Infographic: The 2,000 Most Important Films Of All Time. If you live long enough, you get to appreciate culture’s patterns. You see that Menudo is really NSYNC is really One Direction. Eventually, society just craves an old flavor and it’s mixed anew. No place is this more true than with film. The History of Film is the latest archival infographic from HistoryShots. It’s a meticulously researched terraform of our pop-culture past. The 2,000 “most important films” of all time are arranged by genre and release date, creating a mountainous, layered graphic that crosses strata trends with timeline chronology.
(Ed note: See a different take, Martin Scorsese’s top 85 films, here.) Before he could build the graphic, though, designer Larry Gormley had to narrow down thousands of candidates, collected over two years, to a more manageable figure. With the list in hand, Gormley began plotting. “The original feature-length movies were dramas, then came adventure/action films, then Westerns, etc. It’s a surprisingly effective visual. Buy it here. Top 15 films about films. Extremely obscure film suggestions? - film. Goodfilms - Social Movie Reviews. Most Popular Animation movies on Goodfilms. The 14 Best Martial Arts Movies Every Guy Should See. Few things are as delectably enjoyable as martial arts films.
You can turn most on half way through and still get glued to your couch. You coast along with the plot (as awful as it can be at times) eagerly anticipating the next fight scene. Great martial arts flicks, however, combine awesome combat with a story that actually makes it worth the down time between roundhouse kicks. Here are 14 every guys should see. Ip Man The fight scenes in Ip Man are so devastatingly awesome, you’ll want to start training in Wing Chun as soon as the credits roll. Hero For as awesome as Jet Li is, a lot of his films fall short for us.
Enter the Dragon Not including any Bruce Lee movies on this list would be ridiculous. Ong-Bak Some of the kicks in Ong-Bak will leave you checking your own jaw to see if it got shattered to pieces from some sort of weird osmosis. Brotherhood of the Wolf When you think French movies, you think passionate romances, artsy flicks that go over your head, and plenty of baguettes.
The 72 best ANIME movies you need to watch before you DIE - a list by paschan-1. The Best Movies From A-Z. To say this list was difficult to compile would be a vast understatement. We set out to decide the best movie for each letter of the alphabet, and to do that, we had to make some very tough decisions. Star Wars didn’t make the cut. Fight Club didn’t make the cut. The Adventures of Pluto Nash didn’t make the cut. Some great flicks had to be left out, but we’re happy with it. Here are The Best Movies From A-Z: A: Apocalypse Now An insanely talented cast and one of the greatest war movies ever. B: Back to the Future A time-travelling DeLorean? C: City of God The fact that City of God is based on a true story, makes this film of gang warfare in Rio de Janeiro even more insane. D: The Dark Knight The best superhero movie ever made. E: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Yeah it’s a love story, but it’s one of the most original and smartest love stories ever concocted.
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