Top 20 films of the 1960's POLL

[LegacyCosts]

Found 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) most boring film ever

Yikes

[LegacyCosts]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Le Samouraï is my all-time favorite movie. Your mileage may vary, but I'm looking forward to reading your thoughts about it.

Wonderful film, I just had the pleasure of viewing it at work in the morning before it gets busy. I received the dvd from netflix (they didn't have the blu sadly.) Lovely shots with a fine atmosphere. The whole thing just drips of class. Cathy Rosier is just breathtaking to me and one has to love the Paris Metro. That club made for some great atmohsphere too, was it a real club or set up for the film? Was it the greatest film I have ever seen? Not by a long shot. Stylish as hell, yessir.

[SilentDawn]

Originally Posted by LegacyCosts

Wonderful film, I just had the pleasure of viewing it at work in the morning before it gets busy. I received the dvd from netflix (they didn't have the blu sadly.) Lovely shots with a fine atmosphere. The whole thing just drips of class. Cathy Rosier is just breathtaking to me and one has to love the Paris Metro. That club made for some great atmohsphere too, was it a real club or set up for the film? Was it the greatest film I have ever seen? Not by a long shot. Stylish as hell, yessir.

There is no Blu-Ray for it, it's on my most anticipated list though!

It is a stylish film and in my top 50 of all time, I enjoy it so much.

[Foggy]

So it's between 2001 and Psycho then.

[Abdrewes]

Okay, guys, I posted the results in the OP added links to the 70s poll in each Decade poll thread.

[brandon_260]

The only real surprises are Marienbad making the top 20 and Psycho coming out over 2001.

[Dr. Feelgood]

This was a close one! I expected Lawrence of Arabia to be closer to the top 2.

[LegacyCosts]

A worthy list.

[Rory]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

1: Psycho 473
2: 2001: A Space Odyssey 472
3: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 384
4: Lawrence of Arabia 358
5: Once Upon a Time in the West 277
6: Dr. Strangelove 264
7: Rosemary's Baby 244
8: The Apartment 181
9: Le Samourai 168
10: 8 1/2 159
11: Planet of the Apes 141
12: Goldfinger 137 (12 votes)
13: The Graduate 137 (9 votes)
14: To Kill a Mockingbird 128
15: The Great Escape 124
16: The Wild Bunch 120
17: For a Few Dollars More 111
18: High and Low 99
19: Last Year at Marienbad 96
20: Night of the Living Dead 95

Now that the polling is over -- and my list doesn't count -- this is just for comment.

I fail to understand what makes NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD so popular. I just don't get the whole flesh-eating zombie thing. It grew old with me long before DAWN OF THE DEAD, ,but to each his own.

I had to go look up LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD. I've never heard of it even though the sixties is my favorite decade of film.

Anyway, if any one cares, this is my top twenty list in chronological (year-of-release) order:

THE APARTMENT
SPARTACUS
ONE, TWO, THREE
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
LOLITA
TOM JONES
THE GREAT ESCAPE
DR. STRANGELOVE
MY FAIR LADY
DARLING
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO
ALFIE
THE PROFESSIONALS
THE GRADUATE
PLANET OF THE APES
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
ROSEMARY'S BABY
THE WILD BUNCH
EASY RIDER

A very conventional list, I'm afraid, and it doesn't list most of my personal favorites, but rather what I consider the more important/influential/popular titles. For instance, ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS is one of my favorite movies, but include it in the top twenty of the sixties?!!! Can't do it. Also, I think PETULIA is a great movie, but it's kind of forgotten by most today. EASY RIDER really does very little for me, but I can't deny its importance, and I'd rather watch TRUE GRIT over THE WILD BUNCH any day, but I'd never argue the former is a more important movie than the latter. For this and other reasons, I really think lists are kind of dumb because it's all so debatable, even within myself. And why no PSYCHO in my list? I can't deny its popularity and influence, and it is one of my personal favorites, but sometimes I think a movie can be too popular for its own good, and I really hate how the workings of serial killers, even if they're fictional, is presented as entertainment. I really don't think there's anything entertaining about killing people. PSYCHO is good as an excercise in pop psychology and great film craftsmanship, but it's about as deep as a puddle, and it sure didn't do Anthony Perkins any favors for the rest of his life. PLANET OF THE APES is my all-time favorite film, and its popularity is greater today than it was in all of 1968/69, but I still think 2001 is a better film even though I believe it bores more people than it now wows.

[LegacyCosts]

Conventional maybe, but I wouldnt switch too many movies from your list. I really need to make one. Ill wait til the 80s

[Darth Marcus]

That's a great list! Definitely surprised at Psycho overtaking 2001 by one point! Great work by everyone who participated, and thanks to Abdrewes for doing this!

[Abdrewes]

Rory, I recalculated the list with your picks. It seems we have a new number one.

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[MechaGodzilla]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Rory, I recalculated the list with your picks. It seems we have a new number one.

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Now I'm a bit confused, can we still contribute or did you just make an exception in this case?

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by MechaGodzilla

Now I'm a bit confused, can we still contribute or did you just make an exception in this case?

You can still participate I'm pretty sure we counted all the lists.

[MechaGodzilla]

I see, cool. I thought October 20 was like, the deadline and anything after that wouldn't be counted. So does this go for the previous threads as well then?

Anyway, my list:

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. One Upon a Time in the West
3. Lawrence of Arabia
4. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
5. Kwaidan
6. Psycho
7. Le Samouraï
8. Planet of the Apes
9. Ivan's Childhood
10. The Innocents
11. Mothra vs. Godzilla
12. For a Few Dollars More
13. Rosemary's Baby
14. To Kill a Mockingbird
15. Lolita
16. The Birds
17. Night of the Living Dead
18. The Haunting
19. Andrei Rublev
20. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by MechaGodzilla

I see, cool. I thought October 20 was like, the deadline and anything after that wouldn't be counted. So does this go for the previous threads as well then?

Anyway, my list:

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. One Upon a Time in the West
3. Lawrence of Arabia
4. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
5. Kwaidan
6. Psycho
7. Planet of the Apes
8. Ivan's Childhood
9. The Innocents
10. Mothra vs. Godzilla
11. For a Few Dollars More
12. Rosemary's Baby
13. To Kill a Mockingbird
14. Lolita
15. The Birds
16. Night of the Living Dead
17. The Haunting
18. Andrei Rublev
19. A Fistful of Dollars
20. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Yeah, it may take a while to get to all the new additions, but they will eventually be counted

Sweet list!

[MechaGodzilla]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Yeah, it may take a while to get to all the new additions, but they will eventually be counted

Sweet list!

I edited my list, sorry, I realized I left out Le Samourai somehow, even though it's one of my favorites, also switched A Fistful of Dollars and Dr. Strangelove around which bumped the former off the list. I was too quick in throwing it together there.

[chris_sc77]

Great to see all the love for Leone

[SimBelm]

Marienbad making the top 20!

[duggie walker]

It's a very respectable list - a nice mix of classic American and European films. It serves as a timely reminder that in amongst all the slavering fanboys, OCD packaging freaks, bores and ranters that so often clog up this site, there is a large core of intelligent but unpretentious movie-lovers here.

If I can count myself amongst that number, I'd like to propose that we take the site back from the barbarian hordes!