🎨 FILMS - WES ANDERSON ------------------------------------------ - [x] Bottle Rocket (1996) 91m 6.9 - Ann - [x] Rushmore (1998) 7.6 93m - ann - [x] The Royal Tenebaums (2001) 7.6 110m - [x] The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) 7.2 119m - ann - [x] The Darjeeling Limited (2007) 91m 7.2 - [x] Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) 87m 7.9 - [x] Moonrise Kingdom (2012) 94m 7.8 - [x] The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) 99m 8.1 - [x] Isle of Dogs (2018) 7.8 101m - [x] The French Dispatch (2021) 7.1 107m - [x] Asteroid City (2023) 105m 7.1 Short films : - [ ] Bottle Rocket (1994) 14m - [ ] Hotel Chevalier (2007) 13m - [ ] Do You Like to Read? (2012) 5m - [ ] Cousin Ben Troop Screening (2012) 2m - [ ] Castello Cavalcanti (2013) 8m - [ ] Come Together (2016) 4m - [ ] The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023) 37m Cinematic Ancestors / Movie Influences and Movies Wes Anderson Recommends: ----------------------------------- - [x] Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) 96m 7.8 - [x] The Misfits (1961) 124m 7.2 - [x] The Plague of Dogs (1982) 7.7 103m - [x] Welcome Back, Mr McDonald (1997) 103m 7.7 - [x] The Mortal Storm (1940) 100m 7.7 - [x] Alice Adams (1935) 99m 6.9 - [x] Beat the Devil (1953) 89m 6.4 - [x] Mouchette (1967) 7.7 81m - [x] The Fire Within (1963) 7.9 108m - [x] The Tenant (1976) 126m kan 7.6 - [x] Melody (1971) 7.6 103m - [x] The Earrings of Madame De…(1953) * hbo 7.9 105m ** + - [x] Summer with Monika (1953) * 7.5 96m crit + - [x] Drunken Angel (1948) 98m crit 7.6 ** - [x] Grand Illusion (1937) 114m cri 8.1 - great escape ** - cri + - [ ] Vengeance Is Mine (1979) 140m crit 7.7 - [ ] Black Jack (1979) 105m 6.8 * kan - [ ] Small Change [pocket money] (1976) 7.6 104m - [ ] A Story From Chikamatsu (1954) 102m crit 8.0 - [ ] The Insect Women (1963) 123m 7.4 - [ ] Intentions of Murder (1964) 150m 7.7 https://letterboxd.com/thediegoandaluz/list/wes-anderson-30-favorite-films-to-watch/ Justin's Rewatch Ranking (before) 1 The Royal Tenebaums 2 Fantastic Mr. Fox 3 Moonrise Kingdom 4 The Grand Budapest Hotel 5 The French Dispatch 6 Isle of Dogs 7 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 8 Rushmore 9 The Darjeeling Limited 10 Bottle Rocket ? Asteroid City Justin's Rewatch Ranking (after) 1 The Grand Budapest Hotel 2 Fantastic Mr. Fox 3 Moonrise Kingdom 4 The French Dispatch 5 Isle of Dogs 6 The Royal Tenebaums 7 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 8 Asteroid City 9 Rushmore 10 The Darjeeling Limited 11 Bottle Rocket Ann's Ranking 1 Fantastic Mr. Fox 2 The Grand Budapest Hotel 3 Isle of Dogs 4 The Darjeeling Limited 5 The French Dispatch 6 Moonrise Kingdom 7 Asteroid City 8 The Royal Tenebaums 9 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 10 Rushmore 11 Bottle Rocket Wes Anderson's Favorite Directors * Jean Renoir * Akira Kurosawa * Shohei Imamura Wes Anderson Recommendations https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/wes-anderson-favorite-movies-films-asteroid-city/trouble-in-paradise-from-left-kay-francis-miriam-hopkins-herbert-marshall-1932-2/ - [x] Trouble in Paradise (1932) - [ ] Toni (1953) * - [x] Grand Illusion (1937) * - [ ] Quai des Orfevres (1947) * - [x] Drunken Angel (1948) - [x] Stray Dog (1949) - [x] The Earrings of Madame De… (1953) * - [x] Sweet Smell of Success (1957) - [x] The 400 Blows (1959) - [x] The Apartment (1960) - [ ] Classe Tous Risques (1960) - [ ] My Life to Live (1962) - [x] Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1965) - [ ] The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) - [x] Au hasard Balthazar (1966) - [x] Mouchette (1967) * - [ ] The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966) - [x] The Graduate (1967) - [x] Rosemary's Baby (1968) - [x] A Clockwork Orange (1971) - [x] The Last Detail (1973) - [x] The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) - [x] The Tenant (1976) * - [ ] Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976) - [ ] The Man Who Loved Women (1977) - [ ] From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) - [ ] Loulou (1980) - [ ] Missing (1982) - [x] Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) - [ ] Vagabond (1985) - [ ] Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) - [x] Moonstruck (1987) - [x] My Neighbor Totoro (1988) - [ ] New York Stories (1989) - [ ] Olivier, Olivier (1982) - [x] Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995) - [ ] It All Starts Today (1999) - [ ] Kings and Queen (2004) - [ ] Terror’s Advocate (2007) Wes Anderson's Cinematic Ancestors / Movie Influences Isle of Dog https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/39514/1/10-films-that-influenced-wes-anderson-and-isle-of-dogs - [ ] Dodes'Ka den - [x] Porco Rosso (1992) - [x] The Plague of Dogs (1982) * - [x] Akira (1988) - [x] Nestor, Long Eared Christmas Donkey (1977) - [x] Welcome Back, Mr McDonald (1997) * - [x] The End of Evangelion (1997) - [x] Snoppy, Come Home (1972) - [x] Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (1974) - [x] Drunken Angel (1948) French Dispatch https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/french-dispatch-inspiration/ - [ ] The Gold of Naples (1954) - [ ] Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932) - [ ] The Lower Depths (1936) - [ ] They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) - [ ] City Streets (1931) - [ ] Shoot the Piano Player (1960) - [ ] White Nights (1957) - [ ] Life Dances On (1937) - [ ] David Golder (1931) - [ ] Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954) - [ ] La Chinoise (1967) - [ ] Quai des Orfèvres (1947) * - [ ] The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) - [ ] The Hole (196) - [ ] Masculin Féminin (1966) - [x] Mon Oncle (1958) - [x] Playtime (1967) - [x] Sweet Smell of Success (1957) - [ ] Casque d’Or (1952) - [x] His Girl Friday (1940) - [ ] The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (1942) - [ ] La Vérité (1960) - [x] The Fire Within (1963) * - [x] Love Me Tonight (1932) - [ ] Painters Painting: The New York Art Scene 1940-1970 (1972) - [x] The Rules of the Game (1939) - [x] The 400 Blows (1959) - [x] The Tenant (1976) * - [ ] My Life to Live (1962) - [ ] Irma La Douce (1963) - [ ] One From the Heart (1982) - [x] The Red Balloon (1956) Grand Budapest Hotel https://thefilmstage.com/7-films-to-watch-before-seeing-wes-andersons-the-grand-budapest-hotel/ - [x] Grand Hotel (Edmund Goulding) - [x] To Be or Not to Be - [x] The Good Fairy - [x] The Mortal Storm * - [ ] Love Me Tonight - [ ] The Silence - [x] The Shop Around the Corner Moonrise Kingdom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2ThbD_vXZQ&t=98s - [x] Pierrot Le Fou (1965) - [x] Melody (1971) 7.6 103m - [ ] Small Change (1976) 7.6 104m - [ ] Black Jack (1979) 105m 6.8 * - [x] Summer with Monika (1953) * 7.5 96m - [ ] A Little Romance (1979) 110m 7.4 - [x] The 400 Blows (1959) 8.1 99m - [ ] Murmur of the Heart (1971) 7.6 118m Fantastic Mr Fox - [x] The Story of the Fox (1937) - [ ] Jeremiah Johnson (1972) - [ ] Two English Girls (1971) - [ ] The Man in the White Suit (1951) The Darjeeling Limited - [x] The River (1951) Asteroid City - [ ] Some Came Running - [x] The Misfits - [x] Ace in the Hole - [ ] Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - [x] A Streetcar Named Desire - [x] Close Encounters of the Third Kind - [ ] Inferno (3-D) - [x] Bad Day at Black Rock - [ ] Fool for Love - [ ] The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) - [x] Alice Adams (1935) - [ ] 8½ (1963) - [ ] The Insect Women (1963) 123m - [ ] Intentions of Murder (1964) 150m - [ ] The Plot Against Harry (1989) - [ ] New York Stories (1989) - [ ] The Taking of Power by Louis XIV - [ ] Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) - [ ] Terror’s Advocate (2007) - [x] Trouble in Paradise (1932) - [x] The 400 Blows (1959) - [x] Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) Wes Anderson’s 11 favourite films: - [x] Alice Adams – George Stevens - [x] Beat the Devil – John Huston - [x] Nothing Sacred – William A. Wellman - [x] Do the Right Thing – Spike Lee - [ ] The Long Voyage Home – John Ford - [ ] A Story from Chikamatsu – Kenji Mizoguchi - [ ] La Grande Bouffe – Marco Ferreri - [ ] The Passionate Friends – David Lean - [ ] Station Six-Sahara – Seth Holt - [ ] What Price Hollywood? – George Cukor - [ ] Winter Kills – William Richert Nutmeg Ginger Apple Snaps inspired by Fantastic Mr. Fox https://www.bingingwithbabish.com/recipes/apple-snaps-mrfox Patterns: * Symmetry * Color Palette * Quirky Costume Design * Slow Motion * Love, Family, Death * Deadpan Humor * Dysfunctional Families * Chapter Like Structure * 60s 70s Music * Frequent Collaborators Hot takes * Wes Anderson Is The Michael Bay Of Quirky Sentimental Dramedies * His Later Stuff Is Better (after darjeeling) * Fetishizes non-white cultures (darjeeling; isle of dogs) * Sexualizes children (moonrise kingdom) Tags: films