The Master of Lists: January 2012

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Top 50 Animated Movies

1. Akira (1988) (Japan)
2. Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime) (1997) (Japan)
3. Ninja Scroll (Jubei ninpucho) (1996) (Japan)
4. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Kaze no Tani no Naushika) (1984) (Japan)
5. Laputa: Castle in the Sky (Tenku no shiro Rapyuta) (1986) (Japan)
6. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi) (2002) (Japan)
7. Titan A.E. (2000) (USA)
8. How to Train Your Dragon (2010) (USA)
9. Toy Story (1995, 1999, 2010) (USA)
10. Aladdin (1992) (USA)

11. Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro) (2005) (Japan)
12. Steamboy (Suchimuboi) (2005) (Japan)
13. Shrek (2001, 2004, 2007, 2010) (USA)
14. The Incredibles (2004) (USA)
15. Madagascar (2005, 2008, 2012) (USA)
16. The Adventures of Tintin (2011) (Belgium)
17. Beowulf (2007) (UK)
18. Ice Age (2002, 2006, 2009, 2012) (USA)
19. Kung Fu Panda (2008, 2011) (USA)
20. Megamind (2010) (USA)

21. The Iron Giant (1999) (USA)
22. Porco Rosso (1992)
23. Antz (1998) (USA)
24. Shark Tale (2004) (USA)
25. Finding Nemo (2003) (USA)
26. The Lion King (1994) (USA)
27. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (USA)
28. The Corpse Bride (2005) (USA)
29. My Neighbor Totoro (Tonari no Totoro) (1988) (Japan)
30. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) (USA)

31. Hercules (1997) (USA)
32. Beauty and the Beast (1991) (USA)
33. The Little Mermaid (1989) (USA)
34. The Jungle Book (1967) (USA)
35. Bolt (2008) (USA)
36. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) (USA)
37. Alice in Wonderland (1951) (USA)
38. Pinocchio (1940) (USA)
39. Ratatouille (2007) (USA)
40. Monster House (2006) (USA)

41. Frankenweenie (2012) (USA)
42. Monsters Inc. (2001) (USA)
43. The Road to El Dorado (2000) (USA)
44. Sleeping Beauty (1959) (USA)
45. A Bug's Life (1998) (USA)
46. Pocahontas (1995) (USA)
47. Cars (2006, 2011) (USA)
48. WALL-E (2008) (USA)
49. Mulan (1998) (USA)
50. Peter Pan (1953) (USA)

Honorable Mentions:
1. Coraline (2009) (USA)
2. Up (2009) (USA)
3. Ponyo (Gake no ue no Ponyo) (2009) (Japan)
4. Persepolis (2007) (France)
5. El Cid, La Leyenda (2003) (Spain)
6. A Scanner Darkly (2006) (USA)
7. Robin Hood (1973) (USA)
8. One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) (USA)
9. The Huchback of Notre Dame (1996) (USA)
10. The Sword in the Stone (1963) (USA)
11. Brave (2012) (USA)

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Top 50 Film Directors

1. Steven Spielberg
2. Francis Ford Coppola
3. Martin Scorsese
4. Ridley Scott
5. Christopher Nolan
6. David Fincher
7. Quentin Tarantino
8. James Cameron
9. Danny Boyle
10. Michael Mann
11. Brian De Palma
12. Tim Burton
13. Guy Ritchie
14. Coen Brothers
15. Luc Besson
16. Alfred Hitchcock
17. Stanley Kubrick
18. Oliver Stone
19. Spike Lee
20. Akira Kurosawa
21. Zack Snyder
22. Peter Jackson
23. George Lucas
24. Fernando Meireles
25. Roman Polanski
26. Michael Bay
27. José Padilha
28. Sam Raimi
29. Lars von Trier
30. Steven Soderbergh
31. David Cronenberg
32. Jim Jarmusch
33. John Woo
34. George Romero
35. John Carpenter
36. Paul Thomas Anderson
37. Walter Salles
38. Ang Lee
39. Gus Van Sant
40. Tony Scott
41. Robert Zemeckis
42. Kenneth Branagh
43. Clint Eastwood
44. Bryan Singer
45. Orson Welles
46. Ron Howard
47. Peter Weir
48. M. Night Shyamalan
49. Sergio Leone
50. Wachowski Brothers

Top 5 Websites for Streaming TV Series

1. Watch Series: http://watchseries.eu
2. Sidereel: www.sidereel.com
3. Blinkx: http://tv.blinkx.com/
4. Project Free-TV: http://www.free-tv-video-online.me/
5. Movie 2K.to: http://www.movie2k.to/

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Top 10 Cancelled TV Series

1. Camelot
2. Deadwood
3. Carnivale
4. V
5. Firefly
6. Dollhouse
7. Jericho
8. Freaks and Geeks
9. Undeclared
10. Homicide: Life on the Street

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Top 10 Movie Remakes

1. Scarface (1983)
2. King Kong (2005)
3. The Departed (2006)
4. Disturbia (2007)
5. True Lies (1994)
6. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
7. Point of No Return (1993)
8. Insomnia (2002)
9. The Ring (2002)
10. The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

Top 10 Movie Versions of TV Series

1. Mission: Impossible (1996, 2000, 2006, 2011)
2. Edge of Darkness (2010)
3. Star Trek (2009)
4. Transformers (2007, 2009, 2011)
5. Starsky & Hutch (2004)
6. Aeon Flux (2005)
7. The Fugitive (1993, 1998)
8. Charlie's Angels (2000, 2003)
9. S.W.A.T. (2003)
10. The A-Team (2010)

Top 10 Movies Based on Plays

1. Henry V (1989)
2. Romeo + Juliet (1996)
3. Ran (1985)
4. A Few Good Men (1992)
5. Le Dîner de Cons (1998)
6. Amadeus (1984)
7. Hamlet (2000)
8. The Merchant of Venice (2004)
9. Julius Caesar (1953)
10. Closer (2004)

Top 10 Movies Based on a Literary Work

1. Fight Club (1999)
2. Apocalypse Now (1979)
3. The Godfather (1972, 1974, 1990)
4. Tropa de Elite (2007, 2010)
5. Troy (2004)
6. Lord of the Rings (2001, 2002, 2003)
7. The Beach (2000)
8. 25th Hour (2002)
9. Harry Potter (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011)
10. Cidade de Deus (2002)

Top 10 Movie Adaptations of Comics

1. Kick-Ass (2010)
2. Batman (2005, 2008)
3. 300 (2006)
4. V for Vendetta (2006)
5. Spider-Man (2002, 2004, 2007)
6. Road to Perdition (2002)
7. A History of Violence (2005)
8. Watchmen (2009)
9. X-Men (2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2011)
10. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)