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F is for “favorite films”

November 10th, 2008 at 05:52pm Will Pfeifer

Here’s a fun film meme, as described by Dylan over at Blog Cabins. Make a list of 26 of your favorite movies, one for each letter of the alphabet. Here’s mine. Feel free to share yours in the comments:

AMERICAN MOVIE (1999)
(THE) BLACK CAT (1934)
CAT PEOPLE (1941) Producer
DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2004)
(A) FACE IN THE CROWD (1957)
GOODFELLAS (1990)
HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (1986)
ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1932)
J-MEN FOREVER! (1979)
KING KONG (1933)
(THE) LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU (2004)

MULHOLLAND DR. (2000)
NIGHTMARE ALLEY (1947)
ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (1939)
(THE) PARALLAX VIEW (1974)
Q, THE WINGED SERPENT (1982)
ROBOCOP (1987)

SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)
TAXI DRIVER (1976)
USED CARS (1980)
VIDEODROME (1983)
WILD IN THE STREETS (1958)
X: THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES (1963)
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)
ZELIG (1983)

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10 Comments Add your own

1. Mack | November 10th, 2008 at 5:58 pm

I love USED CARS. what a wonderfully wrong movie.
2. Will Pfeifer | November 10th, 2008 at 6:01 pm

It’s a true comedy classic. It’s packed with great scenes, characters and lines of dialogue, and you’re right Mack, part of the reason it’s so funny is that it’s so wrong. Kurt Russell and Gerrit Graham are completely amoral, but we love them because they’re up against the even worse Roy Fuchs. (Jack Warden in a great twin performance.) I could watch this one again and again — and the commentary track with Russell, Bob Gale and Bob Zemeckis is almost as funny as the movie.
3. Mack | November 10th, 2008 at 6:10 pm

I was remiss in mentioning how good the rest of your list was as I was so happy to see USED CARS in its place. Also, A FACE IN THE CROWD is an amazing movie. It’s like watching the Bush presidency fifty years earlier, only with Lee Remick as a hot cheerleader.
4. Pat Cunningham | November 10th, 2008 at 8:46 pm

Off the top of my head (and subject to revision):

All the President’s Men OR Annie Hall OR All About Eve
Being There OR Becket
Casablanca OR Citizen Kane
Dr. Strangelove
Evita OR E.T.
From Here to Eternity
Godfather (I and II) or The Graduate
His Girl Friday OR Heaven Can Wait
It’s a Wonderful Life
Joe
Kramer vs. Kramer
Lion King
Maltese Falcon OR Midnight Cowboy
Nashville
On the Waterfront
Paths of Glory
The Quiet Man
Rushmore OR Red River
Schindler’s List OR Saving Private Ryan
Taxi Driver
Unforgiven
Viva Zapata
Wizard of Oz OR The War Game (1966)
(For X: Any good X-rated movie)
Year of Living Dangerously
Z
5. Brian M | November 10th, 2008 at 10:28 pm

I think what Pat MEANT to say for C was “Casablanca OR Citizen Kane OR Clerks”
6. LD | November 11th, 2008 at 1:44 pm

American History X
(The) Bourne Ultimatum
Children of Men
Dark City
Equilibrium
Fargo
Garden State
HIgh Fidelity
In America
(The) Jacket
Kill Bill
(The) Last of the Mohicans
Memento
Ninja Scroll
Once
Pulp Fiction
Riding Giants
(The) Shawshank Redemption
Tsotsi
Unbreakable
V for Vendetta
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
X2: X-Men United
Young Frankenstein
Zodiac
7. Susan | November 11th, 2008 at 11:22 pm

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8. Brian M | November 12th, 2008 at 10:39 am

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9. hokumboy | November 15th, 2008 at 7:32 pm

blog spam…

You’ve hit the Big Time, Will!

I still haven’t figured out favorites for V & X. No,,, I hated both Vendetta and the X-men films and just can’t pick them to fill the roster. But here’s my favorites for the rest of the alphabet:

Air Force (1943) Dated, racist and jingoistic but still…..
Beauty and the Beast (Cocteau)
Close Encounters
Dave
Ed Wood
Fort Apache
The General
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
It Happened One Night
Jaws
King Kong (2007) * Everything an action movie should be!
Lawrence of Arabia * The quintessential Epic
Magnificent Ambersons
Nosferatu * Max Schreck actually looks like he drinks blood to live
The Old Fashioned Way or Oh, Brother…
Parallax View
Quest For Fire * I think I used to work with some of those guys
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Seven Chances
The 39 Steps
Uncle Buck
Waiting for Guffman
Yankee Doodle Dandy or You’re Telling Me
Z
10. hokumboy | November 15th, 2008 at 8:55 pm

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