There was a link on Metafilter a while back to a bunch of movie directors and their top ten movie picks (over at http://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/faves.shtml). I found some good ones on there, but kinda wanted a big ol' aggregate list, so I python'd one up. I'm just giving them points according to how high they are on a given list and adding those up. List and codes follow:
import urllib
from collections import defaultdict
def get_things():
soup = BeautifulSoup(urllib.urlopen('http://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/faves.shtml'))
rows = soup.find_all('table')
result = []
for r in rows:
children = list(r.children)
if len(children) == 5:
kidz = children[3].find_all('i')
result.append((children[1].find('font'), [(tag.string, len(kidz) - (i)) for i, tag in enumerate(kidz)]))
return result
if __name__ == "__main__":
things = get_things()
aggregate = defaultdict(int)
for thing, films in things:
for film, score in films:
aggregate[film] += score
sorts = sorted(aggregate.items(), cmp=lambda x,y:cmp(x[1], y[1]))[::-1]
print "\n".join(["%s : %d" % (k,v) for k, v in sorts])
Citizen Kane : 359
The Rules of the Game : 197
Seven Samurai : 105
Sunrise : 103
L'Atalante : 85
2001: A Space Odyssey : 84
The Godfather : 84
Children of Paradise : 73
Lawrence of Arabia : 70
The General : 69
Vertigo : 68
City Lights : 66
Tokyo Story : 59
La Dolce Vita : 56
The Bicycle Thief : 56
Battleship Potemkin : 55
The Seventh Seal : 52
Intolerance : 50
The Gold Rush : 50
Casablanca : 46
Rio Bravo : 46
8 1/2 : 46
The Searchers : 44
Rashomon : 44
The Earrings of Madame de... : 43
The Passion of Joan of Arc : 43
Dr. Strangelove : 42
Gone with the Wind : 42
Grand Illusion : 39
The Best Years of Our Lives : 38
Singin' in the Rain : 38
Sherlock Jr. : 37
The 400 Blows : 36
King Kong : 36
The Third Man : 35
L'Avventura : 35
Ikiru : 35
The Magnificent Ambersons : 35
La Strada : 34
The Godfather Part II : 34
A Man Escaped : 33
Fanny and Alexander : 32
Ordet : 32
All That Heaven Allows : 30
It's a Wonderful Life : 29
Jules and Jim : 29
Contempt : 28
The Conformist : 28
Psycho : 28
Apocalypse Now : 27
Ivan the Terrible : 27
The Wizard of Oz : 27
Earth : 26
Au hasard Balthazar : 25
Napoleon : 25
The Decalogue : 25
Breathless : 25
The Maltese Falcon : 25
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie : 24
Touch of Evil : 24
All About Eve : 24
The Godfather/The Godfather Part II : 24
Raging Bull : 24
The Wild Bunch : 24
Stagecoach : 24
Pickpocket : 23
Broken Blossoms : 23
Pather Panchali : 23
Ugetsu : 23
A Clockwork Orange : 22
The Exterminating Angel : 22
Les Vampires : 22
The Story of the Late Chrysanthemums : 22
Persona : 21
North by Northwest : 21
The Kid : 21
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly : 20
Andrei Rublev : 20
Greed : 20
L'Age D'Or : 20
Germany Year Zero : 19
Sansho Dayu : 19
Barry Lyndon : 19
Double Indemnity : 19
Au Hasard Balthazar : 19
The Night of the Hunter : 19
Fantasia : 18
True Heart Susie : 18
The Great Dictator : 18
Amarcord : 18
McCabe & Mrs. Miller : 18
Kind Hearts and Coronets : 18
His Girl Friday : 18
Yojimbo : 18
On the Waterfront : 18
Duck Soup : 17
My Night at Maud's : 17
Diary of a Country Priest : 17
There's Always Tomorrow : 17
The Informer : 17
The Crowd : 17
The Exorcist : 16
Scarface : 16
Some Came Running : 16
Sunset Boulevard : 16
Man with a Movie Camera : 16
The Age of Innocence : 16
Some Like It Hot : 16
Make Way for Tomorrow : 16
The Tree of Wooden Clogs : 16
The Music Room : 16
The Man from Laramie : 16
Alexander Nevsky : 16
Umberto D. : 15
La Notte : 15
Shoot the Piano Player : 15
Nashville : 15
Blue Velvet : 15
Last Year at Marienbad : 15
Flaming Creatures : 15
GoodFellas : 15
The Red Shoes : 15
The Palm Beach Story : 14
Nanook of the North : 14
Pinocchio : 14
The Crime of Monsieur Lange : 14
M : 14
Wild Strawberries : 14
Chinatown : 14
Bride of Frankenstein : 14
Apu Trilogy : 13
Mean Streets : 13
Mirror : 13
The Last Laugh : 13
The Gay Divorcee : 12
F for Fake : 12
Taxi Driver : 12
Playtime : 12
The Grapes of Wrath : 12
Paisan : 12
Trouble in Paradise : 12
The Rise to Power of Louis XIV : 11
Behind the Green Door : 11
The River : 11
Strangers on a Train : 11
Brief Encounter : 11
The Lady from Shanghai : 11
Voyage to Italy : 11
Last Tango in Paris : 11
Gertrud : 11
Strike : 10
Underworld : 10
The Life of Oharu : 10
The Landlord : 10
Teorema : 10
Hail Mary : 10
The Wild Child : 10
Out of the Past : 10
L'Age d'Or : 10
Sweet Movie : 10
Detour : 10
L'Argent : 10
The Circus/City Lights/Monsieur Verdoux : 10
The Birth of a Nation : 10
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre : 10
Aguirre, the Wrath of God : 10
Annie Hall : 10
Cool Hand Luke : 10
An Affair to Remember : 10
The Chase : 10
Umberto D : 10
Shane : 10
The Battle of Algiers : 10
Once Upon a Time in the West : 10
I Was Born But... : 10
Bigger Than Life : 10
The Godfather Parts I-II : 10
A.I. Artificial Intelligence : 10
Spirit of the Beehive : 10
Ninotchka : 10
The Brothers Karamazov : 10
Fox and His Friends : 10
The Young Girls of Rochefort : 10
Man with the Movie Camera : 10
Celine and Julie Go Boating : 10
Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie : 10
That Obscure Object of Desire : 9
The Scarlet Empress : 9
The Godfather Trilogy : 9
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls : 9
Emitai : 9
The Umbrellas of Rochefort : 9
Antonio das Mortes : 9
Angel Face : 9
Cover Girl : 9
American Graffiti : 9
A Slave of Love : 9
Nosferatu : 9
Flowers of St. Francis : 9
Early Summer : 9
The Girl from Chicago : 9
Charley Varrick : 9
Berlin Alexanderplatz : 9
The Mother and the Whore : 9
They Won't Believe Me : 9
The Devils : 9
J'accuse : 9
Two or Three Things I Know About Her : 9
A Hard Day's Night : 9
Chimes at Midnight : 9
A Diary for Timothy : 9
The Circus : 9
Shoah : 9
Mouchette : 9
Kes : 9
Alice in the Cities : 9
The Pilgrim : 9
Lancelot du Lac : 9
Pierrot le Fou : 9
The Leopard : 9
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? : 9
Un Chant d'Amour : 9
Winter Light : 9
Hellraiser : 9
42nd Street : 9
Charulata : 9
Ivan the Terrible Part II : 9
Baby Doll : 9
Night of the Living Dead : 8
They Live by Night : 8
The Fountainhead : 8
A Moment of Innocence : 8
Rocky : 8
A Woman Under the Influence : 8
Meet Me in St. Louis : 8
Crimes and Misdemeanors : 8
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp : 8
Outcast of the Islands : 8
My Darling Clementine : 8
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover : 8
Hold Me While I'm Naked : 8
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial : 8
Get Shorty : 8
To Be or Not to Be : 8
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles : 8
The Hours and Times : 8
Cane Toads: An Unnatural History : 8
In the Mood for Love : 8
Sirius Remembered : 8
Wagon Master : 8
Bicycle Thieves : 8
The Big Carnival : 8
The Bridge on the River Kwai : 8
any Marx Brothers or Laurel and Hardy : 8
The Godfahter Parts I & II : 8
The Empress Yang Kwei-Fei : 8
Beauty and the Beast : 8
Sweet Smell of Success : 8
Boom! : 8
Heaven's Gate : 8
Marnie : 8
Sawdust and Tinsel : 8
Cat People : 8
Nazarin : 8
High and Low : 8
Rolling Thunder : 8
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control : 7
Vivra sa vie : 7
The Big Parade : 7
Le Gai Savoir : 7
Shock Corridor : 7
The Phantom of the Opera : 7
Stolen Kisses : 7
My Little Chickadee : 7
In Girum imus nocte et consumimur igni : 7
Monsieur Verdoux : 7
They All Laughed : 7
Imitation of Life : 7
Basket Case : 7
Bob le Flambeur : 7
Throne of Blood : 7
China Gate : 7
12 Angry Men : 7
Dishonored : 7
Five Easy Pieces : 7
Brink of Life : 7
The Face Behind the Mask : 7
Design for Living : 7
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul : 7
Nights of Cabiria : 7
Open City : 7
Fellini Satyricon : 7
The Magnificent Seven : 7
Closely Watched Trains : 7
Leave Her to Heaven : 7
War and Peace : 7
Reservoir Dogs : 7
Cries and Whispers : 7
Miracle in Milan : 7
Los Olvidados : 7
The Magic Flute : 7
I Walked with a Zombie : 7
1900 : 7
To Have and Have Not : 7
Nothing But a Man : 7
High Noon : 7
Salo : 7
A Generation : 7
Casque D'Or : 6
Belle de Jour : 6
The Bank Dick : 6
Summertime : 6
Local Hero : 6
King Solomon's Mines : 6
Bed and Board : 6
Two Women : 6
Le Plaisir : 6
Rose Hobart : 6
Modern Times : 6
Notorious : 6
Poor Little Rich Girl : 6
Letter from an Unknown Woman : 6
East of Eden : 6
Forest of Bliss : 6
Portait of Jennie : 6
A nous la liberte : 6
The Fortune : 6
Midnight Cowboy : 6
Breaking the Waves : 6
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington : 6
Groundhog Day : 6
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes : 6
Limelight : 6
The Adventures of Robin Hood : 6
La Pyramide humaine : 6
To Live and Die in L.A. : 6
Masculin-Feminin : 6
Demons : 6
The Chelsea Girls : 6
Ivan the Terrible Part I : 6
The Philadelphia Story : 6
They Were Expendable : 6
Reds : 6
Through the Olive Trees : 6
The Navigator : 6
Brazil : 6
The Dead : 6
Johnny Apollo : 6
Le Samourai : 6
La Ronde : 6
Firemen's Ball : 6
Diabolique : 6
Ludwig : 6
Late Spring : 6
The Great Escape : 6
Red Beard : 6
Three Colors: White : 6
The Lady Eve : 6
The Spirit of the Beehive : 6
Show People : 6
The Baker's Wife : 6
The Shop Around the Corner : 6
Shoeshine : 6
The Mattei Affair : 6
If... : 6
All Quiet on the Western Front : 5
Wages of Fear : 5
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon : 5
The Pornographers : 5
Stavisky... : 5
Simple Men : 5
The Deer Hunter : 5
Guys and Dolls : 5
Underground : 5
Scarlet Street : 5
Don't Look Now : 5
Cavalcade : 5
The Puppetmaster : 5
How Green Was My Valley : 5
Lolita : 5
Ben-Hur : 5
Mutiny on the Bounty : 5
The Quiet Man : 5
They Live By Night : 5
Hitler: A Film from Germany : 5
A Night at the Opera : 5
The Cameraman : 5
O Lucky Man! : 5
L'eclisse : 5
The Swimmer : 5
Carrie : 5
Good News: Von Kolporteuren, toten Hunden und anderen Wienern : 5
Rosemary's Baby : 5
The Organizer : 5
The Evil Dead : 5
The Godfather I-II : 5
Jules et Jim : 5
Ride the High Country : 5
Orpheus : 5
The Reckless Moment : 5
Stray Dog : 5
Sweet Dreams : 5
Black Orpheus : 5
Outskirts : 5
Brother's Keeper : 5
The Asphalt Jungle : 5
Red River : 5
La Belle et la Bete : 5
Chariots of Fire : 5
Faces : 5
Wild at Heart : 5
Lola : 5
In a Year with Thirteen Moons : 4
Wavelength : 4
The Car : 4
The Travelling Players : 4
Schindler's List : 4
The Devil Is a Woman : 4
Fiddler on the Roof : 4
The Testament of Orpheus : 4
Raising Arizona : 4
Breakfast at Tiffany's : 4
Pelle the Conqueror : 4
White Shadows in the South Seas : 4
Jour de Fete : 4
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia : 4
Gunga Din : 4
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! : 4
Le Jour se leve : 4
Il Bidone : 4
Carnival in Flanders : 4
Full Metal Jacket : 4
Scenes from Under Childhood : 4
All That Jazz : 4
The Hills Have Eyes : 4
Sans soleil : 4
Coffy : 4
Performance : 4
Satyricon : 4
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre : 4
Reign of Terror : 4
The Maggie : 4
Scorpio Rising : 4
The Time to Live and the Time to Die : 4
The Happiest Days of Your Life : 4
A Taxing Woman : 4
Giant : 4
Le Crime de Monsieur Lange : 4
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! : 4
Letter from Siberia : 4
Rear Window : 4
Ran : 4
Ivan's Childhood : 4
Burnt by the Sun : 4
The Tingler : 4
Weekend : 4
Jimmy Hollywood : 4
Sullivan's Travels : 4
The Conversation : 4
Jurassic Park : 4
A Place in the Sun : 4
Big Deal on Madonna Street : 4
Woman on the Beach : 4
Room at the Top : 4
Loves of a Blonde : 4
Midnight : 4
The Night of the Shooting Stars : 4
Lacombe, Lucien : 4
The House Is Black : 4
Mon Oncle : 4
Variety : 3
Muriel : 3
Malcolm X : 3
The Black Stallion : 3
Farewell My Lovely : 3
Salesman : 3
Fellini's Casanova : 3
The Chinese Feast : 3
The Fallen Idol : 3
Masculin-feminin : 3
A Star Is Born : 3
A Voice in the Wind : 3
Le Testament du Docteur Cordelier : 3
The Apprenticeship : 3
Dazed and Confused : 3
Day of Wrath : 3
Two or Three Things I Know about Her : 3
Darkman : 3
The Birds : 3
Farewell, Home Sweet Home : 3
Les Maitres Fous : 3
Human Desire : 3
Naked : 3
The Last Emperor : 3
West Side Story : 3
Dead of Night : 3
Musicians : 3
Roma : 3
Badlands : 3
The Little Foxes : 3
Solaris : 3
I Vitelloni : 3
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari : 3
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest : 3
Shadow of a Doubt : 3
White Heat : 3
Diaries, Notes & Sketches: Walden : 3
The Awful Truth : 3
Dames : 3
Repulsion : 3
My Fair Lady : 3
Suspiria : 3
A Special Day : 3
Flowers of Shanghai : 3
L'avventura : 3
Mr. Hulot's Holiday : 3
Metropolis : 3
La Haine : 2
The Wages of Fear : 2
Les Dames du Bois de Boulongne : 2
Enter the Dragon : 2
Perceval : 2
Star Wars : 2
The Pram : 2
Stalker : 2
Pocketful of Miracles : 2
Ace in the Hole : 2
The Age of the Earth : 2
The Bad News Bears : 2
The Shawshank Redemption : 2
Harry and the Hendersons : 2
Coming Home : 2
La Roue : 2
Steamboat Bill Jr. : 2
Kill, Baby... Kill! : 2
Man of Aran : 2
The Phantom of Liberty : 2
Dodes'ka-den : 2
The Ten Commandments : 2
Howards End : 2
Day for Night : 2
Nightmare Alley : 2
Paths of Glory : 2
Viridiana : 2
Rebecca : 2
To Live : 2
Claire's Knee : 2
The Producers : 2
The Pathfinder : 2
One-Eyed Jacks : 2
Enamorada : 2
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein : 2
Shansho the Bailiff : 2
Accatone : 2
Five Fingers of Death : 2
Crazy Thunder Road : 2
Dumbo : 2
Seduced and Abandoned : 2
Blade Runner : 2
Satantango : 2
Separate Tables : 2
Broadcast News : 1
Intimiate Lighting : 1
Sahara : 1
Man of Marble : 1
Senso : 1
Confidential Report : 1
Vergito : 1
Louisiana Story : 1
Our Daily Bread : 1
The 39 Steps : 1
Where Eagles Dare : 1
The Shop on Main Street : 1
Steamboat Bill, Jr. : 1
Les Godelureaux : 1
Spend It All : 1
Three Colors: Red : 1
A Passage to India : 1
Spider : 1
Natural Born Killers : 1
Farewell My Concubine : 1
Ceddo : 1
Block-Heads : 1
Travellers : 1
Carmen Jones : 1
White Nights : 1
Tristana : 1
Pygmalion : 1
Kings of the Road : 1
The Road to Morocco : 1
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang : 1
That Sinking Feeling : 1
When It Rains : 1
Days of Heaven : 1
Woman in the Dunes : 1
D.O.A. : 1
L'Eclisse : 1
The Apartment : 1
Scenes from a Marriage : 1
Who Framed Roger Rabbit : 1
The War Game : 1
Shaft : 1
Unforgiven : 1
Salvatore Giuliano : 1
The Railroad Man : 1
The Marquise of O : 1
Spirited Away : 1
The Tales of Hoffmann : 1
Hi Diddle Diddle : 1
The Fireman's Ball : 1
Out of Africa : 1
Zero for Conduct : 1