What's a recent movie that's great?
I won't ask you to name your ten or twenty favourite movies because that's something personal and the same movie would come up frequently. The reason that I asked you to name your five favourite movies last time was that it's indeed very personal and to see how many recent movies came up.
When Stanley Kubrick died before the millenium he was critizing the movie industry because of their lack of trying to attain excellence. Here's then my follow up question: can you name ten movies since the millennium that you think that merrit it to be put against movies that show up in Kubrick's twenty favourite movies?
Stanley Kubrick did not leave a single official "top 20" list, but film historians and collaborators have curated a widely recognized list of 93 films he admired, including a rare 10-film ballot he submitted in 1963. Here are a list of notable, critically acclaimed movies known to be among Stanley Kubrick's favorites:
The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Metropolis (1927)
City Lights (1931) – Featured on his 1963 top-10 list.
The Bank Dick (1940) – Featured on his 1963 top-10 list.
Citizen Kane (1941) – Featured on his 1963 top-10 list.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) – Featured on his 1963 top-10 list.
La Ronde (1950) – Directed by Max Ophüls, whom Kubrick deeply admired.
I Vitelloni (1953) – Federico Fellini's classic, which Kubrick ranked number one on his 1963 list.
Wild Strawberries (1957) – Directed by Ingmar Bergman, another major inspiration for Kubrick.
La Notte (1961) – Michelangelo Antonioni’s stark drama.
if.... (1968) – Lindsay Anderson's satirical look at British public school life.
Get Carter (1971) – The gritty British gangster film starring Michael Caine.
Harold and Maude (1971) – Hal Ashby's dark romantic comedy.
Cries and Whispers (1972) – Another profound work by Ingmar Bergman.
The Godfather (1972) – Francis Ford Coppola's mafia masterpiece.
The Exorcist (1973) – William Friedkin's landmark horror film.
Eraserhead (1977) – David Lynch's surrealist horror debut.
Kubrick famously admired contemporary commercial hits like Star Wars and American Graffiti as well as modern thrillers like The Silence of the Lambs.E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) – Steven Spielberg's sci-fi classic, which Kubrick praised for its heart and craft.
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When Stanley Kubrick died before the millenium he was critizing the movie industry because of their lack of trying to attain excellence. Here's then my follow up question: can you name ten movies since the millennium that you think that merrit it to be put against movies that show up in Kubrick's twenty favourite movies?
Stanley Kubrick did not leave a single official "top 20" list, but film historians and collaborators have curated a widely recognized list of 93 films he admired, including a rare 10-film ballot he submitted in 1963. Here are a list of notable, critically acclaimed movies known to be among Stanley Kubrick's favorites:
The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Metropolis (1927)
City Lights (1931) – Featured on his 1963 top-10 list.
The Bank Dick (1940) – Featured on his 1963 top-10 list.
Citizen Kane (1941) – Featured on his 1963 top-10 list.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) – Featured on his 1963 top-10 list.
La Ronde (1950) – Directed by Max Ophüls, whom Kubrick deeply admired.
I Vitelloni (1953) – Federico Fellini's classic, which Kubrick ranked number one on his 1963 list.
Wild Strawberries (1957) – Directed by Ingmar Bergman, another major inspiration for Kubrick.
La Notte (1961) – Michelangelo Antonioni’s stark drama.
if.... (1968) – Lindsay Anderson's satirical look at British public school life.
Get Carter (1971) – The gritty British gangster film starring Michael Caine.
Harold and Maude (1971) – Hal Ashby's dark romantic comedy.
Cries and Whispers (1972) – Another profound work by Ingmar Bergman.
The Godfather (1972) – Francis Ford Coppola's mafia masterpiece.
The Exorcist (1973) – William Friedkin's landmark horror film.
Eraserhead (1977) – David Lynch's surrealist horror debut.
Kubrick famously admired contemporary commercial hits like Star Wars and American Graffiti as well as modern thrillers like The Silence of the Lambs.E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) – Steven Spielberg's sci-fi classic, which Kubrick praised for its heart and craft.
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