Dave Kehr Top 10 Lists
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1. The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir (1970 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Made for television, this film consists of four parts: Part One, "The Last Christmas Dinner," is about the relationship between an old man and an old woman, both homeless. Part Two, "The ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Nino Formicola, Milly, Roger Trapp, Robert Lombard
Votes: 280
2. Fear Eats The Soul 3. The Tamarind Seed 4. Wedding In Blood 5. The Three Musketeers 6. Chinatown 7. The Phantom of Liberty 8. Lacombe, Lucien 9. The Godfather Part II 10. Juggernaut
2. Lancelot of the Lake (1974)
85 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
King Arthur learns that his wife, Queen Guinevere, has been having an affair with Lancelot, who at the same time remains loyal to the king, particularly after Arthur's traitorous nephew Mordred commits an attempt on his life.
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Luc Simon, Laura Duke Condominas, Humbert Balsan, Vladimir Antolek-Oresek
Votes: 4,249
2. The Middle of the World 3. A Woman Under The Influence 4. The Passenger 5. The Break Up 6. Love Among The Ruins 7. Fox and His Friends 8. The Romantic Englishwoman 9. Hard Times 10. Supervixens
3. Family Plot (1976)
PG | 120 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/actor boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane
Votes: 24,845
2. The Age of Cosimo de Medici 3. Blaise Pascal 4. Robin and Marian 5. Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000 6. The Man Who Would Be King 7. The Shootist 8. Juste avant la nuit 9. Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven 10. Souvenirs d'en France 11. Allegro non troppo
4. F for Fake (1973)
PG | 89 min | Documentary
A documentary about fraud and fakery.
Directors: Orson Welles, Gary Graver, Oja Kodar, François Reichenbach | Stars: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, François Reichenbach, Elmyr de Hory
Votes: 18,309
2. The Memory of Justice 3. The Marquise of O 4. A Piece of Pleasure 5. Numéro deux 6. Moses and Aaron 7. Islands in the Stream 8. The Gauntlet 9. Padre Padrone 10. The Rescuers
5. Days of Heaven (1978)
PG | 94 min | Drama, Romance
A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz
Votes: 62,797
2. That Obscure Object of Desire 3. The American Friend 4. Anna's Meetings 5. Il messia 6. The Driver 7. Halloween 8. Big Wednesday 9. Blue Collar 10. Filming Othello
6. 10 (1979)
R | 122 min | Comedy, Romance
A Hollywood composer goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy, newly married woman.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Dudley Moore, Bo Derek, Julie Andrews, Robert Webber
Votes: 19,288 | Gross: $74.87M
2. Die linkshändige Frau 3. Dawn of the Dead 4. Perceval 5. The Warriors 6. La Luna 7. Escape from Alcatraz 8. In a Year with 13 Moons 9. Fedora 10. Angi Vera
7. The Devil, Probably (1977)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
Charles drifts through politics, religion and psychoanalysis, rejecting them all. Once he realises the depth of his disgust with the moral and physical decline of the society he lives in, ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Antoine Monnier, Tina Irissari, Henri de Maublanc, Laetitia Carcano
Votes: 4,737 | Gross: $0.03M
2. The Human Factor 3. Constans 4. The Big Red One 5. Used Cars 6. Quadrophenia 7. The Black Stallion 8. Gloria 9. Mad Max 10. The Long Riders
8. Melvin and Howard (1980)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of hard-luck Melvin E. Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Paul Le Mat, Jason Robards, Elizabeth Cheshire, Mary Steenburgen
Votes: 5,307 | Gross: $4.31M
2. Loulou 3. The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith 4. Ici et ailleurs 5. Sauve qui peut (la vie) 6. Bizalom 7. Dalla nube alla resistenza 8. Modern Romance 9. Atlantic City 10. Reds
9. The Aviator's Wife (1981)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Romance
A young student is devastated when he finds that his girlfriend is cheating on him. In order to find out why she did it, he decides to spy on her and her lover.
Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Philippe Marlaud, Marie Rivière, Anne-Laure Meury, Mathieu Carrière
Votes: 5,180
Alphabetical -Barbarosa -Coup De Torchon -Why Not? -Mes petites amoureuses -Moonlighting -le Pont du Nord -Smash Palace -Trop tôt/Trop tard’ -Victor/Victoria
10. Francisca (1981)
166 min | Biography, Drama
The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Teresa Menezes, Diogo Dória, Mário Barroso, Francisco Brás
Votes: 611
2. Une Chambre en Ville 3. Berlin Alexanderplatz 4. Ana 5. Golden Eighties 6. The State of Things 7. Exposed 8. Risky Business 9. Sudden Impact 10. Fanny and Alexander
11. L'Argent (1983)
Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Drama
A counterfeit bill that starts off as a schoolboy prank leads to incarceration and violence.
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Christian Patey, Sylvie Van den Elsen, Michel Briguet, Vincent Risterucci
Votes: 11,850
2. Love Streams 3. Once Upon a Time In America 4. Godard’s Passion 5. Un dimanche à la campagne 6. Les Trois Couronnes du Matelot 7. À Nos Amours 8. Dans la ville blanche 9. Boy Meets Girl 10. My Brother's Wedding
12. Ran (1985)
R | 160 min | Action, Drama, War
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû
Votes: 136,301 | Gross: $4.14M
2. Lost In America 3. Mikey and Nicky 4. After Hours 5. Les Enfants 6. Day of The Dead 7. Pale Rider 8. La Ville des pirates 9. Maria's Lovers 10. Legend of Tianyun Mountain
13. Shoah (1985)
Not Rated | 566 min | Documentary, History, War
Claude Lanzmann's epic documentary recounts the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses - perpetrators as well as survivors.
Director: Claude Lanzmann | Stars: Simon Srebnik, Michael Podchlebnik, Motke Zaïdl, Hanna Zaïdl
Votes: 10,559 | Gross: $0.02M
2. The Sacrifice 3. Something Wild 4. Vagabond 5. The Fly 6. Trouble In Mind 7. Fire Festival 8. Heartbreak Ridge 9. Peggy Sue Got Married 10. Blue Velvet
14. Hope and Glory (1987)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Bill, a young boy living on the outskirts of London experiences the exhilaration of World War II. During this period, Bill learns about sex, death, love, hypocrisy, and the faults of adults as he prowls the ruins of bombed houses.
Director: John Boorman | Stars: Sarah Miles, David Hayman, Sebastian Rice-Edwards, Geraldine Muir
Votes: 14,609 | Gross: $10.02M
2. The Stepfather 3. Swimming to Cambodia 4. Full Metal Jacket 5. Therese 6. Street Smart 7. Near Dark 8. Tampopo 9. House Of Games 10. Roxanne
15. Mélo (1986)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Romance
In Paris in the 1920s, a concert violinist meets and falls in love with a stylish young flapper who's the wife of an old friend. Romaine instigates the affair with Marcel, and carries it ... See full summary »
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Sabine Azéma, Fanny Ardant, Pierre Arditi, André Dussollier
Votes: 1,838
2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit 3. Wings of Desire 4. Dead Ringers 5. Shy People 6. Money Shines 7. The Land Before Time 8. The World Apart 9. The Naked Gun 10. Bird
16. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
PG-13 | 84 min | Drama, Music
The lives of an English working-class family are told out of order in a free-associative manner. The first part, "Distant Voices", focuses on the father's role in the family. The second part, "Still Lives", focuses on his children.
Director: Terence Davies | Stars: Pete Postlethwaite, Freda Dowie, Angela Walsh, Dean Williams
Votes: 5,169 | Gross: $0.69M
2. Say Anything... 3. Pink Cadillac 4. Drugstore Cowboy 5. High Hopes 6. Always 7. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 8. Queen of Hearts 9. The Fabulous Baker Boys 10. 4 aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle
17. L'Argent (1983)
Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Drama
A counterfeit bill that starts off as a schoolboy prank leads to incarceration and violence.
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Christian Patey, Sylvie Van den Elsen, Michel Briguet, Vincent Risterucci
Votes: 11,850
Decalogue Francisca Love Streams Melo Once Upon a Time in America Passion Three Crowns of the Sailor A Time to Live and a Time to Die Wings of Desire
18. To Sleep with Anger (1990)
PG | 102 min | Drama
A charismatic old acquaintance drifts into town, stirring up trouble for a mild-mannered family.
Director: Charles Burnett | Stars: Danny Glover, Paul Butler, DeVaughn Nixon, Mary Alice
Votes: 2,918 | Gross: $1.16M
2. Where The Heart Is 3. Sweetie 4. Men Don't Leave 5. Story Of Women 6. White Hunter, Black Heart 7. Goodfellas 8.The Freshman 9. Miami Blues 10. Monsieur Hire
19. The Double Life of Véronique (1991)
R | 98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music
Two parallel stories about two identical women; one living in Poland, the other in France. They don't know each other, but their lives are nevertheless profoundly connected.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Irène Jacob, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Halina Gryglaszewska, Kalina Jedrusik
Votes: 52,999 | Gross: $2.00M
2. Barton Fink 3. Defending Your Life 4. The Killer 5. An Angel At My Table 6. My Own Private Idaho 7. Point Break 8. Az én XX. századom 9. Archangel 10. Hangin’ With The Homeboys
20. Unforgiven (1992)
R | 130 min | Drama, Western
Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan and a young man, The "Schofield Kid."
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris
Votes: 436,398 | Gross: $101.16M
2. La Belle Noiseuse 3. Reservoir Dogs 4. The Hairdresser's Husband 5. Naked Lunch 6. Raise The Red Lantern 7. Proof 8. Edward II 9. Death Becomes Her 10. One False Move
21. A Perfect World (1993)
PG-13 | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor, an escaped convict on the run from the law, while the search for him continues.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, Laura Dern, T.J. Lowther
Votes: 86,976 | Gross: $31.16M
2. Ruby In Paradise 3. M. Butterfly 4. The Piano 5. Groundhog Day 6. La Vie de Bohème 7. Naked 8. Dave 9. Matinee 10. Hard Boiled
22. The Blue Kite (1993)
140 min | Drama, History
The lives of a Beijing family throughout the 1950s and 1960s, as they experience the impact of the Hundred Flowers Campaign, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.
Director: Zhuangzhuang Tian | Stars: Tian Yi, Wenyao Zhang, Xiaoman Chen, Liping Lü
Votes: 3,262 | Gross: $0.36M
2. Calendar 3. Cario Diario 4. Forrest Gump 5. Hoop Dreams 6. Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle 7. Pulp Fiction 8. White 9. Red 10. Un été inoubliable
23. Through the Olive Trees (1994)
G | 103 min | Drama
A depiction of the off-screen relationship between the actors who play the newlyweds in the film And Life Goes On (1992).
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Farhad Kheradmand, Zarifeh Shiva, Hossein Rezai
Votes: 10,011 | Gross: $0.04M
(New York Daily News)
1. Through The Olive Trees
2. The Convent
3. Beyond Rangoon
4. The Bridges Of Madison County
5. Georgia
6. Toy Story
7. Wild Bill
8. Strange Days
9. Clean, Shaven
10. Crumb
(Film Comment)
1. Through the Olive Trees
2. Underground
3. Good Men, Good Women
4. The Convent
5. Beyond Rangoon
6. L'Appat
7. La Ceremonie
8. The Bridges of Madison County
9. Georgia
10. Ulysses' Gaze
24. Breaking the Waves (1996)
R | 159 min | Drama
Oilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr
Votes: 71,600 | Gross: $4.04M
2. Mother 3. La Ceremonie 4. Big Night 5. Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud 6. Jerry Maguire 7. The White Balloon 8. Chungking Express 9. Bottle Rocket 10. Welcome to the Dollhouse
25. Titanic (1997)
PG-13 | 194 min | Drama, Romance
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates
Votes: 1,281,395 | Gross: $659.33M
2. Crash 3. Ulee's Gold 4. L.A. Confidential 5. Underground 6. In & Out 7. Capitaine Conan 8. Absolute Power 9. My Sex Life...or How I Got Into an Argument 10. In the Company of Men
26. Rushmore (1998)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A teenager at Rushmore Academy falls for a much older teacher and befriends a middle-aged industrialist. Later, he finds out that his love interest and his friend are having an affair, which prompts him to begin a vendetta.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams, Seymour Cassel
Votes: 198,070 | Gross: $17.11M
2. Affliction 3. Fireworks 4. Taste of Cherry 5. The Thin Red Line 6. Happiness 7. There's Something About Mary 8. Die Salzmänner von Tibet 9. Gods and Monsters 10. The Eel
27. All About My Mother (1999)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A comedy-drama about a bereaved mother, and overwrought actress, her jealous lover, and a pregnant nun.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan
Votes: 102,937 | Gross: $8.26M
2. Autumn Tale 3. Holy Smoke 4. Election 5. Julien Donkey-Boy 6. Besieged 7. Dogma 8. The Limey 9. Rosetta 10. The 13th Warrior
28. Cast Away (2000)
PG-13 | 143 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A FedEx executive undergoes a physical and emotional transformation after crash landing on a deserted island.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Paul Sanchez, Lari White
Votes: 639,154 | Gross: $233.63M
2. Dancer In the Dark 3. The Wind Will Carry Us 4. Ressources humaines 5. Wonder Boys 6. George Washington 7. Croupier 8. Pola X 9. Nurse Betty 10. Spectres of the Spectrum
29. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
The eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller
Votes: 313,341 | Gross: $52.36M
2. The Tailor of Panama 3. Amelie 4. Waking Life 5. The Circle 6. Fat Girl 7. Shrek 8. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 9. A Chronicle of Corpses 10. Eureka
30. Spirited Away (2001)
PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino, Rumi Hiiragi
Votes: 850,264 | Gross: $10.06M
2. About Schmidt 3. Talk To Her 4. Punch-Drunk Love 5. L'emploi du temps’ 6. In Praise Of Love 7. I'm Going Home 8. No. 18: Mahagonny 9. Windtalkers 10. Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
31. Mystic River (2003)
R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The tragic murder of a 19-year-old girl reunites three childhood friends still living in Boston--the victim's gangster father, a detective, and the disturbed man they both suspect of killing her.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Emmy Rossum
Votes: 486,069 | Gross: $90.14M
2. The Man Without a Past 3. Finding Nemo 4. Kill Bill 5. Lost In Translation 6. Être et Avoir 7. Looney Toons Back In Action 8. Unknown Pleasures 9. Big Fish 10. The Hunted
32. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
PG-13 | 132 min | Drama, Sport
Frankie, an ill-tempered old coach, reluctantly agrees to train aspiring boxer Maggie. Impressed with her determination and talent, he helps her become the best and the two soon form a close bond.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel
Votes: 722,156 | Gross: $100.49M
2. Dogville 3. Sideways 4. The Polar Express 5. Moolaadé 6. Springtime in a Small Town 7. Before Sunset 8. The Return 9. De fem benspænd 10. Undertow
33. Oldboy (2003)
R | 120 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong, Kim Byeong-Ok
Votes: 636,401 | Gross: $0.71M
2. The World 3. Tropical Malady 4. Rois et reine 5. A History Of Violence 6. The Ice Harvest 7. Palindromes 8. Kung-Fu Hustle 9. Land of the Dead 10. Corpse Bride
34. Bubble (I) (2005)
R | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Set against the backdrop of a decaying Midwestern town, a murder becomes the focal point of three people who work in a doll factory.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Debbie Doebereiner, Omar Cowan, Dustin James Ashley, Phyllis Workman
Votes: 8,430 | Gross: $0.15M
Alphabetical -L'enfant -The Fountain -Letters From Iwo Jima -Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World -Manderlay -Monster House -Pan's Labyrinth -Le petit Lieutenant -Thank You For Smoking
35. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
R | 160 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Robert Ford, who has idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the resurgent gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.
Director: Andrew Dominik | Stars: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Mary-Louise Parker
Votes: 192,888 | Gross: $3.90M
Alphabetical -Belle Toujours -Beowulf -The Boss Of It All -The Darjeeling Limited -Death Proof -Exiled -The Host -I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK -Lady Chatterlay -Michael Clayton -Ne touchez pas la hache -Paprika -Private Fears In Public Places -Ratatouille -Sweeney Todd -There Will Be Blood -Quei loro incontri -Election 2 -Zodiac
36. A Christmas Tale (2008)
Not Rated | 150 min | Comedy, Drama
The troubled Vuillard family is no stranger to illness, grief, and banishment, but when their matriarch requires a bone-marrow transplant, the estranged clan reunites just in time for Christmas.
Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Mathieu Amalric, Anne Consigny
Votes: 7,566 | Gross: $1.06M
Alphabetical -The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -Diary of the Dead -The Fall -Gran Torino -Sparrow -Still Life -Tropic Thunder -Wall-E -Wendy & Lucy
37. The Big Trail (1930)
Passed | 125 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Breck Coleman leads hundreds of settlers in covered wagons from the Mississippi River to their destiny out West.
Directors: Raoul Walsh, Louis R. Loeffler | Stars: John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel, Tully Marshall
Votes: 4,341
Favourite Films Ever (2012 [Alphabetical]) -The Big Trail -The Docks of New York -Intolerance -Journey To Italy -Make Way For Tomorrow -Contempt -Playtime -Sansho The Bailiff -The Searchers -Vertigo
38. Intolerance (1916)
Passed | 163 min | Drama, History
The story of a poor young woman separated by prejudice from her husband and baby is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, F.A. Turner
Votes: 16,729 | Gross: $2.18M
Favourite Films Ever (2022) -Intolerance -Journey To Italy -Lady Windermere's Fan -M -Madame De... -The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance -Playtime -Rio Bravo -Sansho The Bailiff -Vertigo
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