Movies in 2007

As you already probably now, I love movies. More than almost anything else, they can put you into another world, explore the depths of human emotions and experience, or discover the possibilities of artistic expression. And since I for the most part have stopped watching TV, I’ve been able to watch a lot of films so far this year. In fact, I’ve kept track of the films I’ve seen, and just yesterday the number hit 102!

It sounds like quite a lot, but factors out to only about an hour of movie watching a day, something most people far outweigh in TV watching. Following is a list of the 102 movies I’ve seen so far this year. All of these movies were films that I saw for the first time this year, in 2007. As I add to this site, I will hopefully have links for each film with a mini-review of what I thought about it. I’ve posted the movie name, what year it came out, the director, and then what country it is from, if not the USA. Ok, so without further adieu, here’s the list:

20’s

  • The Battleship Potemkin (1925, Sergei Eisenstein, Russia)
  • The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928, Carl Dreyer, France)

30’s

  • M (1931, Fritz Lang, Germany)
  • King Kong (1933, Cooper and Schoedsack)
  • L’Atalante (1934, Jean Vigo, France)
  • Modern Times (1936, Charles Chaplin)
  • Stagecoach (1939, John Ford)

40’s

  • Arsenic and Old Lace (1944, Frank Capra)
  • Bicycle Thieves (1948, Vittorio De Sica, Italy)

50’s

  • All About Eve (1950, Joseph Mankiewicz)
  • High Noon (1952, Fred Zinnemann)
  • Shane (1953, George Stevens)
  • On The Waterfront (1954, Elia Kazan)
  • The Searchers (1956, John Ford)
  • Bob the Gambler (1956, Jean-Pierre Melville, France)
  • Vertigo (1958, Alfred Hitchcock)
  • Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959, Alain Resnais, France)
  • The 400 Blows (1959, Francois Truffaut, France)
  • Some Like It Hot (1959, Billy Wilder)

60’s

  • Breathless (1960, Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  • The Apartment (1960, Billy Wilder)
  • Cleo From 5 to 7 (1961, Agnes Varda, France)
  • The Manchurian Canidate (1962, John Frankenheimer)
  • 8½ (1963, Federico Fellini, Italy)
  • Week End (1967, Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  • Once Upon A Time in the West (1968, Sergio Leone, Italy)

70’s

  • The French Connection (1971, William Friedkin)
  • Avanti! (1972, Billy Wilder)
  • The Conversation (1974, Francis Ford Coppola)
  • Robin and Marion (1976, Richard Lester)
  • Dawn of the Dead (1978, George Romero)

80’s

  • Fame (1980, Alan Parker)
  • Diner (1982, Barry Levinson)

90’s

  • Die Hard 2 (1990, Renny Harlin)
  • Unforgiven (1992, Clint Eastwood)
  • Natural Born Killers (1994, Oliver Stone)
  • Die Hard: With A Vengeance (1995, John McTiernan)
  • Trainspotting (1996, Danny Boyle, UK)
  • Waiting for Guffman (1996, Christopher Guest)
  • 8 Days a Week (1997, Michael Davis)

2000’s

  • Amorres Doggies (2000, Alejandro Inarritu, Mexico)
  • The Specials (2000, Craig Mazin)
  • Volcano High (2001, Tae-gyun Kim, South Korea)
  • The Rules of Attraction (2002, Roger Avary)
  • Cabin Fever (2002, Eli Roth)
  • Funny Ha Ha (2002, Andrew Bujalski)
  • Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002, George Clooney)
  • Down With Love (2003, Peyton Reed)
  • The Station Agent (2003, Thomas McCarthy)
  • The Woodsman (2004, Nicole Kassell)
  • Without A Paddle (2004, Steven Brill)
  • Capote (2005, Bennett Miller)
  • Cache (2005, Michael Haneke, France)
  • Color Me Kubrick (2005, Brian Cook, UK)
  • The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005, Scott Derrickson)

2006

  • Children of Men (2006, Alfonso Cuaron)
  • Half Nelson (2006, Ryan Fleck)
  • 300 (2006, Zack Snyder)
  • The Last King of Scotland (2006, Kevin Macdonald, UK)
  • The Fountain (2006, Darren Aronofsky)
  • Apocalypto (2006, Mel Gibson)
  • Paris, je t’aime (2006, Various Directors, France)
  • Little Children (2006, Todd Field)
  • Blood Diamond (2006, Edward Zwick)
  • Babel (2006, Alejandro Inarritu, Various)
  • The Prestige (2006, Christopher Nolan)
  • Stranger Than Fiction (2006, Marc Forster)
  • Crank (2006, Neveldine and Taylor, UK)
  • Casino Royale (2006, Martin Campbell)
  • Rocky Balboa (2006, Sylvester Stalone)
  • Clerks II (2006, Kevin Smith)
  • Marie Antoinette (2006, Sofia Coppola)
  • The Illusionist (2006, Neil Burger)
  • A Prairie Home Companion (2006, Robert Altman)
  • Fast Food Nation (2006, Richard Linklater)
  • A Good Year (2006, Ridley Scott)
  • Volver (2006, Pedro Almodovar, Spain)
  • The Good Shepherd (2006, Robert De Niro)
  • Swedish Auto (2006, Derek Sieg)
  • Death of a President (2006, Gabriel Range)
  • Man of the Year (2006, Barry Levinson)
  • Facing the Giants (2006, Alex Kendrick)
  • Employee of the Month (2006, Greg Coolidge)
  • This Movie Is Not Yet Rated (2006, Kirby Dick)
  • The Science of Sleep (2006, Michel Gondry, France)
  • Idiocracy (2006, Mike Judge)
  • Who Killed The Electric Car? (2006, Chris Paine)
  • Just My Luck (2006, Donald Petrie)
  • Eragon (2006, Stefen Fangmeier)
  • The Devil Wears Prada (2006, David Frankel)
  • Art School Confidential (2006, Terry Zwigoff)
  • The Holiday (2006, Nancy Meyers)

2007

  • Hot Fuzz (2007, Edgar Wright, UK)
  • Ocean’s 13 (2007, Steven Soderbergh)
  • Ratatouille (2007, Brad Bird)
  • Transformers (2007, Michael Bay)
  • Smokin’ Aces (2007, Joe Carnahan)
  • Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (2007, Maiellaro and Willis)
  • Breach (2007, Billy Ray)
  • Waitress (2007, Adrienne Shelly)
  • Spiderman 3 (2007, Sam Raimi)
  • Rescue Dawn (2007, Werner Herzog)

Here are a couple of observations on the list of movies so far:

  • Of the 102 films, 24 of them were foreign films, with the most, 11 of them, being from France.
  • 6 of the films on the list were Westerns, and 6 were from the French New Wave.
  • My favorite film so far is hard to say, but would probably by The Bicycle Thieves.

I’ll keep this list updated as I watch more films, so keep checking back in now and then.

 

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