15 Most Influential Films

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    Originally Posted By basil fan

    For those who didn't watch the Oscars, here is ABC's much-debated list of the 15 most influential films in American cinema. I post it because of the inclusion of several Disney films.

    #15. “Toy Story”

    #14. “Sixteen Candles”

    #13. “A Hard Day’s Night”

    #12. “Jaws”

    #11. “Lillies of the Field”

    #10. “The Godfather Part II”

    #9. “I’m No Angel”

    #8. “Easy Rider”

    #7. “The Birth of a Nation”

    #6. “A Streetcar Named Desire”

    #5. “2001: A Space Odyssey”

    #4. “Psycho”

    #3. “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”

    #2. “Gone with the Wind”

    #1. “Star Wars”

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    Originally Posted By FerretAfros

    That list is...interesting. Some of those films definitely deserve to be there because they were influential, but this just seems more like someone's personal favorites.

    Although Toy Story was the first CGI film, it's constant inclusion on these sorts of lists is a huge pet peeve of mine; I just don't like the move very much (though the sequels are increasingly better). Other than doing it in CGI instead of 2D (though CGI had been used extensively in 2D and live action films by that point) it really did nothing to change the way that stories are told

    And it always makes me chuckle when I see The Birth of A Nation included on these sorts of lists, since nobody has seen it and no copies remain. If you want to include a long-lost epic, I think Metropolis (which is also missing segments, but remains in part) would be a better choice
     
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    Originally Posted By utahjosh

    < it really did nothing to change the way that stories are told>

    But it dramatically changed the way the films are made. It has a HUGE influence.
     
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    Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan

    I would have included "Bonnie and Clyde" on that list somewhere. If you watch movies made before that film and ones made after, you can see what a shift it caused.
     
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    Originally Posted By Yookeroo

    Yeah, whatever your opinion of Toy Story it's hard to deny its massive influence.

    It's not a bad list. I think pretty much all the picks are defensible.
     
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    Originally Posted By mawnck

    >The Birth of A Nation ... nobody has seen it and no copies remain.

    I think you're confusing it with something else.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=302YMeiDSrI
     
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