PopGap #09: Flickchart's Top 250 - Complete!

I found a handful of new favorites this month while knocking down what remained of the Flickchart Top 250. Sanjuro, Riffifi and Stand By Me all entered my own Top 250, while Bicycle Thieves held onto to its exalted position upon re-watching it for the first time in decades. Diabolique and Repulsion also moved into the upper echelons of my chart. 

Here's how all 20 of the movies I watched this month ranked for me:

Sanjuro (1962)

My Flickchart Rank: #48/3194
Global Rank: #241

...on Amazon

Bicycle Thieves (1948)

My Flickchart Rank: #125/3194
Global Rank: #58

...on Amazon

Rififi (1955)

My Flickchart Rank: #130/3194
Global Rank: #214

...on Amazon

Stand By Me (1986)

My Flickchart Rank: #249/3194
Global Rank: #112

...on Amazon

Repulsion (1965)

My Flickchart Rank: #328/3194
Global Rank: #245

...on Amazon

Diabolique (1955)

My Flickchart Rank: #463/3194
Global Rank: #194

...on Amazon

My Man Godfrey (1936)

My Flickchart Rank: #548/3194
Global Rank: #235

...on Amazon

The Long Goodbye (1973)

My Flickchart Rank: #744/3194
Global Rank: #206

...on Amazon

Grave Of The Fireflies (1988)

My Flickchart Rank: #789/3194
Global Rank: #236

...on Amazon

A Matter Of Life And Death 1946

My Flickchart Rank: #796/3194
Global Rank: #196

...on Amazon

Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind (1984)

My Flickchart Rank: #870/3194
Global Rank: #227

...on Amazon

The Hidden Fortress (1958)

My Flickchart Rank: #999/3194
Global Rank: #232

...on Amazon

The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (1943)

My Flickchart Rank: #1043/3194
Global Rank: #248

...on Amazon

A Night At The Opera (1935)

My Flickchart Rank: #1048/3194
Global Rank: #198

...on Amazon

Stalag 17 (1953)

My Flickchart Rank: #1110/3194
Global Rank: #164

...on Amazon

The Kid (1921)

My Flickchart Rank: #1340/3194
Global Rank: #191

...on Amazon

Rio Bravo (1959)

Dir.: Howard Hawks
My Flickchart Rank: #2114/3194
Global Rank: #149

...on Amazon

In The Mood For Love (2000)

My Flickchart Rank: #2157/3194
Global Rank: #251

...on Amazon

The Lion King (1994)

My Flickchart: #2398/3194
Global Rank: #154

...on Amazon

Arsenic And Old Lace (1944)

My Flickchart Rank: #3016/3194
Global Rank: #209

...on Amazon

Closing Thoughts

• It's no surprise that a Kurosawa movie ended up being one of my favorites of the month, but I was taken aback by how little The Hidden Fortress impressed me.
• I ended up liking Wong Kar Wai's In the Mood For Love more than I've liked his other movies, but it didn't change my opinion of him as a stylist bored by his own ideas.
• Thrillers did particularly well this month.
• The question nagging at me as I wrap up this month's project is: what do I have against Howard Hawks? I've never really considered Hawks' filmography in any meaningful way, but I'm beginning to suspect that I have a problem with something he does, as I like very few of his most popular movies. I'll have to start searching for a commonality as more of his movies come up in the future.

What is Flickchart?

Flickchart is a movie-ranking website that helps users generate a list of their favorite movies by forcing them to choose favorites from random pairings. It's free to join, and a fun way for list-obsessed data-junkies to feel like they are doing something while actually accomplishing nothing!

Where I can I see these movies?

You can search for them on CanIStream.it, but we like it when you click on our Amazon links. Some of these maybe be available through Hulu's Criterion Collection.