Friday, June 17, 2011

Films Falling Out of the Top Ranked 1000

These films all fell off the top ranked 1000 films on the net since the last survey in 2009
[Sorted by lowest current ranking]




Those in blue are good enough to remain in the top 1000, imo..


New Rank  - Title – (Year) - Director – [Old Rank]
2200. Heiress, The (1949) Wyler, William [698]
2196. Crash (2004/I) Haggis, Paul [752]
1700. When Harry Met Sally (1989) Reiner, Rob [654]
1644. Ox-Bow Incident, The (1943) Wellman, William A. [465]
1578. Our Daily Bread (1934) Vidor, King [604]
1543. Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The (2008) Fincher, David [668]
1458. Mephisto (1981) Szabó, István [998]
1454. Shanghai Express (1932) von Sternberg, Josef [997]
1452. Un Coeur en hiver (1992) Sautet, Claude [996]
1447. Gigi (1958) Minnelli, Vincente [989]
1446. La Bête Humaine (1938) Renoir, Jean [988]
1444. Rio Grande (1950) Ford, John [983]
1439. Flaming Creatures (1963) Smith, Jack [979]
1434. Out 1: Spectre (1974) Rivette, Jacques [975]
1431. O Lucky Man! (1973) Anderson, Lindsay [974]
1427. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) Donen, Stanley [972]
1425. My Man Godfrey (1936) La Cava, Gregory [553]
1420. Carnival in Flanders (1935) Feyder, Jacques [969]
1419. Bank Dick, The (1940) Cline, Edward F. [967]
1416. Midnight (1939) Leisen, Mitchell [966]
1414. New York, New York (1977) Scorsese, Martin [965]
1413. El Dorado (1966) Hawks, Howard [963]
1408. Lusty Men, The (1952) Ray, Nicholas [960]
1402. Ju Dou (1990) Zhang Yimou [957]
1398. Il Bidone (1955) Fellini, Federico [953]
1396. La Collectionneuse (1967) Rohmer, Eric [984]
1395. Reckless Moment, The (1949) Ophüls, Max [952]
1394. Public Enemy (1931) Wellman, William A. [951]
1391. While the City Sleeps (1956) Lang, Fritz [950]
1388. Black Sunday (1977) Bava, Mario [949]
1384. Une Femme est une femme (1961) Godard, Jean-Luc [947]
1382. Lost Weekend, The (1945) Wilder, Billy [414] [AA]
1380. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) Carpenter, John [946]
1377. Murder by Contract (1958) Lerner, Irving [945]
1373. Yeelen (1987) Cissé, Souleymane [943]
1372. Camille (1936) Cukor, George [942]
1368. Naked Spur, The (1953) Mann, Anthony [940]
1366. Queen Kelly (1929) von Stroheim, Erich [938]
1364. Trou, Le (1960) Becker, Jacques [937]
1361. Port of Shadows (1938) Carné, Marcel [935]
1358. Of a Thousand Delights (1965) Visconti, Luchino [934]
1352. Pursued (1947) Walsh, Raoul [928]
1345. Chariots of Fire (1981) Hudson, Hugh [927] [AA]
1344. Sun Shines Bright, The (1953) Ford, John [925]
1341. Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The (1947) Mankiewicz, Joseph L. [924]
1338. Kameradschaft (1931) Pabst, G.W. [923]
1333. Red Sorghum (1987) Zhang Yimou [920]
1329. Thin Man, The (1934) Van Dyke, W.S. [985]
1328. Night of the Demon (1957) Tourneur, Jacques [919]
1319. Art of Vision, The (1965) Brakhage, Stan [918]
1318. Informer, The (1935) Ford, John [917]
1317. Peter Ibbetson (1935) Hathaway, Henry [915]
1315. Shoeshine (Sciuscia, 1947) De Sica, Vittorio [914]
1310. Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) Monicelli, Mario [910]
1308. Orlando (1992) Potter, Sally [909]
1306. Gregory's Girl (1981) Forsyth, Bill [908]
1303. Woman Next Door, The (1981) Truffaut, François [907]
1297. Limite (1931) Peixoto, Mario [899]
1293. Not Reconciled (1965) Straub, Jean-Marie [898]
1292. Flowers of Shanghai (1998) Hou Hsiao-Hsien [897]
1291. Seven Women (1966) Ford, John [896]
1288. Sugar Cane Alley (Rue case negres, 1983) Palcy, Euzhan [894]
1278. Round-Up, The (Szegénylegények, 1966) Jancsó, Miklós [891]
1275. Law of Desire (1987) Almodóvar, Pedro [890]
1272. Pakeezah (1972) Amrohi, Kamal [887]
1267. America, America (1963) Kazan, Elia [884]
1265. Lacombe, Lucien (1974) Malle, Louis [883]
1264. Bad Timing (1980) Roeg, Nicolas [882]
1263. Threepenny Opera, The (1931) Pabst, G.W. [881]
1261. Indian Tomb, The (1959) Lang, Fritz [880]
1259. Magnificent Seven, The (1960) Sturges, John [879]
1253. Early Summer (Bakushû, 1951) Ozu, Yasujiro [977]
1252. Phantom Carriage, The (1921) Sjöström, Victor [876]
1243. Actor's Revenge, An (1963) Ichikawa, Kon [872]
1241. You Only Live Once (1937) Lang, Fritz [871]
1239. 47 Ronin, The (1962) Mizoguchi, Kenji [870]
1235. Liebelei (1933) Ophüls, Max [869]
1234. Flowers of St. Francis, The (1950) Rossellini, Roberto [868]
1231. Arabian Nights (1974) Pasolini, Pier Paolo [865]
1227. Fellini's Roma (1972) Fellini, Federico [863]
1225. Husbands (1970) Cassavetes, John [901]
1224. Shame (Skammen, 1968) Bergman, Ingmar [912]
1221. Hitler: A Film from Germany (1977) Syberberg, Hans-Jürgen [859]
1219. Hatari! (1962) Hawks, Howard [858]
1214. Yellow Earth (1984) Chen Kaige [856]
1207. Amants du Pont-Neuf, Les (1991) Carax, Lèos [853]
1206. Two English Girls (1971) Truffaut, François [852]
1204. Verdict, The (1982) Lumet, Sidney [850]
1202. Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) Dutt, Guru [848]
1199. Moonfleet (1955) Lang, Fritz [847]
1196. Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, The (1968) Straub, Jean-Marie [845]
1195. Under the Roofs of Paris (1930) Clair, René [844]
1189. Unfaithfully Yours (1948) Sturges, Preston [842]
1185. Wagon Master (1950) Ford, John [838]
1182. Ceddo (1977) Sembene, Ousmane [835]
1180. Outlaw Josey Wales, The (1976) Eastwood, Clint [834]
1176. Tom, Tom the Piper's Son (1969) Jacobs, Ken [833]
1175. Morocco (1930) von Sternberg, Josef [832]
1174. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) LeRoy, Mervyn [831]
1166. La Ronde (1950) Ophüls, Max [827]
1164. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) Meyer, Russ [851]
1159. Heimat (Homeland: A German Chronicle, 1984) Reitz, Edgar [825]
1158. Branded to Kill (1967) Suzuki, Seijun [933]
1157. Holiday (1938) Cukor, George [823]
1153. Hana-Bi (1997) Kitano, Takeshi [821]
1151. Fat City (1972) Huston, John [820]
1149. Puppetmaster, The (1993) Hou Hsiao-Hsien [819]
1146. Mon oncle d'Amérique (1980) Resnais, Alain [816]
1142. Heaven's Gate (1980) Cimino, Michael [813]
1140. Witness (1985) Weir, Peter [906]
1139. Safe (1995) Haynes, Todd [886]
1134. Barefoot Contessa, The (1954) Mankiewicz, Joseph L. [811]
1127. Big Parade, The (1925) Vidor, King [809]
1126. Anatahan (1953) von Sternberg, Josef [808]
1121. Firemen's Ball, The (1967) Forman, Milos [806]
1117. Outskirts (Okraina, 1933) Barnet, Boris [805]
1116. Night of the Shooting Stars, The (1982) Taviani, Paolo & Vittorio Taviani [804]
1115. Dangerous Liaisons (1988) Frears, Stephen [803]
1114. Fires Were Started (1943) Jennings, Humphrey [802]
1112. Man of the West (1958) Mann, Anthony [801]
1111. Othello (aka Tragedy of Othello, 1952) Welles, Orson [798]
1109. Man Who Would Be King, The (1975) Huston, John [797]
1106. Design for Living (1933) Lubitsch, Ernst [794]
1099. Thing from Another World, The (1951) Nyby, Christian/Howard Hawks [790]
1098. Harvey (1950) Coster, Henry [650]
1095. Gilda (1946) Vidor, Charles [787]
1091. They Live by Night (1948) Ray, Nicholas [786]
1085. Hellzapoppin' (1941) Potter, H.C. [781]
1083. Vagabond (San toit ni loi, 1985) Varda, Agnès [893]
1080. Z (1969) Costa-Gavras, Constantin [902]
1079. Ride the High Country (1962) Peckinpah, Sam [780]
1078. Sleuth (1972) Mankiewicz, Joseph L. [648]
1075. Saturday Night Fever (1977) Badham, John [956]
1073. Hallelujah! (1929) Vidor, King [777]
1070. Woman in the Window, The (1944) Lang, Fritz [776]
1064. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) Benton, Robert [993]
1063. Opening Night (1977) Cassavetes, John [990]
1061. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) Hawks, Howard [774]
1055. Van Gogh (1991) Pialat, Maurice [769]
1050. Tarnished Angels, The (1958) Sirk, Douglas [765]
1046. Salesman (1968) Maysles, Albert/David Maysles/Charlotte Zwerin [789]
1045. Xala (1975) Sembene, Ousmane [763]
1042. Tenant, The (1976) Polanski, Roman [994]
1040. Hôtel Terminus (1988) Ophüls, Marcel [761]
1031. Storm Over Asia (1928) Pudovkin, Vsevolod [756]
1030. Get Carter (1971) Hodges, Mike [778]
1029. Barren Lives (1963) Dos Santos, Nelson Pereira [754]
1027. Ludwig (1972) Visconti, Luchino [751]
1026. Big Fish (2003) Burton, Tim [773]
1024. Duel in the Sun (1946) Vidor, King [748]
1020. Seraphine (2008) Provost, Martin [895]
1016. Tiger of Eschnapur, The (1959) Lang, Fritz [743]
1013. Stromboli (1950) Rossellini, Roberto [742]
1012. Through the Olive Trees (1994) Kiarostami, Abbas [741]
1011. Murmur of the Heart (1971) Malle, Louis [939]
1010. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Siegel, Don [348]
1008. Angel at My Table, An (1990) Campion, Jane [739]
1006. Misfits, The (1961) Huston, John [738]
1004. Splendor in the Grass (1961) Kazan, Elia [737]
1002. Funny Face (1957) Donen, Stanley [734]

My favorites on this list (bummer!): 1-Dangerous Liaisons, 2-Big Fish, 3-The Man Who Would Be King, 4-Big Deal on Madonna St, 5-My Man Godfrey, 6-Witness, 7-The Thin Man, 8-The Fireman's Ball, 9-Mephisto, 10-Orlando, 11-Holiday, 12-La Ronde,  13-Splendor in the Grass, 14-Sleuth, 15-Bad Timing, 16-From Here to Eternity, 17-The Ox-Bow Incident, 18-While the City Sleeps, 19-Z, 20-Get Carter
 (these would all be in my top 1000!)

Good riddance, don't come back: Crash, El Dorado, Kramer vs Kramer, Hitari, Saturday Night Fever, Duel in the Sun, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!

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