i luv cinema

  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
  • Home
  • TCMFF 2019
    • TCMFF 2019: Reflections on a Favorite Film Festival
  • Tribeca 2019
    • When Your Time is Short, Go See a Short! (Tribeca 2019)
    • LINDA RONSTADT: The Sound of My Voice
  • London Film Festival 2019
    • BFI London Film Festival 2019 – My 1st Time!
    • The Aeronauts (2019) was Fun (Kinda)
    • Knives Out: A Highlight on My Cinematic Calendar
    • A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: A Review
    • Ford v Ferrari (Le Mans ’66)
  • 100 “Must-See”
  • About Me
Home Recommendation “Must-See” Flicks (iluvcinema Edition)

May 14, 2011 By iluvcinema 2 Comments

“Must-See” Flicks (iluvcinema Edition)

One consequence of my building out the meme of A Life in Movies is that I realized just how many films I have seen over the course of my life and of those how many I actually enjoyed. So while this blog-a-thon is great fun to take part of, my mind wanders and I keep on remembering what I have not put on the list. But that has not prevented from thinking about other movie lists to put together.

Lo and behold, the other day i was doing my customary scouring of the internets to look for yet more movie resources. I then ran across another blog list entitled 60 Must See Films. The blogger established the following criteria for each film to make the list:

  • Directing
  • Acting
  • Writing
  • Photography

I decided that this kind of list would be fun too but I made a couple of changes, including:

  1. expanding the list to 100 films
  2. (1-60) are still films remaining must-see
  3. (61-100) are films that I have been told are” must-see” (meeting above criteria) but I have not seen them.

Because this is a huge (and likely dynamic) undertaking, I decided to create a new page and not simply a blog post. Over time I am sure that items on the list will change. Even as I write this I am making notations about films that have been left off. But for the sake of my mental sanity, I will leave everything frozen in time (for now).

The most active portion of the list I foresee as being in the bottom half (items 61-100). As I watch each of the films in that list, I will cross it off and add another set of films that still meet that “must-see” categorization.

All of this is in good fun of course but it should be noted that even with this established criteria of excellence in the 4 basic areas of filmmaking, there is a lot of subjectivity. No one could ever create a purely empirical, universally accepted list of 60 must see films without sparking some degree of debate. For instance I struggled with whether or not Gone With the Wind should make the list (right now it is there).

So visit the page, take a look at my suggestions and feel free to add comments and feedback.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Filed Under: Recommendation Tagged With: must see films

Comments

  1. Anna says

    May 30, 2011 at 1:40 am

    Love your list, a great idea to have this in a blog and when it’s must see you don’t really have to worry to much about the order of things. I’ve been trying to work on one as well, it’s a daunting task : – )

    Reply
  2. iluvcinema says

    May 30, 2011 at 11:12 am

    @Anna Thanks all credit to the originator of the blog. It is a daunting task but I tried to give myself a little wiggle room by including films I have not seen in the list. I made several edits with many films I do think are kind of “essential” still off the list. A couple of examples I left off are “Dead of Night” and “The Devil and Daniel Webster.” But I figure based on my “rules” some of the films in the bottom portion of the list will not ultimately make my essentials.

    Can’t wait to see yours!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

CommentLuv badgeShow more posts

Search

Recommended Read

First True Hitchcock

UC Press, January 2022

Added to My Video Library

Repeat Performance

Centers of Film Study

  • JBFC
  • MoMA Film Screenings
  • The Picture House
  • University of California Press (Cinema and Media Texts)

Fast Film Resources

  • Alfred Hitchcock Wiki
  • Alfred Hitchcock-Master of Suspense
  • Film | The Guardian
  • Kermode & Mayo's Film Reviews
  • Park Circus
  • Rotten Tomatoes
  • The Internet Movie Database
  • Tribeca Film

Film Societies

  • BAMcinématek
  • Film Society of Lincoln Center

This is How We Blogroll

  • BBC Film: The Bulletin
  • Cinematic Corner
  • Comet Over Hollywood
  • Critical Women on Film
  • FlixChatter
  • Future of Flim (Tribeca Film Blog)
  • in so many words …
  • Kermode's Film Blog
  • Paula's Cinema Club
  • Roger Ebert
  • Sobriety Test Movie Reviews
  • Superhero Movie Talk
  • Sweet Freedom

Archives

Tweets by @iluvcinema
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact iluvcinema
totalfilm600movieblogs

[footer_backtotop]

Copyright © 2022, iluvcinema ·Streamline Pro Theme · Genesis Framework by StudioPress · WordPress · Log in