Jake Gittes

Ben-Hur was a VHS staple when I was a kid but I never felt the slightest urge to rewatch it since about the age of 12. Tbh I found the overtly religious stuff a chore even then.

Do it. It'll own your ass

I regret ranking Harakiri #2 rather than #1.

List as it looks right now. Hope to squeeze in a rewatch of The New World tomorrow after which it might rise higher (or drop out, but I doubt it). 1. Goodfellas 2. Harakiri 3. Barry Lyndon 4. Chinatown 5. Dazed and Confused 6. Avalon (1990) 7. Cabaret 8. Days of Heaven 9. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 10. Zodiac 11. Apocalypse Now 12. Lawrence of Arabia 13. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 14. My Friend Ivan Lapshin 15. Topsy-Turvy 16. The Duellists 17. The Immigrant 18. There Will Be Blood 19. The Witch: A New-England Folktale 20. The Wolf of Wall Street 21. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 22. Black Book 23. The Conformist 24. Diner 25. The Wild Bunch 26. Army of Shadows 27. Day of Wrath 28. The Long Day Closes 29. Orlando 30. Trial on the Road 31. 20th Century Women 32. 5 Fingers 33. Andrei Rublev 34. Carol 35. Paths of Glory 36. The Cranes Are Flying 37. The Irishman 38. L.A. Confidential 39. McCabe & Mrs. Miller 40. The Passion of Joan of Arc 41. The Age of Innocence 42. Casino 43. The Devils 44. First Man 45. The House of Mirth 46. House of Tolerance 47. If Beale Street Could Talk 48. Ivan the Terrible 49. Meek’s Cutoff 50. The New World

It doesn't have to be based on a true story. It has to express something about an earlier time in history.

if only there was some kind of original post in this thread that made it pretty clear what counts and what doesn't

wat

Missed the news that this was a giallo. Intrigued.

Won't appear on mine precisely because I for some reason don't have this problem

Back to the Future sorta makes sense to me but It and Fargo are not historical movies.

FYC Heavily inspired by the real history of pre-war California The founding of Jamestown and the dramatization of the story of John Smith and Pocahontas Decades-spanning story of two dueling French officers around the time of Napoleonic wars. Not exactly a historical allegory but gets at larger historical notions of obsession/aggression, honor, etc. Ridley Scott's secret best film. Classic musical set against the backdrop of the rise of the Nazi Party in 1931 Berlin Character study of an Italian bureaucrat working for the Fascist secret police in the 1930s Borderline perhaps but I do think the '70s setting is important enough to this. It is about its specific time and place as it's both remembered and might have been experienced, and in the process it becomes about nostalgia for a specific time and place as well. On military hypocrisy during World War I. One of Kubrick's best and maybe his most accessible and emotionally gripping. Decline of the old aristocracy during the Italian reunification of the 19th century The creation of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado in 1884-85, which also serves as a window into the larger depiction of the Victorian society of the time. A must for all fans of theater (musical and otherwise), stories about the creative process, Amadeus, Shakespeare in Love, etc. The historical part is an extended flashback taking up most of the movie which is bookended by contemporary sections; hopefully it counts. An examination of the English notion of honorable warfare during the Boer War, World War I and the lead-up to World War II. On the persecution of women accused of witchcraft in 17th century Norway. Essential viewing for all fans of The Witch. For non-fans too, really. Alexander Nevsky drools. Ivan the Terrible rules A companion piece to The Age of Innocence, the other great adaptation of an Edith Wharton novel about old New York society. AFAIK, Gillian Anderson's sole lead role in a film outside of the X-Files movies, and it's an incredible showcase. Spike Lee's semi-autobiographical comedy/drama about the life of a large black family in 1970s New York. Among his underrated ones. Based on a true story of settlers traveling across the Oregon desert in 1845. The activities of a group of French Resistance fighters during WWII Dramatisation of the true story of a 17th century Roman Catholic priest accused of witchcraft Capitalism and power struggles in a small mining town in the beginning of the 20th century Set in the 1940s and 50s, a multiple generations-spanning story of the family of a Russian Jewish immigrant who came to the US in 1914. Possibly the very best film I've seen on memory and the experience of times changing, and one of the most overlooked American movies ever made. Last year's Russian drama about two women's lives in the immediate aftermath of WWII and the traumatizing impact of the war on society. Dramatization of Elyesa Bazna's career as a spy working for the Nazis while stationed at the British embassy in Turkey. Great cold-blooded thriller.

Thank you all very much for bearing with me, for the very generous likes, and for bringing back some of that classic BOT energy. It was a joy. Now go and watch more movies that'll come in handy for any and all future lists we do. Peace

I'll just say it amuses me to no end that Jojo Rabbit finished with 88 points.

Officially as good as Mortdecai.

And here is the complete, and I mean complete rundown. Scroll / ctrl+F to your heart's content.

#10-12 is a single tier

Number 2 Number 1 Commentary:

Turn?

but infinity war

Jesus do you miss all your targets like this

Number 3

Number 4 Spoiler "Creation myths need a Devil." 627 points, 33 lists directed by David Fincher | US | 2010 The Pitch: The founding of Facebook and the subsequent lawsuits. #1 Placements: 6 Top 5 Placements: 4 Top 12 Placements: 5 Metacritic: 95 Box Office: $225m WW Awards: 3 Academy Awards, including Best Adapted Screenplay, out of 8 nominations; 3 BAFTA Awards, including Best Director and Adapted Screenplay BOT/BOM History: #1, Top Movies of 2010; #5, Top Movies of the Century (2015); #17 (2012), #30 (2013), #46 (2014), #54 (2016), Top 100 Movies of All Time Critic Opinion: “Impeccable popular art: lit like an altarpiece, obsessively organized. David Fincher has created a body of work that’s as remarkable for its thematic consistency as for its virtuoso craftsmanship and technique—no small feat, considering he’s never written a page of script. Here, he turns Aaron Sorkin’s take on the rise of Facebook into a study of personal alienation and obsession, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) as a compelling ironic figure: the perfectionist who makes billions on relationships in online space, despite (or maybe because of) not being able to maintain them in real life. Cut with industrial precision to a moody electronic score and bolstered by a uniformly superb supporting cast (with Justin Timberlake and Armie Hammer as the standouts), this is smart, entertaining, and beautiful to look at. It’s about a lot of things—success, loneliness, ego—but the internet probably isn’t one of them.” - Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, The AV Club BOT Sez: “I don't think TSN was just "cold but great filmmaking", it was an insight about our generation and how internet affected our lifestyles. The fast-paced editing (the facemash/phoenix party and the courtroom scenes, for example) or the confusing dialogue about multiple things in the intro are metaphors to our "gotta-do-everything-at-the-same-time" behaviour on our constantly wired life. And that ending in which Mark is waiting for Erica to accept his friendship request (ironically, on facebook) by the sound of "Baby, you're a rich man" is just perfect." - @JohnnY Commentary: The one that was derisively referred to as "the Facebook movie" for months after its announcement only to become the most acclaimed film of 2010 upon its release. It prompted more energized critical writing than any American movie in two or three years, and became a rare non-genre milestone for a generation of young cinephiles just getting into film - and when it came to this countdown, despite missing the top 3, it received more #1 placements from individual participants than any other film.