At some point, I decided that I was going to see every movie made by Woody Allen. There are a few directors that I've thought about doing this with (and a few that I've already succeeded in doing this with, e.g. P.T. Anderson and Wes Anderson) but I felt that Woody was a good choice because he is so prolific, has spanned a few decades, and is always a good conversation starter.
I actually typed up a list a while back where I ranked his movies, and was going to try to post that here (is that considered blog-cheating?) But I can't find it and so I'll have to make the list again. The cool thing about this list (and I said it when I made the original one) is that the movies can move higher and lower on the list depending on your mood. The great thing about Woody Allen is that he rarely makes a movie that is irredeemable. Other than the last two, I think you can pretty much get something out of all of his movies.
I do not view some of his classics with rose-colored glasses and you will notice some of them further down on the list than possibly expected. In general (as you can see by the dates of each movie) I do believe that his best work is behind him. But even this decade he's made some incredibly interesting and intelligent movies. So I'll continue to go see each movie until he stops making them.
The Best
Stardust Memories (1980)
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Interiors (1978)
Manhattan (1979)
Annie Hall (1977)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Really Good
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Take the Money and Run (1969)
September (1987)
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Match Point (2005)
Worth Seeing
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
Shadows and Fog (1991)
Zelig (1983)
Love and Death (1975)
What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
Alice (1990)
Radio Days (1987)
Every Thing You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
Sleeper (1973)
Small Time Crooks (2000)
Melinda and Melinda (2004)
Mainly for the Passionate
Cassandra's Dream (2007)
Another Woman (1988)
Husbands and Wives (1992)
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
Whatever Works (2009)
Bananas (1971)
Anything Else (2003)
Hollywood Ending (2002)
Failures
Scoop (2006)
Celebrity (1998)
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