Fave Film

Contained herein are the favorite films of me, Matthew Bert Goode, subject to change at a moment’s notice.  This page contains “full-length” or “feature” films, which I’m defining as running over an hour.  For longer works that are divided into shorter installments, go to page 2. Go to page 3 for “featurettes” (medium-length programs) or page 4 for shorts.

Rating guide:

****=It’s great, and I love it.

***=It’s not exactly great, but I like it a lot.

**=It’s not great, but I love certain things about it.

*=It sucks, but I like it in spite of myself.

?=I need to see it again to give a rating or the rating is tentative.

Features


1920s


1920

***The Golem: How He Came into the World (Paul Wegener/Carl Boese; UFA; Germany)

1922

***Haxan (Benjamin Christensen; Svensk Filmindustri/Skandias Filmbyra; Denmark/Sweden) <4/2020>

***Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau; Prana; Germany)

1924

?Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (Fritz Lang; Decla-Bioscop/UFA; Austria/Germany)

?Die Nibelungen: Kriemlegeheld’s Revenge (Fritz Lang; Decla-Bioscop/UFA; Austria/Germany)

1925

?The Phantom of the Opera (Rupert Julian; Universal; USA)

1926

***Faust (F.W. Murnau; UFA; Germany)

1927

****Metropolis (Fritz Lang; UFA; Austria/Germany)


1930s


1931

?Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Rouben Mamoulian/Robert Louis Stevenson; Paramount; USA)

***Dracula (Tod Browning/Carl Laemmle, Jr.; Universal; USA)

****Frankenstein (James Whale/Carl Laemmle, Jr.; Universal; USA)

***M (Fritz Lang; Nero-Film; Germany)

1932

?Island of Lost Souls (Erle C. Kenton/H.G. Wells; Paramount; USA)

***The Mummy (Karl Freund/Carl Laemmle, Jr.; Universal; USA)

1933

***The Invisible Man (James Whale/H.G. Wells; Universal; USA)

****King Kong (Edgar Wallace/Merian C. Cooper/Ernest B. Schoedsack/Willis O’Brien; RKO; USA) <2/2020>

***Son of Kong (Ernest B. Schoedsack/Willis O’Brien; RKO; USA) <2/2020>

1935

****Bride of Frankenstein (James Whale; Universal; USA)

***Mark of the Vampire (Tod Browning; MGM; USA)

1936

***Dracula’s Daughter (Lambert Hillyer; Universal; USA)

1937

?Le Roman de Reynard (Wladyslaw Starevitch/Irene Starevitch; USSR/France)

1938

?Alexander Nevsky (Sergei Eisenstein; Mosfilm; USSR)

1939

?The Golden Key (Aleksandr Ptushko/Carlo Collodi; Mosfilm; USSR)

****Son of Frankenstein (Rowland V. Lee; Universal; USA)

****The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming/Harold Arlen/Yip Harburg/L. Frank Baum; MGM; USA) <4/2020>


1940s


1941

****Citizen Kane (Orson Welles; Mercury/RKO; USA)

1944

?Ivan the Terrible (Sergei Eisenstein; Mosfilm; USSR)

1945

?Ivan the Terrible, Part II (Sergei Eisenstein; Mosfilm; USSR)

1946

?Beauty and the Beast (Jean Cocteau; Discina; France)


1950s


1950

****Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa; Daiei; Japan)

1951

****Scrooge (Brian Desmond Hurst; Renown; UK) {Christmas} <12/2019>

****The Thing from Another World (Howard Hawks; Winchester/RKO; USA)

1954

***Godzilla (Ishiro Honda/Eiji Tsuburaya/Akira Ifukube; Toho; Japan) <4/2020>

****Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa; Toho; Japan)

1955

?Journey to Prehistory (Karel Zeman; Ceskoslovensky Statni/Gottwaldov; Czechoslovakia)

1956

****Animal Farm (John Halas/Joy Batchelor; Halas & Batchelor/CIA; UK)

1957

****Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick; Bryna/United Artists; USA)

****Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa; Toho; Japan)

1958

?Ballad of Narayama (Keisuke Kinoshita; Shochiku; Japan)

?The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (Karel Zeman; Ceskoslovensky Statni/Gottwaldov; Czechoslovakia)

****The Hidden Fortress (Akira Kurosawa; Toho; Japan)


1960s


1960

?The River Fuefuki (Keisuke Kinoshita; Shochiku; Japan)

1961

?Baron Munchausen (Karel Zeman; Kratky Praha/Gottwaldov; Czechoslovakia)

***Scarlet Sails (Aleksandr Ptushko/Aleksandr Grin; Mosfilm; USSR) <1/2020>

****Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa; Toho; Japan)

1962

****Harakiri (Masaki Kobayashi; Shochiku; Japan)

****Sanjuro (Akira Kurosawa; Toho; Japan)

1964

****Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick; Hawk/Columbia; USA)

****A Fistfull of Dollars (Sergio Leone/Ennio Morricone/Akira Kurosawa; Jolly/Constantin/Ocean/Unidis; Italy)

?The Jester’s Tale (Karel Zeman; Barrandov; Czechoslovakia)

?Lemonade Joe (Olrich Lipsky; Ceskoslovensky Statni; Czechoslovakia)

1965

****For a Few Dollars More (Sergio Leone/Ennio Morricone; PEA/Constantin/Cinematograficas/Gonzalez; Italy)

***Kwaidan (Masaki Kobayashi; Toho; Japan)

?Mad Monster Party (Arthur Rankin/Jules Bass; MOM/Rankin-Bass/Embassy; USA/Japan)

****Red Beard (Akira Kurosawa; Toho; Japan)

1966

?Daimajin (Masaichi Nagata/Kimiyoshi Yasuda/Akira Ifukube; Daiei; Japan)

****The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Sergio Leone/Ennio Morricone; Sergio Leone/Ennio Morricone; PEA/Constantin/Cinematograficas/Gonzalez/United Artists; Italy)

?Munster, Go Home (Bob Mosher/Joe Connelly; Universal; USA)

?Revenge of Daimajin (Masaichi Nagata/Kenji Misumi/Akira Ifukube; Daiei; Japan)

?Wrath of Daimajin (Masaichi Nagata/Kazuo Mori/Akira Ifukube; Daiei; Japan)

?The War of the Gargantuas (Ishiro Honda/Eiji Tsuburaya/Akira Ifukube; Toho/UPA; Japan)

1967

?Dragon Inn (King Hu; Union Film Company; Taiwan/Hong Kong)

***Marat/Sade (Peter Weiss/Peter Brook; Marat Sade/Royal Shakespeare Company/United Artists; UK)

?Samurai Rebellion (Masaki Kobayashi; Toho; Japan)

?The Stolen Airship (Karel Zeman; Gottwaldov/Barrandov; Czechoslovakia)

***Viy (Aleksandr Ptushko/Konstantin Ershov/Georgiy Kropachyov; Mosfilm; USSR) <10/2019>

1968

****2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick/Arthur C. Clarke/Douglas Trumbull; MGM; USA)

****The Great Silence (Sergio Corbucci/Ennio Morricone; Adelphia/Les Films Corona; Italy)

****Once Upon a Time in the West (Sergio Leone/Ennio Morricone; Rafran/Finanzia San Marco/Paramount; Italy)

****The Snow Woman (Masaichi Nagata/Tokuzo Tanaka/Akira Ifukube; Daiei; Japan)

1969

***A Boy Named Charlie Brown (Charles Schulz/Bill Melendez/Vince Guaraldi; Cinema Center/Mendelson/National General; USA) <3/2020>

?The Cremator (Juraj Herz; Barrandov; Czechoslovakia)

***Godzilla’s Revenge (Ishiro Honda/Kunio Miyauchi; Toho; UK)


1970s


1970

?On the Comet (Karel Zeman; Gottwaldov/Barrandov/Kratky Praha; Czechoslovakia)

1971

***The Big Boss (Lo Wei/Bruce Lee; Golden Harvest; Hong Kong)

****A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick; Polaris/Hawk/Warner Bros.; USA)

****Duck You Sucker (Sergio Leone/Ennio Morricone; Rafran/Euro International/San Miura/United Artists; Italy)

?Inn of Evil (Masaki Kobayashi; Japan)

***Silent Running (Douglas Trumbull; Universal; USA)

***Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Mel Stuart/Leslie Bricusse/Anthony Newley; Wolper; USA/West Germany/East Germany/Belgium) <3/2020>

1972

?Brother Sun, Sister Moon (Franco Zeffirelli; Euro International/Vic; Italy/UK)

****Fist of Fury (Lo Wei/Bruce Lee; Golden Harvest; Hong Kong)

***Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (Shintaro Katsu/Kenji Misumi; Katsu/Toho; Japan)

***Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (Shintaro Katsu/Kenji Misumi; Katsu/Toho; Japan)

***Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Hades (Shintaro Katsu/Kenji Misumi; Katsu/Toho; Japan)

***Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (Shintaro Katsu/Buichi Saito; Katsu/Toho; Japan)

?Slaughterhouse-Five (George Roy Hill/Kurt Vonnegut/Johann Sebastian Bach; Vanadas/Universal; USA)

***Snoopy, Come Home! (Charles Schulz/Bill Melendez; Cinema Center/Mendelson/Melendez/Sopwith/UFS; USA) <3/2020>

***The Way of the Dragon (Bruce Lee; Concord/Golden Harvest; Hong Kong)

1973

****Enter the Dragon (Bob Clouse/Bruce Lee; Concord/Warner Bros.; Hong Kong)

?The Fate of Lee Khan (King Hu; Golden Harvest; Taiwan/Hong Kong)

?Lady Snowblood (Toshyo Fujita; Tokyo Eiga/Toho; Japan)

?Lemora (Richard Blackburn; Blackfern/Media Cinema Group; USA)

***Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (Shintaro Katsu/Kenji Misumi; Katsu/Toho; Japan)

****My Name Is Nobody (Sergio Leone/Ennio Morricone; Rafran/Leitienne/Im. Ex. Ci./Alcinter/Rialto; Italy)

1974

***Dark Star (John Carpenter/Dan O’Bannon; USC/Harris; USA)

?Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance (Toshiyo Fujita; Tokyo Eiga/Toho; Japan)

***Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (Shintaro Katsu/Yoshiyuki Kuroda; Katsu/Toho; Japan)

***The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper; Vortex; USA)

1975

****Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick; Hawk/Peregrine/Warner Bros.; USA/UK)

****Dersu Uzala (Akira Kurosawa; Mosfilm/Daiei; Japan/USSR)

****Jaws (Steven Spielberg; Universal; USA)

****Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Monty Python; Python/White/National Film Trustee; UK)

1976

?Assault on Precinct 13 (John Carpenter; CKK; USA)

***Carrie (Brian De Palma; Red Bank/United Artists; USA)

***Rocky (John G. Avildsen/Sylvester Stallone; United Artists; USA)

1977

***Alucarda (Juan Lopez Moctezuma; Yuma/Films 75; Mexico)

***Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg/Douglas Trumbull; EMI/Columbia; USA)

***The Hobbit (Arthur Rankin/Jules Bass/Maury Laws/J.R.R. Tolkien; Rankin-Bass/Topcraft; USA/Japan)

***House (Nobuhiko Obayashi; Toho; Japan)

***Star Wars (George Lucas/Dennis Muren/Ralph McQuarrie/John Williams; Lucasfilm/Fox; USA) <1/2020>

1978

?Beauty and the Beast (Juraj Herz; Barrandov; Czechoslovakia)

****Superman ( Alexander Salkind/Ilya Salkind/Richard Donner/John Williams; Film Export/Dovemead/International Film Productions/Warner Bros; USA) <7/2019>

****Watership Down (Martin Rosen/Richard Adams; Nepenthe; USA)

1979

****Alien (Ridley Scott/Carlo Rambaldi/Jerry Goldsmith; Brandywine/Fox; USA)

****The Life of Brian (Monty Python; Handmade/Python; UK)

?Legend of the Mountain (Feng Nian/First; King Hu; Hong Kong/Taiwan)

****The Muppet Movie (Jim Henson/James Frawley/Paul Williams; ITC/Henson; USA)

***Rocky II (Sylvester Stallone; United Artists; USA)

****Taro the Dragon Boy (Kirio Urayama; Toei; Japan)


1980s


1980

?The Elephant Man (David Lynch; Brooksfilms; USA)

?The Fog (John Carpenter; Debra Hill/AVCO Embassy; USA)

?Hex (Chih-Hung Kuei; Shaw Bros.; Hong Kong)

****Kagemusha (Akira Kurosawa; Kurasawa/Toho; Japan)

****Shining, The (Stanley Kubrick; Hawk/Peregrine/Producer Circle/Warner Bros.; USA)

***Superman II (Alexander Salkind/Ilya Salkind/Richard Donner/Richard Lester; Film Export/Dovemead/International Film Group/Warner Bros.; USA) <7/2019>
****Superman II (The Richard Donner Cut) <7/2019>

****The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner/George Lucas/Dennis Muren/Phil Tippett/Ralph McQuarrie/John Williams; Lucasfilm/Fox; USA) <1/2020>

1981

****Escape from New York (John Carpenter; Goldcrest/International Film Investors/AVCO Embassy; USA)

****The Great Muppet Caper (Jim Henson/Frank Oz/Joe Raposo; ITC/Henson; USA)

?Quest for Fire (Jean-Jacques Annaud; ICC/Cine Trail/Belstar/Stephan/Gruskoff/Royal Bank of Canada/Famous Players; France/Canada)

?School in the Crosshairs (Nobuhiko Obayashi; Kadokawa/Kenmi; Japan)

?Thief (Michael Mann; United Artists; USA)

****Time Bandits (Terry Gilliam; Handmade/Janus; USA/UK)

?Visitors from the Galaxy (Dusan Vukotic/Jan Svankmajer; Zagreb/Jadran/Barrandov; Yugoslavia)

1982

****Blade Runner (Ridley Scott/Douglas Trumbull; Ladd/Shaw Brothers/Warner Bros.; USA)

****The Dark Crystal (Jim Henson/Frank Oz/Trevor Jones/Brian Froud; ITC/Henson; USA)

****E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg/Carlo Rambaldi/John Williams; Amblin/Universal; USA)

?Gauche the Cellist (Isao Takahata; Oh Production; Japan)

***The Last Unicorn (Arthur Rankin/Jules Bass/Jimmy Webb/Peter S. Beagle; Rankin-Bass/Topcraft/ITC; USA/Japan/UK)

***Rocky III (Sylvester Stallone; United Artists; USA)

****The Secret of Nimh (Don Bluth/Robert C. O’Brien/Jerry Goldsmith; Aurora/Bluth; USA)

****Plague Dogs (Martin Rosen/Richard Adams; Nepenthe/United Artists; USA)

****The Thing (John Carpenter/Rob Bottin/Ennio Morricone; Turner-Foster/Universal; USA)

1983

***Brainstorm (Douglas Trumbull; MGM; USA)

****A Christmas Story (Bob Clark/Jean Shepherd; MGM; USA) {Christmas}

?The Hunger (Tony Scott; Peerford/MGM; UK/USA)

***The Keep (Michael Mann; Paramount; USA)

***Psycho II (Hilton A. Green/Richard Franklin/Tom Holland/Jerry Goldsmith; Oak/Universal; USA)

****Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand/George Lucas/Dennis Muren/Ralph McQuarrie/John Williams; Lucasfilm/Fox; USA) <1/2020>

***Superman III (Alexander Salkind/Ilya Salkind/Richard Lester; USA) <7/2019>

?Utu (Geoff Murphy; Utu/New Zealand Film Commission; New Zealand)

?Zu: Warriors of the Magic Mountain (Tsui Hark; Paragon/Golden Harvest; Hong Kong)

1984

***2010 (Peter Hyams/Arthur C. Clarke; MGM; USA)

****Amadeus (Milos Forman; Zaents/Orion; USA)

***Dune (David Lynch/Carlo Rambaldi; DeLaurentiis; USA) <1/2020>

****Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman/Dan Aykroyd/Harold Ramis; Delphi/Black Rhino/Producers Sales/Columbia; USA)

***Godzilla 1985 (Koji Hashimoto/Teruyoshi Nakano; Toho; Japan)

***Gremlins (Joe Dante/Chris Wallas/Jerry Goldsmith; Amblin/Warner Bros.; USA) {Christmas} <1/2020>

****The Karate Kid (John G. Avildsen; Delphi II/Columbia; USA)

***The Muppets Take Manhattan (Frank Oz/Jim Henson/Jeff Moss; Delphi II/Henson/Tristar; USA)

****Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Hayao Miyazaki/Joe Hisaishi; Topcraft; Japan)

****The NeverEnding Story (Wolfgang Petersen/Klaus Doldinger/Giorgio Moroder/Michael Ende; Producers Sales; Germany)

?Night of the Comet (Thom Eberhardt; Coleman Rosenblatt/Film Fund; USA)

****A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven/Charles Bernstein; Smart Egg/New Line; USA)

****Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone/Ennio Morricone; Ladd/Embassy/PSO/Rafran; Italy)

***Supergirl (Alexander Salkind/Ilya Salkind/Jeanot Swarcz/Jerry Goldsmith; Investors in Industry/Artistry Limited/Fleming/St. Michael/Warner Bros.; USA) <7/2019>

****The Terminator (James Cameron/Stan Winston; Hemdale/Pacific Western/Cinema ’84; USA)

****This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner/Christopher Guest; Spinal Tap; USA)

1985

****The Adventures of Mark Twain (Will Vinton/Billy Scream; Vinton/Harbour Town; USA)

****Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis/Bob Gale/Alan Silvestri; Amblin/Universal; USA)

****Brazil (Terry Gilliam; Brazil/Embassy; UK/USA)

?Crimewave (Sam Raimi; Renaissance/Embassy; USA)

?Dreamchild (Gavin Millar/Lewis Carroll/Jim Henson; PfH/Thorn EMI; UK)

***Legend (Ridley Scott; Legend/Embassy; USA/UK) <4/2020>

***Lifeforce (Tobe Hooper; Cannon/Easedram; USA)

?Night on the Galactic Railroad (Gisaburo Sugii; Asahi/Nippon Herald; Japan)

***A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (Jack Sholder; Smart Egg/Heron/New Line; USA)

****Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (Tim Burton/Danny Elfman; Apen/Warner Bros.; USA)

****Ran (Akira Kurosawa; Nippon Herald/Greenwhich; Japan)

****Return to Oz (Walter Murch/Will Vinton/L. Frank Baum; Oz/Silver Screen Partners/Disney; USA) <4/2020>

****Rocky IV (Sylvester Stallone; MGM/United Artists; USA)

***Santa Claus (Alexander Salkind/Ilya Salkind/Jeanot Swarcz/Henry Mancini; Santa Claus/Calash/GGG/Tristar; USA) {Christmas} <12/2019>

***Sesame Streets Presents Follow That Bird (Ken Kwapis/Jim Henson; Children’s Television Workshop/Henson/Warner Bros.; USA)

1986

****Aliens (James Cameron/Stan Winston; Brandywine/Fox; USA)

?Big Trouble in Little China (John Carpenter; Fox; USA)

***Castle in the Sky (Hayao Miyazaki/Joe Hisaishi; Nibariki/Tokuma Shoten/Ghibli; Japan)

***The Karate Kid, Part II (John G. Avildsen; Delphi V/Columbia; USA)

****Labyrinth (Jim Henson/Brian Froud/David Bowie/Trevor Jones; Henson/Lucasfilm/Delphi V/Tristar; USA)

?Manhunter (Michael Mann; Red Dragon/DeLaurentiis; USA)

?The Mission (Roland Jaffe/Ennio Morricone; Enigma/Kingsmere/Goldcrest/Warner Bros.; UK)

?Nutcracker (Carroll Ballard/Kent Stowell/Maurice Sendak/Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Northwest Pacific Ballet/Hyperion/Kushner-Locke/Atlantic Releasing; USA) [Christmas]

***Psycho III (Anthony Perkins, Hilton A. Green; Universal; USA)

?The Snow Queen (Paivi Hartzell/Hans Christian Andersen/Jukka Linkola; Neofilmi/Finnkino; Finland)

***Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Tobe Hooper; Cannon; USA)

1987

?A Chinese Ghost Story (Tsui Hark/Ching Siu-Tung/Romeo Diaz/James Wong; Film Workshop/Cinema City; Hong Kong)

****Evil Dead 2 (Sam Raimi; Renaissance/DeLaurentis; USA)

****Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick; Natant/Harrier/Warner Bros.; USA)

?The Gate (Tibor Takacs; Gate/Alliance/Vista Organization/New Century; Canada/USA)

***Masters of the Universe (Gary Goddard/Edward Pressman/Yoram Globus/Menahem Golan/David Odell/Bill Conti; Golan-Globus/Cannon; Israel/USA) <1/2020>

***A Nightmare on Elm Street III: The Dream Warriors (Chuck Russell; Heron/Smart Egg/New Line; USA)

****Predator (John McTiernan/John Davis/Stan Winston/Alan Silvestri; Silver/Davis/Gordon/Amercent/Fox; USA)

****RoboCop (Paul Verhoeven/Rob Bottin/Phil Tippett/Basil Pouledaris; Orion; USA)

***Robot Carnival (Katsuhiro Otomo; APPP/Studio 4°C; Japan)

1988

****The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Terry Gilliam; Prominent/Laura/Allied; UK/USA)

****Alice (Jan Svankmajer; Channel 4/Condor/Hessicher/SRG; Czechoslovakia)

****Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo; Akira/Kodansha/Bandai/Mainichi/Hakuhodo/Toho/LaserDisc/Sumitomo/TMS; Japan)

****Beetlejuice (Tim Burton/Doug Beswick/Danny Elfman; Geffen/Warner Bros.; USA)

***Blood Sport (Newt Arnold/Jean Claude Van Damme/Paul Hertzog; Cannon; USA)

****Grave of the Fireflies (Isao Takahata; Shinchosha/Ghibli; Japan)

***The Land before Time (Don Bluth/James Horner; Sullivan-Bluth/Amblin/Universal; USA/Ireland)

?The Last Temptation of Christ (Martin Scorsese; Cineplex Odeon/Universal; USA)

****My Neighbor Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki/Joe Hisaishi; Nibariki/Tokuma Shoten/Ghibli; Japan)

***A Nightmare on Elm Street IV: The Dream Master (Renny Harlin/New Line; Smart Egg/Heron/New Line; USA)

***Pumpkinhead (Stan Winston; Lion/DeLaurentiis/MGM/United Artists; USA)

***Scrooged (Richard Donner/Danny Elfman; Mirage/Paramount; USA) {Christmas}

****Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Robert Zemeckis/Bob Gale/Alan Silvestri; Silver Screen/Amblin/Touchstone; USA) <2/2020>

***Willow (George Lucas/Ron Howard; Imagine/Lucasfilm/MGM; USA) <1/2020>

1989

***The Abyss (James Cameron; Pacific Western/Lightstorm/Fox; USA)

****Back to the Future Part II (Robert Zemeckis/Bob Gale/Alan Silvestri; Amblin/Universal; USA)

***Batman (Tim Burton/Danny Elfman; Guber-Peters/Polygram/Warner Bros.; USA) <9/2019>

****Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (Stephen Herek/Ed Solomon/Chris Matheson; Nelson/Soisson-Murphey/Interscope/DeLaurentiis; USA)

****Ghostbusters II (Ivan Reitman/Dan Aykroyd/Harold Ramis; Columbia; USA)

***Godzilla vs. Biollante (Kazuki Omori/Koichi Kawakita/Koichi Sugiyama; Toho; Japan)

***Kickboxer (Mark Disalle/David Worth/Jean Claude Van Damme/Paul Hertzog; Movie Group/Kings Road; USA)

****Kiki’s Delivery Service (Hayao Miyazaki/Joe Hisaishi; Nibariki/Tokuma Shoten/Yamato/NTV/Ghibli; Japan)

***Leviathan (George P. Cosmatos/Stan Winston/Jerry Goldsmith; Filmauro/Gordon/MGM; Italy/USA)

?Marquis (Henri Xhonneux; Alligator/Tchin Tchin; France)

****Meet the Feebles (Peter Jackson; WingNut; New Zealand)

***A Nightmare on Elm Street V: The Dream Child (Stephen Hopkins/New Line; Heron/Smart Egg/New Line; USA)

?Tetsuo the Iron Man (Shinya Tsukamoto; K2/Kaijyu/SEN/Japan Home Video; Japan)

***Venus Wars (Yoshikazu Yasuhiko; Bandai Visual/Gakken/Shochiku; Japan)

?The Wizard of Speed and Time (Mike Jittlov; Jittlov-Kaye/Rochambeau/Shapiro-Glickenhaus; USA)


1990s


1990

?After Man (Dougal Dixon; ABC (Japan)/Nexus; UK/Japan)

****Back to the Future Part III (Robert Zemeckis/Bob Gale/Alan Silvestri; Amblin/Universal; USA)

?Darkman (Sam Raimi/Danny Elfman; Renaissance/Universal; USA)

***Dick Tracy (Warren Beatty/Charles Gould; Mulholland/Silver Screen Partners/Touchstone; USA)

***Dreams (Akira Kurosawa; Kurosawa/Warner Bros.; Japan)

?The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (Francis Vose; Cosgrove Hall; UK)

***Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Joe Dante/Rick Baker/Jerry Goldsmith; Amblin/Warner Bros.; USA) <1/2020>

****Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton/Stan Winston/Danny Elfman; Fox; USA)

***Predator 2 (Stephen Hopkins/John Davis/Stan Winston/Alan Silvestri; Davis/Gordon/Silver/Fox; USA)

***RoboCop 2 (Irvin Kershner/Phil Tippett/Leonard Rosenman; Tobor/Orion; USA)

***Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Steven Barron/Jim Henson/Kevin Eastman/Peter Laird/John Du Prez; 888/Limelight/North Shore/Mirage/Golden Harvest/New Line; USA)

****Total Recall (Paul Verhoeven/Rob Bottin/Jerry Goldsmith; Carolco; USA)

***The Witches (Nicolas Roeg/Jim Henson/Roald Dahl; Henson/Lorimar/Warner Bros.; USA/UK) <3/2020>

1991

***Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (Pete Hewitt/Ed Solomon/Chris Matheson; Nelson/Interscope; USA)

****Black Robe (Bruce Beresford/Brian Moore; Alliance Communications/Samson/Telefilm Canada/First Choice Canadian Communication Corporation/Rodgers Telefund/Australian Film Finance Corporation/Goldwyn Pictures; Canada/Australia/USA)

**Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (Kazuki Omori/Koichi Kawakita/Akira Ifukube; Toho; Japan)

?Once Upon a Time in China (Tsui Hark; Golden Harvest/Paragon/Film Workshop; Hong Kong)

****Only Yesterday (Isao Takahata; NTV/Tokuma Shoten/Ghibli; Japan)

****Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron/Stan Winston; Pacific Western/Lightstorm/Canal+/Carolco; USA)

1992

***Army of Darkness (Sam Raimi; Renaissance/DeLaurentiis/Universal; USA)

***Batman Returns (Tim Burton/Stan Winston/Danny Elfman; Polygram/Warner Bros.; USA) {Christmas} <9/2019>

****Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Francis Ford Coppola; Osiris/American Zoetrope/Columbia; USA)

?Dragon Inn (Raymond Lee/Tsui Hark; Film Workshop/Seasonal Film/Golden Harvest; Hong Kong)

?Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth (Takao Okawara/Koichi Kawakita/Akira Ifukube; Toho; Japan)

?Last of the Mohicans (Michael Mann; Morgan Creek; USA)

****The Muppet Christmas Carol (Brian Henson/Paul Williams; Henson/Disney; USA) {Christmas}

?Once Upon a Time in China II (Tsui Hark; Film Workshop/Paragon/Golden Harvest; Hong Kong)

***Porco Rosso (Hayao Miyazaki/Joe Hisaishi; Nibariki/NTV/TNNG/Tokuma Shoten/JAL/Ghibli/Toho; Japan)

?The Power of One (John G. Avildsen; Alcor/Canal+/Regency/Village Roadshow/Warner Bros.; Australia/France/USA)

?Tetsuo II: The Body Hammer (Shinya Tsukamoto; Kaijyu/Toshiba EMI; Japan)

1993

***Geronimo: An American Legend (Walter Hill/Ry Cooder; Columbia; USA)

?Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (Takao Okawara/Koichi Kawakita/Akira Ifukube; Toho; Japan)

?Green Snake (Tsui Hark; Film Workshop/Seasonal; Hong Kong)

***The Magic Crane (Tsui Hark/Benny Chan; Long Shong; Hong Kong)

***The Nightmare before Christmas (Tim Burton/Henry Selick/Danny Elfman; Skellington/Touchstone; USA) {Christmas}

?Once Upon a Time in China III (Tsui Hark; Film Workshop/Golden Harvest; Hong Kong)

?Once Upon a Time in China IV (Yuen Bun/Tsui Hark; Film Workshop/Paragon/Golden Harvest; Hong Kong)

?The Thief and the Cobbler (Richard Williams; Richard Williams/Allied; Canada/UK)
?The Thief and the Cobbler: Recobbled Cut

1994

****The Crow (Alex Proyas/James O’Barr; Pressman/Entertainment Media/Most/Crowvision/Miramax; USA/Australia)

?Darkman II: The Return of Durant (Bradford May; Renaissance/Universal; USA)

****Ed Wood (Tim Burton; Touchstone; USA)

?Faust (Jan Svankmajer; Athanor/Kominsk/BBC/CNC/Lumen/Pandora/Heart of Europe; Czech Republic)

?Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (Kensho Yamashita/Koichi Kawakita; Toho; Japan)

?Once Upon a Time in China V (Tsui Hark; Film Workshop/Paragon/Golden Harvest; Hong Kong)

?Orochi the Eight-Headed Dragon (Takao Okawara/Koichi Kawakita; Toho; Japan)

****Pom Poko (Isao Takahata; Hakuhodo/Tokuma Shoten/NTV/Ghibli; Japan)

?Rapa Nui (Kevin Reynolds; Majestic/Newcomm/RCS/Tig Productions; USA)

1995

****The Diary of Anne Frank (Akinori Nagaoka/Anne Frank; Madhouse; Japan) <3/2020>

?Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (Shusuke Kaneko/Shinji Higuchi/Kow Otani; Hakuhodo/NTV/Daiei; Japan)

****Ghost in the Shell (Mamoru Oshii/Shirow Masamune; Manga/Bandai/Kodansha/Production I.G.; Japan)

?Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (Takao Okawara/Koichi Kawakita/Akira Ifukube; Toho; Japan)

****Memories (Katsuhiro Otomo/Koji Morimoto/Tensai Okamura; Bandai/Kodansha/Studio 4°C/Shochiku; Japan)

?Tokyo Fist (Shinya Tsukamoto; Kaijyu; Japan)

***Whisper of the Heart (Yoshifumi Kondo/Hayao Miyazaki; Hakuhodo/NTV/Tokuma Shoten/Ghibli; Japan)

1996

?Conspirators of Pleasure (Jan Svankmajer; Athanor/Delfilm/Cominici; Czech Republic)

?The Emperor’s Shadow (Zhou Xiaowen; Xi’an; China)

?Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion (Shusuke Kaneko/Shinji Higuchi/Kow Otani; NTV/Tokuma/Daiei; Japan)

***Matilda (Danny Devito/Roald Dahl; Jersey/Tristar; USA) <3/2020>

****Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (Jim Mallon/Mike Nelson/Kevin Murphy/Trace Beaulieu; Best Brains/Universal; USA)

?Once Upon a Time in China and America (Sammo Hung/Tsui Hark; Win’s Entertainment/China Star; Hong Kong)

1997

****Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki/Joe Hisaishi; Nibariki/NTV/TNDG/Tokuma Shoten/Dentsu/Ghibli; Japan)

***Starship Troopers (Paul Vanderhoeven/Phil Tippett/Robert A. Heinlein; Tristar/Touchstone/Jon Davison/Sony/Buena Vista; Netherlands/USA)

1998

?Bullet Ballet (Shinya Tsukamoto; Kaijyu; Japan)

****Dark City (Alex Proyas/Trevor Jones; Mystery Clock/New Line; USA/Australia)

1999

?Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris (Shusuke Kaneko/Shinji Higuchi/Kow Otani; Hakuhodo/NTV/Tokuma Shoten/Nippon Shuppan Hanbai/Daiei; Japan)

**Godzilla 2000 (Takao Okawara/Kenji Suzuki; Toho; Japan)

?The Iron Giant (Brad Bird; Warner Bros.; USA)

?Ravenous (Antonia Bird; ETIC/Engulf & Devour/Heyday/Fox 2000/Twentieth Century Fox)

***Sleepy Hollow (Tim Burton/Danny Elfman; Mandalay/Karol/American Zoetrope/Paramount; USA)


2000s


2000

?The Convent (Mike Mendez/Chaton Anderson; Alpine/Unapix; USA)

**Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (Masaaki Tezuka/Kenji Suzuki; Toho; Japan)

***Little Otik (Jan Svankmajer; Athanor/Barrandov/FilmFour/Illumination/Czech…Fund/Czech Republic)

?Shadow of the Vampire (E. Elias Merhige; Saturn/Long Shot/Delux/BBC/Pilgrim/Luxembourg Film Fund; USA/UK/Luxembourg)

***Supernova (Walter Hill; Screenland/Hammerhead/MGM/United Artists; USA)

2001

****Godzilla-Mothra-King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (Shusuke Kaneko/Shinji Higuchi/Kow Otani; Toho; Japan)

****Shaolin Soccer (Stephen Chow; Star Overseas/Universe; China)

****Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki/Joe Hisaishi; NTV/Dentsu/Tokuma Shoten/TFC/Mitsubishi/Buena Vista/Ghibli; Japan)

2002

****Godzilla against Mechagodzilla (Masaaki Tezuka/Yuichi Kikuchi; Toho; Japan)

****Hero (Zhang Yimou; Zhang/Beijing New Picture/Elite/Sil-Metropole/China Film; China)

?The Sea Is Watching (Kei Kumai/Akira Kurosawa; Nikkatsu/Maru/Sony/TV Tokyo/Nikkatsu/AII; Japan)

2003

****Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (Masaaki Tezuka/Eiichi Asada; Toho; Japan)

***Tokyo Godfathers (Satoshi Kon; Madhouse/Sony; Japan)

2004

***Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (Mamoru Oshii; Dentsu/Bandai/ITNDDTD/Kodansha/Buena Vista/Ghibli/Production I.G.; Japan)

**Godzilla: Final Wars (Ryuhei Kitamura/Eiichi Asada; Toho; Japan)

***House of Flying Daggers (Zhang Yimou; Edko/Elite/China Film/Beijing New Picture/Zhang; China)

****Howl’s Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki/Joe Hisaishi; Tokuma Shoten/D-Rights/Mitsubishi/Tokohushinsha/Dentsu/Buena Vista/Ghibli; Japan)

****Kung Fu Hustle (Stephen Chow; Huayi/Taihe/Beijing/China Film/Star Overseas/Fourth Production/Columbia; China

2006

****Curse of the Golden Flower (Zhang Yimou; Edko/Elite/Film Partner/Beijing New Picture; China)

***Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone; Revolution/MGM/Columbia; USA)

2007

****Sweeney Todd (Tim Burton/Stephen Sondheim; Zanuck/Parkes+MacDonald/Dreamworks/Warner Bros.; USA)

2008

***Ponyo (Hayao Miyazaki/Joe Hisaishi; Asahi/Taikei/Mitsubishi/NTV/Dentsu/Disney/Ghibli; Japan)

2009

****District 9 (Neill Blomkamp; Majority/Covert/WingNut/Block-Hanson/Tristar; South Africa)

***The Secret of Kells (Tomm Moore/Cartoon Saloon; France 2/Vivi/Les Armateurs/Cartoon Saloon; Ireland) <9/2019>


2010s


2010

****Let the Bullets Fly (Jiang Wen; Emei/Emperor/China Film/Chinavision/Happy Blue Sea/Beijing Bu Yi Le Hu; China)

2013

?Elysium (Neill Blomkamp; Alpha Core/Kinberg/QED/Tristar/Sony; South Africa/USA)

?Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (Stephen Chow; Huayi/China Film/Village Roadshow/Chinavision/China Film/Edko/Bingo; China)

?Short Peace (Katsuhiro Otomo; Bandai/Sunrise; Japan)

?The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Isao Takahata; Dentsu/KDDI/Mitsubishi/NTV/Hakuhodo/Ghibli; Japan)

?The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki/Joe Hisaishi; Buena Vista/Hakuhodo/KDDI/Mitsubishi/NTV/Toho/Ghibli; Japan)

?The Zero Theorem (Terry Gilliam; Zanuck/Asia & Europe/Voltage; USA/UK)

2014

***Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race (Michael Lachmann; BBC/Rosaviakosmos; UK)

***Song of the Sea (Tomm Moore/Cartoon Saloon; Studio 352/Super/Digital Graphics/Melusine/Cartoon Saloon; Ireland) <9/2019>

2015

?Chappie (Neill Blomkamp; Alpha Core/Kinberg/OllinVFX/Sony/Columbia; South Africa/USA)

****Creed (Ryan Coogler; MGM/New Line/Warner Bros.; USA)

2016

***Ghostbusters (Paul Feig; Ghostcore/Feigco/Montecito/Pascal/Village Roadshow/LStar/Columbia; USA)

2017

?The Breadwinner (Nora Twohey; Cartoon Saloon/Aircraft/Melusine/CBC/Gaia/Guru/Jolie Pas/GKIDS; Ireland/Canada/Luxembourg/USA)

?It (Andy Fuschietti/Stephen King; Ratpac Dune/Warner Bros.; Argentina/USA)

2018

?Creed II (Sylvester Stallone/Ryan Coogler/Steven Caple; Chartoff-Winkler/MGM/Warner Bros./New Line; USA)

?Shadow (Zhang Yimou; Perfect Village/LeVision/Tencent; China)

?Sorry to Bother You (Boots Riley; Cinereach/Significant/Macro/MNM/Space Program; USA)

2019

?A Christmas Carol (Nick Murphy/Stephen Wright/Charles Dickens; Scott Free/Hardy, Son & Baker/FX/BBC; UK/USA)

?Klaus (Sergio Pablos; SPA Studios/Aniventure/Atresmedia Cine/Netflix; Spain/USA)

?See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol; 40 Acres & A Mule/Netflix; USA)

?Terminator: Dark Fate (Tim Miller/James Cameron; Lightstorm/Skydance/Tencent/TSG/Paramount/20th Century Fox; USA/China)

?Us (Jordan Peele; Monkeypaw/Perfect World/Universal; USA)

2020

?Underwater (William Eubank; TSG/20th Century Fox; USA)

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