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Woody Allen's Favorite Films

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Sight & Sound 2012

869

8.4

1. Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

1180

8.4

8.3

2. The Seventh Seal (1957)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

2044

8.1

8.5

3. Citizen Kane (1941)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

528

7.8

4. Amarcord (1973)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

1110

8.3

8.1

5. 8 1/2 (1963)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

873

8.3

8.1

6. The 400 Blows (1959)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

912

8.4

7. Rashomon (1950)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

361

8.3

8. Grand Illusion (1937)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

511

8.1

7.9

9. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

810

8.4

8.5

10. Paths of Glory (1957)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

World Cinema

784

8.4

8.3

11. Wild Strawberries (1957)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

437

8.1

7.9

12. Cries and Whispers (1972)

126

8.3

7.9

13. Shoeshine (1946)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

345

8.2

14. The Rules of the Game (1939)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

354

8.3

8.1

15. Throne of Blood (1957)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

216

8.1

16. Los Olvidados (1950)

128

7.5

7.6

17. The Magician (1958)

951

8.4

8.2

18. Persona (1966)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

546

8.3

8.1

19. La Strada (1954)

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Favorite Parisian Films

He also chose Rules of the Game and The 400 Blows.

214

8.3

8.1

20. Children of Paradise (1945)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

828

8.1

7.9

21. Breathless (1960)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

6.7

7.1

22. The Taste of Others (2000)

American Films

Source: The rest of the films in this list aren't in order and are mostly from Woody Allen's book, Conversations with Woody Allen: His Films, the Movies, and Moviemaking, which were listed on this site.

3171

8.4

23. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

567

8.2

8.4

24. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

726

8.3

8.5

25. Double Indemnity (1944)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

260

7.5

7.7

26. Shane (1953)

3354

8.6

27. The Godfather: Part II (1974)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

3174

8.3

8.8

28. GoodFellas (1990)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

284

8.1

29. White Heat (1949)

6.9

7.5

30. The Informer (1935)

7.2

7.8

31. The Hill (1965)

795

8.2

8.4

32. The Third Man (1949)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

799

7.8

8.2

33. Notorious (1946)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

563

34. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

933

7.9

35. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

905

8.3

36. The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

Comedies

573

7.9

37. Duck Soup (1933)

121

7.4

7.5

38. Monkey Business (1931)

142

7.2

7.6

39. Horse Feathers (1932)

329

7.9

40. A Night at the Opera (1935)

144

7.5

41. A Day at the Races (1937)

6.8

42. Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)

8.1

6.6

43. Casanova's Big Night (1954)

7.6

7.2

44. You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

6.9

7.3

45. Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)

1561

7.2

7.8

46. Airplane! (1980)

7.3

7.2

47. The White Sheik (1952)

7.6

7.5

48. Born Yesterday (1950)

164

7.9

49. Trouble in Paradise (1932)

249

7.6

50. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

If my films make one more person miserable, I'll feel I have done my job. - Woody Allen

Only the top ten films are in order.
Sources: BFI's Sight & Sound poll, Woody Allen's Favorite Films
Woody Allen Interviews (New York Times)
Woody Allen's Favorite Parisian Films

Time Magazine says Woody Allen's favorite director is Ingmar Bergman. He said in response to the question, "If someone who hadn't seen any of his films asked you to recommend just five, what would be your Bergman starter set?"

The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, The Magician, Cries and Whispers and Persona.

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Comments

nusch

Posted: 1 year ago at Apr 30 8:32

I love to know! He does not hide his passion for Bergman.

incrediblejeff

Posted: 1 year ago at May 22 20:27

Great movies,His taste is pretty similar to mine.

bdidock

Posted: 1 year ago at May 22 20:51

great list. I think W. Allen has a passion for Bergman's films not for Ingmar. :)

Frank

Posted: 1 year ago at May 22 23:00

Wonderful list! Woody Allen is the man, and really opened me up to what real film making was at a young age.

His American list dominates many of my own favorites; Maltese Falcon, Notorious, Double Indemnity, White Heat. One thing he does not hide at all is his passion for the gritty grains of film noir ;)