Top Ten Tuesdays

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

I'm really surprised no one has selected (at least) one of the Zatoichi films yet. The character, and the films, was one of the first which came to mind.

[keirarts]

Beat me to it on Zatoichi. Difficult to pick a favourite so I just went for the first one that came into my head...

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[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

FILMS WITH A BLIND CHARACTER

I didn't want to include any of the Shintaro Katsu Zatoichi films because I have the boxset to watch and it's been years since I saw any of them; the only one I have seen recently is the Takeshi Kitano version, which I think is a terrific film.

1. City Lights
2. Don't Look Now
3. The Beyond
4. Peeping Tom
5. Bride of Frankenstein
6. Young Frankenstein
7. The Eye (2002)
8. Julia's Eyes
9. Manhunter
10. Kwaidan
11. The Cat o' Nine Tails
12. Broken Embraces
13. Zatōichi (2003)
14. Wait Until Dark
15. Ray
16. The Sentinel
17. The Road
18. Tommy
19. Scent of a Women
20. See No Evil, Hear No Evil

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

My thanks to those who contributed a list of their favourite films with a prominent blind character, which is making me look forward to watching my Criterion Collection Zatoichi Blu-ray box set even more than I already was.

A few weeks ago, you came up with your favourite films with mismatched couples in buddy cop movies. This week, I'd like you to do the opposite and name your favourite couples, the two people who are – romantic, platonic, professional, or in a paternal/maternal way – a perfect match.

They may not seem that way at the beginning of the film, or even may not be together when the credits roll. However, for some of the film, the chemistry between them is tangible.

CINEMATIC COUPLES

[MrBarlow]

Bonnie And Clyde
Brokeback Mountain (Ennis and Jack)
Blue Is The Warmest Colour (Emma and Adele)
Cleopatra (Marc Anthony and Cleopatra)
Forest Gump (Forest and Jenny)
Lampoon's Vacation (Clark and Ellen Griswald)
Rocky (Rocky and Adrian)
The Birdcage (Armand andd Albert)
When Harry Met Sally
West Side Story (Tony and Maria)

[keirarts]

Cinematic couples.

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Daughters of darkness
Mystery train
frightmare
The thin man
Badlands
The getaway
True Romance
Princess bride
say anything
cassablanca

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

CINEMATIC COUPLES

Like last week, I didn't want to leave out some of my favourites, so I'm including a list of 20. I'm not sure why, but my list is dominated by screwball comedies.

1. George and Mary – It's a Wonderful Life
2. Rick and Elsa – Casablanca
3. Alex and Laura – Brief Encounter
4. Clarence and Alabama – True Romance
5. Nick and Nora – The Thin Man
6. Joe and Princess Ann – Roman Holiday
7. Don and Kathy – Singin' in the Rain
8. Susan and David – Bringing up Baby
9. Harry and Sally – When Harry Met Sally…
10. Westley and The Princess Bride – The Princess Bride
11. Walter and Hildy – His Girl Friday
12. WALL-E and Eve – WALL-E
13. Wallace and Gromit – Wallace & Gromit: The Case of the Were-Rabbit
14. Bud and Fran – The Apartment
15. Ennis And Jack – Brokeback Mountain
16. Will and Sean – Good Will Hunting
17. Peter and Ellie – It Happened One Night
18. Dexter and Tracy – The Philadelphia Story
19. Sullivan and the Girl – Sullivan's Travels
20. Han Solo and Leia – The Empire Strikes Back

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Reminds me. I started a top 10 but then forgot about it.

So have a Top Seven Screen Couples.

Nick and Nora Charles - The Thin Man series (1934-47)
Rick Blaine and Ilsa Lund - Casablanca (1942)
Han and Leia - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood - Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Peter Warne and Ellie Andrews - It Happened One Night (1934)
Jim and Muriel Blandings - Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler - Gone with the Wind - (1939)*

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

A very simple topic this week, devoted to a giant of the stage and screen who died last week.

ALBERT FINNEY FILMS

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Aside from Wolfen, Murder on the Orient Express and Millers Crossing i don't even remember Finney in the films he's listed in on IMDB.

Replies to these topics are dwindling fast...what happened to Cult Labs style top 10's?