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01/02/2024 10:20:07 PM

01/02/2024

10:20 PM

combining them bc why not... could be some quibbles on calling these thrillers or mysteries or whatever. before looking at it - how many hitchcock movies do you think will be on this?

50. Gun Crazy (Joseph H. Lewis, 1950)
49. The Trial (Orson Welles, 1962)
48. Kiss Me Deadly (Robert Aldrich, 1955)
47. Leave Her to Heaven (John M. Stahl, 1945)
46. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Sam Peckinpah, 1973)
45. The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1945)
44. Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock, 1952)
43. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (David Lynch, 1992)
42. Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, 2013)
41. First Reformed (Paul Schrader, 2018)
40. Uncut Gems (Josh & Benny Safdie, 2019)
39. Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa, 1957)
38. Rififi (Jules Dassin, 1955)
37. Perfect Blue (Satoshi Kon, 1997)
36. Pickup on South Street (Samuel Fuller, 1953)
35. Shadow of a Doubt (Alfred Hitchcock, 1943)
34. Sorcerer (William Friedkin, 1977)
33. Parasite (Bong Joon-ho, 2019)
32. Z (Costa-Gavras, 1969)
31. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
30. Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940)
29. Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965)
28. Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999)
27. All the President's Men (Alan J. Pakula, 1976)
26. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
25. Seconds (John Frankenheimer, 1966)
24. Memories of Murder (Bong Joon-ho, 2003)
23. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
22. Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975)
21. Point Blank (John Boorman, 1967)
20. Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur, 1947)
19. The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)
18. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
17. Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)
16. A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson, 1956)
15. Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock 1946)
14. Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958)
13. Blow Out (Brian De Palma, 1981)
12. No Country for Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2007)
11. High & Low (Akira Kurosawa, 1963)
10. M (Fritz Lang, 1931)
09. In a Lonely Place (Nicholas Ray, 1950)
08. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
07. The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)
06. Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
05. The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
04. North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
03. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
02. Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch, 2001)
01. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)

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01/02/2024 10:21:38 PM

01/02/2024

10:21 PM

i'm at 44. missing these ones.

46. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Sam Peckinpah, 1973)
45. The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1945)
36. Pickup on South Street (Samuel Fuller, 1953)
32. Z (Costa-Gavras, 1969)
25. Seconds (John Frankenheimer, 1966)
16. A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson, 1956)

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pjnelson

01/02/2024 10:22:23 PM

01/02/2024

10:22 PM

I saw Mulholland Drive and wish I hadn't.

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Zithers

01/02/2024 10:23:04 PM

01/02/2024

10:23 PM

pjnelson posted...

I saw Mulholland Drive and wish I hadn't.

i watched it one time while sleep deprived. great experience.

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bsp77

01/02/2024 10:26:02 PM

01/02/2024

10:26 PM

Ugh. Only 23. You know what is crazy though? I saw 14 of those in the last year. I am currently very dedicated.

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MartavisBryant

01/02/2024 10:28:01 PM

01/02/2024

10:28 PM

Of the 11 that I've seen, I would only consider No Country for Old Men and Mulholland Dr. to be great.

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Zithers

01/02/2024 10:28:22 PM

01/02/2024

10:28 PM

bsp77 posted...

Ugh. Only 23. You know what is crazy though? I saw 14 of those in the last year. I am currently very dedicated.

hell yeah brother

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DeadBankerDream

01/02/2024 10:29:51 PM

01/02/2024

10:29 PM

Zithers posted...

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45. The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1945)
39. Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa, 1957)
38. Rififi (Jules Dassin, 1955)
37. Perfect Blue (Satoshi Kon, 1997)
35. Shadow of a Doubt (Alfred Hitchcock, 1943)
33. Parasite (Bong Joon-ho, 2019)
32. Z (Costa-Gavras, 1969)
31. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
28. Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999)
26. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
24. Memories of Murder (Bong Joon-ho, 2003)
23. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
17. Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)
14. Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958)
11. High & Low (Akira Kurosawa, 1963)
09. In a Lonely Place (Nicholas Ray, 1950)
08. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
07. The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)
06. Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
05. The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
03. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
02. Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch, 2001)
01. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)

I think my favourite is Rififi or In a Lonely Place

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Zithers

01/02/2024 10:32:03 PM

01/02/2024

10:32 PM

DeadBankerDream posted...

I think my favourite is Rififi or In a Lonely Place

dude - rififi - the quiet bank heist. epic.

also humphrey bogart going psycho mode. even tho his character in that is named dixon steele.

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01/02/2024 10:33:40 PM

01/02/2024

10:33 PM

#10

With all the Hitchcock movies, why is Psycho not on the list?

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Zithers

01/02/2024 10:34:48 PM

01/02/2024

10:34 PM

#11

MartavisBryant posted...

With all the Hitchcock movies, why is Psycho not on the list?

it was on the horror list i made some time back. would rank 2nd had i included it here lol

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bsp77

01/02/2024 10:35:08 PM

01/02/2024

10:35 PM

#12

MartavisBryant posted...

With all the Hitchcock movies, why is Psycho not on the list?

Psycho (and The Birds) are horror

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MartavisBryant

01/02/2024 10:35:39 PM

01/02/2024

10:35 PM

#13

Zithers posted...

it was on the horror list i made some time back. would rank 2nd had i included it here lol

Fair enough. It's easily my favorite Hitchcock movie.

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Hexenherz

01/02/2024 10:36:51 PM

01/02/2024

10:36 PM

#14

Mulholland Drive was a trip.
I hated No Country
And I fell asleep in the middle of Blade Runner I need to watch that some time.

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Zithers

01/02/2024 10:37:20 PM

01/02/2024

10:37 PM

#15

also note that perfect blue is ranked at 37. ranked 5th in the animation topic from last week

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bsp77

01/02/2024 10:38:22 PM

01/02/2024

10:38 PM

#16

I just want to mention that Sorcerer shocked me by how much I loved it. Never thought crossing a bridge could be so thrilling.

My favorite Friedkin

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Zithers

01/02/2024 10:39:08 PM

01/02/2024

10:39 PM

#17

bsp77 posted...

I just want to mention that Sorcerer shocked me by how much I loved it. Never thought crossing a bridge could be so thrilling.

My favorite Friedkin

i watched it for the first time when he died

pretty good movie bro

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Euripides

01/02/2024 10:40:41 PM

01/02/2024

10:40 PM

#18

people who car cars a whip are so cringe

DeadBankerDream

01/02/2024 10:41:29 PM

01/02/2024

10:41 PM

#19

Have you seen the Caine Mutiny adaptation Friedkin made that was released posthumously? I can't find anyone who has ._.

"That thick shaft that causes women to shudder !"

Zithers

01/02/2024 10:45:03 PM

01/02/2024

10:45 PM

#20

DeadBankerDream posted...

Have you seen the Caine Mutiny adaptation Friedkin made that was released posthumously? I can't find anyone who has ._.

i have not. i'm about to binge watch a lot of '23 movies before the oscars tho and that is def on the list. seems well liked on letterboxd.

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boxoto

01/02/2024 11:31:08 PM

01/02/2024

11:31 PM

#21

13.

idk if I'm in the minority of people who watched it, but I wasn't feeling Under the Skin.

Don't you agree, Zach?
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Serious_Cat

01/03/2024 12:12:01 AM

01/03/2024

12:12 AM

#22

I think 41. I feel like a lot of these lists come from the TSPDT list which at one point weighed heavily on my Netflix queue.

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Cemith

01/03/2024 12:12:10 AM

01/03/2024

12:12 AM

#23

Tag. If this topic purges I'll be sad

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Sabre68

01/03/2024 12:21:23 AM

01/03/2024

12:21 AM

#24

I've seen the third man and blade runner.

Both are pretty solid. Third man was kinda slow but then gets really interesting in the second half.

Rashomon is on the list to watch at some point.

Also how did in the heat of the night not make it on this list?

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Zithers

01/03/2024 12:27:56 AM

01/03/2024

12:27 AM

#25

Serious_Cat posted...

I think 41. I feel like a lot of these lists come from the TSPDT list which at one point weighed heavily on my Netflix queue.

this reminds me that they should be updating soon...

Sabre68 posted...

I've seen the third man and blade runner.

Both are pretty solid. Third man was kinda slow but then gets really interesting in the second half.

Rashomon is on the list to watch at some point.

Also how did in the heat of the night not make it on this list?

did you know the third man has a score that uses zithers?

in the heat of the night is like 700 spots lower on the overall list

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Sabre68

01/03/2024 12:30:08 AM

01/03/2024

12:30 AM

#26

Zithers posted...

did you know the third man has a score that uses zithers?

It uses ONLY zithers right?

When I watched it I expected a more traditional noir track but I still found the one they went with very memorable.

ITHOTN should be higher imo.

Where did sunset boulevard fall?

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JlM

01/03/2024 12:36:16 AM

01/03/2024

12:36 AM

#27

Vertigo is so overrated.

I guess I'm something of a ne'er do well.
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Zithers

01/03/2024 11:01:57 AM

01/03/2024

11:01 AM

#28

Sabre68 posted...

It uses ONLY zithers right?

When I watched it I expected a more traditional noir track but I still found the one they went with very memorable.

ITHOTN should be higher imo.

Where did sunset boulevard fall?

only uses zithers yeah

i didn't consider sunset blvd a thriller but it would have been 22nd

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ai123

01/03/2024 11:09:16 AM

01/03/2024

11:09 AM

#29

30

Some of my favourite films on that list (Night of the Hunter, Dog Day Afternoon, Strangers on a Train).

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Zithers

01/03/2024 05:52:49 PM

01/03/2024

05:52 PM

#30

bump

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garan

01/03/2024 06:00:13 PM

01/03/2024

06:00 PM

#31

Where the fuck is The Usual Suspects?

Zithers

01/03/2024 06:01:20 PM

01/03/2024

06:01 PM

#32

garan posted...

Where the fuck is The Usual Suspects?

@bsp77 another example of a film bro movie btw

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Irony

01/03/2024 06:02:28 PM

01/03/2024

06:02 PM

#33

Perfect Blue is great

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DocileOrangeCup

01/03/2024 06:03:52 PM

01/03/2024

06:03 PM

#34

I've only seen no country for old guys

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01/03/2024 06:06:48 PM

01/03/2024

06:06 PM

#35

Z is a fantastic movie!

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Zithers

01/03/2024 06:06:53 PM

01/03/2024

06:06 PM

#36

DocileOrangeCup posted...

I've only seen no country for old guys

how have you not seen jaws

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Irony

01/03/2024 06:07:31 PM

01/03/2024

06:07 PM

#37

Man I struggle to call that movie a suspense or mystery

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DocileOrangeCup

01/03/2024 07:22:40 PM

01/03/2024

07:22 PM

#38

Zithers posted...

how have you not seen jaws

It took me until like 2015 to see saving private Ryan. I've never seen most popular movies tbh.

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Zithers

01/03/2024 07:25:54 PM

01/03/2024

07:25 PM

#39

DocileOrangeCup posted...

It took me until like 2015 to see saving private Ryan. I've never seen most popular movies tbh.

jaws is miles better than spr bro

maybe the definitive blockbuster movie

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alfred_ashford

01/03/2024 07:28:26 PM

01/03/2024

07:28 PM

#40

I have 8. Eyes Wide Shut and Under thr Skin sucked imo. Ig i had the wrong idea about "Eyes" and thought there was more to it than that. Under the Skin i just watched and my god that was a huge nothing burger. A lot of "cosmic horror" is actually.

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01/03/2024 07:31:24 PM

01/03/2024

07:31 PM

#41

At around 13. Would probably make 20 if I'd do my DVR backlog.

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Zithers

01/03/2024 10:35:52 PM

01/03/2024

10:35 PM

#42

alfred_ashford posted...

I have 8. Eyes Wide Shut and Under thr Skin sucked imo. Ig i had the wrong idea about "Eyes" and thought there was more to it than that. Under the Skin i just watched and my god that was a huge nothing burger. A lot of "cosmic horror" is actually.

eyes wide shut rules

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Smashingpmkns

01/03/2024 10:42:41 PM

01/03/2024

10:42 PM

#43

No Maltese Falcon, no Agatha Christie films smh. Decent list otherwise. One of your more agreeable ones.

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Zithers

01/03/2024 10:49:08 PM

01/03/2024

10:49 PM

#44

what are the good agatha adaptations

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01/03/2024 10:54:51 PM

01/03/2024

10:54 PM

#45

Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and And Then There Were None (1945)

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01/03/2024 10:55:36 PM

01/03/2024

10:55 PM

#46

Zithers posted...

jaws is miles better than spr bro

maybe the definitive blockbuster movie

Well I was moreso saying I don't watch a lot of popular movies. I like django unchained dats my favorite movie.

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Zithers

01/03/2024 10:57:42 PM

01/03/2024

10:57 PM

#47

Smashingpmkns posted...

Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and And Then There Were None (1945)

saw the first two like 12ish years ago

orient express is definitely not good tho and the remake was also not good

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Zithers

01/04/2024 12:45:05 PM

01/04/2024

12:45 PM

#48

one last bump

what should i make a list of next ?

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bsp77

01/04/2024 12:46:23 PM

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12:46 PM

#49

Zithers posted...

one last bump

what should i make a list of next ?

Have you done sci fi?

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Zithers

01/04/2024 12:49:03 PM

01/04/2024

12:49 PM

#50

bsp77 posted...

Have you done sci fi?

no. sci-fi is kinda obvious since it was a late bloomer as a genre.

might trigger people as much as the animation list though cuz i'm sure old movies no one has seen or liked will place higher than star wars and whatnot.

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