The Tenth and Final Edition of Ten Lists of Ten Films, This One is for Your Easter Enjoyment

All Quiet on the Western Front

Welcome to the tenth and final edition of ten lists of ten, a regular feature on holidays over the past year. Here are the previous installments that have appeared on this site: Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day, Boxing Day, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday and President's Day. Thank you for the incredible outpouring of love, support and praise this feature has received.

My Ten Favorite Films that Won the Academy Award for Best Picture

1. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Milestone

2. Casablanca (1942) Curtiz

3. Hamlet (1948) Olivier

4. On the Waterfront (1954) Kazan

5. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Lean

6. The Godfather (1972) Coppola

7. The Godfather Part 2 (1974) Coppola

8. Annie Hall (1977) Allen

9. No Country For Old Men (2007) Coens

10. Birdman (2014) Iñárritu

My Ten Favorite Films from the OOs

1. Inglourious Basterds (2009) Tarantino

2. Match Point (2005) Allen

3. No Country For Old Men (2007) Coens

4. Requiem for a Dream (2000) Aronofsky

4. Y Tu Mama También (2001) Cuarón

6. Zodiac (2007) Fincher

7. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Gondry

8. Mean Girls (2004) Waters

9. The Man Without a Past (2002)  Kaurismäki

10. Habla Con Ella (2002) Almodóvar

My Ten Favorite Films Directed by Martin Scorsese

1. Goodfellas (1990)

2. Taxi Driver (1976)

3. Raging Bull (1980) 

4. The Aviator (2004)

5. King of Comedy (1982)

6. Mean Streets (1973)

7. Age of Innocence (1993)

8. Shutter Island (2010)

9. Gangs of New York (2002)

10. Kundun (1997)

The Roaring Twenties

Ten More Films I Wish I Could Fit Into My Top 100

1. The Roaring Twenties (1939) Walsh

2. Double Indemnity (1944) Wilder

3. Psycho (1960) Hitchcock

4. The Exorcist (1973) Friedkin

5. I Knew Her Well (1965)  Pietrangeli

6. Schindler’s List (1993) Spielberg

7. Notorious (1946) Hitchcock

8. Paths of Glory (1957) Kubrick

9. California Split (1974) Altman

10. Christmas in Connecticut (1945) Godfrey

My Ten Favorite Films Starring Marlene Dietrich

1. Blonde Venus (1932) von Sternberg

2. Morocco (1930) von Sternberg

3. Shanghai Express (1932) von Sternberg

4. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Wilder

5. Touch of Evil (1958) Welles

6. Destry Rides Again (1939) Marshall

7. The Scarlett Empress (1934) von Sternberg

8. Knight Without Armor (1937) Feyder

9. The Blue Angel (1930) von Sternberg

10. Dishonored (1931) von Sternberg

Ten Wonderful Films in Which a Main Character Plays a Sport

1. Raging Bull (1980) Scorsese (boxing)

2. Bull Durham (1988) Shelton (baseball)

3. The Wrestler (2008) Aronofsky (wrestling)

4. Horse Feathers (1932) McLeod (football)

5. I, Tonya (2017) Gillespie (figure skating)

6. Bringing up Baby (1938) Hawks (golf)

7. Ordinary People (1980) Redford (competitive swimming)

8. The Way Back (2020) O'Connor (basketball)

9. Strangers on a Train (1951) Hitchcock (tennis)

10.Bend it Like Beckham (2002) Chada (soccer)

Barry Lyndon

My Ten Favorite Films From 1975

1. Barry Lyndon (Kubrick)

2. Dog Day Afternoon  (Lumet)

3. Nashville  (Altman)

4. The Man Who Would Be King  (Huston)

5. Three Days of the Condor (Pollack)

6. Jaws (Spielberg)

7. Shampoo (Altman)

8. The Mirror (Tarkovsky)

9. Love and Death (Allen)

10. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones)

My Ten Favorite Films With a U.S. State in Their Title

1. My Own Private Idaho (1991) Van Sant

2. California Split (1974) Altman

3. Christmas in Connecticut (1945) Godfrey

4. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Spielberg

5. The Florida Project (2017) Baker

6. Paris, Texas (1984) Wenders

7. Nebraska (2013) Payne

8. Nevada Smith (1986) Hathaway

9. Gangs of New York (2002) Scorsese

10.Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri (2017) McDonagh

In the Mood for Love

Ten Great Films Featuring Marital Infidelity

1. In the Mood for Love (2000) Wong

2. Ice Storm (1997) A. Lee

3. Sunrise (1927) Murnau

4. The Last Picture Show (1971) Bogdanovich

5. Midnight in Paris (2011) Allen

6. Match Point (2005) Allen

7. Citizen Kane (1941) Welles

8. Blonde Venus (1932) von Sternberg

9. Jules et Jim (1962) Truffaut

10. Shampoo (1975) Ashby

My Ten Favorite Film Adaptations of Shakespeare Plays

1. Macbeth (1971) Polanski

2. Hamlet (1948) Olivier

3. Richard III (1955) Olivier 

4. Julius Caesar (1953) Mankiewicz

5. Romeo and Juliet (1968) Zeffirelli

6. Henry V (1989) Branagh

7. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935) Dieterle, Reinhardt

8. Much Ado About Nothing (1993) Branagh

9. Henry V (1944) Olivier

10. Richard III (1995) Loncraine

Ten Lists of Ten Films for Your President's Day Enjoyment

Bicycle Thieves

Regular readers of this blog (J. Lattimore Potbelly of Bowbells, North Dakota) may recall that last Memorial Day I provided ten lists of ten films in various categories. Much to everyone's chagrin this has become regular holiday feature. Subsequent installments have appeared on this site on Independence Day, Labor Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day, Boxing Day and most recently on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday. My tenth and final installment will be posted on Easter Sunday. Meanwhile, please enjoy my President's Day lists. 

My Ten Favorite Oscar Winners for Best Foreign Language Film

1. Bicycle Thieves (1948) De Sica

2. Rashomon (1950) Kurosawa

3. La Strada (1954) Fellini

4. Nights of Cabiria (1957) Fellini

5. Through a Glass Darkly (1961) Bergman

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

7. Amarcord (1973) Fellini

8. Fanny And Alexander (1982) Bergman

9. A Separation (2011) Farhadi

10. Parasite (2019) Ho

My Ten Favorite Comedies Made After 1960

1. Manhattan (1979) Allen

2. Annie Hall (1977) Allen

3. Animal House (1978) Landis

4.  Pop Star: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) Schaffer/Taccone

5. Stripes (1981) Reitman 

6. Trading Places (1983) Landis

7. Arthur (1981) Gordon

8. Superbad (2007) Mottola

9. Bananas (1971) Allen

10. MASH (1970) Altman

The 39 Steps

My Ten Favorite Films From the 1930s

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

2. Duck Soup (1933) McCary

3. The 39 Steps (1935) Hitchcock

4. Holiday (1938) Cukor

5. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Milestone

6. City Lights (1931) Chaplin

7. My Man Godfrey (1936) La Cava

8. Stagecoach (1939) Ford

9. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Whale

10. Wild Boys of the Road (1933) Wellman

My Ten Favorite Films Directed by Howard Hawks

1. His Girl Friday (1940) 

2. The Big Sleep (1946)

3. Red River (1948) 

4. To Have and Have Not (1944)

5. Bringing Up Baby (1938)

6. Twentieth Century (1934)

7. Ball of Fire (1941)

8. Monkey Business (1952)

9. Scarface (1932)

10. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

My Ten Favorite Films Featuring An Actor Who was in Meet John Doe

1. The Lady Eve (1941) Sturges - Barbara Stanwyck

2. Morocco (1930) von Sternberg - Gary Cooper

3. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) Hall - James Gleason

4. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Capra- Edward Arnold

5. The Big Sleep (1946) Hawks - Regis Toomey

6. Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) Huston - Pat Flaherty

7. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) Capra — J. Farrell MacDonald

8. His Girl Friday (1940) Hawks — Gene Lockhart

9. Red River (1948) Hawks  - Walter Brennan

10.Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Hitchcock - Irving Bacon

The Lady Eve

My Ten Favorite Films Starring Henry Fonda

1. Grapes of Wrath (1940) Ford

2. The Lady Eve (1941) Sturges

3. My Darling Clementine (1946) Ford

4. 12 Angry Men (1957) Lumet

5. Fort Apache (1948) Ford

6. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) Ford

7. Mr. Roberts (1957) Ford/LeRoy

8. The Wrong Man (1956) Hitchcock

9. The Male Animal (1942) Nugent

10. The Ox Bow Incident (1942) Wellman

Ten Terrific Films From Which Bad Remakes or Sequels Were Made

1. Blade Runner (1982) Scott

2. The Getaway (1972) Peckinpah

3. Mean Girls (2004) Waters

4. Arthur (1981) Gordon

5. The Godfather Part 2 (1974) Coppola

6. Chinatown (1974) Polanski

7. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Kubrick

8.Psycho (1960) Hitchcock

9. The Exorcist (1973) Friedkin

10. Jaws (1975) Spielberg

Ten Films With Great Endings

1. Manhattan (1979) Allen

2. Chinatown (1974) Polanski

3. Inglourious Basterds (2009) Tarantino 

4. No Country For Old Men (2007) Coens

5. The Searchers (1956) Ford

6. It's A Wonderful Life (1946) Capra

7. Nights of Cabiria (1957) Fellini

8. City Lights (1931) Chaplin

9. The Lady Eve (1941) Sturges 

10.Birdman (2014) Iñárritu

Hannah and Her Sisters

Ten Terrific Movies Set in New York City

1. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Allen

2. Goodfellas (1990) Scorsese

3. Taxi Driver (1976) Scorsese

4. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) Coens

5. They All Laughed (1981) Bogdanovich 

6. The World of Henry Orient (1964) Hill

7. Requiem for a Dream (2000) Aranofsky

8. Radio Days (1987) Allen

9. Sweet Smell of Success (1957) Mackendrick

10. A Thousand Clowns (1965) Coe

My Ten Favorite Films in Which a Main Character is in Show Business

1. Bombshell (1933) Fleming

2. Cabaret (1972) Fosse

3. Sullivan's Travels (1941) Sturges

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

5. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) LeRoy

6. Nashville (1975) Altman

7. 8 1/2 (1963) Fellini

8. The King of Comedy (1982) Scorsese

9. A Hard Day's Night (1964) Lester

10. To Be Or Not To Be (1942) Lubitsch

Ten Lists of Ten Films For Your MLK Day Enjoyment

His Girl Friday

Regular readers of this blog (Jezebel Jabberwocky of Weed, CA) may recall that last Memorial Day I provided ten lists of ten films in various categories. Much to everyone's chagrin this has become regular holiday feature. Subsequent installments have appeared on this site on Independence Day, Labor Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day and most recently on Boxing Day. A ninth installment will be posted on President's Day. Meanwhile, please enjoy my Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday lists. 

My Ten Favorite Films of the 1940s

1. His Girl Friday (1940) Hawks

2. Rome, Open City (1945) Rossellini

3. Casablanca (1942) Curtiz

4. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) Huston

5. Foreign Correspondent (1940) Hitchcock

6. Sullivan’s Travels (1941) Sturges

7. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) Capra

8. The Third Man (1949) Reed

9. The Talk of the Town (1942) Stevens

10.The Grapes of Wrath (1940) Ford

The Lady Eve

My Ten Favorite Films Starring Barbara Stanwyck

1.The Lady Eve (1941) P. Sturges 

2. Double Indemnity (1944) Wilder

3. Meet John Doe (1941) Capra

4. Christmas in Connecticut (1945) Godfrey

5. Ball of Fire (1941) Hawks

6. Baby Face (1933) Green

7. The Furies (1950) Mann

8. Banjo On My Knee (1936) Cromwell

9. Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) Litvak

10. Remember the Night (1940) Leisen

My Ten Favorite Films Featuring  a Best Actor Oscar Performance

1. The Lost Weekend (1945) Wilder— Ray Milland

2. Hamlet (1948) Olivier — Laurence Olivier

3. Stalag 17 (1953) Wilder — William Holden

4. Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Lean — Alec Guiness

5. The Godfather (1972) Coppola — Marlon Brando

6. Network (1976) Lumet— Peter Finch

7. Raging Bull (1980) Scorsese — Robert DeNiro

8. Philadelphia (1993) Demme — Tom Hanks

9. Milk (2008) Van Sant — Sean Penn

10. Manchester By the Sea (2016) Lonergan — Casey Affleck

City Lights

My Ten Favorite Films Directed by Charlie Chaplin

1. City Lights (1931)

2. The Gold Rush (1925)

3. Modern Times (1936

4. The Great Dictator (1940)

5. A Woman of Paris (1923)

6. The Kid (1921)

7. The Circus (1928)

8. Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

9. Shoulder Arms (1918)

10. A King in New York (1957)

My Ten Favorite Films Starring SNL Alums

1. Groundhog Day (1993) Ramis — Bill Murray

2. Trading Places (1983) Landis — Eddie Murphy and DanAckroyd

3. Animal House (1978) Landis -- John Belushi

4. Palm Springs (2020) Barbakow -- Andy Samberg

5. Skeleton Twins (2014) Johnson — Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader

6. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) Roach — Mike Myers

7. Elf (2003) Favreau — Will Ferrell

8. Punch-Drunk Love (2002) P.T. Anderson — Adam Sandler

9. Mean Girls (2004) Waters —  Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Tim Meadows and Ana Gasteyer

10. Stripes (1981) Reitman — Bill Murray

Ten Terrific Films With Great Portrayals of Real People

1. The Aviator (2004) Scorsese Katharine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett)

2. Raging Bull (1980) Scorsese Jake LaMotta (Robert DeNiro)

3. Milk (2008) Van Sant Harvey Milk (Sean Penn)

4. Amistad (1997) Spielberg John Quincy Adams (Anthony Hopkins)

5. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Sharon (2019) Tarantino Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie)

6. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Lumet Sonny Wortzik (Al Pacino)

7. Zodiac (2007) Finchner Paul Avery (Robert Downey Jr.)

8. All the President’s Men (1976) Pakula Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman)

9. Malcolm X (1992) S. Lee Malcolm X (Denzel Washington)

10. Downfall (2004) Hirschbiegel Adolph Hitler (Bruno Ganz)

2001: A Space Odyssey

My Ten Favorite Films With a Number in the Title

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick)

2. The 39 Steps (1935) Hitchcock

3. 8 1/2 (1963) Fellini

4. Three Days of the Condor (1975) Pollack

5. Seven Samurai (1954) Kurosawa

6. Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) Hill

7. 12 Angry Men (1957) Lumet

8. Stalag 17 (1953) Wilder

9. The 400 Blows (1959) Truffaut

10. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) Newell

Ten Favorite Films in Which a Main Character is a Teacher or Professor

1. Election (1999) Payne -- Matthew Broderick

2. Animal House (1978) Landis -- Donald Sutherland

3. Half Nelson (2006) Fleck --  Ryan Gosling

4. Dead Poet’s Society (1989) Weir -- Robin Williams

5.  Rushmore (1998) W. Anderson -- Jason Schwartzman

6.  Manhattan (1979) Allen -- Michael Murphy

7.  A Serious Man (2009) Coens -- Michael Stuhlbarg

8.  Mean Girls (2004) Waters -- Tina Fey

9.  Wonder Boys (2000) Hanson --  Michael Douglas

10. Notes on a Scandal (2006) Eyre -- Cate Blanchett

Do the Right Thing

My Ten Favorite Films for Black History Month

1. Do the Right Thing (1989) Lee

2. Malcolm X (1992) Lee

3. Glory (1989) Zwick

4. Boyz N the Hood (1991) Singleton

5.  Amistad (1997) Spielberg

6.  12 Years a Slave (2013) McQueen

7.  Moonlight (2016) Jenkins

8.  Blindspotting (2018) Estrada

9.  Get Out (2017) Peele

10. Mudbound (2017) Rees

Ten Great Films Featuring a Character Who’s A Drunk

1. Holiday (1938) Cukor — Lew Ayres

2. Stagecoach (1939) Ford — Thomas Mitchell

3. Leaving Las Vegas (1995) Figgis -- Nicholas Cage

4. City Lights (1931)— Harry Myers

5. The Lost Weekend (1945) Wilder— Ray Milland

6.  The Philadelphia Story (Cukor) — Roland Young

7. The Verdict (1982) Lumet — Paul Newman

8. The Way Back (2020) O'Connor — Ben Affleck

9. Arthur (1981) Gordon — Dudley Moore

10. Days of Wine and Roses (1962) — Jack Lemmon

 

Ten Lists of Ten Films For Your Boxing Day Enjoyment

Bogart in Casablanca 

Regular readers of this blog (Ebeneezer Havisham of Harrogate, UK) may recall that last  Memorial Day  I provided ten lists of ten films in various categories. Much to everyone's chagrin this has become regular holiday feature. Subsequent installments have appeared on this site on Independence Day, Labor Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, Veteran's Day and most recently on Thanksgiving. An eighth installment will be posted on Martin Luther King Jr Day.  Meanwhile, please enjoy my Boxing Day list and let me extend to you and yours holiday greetings from all of us at Streams of Unconsciousness. 

My Ten Favorite Humphrey Bogart Films

1. Casablanca (1942) Curtiz
2. Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) Huston
3. The Big Sleep (1946) Hawks
4. The Maltese Falcon (1941) Huston
5. The African Queen (1951) Huston
6. High Sierra (1941) Walsh
7. To Have and Have Not (1944) Hawks
8. The Harder They Fall (1956) Robson
9. Petrified Forrest (1936) Mayo
10. They Drive By Night (1940) Walsh

My Ten Favorite Films Featuring a Best Actress Academy Award Winner 

1. Jezebel (1938 (Wyler) -- Bette Davis
2. Suspicion (1941) Hitchcock -- Joan Fontaine
3. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Kazan — Vivian Leigh
4. Two Women (1960) De Sica — Sofia Loren
5. Hud (1963) Ritt — Patricia Neal
6. Cabaret  (1972) Fosse— Liza Minelli
7. Network (1976) Lumet— Faye Dunaway
8. Annie Hall (1977) Allen — Diane Keaton
9. Silver Linings Playbook (2012) Russell — Jennifer Lawrence
10. Blue Jasmine (2013) Allen — Cate Blanchett

Foreign Correspondent

  My Ten Favorite Hitchcock Films

  1.Foreign Correspondent (1940)

  2. The 39 Steps (1935)

  3. Vertigo (1958)

  4. Psycho (1960)

  5. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

  6. Strangers on a Train (1951)

  7.  The Lodger (1927)

  8. Rear Window (1954)

  9. I Confess (1953)

  10. The Trouble With Harry (1955)

My Ten Favorite Films from the Nineties

1. Goodfellas (1990) Scorsese
2. Europa (1991) von Trier
3. Dead Man (1995) Jarmusch
4. The Ice Storm (1997) A. Lee
5. The Big Lebowski (1998) Coens
6. La Haine (1995) Kassovitz
7. Pulp Fiction (1994) Tarantino
8. The Match Factory Girl (1990) Kaurismäki
9. My Own Private Idaho (1991) Van Sant
10. Groundhog Day (1993) Ramis

My Top Ten Films that Include Narration

1. Europa (1991) von Trier
2. Radio Days (1987) W. Allen
3. Royal Tennebaums (2001) Anderson
4. Goodfellas (1990) Scorsese
5. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) W. Allen
6. Double Indemnity (1944) Wilder
7. Barry Lyndon (1975) Kubrick
8. The Virgin Suicides (1999) S. Coppola
9. Fight Club (1999) Fincher
10. City of God (2002) Meirelles/Lund 

The Strawberry Statement

Ten Favorite Films that Capture the Spirit of the Sixties

1.The Strawberry Statement (1970) Haggman

2. Harold and Maude (1971) Ashby

3. MASH (1970) Altman

4. Medium Cool (1969) Wexler

5. The Landlord (1970) Ashby

6. A Hard Day’s Night (1964) Lester

7. Hair (1979) Forman

8. Getting Straight (1970) Rush

9. Zabriskie Point (1970) Antonioni

10. If….(1968) L. Anderson

Ten Terrific Films Featuring Boxing Scenes

1. Raging Bull (1980) Scorsese 
2. City Lights (1931) Chaplin
3. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) Hall
4. The Harder They Fall (1956) Robson
5. The Fighter (2010) Russell
6. Fat City (1972) Huston
7. Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) Nelson
8. The Set-Up (1949) Wise
9. Gentleman Jim (1942) Walsh
10. The Hurricane (1999) Jewison

Ten Great Films About Criminals

1. Goodfellas (1990) Scorsese
2. The Godfather (1972) Coppola
3. The Godfather Part 2 (1974) Coppola
4. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Penn
5. The Public Enemy (1931) Wellman
6. A Prophet (2009) Audiard
7. Donnie Brasco (1997) Newell
8. Gomorroh (2008) Garrone
9. City of God (2002) Meirelles/Lund 
10. The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) Yates

Dog Day Afternoon

Ten Great Films With an Animal in the    Title

 1. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Lumet

  2. The Cranes are Flying (1957) Kalatozov

  3. Raging Bull (1980) Scorsese 

  4. They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969) Pollack

  5.  Three Days of the Condor (1975) Pollack

  6. The Lion in Winter (1968) Harvey

  7. Duck Soup (1933) McCarey

  8. Elephant (2003) Van Sant

  9. First Cow (2019) Reichardt

  10. Silence of the Lambs (1991) Demme

Ten Great Films Set During World War I

1. The Big Parade (1925) Vidor
2. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Milestone
3. Paths of Glory (1957) Kubrick
4. Westfront 1918 (1930) Pabst
5. Wooden Crosses (1932) Bernard
6. Wings (1927) Wellman
7. Shoulder Arms (1918) Chaplin
8. Hell’s Angels (1930) Hughes
9. La Grande Illusion (1937) Renoir
10. The Lost Patrol (1934) Ford