TSPDT Checklist

They Shoot Pictures Don't They's best movies, by half-decade (ish). To the left are the # of T500 films I've seen, underlined are movies I've seen, italicized are movies on my list.

V 1901-1926 10 Eisenstein, 28 Keaton, 35 Chaplin, 54 Griffith, 69 von Stroheim

103 Murnau, 125 Griffith, 129 Keaton, 134 Griffith, 155 Wiene…Murnau

1927-1929 12 Murnau, 20 Dreyer, 71 Lang, 102 Vertov, 107 Gance…Bunuel

IX 1930-1934 17 Vigo, 24 Chaplin, 44 Lang, 104 McCarey, 106 Bunuel, 108 Cooper/Schoedsack, 135 Dovzhenko, 164 Browning, 168 Lubitsch, 188 Dreyer…Capra

1935-1939 (4/T6 are 1939) 3 Renoir, 22 Renoir, 55 Chaplin, 64 Fleming, 66 Fleming, 81 Ford, 94 Hawks, 165 Renoir, 203 Whale, 221 Hawks…Hand

VIII 1940-1944 1 Welles, 16 Curtiz, 51 Welles, 73 Lubitsch, 98 Wilder, 101 Hawks, 110 Sturges, 121 Ford, 136 Sturges, 152 Powell/Pressburger…Cukor

1945-1949 14 De Sica, 29 Reed, 34 Carne, 43 Capra, 80 Hitchcock, 91 Ophuls, 95 Ford, 97 Rossellini, 119 Tourneur, 122 Huston…Rossellini

+++XII 1950-1954 (4 T100 53 but all foreign, 5 T100 54)+4 7 Kurosawa, 9 Donen/Kelly, 11 Ozu, 18 Kurosawa, 31 Wilder, 47 Hitchcock, 49 Mizoguchi, 52 Fellini, 68 Mankiewicz, 82 Mizoguchi…Kurosawa

+++1955-1959 (6! T100 59 vs. 8)+4 2 Hitchcock, 8 Ford, 21 Welles, 23 Wilder, 30 Godard, 36 Truffaut, 39 Laughton, 40 Dreyer, 53 Bergman, 56 Bergman…Hitchcock

++VI 1960-1964 (4 T100 60)+3 6 Fellini, 13 Lean, 25 Fellini, 32 Hitchcock, 33 Kubrick, 41 Antonioni, 45 Truffaut, 50 Godard, 58 Wilder, 65 Visconti…Bunuel

1965-1969 4 Kubrick, 42 Bergman, 46 Tarkovsky, 48 Peckinpah, 60 Bresson, 61 Leone, 62 Bertolucci, 79 Pontecorvo, 86 Godard, 92 Tati (#11 Welles)

VIII 1970-1974 5/15 Coppola, 37 Polanski, 74 Fellini, 77 Kubrick, 89 Herzog, 115 Scorsese, 120 Altman, 139 Malick, 147 Roeg…Cassavetes

1975-1979 26 Scorsese, 27 Coppola, 67 Tarkovsky, 75 Spielberg, 76 Altman, 84 Kubrick, 96 Allen, 100 Lucas, 112 Tarkovsky, 118 Allen…Spielberg

III 1980-1984 19 Scorsese, 38 Scott, 78 Bergman, 114 Spielberg, 117 Kubrick, 143 Leone/182 Spielberg, 216 Marker, 228 Bresson, 240 Fassbinder…Kershner

1985-1989 105 Lynch, 116 Kurosawa, 140 Kieslowski, 158 Gilliam, 166 Lanzmann/176 Lee, 218 Kiarostami, 231 Tornatore, 234 Allen, 259 Wenders…Klimov (#19)

III 1990-1994 93 Scorsese, 123 Tarantino, 198 Spielberg, 200 Eastwood, 248 Tarr, 274 Campion, 326 Wong, 350 Tarantino, 368 Ramis, 384 Demme…Scott

1995-1999 (5/8 95) 267 Coens, 313 Mann, 327 von Trier, 390 Coens, 421 Lasseter, 459 Makhmalbaf, 46 Hanson, 468 Kusturica, 501 Jarmusch, 536 PT Anderson…Boyle

(arranged by 21^st century list) IV 2000-2004 211 Wong, 293 Lynch, 321 Yang, 515 Gondry, 439 Miyazaki, 744 Coppola, 650 Lee, 655 Almodovar, 807 Cuaron. For the last 2, the main list has 598 Meirelles & 689 Wes Anderson while 21^st has overall unnumbered Haynes & Payne.

2005-2009 is in flux and it’ll take awhile to establish classics. 21^st list rank in parentheses: Donnersmarck (11), PT Anderson (1), del Toro (5), Haneke (8). Cronenberg’s 7/2, Puiu 6/10, & Malick’s 5/29.

Specific years I've especially seen: 1950/2000 T3, 1940/1959/2002 3 T500s, 1936/1941/1946/2004 T2.