Watch every single one and though some will not be aligned with your taste, they are all distinctively Woody Allen. And that’s the highest compliment I can pay to any filmmaker.
I definitely still watch his films on a regular basis. I haven’t truly loved any of his recent films. I would say his best period was from about 1977 (start at “Annie Hall”) up until 1987 (end at “Radio Days”). But my top three look like this:
- Annie Hall (Woody Allen shines through his screenplays)
- Manhattan (Some of the most beautiful black & white shots I’ve seen in film)
- Stardust Memories (because I love “8 1/2”)
Manhattan is easily my favorite, and one I never tire of seeing. I haven’t seen Interiors since it’s theatrical release, but it struck me then as an interesting if somewhat awkward film. Allen’s career has always reminded me of Robert Altman’s — he enters these long periods where he seems to have completely lost his mojo and then just when you’ve given up on him he comes up with a classic.
1. Stardust Memories
2. Annie Hall
3. Match Point
Yea?
I’m glad to see people like Stardust Memories.
And Match Point is great and everything, but I don’t think it is the best.
I don’t understand why people hate Cassandra’s dream, a few scenes were really moving.
Especially the one where McGregor tells Ferrell’s character not to come into the party.
It is heart-breaking and a prefect portrayal of the corrupting power of materialism.
Love and Death is fantastic and funny.
And Sweet and Lowdown is wonderfully acted and such a feat when you realize it was the first film Allen actually wanted to make. It is his true love and he was finally able to make it. That love for the subject matter comes through in a very American way. A feeling that is again reflected in Vicky Cristina Barcelona, in the way American Dissatisfaction is not only a national problem, but a universal human characteristic.
I have to admit: I actually enjoyed the goofy Scoop!
His latest, Vicky Barcelona was tres fun as well…
I have to admit: I actually enjoyed the goofy Scoop!
His latest, Vicky Barcelona was tres fun as well…
Probably “Crimes & Midemeanors”, “Deconstructing Harry” and “Annie Hall”.
I’ll probably always concede that Annie Hall is his best, nevertheless I have a few that stand out in my mind as my personal favorites:
1) Interiors
2) Husbands & Wives
3) Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy
1. Crimes and Misdemeanors
2. The Purple Rose of Cairo
3. Manhattan
4. Husbands and Wives
5. Sweet and Lowdown
Manhattan
Love Woody Allen and I’m not sure about it… but my not favorite Allen movie is “Scoop” (2006).
But if you ask for my favorite:
1. “Annie Hall”, “Manhattan”, “Hannah and Her Sisters”, “Crimes and Misdemeanors”, “Husbands and Wives” and “Bullets Over Broadway”
2. “Stardust Memories”, “Zelig”, “The Purple Rose of Cairo”, “Another Woman”, “Alice”, “Manhattan Murder Mistery” and “Match Point”.
3. “Take the Money and Run”, “Bananas”, “Sleeper”, “Love and Death”, “Interiors”, “Broadway Danny Rose”, “Radio Days”, “Shadows and Fog”, “Mighty Aphrodite”, “Deconstructing Harry”, “Celebrity”, “Sweet and Lowdown”, “Melinda and Melinda” and “Cassandra’s Dream”.
4. “Everything You Always….”, “A Midsummer’s…”, “September”, “New York Stories”, “Everyone Says I Love You”, “Small Time Crooks”, “The Curse of Jade Scorpion”, “Hollywood Ending” and “Anything Else”.
I thought Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex but were Afraid to Ask was hilarious! Although my favorite is Take the Money and Run. and Radio Days was really funny too!
I took an entire class on Woody Allen and have seen nearly all of his movies, so it’s hard to pick just one.
Here’s my top five: Annie Hall, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Stardust Memories, Love and Death, Deconstructing Harry.
Haven’t watched all his work but of what I have seen…Annie Hall & Deconstructing Harry.
More than just one.
Manhattan for the photography, the music, the acting.
Annie Hall for the acting, the emotions.
Interiors for being a bold experiment. It is the anti-Annie Hall. Despite being a carbon copy of Bergman this movie works.
I liked all his work that I have seen so far, _ Hannah and her sisters_ tops my list followed by Manhattan, Stardust Diaries, Brodaway Danny Rose, Annie Hall, Match Point, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Purple Rose of Cairo and Vicki, Cristina, Barcelona
1. Hannah & Her Sisters
2. The “Oedipus Wrecks” segment of NY Stories
3. Stardust Memories
4. Shadows & Fog
5. Play It Again Sam (I know, I know…don’t worry about it!)
Annie Hall
Husbands and wives
Manhattan
My Gods, how could I have forgotten to add Crimes and Misdemeanors? That movie manages to balance perfectly the funny and the serious. Marty Landau is awesome, he manages to make the audience totally understand his motivations, his conflicted emotions. Alan Alda is brilliant as the fast talking TV guy.
The Woodman also managed to throw in religious elements into the mix.
The Woodman’s top film.
Shadows and FOg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dEjc5B4kOo&feature=PlayList&p=14E05A9AC0F68A78&index=0&playnext=1
Funniest interview ever!!!!!!!!
“What was your first film?”
“It was a film called Potemkin.”
“Was writing the dialogue to that film difficult.”
“Oh no, it was a silent picture.”
My three are Crimes and Misdemeanors, Annie Hall, and Sweet and Lowdown.
Someone watch the video I linked to. I promise you will laugh.
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Broadway Danny Rose
Manhattan
So few people restricted their list to only one title!
Every film Woody ever wrote and directed has at least one moment of delirious delight. To me, his films fall into three categories 1/ pretty good 2/ darn good 3/ a classic
Bananas
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask
Sleeper
Love and Death
Annie Hall
Stardust Memories
Manhattan
but generally Woody steepest!
His Best: Annie Hall and Manhattan
Quality: The Purple Rose of Cairo, Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors,
Approach with Caution: The Mighty Aphrodite
Recent Success: Matchpoint and Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Duds: Scoop, A Midsummer’s Night Sex Comedy
This compilation includes only films I’ve seen.
Mahattan
Annie Hall
Husbands and Wives
are good. The first a masterpiece. I have seen some films of his that were so horrible that I’ve forgotten their names.
Umbriel
Woody Allen is essentially a writer, (and – like Orson Welles and Steve Martin, a magician). The joy of watching his earlier (more slap-stick and, to me, less funny), films again is watching him grow and develop as a film maker. Manhattan is a beautiful film, and hilarious (I love the school confrontation scene enacted beside a skeleton), though I can watch Play It Again, Sam and laugh at the same lines, (“You have the most – eyes I’ve ever seen”), endlessly. I think Crimes And Misdemeanors (if only for Jerry Orbach’s performance), and especially Bullets Over Broadway are his most mature and satisfying films. If you haven’t seen Don’t Drink The Water (1994 made for TV from his 1966 play …NOT the 1969 Jackie Gleason film), I highly recommend it. Directed by and starring Woody Allen, Julie Kavner and Michael J. Fox, it’s hilarious (and available on DVD on Amazon). Oh, – and Allen’s contribution: Oedipus Wrecks’ on New York Stories.