12 October 2020

Ten Lists of Ten Films For Your Indigenous People's Day Enjoyment

Al Pacino in Serpico

Regular readers of this blog (Alsace Lorraine McGee of Lake Oswego, Oregon
) may recall that on Independence Day,  Memorial Day and Labor Day I provided ten lists of ten films in various categories. Much to everyone's chagrin I have decided to make this a regular holiday feature. Therefore you can look for the fifth installment of this series on Veteran's Day. Meanwhile, please enjoy today's lists -- or not, entirely up to you.

My Ten Favorite Al Pacino Films

1. Godfather (1972) Coppola

2. Godfather 2 (1974) Coppola

3. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) Tarantino

4. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Lumet

5. Serpico (1973) Lumet

6. Donnie Brasco (1997) Newell

7. Heat (1995) Mann

8. Panic in Needle Park (1971) Shatzberg

9. Scarecrow (1973) Shatzberg

10. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) Foley


Ten Excellent Films With a Cast Member Who Was a Guest Voice on The Simpsons

1. James Caan -- Godfather (1972) Coppola

2. Jack Lemmon -- Some Like it Hot (1959) Wilder

3. Kirk Douglass -- Paths of Glory (1957) Kubrick

4. Max Von Sydow -- The Seventh Seal (1957) Bergman

5. Albert Brooks -- Taxi Driver (1976) Scorsese 

6. Meryl Streep -- Manhattan (1979) Allen

7. Javier Bardem -- No Country For Old Men (2007) Coens

8. Rod Steiger -- On the Waterfront (1954) Steiger 

9. Scarlett Johansson -- Match Point (2005) Allen

10. Frances MacDormand -- Moonrise Kingdom (2012) Anderson


Trading Places
Ten Movies set in Big American Cities Besides NY, LA, SF

1. Trading Places (1983 Landis -- Philadelphia

2. The Verdict (1982) Lumet -- Boston

3. From Here to Eternity (1953) Zinnemann -- Honolulu

4. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Kazan -- New Orleans

5. Waves (2019) Shults -- Miami

6. Election (1999) Payne -- Omaha 

7. Wonder Boys (2000) Hanson -- Pittsburgh

8. Medium Cool  (1969) Wexler-- Chicago

9. Dazed and Confused (1993) Linklater -- Austin

10. Being There (1979) Ashby -- Washington DC


My Favorite Films About U.S. Politics

1. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Capra

2. All the President's Men (1976) Pakula

3. The Candidate (1972) Ritchie

4. Bullworth (1998) Beatty

5. The Great McGinty (1940) Sturges

6. Bob Roberts (1992) Robbins

7. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)  Frankenheimer

8. The Great Man Votes (1939) Kanin

9. All the King's Men (1949) Rossen

10. Wag the Dog (1997) Levinson


Jane Darwell in The Grapes of Wrath
My Favorite Films Featuring a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award Winner

1. Jane Darwell -- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) Ford

2. Claire Trevor -- Key Largo (1948) Huston

3. Kim Hunter -- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Kazan

4. Eva Marie Saint -- On the Waterfront (1954) Steiger 

5. Estelle Parsons -- Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Penn

6. Cloris Leachman -- The Last Picture Show (1971) Bogdanovich

7. Lee Grant -- Shampoo (1975) Ashby

8. Dianne Weist -- Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Allen

9. Cate Blanchett -- The Aviator (2004) Scorsese

10. Penelope Cruz -- Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) Allen


My Ten Favorite Films Set in England

1. Tess (1979) Polanski

2. A Clockwork Orange (1971) Kubrick

3. Match Point (2005) Allen

4. If…. (1968) Anderson

5. A Hard Day’s Night (1964) Lester

6. The Lodger (1927) Hittchcock 

7. The Fallen Idol (1948) Reed

8. Fever Pitch (1997) Evans

9. Taste of Honey (1961) Richardson

10. Gosford Park (2001) Altman


My Ten Favorite Films Directed by John Ford

1. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 

2. The Searchers (1956)

3. Stagecoach (1939)

4. The Long Voyage Home (1940)

5. My Darling Clementine (1946)

6. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

7. Fort Apache (1948)

8. Lost Patrol (1934)

9. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

10.The Iron Horse (1924)


The Exorcist
My Ten Favorite Films Suitable For Halloween

1. The Exorcist (1973) Friedkin

2. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Whale

3. Psycho (1960) Hitchcock

4. The Shining (1980) Kubrick

5. Dracula (1931) Browning

6. Frankenstien (1931) Whale

7. Alien (1979) Scott

8. The Old Dark House (1932) Whale

9. Rosemary’s Baby (1968) Polanski

10. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) Kaufman


My Favorite Foreign Language Films of the 1970s

1. Stalker (1979) Tarkovsky

2. Amarcord (1973) Fellini

3. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) Petri

4. The Emigrants (1971)/The New Land (1972) Troell

5. Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972) Herzog

6. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoise (1972) Bunuel

7. Cries and Whispers (1972) Bergman

8. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) Fassbinder

9. The Conformist (1970) Bertolucci

10. The Ascent (1977) Shepitko


First Reformed
My Ten Favorite Films Featuring a Member of the Clergy

1. First Reformed (2017) Schrader

2. Rome, Open City (1945) Rossellini 

3.  A Serious Man (2009) Coens

4. Ida (2013) Pawlikowski

5. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) Allen

6. The Flowers of St. Francis (1950) Rossellini

7. Winter Light (1963) Bergman

8. Fanny and Alexander (1982) Bergman

9. The Exorcist (1973) Friedkin

10. Viridiana (1961) Bunuel

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