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An amazing film with astonishing aerial cinematography during the dogfight sequences, clever camera movement during non-aerial scenes, such as the swing sequence early in the movie or the incredible tracking shot through the multiple tables at the cafe later in the story, and great characters. This was a wonderful experience, certainly one of the best silent films I’ve seen, and one of the most worthy Best Picture winners.

1927 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

William Wellman Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

This begins with an exciting land rush sequence and has a few other interesting scenes, such as the shootout between Yancey and The Kid, but the overall story just isn’t that compelling. It was neat to see the town of Osage evolve over time as an impressive piece of production design. 

The liberal use of title cards sometimes feels redundant or a holdover from the silent era, but this was also occasionally used to great effect, such as “Oil” with a quick zoom in on the word to convey the excitement.

I liked Richard Dix in Hell’s Highway, but I didn’t care for his performance in this.

1931 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Wesley Ruggles Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

1930s Best Picture Winners Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

An average effort by Michael Curtiz with the always reliable and charming pairing of Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, ed by Ronald Reagan and a fiery Raymond Massey.

1940 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Michael Curtiz Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

From Joel McCrea’s introduction brandishing two pistols in a saloon to persuade drunkards to listen to his sermon to a heartwarming finale that made me smile, this is a very good film. Joel McCrea, always reliable for a good performance, is compelling and down-to-earth as the Parson. Juano Hernandez, also very good in the seriously underrated Young Man With a Horn, presents a moving portrayal of a continuously wronged landowner with a kind, gentle demeanor.

The movie takes its time by slowly depicting scenes representing small slices of life in the town. Often in films of this type, starting as a gentle observation of life unfolding and then evolving into a third-act that requires more plot and action, the addition of a conflict feels forced and contrived, but not here. The third-act involving the disease outbreak and the attack on Uncle Famous is excellently executed.  

The screenplay also contains some great dialogue, particularly in the scenes between the Parson and both the older and younger Dr. Harrison, as well as in the Parson’s reading of the “will” close to the film’s end.

1950 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Jacques Tourneur Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Although I felt this fell apart a bit towards the end, this still contains some very good elements, including stunning cinematography during Ginger Rogers’s arrival scene in the town as the neon lights start to turn off and in the use of shadows throughout the film, as well as solid performances by Rogers, Doris Day, Steve Cochran, and Ronald Reagan.

My 20th Doris Day film!

1950 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

This was cute, predictable, and featured good chemistry between Diane Lane and John Cusack. The needle drops are a bit intrusive and obnoxious.

The funniest scenes was that in which they drive around trying to find a condom.

An effectively creepy story with a strong, emotional, heartbreaking performance by Lon Chaney and a great climax.

This features some interesting early art direction by Cedric Gibbons. The operating room scene is made more chilling by the cavernous set.

1927 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Tod Browning Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Ignore the harsh reviews. This is a very good film. 

A moving portrait of a family with the beautiful loving relationship between Robert and Jane, well-played by Clive Brook and Diana Wynyard, at its heart. 

Their scenes together are the best in the movie. Early in the story, when Robert is boarding the ship to go to the Boer War, his request for Jane to turn around and keep talking while he walks away to avoid her having to watch was touching. Their final scene together at the end, with quite convincing old-age makeup, also moved me. 

I enjoyed the transitional devices used throughout the film, such as the titular medieval cavalcade literally marching through time, the tragic World War I montage, the final montage summarizing the story’s themes, and the very clever “Famous People 1909” sand sculpture at the seaside portraying the important figures of the day, including Edward VII and Theodore Roosevelt. 

Although this is a serious story, it is not without moments of Noel Coward’s wit and humor with lines such as, “How rude of the 20th century to wake up the children,” or the scene in which the servants are discussing where Africa is located. 

A worthy Best Picture winner that has been unfairly dismissed and deserves a reevaluation.

1933 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

1930s Best Picture Winners Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

It was an enjoyable experience exploring my first Hitchcock silent film, neatly influenced by German Expressionism with stylized intertitles primarily featuring a triangle motif. 

The scene that impressed me the most involved the “transparent” floor to show the lodger pacing above the characters below.

1927 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Alfred Hitchcock Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

A weak musical featuring some of the same cast from a vastly superior musical from the year before, Lady Be Good, but lacking a good story. I just couldn’t get into this. I liked Red Skelton in Lady Be Good, but found him annoying here. 

Despite its flaws, the Berry Brothers sequences, the first featuring a neat cane routine culminating in their signature jumping and split landing and the second featuring Lena Horne, are bright spots.

Alan Mowbray was amusing as the butler.

The final “The Son of a Gun Who Picks on Uncle Sam” felt shoehorned in. Filled with worthy sentiment and purpose of course, but a forced ending all the same.

On the Town and Anchors Aweigh are far better musicals about sailors.

1942 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Norman Z. McLeod Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

MGM Musicals 

An entertaining musical helmed by Vincente Minnelli in his directorial debut and featuring great musical numbers, particularly “Taking a Chance on Love”, “Cabin in the Sky”, and “Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe” performed by Ethel Waters, whose warm smile really sells these songs.

It was fun to see Louis Armstrong as one of Lucifer’s minions.

Lena Horne was also very good. 

I enjoyed this!

1943 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Vincente Minnelli Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

MGM Musicals 

An very good John Ford film featuring a captivating performance by Jon Hall, the beautiful Dorothy Lamour, scenes of expressionistic black and white cinematography by Bert Glennon (particularly the last prison escape sequence), a great score by Alfred Newman, and a stunning spectacle of a hurricane that serves as a showcase for special effects at their highest level.

In their ing roles, Thomas Mitchell and John Carradine are good as always.

I found Raymond Massey and Mary Astor’s performances a bit wooden and less interesting than they could have been.

1937 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

John Ford Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

I think it says so much about the movie that the three best numbers, “Steam Heat”, “Once a Year Day”, and “Hernando’s Hideaway”, are essentially unrelated to the plot. The actual story isn’t very engaging and the romance is ridiculously rushed from first meeting to “love”.

I also typically greatly enjoy Doris Day, as evidenced by my Letterboxd diary, but this was one of her weaker performances, both as an actress and as a singer.

1957 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Stanley Donen Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

A very good film, made contemporary with the war it portrays, with two very different performances at its center. Robert Mitchum projects a commanding voice and presence in an early role and Burgess Meredith’s mild-mannered Ernie Pyle is a wonderful set of “eyes” for the viewer to experience the war firsthand. 

William Wellman’s direction and Russell Metty’s cinematography both succeed in capturing the intimate quarters of the soldiers, mostly by frequent use of close-ups, and the immediacy
of the conflict in the battle scenes. 

The ongoing struggle throughout the film for Warnicki to fix the phonograph, starting with him receiving a coffee grinder from the villagers when requesting the record player due to a misunderstanding, and culminating in his tragic breakdown after finally hearing the record, was moving. 

Some other moments I liked were the scene in which Pyle tries to wake up a soldier he assumes is sleeping, but is told by another soldier that the man is dead, and the scene where the soldier is changing the payroll as a way to show that Murphy died. 

It was nice to see Dorothy Wellman, wife of director William Wellman, as the bride of Murphy in this, although uncredited, as I really liked her in Wellman’s earlier film, Wild Boys of the Road, from 1933.

1945 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

William Wellman Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

A very pre-Code film with an interesting setting. I think this would have been more entertaining with one of the original choices for the lead role, Barbara Stanwyck, rather than Dorothy Mackaill.

1931 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

William Wellman Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

An obscure and silly comedy with a fun farce situation at the hotel early in the movie, a decently amusing ing performance by Eddie Albert, a good role for Jimmy Stewart, and an unfortunately miscast Joan Fontaine. With this plot, I’m not sure it could have ever been a great movie, but I think could have been better without Fontaine. She is lackluster and boring here. 

The extensive model work for the sequence in which the plane lands in the country was interesting to see.

I enjoyed the opening animation for the title sequence created by the Walter Lantz Studio, best known for their Woody Woodpecker shorts.

There was also a cute scene with some “shoe acting” between Fontaine and Stewart. 

1948 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

H. C. Potter Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Jimmy Stewart Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

This film noir features an interesting sampling of Joan Crawford’s acting styles, from reluctantly submissive wife to strong independence to then an overly ambitious and feisty woman by the end. 

I also really liked David Brian and Kent Smith in their roles. 

The story lost my interest a bit in the second act, but it’s a good movie.

1950 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Vincent Sherman Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

An effective pre-Code drama with a speedy and satisfying story, a fun pairing of Stanwyck and Blondell, and a menacing Clark Gable early in his career. 

I liked the use of the nurse assignment cards for the transitions early in the film.

1931 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

William Wellman Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

A very touching story with a strong performance by George Brent and an even stronger performance by Bette Davis, who is simply outstanding here. This is my current favorite of her work.

I really enjoyed this, but I don’t have much to add to what has already been written about the film.

1939 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Edmund Goulding Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

A prototypical women in prison film with some comedy mixed with tougher scenes, but this serves mostly as a nice vehicle for Barbara Stanwyck’s talent early in her career. This has some little elements that would never occur after the Code until much later, such as hinted lesbianism and overt references to prostitution.

1933 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

William Keighley Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

An entertaining MGM musical with catchy songs and outstanding dance numbers featuring Eleanor Powell. The Busby Berkeley-choreographed Fascinating Rhythm sequence is one of the best of any MGM musical and the “Your Words and My Music” number with Powell and Buttons the dog is a delight. 

Red Skelton is very funny in his small role, as is Virginia O’Brien in her even smaller role. Her lifeless performance of “Your Words and My Music” made me laugh. 

Robert Young may have given one of the more convincing portrayals of a piano player in a film I’ve seen. An actor’s bad piano miming can often detract from a film. 

The Berry Brothers’ scenes were fun to watch, as was the entire montage sequence of “Lady Be Good” climbing the charts.

It’s interesting that “The Last Time I Saw Paris” won the Oscar, controversially as it didn’t originate with this film, but I found it to be the least memorable of all the songs in the movie.

I also found it interesting that Kern, Hammerstein, and the Gershwins are mentioned in song lyrics during the film when their own songs were also featured throughout.

Norman Z McLeod Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Busby Berkeley Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

MGM Musicals

A B picture with the interesting idea of a gangster with a Napoleon complex and a few funny moments, such as the “moronic type” scene. 

I didn’t care for Kay Francis’s performance.

1939 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Franz Waxman’s score and Peverell Marley’s cinematography are great, but I agree with the critics who stated that the revelation of the central “secret” so early in the movie completely undermines the possible suspense of the story. 

Ann Carter’s performance was quite good.

1947 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Opening with a bouncy song and featuring a fun ensemble of hammy players, this was a pleasant musical with a weak plot and a slightly lame ending. Phil Silvers was the highlight here. I did not care for Robert Cummings’s performance.

Interestingly, this was the first musical filmed in CinemaScope. It’s neat to see the way this was utilized to fill the frame, particularly in the four person ensemble numbers “High Hopes” and “Bluebells of Broadway”. This paved the way for superior uses of the format in It’s Always Fair Weather and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

1954 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

A sentimental film with a sweet, lovable portrayal of legendary songwriter Gus Kahn by Danny Thomas and a strong performance by Doris Day. 

Some scenes I particularly enjoyed were the dinner scene at Grace’s house early in the movie, the sing-along scene at the theater when Grace is plugging Gus’s new song, and the “Makin’ Whoopee” scene in which Grace and Gus are just spontaneously singing. The latter I specifically liked because other movie musical biographies from this era I have seen tend to limit the musical numbers to only diegetic performances of the songs, not spontaneous musical numbers as typically seen in other non-biographical musicals. The same element was seen in the two scenes with Gus, Grace, and their kids walking along singing as a family. 

It’s interesting that “Love Me or Leave Me” is featured in this as Doris Day would later play Ruth Etting in another good film, Love Me or Leave Me, with James Cagney. 

Mary Wickes is funny as always in her ing role.

1951 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Michael Curtiz Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Despite an interesting circus setting, Humphrey Bogart is unfortunately a bit wasted in this mediocre movie.

1941 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Poverty, panhandling, rape, robbery, freight hopping, and vagrancy! 

Quintessential pre-Code Warner Bros doing what it did best: socially conscious drama, occasionally heavy-handed, but often very entertaining.

At first I found Frankie Darro’s performance a bit annoying, but he impressed me in the heartfelt moments with his parents early in the film and he continued to impress me throughout the rest of the movie. A very good performance.

1933 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

William Wellman Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

A tight little noir with a suspenseful opening set in a rail yard, a rainy, smoky atmosphere throughout, and a neat framing device. 

Edward G. Robinson stated in his autobiography that this was “hokum”, but I enjoyed it!

1948 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

John Farrow Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

It is always nice to see a film from the CinemaScope era that actually used the format to its advantage. The wintry landscape and the later cattle drive sequence really help to open this Western up and expand beyond what would have been an average Academy ratio film only a year or two earlier. 

It is also pleasing that Raoul Walsh, a widescreen pioneer from his 1930 film The Big Trail, was still around 25 years later to be able to witness and benefit from the rise of CinemaScope as a successful widescreen format. 

The film has a good balance between a lighthearted tone and occasional seriousness, and there are some funny bits in this, such as the scene in which the hotel desk clerk watches Jane Russell’s character take her boots off.

Despite his war experience aging him significantly, Clark Gable still possessed that roguish charm that made him popular in his work from the 30s.

An interesting bit of trivia: Henry Allen, the author of the novel on which this is based, started out as a writer for MGM animated shorts with Harman and Ising and the legendary Tex Avery. He later worked with Walter Lantz on Woody Woodpecker shorts.

1955 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Raoul Walsh Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Three stars for the story, but five stars for the production design, score, and cinematography.

The pageantry and spectacle of the film is obvious on the surface, but in the quieter moments, particularly between Elizabeth and Essex, the use of light and shadow in Technicolor is stunning. The final sequence with Elizabeth in her chamber stands out. 

The story is less than compelling, but to see Errol Flynn and Bette Davis together is a treat.

1939 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Michael Curtiz Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Although it may have a laughably flimsy plot, the film features fun musical numbers, particularly those with Doris Day and Gene Nelson (the second most entertaining dancer in classic Hollywood named Gene) such as “I Like the Way You Say Goodnight”, and some amusing scenes between S.Z. Sakall and Florence Bates.

Regarding Sakall, it’s interesting that a reporter in the movie refers to him at one point as “Cuddles”, his nickname used internally at Warner Bros. 

Billy De Wolfe gives a funny ing performance, similar to his previous role in Tea for Two.

The titular number, starting with Doris Day as a seemingly disembodied head on a black background and expanding into a stage-filling spectacle, is the promise of the film and didn’t disappoint.

1951 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

David Butler Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Despite its short runtime, this has an unnecessarily convoluted plot and it seemed that very little of it actually had to do with “Jimmy” becoming a “Gent”. 

Still, there’s some good rapid-fire dialogue between Davis and Cagney and interesting uses of whip pans that help to pick up the pace.

1934 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Michael Curtiz Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

It’s always nice to see Cagney get to show off his hoofing skills.

A decent story with not enough Doris Day, but this does feature some great dancing by Gene Nelson in his solo tap dance number and in “The Toy Trumpet” sequence. 

This has some awkward transitions into the musical numbers, a common flaw in many musicals of the period. 

Some highlights include a scene in which Cagney speaks French and the “Brooklyn” number near the end of the film.

1950 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Roy Del Ruth Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

A cute Warner Bros musical with a funny performance by Ray Bolger, an actor who is justifiably ed for playing the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, but deserves recognition for other fine outings in films such as this. His dance number with portraits of Washington and Lincoln is a highlight. 

This also features some amusing satirical jabs at bureaucracy and the political establishment. 

Claude Dauphin is quite funny in his role as Philippe.

While the funniest scenes occur before the story moves to Paris, the scene in which Philippe takes Ethel around Paris with bad weather made me laugh. 

Doris Day, as always, is a beam of joyful sunshine.

1952 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

David Butler Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Alexander Payne is one of the best currently-working directors at observing the smallest moments in a story and letting actors portray a stillness too seldom seen in other films. 

He also always (at least in the films I’ve seen) manages to inject such specificity in the setting  of his films, whether it’s Hawaii as portrayed in this, Napa Valley in Sideways, or the wintry New England boarding school in The Holdovers.

I’m not typically a fan of George Clooney, but I enjoyed his performance in this, particularly in his scenes with Shailene Woodley.

Alexander Payne Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

An excellent thriller featuring a charismatic performance from Denzel Washington and a strong sense of reality in the filming of the action sequences. 

I normally really like Jodie Foster, but I didn’t like all aspects of her performance in this.

A fun film with the great pairing of MacMurray and Colbert and strong direction by Mitchell Leisen, particularly the inventive dream sequence early in the film. Some of my other favorite moments were the scene of the waiter advising the characters to leave the fancy restaurant, the photo shoot with the male model, and the delightful ending. 

I’m also a sucker for a clever title sequence that tries to do something different, so I enjoyed the credits displayed as developing photographs in the darkroom.

1943 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Mitchell Leisen Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

A pleasant comedy with some interesting settings in the first act, such as a packed subway car, a roller coaster, and a crowded beach, as well as good performances by Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, and Fred MacMurray, particularly the latter in one of his first leading roles. 

The scene at the nightclub with the attempted performance was the comedic highlight of the film.

1935 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

It may be a touch too long, but this is a very sweet, heart-on-its-sleeve romance with two excellent performances at its center from Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer. Nathan Lane is very funny in his ing role. Marvin Hamlisch’s score is very good, particularly the incorporation of Claire de Lune in the third act.

I was beaming at the end of the film.

Garry Marshall Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

There are a few fun things in this, such as the car chase without a score and the final shootout in the quarry, but most of this is disappointingly mediocre. 

As a Pittsburgh local, it was cool to see a film shot almost entirely here.

Great atmosphere and setting, as well strong performances by Rupert Everett and Colin Firth, made this worth a watch, but I found the plot somewhat unengaging and the film to be a bit of a bore.

A thought-provoking, intelligent, exciting, and slightly strange thriller with excellent performances by Hugh Grant and Gene Hackman. This deserves a rediscovery. An unfortunately overlooked film. 

I really liked this!

I was expecting something more light and frothy, but this is actually quite somber at times and not very fun. The conflict is somewhat nonexistent until the final 20 minutes and Catherine Zeta-Jones, a great actress in the right projects, is a bit too low-key in this. Aaron Eckhart’s charismatic performance is entertaining.

Interestingly, the funniest parts of the film occur before the actual farce gets underway on the ocean liner, such as the Woody Allen cameo, the theater scene introducing Alfred Molina’s character, and the very funny bakery scene. Once the plot on the ship starts, the film deflated a bit, but was still an entertaining throwback to screwball comedy.

The closing dance number was unnecessary and silly and probably should have been cut, just like the thankfully cut original closing scene of Young Frankenstein where Mel Brooks wanted the cast to be singing past the camera as they went through the castle foyer.

Tucci and Platt are very funny in their roles, as are Alfred Molina and Campbell Scott.

The anachronistic ideas, such as the shopping mall, newspapers, and the music, don’t really work and there’s some pretty unimpressive performances here, particularly from Hugh Dancy and Minnie Driver, but the film has some charm thanks to Anne Hathaway.

I’m sure that if I had been the target age when I saw this, I would have enjoyed it and would probably have some nostalgia for it.

It’s really not fair to compare this to the preceding films, but it’s also impossible not to on some level. 

This retains the charm, gentle humor, and visual inventiveness of the series, but the film’s somewhat predictable plot was a bit disappointing. I also enjoy Olivia Colman in other projects, but I didn’t love her performance here.

A very well-crafted and well-acted film, but I also felt that David Hare’s screenplay oversimplified and emotionally over-manipulated some of the more interestingly subtle aspects of Michael Cunningham’s great novel. 

I also found Nicole Kidman’s performance to be the least interesting of the three women, despite her winning an Oscar. Julianne Moore was the best of the three, even though her character was my least favorite when reading the novel. That speaks to the strength of her performance. 

Phillip Glass’s score is outstanding.

Boring, weird, strange, and awkward. I just didn’t care for this. The ending dance sequence with the life-size puppet characters was somewhat interesting. I think I was expecting an “MGM musical” or even something a bit charming and this was definitely not that.

1953 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Charles Walters Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

MGM Musicals

Paul Muni and Joseph Schildkraut are both very good, but the film was a bit boring and lacking in emotion other than in the scene where Dreyfus gets his ranking literally stripped from his body, which was tragic and moving. 

Worth a watch as a Best Picture winner, but I probably wouldn’t have watched this otherwise.

1937 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

William Dieterle Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

Clever, well-written, and very well-performed by John Heard in particular, this also has a unique setting in Salt Lake City and a nice, catchy score by Ken Lauber. 

I found Mary Beth Hurt’s portrayal of Laura a bit too unappealing and unlikeable. I understand what she was aiming for, but it didn’t quite work for me.

It was interesting to see Gloria Grahame in one of her final roles.

1979 Ranked - Favorite to Least Favorite 

1. Belfast
2. Hamlet
3. Henry V
4. Peter's Friends
5. Much Ado About Nothing
6. Dead Again
7. In the Bleak Midwinter
8. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
9. Love's Labour's Lost
10. All Is True

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1/8: Mrs. Doubtfire
1/10: Scooby-Doo
1/11: Star Wars
1/12: Office Space, The Empire Strikes Back
1/15: Return of the Jedi
1/17: A Real Pain
1/20: The Phantom Menace
1/23: Attack of the Clones
1/25: The Last Unicorn (Row House Cinema)
1/26: Revenge of the Sith
2/6: Ratatouille
2/7: American Psycho
2/16: The Road to El Dorado
2/20: Margin Call
2/22: The Swan Princess
3/1: Jurassic Park
3/14: Monsters, Inc.
3/15: 2001: A Space Odyssey (Rangos)
3/20: The Madness of King George
4/5: The Prestige
4/16: Dunkirk
4/18: Amadeus, Pirates of the Caribbean
4/20: True Lies
4/26: Revenge of the Sith (Cinemark North Hills)
5/15: Rocky
5/16: The Empire Strikes Back, Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure
5/18: Pinocchio (w/commentary), Monsters, Inc. (w/commentary)

• Mrs. Doubtfire
• Scooby-Doo
• Star Wars
• Office Space
• The Empire Strikes Back
• Return of the Jedi
• Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
• A Real Pain
• Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
• The Last Unicorn

...plus 18 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Wings
2. The Ox-Bow Incident
3. Wild Boys of the Road
4. Story of G.I. Joe
5. A Star Is Born
6. The Public Enemy
7. Magic Town
8. Yellow Sky
9. Night Nurse
10. Safe in Hell

1. Wings
2. College
3. The Unknown
4. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

Silent films I have seen. In release year order.

• The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
• The Kid
• Safety Last!
• Sherlock Jr.
• The Phantom of the Opera
• The Gold Rush
• The Freshman
• The Adventures of Prince Achmed
• The General
• College

...plus 9 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Gone with the Wind
2. You Can't Take It with You
3. It Happened One Night
4. Mutiny on the Bounty
5. Cavalcade
6. All Quiet on the Western Front
7. The Great Ziegfeld
8. Grand Hotel
9. Cimarron
10. The Life of Emile Zola

1. City Lights
2. M
3. Little Caesar
4. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
5. Frankenstein
6. Dracula
7. Monkey Business
8. The Public Enemy
9. Night Nurse
10. Arrowsmith

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Gilded Lily
2. Cimarron
3. I'm No Angel

1. Casablanca
2. White Christmas
3. The Adventures of Robin Hood
4. Mildred Pierce
5. Young Man with a Horn
6. Angels with Dirty Faces
7. Romance on the High Seas
8. The Sea Wolf
9. Yankee Doodle Dandy
10. Captain Blood

...plus 9 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Fantasia
2. Pinocchio
3. The Shop Around the Corner
4. The Grapes of Wrath
5. City for Conquest
6. The Philadelphia Story
7. Foreign Correspondent
8. Rebecca
9. The Great Dictator
10. My Favorite Wife

...plus 19 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Stars in My Crown
2. Out of the Past
3. Cat People
4. Nightfall

1. Gun Crazy
2. Young Man with a Horn
3. Panic in the Streets
4. Summer Stock
5. Stars in My Crown
6. In a Lonely Place
7. Winchester '73
8. Rashomon
9. Sunset Boulevard
10. All About Eve

...plus 19 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Dracula
2. The Unknown
3. Freaks

In release year order.

• Safety Last!
• The Freshman
• The Gold Rush
• The Adventures of Prince Achmed
• College
• The Unknown
• Min and Bill
• The Public Enemy
• Dracula
• Frankenstein

...plus 354 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Duck Soup
2. Design for Living
3. Sons of the Desert
4. King Kong
5. Wild Boys of the Road
6. Cavalcade
7. The Invisible Man
8. Gold Diggers of 1933
9. Dinner at Eight
10. Footlight Parade

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Rear Window
2. Vertigo
3. Strangers on a Train
4. Rope
5. Dial M for Murder
6. Lifeboat
7. Psycho
8. Foreign Correspondent
9. The Birds
10. Notorious

...plus 14 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

The MGM musicals I have seen. In release year order.

• The Broadway Melody
• Broadway Melody of 1936
• Born to Dance
• San Francisco
• The Great Ziegfeld
• Babes in Arms
• The Wizard of Oz
• Strike Up the Band
• Broadway Melody of 1940
• Ziegfeld Girl

...plus 35 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Casablanca
2. Bambi
3. Mrs. Miniver
4. The Palm Beach Story
5. The Magnificent Ambersons
6. Now, Voyager
7. To Be or Not to Be
8. Yankee Doodle Dandy
9. For Me and My Gal
10. Kings Row

...plus 12 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Horse Feathers
2. Lady Be Good
3. The Paleface
4. Monkey Business
5. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
6. Panama Hattie

1. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
2. Shadow of a Doubt
3. The Ox-Bow Incident
4. Presenting Lily Mars
5. The More the Merrier
6. Cabin in the Sky
7. No Time for Love
8. The Hard Way
9. A Lady Takes a Chance
10. Girl Crazy

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• An American in Paris
• The Clock
• Meet Me in St. Louis
• The Pirate
• Cabin in the Sky
• The Bad and the Beautiful
• The Reluctant Debutante
• The Band Wagon
• Gigi
• Brigadoon

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Quiet Man
2. The Searchers
3. How Green Was My Valley
4. The Grapes of Wrath
5. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
6. Stagecoach
7. Fort Apache
8. The Horse Soldiers
9. The Long Gray Line
10. My Darling Clementine

...plus 13 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2. Make Way for Tomorrow
3. The Awful Truth
4. Easy Living
5. A Day at the Races
6. Captains Courageous
7. The Hurricane
8. A Star Is Born
9. Lost Horizon
10. Double Wedding

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. 12 Angry Men
2. Paths of Glory
3. The Bridge on the River Kwai
4. An Affair to
5. The Tin Star
6. Witness for the Prosecution
7. The Seventh Seal
8. Love in the Afternoon
9. Funny Face
10. Sweet Smell of Success

...plus 14 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Singin' in the Rain
2. Two for the Road
3. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
4. It's Always Fair Weather
5. On the Town
6. Charade
7. Indiscreet
8. The Little Prince
9. Funny Face
10. Royal Wedding

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Only theatrical releases.

• Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
• Star Wars
• The Empire Strikes Back
• Return of the Jedi
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
• Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
• Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• Solo: A Star Wars Story
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Take the Money and Run
2. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
3. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
4. True Grit
5. Battle of Britain
6. Midnight Cowboy
7. Easy Rider
8. The Italian Job
9. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
10. Salesman

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Brief Encounter
2. Mildred Pierce
3. The Lost Weekend
4. The Clock
5. Leave Her to Heaven
6. I Know Where I'm Going!
7. The Bells of St. Mary's
8. Christmas in Connecticut
9. Anchors Aweigh
10. Story of G.I. Joe

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

These are in favorite to least favorite order, not necessarily best to worst

1. It's a Wonderful Life
2. Rear Window
3. Vertigo
4. The Shop Around the Corner
5. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
6. Anatomy of a Murder
7. Rope
8. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
9. The Philadelphia Story
10. Vivacious Lady

...plus 52 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Red Shoes
2. Bicycle Thieves
3. Rope
4. Red River
5. They Live by Night
6. Key Largo
7. Fort Apache
8. Hamlet
9. Romance on the High Seas
10. Call Northside 777

...plus 18 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Shopworn Angel
2. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
3. You Gotta Stay Happy
4. The Cowboy and the Lady

1. The Damned Don't Cry
2. The Hard Way
3. Affair in Trinidad
4. Old Acquaintance

1. The Wizard of Oz
2. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
3. Gone with the Wind
4. The Roaring Twenties
5. Destry Rides Again
6. Stagecoach
7. Only Angels Have Wings
8. The Rules of the Game
9. Dark Victory
10. Of Mice and Men

...plus 22 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Nightmare Alley
2. Dark Victory
3. Grand Hotel

1. The Adventures of Robin Hood
2. Each Dawn I Die
3. 'G' Men
4. The Man Who Came to Dinner
5. No Time for Comedy
6. Ladies They Talk About

1. For Me and My Gal
2. Ziegfeld Girl
3. Lady Be Good
4. Dames
5. Strike Up the Band
6. Babes in Arms
7. Gold Diggers of 1933
8. Footlight Parade
9. 42nd Street
10. Take Me Out to the Ball Game

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Bishop's Wife
2. It Happened on Fifth Avenue
3. Miracle on 34th Street
4. Black Narcissus
5. Out of the Past
6. Nightmare Alley
7. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
8. Gentleman's Agreement
9. Down to Earth
10. The Lady from Shanghai

...plus 13 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Rear Window
2. White Christmas
3. Dial M for Murder
4. A Star Is Born
5. The Caine Mutiny
6. The Country Girl
7. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
8. Hobson's Choice
9. The Far Country
10. Pushover

...plus 16 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. An American in Paris
2. Strangers on a Train
3. Ace in the Hole
4. Detective Story
5. The Tales of Hoffmann
6. The Man in the White Suit
7. The African Queen
8. Murder in the Cathedral
9. Scrooge
10. Alice in Wonderland

...plus 11 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Interstellar
• Oppenheimer
• Dunkirk
• The Dark Knight
• Batman Begins
• The Prestige
• The Dark Knight Rises
• Memento
• Insomnia
• Inception

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Big Clock
2. Night Has a Thousand Eyes
3. Hondo

1. The Night of the Hunter
2. All That Heaven Allows
3. The Man from Laramie
4. Marty
5. The Long Gray Line
6. The Court Jester
7. Oklahoma!
8. Lady and the Tramp
9. The Big Combo
10. It's Always Fair Weather

...plus 19 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. White Heat
2. The Roaring Twenties
3. They Drive by Night
4. Big Brown Eyes
5. High Sierra
6. They Died with Their Boots On
7. Gentleman Jim
8. The Tall Men
9. The Strawberry Blonde
10. A Lion Is in the Streets

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. By the Light of the Silvery Moon
2. The Princess and the Pirate
3. Calamity Jane
4. April in Paris
5. Lullaby of Broadway
6. Caught in the Draft
7. Tea for Two

• 84 Charing Cross Road
• About Time
• An Affair to
• Air
• Always
• American Sniper
• An American Tail
• Argo
• Avengers: Endgame
• Avengers: Infinity War

...plus 135 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Thin Man
2. It Happened One Night
3. The Gay Divorcee
4. Dames
5. Manhattan Melodrama
6. Sadie McKee
7. The Man Who Knew Too Much
8. The Black Cat
9. Jimmy the Gent

1. Born to Dance
2. It Happened on Fifth Avenue
3. On Moonlight Bay
4. The West Point Story
5. Broadway Melody of 1936

In watch date order

• The Wind in the Willows
• The Crucible
• John Carter
• The Great Gatsby
• The Green Knight
• Of Mice and Men
• Henry V
• A age to India
• 84 Charing Cross Road
• Jane Eyre

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Alice in Wonderland
• Alice in Wonderland
• American Psycho
• Breakfast at Tiffany's
• The Breaking Point
• Casino Royale
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• A Christmas Carol
• A Christmas Carol
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

...plus 32 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Singin' in the Rain
2. The Quiet Man
3. Sudden Fear
4. Bend of the River
5. High Noon
6. The Bad and the Beautiful
7. Monkey Business
8. Son of Paleface
9. Hans Christian Andersen
10. April in Paris

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.