My Favorite Films
I had originally been limiting this to exactly 250, but decided that…
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2022
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Collections
The Avengers Collection 4 watched
The Dark Knight Collection 3 watched
The Lord of the Rings Collection 3 watched
Star Wars Collection 9 watched
Spider-Man Collection 3 watched
Harry Potter Collection 8 watched
The Godfather Collection 3 watched
Toy Story Collection 4 watched
Back to the Future Collection 3 watched
John Wick Collection 3 watched
Before... Collection 3 watched
The Wolverine Collection 3 watched
Aladdin Collection 3 watched
Alien Collection 4 watched
The Apu Trilogy 3 watched
The August Underground Collection 3 watched
The Avengers Collection 4 watched
Back to the Future Collection 3 watched
Before... Collection 3 watched
Beyond the Door Collection 3 watched
Bill & Ted's Most Excellent Collection 3 watched
Blade Collection 3 watched
The Cremaster Cycle 5 watched
The Dark Knight Collection 3 watched
The Decalogue 10 watched
Dollars Trilogy 3 watched
Dumb and Dumber Collection 3 watched
Evil Dead Collection 4 watched
Fantômas Serial 5 watched
Feast Collection 3 watched
Firefly Collection 3 watched
Frankenstein (Universal) Collection 5 watched
Friday the 13th Collection 11 watched
Gates of Hell Trilogy 3 watched
Ghostbusters Collection 3 watched
Ginger Snaps Collection 3 watched
The Godfather Collection 3 watched
Godzilla (Showa) Collection 15 watched
Halloween Collection 10 watched
The Hangover Collection 3 watched
The Hannibal Lecter Collection 4 watched
Hanzo the Razor Collection 3 watched
Harry Potter Collection 8 watched
Hatchet Collection 4 watched
Hellraiser Collection 10 watched
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 8 watched
The Hobbit Collection 3 watched
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Collection 3 watched
The Human Centipede Collection 3 watched
The Human Condition 3 watched
Indiana Jones Collection 4 watched
John Wick Collection 3 watched
Jumanji Collection 3 watched
Karnstein (Hammer) Trilogy 3 watched
Kizumonogatari 3 watched
Living Dead Collection 4 watched
Lone Wolf and Cub Collection 6 watched
The Lord of the Rings Collection 3 watched
A Nightmare on Elm Street Collection 7 watched
The Orphic Trilogy 3 watched
Planet of the Apes (Original) Collection 5 watched
Psycho Collection 4 watched
Quatermass (Hammer series) 3 watched
Rare Exports Collection 3 watched
Re-Animator Collection 3 watched
Rebuild of Evangelion Collection 4 watched
Resident Evil Collection 6 watched
Scream Collection 5 watched
The Slumber Party Massacre Collection 3 watched
The Sorority House Massacre Collection 3 watched
Spider-Man Collection 3 watched
Star Wars Collection 9 watched
Subspecies Collection 5 watched
Tales From the Hood Collection 3 watched
Texas Chainsaw Massacre Collection 7 watched
Three Colors Collection 3 watched
The Three Mothers Collection 3 watched
Toy Story Collection 4 watched
Trilogia della vita 3 watched
Unnamed collection 7 watched
Unnamed collection 4 watched
Unnamed collection 3 watched
Unnamed collection 9 watched
Unnamed collection 3 watched
Unnamed collection 5 watched
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Unnamed collection 5 watched
The Up Collection 9 watched
Violence Jack Collection 3 watched
The Wolverine Collection 3 watched
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection 26 watched
The ABCs of Death Collection 2 of 3 watched
Ace Ventura Collection 2 of 3 watched
All Dogs Go to Heaven Collection 2 of 3 watched
Austin Powers Collection 2 of 3 watched
Bad Boys Collection 2 of 3 watched
Blair Witch Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Blind Dead Collection 3 of 4 watched
Blood Feast Collection 3 of 4 watched
The Bloodthirsty Trilogy 2 of 3 watched
The Butterfly Effect Collection 2 of 3 watched
Candyman Collection 3 of 4 watched
Cold Prey Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Conjuring Collection 2 of 3 watched
Creepshow Collection 2 of 3 watched
Dead or Alive Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Decline of Western Civilization Collection 2 of 3 watched
Die Hard Collection 4 of 5 watched
Evil Dead Trap Collection 2 of 3 watched
Fear Street Collection 2 of 3 watched
Fifty Shades Collection 2 of 3 watched
Final Destination Collection 4 of 5 watched
Gintama Collection 3 of 4 watched
Guinea Pig Collection 5 of 6 watched
Harold & Kumar Collection 2 of 3 watched
Hostel Collection 2 of 3 watched
House Collection 3 of 4 watched
Jeepers Creepers Collection 2 of 3 watched
Left Behind Collection 2 of 3 watched
Legally Blonde Collection 2 of 3 watched
Lethal Weapon Collection 3 of 4 watched
The Lion King Collection 2 of 3 watched
Mad Max Collection 3 of 4 watched
Maniac Cop Collection 2 of 3 watched
Meet the Parents Collection 2 of 3 watched
Mick Travis Collection 2 of 3 watched
Monsieur Hulot - Collection 3 of 4 watched
The Mummy (Hammer) Collection 3 of 4 watched
My Hero Academia Movie Collection 2 of 3 watched
National Lampoon's Vacation Collection 3 of 4 watched
One Cut of the Dead Collection 2 of 3 watched
Poltergeist Collection 2 of 3 watched
Prom Night Collection 3 of 4 watched
The Punisher Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Purge Collection 4 of 5 watched
Rambo Collection 4 of 5 watched
[REC] Collection 3 of 4 watched
RoboCop Collection 2 of 3 watched
Rugrats Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Santa Clause Collection 2 of 3 watched
Saw Collection 7 of 8 watched
Screwballs Collection 2 of 3 watched
Silent Night, Deadly Night Collection 4 of 5 watched
Solidarity Trilogy 2 of 3 watched
Star Trek: Alternate Reality Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Stepfather Collection 2 of 3 watched
Tales from the Crypt Collection 2 of 3 watched
Tetsuo Collection 2 of 3 watched
Trilogia Zé do Caixão 2 of 3 watched
Unnamed collection 2 of 3 watched
Unnamed collection 3 of 4 watched
Unnamed collection 2 of 3 watched
Unnamed collection 4 of 5 watched
Unnamed collection 6 of 7 watched
Wishmaster Collection 3 of 4 watched
The Wolf Man Collection 3 of 4 watched
World of Tomorrow Collection 2 of 3 watched
Zombi Collection 2 of 3 watched
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Directors
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Crew & studios
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Co-Directors
Masayuki 3
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Producers
Jack Rollins 42
Scott Rudin 42
Roger Corman 39
Charles Band 35
Stan Lee 34
Jason Blum 32
Joel Silver 29
Tim Bevan 29
Eric Fellner 28
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Writers
Woody Allen 54
Stephen King 37
Sion Sono 27
Luis Buñuel 20
John Hughes 19
Joel Coen 18
Ethan Coen 17
Ben Hecht 17
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Editors
Treg Brown 62
Michael Kahn 29
Paul Hirsch 20
Nino Baragli 17
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Cinematography
Sven Nykvist 31
Dean Cundey 26
Mark Irwin 25
Mac Ahlberg 21
Charles Lang 19
Peter Deming 19
Bill Pope 16
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Production Design
Rick Carter 16
David Wasco 14
Carol Spier 14
Stuart Craig 13
Mel Bourne 13
Bo Welch 12
Clark Hunter 12
Jack Fisk 10
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Art Direction
Hans Dreier 30
Hal Pereira 27
Tom Warren 16
Richard Day 15
Randy Moore 14
Don Mingaye 14
Gary Tomkins 13
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Set Decoration
Nancy Haigh 24
Sam Comer 22
Susan Bode 18
Gene Serdena 17
Robert Gould 17
Ray Moyer 13
Marvin March 12
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Visual Effects
Craig Barron 21
Mat Beck 16
Phil Tippett 15
John Knoll 15
Peter Kuran 12
Tim Burke 12
Ian Hunter 12
David Sanger 12
John Bruno 11
Dennis Muren 11
Ken Ralston 11
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Composers
Danny Elfman 48
Hans Zimmer 39
Howard Shore 38
James Horner 36
David Newman 33
John Debney 25
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Sound
Skip Lievsay 56
Lee Dichter 48
Andy Nelson 45
Robert Hein 43
Steve Maslow 35
Dino Dimuro 34
Anna Behlmer 34
Treg Brown 32
Terry Porter 32
David Parker 32
Ron Bartlett 31
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Costumes
Edith Head 47
Vera West 25
Mary Zophres 19
Sandy Powell 18
Ann Roth 18
Orry-Kelly 18
Jean Louis 16
Mark Bridges 15
April Ferry 15
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Make-Up
Rick Baker 35
Jack Pierce 29
Ve Neill 28
Fern Buchner 24
Bud Westmore 24
Gordon Bau 23
Mel Berns 21
Roy Ashton 21
Ben Nye 20
Dick Smith 18
Bill Corso 18
Judy Chin 17
Sian Grigg 16
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Studios
Paramount 259
20th Century Fox 219
United Artists 111
Canal+ 109
Toho 104
New Line Cinema 101
Miramax 69
CNC 54
American International Pictures 52
Shochiku 51
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Co-Directors
Ágnes Hranitzky 4.0
Lee Unkrich 3.8
Masayuki 3.3
Kazuya Tsurumaki 3.2
Mahiro Maeda 3.2
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Producers
Hiroshi Nezu 5.0
Jacky Pang 5.0
Barbara Keon 5.0
Yasuhiro Mase 5.0
Rob Reiner 4.8
Ronald Shusett 4.8
Yutaka Suzuki 4.8
Kim Kyeong-taek 4.8
Bong Joon-ho 4.8
Moon Yang-kwon 4.8
Seiichiro Ujiie 4.8
Yutaka Narita 4.8
Noah Baumbach 4.8
Ceci Dempsey 4.8
Lee Magiday 4.8
Victor Lyndon 4.8
Jerry Fruchtman 4.8
Peter Fruchtman 4.8
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Writers
Kim Krizan 5.0
Ethan Hawke 5.0
Julie Delpy 5.0
Masaki Kobayashi 4.9
Anthony Shaffer 4.8
Jumpei Gomikawa 4.8
Goseki Kojima 4.8
John Cleese 4.8
Hampton Fancher 4.8
I. A. L. Diamond 4.8
Thomas Malory 4.8
Frank Pierson 4.8
James Agee 4.8
Frederick Knott 4.8
Jérôme Géronimi 4.8
Willis Goldbeck 4.8
Barry Levinson 4.8
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Editors
Carlos Puente 5.0
Kim Ki-duk 4.8
Willard Nico 4.8
James Haygood 4.8
Wong Ming-Lam 4.8
Robert Gordon 4.8
Valeriya Belova 4.8
Anders Refn 4.8
Tony Randel 4.8
Roger Dwyre 4.8
Elfi Böttrich 4.8
Allen McNeil 4.8
Monika Willi 4.7
Viola Lawrence 4.7
Sherman Kell 4.7
Charles Roggero 4.7
Abel Gance 4.7
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Cinematography
Günther Rittau 4.8
Carl Hoffmann 4.8
Sam Levy 4.8
Juro Sugimura 4.8
Armand Thirard 4.8
Albert Duverger 4.8
Marc Bujard 4.8
Rick Fichter 4.7
Yoshio Miyajima 4.6
Henri Alekan 4.6
Andrzej Sekula 4.5
Masaki Tamura 4.5
Joseph MacDonald 4.5
James Glennon 4.5
Byron Houck 4.5
John Alton 4.5
Charlotte Bruus Christensen 4.5
Kim Hyung-koo 4.5
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Production Design
Michael Seymour 5.0
Yohei Taneda 4.9
Lee Ha-jun 4.8
Bob Shaw 4.8
Michael Buchanan 4.8
Hisakazu Tsuji 4.8
Daniel Ouellette 4.8
Janusz Sosnowski 4.8
Robert F. Boyle 4.7
Shin Jeom-hee 4.5
Patricia Norris 4.5
Aline Bonetto 4.5
Claude Lenoir 4.5
Anna Asp 4.5
Grace Yun 4.5
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Art Direction
Merrill Pye 5.0
John Beard 5.0
Anna Asp 5.0
Kazue Hirataka 4.8
David Meyer 4.8
Lynne Huitson 4.8
Kil Won Yu 4.8
William Cruse 4.8
Maria Caso 4.8
Davide Bassan 4.8
Nancey Pankiw 4.8
Jorge Sainz 4.8
Pierre Schild 4.8
Karen Bromley 4.8
Cao Juiping 4.7
Vincent Peranio 4.6
Angelo P. Graham 4.5
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Set Decoration
Leslie McCarthy-Frankenheimer 5.0
Vincent Peranio 5.0
Susanne Lingheim 5.0
Erich Kettelhut 4.8
Karl Vollbrecht 4.8
Cho Won-woo 4.8
Song Suk-ki 4.8
Kim Byung-han 4.8
Kwon Ju-hee 4.8
Gary J. Brink 4.8
Jane Bogart 4.8
Sydney Moore 4.8
Yang Hong-sam 4.7
John Jarvis 4.7
Peter Davidson 4.5
Alan Lee 4.5
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Visual Effects
Colleen Bachman 4.8
Mark Russell 4.8
Alain Carsoux 4.8
Cho Yong-seok 4.8
Yoshiharu Sato 4.8
Catherine Duncan 4.8
Ray Kellogg 4.8
Viktor Müller 4.6
Lee Jeon-hyeong 4.5
Yoshifumi Kondō 4.5
Paul Lasaine 4.5
Yoo Young-il 4.5
Tom Debenham 4.5
Andrew Jackson 4.5
Steve Preeg 4.5
Olivier Cauwet 4.5
Jeremy Hattingh 4.5
Katherine Soares 4.5
Robyn Isaacs 4.5
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Composers
Roel A. García 5.0
Dario Argento 5.0
Daniel Bell 5.0
Oscar Peterson 5.0
Hideaki Sakurai 4.8
Massimo Morante 4.8
Jung Jae-il 4.8
Michael Galasso 4.8
Choi Seung-hyun 4.8
Lee Ji-soo 4.8
Kenyon Hopkins 4.8
Tobe Hooper 4.8
Lars Johan Werle 4.8
Robert Schumann 4.8
Carli Elinor 4.8
Louis Forbes 4.8
Poul Schierbeck 4.8
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Sound
Lee Seung-yeop 5.0
Kim Byung-in 4.8
Lennart Wallin 4.8
Wayne Bell 4.8
Don Sharpe 4.8
John W. Mitchell 4.8
Dror Gescheit 4.8
Edward Ullman 4.8
Gary Shepherd 4.8
Semyon Litvinov 4.8
Guillaume Sciama 4.8
René Longuet 4.8
John Ireland 4.8
David Appleby 4.8
Robert Maier 4.8
Bo Persson 4.7
Tod A. Maitland 4.7
Gang Hye-yeong 4.5
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Costumes
Kumiko Ogawa 5.0
Nina Cinelli 5.0
George Newman 5.0
Joan Thomas 5.0
Yoshirô Muraki 5.0
Marilyn Putnam 4.8
Nelli Fomina 4.8
Robert B. Harris 4.8
Peggy Farrell 4.8
Jane Wildgoose 4.8
Aenne Willkomm 4.8
Miyuki Suzuki 4.8
Cheri Reed 4.7
Marik Vos-Lundh 4.6
Choi Se-yeon 4.5
Kanani Wolf 4.5
Robert Chase 4.5
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Make-Up
Bridget O'Neill 5.0
Otto Genath 5.0
Hideo Yumoto 4.9
Toshio Tanaka 4.9
Barbara Daly 4.8
Vera Rudina 4.8
Geoffrey Portass 4.8
Kjell Gustavsson 4.8
Frances Kolar 4.8
Hwang Hyun-gyu 4.7
Waldemar Jabs 4.7
Kim Seo-young 4.6
Van Smith 4.5
Randy Westgate 4.5
Allie Rutherford 4.5
Emma Moncrieff 4.5
Janine Schneider 4.5
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Studios
Muhan Investment 5.0
Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC) 5.0
Producciones Gustavo Alatriste 5.0
Cinema 84 4.8
A Band Apart 4.8
Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions 4.8
Hawk Films 4.8
Peregrine 4.8
Producers Circle 4.8
Scarlet Films 4.8
Esperanto Filmoj 4.8
Tapioca Films 4.8
Delphi Films 4.8
Trollhättan Film 4.8
Film Futures 4.8
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