A History in Film - BOT Top 50 Historical Fiction/Narrative Films - Counting Lists Now, Will Still Take A List Today

[terrestrial]

2 hours ago, Cap said:

20. The African Queen

That one I love, thought its too far away from ~ based on... ? The writer is known for being in general someone who does lots of research for daily life research and more, but...?

 

I’d love to have developed more interest into some of titles on your list, have problems to click, if its e.g. about a sport I have zero interest into. 🙁

 

[Cap]

21 minutes ago, terrestrial said:

That one I love, thought its too far away from ~ based on... ? The writer is known for being in general someone who does lots of research for daily life research and more, but...?

 

I’d love to have developed more interest into some of titles on your list, have problems to click, if its e.g. about a sport I have zero interest into. 🙁

 

A League of Their Own is definitely about “sports” but it is Also about the daily struggles that women went through in World War II, And still kind of do today. There was issues about childcare, sexism, beauty standards, and even a scene that acknowledges the racism and privilege of the league. And all of the characters are super fun. And there’s a really great kind of sister dynamic and drama at the center. It is a great film. I think I watched it like every other day when I was 10. 

[terrestrial]

3 minutes ago, Cap said:

A League of Their Own is definitely about “sports” but it is Also about the daily struggles that women went through in World War II, And still kind of do today. There was issues about childcare, sexism, beauty standards, and even a scene that acknowledges the racism and privilege of the league. And all of the characters are super fun. And there’s a really great kind of sister dynamic and drama at the center. It is a great film. I think I watched it like every other day when I was 10. 

I understand that, but.... its about not only sport, its about a sport I have no connection to at all.

Beauty... never clicked to that theme too, probably because I am face-blind.

I think nearly every aspect has nothing connected to my ~ culture’s history.

I feel like I SHOULD be in interested into it, but can not click. Like a missed opportunity in a way, but missed it by ~ myself.

That is, what I find ... sad (? not the correct word, too bad? dictionary says also pity, but pity sounds even more wrong) at the same time. Not logical....

 

(as it got released I had already a 3 in my age)

[The Panda]

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[misafeco]

Sent my list via PM. @The Panda

If any of them doesn't meet the criteria, you can erase them and use the remaining list.

[Water Bottle]

4 hours ago, The Panda said:

Lists are due TODAY! 

 

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Did you know I have a history minor? Yeah very interesting.

 

I'm still not doing a list. 😂

[Tower]

1	Doctor Zhivago	1965
2	Apocalypse Now	1979
3	City Of God	2002
4	Dances With Wolves	1990
5	The Revenant	2015
6	The Grapes Of Wrath	1940
7	Lawrence Of Arabia	1962
8	Fiddler On The Roof	1971
9	L.A Confidential	1997
10	Black Hawk Down	2001
11	Schindler's List	1993
12	The Bridge On The River Kwai	1957
13	1917	2019
14	The Godfather	1972
15	American Gangster	2007
16	Blood Diamond	2006
17	The Last Emperor	1987
18	The Shawshank Redemption	1994
19	Pan’s Labyrinth	2006
20	The Lives Of Others	2006
21	Das Boot	1981
22	Saving Private Ryan	1998
23	American Hustle	2013
24	Gladiator	2000
25	Grave of the Fireflies	1988
26	Mudbound	2017
27	Missing	1982
28	Judgement At Nuremberg	1961
29	Ryans Daughter	1970
30	Harakiri	1962
31	The Social Network	2010
32	The Favourite	2018
33	Cabaret	1972
34	The Boxer	1997
35	Empire Of The Sun	1987
36	Gangs Of New York	2002
37	There Will Be Blood	2007
38	The Name Of The Rose	1986
39	The Death Of Stalin	2018
40	Letters From Iwo Jima	2006
41	The Fighter	2010
42	Unforgiven	1992
43	The Boy In The Striped Pajamas	2008
44	Dersu Uzala	1975
45	A Fistful Of Dynamite	1971
46	The Elephant Man	1980
47	Ford V Ferrari	2019
48	An Education	2009
49	Spotlight	2015
50	Selma	2014

[lorddemaxus]

1. Born on the 4th of July

2. The Age of Innocence

3. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

4. Ran

5. Kingdom of Heaven

6. Silence

7. The Wolf of Wall Street

8. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

9. There Will be Blood

10. Schindler’s List

11. Gladiator

12. Dunkirk

13. The Thin Red Line

14. Hateful Eight

15. Suspiria 2018

16. The Lost City of Z

17. The Last Temptation of Christ

18. 12 Years a Slave

19. Throne of Blood

20. The Handmaiden

21. Roma

22. The Pianist

23. Blackkklansman

24. JFK

25. Detroit

26. If Beale Street Could Talk

27. The Elephant Man

28. The Irishman

29. Catch Me if You can

30. First Man

31. Persepolis

32. Nixon

33. Bridge of Spies

34. Phoenix

35. Love and Death

36. Come and See

37. The Life of Brian

38. Marie Antionette

39. Pan’s Labyrinth

40. Dark Waters

41. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

42. Goodfellas

43. Malcolm X

44. Steve Jobs

45. 13 Assassins

I had 50 films but I wouldn't say the last 5 were films I would put alongside my favourites so I removed them. Also didn't include any westerns except for The Asassination of Jesse James because it was based on a story and Hateful Eight because I thought setting it in the post-Civil War period was necessary for a lot of the conflict in the movie.

[terrestrial]

the final list got PMed

[Plain Old Tele]

PMed my list. Here it is, if anyone's interested. (Lots of tough choices and worthy movies that didn't quite make it).

 

1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
2. Chariots of Fire (1981)
3. Seven Samurai (1954)
4. The Right Stuff (1983)
5. The Handmaiden (2016)
6. Pather Panchali (1955)
7. Singin’ in the Rain (1953)
8. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
9. Roma (2018)
10. Kundun (1997)
11. Come and See (1985)
12. Dr. Zhivago (1965)
13. The Great Escape (1963)
14. Little Women (2019)
15. In the Mood for Love (2000)
16. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
17.The Wild Bunch (1969)
18. Last of the Mohicans (1992)
19. Amadeus (1984)
20. Andrei Rublev (1966)
21. Schindler’s List (1993)
22. Steve Jobs (2015)
23. Malcolm X (1992)
24. Heavenly Creatures (1994)
25. A Man for All Seasons (1966)
26. Downfall (2004)
27. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
28. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
29. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
30. Days of Heaven (1978)
31. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
32. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
33. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
34. Godfather II (1974)
35. The New World (2005)
36. Yojimbo (1961)
37. Cabaret (1972)
38. Gallipoli (1981)
39. Once Upon A Time in China (1991)
40. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
41. Empire of the Sun (1987)
42. Barry Lyndon (1975)
43. Mudbound (2017)
44. The Sound of Music (1965)
45. A League of Their Own (1992)
46. Henry V (1989)
47. Dunkirk (2017)
48. Meek’s Cutoff (2010)
49. Death of Stalin (2017)
50. The Piano (1993)

Edited May 5, 2020 by Plain Old Tele

[The Panda]

I just cleared out all of the old BOFFY ballot messages, so my inbox shouldn't be full.

 

Last call for lists!

[peludo]

Just PMed my list, although I do not know if I am on time. My list:

 

1. Casablanca (1942)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. Once upon a time in America (1984)
4. The Godfather 2 (1974)
5. The grapes of wrath (1940)
6. To have and have not (1944)
7. The deer hunter (1978)
8. The dirty dozen (1967)
9. JFK (1991)
10. The great escape (1963)
11. L.A. Confidential (1997)
12. The secret in their eyes (2009)
13. To be or not to be (1942)
14. Ryan's daughter (1970)
15. Paths of glory (1957)
16. The Shawshank redemption (1994)
17. Casino (1995)
18. United 93 (2006)
19. Grave of the fireflies (1988)
20. Cold War (2018)
21. Goodfellas (1990)
22. The bridge on river Kwai (1957)
23. Ben-Hur (1959)
24. The Seachers (1956)
25. The sea inside (2004)
26. The Irishman (2019)
27. Das Boot (1981)
28. Apocalypse Now (1979)
29. Life of Brian (1979)
30. All the President's men (1976)
31. In the name of the father (1993)
32. The Hunt for Red October (1990)
33. Spartacus (1960)
34. Once upon a time in Hollywood (2019)
35. First Man (2018)
36. Hateful Eight (2015)
37. Gladiator (2000)
38. Singin' in the rain (1953)
39. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
40. The Third Man (1949)
41. The social network (2010)
42. Spotlight (2015)
43. Saving private Ryan (1998)
44. City of God (2002)
45. The Pianist (2002)
46. Munich (2005)
47. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
48. Schindler's List (1993)
49. An education (2009)
50. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

[terrestrial]

6 hours ago, Plain Old Tele said:

(Lots of tough choices and worthy movies that didn't quite make it).

Oh, yes, at least ~ 20 - 30 movies didn’t made it on my list, that I’d consider worthy.... and I had before that already to stop myself from thinking about what else to add. 

 

[TalismanRing]

8 hours ago, Plain Old Tele said:

PMed my list. Here it is, if anyone's interested. (Lots of tough choices and worthy movies that didn't quite make it).

 

1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
2. Chariots of Fire (1981)
3. Seven Samurai (1954)
4. The Right Stuff (1983)
5. The Handmaiden (2016)
6. Pather Panchali (1955)
7. Singin’ in the Rain (1953)
8. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
9. Roma (2018)
10. Kundun (1997)
11. Come and See (1985)
12. Dr. Zhivago (1965)
13. The Great Escape (1963)
14. Little Women (2019)
15. In the Mood for Love (2000)
16. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
17.The Wild Bunch (1969)
18. Last of the Mohicans (1992)
19. Amadeus (1984)
20. Andrei Rublev (1966)
21. Schindler’s List (1993)
22. Steve Jobs (2015)
23. Malcolm X (1992)
24. Heavenly Creatures (1994)
25. A Man for All Seasons (1966)
26. Downfall (2004)
27. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
28. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
29. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
30. Days of Heaven (1978)
31. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
32. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
33. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
34. Godfather II (1974)
35. The New World (2005)
36. Yojimbo (1961)
37. Cabaret (1972)
38. Gallipoli (1981)
39. Once Upon A Time in China (1991)
40. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
41. Empire of the Sun (1987)
42. Barry Lyndon (1975)
43. Mudbound (2017)
44. The Sound of Music (1965)
45. A League of Their Own (1992)
46. Henry V (1989)
47. Dunkirk (2017)
48. Meek’s Cutoff (2010)
49. Death of Stalin (2017)
50. The Piano (1993)

So hard to cut the list down to 50; many worthy films were left off. 

 

But I completely forgot about In The Mood For Love and Chariots of Fire which would have easily made my list.

[CoolioD1]

I thought about in the mood for love but it didn’t feel “historical” enough for me idk.

[The Panda]

Counting up lists right now but if you're sitting on one while I do I'll take it.

[The Panda]

Will end up accepting lists through the end of the day as I’ve been busy with my coursework

[CoolioD1]

sanjuro's better than yojimbo.