Best of the Decade
The greatest feature film of each decade, in terms of innovation and influence. If a title is not mentioned as a runner up, I may not have seen it.
So far this decade, I can only put Mad Max Fury Road, Boyhood, Tree of Life, and Hard To Be A God as contenders.
So far this decade, I can only put Mad Max Fury Road, Boyhood, Tree of Life, and Hard To Be A God as contenders.
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- DirectorLucien NonguetFerdinand ZeccaStarsMadame MoreauMonsieur MoreauThe story of Jesus Christ from the proclamation of his Nativity to his crucifixion. Impressive scenes and dynamism of the actors prelude to the Italian colossal movies of the silent period.For setting the importance of Film.
Runner(s) up
1- A Trip To The Moon/ The Voyage Across The Impossible
2- The Great Train Robbery - DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLillian GishRobert HarronMae MarshThe story of a poor young woman separated by prejudice from her husband and baby is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.For Scale and Scope, and visual storytelling.
Not versed enough on this decade to choose runners up. - DirectorFritz LangStarsBrigitte HelmAlfred AbelGustav FröhlichIn a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.For pushing the scale, scope, and visuals even farther.
Runners up
2- The Passion of Joan of Arc
3-Nosferatu
4- The Theif of Bagdad
5- The Phantom Carriage - DirectorMerian C. CooperErnest B. SchoedsackStarsFay WrayRobert ArmstrongBruce CabotA film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.For Special effects, sound design, and scale.
Runners Up
2- The Wizard of Oz
3- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
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5- City Lights/ Modern Times - DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy ComingoreFollowing the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'Not a set choice- not too well versed on the 40s. But some of my considerations for Kane would be nonlinear storytelling, sound and set design ect.
Runner(s) up
2- It's a Wonderful Life
3- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
4- The Wolfman - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartKim NovakBarbara Bel GeddesA former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.for breaking the bounds of storytelling, character, visuals, and music use.
Runners Up
2- Seven Samurai
3- The Seventh Seal
4- Sunset Boulevard
5- The Wages of Fear - DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam SylvesterAfter uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.For Scale, scope, special effects, visual storytelling, and music use.
Runners up
2- The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
3- Dr. Strangelove, Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb
4- Night of the Living Dead
5- Pyscho - DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames CaanThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.For Cinematography and storytelling.
Runners Up (this is probably the most impossible decade to sort)
2- Stalker
3-Star Wars
4- Apocalypse Now
5- Barry Lyndon - DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.For innovative use of steadycam, perplexing storytelling and symbolism, and music use.
Runners Up
2- Robocop
3- Amadeus
4- The Terminator
5- Blade Runner - DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonEdward FurlongA cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.For special Effects and dramatic storytelling.
Runner(s) Up
2- Toy Story 1 & 2
3-Beauty and The Beast
4- Breaking The Waves
5- Reservoir Dogs - DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsEllen BurstynJared LetoJennifer ConnellyThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep..For Editing and Music use.
Runners Up
2- Memento
3- 28 Days Later
4- Children of Men
5- The Incredibles - DirectorLars von TrierStarsMatt DillonBruno GanzUma ThurmanIn five episodes, failed architect and vicious sociopath Jack recounts his elaborately orchestrated murders -- each, as he views them, a towering work of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer in the Pacific Northwest.