Check out this list and it will total the number of these flicks you've seen.
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The original, foreign titles do make it harder.
"Il Bouno, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo" = "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
"Shichinin no Samurai" = "Seven Samurai"
"Cidade de Deus" = "City of God"
"C'era una volta il West" = "Once Upon a Time in the West"
"Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi" = "Spirited Away"
"Vita e bella, La" = "Life is Beautiful"
"Das Leben der Anderen" = "The Lives of Others"
"Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain" = "Amelie"
"Intouchables" - "Untouchable"
"Das Boot" = "The Boat"
"Nuovo Cinema Paradiso" = "Cinema Paradiso"
"Rashomon" = "The Gatehouse"
"Ladri di biciclette" = "The Bicycle Thief"
"Mononoke-hime" = "Princess Mononoke"
"Jodaeiye Nader az Simin" = "A Separation"
"Der Untergang" = "The Downfall"
"El laberinto del fauno" = "Pan's Labyrinth
"Hotaru no haka" = "Grave of the Fireflies"
"Yojimbo" = "The Bodyguard"
"Per Qualche Dollaro in Piu" = "For a Few Dollars More"
"Sjunde inseglet, Det" = The Seventh Seal"
"Smultronstället" = "Wild Strawberries"
"El secreto de sus ojos" = "The Secret in Their Eyes"
"Tonari no Totoro" = My Neighbor Totoro"
"Amores Perros" = "Love's a B*tch"
"Quatre cents coups, Les" = "The 400 Blows"
"Hauru nu ogoku shiro" = "Howl's Moving Castle"
"La strada" = "The Road"
"Ratatouille" = a French dish referred to in the film
"Mou gaan duo" = "Infernal Affairs"
"Le scaphandre et le papillon" = "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"Ip Man" = "Yip Man"
"Per un pugno un dollari" = A Fistful of Dollars"
"Kaze no tani no Naushika" = "Nausiaa of the Valley of the Wind"
"Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens" = "Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror"
"Haine, La" = "Hate"
"Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom" = "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter....And Spring"
"Låt den rätte komma in" = "Let the Right One In"
"Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta" = "Castle in the Sky"
"Papillon" = Steve McQueen's character's nickname: "Butterfly"
After being lost in translation myself for awhile, I find I've seen 242 of them.
Some of my personal favorites, as I quickly read through the list today, appear to be:
I've been watching movies a long time and almost all the post 1950 American films I first viewed in an actual theater on a big screen during their initial release.
"The Godfather, I & II,"
"Goodfellas,"
"Leon,"
"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,"
"To Kill a Mockingbird,"
"Singin' in the Rain,"
"The Bridge on the River Kwai,"
"Fargo,"
"Cool Hand Luke,"
"No Country for Old Men,"
"Casino,"
"Annie Hall,"
"Gone with the Wind,"
"The Grapes of Wrath,"
"Ben-Hur,"
"The Graduate,"
"The Hustler,"
"Rosemary's Baby" and
"Manhattan."
I could have left off, in a few cases, or at least rated somewhat lower:
"Shindler's List,"
"Die Hard,"
"The Elephant Man,"
"Gran Torino,"
"Citizen Kane,"
"Into the Wild,"
"Dog Day Afternoon,"
"District 9,"
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,"
"Shutter Island,"
And, were I ever asked to produce such an argumentative, subjective list, I might consider finding a place for these flicks:
"My Fair Lady,"
Probably "Saturday Night Fever,"
Paul Newman's "Hud" or "Hombre," either or both,
John Ford's "My Darling Clementine" for the best movie yet about the Earps, the Clantons, Tombstone and the OK Corral, IMHO,
John Huston's "The African Queen," even with all its canned wildlife footage,
Possibly Kevin Costner's "Open Range,"
And, perhaps, Sidney Lumet's "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead."
Plus Richard Lester's "A Hard Day's Night" starring The Beatles.
And just to bring this lengthy post about movies to an end, I'll mention "The Last Picture Show."
JMO.
Your thoughts?
The Link
The original, foreign titles do make it harder.
"Il Bouno, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo" = "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
"Shichinin no Samurai" = "Seven Samurai"
"Cidade de Deus" = "City of God"
"C'era una volta il West" = "Once Upon a Time in the West"
"Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi" = "Spirited Away"
"Vita e bella, La" = "Life is Beautiful"
"Das Leben der Anderen" = "The Lives of Others"
"Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain" = "Amelie"
"Intouchables" - "Untouchable"
"Das Boot" = "The Boat"
"Nuovo Cinema Paradiso" = "Cinema Paradiso"
"Rashomon" = "The Gatehouse"
"Ladri di biciclette" = "The Bicycle Thief"
"Mononoke-hime" = "Princess Mononoke"
"Jodaeiye Nader az Simin" = "A Separation"
"Der Untergang" = "The Downfall"
"El laberinto del fauno" = "Pan's Labyrinth
"Hotaru no haka" = "Grave of the Fireflies"
"Yojimbo" = "The Bodyguard"
"Per Qualche Dollaro in Piu" = "For a Few Dollars More"
"Sjunde inseglet, Det" = The Seventh Seal"
"Smultronstället" = "Wild Strawberries"
"El secreto de sus ojos" = "The Secret in Their Eyes"
"Tonari no Totoro" = My Neighbor Totoro"
"Amores Perros" = "Love's a B*tch"
"Quatre cents coups, Les" = "The 400 Blows"
"Hauru nu ogoku shiro" = "Howl's Moving Castle"
"La strada" = "The Road"
"Ratatouille" = a French dish referred to in the film
"Mou gaan duo" = "Infernal Affairs"
"Le scaphandre et le papillon" = "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"Ip Man" = "Yip Man"
"Per un pugno un dollari" = A Fistful of Dollars"
"Kaze no tani no Naushika" = "Nausiaa of the Valley of the Wind"
"Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens" = "Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror"
"Haine, La" = "Hate"
"Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom" = "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter....And Spring"
"Låt den rätte komma in" = "Let the Right One In"
"Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta" = "Castle in the Sky"
"Papillon" = Steve McQueen's character's nickname: "Butterfly"
After being lost in translation myself for awhile, I find I've seen 242 of them.
Some of my personal favorites, as I quickly read through the list today, appear to be:
I've been watching movies a long time and almost all the post 1950 American films I first viewed in an actual theater on a big screen during their initial release.
"The Godfather, I & II,"
"Goodfellas,"
"Leon,"
"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,"
"To Kill a Mockingbird,"
"Singin' in the Rain,"
"The Bridge on the River Kwai,"
"Fargo,"
"Cool Hand Luke,"
"No Country for Old Men,"
"Casino,"
"Annie Hall,"
"Gone with the Wind,"
"The Grapes of Wrath,"
"Ben-Hur,"
"The Graduate,"
"The Hustler,"
"Rosemary's Baby" and
"Manhattan."
I could have left off, in a few cases, or at least rated somewhat lower:
"Shindler's List,"
"Die Hard,"
"The Elephant Man,"
"Gran Torino,"
"Citizen Kane,"
"Into the Wild,"
"Dog Day Afternoon,"
"District 9,"
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,"
"Shutter Island,"
And, were I ever asked to produce such an argumentative, subjective list, I might consider finding a place for these flicks:
"My Fair Lady,"
Probably "Saturday Night Fever,"
Paul Newman's "Hud" or "Hombre," either or both,
John Ford's "My Darling Clementine" for the best movie yet about the Earps, the Clantons, Tombstone and the OK Corral, IMHO,
John Huston's "The African Queen," even with all its canned wildlife footage,
Possibly Kevin Costner's "Open Range,"
And, perhaps, Sidney Lumet's "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead."
Plus Richard Lester's "A Hard Day's Night" starring The Beatles.
And just to bring this lengthy post about movies to an end, I'll mention "The Last Picture Show."
JMO.
Your thoughts?
