My entry into the “My Favorite Movie Titles” blogathon a couple weeks ago got me thinking about a blog meme I participated in a few years back: My Cinematic Alphabet. I thought it would be fun to post an updated version of my list to see how much my tastes have changed since then. For every letter of the alphabet, I have chosen my favorite film beginning with that letter (I also included my favorite “#” movie as well). Some of these choices were incredibly difficult, but I’m pleased with my selections. At the end, I’ll share the differences between the two lists.
2001: A Space Odyssey
Almost Famous
Before Sunset
City of God
Dazed and Confused
Election
Falling Down
Goodfellas
Halloween
Inglourious Basterds
Jagten (The Hunt)
Lost in Translation
Magnolia
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
There Will Be Blood
Zombieland
Only nine of my selections are the same as my 2011 post: City of God, Dazed and Confused, Election, Inglourious Basterds, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Pulp Fiction, Quiz Show, Requiem for a Dream and Zombieland. My annual 50 Movies Projects are likely a big reason why my selections are so different. Those projects have opened my eyes to so many great films, and quite a few have become some of my all-time favorites. Speaking of which, it’s about time I put together another project post…
This was a fun blogathon. Now I want to go back and compare my old list to see if it’s changed. Great picks! I especially love The Hunt being in there.
Thanks! It was fun to compare the two lists. I might have to do this again for some of the other old blogathons.
Lots of great picks here Eric, tho a few I haven’t seen yet. Boy I really need to see Quiz Show! Someone recommended it to me a while back.
Quiz Show is a very good film. It also happens to be the only “Q” I have ever seen 😀
Awesome to see Almost Famous and Lost in Translation here, such iconic titles. Great list!
Thanks! Those are two films I could never get tired of watching.
Some great selections here, many of which I would almost certainly share. Great work!
Thanks man!
Pulp Fiction is the only one we would have in common here. Good selections though.
Thanks man.
Good job, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Pulp Fiction, and Requiem For A Dream are certainly tough ones to replace. How did you search for the movie titles, did you use specific lists?
I browsed through all of my checked movies on icheckmovies.com. 😀 It took a little while to do — I’m almost at 1500 total now — but it seemed like the easiest way.
Those are some excellent picks and I think I’d share many of the same choices.
You have great taste then, good sir 🙂
Some interesting and surprising choices here, Eric!
Very pleased to see ‘Almost Famous’, ‘Goodfellas’, ‘The King of Comedy’, ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’ and ‘Vanishing Point’ make the cut!
Thanks Jack, glad you enjoyed the list!
Perfect!
Cheers, Vic!
So many good picks here! I’m in love with your list!
Almost Famous, City of God, Lost in Translation, Zombieland, Pulp Fiction and more.
Great choices!
Awesome, great to hear you’re a big fan of those films as well.
Extraordinary list, though a couple don’t quite seem to fit, but I imagine is due to the short assortment of films by the letter Z for example. This is not to say that Zombieland is a bad flick, it just doesn’t seem to be in the same category as most of the rest.
In any case, a few films popped into my head as I was scrolling down the list. In the letter “C” I would have Children of Men or Cinema Paradiso, either one. For letter “I” it would either be Ikiru or Inception. Letter “A” would be one of the toughest for me, as 3 of my favorites would collide: Alien, Amelie and A Separation. Letter “V” would definitely go to Vertigo and “Z” I can only think of Zenith, Zoolander, Zombieland and Zero Dark Thirty, so I’ll go with the latter.
Maybe I should do this one too….
A few of these were tricky for sure — Q, X and Z especially. I wouldn’t rank X-Men or Zombieland among my all-time favorites, but there were pretty slim pickings for those letters.
It was fun to put this together. I would be very interested to see your full alphabet if you get the chance!