Do you have a favorite Woody Allen Movie?

[Mike 03]

Growing up I loved Woody's films, especially the "early, funny movies" (a joke fans will get). But when I was coming of age my parents took me to see MANHATTAN, and I just watched it again for the first time in decades, and it is pure magic. I can't say it's my favorite, because there are a half dozen films he made that I appreciate more than I can express.

I was just wondering what my DU friends here think about his films. Have any favorites?

Another one I loved was RADIO DAYS. He made some awful films too, but that's part of his charm.

[jumptheshadow]

1. Hannah and Her Sisters

It's a fine film and the last line in the script is priceless.

[PassingFair]

10. +1

My favorite!

"I can walk to the curb from here."

[pacalo]

21. Oh, PassingFair...

I hate to burst your bubble, but that line came from "Annie Hall".

[PassingFair]

25. Ack!

I MEANT that Annie Hall was my favorite.

How can I READ Hannah and her Sisters, but
SEE Annie Hall?

[Mendocino]

11. My choice too.

Remember this line "If Jesus Christ came back and saw what is being done in his name, he couldn't stop from throwing up."

[Mike 03]

14. That is a beautiful movie for sure.

Gorgeous.

[sea_dream]

2. The latest one

I really enjoyed Midnight in Paris. Tried to watch Annie Hall yesterday and gave up after 20 minutes.

[tishaLA]

3. When I saw Midnight in Paris, I thought to myself, 'wow...

that's the most enjoyable Woody Allen film I've seen in a decade." And then I looked it up. It was actually the most enjoyable Woody Allen film I'd seen since 1994, when Bullets over Broadway came out. I loved that film.

But I also love Interiors (many don't), Husbands and Wives, Annie Hall, Zelig, and many more.

[WCGreen]

13. I was moved by that movie...

He really caressed Paris at the beginning...

I wrote about it on my blog...

http://mylungtransplantyears.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/thank-you-woody-allen%e2%80%a6/

[mucifer]

4. Crimes and Misdemeanors and Hannah and Her Sisters

[Tom Ripley]

5. Love and Death

[mikeytherat]

38. + 1,000,000

One of my all-time favorite films.

mikey_the_rat

[meegbear]

51. My fave as well ...

I've met many people in my life and it seems that a good portion of them think that's his best as well.

I guess great minds do think alike.

[DerekG]

6. Crimes and Misdeamoners is the pinnacle

The one and only time Allen came close to matching the craftsmanship and profundity of his idol, Bergman.

This movie confirms everything you feared was true about the universe.

[BrendaBrick]

39. My vote is for Crimes & Misdemeanors too.

One of those rare movies where you can never quite shake it off. Challenges the old adage of 'What goes around, comes around'...and what happens...when it doesn't?

Disturbing. The sign of truly great art!

[undeterred]

42. Moral genius.

[DerekG]

45. Jeez, I misspelled the goddamn title

Right now, I have the self-esteem of one of Allen's characters.

[Brother Buzz]

7. What's up Tiger Lily?

[cloudbase]

8. Bananas n/t

[UTUSN]

12. Yep, I was going to call it the South/Central American one

But really, I pretty much detest him now (ever since the whassername episode) and what it meant to Ms Mia, although I have NO idea how she went to SINATRA in the first place OR to ALLEN in the first or second place.

Plus, for me his movies have a sort of "Mad Magazine" tone to them and I have never understood why he's got such a fan base.

[rurallib]

9. For some reason "Sleeper" stands out a bit for me.

I think it was the VW.

[Mike 03]

15. Two thoughts: Could ANNIE HALL possibly be over-rated, and

I always thought highly of CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS and, as I mentioned in the OP, RADIO DAYS.

Don't get me wrong; ANNIE HALL is a great movie, but he has done better.

Guilty pleasures: EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX--I thought that was hilarious. And as some others have mentioned, BANANAS and also TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN.

[Mike 03]

16. Post Script: The only reason movie critics detested STARDUST MEMORIES

is because it attacked movie critics.

Just sayin'

[7wo7rees]

17. I used to think Manhattan and then I saw Crimes and Misdemeanors

Probably his esoteric best.

But the humor of dating after divorce is killer in Play It Again Sam. It never makes the list because it is not over the top like Sleeper or Annie Hall.
This one has my number. Losing Susan Anton, he gets advice from his friends Tony Goldwyn and Diane Keaton. He falls for her instead.
Classic beatdown in the theater line and after the show with the Van Gogh remarks. I watch it every time it's on.

Srsly, OMG 2:02: http://youtu.be/mKczZnfwYC4

[progressoid]

30. "...tremendous poise. I'm an absolute master"

:rofl:

I remember seeing that when I was young and realizing I was watching a little of myself on screen.

[Richardo]

18. Not my favorite, but one of them: "Broadway Danny Rose"

"They shot him in the eyes."
"He's blind?"
"No, dead."
"Oh yeah, because they go right through."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

19. Take The Money And Run

For whatever reasons (other than it being a fine film), that is my "go-to" Woody Allen film.

:toast:

[pacalo]

20. My top three...

Annie Hall, Murder in Manhattan, & What's Up, Tiger Lily?

[fishwax]

22. My personal favorite is Sweet and Lowdown

With Sean Penn as the world's second-greatest jazz guitarist. It's been a while since I've seen it, though ...

[sarge43]

23. Coin toss: Radio Days or Zelig n/t

[AngryOldDem]

24. I have three

Take The Money and Run, Broadway Danny Rose, and The Purple Rose of Cairo.

[nuxvomica]

26. Funny: "Zelig". Solemn: "Crimes and Misdemeanors"

This reminds me that I've never seen Manhattan. I gotta check that one out.

[HopeHoops]

27. "Sleeper"

[progressoid]

28. I recently watched Manhattan with the sound off.

There are some nice visuals in that movie.

[BlueIris]

29. Purple Rose of Cairo.

Either that or What's Up Tiger Lily?

[LeftinOH]

31. Crimes and Misdemeanors: Perfectly blended humor and tragedy. n/t

[bigwillq]

32. Bullets over Broadway

or Vicky Cristina Barcelona

[ScreamingMeemie]

33. Mighty Aphrodite

It created a massive girl crush for me on Mira Sorvino. I have a great story to tell you sometime about how my brother (a Hollywood bartender) could have ended up as Mr. Sorvino.

[MrMickeysMom]

48. Ooooh, sounds interesting...

The funniest scene in that movie is her apartment and with porn decorations and fuck clocks in the background during Allen's character and hers talking.

[av8rdave]

34. I love Zelig, though I'm also a fan of Curse of the Jade Scorpion

The latter because the premise alone is funny.

[whistler162]

35. Casino Royale after that he headed downhill!

[MilesColtrane]

36. I have two favorites.

Annie Hall & Crimes and Misdemeanors

[ohiosmith]

41. Radio Days

[Yavin4]

37. Another Vote for Crimes and Misdemeanors

The perfect movie metaphor for the decade of the 1980s.

[BrendaBrick]

40. Has anyone seen: "You Will Meet a Tall, Dark Stanger"? (2010)

I haven't as of yet, but I really like this interview about it from France 24:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKLFcpATPjI&feature=related

Little snippets of his personality/beliefs bleed through...

[grasswire]

49. I loved You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

I'd like to see it again. It was just delicious.

[Demoiselle]

43. Sleeper. Period.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

44. Manhattan a visual love poem to New York and

Sweet and Lowdown for Sean Penn's performance

[Paladin]

46. Self-Delete (Slow Computer Dupe)

[Paladin]

47. "Manhattan" (n/t)

[RobinA]

50. Several

Radio Days, Annie Hall, Love and Death in its day. I don't know if Annie Hall is overrated, but every damn line in that movie is memorable. Bullets Over Broadway and Curse of the Jade Scorpion are my faves from the second tier. Also that one where Mia Farrow (whom I generally cannot STAND) is going to a Chinese doctor in Chinatown.