Edgar Wright is at a disadvantage. If he names Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World as three of his favorite movies ever, he’s a narcissist; if he doesn’t, he’s a liar. Shaun and Hot Fuzz, in particular, belong on everyone’s favored films list, and Scott Pilgrim might be able to sneak in, too. The director assembled his 1,000 favorite movies for “online movie theater” MUBI, beginning with 1920’s silent horror classic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and ending with Nicolas Winding Refn’s divisive The Neon Demon.
The list is a telling mix of Wright’s influences, including The Producers, 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1966’s Batman, Strangers on a Train, Straw Dogs, Night of the Living Dead, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, and Twilight Zone: The Movie (which Wright should totally remake). As for more contemporary titles (he picked nearly 100 films released since 2010), Black Swan, The Social Network, The Raid: Redemption, Looper, Blue Is the Warmest Color, Snowpiercer, The Wolf of Wall Street, What We Do In the Shadows, and The Witch made the cut.
(It’s a real shame we can’t get Wright’s favorite albums, and Kurt Cobain’s favorite movies. I bet Kurt would have loved The World’s End.)
Shockingly, Ant-Man is nowhere to be found. Check out the full list here.
(Via MUBI)
