The Battle of Algiers
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PygmyLion — 2 years ago(December 10, 2023 10:22 PM)
1966 seems like a relatively poor year for movies.
I have seen
The Professionals
,
Nevada Smith
, and
The Sand Pebbles
from the previous lists. All good movies.
I guess
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
would probably come closest to being a favorite of mine.
Fahrenheit 451
is a nice movie. I liked
Born Free
a lot when I was a kid. I watched
The Shooting
a few weeks back, it was interesting.
I guess I would rate
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
and
Fahrenheit 451
as 8, perhaps I would give
The Sand Pebbles
an 8. The others are more like 7's.
So my list is
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Fahrenheit 451
The Sand Pebbles -
MortSahlFan — 2 years ago(December 11, 2023 02:10 PM)
The best movies were non-English
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PygmyLion — 2 years ago(December 11, 2023 04:10 PM)
I tend to find foreign language films a bit of a mixed bag, some that are rated highly I find somewhat lacking - and there are not too many I would rate at 8 or above.
Of course,
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
is really an Italian film, so there is one I would rate an 8. -
MortSahlFan — 2 years ago(December 12, 2023 11:14 AM)
Leone was a director I couldnt get into, though.. I like De Sica, Visconti, etc. But I think per capita, I probably like foreign movies more, and to be specific, probably 1960s Eastern European. Movies about people, and not so conformist. After seeing thousands of movies, I can't watch classic movies from the 30s anymore. Noir - forget about it. ONce you've seen 200, you have seen them all.
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LorqVonRay1999 — 2 years ago(December 11, 2023 09:48 PM)
These are the only films from 1966 I've seen, not very many:
Blow-Up 8/10
Fantastic Voyage 8/10
Follow Me, Boys! 10/10
The Ghost and Mrs Chicken 6/10
Moment to Moment 8/10
The Silencers 7/10
This Property is Condemned 9/10
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 9/10
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - 10/10 -
ZolotoyRetriever — 2 years ago(December 11, 2023 10:43 PM)
For me, 1966 was a great year for film. Here is a list of my favorites of 1966, taken from the below list of films from '66 that I really liked - films that I know I have watched at least twice - sometimes 3 or 4 times:
Harper
The Oscar
How to Steal a Million
Gambit
Funeral in Berlin
Kaleidoscope
Khartoum
El Dorado
The Sand Pebbles
The Silencers
Lord Love a Duck
Penelope
The Fortune Cookie
The Sand Pebbles
Seconds
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
*The Spy Who Came In from the Cold *This had a December, 1965 release in the U.S, and a January, 1966 release in the U.K. As such, some sites list it as a 1965 film, others list it as 1966.
Our Man Flint
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
The Silencers
Murderers' Row
Lord Love a Duck
Harper
The Sword of Doom (Japanese)
The Oscar
The Trouble with Angels
Django
Tokyo Drifter (Japanese)
Our Man in Marrakesh
Arabesque
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
The Glass Bottom Boat
Nevada Smith
Assault on a Queen
The Endless Summer
Walk, Don't Run
The Blue Max
Around the World Under the Sea
How to Steal a Million
The Wild Angels
Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Ambush Bay
After the Fox
Mr. Buddwing
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Not with My Wife, You Don't!
Is Paris Burning?
Penelope
Triple Cross
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Rage
Blowup
Gambit
Grand Prix
Funeral in Berlin
The Chase
Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Kaleidoscope
Khartoum
Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment (also called Morgan!)
The Ugly Dachshund
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (Japanese)
El Dorado
There are other memorable films from 1966 that I've only seen once, as far as I can remember:
The Professionals
A Man for All Seasons
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Torn Curtain
Hawaii
The Appaloosa
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ZolotoyRetriever — 2 years ago(December 12, 2023 05:20 AM)
Yes, I suppose I could trim that list down a bit. But I will leave it as is in the hope that maybe, if some of those titles have been overlooked by people, it will serve as a source of inspiration for them to go check them out.
As to
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
being listed as a 1965 movie on IMDB, I now see where technically that is correct. It was made in 1965 and released near the end of December in the U.S. - but not 'til the middle of January of '66 in the U.K. - even won the BAFTA Award for Best British film at the 1967 BAFTA Awards, which honoured the best films of 1966 - which I suppose is why I found it included as a 1966 film on the list I was using. I will go back and add that info above to clear up that confusion. -
geewizzz — 2 years ago(December 12, 2023 04:22 AM)
Eye Of The Devil
A Man and a Woman
Chelsea Girls (if shown as intended)
Mademoiselle
Who Are You, Polly Magoo?
The Swinger
The Third Eye
Trans-Europ-Express
Sins of The Fleshapoids
The Embryo Hunts in Secret
Incubus
and of course -
Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
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lukejbarnett — 2 years ago(December 13, 2023 02:09 AM)
what about thunderball? oh and don't ever support rotten tomatoes we all need to ban and delete this website from existence forevermore. they put pretty woman at just 65% and mystic pizza at 78%? put black christmas(1974) at just in the 70%s.
put gremlins at just 78% and rare exports: a christmas tale at like 95%? the comparisons of these movies on this website is so wrong it's criminal. and they put silent night, deadly night at just in the 30%s or 40%s?
all this is wrong bc it makes people who haven't ever watched these movies think they shouldn't watch them if they are rotten on this website which means under 60%. or make them think the movies aren't that good when they are like bc, gremlins or sndn so then they dont watch them.
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ZolotoyRetriever — 2 years ago(December 13, 2023 05:37 AM)
Thunderball
was a 1965 film (just barely: it was released at the end of December, 1965 in both U.S. and U.K.).
Rotten Tomatoes: ehh, just ignore them. I've never let their ratings determine whether I should watch a movie or not. -
lukejbarnett — 2 years ago(December 13, 2023 07:50 AM)
But you cant bc every tv trailer mentions what its rt % is and bc its so respected by so many people they trust rt when deciding to watch a movie. i really want to find out how rt got to its place when its bullshit id like to watch a doc on it
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MortSahlFan — 5 years ago(September 16, 2020 04:36 PM)
-The Battle of Algiers
-The Face of Another (Tanin no kao)
-The Professionals
-Persona
-Hunger (Sult)
-Cairo 30 (Al-Kahira thalatin)
-Yesterday Girl (Abschied von gestern)
-Carriage to Vienna (Kocár do Vídne)
-The Hunt (La Caza)
-The Round-Up (Szegénylegények)
-The Red Angel (Akai tenshi)
-Nevada Smith
-Alfie
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