BCB's Top 101 Films Poll (2017 edition) - FULL RESULTS ARE UP!!

[Goat Boy]

[algroth]

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
Directed by Miloš Forman

A few decades after the destruction of the Inca empire, a Spanish expedition leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon river in search of gold and wealth. Soon, they come across great difficulties and Don Aguirres, a ruthless man who cares only about riches, becomes their leader. But will his quest lead them to "the golden city", or to certain destruction? --Chris Makrozahopoulos (IMDb.com)

It's weird how people get different things from different films. I must admit, I love this film, but I never saw it as an allegory for the Spanish ransacking of South America. Is Aguirres Nurse Ratchet or McMurphy?

I'll edit it, thanks.

[PresMuffley]

Hmmm, well, it's good to see one of the films I gave a 10 to finally make the list. I think 12 of my selections appear now.

There are a few films on here I wish I would have thrown a vote to: The Hustler being the most glaring omission on my list.

A couple selections seem pretty daft: Looking your way Dirty Harry.

Overall, a decent list for the amount of participants.

[algroth]

Hmmm, well, it's good to see one of the films I gave a 10 to finally make the list. I think 12 of my selections appear now.

There are a few films on here I wish I would have thrown a vote to: The Hustler being the most glaring omission on my list.

A couple selections seem pretty daft: Looking your way Dirty Harry.

Overall, a decent list for the amount of participants.

Long time no see, Pres! Glad to have you around again.

[PresMuffley]

Hey, Al. I felt I needed to take a break from posting here due to a persistent desire to act dickish towards people (some deserving, some not). I don't need any unnecessary negativity in my life online or off so I'm going to try to be a bit more understanding of others. Not making any promises, though.

Looking forward to seeing the last batch of films posted.

[Matt Wilson]

I don't see how one wouldn't find Monty Python and the Holy Grail funny. Even if you're not laughing during some of those sketches , the lines are endlessly quotable. Virtually every scene is a classic in some form or another.

Hell, we even used to memorize their records.

[algroth]

Just posted the last remaining batch! #1 might be surprising to some (it was to me), and maybe a little controversial. I like the change-up though. Hope you guys enjoy.

[Matt Wilson]

Hmmm.....

Scratches head

Well, it's better than the Bowie album BCB chose as the #1 album of the 21st Century!

[PresMuffley]

I wish I'd voted for Withnail & I - much more deserving of the top spot than Blade Runner, in my view.

[PresMuffley]

It never crossed my mind that you could give like 100 votes or more to one film. Oh well...

I'm amused that this thread started in March.

[never/ever]

Thanks algroth! It was a difficult labour but glad the baby's here.
I can dig the number one here without any problem.

[PresMuffley]

The biggest question I have is which version won?

I've seen a couple, but not being a huge fan plus the fact that it's been a while since I've watched any of them makes it difficult for me to differentiate.

This might be a dumb question. I dunno...

[The Modernist]

I'm guessing that both versions were amalgamated as I'm sure some people wouldn't have specified which version.
Thanks Al, frustrating as this was at times it was worth the wait - very interesting. The biggest anomaly for me is the high placing of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly which isn't even Leone's best film. But I quite enjoy seeing quirks like that.

[martha]

Thanks Algroth.

I can't believe Harold and Maude didn't make it. You guys suck.

My list...250 pts distributed amongst them. 50 films in alphabetical order.

A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971) - 1
Aliens (James Cameron, 1986) - 1
Apocalypse Now (Francis Coppola, 1979) - 1
Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982) - 10
Bob Roberts (Tim Robbins, 1992) - 2
Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985) - 10
Buffet Froid (Bertrand Blier, 1979) - 1
Bugsy Malone (Alan Parker, 1976) - 1
Cool Hand Luke (Stuart Rosenberg, 1967) - 10
Der Himmel über Berlin [Wings of Desire] (Wim Wenders, 1987) – 10
Die Büchse der Pandora [Pandora’s Box] (Georg Wilhelm Pabst, 1929) - 10
Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933) -2
Fargo (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1996) - 2
Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby , 1971) - 50
Hotaru no haka [Grave of the Fireflies] (Isao Takahata, 1988) - 2
If.... (Lindsay Anderson, 1968) - 1
Ikiru [To Live] (Akira Kurosawa, 1952) - 1
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo [The Good the Bad & the Ugly] (Sergio Leone, 1966) - 2
La cité des enfants perdus [The City of Lost Children] (Caro, Jeunet, 1995) - 5
Les Quatre Cents Coups [The 400 Blows] (François Truffaut, 1959) - 5
Little Big Man (Arthur Penn, 1970) - 2
Lola Rennt [Run, Lola Run] (Tom Tykwer, 1998) - 2
M (Fritz Lang, 1931) - 1
Mad Max (George Miller, 1979) - 2
Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger , 1969) - 1
Mitt liv som hund [My Life as a Dog] (Lasse Hallström, 1985) - 2
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones, 1975) - 2
My Dinner with Andre (Louis Malle, 1981) - 10
Mystery Train (Jim Jarmusch, 1989) - 10
Naked (Mike Leigh, 1993) - 10
Paper Moon (Peter Bogdanovich, 1973) – 10
Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992) - 1
Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998) - 2
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi [Spirited Away] (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001) - 10
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (Steven Soderbergh, 1989) - 1
Shichinin No Samurai [The Seven Samurai] (Akira Kurosawa, 1954) - 2
Stand by Me (Rob Reiner, 1986) - 2
The Graduate (Mike Nichols, 1967) - 10
The Great Escape (John Sturges, 1963) - 1
The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, 1997) - 2
The In-Laws (Arthur Hiller, 1979) - 10
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (Tony Richardson, 1962) - 10
The Outlaw Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood, 1976) - 2
The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987) - 10
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948) - 2
Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996) - 1
Trust (Hal Hartley, 1990) - 1
Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) - 1
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (Mel Stuart, 1971) - 2
Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, 1974) - 1

[PresMuffley]

I re-watched Harold & Maude not too long ago and I was a bit bummed that I didn't add it to my list. Ruth Gordon is a fucking champ!

The lack of any Hal Ashby sucks in general, though. Being There is a very important film for me.

The absence of Chaplin also makes this list a bit absurd.

[Samoan]

I can't believe Harold and Maude didn't make it. You guys suck.

I'm not surprised. It's an unpleasant, unseemly film, to put it briefly and mildly.
But we can't all rate the same things or it would be a dull old world, eh.

[Samoan]

Just posted the last remaining batch! #1 might be surprising to some (it was to me), and maybe a little controversial. I like the change-up though. Hope you guys enjoy.

Many Thanks for all your hard work, Algroth. You did a brilliant job - I really enjoyed seeing the foreign language movie posters and the precis. (plural)

[PresMuffley]

Yup, the posters were a great addition. I guess I should thank Al as well, even though he's obviously a dirty cheat!

Seriously though, this was a fairly large undertaking for him to commit to and I do very much appreciate the effort.

I'm also very happy to see so much Kubrick - my favorite director.

[kath]

I can't believe Harold and Maude didn't make it. You guys suck.

well, you know it was on my list. i love it so.

of course, my list includes my standard amount of questionable-to-the-entire-world entries, but that never stops me.

1. 2001: a space odyssey (s. kubrick, 1968)
2. alien (r. scott, 1979)
3. all about eve (j. mankiewicz, 1950)
4. ben-hur (w. wyler, 1959)
5. blade runner (r. scott, 1982)
6. blazing saddles (m. brooks, 1974)
7. the blues brothers (j. landis, 1980)
8. brazil (t. gilliam, 1985)
9. bringing up baby (h. hawks, 1938)
10. casablanca (m. curtiz, 1942)
11. children of men (a. cuaron, 2006)
12. a clockwork orange (s. kubrick, 1971)
13. doctor zhivago (d. lean, 1965)
14. dr. strangelove or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb (s. kubrick, 1964)
15. duck soup (l. mccarey, 1933)
16. fantasia (algar, armstrong, beebe, et al., 1940)
17. fargo (coen brothers, 1996)
18. the godfather (f.f. coppola, 1972)
19. the good, the bad and the ugly [il buono, il brutto, il cattivo] (s. leone, 1966)
20. hamlet (k. branagh, 1996)
21. harold and maude (h. ashby, 1971)
22. in the heat of the night (n. jewison, 1967)
23. invasion of the body snatchers (d. siegel, 1956)
24. it's a wonderful life (f. capra, 1946)
25. jaws (s. spielberg, 1975)
26. king kong (cooper, schoedsack, 1933)
27. l.a. confidential (c. hanson, 1997)
28. lawrence of arabia (lean, 1962)
29. legend (r. scott, 1985)
30. the lord of the rings: the return of the king (p. jackson, 2003)
31. mad max: fury road (g. miller, 2015)
32. metropolis (f. lang, 1927)
33. monty python and the holy grail (t. gilliam, t. jones, 1975)
34. my fair lady (g. cukor, 1964)
35. o brother, where art thou? (j. coen, 2000)
36. on the waterfront (e. kazan, 1954)
37. one flew over the cuckoo's nest (m. forman, 1975)
38. pan's labyrinth [el laberinto del fauno] (g. del toro, 2006)
39. psycho (a. hitchcock, 1960)
40. pulp fiction (q. tarantino, 1994)
41. raiders of the lost ark (s. spielberg, 1981)
42. rear window (a. hitchcock, 1954)
43. schindler's list (s. spielberg, 1993)
44. seven samurai [shichinin no samurai] (a. kurosawa, 1954)
45. spirited away [sen to chihiro no kamikakushi] (h. miyazaki, 2001)
46. terminator 2: judgment day (j. cameron, 1991)
47. this is spinal tap (r. reiner, 1984)
48. wall-e (a. stanton, 2008)
49. the wicker man (r. hardy, 1973)
50. the wizard of oz (fleming, cukor, et al., 1939)


thank you, algroth, for another fantastic job. i am such a freak for the posters.

p.s. i realize i have never seen withnail & i. it sounds like such a me kinda movie. i must rectify this situation.

[algroth]

Thanks guys, and sorry for the delay on many of the updates here. Between the move, the two months with no internet, and the many work complications as well as my general laziness a few times, this took much longer than expected. Glad for it to finally be done however, and glad you're enjoying the results and posters!