{"id":4388,"date":"2007-09-26T12:33:42","date_gmt":"2007-09-26T19:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=4388"},"modified":"2024-01-05T13:56:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T20:56:15","slug":"missing-titles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=4388","title":{"rendered":"Missing Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/Puzzle-Pieces.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/Puzzle-Pieces-128x106.png\" alt=\"Puzzle Pieces\" width=\"128\" height=\"106\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-33817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/Puzzle-Pieces-128x106.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/Puzzle-Pieces-300x250.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/Puzzle-Pieces.png 381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a>Although Peary&#8217;s book covers the vast majority of &#8220;must see&#8221; feature-length films released during or prior to 1986, there are some noticeable gaps: titles he accidentally left out; movies he may never have seen (<em>I Am Cuba<\/em>, for instance, wasn&#8217;t released in the United States until 1995); and movies that have since become certified cult classics (i.e., <em>Ferris Bueller&#8217;s Day Off<\/em>, or <em>National Lampoon&#8217;s Vacation<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The following list contains additional pre-1987 movies I think all film fanatics should see, with hyperlinks to my own reviews when available.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional &#8220;Must See&#8221; Titles<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Actor&#8217;s Revenge, An (1963; d: Kon Ichikawa)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=24924\">Adventures of Prince Achmed, The (1926; d: Lotte Reiniger)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6468\">Annie (1982; d: John Huston)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6070\">At Close Range (1986; d: James Foley)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4900\">Auntie Mame (1958; d: Morton DaCosta)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5739\">Autumn Leaves (1956; d: Robert Aldrich)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=33361\">Baby Face (1933; d: Alfred E. Breen)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Black God, White Devil (1964; d: Glauber Rocha)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4822\">Boucher, Le \/ Butcher, The (1970; d: Claude Chabrol)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cairo Station \/ Bab el Hadid (1958; d: Youssef Chahine)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=21604\">Calamity Jane (1953; d: David Butler)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ceddo (1977; d: Ousmane Sembene)<\/li>\n<li>Cloud-Capped Star, The \/ Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960; d: Ritwik Ghatak)<\/li>\n<li>Color of Pomegranates, The (1969; d: Sergei Parajanov)<\/li>\n<li>Courtship of Eddie&#8217;s Father, The (1963; d: Vincente Minnelli)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4399\">Deception (1946; d: Irving Rapper)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Decline of the American Empire, The (1986; d: Denys Arcand)<\/li>\n<li>Elevator to the Gallows (1958; d: Louis Malle)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4859\">Female on the Beach (1955; d: Joseph Pevney)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5645\">Ferris Bueller&#8217;s Day Off (1986; d: John Hughes)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fires Were Started (1943; d: Humphrey Jennings)<\/li>\n<li>Flash Gordon (1980; d: Mike Hodges)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5047\">Gaav (1969; d: Dariush Mehrjui)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Golem, The (1920; d: Carl Boese, Paul Wegener)<\/li>\n<li>Good Morning (1959; d: Yasujiro Ozu)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25092\">Great McGinty, The (1940; d: Preston Sturges)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The (1968; d: Robert Ellis Miller)<\/li>\n<li>Heaven and Earth Magic (1957\/1962; d: Harry Smith)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9403\">Hill, The (1965; d: Sidney Lumet)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=26354\">Hombre (1967; d: Martin Ritt)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4490\">Hush&#8230; Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964; d: Robert Aldrich)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I Am Cuba (1964; d: Mikhail Kalatozov)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=21941\">I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977; d: Anthony Page)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Killer of Sheep (1977; d: Charles Burnett)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5947\">Kiss of Death (1947; d: Henry Hathaway)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=21859\">Legend (1985; d: Ridley Scott)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=7517\">Little Fugitive (1953; d: Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, and Ruth Orkin)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=24904\">London After Midnight (1927; d: Tod Browning)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short, The (1965; d: Andre Delvaux)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=31850\">Man You Loved to Hate, The (1979; d: Patrick Montgomery)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Manila in the Claws of Brightness (1975; d: Lino Brocka)<\/li>\n<li>Manon of the Spring (1986; d: Claude Berri)<\/li>\n<li>Mother India \/ Bharat Mata (1957; d: Mehboob Khan)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9541\">Murder By Death (1976; d: Robert Moore)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6077\">Nanny, The (1965; d: Seth Holt)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=94558\">Night and Fog (1955; d: Alain Resnais)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=24631\">Poor Little Rich Girl, The (1917; d: Maurice Tourneur)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=30393\">Sadie Thompson (1928; d: Raoul Walsh)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Samourai, Le (1967; d: Jean-Pierre Melville)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=20789\">Send Me No Flowers (1964; d: Norman Jewison)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=30574\">Show People (1928; d: King Vidor)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19263\">Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947; d: Stuart Heisler)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6030\">Soylent Green (1973; d: Richard Fleischer)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=26214\">Stolen Life, A (1946; d: Curtis Bernhardt)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4948\">Sudden Fear (1952; d: David Miller)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25104\">Thief of Bagdad, The (1924; d: Raoul Walsh)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>This is Cinerama (1952; d: Merian C. Cooper and others)<\/li>\n<li>Time to Live and the Time to Die, The (1985; d: Hsiao-hsien Hou)<\/li>\n<li>Tokyo Olympiad (1965; d: Kon Ichikawa)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19538\">Towering Inferno, The (1974; d: John Guillermin)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Travelling Players, The (1975; d: Theodoros Angelopoulos)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4910\">Trog (1970; d: Freddie Francis)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Trou, Le \/ The Hole (1959; d: Jacques Becker)<\/li>\n<li>Vacation (1983; d: Harold Ramis)<\/li>\n<li>Vij (1967; d: Georgi Kropachyov)<\/li>\n<li>Visages d&#8217;Enfants (1925; d: Jacques Feyder)<\/li>\n<li>Wall, The \/ Deewaar (1975; d: Yash Chopra)<\/li>\n<li>Waterloo Bridge (1931; d: James Whale)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9956\">Who Are the DeBolts? [And Where Did They Get 19 Kids?] (1977; d: John Korty)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4391\">When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960; d: Mikio Naruse)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5355\">Working Girls (1986; d: Lizzie Borden)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Below are additional <em>recommended<\/em> titles not mentioned in Peary&#8217;s book; while not must-see, they&#8217;re certainly worth a look: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Agnes of God (1985; d: Norman Jewison)<\/li>\n<li>All My Babies (1953; d: George C. Stoney)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=21768\">Annie Get Your Gun (1950; d: George Sidney)<\/a> *<\/li>\n<li>Beau Mariage, Le (1982; d: Eric Rohmer)<\/li>\n<li>Cruel Story of Youth (1960; d: Nagisa Oshima)<\/li>\n<li>Deathtrap (1982; d: Sidney Lumet)<\/li>\n<li>Europa &#8217;51 (1952; Roberto Rossellini)<\/li>\n<li>Highlander (1986; d: Russell Mulcahy)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=21899\">I&#8217;ll Cry Tomorrow (1955; d: Daniel Mann)<\/a> *<\/li>\n<li>Inferno (1953; d: Roy Ward Baker)<\/li>\n<li>Johnny Dangerously (1984; d: Amy Heckerling)<\/li>\n<li>Kid Brother, The (1927; d: Ted Wilde et al.)<\/li>\n<li>Ladybug Ladybug (1963; d: Frank Perry)<\/li>\n<li>Land of Silence and Darkness (1971; d: Werner Herzog)<\/li>\n<li>Last Chants for a Slow Dance (1977; d: Jon Jost)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=53593\">Marie Antoinette (1938; d: W.S. Van Dyke)<\/a> *<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=33222\">Min and Bill (1930; d: George W. Hill)<\/a> *<\/li>\n<li>Morning After, The (1986; d: Sidney Lumet)<\/li>\n<li>Passenger (1963; d: Andrzej Munk)<\/li>\n<li>Plaza Suite (1971; d: Arthur Hiller)<\/li>\n<li>Plenty (1985; d: Fred Schepisi)<\/li>\n<li>Pressure Point (1962; d: Hubert Cornfield)<\/li>\n<li>Private Practices: The Story of a Sex Surrogate (1986; d: Kirby Dick)<\/li>\n<li>Quiet Earth, The (1985; d: Geoff Murphy)<\/li>\n<li>Rooster Cogburn (1975; d: Stuart Millar)<\/li>\n<li>Sorry, Wrong Number (1948; d: Anatole Litvak)<\/li>\n<li>Strange Love of Martha Ivers, The (1946; d: Lewis Milestone)<\/li>\n<li>Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967; d: George Roy Hill)<\/li>\n<li>!Three Amigos! (1986; d: John Landis)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=36160\">Thunderbolt (1929; d: Josef von Sternberg)<\/a> *<\/li>\n<li>UTU (1983; d: Geoff Murphy)<\/li>\n<li>What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969; d: Lee H. Katzin)<\/li>\n<li>Young One, The \/ La Joven (1960; d: Luis Bunuel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* These starred titles are <strong>non-<em>GFTFF<\/em><\/strong> movies listed by Peary in his <em>Alternate Oscars<\/em> book; while I don&#8217;t happen to agree they are &#8220;must see&#8221;, I&#8217;ll be reviewing them on my site as well, simply to be complete in my coverage of <u>all<\/u> Peary-recommended titles. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although Peary&#8217;s book covers the vast majority of &#8220;must see&#8221; feature-length films released during or prior to 1986, there are some noticeable gaps: titles he accidentally left out; movies he may never have seen (I Am Cuba, for instance, wasn&#8217;t released in the United States until 1995); and movies that have since become certified cult classics (i.e., Ferris Bueller&#8217;s Day Off, or National Lampoon&#8217;s Vacation). The following list contains additional pre-1987 movies I think all film fanatics should see, with&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=4388\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4388","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4388"}],"version-history":[{"count":57,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94572,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4388\/revisions\/94572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}