Steven Spielberg's 20 Favorite Films... - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

Ernest Rister · 12-05-2021, 04:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Whirlybird fan

Ummm... I thought he loved Pinocchio? I'm surprised it's not on the list.

"When You Wish Upon a Star" is his favorite song from a film, so figure Pinocchio is high up there.

Leslie Dame · 12-05-2021, 10:31 AM

Spielberg's List, I like it.

Ernest Rister · 12-05-2021, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by slumcat

That's a surprisingly garbage list.

Spielberg is an emotional guy, he communicates via emotions in his films. He quotes a lot of those filmmakers in his own work...Fleming, Ford, Wyler, Kubrick, Lean, Disney...None of those films surprise me to find on his list. I'd love to see his top 50 favorites. I imagine Curtiz and Tati would make the cut.

Hellraiserfan · 12-05-2021, 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Spielberg is an emotional guy, he communicates via emotions in his films. He quotes a lot of those filmmakers in his own work...Fleming, Ford, Wyler, Kubrick, Lean, Disney...None of those films surprise me to find on his list. I'd love to see his top 50 favorites. I imagine Curtiz and Tati would make the cut.

Hell, I wouldn't have even bothered replying to that person's post. Spielberg's list is actually pretty varied and I like most of his picks.

Poya · 12-05-2021, 04:41 AM

No Deadpool?

Jay H. · 12-05-2021, 06:06 AM

This isn't different from any other "best of" list I've seen. Some I like, some I don't, some I haven't seen.

This won't affect my opinion of a Spielberg movie in the slightest.

Lee A Stewart · 12-05-2021, 08:09 AM

LOL - did any of you really expect to see one of his own films on his list?

fettuciné · 12-05-2021, 08:57 AM

if he chose those as his 20 favorite films then why is he sucha bad filmmaker?

moreorless · 12-05-2021, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by fettuciné

if he chose those as his 20 favorite films then why is he sucha bad filmmaker?

Honestly his "post blockbuster" career(so around mid 90's) I have always felt it was a case of a man with very good taste who could never quite equal his influences, could never step fully away from that blockbuster mentality.

CreasyBear · 12-05-2021, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by moreorless

Honestly his "post blockbuster" career(so around mid 90's) I have always felt it was a case of a man with very good taste who could never quite equal his influences, could never step fully away from that blockbuster mentality.

Starting with Color Purple in 1985, he's always made blockbusters and dramas, a deft balancing act that no other filmmaker has come close to achieving on Spielberg's level. There is no "post-blockbuster" era. There are simply Spielberg films.

david_blu · 12-05-2021, 08:48 PM

It must be difficult for Spielberg when making a list.

No one mentioned yet, he is probably the only person in the World to not include his own films in the top 20.

How many of us have at least 2 Spielberg films in our lists.

We all look at the list and think something is missing and it's his own films.

BluBonnet · 12-05-2021, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by david_blu

How many of us have at least 2 Spielberg films in our lists.

Don't mean to sound like a snob but if I did have such a list, it probably wouldn't include any Spielberg movies. Not saying his movies aren't extremely entertaining, I think they are. But at least in my view they lack the element that makes for true greatness in the way that Lean, Fellini, Goddard, Kurosawa, Bunuel, or Powell & Pressburger can lay claim to.

dkelly26666 · 12-05-2021, 09:21 AM

There's three on there that seem woefully out of place with the others, but what the heck, it's his list.

Every favorite movie list is always like that. There'll be some obvious choices that everyone expects, and then there's some out of left field, personal choices that surprise.

My own lists always baffle people, too, because among obvious stuff like "Citizen Kane", "The Godfather", "Jaws", "GoodFellas", or "Psycho", there's always something odd, too, like "An American Werewolf in London" or "The Last Temptation of Christ".

I'll see someone with a list that has Kubrick and Kurosawa but also "Anchorman" or something like that, LOL.

Whatever, we like what we like. And Spielberg's no different.

CreasyBear · 12-05-2021, 09:55 AM

Guardians of the Galaxy above 2001?

Rest is gold though and pretty spot on for him. I expected Lawrence of Arabia to be higher.

DrWally · 12-05-2021, 10:29 AM

I thought that Lawrence would be higher too. He described it as 'a miracle of a film', called Robert Bolt's screenplay the best ever written, was involved in the Davd Lean restoration of the film in the late Eighties, and visually quoted some of the desert convoy shots in Raiders and The Last Crusade.

Abdrewes · 12-05-2021, 10:37 AM

Just looks like a grab bag of great movies (minus The Intouchables. Ugh)

zack14 · 12-05-2021, 10:52 AM

what a garbage list

-JKR- · 12-05-2021, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by zack14

what a garbage list

Why so snobby?

lesco · 12-05-2021, 11:43 AM

I don't know why everyone is going on about his "number one choice" or "why is XXX rated lower than XXX?". There's nothing in the article that says the films are ranked in any way. They're just his 20 favourite films. If someone asked me for my Top 10 I wouldn't be able to put them in any order.

-JKR- · 12-05-2021, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by lesco

I don't know why everyone is going on about his "number one choice" or "why is XXX rated lower than XXX?". There's nothing in the article that says the films are ranked in any way. They're just his 20 favourite films. If someone asked me for my Top 10 I wouldn't be able to put them in any order.

And even if they were ranked, it would simply come down to Steven Spielberg's personal preference.

The man does not need to build up his 'street cred' by listing titles that will make people on the Internet go "ah, he's a connoisseur!"

12-05-2021, 10:31 AM	#2
Leslie Dame Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Dec 2010 Location:Germany Blu-ray collection:1003 DVD collection:1857 Blu-ray reviews: 7	Spielberg's List, I like it. Last edited by Leslie Dame; 12-05-2021 at 10:56 AM.

12-05-2021, 04:41 AM	#5
Poya Blu-ray Baron Member since:Jun 2011 Location:NY, NY 4K collection:1 Blu-ray collection:2 Trading Score:12	No Deadpool?

12-05-2021, 06:06 AM	#6
Jay H. Blu-ray Baron Member since:Oct 2019 Trading Score:2	This isn't different from any other "best of" list I've seen. Some I like, some I don't, some I haven't seen. This won't affect my opinion of a Spielberg movie in the slightest.

12-05-2021, 08:09 AM	#7
Lee A Stewart Blu-ray Baron Member since:Jan 2019 Location:Albuquerque, NM	LOL - did any of you really expect to see one of his own films on his list?

12-05-2021, 08:57 AM	#8
fettuciné Banned Member since:Jun 2020	if he chose those as his 20 favorite films then why is he sucha bad filmmaker?

12-05-2021, 08:48 PM	#11
david_blu Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2011	It must be difficult for Spielberg when making a list. No one mentioned yet, he is probably the only person in the World to not include his own films in the top 20. How many of us have at least 2 Spielberg films in our lists. We all look at the list and think something is missing and it's his own films.

12-05-2021, 09:21 AM	#13
dkelly26666 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2012	There's three on there that seem woefully out of place with the others, but what the heck, it's his list. Every favorite movie list is always like that. There'll be some obvious choices that everyone expects, and then there's some out of left field, personal choices that surprise. My own lists always baffle people, too, because among obvious stuff like "Citizen Kane", "The Godfather", "Jaws", "GoodFellas", or "Psycho", there's always something odd, too, like "An American Werewolf in London" or "The Last Temptation of Christ". I'll see someone with a list that has Kubrick and Kurosawa but also "Anchorman" or something like that, LOL. Whatever, we like what we like. And Spielberg's no different.

12-05-2021, 09:55 AM	#14
CreasyBear Blu-ray Count Member since:Apr 2019 Trading Score:115	Guardians of the Galaxy above 2001? Rest is gold though and pretty spot on for him. I expected Lawrence of Arabia to be higher.

12-05-2021, 10:29 AM	#15
DrWally Blu-ray Guru Member since:Aug 2010	I thought that Lawrence would be higher too. He described it as 'a miracle of a film', called Robert Bolt's screenplay the best ever written, was involved in the Davd Lean restoration of the film in the late Eighties, and visually quoted some of the desert convoy shots in Raiders and The Last Crusade.

12-05-2021, 10:37 AM	#16
Abdrewes Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:May 2011 Location:Texas 4K collection:767 Blu-ray collection:9831 DVD collection:523 Digital collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:362	Just looks like a grab bag of great movies (minus The Intouchables. Ugh)

12-05-2021, 10:52 AM	#17
zack14 Active Member Member since:Jan 2015	what a garbage list

12-05-2021, 11:43 AM	#19
lesco Senior Member Member since:Jun 2012 4K collection:4 Blu-ray collection:314	I don't know why everyone is going on about his "number one choice" or "why is XXX rated lower than XXX?". There's nothing in the article that says the films are ranked in any way. They're just his 20 favourite films. If someone asked me for my Top 10 I wouldn't be able to put them in any order.

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