A: Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
B: Big Lebowski
C: Clockwork Orange
D: Deer Hunter
E: E.T.
F: First Blood
G: Good, The Bad And The Ugly
H: Hot Fuzz
I: Ice Storm
J: Jaws
K: King Of Comedy
L: Lord Of The Rings Trilogy
M: Mulholland Drive
N: New World
O: Once Upon A Time In The West
P: Planet Of The Apes
Q: Quantum Of Solace (Auch. Haven’t seen Quiz Show)
R: Rio Bravo
S: Shawshank Redemption
T: Taxi Driver
U: Up
V: Vanishing Point
W: Watchmen
X: X-Men: First Class
Y: Young Frankenstein
Z: Zodiac (3 last letters sucked)
Wow, this is Nerdism.
Actually, I adore Zodiac, and Young Frankenstein is pretty hilarious. I would say that the hardest were H, I, J, K, Q and X for letters that had very few great movies, and the hardest to pick were D (it was painful to have to choose between Dr. Strangelove, Do the Right Thing, and Double Indemnity), and, though it wasn’t hard to choose, B has an unbelievable amount of great movies (Barry Lyndon, Barton Fink, Breathless, Blowup, Blade Runner, Being There, Badlands etc.)
I didn’t mean the three last movies sucked, it was just too easy and too few to choose from. Hell yes, Zodiac is a masterpiece. I think this topic would be more fun if it was about underrated movies from each letter instead of best.
Amarcord
The Big Sleep
The Conformist
Danger: Diabolik
L’Eclisse
Fast, Cheap, & Out of Control
The Gang’s All Here
High and Low
I Walked With a Zombie
J’Accuse
The King of Comedy
The Long Goodbye
Mulholland Drive
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
Once Upon a Time in America
Pierrot le Fou
Que Viva Mexico
Red Desert
Solaris
Touch of Evil
The Uninvited
Vampyr
Waiting for Guffman
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Z
# – 2001: A Space Odyssey
Another Woman
Beeswax
Catwoman
Drunken Master
Eel, The
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Gallipoli
Hell House
Invictus
Jeepers Creepers
Kill or Be Killed
Lolita
Magic
Norma Rae
Oscar
Prizzi’s Honor
Quintet
River, The
Sarafina
Tootsie
Utu
Volver
Woman Under the Influence, A
X-Men
You Only Live Twice
Zeram
A: Anchorman
B: Barton Fink
C: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
D: Defending Your Life
E: Enemy Mine
F: Freaks
G: Glengarry Glen Ross
H: Howards End
I: In Cold Blood
J: The Jerk
K: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
L: Last Exit to Brookyn
M: Medium Cool
N: The Night Porter
O: The Orphanage
P: Prospero’s Books
Q: Q & A
R: The Replacement Killers
S: Sex & Lucia
T: Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead
U: Unbelievable Truth
V: Victory
W: The White Ribbon
X: Xanadu
Y: Young Guns
Z: Zentropa
All about Eve
Born Yesterday
Cabaret
Dial M for Murder
East of Eden
Faces
Godzilla
High Noon
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Julius Caesar
King Kong
Last Summer
Marty
North by Northwest
On the Waterfront
Psycho
Queen Kelly
Rear Window
Shane
Them!
Umberto D
Vertigo
Winchester ’73
X the Unknown
Young and Innocent
Zulu
The A partment
B arry Lyndon
C hinatown
D r. Strangelove
8 1/2
F ive Easy Pieces
The G odfather, Part II
H annah and Her Sisters
I ce Station Zebra
J aws
The K ing of Comedy
L ongtime Companion
M anhattan
N ashville
O rdinary People
P oint Blank
Q uiz Show
R aging Bull
The S tunt Man
T om Jones
U nforgiven
The V erdict
W est Side Story
X – The Man With X-Ray Eyes
Y ellow Submarine
Z
I was trying to make all of them exceptional movies, 10s-outta-10s, if-you-will.
OK, ok, I know Ice Station Zebra is questionable, but I like it. And I really wanted to put Yog: Monster From Space to see if anybody remembers it.
*A*ntichrist
*B*efore the Revolution
*C*ollateral
*D*eath and the Maiden
*E*lephant (Van Sant)
*F*ollowing
*G*oodfellas
*H*eat
*I*nsider, The
*J*ubilee
*K*atzelmacher
*L*ight Sleeper
*M*etropolis
*N*aked Lunch
*O*leanna
*P*ickpocket
*Q*ueen Kelly
*R*edbelt
*S*traw Dogs
*T*eorema
*U*nder the Volcano
*V*ery Eye of Night, The
*W*all Street
X – it’d be a stretch pledging to consider the old Scarface by Hawks, for all the X’s in it, but I know when I’m beat…
*Y*ojimbo (not even my favorite Kurosawa or among my very favorite Kurosawas but it will have to do)
Z (Costa-Gavras)
Annie Hall
Bringing Out the Dead
City Lights
Dogville
East of Eden
Fanny and Alexander
Graduate, The
Hannah and Her Sisters
It’s a Wonderful Life
Jules et Jim
Killing of a Chinese Bookie, The
Last Tango in Paris
Magnolia
Nashville
On the Waterfront
Piano, The
Que?
Red Shoes, The
Singin’ in the Rain
Taxi Driver
Up in the Air
Vertigo
Wild Strawberries
X-Men: First Class
Y Tu Mamá También
Zelig
Twenty of these were easy. K, Q, U, X, Y, and Z took some thought.
A horror list:
Alien
The Brood
Creepshow
Day of the Dead
The Exorcist
The Fly
Gremlins
The Howling
Inside
Ju-On
Kill List
Let the Right One In
Martyrs
Night of the Living Dead
Onibaba
Possession
Quetzalcoatl: The Winged Serpent
Rosemary’s Baby
The Shining
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Ugetsu
Vengeance: The Demon (working title for Pumpkinhead)
The Wolfman
Xtro
Young Frankenstein
Zombie
American Gigilo
Bliss
Certified Copy
Death in Venice
Elvira Madigan
Fanny & Alexander
Gloria
Heavenly Creatures
I Stand Alone
Johnny Guitar
Kiss of the Spider Woman
L’amour braque
Midnight Express
Northfork
On the Beach
Psycho
Quadrophenia
Ravenous
Spider’s Strategem
Tarantula
Under Milk Wood
Velvet Goldmine
Watership Down
Xanadu
Yellow Rose of Texas
Zoolander
A – Angel Heart
B – Bad Lieutenant
C – Crow, the
D – Dreamers, the
E – El Topo
F – Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
G – Graveyard Of Honor
H – Hero
I – In The Mood For Love
J – Johnny Handsome
K – Keoma
L – Lost Highway
M – Melancholia
N – Natural Born Killers
O – Oldboy
P – Phenomena
Q – Queimada
R – Ran
S – Suspiria
T – True Romance
U – U-Turn
V – Vinyan
W – Walhalla Rising
X – XXX
Y – Yol
Z – Zatoichi
A comedy list (which I can’t quite finish):
Arthur
The Blues Brothers
Caddyshack
Dr. Strangelove
Ferris Beuller’s Day Off
Gremlins
The Hudsucker Proxy
In Bruges
The Jerk
The Kentucky Fried Movie
Love, Actually
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Northerners
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Plains, Trains, and Automobiles
Q
U
Raising Arizona
Super Troopers
Three Amigos!
Up in Smoke
Vacation
Withnail and I
Young Frankenstein
Z
For your comedy list:
E – Ed Wood
Z – Zombieland
quick change for q
for x i got nuthin
Uncle Buck
Apocalypse Now
Badlands
Children of Men
Drive
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fountain, The
Godfather Part II, The
Hannah and Her Sisters
Ikiru
Jackie Brown
King of Comedy, The
Lord of the Rings, The
Magnolia
No Country for Old Men
Oldboy
Pulp Fiction
(I guess I’ve yet to see a film that begins with “Q” that I like)
Raging Bull
Synecdoche, New York
Taxi Driver
Up in the Air (I guess…)
Vanilla Sky
Wild Strawberries
X2 (…. …)
Yojimbo
Zodiac
#: 8 1/2
Kinda tough.
The Apartment
Being There
A Clockwork Orange
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Elephant Man
Fanny And Alexander
The Go-Between
Hannah And Her Sisters
Interiors
Johnny Belinda
King Of Hearts
The Last Metro
My Brilliant Career
The Naked Civil Servant
Ordinary People
Portrait Of Jennie
Quills
The Ruling Class
Sabrina
Three Colors: Red
The Unbearble Lightness Of Being
The Virgin Spring
Withnail & I
(can’t think of one for X)
Yellow Submarine
Z
#- 10 Rillington Place
I’ll try to this as fast as possible without a stop
Amarcord
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Correspondensces
Death at Midnight
Erotica
Ferris Buelers Day Off
Gremlins
Hermesias
Ichi the Killer
JJjJ J Jigoku
KK Kind Hearts and Corronets
Lolita
Maborosi
Nnnnn Network
Ordinary People
Police
QUARDEPHILLIA
Raging Bull
Sandlot
Ten
Ugetsu
VV V for Vendetta
Waking Life
Xxxx Xanadu
Yeelen
Z
That was alot tougher than I tought. I dont even think Death at Midnight is a film I’ve even seen or heard of?lol
Hermesias is Heremeias
Hermesias is Heremeias
Abouna (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun 2002)
Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein 1925)
Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami 2010)
Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (William Crane 1976)
Erendira (Ruy Guerra 1983)
Flesh (Paul Morrisey 1968)
Ghost Story (John Irvin 1981)
Harper (Jack Smight 1966)
In the Cut (Jane Campion 2003)
Julia (Fred Zinnemann 1977)
Klute (Alan J. Pakula 1971)
Let Him Have It (Peter Medak 1991)
Muriel, or the Time of Return (Alain Resnais 1963)
Needful Things (Fraser Clark Heston 1993)
Obsession (Brian De Palma 1976)
Possesion (Andrzej Zulawski 1981)
Querelle (Rainer Werner Fassbinder 1982)
River’s Edge (Tim Hunter 1986)
Shampoo (Hal Ashby 1975)
Tony Takitani (Jun Ichikawa 2004)
Under the Sand (Francois Ozon 2000)
Videodrome (David Cronenberg 1983)
Wetherby (David Hare 1985)
XXY (Lucia Puenzo 2007
Year of the Dragon (Michel Cimino 1985)
Zelly and Me (Tina Rathborne 1988)
Apocalypse Now
Before Sunrise
Children of Men
Design for Living
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Faust
Grand Illusion
Howl’s Moving Castle
Ivan’s Childhood
Jane Eyre
King Kong
Lust Caution
Mulholland Drive
the New World
Once Upon a Time in the West
the Painted Veil
Queen Christina
the Red Shoes
Smiles of a Summer Night
There will be Blood
Under the Roofs of Paris
Vertigo
When Harry Met Sally
X (?)
Yellow Sky
Zabrisky Point
A: American Beauty
B: The Big Lebowski
C: Carlos
D: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
E: Edward Scissorhands
F: Fargo
G: The Godfather: Part II
H: Hugo
I: Inception
J: Jackie Brown
K: The King’s Speech
L: Léon
M: The Man Who Wasn’t There
N: No Country for Old Men
O: Once Upon a Time in America
P: Pulp Fiction
Q: The Quiet American
R: Raiders of the Lost Ark
S: Spirited Away
T: Traffic
U: The Usual Suspects
V: Volver
W: The Wrestler
X: -
Y: You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Z: Zodiac
A- Akira
B- Before Sunrise
C- The Conformist
D- Dawn of the Dead
E- Enter the Void
F- Father of the Bride
G- The Game
H- Hard Boiled
I- Intolerance
J- Jaws
K- Kiss Me Deadly
L- Laputa: Castle in the Sky
M- Magnificent Obssession
N- Natural Born Killers
O- O Brother, Where Art Thou?
P- Pulp Fiction
Q- Quartet
R- Run, Lola, Run
S- Sonatine
T- The Tree of Life
U- Umberto D.
V- Violent Cop
W- Wings of Desire
X- Xanadu
Y- Yojimbo
Z- Zombi 2
The Apartment
Blade Runner
The Color of Pomegranates
Destry Rides Again
Eyes Wide Shut
Faust (Murnau)
Gertrud
Heavenly Creatures
I Know Where I’m Going!
Judex (Feuillade)
Kundun
Lawrence of Arabia
Man with a Movie Camera
The New World
Once Upon a Time in America
Point Blank
Queen Kelly
The Royal Tenenbaums
Seven Samurai
Tabu
Until the End of the World
Vertigo
Wife! Be Like A Rose!
X – The Man with X-Ray Eyes
Yojimbo
Zardoz
Not all are absolute favorites but come close.
The Artist-2011
Birth of a Nation-1915
A Clockwork Orange-1971
The Dresser-1983
The Elephant Man-1980
Fanny and Alexander-1982
Goodfellas-1990
Hannah and Her Sisters-1986
Inglorious Basterds-2009
Jules and Jim-1961
The Kid-1921
The Ladykillers-1955
Monty Python and the Holy Grail-1975
Network-1976
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest-1975
The Piano-1993
The Red Shoes-1948
The Seventh Seal-1957
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn-1945
The Unbearable Lightness of Being-1988
The Virgin Spring-1960
Withnail and I-1987
X-
Yellow Submarine-1968
Z-1969
Not all good films, and not all films I’ve seen, but hopefully at least in the spirit of the exercise:
Easy A (Will Gluck)
B Monkey (Michael Radford)
Operation C.I.A. (Christian Nyby)
Umberto D (Vittorio De Sica)
E.T. (Steven Spielberg)
F for Fake (Orson Welles)
Ali G Indahouse (Mark Mylod)
The Story of Adele H (Francois Truffaut)
I Am Cuba (Mikhail Kalatazov)
J.F.K. (Oliver Stone)
Hanna K (Costa Gavras)
L627 (Bertrand Tavernier)
M (Fritz Lang)
Pete N Tillie (Martin Ritt)
O Pagador de Promessas (Anselmo Duarte)
The Execution of P (Brillante Mendoza)
Visitor Q (Takashi Miike)
Why Does Herr R Run Amok? (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
S (Ishiro Honda)
The Tall T (Budd Boetticher)
U-Turn (Oliver Stone)
V for Vendetta (James McTeigue)
W. (Oliver Stone)
Malcolm X (Spike Lee)
Circulez Y A Rien A Voir! (Patrice Leconte)
Z (Costa Gavras)
0 De Conduite (Jean Vigo)
1 Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Milos Forman)
2 Rode Together (John Ford)
3 Women (Robert Altman)
4 Lions (Chris Morris)
5 Fingers (Joseph Mankiewicz)
6 Degrees of Separation (Fred Schepisi)
7 Samurai (Akira Kurosawa)
8 1/2 (Federico Fellini)
9 Days of One Year (Mikhail Romm)
10 (Abbas Kiarostami)
11 Minutes, 9 Seconds, One Image (Youssef Chahine, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Shohei Imamura et al)
12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet)
13 Assassins (Takashi Miike)
14 Hours (Henry Hathaway)
15 Minutes (John Herzfeld)
16 Candles (John Hughes)
17 Years (Yuan Zhang)
18 Roughs (Yoshishige Yoshida)
19 Eighty-Four (Michael Radford)
20 Nine Palms (Bruno Dumont)
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I don’t know why, but I thought that this might be fun. Pick your favorite film for each letter:
A: Army of Shadows
B: Barry Lyndon
C: Citizen Kane
D: Dr. Strangelove
E: Eight and a Half
F: Fight Club
G: Goodfellas
H: Hard Boiled
I: Inglourious Basterds
J: Jackie Brown
K: Kind Hearts and Coronets
L: La Dolce Vita
M: Manhattan
N: Network
O: Once Upon a Time in the West
P: Peeping Tom
Q: Quiz Show
R: Rosemary’s Baby
S: Sunset Blvd.
T: Taxi Driver
U: Unforgiven
V: Vertigo
W: Wings of Desire
X: X-Men: First Class (not a great film, but very few films begin with the letter x)
Y: Young Frankenstein
Z: Zodiac