This record contains more than 300 movies that I expect were mainly recommended by The New York Times. My dad added movies by his favorite directors (Malle, Rudolph, Kurosawa), and actors (Lombard, Dietrich), and authors (Sturges). He would update this list often, with his little Macintosh computer, adding new movies and deleting ones they'd seen and wouldn't want to see again. This was long before Netflix, back in the olden days of video stores. If they wanted to watch a movie they'd drive over to the only video store in Edgartown and look through the VHS or DVD choices.
If you love foreign films you've hit the jackpot here. My only complaint is that there are very few chick flicks on this lineup. When my mother would go to the store to pick up a movie, or if she were browsing her local library shelves, she would feel obligated to bring "the list" with her. You see, my father would only watch movies on "the list". He would sometimes try and sit through a movie that wasn't on "the list", but he usually wouldn't last that long – unless he was watching a movie with the grandchildren – and he'd eventually retreat to the living room alone to read a book. Or was it The New York Times?
Ed's Movie List
Ed's Movie List
- 29th Street - 1991
- 35 Up - 1991
- Afterglow - 1997
- Amarcord - 1973 Fellini
- An Angel at my Table - 1990
- Andrei Rublev - 1966
- Angel Dust (Jpn) - 1994
- Animals Are Beautiful People - 1974
- Antonia’s Line - 1995
- Ascension pour L'Echafaud (Elevator to the Gallows) - 1958 Malle
- Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman - 1974
- Autumn Tale (Fr) - 1998 Eric Rohmer
- Babe - 1995
- Backtrack (Catchfire) - 1990
- Ballad of Narayama, The - 1983
- Il quartetto Basileus - 1983
- Battle of Little Jo, The - 1993
- Before Sunrise - 1995
- Before The Rain - 1994 Manchevski
- Berlin Alexanderplatz - 1980
- Beyond Rangoon - 1995
- Beyond the Clouds - 1995
- Birgit Haas Must Be Killed - 1981
- Black Orpheus - 1959
- Black Robe - 1991
- Blood and Wine - 1996
- Blood Simple - 1984
- Bob le Flambeur - 1956
- Bopha! - 1993
- Boudu Saved From Drowning - 1932
- Breathless - 1960
- Brother From Another Planet - 1984 Sayles
- Brother's Keeper - 1992
- Burnt By The Sun - 1994
- Calcutta - 1969 Malle
- Camouflage - 1977 Zanussi
- Carmen - 1984
- Casino - 1995
- Cat and Mouse - 1975
- Caught - 1996 Robert M. Young
- Celebration, The - 1998 Thomas Vinterberg
- Character - 1997 Van Diem
- Chikamatsu Monagatari (The Crucified Lovers) - 1954
- Children of Paradise, The - 1944
- Chloe In The Afternoon - 1972 Rohmer
- Choose Me - 1984 Alan Rudolph
- City of Hope - 1991 John Sayles
- Claire's Knee - 1970 Rohmer
- Close to Eden - 1991 Nikita Mikhalkov
- Contempt - 1963 Godard
- Couch in New York, A - 1996
- Vacas (Cows) - 1992
- Cross My Heart (Fr) - 1990
- Crossing Fields - 1997 James Rosenow
- Crossing Guard, The - 1995
- Daughters of the Dust - 1991 Julie Dash
- Dazed and Confused - 1993
- Dead Calm - 1989
- Death and the Maiden - 1994 Polanski
- Deconstructing Harry - 1997
- Dersu Uzala - 1975 Kurosawa
- Designated Mourner, The - 1997
- Devil in a Blue Dress - 1995
- Diary of a Lost Girl - 1929 Pabst
- Dick - 1999
- Dieu Seul Me Voit (Only God Sees Me) - 1998
- Dr. Bethune - 1990
- Dreamlife of Angels, The - 1998 Erich Zonca
- Floating Weeds (Jpn) - 1959
- Eat Drink Man Woman - 1994
- Eel, The - 1997 Imamura
- El Mariachi - 1992
- El Norte - 1983
- End of Violence, The - 1997
- Eternity and a Day - 1998 Angelopoulos
- Europa, Europa - 1990
- Eve’s Bayou - 1997
- Exterminating Angel, The - 1962 Buñuel
- Eye of God - 1997
- Fairy Tale: A True Story - 1997
- Farewell My Concubine - 1993
- Fearless - 1993
- Fierce Creatures - 1997
- Fire Within, The - 1963 Malle
- Flirting With Disaster - 1996
- Following - 1998 Nolan
- Gambler, The - 1997 M. Gambon
- Gas Food Lodging - 1992 Allison Anders
- General, The - 1998 John Boorman
- Ghost and the Darkness,The - 1996 Stephen Hopkins
- Godfather I & II & III
- Grand Illusion - 1937 Renoir
- Hairdresser's Husband, The - 1990
- Hanging Garden, The - 1997
- Happiness - 1998
- Hasards du coincidence (Fr) - 1998
- Hav Plenty - C.S. Cherot - 1997
- Hearts of Darkness - 1991
- Henry Fool - 1997
- High and Low - 1963
- Home and the World - 1984
- Hotel de Love - 1996 Craig Rosenberg
- How To Make an American Quilt - 1996
- Ice Storm, The - 1997
- Idiot, The - 1951 Kurosawa
- Ikiru - 1951 Kurosawa
- Illuminata - 1998 John Turturro
- In the Company of Men - 1997
- In The Name of the Father - 1993
- In The Soup - 1992 Alexandre Rockwell
- Insomnia (Norw.) - 1997
- Intervista - 1987 Fellini
- Into The West - 1992
- Inventing the Abbotts - 1997 Pat O’Connor
- Irma Vep (Fr) - 1996 Olivier Assayas
- It's All True - 1993 Orson Welles
- Jeanne and the Perfect Guy (Fr) - 1998
- Jefferson in Paris - 1995
- Jesus of Montreal - 1989
- King of Masks, The - 1997 Chinese
- King of the Hill - 1993 Soderbergh
- L.A. Confidential - 1997
- La Vie de Boheme - 1992 Kaurismaki
- Lacombe, Lucien - 1974 Malle
- Last Days of Disco - 1998
- Last Seduction, The - 1994
- Liebestraum - 1991
- Life and Nothing But - 1989
- Life Is Sweet - 1990 Mike Leigh
- Lion In Winter, The - 1968
- Little Mermaid - 1989 Disney
- Little Women - 1933
- Live Flesh - 1997 Pedro Almodovar
- Living End, The - 1992 Gregg Araki
- Living in Oblivion - 1995
- Lola Montes - 1955
- Los Olvidados - 1950
- Love and Anarchy - 1973 Wertmuller
- Lovers of the Arctic Circle - 1998 Medem
- Lumiere and Company - 1995
- M - 1931 Lang
- Madame Rosa - 1977
- Magnificent Seven,The - 1960
- Man For All Seasons - 1966
- Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The - 1962 Ford
- Manon of the Spring - 1986
- Map of the Human Heart - 1993
- Masculine Feminine - 1966 Godard
- Match Factory Girl, The - 1990
- Matewan - 1987 John Sayles
- Meantime - 1984 Mike Leigh
- Menace II Society - 1993
- Mephisto - 1981
- Metropolis - 1927 Lang
- Metropolitan - 1990
- Midnight Clear, A - 1992
- Midwife’s Tale, A - 1995
- Million Dollar Hotel - 2000 Wenders
- Miracle of Morgan's Creek - 1944 Sturges
- Misery - 1990
- Mission Impossible - 1990
- Mississippi Mermaid (restored) - 1969 Truffaut
- Moderns, The - 1988 Alan Rudolph
- Moebius (Argentina) - 1996
- Mondo (Fr) - 1995
- Mongolian Tale (China) - 1997
- Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle - 1994 Alan Rudolph
- Music of Chance, The - 1993
- Music Teacher, The - 1988
- My Father's Glory - 1990
- My Mother's Castle - 1990
- My Mother’s Courage - 1995
- Nenette and Boni - 1996
- Napoleon - 1927
- Nasty Girl - 1990
- Nazarin - 1959 Bunuel
- Newton Boys, The - 1998
- Next Stop Wonderland - 1998
- Night On Earth - 1991
- Nightmare Before Christmas, The - 1993
- Nixon - 1995
- Now Voyager - 1942
- Ossessione - 1943
- Official Story - 1985
- Once Were Warriors - 1994
- One False Move - 1992 Carl Franklin
- Opposite of Sex - 1998 Don Roos
- Orlando - 1992 Sally Potter
- Oscar and Lucinda - 1997
- Overland Stage Raiders - 1938
- Oyster and the Wind, The - 1997 Walter Lima
- Paris is Burning - 1990
- Party, The - 1968 Blake Edwards
- Pascali's Island - 1988
- Passion in the Desert - 1997
- Passion of Joan of Arc, The - 1928
- Pelle the Conqueror - 1987
- According to Pereira - 1995 Marcello Mastroianni
- Persuasion - 1995
- Phantom India - 1969 Malle
- Pierrot Le Fou - 1965 Godard
- Playing by Heart - 1998 Carroll
- Pope of Greenwich Village - 1984
- Pretty Baby - 1978 Malle
- Prisoner of the Mountains - 1996 Sergei Bodrov
- Prix de Beaute (Beauty Prize) - 1930
- Queen of Hearts - 1989
- Red Corner - 1997
- Red River - 1948
- Red Sorghum - 1987
- Regret to Inform - 1998 Sonneborn
- Reincarnation of Golden Lotus,The - 1989
- Return of Martin Guerre, The - 1982
- Restoration - 1995
- Rio Bravo - - 1959 Hawks
- Rough Magic - 1995 Clara Peploe
- Rules of the Game, The - 1939
- Search For One-Eye Jimmy - 1994 Kass
- Secret Garden, The - 1993
- Secrets and Lies - 1996 Mike Leigh
- Self-Made Hero, A - 1996
- Sergeant Bilko - 1996
- Seven Beauties - 1975 Wertmuller
- Seven Samurai - 1954 Kurosawa
- Seventh Seal, The - 1957 Bergman
- Shadow, The - 1994
- Sharaku - 1995
- Shoot The Piano Player - 1960 Truffaut
- Short Cuts - 1993 Altman
- Simple Plan, A - 1998
- Single Girl, A - 1995 Benoit Jacquoit
- Six Degrees of Separation - 1993
- Small Change - 1976 Truffaut
- Smiles of a Summer Night - 1955 Bergman
- Soldier of Orange - 1977 Verhoeven
- Somewhere in Time (Mackinac Island) - 1980
- Sophie - 1992
- South Central - 1992
- Stangers On A Train - 1951 Hitchcock
- Stolen Kisses - 1968
- Story of Qui Ju, The - 1992
- Strictly Ballroom - 1992 Baz Luhrmann
- Striking Distance - 1993 Willis
- Sunday - 1997 D. Suchet
- Sweet Hereafter - 1997
- Swindle, The (Fr) - 1997
- Swing Time - 1936 Stevens
- Swoon - 1992
- Taste of Cherry, A - 1997 Kiarostami
- Tender Mercies - 1983
- Testament (Fr) - 2004
- Testamento (Napomuceno's Will) - 1997
- That Old Feeling - 1997 Carl Reiner
- Thief (Princess) and the Cobbler, The - 1993
- Thief of Paris, The - 1967 Malle
- Three Seasons (Vietnamese) - 1999
- Tree of the Wooden Clogs - 1978
- To Kill A Mockingbird - 1962
- Tombstone - 1993
- Touch of Evil, A - 1995
- Tous Les Matins du Monde - 1991
- Traveler, The - 1974
- Trouble in Mind - 1985 Alan Rudolph
- True Romance - 1993
- Twilight - 1998 Paul Newman
- Ulysses’ Gaze - 1995 Angelopolous
- Umberto D. - 1952
- Un Coeur En Hiver - 1992
- Unstrung Heroes - 1995
- Untouchables- 1987
- Vanishing, The - 1988
- Vanya on 42nd Street - 1994
- Variete (Jealousy) - 1925
- Venus Beaute (Institut) (Fr) - 1999
- Very Private Affair, A - 1962 Malle
- Vincent, Francois, Paul & the Others - 1974 Sautet
- Virgin Spring, The - 1960 Bergman
- Viridiana - 1961 Bunuel
- Visions of Light - 1992
- Viva Maria! - 1965 Malle
- Wages of Fear, The - 1953
- Walk on the Moon, A- 1999
- Waterdance, The - 1992
- Wedding Banquet, The - 1993
- Western- 1997
- Westfront 1918 - 1930 Pabst
- What's Love Got To Do With It - 1993
- Wild Bunch,The - 1969 Peckinpah
- Wilde - 1997
- Wind - 1992
- Wind in the Willows (Mr. Toad's Wild Ride) - 1996
- Windhorse (Tibetan) - 1998
- Winds of Courage - 1995
- Wings of the Dove, The - 1997
- Witness - 1985
- Woman in the Dunes (Jpn) - 1964 Tashgahara
- Wyatt Earp - 1994
- Zazie Dans le Metro - 1960 Malle
Classic Movies
Carole Lombard
Preston Sturges
Carole Lombard
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith - 1941
- Bolero - 1934
- Hands Across the Table - 1935
- In Name Only - 1939
- Made For Each Other - 1939
- My Man Godfrey - 1936
- Nothing Sacred - 1937
- The Princess Comes Across -1936
- Vigil in the Night - 1940
- Destry Rides Again - 1939
- Foreign Affair, A - 1948
- Morocco - 1930
- Shaghai Express - 1932
Preston Sturges
- Easy Living - 1937
- Great McGinty - 1940
- Hail the Conquering Hero - 1944
- If I Were a King - 1938
- Imitation of Life - 1934
- Never Say Die - 1939
I *totally* approve of your father's inclusion of 'Into the West' (which was only shown in smaller cinemas here in Australia, so most people missed this delightful movie) and 'To Kill a Mockingbird' (one I can watch over and over again).
ReplyDeleteThanks Judy! I will have to check it out. I'm afraid I never saw 'Into the West.'
ReplyDeleteI enjoy movies but I'm not what you'd call an avid movie watcher. It's pretty obvious when I looked at your dad's list and found that I'd watcher or heard of only about a dozen of the movies he listed. I'll have to watch one or tow, then come back again to see what else he recommended. Thanks for the list.
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