<![CDATA[List your top 5 Orson Welles Films here]]>Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Orson Welles

cremefresche — 15 years ago(September 19, 2010 01:37 PM)

#1. Citizen Kane (duhhh!!)
#2. Touch of Evil
#3. Lady From Shanghai
#4. The Stranger
#5. F for Fake
(you can even list films here that he didn't completely finish but you like them based on the footage you have seen- "The Other Side of the Wind", "It's All True", "The Deep", etc.)

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No one mentions Tomorrow Is Forever 1946, perhaps his best acting performance. Imo

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  1. Citizen Kane
  2. The Lady from Shanghai
  3. The Magnificent Ambersons
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Citizen Kane
2)
Chimes at Midnight
3)
Touch of Evil
4)
F for Fake
5)
Mr. Arkadin
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  1. The Magnificent Ambersons OR The Stranger 9/10
  2. Touch Of Evil 9.5/10
  3. F For Fake 10/10
  4. The Trial 10/10
  5. Citizen Kane 10/10
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  1. Citizen Kane
  2. Touch of Evil
  3. Lady from Shanghai
  4. Othello
  5. The Trial
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Transformers: The Movie

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  1. Citiz5b4en Kane
  2. The Magnificent Ambersons
  3. Chimes at Midnight
  4. Othello
  5. Touch of Evil
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1.Citizen Kane
2.Touch of Evil
3.F is for Fake
4.The Magnificent Ambersons
5.Othello

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Citizen Kane
9,5
2.
Touch of Evil
9
3.
The Magnificent Ambersons
8
4.
The Lady from Shanghai
7,5
5.
The Stranger
6,5

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Screw 5.

  1. Citizen Kane 10/10
  2. The Magnificent Ambersons 9/10
  3. Touch Of Evil 8/10
  4. The Trial 8/10
  5. F For Fake 8/10
  6. The Stranger 7/10
  7. The Lady From Shanghai 7/10
  8. Mr Arkadin 6,5/10
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  1. Othello
  2. Citizen Kane
  3. The Lady from Shanghai
  4. Chimes at Midnight
  5. F for Fake
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  1. Ambersons
  2. F For Fake
  3. The Trial
  4. Touch of Evil
  5. Citizen Kane
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1- F FOR FAKE
2- CITIZEN KANE
3- TOUCH OF EVIL
4- THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI
5- THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND
If we're talking also films that he only acted in, replace SHANGHAI with THE THIRD MAN 🙂
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  1. Chimes at Midnight
  2. F For Fake
  3. Touch of Evil
  4. The Trial
  5. Lady From Shanghai
    I do say Niles, this graveyard is awfully mauve
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  1. Mr. Arkadin (comprehensive version)
  2. Touch Of Evil
  3. Citizen Kane
  4. The Trial
  5. F For Fake
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Citizen Kane
Touch of Evil
F for Fake
Lady from Shanghai
Journey into Fear ( he really directed it imo)

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Citizen Kane
(1941)
The Lady from Shanghai
(1947)
Othello
(1952)
Touch of Evil
(1958)
The Trial
(1962)
Welles, Huston, Kubrick, Lynch and Coen

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These are all the ones I've seen.

  1. Citizen Kane
  2. Lady From Shanghai
  3. Touch of Evil
  4. The Magnificent Ambersons (these 3 are all about even)
  5. Mr. Arkadin- still very good
    http://dasfilmblog.blogspot.com/
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"Citizen Kane"
"Macbeth" (1948)
"Moby Dick" (the 1956 version)
"The Third Man"
"Othello"
I'd list "Chimes at Midnight", but that's more than five.

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1.The Magnificent Ambersons
2.Touch of Evil
3.Citizen Kane
4.The Lady From Shanghai
5.Mr.Arkadin

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