Favourite Woody Allen movies!

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  1. freddog

    freddog Forum Resident

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    My favorite Woody Allen movie is Broadway Danny Rose.

    And while he didn't write or direct the film, his performance in The Front is perfect. Anytime that movie is on TV, I end up watching it again because of him.
     
  2. sheffandy

    sheffandy Forum Resident

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    Great list, I can’t improve on it :righton:
     
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  3. Sgt. Abbey Road

    Sgt. Abbey Road Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    I just watched „Manhattan“ for the first time! I only can describe this film with one word: MASTERPIECE
     
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  4. Sgt. Abbey Road

    Sgt. Abbey Road Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Look what a great DVD set I got today! These movies aren’t easy to find in Austria, especially for the price of only 60€ for 10 movies:cool:
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  5. mrjinks

    mrjinks Optimistically Challenged

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    I'd strongly encourage you (and anyone else interested) to check out this thread:
    Woody Allen: Film by Film Thread
    It's several years old, but contains 99 pages of thoughts on all his works! If you'd like to review some discussion on any films, you'll find it there. As one of the more active posters on that thread, I know I can say we love to have old discussions revived, and we keep adding new topics, as they appear.
     
  6. Sgt. Abbey Road

    Sgt. Abbey Road Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    That’s great! Thank you very much for this tip:agree:
     
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  7. Melissa17

    Melissa17 Well-Known Member

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    My favorite films by him are Radio Days (1987), Bullets Over Broadway (1994), and Midnight In Paris (2011). Love them movies I
     
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  8. Randall DeBouvre

    Randall DeBouvre forum resident

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    Annie Hall and Manhattan are probably his most quintessential films
     
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  9. Randall DeBouvre

    Randall DeBouvre forum resident

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    broadway danny rose is probably the one that made laugh the most
     
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  10. Randall DeBouvre

    Randall DeBouvre forum resident

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    hannah and his sisters is probably his most warmest and life affirming film. I also had a terrible crush on barbara hershey in that movie.:love:
     
  11. Randall DeBouvre

    Randall DeBouvre forum resident

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    nobody mentions take the money and run but it was a lot of fun, and it was a template for his early seventies comedies. it has the beautiful janet margolin. :love:
     
  12. Randall DeBouvre

    Randall DeBouvre forum resident

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    finally, crimes and misdemeanors is probably the film that grapples the most serious moral issues. it also has many great performances. the real revelation was alan alda who was then totally cast against type as a real a a**hole.

























    hole
     
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  13. tonyballz

    tonyballz Roogalator

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    I know Woody is most renowned for his 1970s films but I really love his mid-'80s run of Zelig, Broadway Danny Rose, Purple Rose Of Cairo, Hannah And Her Sisters and Radio Days. His contribution to New York Stories is particularly hilarious as well.
     
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  14. Uncle Miles

    Uncle Miles Wafting in and out of Forum

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    All the films with Diane Keaton
    (-- though maybe I'd exclude Interiors from the list of "favorites")

    Also:
    Broadway Danny Rose
    Vicky Christina Barcelona
    Small Time Crooks
    Blue Jasmine

    Also Play It Again Sam (has Allen & Keaton but not directed by Woody Allen)
     
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  15. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    I own every Woody DVD that was released in the US...are the US Blu-rays much better in PQ?
     
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  16. Ghostworld

    Ghostworld Senior Member

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    I forgot to mention this, one of my favorite Woody Allen films is “Everyone Says I Love You.”! It’s got a great cast and script. A funny one. Nice to see Edward Norton playing a nice kid for a change, too.And it’s really a fun musical. It works. And of course the classic music by Gershwin, Cole Porter et al is spectacular.
     
  17. fairaintfair

    fairaintfair I Buried Paul

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    For me, his best by a mile:

    Annie
    Manhattan
    Crimes
    Hannah
     
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  18. smilin ed

    smilin ed Senior Member

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    My top four too.
     
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  19. LeBon Bush

    LeBon Bush Hound of Love

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    Of those I've seen...

    Radio Days (#1 for me)
    Take The Money And Run
    Broadway Danny Rose
    Stardust Memories
    Everyone Says I Love You

    Didn't really care all that much for Annie Hall and Manhattan. Tbh, his character in these two films creeps me out a bit.
     
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  20. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    yes, that's a good one as well...watched this last week.
     
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  21. LeBon Bush

    LeBon Bush Hound of Love

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    Awesome! It's a real shame you can't get so many of his films around here easily.
     
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  22. adm62

    adm62 Senior Member

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    I like Annie Hall, Manhattan has issues. And I always thought it was a little underwhelming after the bravura opening sequence
     
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  23. smilin ed

    smilin ed Senior Member

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    And Radio Days and Purple Rose of Cairo to make it six
     
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  24. DLD

    DLD Senior Member

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    Manhattan
    Play It Again Same
    Blue Jasmine
    Sleeper


    Annie Hall, while a terrific film, is terribly dated for me and doesn't make a best of list. In fact, given the choice, I'd much rather see What's Up Tiger Lily
     
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    Mal Phorum Physicist

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