Yet more flotsam and jetsam from the Luck archives. This time, the media’s obsession with lists is such that I’ve pitched all of the following at one time or another. Some did make the cut, others were revised and others still were - perhaps quite rightly - kicked into touch.
Still, at least me publishing them here - and under that headline - gives me an excuse to post the above shot of Roger Daltrey from Ken Russell’s brilliant, everything-and-the-kitchen-sink biopic Lisztomania.
Horror (Greatest Ever)
i) Bride Of Frankenstein
ii) Rosemary's Baby
iii) The Thing (1982)
iv) The Omen
v) Psycho
vi) The Wicker Man
vii) Dead Of Night
viii) Blood On Satan's Claw
ix) Dawn Of The Dead
x) Les Diaboliques
Chick Flicks For Blokes
i) When Harry Met Sally
ii) Casablanca
iii) High Society
iv) On The Town
v) Laurel Canyon
vi) Breakfast At Tiffany's
vii) Bull Durham
viii) An Officer And A Gentleman
ix) Passion Fish
x) Blue Crush
Bloke Flicks For Chicks
i) The Jason Bourne Trilogy
ii) Speed
iii) Kill Bill Vol. 1
iv) Stand By Me
v) High Fidelity
vi) Grosse Point Blank
vii) Top Gun
viii) Henry And June
ix) Swingers
x) Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Westerns In Disguise
i) Outland (remake of High Noon)
ii) Assault On Precinct 13 (remake of Rio Bravo)
iii) Hardcore (remake of The Searchers)
iv) City Slickers (remake of Red River)
v) Three Kings (remake of The Wild Bunch)
vi) Lone Star (remake of The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance)
vii) El Mariachi (remake of A Fistful Of Dollars)
viii) Red Rock West (ditto)
ix) Reservoir Dogs (very loose remake of The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre)
x) Battle Beyond The Stars (The Magnificent Seven, in space)
Fantasy Movies
i) The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy
ii) A Matter Of Life And Death
iii) Harvey
iv) The Wizard Of Oz
v) Spirited Away
vi) King Kong (1933)
vii) Time Bandits
viii) Scrooge (1951)
ix) Conan The Barbarian
x) Zardoz
British Movies (Post-War)
i) The Third Man
ii) The Man Who Would Be King
iii) Get Carter
iv) Withnail & I
v) A Matter Of Life And Death
vi) Monty Python And The Holy Grail
vii) The Long Good Friday
viii) Zulu
ix) Performance
x) Becket
Biographical Films
i) Raging Bull
ii) Ed Wood
iii) The Elephant Man
iv) In The Name Of The Father
v) Goodfellas
vi) JFK
vii) The World's Fastest Indian
viii) The Enigma Of Kasper Hauser
ix) The Insider
x) Walk The Line
10 Greatest Actors Never Nominated For An Oscar
i) Warren Oates
ii) Peter Cushing
iii) Bruce Willis
iv) Paul Bettany
v) Michael Gambon
vi) Sam Neill
vii) Charles Dance
viii) Daniel Auteuil
ix) Jeremy Northam
x) Mel Gibson
Documentaries
i) Paradise Lost: The Child Murders At Robin Hood Hills
ii) Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room
iii) American Movie
iv) A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Film
v) Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story Of Ozploitation!
vi) The War Room
vii) Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Dr Hunter S Thompson
viii) The Thin Blue Line
ix) The King Of Kong
x) The Times Of Harvey Milk
Documentaries (Sport)
i) Hoop Dreams
ii) Senna
iii) Dogtown And Z-Boys
iv) Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows
v) Salute: The Peter Norman Story
vi) Riding Giants
vii) One Day In September
viii) Murderball
ix) The Smashing Machine
x) Jordan Rides The Bus
War (World War 2)
i) The Longest Day
ii) Sands Of Iwo Jima
iii) The Bridge On The River Kwai
iv) Rome, Open City
v) The Great Escape
vi) Letters From Iwo Jima
vii) Saving Private Ryan
viii) Army Of Shadows
ix) Cross Of Iron
x) Where Eagles Dare