tspdt audience poll final results are out

Marker and Mann ranks weirdly high for 2 directors that are not usually on the minds of the average film buff.


Those are my Top 2.   I guess that's good, but also bad.   Because I was a fan of Mann 20 years ago.   And Marker about 15 years ago before they got so big.   It's funny they got so big right after I fired the bandwagon.   I wonder if the stuff I published 15 years was read by people.


I guess Wong Kar-Wai too.   I was a fan of him 17 years ago as well.   And now pretty much everyone has seen a movie from him and his films keeps climbing.


Overall?   I don't know.   I guess it's a decent list.    But of course there's gonna be stuff people find too high or recent or pop cultureish.   But anything under 50 votes I don't think you can say there's a real consensus due to the small sample size.

Fascinating list -

As usual a lot of good ideas for people's to watch lists towards the bottom half in the list.....

A LOT of 2010s DiCaprio here in Shutter Island, Django, WoWS, OUATIH ........

Heat easily in the top 100 (61) - even placing ahead of Raging Bull which is a surprise to me a little

I believe 1 Denzel Washington movie at 331 (Malcolm X - did I miss another one?) - love him but ........don't f'n tell me his filmography isn't weak sauce....or that I "hate" him........or that it's racism ........he just always falls short on these kinds of GOAT film lists....

Certain directors without visual panache are missing a lot more than I thought or are not high (like Lumet for one)

Glad to see The Irishman place fairly high for a recent film (254) after Martin Stett's uncalled for attack on it recently....um.......

Cassavetes with a strong showing......

Hey, I voted in this!

I'd say it's a pretty solid list. Definite recency bias, but I think the picks pre-2010 are pretty interesting for the most part. The closer it gets to the top the more predictable but that's to be expected with any large-scale poll.

i'm kind of surprised it's not higher but i presume it just split votes with AotC

150-51:


150. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - 9
146. The Conformist - 7
146. The General - 8
146. Only Angels Have Wings - I don't remember a thing
146. Princess Mononoke - 9 
145. A Man Escaped - 7
140. Inglourious Basterds - 8
140. McCabe & Mrs. Miller - 8.5
140. Oldboy - 7.5
140. Punch-Drunk Love - 8.5
140. The Young Girls of Rochefort - 8
138. Back to the Future - 7.5
138. Three Colours: Red - 8
135. Hiroshima mon amour - 8.5
135. Rio Bravo - 9
135. Woman in the Dunes - NS
134. Touch of Evil - 7
129. Amadeus - 9
129. Brief Encounter - 7.5
129. Cléo from 5 to 7 - 8 
129. Double Indemnity - 6
129. Possession - 7.5
128. Solaris - 7.5
126. Before Sunrise - 7
126. The Matrix - 9
125. Paths of Glory - 6
124. Pather Panchali - 9 
122. Celine and Julie Go Boating - 9.5
122. The Silence of the Lambs - 5
118. The Dark Knight - 7
118. Raiders of the Lost Ark - 7
118. The Shawshank Redemption - 8
118. Ugetsu monogatari - 9
116. Lost in Translation - 10
116. Wild Strawberries - 7.5
115. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - 8
112. Fight Club - 8
112. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion - 8
112. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - 8
111. Schindler's List - 7.5
110. Before Sunset - 8
108. Modern Times - 7.5
108. A Woman Under the Influence - 7.5
107. Contempt - 8
104. Aguirre: The Wrath of God - 7
104. Annie Hall - 9
104. Wings of Desire - 7.5
103. The Master - 8.5
102. Star Wars - 8.5
98. The Empire Strikes Back - 9
98. North by Northwest - 8.5
98. Sátántangó - 4
98. Some Like it Hot - 7.5
96. The Man with a Movie Camera - 8
96. Ran - 8
95. Days of Heaven - 7
94. L'Avventura - 9.5
93. Beau travail - 7
92. Sherlock Jr. - 7
90. Ordet - 8
90. Portrait of a Lady on Fire - NS
89. Rashomon - NS
87. Au hasard Balthazar - 7.5
87. Pierrot le fou - 7.5
86. Sansho the Bailiff - 9
84. The Searchers - 6
84. Synecdoche, New York - 7
81. Jaws - 7.5
81. Magnolia - 4
81. Once Upon a Time in America - 7.5
80. The Red Shoes - 7.5
78. Close-Up - NS
78. Nashville - 7
77. Harakiri - NS
76. Ikiru - 6
74. The 400 Blows - 6
74. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me - 8
73. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 9.5
71. Fargo - 8
71. The Rules of the Game - 9
70. Bicycle Thieves - 8
69. Last Year at Marienbad - 9
67. Late Spring - 9
67. Raging Bull - 8.5
66. The Big Lebowski - 7
65. The Seventh Seal - 7.5
63. La Dolce vita - 9
63. M - 7
61. Heat - 10
61. High and Low - NS
60. Mad Max: Fury Road - NS
59. Blue Velvet - 8
58. The Thing - 8
57. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles - 8.5
55. Eyes Wide Shut - 7.5
55. Fanny and Alexander - 8
54. No Country for Old Men - 8
53. It's a Wonderful Life - 9
51. Alien - 9
51. A Clockwork Orange - 8.5