Movie Marathon (Part 1)

Thread Games
983

Foreign Film Noir

  1. Bob le Flambeur
  2. Shoot the Piano Player (Tirez sur le pianiste)
  3. M (1931)
  4. Bullet in the Head
  5. Rififi (1955)
  6. Der Verlorene (The Lost One) 1951
984

Foreign Film Noir

  1. Bob le Flambeur
  2. Shoot the Piano Player (Tirez sur le pianiste)
  3. M (1931)
  4. Bullet in the Head
  5. Rififi (1955)
  6. Der Verlorene (The Lost One) 1951
  7. Ossessione (1943)
985

Foreign Film Noir

  1. Bob le Flambeur
  2. Shoot the Piano Player (Tirez sur le pianiste)
  3. M (1931)
  4. Bullet in the Head
  5. Rififi (1955)
  6. Der Verlorene (The Lost One) 1951
  7. Ossessione (1943)
  8. Alphaville (1965)
986

Foreign Film Noir

  1. Bob le Flambeur
  2. Shoot the Piano Player (Tirez sur le pianiste)
  3. M (1931)
  4. Bullet in the Head
  5. Rififi (1955)
  6. Der Verlorene (The Lost One) 1951
  7. Ossessione (1943)
  8. Alphaville (1965)
  9. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
987

Foreign Film Noir

  1. Bob le Flambeur
  2. Shoot the Piano Player (Tirez sur le pianiste)
  3. M (1931)
  4. Bullet in the Head
  5. Rififi (1955)
  6. Der Verlorene (The Lost One) 1951
  7. Ossessione (1943)
  8. Alphaville (1965)
  9. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
  10. City on Fire (Ringo Lam, 1987)

Tarantino “borrowed” heavily from this one to make Reservoir Dogs.
Next: Special Effects Landmarks

  1. King Kong (Willis O’Brien)
988

Next: Special Effects Landmarks

  1. King Kong (Willis O’Brien)
  2. Tron (Steven Lisberger)
989

Next: Special Effects Landmarks

  1. King Kong (Willis O’Brien)
  2. Tron (Steven Lisberger)
  3. Avatar (multiple)
990

Next: Special Effects Landmarks

  1. King Kong (Willis O’Brien)
  2. Tron (Steven Lisberger)
  3. Avatar (multiple)
  4. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (Karl Vollbrecht et al.)
991

Special Effects Landmarks

  1. King Kong (Willis O’Brien)
  2. Tron (Steven Lisberger)
  3. Avatar (multiple)
  4. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (Karl Vollbrecht et al.)
  5. Metropolis (Eugen Schüfftan)
992

Special Effects Landmarks

  1. King Kong (Willis O’Brien)
  2. Tron (Steven Lisberger)
  3. Avatar (multiple)
  4. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (Karl Vollbrecht et al.)
  5. Metropolis (Eugen Schüfftan)
  6. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (Ray Harryhausen)
993

Special Effects Landmarks

  1. King Kong (Willis O’Brien)
  2. Tron (Steven Lisberger)
  3. Avatar (multiple)
  4. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (Karl Vollbrecht et al.)
  5. Metropolis (Eugen Schüfftan)
  6. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (Ray Harryhausen)
  7. Star Wars (Industrial Light and Magic)
994

Special Effects Landmarks

  1. King Kong (Willis O’Brien)
  2. Tron (Steven Lisberger)
  3. Avatar (multiple)
  4. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (Karl Vollbrecht et al.)
  5. Metropolis (Eugen Schüfftan)
  6. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (Ray Harryhausen)
  7. Star Wars (Industrial Light and Magic)
  8. LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (Gollum as the first all-CGI major character)
995

Special Effects Landmarks

  1. King Kong (Willis O’Brien)
  2. Tron (Steven Lisberger)
  3. Avatar (multiple)
  4. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (Karl Vollbrecht et al.)
  5. Metropolis (Eugen Schüfftan)
  6. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (Ray Harryhausen)
  7. Star Wars (Industrial Light and Magic)
  8. LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (Gollum as the first all-CGI major character)
  9. Jurassic Park (new standard for realism in CGI creatures)
996

Special Effects Landmarks

  1. King Kong (Willis O’Brien)

  2. Tron (Steven Lisberger)

  3. Avatar (multiple)

  4. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (Karl Vollbrecht et al.)

  5. Metropolis (Eugen Schüfftan)

  6. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (Ray Harryhausen)

  7. Star Wars (Industrial Light and Magic)

  8. LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (Gollum as the first all-CGI major character)

  9. Jurassic Park (new standard for realism in CGI creatures)

  10. The Matrix (Bullet Time by John Gaeta)
    Comedy Horror Movies

  11. Arsenic and Old Lace

997

It was The Two Towers, though, in which Gollum becomes a major character. There’s really just glimpses of him in Fellowship.

998

Comedy Horror Movies

  1. Arsenic and Old Lace
  2. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
999

Comedy Horror Movies

  1. Arsenic and Old Lace
  2. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
  3. Shaun of the Dead
1000

Comedy Horror Movies

  1. Arsenic and Old Lace
  2. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
  3. Shaun of the Dead
  4. Saturday the 14th
1001

Comedy Horror Movies

  1. Arsenic and Old Lace
  2. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
  3. Shaun of the Dead
  4. Saturday the 14th
  5. Young Frankenstein
1002

Comedy Horror Movies

  1. Arsenic and Old Lace
  2. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
  3. Shaun of the Dead
  4. Saturday the 14th
  5. Young Frankenstein
  6. Dead Alive

ETA: Also known as “Braindead.”