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- The Graduate (1967) Mike Nichols’ indelible comedy of alienation is that rare thing, a movie that really does define a generation. That’s because there has never been another movie like it (and no, “Rushmore” doesn’t count).
- 12 Angry Men (1957) How elemental — and riveting — is this: an entire courtroom drama set inside the jury room, where Henry Fonda, as the only member of the jury who suspects that a teenage defendant might not be guilty of murder, questions, cajoles and gradually convinces his fellow jurors to look more closely at the evidence.
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) You never forget your first. That may be how many American art-house habituésthink of Pedro Almodóvar’s riotous comedy.
- Alien (1979) A smothering tentacled thingy attaches itself to an astronaut’s face. Several scenes later, an alien fetus erupts right out of his belly, and the cinema would never be the same.
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- Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s “Deepfake: The Movie” “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker went viral during the pandemic thanks to their surprise deepfake video, “Sassy Justice,” a 14-minute short starring a deepfake Donald Trump, voiced by Peter Serafinowicz.
- Micheal Mann’s James Dean Biopic, Starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Michael Mann revealed earlier this year that he was developing a biographical drama about “Rebel Without a Cause” icon James Dean that would’ve starred a young Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role.
- Luca Guadagnino’s “Suspiria” Sequel. Luca Guadagnino had been touting his plans to direct a sequel to his 2018 “Suspira” reimagining before the first movie opened in theaters.
- Christopher Nolan’s Howard Hughes Biopic, Starring Jim Carrey. Martin Scorsese’s Howard Hughes biopic, “The Aviator,” grossed over $200 million worldwide and earned 11 Academy Award nominations, including best picture and best actor for Leonardo DiCaprio’s performance as the iconic mogul.
- E.T. II: Nocturnal Fears
- Superman Lives
- Newt
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2
- Return to Casablanca
- Ponyo 2
- Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon
- Godzilla: King of Monsters in 3D
- Baz Luhrmann's Alexander The Great
- David Cronenberg’s Frankenstein
E.T.: Extra Terrestrial (1982) is one of the most popular family films of all the time, and it almost got a disturbing follow-up. Director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Melissa Mathison outlined a sequel movie that would have had a spaceship filled with carnivorous aliens kidnap and torture Elliot and company. Luckily, Spielberg realized that t...
The names attached to this would-be Superman movie have made it notorious among film fans. Tim Burton was set to direct, with Nicolas Cage starring as the title hero and Kevin Smith co-writing the script. The project was eventually killed, but not before the studio burned $30 million on it. The most that survives of it today is test footage of Cage...
Several Pixar movies have had troubled productions, but Newt remains the only announced project from the studio that was canceled altogether. The film would have followed a pair of newts that are stuck together when they become the last members of their species. In 2011, Pixar's then-CCO John Lasseter cited Blue Sky's Rio (2011)—whose plot bore a s...
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? was a hit in 1988, and filmmakers immediately brainstormed ways to make the movie into a franchise. A sequel script was written in the 1990s, and Robert Zemeckis had agreed to return as director. Legendary Disney animator Eric Goldberg even produced test footage of a CGI Roger for the project. But due to the high cost of hy...
It’s hard to image a movie as iconic and self-contained as Casablanca (1942) getting a sequel, but filmmakers have been trying to make one happen for decades. One of the original screenwriters Howard Koch wrote a treatment titled Return to Casablanca in 1980. It would have followed Ilsa's son on a quest to find his real father. Like the many Casabl...
Studio Ghilbli doesn’t typically make sequels, but Ponyo 2 would have been an exception. Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki was interested in directing a follow-up to his 2008 fantasy film, but he was reportedly talked out of it. Instead of diving into Ponyo 2, producer Toshio Suzuki convinced Miyazaki to adapt his own manga, The Wind Rises, ...
Stanley Kubrick—one of the biggest directors of all time—nearly made a biopic about one of the most notorious figures in world politics. Kubrick owned more than 270 books on Napoleon and spent years researching the French emperor. Napoleon was supposed to be the director’s follow-up to 2001: A Space Odyssey, and he even wrote a 148-page screenplay ...
Before Godzilla: King of Monsters roared into theaters in 2019, a movie of the same title was conceived in the 1980s. Lake Placid (1999) director Steve Miner andThe Monster Squad director/co-writer Fred Dekker were attached to the project. The movie would have brought the iconic Kaiju to theatergoers in 3D, and Powers Boothe and Demi Moore were in ...
Baz Luhrmann is known for his over-the-top directing style, and he almost applied this approach to the story of Alexander the Great. Leonardo DiCaprio brought the project to his former Romeo + Juliet (1996) collaborator after obtaining the rights to the screenplay. The actor felt that the Greek King would be a career-defining role for him. Oliver S...
Movies like The Fly (1986) made David Cronenberg one of the biggest names in the body horror genre. In the 1980s, viewers nearly got to see his take on the gruesome classic Frankenstein. The director had planned to channel some of Mary Shelley’s original ideas by making Frankenstein’s monster a more sympathetic and complex character. For reasons th...
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Jul 26, 2023 · After all, if you go with one of the classic, default choices—Citizen Kane, Casablanca, The Godfather—no one can accuse you of having bad taste, or strange taste. Or the wrong taste. Or the ...
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LIST VIEW. EXPANDED VIEW. How many have you seen? DOWNLOAD PDF. 1. Citizen Kane (1941) 2. Casablanca (1942) 3. The Godfather (1972) 4. Gone with the Wind (1939) 5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 6. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 7. The Graduate (1967) 8. On the Waterfront (1954) 9. Schindler's List (1993) 10. Singin' in the Rain (1952) 11.
Dec 6, 2022 · In 2012, Jeanne Dielman was just one of two films directed by women that ranked at all, tied for number 36 (regardless of ties, the Sight and Sound list only includes 100 movies). Claire Denis ...
Feb 8, 2018 · 18 amazing-sounding movies that were never made into finished films. Jacob Shamsian. Updated. Feb 8, 2018, 10:35 AM PST. Russell Crowe in "Gladiator." DreamWorks Pictures. For every movie made ...
