwikło 5.0
Yoshiko Samejima 5.0
Inger Pehrsson 4.8
Casey Storm 4.8
Anthea Sylbert 4.7
George Newman 4.5
Karen Young 4.5
Anna Tringali 4.5
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Make-Up
Vera Rudina 5.0
Allan Snyder 5.0
Aïda Carange 5.0
Janine Jarreau 5.0
Marie Luiset 5.0
James Ryder 4.7
Cecilia Drott 4.6
Graham Freeborn 4.5
Dania Simental 4.5
Nick Maley 4.5
Jack H. Young 4.5
Fred B. Phillips 4.5
Tammy Ashmore 4.5
Navya La Shay 4.5
Amy L. Forsythe 4.5
Jorjee Douglass 4.5
Jennifer Harty 4.5
Ed Voight 4.5
Maurizio Trani 4.5
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Studios
Lilies Films 5.0
Hold Up Films 5.0
Haut et Court 5.0
Tequila Gang 5.0
Brooksfilms 5.0
Muhan Investment 5.0
Causeway Films 5.0
South Australian Film Corporation 5.0
Filmfonds Wien 5.0
TSR 5.0
Abbas Kiarostami Productions 5.0
Piraya Film 5.0
Spring Films 5.0
Star-Film 5.0
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