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June 26th 2007 00:00
What’s your favourite film starting with each letter of the Alphabet?
Shall we play a game?
No this is not John Doe’s attempt at a Wargames review, instead it’s an excuse for a bit of fun. JD is a picky little fellow about making lists, (always feels so many greats are left out) but when put into the form of a game he is much more open to the idea of playing along, I hope you are too.
The rules are dead simple, all you do is fill in a personal favourite film from A to Z. Figured this is an entertaining way to get an idea of the movie tastes around Orble. A side benefit is discovering a few shared cinema loves.
So what are some of your silver screen delights?
The List
Disclaimer- This is not a list of absolute favourites, just the first great film that pops into JD’s head for each letter (See what I mean, pedantic)
Angel Heart Poster art
Angel Heart (1987)
Bullitt (1968)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
dark City Poster Art
Dark City (1998)
Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind (2004)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Ghost Dog Poster Art
Ghost Dog (1999)
Hustler, The (1961)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
Kiss Me Deadly foreign Poster
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Long Goodbye, The (1973)
Miller’s Crossing (1990)
Nightmoves Poster
Night Moves (1975)
Once Upon A Time In the West (1968)
Parallax View, The (1974)
Quiz Show (1994)
Requeim for a Dream (2000)
Seconds Poster
Seconds (1966)
Thing, The (1982)
Usual Suspects, The (1995)
Videodrome Poster
Videodrome (1983)
Wild Bunch, The (1969)
Xtro (1983)
Yakuza, The (1974)
Zero Effect (1998)
Zero Effect Poster
Just to mix it up here is an A-Z of foreign language favourites.
The Foreign Language List
Apologies: I’m using the English names because Im just writing off the top of my head and I don’t have time to check foreign spellings and titles.
Aguirre of God
Battle of Algiers
City of Lost Children
City of Lost Children poster
Day of the Beast
Experiment Das
Funny Games
Funny Games Poster
Godzilla (1952)
Hana-Bi
Insomnia
Jesus of Montreal
Killer, The
La Femme Nikitta
M (Fritz Lang)
Fritz Lang's M Poster
Nosferatau
Old Boy
Police Story
Quest For Fire
Rififi
Samourai, Le
Tenant, The
Umberto D
Vanishing, The
Wages of Fear
X – (Can’t think of one)
Yojimbo
Z (Costa-Gavras)
Z poster for Z
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Comment by Nickoftime's Sanity Corner
gotta be Zero Effect...just love that flick...has just about anything and everything in it that anyone could possibly want!
It has my vote!
LOL
Great post!
Take care,
Nick
Comment by James Rickard
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Angling Fish
Comment by David
Barton Fink.
Chopper
Debbie Does Dallas (Nup, never seen it).
Exorcist, The
Fight Club
Godfather, The
Hitcher, The
Il Postino
Jean de Florette
King of Comedy.
Love Serenade.
Madness of King George, The
Natural Born Killers
One Hour Photo
Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
Raging Bull
Silence of the Lambs
Taxi Driver
Une pure formalité
Velvet, Blue
Warriors, Once Were
X, Citizen
Y (Don't like any films starting with Y) Why? I just don't.
Zoe, Killing (sorry, didn't like many films beginning with Z either).
Comment by Jessicca
Health 2 Know
Learning Something Everyday
Daily History
Malaysia Found
Otherwise I am totally lost in the list.
Great list though. ^_^
Comment by Bryn
Horrorphile
Blade Runner
Cul-de-Sac
Down By Law
Exorcist, The
Fight Club
Goodfellas
Holy Mountain, The
I am Cuba
Johnny Suede
Kagamusha
Lolita
Morvern Callar
No Way Out
Orlando
Papillon
Queen Margot
RoboCop
Swingers
Tampopo
Underground
Vanishing Point
Withnail and I
Xtro
Young Frankenstein
Zardoz
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Health Focus
Poetry Lighthouse
MS Paint Art
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Comment by DuskDevi
Rucks and Rolls
Rugby World Cup 2007
A League of Their Own
Batman Begins
Contact
Dragonheart
Eiger Sanction, The (....because Clint is ouch...)
Fifth Element
Gattaca
Highlander
Indiana Jones (all of them)
James Bond (all of them)
Kill Bill Vol 1
LA Confidential
Matrix
North by Northwest
Our Man Flint
Picnic at Hanging Rock (not in my collection but I love this film)
Q
Return of the Jedi
Sholay (a classic Hindi movie from the seventies and so not the Bollywood of today)
Twelve Monkeys
Usual Suspects
V
Way of the Dragon (or 'Fury...')
X-Men 2 (so I'm predictable. Shoot me)
Y
Z - many Hindi movies come to mind
...will have to come back...good one JD!
Dusk
Comment by Justin
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American Beauty
Braveheart
Carlito's Way
Doors, The
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fight Club
Gattaca
Heat
Interview with the Vampire
Jurassic Park
King, The Fisher
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Memento
New World, The
Of (The Count); Monte Christo
Point, Match
Quills
Run Lola Run
Samurai, The Last
The Departed
Unforgiven
Ventura (Ace), Pet Detective,
Wars, Star
X-Men
Young Guns
Zoolander
Disclaimer:
Some discrepancies had to be made with the titles
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Another Zero Effect fan, excellent work Nick,
You are not going to honour us with a little alphabet list of faves?
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Great to meet another appreciator of Alan J Pakula's Parralax View...I have it on DVd and usually watch it about once every six months or so....usually with Frankenheimer's The Manchurian Candidate and George Peppard in The Groundstar Conspiracy.
Any chance of a few lettered favourites James?
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
All the films there could have made it onto my list too....in fact love all those you set aside, I was so tempted to have five answers for each letter, because A vexed me so much.
Here is some faves for the letter A,
luckily I was being spontaneous when I did the post...I was tempted to put down 5 choices for each letter, but knew that was taking it all to seriously.
Apocalypse Now
All The presidents Men
Alien
American Psycho
Amadeus
Hope you enjoyed playing.
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Right you are, I am talking about the Jackie Chan kung fu classic.
That was in my foreign favourites list, had you seen anything in the top list?
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Good to se Johnny Suede, Orlando, Vanishing Point and Young Frankenstein etc...
zardoz (Snicker), I thought I was the only one...Sean's hairy chest and mo are frightening, like a deer in headlights I cant help but stare.
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
So thats the letter "S" taken care of, any others?
Comment by Tracy
Movies and Life
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Samsara
The Station Agent
La Haine
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fight Club
Run Lola Run
The Crying Game
Memento
Usual Suspects
Taxi Driver
Velvet, Blue
Ghost Dog
Requeim for a Dream
Metropolis
La Femme Nikita
Byeee
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Thats the idea, perfect. It wasn't meant to be a definitive list, just a gauge of for people tastes around here.
Awesome to see Eiger Sanction, I really love this movie. So savage and vulgar, the book by Trevanian is just as good. Have you seen The Assignment?
As for Bond From Russia With Love, License To Kill and Casino Royale are favourites.
Gattaca almost made my list too. I'm a huge Sci-Fi fan though from my list you would never know it really.
North by Northwest, Indy, 12 Monkeys, Our Man Flynt , usual Suspects and Bruce are all cool choices that rank in my book.
Thanks for playing along, hope all is well in the world of DuskDevi.
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Glad you had a good time selecting the films, I had to do it like a bnd aid before my mind cluttered with infinite gems.
Memento, Carlito's Way, The Fisher King[/B], Fight Club, Gattaca and Heat are contenders for sure.
Good to see you.
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
The only exception is Run Lola Run, but thats mainly because I loved Tom Twykers The Princess and The Warrior so much.
Hope we see your complete 26 letters of the alphabet list....
I did the two lists because i couldn't choose between a favourite English or Foreign Langage film. Even then the task was difficult and that was with a nonchalant attitude.
Always appreciate the visit.
Comment by David
I had the same problem with a few letters.
I don't see any problem with doing a few follow up posts like, your favourite five films beginning with the letter A B C etc ...
That would be as enjoyable exercise as answering this Post.
Plus you owe it to us!!!
David ...
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Totally dig the idea, I was toying with A-Z by genre..
(EG: Favourite Sci-Fi films of the alphabet or Favourite Thrillers or Comedy etc).
BUT, I have a better plan!!
WANT TO PLAY A NEW GAME?
The Rules are just as simple. I will start with the letter "A" and name a film favourite.
Then the next visitor who comes along next writes down a film they rank starting with the letter "B"
Next reader does "C"
Next "D" etc.
so are you ready here we go and I will start with....
ALL ABOUT EVE
So who is going to play along with the letter "B"
Comment by David
A short synopsis of the film? The most fucked-up individual on the planet becomes a rock star. Sound familiar?
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Next...
CONVERSATION, THE
Now "D",
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Gonna try and find some that have been left out:
American History X
Blue Murder
Colour of Money
Donnie Darko / Brasco
Empire Strikes Back
Fargo
Glengarry Glen Ross (only 'cause Bryn already said Goodfellas, and Godfather was taken
Heat
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
Jaws
Kundun
Life is Beautiful
Minority Report
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
One Night at McCools
Pulp Fiction
Q&A
Raiders of The Lost Ark
Scanners
THX 1138
U-571
V for Vendetta
Warriors, The
XXX / Xanadu (now I'm just showing off
You Can't Stop The Murders (crap, crap film!)
Zorro
Thanks JD, this is fun.
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Rugby World Cup 2007
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FEAR
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It's a bit of a classic for me from my younger days and my parents have a pooch called Gizmo....
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Rucks and Rolls
Rugby World Cup 2007
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Rucks and Rolls
Rugby World Cup 2007
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Rucks and Rolls
Rugby World Cup 2007
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Rucks and Rolls
Rugby World Cup 2007
..and I'm done for tonight....
Hi JD!
Comment by Tracy
Movies and Life
A classic, affecting film by Ken Loach.
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I'm off to bed now, that was addictive, JD.
Comment by yoda76
The Tube Blog
Thou shouldst be in bed... I'm out Tracy and Dusk, been fun!!
Comment by postmoderncritic
Postmodern Critic
Daily Inspirations
Relativity Watch
Padsoc
American Beauty
Buffy, the TV series (I know, I'm cheating here)
Casablanca / Chinatown
Donnie Darko
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fight Club
Life is Beautiful
Moulin Rouge
The Matrix
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
I'll be back with more titles soon~
Comment by D. Armenta
The Florida Keys and Everglades
The Black Sheep Chronicles
What constitutes bad manners?
The male mystique
Debate Fan
Pulp Fiction
Phantasm
Pretty Baby
Point, The
Philadelphia Story, The
Prizzi's Honor
Pink Panther, The
Prince of the City
Platoon
Postman always rings twice, The (2)
Princess Bride, The
Police Squad!
Party, The (Peter Sellers)
Pretty in Pink
Poltergeist
(Sorry JD--you, Bryn and Yoda covered my A to Z so I'm overcompensating on the P section!!)
Comment by D. Armenta
The Florida Keys and Everglades
The Black Sheep Chronicles
What constitutes bad manners?
The male mystique
Debate Fan
!!!
Comment by David
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Film & TV on DVD
Next is
Q THE WINGED SERPENT
Comment by Cibbuano
20/20 Filmsight
Science News
Hunt Famous
Orble Post of the Day
Fat Cult
Techbreak
Rear Window
Hitchcock does paranoia!
Man, I got here late...
Also, with R:
Raging Bull - Scorcese's fat de Niro movie hits you with a right-left-right-left.
Requiem for a Dream - Scare the hell outta your kids (about drugs) with this freaky movie.
Comment by Cibbuano
20/20 Filmsight
Science News
Hunt Famous
Orble Post of the Day
Fat Cult
Techbreak
Aliens
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Castle, The (tied with Chopper)
Deep Red
Enter the Dragon
Farewell, My Concubine
Goodfellas
Hot Fuzz (tied with Haine, La)
In The Mood For Love
Labyrintho del Fauno, El (?)
Manhattan
Night of the Living Dead
Play it Again, Sam
Raging Bull
Samourai, Le
Yojimbo
Zero Effect
JD, this was a tough one. You should be flayed for distracting all of us like this. Good call on Zero Effect.. man, I forgot about that one!
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Romper Stomper.
What makes this film so great? It portrays life as it really is and leaves the audience to make up their own minds. Rare. Very rare. One of the greatest Australian films ever made. It also launched Russel Crowe's career. Thank God he's a New Zealander?
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