February 2002 Aamulehti Top-100 'Movies'
A FAST-US-7 United States Popular Culture Reference File
Department of Translation Studies, University of Tampere
In comparison to the 1998 "100 top movies"
from 1998, this list from a group of Aamulehti critics published
on 09 February 2002 gives a different perspective. While the compilations
are from different years, they are also from different nationalities.
Note the Finnish movies that may be 'common knowledge' for Finns
that would be unknown to most Americans. Note which of the American
films from 1998 made the Aamulehti list and which didn't. Note
also the greater inclusion of films from other countries in the Finnish
list than in the American. Perhaps also note the lack of definition of
"movie" in the Aamulehti list, as TV series, commercial
advertisements, and thematic or actor collections of films are combined.
Is this significant?
Of the top 20 films in the 1998 U.S.
list, only 8 made the Aamulehti list, the highest-ranking being
Casablanca at 23. Missing altogether from Aamulehti
were such U.S. top-20 titles as Citizen Kane, Lawrence of Arabia, The
Wizard of Oz, The Graduate, Schindler's List, It's a Wonderful Life,
Bridge Over the River Kwai, and African Queen. Can conclusions be drawn
from this?
- Amadeus (Milos Forman, USA 1984 )
- American Graffiti (George Lucas, USA 1973 )
- Andalusialainen koira (Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dali, France 1930 )
- Arvottomat (Mika Kaurismäki 1982)
- Blade Runner (Ridley Scott USA 1982 )
- Batman (TV series) (Robert Butler et. al, USA 1966-77)
- Benny Hill (TV series) (Keith Beckett et. al, England 1969-89 )
- Berlin Alexanderplatz (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Germany 1980)
- Blues Brothers (John Landis, USA 1980)
- Bomfunk MC's: Freestyler, music video (Miikka Lommi, 1999 )
- From Russia With Love (James Bond) (Terence Young, USA 1963)
- Finlandia-katsaus (Erkki Karu, 1922 )
- Dallas (TV series) (Dwight Adair et. al, USA 1978-99)
- Dersu Uzala (Akira Kurosawa, Soviet Union/Japan1974)
- Elokuu (Matti Kassila, 1956)
- E.T. (Steven Spielberg, USA 1988)
- The Searchers (John Ford, USA 1956)
- Heimat (Edgar Reitz, Germany 1984)
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, USA 1966 )
- Härmästä poikia ket. almenen (Ilmari Unho, 1950)
- Fanny ja Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden 1982)
- Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, France 1964)
- Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, USA 1942) (#2 on the USA-1998
list)
- Apocalypse, Now. (Francis Ford Coppola, USA 1979)
- Juha (Nyrki Tapiovaara, 1937)
- Jules and Jim (Francois Truffaut, France 1961)
- Juurakon Hulda (Valentin Vaala, 1937)
- Jääkärin morsian (Risto Orko, 1938)
- Kahdeksan surmanluotia (Mikko Niskanen, 1972)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, USA 1968)
- Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi (Ossi Elstelä, 1943)
- Katsastus (Matti Ijäs, 1988)
- Some Like it Hot (Billy Wilder, USA 1955) (#14 on the U.S.
1998 list)
- Komisario Palmun erehdys (Matti Kassila, 1960)
- Kotikatu (Pentti Kasurinen et. al, 1995- )
- The Little Tramp (Charles Chaplin, USA 1916)
- Kulkurin valssi (T.J. Särkkä, 1941)
- Kummeli, tv-sarja (Matti Grönberg, USA 1991)
- The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, USA 1972) (#3 on the U.S.
1998 list)
- Kun taivas putoaa (Risto Jarva, 1972)
- Soap (TV series) (J.D. Lobue ja Jay Sandrich, USA 1977-81)
- Kylli-täti, tv-sarja (YLE, 1962-1990s)
- Käpy selän alla (Mikko Niskanen, 1966)
- La Strada (Federico Fellini, Italy 1954 )
- Singing in the Rain (Stanley Donen ja Gene Kelly, USA 1952)
(#10 on the U.S. 1998 list)
- Levottomat (Aki Louhimies, 2000)
- Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, USA 1971)
- Lotat (Taru Mäkelä, 1995 )
- Lottomainos: "...kiertäisin vähän mualimaa" (Valotorni Oy/Filmikonttori Oy, 1978)
- Snow White (David Hand, USA 1937)
- Lumiukko (Dianne Jackson, England 1982)
- Maa on syntinen laulu (Rauni Mollberg, 1973)
- Mad Max 2 (George Miller , USA 1981)
- Manillaköysi, (Veli-Matti Saikkonen, 1976)
- Matteuksen evankeliumi (Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy 1964)
- Muumit-tv-sarja (Hiroshi Saito, Japan 1990)
- Naapurilähiö, tv-sarja (Jussi Tapola, 1969-76)
- Niskavuoren Heta (Edvin Laine, 1952)
- Laurel and Hardy (entire series) (USA 1927-45)
- Onnen maa (Markku Pölönen,1993)
- The Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, Soviet Union 1925)
- Pekka ja Pätkä kesälaitumilla (Armand Lohikoski, 1953)
- The Tin Drum (Volker Schlöndorff, Germany 1979)
- Peppi Pitkätossu (Olle Hellbom, Sweden 1969)
- All in the Family, tv-sarja (Paul Bogart et. al, USA 1971-79)
- Perkele - kuvia Suomesta (Jörn Donner, 1971)
- Pessi ja Ilusia (Heikki Partanen, 1984)
- Peyton Place (TV series) (Stanley Z. Cherry, USA 1964-69)
- Pikku Kakkosen Nukkumatti-filmit (Gerhard Behrendt, Germany
(DDR) 1959- )
- Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, USA 1960) (#18 on the U.S. 1998
list)
- Raid (Tapio Piirainen, 2000)
- The Language of Love (Torgny Wickman, Sweden 1969)
- Reinikainen, tv-sarja (Neil Hardwick ja Jouni Tuokkola, 1982)
- Rocco ja hänen veljensä (Luchino Visconti, Italy 1960)
- Rovaniemen markkinoilla (Jorma Nortimo, 1951)
- Salatut elämät, tv-sarja (Per-Olof Strandberg ja Tapio Suominen, 1999-)
- Seitsemän veljestä (Jouko Turkka, 1989)
- Shirley Temple's childhood films (USA 1933-40)
- Simpauttaja (Veikko Kerttula, 1975)
- Siunattu hulluus (Siunattu hulluus, 1975)
- Suomisen perhe (T.J. Särkkä, 1941)
- Taksikuski (Veikko Kerttula, 1969)
- Taxi (Martin Scorsese, USA 1976)
- Talvisota (Pekka Parikka, 1989)
- Jaws (Steven Spielberg, USA 1975)
- Tarzan and the White Woman (Cedric Gibbons, USA 1934)
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, USA 1974)
- Doctor Zhivago (David Lean, USA 1965)
- Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö (Aki Kaurismäki, 1989)
- Tuntematon sotilas (Edvin Laine, 1955)
- Gone With the Wind (Victor Fleming, USA 1939) (#4 in the U.S.
1998 list)
- Ylen Tietoiskut (Seppo Vihtonen, Pekka Holopainen et. al 1970-2000)
- Star Wars (George Lucas, USA 1977) (#15 in the U.S. 1998 list)
- Täällä Pohjantähden alla (Edvin Laine, 1968)
- Täältä tullaan elämä (Tapio Suominen, 1980)
- Uuno Turhapuro (Ere Kokkonen, 1973)
- Valkoinen peura (Erik Blomberg, 1952)
- Velipuolikuu (Kari Kyrönseppä, 1984)
- Last Tango in Paris (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1972)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Milos Forman, 1975) (#20 in
the U.S. 1998 list)
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