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TIME Magazine's 100+ Top Movies List
compiled by Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss

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100 movies, A to Z
A thru FG thru M

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here on Page 2:

100 movies, A to Z
N thru ST thru Z

20 added in 2012


100  Top  Movies,  A to Z
As part of the Millenium frenzy of 200-2001, media made all sorts of lists of top 100 novels and movies and such;
TIME Magazine published their list of 100 Top Movies in 2005, with 20 more added in 2012.
TIME Magazine 100 Top Movies List, February 2005
20 more movie masterpieces added by Richard Corliss in May 2012

A thru FG thru M • N thru S { just below } • T thru Z

           N   thru   S
"Nayakan" [India July 1987] /tt0093603/
India's Oscar entry for Best Foreign Language Film; dubbed Hindi version released in 1995; directed by Mani Ratnam, starring Kamal Haasan

"Ninotchka" [M.G.M. Oct 1939]
Ninotchka 1939 romantic comedy movie directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Greta Garbo & Melvyn Douglas  Three Russian agents are sent to Paris to sell jewelry confiscated during the Revolution; a former Russian noblewoman enlists a British count to retreive her family's jewelry, the three agents are seduced by Western decadence, and stiff agent Ninotchka Ivanoff is sent to bring the jewels and agents back • Co-produced & directed by Ernst Lubitsch; written by Melchior Lengyel, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder [1906-2002] & Walter Reisch; starring Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire, Bela Lugosi, Sig Ruman & Felix Bressart; Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Original Story, Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Garbo); listed on National Film Registry (1990)
Warner Home Video b&w Blu-ray [9/2015] for $13.89
Warner Home Video b&w DVD [11/2018] for $17.99
Warner Home Video b&w DVD [9/2005] for $19.57
M.G.M. Video b&w VHS [1/99] out of prodn/used
11"x17" square 'Garbo laughs!' poster from Amazon for $14.99
full credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia

"Notorious" [R.K.O. Radio Pictures Sept 1946] /tt0038787/
produced & directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains

"Olympia Part One: Festival of The Nations" sports documentary
[Germany April 1938, USA March 1940]
original title "Olympia 1. Teil: Fest der Völker"; two-hour docufilm written & directed by Leni Riefenstahl; featuring announcer Henri Nannen, American athlete Jesse Owens,
Nazi officials Adolf Hitler, Werner von Blomberg, Wilhelm Frick, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Julius Streicher, August von Mackensen

"Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty" sports documentary
[Germany April 1938, USA March 1940]
original title "Olympia 2. Teil: - Fest der Schönheit"; 1½-hour docufilm produced, written & directed by Leni Riefenstahl;
featuring narrators Rolf Wernicke & Paul Laven, Nazi official Adolf Hitler

intended as propaganda for Hitler's Third Reich, filmed at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany; setting the political agenda aside (if you can),
these films and Riefenstahl's earlier "Triumph of The Will" [1935] remain superb examples of the documentary feature film
Part 1 credits at IMDbPart 2 credits at IMDbfilm entry at Wikipedia

Olympia Complete Version on DVD  
"Olympia: The Complete Original Version"
Legend Films b&w DVD [4/2013] 2 disks for $14.99
Pathfinder Home Ent. b&w DVD [6/2006] 2 disks for $19.99

"On The Waterfront" [Columbia July 1954]
won eight Oscars including Best Picture  won Oscar for Best Director  Budd Schulberg won the Oscar for Best Screenplay  Marlon Brando won the Oscar for Best Actor  
Eva Marie Saint won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress  Boris Kaufman won Oscar for Best B&W Cinematography  won Oscar for Best Set Decoration  won Oscar for Best Editing  
On The Waterfront poster  
An aspiring prizefighter who runs errands for the local underworld witnesses the murder of a fellow dockworker who was going to testify to the Waterfront Crime Commission; when he meets the sister of the dead man, his conscience begins to assert itself
Directed by Elia Kazan; script by Budd Schulberg; starring Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, Leif Erickson, James Westerfield, Tony Galento, Tami Mauriello, John Hamilton, John Heldabrand, Eva Marie Saint, Martin Balsam & Nehemiah Persoff; won 8 Oscars: for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor (Brando), Best Supporting Actress (EMS), Best B&W Cinematography, Best Set Decoration, Best Editing; Oscar noms for Best Supporting Actor x 3 (Cobb & Malden & Steiger), Best Music Score; won DGA & WGA Awards; listed on National Film Registry (1989)
Criterion Collection widescreen b&w 4k HD format [2/2013] 3 disks for $18.39
all-regions Blu-ray [undated] for $27.49
Sony b&w DVD [10/2001] for $14.93
Sony b&w VHS [2/98] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia

"Once Upon A Time In The West (C'Era Una Volta il West)" [Italy Dec 1968, USA May 1969]

"Out of The Past" [1947] /tt0039689/
directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming

"Persona" [Svensk Filmindustri Oct 1966, USA March 1967] /tt0060827/
produced, written & directed by Ingmar Bergman [1918-2007], starring Bibi Andersson & Liv Ullmann

"Pinocchio" animated feature [Disney/R.K.O. Feb 1940; restored 1992]
supervising directors Hamilton Luske & Ben Sharpsteen; won Oscars for Best Original Song & Best Music Score; listed on National Film Registry (1994)

"Psycho" [1960] by Alfred Hitchcock [1899-1980]

"Pulp Fiction" [1994] /tt0110912/
co-written & directed by Quentin Tarantino; starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman

"The Purple Rose of Cairo"  [Orion Pictures March 1985]
Purple Rose of Cairo movie by Woody Allen  A Depression-era waitress goes to the movies for escape, and discovers that the hero of the movie has walked off the screen to escape into the real world • Written & directed by Woody Allen; starring Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Gil Shepherd, Danny Aiello, Dianne Wiest & Edward Herrmann
Anchor bay color VHS [9/90] out of stock/used
MGM/UA widescreen DVD [11/2001] for $17.98
full credits from IMDb

"Pyaasa" [India Feb 1957] /tt0050870/
directed by & starring Guru Dutt, also starring Waheeda Rehman

"Raging Bull" [1980] /tt0081398/ by Martin Scorsese

"Schindler's List" [Amblin Ent./Universal Pictures Nov 1993] /tt0108052/
co-produced & directed by Steven Spielberg; script by Steven Zaillian, based on the novel by Thomas Keneally; starring Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes;
won seven Academy Awards (out of twelve noms), including Best Picture, also won seven BAFTAs; selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2004
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler%27s_List

"The Searchers" [1956] /tt0049730/
directed by John Ford [1894-1973]; starring John Wayne [1907-79], Ward Bond & Natalie Wood; listed at National Film Registry 1989

"Sherlock, Jr." sient comedy feature [BKP/MGM 1924] /tt0015324/
starring Buster Keaton [1895-1966]; listed on National Film Registry 1991

"The Shop Around The Corner" [Loew's/M.G.M. Jan 1940]
Shop Around The Corner movie by Ernst Lubitsch, starring James Stewart & Margaret Sullavan   Two employees at a gift shop in Budapest who intensely dislike one another are unaware that they are falling in love by mail as each other's anonymous pen pal; remade as "In The Good Old Summertime" [1949 musical feature] with Van Johnson & Judy Garland, 1963 Broadway musical "She Loves Me", BBC-TV movie "She Loves Me" [1978], and the hit movie "You've Got Mail" [1998] starring Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan • Produced & directed by Ernst Lubitsch [1892-1947]; screenplay by Samson Raphaelson based on the 1936 stageplay "Parfumerie" by Miklós László; starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan & Joseph Schildkraut; listed on National Film Registry (1999)
Warner Home Video b&w DVD [10/2002] out of prodn/many used
Warner Home Video b&w VHS [1/2000] out of prodn/many used
M.G.M./U.A. b&w VHS [12/98] out of prodn/used
11"x17" poster from Amazon for $14.99
full credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia

"Singin' In The Rain" [1952]
directed by Stanley Donen, starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds & Jean Hagen

"The Singing Detective" TV miniseries [1986]
written by Dennis Potter, tells the story of a mystery writer named Philip Marlow; widely considered one of the finest neo-noirs
in any medium, some critics cite it as the greatest television production of all time

"Smiles of A Summer Night" [1955]
written & directed by Ingmar Bergman [1918-2007]

"Some Like It Hot" [1959]
directed by Billy Wilder [1906-2002], starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft & Joe E. Brown

"Star Wars" [1977]
details (synopses, sequels, books & ebooks, links, merchandise) on
Magic Lantern's 'Star Wars' Movies Page

"Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans" [Fox Sept 1927]
won Oscar for Unique & Artistic Picture {Best Picture}  won Oscar for Best Actress (Janet Gaynor}  won Oscar for Best Cinematography}    Sunrise 1927 movie poster  
B.F.I. Sunset 1927 critical text  
A femme fatale from the city convinces a farmer to murder his wife; rowing a boat across the river to the city, the man cannot do the deed. The wife flees, and the husband follows her into the city and into a church where there is a wedding, and the couple reunite; after adventures in the city – an amusement park, etc. – they row back across the river, but a storm comes up and the wife is lost. The villagers bring the man home, where he chases the mistress away and tries to strangle her, but the wife is found alive and the reunited couple embrace as the sun rises behind them • Directed by F.W. Murnau; scenario by Carl Mayer, based on the novella "Die Reise nach Tilsit" by Hermann Sudermann; starring George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor & Margaret Livingston; won Oscars for 'Unique and Artistic Picture', Best Actress (Gaynor) & Best Cinematography; listed on National Film Registry (1989)
DIGITALLY-RESTORED & RE-RELEASED by Fox in Summer 2010
Masters of Cinema b&w Blu-ray/DVD combo [4/2017] 3 disks for $29.95
Eureka Ent. b&w Blu-ray [11/2009] out of prodn/used
Mr. Fat-W Video b&w DVD [4/2017] for $14.99
Fox Limited Edition b&w DVD [1/2005] for $35.41
27"x40" blue poster from Amazon for $19.99
full credits from IMDbfilm entry at Wikipedia
"Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans" screenplay [1998] critical text by Lucy Fisher
B.F.I. Film Classics 7¼x5¼ pb [9/98] for $10.17

"Sweet Smell of Success" [United Artists June 1957] /tt0051036/
co-produced by Harold Hecht, James Hill, Burt Lancaster; directed by Alexander Mackendrick; written by Clifford Odets & Ernest Lehman, from the novel by
Ernest Lehman; cinematography by James Wong Howe; music by Elmer Bernstein; starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner

"Swing Time" movie musical [R.K.O. Radio Pictures Aug 1936] /tt0028333/
directed by George Stevens, starring Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers

           T   thru   Z
"Talk To Her (Hable con Ella)" [Spain March 2002, USA Nov 2002] /tt0287467/
written & directed by Pedro Almodóvar; won Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, won BAFTA Awards for Best Original Screenplay, Best Film
Not In English, won César Award for Best European Film, won 5 European Film Awards, many other awards

"Taxi Driver" [Columbia Feb 1976]
Taxi Driver from Martin Scorsese  Taxi Driver poster   A veritable course in feature camera work, and the musical score by Bernard Herrmann may be the best ever written • Directed by Martin Scorsese; starring Robert DeNiro, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel & Cybill Shepherd; Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Score
Col/TriStar Special Edition widescreen DVD [12/2000] for $14.96
Col/TriStar widescreen DVD [9/97] out of stock/used
Col/TriStar Special Edition VHS [5/99] for $14.95
Col/TriStar color VHS [6/96] out of stock/used
Col/TriStar VHS w/Spanish subtitles [5/99] out of stock/used
Arista soundtrack CD [5/98] for $14.99
Varese soundtrack CD [10/90] out of stock/used
full credits at IMDb11"x17" DeNiro standing poster from Amazon for $6.38

"Tokyo Story" [1953] from Yasujiro Ozu [1903-63]

"Ugetsu" [Daiei Studios March 1953] /tt0046478/
directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, won 2 Mainichi Film Concours Awards, won 2 awards at Venice Film Festival

"Ulysses' Gaze (To Vlemma tou Odyssea)" [France Sept 1995] /tt0114863/
co-produced, co-written & directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos, starring Harvey Keitel

"Umberto D" [Italy Jan 1952, USA Nov 1955] /tt0045274/
co-produced & directed by Vittorio De Sica, written by Cesare Zavattini, starring Carlo Battisti, Lina Gennari, Maria-Pia Casilio

"Unforgiven"  [Warner Bros Aug 1992]
'Unforgiven' won Best Picture Oscar  Clint Eastwood won Oscar for Best Director  Gene Hackman won Oscar for Best Supporting Actor  won Oscar for Best Editing  won Western Heritage Bronze Wrangler Award in 1993  
Unforgiven movie directed by & starring Clint Eastwood  
Directed by & starring Clint Eastwood; co-starring Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris & Frances Fisher; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (GH), Best Editing, nominated for Best Script, Best Actor (CE), Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound; also won D.G.A. Award, nominated for Best Script by W.G.A.
Warner Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [10/2006] for $18.12
Warner Home Video widescreen color snap-case DVD [3/97] for $15.20
Warner Home Video color VHS [8/2000] for $7.48
Warner Home Video widescreen color VHS [3/2001] for $9.99
Warner Home Video color VHS w/Spanish subtitles [7/2000] out of prodn/used
Verese soundtrack CD [8/92] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia

"White Heat" [Warner Bros.-First National Sept 1949] /tt0042041/
directed by Raoul Walsh [1887-1980], starring James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien

"Wings of Desire" [France Sept 1987, USA April 1988]
Wings of Desire by Wim Wenders  A brilliant, stunning, gorgeous subjective look at what it means to be human. "Luminously optimistic."
Directed by Wim Wenders; German title "Der Himmel über Berlin" (Heaven Above Berlin); starring Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander & Peter Falk; many awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography & more
Criterion Collection Blu-ray [11/2009] for $22.76
MGM/UA widescreen DVD w/English subtitles [7/2003] out of prodn/many used
MGM/UA color VHS w/English subtitles [6/2000] for $9.98
Orion color VHS w/English subtitles [5/93] for $7.99
Fine Line import soundtrack CD [5/90] for $18.04
Nonesuch soundtrack CD [10/90] out of prodn/many used
full credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia

sequel "Faraway, So Close" [1993]
Faraway, So Close by Wim Wenders  The sequel to "Wings of Desire" (above), this film is superb in its own right
Directed by Wim Wenders; German title "In weiter Ferne, so nah!"; starring Bruno
Ganz, Otto Sander & Nastasia Kinski; several awards for direction & cinematography
Col/TriStar widescrn DVD w/English subtitles [9/2000] for $22.49
Col/TriStar color VHS w/English subtitles [3/2000] out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDb

"Yojimbo (The Bodyguard)" [April 1961; US release Oct 1962]
Yojimbo movie by Akira Kurosawa  Prequel to "Sanjuro": A wandering samurai plays off two gangs against each other; based on the 1929 novel "Red Harvest" by Dashiell Hammett • Co-written & directed by Akira Kurosawa [1910-98]; starring Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tono, Seizaburô Kawazu, Kyu Sazanka, Kamatari Fujiwara, Takashi Shimura & Tatsuya Nakadai
Criterion Collection widescreem b&w DVD [9/99] for $35.00
Home Vision widescreem b&w VHS [9/94] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
remade as Western "A Fistful of Dollars" [1964]
movie & sequels on VHS & DVDfull credits at IMDb
remade as "Last Man Standing" [1996]
on VHS & DVDfull credits at IMDb

sequel "Sanjuro"  aka 'Tsubaki Sanjûrô'
[Japan Jan 1962; US release May 1963]
Sanjuro film by Akira Kurosawa  sequel to "Yojimbo": a group of determined, idealistic young men enlist a scruffy, cynical samurai to clean up their town • Co-written & directed by Akira Kurosawa [1910-98]; starring Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Takashi Shimura & Kamatari Fujiwara
Criterion Collection remastered widescreen b&w DVD [1/2007] for $29.99
Criterion Collection letterbox b&w DVD [9/99] for $49.79 {sic}
Home Vision letterbox b&w VHS [6/2000] for $19.98
full credits at IMDb


A Few Movies That Belong On This List
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"Apocalypse Now" [Zoetrope Aug 1979] by Francis Ford Coppola
details (synopsis, books, re-release, links, merchandise) on
Magic Lantern's "Apocalypse Now" 1979 Movie Page

"Battleship Potemkin" [Russia 1925] by Sergei M. Eisenstein [1898-1948]

"The Bicycle Thieves" [Italy 1948] by Vittorio De Sica

"The Birth of A Nation" [1915] by D.W. Griffith [1875-1948]

"Blazing Saddles" by Mel Brooks

listed among the 100 Best French Movies by TimeOut entertainment website in  March 2018  "Breathless" [France 1960] by Jean-Luc Godard

"Easy Rider" [1969]

"Manhattan" [1979] by Woody Allen

"Rashômon" [Japan 1950] by Akira Kurosawa [1910-98]

"Rebel Without A Cause" [1955] by Nicholas Ray, starring James Dean

"The Red Balloon" [France]

"Salt of The Earth" [1954]

"Seven Samurai" [Japan 1956] by Akira Kurosawa [1910-98]

"To Kill A Mockingbird" [Universal Pictures Dec 1962]
details (synopsis, history, author, movies, stageplays, merchandise) are on
Spirit of America Bookstore's "To Kill A Mockingbird" 1960 Novel & 1962 Movie Page

"The Wild Bunch" [1969]
Wild Bunch 1969 movie by Sam Peckinpah  A deep meditation on the ending of the Western frontier, controversial for the vividness of the on-screen violence, yet superbly romantic: All that a Western tale should be • Directed by Sam Peckinpah [1925-84]; starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Ben Johnson, Warren Oates, and the scurrilous L.Q. Jones & Strother Martin; nominated for Oscars for Best Script & Best Music; award for Best Cinematography from N.F.S.C.
Warner Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [9/2007] for $11.49
Warner Video widescreen Director's Cut 145-min. DVD [8/97] for $10.99
Warner Video Anniv. Edition 179-min. color VHS [11/2001] out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDb

"The Wizard of Oz" [1939]
based on the stories of L. Frank Baum [1856-1919]

details (synopsis, history, author, principals, merchandise) are on
Magic Lantern's "The Wizard of Oz" 1939 Movie Page


Corliss's  Additional  20  Films
20 more movie masterpieces added by Richard Corliss in May 2012

"A Separation" [2011]
directed by Asghar Farhadi, starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Maadi, Sareh Bayat

"Alexandria . . . Why?" [1978]
first of the Alexandria Quartet of films from Egyptian director Youssef Chahine [1926–2008], starring Ahmed Zaki, Naglaa Fathy, Farid Shawqi

"All About My Mother" [1999]
directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penélope Cruz

"Avatar" [2009]
directed by James Cameron, starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver

"Awaara (The Tramp)" []
directed by & starring Raj Kapoor, also starring the great India siren Nargis

"Blowup" [1966]
directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, starring David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles

"Days of Heaven" [1978]
directed by Terrence Malick, starring Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard

"Gone With The Wind" [M.G.M. 1939]
more "G.W.T.W." stuff (synopsis, the novel & sequels, books, links , merchandise) on
Magic Lantern's "Gone With The Wind" 1939 Movie Page

listed among the 100 Best French Movies by TimeOut entertainment website in March 2018  "Godard's Histoire(s) du Cinéma, 1988-98" TV series
[Canal+/C.N.C./Gaumont video release 1998]
Jean-Luc Godard's Histoire(s) du Cinéma  Eight short semi-documentary films directed by Jean-Luc Godard: "Part 1: Toutes les Histoires" [1988]; "Part 2: Une Histoire Seule" [1989]; "Part 3: Fatale Beauté" [1997]; "Part 4: Seul le Cinéma" [1997]; "Part 5: La Monnaie de l'Absolu" [1998]; "Part 6: Une Vague Nouvelle" [1998]; "Part 7: Le Contrôle de l'Univers" [1998]; and "Part 8: Les Signes Parmi Nous" [1998]
4½-hour Olive Films subtitled color DVD [12/2011] for $34.99
documentary series credits at IMDb
Histoire(s) & 2 x 50 Ans DVD set  "Histoire(s) du Cinéma" and "2 x 50 Ans de Cinéma Françes" DVD box set
Region 2 G.C.T.H.V. PAL-DVD set [3/2007] 4 disks - out of prodn/used from Amazon.FR
the disk set also includes 52 minute "2 x 50 Ans de Cinéma Françes" [1995]; 13 minute "L'Origine du XXIème Siècle" [2000]; and undated 52 minute "Conférence de Presse de Jean-Luc Godard à Cannes"
Histoire(s) du Cinéma de Jean-Luc Godard  "Histoire(s) du Cinéma" [2006] de Jean-Luc Godard
Editions Gallimard French-language hardcover [4/2006] for $57.13 {sic}
Editions Gallimard French-language hardcover [4/2006] for €45,70 from Amazon.FR

"The Hurt Locker" [2009]
action-movie maven Kathryn Bigelow, screenwriter Mark Boal, starring Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty

"Killer of Sheep" [original 1977; re-released 2007]
Killer of Sheep 2007 poster directed by Charles Burnett  Long considered a prime example of independent film-making; taught in film schools while until recently not availabale for viewing (due to music rights restrictions). A black man in South Central Los Angeles is disconnected from his wife and his son & daughter and is unable to sleep, while working long hours at the local slaughterhouse • Produced, written, directed & edited by Charles Burnett; starring Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy, Angela Burnett, Eugene Cherry & Jack Drummond; won FIPRESCI Prize at Berlin International Film Festival (1981); listed on the first National Film Registry (1990)
full credits from IMDbofficial movie site
DVD set includes two feature films and four short films by Charles Burnett
New Yorker/Milestone b&w DVD [11/2007] 2 disks for $23.70

"Les Bonnes Femmes" [1960]
directed by Claude Chabrol [1930-2010], starring Clothilde Joano, Bernadette Lafont, Mario David

"Letter From An Unknown Woman" [1948]
directed by Max Ophüls, written by Howard Koch from a Stefan Zweig story, starring Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan

listed among the 100 Best French Movies by TimeOut entertainment website in  March 2018  Abel Gance's "Napoléon" silent masterpiece
[France April 1927; M.G.M. USA release Feb 1929]
poster for 1981 re-release of Abel Gance's Napoleon 1927 silent classic  
poster for Abel Gance's Napoleon 1929 US release  
This six-hour masterpiece was Part 1 of Gance's planned six-film life work about Napoleon, but Gance could never get funding for the rest. The film covers Napoleon Bonapart's early years up thru the French Army's triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797, and the final twenty-minute triptych sequence (on three screens) alternates widescreen panoramas of war with complex multiple-image montages projected simultaneously, ending in blue-white-red tinting symbolizing the tricolor flag of France.There was a stereo sound reissue in 1934; the Brownlow-Coppola 235-minute version was exhibited with live orchestras in 1981; the 5-hour re-restoration was completed in 2000. • Written, directed & edited by Abel Gance [1889-1981]; starring Albert Dieudonné, Gina Manès, Antonin Artaud
Region 1 DVD not available in USA (2019)
Universal 1981 release b&w/color VHS [3/92] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia
color Coppola 1981 re-release 27"x40" poster from Amazon for $19.99

"Napoleon" script? [1990] by Abel Gance
Faber & Faber 8½x5½ pb [1/90] out of print/used

Napoleon by Kevin Brownlow  "Napoleon: Abel Gance's Classic Film" [1983] by Kevin Brownlow
Abel Gance's masterpeice would have been lost had then-teenager Brownlow not discovered 9.5mm snippets
in a London shop; the book is a record of the 30-plus years of extraordinary work that resulted in the 4-hour
1981 version and the over-five-hour restoration of 2000.

British Film Institute 9x6 pb [1/2008] out of print/used
Knopf 9x6 pb [10/83] out of print/many used
Jonathan Cape 9x6¼ hardcover [5/83] out of prodn/used

"The Seventh Seal" [1957]
directed by Ingmar Bergman [1918-2007], starring Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Bengt Ekerot

"They Live By Night" [1949]
directed by Nicholas Ray (his first feature), based on Edward Anderson's 1937 novel "Thieves Like Us",
starring Farley Granger, Cathy O’Donnell, Howard Da Silva

"The Third Man" [1949]
directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene, starring Joseph Cotton, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard, Orson Welles

"2001: A Space Odyssey" [M.G.M. April 1968]
details (synopses, books, sequel "2010", links, merchandise) on the
Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" Movie Page

"Vertigo" [Paramount Pictures May 1958]
co-produced & directed by Alfred Hitchcock [1899-1980], starring James Stewart, Kim Novak

listed #40 on Timeout London's Best 100 Science Fiction Movies in 2015  "WALL•E" animated feature [Pixar 2008]
directed by Andrew Stanton; voice actors include Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, John Ratzenberger
movie entry at Wikipedia


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