Top [x] lists!

Let's document some of the various lists on film around the web. These lists have a been a great resource for someone like myself who is not a film student and doesn't have cinemaphile friends to recommend essential films to see.

Of course, IMDB (the Internet Movie DataBase) has a whole slew of "Top" lists, by decade, by genre, etc. Their Top 250 is pretty darn good, even if the nature of its voting system gives more weight to recent films than older ones.

1000 Movies to See Before You Die. VERY extensive mix of foreign and domestic, current and classic. It's really a meta-list that's compiled using other "top" lists.

Filmsite.org has a Top 300 list that's pretty good. What's awesome about it, though, is that most of the movies include historical information and really extensive plot summaries including large chunks of dialogue. Apart from the lis, this site is also a great resource in that it explains film genres, goes over film history by decade, etc.

Roger Ebert's Great Movies series has a lot of well-respected titles, as you might expect given his fame (or infamy, if you prefer). Each film includes a short essay by Ebert on why he considers the movie great.

Please post additional lists in this thread as you come across them.

Channel 4 (here in the UK) has broadcast plenty of top 50 and 100 movie, music and tv lists over the past few years. Here are a couple of links I managed to find on their site:

50 Films to See Before You Die
List of other lists

That Chinese list is awesome! Thanks for posting it.

awesome list, Dale!

http://www.listal.com/list/available-free-archiveorg
http://www.listal.com/list/alfred-hitchcock-free-archiveorg
http://www.listal.com/list/charlie-chaplin-free-archiveorg

http://www.listal.com/list/buster-keaton-free-archiveorg
http://www.listal.com/list/laurel-hardy-free



http://www.listal.com/list/i-am-legend

awesome lists, voxy

I'd just add the first of each series (friday, nightmare, halloween), and if people click on them, they get those other full lists. that way you dont clutter up the classic 80s list.

or try cross-list advertising as I've done in my nintendo-related series:

www.listal.com/list/super-mario-bros-series

or better yet, rather than cross-promote it on the RIGHT side in the description area, cross-promote it directly in the note of the entry.

www.listal.com/list/freeware-games

I've done something similar, with links to the game downloads, but if you can do something like this for dscription for Nightmare on Elm Street.

"This is the original movie - for a list of all sequels (and prequels) that started with this film, please check out the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Series (and make it a link, and maybe even add the B brackets code to make it appear in bold and stand out.

Best Car Chase Movies

Need input...

there's a similar one out there: www.listal.com/list/great-car-chases

that might give some ideas

also, Death Proof has one incredible car chase scene at the end.

Hall of Fame: Product Placement

I've started this one and need input as well. If there is any product placement in a movie that is so intrusive it stands out like a sore thumb, let me know by leaving a comment on that list.

I'm not talking about a guy holding a Starbucks cup, or a sign in background that says 'Nikon'; i'm talking about where script was written to include a certain product placement into the film for likely advertising benefits.

Forgot I Am Legend?

ah thanks. yet, i tried to perform an Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind trick to my brain, but unfortunately, I still recall some scenes of that ghastly film. :)

Channel 4 (here in the UK) has broadcast plenty of top 50 and 100 movie, music and tv lists over the past few years. Here are a couple of links I managed to find on their site:

50 Films to See Before You Die

I have that done here;

www.listal.com/list/film-4-50-films-see

GA, I was thinking more of Ford, McDonalds, and Shrek, but thanks for the sarcasm. ;)

Well, to me, there's a clear distinction between filming in a normal world vs panning out to make sure the entire 'McDonalds' logo is visible, or using any car to drive around vs filming a car from tons of angles making it very clear to the audience that its the brand new and exciting Ford Mustang.

www.listal.com/list/greatest-war-films
www.listal.com/list/best-prison-movies

If anyone can think of anything worth adding that would be great.

For the Greatest War films:

you're missing some of the best ones ever:
www.listal.com/movie/letters-from-iwo-jima
(and I suppose its inferior brother, www.listal.com/movie/flags-of-our-fathers )
www.listal.com/movie/patton
www.listal.com/movie/enemy-at-the-gates
www.listal.com/movie/der-untergang-the-downfall
www.listal.com/movie/the-thin-red-line
www.listal.com/movie/stalingrad
www.listal.com/movie/redacted

Prison movies
www.listal.com/movie/schindlers-list (Holocaust)
www.listal.com/movie/the-road-to-guantanamo
www.listal.com/movie/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest (Mental prison)
www.listal.com/movie/a-clockwork-orange

A prison movie list?
Without:
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Down by Law
The Count of Monte Cristo
Chicken Run

Thats crazy talk!

Thanks you two...I'll get on adding them. Phil I do have Chicken Run in it!