THE ALSO-RANS
After each screening in The Chain our members vote for one of three films - all linked to the film just watched - that they’d like to see in two weeks’ time. This is the List of Losers - the films that we’ve put up for an audience vote but have yet to triumph.
π (Darren Aronofsky, USA, 1998)
1984 (Michael Radford, UK, 1984)
9-5 (Colin Higgins, USA, 1980)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Stephan Elliott, Australia, 1994)
The African Queen (John Huston, USA, 1951)
The Age of Innocence (Martin Scorsese, USA, 1993)
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, West Germany / Mexico, 1972)
Akira (Katsuhiro Ôtomo, Japan, 1988)
All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, USA, 1950)
All is Lost (Robert Redford, USA, 2013)
All Night Long (Basil Dearden, UK, 1962)
All of Me (Carl Reiner, USA, 1984)
All That Jazz (Bob Fosse, USA, 1979)
Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, France, 2001)
An American Werewolf in London (John Landis, UK, 1981)
Annie Hall (Woody Allen, USA, 1977)
Arlington Road (Mark Pellington, USA, 1999)
The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, France, 2011)
L'Atalante (Jean Vigo, France, 1934)
Auto Focus (Paul Schrader, USA, 2002)
The Awful Truth (Leo McCarey, USA, 1937)
Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, USA, 1985)
Bad Day at Black Rock (John Sturges, USA, 1955)
Bad Education (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain, 2004)
The Bad News Bears (Michael Richie, USA, 1976)
Bad Timing (Nicolas Roeg, UK, 1980)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (Sam Peckinpah, USA, 1970)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (Benh Zeitlin, USA, 2014)
Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, USA, Austria, Switzerland, 1995)
The Beguiled (Don Siegel, USA, 1971)
Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, USA, 1999)
The Big Combo (Joseph H Lewis, USA, 1955)
The Big Sick (Michael Showalter, USA, 2017)
The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1963)
Bitter Rice (Giuseppe De Santis, Italy, 1949)
The Black Cat (Edgar G Ulmer, USA, 1954)
Bobby Fischer Against the World (Liz Garbus, USA, 2011)
Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, USA, 1967)
The Bostonians (James Ivory, UK/USA, 1984)
Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, USA, 2005)
Bullets Over Broadway (Woody Allen, USA, 1994)
Buffalo Bill and the Indians or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (Robert Altman, USA, 1976)
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (Robert Wien, Germany, 1920)
California Split (Robert Altman, USA, 1974)
A Canterbury Tale (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, UK, 1944)
Cape Fear (J L Thompson, USA, 1962)
Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, USA, 1942)
Chocolat (Claire Denis, France, 1988)
City on Fire (Ringo Lam, Hong Kong, 1987)
Clash By Night (Fritz Lang, USA, 1952)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, USA, 1977)
A Cock and Bull Story (Michael Winterbottom, UK, 2005)
Coming Home (Hal Ashby, USA, 1978)
The Company of Wolves (Neil Jordan, UK, 1984)
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (Peter Greenaway, UK, 1989)
Cop Land (James Mangold, USA, 1997)
Crumb (Terry Zwigoff , USA, 1994)
Cyrano de Bergerac (Jean-Paul Rappeneau, France, 1990)
The Dark Horse (James Napier Robertson, New Zealand, 2014)
The Day of the Jackal (Fred Zinnemann, UK, France, 1973)
Day for Night (François Truffaut, France, 1973)
Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, USA, 1993)
Dead Man's Shoes (Shane Meadows, UK, 2004)
Dear White People (Justin Simien, USA, 2014)
Death in Venice (Luchino Visconti, Italy, France, USA, 1971)
The Deep Blue Sea (Terence Davies, UK, 2011)
Delicatessen (Jean-Pierre Jeunet / Marc Caro, France, 1991)
The Departed (Martin Scorsese, USA, 2006)
The Devil and Daniel Webster (William Dieterle, USA, 1941)
The Devils (Ken Russell, UK, 1971)
Diary of a Country Priest (Robert Bresson, France, 1951)
Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, USA, 1975)
Donnie Brasco (Mike Newell, USA, 1997)
Dont Look Back (D.A. Pennebaker, USA, 1967)
Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, USA, 1944)
Dragon Inn (King Hu, Taiwan/Hong Kong, 1967)
The Draughtsman's Contract (Peter Greenaway, UK, 1982)
The Dresser (Peter Yates, UK, 1983)
Drive, He Said (Jack Nicholson, USA, 1971)
Drowning by Numbers (Peter Greenaway, UK/Netherlands, 1988)
Duel (Steven Spielberg, USA, 1971)
East of Eden (Elia Kazan, USA, 1955)
Eraserhead (David Lynch, USA, 1977)
Escape from New York (John Carpenter, USA, 1981)
Eyes Without a Face (Georges Franju, France, 1960)
F for Fake (Orson Welles, France/Iran/West Germany, 1975)
The Fallen Idol (Carol Reed, UK, 1948)
Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes, USA, 2002)
Fargo (Joel & Ethen Coen, USA, 1996)
Fat City (John Huston, USA, 1972)
Fear and Desire (Stanley Kubrick, USA, 1953)
The Firm (Alan Clarke, UK, 1989)
The Fly (David Cronenberg, USA, 1986)
Floating Weeds (Yasujirô Ozu, Japan, 1959)
Foxy Brown (Jack Hill, USA, 1974)
Freaks (Todd Browning, USA, 1932)
Galaxy Quest (Dean Parisot, USA, 1999)
Get Out (Jordan Peele, USA, 2017)
The Getaway (Sam Peckinpah, USA, 1972)
Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, USA, 2001)
The Go-Between (Joseph Losely, UK, 1971)
The Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin, USA, 1925)
Good Bye Lenin! (Wolfgang Becker, Germany, 2003)
Good Vibrations (Lisa Barros D'Sa & Glenn Leyburn, UK/Ireland, 2012)
Gosford Park (Robert Altman, UK/USA/Italy, 2001)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, USA, 2014)
La Grande Illusion (Jean Renoir, France, 1937)
The Graduate ( Mike Nichols, USA, 1967)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Ford, USA, 1940)
The Great Dictator (Charlie Chaplin, USA, 1940)
Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog, USA, 2005)
Grosse Pointe Blank (George Armitage, USA, 1997)
The Guest (nee Caretaker) (Clive Donner, UK, 1963)
The Harder They Come (Perry Henzell, Jamaica, 1972)
The Harder They Fall (Mark Robsob, USA, 1956)
Heaven Knows What (Josh & Benny Safdie, USA, 2014)
Hell is a City (Val Guest, UK, 1960)
High Noon (Fred Zinnemann, USA, 1952)
His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, USA, 1940)
Hobson's Choice (David Lean, UK, 1953)
Holiday (George Cukor, USA, 1938)
Hotel du Nord (Marcel Carné, France, 1938)
House of Games (David Mamet, USA, 1987)
Husbands and Wives (Woody Allen, USA, 1992)
I Am Belfast (Mark Cousins, UK, 2015)
Ida (Paweł Pawlikowski, Poland, 2013)
If... (Lindsay Anderson, UK, 1968)
Imitation of Life (Douglas Sirk, USA, 1959)
The Importance of Being Earnest (Anthony Asquith, UK, 1952)
Incendies (Denis Villenueve, Canada, 2010)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Don Siegel, USA, 1956)
It Always Rains on Sunday (Robert Hamer, UK, 1947)
Jean de Florette (Claude Berri, France, 1986)
Johnny Guitar (Nicholas Ray, USA, 1954)
The Killers (Robert Siodmak, USA, 1946)
The Killers (Don Siegel, USA, 1964)
The Killing of Sister George (Robert Aldrich, USA, 1968)
King Kong ( Ernest B. Schoedsack & Merian C. Cooper, USA, 1931)
Knife in the Water (Roman Polanski, Poland, 1962)
Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, USA, 2017)
The Ladykillers (Alexander Mackendrick, UK, 1955)
The Lavender Hill Mob (Charles Crichton, UK, 1951)
Legend Faust (Jan Jan Švankmajer, Czech, 1994)
Local Hero (Bill Forsyth, UK, 1983)
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (Alfred Hitchcock, UK, 1926)
Lola Montès (Max Ophüls, France/Germany, 1955)
Lonely are the Brave (David Miller, USA, 1962)
The Long Day Closes (Terence Davies, UK, 1992)
The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, USA, 1993)
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (Tony Richardson, UK, 1962)
Love and Death (Woody Allen, USA, 1975)
Macbeth (Roman Polanski, UK/USA, 1971)
Madam Du Barry (Ernst Lubitsch, Germany, 1919)
The Madness of King George (Nicholas Hytner, UK, 1994)
The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, USA, 1942)
Mamma Roma (Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy, 1962)
The Man Who Fell To Earth (Nicolas Roeg, UK, 1976)
The Man With The Golden Arm (Otto Preminger, USA, 1956)
Manhattan (Woody Allen, USA, 1980)
Marathon Man (John Schlesinger, USA, 1976)
The Masque of the Red Death (Roger Corman, UK, 1964)
A Matter of Life and Death (Powell & Pressburger, UK, 1946)
Mikey and Nicky (Elaine May, USA, 1976)
Misery (Rob Reiner, USA, 1990)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (Paul Schrader, USA, 1985)
Mississippi Masala (Mira Nair, UK/USA, 1991)
Moneyball (Bennett Miller, USA, 2011)
Monty Python’s Life of Brian (Terry Jones, UK, 1979)
Der Müde Tod (Fritz Lang, Germany, 1921)
The Music Room (Jalsaghar) (Satyajit Ray, India, 1958)
Mr Arkadin (Orson Welles, France, Spain, Switzerland, 1955)
Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg, USA, 1991)
Nayak (The Hero) (Satyajit Ray, India, 1966)
Network (Sidney Lumet, USA, 1976)
A New Leaf (Elaine May, USA, 1971)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Coen Brothers, USA, 2000)
Orphée (Jean Cocteau, France, 1950)
Ossessione (Luchino Visconti, Italy, 1943)
Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur, USA, 1947)
Park Row (Sam Fuller, USA, 1952)
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Sam Peckinpah, USA, 1973)
Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road) (Satyajit Ray, Indai, 1955)
Perfect Blue (Satoshi Kon, Japan, 1997)
Performance (Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg, UK, 1970)
The Phantom of the Opera (Rupert Julian, USA, 1925)
Phoenix (Christian Petzold, Germany, 2014)
The Piano Teacher (Michael Haneke, Austria/France/Germany, 2001)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir, Australia, 1975)
Pretty Baby (Louis Malle, USA, 1978)
The Prince and the Showgirl (Laurence Olivier, UK/USA, 1957)
The Proposition (John Hillcoat, Austrailia, 2005)
Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1960)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (Woody Allen, USA, 1985)
Radio Days (Woody Allen, USA, 1987)
Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, USA, 1980)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, USA, 1981)
Raising Arizona (Joel & Ethan Coen, USA, 1987)
Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1940)
Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray, USA, 1955)
The Red Shoes (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, UK, 1948)
The Remains of the Day (James Ivory, UK, 1993)
Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, USA, 1992)
The Return of Martin Guerre ( Daniel Vigne, France, 1982)
Rififi (Jules Dassin, France, 1955)
Roman Holiday (William Wyler, USA, 1953)
Room at the Top (Jack Clayton, UK, 1959)
The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, USA, 2001)
Saboteur (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1945)
Salomé (Alla Nazimova & Charles Bryant, USA, 1922)
Le Samouraï (Jean-Pierre Melville, France, 1967)
Saturday Night Fever (John Badham, USA, 1975)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Karel Reisz, UK, 1960)
Scarecrow (Jerry Schatzberg, USA, 1973)
Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang, USA, 1945)
Sea of Love (Harold Becker, USA, 1989)
Separate Tables (Delbert Mann, USA, 1958)
Sexy Beast (Jonathan Glazer, UK, 2000)
Shadows (John Cassavetes, USA, 1959)
Secrets and Lies (Mike Leigh, UK, 1996)
Seven Chances (Buster Keaton, USA, 1925)
Sex, Lies and Videotape (Steven Soderbergh, USA, 1989)
Shame (Steve McQueen, UK, 2011)
Shampoo (Hal Ashby, USA, 1975)
The Small Back Room (Michael Powell and Emiric Pressburger, UK, 1949)
Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, USA, 1959)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Jack Clayton, USA, 1983)
Le Souffle au Coeur (Murmur of the Heart) (Louis Malle, France, 1971)
Southern Comfort (Walter Hill, USA, 1981)
Spellbound (Jeffrey Blitz, USA, 2002)
Spione (Spies) (Fritz Lang, Germany, 1929)
Splendour in the Grass (Elia Kazan, USA, 1961)
The Spy in Black (Michael Powell, UK, 1939)
Stagecoach (John Ford, USA, 1939)
Stardust Memories (Woody Allen, USA, 1981)
Steam of Life (Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen, Finland, 2010)
Stranger than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch, USA, 1984)
Sunrise (F. W. Murnau, USA, 1927)
Suspiria (Dario Argento, Italy, 1977)
Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957)
The Tales of Hoffmann (Powell & Pressburger, UK, 1951)
The Third Man (Carol Reed, UK, 1949)
That'll Be The Day (Claude Whatham, UK, 1973)
This Gun For Hire (Frank Tuttle, USA, 1942)
This Sporting Life (Lindsay Anderson, UK, 1963)
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Tommy Lee Jones, USA, 2005)
Titicut Follies (Frederick Wiseman, USA, 1967)
To Die For (Gus Van Sant, USA, 1995)
To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks, USA, 1944)
Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, USA, 1958)
Training Day (Antoine Fuqua, USA, 2001)
Trouble in Paradise (Ernst Lubitch, USA, 1932)
The Truman Show (Peter Weir, USA, 1998)
Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, UK, 2014)
Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, USA, 1992)
Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1958)
Wag the Dog (Barry Levinson, USA, 1997)
The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, France/Italy, 1953)
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (Robert Aldrich, USA, 1962)
When the Wind Blows (Jimmy Murakami, UK, 1986)
Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1957)
Winchester '73 (Anthony Mann, USA, 1950)
Wish You Were Here (David Leland, UK, 1987)
The Worthless (Mika Kaurismäki, Finland, 1982)
Written on the Wind (Douglas Sirk, USA, 1956)
Young Adam (David Mackenzie, UK, 2003)
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (Hark Tsui, Hong Kong, 1983)
