Butch Cassidy China town Dr. Strange love Godfather pt 2 Taxi driver Being there Alien Rear window Jaws Lawerence of Arabia Zelig Cabaret All that jazz Paper moon All the presidents men The graduate Citizen Kane 8 1/2 Exorcist Animal house Monty python thr American grafitti Mad max 2 Terminator The year of living dangerously Days of heaven
Anyone who doesn’t have Alien in their top 50 isn’t serious about film. Hilariously Ridley Scott has Alien and Bladerunner in his “top 5 sci fi” and he’s absolutely correct.
I'm both glad and a little surprised he mentioned _Alien._ Fincher is a very private person. He does not do talk shows or interviews or even press tours. When he does occasionally interact with the media he had a very strict rule: Do *NOT* under any circumstances ever mention _Alien³._ He not only won't talk about it, if the film is brought up he will simply stand up and walk out. Being that the film is now over 30 years old it's less likely to come up. It was his very first film and it was a nightmare for him. Daily script changes, studio interference, significant reshoots, and it bombed hard in the US on release, with both critics _and_ fans. It's since been looked upon much more favorably. I saw it in the theater and loved it then.
Year of Living Dangerously, as an Australian, as many of our films this film was underrated, but I have always thought it to be a masterpiece with masterful performances by the 3 lead actors. Glad Fincher can see that also
As a big fan of Fincher’s films, I was kind of stunned when he said that it was seeing Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid at the Rafael Theatre in San Rafael as a kid that made him want to be a filmmaker. As a kid I also saw that movie at that theatre and was swept up in the magic of film. That’s also the same theatre where I first saw another film on his list, American Graffiti, and there’s a scene in it where a cop pulls a car over right in front of the Rafael Theatre. The audience let out a huge applause when that happened. As for the rest of his list, it’s unsurprisingly a list of films every aspiring filmmaker should see.
Woah. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is my favourite movie too!! I don't see it on many people's "Favourite Movies" list so I was so pleasantly surprised when it was the first one mentioned!!
a few of mine :) Gallipoli (1981); Breaker Morant (1980); The Nutty Professor (1963); A Matter of Life and Death (1946); Apocalypto (2006); The Deer Hunter (1978); The Man with Two Brains (1983); Miller's Crossing (1990); Three Colours Red (1994); The Dirty Dozen (1967); Zulu (1964); The Alamo (1960); Spartacus (1960); Rashomon (1950)...........and many more Cheers!
Good list Mr Fincher. I love all these. And particularly impressed that you included the amazing Bob Fosse! “All that Jazz” is a masterpiece. And “Animal House”….literally one of the top 5 best comedies ever done in my opinion.
here we go my changeable top 10 Boogie Nights One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest Raging Bull Pulp Fiction Blue Velvet Jaws Full Metal Jacket The Godfather pt2 Deliverance Empire Strikes Back
when u make 2 of the greatest movies ever made in a row and then ur next plot is some woman with her child with a panic room that they hide in from some burglars its obvious why. Im not sayin the movie is bad the cinematography actin and cast was great but considering it came from Fincher it is very mediocre
@@sumaiyasakkir5567 your opinion is your opinion retard just cus seven and fight club are mainstream movies does not mean they do not qualify for the best movies ever, the greatest movies don’t always have to be the indie french movie that mubi recommends to you made in the 60s making you think you have culture and taste in film :)
Really good video! Fincher has a broad taste,no wonder his one of the greatest these days. Seven and Zodiac are my favourites. Then comes the The fight Club.
I had visions similar to the Fight Club musical Fincher envisioned, though much more in to what Julie Taymor was talking about. I feel Fincher should have made the attempt regardless, he's genius.
We are all subject to our own experiences. I'm in a similar age group to Fincher so I have a lot of common reactions he had to these films. As I get older and see people put these lists together, I see that they too are specific to their age in that they only include films made in the last 10-15 years and I'm appalled they didn't include older films. While watching this it occurred to me that watching afternoon tv (to excess)as a young kid had exposed me to lots of older works (unfortunately some were horribly edited for tv) and being the youngest in my family, I was exposed to many films older than my age range. I encourage all of you to ask people about older films, foreign films, newer films, etc. to fully vest yourself in the world of cinema and grow artistically. There are so many hidden gems out there to be discovered.
@@samhallzero Exactly. Giants! And we all owe them their due. I waited years until I watched Citizen Kane, even after I started working in film production. Then I saw it, not just on the big screen but on a large format at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. L.A. is really a candy store to cinemaphiles. So many places and opportunities to see old films on the big screen. Big screen tv's STILL don't even come close to what you feel at a revival house screening, even if it's a horribly damaged print.
20 of my favorite films in no order *Goodfellas (1990),* The Shining (1980), *Dog Day Afternoon (1975),* Scarface (1983), *Apocalypse Now (1979),* Rosemary's Baby (1968), *The Exorcist (1973),* *River's Edge (1986).* Mauvais Sang (1986), *Close Encounters Of The 3rd Kind (1977),* Dead Ringers (1988), *Elephant Man (1980),* Mosquito Coast (1986), *Life Is Sweet (1990),* The Player (1992), *Trainspotting (1995),* Platoon (1986), Trading Places (1983), *Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)* Repo Man (1984)
Great list! Rivers Edge is one of the most underrated films ever. Definitely in my top 5. It came out when I was 21 & greatly affected me. The performances of Dennis Hopper & Crispin Glover were unbelievable
Se7en has to be up there too! No film with such little actual 'gore' has chilled me to the bone like that film. Plus the screenplay is utter perfection.
20.The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 19. Gone With the Wind 18. Orchestra Rehearsal 17. Battleship Potemkin 16. Kagemusha 15. The Bridge on the River Kwai 14. Tokyo Story 13. Grand Illusion 12. The Searchers 11. Panther Panchali 10. Close Up 9. Vertigo 8. The Sacrifice 7. Seppuku 6. On the Waterfront 5. Bicycle Thieves 4. Limelight 3. The Mirror 2. Casablanca 1. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
I've just seen Fincher's latest movie "Mank", and I found it unbelievable, where Gary Oldman did a terrific performance as Joseph J. Mankiewicz, so he didn't disappoint anybody like the rest of Mank's cast. Fincher hasn't had an easy career as a director in this demanding industry as Hollywood but, over time, he's been winning a certain prestige, and at the same time influences over the others who are going to be future filmmakers.
No doubt Mank is good, but me being a film history fan the film felt just ever so slightly flat. It’s also based on a largely debunked premise that mank did most of the work on Kane. I’d say mank is like Nolan’s Tenet, it’s good but ranks in the bottom half of the directors filmography
@@sebastianalegria3401 I had no idea he did loads of takes! I’m looking at finchers filmography again and I’m a fan of virtually all of his work. Except alien3.. that was dogshit lol. The only one I haven’t seen is panic room
@@jonaFUN999 Panic room is a quite good film, it's one of his best ones, on the other hand, I'd like to ask you, what's the latest movie you've ever seen at the cinema?
@@sebastianalegria3401 I saw Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974*) on Monday bc my cinema showed it for one night. Still my favourite slasher even tho it’s surprisingly not that gory. I saw The Father (2020) at some point this summer too. How come? And what have you seen recently?
I think “All That Jazz” is one of the most underrated films of all time. Please check that out if have you haven’t seen it yet. It’s such a masterpiece.
I'm sorry but this list makes me glad to have grown up in the 80's and 90's. My Top 10 would be 1. Goodfellas 2. Pulp Fiction 3. Scream 4. A Perfect World 5. Deliverance 6. Boogie Nights 7.The Revenant 8. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 9.Blow 10. Natural Born Killers Fight Club would be next on my list if I was doing a Top 20
Both you and Finch should watch more foreign movies. Scream is cool, and i love it, but 3rd best ever? No. I love all the movies both you and Fincher mentioned, but, a top 20 best ever list without foreign films can't be taken seriously, i think City of God and Parasite are among the best movies ever made, also Argentina's Secret of Your Eyes and Nine Queens. Also some of Kurosawa's or Leone's masterpiece should be mandatory in any list.
There's a Korean film by Bong Joon ho staring Song Kang ho about cops struggling with a case and ultimately themselves, while chasing a real serial killer called Memories Of Murder. Like Zodiac, the case was real and the killer was never found. It's Zodiac, but made in Korea 4 years before Fincher's film.
Almost my list.. But mine would have his movies too.. Especially Zodiac... And a few Paul Thomas Anderson movies (Magnolia) too. And one more... What's up, Doc? is one of my favorite comedies.
How? Even david fincher himself has better movies. Fightclub? The social network? I respect tour opinion but l dont see what people see on seven. Yes a great plot twist but for example fightclub’s one is better
I like most of what is on this list. Mine would be(in no particular order)1. Chinatown 2. Deliverance 3. Once Upon A Time In The West 4. The Thing(1992) 5. Dr. Strangelove 6. Psycho(1960) 7. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre 8. Out Of The Past 9. Dazed & Confused 10. Casablanca 11. Alien 12. Jaws 13. Taxi Driver 14. The Usual Suspects 15. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 16. Dumb & Dumber 17. The Shining 18. Midnight Cowboy 19. Saving Private Ryan 20. Natural Born Killers 21. LA Confidential 22. High Plains Drifter 23. Marathon Man 24. The Manchurian Candidate(1962) 25. The Sting 26. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers(1955)
@@paulmatthews2816 This shows that you have no idea, none, as to what makes a great film great and why a great film is great. Only with The Thin Red Line, that film is a masterwork. But you have no idea, none, as to why this is so. Go pray with your phallic chess pieces.
Nice to see a Fellini film on the list. That opening scene of 8 1/2 with the car in gridlock is sooo ahead of its time. Chinatown is also one of my all time favorite films. Probably top 5. I watched it again about six months ago for the first time in years. It still holds up. For an interesting remake, check out "Manorama Six Feet Under" (2007). Rear Window is freaking fantastic. Any Jimmy Stewart and Hitchcock collaboration is gold in my book (see also: Rope, Vertigo). I could comment on others on the list, but I'll let the master filmmaker handle that. Oh and The Godfather Part II is one of my top two favorite gangster films ever. That and Once Upon a Time in America (the European version that Leone intended, not the American one) vie for first in my book. Still not sure which is number one, but Godfather Part I rounds out my top three,
I love that guy and his movies! His list is incredible and i totally agree there are no new movies on there... On my list there are also just two or three new movies.
I love both of them, I think they’re neck and neck. I was in junior high & high school when each came out & I remember people quoting scenes. “I know that dude” lol
I'm surprised there isn't a single classic film noir on Fincher's list. Yes, I realize his list focuses almost exclusively on "modern" (in this case, post-1962 releases). But Citizen Kane is also included - you could well reply, how could it not be? But Fincher has used too many of the themes, not to mention the evocative light and shadow that characterize Noir in his own films to ignore influence of the great Noir directors on him. What about Out of the Past (1947)? The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)? The Third Man (1949)? Double Indemnity (1944)? And many more . . . If Fincher considers Chinatown to be a vital film, what of the great movies that inspired it?
I thought the same thing when i saw Panic Room in the theater. I had seen Se7en and Fight Club which are great films, but even though Panic Room was entertaining i remember being slightly disappointed that it was just a movie. Although i will say that the first time i saw Zodiac i thought it was just a movie but has since become one of my favorite films so be careful about first impressions. Sometimes movies need a little time to digest into films.
You said that The Exorcist was the only horror movie on his list, but I would have to include Alien. Genre bending yes, but pure horror in my book. And like The Exorcist, it subverted and changed the genre completely.
A group of strangers goes to a creepy isolated location. A mysterious stranger brutally murderers people one by one. Final girl defeats the killer. It's a slasher film set in space.
A great list from a great director. Mine would include Scarface (83) Thing (82) Seventh Seal Once upon a time in the west Seventh Samurai Stalker Lawrence of Arabia Citizen Kane Aliens Full metal jacket Dr Strangelove La stories Chinatown Kill Bill ( both parts classed as 1 movie :) ) Jaws Annihilation Solaris (Tarkovsky's) Bringing up baby Terminator One flew over the cuckoo's nest Ran Dawn of the dead (1978) Seven Twin Peaks ( The return is considered by some as one long film/ Twin Peaks in its entirety is considered as my favourite piece of art in any medium) Mulholland Drive Star wars Vertigo
Great list, thanks for sharing, I think Zodiac is my favorite fincher film manhunter was great TV. I've met two serial killers in my life, imagine a million alarm bells going off at once, while stuck in quicksand
Yes. You have to watch every movie on Fincher's list if you want to claim to know a goddamned thing about film. And a lot more flicks from the earlier days as well.
My favourites: Unbreakable Rope 12 Angry Men The Heartbreak Kid (1972) The Apartment Election Bottle Rocket Arsenic and Old Lace Kind Hearts and Coronets Groundhog Day City Lights Mulholland Drive Fight Club American Psycho Terminator 2: Judgement Day The Prestige Buffalo 66 Sunset Boulevard The King of Comedy The Thing In The Company of Men It Happened One Night The Graduate What Ever Happened To Baby Jane REC Inglorious Basterds Taxi Driver Mikey and Nicky Frances Ha Oldboy Psycho Carlito's Way Clerks A Fish Called Wanda Nebraska Do The Right Thing Goodfellas
There's two Elaine May films in your list which is a random surprise but that's all good with me. I'm particularly a fan of Mikey & Nicky, Cassavettes was never better than he was in that 70's gem.
@@1977Suspiria Yeah, it's an amazing film. And The Heartbreak Kid is easily one of the greatest and darkest comedies ever made. A real shame Elaine May only got to make 4 films.
All of Fellini cinematography is incredible. Some movie you should check after 8.1/2 are; Le notti di Cabiria (my fav) Amarcord La dolce vita La strada
Crazy film. Hope u’ve seen it and enjoyed it by now. I watched it recently and while I’ll admit I’ll need to watch it again to fully appreciate it, it has stuck in my mind nonetheless. That’s always a mark of a great film
Fincher's list is a discussion point I suppose. My top several: The Godfather 1@2, The Third Man, Amarcord, Withnail and I, Chinatown, Days of Heaven, Badlands, Dr Strangelove, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Fanny and Alexander, Age of Innocence....
@@pillettadoinswartsh4974 I don;t understand your comment. I have no problem with Fincher's favourites - they are interesting - I was just adding mine for what it is worth - which is not much.
And your list is NOT a discussion point because no one cares. Being that Fincher is famous a director it's mildly interesting to see his picks but why do you and so many others then feel compelled to give your own? Ha ha, it's laughable.
it's very confusing.people are only talking and talking and talking and so on and robert drowny Jr is just smoking and smoking ... it that movie.. I don't know what people like in that film
@@janmejaypanda5414 It's not just about the talking..it's actually about uncovering the truths,Slowly untying the knots about the killer,Its not a psycho action thriller movie like Se7en..it's an investigative movie which follows the real life investigation of the zodiac killer ..
Is alien no longer considered horror. I understand it’s not pure horror but a monster slowly kills everyone, with a final girl left sounds pretty horror to me
When I saw Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid, as a boy in the pictures, I am positive that at the end, I saw them getting shot to pieces, yet later when I saw it, it freezes at the end, you don't see them getting shot? Is there another cut???
Considering what a professed fan Fincher is of Hitchcock, I can understand his inclusion of Rear Window, but I'm surprised he couldn't squeeze in Vertigo. He's praised it in other videos.
Развлечения
Butch Cassidy
China town
Dr. Strange love
Godfather pt 2
Taxi driver
Being there
Alien
Rear window
Jaws
Lawerence of Arabia
Zelig
Cabaret
All that jazz
Paper moon
All the presidents men
The graduate
Citizen Kane
8 1/2
Exorcist
Animal house
Monty python thr
American grafitti
Mad max 2
Terminator
The year of living dangerously
Days of heaven
Thank you!
Spoil alert😡😡😡
thanks. seen all except The year of living dangerously
citizen kane
Jaws is so good you named it twice lol
I think Zodiac is a near perfect film. It is one of very few movies I can watch over and over again and just find more to appreciate every time I do.
Watch, Spotlight, its amazing.
I can do that with most of Fincher's films.
@@DavidAdarmases12 true
That Vallejo scene gets hard to watch.
I’m so glad he included Alien, the best hard hitting, brutal, no nonsense sci-fi film ever.
Anyone who doesn’t have Alien in their top 50 isn’t serious about film. Hilariously Ridley Scott has Alien and Bladerunner in his “top 5 sci fi” and he’s absolutely correct.
He didn’t direct the original Alien or Aliens, it was Alien 3.
@@fonzee754
Yes, but he was just including it in his list of favourite films.
I don't even consider it a sci-fi film. Group of people go to creepy location. killer picks them off one by one. Final girl defeats killer.
I'm both glad and a little surprised he mentioned _Alien._
Fincher is a very private person. He does not do talk shows or interviews or even press tours.
When he does occasionally interact with the media he had a very strict rule: Do *NOT* under any circumstances ever mention _Alien³._ He not only won't talk about it, if the film is brought up he will simply stand up and walk out.
Being that the film is now over 30 years old it's less likely to come up. It was his very first film and it was a nightmare for him. Daily script changes, studio interference, significant reshoots, and it bombed hard in the US on release, with both critics _and_ fans.
It's since been looked upon much more favorably. I saw it in the theater and loved it then.
Fincher - 1969:
"That sounds like a giant waste of time. Sign me up."
This is a really nice video to watch. The pace is spot on I thought.
Year of Living Dangerously, as an Australian, as many of our films this film was underrated, but I have always thought it to be a masterpiece with masterful performances by the 3 lead actors. Glad Fincher can see that also
Fuck australia
Bad Boy Bubby and Picnic at Hanging Rock are two of my favorite films and they are Australian.
@@wondrousmindtrick8450 Bad Boy Bubby is hilarious, to the cop
"get of the road you greasy ...."
Gallipoli was also an absolute masterpiece.
Thanks for doing this. Fincher doesn't do many interviews, so it's a real treat when he does.
As a big fan of Fincher’s films, I was kind of stunned when he said that it was seeing Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid at the Rafael Theatre in San Rafael as a kid that made him want to be a filmmaker. As a kid I also saw that movie at that theatre and was swept up in the magic of film. That’s also the same theatre where I first saw another film on his list, American Graffiti, and there’s a scene in it where a cop pulls a car over right in front of the Rafael Theatre. The audience let out a huge applause when that happened. As for the rest of his list, it’s unsurprisingly a list of films every aspiring filmmaker should see.
Zodiac is not just my favorite Fincher, but one of my favorite films.
Zodiac is his best film for me too.
I don’t know why everyone was mad at the ending
Hear hear!
The fact that it’s a history movie to makes more scary
And the fact nobody knew who the Zodiac was even to this day!
Woah. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is my favourite movie too!! I don't see it on many people's "Favourite Movies" list so I was so pleasantly surprised when it was the first one mentioned!!
If I had to pick a film that has given me more pleasure than any other over the journey it's Butch Cassidy.... or maybe Casablanca. :)
My father named me after Sam Gamgee
Mad Max 2, I felt really good when he mentioned that
Another great video!! Thank you for the great work man. Happy new year!!
a few of mine :)
Gallipoli (1981); Breaker Morant (1980); The Nutty Professor (1963); A Matter of Life and Death (1946); Apocalypto (2006); The Deer Hunter (1978); The Man with Two Brains (1983); Miller's Crossing (1990); Three Colours Red (1994); The Dirty Dozen (1967); Zulu (1964); The Alamo (1960); Spartacus (1960); Rashomon (1950)...........and many more
Cheers!
Grazie Patrizio, ho imparato molto da te .
@@KarlMoltisanti THE NUTTY PROFESSOR and THE ALAMO are two of the most underrated movies in the history of film.
Very cool. Thanks for posting!
Alien, Lawrence of Arabia, taxi driver, jaws all wicked
Jaws scared me so much when I was 10, I didn’t even want to sit on the toilet
Good list Mr Fincher. I love all these. And particularly impressed that you included the amazing Bob Fosse! “All that Jazz” is a masterpiece. And “Animal House”….literally one of the top 5 best comedies ever done in my opinion.
All That Jazz is a re-imagining of Fellini's 8-1/2. Both are on Finchers list.
Glad to see some attention for Paper Moon.
Great job!! Very informative and Fincher is one of my favorite directors!
Paper Moon is a much too often overlooked near great movie.
no bone structure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Agreed... Included with that would be "The Last Picture Show"...
@@Larkinchance or, They Shoot Horses,. Don't they?
agreed and the last picture show
Agreed. It’s so basic, it sort of sneaks up on you days after you’ve seen it.
here we go my changeable top 10
Boogie Nights
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Raging Bull
Pulp Fiction
Blue Velvet
Jaws
Full Metal Jacket
The Godfather pt2
Deliverance
Empire Strikes Back
she wore bluuuuuuuuuUUE VELLLVEETT, bum bum
good pickins
haven’t seen deliverance yet tho
Road To Perdition
These are one man's favorite films...not one man's list of the Best Films of All Time.
I don't understand why Panic Room still gets a lot of hate to this day. I think it's a great movie.
when u make 2 of the greatest movies ever made in a row and then ur next plot is some woman with her child with a panic room that they hide in from some burglars its obvious why. Im not sayin the movie is bad the cinematography actin and cast was great but considering it came from Fincher it is very mediocre
It's definitely not his best, but it isn't his worst either, I would much rather rewatch it than Alien 3, The Game or the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
It’s a good film. Love Jodie foster.
@@HDONOVLEPSIAS737 lmao. Greatest films ever made wtf! Bruh do you watch only hollywood films?
@@sumaiyasakkir5567 your opinion is your opinion retard just cus seven and fight club are mainstream movies does not mean they do not qualify for the best movies ever, the greatest movies don’t always have to be the indie french movie that mubi recommends to you made in the 60s making you think you have culture and taste in film :)
Being There & Network are both required viewing for these wild times.
Movies entertain. Films challenge. Sometimes you get both and they are the greats.
Really good video! Fincher has a broad taste,no wonder his one of the greatest these days. Seven and Zodiac are my favourites. Then comes the The fight Club.
WOW! What an awesome list!
I had visions similar to the Fight Club musical Fincher envisioned, though much more in to what Julie Taymor was talking about. I feel Fincher should have made the attempt regardless, he's genius.
We are all subject to our own experiences. I'm in a similar age group to Fincher so I have a lot of common reactions he had to these films. As I get older and see people put these lists together, I see that they too are specific to their age in that they only include films made in the last 10-15 years and I'm appalled they didn't include older films. While watching this it occurred to me that watching afternoon tv (to excess)as a young kid had exposed me to lots of older works (unfortunately some were horribly edited for tv) and being the youngest in my family, I was exposed to many films older than my age range. I encourage all of you to ask people about older films, foreign films, newer films, etc. to fully vest yourself in the world of cinema and grow artistically. There are so many hidden gems out there to be discovered.
Yep, No Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd, Mureau, Capra, Wilder, Wyler, Lubitsch, Sturges (Preston or John), Ford, Hawks, Frankenheimer, Lean, Reed, Powell and Pressburger, Becker, Tati, Marx Brothers, ect.
@@samhallzero Exactly. Giants! And we all owe them their due. I waited years until I watched Citizen Kane, even after I started working in film production. Then I saw it, not just on the big screen but on a large format at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. L.A. is really a candy store to cinemaphiles. So many places and opportunities to see old films on the big screen. Big screen tv's STILL don't even come close to what you feel at a revival house screening, even if it's a horribly damaged print.
@@seaninness334 It's cinephiles
@@legend9948 you're right. I stand corrected.
Agreed. Not until after we fall from the pinnacle of global power, will we make great films again.
The Social Network is Fincher's best work. Would have made Stanley Kubrick envious.
20 of my favorite films in no order
*Goodfellas (1990),* The Shining (1980), *Dog Day Afternoon (1975),* Scarface (1983),
*Apocalypse Now (1979),* Rosemary's Baby (1968), *The Exorcist (1973),*
*River's Edge (1986).* Mauvais Sang (1986), *Close Encounters Of The 3rd Kind (1977),*
Dead Ringers (1988), *Elephant Man (1980),* Mosquito Coast (1986),
*Life Is Sweet (1990),* The Player (1992), *Trainspotting (1995),* Platoon (1986),
Trading Places (1983), *Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)* Repo Man (1984)
Great list! Rivers Edge is one of the most underrated films ever. Definitely in my top 5. It came out when I was 21 & greatly affected me. The performances of Dennis Hopper & Crispin Glover were unbelievable
Zodiac is Fincher’s masterpiece. Flawless filmmaking.
Se7en has to be up there too! No film with such little actual 'gore' has chilled me to the bone like that film. Plus the screenplay is utter perfection.
@@joeboonmusic4004 Se7en is perfect. Way better than Zodiac in my opinion.
Zodiac is good I guess--Seven is great, a much better film. .
@@theo9706 exactly, panic room is better than Zodiac, first half drags, second half is great and abrupt ending leaves you unsatisfied as fuck
but it was boring
Time-line links bail after the 8'ish mark. Would love an updated version for perfection. Really good work though. Subbed
The list was part of Empire magazine. They did an article that featured a load of handwritten lists from many various directors.
20.The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
19. Gone With the Wind
18. Orchestra Rehearsal
17. Battleship Potemkin
16. Kagemusha
15. The Bridge on the River Kwai
14. Tokyo Story
13. Grand Illusion
12. The Searchers
11. Panther Panchali
10. Close Up
9. Vertigo
8. The Sacrifice
7. Seppuku
6. On the Waterfront
5. Bicycle Thieves
4. Limelight
3. The Mirror
2. Casablanca
1. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Return of the king lol. "I'm not a man, I'm a woman" ;-))))))))))))))))))
. the hell is this ! ?
@@hugoluna5319 Sentence by Sauron she-killer Eowyn. Pathetic line.
@@hugoluna5319 ur mom
Zzz
Very interesting. Thank you.
Great list! All are favorites of mine as well.
I've just seen Fincher's latest movie "Mank", and I found it unbelievable, where Gary Oldman did a terrific performance as Joseph J. Mankiewicz, so he didn't disappoint anybody like the rest of Mank's cast. Fincher hasn't had an easy career as a director in this demanding industry as Hollywood but, over time, he's been winning a certain prestige, and at the same time influences over the others who are going to be future filmmakers.
No doubt Mank is good, but me being a film history fan the film felt just ever so slightly flat. It’s also based on a largely debunked premise that mank did most of the work on Kane. I’d say mank is like Nolan’s Tenet, it’s good but ranks in the bottom half of the directors filmography
@@jonaFUN999 you think Fincher is a fan of Kubrick because of the quatity of takes he does in every film?
@@sebastianalegria3401 I had no idea he did loads of takes! I’m looking at finchers filmography again and I’m a fan of virtually all of his work. Except alien3.. that was dogshit lol. The only one I haven’t seen is panic room
@@jonaFUN999 Panic room is a quite good film, it's one of his best ones, on the other hand, I'd like to ask you, what's the latest movie you've ever seen at the cinema?
@@sebastianalegria3401 I saw Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974*) on Monday bc my cinema showed it for one night. Still my favourite slasher even tho it’s surprisingly not that gory. I saw The Father (2020) at some point this summer too. How come? And what have you seen recently?
"The only horror film to grace the list..." *Except for Jaws and Alien*
I think “All That Jazz” is one of the most underrated films of all time. Please check that out if have you haven’t seen it yet.
It’s such a masterpiece.
i just cant get into dance related movies
Serjohn BRO - have you seen it?
Serjohn I seriously thought the exact same thing. But it’s not at all about dancing.
@@Serjohn It's not strictly a dance movie.
Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier) and Carmen (Carlos Saura) are my favorite musiccals.
Thanks a lot!
I'm sorry but this list makes me glad to have grown up in the 80's and 90's. My Top 10 would be
1. Goodfellas
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Scream
4. A Perfect World
5. Deliverance
6. Boogie Nights
7.The Revenant
8. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
9.Blow
10. Natural Born Killers
Fight Club would be next on my list if I was doing a Top 20
Both you and Finch should watch more foreign movies. Scream is cool, and i love it, but 3rd best ever? No. I love all the movies both you and Fincher mentioned, but, a top 20 best ever list without foreign films can't be taken seriously, i think City of God and Parasite are among the best movies ever made, also Argentina's Secret of Your Eyes and Nine Queens. Also some of Kurosawa's or Leone's masterpiece should be mandatory in any list.
Excellent list! I live all these films
"Zodiac" very much reminded me of a journalist drama film from the 70s.
There's a Korean film by Bong Joon ho staring Song Kang ho about cops struggling with a case and ultimately themselves, while chasing a real serial killer called Memories Of Murder. Like Zodiac, the case was real and the killer was never found. It's Zodiac, but made in Korea 4 years before Fincher's film.
Great list. Glad to see American Graffiti. Should be on any top 25 to 30 films
"I thought movies were Shot in 3 or 4 days "- David Fincher ( 8 years old)
ROGER CORMAN- " HOLD MY BUCKET OF BLOOD!"
Almost my list.. But mine would have his movies too.. Especially Zodiac... And a few Paul Thomas Anderson movies (Magnolia) too. And one more... What's up, Doc? is one of my favorite comedies.
Love Magnolia. I don't know if I'd say it was Anderson's best, or even my favorite, but I have watched that film many more times that all the others.
The Exorcist is definitely not the only horror film on this list.
Great list
Se7en and gone girl, isn’t only my favorite fincher films but in my top ten favorite film ever made.
How? Even david fincher himself has better movies. Fightclub? The social network? I respect tour opinion but l dont see what people see on seven. Yes a great plot twist but for example fightclub’s one is better
@@mospy9353 seven is more than that.
@@mospy9353 like you said yourself already dawg it's all personal preference
Pretty much explains why Fincher is one of my favourite living directors at the moment. Paper Moon, was a surprise. I've actually not seen this film.
good selection
I like most of what is on this list. Mine would be(in no particular order)1. Chinatown 2. Deliverance 3. Once Upon A Time In The West 4. The Thing(1992) 5. Dr. Strangelove 6. Psycho(1960) 7. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre 8. Out Of The Past 9. Dazed & Confused 10. Casablanca 11. Alien 12. Jaws 13. Taxi Driver 14. The Usual Suspects 15. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 16. Dumb & Dumber 17. The Shining 18. Midnight Cowboy 19. Saving Private Ryan 20. Natural Born Killers 21. LA Confidential 22. High Plains Drifter 23. Marathon Man 24. The Manchurian Candidate(1962) 25. The Sting 26. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers(1955)
Steve Mcnary great list
Usa is one country. How could you seriously disregard the movies from the world ?
@@pierreherve8189 maybe the guy doesn’t like foreign films? Is he not allowed to have his own taste without your bullshit.
@@patrickbateman9204 usa is far away from being the best film maker
@@SuperThePotato I never said that?
I like many of those films. Surprised to not see many foreign language films on the list.
Ran, Hair, The Wages of Fear, Koyaanisqatsi, Yojimbo, Children of Paradise, Danton, Ugetsu, Alexander Nevsky, Planet of the Apes, The Thin Red Line
Yes! Koyaaniquatsi.
Precode films. William Wellman's films.
The Thin Red Line is an awful movie.
@@paulmatthews2816 This shows that you have no idea, none, as to what makes a great film great and why a great film is great. Only with The Thin Red Line, that film is a masterwork. But you have no idea, none, as to why this is so. Go pray with your phallic chess pieces.
Only a few here I haven't seen.. based in their company they're now top of my list!
Nice to see a Fellini film on the list. That opening scene of 8 1/2 with the car in gridlock is sooo ahead of its time. Chinatown is also one of my all time favorite films. Probably top 5. I watched it again about six months ago for the first time in years. It still holds up. For an interesting remake, check out "Manorama Six Feet Under" (2007). Rear Window is freaking fantastic. Any Jimmy Stewart and Hitchcock collaboration is gold in my book (see also: Rope, Vertigo). I could comment on others on the list, but I'll let the master filmmaker handle that. Oh and The Godfather Part II is one of my top two favorite gangster films ever. That and Once Upon a Time in America (the European version that Leone intended, not the American one) vie for first in my book. Still not sure which is number one, but Godfather Part I rounds out my top three,
Fellini's "La Strada"
Maestro Fellini! :)
Top 3 Gangster films are....
Goodfellas
Get Carter (1971)
The Long Good Friday
This is a great list
Cool to see "Days of Heaven" on the list. That movie is incredible and I don't hear it talked about all that often.
I love that guy and his movies! His list is incredible and i totally agree there are no new movies on there... On my list there are also just two or three new movies.
It made me feel good because so many of his favorites were mine.
Good list. I would have added The French Connection, Double Indemnity and Midnight Cowboy.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High beats Animal House x10....
I love both of them, I think they’re neck and neck. I was in junior high & high school when each came out & I remember people quoting scenes. “I know that dude” lol
Love your logo.
I'm surprised there isn't a single classic film noir on Fincher's list. Yes, I realize his list focuses almost exclusively on "modern" (in this case, post-1962 releases). But Citizen Kane is also included - you could well reply, how could it not be?
But Fincher has used too many of the themes, not to mention the evocative light and shadow that characterize Noir in his own films to ignore influence of the great Noir directors on him. What about Out of the Past (1947)? The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)? The Third Man (1949)? Double Indemnity (1944)? And many more . . . If Fincher considers Chinatown to be a vital film, what of the great movies that inspired it?
@@phil8528Yeah, but 'Chinatown' is one of the greatest films ever made.
I thought the same thing when i saw Panic Room in the theater. I had seen Se7en and Fight Club which are great films, but even though Panic Room was entertaining i remember being slightly disappointed that it was just a movie. Although i will say that the first time i saw Zodiac i thought it was just a movie but has since become one of my favorite films so be careful about first impressions. Sometimes movies need a little time to digest into films.
Panic room is a MUCH better film than Zodiac
I find this to be an excellent, diversified list. My taste would probably run to some of the New Wave movies of the 1950's but that is only a quibble.
8:54 What is Jonathon Haidt doing in this video?
Thank you so much for this! This man changed my life and played a huge role in why I'm a filmmaker!
Very good list. Half of them would be on my favourite list and the other half are still great films.
Being there is brilliant and criminally underrated
A fantastic list 🤘
Toss up between Fight Club and Se7en for his best for me.
Chinatown is brilliant.
Zelig? Weird.
If that is Fincher's definition, I don't like watching films much, but I love watching movies that feel like films if you think back on it.
You said that The Exorcist was the only horror movie on his list, but I would have to include Alien. Genre bending yes, but pure horror in my book. And like The Exorcist, it subverted and changed the genre completely.
absolutely!
A group of strangers goes to a creepy isolated location. A mysterious stranger brutally murderers people one by one. Final girl defeats the killer. It's a slasher film set in space.
and if you are a contraian like me, you'd argue The Exorcist isn't even his best movie. Klller Joe is!
A great list from a great director. Mine would include
Scarface (83)
Thing (82)
Seventh Seal
Once upon a time in the west
Seventh Samurai
Stalker
Lawrence of Arabia
Citizen Kane
Aliens
Full metal jacket
Dr Strangelove
La stories
Chinatown
Kill Bill ( both parts classed as 1 movie :) )
Jaws
Annihilation
Solaris (Tarkovsky's)
Bringing up baby
Terminator
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Ran
Dawn of the dead (1978)
Seven
Twin Peaks ( The return is considered by some as one long film/ Twin Peaks in its entirety is considered as my favourite piece of art in any medium)
Mulholland Drive
Star wars
Vertigo
Great list!
u have the return and mulholland dr on ur list.... that is incredible, much respect. both are in my top 10
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I am glad to know all the films David Fincher watched and like, I myself watched and like too.
Very good list. I only gain appreciation of his work because of it. "The Year of Living Dangerously" is highly underrated.
Great list, thanks for sharing, I think Zodiac is my favorite fincher film manhunter was great TV. I've met two serial killers in my life, imagine a million alarm bells going off at once, while stuck in quicksand
I was born 2 months before Fincher, and almost all of these are on my list too.
Yes. You have to watch every movie on Fincher's list if you want to claim to know a goddamned thing about film. And a lot more flicks from the earlier days as well.
Tragically, there are quite a few films on this list that I haven’t seen! Got some movie watching to do!
My favourites:
Unbreakable
Rope
12 Angry Men
The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
The Apartment
Election
Bottle Rocket
Arsenic and Old Lace
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Groundhog Day
City Lights
Mulholland Drive
Fight Club
American Psycho
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
The Prestige
Buffalo 66
Sunset Boulevard
The King of Comedy
The Thing
In The Company of Men
It Happened One Night
The Graduate
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane
REC
Inglorious Basterds
Taxi Driver
Mikey and Nicky
Frances Ha
Oldboy
Psycho
Carlito's Way
Clerks
A Fish Called Wanda
Nebraska
Do The Right Thing
Goodfellas
There's two Elaine May films in your list which is a random surprise but that's all good with me. I'm particularly a fan of Mikey & Nicky, Cassavettes was never better than he was in that 70's gem.
@@1977Suspiria Yeah, it's an amazing film. And The Heartbreak Kid is easily one of the greatest and darkest comedies ever made. A real shame Elaine May only got to make 4 films.
so fascinating that 8 1/2 is on Tarantino's, Scorsese's, Fincher's, and Spike's list. I gotta check this one out.
All of Fellini cinematography is incredible. Some movie you should check after 8.1/2 are;
Le notti di Cabiria (my fav)
Amarcord
La dolce vita
La strada
It's so fucking good. You've got to see it.
Crazy film. Hope u’ve seen it and enjoyed it by now. I watched it recently and while I’ll admit I’ll need to watch it again to fully appreciate it, it has stuck in my mind nonetheless. That’s always a mark of a great film
Also, Lawrence of Arabia is in many current great directors' list.
@@olliemartinelli4034 I have seen it now! I totally 100% understand why these directors love it. It was fantastic
Seven was the greatest crime thriller ever........
yellow king reminds me of True Detective season 1. anyway mate, thank u for the video
I'm pretty sure "Zelig" was 1983, not 1993.
Rear Window is such a good movie glad its in the list
Fincher's list is a discussion point I suppose. My top several: The Godfather 1@2, The Third Man, Amarcord, Withnail and I, Chinatown, Days of Heaven, Badlands, Dr Strangelove, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Fanny and Alexander, Age of Innocence....
They're his favorites. He doesn't need your input, whatsoever.
If he had titled them "best" films ever made, then you can argue.
@@pillettadoinswartsh4974 I don;t understand your comment. I have no problem with Fincher's favourites - they are interesting - I was just adding mine for what it is worth - which is not much.
Yes, Age of Innocence was great!
And your list is NOT a discussion point because no one cares. Being that Fincher is famous a director it's mildly interesting to see his picks but why do you and so many others then feel compelled to give your own? Ha ha, it's laughable.
@@coinraker6497 You total wanker...I'm as interested in other people's lists as Finchers'...go and think up something worthwhile to say..
Good taste!!!!
All pretty good-to-great movies; I certainly enjoy them more than I have anything that Fincher himself has directed.
Zodiac is also my Favorite fincher movie
it's very confusing.people are only talking and talking and talking and so on and robert drowny Jr is just smoking and smoking ... it that movie.. I don't know what people like in that film
Great film but it's Se7en for me.
@@janmejaypanda5414 It's not just about the talking..it's actually about uncovering the truths,Slowly untying the knots about the killer,Its not a psycho action thriller movie like Se7en..it's an investigative movie which follows the real life investigation of the zodiac killer ..
@@janmejaypanda5414 That statement of yours is nonsense to what the point of the film is.
5:24 Palm Dior. My favorite scent.
Look at all my fellow cinephiles picking Zodiac. I love you 1 and all. Another lethal video Carcosa! well done pal.
Alien could be considered a horror movie, so The Exorcist was not the only one on his list.
Is alien no longer considered horror. I understand it’s not pure horror but a monster slowly kills everyone, with a final girl left sounds pretty horror to me
When I saw Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid, as a boy in the pictures, I am positive that at the end, I saw them getting shot to pieces, yet later when I saw it, it freezes at the end, you don't see them getting shot? Is there another cut???
the timestamp says zlich instead of zelig for some reason but w/e most of the movies arent on it anyway
Alien isn’t a Horror film? Sure scared the shit out of me
Considering what a professed fan Fincher is of Hitchcock, I can understand his inclusion of Rear Window, but I'm surprised he couldn't squeeze in Vertigo. He's praised it in other videos.
Thank you .