Top 10 Robert Altman Films

Just curious what 10 Altman movies are considered his best by SHF members. My list:

1) McCabe and Mrs Miller
2) The Long Goodbye
3) 3 Women
4) MASH
5) Nashville
6) California Split
7) Short Cuts
8) The Player
9) Come Back to the Five and Dime...
10) A Wedding

honorable mention: Streamers

 

Poll ?
The Long Goodbye

 

The first two by country mile:
1. McCabe and Mrs Miller
2. Nashville
3. Three Women
4. Short Cuts
5. The Long Goodbye
6. MASH
7. California Split
8. Brewster McCloud
9. The Player
10. Buffalo Bill and the Indians (then again, I like HEALTH...)

 

I was thinking more top ten....maybe a poll would've been better? I was gonna do top five but too many I liked

 

From those I've seen -

Nashville
Short Cuts
The Long Goodbye
McCabe & Mrs Miller
Gosford Park
The Player
Kansas City
Thieves Like Us
A Wedding
Cookie's Fortune

 

McCabe
Nashville
3 Women
The Long Goodbye
Images
Short Cuts
The Player
Gosford Park
Cookie’s Fortune
MASH

The Long Goodbye gets better and better every time I watch it.

 

California Split
MASH
...

 

I admire many of his films, especially the 1970s films, but I can't do ten. These are my favorites:

McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
California Split (1974) -- needs to be restored to original length and edit.
Thieves Like Us (1974)
Mash (1970)
Countdown (1968)
Fool For Love (1985)

These are very good films but I wouldn't call them favorites:

Popeye (1981)
Images (1971)
That Cold Day In the Park (1969)
3 Women (1977)
Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean (1982)
Vincent and Theo (1990)
Short Cuts (1993)
Kansas City (1996)

I dislike Buffalo Bill and the Indians. It looks spectacular but it's bad history. Profoundly wrong-headed history.
I also dislike Nashville and understand why the country music capitol hated it so much, although I love Karen Black and Ronee Blakely in it.

 

I've not seen many:

Short Cuts 4/5
The Player 3/5
Prêt-à-Porter 2/5
Dr. T & The Women 2/5

 

I don’t know his films that well, but was impressed with 3 Women.

 

Nine from me...

M*A*S*H
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
The Long Goodbye
Thieves Like Us
Nashville
Come Back to the Five and Dime...
Vincent & Theo
The Player
Short Cuts

Vincent & Theo may be his most underrated great film, btw.

 

Brewster McCloud, Popeye

 

McCabe
Thieves
3 Women
Quintet
Nashville
A Wedding
Images
Kansas City
California Split
Player

 

I agree exactly with this list except I haven't seen "Countdown" or "Short Cuts". "Nashville" is one of the most overrrated movies ever.

 

agree on california split.....what did they cut out, I know the part where they sing Happy Birthday was missing from the dvd, maybe the Basketball Jones song?

 

The first Altman film I saw was Quintet. It put me off him for years.....

 

paul newman really wanted to work with altman and he was disappointed that their two films (quintet and buffalo bill) kind of went awry. I like buffalo but quintet is a bit of a slog, not sure what happened

 

I've read that Altman did not want to direct it.

 

The Player is a really smart film. Love it.

 

Waiting to upgrade my copy of M*A*S*H with a Criterion Collection Blu-ray. Just a matter of time.

 

This.

 

1. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (in my top 5 films of all time)
2. The Long Goodbye
3. Short Cuts
4. Brewster McCloud
5. The Player

 

Have to admit, I'd forgotten about Vincent and Theo! Great film.

 

1. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
2. The Long Goodbye (1973)
3. 3 Women (1977)
4. Brewster McCloud (1970)
5. The Company (2003)
6. Images (1972)
7. That Cold Day in the Park (1969) (Sandy Dennis!)
8. Thieves Like Us (1974)
9. California Split (1974)
10. Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)

 

I just picked up Fox's 2015 Steelbook-packaged Blu-ray of M*A*S*H (I assume it's the studio's '09 mastering), and I was astonished that the transfer looked as good as it did. I've never seen a TV broadcast that looked more than barely passable. That quality was what Altman seemed to want, though.

I assume you've got this, too. What do you think? Can the source print be tidied up any further? I grabbed the Criterion McCabe & Mrs. Miller Blu-ray having never seen the movie before, and it looks great to me ─ with the understanding of Altman's intentional exposure to the elements of the film negative.