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These ten best lists for movie critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert have been collected from various postings in the Usenet newsgroup rec.arts.movies. The lists through 1978 come from the Chicago Tribune for Siskel, and the Chicago Sun-Times for Ebert. After that most of the lists come from their best of the year TV show.

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The Casino Theatre showed its last movie in 1981 and remained dark for more ten years after. Re-opening in 1995, I first saw the theatre in around 1996 but didn’t see the interior until around 1998. Many projects were still on going at this time although much had been completed. When Roger Ebert hated a film, he didn't mince words. Here are 50 movies the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer absolutely loathed (including a couple of surprises that you might very well love), along.

This page includes the years that both Siskel and Ebert did top lists. Ebert's other lists are at this site's Movie Lists page.

Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. Z1. Z
2. Midnight Cowboy2. Medium Cool
3. Alice's Restaurant3. Weekend
4. Simon of the Desert4. if...
5. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter5. Last Summer
6. Oh! What a Lovely War 316. The Wild Bunch
7. The Wild Bunch7. Easy Rider
8. if...8. True Grit
9. Pretty Poison9. Downhill Racer
10. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice10. War and Peace

1970

Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. My Night at Maud's1. Five Easy Pieces
2. M*A*S*H2. M*A*S*H
3. Women in Love3. The Revolutionary
4. Five Easy Pieces4. Patton
5. The Passion of Anna5. Woodstock
6. Adalen 316. My Night and Maud's
7. Salesman7. Adalen 31
8. Woodstock8. The Passion of Anna
9. Triolgy9. The Wild Child
10. The Wild Child10. Fellini Satyricon
Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. Claire's Knee1. The Last Picture Show
2. A New Leaf2. McCabe and Mrs. Miller
3. McCabe and Mrs. Miller3. Claire's Knee
4. Little Big Man4. The French Connection
5. The Last Picture Show5. Sunday, Bloody Sunday
6. Sunday, Bloody Sunday6. Taking Off
7. Bed and Board7. Carnal Knowledge
8. Dirty Harry8. Tristana
9. Husbands9. Goin' Down the Road
10. Taking Off10. Bed and Board

1972

Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. The Godfather1. The Godfather
2. The Sorrow and the Pity2. Chole in the Afternoon
3. Le Boucher3. Le Boucher
4. Cabaret4. Murmur of the Heart
5. Two English Girls5. The Green Wall
6. A Clockwork Orange6. The Sorrow and the Pity
7. Chloe in the Afternoon7. The Garden of Finzi-Continis
8. Frenzy8. Minnie and Moskowitz
9. Sounder9. Sounder
10. Ulzana's Raid10. The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid
Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. The Emigrants / The New Land1. Cries and Whispers
2. Last Tango in Paris2. Last Tango in Paris
3. The Exorcist3. The Emigrants / The New Land
4. Cries and Whispers4. Blume in Love
5. The Day of the Jackal5. The Iceman Cometh
6. The Last of Sheila6. The Exorcist
7. The Day of the Dolphin7. The Day of the Jackal
8. American Graffiti8. American Graffiti
9. Sisters9. Fellini's Roma
10. The Long Goodbye10. The Friends of Eddie Coyle

1974

Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. Day for Night1. Scenes from a Marriage
2. The Last Detail2. Chinatown
3. Amarcord3. The Mother and the Whore
4. The Conversation4. Amarcord
5. Mean Streets5. The Last Detail
6. Scenes from a Marriage6. The Mirages
7. Lacombe, Lucien7. Day for Night
8. Harry and Tonto8. Mean Streets
9. The Mother and the Whore9. My Uncle Antoine
10. Wedding in Blood10. The Conversation
Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. Nashville1. Nashville
2. The Passenger2. Night Moves
3. Love and Death3. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
4. Dog Day Afternoon4. Farewell, My Lovely
5. Barry Lyndon5. The Phantom of Liberty
6. And Now My Love6. A Brief Vacation
7. Dodes'ka-den7. And Now My Love
8. The Homecoming8. A Woman Under the Influence
9. Antonia: Portrait of a Women9. In Celebration
10. Hustle10. Dog Day Afternoon

1976

Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. All the President's Men1. Small Change
2. Network2. Taxi Driver
3. Brothel No. 83. The Magic Flute
4. Small Change4. The Clockmaker
5. Stay Hungry5. Network
6. Cousin, Cousine6. Swept Away...by an unusual destiny in the blue sea of August
7. Taxi Driver7. Rocky
8. Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson8. All the President's Men
9. The Seven-Per-Cent Solution9. Silent Movie
10. The Man Who Would Be King10. The Shootist
Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. Annie Hall1. 3 Women
2. The Late Show2. Providence
3. In the Realm of the Senses3. The Late Show
4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind4. A Woman's Decision
5. Saturday Night Fever5. Jail Bait
6. Harlan County, U.S.A.6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7. Star Wars7. Aguirre: Wrath of God
8. Oh, God!8. Annie Hall
9. Pumping Iron9. Sorcerer
10. Rolling Thunder10. Star Wars
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1978

Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. Straight Time1. An Unmarried Woman
2. Pretty Baby2. Days of Heaven
3. Days of Heaven3. Heart of Glass
4. Blue Collar4. Stroszek
5. Autumn Sonata5. Autumn Sonata
6. The Buddy Holly Story6. Interiors
7. Coming Home7. Halloween
8. Halloween8. National Lampoon's Animal House
9. Magic9. Kings of the Road
10. Stoszek10. Superman
Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. Hair1. Apocalypse Now
2. Kramer vs. Kramer2. Breaking Away
3. The Deer Hunter3. The Deer Hunter
4. Breaking Away4. The Marriage of Maria Braun
5. Manhattan5. Hair
6. The Marriage of Maria Braun6. Saint Jack
7. Nosferatu7. Kramer vs. Kramer
8. The Onion Field8. The China Syndrome
9. Time After Time9. Nosferatu
10. The China Syndrome10. 10

The Decade (1970s)

Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
Last Tango in ParisAn Unmarried Woman
The Sorrow and the PityApocalypse Now
Annie HallAmarcord
The Emigrants & The New Land Breaking Away
The Godfather I & IINashville
The ConversationDays of Heaven
Mean StreetsThe Deer Hunter
The Last DetailHeart of Glass
Saturday Night FeverCries and Whispers
Le BoucherThe Godfather I & II

[There wasn't any ranking so the movies are listed in the order they were presented in the show.]

Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. Raging Bull1. The Black Stallion
2. Ordinary People2. Raging Bull
3. Coal Miner's Daughter3. Kagemusha
4. The Tree of Wooden Clogs 4. Being There
5. Kagemusha5. Ordinary People
6. Being There6. The Great Santini
7. The Black Stallion7. The Empire Strikes Back
8. The Blues Brothers8. Coal Miner's Daughter
9. The Great Santini9. American Gigolo
10. The Stunt Man10. Best Boy

1981

Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. Ragtime1. My Dinner with Andre
2. My Dinner with Andre2. Chariots of Fire
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark3. Gates of Heaven
4. Mon Oncle D'Amerique 4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. Gates of Heaven5. Heartland
6. Bye Bye Brazil6. Atlantic City
7. Prince of the City7. Thief
8. Melvin and Howard8. Body Heat
9. Body Heat9. Tess
10. The French Lieutenent's Woman10. REDS
Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. Moonlighting1. Sophie's Choice
2. Tootsie2. Diva
3. E.T.3. E.T.
4. Diva 4. Fitzcarraldo / Burden of Dreams
5. Mephisto5. Personal Best
6. Lola6. Das Boot
7. Personal Best7. Mephisto
8. Three Brothers8. Moonlighting
9. Das Boot9. The Verdict
10. An Officer and a Gentleman10. The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

1983

Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. The Right Stuff1. The Right Stuff
2. Terms of Endearment2. Terms of Endearment
3. Betrayl3. The Year of Living Dangerously
4. Fanny and Alexander 4. Fanny and Alexander
5. Star 805. El Norte
6. The Year of Living Dangerously6. Testament
7. Silkwood7. Silkwood
8. Pauline at the Beach8. Say Amen, Somebody
9. Risky Business9. Risky Business
10. The Big Chill10. The Return of Martin Guerre
Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. Once Upon a Time in America1. Amadeus
2. Amadeus2. Paris, Texas
3. The Cotton Club3. Love Streams
4. Entre Nous 4. This is Spinal Tap
5. Purple Rain5. The Cotton Club
6. The Killing Fields6. Secret Honor
7. Secret Honor7. The Killing Fields
8. A Passage to India8. Stranger than Paradise
9. Micki and Maude9. Choose Me
10. The Natural10. Purple Rain

1985

Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. Shoah1. The Color Purple
2. Ran2. After Hours
3. The Color Purple3. The Falcon and the Snowman
4. Streetwise 4. Prizzi's Honor
5. Prizzi's Honor5. Ran
6. The Official Story6. Witness
7. Mishima7. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
8. The Facon and the Snowman8. Lost in America
9. Back to the Future9. Street Wise
10. The Purple Rose of Cairo10. Blood Simple

[Ebert excluded Shoah from his list, not because he thought the other ten films were better, but because he felt it was in a class by itself and it wouldn't be appropriate to rank ordinary movies against it.]

Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. Hannah and Her Sisters1. Platoon
2. Vagabond2. Round Midnight
3. A Room with a View3. Hannah and Her Sisters
4. Mona Lisa 4. Sid and Nancy
5. Peggy Sue Got Married5. Lucas
6. Blue Velvet6. Vagabond
7. Platoon7. Trouble in Mind
8. Children of a Lesser God8. Down and out in Beverly Hills
9. Round Midnight9. Peggy Sue Got Married
10. The Fly10. Hard Choices
Review

1987

Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. The Last Emperor1. House of Games
2. Full Metal Jacket2. The Big Easy
3. House of Games3. Barfly
4. Jean de Florette / Manon of the Spring 4. The Last Emperor
5. Broadcast News5. Moonstruck
6. Moonstruck6. Prick Up Your Ears
7. Radio Days7. Radio Days
8. River's Edge8. Broadcast News
9. Prick Up Your Ears9. Lethal Weapon
10. Roxanne10. Housekeeping
Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. The Last Temptation Of Christ1. Mississippi Burning
2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit2. The Accidental Tourist
3. Bull Durham3. The Unbearable Lightness Of Being
4. Little Dorrit 4. Shy People
5. The Accidental Tourist5. Salaam Bombay
6. Midnight Run6. A Fish Called Wanda
7. The Thin Blue Line7. Wings Of Desire
8. Hotel Terminus: The Life And Times of Klaus Barbie8. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
9. The Unbearable Lightness Of Being9. Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam
10. Working Girl10. Running On Empty

1989

Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. Do the Right Thing1. Do the Right Thing
2. Roger & Me2. Drugstore Cowboy
3. Drugstore Cowboy3. My Left Foot
4. Enemies, A Love Story 4. Born on the Fourth of July
5. Born on the Fourth of July5. Roger & Me
6. The Little Mermaid6. The Mighty Quinn
7. Crimes and Misdemeanors7. Field of Dreams
8. The Fabulous Baker Boys8. Crimes and Misdemeanors
9. Say Anything9. Driving Miss Daisy
10. The War of the Roses10. Say Anything
Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. Raging Bull1. Raging Bull
2. Shoah2. The Right Stuff
3. The Right Stuff3. E.T.
4. My Dinner with Andre 4. Do The Right Thing
5. Who Framed Roger Rabbit5. My Dinner with Andre
6. Do The Right Thing6. Raiders of the Lost Ark
7. Once Upon A Time In America (long version)7. Ran
8. Moonlighting8. Mississippi Burning
9. Sid and Nancy9. Platoon
10. Kagemusha10. House of Games

1990

Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. Goodfellas1. Goodfellas
2. After Dark, My Sweet2. Monsieur Hire
3. Avalon3. Dances With Wolves
4. The Plot Against Harry 4. The Grifters
5. Too Beautiful For You5. Reversal Of Fortune
6. Die Hard II: Die Harder6. Santa Sangre
7. Dances With Wolves7. Last Exit to Brooklyn
8. Reversal Of Fortune8. Awakenings
9. The Freshman9. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
10. The Godfather Part III10. Mountains of the Moon
Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. Hearts of Darkness1. JFK
2. An Angel at My Table2. Boyz N the Hood
3. Boyz N the Hood3. Beauty and the Beast
4. La Belle Noiseuse 4. Grand Canyon
5. Beauty and the Beast5. My Father's Glory / My Mother's Castle
6. Grand Canyon6. A Woman's Tale
7. JFK7. Life is Sweet
8. Ju Dou8. The Man in the Moon
9. Daddy Nostalgi9. Thelma & Louise
10. Once Around10. The Rapture

1992

Roger Ebert Movies

Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. One False Move1. Malcolm X
2. The Player2. One False Move
3. Howards End3. Howards End
4. The Crying Game 4. Flirting
5. Malcolm X5. The Crying Game
6. The Hairdresser's Husband6. Damage
7. Damage7. The Hairdresser's Husband
8. Wayne's World8. The Player
9. Mississippi Masala9. Unforgiven
10. Under Siege10. Bad Lieutenant

Roger Ebert Movie Review

Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. Schindler's List1. Schindler's List
2. Short Cuts2. The Age of Innocence
3. The Piano3. The Piano
4. Farewell My Concubine 4. The Fugitive
5. Menace II Society5. The Joy Luck Club
6. The Fugitive6. Kalifornia
7. The Age of Innocence7. Like Water For Chocolate
8. The Joy Luck Club8. Menace II Society
9. King of the Hill9. What's Love Got to Do With It
10. Map of the Human Heart10. Ruby in Paradise

1994

Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. Hoop Dreams1. Hoop Dreams
2. Pulp Fiction2. Blue / White / Red
3. Ed Wood3. Pulp Fiction
4. 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould 4. Forrest Gump
5. Quiz Show5. The Last Seduction
6. Forrest Gump6. Fresh
7. Vanya On 42nd Street7. The Blue Kite
8. The Shawshank Redemption8. Natural Born Killers
9. Red Rock West9. The New Age
10. Little Women10. Quiz Show
Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. Crumb1. Leaving Las Vegas
2. Toy Story2. Crumb
3. Nixon3. Dead Man Walking
4. Babe 4. Nixon
5. Dead Man Walking5. Casino
6. Leaving Las Vegas6. Apollo 13
7. The American President7. Exotica
8. Exotica8. My Family
9. Apollo 139. Carrington
10. Les Miserables10. A Walk in the Clouds

1996

Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. Fargo1. Fargo
2. Secrets & Lies2. Breaking the Waves
3. Breaking the Waves3. Secrets & Lies
4. The English Patient 4. Lone Star
5. Lone Star5. Welcome to the Dollhouse
6. Looking for Richard6. Bound
7. Paradise Lost7. Hamlet
8. Welcome to the Dollhouse8. Everyone Says I Love You
9. Kingpin9. Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam
10. Bound10. Big Night
Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. The Ice Storm1. Eve's Bayou
2. L.A. Confidential2. The Sweet Hereafter
3. Wag the Dog3. Boogie Nights
4. In the Company of Men 4. Maborosi
5. The End of Violence5. Jackie Brown
6. The Full Monty6. Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
7. The Sweet Hereafter7. L.A. Confidential
8. Good Will Hunting8. In the Company of Men
9. Mrs. Brown9. Titanic
10. As Good As It Gets10. Wag the Dog

1998

Gene SiskelRoger Ebert
1. Babe: Pig In the City1. Dark City
2. The Thin Red Line2. Pleasantville
3. Pleasantville3. Saving Private Ryan
4. Saving Private Ryan 4. A Simple Plan
5. Shakespeare In Love5. Happiness
6. The Truman Show6. Elizabeth
7. Antz7. Babe: Pig In the City
8. Simon Birch8. Shakespeare In Love
9. There's Something About Mary9. Life Is Beautiful
10. Waking Ned Devine10. Primary Colors

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942 in Flushing, New York. Through most of his life, his chosen career goal was to be a priest. However, he later had a change of heart, and decided instead to become a filmmaker. In 1964, he graduated from New York University from the film program. During the rest of the 60's, Scorsese made various student films, eventually becoming an assistant director and co-editor of the documentary Woodstock in 1970. This film, along with his others, caught the eye of veteran low budget producer Roger Corman. In 1972, Scorsese directed Boxcar Bertha for Corman. In 1973, he followed that up with his amazing feature, Mean Streets. As Walter Melnyk pointed out, that film provided benchmarks for the Scorsese Style: New York settings, loners struggling with inner demons, pointed-shoes rock meets opera soundtracks, and unrelenting cathartic violence.

In 1974, Scorsese directed Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore which earned Ellen Burstyn a Best Actress Academy Award. In 1976, Scorsese directed the film for which he is probably most famous for, the ultra-violent Taxi Driver which drew controversy after it inspired John Hinckley's assasination attempt on President Ronald Reagan in 1981. In 1980, Scorsese made another film with Robert De Niro, Raging Bull. The film was an amazing, black and white biography of middleweight fighter Jake LaMotta which earned two Academy Awards. One for Best Actor - Robert De Niro, and one for Best Editing - Thelma Schoonmaker. Later, it was selected as best film of the decade by film critics, Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel. His next few works were King of Comedy in 1983 with Robert De Niro, After Hours in 1985, and in 1986, Paul Newman earned an Academy Award for his reprisal of the role of gambler Eddie Felson in The Color of Money. His next film was probably his most controversial to date, The Last Temptation of Christ which outraged some religious groups by attempting to portray a human son of God. In 1990, he directed the excellent film, GoodFellas. In 1991, he directed a remake of Cape Fear, a remake of the classic 1961 film. In 1993, he directed The Age of Innocence. Casino, his epic about the rise and fall of a mob figure in Las Vegas was released in 1995. In 1999, Scorsese released Bringing Out the Dead, an adaptation of Joseph Connelly's novel about an overworked, stressed ambulance driver fighting insanity. Scorsese has stayed busy over the years, directing Gangs of New York in 2002, and The Aviator in 2004, with The Departed scheduled for release in 2006, with an incredible cast, consisting of such talent as Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio (a Scorsese favorite of late), Martin Sheen, Matt Damon, and Alec Baldwin, and a great story concept, being of cross spies, one being in the Boston Police Department, and the other being in the Irish Mafia in Boston.

Martin has never won an Academy Award, however, in 1997, he was awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute.


'I only wanted to be an ordinary parish priest.' - Martin Scorsese


  • The Holy Grail of Scorsese
  • -Cabbin' Fever- A great article about Taxi Driver
  • -Acceptance Speech- Scorsese's Acceptance Speech for the John Huston Award
  • -John Bryant Tribute- Congressman John Bryant (D-TX)Tribute to Martin Scorsese at the John Huston Award for Artists Rights dinner
  • -Scorsese Influence on Others- A message that passed through the Scorsese mailing list about how Scorsese's films have affected the author's life.
  • The Screenplays
  • After Hours - Transcript
  • Age of Innocence - Transcript
  • The Aviator - Script
  • Cape Fear - Transcript
  • Casino- Transcript
  • Color of Money - Transcript
  • Gangs of New York - Screenplay
  • Goodfellas - Transcript
  • King of Comedy - Transcript
  • Kundun - Transcript
  • Last Temptation of Christ - Transcript
  • The Last Waltz - Transcript
  • Raging Bull - Transcript
  • Taxi Driver - Transcript
  • Who's That Knocking on My Door - Transcript

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