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