Rambling, Gambling Clive


Watched Croupier last night. Directed by Mike Hodges, the director of the original Get Carter and Flash Gordon. It’s a pretty standard low-budget indie-thriller, it looks looks it was shot on video. It’s mostly notable for starring Clive Owen (the last three movies I’ve seen have featured Clive Owen. That’s kinda creepy). He plays an aspiring writer who takes a job as a croupier because he needs money. It’s a good performance, despite the fact that he often looks exactly like Michael Stipe circa ‘Losing My Religion’. Of course he gets caught up in various scams (including a femme fatale played by a former ER star) and ends up having his morality tested and perhaps lost.

Not being particularly insightful or creative in terms of plot, the film makes up for it with a strong sense of place and excellent action scenes of the croupier at work. Highly recommended for gambling addicts. It’s no Rounders, but it’s certainly not bad. More of a film noir than Batman Begins, that’s for sure.

Not Dark Yet, But It’s Getting There


Don’t know if you’re hip to the podcast tech or not, but you should be. A podcast is essentially a radio show in MP3 format, so you can listen to it anytime anywhere and anyone can make one. The last update of iTunes provided podcast support, which is when i picked up on it (I wish I was an early adopter, but I’m too lazy for that). For the last month or so, I’ve been listening to a few different podcasts. Mostly Air America radio shows that are on at inconvenient times for me. Also, on the sidebar, you’ll find a link to Cinecast, a good podcast by a couple guys in Chicago who like to argue about movies.

The last couple of days, I’ve been listening to Out Of The Past, a podcast about film noir and films noir (see link in the above title). They’ve done 4 half hour shows so far, with shows being posted out every two weeks. The first two episodes are about Out Of the Past and Double Indemnity and basically work to generally define noir for those less familiar with it by examining those two canonical films. The next two are about Batman Begins and The Third Man and these are where the series starts to get interesting.

The thing that makes noir so fun to talk about is that no one really knows what it is. Is it a genre? a style? both? Do you need to have a femme fatale? Does it have to be black and white? Does it have to deal with crime? The OOTP guys seem to think Batman Begins is a film noir because of its visual style. I think it isn’t because it isn’t dark enough and the protagonist isn’t close to as flawed as a true noir hero. Through the course of episode 4, one of them manages to convince the other that The Third Man really isn’t a noir after all. An opinion I happen to agree with (it appropriates noir style to tell a morally simple story, noir requires moral ambiguity).

Coming up on Monday they’ll be discussing The Maltese Falcon, then two weeks after that Blade Runner, which I’m really looking forward to because, as you may or may not know, I HATE BLADE RUNNER.

You’re The Best! Around! Nothing’s Gonna Ever Keep You Down!


I’ve actually been able to see a lot of movies this year, since I’ve been working Thursday nights and have been able to persuade some union folks to screen movies for me and the staff. Haven’t seen everything I’ve wanted to, but more than I’ve been able to the last few years.

So, since the guys at Cinecast (see sidebar) did it last week, I figure I might as well come up with a Top 5 Films Of The Year Thus Far List. So here it is:

1. Sin City–Your enjoyment of this film is directly proportional to how offended you are by violence in movies. If, like me, you thought the Crazy 88s sequence in Kill Bill is one of the high points in the last 25 years of film, then you’ll love Sin City. If not, you should see Me & You & Everyone We Know. Or maybe Because of Winn-Dixie.

2. Kung Fu Hustle–Liked it even better than Shaolin Soccer, which is a terrific movie on a much smaller scale. Stephen Chow mixes the martial arts comedies of Jackie Chan and Jet Li with Warner brothers cartoons, westerns, musicals and gangster films. An interesting match with Sin City: both are all about the visual style of action movies, but in Sin City the world is dark and evil while the world of Kung Fu Hustle is sunny and fun.

3. Me & You & Everyone We Know–A big hit at Sundance and understandably so. It’s like a Todd Solondz movie, except it has a soul and doesn’t make you hate life and everyone who happens to be alive. Quirky, funny, sappy, and original. Written and directed by performance artist Miranda July, who also stars. Co-Starring the guy who plays Saul on Deadwood (a great HBO series).

4. Batman Begins–I think it’s a little overrated, but is still very good. Katie Holmes is bad. Really bad. But Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman are great if underused. Cillian Murphy (from 28 Days Later) is also terrific. Christian Bale’s alright, i found him rather dull actually. But he was great in the Empire of the Sun. The podcast Out Of The Past has an episode devoted to it and how it’s a film noir, which is interesting because it really isn’t one at all.

5. The Revenge Of The Sith–Yeah yeah, I know. Nooooooo! is terrible. Natalie Portman is really bad. Hayden Christiansen ranges from annoyingly petulant to really annoyingly petulant. It’s a seriously flawed movie. I still loved it. The Clone Wars cartoon is actually better than any of the three prequels.

You Can’t Repeat The Past


“You can’t? What do you mean, you can’t? Of course you can.”

Lots of new Dylan stuff in the next few weeks. Martin Scorsese made a documentary about him that’s gonna be on PBS September 26th and 27th (though the DVD will be released a week before that, weird). And the latest Bootleg Series collection will be released on August 30th. This one is the soundtrack to the Scorsese film and consists of 28 songs, 26 of which are previously unreleased, ranging from 1959-1966. There’s also a new book coming out, but it appears to be just a bunch of pictures. Click the link in the title for all the details at bobdylan.com.

Hail To The King, Baby

The above image is from user adriot at USSM.

Tonight was 19 year old Felix Hernandez’s first televised start as a Seattle Mariner. It was also the shortest game in Safeco Field history, at only 2 hours and 1 minute long. He pitched 8 innings giving up 5 hits, no runs and no walks while striking out 6 Minnesota Twins.

I’ve little to add to the tremendous coverage of this game at USSM. I’d just like to join in the celebrations around the net for what is easily the most, if not only, enjoyable Mariner game of the year thus far.

Rankings: 1990-1999

1990:
1990 Endy Awards

1. Slacker
2. Miller’s Crossing
3. Goodfellas
4. Bullet in the Head
5. Gremlins 2: The New Batch
6. Days of Being Wild
7. Metropolitan
8. Song of the Exile
9. A Moment of Romance
10. Farewell China
11. Joe Versus the Volcano
12. Wild at Heart
13. The Hunt for Red October
14. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
15. White Hunter, Black Heart
16. Edward Scissorhands
17. Pump Up the Volume
18. Trust
19. An Angel at My Table
20. Miami Blues
21. Dick Tracy
22. Presumed Innocent
23. Archangel
24. Close-Up
25. Total Recall
26. Dreams
27. Quick Change
28. Tremors
29. All for the Winner
30. Dances with Wolves
31. Hamlet
32. Predator 2
33. Tiger Cage 2
34. I Love You to Death
35. Postcards from the Edge
36. Ju Dou
37. The Civil War
38. A Chinese Ghost Story II
39. She Shoots Straight
40. The Godfather: Part III
41. The Freshman
42. Swordsman
43. The Russia House
44. Reversal of Fortune
45. La Femme Nikita
46. Darkman
47. Vincent & Theo
48. James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
49. The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon
50. Love at Large
51. Days of Thunder
52. Bicycle Sighs
53. Cry-Baby
54. Outlaw Brothers
55. Mama
56. Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael
57. Tiger on the Beat 2
58. The Grifters
59. Undeclared War
60. Die Hard 2: Die Harder
61. Misery
62. Pretty Woman
63. Fatal Termination
64. The Best of the Martial Arts Films
65. Havana
66. Henry & June
67. Back to the Future Part III
68. Awakenings
69. Bonfire of the Vanities
70. Europa Europa
71. Alice
72. Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon
73. Rocky V
74. Young Guns II
75. Home Alone
76. Ghost
77. Narrow Margin
78. Green Card
79. In the Line of Duty V: Middle Man
80. My Blue Heaven
81. Lord of the Flies
82. Flatliners
83. Arachnophobia
84. Raid on Royal Casino Marine
85. RoboCop 2
86. Martial Law
87. Another 48 Hrs
88. Internal Affairs
89. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
90. Kindergarten Cop
91. Air America
92. Quigley Down Under
93. Men at Work
94. 3 Men and a Little Lady
95. Bird on a Wire
96. Look Who’s Talking Too
97. Nuns on the Run

1991:
1991 Endy Awards

1. Only Yesterday
2. A Brighter Summer Day
3. Les amants du Pont-Neuf
4. Once Upon a Time in China
5. Centre Stage
6. Prospero’s Books
7. Barton Fink
8. The Silence of the Lambs
9. LA Story
10. My Own Private Idaho
11. Night and Day
12. The Double Life of Veronique
13. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse
14. JFK
15. A Brief History of Time
16. Night on Earth
17. Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey
18. Defending Your Life
19. Point Break
20. Tricky Brains
21. Into the Woods
22. Flirting
23. Fight Back to School
24. Bury Me High
25. Raise the Red Lantern
26. Once a Thief
27. Prison on Fire II
28. Zodiac Killers
29. What About Bob?
30. The Twin Bracelets
31. Hot Shots!
32. Cape Fear
33. God of Gamblers 2
34. City of Hope
35. The Addams Family
36. Delicatessen
37. Bugsy
38. Poison
39. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
40. Dead Again
41. Sisters of the World Unite
42. Little Man Tate
43. The Raid
44. The Fisher King
45. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
46. Boyz N the Hood
47. Dreaming the Reality
48. Backdraft
49. The Rocketeer
50. Queen’s High
51. Saviour of the Soul
52. Hook
53. Thelma & Louise
54. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
55. Beauty and the Beast
56. In the Line of Duty 7: Sea Wolves
57. Tiger Cage III
58. New Jack City
59. Black Cat
60. Lethal Panther
61. God of Gamblers 3
62. Oscar
63. The Doors
64. City Slickers
65. Soapdish
66. Rush
67. Father of the Bride
68. The Last Boy Scout
69. Touch and Go
70. The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
71. Fist of Fury 1991
72. Don’t Fool Me
73. Sex and Zen
74. In the Line of Duty 6: Forbidden Arsenal
75. To Be Number One
76. The Banquet
77. Life on a String
78. Other People’s Money
79. Kafka
80. Operation Condor
81. Ricochet
82. Madonna: Truth or Dare
83. Martial Law II: Undercover
84. Until the End of the World
85. A Chinese Ghost Story III
86. The Royal Scoundrel
87. He Said, She Said
88. Doc Hollywood
89. The Hard Way
90. My Girl
91. Dutch
92. Sleeping with the Enemy
93. The Tantana
94. King Ralph
95. Necessary Roughness
96. Toy Soldiers
97. Hudson Hawk
98. Life Stinks
99. Switch
100. Cool as Ice
101. Highlander II: The Quickening

1992:
1992 Endy Awards

1. The Last of the Mohicans
2. Unforgiven
3. Fire Walk with Me
4. Hard-Boiled
5. Bram Stoker’s Dracula
6. Full Contact
7. Howards End
8. Orlando
9. The Rocking Horsemen
10. Glengarry Glen Ross
11. Porco Rosso
12. Autumn Moon
13. The Long Day Closes
14. Cageman
15. Simple Men
16. Once Upon a Time in China II
17. Batman Returns
18. Singles
19. Rebels of the Neon God
20. Swordsman II
21. The Player
22. Police Story 3: Supercop
23. Reservoir Dogs
24. Naked Killer
25. Malcolm X
26. Basic Instinct
27. The Cat
28. New Dragon Gate Inn
29. Candyman
30. The Muppet Christmas Carol
31. Moon Warriors
32. All’s Well, Ends Well
33. Pandora’s Box
34. Far and Away
35. My Cousin Vinny
36. Noises Off…
37. Bad Lieutenant
38. Mary from Beijing
39. The Royal Tramp
40. Strictly Ballroom
41. Bob Roberts
42. Alien 3
43. Boomerang
44. The Crying Game
45. El Mariachi
46. Sneakers
47. Twin Dragons
48. Royal Tramp II
49. White Men Can’t Jump
50. A League of Their Own
51. Saviour of the Soul II
52. Angel Terminators II
53. A Midnight Clear
54. Husbands and Wives
55. Memoirs of an Invisible Man
56. A Few Good Men
57. Visions of Light
58. The Master
59. Chaplin
60. The Inspector Wears Skirts IV
61. Wayne’s World
62. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
63. Wicked City
64. Encino Man
65. Angel Terminators
66. Peter’s Friends
67. Rage and Honor
68. Shadows and Fog
69. Mr. Saturday Night
70. Scent of a Woman
71. The Cutting Edge
72. Lethal Weapon 3
73. The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
74. Black Cat II: The Assassination of President Yeltsin
75. Aladdin
76. Honeymoon in Vegas
77. Jennifer 8
78. Of Mice and Men
79. Patriot Games
80. Single White Female
81. Secret Police
82. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
83. Housesitter
84. Toys
85. Passenger 57
86. Unlawful Entry
87. Kuffs
88. Shining Through
89. Hero
90. Death Becomes Her
91. Freejack
92. The Distinguished Gentlemen

1993:
1993 Endy Awards

1. The Age of Innocence
2. Green Snake
3. Dazed and Confused
4. Moving
5. Three Colors: Blue
6. The Puppetmaster
7. Iron Monkey
8. The Piano
9. Matinee
10. Sonatine
11. The Legend of Fong Sai-yuk
12. Six Degrees of Separation
13. The Tai-Chi Master
14. True Romance
15. Groundhog Day
16. The Last Action Hero
17. The Bride with White Hair
18. Kung Fu Cult Master
19. Searching for Bobby Fischer
20. The East is Red
21. Army of Darkness
22. Menace II Society
23. Taxi Hunter
24. Boys Are Easy
25. Jurassic Park
26. Shadowlands
27. A Perfect World
28. Crime Story
29. He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Father
30. Carlito’s Way
31. When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edward Yang
32. Schindler’s List
33. The Untold Story
34. Executioners
35. Fireworks, Should We See it from the Side or the Bottom?
36. Red Rock West
37. The Remains of the Day
38. Addams Family Values
39. Last Hero in China
40. And the Band Played On
41. Little Buddha
42. The War Room
43. The Fugitive
44. The Heroic Trio
45. Finale in Blood
46. The Wedding Banquet
47. The Nightmare Before Christmas
48. Hard Target
49. Much Ado About Nothing
50. The Legend of Fong Sai-yuk II
51. So, I Married an Axe Murderer
52. Future Cops
53. Latcho Drom
54. In the Line of Fire
55. Demolition Man
56. City Hunter
57. Gettysburg
58. In the Name of the Father
59. The Eagle Shooting Heroes
60. Mad Dog and Glory
61. Short Cuts
62. Once Upon a Time in China III
63. Benny & Joon
64. Faraway, So Close!
65. Painted Skin
66. Tombstone
67. Cliffhanger
68. Sleepless in Seattle
69. Butterfly & Sword
70. Farewell, My Concubine
71. Project S
72. Lethal Panther 2
73. Robin Hood: Men in Tights
74. The Thing Called Love
75. Blade of Fury
76. The Avenging Quartet
77. Hot Shots Part Deux
78. This Boy’s Life
79. Philadelphia
80. A Moment of Romance II
81. Falling Down
82. Ninja Scroll
83. The Sandlot
84. Malice
85. Last Hero in China
86. The House of the Spirits
87. The Trial
88. The Bare-Footed Kid
89. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
90. Once Upon a Time in China IV
91. Rudy
92. A Serious Shock! Yes Madam!
93. CB4
94. The Mad Monk
95. Cool Runnings
96. Grumpy Old Men
97. Point of No Return
98. Dave
99. The Man Without a Face
100. Indecent Proposal
101. Judgement Night
102. Coneheads
103. Manhattan Murder Mystery
104. Wayne’s World 2
105. The Advocate
106. Three of Hearts
107. The Program
108. Mrs. Doubtfire
109. Posse
110. Another Stakeout
111. The Pelican Brief
112. Sliver
113. National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1
114. The Firm
115. Made in America

1994:
1994 Endy Awards

1. Chungking Express
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Sátántangó
4. In the Heat of the Sun
5. Ashes of Time
6. Drunken Master II
7. A Confucian Confusion
8. Three Colors: Red
9. Ed Wood
10. Pom Poko
11. The Hudsucker Proxy
12. A Borrowed Life
13. Fist of Legend
14. Quiz Show
15. Hoop Dreams
16. Four Weddings and a Funeral
17. Wing Chun
18. Cabin Boy
19. The Last Seduction
20. From Beijing with Love
21. Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa
22. The Shawshank Redemption
23. He’s a Woman, She’s a Man
24. In the Mouth of Madness
25. Speed
26. The Returning
27. Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
28. Eat Drink Man Woman
29. I Can’t Sleep
30. Reality Bites
31. That’s Entertainment III
32. Burning Paradise in Hell
33. Clerks
34. Three Colors: White
35. Shallow Grave
36. The Lovers
37. Barcelona
38. Heavenly Creatures
39. The Paper
40. The Private Eye Blues
41. Little Women
42. The River Wild
43. Once Were Warriors
44. Love on Delivery
45. Crumb
46. Middlemarch
47. Nobody’s Fool
48. Exotica
49. Heaven and Earth
50. Wild Reeds
51. Before the Rain
52. PCU
53. Treasure Hunt
54. Dylan at Woodstock ’94
55. Leon, the Professional
56. Death and the Maiden
57. Vanya on 42nd Street
58. Once Upon a Time in China V
59. Swimming with Sharks
60. To Live
61. Clean Slate
62. In Between
63. Legends of the Fall
64. Little Odessa
65. Oleanna
66. The Madness of King George
67. Imaginary Crimes
68. What Happened Was
69. Natural Born Killers
70. The Mask
71. Star Trek: Generations
72. True Lies
73. Maverick
74. Blue Chips
75. Above the Rim
76. The Crow
77. Drunken Master III
78. Interview with the Vampire
79. The Bodyguard from Beijing
80. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
81. Sleep With Me
82. When a Man Loves a Woman
83. Killing Zoe
84. Bullets over Broadway
85. Spanking the Monkey
86. Dumb & Dumber
87. It Could Happen to You
88. Forrest Gump
89. Nell
90. SFW
91. Sirens
92. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
93. Immortal Beloved
94. Major League II
95. Nostradamus
96. Priest
97. Blue Sky
98. Speechless
99. Wolf
100. Only You
101. Airheads
102. Timecop
103. The Client
104. Princess Caraboo
105. In the Army Now
106. The Specialist
107. The Next Karate Kid

1995:
1995 Endy Awards

1. Dead Man
2. Good Men, Good Women
3. Whisper of the Heart
4. Heat
5. Ballet
6. Fallen Angels
7. The Blade
8. Casino
9. The Bridges of Madison County
10. Kicking and Screaming
11. Pride and Prejudice
12. Kamikaze Taxi
13. Love Letter
14. Clueless
15. A Chinese Odyssey: Pandora’s Box/Cinderella
16. Party Girl
17. Love in the Time of Twilight
18. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
19. Smoke
20. Strange Days
21. High Risk
22. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
23. Toy Story
24. Seven
25. Sense and Sensibility
26. Ghost in the Shell
27. Before Sunrise
28. The Quick and the Dead
29. Rumble in the Bronx
30. Die Hard: With a Vengeance
31. Casa de Lava
32. Living in Oblivion
33. Persuasion
34. Siao Yu
35. Ram Jaane
36. Peace Hotel
37. The Addiction
38. Loving You
39. Crimson Tide
40. August in the Water
41. The Chinese Feast
42. Tommy Boy
43. Batman Forever
44. Devil in a Blue Dress
45. Get Shorty
46. Babe
47. Xiao Shan Going Home
48. Nixon
49. City of Lost Children
50. Dead Presidents
51. I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times
52. Safe
53. Blue in the Face
54. Neil Young & Crazy Horse: The Complex Sessions
55. The Celluloid Closet
56. Apollo 13
57. To Die For
58. Shanghai Triad
59. Billy Madison
60. Desperado
61. Twelve Monkeys
62. Mighty Aphrodite
63. My Father is a Hero
64. Braveheart
65. The Brady Bunch Movie
66. Richard III
67. Bad Boys
68. Empire Records
69. GoldenEye
70. The Phantom Lover
71. Jumanji
72. Showgirls
73. Don’t Give a Damn
74. The Brothers McMullen
75. Rob Roy
76. Dolores Claiborne
77. Outbreak
78. The Living Dead
79. The American President
80. Jeffrey
81. The Usual Suspects
82. Kids
83. Don Juan DeMarco
84. Unstrung Heroes
85. Dead Man Walking
86. Unzipped
87. Clockers
88. Powder
89. Mr. Holland’s Opus
90. Leaving Las Vegas
91. Species
92. Friday
93. Georgia
94. Mallrats
95. The Basketball Diaries
96. Dangerous Minds
97. Circle of Friends
98. Murder in the First
99. The Prophecy
100. The Last Supper
101. Higher Learning
102. Heavy
103. Mortal Kombat
104. Othello
105. Sabrina
106. The Adventurers
107. Canadian Bacon
108. Carrotblanca
109. Grumpier Old Men
110. Les Miserables
111. The Doom Generation
112. Welcome to the Dollhouse
113. Copycat
114. Nick of Time
115. Lord of Illusions
116. Money Train
117. First Knight
118. Just Cause
119. Waterworld
120. Dracula: Dead and Loving It

1996:
1996 Endy Awards

1. Comrades: Almost a Love Story
2. Mahjong
3. Irma Vep
4. Goodbye South, Goodbye
5. Big Night
6. Trainspotting
7. The English Patient
8. Viva Erotica
9. Bound
10. Romeo + Juliet
11. Mars Attacks!
12. The Daytrippers
13. Bottle Rocket
14. Lone Star
15. Waiting for Guffman
16. Fargo
17. The Watermelon Woman
18. When We Were Kings
19. Scream
20. Mission: Impossible
21. The God of Cookery
22. Dr. Wai in “The Scripture with No Words”
23. Beyond Hypothermia
24. Tonight Nobody Goes Home
25. Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants
26. The Portrait of a Lady
27. From Dusk Till Dawn
28. Hard Eight
29. Stage Door
30. Ebola Syndrome
31. The Rock
32. Kingpin
33. Big Bullet
34. Jerry Maguire
35. The Day a Pig Fell into the Well
36. Happy Gilmore
37. La Comédie-Française
38. Emma
39. Freeway
40. The Frighteners
41. Broken Arrow
42. Forbidden City Cop
43. The Stunt Woman
44. Twister
45. The Cable Guy
46. Black Mask
47. A Moment of Romance III
48. The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera
49. Chacun cherche son chat
50. Beautiful Girls
51. Swingers
52. Tri-Star
53. Michael Collins
54. Hamlet
55. That Thing You Do!
56. Muppet Treasure Island
57. Red Hollywood
58. The Ghost and the Darkness
59. Maximum Risk
60. Independence Day
61. Everyone Says I Love You
62. Hype!
63. Young and Dangerous 3
64. Prisoner of the Mountains
65. Basquiat
66. Shanghai Grand
67. Get on the Bus
68. Young and Dangerous
69. The Pallbearer
70. The Truth About Cats & Dogs
71. She’s the One
72. Young and Dangerous 2
73. Shine
74. SubUrbia
75. Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star
76. Star Trek: First Contact
77. The Birdcage
78. The People vs. Larry Flynt
79. A Very Brady Sequel
80. Brain Candy
81. Secrets & Lies
82. I Shot Andy Warhol
83. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
84. Police Story 4: First Strike
85. Trees Lounge
86. Courage Under Fire
87. The Whole Wide World
88. Yes Madam 5
89. Primal Fear
90. Once a Thief
91. Mother
92. Phenomenon
93. Beavis & Butt-Head Do America
94. Don’t Be a Menace
95. Black Sheep
96. Paradise Lost
97. Walking and Talking
98. American Buffalo
99. One Fine Day
100. Dragonheart
101. Ghosts of Mississippi
102. The Crucible
103. Sling Blade
104. Eddie
105. Sleepers
106. Schizopolis
107. Space Jam
108. Michael
109. Fear
110. Jack
111. Phat Beach
112. Spy Hard
113. Last Dance

1997:
1997 Endy Awards

1. Jackie Brown
2. Made in Hong Kong
3. Xiao Wu
4. Cure
5. Happy Together
6. Lost Highway
7. Boogie Nights
8. The Mirror
9. Taste of Cherry
10. Starship Troopers
11. Too Many Ways to Be No. 1
12. The River
13. Fireworks
14. Titanic
15. Perfect Blue
16. Eighteen Springs
17. Kundun
18. Henry Fool
19. The Odd Ones Dies
20. Full Alert
21. Grosse Pointe Blank
22. The Fifth Element
23. Lifeline
24. Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
25. Princess Mononoke
26. Face/Off
27. Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
28. The Spanish Prisoner
29. Gattaca
30. The Soong Sisters
31. The Edge
32. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
33. Double Team
34. Once Upon a Time in China and America
35. Nowhere
36. The Game
37. Amistad
38. Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
39. A Life Less Ordinary
40. The Dream Factory
41. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
42. The Devil’s Advocate
43. Night Falls on Manhattan
44. End of Evangelion
45. Mr. Nice Guy
46. Event Horizon
47. I Know What You Did Last Summer
48. Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
49. LA Confidential
50. The Ice Storm
51. The Sweet Hereafter
52. Abre los ojos
53. Wings of the Dove
54. Smilla’s Sense of Snow
55. House of Yes
56. Volcano
57. Marius and Jeanette
58. Scream 2
59. Deconstructing Harry
60. Mr. Jealousy
61. Prefontaine
62. Oscar and Lucinda
63. Good Will Hunting
64. Batman & Robin
65. Hero
66. The Boxer
67. Donnie Brasco
68. Chasing Amy
69. Wag the Dog
70. Alien: Resurrection
71. Walk In
72. Private Parts
73. U-Turn
74. Cop Land
75. As Good as It Gets
76. Men in Black
77. Contact
78. Mimic
79. Clockwatchers
80. GI Jane
81. Red Pirate
82. Liar Liar
83. The Myth of Fingerprints
84. Inventing the Abbotts
85. Tomorrow Never Dies
86. Trojan War
87. The Relic
88. The Full Monty
89. In the Company of Men
90. Life is Beautiful
91. Telling Lies in America
92. Lolita
93. Spice World
94. Absolute Power
95. Two Girls and a Guy

1998:
1998 Endy Awards

1. The Big Lebowski
2. The Thin Red Line
3. The Flowers of Shanghai
4. Histoire(s) du cinema
5. The Last Days of Disco
6. Rushmore
7. New Rose Hotel
8. The Longest Summer
9. April Story
10. Expect the Unexpected
11. Fucking Åmål
12. Dil Se. .
13. A Hero Never Dies
14. Beast Cops
15. Pi
16. There’s Something About Mary
17. Snake Eyes
18. Out of Sight
19. The Power of Kangwon Province
20. Ronin
21. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
22. Bio Zombie
23. Serpent’s Path
24. Buffalo ’66
25. Ringu
26. The Longest Nite
27. License to Live
28. La Comédie-Française
29. Bullet Ballet
30. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
31. Anna Magdalena
32. Meet Joe Black
33. The Truman Show
34. Troublesome Night 3
35. After Life
36. Run Lola Run
37. Thirdworld
38. Armageddon
39. Knock Off
40. Primary Colors
41. He Got Game
42. The Zero Effect
43. Small Soldiers
44. Rounders
45. Pleasantville
46. Bulworth
47. Sliding Doors
48. Wild Things
49. Shakespeare in Love
50. The Wedding Singer
51. Dark City
52. The Mask of Zorro
53. Twilight
54. A Bug’s Life
55. A Simple Plan
56. The Siege
57. What Dreams May Come
58. The Newton Boys
59. Croupier
60. Elizabeth
61. Enemy of the State
62. Smoke Signals
63. I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
64. Slums of Beverly Hills
65. Little Voice
66. You’ve Got Mail
67. Next Stop Wonderland
68. Saving Private Ryan
69. A Civil Action
70. The Faculty
71. Can’t Hardly Wait
72. The Opposite of Sex
73. The Suspect
74. The Waterboy
75. The Replacement Killers
76. Without Limits
77. Meeting People is Easy
78. No Looking Back
79. Ballistic Kiss
80. American History X
81. Mulan
82. Pecker
83. Permanent Midnight
84. The X-Files
85. Safe Men
86. Disturbing Behavior
87. Celebrity
88. Lethal Weapon 4
89. Star Trek: Insurrection
90. Psycho
91. Your Friends & Neighbors
92. Godzilla
93. 54

1999:
1999 Endy Awards

1. Beau travail
2. The Matrix
3. The Mission
4. Eyes Wide Shut
5. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
6. My Neighbors the Yamadas
7. The Wind Will Carry Us
8. Tempting Heart
9. The King of Comedy
10. Fight Club
11. Little Cheung
12. Office Space
13. Dead or Alive
14. Toy Story 2
15. Running Out of Time
16. Time Regained
17. The Road Home
18. Existenz
19. Topsy-Turvy
20. Belfast, Maine
21. Magnolia
22. The Untold Story III
23. The Blair Witch Project
24. Galaxy Quest
25. Classic Albums: Steely Dan – Aja
26. Bullets Over Summer
27. Ordinary Heroes
28. HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-hsien
29. Ride with the Devil
30. Where a Good Man Goes
31. Cradle Will Rock
32. The 13th Warrior
33. The Insider
34. The Iron Giant
35. 10 Things I Hate About You
36. Gorgeous
37. The Messenger
38. Sweet and Lowdown
39. 6ixtynin9
40. The Sixth Sense
41. The Phantom Menace
42. Jackie Chan: My Stunts
43. Election
44. Bringing Out the Dead
45. She and Her Cat
46. Bowfinger
47. The Talented Mr. Ripley
48. Cruel Intentions
49. Dick
50. Summer of Sam
51. Mystery Men
52. Go
53. Drop Dead Gorgeous
54. Varsity Blues
55. Audition
56. The Ninth Gate
57. South Park
58. Beyond the Mat
59. The Victim
60. Anna and the King
61. But I’m a Cheerleader
62. Gen-X Cops
63. Being John Malkovich
64. The Virgin Suicides
65. The Limey
66. American Pie
67. Three Kings
68. The Mummy
69. Man on the Moon
70. Sleepy Hollow
71. She’s All That
72. Anywhere But Here
73. Dogma
74. American Beauty
75. Big Daddy
76. Any Given Sunday
77. 200 Cigarettes
78. Teaching Mrs. Tingle
79. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
80. The Woman Chaser
81. Payback

Rankings 1980-1989

1980:
1980 Endy Awards

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. The Big Red One
3. Heaven’s Gate
4. The Shining
5. Dangerous Encounters–First Kind
6. Airplane!
7. The Blues Brothers
8. Popeye
9. Killer Constable
10. The Victim
11. The Fog
12. Caddyshack
13. The Young Master
14. Nine to Five
15. The Sword
16. Kagemusha
17. Dressed to Kill
18. Encounters of the Spooky Kind
19. Cute Girl
20. Moana with Sound
21. Ordinary People
22. The Happenings
23. Mon oncle d’Amérique
24. We’re Going to Eat You
25. The Enigmatic Case
26. Flash Gordon
27. The Spooky Bunch
28. Return to the 36th Chamber
29. The Buddhist Fist
30. Raging Bull
31. Breaker Morant
32. Heroes Shed No Tears
33. The Stunt Man
34. Stardust Memories
35. Clan of the White Lotus
36. Shogun Assassin
37. Superman II
38. Friday the 13th
39. Prom Night
40. American Gigolo
41. Laughing Time
42. Enter the Clones of Bruce
43. The Gods Must Be Crazy
44. Herbie Goes Bananas

1981:
1981 Endy Awards

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Excalibur
3. Reds
4. One from the Heart
5. Pennies from Heaven
6. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
7. The Story of Woo Viet
8. Modern Romance
9. Le pont du Nord
10. They All Laughed
11. The Aviator’s Wife
12. The Prodigal Son
13. My Young Auntie
14. Yokohama BJ Blues
15. Thief
16. School in the Crosshairs
17. Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
18. Cutter’s Way
19. Martial Club
20. Time Bandits
21. Escape from New York
22. The Great Muppet Caper
23. The Garden of Earthly Delights
24. Lola
25. Dreadnaught
26. Das Boot
27. The Imp
28. Stripes
29. Security Unlimited
30. Bewitched
31. Blow Out
32. All the Wrong Clues (…For the Right Solution)
33. Clash of the Titans
34. Tower of Death
35. Body Heat
36. The Evil Dead
37. My Dinner with Andre
38. Halloween II
39. An American Werewolf in London
40. Masked Avengers
41. Cheerful Wind
42. Gallipoli
43. For Your Eyes Only
44. Return of the Sentimental Swordsman
45. Victory
46. On Golden Pond
47. Neighbors
48. Taps
49. Chariots of Fire
50. The Fox and the Hound
51. Dragonslayer

1982:
1982 Endy Awards

1. Nomad
2. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
3. Chan is Missing
4. The Miracle Fighters
5. Conan the Barbarian
6. Fitzcarraldo
7. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
8. The Thing
9. White Dog
10. The Slumber Party Massacre
11. Boat People
12. Ninja in the Dragon’s Den
13. A Good Marriage
14. The Atomic Café
15. The Secret of NIMH
16. The Verdict
17. In Our Time
18. Passion
19. Blade Runner
20. The Green Green Grass of Home
21. Halloween III: Season of the Witch
22. Carry On Pickpocket
23. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
24. Buddha’s Palm
25. Burden of Dreams
26. Une chambre en ville
27. Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
28. Poltergeist
29. The Dead and the Deadly
30. Legendary Weapons of China
31. First Blood
32. Legend of a Fighter
33. King of Comedy
34. Airplane II: The Sequel
35. An Officer and a Gentleman
36. 48 Hrs
37. Rocky III
38. Sophie’s Choice
39. Human Lanterns
40. Aces Go Places
41. Mercenaries from Hong Kong
42. Cannery Row
43. An Exercise in Discipline – Peel
44. Cat People
45. House of Traps
46. Centipede Horror
47. Tootsie
48. Five Element Ninjas
49. The World According to Garp
50. Gandhi
51. Brave Archer and His Mate
52. Diner
53. Tron
54. Annie
55. The Man from Snowy River
56. Cat vs. Rat
57. The Dark Crystal
58. Pink Floyd: The Wall
59. The Man Who Saves the World (Turkish Star Wars)

1983:
1983 Endy Awards

1. Sans soleil
2. The Right Stuff
3. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
4. Pauline at the Beach
5. Girl Students’ Dormitory
6. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
7. Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain
8. The Boys from Fengkuei
9. The Boxer’s Omen
10. Christine
11. Conquest
12. Videodrome
13. Michael Jackson’s Thriller
14. Scarface
15. The Dead Zone
16. Project A
17. Three Crowns of the Sailor
18. That Day, On the Beach
19. Return of the Jedi
20. Zelig
21. Trading Places
22. Winners & Sinners
23. WarGames
24. The Hunger
25. Growing Up
26. Aces Go Places II
27. Strange Brew
28. Duel to the Death
29. The Lady is the Boss
30. Something Wicked This Way Comes
31. The Sandwich Man
32. Shaolin Intruders
33. National Lampoon’s Vacation
34. The Keep
35. Fantasy Mission Force
36. Eddie Murphy: Delirious
37. Terms of Endearment
38. Shaolin vs. Lama
39. Seeding of a Ghost
40. Risky Business
41. Never Cry Wolf
42. Shaolin Drunkard
43. Sleepaway Camp
44. Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life
45. The Outsiders
46. A Christmas Story
47. Gorky Park
48. Revenge of the Ninja
49. Brainstorm
50. Holy Flame of the Martial World
51. Twilight Zone: The Movie
52. Octopussy
53. Mr. Mom
54. Superman III
55. Never Say Never Again
56. The High Road to China
57. Krull
58. Breathless

1984:
1984 Endy Awards

1. Shanghai Blues
2. Wheels on Meals
3. Stranger Than Paradise
4. The Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter
5. Starman
6. Choose Me
7. Gremlins
8. Stop Making Sense
9. Love in a Fallen City
10. The Terminator
11. Long Arm of the Law
12. This Is Spinal Tap
13. The Karate Kid
14. Body Double
15. Amadeus
16. Mermaid Legend
17. Yellow Earth
18. Streets of Fire
19. Ghostbusters
20. Purple Rain
21. Radioactive Dreams
22. The Cotton Club
23. Repo Man
24. Love Streams
25. Footloose
26. A Summer at Grandpa’s
27. Full Moon in Paris
28. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
29. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
30. Cherie
31. Blood Simple
32. Boy Meets Girl
33. The Times of Harvey Milk
34. The Natural
35. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
36. Sixteen Candles
37. Furious
38. The Killing Fields
39. Once Upon a Time in America
40. Dune
41. The Siamese Twins
42. Broadway Danny Rose
43. The Happy Ghost
44.Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
45. Teppanyaki
46. Red Dawn
47. Paris, Texas
48. Beverly Hills Cop
49. Top Secret!
50. The Bounty
51. Taoism Drunkard
52. The Muppets Take Manhattan
53. Breakin’
54. Drunken Tai Chi
55. Cloak & Dagger
56. Heroes Shed No Tears
57. Dreamscape
58. Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
59. Conan the Destroyer
60. The Last Starfighter
61. Abnormal Family: Older Brother’s Bride
62. Revenge of the Nerds
63. Romancing the Stone
64. Police Academy
65. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan
66. 1984
67. The Never Ending Story
68. Splash
69. Supergirl
70. Nightmare on Elm Street
71. Tank

1985:
1985 Endy Awards

1. Ran
2. The Time to Live, The Time to Die
3. Police Story
4. Desperately Seeking Susan
5. Taipei Story
6. Typhoon Club
7. To Live and Die in LA
8. After Hours
9. A Room with a View
10. Lost in America
11. Yes, Madam
12. Trouble in Mind
13. My Name Ain’t Suzie
14. Day of the Dead
15. Back to the Future
16. Angel’s Egg
17. Love Hotel
18. Mr. Vampire
19. The Purple Rose of Cairo
20. Out of Africa
21. Ladyhawke
22. Clue
23. Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure
24. They Say the Moon is Fuller Here
25. Working Class
26. Silverado
27. Women
28. Come and See
29. The Illegal Immigrant
30. Brazil
31. Return to Oz
32. The Breakfast Club
33. It’s a Drink! It’s a Bomb!
34. The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
35. Heart of Dragon
36. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
37. Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars
38. Explorers
39. Disciples of the 36th Chamber
40. Fletch
41. Commando
42. My Lucky Stars
43. Real Genius
44. The Color Purple
45. The Goonies
46. Rocky IV
47. Witness
48. Rambo: First Blood Part II
49. Puppy Love
50. Weird Science
51. Mismatched Couples
52. That’s Dancing!
53. Happy Ghost II
54. Young Sherlock Holmes
55. Once Bitten
56. National Lampoon’s European Vacation
57. Journey of the Doomed
58. St. Elmo’s Fire
59. The Black Cauldron
60. Red Sonja
61. Teen Wolf
62. Spies Like Us
63. Legend
64. D.A.R.Y.L.
65. White Nights
66. A View to a Kill
67. The Man with One Red Shoe
68. King Solomon’s Mines
69. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
70. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
71. The Jewel of the Nile

1986:
1986 Endy Awards

1. The Green Ray
2. The Terrorizers
3. Peking Opera Blues
4. A Better Tomorrow
5. His Motorbike, Her Island
6. Blue Velvet
7. Bound for the Fields, the Mountains and the Seacoast
8. Aliens
9. Big Trouble in Little China
10. The Fly
11. Manhunter
12. Dream Lovers
13. Platoon
14. Righting Wrongs
15. Golden Eighties
16. The Horse Thief
17. The Seventh Curse
18. Hannah and Her Sisters
19. Love Unto Waste
20. The Millionaires’ Express
21. Peggy Sue Got Married
22. The Mission
23. Dust in the Wind
24. Top Gun
25. Down By Law
26. Hoosiers
27. Royal Warriors
28. The Color of Money
29. Something Wild
30. Sunday in the Park with George
31. Passion
32. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
33. Jimi Plays Monterey
34. Castle in the Sky
35. Pretty in Pink
36. ‘Round Midnight
37. Under the Cherry Moon
38. The Name of the Rose
39. Lady Jane
40. Labyrinth
41. Salvador
42. Martial Arts of Shaolin
43. The Armour of God
44. Happy Ghost III
45. Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice
46. The Karate Kid Part II
47. Three Amigos
48. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
49. The River’s Edge
50. Sherman’s March
51. Stand By Me
52. She’s Gotta Have It
53. Howard the Duck
54. Mr. Vampire II
55. The Transformers: The Movie
56. The Great Mouse Detective
57. Heat
58. The Golden Child
59. The Magic Crystal
60. Down and Out in Beverly Hills
61. Sid and Nancy
62. The Young Taoism Fighter
63. Happy New Year, Charlie Brown
64. Short Circuit
65. Crocodile Dundee
66. Flight of the Navigator
67. No Retreat, No Surrender
68. SpaceCamp
69. Where’s Officer Tuba?
70. Gung Ho
71. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
72. Wildcats
73. Police Academy 3: Back in Training
74. Iron Eagle
75. Highlander
76. F/X
77. Gothic

1987:
1987 Endy Awards

1. Broadcast News
2. City on Fire
3. The Princess Bride
4. Rouge
5. Ishtar
6. Predator
7. An Autumn’s Tale
8. Evil Dead II
9. Moonstruck
10. A Chinese Ghost Story
11. Eastern Condors
12. Prince of Darkness
12. Raising Arizona
13. RoboCop
14. Mirage
15. Red Sorghum
16. Final Victory
17. Matewan
18. The Romance of Book and Sword/Princess Fragrance
19. My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend
20. Daughter of the Nile
21. Empire of the Sun
22. Dirty Dancing
23. Magnificent Warriors
24. Babette’s Feast
25. Iron Angels
26. The Witches of Eastwick
27. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
28. Project A 2
29. Neo Tokyo
30. Full Metal Jacket
31. The Living Daylights
32. Slumber Party Massacre II
33. Prison on Fire
34. The Untouchables
35. Some Kind of Wonderful
36. Lethal Weapon
37. Near Dark
38. Roxanne
39. The Red Spectacles
40. Withnail & I
41. No Way Out
42. Wings of Desire
43. A Better Tomorrow II
44. Radio Days
45. Woman Demon Human
46. Mr. Vampire 3
47. The Last Emperor
48. Throw Mama from the Train
49. Less than Zero
50. Innerspace
51. Beverly Hills Cop II
52. Evil Cat
53. Spaceballs
54. Adventures in Babysitting
55. Easy Money
56. Dragnet
57. Rich and Famous
58. Heaven
59. Seven Years Itch
60. Wall Street
61. Maurice
62. Tragic Hero
63. The Secret of My Success
64. The Romancing Star
65. Good Morning, Vietnam
66. Fatal Attraction
67. The Lost Boys
68. The Muppet Family Christmas
69. The Haunted Cop Shop
70. Stakeout
71. The Running Man
72. Three Men and a Baby
73. La Bamba
74. Suspect
75. Batteries Not Included
76. Project X
77. Mannequin
78. Harry and the Hendersons
79. Baby Boom
80. Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
81. Ernest Goes to Camp
82. Summer School
83. Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
84. Back to the Beach
85. Masters of the Universe
86. Teen Wolf Too
87. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

1988:
1988 Endy Awards

1. Bull Durham
2. My Neighbor Totoro
3. School on Fire
4. The Last Temptation of Christ
5. Dangerous Liaisons
6. Distant Voices, Still Lives
7. They Live
8. Die Hard
9. The Moderns
10. Painted Faces
11. As Tears Go By
12. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
13. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
14. Heathers
15. Eight Men Out
16. On the Run
17. Beetlejuice
18. Akira
19. Tiger on the Beat
20. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad
21. Tiger Cage
22. Chocolat
23. Grave of the Fireflies
24. The Thin Blue Line
25. Chicken and Duck Talk
26. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
27. Police Story 2
28. The Eighth Happiness
29. Midnight Run
30. Starry is the Night
31. Dragons Forever
32. Coming to America
33. The Big Heat
34. Stand And Deliver
35. In the Line of Duty III
36. Hairspray
37. A Fish Called Wanda
38. The Milagro Beanfield War
39. Gangs
40. Willow
41. Final Justice
42. Frantic
43. Iron Angels II
44. The Vanishing
45. Mr. Vampire Saga 4
46. Gorillas in the Mist
47. Alien Nation
48. Songs from the Life of Leonard Cohen
49. Paper Marriage
50. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
51. The Inspector Wears Skirts
52. Rain Man
53. The Accused
54. License to Drive
55. Young Guns
56. Scrooged
57. Shoot to Kill
58. Working Girl
59. Talk Radio
60. Big
61. Mystic Pizza
62. Comic Book Confidential
63. Twins
64. Biloxi Blues
65. The Seventh Sign
66. Beaches
67. Mississippi Burning
68. Funny Farm
69. Cocktail
70. The Presidio
71. The Great Outdoors
72. Big Business
73. Red Heat
74. I Love Maria
75. Crocodile Dundee II
76. Rambo III
77. Short Circuit 2
78. The Dead Pool
79. Action Jackson
80. Caddyshack II
81. My Stepmother is an Alien
82. Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach

1989:
1989 Endy Awards

1. Do the Right Thing
2. The Killer
3. A City of Sadness
4. Kiki’s Delivery Service
5. Henry V
6. Beijing Watermelon
7. Pedicab Driver
8. When Harry Met Sally. . .
9. My Heart is that Eternal Rose
10. Eight Taels of Gold
11. A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
12. All About Ah-Long
13. The ‘Burbs
14. Les sièges des l’Alcazar
15. Miracles: Mr. Canton & Lady Rose
16. Field of Dreams
17. Glory
18. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
19. Full Moon in New York
20. Lonesome Dove
21. Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out
22. God of Gamblers
23. A Fishy Story
24. The Abyss
25. Batman
26. Drugstore Cowboy
27. Violent Cop
28. Say Anything. . .
29. Dead Poets Society
30. Mystery Train
31. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
32. In the Line of Duty 4
33. Crimes and Misdemeanors
34. License To Kill
35. Burning Ambition
36. Sweetie
37. Roger & Me
38. Major League
39. The Decalogue
40. Back to the Future Part II
41. Valmont
42. Road House
43. UHF
44. The Fabulous Baker Boys
45. Wild Search
46. The Iceman Cometh
47. Lethal Weapon 2
48. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
49. Devil Hunters
50. The Blonde Fury
51. Casino Raiders
52. Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit
53. Cinema Paradiso
54. Steel Magnolias
55. The Little Mermaid
56. Who Cares
57. Weekend at Bernie’s
58. Parenthood
59. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
60. Iron Angels III
61. My Left Foot
62. Just Heroes
63. Driving Miss Daisy
64. Princess Madam
65. Family Business
66. The Inspector Wears Skirts II
67. Uncle Buck
68. Troop Beverly Hills
69. Vampire vs. Vampire
70. The Dream Team
71. Three Fugitives
72. Ghostbusters II
73. Her Alibi
74. Look Who’s Talking
75. The Gods Must Be Crazy II
76. Sex, Lies and Videotape
77. Turner & Hooch
78. See No Evil, Hear No Evil
79. Fletch Lives
80. The Karate Kid Part III
81. The Wizard
82. We’re No Angels
83. K-9
84. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
85. Who’s Harry Crumb?
86. Police Academy 6: City Under Siege

Rankings: 1970-1979

1970:

1. Wanda
2. Gimme Shelter
3. Claire’s Knee
4. Original Cast Album: Company
5. Le cercle rouge
6. Let It Be
7. The Heroic Ones
8. Woodstock
9. Vengeance!
10. Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal
11. The Red Detachment of Women
12. Patton
13. Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter
14. The Bravest Revenge
15. Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss
16. The Conformist
17. The Wild Child
18. Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo
19. Brothers Five
20. Catch-22
21. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
22. The Chinese Boxer
23. MASH
24. Dodes’ka-den
25. Five Easy Pieces
26. The Cheyenne Social Club
27. The Wandering Swordsman
28. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
29. The Boys in the Band
30. Rio Lobo
31. Too Late the Hero
32. Scrooge
33. Little Big Man
34. The Aristocats
35. Count Dracula

1971:

1. A Touch of Zen
2. Two-Lane Blacktop
3. A New Leaf
4. McCabe & Mrs. Miller
5. The French Connection
6. The Big Boss
7. The Last Movie
8. Vampir-Caudecuc
9. The Ghost Hill
10. Klute
11. Walkabout
12. Two English Girls
13. Socrates
14. The American Dreamer
15. Cat O’Nine Tails
16. Dirty Harry
17. Duel
18. The Last Picture Show
19. The New One-Armed Swordsman
20. Columbo: Murder by the Book
21. Let’s Scare Jessica to Death
22. The Beguiled
23. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
24. A Clockwork Orange
25. Stray Cat Rock: Beat ’71
26. Columbo: Dead Weight
27. Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man
28. Columbo: Lady in Waiting
29. Columbo: Suitable for Framing
30. Columbo: Death Lends a Hand
31. Bananas
32. Harold and Maude
33. The Duel
34. Trafic
35. Shaft
36. Duel of Fists
37. The Pursuit of Happiness
38. The Lady Hermit
39. Diamonds are Forever
40. Get Carter
41. The Shadow Whip
42. Carnal Knowledge
43. The Sword
44. Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1972:

1. Cabaret
2. The Harder They Come
3. The Godfather
4. The Heartbreak Kid
5. Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan
6. Lone Wolf & Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
7. Eat the Document
8. Lone Wolf & Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
9. The Wold Shadow
10. Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
11. Hapkido
12. Aguirre: The Wrath of God
13. Solaris
14. Lone Wolf & Cub: Sword of Vengeance
15. Columbo: Etude in Black
16. Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
17. The Boxer from Shantung
18. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
19. The Way of the Dragon
20. Tout va bien
21. Lone Wolf & Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
22. Love in the Afternoon
23. Fist of Fury
24. Columbo: Blueprint for Murder
25. Play It Again, Sam
26. Deliverance
27. The Water Margin
28. The Greenhouse Jungle
29. The Black Tavern
30. What’s Up, Doc?
31. Frenzy
32. Cries and Whispers
33. Five Fingers of Death
34. The Cowboys
35. Sleuth
36. Columbo: Short Fuse
37. Lady Whirlwind
38. The 14 Amazons
39. Snoopy Come Home
40. The Man of La Mancha
41. Shaft’s Big Score

1973:

1. F for Fake
2. Mean Streets
3. Duvidha
4. The Age of the Medici
5. The Long Goodbye
6. The Fate of Lee Khan
7. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
8. The Three Musketeers
9. Lady Snowblood
10. The Sting
11. Enter the Dragon
12. Battles Without Honor and Humanity
13. The Crazies
14. Emperor of the North
15. Badlands
16. Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable
17. The Exorcist
18. American Graffiti
19. The House of 72 Tenants
20. Don’t Look Now
21. The Wicker Man
22. The Iron Rose
23. Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701’s Grudge Song
24. Beach of the War Gods
25. Coffy
26. Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
27. Sleeper
28. The Friends of Eddie Coyle
29. The Delinquent
30. Spirit of the Beehive
31. Harry in Your Pocket
32. The Paper Chase
33. The Holy Mountain
34. Proxy War
35. Day for Night
36. The Last Detail
37. High Plains Drifter
38. Lone Wolf & Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
39. Paper Moon
40. Serpico
41. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
42. Robin Hood
43. Live and Let Die
44. Seven to One
45. The Way We Were
46. When Taekwondo Strikes
47. Fantastic Planet
48. Blood Brothers
49. Save the Tiger
50. Shaft in Africa

1974:

1. Celine and Julie Go Boating
2. Chinatown
3. A Woman Under the Influence
4. The Godfather Part II
5. Gone in 60 Seconds
6. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
7. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
8. Dark Star
9. Phantom of the Paradise
10. Black Christmas
11. Cockfighter
12. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
13. That’s Entertainment!
14. Lancelot du lac
15. The Four Musketeers
16. Caged Heat
17. The Conversation
18. Deathdream
19. Je, tu, il, elle
20. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
21. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
22. Blazing Saddles
23. Rabid Dogs
24. The Sugarland Express
25. Lone Wolf & Cub: White Heaven in Hell
26. The Young Dragons
27. The Stars are Beautiful
28. Final Episode
29. Hearts and Minds
30. Edvard Munch
31. Five Shaolin Masters
32. Every Man for Himself and God Against All
33. The Parallax View
34. The Street Fighter
35. Three Styles of Hung School’s Kung Fu
36. Heroes Two
37. The Longest Yard
38. Thunderbolt & Lightfoot
39. Cartesius
40. Police Tactics
41. Shaolin Kung Fu
42. Games Gamblers Play
43. Busting
44. Shaolin Martial Arts
45. Murder on the Orient Express
46. Young Frankenstein
47. The Skyhawk
48. The Front Page
49. Lenny
50. Herbie Rides Again
51. The Man with the Golden Gun

1975:

1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
2. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
3. Jaws
4. Sholay
5. Barry Lyndon
6. Nashville
7. The Valiant Ones
8. At Long Last Love
9. Picnic at Hanging Rock
10. Deewar
11. The Bullet Train
12. The Passenger
13. Night Moves
14. The Man Who Would Be King
15. Three Days of the Condor
16. Love and Death
17. Death Race 2000
18. The Shaolin Kids
19. The Eiger Sanction
20. The Spiritual Boxer
21. Mirror
22. Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown
23. Farewell, My Lovely
24. The Flying Guillotine
25. Dersu Uzala
26. All Men are Brothers
27. Shampoo
28. Cracked Actor
29. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
30. Dog Day Afternoon
31. Black Magic
32. The Dragon Tamers
33. The Wind and the Lion
34. The Rocky Horror Picture Show

1976:

1. Harlan County, USA
2. The Outlaw Josey Wales
3. Taxi Driver
4. Robin and Marian
5. Assault on Precinct 13
6. The Bad News Bears
7. Welcome to LA
8. Mikey and Nicky
9. Duelle
10. The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings
11. Obsession
12. Challenge of the Masters
13. Carrie
14. The Web of Death
15. Noroît
16. The Private Eyes
17. Hard Rain
18. Boxer Rebellion
19. The Magic Blade
20. The Marquise of O
21. Shaolin Temple
22. Family Plot
23. The 18 Bronzemen
24. Jumping Ash
25. Killer Clans
26. Rocky
27. Princess Chang Ping
28. Return of the 18 Bronzemen
29. Freaky Friday
30. Marathon Man
31. The Shootist
32. All the President’s Men
33. Bound for Glory
34. That’s Entertainment! Part II
35. Murder by Death
36. New Fist of Fury
37. Logan’s Run
38. The Seven Per Cent Solution
39. The Song Remains the Same
40. Black Magic II
41. Network
42. The Missouri Breaks
43. Bugsy Malone
44. The Omen

1977:

1. News from Home
2. Annie Hall
3. Star Wars
4. House
5. New York, New York
6. A Grin Without a Cat
7. The Chess Players
8. Sorcerer
9. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
10. Executioners from Shaolin
11. Dream of the Red Chamber
12. Between the Lines
13. The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh
14. The Sentimental Swordsman
15. Slap Shot
16. Suspiria
17. Eraserhead
18. Shaolin Invincibles
19. A Bridge Too Far
20. Death Duel
21. The Iron-Fisted Monk
22. Cloud of Romance
23. Saturday Night Fever
24. The Brave Archer
25. The Shaolin Plot
26. The Rescuers
27. Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown
28. Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
29. Pete’s Dragon

1978:

1. Days of Heaven
2. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
3. Perceval le Gallois
4. Killer of Sheep
5. Renaldo & Clara
6. Halloween
7. Crippled Avengers
8. Dawn of the Dead
9. The Last Waltz
10. The Contract
11. Swordsman and Enchantress
12. China 9, Liberty 37
13. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
14. Drunken Master
15. Superman
16. The 7 Grandmasters
17. Heroes of the East
18. The Fall of Ako Castle
19. The Driver
20. The Avenging Eagle
21. Enter the Fat Dragon
22. Animal House
23. The Fury
24. The Deer Hunter
25. Warriors Two
26. Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow
27. The Proud Youth
28. Piranha
29. Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre
30. Every Which Way but Loose
31. Lover on the Wave
32. Lord of the Rings
33. Gates of Heaven
34. Grease
35. Shaolin Mantis
36. Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II
37. The Five Deadly Venoms
38. Death on the Nile
39. Game of Death
40. Shaolin Handlock
41. Interiors
42. Coming Home
43. Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog

1979:
1979 Endy Awards

1. All that Jazz
2. Legend of the Mountain
3. Apocalypse Now
4. Alien
5. Dirty Ho
6. Rock ‘n’ Roll High School
7. Raining in the Mountain
8. Real Life
9. The Life of Brian
10. Manhattan
11. The Black Stallion
12. Stalker
13. The Mystery of Chess Boxing
14. The Muppet Movie
15. The Odd Couple
16. The Secret
17. Rust Never Sleeps
18. Last Hurrah for Chivalry
19. Cops and Robbers
20. The Butterfly Murders
21. The Warriors
22. Nosferatu, the Vampyre
23. Mad Max
24. Magnificent Butcher
25. The 36 Deadly Styles
26. The Castle of Cagliostro
27. Chu Lien
28. The Jerk
29. Knockabout
30. Revengeful Swordswoman
31. Salem’s Lot
32. The Black Hole
33. Mad Monkey Kung Fu
34. The China Syndrome
35. Dance of the Drunken Mantis
36. The Shadow Boxing
37. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
38. Being There
39. The Great Train Robbery
40. The Ghost Story
41. The World of the Drunken Master
42. Ten Tigers of Kwangtung
43. Tess
44. Rocky II
45. Moonraker
46. Monkey Kung Fu
47. The Old Master
48. Kramer vs. Kramer
49. The Deadly Breaking Sword
50. The Onion Field

Rankings: 1960-1969

1960:

1. Psycho
2. Mughal-e-azam
3. L’Avventura
4. When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
5. The Bellboy
6. Shoot the Piano Player
7. Sergeant Rutledge
8. Le trou
9. Breathless
10. The Savage Innocents
11. The Wild, Wild Rose
12. Les bonnes femmes
13. The Enchanting Shadow
14. The Bad Sleep Well
15. Black Sunday
16. Late Autumn
17. The Apartment
18. Spartacus
19. La Dolce Vita
20. June Bride
21. The World of Suzie Wong
22. Comanche Station
23. Peeping Tom
24. The Grass is Greener
25. Ocean’s Eleven
26. Bells are Ringing
27. Eyes Without a Face
28. Tunes of Glory
29. Cimarron
30. 13 Ghosts
31. Once More with Feeling
32. Exodus
33. Inherit the Wind
34. The Magnificent Seven
35. The Time Machine
36. The Rat Race
37. House of Usher
38. The Alamo
39. Swiss Family Robinson
40. The Amazing Transparent Man
41. Pollyanna

1961:

1. A Woman is a Woman
2. Lola
3. Last Year at Marienbad
4. Yojimbo
5. Breakfast at Tiffany’s
6. Two Rode Together
7. West Side Story
8. Hercules in the Haunted World
9. The Red Detachment of Women
10. Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis
11. One, Two, Three
12. Erik the Conquerer
13. Viridiana
14. The End of Summer
15. Blast of Silence
16. The Abominable Snow Rabbit
17. The Innocents
18. Mother Joan of the Angels
19. Underworld, USA
20. The Pit and the Pendulum
21. The Hustler
22. La Notte
23. Judgement at Nuremberg
24. King of Kings
25. Mysterious Island
26. Time Out for Trouble
27. The Absent-Minded Professor
28. The Parent Trap
29. Sun, Moon and Star
30. The Guns of Navarone
31. 101 Dalmatians
32. The Colossus of Rhodes

1962:

1. An Autumn Afternoon
2. Hatari!
3. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
4. L’Eclisse
5. The Manchurian Candidate
6. Lawrence of Arabia
7. Cleo from 5 To 7
8. Harakiri
9. The Exterminating Angel
10. La jetée
11. Sanjuro
12. Merrill’s Marauders
13. Advise and Consent
14. My Life to Live
15. Two Weeks in Another Town
16. Hell is for Heroes
17. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
18. Ride the High Country
19. Ninja, A Band of Assassins
20. Le Procès de Jeanne d’Arc
21. The Longest Day
22. Mamma Roma
23. The Trial
24. The Miracle Worker
25. Carnival of Souls
26. The Tale of Zatoichi
27. Jules and Jim
28. Lolita
29. Antoine and Colette
30. Tower of London
31. To Kill a Mockingbird
32. Mutiny on the Bounty
33. Days of Wine and Roses
34. Dr. No

1963:

1. The Birds
2. Charade
3. High and Low
4. The Leopard
5. The Love Eterne
6. Donovan’s Reef
7. The Nutty Professor
8. Contempt
9. 8 1/2
10. Shock Corridor
11. Bye Bye Birdie
12. The Great Escape
13. Jason and the Argonauts
14. Youth of the Beast
15. Mothlight
16. Le Doulos
17. From Russia with Love
18. Muriel
19. The Bakery Girl of Monceau
20. Tom Jones
21. Les Carabiniers
22. Le Petit soldat
23. Suzanne’s Career
24. The Haunting
25. Essays
26. Hud
27. X: the Man with X-Ray Eyes
28. 55 Days at Peking
29. Cleopatra
30. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
31. The Incredible Journey
32. The Terror
33. The Sword in the Stone
34. Son of Flubber

1964:

1. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
2. Dr. Strangelove
3. I am Cuba
4. Zulu
5. Yearning
6. My Fair Lady
7. Mahanagar
8. Marnie
9. Culloden
10. Charulata
11. The Train
12. The TAMI Show
13. Masque of the Red Death
14. A Hard Day’s Night
15. The Pink Phink
16. Man’s Favorite Sport?
17. Gertrud
18. The Naked Kiss
19. Goldfinger
20. Band of Outsiders
21. Woman in the Dunes
22. Topkapi
23. Mary Poppins
24. Beyond the Great Wall
25. Viva Las Vegas
26. The Tomb of Ligeia
27. The Road to Fort Alamo
28. The World of Henry Orient
29. The Story of Sue San
30. Onibaba
31. A Married Woman
32. Cheyenne Autumn
33. A Fistful of Dollars
34. A Shot in the Dark
35. The Fall of the Roman Empire
36. Lady General Hua Mulan
37. Mülheim/Ruhr
38. Paris When it Sizzles
39. Becket
40. Robin and the 7 Hoods

1965:

1. Pierrot le fou
2. Chimes at Midnight
3. A Charlie Brown Christmas
4. Le bonheur
5. The War Game
6. Red Beard
7. For a Few Dollars More
8. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
9. Tokyo Olympiad
10. Major Dundee
11. Poor Little Rich Girl
12. The Naked Prey
13. Alphaville
14. Simon of the Desert
15. Not Reconciled
16. Red Line 7000
17. Tattooed Life
18. Bunny Lake is Missing
19. Samurai Assassin
20. Thunderball
21. Samurai Spy
22. Mudhoney
23. Help!
24. Sons of the Good Earth
25. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
26. A Pistol for Ringo
27. Planet of the Vampires
28. Dizzy Gillespie
29. Dr. Zhivago
30. The Cincinnati Kid
31. Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen
32. Once a Thief
33. Inside Daisy Clover
34. Sword of the Beast
35. Repulsion
36. Cat Ballou
37. Shenandoah
38. Temple of the Red Lotus
39. The Heroes of Telemark
40. The Hill
41. Darling
42. In Harm’s Way
43. The Face of Fu Manchu
44. The Sound of Music
45. That Darn Cat!

1966:

1. It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
2. The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
3. 7 Women
4. The Battle of Algiers
5. Au hasard Balthazar
6. The Shooting
7. Ride in the Whirlwind
8. Andrei Rublev
9. Blow-Up
10. The Sword of Doom
11. The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
12. War and Peace
13. Come Drink with Me
14. Masculin féminin
15. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
16. Navajo Joe
17. Tokyo Drifter
18. Django
19. Amrapali
20. What’s Up, Tiger Lily?
21. Torn Curtain
22. Made in USA
23. Rhine River
24. Closely Watched Trains
25. Hunger
26. Persona
27. Harper
28. Fahrenheit 451
29. The Glass-Bottom Boat
30. Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
31. A Man for All Seasons
32. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
33. Charlie Brown’s All-Stars
34. The Magnificent Trio
35. Grand Prix
36. The Trouble With Angels
37. Khartoum

1967:

1. Playtime
2. The Young Girls of Rochefort
3. Dragon Gate Inn
4. Don’t Look Back
5. Le Samouraï
6. El Dorado
7. Two for the Road
8. Point Blank
9. The Red and The White
10. The One-Armed Swordsman
11. Wavelength
12. Week End
13. Bonnie and Clyde
14. Belle de jour
15. Samurai Rebellion
16. La Collectioneuse
17. Scattered Clouds
18. The Graduate
19. You Only Live Twice
20. Festival
21. 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
22. The Dirty Dozen
23. The Story of a Discharged Prisoner
24. La Chinoise
25. Eye Myth
26. The Taming of the Shrew
27. Hong Kong Nocturne
28. Who’s that Knocking at My Door?
29. Cave of the Silken Web
30. Wait Until Dark
31. The Assassin
32. Cool Hand Luke
33. Barefoot in the Park
34. The Fearless Vampire Killers
35. Beach Red
36. In the Heat of the Night
37. The Trail of the Broken Blade
38. Casino Royale
39. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
40. The Jungle Book

1968:

1. Once Upon a Time in the West
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey
3. The Lion in Winter
4. Rosemary’s Baby
5. Night of the Living Dead
6. Golden Swallow
7. The Great Silence
8. High School
9. Hell in the Pacific
10. Petulia
11. Barbarella
12. The Swordsman of All Swordsmen
13. Monterey Pop
14. Bullitt
15. Stolen Kisses
16. The Thomas Crown Affair
17. Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
18. Kill!
19. Three Sad Tigers
20. The Immortal Story
21. Planet of the Apes
22. Oliver!
23. The Odd Couple
24. Where Eagles Dare
25. Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell
26. The Producers
27. Ice Station Zebra
28. Romeo and Juliet
29. The Love Bug
30. No Way to Treat a Lady
31. Journey to Jerusalem

1969:

1. My Night at Maud’s
2. Age of Consent
3. Army of Shadows
4. The Color of Pomegranates
5. The Sorrow and the Pity
6. Dead End
7. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
8. The Wild Bunch
9. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
10. True Grit
11. Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
12. Z
13. The Italian Job
14. Take the Money and Run
15. Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
16. Midnight Cowboy
17. Easy Rider
18. Topaz
19. Have Sword Will Travel
20. The Singing Thief
21. Vengeance is a Golden Blade
22. Paint Your Wagon