Desert Island films (and the IMDB Top 100 meme)

( IMDB Top 100 film meme )

Following nannyo's post, I thought I'd try and list my top ten. There are quite a few films from my personal top ten that don't appear in the IMDB meme, so in no particular order:

Funny Bones

A delight - much underrated British screwball comedy, with several seemingly unrelated plots that only gel after the first half hour. Jerry Lewis, Lee Evans and a cross-dressing Oliver Reed.

What's Up, Doc?

Continuing the screwball comedy theme - snappy script, beat-perfect slapstick and some lovely turns from Streisand, O'Neil and Kahn (The Palm Beach Story is a runner-up for my favourite screwball comedy, but doesn't make the top ten).

If....

Lindsay Anderson's finest film, with revolution in an English public school and Malcolm McDowell. Unavailable on DVD, which is a crime.

All the President's Men

Watergate docudrama starring Redford and Hoffman - gripping, even though the ending is known.

Exotica

A haunting Atom Egoyan film that I've seen exactly once.

Sleeper

Woody Allen stars as an unlikely Buck Rogers (plus the orgasmatron and the president's nose).

Appearing in the IMDB meme were: Dr Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Third Man, and Cidade de Deus/City of God.

Of course, this is this month's list; I tend to waver quite a lot on some of these films, so my top ten at any other time may vary by as much as 30% from this list. In addition, I've not listed any of my favourite short films, but that's fodder for a future post.

Desert Island films (and the IMDB Top 100 meme)

( IMDB Top 100 film meme )

Following nannyo's post, I thought I'd try and list my top ten. There are quite a few films from my personal top ten that don't appear in the IMDB meme, so in no particular order:

Funny Bones

A delight - much underrated British screwball comedy, with several seemingly unrelated plots that only gel after the first half hour. Jerry Lewis, Lee Evans and a cross-dressing Oliver Reed.

What's Up, Doc?

Continuing the screwball comedy theme - snappy script, beat-perfect slapstick and some lovely turns from Streisand, O'Neil and Kahn (The Palm Beach Story is a runner-up for my favourite screwball comedy, but doesn't make the top ten).

If....

Lindsay Anderson's finest film, with revolution in an English public school and Malcolm McDowell. Unavailable on DVD, which is a crime.

All the President's Men

Watergate docudrama starring Redford and Hoffman - gripping, even though the ending is known.

Exotica

A haunting Atom Egoyan film that I've seen exactly once.

Sleeper

Woody Allen stars as an unlikely Buck Rogers (plus the orgasmatron and the president's nose).

Appearing in the IMDB meme were: Dr Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Third Man, and Cidade de Deus/City of God.

Of course, this is this month's list; I tend to waver quite a lot on some of these films, so my top ten at any other time may vary by as much as 30% from this list. In addition, I've not listed any of my favourite short films, but that's fodder for a future post.