Movie Top Ten - the 1950s (2024)

1- The Panic Room
2- Fight Club
3- Alien 3
4- Gone Girl
5- Zodiac
6- Se7en
7- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
8- Millennium
9- The Social Network

Thanks for clarifying this for me @Karin Schill. I just wanted to know because his videos are what I admire of him the most, and also because "Mindhunter" is a very good show directed by him. Not my favorite one though.

Im not very au fait with his work and had to google him

1/ Se7en
2/ Gone Girl

thats my contribution and all I have seen

Yikes I've just realized that I've completely forgotten all about this thread!
I guess life has just been very busy since april.

Anyway my David Fincher list: (all music videos)

1. Madonna - Oh Father
2. Michael Jackson - Who Is it
3. Madonna - Express Yourself
4. Sting - Englishman in New York
5. Madonna - Vogue
6. Madonna - Bad Girl
7. Aerosmith - Janie's Got a Gun
8. Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl
9. Billy Idol - LA Woman
10. George Michael - Freedom '90

Also funny, I put Madonna's Vogue at number one to start with but then when I rewatched the videos there were others I liked more!

Okay so your votes have finally been counted and your favorite David Fincher movie is:

Se7en (1995)
In this movie Brad Pitt plays the cop David Mills who cooperates
with Morgan Freeman's character named William Somerset.
They investigate seven deadly murders carried out by a serial killer
who kills his vicims accoring to the seven death sins.
The movie is directed by David Fincher.

You gave it a total of: 40 points.

Here's a trailer for this movie as well:

Then here's the rest of the list:

Panic Room (2002) 38 p.

Zodiac (2007) 27 p.
Alien 3 (1992) 25 p.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) 22 p.
Gone Girl (2014) 19 p.
Fight Club (1999) 16 p.
Madonna - Express Yourself (music video) 14 p.
The Game (1997) 12 p.
The Social Network (2010) 12 p.

Madonna - Oh Father 10 p.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) 9 p
Michael Jackson - Who Is it 9 p.
Sting - Englishman in New York 7 p.
Madonna – Vogue 6 p.
Madonna - Bad Girl 5 p.
Aerosmith - Janie's Got a Gun 4 p.
Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl 3 p.
Billy Idol - LA Woman 2 p.
George Michael - Freedom '90 1 p.

Thank you to everyone who's taken part in this round.

Okay so next up I thought we'd list movies by this classic star:

Spencer Bonaventure Tracy was an American actor. He was born on 5th April, 1900 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He grew up with a four year older brother and had some difficulty to concentrate at school. He was of Irish-English descent.

At the age of 18 he went into the Navy and went to training in Chicago. But the first world war ended before he had to go into battle. He attended Ripon college with the intention to study medicine but during his first year there he did a stage play and became bitten by the theatre bug. He won a scholarship to attend American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York City and transferred to that school in 1922. Tracy made his debut on Broadway during this year. He graduated a year later and joined a theater company. He worked with theatre until 1930 when he was discovered by director John Ford who offered him a role in a movie. His movie debut came with Up the River (1930).

Spencer Tracy was a contract player for FOX and MGM. He gained critical acclaim. He won two Best Actor Academy Awards for the movies Captain Courageous (1938) and Boy Town (1939). He also won a Golden Globes and a number of other prestigious awards.

Spencer Tracy worked within films for almost 4 decades before he died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA on 10th June, 1967. He was 67 years old. All together he made 76 movies for the big screen. But which one is your favorite?

Totals in: July.

Unfortunately, I've only seen two movies that feature him but I loved him in both and do intend to see more of his work.

1. Father of the Bride
2. Father's Little Dividend

Never a huge fan of Spencer Tracey and his films but have seen a few

1. Dr jeckyl and Mr Hide - not long bought the DVD!
2.Guess whos coming to dinner
3. bad day at black rock
4. Judgement at Nurenberg
5. The old man and the sea

A great classic actor and one of my late dad´s favorites. Here are my choices:

1- Guess Who´s Coming to Dinner (1967)
2- Father of the Bride (1950)
3- Adam´s Rib (1949)
4- Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
5- Woman of the Year (1942)
6- Boys Town (1938)
7- Fury (1936)
8- State of the Union (1948)
9- Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
10- Keeper of the Flame (1942)

No need to say that, even being an amazing actor himself, his performances opposite Katharine Hepburn became instantly memorable. The titles mentioned above did not only feature impressive acting work from him, but also tackled issues of the times (of any times) in a way still valid today: racism, domestic violence, feminism, historical genocide, political manipulation, hidden fascism, extreme ways of doing justice...and all that in only 10 films!

Karin Schill said:

Yikes I've just realized that I've completely forgotten all about this thread!
I guess life has just been very busy since april.

Anyway my David Fincher list: (all music videos)

1. Madonna - Oh Father
2. Michael Jackson - Who Is it
3. Madonna - Express Yourself
4. Sting - Englishman in New York
5. Madonna - Vogue
6. Madonna - Bad Girl
7. Aerosmith - Janie's Got a Gun
8. Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl
9. Billy Idol - LA Woman
10. George Michael - Freedom '90

Also funny, I put Madonna's Vogue at number one to start with but then when I rewatched the videos there were others I liked more!

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Don´t worry @Karin Schill! Joan Crawford would have omitted "Vogue" completely...I assume.

Though, if alive, sure Joan would have followed Madge´s sense of fashion...

1. Inherit The Wind
2. Judgement At Nuremberg
3. It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
4. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
5. Father of The Bride
6. The Last Hurrah
7. Edison The Man
8. Father's Little Dividend

My Spencer Tracy list:

1. Adam's Rib (1949)
2. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? (1967)
3. Father of the Bride (1950)
4. Woman of the Year (1940)
5. Desk Set (1957)
6. State of the Union (1948)
7. Father's Little Dividend (1951)
8. Pat and Mike (1952)
9. Keeper of the Flame (1942)
10. Without Love (1945)

and yes most of my entries are where he co-stars with Katharine Hepburn!

Okay so after a close race it turns out that your favorite Spencer Tracy movie was his last one:

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967)
In this classic American drama film about a young man who is meeting his fiancée's parents for the first time. The movie shows an interracial couple and the reactions they get from her parents when they learn about their daughter's upcoming marriage. It stars Spencer Tracy in his final movie role, Katharine Hepburn and her niece Katharine Houghton and Sidney Poitier. The movie was directed by Stanley Kramer and was considered groundbreaking for it's time.

You gave it a total of 35 points.

Here's a trailer for the winning movie:

Here's a trailer of that movie too:

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 23 p.
Adam's Rib (1949) 18 p.
Father's Little Dividend (1951) 16 p.
Woman of the Year (1942) 13 p.

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) 10 p.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1941) 10 p.
Inherit The Wind (1960) 10 p.
State of the Union (1948) 8 p.
It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) 8 p.
Desk Set (1957) 6 p.
The old man and the sea (1958) 6 p.
Boys Town (1938) 5 p.
The Last Hurrah (1958) 5 p.
Fury (1936) 4 p.
Edison The Man (1940) 4 p.
Keeper of the Flame (1942) 3 p.
Pat and Mike (1952) 3 p.
Without Love (1945) 1 p.

Thank you to everyone who's taken part in this round.

Up next is another decade:

The Twenties was a decade when Jazz was really popular so it’s sometimes referred to as “the roaring twenties.” This decade saw economic prosperity, the rise of communism and a wave of female liberation. Women were allowed to cut their hair short and wear knee long skirts. The women who followed that fashion is often referred to as “flappers.” In many countries they were also allowed to vote for the first time. Women also started entering the work force. The decade ended on a bad note though with the Wall Street Crash in October 1929.

During the 1920s lifestyles and cultures changed rapidly and more households got electricity, radios, cars and telephones. Frozen food and records were introduced. Going to the movies also became a more common pastime and people were more interested in celebrity culture. Silent films started to give way to sound films. The Jazz Singer (1927) became the first movie where people were talking.

But which is your favorite movie from this decade?

Totals: In September.

I will have to pass on this round as I cant remember watching any films as far back as that or from the silent era that I liked

Sorry xxx

There we go... (but keep in mind that neither I, nor my parents, had been born yet...)

1- Metropolis (1927)
2- The Gold Rush (1925)
3- Nosferatu (1922)
4- The General (1926)
5- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) (John Barrymore version)
6- The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
7- The Kid (1921)
8- Safety Last! (1923)
9- Steamboat Willie (1928) (Mickey Mouse´s first short, I hope it´s eligible)