Most people have a hard time putting together a list of their 10 favo(u)rite films, butEdgar Wrightput us all to shame with a list of 1,000. That’s right. I didn’t accidentally add another zero. That’s 1k films.
The acclaimed director of The Cornetto Trilogy and the forthcomingBaby Drivertweeted today that hepublished his list on MUBI, self-dubbed “an online movie theater,” with the help of userSam DiSalle. Before we get into it, Wright clarified that he did not rank this list from best to worst.
Scrolling through will show he begins withThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, a 1920 film directed byRoger Kayabout a woman trapped in a mansion by a perverted man named Caligari. The final film on the list is 2016’sThe Neon Demon,Nicolas Winding Refn’s latest that issonot for everyone. When a Twitter user asked him to perform the taxing task of ranking them all, he wrote back, “Uh. Pass.” So there you have it:
More well-known classics are on the list, includingMetropolis, 1921’sDracula, the original 1932Scarface,King Kong,The Wizard of Oz,West Side Story,Jason and the Argonauts,Goldfinger, and theAdam West-ledBatmanof 1966. Other films fromMartin Scorsese,Tim Burton,Alfred Hitchcock,Quentin Tarantino,Ang Lee,Ridley Scott, andSam Raimialso made the cut.
Scrolling to the bottom will reveal his favorite movies from recent years, and his only favorite from 2016 so far isThe Neon Demon. Let’s hope the remaining months will change that. Some of his faves from 2015 includeThe Witch,The Martian,The Lobster,The Hateful Eight,Spotlight,Sicario,Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation,Creed,Ex Machina,Carol, andGreen Room.
I think it goes without saying that tastes and opinions change over time, though he added on to his choices for 2014. He previously gavehis top 10for that year, but added 12 more to the list, includingGone Girl,It Follows,John Wick, andThe Guest.
