THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD HALL OF FAME

The GAOH Hall of Fame is an attempt to have permanent lists of recommended titles both for the newcomer to classic film and the established fan. I'm hoping people will join in with their obscure faves as well as the obvious ones. Also the lists won't be set in concrete but changing and updated as regularly as possible.

British and World Cinema

Includes British films like the early Hitchcocks, foreign language classics and any other non US movie.

NOMINATION / VOTING RULES

The list at the bottom of this post is the BRITISH AND WORLD CINEMA HALL OF FAME.

There are only two rules :

1) You can only vote for each movie as an individual once though seconding, thirding etc is welcomed.

2) So no member dominates with their opinions I have decided that each month you can nominate/vote for at most 10 movies in each category/studio thread. Unused votes don't carry over to the next month.

BRITISH AND WORLD CINEMA HALL OF FAME

1. Pandora's Box (1929) (5 votes)
2. The Blue Angel (1930) (4 votes)
The 39 Steps (1935)
4. Metropolis (1926) (3 votes)
La Grande Illusion (1937)
The Red Shoes (1948)
8. The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1919) (2 votes)
Napoleon (1927)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
The Third Man (1949)
Amelie (2001)

List updated 10/4/07

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1919)
The Last Laugh (1924)
Faust (1926)
Metropolis (1926)
Napoleon (1927)
The 39 Steps (1935)
La Grande Illusion (1937)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
The Four Hundred Blows (1959)

METROPOLIS 1927
PANDORA'S BOX 1929
BLACKMAIL 1929
THE BLUE ANGEL 1930
YOUNG AND INNOCENT 1937
THE RED SHOES 1948
THE BICYCLE THIEF 1948
THE THIRD MAN 1949
LA STRADA 1954
LA DOLCE VITA 1960

1. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928, France)
Produced by Societe generale des films

2. Pandora’s Box (1929, Germany)
Produced by Nero Films

3. The Blue Angel (1930, Germany)
Produced by Universum Film A.G., Ufa Filmverleih, & Paramount Pictures
Released by Paramount Pictures

4. Grand Illusion (1937, France)
Produced by R.A.C. (Realisation d’art cinmetographique)

5. The Red Shoes (1948, United Kingdom)
Produced by J. Arther Rank Organization & Archer Films

6. A Christmas Carol (1951, United Kingdom/United States)
Produced by Renown Film Productions, Ltd.
Released by United Artists Corp.

7. Babette’s Feast (1987, Denmark)
Produced by Panorama Films International & Nordisk Film
Released by New Yorker Films & Orion Classics

8. Run, Lola, Run (1999, Germany)
Produced by Bavaria Film Gmbh, German Independents, & X-Films Creative Pool
Released by Sony Pictures Classics

9. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000, Taiwan)
Produced by Central Motion Picture Corporation, Edko Enterprises, Zoom Hunt Productions, Good Machine, United China Vision, Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, China Film Co-Production Corporation, & Asia Union Film & Entertainment
Released by Sony Pictures Classics

10. Amelie (2001, France)
Produced by Victoires Production, Tapioca Films, France 3 Cinema, MMC Independent Gmbh
Released by Miramax Zoe Films

NOTE: You'll have to forgive my lists in this category after this one, because most of the forgein films I've seen are more recent (1980+).

PANDORA'S BOX 1929 Germany
BLACKMAIL 1929 UK
BLUE ANGEL 1930 Germany
SING AS WE GO 1934 UK
THE 39 STEPS 1935 UK
SABOTAGE 1936 UK
THE LADY VANISHES 1938 UK
GROSSE FREIHEIT NR 7 1944 Germany
BRIEF ENCOUNTER 1945 UK
GERMANIA ANNO ZERO 1948 Italy

precoders World Cinema picks for March ...

Die Buchse der Pandora 1928 (Nero) ...
The Good Companions 1933 (Gaumont) ...
The Scarlet Pimpernel 1934 (London) ...
Princesse Tam Tam 1935 (Di Ci Mo) ...
The 39 Steps 1935 (Gaumont) ...
Pygmalion 1938 (Pinewood) ...
La Belle et la Bete 1946 (Centre Nationale) ...
The Red Shoes 1948 (Archer) ...
Kandukondain 2000 (Sri Surya) ...
Le Fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain 2001 (Union Centrale) ...

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
Metropolis
Napoleon
The 39 Steps
La Grande Illusion
Pandora's Box
The Blue Angel
The Third Man
Victim
La Dolce Vita

April votes :

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Pandora's Box (1929)
The Blue Angel (1930)
M (1931)
Les Enfants des Paradis (1945)
The Bicycle Thief (1948)
The Third Man (1949)
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)
8 1/2 (1963)
Ran (1985)