(my opinions and other titles – work in progress)
FAVORITE MOVIES
(original titles in alphabetical order and notes)
[BL] = I’ve the original movie on Bluray – [DVD] = I’ve the original movie – [VHS] = I’ve the original VHS – [TP] I’ve taped it from TV
[P] = I’ve the poster – [B] I’ve the book from which the movie was made – [S] I’ve the CD with the soundtrack
DRAMA
A LOVE SONG FOR BOBBY LONG [DVD]
ARGO
ASCENDANCY [VHS]
BREAD AND ROSES
CHARIOTS OF FIRE [IT/UK DVD]
EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED [P] [DVD] [S]
IF… [P] [DVD] [B]
LA MIGLIORE OFFERTA
MATCH POINT [DVD]
PASSION IN THE DESERT [TP]
QUIZ SHOW [DVD]
Rich and Famous [TP] – for the presence of Christopher Isherwood e Don Bachardy
SUNSET BLVD. [DVD]
THE OUTSIDERS [TP]
THIS SPORTING LIFE [TP]
TRAINSPOTTING [DVD] [S]
WHITE HUNTER, BLACK HEART [DVD] – by Clint Eastwood
WHITE OLEANDER [DVD]
COMEDY
Altrimenti ci arrabbiamo
BELLA MARTHA [TP]
BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM [DVD]
BENVENUTI AL SUD [TP]
BORN YESTERDAY [DVD]
BURKE & HARE [DVD]
CHOCOLAT [DVD]
DON CAMILLO series [TP]
HAPPY GO LUCKY
HOT FUZZ [DVD]
I AM A CAMERA [B] [TP]
I SOLITI IGNOTI
IF I HAD A MILLION [TP] – by Ernst Lubitsch
LES VACANCES DE MONSIEUR HULOT [TP] – by Jacques Tati
Micmacs à tire-larigot by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
MON ONCLE [TP] – by Jacques Tati
PICCOLA POSTA [TP]
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 1 [DVD]
PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM
SOME LIKE IT HOT [DVD]
THE ENGLISHMAN WHO WENT UP A HILL BUT CAME DOWN A MOUNTAIN [TP]
THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS (2009) [DVD]
THE ODD COUPLE [DVD]
THE PRODUCERS (1968)
TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942) [TP] – by Ernst Lubitsch
TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1983) [DVD] – by Mel Brooks
TRADING PLACES [DVD]
WE WANT SEX [DVD]
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN [P] [VHS and 2 collection DVD from gifts]
BUSTER KEATON movies
CHARLIE CHAPLIN movies [DVD of The Great Dictator]
LAUREL & HARDY movies [several DVD]
Marx Brothers movies [several DVD]
Spencer/Hill movies
THE PINK PANTER [TP] – with Peter Sellers
TOTÒ movies [DVD] [some original VHS+DVD and TP]
GAY THEMED –> go also to the tribute page
A SINGLE MAN [DVD] [B] [P] – wonderful movie from the novel by Christopher Isherwood
BEAUTIFUL THING [DVD + TP] [S]
BEDROOMS AND HALLWAYS [TP]
BREAKFAST ON PLUTO
FUCKING ÅMÅL [TP] [P]
HAPPY TOGETHER (Chun gwong cha sit)
MAURICE [DVD] [B]
MILK [DVD] [B] – by Gus Van Sant
PRICK UP YOUR EARS [DVD]
SEBASTIANE [DVD] by Derek Jarman
SOMMERSTURM [TP]
THE BOYS IN THE BAND [TP]
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR [TP]
VICTIM [TP] – with Dirk Bogarde
WAS NÜTZT DIE LIEBE IN GEDANKEN
CRIME-LAW STORIES & ACTION
12 ANGRY MEN 1957
GOSFORD PARK [DVD] – by Robert Altman, with its great cast
ROPE [DVD] by Alfred Hitchcock
SKYFALL
WESTERN
BLAZING SADDLES [DVD]
CONTINUAVANO A CHIAMARLO TRINITÀ
Destry Rides Again 1939 [TP] – with Marlene Dietrich (it could well have been the inspiration for Madeline Kahn’s “Blazing Saddles” character, Lili Von Schtupp)
E POI LO CHIAMARONO IL MAGNIFICO
HIGH NOON [DVD]
LO CHIAMAVANO TRINITÀ [TP]
PER QUALCHE DOLLARO IN PIÙ [DVD] – by Sergio Leone
SILVERADO
THE FRISCO KID
THE HI-LO COUNTRY [VHS]
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN [DVD]
THE QUICK AND THE DEAD
WORLD WAR ONE
DEATHWATCH [TP]
JOYEUX NOËL (2005) [DVD]
LA GRANDE ILLUSION [DVD] – by Jean Renoir
LA GRANDE GUERRA
REGENERATION [B] [TP]
WAR HORSE [BL]
WORLD WAR TWO
A CANTERBURY TALE 1944 (fantastic that wonderful church-organ scene in the Canterbury Chatedral!)
FASCISTI SU MARTE [DVD] parody of the regime
INGLORIOUS BASTERDS (2009) [DVD] – by Quentin Tarantino
STALINGRAD [TP]
THE TRAIN [TP]
HISTORICAL
ALEXANDER [DVD]
CASANOVA [DVD]
INTOLERANCE
ROBIN HOOD (many versions of it)
STAGE BEAUTY [DVD] [P]
OTHER EUROPEAN CINEMA & HISTORY
DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN [DVD]
DAS LETZTE U-BOOT [TP]
GOODBYE, LENIN! [DVD]
HUNGER
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER [S]
MICHAEL COLLINS
NOI CREDEVAMO
SALVADOR (Puig Antich) [DVD]
THE KING’S SPEECH
INSPIRED BY SHAKESPEARE
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
ROMEO AND JULIET [DVD] – by Franco Zeffirelli
THE TEMPEST [DVD] – by Derek Jarman
WEST SIDE STORY [DVD]
MUSICAL/ ABOUT MUSIC & HISTORY OF PERFORMING ARTS
A CHORUS LINE [DVD]
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE [DVD] [S] – wonderful movie, wonderful actors, beautiful soundtrack!!!!
ALMOST FAMOUS [P] [DVD] [S] – by Cameron Crowe
BILLY ELLIOT [P] [DVD] [S]
BROTHERS OF THE HEAD [DVD]
CABARET [B] [DVD] [S]
Hairspray 1988 [TP] – the unequalled movie by John Waters
JUBILEE (1977) [DVD] – by Derek Jarman
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN [DVD] – the funniest, amusing musical I ever saw!!!!! It’s my favorite one!
STILL CRAZY [DVD]
THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT
THE ARTIST
THE BLUES BROTHERS [DVD] [S]
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW [DVD] [S]
VELVET GOLDMINE [P] [DVD] [S]
VICTOR VICTORIA [TP]
ART THEME
CARAVAGGIO [DVD] – by Derek Jarman
SÉRAPHINE [DVD]
MYSTERY & HORROR
BLACK SWAN [DVD]
DRACULA [VHS] with Gary Oldman
HEARTLESS [DVD]
KILL LIST [DVD]
THE ILLUSIONIST [DVD]
THE PRESTIGE [DVD] – Christian Bale
THE RAVEN [DVD]
SCI-FI & FANTASY & BASED ON COMICS
ATTACK THE BLOCK [Italian DVD + English BL] – by Joe Cornish — go to my tribute page
AVATAR – by James Cameron
BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy [DVD]
BATMAN movies with Christian Bale
CITY OF EMBER [DVD]
CLOUD ATLAS
COWBOYS AND ALIENS
HARRY POTTER Saga (I’m interested in the cast, scenography and costumes, not in the books)
HUGO CABRET
INDIANA JONES Saga
LADYHAWKE
SIN CITY [DVD]
SPIDERMAN with Tobey Maguire
STAR WARS
THE HOBBIT
THE ILLUSIONIST inspired by Jacques Tati
THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy [DVD] [B] [P]
THOR [BL]
TINTIN
WATCHMEN [DVD]
X-MEN movies
